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M nmampp im'ww'wu -- fwjmnw TWTfT - ' " . MW.JI i iwwwhptt' " ? icsss ADS. i tmes NEWS 1VIIBV iWSlMfflS IS SLOW, AH Vi'HTISi:. THAT IT PAYS IS KVI iiKVCKI) I"' SUCCESSFUL 11USI-V.-SS HCH SKS EVERYWHERE :t GET IT WHILE IT IS NEW BY HEADING THE COOS HAY TIMES. ALL THE NEWS AIA THE TIME TERSELY TOM) :: :: :: :: :: SfKMBKR OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Established in 1878 ua Tliu Coast Mail. von. XXXII. THE COOS HAY TIMES, MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11), 1910 EVENING EDITION A consolidation of Times, Coast Mail and Coos Hay Advertiser. NO. 188. .41 Iff I HDYT m TRIBUTE TO S IHfill ENGINE GLAVIS TO Former United States' Attor- at Nome, Alaska, On Wit ness Stand. PINCHOT-BALLINGER INQUIRY'S SURPRISE Ballinger's Counsel Suddenly Terminates Examination of Glavis. (By Associated tress.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 19. Attorney Vertrees sprung a surprise this morning in tho Balllnger-PIn-chot hearing wlien lie announced he did not care to cross-examine Glavis further. Henry M. Hoyt, attorney general of Porto HIco, was called as eecond witness for the prosecution. When the committee adjourned late yesterday there was no indica- lon that Glavis was approaching the end. He had not been questioned to his many conversations with Balllnger especially the one in which Glavis declared Uallinger had asked him not to press the investiga- tlon of certain coal claimants until fter 190S. When the announce- Knent was made that Vertrees had nished with the witness, Brandeis Bald he desired to make no redirect xaminatlon. Hoyt was then called. lie said he ias United States attorney at Nome, Maska, from 1904 to 1907. After hat he was special assistant in the epartment of Justice unitl he was FIND POISON IN STOMACHS Additional Evidence of Murder of Other Members of Swope Family Is Secured. (By Associated Press.) KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 19. Strychnine far in excess of the amount given usually for medicinal doses was found in the stomach of Chrlsman Swope and in the contents of Margaret Swope's stomach, ac cording to a report credited to Dr. Ludwlg Hektoen and Dr. W. S. Haines here this afternoon. DROPS THROUGH TRESTLE CAIRO IB OUTRAGE WILL MIL SERVICE Chamber of Commerce Writes Oregon Delegation About It. The Marshfleld Chamber of Com merce is keeping up a continuous campaign to secure a better mail ser- ppolnted attorney general of Porto vice for this section and is keeping Ico. Brandeis first questioned j membjrs of the Oregon delegation loyt's knowledge of Glavis' ser- rlces to the government. "His work &s always of a very high order," eplled tho witness. "I knew him ntlmately. his work was thorough nd Intelligent." Pays Tribute to Glavis. The witness was questioned about he circumstances leading to his vis it to the attorney general at the re- uest of Glavis to protest against tho Elerce interpretation of the Coal and Act of 1908. Hoyt said ho nd Glavis felt that Wickersham -ould reach different conclusions rom those of Pierce. "I told the at ney general that I had worked Uth Glavis and knew him as an lonorable upright young man. and hat I would be entirely accountable 'or him. I also said Olnvls lrnnw ho fas doing an unusual thing In going W the heads of his suneriors. but hat he would let the matter drop ' WlcVer"'nm nsreed with Pierce. I said I ntil not think lands of the alue of the Alaska coal fields should e allowed to pass from the govern ment on the opinion of nnv less nffl- la' than that of the attorney gener- J hat otherwise there would be a 'S scandal. Wickersham jiirrfiil ho bouId act on the matter and said h,e "" nx it up with Balllnger. Ho he also would say something Q'avls, and that tho insnector had eei ver zealous, perhaps. One Killed Outright and Three Others of Train Crew Proti ably Fatally Injured. (By Astoclated Pres.) WHEELING, W. Va., Feb. 19. A freight engine running wild EX-BANKER IS FOUND DEI John A. Johnson of Logans port, Ind., Thought to Have Committed Suicide. (By Associated