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MARSHFIELD, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1910 EVENING EDITION-EIGHT PAGES, a con9oiiition of Time., cn,t .mii No. 138
IIIIIMI IIIWIP
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iiLE mm feared
N.
Lliations For Settlement of
l?age Controversy Hancj
In Balance.
1 ISSUE NOW
INVOLVED IN IT
t, Cu'cs Thinks Other Is
ililemrtinrj to "Slip
Something Over."
Assorlatoil Picsb to Coos Day
Tlr.cs.)
llll.'AGO, ML. eo. 23. Th.i
eMs.-J'" between tlio Drothoi-
1 of Lrraniotlve Engineers nnd
r-ono rallroniln Wont, North and
lib of Chicago todny Ik critical,
ill wns admitted tlmt a itiltlu-i
ii In the negotiations! was not
ipectcd. Nono of tlio nnrtloa to
conference would Bay nnytliliiK
the ilttintlon. Elsowhoro It was
-aed, however, desptto tlio fact
It the conferees aro only n trying
Mntago apart on tlio matter of
U. each sldo saw In the efforts
lite other a matter, of grnvo Ini-
lunco which ovorshndowod tlio
h dollars and cents Involved.
CANDY BANDIT
GIN "LIFE"
Leigh Rhodus, All Around Bad
Man, Given Foui: Sentences
to Insure Punishment. .
(By
Iln:
Associated Press to Coos
Times.)
CHICAGO, III.. Dec. 28. Lehh
Klindui, the "Candy IJnndlt," who
whun HrrerteJ for nn east St. Louis
buiRlnry n month ago. confessed to
two murders In Chicago because he
said he preferred a murder trial In
Chicago to a burglary trial In Ent
St. Louis, was sentenced today to
life Imprlsonmont. Ills victims were
Dr. William S. Michaolls and Anton
Holliltr, n contractor, both of whom
resisted tlio robbory. In addition
to the life Bentenco ho wns sontcnco'l
to serve tlireo Indctcrmlnato terms
I of Imprisonment, each for ono year
to llfo Imiirlsonment. This was to
forestall applications to parolo him,
It wns later announced.
DDIES OF
I 1
Chicago Stockyard Fire Still
Burning but Is Now Under
Control -Started.
(Uy Associated
Relief Fund
Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
CHICAGO, III., Dec. 23. Two
more bodies woro recovered this
morning In tlio ruins of tlio Morris
nml Co. yards. This brings the total
death roll, according to tlio police
count to 20. Twenty bodies havo In
all so far been rocovere'd. It Is be
lieve I others aro still In tlio debris!
Knr!y today the fire, though still
burning, Is considered tinder control.
Pellof committees will moot today to
formulato plans to rnlso a fund to
.ltd the widows and orphans. Fifty
thousand dollars Is already pledged
for rfllof work.
Business nion today planned ' to
enlnrgc the roltcf fund so ns to
create a permanent .endowment fund
of $350,000 to care for tlio wIdoV3
and children of the dead 11 re men.
FOURTEEN AHE DEAD.
Number of Victims of Philadelphia
Fire Is Given.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
PHILADELPHIA,, Dec. 23. Tin
numbor of dend as n result of the
leather factory flro Wednesday night
stands nt fourteen.
IS 10
II
!
II SHORT TIME
i Drug Company Will In-
Itall Fine New Store Gas
and Electric Co.
ft tas announced today that tin
nn Drug Compnny had loaned
tocm In tlio Cooh building on
'let avmue, now occupied by the
s Day Gas and Electric Compnny,
k trill move In on or boforo Janu-
15. The now location affords
addl'lonnl room needed by tho
r to nccommodato tholr Incrons-
business and Messrs. J, Lea
in and Robert Swanton, tho
fetors. Intond to mako It one
handsomest and finest drug
la Southern Oregon.
The Coos Bay Gas and Electric
apany will movo booh after Jnn-
7 1 Into tho now Coko bulldlni;
the corner of Socond and Contrnl
nuei whero they will have hand
t offlco ounrtors. Genornl Mnn-
r Jennings Is fixing It up In flno
W.
C.J.
1LLIS
IS
SEVERAL HURT L 0. BILLINGS
BY A IANIAC IS STRICKEN
NEW
DIRECTOR
!
NORTH INLET ITEMS.
1 i
lUojrd Enlund Is homo from Gra-
1 ord for tho holidays.
h special school meeting has been
l"l for tho 29th to lovy a tax for
pool purposes.
"lis rtodtno of Allegany, will havo
PW of our school tho coming
Fa.
