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'jtSl 3W&F ADS. NEWS Tiir.v nrsiXKss is slow, au miTISi:. THAT IT PAYS IS liVI nEXCKI' Y SUCCESSFUL 1JUSI ",SS HOISES EVERYWHERE :: GET IT WHILE IT IS NEW BY READING THE COOS TJAY TIMES. ALL THE XEWS AL.j THE TIME TEHSELY lOLIi : :: MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS 1 1 winii Established hi 1878 ns The Coast Mali. yOfc. XXXII. man and Woman Arrested For .Killing and Robbing a Stranger in Hotel. WOMAN PARTLY CONFESSES STORY. Six-Year-Old Boy May Furnish Principal Evidence Against Pair. (By Associated Press.) PORTLAND, June 21. Jesse P. Webb and Mrs. William A. Johnson uee arrested at the Willamette Rooming House early to-day on sus picion of having murdered the hus band of the woman, William A. John son, at the Grand Central Hotel yes terday afternoon. Johnson's body was discovered in a trunk at the Union Depot, from which blood was seen trickling. The trunk was opened and the body of the man dis covered. The head had been terri bly battered and he had been shot and choked to death. The express man who took the trunk to the depot vas found and took a detective to the Grand Central room occupied by the Johnson's. The room was broken Into and showed signs of a terrible struggle. Blood was everywhere. Detectives then started to locate the woman and Webb, who had v '!;''--tered at the hotel under the name of Powers. They wcie traced to' tho Willamette rooming house, where a little son of Johnson's w,ns found. At daylight this morning, Webb and the woman rode up to the placa in an auto and were taken into cus tody. The woman had $1,000 in her possession. Woman Confesses. The woman, held as Mrs. W. A. Johnson, tho supposed wife of the murdered man, has confessed that she is Mrs. D. W. Korsh, Wife of a city employee of Seattle named Bert Kersh, whom she left a year ago to run away with Webb. She has been travelling and in many places during the interval. She states she knew Johnson In Seattle and later met him In.Spokane, where he promised her if she would leave Webb to set her un la tho lodging house business in Port land. She agreed and they left Spo kane Sunday night. She did u" know Webb was on the train unti.1 they all got aboard the same, hotel bus at the depot. The hotel register of the New Grand Central shows Webb registered as "Powers." John son and the woman registered as man and wife. The woman says she knows nothing of tne murder. According to her story, tho men Patched up their difference and be gan drinking. Johnson wont to hi; room in tho afternoon to sleep off the effects of the liquor and she and Webb devoted their timo to packing Johnson's trunk, ho having an nounced he was going to Seattle last light. After tho trunk was packed, she tcok her son "Willie," and went to the Willamette rooming house, Sl' does not explain why she changed her place of abode. At 10 o'clock Webb called for her in an ato and they went for a joy ride. She supposed Johnson had gono to Seattle. She says she knows nothing f tho murder. The boy is six years old and says tho woman is his mother and Webb 13 his father. The boy has been aught to call Webb "father." The little fellow says Webb and Johnson had n serious quarrel yesterday after noon and later he was forbidden to enter Johnson's room because John son was "sick." So far as the police can ascertain, there is no Mrs. John son, The police have ascertained Webb ,f a victim of the chloral habits. Webb Denies Crime. Wrbb tells conflicting stories, but he Inslg b he knows nothing of the mu-ri, i i ncver uurt anybody in my ' f." he declared, "to say nothlna ( having killed Johnson." He pro fessed to recollect nothing of his do Jnes since his arrival hore from Spo- Van. . . . . ", ana declares he has been ' ca a drunk" for several days, When arrested, airs. Kersh had ".900 in her possesion, which, she ii iiini msraS ii PORTLAND QUICKLY BUS DOM TAFT 10 MAKE BILL ISSUE President Will Endeavor to Force Campaign Pub licity Measure- (By Associated Press. WASHINGTON, June 20. Presi dent Taft decided to-day to make an issue of the passage by Congress be fore the adjournment at the present session of the bill providing for pub licity of contributions In all cam paigns affecting federal offices. At 12:30 o'clock to-day Vice-President Sherman affixed his signature to the Statehood bill, which Is a step in progress of the legislation before tho measure goes to the Presi dent for his approval. President Taft signed the State hood bill at 1:40 p. m. TAFT TO FIGHT HARD. President Will Endeavor to 8001111' Postal Salnu,s Hank Legislation. 