Press.) LOGANSPORT, Ind., Feb. 19. The body of John A. Johnson, for mer president of the State National Bank of this city was found floating in the Wabash river today. Johnson served six years in prison following a confession that ho embezzled $550,000 of the bank's funds. He recently was a grain broker. He is supposed to have committed suicide. HOWtXK ASKS MOKE .MONEY. Itor WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. Sen- 0r Bourne has offered nn nmonrl- e"t to increase the appropriation Ir Coqutlle river In tho -i..., n,i arbors hill, to $50,000. In nnonrn". with the report of the chief of Wneen. The house has passed tho 111 wh $27,500 for that project. tliv Scji.,.,k ,r ,., thlB ,ortag extinguished what threaten- x '0 bernitic i. j . . ome . Uilu umze ,n tho lanne T A' Howard' Jn Bomo lie ..m th W00(lwork underneath urnin ' had Caught flre and was ttl..rWhe?.JBck F,anaSan's lr ,. ""rr noticed it. She told orhei ,d and tho latter caed d and WaS U,e nrSt tQ" re . u aid after ktniri..., , wpipe. h "z;t r.u"".: late j j-"uicu a uucKet oi f'er down w. .. Irlcv , u"cen mo noard and I'1- Work on j .. . . . 'u "unguisned the Are. lri was hi-n ,...i epart!, . eXtIngu,shed be' the wtment arrived. and the postofllco department in formed of the delays and troubles in cident .to tho present unsatisfactory service. Today a letter was sent to Senator Bourne and to the others, showing tho mall service day by day since tho first of December. The letter is as follows with the excep tion that the one below merely gives the days on which there was no' mall service or delays were encountered: "We Have received such splendid results by appealing to our Washing ton delegation during this session, and ask tho further help in a mat ter that is of great importance to all the citizens of Coos Bay, i. e., the mail service. As we understand It the present route is being tried out as an experi ment (results of which we show be low), and we will ask you to inter cede in our behalf and have tho ser vice changed from this route to the Coos Bay wagon road. "As shown in data given below, which we secured from our post master, since the change was made wo have not been given Sunday service at all, and many times when the stage or wagon carrying the mail Is late into Myrtle- Point, the train will not wait, consequently the , mall is held over there another 24 hours. You can easily understand ( what a delay of this kind means to our business men and much serious troublo and expense havo resulted from our lack of service. "Will you not unite with the oth er members o fthe delegation and urge upon the Postofllco Department the Importance to us in changing this route? Tho statement below will show how and when the mail was carried. If the stage does not connect with the train, there is no other means used toward a delivery of that day's mall until tho succeeding day. "it in pnrnoRt.lv ureed that tho mall be again changed to the Coos j Bay Wagon Road, making North j Bend tho terminus of tho contract, as in case of It being lato into Marshfleld the North Bend mall la held over hero several hours; North Bend Is only two and a half or three miles distant from here. "Tho mail route was changed from the Coos Bay wagon road against protest of the Chamber of Commerce, but at tho instance of the mail inspector. Many miles of 1 F. PLAN! IN HHIM0 Steamship Arrives From South This Afternoon With Many Passengers. The M. F. Plant arrived in this afternoon from San Francisco after a fairly good trip from San Fran cisco. She brought a largo cargo of general supplies and a fair list of passengers. Beginning this trip, the Plant will carry Beaver Hill coal to San Fran cisco. It has not been decided yet wheth er the Plant will sail Sunday or Mon day. Among those arriving on the Plant were the following: J. C. Greene, M. F. Fisher, J. H. Bridges, Miss Fay Bridges, Miss Mary Black, A. M. Prentiss, Mrs. A. T. Haines, Harry Adler, Miss L. Lar son, R. Desmond, Chas. Bergerson, J. W. Robertson, Theo. Bradley, E. R. Nienstadt, Mrs. J. H. Bridges, J. Bering, Mrs. Geo. A. Ross, J. II. Flanagan, J. Balnes, Miss Mary Clark, Mrs. A. G. Aiken, E. T. Lampe, Miss Bergerson and Mrs. J. H. Somers. KILLS THREE AND HIMSELF George Stevens, Son of Alaba ma Mine Operator, Slays His Own Children. (By Asaoolated Press.) