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VOL. XXXIV.
MARSHFIELD,OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1911 EVENING EDITION.
A Consolidation of Times, Const Mall
it lid Coos Hay Advertiser.
No. 17.
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CAW '.
EIGHT KILLED
MISSING
Over 50,000 Pounds of Explo
sive In One Detonation
On Ship.
VESSEL LYING AT
JERSEY CITY PIER
Over $750,000 Damage Done
By Appalling Accident of
Unknown Cause.
(Ily Associated Press to Coos Hay
Times.)
NEW YOUK, X. Y., Fob. 2. The
known dead from yostordny's dynu
mlto oxploslon which did $7D0,000
dnmngo In this section numbers
eight. Only ilvo bodies lmvo recover
ed nnd the names of only nlno of tlio
mlsfllng nro known. Nearly a scoro
of unknown InbororB who woro nt
tlio end of tlio pier nro unnccountod
for. Thnt tho dnmngo wns not fnr
greater scorns n mlrnclo In vlow of
the fact that explosion wns tho lar
gest that over occurred anywhere In
tentionally or by nccldcnt.
Fifty thousand jioundB of dynamite
blew up In tho slnglo detonation, nnd
it Is n rcmnrkablo fact that fifty
thousand pounds moro of dynnmtto
that wns standing on n sidetrack
within a hundred feet of tho plor did
not explode. Tho exact causo of tho
exploalon lias not boon established.
Tho nuthorltlcs will ninko rigid in
vestigation of tho nccldcnt In vlow
of statomonts that dynatnlto Is bolng
transported without proper Hcenao
and under nUogod careless condi
tions.
EAHLY STOItY OF ACCIDENT.
Extent of Jerncy City Dlmister Not
Appreciated nt First.
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
NEW YORK, Fob. 2. Tho dyna
mlto boat, Catherine C, lying at the.
foot of Henderson street, Jersey City,
blew up from somo unknown causo
yesterday. Tho explosion was folt
In many sections of tho city and in
kome largo ofllco buildings and else
whero tho excitement assumed al
most tho proportions of a panic. Tho
boat wns demolished and tho plor at
which she was lying wrecked and
many boats In tho vicinity damaged.
Several persons aro reported to have
been killed. Several Injured woro
taken to tho hospital. Hundreds of
windows In tho downtown district
wero broken.
Reports from points sovornl miles
from tho scene of tho oxploslon tell
the dnmngo as n result of tho explo
sion was principally broken windows.
Thousand upon thousands of panop
wero broken in tho business district.
Many persons nenr tho scene of tho
explosion wero injured nnd ono priest
administered tho last sacrament to
Ave mon and saw ono headless corpBo
near tho pier. A number of Injured
persons woro blown Into tho water
but wero rescued by . bonts. Many
passengers on tho ferryboat Somor
vllle which was passing near the
scene of tho explosion were injured.
HLACK HAND VICTIM.
Old Murder Mystery In Pennsylvania
May Mo Solved.
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
HAZELTON, Pa., Feb. 2. Ac
cording to clues discovered today, tho
victim of tho barrel murder mystery
hero three years ago was probably
Miss Bertha Carlow, who disappear
ed from West Hazolton, nnd who Is
believed to have known the secrets
of tho "black hand" gang in this
c'ty. Tho body of the woman was
hacked to pieces nnd Jammed Into
a sugar barrel that was set on Are
on Ebervalo mountain whero tho
charred corpse was found .by a
miner. A shoe and necklace furnish
ed the only clue of the Identity of
the victim.
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Goltfred Strohm Passes Away !!10 ",m? t0 ?"', ut "I! l"7T J
Mtlon being already pending, it had
at Chas. Hanson Home
Near Gardiner.
(Special to Tho Times.)
GARDINER, Ore., Fob. 2. Gott
fred Strohm, n well-known former
Coos liny mnn died nt tho homo of
Mr. nnd Mrs. Chns. Hnuson on Smith
River, nenr Gnrdlner, Saturday
morning, .Inuunry 28.
Mr. Strohm 1111(1 been ailing for
severnl years, but wns tnkon sorl
otiBly 111 Chrlstmns day nnd failed
rapidly until his denth, Snturdny
morning.
Mr. Strohm wns a nntlvo of Swe
den, aged 42 years and 10 days.