1 Uv AsORieted Press.) WASHINGTON, June 21. Receiv ing information from the Senate to day that a "filibuster" was proposed by some of the insurgents against the pas nl savings bank bill, President Taft decided to abandon his projected visit to New Haven to see his son graduate to-morrow. The President said he would stay In Washington "all summer" If necessary to look after the postal bank measure. He desires the House bHT'fo'Ue adopted by the Senate without amendment. GILLETTE DILL PASSES. Will Penult Justice Moody to Retire on Full Pay. my Associated Press.! WASHINGTON, June 20. The Gillette bill to permit Justice Moody o fthe United States Supreme Court to retire on full pay on account of his long continued Illness, passed the House to-day by unanimous consent. s . California Stage Line Near Fort Bragg Has Serious Accident. rBy Associated Press.) FORT BRAGG, Calif., June 21. L. J. Miller of San Francisco was killed, and Richard Conbs of Lime River, Guy Redwine of Ukiah, Mr. and Mrs. Rea of Westport, were in jured last evening when the stage from Wilietts to Muir Junction ran away, following the fracture of the brakes. w declared, Johnson gave her yesterday afternoon. RECORD IX SPOKANE. Jesse P. Webb Was Compositor on Papers Recently. (By Associated Press.) SPOKANE, Wash., June 21. Jesse P. Webb, who was arrested in Portland on suspicion of connection with tho murder of Johnson, left here Sunday after having lived hero two months. He worked as a com positor on local papers. During the one month stay here, he lived with a small blond woman whom he intro duced as his wife. He said ho had been separatod from her, living In Alaska many years, and met her by accident on his return. Quarrels be tween the two wore frequent and n week ago Webb gave up the fur nished house the two occupied, say ing his wife had left him. This house was 315 Wall street, the samo address given as that of "Miss May Webster," on the cards found on the body of the murdered man. BAD RUNAWAY MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1910 EVENING EDITION n ilmi hi www Tex Rickard Announces That Jeffries-Johnson IVIatch Will Be Pulled Off in Nevada Town July 4. (By Associated P'ess i RENO, Nov., June 21. The Jeffries-Johnson world's championship bout will be held in Reno. This an nouncement was authorized to-day by Tex Rickard, promoter of the affair. New Series of Games Opens in the Coast League To-Day. (By Associated Press.) PORTLAND, June 21. A new ser ies of games opens in the Coast League to-day. Oakland will play Los Angeles at Los Angeles the bal ance of the week. Vernon plays San Francisco at San Francisco and Port land opens at Sacramento. Yesterday's only game was between Vernon and Portland and resulted 4 to 0 in Portland's favor. A HDSPITA Patients, Surgeon and Nurse All Sisters Known in Marshfield. St. Vincent's hospital at Portland was last week the scene of two opera tions under extraordinary circum stances, the nurses, physicians and patients being all of one family. It Is also of interest here because Mrs. Baumbaugh, one of the patients, was formerly a resident of Marshfield and is a sister of Mrs. Blivens, whose hus band Is proprietor of the Turkish Bath parlors in the Coos building here now. Concerning the affair, a Portland paper says: The center of Interest at St VI n- cent's Hospital is room No 77, Into which sisters, nurses and physicians are tiptoeing on visits of inquiry and solicitation, while baskets and bou quets of roses and other flowers are continually arriving. It is rather a remarkable situation which prevails in room No. 77, one in which four enterprising and ambitious daughters of an old Oiegon family figure inter estingly. Two of the sisters are the pa dents, having undergone serious op erations. A third sister, who is a practicing physician and surgeon, performed tho operations, and the fourth sister, who is a trained nurse, just finishing her course at St. Vin cent's, Is the attending nurse. One of the patients is a physician herself, and the other Is a photographer's ex pert retoucher. Incidentally, the op erations were performed nnd the pa tients are being cared for In a hospi tal founded and managed in Its every detail by women. " Dr. Elsie Deputy Patton, the eld est of the four sisters, operated on Miss Helen- Lea (daughter of a sec ond marriage) for appendicitis, and immediately afterward performed an operation on Mrs. Bertha Patton Baumbaugh, being assisted in tho surgery by Miss Bessie Lea, the nurse who has the two patients In charge. Inquiry by telephone as to how things were going in No. 77 elicited the information that both operations had been entirely successful and that tho two patients were "doing beauti fully, thank