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MARSHFIELD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1910 EVENING EDITION.
A Consolidation of Times, Const Mull
mid Coo3 liny Advertiser.
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Conspirators Arc Seized In
Time to Save Ruler From
Harm.'
REPORTED THAT THEY'
WILL BE EXECUTED.
first Time Life of Mikado Was
Plotted Against By His
Own Subjects.
(By Associated PrcBS.)
T0KIO, Sent. 21. Sensation nubll
dtlon to-day of tbo nlogcd defcxlln'of
4 plot among his own subjects to ns
Wilnato Emperor Mutauhlto ts
nidc, A startling story which appear
ed in an afternoon paper statOB Hint
the plotters arc under nrrcst and will
It sentenced to death. This .is tho
jriulme In tho history of tho coun
try that Xlio llfo of tho Emjicror was
plotted against by his own pcoplo
and thc -facts made known. It Is nl-k-ged
tbo assassins plnnncd to nc
ccmpllsh their end whllo tho Emperor
vti Tlalting tho military school Just
outside tho capital. Tho plot was dis
torted In tlmo to protect Ills Mn
Jeity mid tho plotters won) seized nt
osce.
Prisoners at Roseburcg Try to
Saw the Bars But. Are'
Caught. '
Sheriff ronton of Donplns county
.prevented a Jail delivery In that city
by discovering tho attempt. boforo t,ho
prisoners had succeeded .In getting
out. Tho Rosoburg Rovlew gives tho
following story regarding alio Inci
dent: The our watchful caro :nd vlgl-'
lance of Shorlff Ponton prevented n
i break from tho count)' tjnll Itu Roso
burg early last Saturday morning.
Had tho attomptod escape boon suc
cessful, at ileast three of tho eight
prisoners In tho Jnll would now bo at
large. Theaa aro S. M. Reynolds, tho
Pullman car porter, nccuietl of a
statutor crhno; Clarke Mnrtlu, nc
cused forger, and F. M. McDonald,
the Alleged einbezzlor from aWmdalo.
'Sheriff Fenlon credltB theso three
men with being tho leaflors In tho
Plot tn effect delivery. Ho hns no
proof, ho admUs, as to tiio Iduullty
l the outhldcDi who furnished Jho
necessary tools which worn used by
the prisoners In trying to 'cut 'their
y to freedom, but ho It ttllatl In
ihls regard with Die snm6 strong sus
picions that actuated him in tho frus
tration at tho plot. Ho Kiya Ut
later on h may make au arrest in
onnertlQn vJth the nffnlr.
What ga rise to his suFj'lclons,
Sheriff Feuton does not say. They
must have been eaulralent ta'ataoluto
ldenri, however, lor ho lias beeu
keeping all-night vigils In tho i-Jcln-1(y
of the Jail in .anticipation at an
attempts escao. At tho unseemly
hour of 2 o'clock laBt Saturday morn
log he detected the unmistakable
sound of pawing on Iron bars in the
Ml Making an investigation of tbo
interior of the Jail Inter on, ho found
ecretd In an air hole In ono of tho
rear walls eighteen 8-Inch steel Baws,
sme knives and an Iron bar. The
Prisoners rofused to talk wbon ques
tioned by the sheriff, further than to
admlt that the saws were dellvored
t0 them through tho barred windows.
SI"rtln and McDonald have boon ns
'ened to separate colls and will here
after be kept locked insldo tho cages.
Jawbreakers genorally find that Shor
lrt Penton Is a mighty close observer
at all hours, whother day or night.
FOIl TUB QUEEN OP THE DAV,
MPT. TO'
BREAK JAIL
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Mayor Straw Raps Critics of
City Work Hall Avenue
Paving Criticised.
Further rumois of "graft" and
"unfairness" wcro brought up before
tho city council last evening but they
wcro summarily dismissed by Mayor
E. E. Straw. Councilman Albrecht
reported tuat W. 1'. Murpny ana i.
