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THE DAILY COOS BAY TIMES, MARSH FIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1908.
No. 146.
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Frightful Scenes Witnessed
Amid the Ruins of Grief
Stricken Messina.
FAMISHED MEN KILL IN
STRUGGLE FOR FOOD
Official Estimate Now Place
Number of Dead at 115,000
But Will Be More.
(By Associated Press.)
ROME, Dec. 31. The official
estimate placed upon the dead
f of Calabria and eastern Sicily Is
110,000 but there is reason to
believe this may bo greatly ex-
ceeded. No news has yet been
received., of the Americans
thought to be In the devastated
district excepting Rev. David
Sessums of New Orleans, and
daughter Alice, who are safe In
Rome. Ambassador Grlscom Is
about to start from Rome for
the Bouth in an endeavor to se-
cure Information concerning all
.American travelers. ,
(By Associated Press.)
MESSINA, Dec. 31. A fright-
ful scene occurred hero today
amid the ruins of the custom
houses. Bands of famished per-
sons were grouping In the deb-
rls in the hope of discovering
food. The first of the search-
ers who were successful were
attacked by others with knives
and revolvers and obliged to
divide their findings. The
struggle was fierce. Famished
men threw themselves upon
each other like wolves and sev-
eral were disemboweled in de-
fending a handful of dry bones
or a few ounces of flour. One
of the unfortunates was pinned
to a plank by a knife while
clinging to his hand was his
child for whom he had sought
food.
(By Associated Press.)
ROME, Dec. 31. To the terrifying
spectacle of the death caused by
Monday's earthquake, now have been
added the horror of starvation and
fear of the spread of pestilence as
It is Impossible to obtain any news
of the late ot many little villages
along the coast many of which are
believed to be entirely wiped out.
In some small towns, the suddenness
and completeness of the catastrophe
is overwhelming. Of 14,000 living
in Palml only a few score are alive
today. YestPrday 2,200 bodies were
burled there. Regglo remains isolat
ed in ghastly desolation, the rail
roads ond roads throughout the sur
rounding country being utterly de
stroyed. The visit of the king and queen
to Messina and Regglo has aroused
widespread enthusiasm. In spite of
the universal mourning and distress,
the sovereigns were saluted when
they disembarked by the firing of
the guns of the Italian and foreign
warships at Messina. The troops are
distributing rations wherever It Is
possible for them to get Into touch
with the stricken4 people. The wa
ters of the Straits of Messina are
covered with floating bodies of men,
women, children and all kinds of
wreckage.
PEOPLE FLEEING FROM MESSINA
Hundred Thousand Persons Are Hur-
rylng to Other Sections.
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, Dec. 31. A special
t Pnimlo savs that it Is estimated
that a hundred thousand persons em
barked on warships and other ves
sels in the Straits of Messina or have
otherwise left tho devastated district.
All towns and villages along the
straits are rapidly becoming depop
ulated as there Is widespread fears
o". furtLer convulsions.
Cross cut saws at MILNER'S.
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Precautionary Measures Taken
to Prevent Pestilence In
Stricken City.
(By Associated Press.
REGGIO, Dec. 31. As a precau
tionary measure against the outbreak
of pestilence, the bodies of persons
killed In the earthquake are being
burned and strong disinfectants are
being strewn among the ruins of the
city. The troops have set up field
kitchens and are baking bread in
the streets.
MAY SEND FLEET.
Plan Under Consideration For Send
ing Wnrshlps to Stricken City.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. The
matter of dispatching the American
battleship fleet to the stricken city
of Messina and other Italian ports
Is now under consideration and a
speedy decision in favor of such em
ployment Is expected. The sixteen
warships are now making their way
through the Red Sea and should ar
rive at Port Said, the eastern en
trance to the Suez Canal, by Sunday.
Owing to the fact that full supplies
of coal and provisions must be taken
on the fleet will hardly reach Mes
sina before January 15. With fif
teen thousand thoroughly disciplined
American sailors, a splendid corps
of medical officers and surgeons,
abundance of supplies of medicines
and food.
