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MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1910 EVENING EDITION.
A Consolidation of Times, Const Mall
ami Coos liny Advertiser.
No. 26.
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hueen of Carnival Escorted to
Marshfield By Forty Deco
rated Boats.
IDANCEISHELD
AT EAGLES' HALL.
Many People in the City and
Large Attendance Is -
Expected.
Tho deep waterway carnival wns
formally opened Inst night by tho
crowning 01 Mlsa Genevieve TullofBOii
as queui of the carnival. The quean
visited North Bond untl was brought
t" Jiarahlleld with an escort of boats,
which wns quite tho largest water
dlil.iy that hns over buon held on
Coos liny.
Mies Tcllofion wont to North Iloiul
early In the evening. She wont to the
eld town ami there was mot by qulto
a number of tho North Ho ml people.
Tl:o boats gathered and formod In
lino cud eifgorttd to MnrMhllehl tho
l-rgo en which tho quoon rode.
Tin) qneen'ri barge.wus llliimlnntod
with red llglfl? htm, on It wero her
maiil3 of honor;"Mlfc Evelyn Mock
and MUs PoHtVlllggq, beside the
nauvi nnd othoc 'nitohdauts. When
thorojnl bargo roJffliod-MnrBhllold It
was stationed opposite tho city on tho
cast tide of the bayohflnnel and for
some time tho ot'lrcr bonts circled
around It. ? ;'
There woro In nllauoujj, forty boats
In the pnrnde. Thoy" woro all lighted
and mndo a beautiful HsTW. Donta
of all sizes took pnrj. Dr.firt.rtlo was
commodore and hlK launch was beau
tifully decorated and was simply
aMazo with llghtH of nil color. ' j
When all of tho boats hnd been re
viewed In front of Marshflold, tho
queen's bargo was landed ntitho foot
of Commercial avenuo and tho quoon
disembarked and took Jier jilnco on
the throne, which had. been croctod
at tho foot of Commercial avenue on
the water front. Commercial avenuo
for nearly two blocks was n solid
ma's of peoplo and on tho wntorfront
every placo thnt pormlttod of a view
was occupied.
Mayor Straw oponed tho coronation
exercises. Ho mndo n,fow romarks
regarding tho cnrnlvnl and then Intro
duced Jay Ilowerman, acting Govor
rrnr of Oregon, whom tho Mayor
stated canto to Mnrshflpld oBpeclnlly
Mo attend tho cnrnlvnl and crown tho
queen.
Mr. Ilowerman mndo a short Itd
drej. Ho said thnt tho people of
Coos ny weio progressive In holding
n deep "aterway carnival to call at
tend,, , thoir tine harbor. IIo snld
tkn ,,;,ck of Coos Day was a vnst
tcrrito-r which would neod this port
IN i-cenn outlet and that ho ex
pected eomo day to seo this plnco ono
to most Importnnt son ports on
ho Pacific Const. .Mr. Boworman told
"I hat benefit gQvarnmont Improve
ment would bo to tljo harbor 'and
ld that ho would help to get for
Coos liny all of the aid that ho could.
Mr. nowormtui then crowned Miss
Tellefson aijd t.ho crowd choered. Tho
quc.n expressed In a fow words her
thanks and appreciation of tho honor.
An nutomobllo wns roady and tho
'T'een and her nttendnnts, accom
Pan.ed by Mayor Straw and Mr. Bow
rman, wero taken to the circus tout.
wnere a special roynl box wns pre
pared. Aftor th0 show porformnnco
81,0 wns taken to tho Eagles' Hall to
Pen the carnival ball.
Tho crowd remained on tho streets
unll a Into hour. Tho streets wero
crowded and It Is likely that thoro
was never more local people on tho
8,r,'s at one time at night. Tho
wholo town turned out and North
"?nd brought quite a number tor help
Rwell tho crowd.
Banco Largely Attended.
The carnival ball was lnrgely at
tended. it was held In tho Eagles'
Ha '. which was donated for the oc
casion by tho lodgo. A largo number
I'-kets had beon sold and TTie big
hall was well filled. An orchestra of
eteht nieces furnished excellent music
ajd tho dancing continued until
"out 2 o'clock this morning.
West Cnn't pome.
Oswald West, Stat Railroad Com-
GUM BAKE
BID EVENT
Enormous Amount of Provis
ions Have Been Ordered
For Big Feast.
Tho clam bake to bo hold In Simp
son's park Thursday will bo ono of
i tho big cvontB of the cnrnlvnl. Prep
arations aro being made to feed threo
thousand porsous should that many
attend, and to do thin an enormous
amount of' provisions will bo used.
