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VOL XXXIV
MARSHFIELDi OREGON. THURSDAY, MARCH 30, EVENING EDITION
OuiMilMtotltin f 'Hint, nwt Mnll
niul (Nh ItN)- lv-rilvr.
No. 65
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SILO THUGS HUH JLWbLHY ID 1 S
STORE IN
Make Get Away With $5,000
Worth of Jewels and Leave
No Clue.
PROPRIETOR WAGNER
IS NEARLY KILLED
Crime Pulled Off at 8 o'clock
This Morning (n Business
Section.
(Hy Associated Press to Coon Day
Tlracs.)
SPOKANE, Wash., Mnr.,30. The
Jewelry Btoro of It- D. Wagner, in
the heart of tho downtown district,
as Tobbcd ahortly nftcr eight o'clock
this morning by two armed men who
looted tho show case nnd sato of Jew-
els valued at Jfi.000 nftcr dealing tho
proprletor a murderous blow, knock
Ing him unconscious to the floor.
Wagner wan preparing his stojk
for the day's business when n well-
dressed man asked to bo shown Bomo
collar buttons. Wngncr turned to
reach the tray when ho was ordorcd
to hold hla "hnndu up" nnd wbb con-
fronted with a revolver.
At the same time n second man en
tered the storo Intchlng tho door.
Wagner wns alow obeying nnd n
hot wns fired shattering the show
case. Tho proprietor then wna led to
tho rear of tho store nnd 1U over tho with much force,
head with n lllo until ho uecnino un- "This la tho third or fourth nccl
coiibcIoiis. He rocovorotl ten minutes dout thnt has resulted from tho care
later nnd nttrarted nttontlon of pns- loseneKK of tho niauugura In not llxlng
torsby by beating on tho door. Ho tho weight," said .Mrs. Sullivan who
was removed to the hospital. There Wns nonrly tired out today as a result
Is no clue.
ARRIVE TODAY.
Steamship 1n Early This Morn
ing From Portland With
Large List.
The nrenkwater arrived lu early
this morning from Portland with a
large pnjsenger list. She had n good
cargo of miscellaneous freight In
cluding an nuto for I. R. Tower. , I
The Ilrenkwnter will sail at 1
O'clneV Rntnnlnv hflnrnnnn tnr Pnrl.
land.
Among those nrrlvlng on hor we-o
tho following: I
Mrs. Knnpp, E. McCnnon, J. W.
Jote, H. Fobs. Mrs. Fobs. W. C. Camp.
Geo. Lnlrit. f! p Pnnk finn ttniiln.
son, J. E. Paulsen, Mrs, Paulson, L.
D. Noah, Mrs. Noah, Ed. Folsom, Mra i
Qrayson, W. drayson, O. F. Grayson,
C Schuster, W. Motter, Mrs. Motter,
V. Ilram, Jno. Carlson, D. L. Cnllagh-
o. H. R. North, J. A. O'Kolly, M.
Sneddoiu L. Perason, H. L. Ford, M
Smlth. H. C. Jenkins, F. A. Heltt,
Wm niako. T. M. Dlake, Mrs. Newn-
ham. E. Nownham, M. Gordon, W. 13.
Mt, G. Youngman, H. Oleman. Sv O.
Newton, Mrs. Wade, L. Carmel, MUs
ioer, H. Kingston, T. Durnett, Geo.
Smallwood, F. C. Stout! ' Miss E.
Moore, D. C. Gibson, Miss Lublch, C.
J. Mtllls, Miss Mlllls, N. W. Qrandall,
Mrs. Crandall, W. R. Hicks, E. Kan
merer and thirteen steerage.
CHICAGO WHEAT MARKET.
(By Associated Press to Coos Day
TImss.)
CHICAGO, 111., Mar. ' 30. May
heat. 8C 7-8c; July, 87 3-8c; Sep
tember, 87 3-4c.
DELAY IN HEARING.
I-orlmer Investigation Adjourned Un
til Next Thursday.
(By Associated Press to Coos Day
times.)
SPRINGFIELD, 111., Mar, 30.
The hearing of the Investigation of
Senator Lorlmer's election was ad-
.ourned today until next Thursday,
AW
SPOKANE TODAY
BADLY HURT AT
L
Mrs. Francis Hatton Struck By
Swinging Curtain Weight
Last Night.
