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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1911)
(Bjwb ADS. NEWS .,n iusixhss is sunv, All. V- Jr,sr. THAT IT IMVS 18 MVL Tunisia EVERYWHERE s: GKT IT WHILE IT IS XKW 11V 1MJA PINO THE COOS 1IAV TIMKS. Al.li TIIK XKWS ALL TIIK Tl.MK TERSELY TOLD :: :: :: :: M !'' " MEMttKH OP ASSOCIATED PRESS Established In 1H7H iik The Const Mull VOL. XXXIV MARSHFIELD.OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1911 EVENING EDITION. A CiMiMilldntlnit of Times, Comt Mall nml Coos liny Advertiser. No. 3 NEPHEW OF JAMES COW IS DROWNED Son of John Cowan, Formerly of Bandon, Lost In Rough Surf. TWO OTHERS ARE ALSO DROWNED Accident Late Saturday After noon While Making Trip In Small Boat. WorJ lias JtiHt boon received licro of the drowning of S. F. Cownn, sec ond assistant keeper of tlio light house nt Tatoosh, WiiBh., mid a nep hew of Jos, Cownn of Marshllold, which occurred Into Snturdny. Tlio news will lie received here with grent regret ns Mr. Cownn was well, known m tho older reBldentu, having been ,nm ond reared nt llnndon whoro his father, John Cowan, wns assistant light hottso keeper. Tho family loft about eight years ngo and tlio Hoy a father Is keeper of tho Tntoosh light house. TntooBh Is Just insldo Cnpo Flattery. Onerntor Pnrstow of tho United i Wireless station In Mnrshtlold, rocclv- I ed tlio following niessago giving par ticulars of tho accident: "S. V. Cowan, second nsBlslnnt light house keeper nt Tntoosh, Mrs. n. L. Talmndgo, wife of the wlroloBS operator ot Tntoosh, nnd It. M. Wnd- dell, U. S. X. wero drowned Sntnrany afternoon. 0. L. Talmndgo and I. D. Snoonemoorc, chief electrician nro under the doctor's caro In a very boh- ous condition. They wero all In a turf boat going from tho lslnnd to hoard tho tug I.orno for Xeah bay, which was standing about n mllo out. Tho sea was rough when they stnrt ed out but they hnd boon out In worso ones nnd didn't think It dan gerous to go out. Some unexpected breakers enmo In suddonly. Tlio bont rodo the first two big ones duo but the third one enmo aboard and par tially filled tho bont. Moro wator came aboard Immediately nnd filled the boat to her gunwnles. Tho mon got out and hung on to tho bont and Mrs. Talmndgo stayed In and started to bale out the boat but tho heavy tide took them In nmong tho lower rocks. Operator 0. 0. Reason anya, "Then wo saw tho tug lower a bont and thought they would auroly bo Picked up but a big comber -struck the boat. Tho tossing bont must have hit Wnildell nnd Mr. Cownn be-' caute that wns tho Inst Boon of thorn. ' Mrs. Talmndgo. Talmndgo nnd , apoonemoore wero thrown up In tho Mf. TIlO hn.lt frnm Hm Inmn lnat themselves In tho surf nnd wo drng-' sea our big dingy ncroBs tlio bench "d went out tho wost entrance nnd Pltked up Spoonemooro and Tnlmnd- fe hanslm? nn In Mia l.nii, Mm ' bot In a sinking condition. Mrs. Talmadce lot n inrnn ... .i -- .- nw iHiUlu u ui . u 'hem and sank Wo took after thqni - a ooat with a hole In It but wo wt all we could and If wo hnd been - "names sooner wo would hnvo eA t. n... . . minutes sooner wo would havo sav-' - laimncige too, but done our re la a very serious condition." IOWA LAW IS UPHELD. Injured Kinployo t,.lalls niKilts 1)c. I PHi llviipfit Associations. '"' Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) ASHiN'GTnv n n t,-,. nn WMtltutlonaHtyof tho Iowa law assed In isgr ,.,. .... -muiihb H UHIIHUJU ' ( operating department of a rall rn( , Slle t"p rallrond for Injuries Lil??StandlnB th0 fact he had ro iepaTt ' lCnentS frm a relI6f t railroad was upheld today by tho t it vuuri ot tho United States. X0 Sl'-VVT0U CHOSEN. B; delated Press to Coos Day .. Times.) M n choice of senator today. NEAR TATQOSH WEST VETOES COOS Wl BILL Governor Kills Measure Pro viding For Ceding Land to Port Commission. SALEM, Ore., Feb. 20. A bill In troduced by Senator ChnBo of Coob county, providing for tho Bale of un appropriated mid acquired tldo or overflow InndH by municipalities or ports waB vetoed by the governor Sat urday. .Tho bill wna Bonnto bill No. 1. Tho tldelnnd bill wnB fathered by tlio Cooh Hay Port, CommlBBlon nnd wan desired by tho other porta of Oregon. It simply provided n legal way hereby tho stato could codo sta to lands to tho port commissions