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Feb. 19. George Stevens, son of a prominent mine operator, shot and killed his three children, shot and fatally wounded a colored nurse and then shot and killed himself. The nurse was dangerously but not fatally hurt. A ten year son escaped from the house. A note left by the father in dicates it was prenfeditated. It said, "I'm to blame for It all." About 15 months ago, Stephens' wife died. Stephens was 38 years old and a railroad engineer. (Continued on page 5.) Articles for HAMMERED BRASS work at WALKER'S STUDIO. crashed through a trestle over a creek fifteen miles from here today and fell a distance of thirty feet, burying tho engineer, fireman and .two brakemen. Tho fireman was killed and the others probably fatal ly hurt. TILLMAN WILL Little Hope of South Carolina Senator Regaining Power of Speech Again. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 19. The condition of Senator Tillman who is ill of paralysis, continues to be grave. He passed a fairly quiet night, but was unable to recog nize anyone this morning, following a relapse last night. Even if he should recover all probability Is that ho will not completely regain his power of speech and never again be able to voice his honest convictions by the vitriolic invectives for which he was noted. Ramona Sails Early Today For Columbia River With Many Passengers. The Ramona sailed at G:30 this morning for Portland with a fair cargo of freight and a good passen ger list. Captain Nelson reports that they have been having some slight difficulty in keeping up steam with the Coos Bay coal, the Ramona's en gines having been equipped for a dif ferent -kind of fuel. . Among those sailing on the Ra mona were the following: W. C. Welch, Mrs. Welch, C. Hackman, J. N. Pauley, G. K. Mc Kenzie, L. D. Paine, J. C. Lee, C. M. Smith, J. C. Quandon, H. Kennedy, D. McKlnnon, S. W. Ormsby, G. Ar taza, E. Davis, J. H. Smith, J. L. Sturgill, Mrs. Glllett, F. E. Wilson, Win. Dungan, W. N. Duncan, Mrs. E. McGuire, Bruce Brln, Miss Hazel Cameron, Otto Rinne, H. B. Hall, F. G. Horton, Mrs. W. C. Chase, Jv Riley, D. D. Doty, A. Peterson, J. Slimmer, J. W. Brigham, Gus. John son, M. T. Smith, Frank Maedke, John L, Cooney, Mrs. Border. FIND MORE BODIES. Other Victims of St. Paul Mine DIs aster Are Recovered. (By Associated Pfess.l CHERRY, 111., Feb. 19. Four more bodies in the St. Paul mine were recovered today making 12 G re covered since the disaster on Novem ber 3. It is estimated that 173 bodies are yet to be found. STRIKE IN PHILADELPHIA. Street Car Men Aro Ordered Out Today. (By Associated Press.) PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Feb. 19. A strike of tho Union Street Car Employes was ordered hero today. THE WHEAT MARKET. fBv Associate Prew. CHICAGO, Fob, 19, Wheat clos ed as fdllows: May. $1,14 1-8; July, $1.04 3-4; September, $1.00 1-4. (By Associated PrrfiO PORTLAND, Feb. 19. Wheat un changed. (By Associated Press.) TACOMA, Feb. 19. Bluestem wheat, $1.14 and $1.1D; Club, $1.0G and $1.07; Red Russian, $1.00. BE INVESTIGATED AT ONCE Grand Jury Assembles There Today and Will Probe the Entire Affair. DAS CONFESSED Kansas City Confronted By More Race Trouble As Re sult of. Assault Cases. (By Associated Press.) KANSAS CITY, Feb. 19. Will iam Jackson, a 38-years-old negro janitor wha last night confessed as sailing five young white girls, was taken before the grand jury today. There Is an intense feeling but no public demonstration has occurred yet. DEAD OUT ALIVE SAKS S Evangelist's Saying Startles 1,000 Souls In Tabernacle Great Interest. (By Rev. fa. LEROY HALL.) SUNKEN ARROW-HEADS. "Some Christians have faces .Jlke tomb stones.' think because trouble you "You needn't you've got liver have religion." "I feel like singing when I pass a church 'Hark, from the tomb, there comes a doleful sound.' " . "Every person In Marshfleld is dead who hasn't