Mrs. Francis Hatton, one of thu
'members of thu HolllngBworlh bIiow
troupe, last night sustained very scrl-
oub Injuries by being struck by n cur-
tain weight during a performance at
the Royal theatre. It la impossible
yet to toll how serious her luJurleB
may provo, Dr. llorsfnll aaylng It will
probably be a few dnys before they
will bo fully known. Three of hor
teeth were broken, her skull frnctur-
cd, her head nnd faco badly lacerated
nnd her hand severely cut. 8ho hao
been unconscious a good share of tho
tlmo slnco tho accident.
Mra. Hntton Is being tenderly cared
for by Mrs. Sullivan of tho Lloyd ho-
tel whero alio has been limiting her
home. It seems that thoro nre no
guides on the weight ropo of one of
the inner curtains allowing thu heavy
weights to swing. Mrs. Hatton wab
Just getting ready to appear when tho
curtain. went up nnd tho weight
swinging na It lowered struck hor
of the Htrnln of curing for Mrs. Hnt
ton last night and today. "Last sum
mer, Mr. Dodge narrowly escnped
Forloua Injuries from It durlnjg n
home tnlent performance and recent
ly Dixie Lottin hnd n narrow escape."
Marry iiomngsworin uuu uuwr
i
mombora of tho troupe nro doing (
eovrythlng poaBlblo for their Injured i
associate. J
It Is fearod that brain fever Is
liable to develop from tho Injuries.
A slater of tho injured woman has
been employed at Stafford's for some
tlmo.
HAD 1'IRE IN LOUISIANA.
usm.SH section of Pollock Hums
With $200,000 LohN.
(ny Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
. ALEXANDRIA, Ln., Mar. 30. A
two hundred-thousand-dollar flro
IimCtlCnllV Wiped OUt tllO bUBlOCSS
section of Pollock.'Ln., last night. It
Is supposed to have fcoen incendiary.
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MUST SERVE SENTENCE.
Conviction of W. Cooper Morris,.
- Poitlaiul Hanker, Upheld.
SALEM, Ore., Mnr. 30. W. Coop-
er Morris, charged Jointly with W. H.
Mooro with .embezzlement ln connec-
tlon with the failure of tho Oregon
Trust & Savings Dank, of Portland,
must servo six years In tho penlten-
ltary. Tho Supreme Court affirmed
tiro case on appeal from tho Circuit
Court of Marlon County, where Mor-
ris was convicted of embezzling ?75,-
000 of tho bank's funds.
T
I Wilcox Covers Distance On
Straight Away Course In
40:35 Seconds.
M (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
PABLO BEACH. Mai, 30. The
mile automobile record straight away
with a flying Btart hold by'Oldfleld
was broken 'this afternoon by Wilcox
ln a National who went the distance
40.32 seconds. Oldflold'K mark was
40.35 seconds.
TE
MILE
RECORD
BROKEN
Sign Painter Suspected of Kill
ing Railroad Man For Order
ing Him Off Train.
(lly AHSoclatcd Press to Coos Hay
Times.)
PORTLAND, Ore., .Mar. 30. Geor
ge Meyer, n sign painter waa arrested
nt Mosler late yesterdny by Sheriff
T. F. JohnBon of Hood River, and De-
L
Provisional President of Mexico
to Determine Peace or
War.
'By Associated Press ,to Coos Day
Times.)'
SAN ANTONIO. Tex., Mhr. 30.
Another week will tell whether thoro
Is to be peace or further war In Moxl
co, according to Alfonso Madoro,
brother of tho rebel leader, Francisco
I. Madero, Jr.
Tho synopsis of the talk between
Jose Ltinnutour and Francisco Made
ro Sr., In New York recently In which
tentative plnns were proposed, are
being Bent to the Insurrecto chief who
Is n dny'a Journey west of tho city ot
Chihuahua. HIh niiBwaf la expected
within n week. Ho will any tho final
word aa to Whether negotlntlona shall
becomo formal.
Measure Governing Them Held
Unconstitutional In
1 Washington.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Mar. 30.
Tho amendment to tho so-callod
Vbucketahop law" which defines
"bucketing," was declared unconsti
tutional by Justice Wright lu tho dis
trict of Columbia supremo court to
day lu thnt It deprived citizens of the
liberty to contract. Tho demurrer,
of Edward ARemiiB, Angollo Celln
and LoulBjA. Cella wns sustained.
They were indicted Inst April. The
government will appeal.
"Ducket shopping" In tho DlstrUt
of Columbia will be n lawful occupa
tion according to the.declslon of Jus
tice Wright nnd as n result tho
widespread crusado wnnted by the de
partment of Justice to end the prac
tice In n half score of cities threatens
come naught.