Mr. Strohm ennio to America nbout
twenty-three years ago, and has ro
sldcd. about nineteen years In Coos
county most of tho tlmo In Beaver
Hill. Mr. Strohm leaves a mother
nnd father, nnd several brothers nnd
sisters In Sweden to mourn him, also
ono brother In Idnho. ,
Mr. Strohm wns a man who made
friends wherever ho went, nnd lio
loaves hosts of friends on Coos Day
and Gnrdlner, whero ho has mado
his homo for tho past year.
Mr. Strohm wns n member of tho
Knights of Pythias lodgo of Coqulllo,
Orogdn.
STEAMEH OE8 AOHOUNI).
Princess Adelaide Strikes During Pa
get Sound Storm.
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
SEATTLE, Fob. 2. Tho Canadian
Pacific steamer Princess Adelaide
wont ashore at Appletreo Point In the
snowstorm last night but camo oft
unharmed today and proceeded hero.
GRANDMOTHER KISSES
DEAD CHILD; DIES
NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 2.
Grieving over tho death of hor grand
daughter, tho flvo months' old baby
61 Mr. and Mrs. Perry Mason, Mrs.
A. J. Mills kissed the cold baby face
and within 24 hours was stricken
with, spinal meningitis and died. The
child had died from the samo dis
ease. HIM TODAY
Steamship Arrives From Port
land With Good List of
Passengers.
The Breakwater arrived In early
this morning after a very good trip
down tho coast. The weather was
fairly good. Sho had a good list of
passengers and considerable miscel
laneous freight.
Tho Breakwater will sail for Port
land at 1 o'clock Saturday.
Among those arriving on the
Breakwater wero the following:
Pnul Rnubach, Mrs. Raubach, E.
K. Jones, Chas. Peterson, E. M. Pe
terson, L. Morgan, Thos. Wilson,
Miss M. Robinson, Carl Davis, Win.
Frazenbach, Jno. Damon, Louis So
tlron, Mrs. Gilkey, E. M. Rosenthal,
Mrs. Kepkey, M. McKenney, Alfred
Snow, Gust Mercy, F, Rundle, Lloyd
Rundlo, Ruby Rundle, Miss C. Run
dle, Miss S. Rundle, J. V. Rundle,
E. L. McConnell, R. Nyren. Louis
Noble, Geo. Ulrlch, I. R. Tower, C.
B. Ray, A. Fllllner, W. H. Lilly, Mrs.
Cook, Miss Kate Macgonn, N. Ras
mussen, G. Backlaw, T. Warner, H.
Courland.
BREAKWATER IN
House Committees On Agricul
ture Asks to Be Discharged
On Pinchot Charges.
(Dy Associated Prcs3 to Cooa Bny
Times.)
WASHINGTON', D. C, Fob. 2.
Tlio long nwnltod action of tlio Houso
! Commlttoo on Agriculture on the
nn1lltlt?nrPlnr1int ItlvnattrrnHftn .n
port wns tnkon today, reporting Unit
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PL1SIT1 LARGE
C. A. Smith Said to Be Figur
ing On Shipping Lumber
Direct From Here to New
York Through Panama
Canal.
C. A. Smith of tho C. A. Smith
Lumber company Is figuring on tho
construction of two of tho largest
lumber carriers on tho Pacific coast
to ply out of Coos Bay when tho
Panama cannl is completed, probab
ly carrying lumber direct from horo
to Now York and other Atlantic
ports. Preliminary plans for one of
tho vessels is completed nnd tho oth
er Is bolng figured on. Mr. Smith
Is personally looking after tliq. mat
ter nnd innny of tho details nro not
known bore. It Is said thnt ho fig-
YELLOW FEVER
( DEATH
Coxswain On U. S. Cruiser
Mariette Victim of Dreaded
Disease. '
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 2.
According "to advices recolvod here,
J. B. Minor, coxswain on tho United
States cruiser Marietta, who died
suddenly nt Puerto Cortez harbor,
was a victim of yollow fever.
HAS FEVER ABOARD.
Marietta Ordered to Key West for
Examination.
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 2.
Becauso tho Marietta has sovornl
cases of suspected fever nbonrd, tho
Navy Department has ordored tho
vessel to Koy West.
WARREN GETS
AIDJF TAFT
Kansas Socialist Editor Es
capes Prison Sentence and
Heavy Fine.
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay?
Times.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 2. -President
Taft has commuted the
sentence of Fred. B. Warren, tho
Kansas socialist editor recently sen
tenced to six months Imprisonment
and J1.500 fine, by striking out tho
Imprisonment nnd reducing the fine
to $100 to bo collected by civil pro
cess only.
When you meet farmer and his
wife on the street and say to thenij
"How aro you getting along?" and
the wife replies, "All right; how are.
you making It?" yoaan easily tell
who Is boss In that family.
no function to perform and naked to
bo discharged from tlio question.