life of Christ iu him." "You can embalm your soul In the fluid of morality for a while, but it won't last." "A man's attitude toward tho gospel of Christ brings either life or death to his soul. If you aro dead In sin, you have no eternal inheritance. A dead person can't Inherit any- thing." "I've seen many a $20 hat on a five cent head." " Ho stinketh already is a text I always feel like using on tho tobacco user." "Tho Devil Is a hustling pawnbroker, he gets all the un- redeemed souls." "Chrlstlnnlty Is Internal, ex- ternal and eternal. Morality ex- ternal only." "One .b.Ird In the bush Is worth three on a woman's hat." "Somo Christians are like tho man who stole a phono- graph, they havo a bad re- cord." "A dead body .la nothing compared to a dead soul." "Take tho brains out of a man's head and you havo a fool. Take tho honor out of a man's heart and you havo a rogue." "Somo men glvo much thought to their musclo, but little musclo to their thought." "I tried to drive a nail In a rotten board once, but it would not stick. Somo men aro too tho rotten and Immoral for truth to stick In them." SUNDAY TOPICS. Mr. Shannon will speak Sun day morning and evening at tho tabernacle. It's about time, reader, you began to get his messages first hand. These re ports aro only fragments. His morning thomo at 11 o'clock tomorrow will bo: "I havo taken off my coat, how shall I put it on?" Evonlng at 7:30 "I see your finish." Dan Shannon startled a great crowd laBt night by announcing that (Contlnnod on pace 4.) TWELVE PRISONERS HURRIED TO PRISON More Militia Assemble In Town and Order Is Rigidly Enforced. (By Associated Press.) CAIRO, III., Feb. 19. Tho grand jury inyestlgatlon of Thursday night's riot began today. Sheriff Nellls declares he knows the Identity of several members of tho mob and that they will bo compelled to testU fy before tho grand jury. Surround ed by a hundred infantrymen, tho twelve convicted prisoners who were sentenced yesterday by Judge Will lam Butler to various terms in Ches ter prison, were hurried to the depot and out of town at five o'clock this morning to prison. Among the prisoners were Joh'i Pratt, the negro purse snatcher, whose arrest resulted In the attempt to forco tho jail and ly(nch him yes terday morning as a result of which one in the mob was killed and four wounded. Last night passed quiet ly. Additional militiamen arrived today. The saloons have remained closed and order is being rigidly enforced. API Wk DF DELEEATI NORTH BEND COMMERCIAL CLUB SENDS TELEGRAMS ABOUT COOS HAY APPROPRIATION ALSO WANTS JETTY REPAIR ED. At a meeting of tho executive committee of the North Bend Com mercial Club tills afternoon, tele grams were ordered sent to the members of the Oregon delegation at Washington commending them for the appropriation secured for tho Improvement of Coos Bay. The tele grams also requested that in view of tho fact that it would probably bo somo considerable time before the dredge could bo placed In operation an effort bo made to secure an ap propriation to ropalr tho jetty. Tho telegrams were carefully worded so that they could bo in no wiso con strued as opposing tho views of the engineers and tho delegation regard ing tho bar dredge. The telegram of C. A. Smith print ed in The Times yesterday has arous ed considerable discussion and has resulted In Borne rather scorching denunciations of parties who would go to the extent of defeating any appropriation for Coos Bay at this time and for at least four years to como in order to uphold their oppo sition to tho bar dredge. Pretty and up-to-date STATION- 'ERY nt AVALKEH'S STUDIO. HOT SHOT 1Y LUND. DAN SHANNON Is probably con sidered tho host speaker in Coos county but O. O. LUND SELLS choapor and hotter grado shoes and gloves than any Bhoo or glove dealer In r.nnn rountv. If any defects aro (shown or ripping or 6oam in any goods I Eell, I will repair free of charge This would Jiinko It profit able and money In nny one's pocket to tako advantage of it. Cut this ad. out and put It In your memorandum .book and come In and mako us prove U, O. O. LUND, ' 2I.T South Broadway. 41 1