of tho Htnto to bo held nnd used for tho benefit of tho people. The vetoing of It enmo ns a surprise. Some nro Inclined to bcllcvo tlio veto wns n "alap" by Governor "Wont at Senator. uiiubo wuo lias been lined up throughout tho Rosslon with the Row crmnu crowd In fighting tho adminis tration. Rogue Hlx or Hill. Tho Itoguo rlvor flflh bill, which permits commercial fishing nt tho mouth of tho rlvor, passed 'tho Senate Snturdny and la now up to Governor West. Tho Mnrshlleld Chamber of Com nicrco linn been requested to tele graph Governor West urging him to let tho measiiro stand becauso tho operations on Itoguo rlvor nro bene ficial to Coob nay. AT TIIK THEATRE. Concerning "A noomlng Town," which tho Kelley Musical Comudy company will put on nt tho Masonic tonight, tho Eureka Herald says: "A good sized houso turned out for tho Emplro last evening, notwith standing tho Inclomont wonthor and thoy woro well ropnld for their trou ble for tho M. J. Kelley company put on a clnssy show, reploto with now "stunts" In tho comedietta 'A Dooming Town.' One of tho best pos sible musical programs wns put on, consisting of nino numbers, nil woro ' encored, eoiuo of them sevornl times. "Molllo Mack sang woll, assisted by tho chorus, and received her sharo of tho applause. Florenco Young de aorvea speclnl mention for her rendi tion of "If I Had tho World to Give You." That her efforts wero appro elated was evident from the npplauso ' greotlng her on hor encores. ' "Harry Hallen sang especially well last evening In his duet with Miss Vnno In tho speclnlty "Italian Love." This brought down tho house i?nr tho nrat tlmo slnco tho open- ing of tho Kelley company Chick Durnham appeared In n Dutch spe cialty of songs, dances and monov logues. Ho was brought back sever al times for Borne more 'funny stuff.' " GltOWTH OF PAYETTE. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 20. The population statistics announced today included Payette, Ida., 1.94S against C4S In 1910. 'mummmmmmm HEAR MISS ROY SING X "EMPTY HANDED" AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH TONIGHT X i i X tRFRVmFS EACH EVENING THIS WEEK. X nxtxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx SEVERE EOTUAKE Some Loss of Life and Consid erable Damage People De sert Buildings For Tents. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. 20. Little Talks on Advertising TALK No. I Tho merchants of Manhattan havo decided to turn down all fake adver tising schemes, nnd will make all their announcements through tho lo cal papers. Tho olly-tongued stranger who goes to Manhattan to Ibsiio n livery stablo directory will rccolvo no en couragement. Tho mnn who offers to paint advertising on trees or bnrb wlro fencos at so much a letter will bo thrown through tho trmiBom. Tho merchants of Abilene havo fol lowed suit, and will horcaftor spend no more money to havo their names WILL FORTIFY Provision For It Made In Sun dry Civil Bill to Be Report ed to House. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 20. R'epresentntlvo Fitzgerald of Now York, a mombor of tho Commltteo on Appropriations announced In tho Houso today that tho sundry civil bill would enrry provisions for tho fortification ot tho Panama canal. Tho statement was mndo In rcaponso to n question from Hobson of Alnba mn and wna greeted with applause E Rebels Required to Lay Down Arms and Negotiate for Reforms. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Tiraea.) PAItlS, Franco, Fob. 20. In n rovlow of the crisis In Moxlco made today for tho Associated Press, Joso Yves Llmantour, minister ot finance In tho cabinet of President Diaz, de clared tho only basis tor- peace was that tho Insurgents lay down tholr arms pending negotiations with tho government which on its part Bhould grant a reform of tho evils that mado revolution possible. IS AGAINST MEASUHE. Paper Manufacturer Opposes Cana dian Reciprocity. (Dy Associated Press to C003 Day Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 20. Hearings on tho McCall bill to carry out tho provisions of tho Canadian reciprocity agreement wero bogun to day by tho Senate Commltteo on Fi nance. During tho forenoon the only witness examined was John Strange of Neennh, Wis., a paper manufactur er and former lieutenant governor of that state. Strange opposed the bill In vigorous language, charging that tho sentiment in favor of it had been manufactured by a league of nows papers which he believed to bo in violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. 