S. Liow uud tupuriud cuitum ailogou
uovuuioiis in tuo ost .uauniiuiu
uuttui' 10 mm uud t.iiu ho wiuugiu
iiiey uugui to bo luuKud into, .iii)o
Straw immedintciy mi tno mgn
places aud imoruiud Councilman ;u
uicciit mat . 1'. .uurphy aim F. 5.
Dow could i;o to , woil, it doeui i
look woll lu print, in giving cxpios
hIou to his sentiments. .Mayor Straw
voucned It in sucli caustic language
ns tio could muster and on such occa
sions bo lias a most ulaboraio vo
cauulary. ho said this had Jjcen
tluoslied over nt a previous council
meeting nud tluit F. S. Dow's lutlma
tlous hud been proven to bo without
foundation. The mutter camo up at
tho closo of tho session and brought
w...,i ninny fanatic comments.
Tuvlng iiuld Jo Ho Had.
Tho Hall avonuo jmvlng camo up
for a brief discussion lust night, it
first came up In tho usual allowances
for the contractors on tho work they
hud done. Councilman Coko asking
thnt any paymontfl to Contractors
Whitmoro nnd Morrissey bo withheld
until tho puvlng could bo Jooked Into.
Councilman I'owers said ho .had
heard criticism of tho work and said
that it was perhaps duo to difficult)'
In getting workmen. Ho -said that
sonio of tho paving top vnrled in
thickness .from au inch and three
quarters to two and a Quarter indies.
Councilman Coko said that it had
been reported to lilm that somo of it
was only on inch thick.
Later James Dallies criticised tho
work sovereJy, saying It was n poor
Job aud thejieoplo should not have to
pay for it.
Then it developed that Inspector
Lawhorno and Contracotrs Whitmoro
and Morrlseqy had boon cinching on
It and that .Mr. Lawhorno Jind loft
tho Job In disgust yesterday. Mayor
Strnw fald that Mr. Lawhorno In
formed him flint tho contractors
would &ot comply Willi his Instruc
tions roLitlvo to complying with tho
spcc!ucaUo!i8 and that Mr. Lawhorno
would nox appravo the acceptance of
the streoL
Engineer SanOberg sail thnUho in
spector could only toll tho contractors
hpwtho work should 1e dont; but
could not compol them to do It, that
bolng up to tho council -when It tamo
to, accepting tho street.
The matter will jrobably bo thresh
ed out more fully at tho lioxt. meet
ing.
Xew ILlghtiriK' nn.
Counellmnn Albreeht reported that
-an endeavor was being mnde to novo
tho city take over tho street lamp
post lighting system. Ho saiu inu
two or three plans had been sug
gested. Ono wae that tho oity take
timm nil ovor. nMlng lor poste and
lighting, but he feared tho city's fi
nances would not stand tnis. Anoiuer
wn in imnoEo a city business tax to
ralso funds to defray tho eost of the
extra lighting, and tho other was tor
h oltv to abolish tho arc ugnis hi
tho scctlqns whoro tho posts aro be
ing installed and contribute wnat n
pays for tho arcs towards tho cost of
maintaining tho posts. Councilman
Pnwrs said that ho thougnt n dubi-
nn fn would bo hitting many of tho
morchnnts too hard and others point
ed out that t would bo unfair, ri-
nnlly it was decided that wnerovor
ton posts were Installed In a block,
tho city would tako away the arc anjl
pay $7.00 per month towards tho
maintenance of th0 posts. This will
leave $2.00 per month for tho prlvato
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LET US TALK IT OVER
N NEXT SATURDAY the voters
render n verdict In ono ofthe
years. Whether tho peoplo nre
own government or whether they shall delegate it to a set of bosses In
Portlnnd with sub-bosses in every county In the State Is tho real Issuo
before tho electorate of Oregon nnd Coos county. No matter how they
may deny and attempt to deceive, .obscure and confuRo tho voters tho
rcnl purpose of the Assembly Is to r of urn to tho old convention system
whereby tho people delegate to a set of Belf-constltutcd bosses and cor
porations the right to run tho people's government.
