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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1909)
OI00B law NEWS GWT,1T AVIIILE IT IS IfOT BT reading tii COOS HAY timus. LOCAL AND TELEGRAPHIC NEWS CONCISHIiY TOLD. mms& TRADE STIMULATE YOUR BUSINESS HY GOOD SYSTEMATIC ADVERT1S 1NG. SUCCESSFUL RUS1NESS HOUSES DO SO. ME.MBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. Ill MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 9, 1909 EVENING EDITION SIX PAGES. No. 231. NORTH TOTALLY DESTROYED BY FIRE Conflagration Causes Loss of Between $75,000 and $100,000. WAS BEYOND CONTROL WHEN DISCOVERED Many Sustain Losses But Simpson Lumber Company Hit Hardest. The large warehouse of the North Bend city dock and the warehouse of the North Bend Sash and Door Factory, the two In reality being one building, was totally destroyed by fire last night The loss will be between $75,000 and $100,000 and not a cent of Insurance. It Is divided between a large number, the full list of losers not being obtain able now. The origin or cause of the fire Is unknown. There are various theo ries one being that it was due to spontaneous combustion, another to the electric wiring and still another that it might have been incendiary. Little confidence is placed In the lat ter, though. Owing to the fact that there had not even been a fire start ed in a stove in the building for two or three days, complete mystery en velopes the origin. List of Losers. North Bend Sash and Door Fac tory, finished-output of sashes, doors, mouldings, paint, oil and stock, over $30,000. Simpson Lumber Company, build ing and goods stored, over $10,000. Coos Bay Grocery Company, goods, etc., over $2,500. Tom B. James, lost heavily, an estimate being impossible to obtain owing to the absence of Mr. James being in Portland. He will return on the Alliance Monday. North Bend Hardware Company, stock amounting to several hundred dollars. City of Coquille, sixty sections of treated wooden water piping. North Bend Mercantile Company, stock valued at over $1,000. It. D. Hume estate, about fifty tons of merchandise, supplies, etc. Estimate of value not obtainable. There were about eight or ten shipments of household goods, some that was to be shipped away on the vessels next week and some that had just arrived. A list of the own ers cannot be obtained until the safe in Agent Tom James' office is open ed. In addition to these, a number of North Bend firms and individuals had small quantities pf goods stored in the building or shipments that had not been removed. Hud Gained Great HeadHiiy." The fire had gained great headway when it was discovered about 11:30 o'cjoi-k last night. Those first on the ground said that the fire must have started near the center of the building or in the north end as it was burning with tr-e greatest fury In that section. The North Bend fire department soon had several streams of water playing on the building from the new salt water system and did ef fective work. The Marshfleld fire department quickly responded to the caU, the tug Gleaner from Gardiner which was lying at the Marshfleld wharf taking them and their appara tus to the scene. The Gleaner proved a valuablo aid in fighting the fire. Equipped as fire boat, it pumped several heavy streams of water and with the aid of the Mnrshfleld department saved the wharf between the warehouse and the water line There was little wind blowing and to this was largely due the fact that the f.io did not spread to the West ern Oregon Grocery Company's build ing o: the North pr the Sash and Doc- Factory, proper, on the south. Manpger Wornick of tho Sash ar.d Door Factory, got out his men and (Continued on Page 6.) WAREHOUSE IS Carl Lattin and Phillip Lee Severely Hurt While Coasting. Phillip Lee about fourteen years old, was critically Injured and Carl Lattin, about the same age, was seriously hurt as the result of a col lision while coasting on bicycles on the "West Central Avenue hill last night. For a time, it was feared that both lads hod been perhaps fa tally hurt but both were greatly im proved this morning. The lattin boy is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Lattin, proprietors of the Lattin hotel, and the Lee boy lives with his parents on Fourth street, having recently come here from the east. The former was badly bruised and the cords of his neck and back severely strained. The Lee lad had his nose badly crushed and is feared to ha,ve sustained severe Internal in juries and also Injuries to his head. The two boys with a crowd of youngsters had been playing around the steep grade on Central avenue in West Marshfleld, where the street is divided, one-half being a steep in cline. One lad was coasting down" on his bicycle and the other started to see how far up he could ride. They met near the base of the in cline, the impact being a terrific force. Aid was quickly summoned and the boys removed to their homes. The Lee boy was unconscious and the Lattin lad was suffering intense pain. CASTRO BETTEfij TS Venezuela's "Soldier of For tune" Can Remain Only Until He Can Leave. (By Associated Preea.) FORT DE FRANCE, April 9. Castro health seems to be Improving. He has received no official notifica tion of the determination of the French government to expel him from the island LET CASTRO REMAIN. Will Not Be Expelled If It Endangers His Health. (By Associated Pre.) PARIS, April 9.