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MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1909 EVENING EDITION
No. 260.
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ADJOURN IMHtSS ANU LEI
PROSPEHITY RETURN TO NATION
James J. Hill Tells President
Taft What the Country
Needs.
TARIFF AGITATION
HURTING BUSINESS
Railroad Magnate Says That
Delay In Legislation Is
Harmful.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 13.
Jamea J. Hill called on President
Taft today. He expressed the belief
that If the tariff agitation was cut
off short and oratorical steam In
congress shut off. the country would
enjoy a great era of prosperity at
an early date. "All eyes are turned
on Washington," said Hill. "Some
people seem to think legislation will
cure toothache, set a broken limb or
make crops. Talk and agitation hero
in Washington keep people in sus
pense, makes them forget their busi
ness and hope for some legislative
cure for all. What we want is to
have the tariff agitation over with
and let tho people get back to work
and aid getting the wheels of pro
gress turning. Then things will
begin to hum. The outlook is good
In all directions."
AT
S
John Hemlock, Resident
Of
Coos County Fifty Years,
Succumbs.
(Special to The Times.)
BANDON, Ore., May 13. John
Hemlock, a pioneer of the Coquille
Valley, died late Tuesday at his
home at Dullards after a long Illness
of a complication of Ills due to his
advanced years. He was eighty
three years old and came to Coos
county about fifty years ago.
Besides his wife, two daughters,
Mrs. It. W. Bullard and Mrs. B.
Barrows, and one son, John Hem
lock, Jr., survive.
The funeral was held today at
Bullards.
BODY TO CHINA IN SUIT CASE.
DENVER, Colo., May 13. Ex
humed after seven years' Interment
In Riverside cemetery, tho remains
of Ah Foo, a former Wazee street
laundryman, were carried back, to
China In a suit case for burial. This
singular method of transportation
was undertaken by Fang Lee, who,
after seeing what little was left of
the corpse, forbore the expense of a
coffin and other ceremonious equip
ment, dumped the crumbled bones
f his friend into the gript and start
ed forth happily on his journey.
The removal of the body was In
keeping with the Chinese custom of
"ndlng back all compatriots who die
in this country to their native land
'or reinterment, according to Orien
tal rites.
Sometimes circumstances make It
'mposslblo to carry out this practice
as the expense is great. The body
s then burled In this country, only
to be disinterred and returned to
the flowery kingdom when financial
conditions win permit.
Such was tho fate of Ah Foo when
ne died seven years ago. His near
est relative, Fang Lee, who conducts
laundry at 1549 Blako street, was
"nable to meet the expense. He
never forgot the religious duty ow
ei to his dead cousin, and It was
Wy last week that he succeeded in
humiliating sufficient money to pay
"l debt to the dead.
PDHEER
WANT LIGHTS
ON WATER FRONT
Business Men Ask For Them
to Secure Better Fire
Protection.
In order to secure better fire pro
tection for the waterfront, a meet
ing of the members of the Merchants
Patrol at the Chamber of Commerce
last night decided to ask the city
council to install three electric lights
at various points along the wharf
line. H. W. Skinner was selected to
take tho matter up with the city
council at Its next meeting.
After considerable discussion. it
wag ,jeclded to restrict the boimda-
ries of the special watchman's beat
to the waterfront blocks between
Wolcott's grocery and the C. A.
Smith retail yards. Some wanted
the west side of Front street to
Broadway taken In, but it was de
cided this was too much territory
for one man to cover. Later, how
ever, an effort may be made to put
on a second watchman and have the
property owners and business men
west of Front street contribute to
the fund.
A time-clock with eighteen boxes
to bo put in at various points in the
district, has been Installed at an ex
pense of $63. It will be necessary
to raise between $90 and $100 per
month to defray the expense of the
system and the watchman and of
this $SG has been subscribed and
tho balance will be forthcoming
soon, It was stated.
Wm. Ekblad, J. W. Flanagan and
Herbert Lockhart was appointed as
a special committee to look after the
system for the coming month.
It is expected that the insurance
companies will reduce the fire Insur
ance rate -sufficiently to more than
cover the expense of the' special
watchman.