IPt. Olson and Mate Martin have
to San Francisco,
Itwo Bills" Logging Camp Is run
f steadily and putting In a flno
pw cedar logs, piling and Doles.
to One need ba without a winter
' thls year as thero IS A 1110 HE-
l'ON SALE at Mrs. DONALD-
'' illlllnery store. 110 Front St.
tC-8 to Blllf nil m,rcM t1(l Jl'
'f H hats for $5. Also ?G and
' u for ?2, Also $5 hats at
U5.,
I. O. O. V. ATTTRXTIOV.
Members of Sunset Lodge, No. 51,
0. f) t J 4 ,nf nt
Ir tall Saturday morning at 10
Unanimously Elected to Suc
ceed W. S. McFarland on
Board Last Night:
C. J. Mlllls was last ovonlng elect
ed to succeed W. 8. McFarland as
, director of tho Marshflold public
schools. Tlio election was hold at
tho new high school building and
was unanimous, no othor nnmo bolng
suggostod for tho plnco.
Tho mooting was fairly well nt
tended despite tho fact that many
had forgotten tho dato of tho special
election. M. C. Horton presided ns
chairman of tho meeting and Judgo
John F. Hilll was clork.
Mr. Mlllls was nomlnntcd by Dr.
Losllo and no other names bolng
presented, tho nominations woro de
clared closed and Mr. Mlllls the un
nnlnious choice. Auot soventy-flvo
woro In nttendnnco.
Another snoda! election of tho
voters of tho Marshflold school dis
trict has beon callod for December
28 at tho now school houso when tho
tnx levy for tho onsulng year will bo
fixed. Data on tho cost of operating
schools In other cities of this class
has been gathered by M. C. Horton
of tho bonrd nnd tho school system
In gonoral will como up for discussion.
Patient at Cincinnati Hospital
Suddenly Becomes Vio
lent In Ward.
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Doc. 23.
Tho serious Injury of two nurses nnd
two patlentB with minor hurts for
several other Inmates of tho city hos
pltnl resulted today from n llfo and
donth fight with nn ltiBnuo man
wolghlng 2 IS pounds, armed with a
knlfo. Ferdinand Hoffmnn beenmo
vlolont yestorday nnd was Btrnppod
to n cot. Ho obtalnod n knife In
somo mnunor nnd cut his bonds mid
hurled hlmsolf on T. N. Smith, the
night nurse; 13. F. Mltcholl, n dnv
nurse, nnd Will llowo, n patient,
wcro cut badly whon they wont to
Smith's aid. Hoffmnn wna flnnlly
Biibduod whon ho was struck over
tho head by n heavy cano by u
nurse. . . .
AGED MAN
IS
L
OCATFD
HERE
JOHN D'S SANTA CLAUS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 23. Doea
John D. Rockefeller bollovo In
Santa Clnus? Tho question
must go unanswered, for ho
-nfitsna in toll. It WHS DUt 10
him point blank as he was on
his way to tho Flfth-Avonuo
Baptist church. A young news
paper reporter was his ques
tioner.
At first Mr. Rockefeller was m-
dlgnant. Then his face cracKeu
Into a smile.
4 "You gentlemen of tho press
aro certainly Indefatigable," ho
said. "God bless eacn ana evo-
4 ry ono of you. It Is no use in
nnv subject from now on, how-
ever, for I havo fully mado up
my mind never again to make
a statement for publication in
tho press."
Mji-Ksrjsr
w. w ........... -- - .,-, . .. nrtVAT.it.lnf Vow Vnrk. nEHGta QUI millions, is
ra Brother Thoa Blaine. iductiua saw- iu .-. -;
'me for T,nn.nfton,innr will bo SON Millinery siurc ..-..
--. .. ............. ... ,, in ii
nt,y enforced.
Jotlrnlnn- T1fl1ioi.ii Innltoil.
lJ order R, E. GOLDEN, N. Q.
Mrs. Dunbar, Aged 80, Who
Ran Away From Colorado,
Found to Be Insane.
After having run nwny from tho
homo of a daughter In Canyon City,
Colorado, where sho had been living,
and coming to Coos BTfy without giv
ing nn Intimation or her Intentions,
Mrs. Georgia J. Dunbar, nged about
eighty, who arrived at Plat B tlireo
weoks ngo, was declared of unsound
mind yesterday and ordered commit
ted to tho asylum. Tho caso Is
rather n pitiful ono but tho ngod
womnn, It was feared, would becomo
violent nnd do Injury to horsolf or
others.
When she arrived hero to visit nt
tho homo of hor daughter, Mrs.