- If Castro's health is so grave that his removal from Fort de France would be dan gerous, the French government is prepared to suspend temporarily the decree of expulsion against him. JOKE ON PUPILS. Teacher nt Centralla Fails to Appro ciutc "AH Fool's Day." CENTRALIA. Wash., April 9. Last Friday was the annual thrash ing day in the Centralla schools. The occasion Is the aftermatftW of All Fool's Day. On April 1 tho teacher was fooled by the unexpected ab sence of practically all of the boys In his room. April 2 those same ab sentees were treated to a surprise party given by the principal, M. L. Carrier, which consisted of the vig orous application of the birch to 23 individual cases. Protests were of the usual variety but of no avail. The programme was carried out on business lines and with the princi pal's usual vigor. ROYS COLLIDE ON BICYCLES W E. A. H Noted Secretary of the Inter ior Who Prosecuted the Land Fraud Cases, Suc cumbs After Short Illness. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, April 9. Ethan Allen Hitchcock, sccretnry of the In terior under President McKlnley and Roosevelt, died this morning aged 74. He had been critically 111 for several days. Hitchcock's body will be taken to St. Louis tomorrow, arriving there Sunday night. The funeral will be heW Monday. His passing marked the close of a career whoso pre-eminent feature was an administration of tho In RAO EXPLOSION IN Two Killed and Three Badly Hurt In Conflagration at Stand Oil's Property at Port Richmond,. Cal., Today. (By Associated Press.) POINT RICHMOND, Cal., April 9. Two men were burned to death and three others, one of whom may die, seriously Injured as a result of the explosion of one of the oil tanks WILL START NEWIANCHES Marshfield School Board Ar- ranges For Domestic Science Department. At a meeting of tho Marshfleld school board yesterdny afternoon, arrangements were made to start the domestic science department of the Marshfleld public schools next fall. Miss Elizabeth Kaufman, daughter of I. S. Kaufman, who has been taking a course In domestic science in Brooklyn the past year was elected instructor, in domestic science and sewing at $75 per month. Miss Kaufman will return this sum mer and bo ready to assume her new duyes when school opens in the fall. Miss Laura Escott was elected principal of the grades in the new high school building at a salary of $70 permonth. Superintendent F. E. Golden was re-elected superintendent for another year at a salary of $1,500 per an num. The' election of tho remainder of the corps of teachers was postponed until the next meeting. FEAR THREE T Empty Ballcon Comes Down Near Milan Without Its Passengers Today. j (By Associated Press.) MILAN, Italy, April 9. An empty balloon camo down near Conto today and there is apprehen sion for tho safety of tho threo areonauts from Paris. Captain Mayer, Lieutenant Gardlot and A. Patterson. It is supposed they were caught In a storm and tho occupants thrown out. Searching parties have found articles belonging to tho oc cupants. 'EASTSIDE' la a winner, AERONAUTS LOS S A terior Department that stirred the land problems an never before. Hitchcock directed the most sweep ing investigations, arousing the en mity of powerful Interests. So that his work is recalled today as one of tho most unswerving and re- llenMess inquisitions in the annals of government prosecutions. He piose cuted cases against numerous men In public life nnd In private business, including United States Senator Mitchell of Oregon, who was con victed and died not long afterwards. Also former Congressman Blnger Hermann of Oregon, who had served as commissioner of tho General Land Office; former United States Senator Dietrich of Nebraska; Rep resentative Williamson of Oregon, and John A. Benson, the millionaire broker of San Francisco. BIG OIL PLANT of the Standard Oil Company's plant here this morning. Fifteen hundred men are alleged to have been called out to fight tho blaze. The otl from the exploded tank binned over elgljt acres. The fire Is under control At noon, the danger of the other tanks igniting was al most eliminated The oil tank contained 500,000 barrels. Sixty other tanks contain ing fifteen million barrels of oil were in the immediate vicinity. E. H. IS Coptempt of Court Charges Against Spokane Jurist Are Dismissed by Court (By Associated Prees.) SPOKANE, Wash., April 9. Su perior Judge E H. Sullivan will not be punished for contempt of court although, ho confesses he told his brother, Attorney H. C. Sullivan, what he had testified to before the grand jury. Superior Judge Huneke today dismissed tho charges against two brothers, also against N. E. Nu zum, counsel for former Judge Gor don, whose alleged embezzlement of $60,000 from tho Great Northern and reported undue Influence with ex-Justlco Root of tho State Supreme Court, Is now being probed by a grand jury. ROOSEVELT IN EGVPT. Former President nnd Party Reaches Port Said. (By Associated Press.) PORT SAID, Egypt, April 9. Tho steamer Admiral with Theodore Roosevelt and party arrived hero this ovening. Six Killed and Large Portion of Sarnia's Cargo Destroy ed at Port Limon. (By Associated Press.) NEW ORLEANS, April 9. Re ports today tell of a disastrous fire on the Hamburc-Amerlcan steamer Sarnla at Port Limon, British Hon duras, April 1. Six lives wero lost and a largo portion of her cargo was destroyed. There wouldn't bo so many sinners if people struggled