1 DHZ T IS IN rati A violent enrthqunkc was experienc ed nt Monnsttr and elsewhere throughout tho vnllages of Monnvtlr today. There waa some loss of life. Tho population Is now camping out nnd Is suffering intensely from the cold. Tho authorities havo appealed to tho government for 300 tents nnd relief fundB. painted on tho town cows or on tho balloons, or on woodchuckB. Tho movomont Is spreading and the day is at hand when nil KatiBns morcljnuta will adopt tho safo and anno plan nnd do their ndvortlslug in tho newspapers. It Is tho only way to reach nnd In terest the peoplo who buy things. The pcoplo read their homo newspapers, but thoy don't rend telephone poles, or cows or barbed wiro fencca. You never yet saw a mnn scnted by his flrcsldo reading a board fenco or tho side of a bnru to his children. Em poria Gazette. PIECE WORK E Boilermakers On New York Central Quit Work Today. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) CLEVELAND, Ohio, Fob. 20. Vlco-presldont Weynnd of tho Dollor Makers and Iron Shipbuilders today ordorod out 800 boilor makers em ployed on tho Lako Slioro & Michigan Southorn Division of tho Now York Central between Buffalo and Chicago. Tho boiler makers demnnd tho nbol lahmont of pleco work. i Won't Work" Brigade Dwindles In Numbers On Trip to California. (Dy Associated Pres3 to Coos Day Times.) ItEDDING, Cnl., Feb. 20. Tho band of I. W. W. of tho World bound for Fresno Is rapidly diminishing In number. Half of thoso who started from tho northern points droppod out, some retracing tholr stops north ward. . Only 85 nro loft at Montaguo whoro they spent last night, several of their orators speaking on tho streot. Tho men propose to remain In Montaguo making speeches today. CASH ONLY GOES. Hallways Can't Exchange Transporta tion of Advertising. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 20. Only money and not advertising can bo nccepted by Interstate railroads In payment for transportation, ac cording to an Interpretation announc ed today by the supreme court of tho United States. SEED POTATOES I havo limited numor of Flno KAItLY ROSE seed POTATOES for sale. Apply quickly If you want any. Ivy Condron Pioneer Grocery, Phone 8-i-J. WHEAT ?1.C5 per 100 Cash The RAZAR. Phono 32. FIND TRIP IS DIFFICULT ONE SPEAKER CANNON MADE CZAR OF HOUSE FOR Tl WEEKS OPENS RIDS ON BAR DREDGE Major Morrow Called to Wash ington On Business Con nected With It. PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 20. On business concerning tho completion of pinna for nn oceangoing dredge to bo opcrntcd at tho entrance to Coos Day, Major J. J. Morrow, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A., left for Washing ton, D. C, having beon summoned by tho chief of englneors by wiro. Mn Jor Morrow docs not expect that ho will bo absent for n lengthy period. Tho ilrcdgo wns authorized last year and $300,000 appropriated. Tho plnnB nro being drawn under the di rection ot tho Chief of Englneors nnd It Is proposed to ask for tenders for construction on both tho Pacific and Atlantic counts. Didders on this sldo will bo allowed a margin of about $20,000, as it Is estimated that to transport nintorlal required for tho typo of digger decided on will nppro xlmnto that amount. Mnjor Morrow haB written to tho department con cerning changes In tho upoclflcntlnnB nnd ho assumes that the Chief of En glneors fools thnt tho requlromonts for a dredgo to work on tho bnr can bo best explained In person. About n year will bo required to flnlBh tho dredgo from tho tlmo pinna and specifications nro distributed, and It Is tho intention of tho engineers to havo hor nt Coos Dny by June, 1912, Sho will bo mndo ns staunch as possi ble, as Bho Is oxpectod to work In all kinds of wonthor and undor condi tions that would provo injurious to tho ordinary bar dlggor. FOLLOW SMITH'S PLAN. Other Logging Camps' Will Have Rending and Recreation Rooiiih. PORTLAND, Ore, Fob. 20. Log ging camps of tho Pacific Northwest will bo equipped with rondlng nnd ro crcntlon rooms bo thnt tho lonely woodsmen will hnvo somo moans of