Evans, at Plat B, thoy wcro not
aware that thero was anytuinb
wrong and thought of courso tholr
relatives In Colorado had beon nwnre
of hor departure. Mrs. Dunbar did
not say anything about having run
away. Howovor, a weeic or so nit
er her arrival a lottor camo from
Colorado saying that sho had mys
teriously disappeared from thero and
that tho entire surrounding country
had beon searching In vain for her.
A telegram was immediately sont
apprising them of hor safety.
Somo days ago, aho began to havo
hallucinations about robbers, and
expressing tho belief that her grand
daughtor and son-in-law should be
killed. Consequently sho wns taken
before the commissioners and or
dered committed to tho asylum.
Weil-Known Marshfield Man
Passes Away Early Today
After Long Illness.
L. B. Billings, n well-known resi
dent of Marshflold, died this morn
Ing after n prolonged illness of n
complication of diseases. Ho was
sixty years of age. Ho was born at
East Mlddlcbcrry, Vermont, and pre
vious to his romoval to Marshflold
flvo years ngo wns n resldout of
Rhhiolauder, Wis.
Mr. Billings Is survived by his
wife In this city nnd n daughtor In
Chicago. S. A. Conro nnd Jnmos
Conro of Mnrshfleld, nro also rela
tives of tho docensod.
The fuuernl norvlces will be hold
from Wilson's Undertaking parlors
nt 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, tho
Rev. R. E. Browning officiating.
FEAR AVIATOR GRACE IS
LOST 1H TH
0
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HARD BATTLE
Disappears In Fog From Calais
and Has Not Been Located
Since.
; FRIENDS STILL
HOPE FOR RETURM
Dill Cnrliirlrlmri Rnlinmlic fit'-
Ulll I UIUIUUIIIVJ 11V...U.UUO ui ,
ders In Spain Passes Cham
ber of Deputies.
(By Associated Press, to Coos Bay
Times.)
MADRID, Spnln, Dec. 23. After
a stormy nil night session tho Chnm
bor of Deputies today pnssod tho
govornment'B "Padlock Bill" by u
voto of 10S to 20. This notnblo vls
tory for Promior CannloJaB Avas ob
tained nftor n light Involving not
only tho opposition In Spnln but of
tho Vatican, whoso seal of disappro
val was sot upon tho log'slatlon even
boforo it had boon submitted to the
cortes. Tho effect of tho bill re
strains tho establishment of religious
orders, etc.
BIG INCREASE
IN WAGE ASKED
FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
Suitable for your children, wife or
. ...i. n . m 12
Frices 10 euu un J'"."--, y--, -r--and
$14 hata for $5. Al.so,T0and
of Now York, assets 661 millions, is
NO MISTAKE. It will novor break,
wear, tear, tarnish, fade or get tire
3 hats for T2.
T1.25.
Also ?5 hats at
some, and will protect and make n
happy family.
See HENRY SENGSTACKEN.
Spokane Train Dispatchers
Start Petitions to Railroads
For Large Advance.
(By Associated Press to Cooa Bay
Times.)
SPOKANE,' Wash., Dec. 2.3.
Spokane train dispatchers, thlrty-slx
In number, nro preparing to potltlon
nil roads oporattng horo to Incroaso
their wages to $175 per month, ef
fective January 1. Tholr wages at
present aro from 12C to 1140. Thoy
stato this Is part .of n great national
movement backod by similar peti
tions from all part of tho country
and If a satisfactory Incrcaso Is not
granted boforo next Juno, It Is pro
posed to bring tho matter boforo th
convention of train dispatchers ns
an association at Baltimore, an or
ganization which up to tho presont
tlmo has taken no action on tho
wage question.
EIGHT KILLED
IN A CAVE
New York Workmen Buried In
Excavation For New
Building.
(Oy Associated Press to Coos Bay
TImoB.)
NEW YORK, N. J., Dec. 23. A
number of men estimated at eight
woro caught In a cavo-ln In an ex
cavation of n building. Two bodies
wcro rocovorcd.
THREE ARE STRICKEN.
Coqitlllo Herald Tells of Passing ot
Tlireo Then.
Married In this city, Decombo
17th, 1010, Mr. Gunnnr Johnson and
Miss Anna Carlson, Judgo E. G. 1).
Holden ofllclatlng.
Word was received horo that Miss
Hilda Danlolson, aged H years, had
died at tho family homo noar Park
orsburg. Thero wcro no particulars
glvon.
J. A. S, McDonald, a lato arrlv.il
from Montana, was In town with his
fnmlly tho first of tho week. Mr,
McDonald hns arranged to tako
chargo of tho Rlvorton Hofol and
re-open that placo to tho public.
Claim That He May Be Trying
For the Distance Flight
On Trip.
(By Associated Press to Cooa Bay
Times.)