TIME IN
STATE SENATE
Colorado Legislators Pass Ugly
Words and Threaten to
Fight.
(By Associated' Pross to Coos Day
Times.)
DENVER, Colo., Mar. 30. Short
11
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I
SHOPS
W
S
HOT
ugly words were passea ami .,, rhp!fi,erock. who was hanKed
Jerked off during a debate In the
State senate today over the resolution 'bere. today, gave a remarkable exhl
to adjourn Sine Dlo, April 22. Sen- bltjon of nerve. When summoned to
ator Dlakey applied the word to Sn- BO;to the gallows he walked smiling
ator Decker, who forthwith told his from n,8 ce,I( ran jgntijr up the
colleague he "could lick him either ' ovef hg own
here or outside of chamber doorB.'
Jlecker did not follow. Friends sue- head, bade a happy farewell to 100
ceeded In bringing thelratestatesmen! people and dropped to death. He
back to the chamber. Hecker stated confessed to the murder of Mrs. Ann
ho would apdlogize for Ills language! Richards, whom, be shot when sho
but Dlakey refused to retract. detected him Attempting to mistreat
(her daughter. He confessed to a
Read the Times Want Ads. number of other less serious crimes.
y
put) Sheriff Archie Leonard of Port
land, an suspicion of being connected
with the murder of Anthony S. Lowe,
nn. engineer on a passenger train un
the Spokane. Portland & Seattle
rnllrond nt Wasthucnn, Wash., at
midnight, March It. The murderer
shot the engineer because he ordered
him off the caboose. Meyer nrrlved
at Mosler a few days after the murder.
IS
Shuts Los Angeles Out In Ten
Inning Game Yes
terday. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 30. Port
land won tho second gnmo of the sea
son yesterday by a scoru of one to
nothing, shutting out Los Angeles In
n ten Inning contest. Tho results of
yesterday's games were as follows:
At Lob Angeles R H
Portland , 1 C
Los Angclea 0 1
(Ten Innings)
At Sacramento R
Onkland . 3
Sacramento 7
At San FrnnclBco It H
San Frnnclsco 2 8
Vernon G 10
E
Chinese Trying to Escape Into
Russian Asia Are Forced
to Return.
(ny Assoclnted Press to Coos Day
Tim oa.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Russln, Mar.
30. An official telegram from Hnr
bin axplalns last night's rumors of a
ChlncBo attack on Dlagovlcshtchonsk,
tho capital of Amur Provlnco, nroso
from the expulsion from the Russian
bank of tho Amur rlverof many Chinese
I who had fled thlthor from tho plaguo
centers. They are now returning In
.a starving coudltlou and frequently
attack Russian travelers.
KLAMATH FALLS SMALL.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Mar. 30.
Tho, United States census bureauMs
sued the following, results: Klamuth
FallB, Oro 2,758; Lewlston, Mont.,
In 1900, Klamath Falls bad 4-17
population.
Pennsylvanian Gives Remark
able Exhibition of Nerve
v On Gallows.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
.POTTS VI LLE, Pa., Mar.' 30,
ow
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PLAGUE
EXPOSED
HANGING IS
RELIEFJO HIM
I RANCHER
INNOCENT
Last Services for Mrs. J. Rich
ard Olson Here Tomorrow
Afternoon.
The funeral of Mrs. J. Ulchnrd
Olson, wlfo of tho pastor of the
MarBhfleld Swedish Lutheran church
who died last last Friday of typhoid
fever, will bo held tomorrow (Fri
day) afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
Swedish Lutheran church on Com
mercial nvcnuo west. Rev. D. F.
Dcngtson will conduct funeral ser
vices In Swedish and Rev. RaBmuBscn
In English whllo spcclnl music will
' be rendered by tho choir. Tho fu
neral will bo largely attended, owing
to tho high regard In which the de
ceased and her family Is held.
Few women have encircled them
selves with more close friends than
hnd Mrs. Olson. Her thoughtfulness
of her friends was shown by the fact
thnt one of her last acts wns to In
dite a lotter accompanying n birth
day present to one of them.
