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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1909)
tSSSf Mmm NEWS TKADE stimulate voir business by good svstkmatic advertis ING. SUCCESSFUL BUslXES6 HOUSES 1)0 SO. i & rrT ,T willIiU it IS XET by SSlMXO T,,K COS UAY TIM"8 lOCAIi AMI TBIiUOHAlMllO NEWS " - TWiM .1 roxc'isg.' "" MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PKESS yCg VOL II! i BEllilPPOINiS HIE CIS BAT PORT COMMISSIONERS Names Men Recommended By the Marshfield and North Bend Chambers. SENGSTACKEN, MINGUS, ' EVANS, GRAY AND HARRIS First Meeting Will Be Held In Marshfield Next Monday to Organize. SALEM, ORE., MAY 5. TIJirS, MARSHFIELD, ORE.: O fiOV. BENSON TODAY AP- POINTER W. P. EVANS AND J. 0. GRAY OK NORTH REND, 1IEXHY SENGS I'ACKEN AND K. MINGUS OK MARSHFIELD, AND AV. C- HARRIS OF SUM- XKH, COMMISSIONERS OF 4 TIIK POUT OF COOS 15 AY. TIIK APPOINTMENTS ARE K1FIXTIVE AT ONCE. $ 0, The above telegram received by The Times last evening, too late for publication in Wednesday's paper, is self explanatory. It shows the end of the period 61 contest over the adoption of the port commission plan for the improvement of the harbor and inlets. The appointments made are those recommended by the Marshfield and North Bend Chambers of Commerce to Governor Benson a few days after the peonle of the district had adopt ed the plan. While there had been petitions remonstrating against these selections and urging other men for the place ,the action of Gov ernor Denson shows that the only effect was to delav action. Will Meet Momlny. The first meeting of the new Port of Coos Bay Commission will be held in the Marshfield City Hall Monday, May 10, at 10 o'clock when the body will orgniazo by electing a chairman and provide for regular meetings, etc. The business to be transacted cannot be determined until the com missioners meet and talk the situa tion over, ascertain the work for them to do at once and then reduce It to a system. Whether arrangements will bo made now to have a friendly suit started to test any phase of the port law over which there Is a question of doubt, if there Is any, has not been determined. Some think it would bo advisable to do this, but it Is up to rhe commissioners now. Will Draw Lots. At the first meeting of the com missioners Monday, the five will draw lots to determine who shall hold of fice for the long term and who for the short term. The port law pro vides that the term of office shall bo four years, two be elected at fho ex piration of two years and. three at the expiration of four years. Con sequently two of the five appointed by the governor will hold office until January 1, 1911, and three .will hold office unt'l January 1, 1913. The two drawing the "short straws" will bave the short terms. The commissioners serve without Pay. but they are allowed to hire such employes ns they may deem necessary to carry on the work of the port commission. While the commission will not nave any money available from taxes for another year, the commission has the power to Issue a limited amount f bonds to defray expenses. STORM AT ARDMORE. Oklahoma Town Scene of Elements Play. fBy Associated Press.) Gl'TimiE, Okla., May C Accord ing to advices received hero there was no loss of life or serious damage f property as a rosult of the storm at Ardraore last night. Ml-TH KID for charter Sunday. Phone 2237, "CASTLEWOOD" at the P. K. WILL MEET TO TALK Joint Session of North Bend and Marshfield Chambers of Commerce. Another joint meeting of the North I3end and Marshfield Chambers of Commerce will be called within a week or ten days to perfect the plans for going ahead with the railroad proposition, the latter having been allowed to remain in abeynnce until all questions concerning the port commission matter was settled by the governor appointing the commission ers. North and Marshfield boosters arc now united on pushing the railroad project to an early realization. The expressions of leading citizens of both cities today were unanimously in favor of this when they were ap prised that Governor Benson had appointed the commissioners. The railroad committee of the two bodies of which Patrick Hennessey Is now president, has been making some further Investigations and promises to have some important an nouncements to make concerning the project when the next joint session is held. JOII FOR HOWARD HAY. fBv Associated Press.) SEATTLE, Wash., May 6. Gov. M. R. Hay has lionored Howard G. Gosgrove, son of the late governor, with the appointment as member of the Board of Regents of Washing ton. Indicted Insurance Commis sioner of Washington, Mys teriously Disappears. (By Associated Press.) PORTLAND, Ore., May C. J. H. Schlvely, Insurance commissioner of Washington, recently Indicted by the grand jury at Spokane, arrived In this city today. He called at a hotel for his mall and telegraphic corres pondence and then disappeared. Intimate frlcnjls believe he has taken a train out of the city but have no Idea in which direction he Was traveling. He Is said to have been accompanied by an attorney named Israel and It is reported thnt he came here to consult atiorneys he fore proceeding to Olympia to testify before the legislature Investigating committee. Consul Adams Is Indicted Charged With Serious Crime. fBy Associated Press,) BOSTON, May C. On two indict ments, one chars'ng conspiracy