SUBSIDY HILL REPORTED.
Measure to Protest American Ship
ping From .Monopolies
(By AModiitod Proas to Coos Bay
Times.)
WASHINGTON. D. C, Fob. 2.
Th" Humphrey bill to protect Amorl
enn trndo nnd Amerlcnn shipping
; from foreign monopolies wns order
ed favorably reported to tlio Houso
t0(,ny ,,y t,,c Con,mlttco " MorehBnt
Marino nnd Fisheries.
u res on vossols
thnt will carry In
tho neighborhood of
of lumber.
1,000,000 fcot
Tho first vessel ho proposes to
construct, nnd tho contract for her
wlU probably bo lot soon, will bo
nbout eighty fcot longer thnu tho
Nnnn Smith and nbout eight fcot
wider. Sho Is to draw not over twen
ty foot loaded. Tho vossol will bo
built on tho Bamo plan of tho Nann
Smith, but still further Improved so
that the entire cargo can bo loaded
and unloaded by slings without re
quiring hardly any packing.
Tho Besslo Dollar, ono of tho lar-
gost .vessels on tho north Pacific,
may conio in hero soon to tako on
part of a .cargo for China. Sho car
ries about 4,000,000 feet, but ow-
Ipg to lho,.depth of the Inner harbor
will not bo nblo to tako on more
thnn 2,000,000 feet here.
WELL
TD
Engagement of Dr. Cophey of
Portland and Miss Bertha
Kruse Announced.
Mr. and Mrs. K. V. Kriiso of North
Bond announco tho ongagoment of
tholr daughter, Miss Borthn, to Dr.
Goo. A. Caphoy of Portland. Tho
wedding will tako placo about the'
middle of March. Tho announce
ment follows n llttlo rotnnnco grow
ing out of tho brlde-to-bo's decision
to bo a nurse. Sho went to Port
land to tako a courso but Instead of
winning tho right to wear tho white
cap nnd gown for hor life's work,
llttlo Dan Oupld brought a proml
nont young Portland physician on to
tfto scono and tho decision was
changed.
Miss Krtiso Is ono of tho best
known and most charming of Coos
Bay's girls and has a host of friends
who will congratulate Dr. Caphoy on
winning her.
Glass & Prudhomme Printing
House Burns With $50,000
' Loss.
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 2. Tho
plant of Glass & Prudhommo, ono of
tho largest printerles on tho coast
was burned today, Tho loss Is fifty
thousand dollars. Tho origin Is not
known,
COOS MAY IS SAVED.
Associated Press to Coos
Times.)
(By
Bay
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 2. Tho
tug Redondo has arrived In the outer
harbor with the water logged steam
er Coos Bay which ran aground off
Ventura and was abandoned by the
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PORTLAND HAS
SEVERE FIRE
CLAIMS HE COM
WHILE UNDER
IS. WEBBER
IS S1CKEI
Former Coos Bay Woman
... wuuo uuj wvunicui
Passes Away at Portland
After Long Illness.
Word has boon received here of
tho death of Mrs. Fred Wobbor, n
formor well-known resldont of
Mnrshficld, which occurred In Port
land recently. No particulars have
boon learned.
Mrs. Webber moved away from
hero with her family n number of
yenrs ago and hnd resided at Port
land most of tho tlmo since. For sov
ornl years sho has been practically
an invalid so that her death was not
altogether unexpected, Sho was
about seventy years old and Is sur
vived by a husband nnd sovernl chil
dren. Her oldest daugktcr, Mrs.
Lockwood, has resided at homo for
somo tlmo, taking care of tho mother.
Tho Webber family camo horo In
1872 nnd Mr. Wobbor wns Identified
with tho lumber mills In this section
during tholr stny here.
COOS BAY W0IVIAN
DIES IN SAN FRANCISCO
Mrs. Elizabeth Weeks Well-Kuoiwi
Hero Passe.s Away After u Brief
HlllCM.
News was recolvod horo today of
tho death In San Francisco, January
25, 1911, of Mrs. Ellzaboth Weeks,
wlfo of E. Weeks, who for Bovornl
years was licnd Cauklor nt tho Kruso
& Banks ship yard In North Bond.
Mrs. Weeks was well-known on
Coos Bay and was a most lovoablo
character. Kind and genorous al
most to n fault, sho wns dearly loved
by nil thoso who woro fortunato
enough to know hor.
Much sympnthy Is expressed for
RECEIVED SAD NEWS.