to get Into heaven as they do to get Into society. V EXPLOSION ON . SHIP IS FATAL ROUSE INDICATES IT WILL VOTE DOWN FREE LUMBER BIDS TOO HIGH County Commissioners Hold Up Contracts On Account of Contractor's Greed. The effort of some of the road contractors to ralso prices beyond what tho Coos county commissioners thought was a reasonable price re sulted In most of tho bids for high way improvement being rejected at the adjourned session of the com missioners at Coquille this week. According to the commissioner's knowledge of the cost of road con struction the bids on planking wore about $1.50 per rod' too high and for grading, the1 bids wero similarly high. In District No. 15, at Coquille, the low bid for grading was $8.50 per rod and for planking $G.9G per rod, making the total cost of road build ing there $15 46 per rod. This, the commissioners decided, was .away too much for the kind of improve ment required but there was nothing left for them to do but to reject all bids. In consequence, the proposed work will bo held up for sometime. In District No 31, known as tho Lee District, an $800 contract for grading and clearing wns awarded at the rate of $5.15 'er rod. The commissioners aro having, dif ficulty in getting the road super visors to do work of a permanent nature in repairing slight damage to the various highways resulting from the heavy rains. In pieces of stone road, some of the supervisors started to fill In tho small washouts with dirt instead or using stone but Judge Hall promptly put a stop to this. FEAR TEN LOST IN LIE GALE Cabin of Tug George Floss Washed Ashore Near Cleve land Without Crew. (By Associated Press.) CLEVELAND, April 9. The deck cabin of the tug George Floss was washed ashore twelvo miles east of here. There Is no tidings of tho captain and crew of nine men. The tug was caught in Wednesday's gale. Thero is no longer any doubt but that tho tug George Floss with a crew of six and threo passengers, sank in Lake Erie during Wednes day's galo. E WAGE SCALE Operators and Miners of Penn sylvania Unable to Agree. (By Associated Pross.) PHILADELPHIA, April 9. The operators and miners who have been holding conferences In this city con sidering the wage conditions In tho hard coal fields of Pennsylvania, failed to reach an agreement and have adjourned finally. According to the mlno workers' of ficials, thero will bo no strike. Call at tho LADIES EMPORIUM and see the swell lino of Spring SUITS and COATS now on display, 0 W GUT ON First Vote On the Payne Tariff Revision Bill Is Taken This Afternoon. LONG WRANGLES ON LUMBER SCHEDULES Tawney, Amendments Affect ing It Are Voted Down Changes Made. (Bt Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, D. C, April t. At 3:04 o'clock this afternoon, the House began voting on tho Payne Tariff Revision bill. The voting on tho first ballot being on the commit tee amendments. The commltteo amendments to the Payne bill with exception to those affecting tea, nnffnn ImrlflV nrwl hnrlRV TTlfllh Were ( , , , i adopted In lump without revision. Tho House adopted the committee amondment placing tea on the free list without restriction. After tho committee amendments had been disposed of, a long wrangle ensued as to the order In which tho amendments to the lumber sched ules should he voted on. The chair decided on votes on tho amendments In order to the paragraph affected. The first aye and nay vote was .onr tho amendment eliminating the hewn timber tariff, one of several that Tnwney wll! offer In the lum ber schedules, with a view of sub sequently putting the articles on -the free list. The Tawney amendment to strike out the paragraph placing a duty on hewn lumber was defeated 185 ayes and 198 noes, indicating that tho HoiiBe will vote against ireo lumber. Tho Tawney amendment reducing tho duty on finished lumber eighty per coift and striking out tho duty on rough lumber was defeated, 1-80 ayes to 200 noes. Tho amondment by Dearraond to exempt from tho countervailing duty all lumber Imported from countries in tho western hemisphere was fle feated by a vote of 133 ayes nnd 244 noes. At tho suggestion of Chairman Payne, tho action of the House dn fixing a rato of one per cent on crudo petroleum' and its products was by unanimous consent reversed and the articles placed on tho freo list. The House adopted the commltteo amendment t6 Payne bill which 1s intended to prevent tho use of draw back privileges , for. the purpose 'of speculating In grain. POWDER WOHK8 EXPLOSION. One Killed and Five Injured Tu New Jersey. (By Associated Press.) PATERSON N. J., April 9. Ono was killed and five Injured in nn ex plosion at the Wayne Powder WorkB at that plaoe today. CRAWFORD IS DEAD. Noted Novelist Siiccimilib In Italy Today. (By Associated Press.) SOItUENTO, Itnly, April 9. T. Marlon Crawford, the novelist, died hero tonight. He was born 1n 1845. HONOR DEAD EXPERT. Now York Pays Tiilnito to Lnto Lieutenant 1'etrosinl. (By Associated Press.) y NEW YORK, April 9. Flags fly ing at half-mast above tho city hall and police headquarters mnrkod tho arrival on tho liner Slavonic of the body of Lieutenant Joseph Pctro slno of tho Now York police depart ment, who was assassinated nt Pa lermo, Italy, March 12, while dngag od on a mission looking to the Beep ing of Sicily criminals out of ihe United States Mourning flags wfero flown from hundreds of windows "in tho Italian quarter. . jt. fa..i,im.ft3L-fcar