you!" At 9 a. m. the two patients wore propped up on pillows daintily sniff ing roses nnd sipping at chicken broth, while the white-capped nurse hovered about and the businesslike physician was Just in the act of bus tling out with her black medicine grip and case of surgical Instruments. COOS COUNTY FOR SOCIALISM. m a toe COAST LEAGUE BALL SCORES . j-... . Jirn B 6 BOOH MILLIONAIRE It will be on July 4. The building of the arena, special train service, etc., will start at once, so that there is no danger of further delays. GOVERNOR WON'T 1XTERFERE. Chief Executive of Nevada Giver Atti tude on Fight. fBy Assosinted Press.) OGDEN, Utah, June 21. Governor DIckerson of Nevada, who isin Ogden to-day, declared he would not inter fere with the Joffries-Johnson fight SENATE WILL Public Building Bill Allowance in House Increased By Senate Committee. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Juno 21. The public buildings bill which passed the House early this morning was re ported to the Senate to-day by the Senate Committee carrying authoriza tions for about $5,000,000 additional. The House bill authorizing the re- I tlrement of Justice Moody was passed by the Senate to-day. It Is now up to the President for his signature. Instrument Involving $1,500, '000 Filed by Smith Com panies at Roseburg. ROSEBURG, Ore., June 20. A 'mortgage for $1,500,000 was filed with County Clerk Lenox here. It was given by the Linn and Lane Tim ber Company and -the C. A. Smltt Lumber & Manufacturing Company to tho Union Trust Company and Frederick H. Ransom, trustees. It covers all of the immense rich tim ber holdings of the Smith Interests In Coos, Curry, Douglas, Lane, Lincoln and Linn counties. The mortgage is given to secure the six per cent gold bonds of the Linn and Lane Timber Company for $1,500,000. These bonds fall due In sections of from 25 to 50, sml-an-nually, from 1911 to 1927, and the real estate covered in the mortgage is to secure the payment of each bond ns it falls due. The instrument was signed In Hen nepin Co., Minnesota, June C, 1910, C. A. Smith signing It as president and Charles L. Trabert as secretary of both of the companies giving the mortgage. The Instrument is printed and bound into a small pamphlet. It contains 24,500 words and the filing fee in the clerk's office here was $49. Eastern Potentate Who Sought Alice Roosevelt Will Sell His Jewels. fBy Associated Pross.) MANILA, P. I., Juno 21. Tho Sul tan of Sulu, who once offered his hand in marrloge to Miss Alice Roose velt, is to visit Amorlca. Ho an nounced the chief object of his trip abroad is to dispose of a collection of poarls valued something like $250, 000, tho proceeds of which will bo de voted to improving the condition of his people. Ho will bo accompanied by fourteen prominent Moros. He has already sailed for India, and thonco goes to Europe, visiting some of the principal cities. Phone I. S. Kaufman & Co. your Coal Order. $4.30 PER TOX. W I I I pp ifiDTnfipr. ! ob WUIilbAbt a ritbUnytLi! sulu sultan goes abroad; "onsolldntloti of Times, Coast Mutt nnd Coos Hay Advertiser. in un m I i LARGE CROWD AI ELECTION Over 300 Participate in Annual School Meeting in Marshfield. By a vote of 177 to 112, Dr. J. T. McCormac wns last night reelected director of tho Marshfield schools for a term of three years, Tom Coke be ing tho only other candidate. Judge John F. Hall was reelected clerk. Thero was a lengthy discussion on resolutions relating to Prof. F. A. Golden, but none were adopted, a motion to adjourn prevailing befoie tho clash over the resolutions was finished. The crowd was tho largest that ever turned out to a school election in Marshfield, there being upwards of three hundred in attendance. They assembled early, many arriving at tho High School building shortly after 7 o'clock, although the meeting was not called until 8. The large crowd was partly duo to an active campaign that was made yesterday afternoon, the alumni be ing especially active in behalf of Prof. Golden and Tom Coke. Late in the afternoon, they distributed a lengthy circular replying to tho statement of tho sphool board concerning Prof. Golden. During the evening, they had automobiles carrying supporters to the election. The meeting was called to order by Dr. McCormac, president of the school board, and the minutes of tho last annual meeting were read by Clerk John F. Hall. Also the yearly report, both of which were approved. Next came tho election of a clerk for one year. J. W. Bennett nomi nated John F. Hall to succeed him self, nnd tho nomination was sec onded by F. M. Friedberg. Thero were no other nominees and tho chairman was Instructed to