THREE WILL GRADUATE
FROM NORTH BEND HIGH
3Iildred Hood, Marlon Reynolds nnd
Hulph Coko to Complete Course
May 28 Plan Exercises.
Great preparation are being
made by the North Bend High School
for the annual commencement exer
cises which will be held at the school
house May 28. President P. L.
Campbell of the State University at
Eugene, will deliver the commence
ment address. The remainder of the
program has not been announced.
The graduates this year are Mildred
Rood, Marion Reynolds and Ralph
Coke.
The Alumni of tho North Bend
High School are planning on a
banquet and reception to the gradu
ates but havo not perfected their
plans.
TIIHEE KILLED IN WRECK.
Twenty-Two Others Hurt In 31. K.
& T. Accident In Tcviih.
(By Associated Press.)
DENISON, Tex., May 13. Three
were killed and twenty-two injured
and one badly scalled in a wreck on
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas pas
senger train near Bonlta late Tuesday
night. The engine left the tracks at
a point wnere a rreignt train was
wrecked Tuesday.
TO PROTECT A3IERICANS.
U. S, Cruiser Taconia Reaches Asiatic
Turkey Port.
(By Associated Press.)
ALEXANDRIA, Asiatic Turkey,
"May 13. The United States Reve
nue Cutter Tacoma arrived here to
day for tho protection of American
interests,
IS
m
Increase of Thirty-Three Per
Cent In Number of Cases In
New York City In Two
Years.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. May 13. That
the vigorous campaign against tuber
culosis has failed to check the great
white plague was tho startling
charge made tolnv by Nathan
SHORTS SHOOT:
T
Bears Sell Too Much In Chi
cago Pit and Pay Well
to Cover.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, May 13. Traders in
the wheat pit were bearishly affected
today by reports of additional rain
In Kansas and other sections of the
southwest. The market opened
weak with July at $1.12.
The market appeared to have
been oversold early In tho day and
when the shorts started to cover,
prices moved up rapidly. July
which declined after tue opening to
$1.11 7-8, moved up to $1.13 Y.
The market held firm the remainder
of the day.
The closing prices were: May
$1.27; July, $1.12 3-4; September,
$1.05 5-S; December, $1.04 1-S.
A. P. Riddle, Former Lieuten
ant Governor of Kansas,
Killed Today.
(By Associated Press.)
SALINA, Kan., May 13. A. P.
Riddle, formerly lieutenant-governor
of Kansas, was killed near here to
day in an automobile accident.
MRS. WM. JAMES BURIED
IN NORTH BEND TODAY
Aged Woman Succumbs at Home of
Her Daughter, Mrs. Blair, at
Bangor From Gall Stones.
Mrs. Wm
James, for a. number of
years a resident of North Bend, died
nt tlin homo nf her cinnirhter. Mrs. !
Blair, at Bangor of gall stones, The
funeral was held this afternoon
North Bend.
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Mrs. James was sixty-four years
old and was born 1A Ontario. Besides
Mrs. Blair of North Bend, she Is sur
vived by several other children who
are Ed. James of North Bend, Mrs.
John Orr of Myrtle Point, Milton
James of Myrtle Point, George James
of Santa Rosa, Cal., and Mrs. Sharp
of Portland.
Rev. Chas. Barkalow of Myrtle
Point, officiated at the funeral which
was held from the Blair home at 2
o'clock this afternoon, interment be
ing at Marshfiold
PANIC IN PICTURE SHOW.
Several Hurt In Escaping After Ex
plosion of Film at Centervllle.
CENTERVILLE, la., May 12.
A film In a moving picture show
here exploded, Injuring several per
sons none fatally. A panic followed
the explosion and many wero severe
ly bruised in a mad rush for the
exits. Some women In tho rear of
the hall threw their children from
tho windows, but all escaped without
serious Injury. Tho flro was soon
extinguished and little damage re
sulted. 'CASTLEWOOD" at tfi"e P. K.
1
IS VJCTIM OE
AUTO ACCIDENT
C IPTION
Straus, the New York philanthropist,
at the fifth annual meeting of the
National Association of Study for
the Prevention of Tuberculosis.