Dr. W. Haydon has full chnrgo of
tho clnm bake and will personally
.superintend tho event. IIo bus or
Idored 112,000. clams, S00 loaves of
bread, and l,t00 pouudH of beef. Tho
latter -will bo cooked ovor an open
lire. Tho menu will consist of clam
tea, roast beef, clams, bread and but
ter and coffee. The clam bako Is freo
and tboro will bo plonty to oat for
overvono. Some of tho boats will run
to tho old Simpson mill so tho pas
renders will have but n short dlstanco
to wall: to reach the park.
mlsstoner and Democratic cnudldato
for Governor, who expected to bo
I hero this week, has found It lmpossl
blo to come. This morning, Hugh
MeLnln received tho following self
oplanatory telegram from him,
which cauced much regrot among his
ninny friends hero:
"Sovornl rnllrond hearings this
week nnd tho nbsonce of-ono membor
of tho Commission mnkos It Impossi
ble for mo to como to Mnrshlleld. Re
gret It vory much."
Prize Not Yet Awarded.
A prlzo of $50 wnH offered for tho
host decorated boat In tho wntor pnr
ndo last night. Tho winner of the
prlzo hns not yet beon decided upon.
Thoro wero some especially pretty
bonts nnd tho decision will bo a
rather closo one, so tho Judges will
get together prolmbly to-morrow nnd
award tho prlzo.
Entertained Governor.
Tho general mention committee
of the cnrnlvnl, headed bv Chairman
J, W. Ilennott and Mrs. Henry Song
stnekon, chairman of tho Marshfield
ladles' committee, took Oov. Bowor
ninn to North Ilend to seo tho regatta.
Thoro ho was welcomed by tho North
Bond reception committee, Mrs. T. V.
Reniil" bolng chairman of tho ladles'
committee nnd Petor I.occlo chair
man of tho men's committee-. Ho
was taken on Dr. Turtle's launch to
view tho races. La tor ho wns brought
back to Marshflold on tho launch Ex
nross. which Is under charter for tho
reception commit two.
EAfiLKS HEADY FOR G.UIK.
Contebf Next Sunday With Elks Will
liu Great' Event.
Tho basoball, gamo noxt Sunday
betweon tho Elks and tho Eaglos Is
to be a gamo worth seeing, according
to all accounts given by tho players
who aro practicing for tho ovont. The
Elks hnvo been trying out their play
ers for tho past weok and thw Eagles
aro also propnrlng with the Idea of
winning. Tho Uno-up of tho Elks
hns already been mado public. Tho
Eagles announce the following line
up of players: Catchor, Snyder;
pitcher, Cowan; first base, Denning:
second base, Ferrey or Howell; third
base, McCutcheon; short stop, Davis;
left field, Howell or Ferrey; center
fiold, Monahan; right Hold, Sneddon.
Go to the EMPIRE MARKET for
all kinds of FISn, CLAMS nnd
CHARS. Deep SEA FISH a specialty.
NOTICE TO ELKS, fts
Tho regular meeting of Marshflold
Lodgo No. 1160, D. P. O. E., to have
been held Wodnosdny, August 17th,
has been postponed until tho first
Wednesday In Septembor.
GEO. GOTJDRUM, Sec.
Many a man would spend his vaca
tion at home If his wife did not havo
bo many odd Jobs concealed about
the premises.
Regatta Events at North Bend
Enjoyed by a Large
Crowd.
The boat races at North Bond this
morning wero Interesting. Tho first
rnco wna betwoen tho Outlaw, owned
by Dr. Durmclster, and tho Auto,
owned by Anson Rogers. They ran
ovor a four-bille course nnd tho Auto
won by not more than three or four
seconds. The tlmo of tho winner for
tho four miles was 13 minutes nnd
11 BecondB. There were four entries
In tho race for twenty-foot boats.
They woro tho Dolphin, owned by M.
Q. Colomnn; tho Suorklo HI., owned
by Roy Lnwhorno; the Pills, owned
by M. 13. Everett, nnd tho MIrnc run
by Knlph Coke. Tho tlmo of the win
ner for tho four-mllo courso wns 32
in I mi ton and G seconds. The Dolphin
I'M in o In first and tho Suorklo III.
came In second place.
In tho race for commerclnl bonts,
thcro wns n dlsputo regarding tho
wlnuors ns ono of tho boats misun
derstood ntid thought that thoro
woro to be two Inps liiBtend of one.