nmiiBomont nnd Instruction, If tho plans of tho Portland Y. M. C. A. nro cnrrled out. Tho proposnl hns boon mndo to tho Columbln Rlvor Loggora' nssoclntlon thnt tho various camps bo supplied with thoso conveniences for tho mon to whllo nway their hours In tho woods when not at work and It Is oxpectod to establish such recreation rooms for n fow of tho largest camps nnd boo how tho plan works. If tho now qunrtera aro appreciated by tho mon, It Is llkoly practically all tho camps in tho Columbia rlvor basin will bo provided with similar accom modations. Tho exponso of tho oxperlmont will bo borno by tho camp operators, who feol that much good can bo ac complished In this way. Dy furnish ing tho loggers with higher ideals and somo means of relieving tho monotony of life In tho woods, thoy. think they will secure more efllclont as woll as depondablo workmen. REVIEW IS (JRAXTED. Xaval Stores Case Oiieiieil by Su preme Court. (Dy A'-socIated Press to Coos Day Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 20. Tho Supremo Court of tho United States today granted tho request that It rovlow tho conviction of tho olll clals of tho Amorican Naval Storoa company, accused of having violated the Sherman anti-trust law. EX-GOV. LORD DEAD. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 20. William Palno Lord, ox-Governor of Orogon and at ono tlmo United States Minister to tho Argontlno Republic, died In Hahnemann hospital. Suspension of All Rules De clared to Expedite Public Business. OMNIBUS WAR CLAIMS BILL PASSES TODAY Filibuster Beaten by Democrats. Uniting With Republicans On Vote. (Dy Associated Press to Coos D lluca.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 20. Tho Omnibus war claims bill, whlcn has been under consideration slnco Friday because of a flllbustor, pass ed tho House today shortly boforo ono o'clock. As soon ns tho Houso resumed Its session thlr morning, a point of no quorum was mado. Tho clerk reported 201 members woro present nnd tho rending of tho bill for amendmeut began. Roberts ot Massachusetts, one of tho filibusters -offered as an amendment tho ontiro list of French claims and demanded -tho reading of 70 printed pnges. Mann of Illinois mado a point of order Hint the amendment wns not germnna nt this point. Dnlzoll, chairman of tho Rules commltteo, brought In n rule provid ing for tho Biispenslou of rules on nil ' bills from now until tho end of tho session. Ho snld the stato of publlo business demanded Its adoption. Dal zell'a rulo cnrrled 173 to -13. A groat majority of tho domocrata vot ing with tho ropubllcniiB, rulo prac tically puts tho ontiro conduct of af fairs for tho next two wcoks In tho. hands of Speaker Cannon. STILL LIKES COOS IIAV.. J. W. Snover Write From HU Xow Home nt TopjM-nlsh, Wash. .T. W. Snover, former city nttorno; or Mnrshflold. who recently moved b Toppcnlsh, WiibIi., In n lottor to Th Times ordering tho pnpor sent to hi. now nddresB, saya: "I would havo subscribed boforo, lint owing to tho Irregularity of tho malls In that part of tho country, I thought beat to wait until tho worst of tho winter wna over with. "I hnvo now beon horo nlmoBt threo months nnd It hns rained twlco Blnco my arrival; qulto different to Coos Dny; In fnct this hn3 boon tho most porfect wlntor I over oxporlonc- ed. "I nm nlcoly loented, and havo formod a partnership with a Mr. Leo in tho prnotlco of law, and wo havo all tho business wo can attond to. "As I btlll hnVo Bomo hopes of making Coos Day my futuro homo, 1 wish to keop posted In tho ovonts of that part of tho country, bo sond nlong your paper. "Glvo my rogards to all Inquiring friends." MAY TAX UACIIELOItS AND SPINSTERS, TOO ELLENSDURG, Wash., Fob. 20, Thoro Is constornntlon nmong the bncholors and splns- tors of Ellonshurg. Tho reason for tho senro Is tho prospect that ElloiiBburg counciinion may ndnnt nn ordinance tnxlng un married mon nnd womon ?J& a yoar oach. Tho proposed or- 4 dlnanco waa Introduced In tho council. Tho ordlnanco provides that mon who shall swear that thoy havo proposed to threo unmar- rlod and unbotrothod womon. nnd glvo tholr nnmos, shall bo exempt from tho tax. and wo- mon who have novor received n proposal shall also be oxompt, whllo thoso that hnvo refused a proposal shall bo taxed an addl- . tlonal $10. -ArfT