to dofraud and one charging larceny, Charles Hall Adams, consul for Liberia and Nicaragua and vfce-con-sul for Uruguay a4 well as state com missioner for all the states and ter ritories, wa arrested today. The offenses charged are said to have been committed six years ago. iSCHIVLEV IS i Uu I U! y 018 1 DIPLOMAT IS ARRESTED MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, get court HIILir J. H. Somers and J. F. Clark Get Right of Way Between Coquille and Douglas County Line For Electric Line. It was reported here late this aft ernoon that J. H. Somers and J. F. Clark of Marsh fi'd, who recently se cured an electric light and railway franchise from fi Coquille city council, had o"m-, a franchise from the C003 county commissioners today to use the county road be tween Coquille and the Douglas county line for an electric railway right of way. The announcement that they had secured this franchise came as a surprise as it was not known that they desired it, In fact Mr Clark stated here a few weeks ago that the people backing him did not care to build an interurban line to Rnseburg. Just who are backing Mr. Clark and Mr. Somers, they have not revealed. Both recently returned from a First National Bank and J. Vir gil Pugh Will Erect Two Story Brick at Corner of Sheridan and Virginia. Announcement Is made that the First National Bank of North Bend and J. Virgil Pugh will erect a fine two-story brick block at the corner of Sheridan and Virginia avenues in North Bend this summer. The work is to be started and will be rushed to completion, the expectancy being that the building will be ready for occupancy "by August 1. . The new building will have ground dimensions of 70x100 feet and one CONGRESS 1ST Senator Cummins of Iowa, Makes a Notable Address In Which Senate Is Warned That People Will Not Be Trifled With. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 0. Predict ing that failure to pass a tariff bill providing for lower duties on Im ports would provoke a political con test for another revision of the tariff Senator Cummins of Iowa delivered Plant of the North Pacific Lum ber Co. at Barnet, B. C, Suffers $350,000 Loss. (By Associated Press.) VANCOUVER, B. C, May G. Three hundred fifty thousand dollars damage was dono by a fire early to day at Barnet which, wiped out the sawmill of the North Pacific Lumber Company. LEAVES FOR EUREKA. Several Passengers Leave Coos Bay On Steamer. The steamer Eureka came In Wed nesday from Portland and sailed a few hours later from North Bend with a number of passcngors from Coos Bay for Eureka. Among those who sailed on hqr wore tho follow ing: 1 O. Nllson, AV. G. Dodge, Will Days and wife, R. II. White, Mrs. Smith, W. F. Flugsby and wife and son, Mrs. J. A. Davenport, Stanley Gow, Frank Murphy, Joe Bunch, B. Grout, C. S. Hallow, Ralph Hurlbut, C. A. Mead, Miss Comfort and Joe Shannon. H BiiDiirn Tflnflv MAY 6, 1909 EVENING EDITION- trip to Frisco and to Portland. Be fore leaving on this trip, Mr. Someis announced that he expected to confer with some capitalists relative to building an electric line on Coos Bay and said that If his hopes were real ized, he would ask for an electric line franchise In Marshfield within a short time and would guarantee to have it In operation within a reasonable length of time. When Messrs. Clark and Somers secured the electric light franchise nt Coquille, the understanding was that they would take over the Co quille Mill and Mercantile Company and probably buy the electric plant of the old company there, the lattor's franchise having expired. As near ao could be learned over over the long distance phone to Co quille, the franchise Is a blanket one In that they are given the option of selecting any of the county roads or any parts of any of them, the choice to be made within six months. of the ground floor rooms will be occupied by the First National Bank. The other half will be occupied by a retail store, the' lease for which has not been closed although several are negotiating for it. The second story will be divided into ofilce apartments and a number of them have already been spoken for. The building will be of the most modern type and will bo one of the most artistic in North Bend. The site is one of the best In the city. It is immediately ad jacent to the building known as the Winsor block. J- Virgil Pugh personally and the First National Bank will hold un divided half interests in the prop erty. LOWER TARIFF a notable speech In the Senate today. "The bill now before us will not be accepted by those who tavored a re vision of tariff as either a fulfillment of the party pledge or a settlement of the controversy. If this bill, or anything substantially like It, be comes a law I predict that a cam paign for lower duties will begin the moment this extraordinary session of congress adjourns and will con tinue with Increasing zeal until the judgment .entered in the court of public conscience la also entered in the journals of congress." STOP RIOTI Appearance of British Officers Frightens Turks Large Number Massacred. BULLETIN. O (By Associated Press.) ADANA, May 2 via Constan- tlnople, may C. Rev. Stephen R. Throwbridge, a missionary of tho American Board of Com- mlsslonors for foreign missions, estimates tho number of Aime- nlans killed In tho province of Adana ut 23,000. lie places tho ' number of Christians