Straus backed up his assertion with
the official statistics of the New York
Health Department, showing an in
crease of 33 per cent in two years in
the cases in that city. The reason
for this failure to make headway,
Straus declares was neglect of the
mischief wrought by the tuberculo
lar dairy row.
I BREWER!
Joseph Houser and Mart
Weiler Get Plant From
George Wolf.
Joseph Houser and Mart Weiler
yesterday purchased the old brewery
property In Ferndale from George
Wolf for $C,000 and announce that
they will immediately overhaul and
enlarge tho plant. Heretofore the
brewery has been equipped only for
steam brew but the new owners
proposed to equip It to turn out beer
of all kinds. They will also put in
their own cold storage plant.
Mr. Houser has been brewmaster
for the North Bend Brewing Com
pany at North Bend and will have
charge of the plant whilo Mr. Weiler
will look after the business end of
the concern.
Favorite Finishes Firsl In Me
tropolitan Race at New
York.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, May 13. King
James, the topweight entry and pub
lic favorite, today won the great
metropolitan handicap. Fayette was
second and Juggler third.
GETS FIVE-TON SAFE
FOR JEWELRY STORE
Ciirlcton Jewelry Company Secures
Large One With Five Coinpart-
ments For Store Here.
A five-ton safe arrived here on the
Alliance this week for tho Carleton
Jewelry Company The big, strong
box has five compartments and each
has a different combination. It is
'luillf nDiiantnllv frti. tin laivnlpv lincf-
ness. As soon he gets It installed,
Mr. Carleton says that his slumber
.will not be disturbed by dreams of
burglars or fires.
GIFT FOR FIREMEN.
Capt. Amos Donaldson Highly Pleas
ed With Their Work.
Otto Schetter today received a
letter from Capt Amos Donaldson
who Is now at Eerkeley, Cal. Mr.
Schetter had written him about the
fire and how near Capt. Donaldson's
buildings came to going up In
smoke. Mr. Donoldsun requested
Mr. Schetter to express his heartfelt
thanks to tho firemen and said that
he would mall the department a
check for $50 as a littlo token of
his esteem.
PUGET SOUND FIRE.
I LE
KING JAMES
WINS HANDICAP
Packing Plant Near llelllnglmin
Hums.
(By Associated Press.)
BELLINGHAM. Wash., May 13.
The plant of the Astoria and Pugot
Sound Packing Company on Chuckn-
nut Bay, threo miles south of this
city, was burned yesterday. Tho Iosb
Is $50,000. It was well Insured. The
plant was Just ready for tho season's
operations.
FRENCH GOVERNMENT APPARENTLY
GETTING UPPER HAND IN STRIKE
T
mc
Government Finds Lines
Through National Forests
Great Aid.
PORTLAND, May 13. The bene
fits of telephone communication on
the national forests have been
brought forcefully to the attention of
the Forest Service on account of the
large number of forest fires during
last year. The need for phones has
not been underestimated in the
past and many miles of telephone
'ine have been constructed in the
national forests. The headquarters
of many of the forest officers are
in isolated parts of the country, and
In some cnses it takes three weeks
for an answer to be received to a
letter, although the distance may
not exceed 60 or 70 miles.
In case of fire It is imperative that
help be secured to aid In fighting it.
It was necessary in order to remedv
this situation and to facilitate tho
administration of the forests that
the construction of telephone lines
was begun several yenrs ago. The
line most commonly usfd Is n
grounded circuit of No. 12 B. B. gal
vanized Iron wire. In some cases
swinging Insulators are used attach
ed to trees, but in a majority or
cases where the line does not run
through a heavily timbered country
a polo line is constructed.
In one Instance alone during tho
past year a telephone lino which had
been constructed through the forest
undoubtedly saved many thousands
of feet of valuable timber. In this
case a forest officer was enabled by
means of a portable telephone, which
he carried with him, to summon help
from a point 43 miles away, and by
doing so a fire which would have
proved very disastrous, was checked
and finally controlled.