,Tho Vogn, tho May, the Tourist and
the Scoots II. woro tho startorH. Some
thought that tho Vogn wns untitled
to .first place and tho May second
placo, but that Is still undecided and
will bo taken up by tho boat club
committee.
Tho fast speed boat raco will bo
positively run to-morrow morning at
10 e'c!ock. If tho Wolf Is .not In
commission by that tlmo tho Pacor
will run over the courso alono. Thoro
will also bo Bonio other Interesting
races. In ono race, which will show
speed, tho Auto, tho Outlaw, tho
Vegn, tho Navajo nnd n now boat
Just launched by Henry Kern aro
entered, besides sovornl others.
Itnco Postponed.
Tho speed bout match rnco botweon
tho Pacor of Portland nnd Fred Pow
ers' bont, tho Wolf, was to hnvo
taken placo this morning, but has
been postponed until to-morrow. A
spark plug In tho Wolf blow out nnd
caused a detention, so It wns decided
to put tho rnco off until to-morrow.
Tho courso to bo run will bo from
North Uond to tho cold etorngo plant
In Mnrshflold nnd tho boats will go
ovor tho courso five times,
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PLUMHHR FINED.
Clmrgcd With Violation of tlio City
Plumbing Ordinance.
Hugh Long, tho plumber, wns fined
$10 to-dny by Recorder Uutler on n
chargo of violating tho plumbing
ordlnnnco. Ho mado somo sewer con
nections under a building without
first securing a permit ns Is required.
FLIES AT I CENTS FOR 10(1,
Washington Mothers Flv Houiity and
Sons Gladly Rally to Slaughter.
WASHINGTON, August 1C Four
cents a hundred Is tho price which
has beon placed on the heads of files
In tlip District of Columbia. This is
tho stimulus by which Washington
mothers havo moused their sons to n
declaration of "war to tho death" on
tho typhold-breedliig house fly. Tho
boys, It Is reported, havo begun tho
task of slaughter with great glee.
CENSUS .MAY SHOW 00,000,000.
Itureait to Give Out Total Figures
About Middle of October.
WASHINGTON, August 10. It
will bo about tho mlddlo of October
before tho peoplo of tho United State3
learn their true numbor ns revealed
by tho count of tho thirteenth census.
It Is generally believed that tho num
ber will bo nbout 90,000 and census
ofllclols aro known to share this be
lief. Meet To-Morrow. The Presbyte
rian Ladles' Aid Society meets to
morrow at tho homo of Mrs. A. L.
Rutz In Bunker Hill.
Seriously III. Mrs. Ellen Sneddon,
mother of Hugh nnd Jack Sneddon,
was roported to-day to bo seriously
111.
WANTED. A young lady stejiog.
rapher, for thirty days; ono who
understands bookkeeping preferred.
Address "Box 756, North Bend.
4
Burning Timber Near Bangor
Sets Fire to Old Eckhoff
Residence.
Thu .largo residence In Uangor,
which Is known as tho Eckhoff house,
wns entirely destroyed by flro Sat
urday night. Tho bouse Is owned by
L. T. Matthews. When the fire oc
curied Mr. Matthows nnd bis son-in-law,
J. G. Kinney and wlfo wero
nslcop. They did not know that the
hotiso was on llro until somo of tho
neighbors saw the blazo nnd awak
ened them. Tho lire' started from the
burning timber ucnr by and when
tho occupants nwoko tho roof was all
nbluze. There was no chanco to put
out tho llro' and the house burned
down, but Mr. Matthews saved practi
cally all of the contents. Tho houso
was a largo one of fourtee.t rooms
and the loss wns about $2,;00, nnd
wns only partially covered by Insurance.
L
Exceedingly Complicated Situ
ation Is the Result of Good
Intentions Misunderstood.
There being two Robert Marsdens
In town caused n pock of trouble last
week. It appears Mnradun, Jr., occu
pied a houso belonging to T. McQtnnts
across tho street from where Mars
den, -Br.', resided. Recently Marsdon,
Sr., moved out nnd Mnrsdeu, Jr.,
moved nwny from tho McGlnnla
house, nnd tho latter Instructed
Tom Harvey to hnvo tho paper
hanger paper tho houso, and ho
supposing It was tho McGlnnla house
which was to bo renovated, papered
thnt house Instead of tho Marsdon
house. Whon tho workman presented
his bill to McGlnnls, trouble com
menced. McGlnnla proceeded at onco
to tho houso and discovered that somo
of IiIb new rcsldenco, tho walls of
which had been lathed, 'plastored,
tinted nnd frescoed had boon covorod
with ti coat of paper nnd pasto pro
cured from Lo Mleux, tho decorator.