It is believed the American fleet
will be a welcome visitor on the
shores of Sicily even a fortnight
hence.
ENTIRE REGIMENT DROWNED.
Indications That Mnny Soldiers Per
ished In Tidal Wave.
i Rv Associated Press. )
REGGIO, Dec. 31. There is rea
son to believe that an entire regl
ment of Infantry was drowned in the
tidal wave at Palml. The bodies of
three soldiers have already been re
covered. Taft Withdraws From Ohio
Senatorial Race In Favor
of Burton.
(By Associated Press.)
COLUMBUS, Dec. 31. Definite
announcement has been made that
Charles P. Taft has withdrawn from
the senatorial race "In the Interest
of harmony." The backbone of the
Taft strength will bo delivered to
Burton as the successor of Senator
Foraker.
FORAKER WITHDRAWS.
Ohio Senatorial Contest Is Now Prac
tically Settled.
(By Associated Prers.)
COLUMBUS. Dec. 31. Senator
Foraker at noon Issued a 'statement
formally withdrawing from the sen
atorial flght. That leaves the field
practically clear for Burton,
GOV. C0SGR0VE IS
IMPROVING RAPIDLY
WushlnKton's Chief Executive Will
Return From California
January U.
(By Associated Press.)
PASO ROBLES, Dec. 31. Governor-elect
Cosgrove of Washington,
who is ill at the Springs hero, is
greatly improved and without doubt
will reach Olympla by January 11.
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Movement Inaugurated to Take
Part of Douglas and Lane
For New County Territory
Takes In Drain and Gardiner'
EUGENE, Ore., Dec. 31. A move
ment has been set on foot by the
people of Cottago Grove to form a
new county with that city as the
county seat.
It is proposed that the line should
cross the Middle Fork of the McKen
zle, run near Goshen and thence
west to the present boundary of the
county. This would leave the Blue
River mining country in Lane, while
the present Bohemia district, In both
Lane and Douglas, would be included
within the boundaries of the new
county.
From the Bohemia district in Dou
glas the Une would run west to the
coast and include within the limits
of the proposed Bohemia county the
townB of Yoncalla, Drain and Gardi
ner, all of which are at present In
Douglas county.
Eugene Is AVilllng.
Commenting upon this movement,
the Eugene Guard says:
The people who have discussed the
new move believe that a division is
Inevitable, if not during the coming
TLAHD THIEVES STEAL CAR
Rose City Robbers Break All
Records By Holding Up
Motorman and Conductor
and Then Stealing Trolley
Car.
(By Associated Press.)
PORTLAND, Dec. 31. Robbers
who last night held up and robbed
a motorman and a conductor qf Rose
City Park car, and then stole tho
car, are in custody and have con
United States Supply Ship With
Rations Started For Scene
of Suffering and Destitute
(By Associated Preps.)
NEW YORK, Dec, 31. Tho Unit
ed States supply ship Celtic will Hall
today for Messina with $1,500,000
navy rations for the Italian earth
quake sufferers. The rations were
intended for the American fleet, but
the Navy Department authorized
that delivery to destitute Italians and
Sicilians.
PRESENT
Denial of Report That Roose
velt May Be Called Before
Senate Committee.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. Senator
Halo, tho acting chairman of the
committee on appropriations, who Is
In charge of the Investigation of the
methods' of the Secret Service, said
today that there was no Intention
so far as ho knew of summoning
President Roosevelt before tho com
mittee after his retirement on tho
Fourth of March as Intimated in
some published reports.
Sportsmen Your
cense will cost you
MILNER'S.
Hunter's Li
bia ?1.00 at
Steamer . HRIiAKWATERi sails
from Coos Bay for Portland SAT
URDAY, JANUARY 2, 7 A. M.
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SENDS RELIEF
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OREGON
year at least in less thnn four years.
They think that both the people at
Roseburg and here In Eugene would
readily" give up a part of their coun
ties to them. The only difficulty they
seem to apprehend is the location of
the now boundaries.