The theory of our form of government Is that all power and author
ity originate with the people, and thnt the membors of tho Stnto Legisla
tures and Congress nt Washington nre directly representative of tho peo
ple, who aro their constituents. ThcrG was a time in the early history of
this nation when this was- true, but with tho development of tho party
spirit, and later the commercial Instinct, tho pcoplo fell Into tho hnblt of
overlooking the deeper considerations and voting for candidates solely bo
cnuso thoso candidates represented a particular party, a fact which tho
business Interests quickly recognized and quietly controlled.
Tho pnrtlcnlnr Influcnco which, perhaps, moro than all else has con
tributed to political corruption, has been the convention system. Aside
from legislative lobbies, there Is no other Institution with which wo aro
fntnlllnr in this country which Is so subject to nil tho mnchlnntlons of
manipulation no State and nntlonnl conventions. And theso bodies, not
only In Oregon, but all over tho nation hae for a half century been in
no senso representative of the wIbIici or tho sentiments of the wholo poo
pic. So flagrant. did this violation of the people's rights become thnt tho
penplo of Orogon arose in tholr might and wiped out the wholo corrupt
practice,
Now como tho bosses nnd seek to rc-cstnbllsh this Corrupt system
under tho name of tho Assembly nnd tho specious plea of party organiza
tion. Tho Times Is a Republican newspaper. Its editor 1b a Republican
because ho bolloves tho -principles nnd policies of tho Republican party
mafcc for the progress nnd prosperity of tho nation. It Is becauso of his
earnest and ulncoro belief In these principles thnt ho hns opposed tho
Assembly plnn. Tho Times bellcvcB In party organlrntlon, but not In tho
methods that seek to nullify nnd vltlnto tho laws of tho Stnto. Tho edi
tor of The Times befioves that the truo function of n newspaper Is thnt
or sen Ice to Its community. Th'tu paper ever since it has been under its
pTesent management has been Impelled by tho motive of building up Coos
Dny, Coos county, Oregon, nnd n bettor citizenship for tho wholo nntlon.
It Is Republican, bet nil tho muro Republican becauso independent In Its
5tcpubllci(nlsm and not tho orRan of any poltlcnl Interest,
The pcoplo years ngo outcrew tho party organ nnd the loading Jour
mals of the country aro independent In tho expression ot their political
'views. Tho most tiotablo recent accession to papers of this class Is tho
'Seattle Tost-Intolllgoncor, ocnod and controlled by Senator Wilson, who
wbb a recent stnnfrpnt candldato for Sonntor from Washington but who
withdrew boforo (ho election. Immediately after tho ejection Bonntor Wil
son's pnpor made tho following announcement:
"Tho Post-lntelllgoncer'from this dny f oTwatd 'will ho nn Independent
Republican newspaper, and 3ts coluwnB will "bo dovotod to tho moral, thfi
inatorlnl, tho social, tho esthetic upbuilding of Sonttlo, "King county &d
tho'Stirto of Washington.
"Politics will bo treated in this nowspnper only lu so far as it con
cerns tho specific nim nnd purposes herein stated.
"Tho Posffcutolllgoncer will not stand pat for a Republican candl
dato morcly bectuiso ho Is 'a Republican.
"Tho stem logic of events hns mado It plain that the peoplo ot to-day
lodk to a newspaper for bruador leadership than tho old party organ could
afford, and this Homnnd for Indepondonco of thought and opinion on tho
pnrt of tho nowepapera Is too Insistent, too strong, too Just, to ho Ignored.
"In pdlltlcssiB in other things tho nmnners niiil tho methods of tho
day change, and wo must chnngo with them.''
Tho Post-Iutolllgonccr'B act forms n now recrnltlon of tho fnct that
polities In tho United Btntcs will herenfter bo more n prnctco of good
citizenship and nowspaperB tho servants of this now citizenship. Tho
Times hopes to seo tho peoplo and particularly the Republican voters of
Coos tounty plnco themselves In lino with tho progressive movement
thnt Is swooping tho country nnd vote ngalnst tho reactionary movomont
of (he Assoiribly next Saturday.