McGlnnls then claimed damages
nnd tho pnper hanger clnlmed n lion
on his houso for labor porformed and
dnmagos against Tom Harvey for
directing him what to do, nnd Tom
Hnrvoy claims damages against
Mnrsdon Jr. for ordering tho work
dono, nnd Mnrmlon Sr. wants damages
because tho Bon did not paper tho
lioiiso as ho agreed to. Neither of tho
jmrtlcs aro on speaking terms and no
lawyer, so far, has beon discovered to
glvo an opinion. TIiq paper hanger is
going far McGlnnls, McGlnnls Is go
ing for tho Mnrsdons nnd Mnrsden Is
going for Going and Going Is going
far Hnrvoy.
SPECIAL DEMONSTRATION
OF GOOD THINGS TO EAT.
Slaull'h Grocery Arranges Edifying
Event For Coos Hay Housewives
To. Day mid To-Morrow.
A special demonstration of good
things to eat Is being given at Stauff's
Grocery, corner Commercial avonuo
and Front street, to-day and to-morrow
by a special demonstrator. If
you aro hungry.you can got a goqd
lunch and Incidentally gather somo
.valuable pointers for your own homo.
Tho special domonstraltou Includes
Golden Gnto Coffee, Sunrise Milk,
Purity crackers, Coos -Bay Bakery
bread, nnd Kingman nnd Company's
canned monts. BO sure and drop in
at Stauff's while taking In the carni
val. ALL NIGHT SERVICE.
For the accommodation of carnival
visitors, wo have startod a twonty-four-hour-a-day
boat servlco between
North Bond and Marshflold. Boats
leave either city every little whllo
and afford one of tho most ploasant
trips on tho Bay. Remember, boats
all day and all night.
J. A. O'KELLY, Proprietor.
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Steamer Founders Near Gibral
tar and Many of Those
Aboard Are Lost.
(By Associated Prcsn.)
GIBRALTAR, August 10. Tho
SpanlBh steamer Martos foundered off
Tnrlfn, at tho entrance of tho Straits
of Gibraltar, after n collision with tho
steamer Elsn. Thlrty-nlno persons
woro drowned, of whom thirty-two
wero pnsBongors. Tlnl survivors wero
landed here, A denso fog prevailed.
None of tho victims wero flrst-cablii
paBsengers. Tho bow of tho Elsa was
stovo In by tho collision, and her foro
pcak filled quickly. The steamer man
aged, howovcr, to keep afloat.
MORE DETAILS GIVEN.
McMuriay Matter Is llclng Aired Ily
Committee.
(By Associated Press.)
SULPHUR, Okla., AugUBt 10.
Moro details of J. F. McMurray'a al
leged activity at Washington to pr6
nioto his ten per cent attorney's fees
contracts In the salo of $30,000,000
worth of Indian lands wero related
before tho Congressional Investigat
ing commltteo, yesterday. Former
United States District Attorney John
son testified that certain indictments
against McMurray In 11)07 woro ordor
cd dismissed by the Attoruoy Gcuornl.
Tho Indictments wero In connection
with $300,000 expeiiBo account which
tho McMurray firm filed against tho
Indians in prosecuting citizenship
cases. It was alleged tho oxponso nc
count hnd beon pndded.
(By Associated Press.)
SULPHUR, Okla., August 1C At
tempts to show that tho government
was Justified In delaying tho salo of
$30,000,000 worth of Indian lands In
Oklahoma occuplod tho Congressional
commltteo In the Investigation of tho
McMurray contracts to-day. Tho tes
timony was given thnt It would bo
ImpoBslblo for tho government to sell
out land nnd distribute money among
tho Indians hb speedily ns McMurrny'
promised. Ropresentntlvo Carter of
Oklahoma was recalled and testified
that Vlco-Prosldont Sherman was
vory much Interested In Indian af
fairs nnd that ho hnd expressed om
phntlcnlly his disapproval of tho ton
per cont fees.
NEED NOT APPEAR.
(By Associated Press.)
NARRAGANSETT, R. I., August
1G. Tho fears of moro than a scoro
of men nnd womou caught In a raid
on tho Narragansott Club n weok ago
that thoy would hnvo to appear In
court next Mondny wob dispelled yes
torday. Judge Lewis advised tho con
Btnblo not to summon tho wltnossos
for that dato. Tho Jndgo said argu
ments on a domurror would bo heard
next Monday.
FIRE IN EXPOSITION.
Had Blae In Brussels Causes a Rig
Loss,
(By Associated Press.)