Mrs. Henry Hlnck Gets Telegram
Tclilng of SlMcr'H Denth.
Mrs. Henry Black received a tele
gram today from Richmond, Miss.,
announcing tho death of her only
sister, Mrs. M. Shotwell. Tho telo
gram did not glvo nny details except
thnt hor death was vory sudden, as
sho was sick only a fow days, Sho
was 77 years old at tho tlmo of hor
death.
SAIL SOUTH ON
THEjLLIANCE
Steamship Arrives From Port
land; Sails This Afternoon
For Eureka.
The Alllnnco arrived in early to
day from Portland. Sho brought a
big shipment of machinery for tho
Oregon Power Company and had con
siderable freight for Eureka. Sho
also had a good passenger list for
Eureka.
R. M. Baker, L. Wright and G. K.
Towers woro among thoso coming
horo from Portland on her.
Sho sailed this afternoon for Eu
reka and among thoso going from
hero on hor woro tho following:
W. R. Wood, Fred Olin, Louis
Fless, Arthur Turner, J. M. Nyo and
Lawrence Conery.
Tho Alliance Is scheduled to sail
from hero for Portland nt 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon,
People will say meaner things In
a letter to an enemy than they will
say to his face,
MITTED MURDER
HYPNOTIC POWER
Dr. Pantchenko Claims Count
De Lassy Influenced Noted
Crime.
PLEADS GUILTY AT
THE SECOND HEARING
Count Said to Have Been
Prompted to Deed by Greed
For Wealth.
(By Associated Proas to Coos Bay,
Tlmos.)
ST, PETERSBURG, RtiBsIn, Fob.
2. Thero was an unuBiinl occurronco
at today's Hussion of tho trial for tho
murder of Count O'Brien Do Lassy,
and tho notorious prisoner, Dr. Pant
chenko, the lntter being called on to
plead n second tlmo. Ho plcadod
guilty (is boforo. Tho count la nc
cuscd of hnvlng employed tho doctor
to murdor his brothor-ln-law, Count.
Vnssolll Bourturlln, tho hoir o
estates bf an estimated vnluo of 3,
CdO.OOO In or'dor that tho proporty,
might bo lnhorltod by tho Countess
Do Lassy. Pantchenko confessed Uia
guilt but set up tho dofonso ho com
mitted tho crime whllo undor tho
hypnotic Intluenco of Count Do Los
sy. SENATE TO ACT FRIDAY.
Wellington Now Wiiii(s l'minnw
Exposition.
(Ey Associated Press to Coon V i
Times,)
WASHINGTON, D, C, Fob. 2.
Tho Sonato Commlttoo on Industrial
Expositions yesterday hc,ard tho
claims of San Francisco nnd Now Or
leans for tho honor of Panama canal
exposition and a now city, nono othor
than Washington, D. C, Is Betting
forth Its claims for tho distinction,
through a commlttoo of business
men. Tho Washington peoplo, how
ever, deslro a distinction from tho
exposition to bo hold in San Fran
cisco or Now Orleans. Tho commlt
teo will hold Its final meeting Fri
day. T. i
NO TRACE OF HEIRESS.
Think Dorothy Arnold May Havo
Gono Abroud.
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay,
Times.)
NEW YORK, N. Y.. Fob. 2. It la
fifty-one dnys Blnco Dorothy Arnold,
tho heiress, dlsnpponrod. Dotcctlves
are now looking toward tho old
world for somo cluo of hor whoro
abouts. But hor fathor, Francis R.
Arnold, still believes sho is dead.
Tho girl's mother has boon in Europo
sovoral weeks searching for hor
daughter. Tho fact that reading
mattor of several Europoan steam
ship lines was found In Dorothy's
possession is taken to indicate, Bho
may bo abroad.
TO CLOSE OFFICES.
Government at Land Minnclies to bo
Consolidated.
(By Associated Pres3 to Coos Bay,
Times.)
SEATTLE, Wnsh., Feb. 2. Tho
Seattle land ofilce for many yoars
ono of tho most important In tho
United States, now does so llttlo bus
iness that thoro Is talk of tho con
solidation of tho Seattlo, Vancouvor
and Olympln land onicos. Tho pub
lic domain has nearly all passed into
privato ownership, honco tho slump
In U land omco UU8,ness
DIG SLUMP AT NOME.
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(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, U. U., i-ou.
2. Tho population of Nome,
Alaska, for 1910 is 2.000
against 12,488 for tho 1900 cen-
sus which was taken during tlio
rush to tho gold Holds.
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