killed In tho city of Adana alone at 3,000. (By Associated Press.) BEIRUT, Turkey, May C. Tho situation at Suedla where many Ar menians havo been mm sacred, has boon relieved as a result of the presence and exertions of the captain of the British battleship Triumph and tho British consul at Alexandre ta who wont down tho coast In the Triumph. The officials visited Cala doran and Kessab and found these towns Indescribable charnol houses. II II ft M I !!i rill HA THREATENS TO 1PEACR 10 J000ES OF FEDERAL COURT KIDNAPE CONVICT Abductor of Willie Whitla Refuses to Make Any Defense. i (By Associated Press.) MERCER, Pa., May 0. When court convened this afternoon the counsel for James H. Boyle on trial for kidnaping Willie Whitla, entered a plea of nolle contendre, or refusal to offer any evidence. Boyle was then found guilty. The jury was out fifteen minutes. At the conclusion of Boyle's case, Mrs. Boyle was taken into court, tho Intention being to take up her case at once. AVI I ERE RAD HOYS GO. (By Associated Press.) MERCER, Pa., May 0. In the trial of James II. Boyle, the alleged ab ductor of "Billy" Whitla today, the latter pointed his finger at Boyle and said: "That Is the man." Boyle en tered a formal plea of not guilty. "Billy" was tho first witness and caused a ripple of laughter when he answered the question "Where do boys go who do not tell the truth?" by saying "They go to Hell." In a boyish way the witness told about the man who said his name was Jones and who called at the school in a buggy and told him he was taking him away on account of smallpox, that he was to take others also and that "Billy" was to meet friends on the train. The witness described the wanderings of himself and his abductors with remarkable detail for one so young. RICHER Advance In London and Drouth In Kansas Principal Bull Factors. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, 111., Muy C "No rain in Kansas," was the slogan used by tho Bulls in the wheat market to force prices sharply higher nt the opening of the market today. The Initial quotations showed gains of Y to 7-8 cents compared with yes terday's final quotations. An v ad vance at Liverpool of 3-8 to 1 7-8 cents was also un incentive to buy ers July opened at ?1.1C to $117 and May at $1.28 V to $1.29. Early In tho session July ad vanced to $1.17 7-8 and May to $129. AVIIEAT CLOSES HIGHER. Cereal Continues ClinililiiK Upward In Prleo In Chicago. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, 111., May 0. Close prices: May wheat, $1.28 3-4; July, $1.17 1-8; September, $1.05 5-S; De cember, $1.03 3-i. IS PATTEN HOME? Rumor That AVIient Ki"K Hail It- turned Is Denied. (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, May C. Reports that Jamos A. Patten, tho bull loador in wheat, had returned to his homo aftor a vacation In tho wost woro de nied today by his brothors, Georgo and Harry Patten. Smoke AVALPOLE CIGARS. Beit on the market." CASTLEWOOD" at the P. K. MAY Mh s No. 254. Representative Murphy of Mis souri, Goes After Phillips and McPherson. ASKS INVESTIGATION OF THEIR CONDUCT Announces He Will Take Steps to Have Them Ousted From Office. (By Associated l'ress.) AVASHINGTON, D. C, May C. At tho conclusion of a lengthy state ment In the House today regarding his resolution of inquiry into the of ficial conduct of Federal Judges Smith McPherson of Red Oak, la., and Judge Phllipps, both of the Western District of Missouri and Iowa. Representative Murphy of Missouri, announced that ho would present formal charges of impeach ment. JUDGES ARE SILENT. Refuse to Make Any Statement -at This Time. (By Associated Press.) KANSAS CITY, May G. "I have not get a word to say at this time and will make no statement until Representative Murphy formally pre sents his charge of impeachment," said Judge Phllipps when shown the Washington dispatch. Judge Mc Pherson also declined to make a statement. TWO-YEAR-OLD CHILD POISONED BY FLOWERS Little One Ilk or Alt Part of Rhodo dendron Blossom mid Xoiv Lil'o Is Despaired of. The two-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cole of Cdal Bank Inlet, Is critically 111 as a result of eating or biting Rhododendron flowers. A few days ago, the little one gathered" some of tho flowers which' grow pro fusely near the Cole home and the parent did not pay much attention, thinking that merely the sight and smell of the blossoms was all that baby wanted. The baby habit of putting things In its mouth resulted in tho flowers going there and the poisoning followed. Mr. Cole works at tho Smith mill. While poisoning from Rhododen drons is not infrequent among chil dren, it Is not often fatal but a few deaths have occurred on the Bay from it. RANCHER IS MURDERED. Trunin Cuts Oil" A'letlm's Head nntl Escapes AVitli $S,UOfl. (By Associated Press.) OAKLAND, Cal., May G. Word was received hero of the murder of a rancher at Sunol bj a tramp who cut off his victim's head and escap ed with the $3,000 realized by tho rancher yesterday from tho sale of his place. Chief Executive Promises to Stop In Sister State On Way West. (By Associated Prnss.) WASHINGTON, Maj G. President Taft today told Senator norah that If ho made a trip West this fall ho would vUlt Idaho wUJo en routo to Seattle. The nw $30 UU1 bean tl por trait of G rover Cleveland uul, ap propriately, can be exchuLged for $20 in gold. PRESIDENT TO VISIT ISA!