Rather than fight for the division,
as the people of Hood River did, they
wish to conciliate both Douglas and
Lane county people, and for that
purpose have broached the subject to
a number of Eugene people. Busi
ness men at Cottage Grove want the
help of Eugene Influence, and pur
pose to arrange an amicable agree
ment between Cottnge Grove and Eu
gene business men.
With the help of the representa
tives of Lane county and Douglas
county they think the division can
easily be made in the next legisla
ture, and that there will be no need
to attempt the initiative.
The great betterment that is ex
pected is in the administration of the
district affected. It is said that with
a smaller executive district much
better roads would be built in. all
three districts and that greater at
tention would be paid to the vital
interests of the district.
The name for the new county has
not yet been decided upon, but in
case a unit Is formed It would prob
ably be Bohemia.
fessed to the crime. They will be
indicted this afternoon. The arrest
ed men give the names of Al. Miller
and Herman Schwartz. Miller was
first taken Into custody. He con
fessed and took the police to the
room he had occupied with Schwartz
In a cheap lodging house. Schwartz
thrustra revolver into Officer Keller's
face and was shot In the arm for his
trouble. He was taken to tho city
prison where he confessed. The ar
rests were made by police officers
Keller and Klenlen, the same men
who apprehended three desperate
holdups last week.
Prominent Contractor Sentenc
ed to Penitentiary For At
tempted Bribery.
(By Associated Presa.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31. E.
A. S. Blake, the contractor convicted
of attempting to bribe J. M. Kelly,
a prospective Juror In the Rucf bri
bery trial to vote for acquittal, was
sentenced by Judge Dunne to four
years Imprisonment In tho peniten
tiary. NOT GUILTY;
REARRESTI
An Everett, Washington, Bank
Cashier Arrested On Charge
of Larceny.
(By Associated Press.)
EVERETT, Dec. 31. Chris Olson,
formerly cashier of tho Scandinavian
Bank that was closed "several months
ago, is on trial charged wUh publish
ing a false statement of tho bank's
condition and was declared not guilty
by a Jury In tho Superior Court. He
was Immediately re-arrested on the
charge of larceny and embezzlement
on complaint of tho bank's receiver.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to express our thanks and
gratitude for the many acts of kind
ness and sympathy shown us during
the HlneBB and death of Win, Klahn.
MRS. WM. KLAHN and family.
ERISGOiN
GETS 4 TEARS
COUNTY WAS BEST MEETING IN
PORTLAND MAN
PASSES AWAY
Jacob Mayer, Prominent Ma
son and Business Man, Dies
of Old Age Today.
(By Associated Press.)
PORTLAND, Dec. 31. Jacob
Mayer, a pioneer of Portland since
1857 and a member of the whole
sale drygoods firm of Flelschner
Mayer & Company of this city, the
largest wholesale house on the Paci
fic coast with branches at Spokane
and Seattle, died today of old age.
He was one of the best known Ma
sons in tho United States and tho
oldest on the Pacific coast. He was
the Pacific coast representative to
the Grand Lodge In Englnnd, and
was appointed to that honorable
position by King Edward of England,
when the king was Prince of Wales.
He was born In Hesse-Darmstadt,
Germany, May 7, 182 G.
AGED WOI
Charred Remains Found In
Ruins of House That Was
Burned.
(By Associated Press.)
PORT TOWNSEND, Dec. 31. A
search In the ruins of the farmhouse
of tho late Edward Tumner, pioneer,
on tho shores of Port Discovery Buy,
which was burned last night, result
ed In the discovery of the charred
body of his aged Indian widow.
Threro was a deep gash In the head
made with a blunt Instrument. Tho
house was fired to remove the evi
dence of the crime. The woman was
inoffehslvo and why she was mur
dered Is a mystery.
Logger Commits Suicide In
South Slough Smith-Powers
Logrjing Carrp.
News reached Marshfleld Into this
afternoon that an employee of tho
Smith-Powers logging camp at the
head of South Slough had commit
ted suicide by first cutting his throat
and then hanging himself. No de
tails of the crime could bo secured
nor could tho man's name bo learn
ed. Coroner T. J. Lewis loft at onco
for tho camp to tako charge of the
body and hold an Inquest thereon.