DECIDES IN
RATE CASE
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Special .Master Files His Find
ings in Uniied Stales
Circuit Court. '
(Dy Associated Press.)
ST. PAUL., Minn Sopt. 2 L -Filing
his findings In the Mlnnosotp
commodity Jrelght and two-cent pas
senger rate enso to-day In the United
Stattt Circuit Court, Special Mtster-In-Chancery
Charles E, Otis held that
those rates were unconstitutional
and confiscatory.
C. A. R. IN REVIEW.
Old Soldli'rs Hold GnthM-lng at At
lantic City.
(By Associated Press.)
ATLANTIC CITY, N;, J., Sept. 21
Oneo ngan tno "Boys in Bluo" nave
passed in review of their commander-in-chief.
With steps not bo springing
ae they onco were, but with the same
old spirit, they marched tho broad
avenues of this city by tho sea, and
wero acclaimed by a great crowd of
peoplo who came to see the big fea
ture of tho forty-foilrth annual en
campment of tbo Grand Army of the
Republic. Ideal September weather
favored tho old soldiers.
Phono I, S. Kaufman & Co. your
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of Coos county go to tho polls to
most Important elections of recent
competent to rulo nnd run their
"The Power of This Choice Is
Given to Man," Says
,Mr. Lyon.
(By Rev. G. LoRoy Hall.)
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TAHER.VACLE PROGRAM.
TONIOHT.
"Not Far From "tho Klng-
7.-I5
doni."
THURSDAY,
Mld-AVook Sabbath.
9 A. M., Neighborhood Meet
ings; Men's Prayer Meeting.
10 A. M., Services in Methodist
andBaptlst Churches. ,
3 P. M., Afternoon Meeting,
"The Classes at the Cross."
7.45 P. M., Thanksgiving Sor-
vice.
Mr. Lyon spoko last night at. tho
Tabernacle on "Tho Power of a
Choice." This ovangellst'B messago
Is always to the point. Ho is win
ning a largo place Jn tho hearts of
tho pub'Rc in Marshflold. Mr. Lyon
preaches In the eenlng and teaches
In the afternoon. Thoso who hear his
afternoon expositions aro unanimous
iniWords.of appreciation
CHOOSE LIFE
. OR DEATH
. j (Continued on page 4.) ''
8ALUNGER SAYS HE WILL
NOT RESIGN HIS OFFICE
CONGRESS 1
REAPPORTION
Important Work to Be Decided
Upon at the Coming
Session.
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. Ono of
tho first questions with which tho ap
proaching Bcsslon of Congress will bo
called upon to grapple will bo to do
termlno when tho next apportionment
of members of tho llouso of Repre
sentatives under tho recent coiibub
shall bo mado.
Whllo it Is not nctually required
by tho constitution thnt Instrument
Implies that a reapportionment shall
follow each decennial enumeration ot
tho pcoplo, and accordingly a redis
tribution of seats In tho llouso mem
bership bus takun place hitherto booh
after tho conclusion ot each census.
It restB with tho coming Bcsslon as
to whether the reapportionment shall
bo made by tho short session of tho
current Congress or tho 11m session
of the next Congress.
Tho bIzo of tho House onco deter
mined, tho representation of each
Statu la arrived at by dividing tho
aggregate populntlon of tho country
by tho total membership ot tho House
and then dividing tho populntlon ot
any glvon Stato by tbo quotient thus
obtained. Almost luovltnbly theru
onsuos upon each of such divisions a
remainder, largo or small. Aside
from arbitrarily fixing tho represen
tation ou tbo voting rather than tho
actual population, this romalnder, or
fraction, affords tho only bnso of
manipulation ot tho apportionment of
members,
A loss of membership would bo by
no means a now oxporlonco to many
of tho States.
Tho first apportionment mado by
tho constitution Itself provided for
ono mombor to ovory 3p,000 Inhab
itants, with tho result that at Its first
session tho Houso contained only OR
members.