BRUSSELS, August 1C Tho rulna
of tho burned sections of tho Bel
gium's Exposition of 1910, which
wero destroyed by Sunday's flro, nro
still smoking, but all danger of a
renewal of tho flro Is past. Tho Ex
position manager has decided to closo
It for a few days until tho ruins aro
tarried away, whon It. will bo ro
opened. It Is Imposslblo Ifi tho pres
ent condition to estimate tho lossos
closely, and while tho losses will run
into millions of francs, It will not
bo so great as $100,000,000, as was
first estimated. Fortunately tho most
priceless art treasures, which had
been lonned to tho Exposition or ac
quired by It, including 8,000 goblin
tapestries, largo exhibition of jewelry,
many paintings, marbles and ancient
furniture woro lomovod by tho police
to places of safety, out of tho reach
of fire and pillaging criminals, who
attempted to take advantage of tho
disaster.
Name Presented For Tempo
rary Chairman of State Con
vention But Is Defeated.
SHERMAN NAMED
BY THE COMMITTEE.
"Old Guard" of State Led By
Woodruff and Barnes
Managed It.
(By Associated Prcas.)
NEW YORK, August tC Colonel
Roosovelt's name wns presented for
the olllco of temporary 'chatrmnti of
tho Republican State convention at
tho meeting of tho Republican Statu
Central Commltteo to-dny, but his
olectlon to thnt honor was lost by n
vote of 20 to IS.
Vlco- President Sherman wnn
nnmod as temporary chairman by a
unanimous vote. Tho commtttoo se
lected Saratoga nnd Septembor 27th
ns tho plnco and drtto for tho con
vention. After the commltteo had
been cnllcd to order nnd the tlmo and
place cliosou, William J, Barnes Jr.
offorod a resolution presenting tho
name of Sherman for temporary
chairman. Lloyd C. Grlscom moved
to substitute tho nnmo of Col. Roose
velt and atso moved that tho voto bo
postponed until lntor. After much
debnte, the motion to postpono wnn
dofontcd by a voto of 12 to 23. The
resolution to muko Koonovolt tempo
rary chairman wnn then lost by n voto
of 20 to 1C. Following this, Shor
nmn wns unanimously chosen, Grls
com and Henry Mnck not voting,
RoosovoR'b dofent wns oncompnnsod
by the "Old Gnnrd," led by Btato
Chairman Woodruff nnd Barnes.
Roosevelt could not bo scon thin aft
ernoon, having loft bis olllco early.
LEAVES TO-MORROW.
Gov. Ilowerman Will Return to Val
ley on Overland Route.
Govornor Bowreman, who has beon
In tho city on a visit nnd who crowned
tho carnival queen Inst night, wilt
lenvo to'-morrow for Myrtlo Point and
from tltoro will go overland to Roso
burg. This nftornoon ho wns In tho
bunds of sovornl of tho reception
commltteo nnd mot qulto n numbor of
local peojilc. L. D, Maliono, an at
torney of Portland, Is wflh 'Mr. Bow
orman. GETTING DIIEDGE READY.
Will Work on the River iih Long as
Weather I'erinltH.
Somo of the machinery for tho gov
ernment drodgo, which Is to bo usod,
on Coos Rlvor, has arrived, but thoro
Is moro to como on tho noxt trip of
tho Broakwntcr, and It will bo nbout
n wook beforo tho dredgo Is at work.
Thoro is quite a good doal to do In
the way of dredging tho channol of
tho rivor, nnd It canont bo completed
this yoar. Tho dredgo cannot work
in tho winter time on account of tho
high water, bo all that Is posslblo
will bo dono this soason and the work
takon up again noxt year. Tho rlvor
dredgo Is to bo In chnrgo of Roy
Rozell.
FEARED FOREST FIRE.
Illnzo Looked DiiugeroiiB and North
Bend Firemen Out.
Tho forest flro In tho neighborhood
of tho Kinney High School In North
Bond looked daugerotiB for a tlmo
tills morning, nnd boiuo of tho resi
dents feared that tholr houses woro
In danger of burning. The North Bond
flro department was called out to pro
tect tho houses, but the flumes did not
reach any of the residences,
THE WHEAT MARKET.
(By Associated Prcsa.)
CHICAGO, August 10. The wheat
mnrket closod to-day as follows: Sop
tonibor, I02c8 102',4o; Bocembor,
105c105!ic: May, 110e
PORTLAND, August 1C Wheat
unchanged.
TACOMA, August 16. .Wheat ua
chnnged. .
FOR THE QUEEN OF THE BAY,
SEE EASTSIDE.
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