NOTICE TO PRESBYTERIANS.
There, will be an important meet
ing of the congregation of tho First
Presbyterlnn church, held In the
church Immediately after services on
Sunday for tho purpose of consider
ing, extending a call to a new pas
tor.
By order of THE SESSION.
NOTICE.
PartUs owing mo accounts are re
quested to call and settle as I am
closing my books. All accounts out
standing after Janunry 15, 1909 will
bo placed for collection.
ROBT. MARSDEN, Sr.
Warranted Axes at .MILNER'S.
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Oregon -Idaho Development
Congress Sets a High
Water Mark.
GIVES NEW HOPE
FOR NEW RAILWAY'
Full Text of the Resolutions
Contain Many Good Words
For Coos Bay.
I. S. Smith, one of Coos Bay's re
presentatives to tho Oregon-Idaho
Development Congress, returned
home Wednesday. He reports the
meeting one of tho most enthusiastic
and successful yet held. Mr. Smith'
made ono of tho most Important ad
dresses to tho congress and ho re
ports great Interest by all eastern
Oregon and Idaho In the Coos Bay
harbor.
The Oregon-Idnho Development
Congress held at Valo recently was
not only the best, largest and most
enthusiastic so far held, but Is said
by those familiar with such move
ment to have been the best meeting
of the kind over hold In the state's
history. This is encouraging and
important nows for Coos Bay for the
growth of this movement is fraught
with great interest to this section.
This last session was a splendid in
dex of tho character of tho men who
aro back of this movement. They
are doing more than any one agency
to build up the commerce and de
velop the resources of these two
states. Their patience and persist
ence In presenting the railway needs
of the great omplro of central and
southern Oregon and western Idaho
must result In hastening tho build
ing of this greatly needed Improve
ment. Judge Lowell of Pendleton, made
tho opening address for the congress
saying In part:
"That tho purposo of this congress
Is to show the conditions that exist
here and disenthral us from tho pent
up railroad positions and to open to
Coos Bay a harbor which would glvo
to Idaho and Central Oregon an open
market. This territory of Idaho and
Oregon not touched by railroads is
larger than tho stnto of Ohfo. Tho
soil Is a lavaetto which produces lm
menBo crops. Oregon and Idaho pro
sent great possibilities for futuro de
velopment. Wo demand tho trans
portation lines that tho country
needs, wo aBk for a railroad from
Snako river to Coos Bay; we ask for
tho Improvement of Coos Bay harbor.
Do we realize that there are but
sovon possible ports of Importance on
this coast. They aro at San Fran
cisco, Eureka, Sacramento, San Pe
dro, Puget Sound, Columbia River.
Yaqulna Bay and Coos Bay, that
Coos Bay Is tho best entry with tho
exception of the- mouth of the Col
umbia river. Tho west coast will In
tlmo bo a greater market for ship
ping thnn Is tho eastern coast and
this Inland omplro Is tho natural
shipping grounds for the Coos Bay
harbor. A great city will bo placed
In this Inland empire, ono at Port
land, ono at Coos Bay, ono at tho
mouth of the Columbia and ono at
the head of navigation for the Col
umbia. Here will bp tho Manchester
of tho west. In closing his remarks
ho stated public sentiment would
build cities and compel tho dovolop
mont of Oregon nud Idaho by forc
ing tho building of railroads and tho
opening of our harbor."
ItetiOlutloiiH Adopted,
Tho following resolutions wore
adopted at the recent session ot the
Oregon-Idaho Development Congress,
hold In Vnlo:
"The Oregon-Idaho Development
congress wishes to renow at this, Its
third regular session. Its declaration
In favor of state-aided railroads. Wo
bollovo that It Is tho duty of tho
state government to oxtend all pos
sible encouragement nnd assistance
In the construction ot steam and
eleotrlo railroads, and wo bollovo that
the ontlre legislative' and executive
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