cast the unanimous vote for Mr. Hall. Contest for Director. Following" tho election of tho clerk, nominations for director woro de clared in order. Hugh McLain nom inated Tom Coke, and J. W. Bennett seconded tho nomination. In his seconding speech, Mr. Bennett said that one question was uppermost In tho selection of a director whether or not Prof. Golden should be re tained In tho schools. Ho praised Mr. Golden's work during the twenty years or more that ho has been at tho head of tho schools, pointed out tho developments mado in that timo and also to the record established b Marshfield boys and girls in tho high er institutions of learning. Ho said that these things showed Mr. Gol den's efficiency and that when thoy were taken Into consideration, "you had to take your hat off to Mr. Gol den." Mr. Bennett said that tho di rection of school work was tho sup erintendent's duty and that the duty of tho directors was to look aftor tho finances and see that the school work was Inspected. Ho pointed out that Mr. Coke was tho alumni choico for director and that a vote for him would bo counted as a vote for Prof, Golden. Dr. E. MlngtiH nominated Dr. Mc Cormac for director in a short talk In which he pointed out tho long and successful sorvico in school work, tho Interest ho had taken and tho effort he had put forth in behalf of tho public. Dr. Mlngus said that tho meoting was for the pnrposo of oloct Ing a director and not a superin tendent. F, S, Dow warmly seconded Dr. McCormnc's nomination, praising from personal knowledge and from a paront's standpoint of what ho had accomplished. Thore being no other nominations, Tom Bennett, John Kronholm, F. S. Dow and Dr. G. W. Lesiio were ap pointed tollers. John F. Hall road tho Stato law citing the qualifications of voters at school elections and tho ballot was taken, tho name of oach voter being registered as he or sha (Continued on page 3.; No. 290. KILLED- GELES ACCIDENT Samuel Elmore, Noted Salmon Packer, and Woman Com panion Dead. AUTO RIDE'S END IS DISASTROUS. Victim's Widow Who Is Criti cally III May Not Sur vive the Shock. (By Associated Press.) LOS ANGELES, Juno 21. Tho body of Samuel Elmore, the million aire salmon packer of Astoria, who was killed, together with Mrs. W. L. Garretson while auto riding near Florenclta Park last night, will bo prepared for shipment to Portland. The disposition of tho body of Mrs. Garretson has not yet been arranged, but It Is believed it also will bo sent North. Mrs. Elmore, who is critically ill at Pasadena, mny not recover from tho shock of her husband's death. Her condition is precarious to-day.. TAFT URGES HILL. President Confers With Leaders About Campaign Publicity. (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, June 21. Presi dent Taft bent for tho party leaders of both the House and the Senato and told them his views regarding tho campaign publicl y legislation. Tho President said ho had mado a personal pledge during the last Pres idential campaign to do what the could toward furthering tho enact ment of-the publicity bill. Tho Pres ident had hesitated to add this bill to his program, however, while Congress was devoting Itself to those measures which the party had defi nitely committed itself to In Its plat form. Now that the program Is prac tically completed, he has decided to bring all his influence to bear In bo half of tho publicity bill, soon to bet called up. Members of both houses are inclined to tho view that adjourn ment will be had between Thursday and Saturday of this week. Crop Flurry Comes a Month Early Owing to Unusual Hot, Dry Spell. (By Associated Press.) ST. PAUL, Juno 21. Tho annunl ctop scare arrived about a month early this year as a result of an un usual hot, dry spell In Minnesota and Dakota. While conditions aro not desperate, a soaking rain would do a vast amount of good. CHICAGO, Juno 21. Orders to buy filled the wheat pit to-day. Tho fact that no goneral rains wore ro ported nowhere in tho northwest was a big factor In causing a rush of buy ers. Reports fiom the grain dis tricts in tho Northwost aro not on cournglng, but a goneral rain would help matters considerably. Prices went up. MINNEAPOLIS, Juno 21. Wheat wont up three routs on tho Mlunoapa Ils markot yoatorday owing to high tomperaturos and no rain. THE WHEAT MARKET. (By AHBoclnted Press.) PORTLAND, Juno 20. Whoat un changed. CHICAGO, Juno 20. Tho wheat market closod as follows; July, 95o; September, 99 He; Docembor, 95 c. TACOMA, June SO. Bluostem Wheat, SOc; Club, 77o; Red Russian, 75e. MILLINERY REDUCTION SALIJ still continues at Mrs. J. H Somcrs, designer, WHEAT SCARE BOOSTS PRICE A K I 'I UW n I'M ill