The need for telephone lines In
order to afford prompt means of
communication is moro urgent in
those countries which aio subject to
forest fires. Tho origin of such fires'
is always m Interesting problem,
and from Information which hns
bpen obtained are due to many and
varied causes. Hunters and camp
ers cause a large portion of such
fires ; railroads In the country trav
ersed by them, tho largest propor
tion, and lightning, clearing of land,
and Incendiaries tho remainder. It
Is estimated that tho aggregate Iosb
from forest, fires in all parts of tho
country during the coiflngratlons of
last year amounted to $50,000,000.
When all of tho losses are taken Into
consideration tho gravity of tho
situation assumes alarming propor
tions, and places grave rcsponslblll-
ties upon those who havo anything to
in with the solving of locating and
fighting forest fires.
During tho last fiscal year ending
Juno 30, 1908, over 2,500 miles of
telephone lino was constructed on
all tho national forests In tho west,
nnd since thnt time the construction
of 1,387 miles of additional lino has
been authorized. Tho majority of
theso have been completed nnd nro
In operation, tho balance will be
cump'eted botore June 30, 1909.
Tiieso telophono lines aro only
instructed in thoso parts of the
country where tho field Is not cov
ered ty commercial companies, and
where tho business which would he
outlined will not justify tho con
struction of it commercial lino for
vears to rem p.
Much work hns been done In tho
t'.ites of Otrgon nnd Washington,
but thero is a vnst amount to bo
Jt no which will be taken up ns
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irr'dly as tho funds for such work
will permit.
Che following Is a list of tho tole-
( Continual on page 4.)
Replaces Striking Postal and
Telegraph Employes From
Military.
S.0ME OF STRIKERS
I RETURNING TO WORK
Number of Workmen Out Did
Not Increase Today As Was
Expected.
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, May 13. The number of
striking government employes shows
no appreciable Increase this morn
ing. The service Is normal and in
some places, notably Bordeaux, the
telegraphers have returned to work.
The efforts of the strikers to induce
loyal men to strike seems unsuccess
ful. On the other hand, the strikers
claim the number of men reported
by the government to bo at work is
ridiculous. The postmen who doliv-
er newspapers and refused to work
today were replaced by men
the navy.
from
HUGHES AVILL C03IE.
(By Associated Press.)
SEATTLE, Wash., May 13. Gov.
ernor Charles E. Hughes of New
York, has formally accepted the in
vitation to visit the Alaska-Yukon-Paclflc
exposition, coming probably
either late In July or early In August.
BETTER TIMES
Steel Trust President Prophe
sies Speedy Return of Pros
perity In America.
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, May 13. William
E. Corey, president of tho United
States Steel Corporation, sailed to
day for a vacation trip through Eu
rope. Ho spoke optimistically of steel
conditions and declared that with en
early tariff adjustment and average
crops, a speedy return of prosperity
might bo expected.
END RAILROAD STRIKE.
Canadian Pacific Finally Accedes to
Union.
(By Associated Prea.)
WINNIPEG, Man., May 13. Tho
differences which existed between tho
Canadian Pacific Railroad and the
Federation of Mechanical unions ou
tho eastern lines of the system, were
settled on an amlcablo basis. All
of tho men who havo been out on a
strike since Inst fall were reinstated
and the old wage scale restored.
REORGANIZE BOOTH CO.
Dig Fish Concern Out of Bankruptcy
Court.
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, May 13. The reor
ganization of tho big fish concern of
A. Booth & Co., having been dotor
mlned upon some time ago, the bank
ruptcy petition filed against the com
pany was dismissed In tho United
States court today.
PHONE FLIRTING HAHHED
IN FEDERAL BUILDING
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Muy 12. -Uncle
Samuel does not Intend to have
anything to do with clandestine
mootings and surreptitious rendez
vous, and to prove It ho has had Iho
tolophono booths In tho governmont
building tnken out. There were so
many little g'rlti hanging nround
hor telephoning all duy long and
waiting for their friends to ( keep
dates with thorn that the telephones
been mo worn out. No more phono
flirting Is the rule heie.
COMING, COREY