After each consus thoro wero
changes in tho ratio. Tho census of
1900 resulted In 380 mombors and
a rntlo ot 193,107.
Tho old leaders of tho Houso aro
anxious to keep tho slzo of tho Houso
down nnd few of thorn will admit tho
possibility of an enlnrgomont to be-
)ond 400 or 410 nt tho utmost.
Tho question of tho disfranchise
ment ot tho negro voto In tho South
ern States will recelvo nttentlon In
connection wtih tho question of ap
portionment. Tho Houso is ovon now
on record In favor of an inquiry into
this subject.
NOTHING NEW
Statement of Shepperd Girl
That She Killed Her Father
Is Not Considered.
(By Associated Press.)
NEWKIRK, Okla., Sopt. 21. Tho
Coroner's Jury In tho cuso of tho
murder of J. W. Shoppcrd and hla
brothor, Taylor Shepperd, returned n
verdict that they wero murdered by
persons unknown. Walter Ca3sldy,
a young man hold In connection with
tho crime, was exonerated and re
leased. Tho Jury did not conBldor
tho statement ot Ebby Shepperd,
dnughtor of J. W. Shepperd, who said
sho killed her father.
HELLO, HILLl
Elks' meeting Wednesday evening,
Sept. 21st. Don't forget.
-QEO.GOODRUMf Sec'y:-
States That He Never Had Any
Idea of Doing
So.
DOES NOT THINK
HE EVER WILL.
Secretary Is To-Day Guest of
Chamber of Commerce
at Denver.
(By Associated Press.)
DENVER, Colo., Sept. 21. "How
about the reports ot your resigning
when you rench Washington?" Sec
retary of Interior Bnlllngor wnB
asked to-day. "All buncomb," nn
swered tho Secretary. "I have no in
tention of resigning nnd I do not
think I will hnvo any." Tho Sccro
tary tills afternoon la tho guest ot
tho Chamber of Commerce.
REFUSES TO
TALK POLITICS
President Taft Makes Visit to
Cincinnati a Home
Coming.
(Bv Anoclntod Pre0
CINCINNATI, O., Sopt. 21, Pres
ident Tnft has bo far docllnod to dis
cuss politics nnd also to discuss .his
mooting with Roosevelt nt Now Hav
en. Although tho President's visit
has boon omphnslzed as n Vhoma com
ing" ho will not cscapo politics on
tlroly. Tho Ohio situation ospccally
Is being explained to him by sevoral
party leaders.
Defense Was Not Made
In
Police Court But Is
Reserved. '
fUy Associated Press.)
LONDON, Bopt. 21. At tho closo
of the pollco court proceedings to-day
Dr. Crlppon and Miss Lonovo were
committed for trial, charged with tho
murdor ot tho doctor's wlfo, Bollo El
more. Solicitor Nowton reserved his
dofenBO for tho trial proper.
SAILS TODAY
FOR THE SOUTH
Steamer M. F. Plant Leaves
Coos Bay To-Day For '
San Francisco.
Tho steamer M. F, Plant sailed for
San Francisco nt 11 o'clock this
morning carrying frolght and passon
gora. Thoso who loft for San Fran
cisco wero tho following:
R. R. Porter, Mrs. Porter, Frank
Fredorlckson, Mro. Anna Fredorlok-
son, F, E. Wilson, Mrs. F. E, Wilson,
Wm. Dunn, Mrs, Wm. Dunn, R. M.
Bakor, John Judson, D. J. Scully, E.
Alex Solox, Cbns. S, Darling, E. C,
Cortelyou, W. W. AVIlcox, Mrs. T, J.
Macgonn, E. Single, J. M. Davis, Miss
A. Jobannsen, Mute Baccallc.
MISS FAYH BRIDGES, tcachor of
PIANOFORTE, wishes .to nnnounca
tho oponlng of hor Fall class. Studio,
'Lloyd Hotel.
CRffiNW
UN HELD'
'.aoisiiit;.