LONDON, Doc. 23. -Thoro wit
no news this nftornoou of thd futrc
of Cecil S. Grace, tho American nfln
tor who disappeared In tho fog whilo
nttomptliiR the return flight from
Calais to Dover yostordny. It is
feared he fell In the North Soa. Tho
report of his landing at Deal was a
canard. A lleot of motor carB la
Hweeplng up and down tho coast
roads for somo trnco of tho missing
man anil tho North Soa is being
swept with searchlights of warships,
and other vessels who havo been ap
prised of the facts.
Qraco was sighted seven mHos"
cast of Deal but was soon lost In jl
dense fog and now is bolloved to -hnvo
perished. That ho lost his'
courso Is evident.
Somo of his moro optlmistlm
frlonds oxprosB tho bollot that ha--was
trying for the distance flight nnd'
will land In tho northern pnrt of
England. .
TWO SHOT IN
PISTOL. DUEL
Kentucky Special Policeman1
and Federal Officers Ort
OppositeSides In Battle
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.') .
MOUNT STERL1N6, Ky,.Dec. 23V
Clinton Allen, deputy UnltodStn-
tc8 Marshal and his brother, Alien
wnro shot to donth by James Tipton?
a special pollcomun, nnd Michael
Gibbons, n saloonkeeper, In a pistol
bnttlo thnt took plnco In front of
Gibbous' saloon ns n result of a
qunrrol.
Mr. nnd Mrs. C. M. Skeels return
ed from their extended trip to Port
land, whero Mrs. .Skeols , underwent
oporntlons, and has been In n critical
condition nt times. Thoy vlsltol
their daughtor, Mrs. Georgo Baxter,
of Creswoll.
ALLIANCE NOT IN YET.
Steamship From l'ortlnut Overdue
Several Hours.
Tho steamship Alliance, which
crossed out from Astoria for Coos
Bay at 10 o'clock yestorday, had not
been sighted off Coos Bay bar at 4
o'clock this afternoon. Tho fog wns
very dense. '
Tho non-arrival of tho vessel Is
tho cause of much chagrin, tho Pa
Vllla troupo which was to havo play
ed at tho Masonic Opera Houso last
night and tonight being aboard.
Agent McGeorgo thinks sho will
bo in lato today or early In tug
morning sure,
Buy tho football at THE GUNNERY.
Air-plant and nir-plant brass hang
ing baskotB at PRENTISS & Co.'s.
Havo your J"b printing done n
Tho Times office.
Football PANTS at THE GUNNERY.
Mrs. J. F. Burgess of near Nor
way, passed away at tho farm homo
on Tuesday, December 13, 1910, aft
er a long tedious Illness, and tho
body was laid to rest In tho Masonic
comdtory at this placo on Wednesday.
Miss Eva McNalr of this city, dlol
at tho homo of hor stop-father and
mother In this city early Sunday
morning. Sho had beon HI for about
two weoks, bolng a sufferer from In
flammatory rhoumatlsm, but nt that
tlmo tho dlseaso seomod to go to hor
heart and tho end camo suddenly and
with llttlo warning. Tho deceased
was born In Colorado, and was 17
years, 9 monthB, 17 days old nt
death. Tho family has lived In Co
qulllo about a year and a half.
LUTFISK Saturday at
cade Restaurant, cooked
ready to cook. '
Ar-and
Sprains Ankle. Albort Haines,.
son of Mr, nnd Mrs. A. T. Haines,
had a squirt gun nnd was showing
his brother how a real "Naval Ro-
servo" did biislnoss, After squirting
wator on Ocorgo onco or twlco, Al
bort slipped and foil off tho porch,
spraining his nuklo and bruising
hlmsolf, Howovor, ho was nblo to
como down town today to got hlv
now uniform.
ARE AFTER HORNET.
Alleged FillhiiHterliig Steamer Loiiveu
New Orlemis.
(By AssociMcd Prosa to Coos Bay
Times.)
NEW ORLEANS, La., Doc. 23.
Following tho doparturo lato yester
day of tho alleged filibuster steamor
Hornet, complaint will bo mado to
day by tho Honduran mlnlstor that
It Is tho lntontlon of tho Hornet to'
nttack ono of tho gulf portB of Hon
duras and this government will bo
asked to Intorcopt tho alleged ma
rauder. .
LIBRARY NOTICE.
Tho library will bo closed at eight
o'clock tomorrow (Saturday) ovo
nlng.
Tim ntnrv hour tomorrow lllomln
at cloven will bo for tho older boys
and girls, and will bo occupied wltU
Christmas legends, storlos, and n
poem.
Flno CHINA nt HALF PRICE at
PRENTISS & CO.'s.
JAItDINIERS at MILNEIVS.
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