Lydln Elvira Anderson wns born at
Red Wing, Minn., July 25. 1883, nnd
was tho only child of Judge nnd Mrs.
r
O. n. Andorann who were with her nt
I her death. Her girlhood dnya woro
'spent lu Red Wing and sho complnt-
'ed tho public school course ther,
i graduating from tho Rod Wing High
'school In 1002. Thou she took n
year's course In art, domestic sclouco
and music nt the Lutheran Ladles
Seminary In Red Wing. Sho contluu-
Ied hor art amf vocn) and Instrumental
miiBlc nourHO nt the Augustann Col
lego Conservatory at Rock Island,
111., whore sho wns prominent lu the
Seminary art and music clubs.
Juno 1G, 1900, hIio wns united In
marrlnge to tho Rev. J. Richard OU
son, who survives hor. Soon after
itholr mnrrlugo they came to Cons Day
to begin pastoral duties hero, Sho
was very actlvo In nsslstlng hor litis
bnnd In tho church work, being a
teacher In the Mnrahflold nnd North
Dend Sunday schools, secretary ot
the Ladles' Aid Society, organist In
the church, membor of tho choir, and
leader of tho "Duay Decs," an or
ganization of tho younger girls of tho
church.
I Mra. Olson wns baptized and con
firmed In tho Swedish Lutheran
church at Red Wing ln 1898.
Despite tho vast amount of time
these duties took up, she kept up her
art, work nnd reached n high stand,
ard In It. She had quite a largo
collection of her own works, hor best
I probably bolng a largo painting of
Christ. Sho wns very versatile in nrt,
doing pen and Ink sketches, crayon
work, water colors and oil paintings.
Character sketches and pnstornl sce
nery woro hor dollght and forte.
Every sympathy and mnrk of sor
row that hosts of frlenda could show
have been shown tho bereaved family.
Tho body will bo taken to Portland
on tho Dreakwater Saturday for buri
al, the members of tho family accom
panying It.
F
FOONJHJOILTY
Automobilist Is Convicted of
Killing Girls at Akron,
Ohio.
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
AKRON, Ohio. Mar. .10. Earl
Sprankle, an automobile dealer
'charged with causing tho death of
Helen Starr and Laura W. Kirk, No
vember 4, 1910, by ruunlng them
down with an uuto, was today found
guilty of manslaughter.
FUNERAL TO BE
HELD FRIDAY
SIMS THREE
PASSERSBY TODAY
Resident of Skagit County,
Wash., Lays In Walt For
Victim.
POSSE IN PURSUIT
OF MURDERER NOW
Made Getaway On Horseback
and Is Armed and Further
Violence Feared.
(Dy Assoclnted Press to Coos Day
Times.)
DURLINGTON, Wash., Mar. 30.-
William Weiigln, n rancher of South
Prnlrlo became violently Insnno to
day nnd taking n largo callbor rtflo
went out into the county road and
shot and killed tho first three pas
Bcrsby who were John Rnnko, Wlll
Inm Rnnko and John Ware. All woro
of Durllngton.
After tho shooting, Wcagln mount
ed n homo nnd rodo nwny with a rlflo.
It Is feared he will do further killing
nnd a posso hns gono In pursuit. Dur
llngton Is In Sknglt county, twenty
miles stiuth of Uelllnghntn.
A Ilelllnghnm report says tho doad
men nro residents of Dnrrlngton,
Snohomish county, and ndds that the
killing occurred lu tho custom part
of Sknglt county, ln tho foothills of
t!.o Cnscndo mouutnlus mldwny be
tween Dnrrlngton and Snuk. Tho
scene Is remote from tclegmph or
telephone communication. Sauk and
Darriugtomare tho nearest points.
Pupils of Washington State
College Resent Raid on
Girls' Dormitory.
(Dy Associated Press to Cops Bay
Times.)
SPOKANE, WnBh., Mar. 30. A
student's strike Is on at Washington
State College. The students are In
dignant over a raid alleged to haves
been made on thu girls' dormitory
Tuesday morning by boyB of tho col
luge, Pickets at tho entranco ot all
buildings notified pupils ot n decision
of 1,200 students of tho college, in
cluding every girl at tho institution,
to remain away from classes till the
perpetrators uro apprehended by the
faculty and expelled from tho collog3.
A meeting or the students lost night
decided on this action. The studonta
are gnthored on the campus denounc
ing tho affair.
Hardly a class-room was occupied
today. Tho students today removed
the big bell from tho auditorium ot
the building usod to call tho classos.
More thun sixty students woro call
ed boforo tho faculty for Investiga
tions. Evidence Is said to bo Btroug
ngqlnst half a dozen promlnont stu
dents. Several girls suffered physical
Injuries,
WILL APPEAL CASE.
U. A. HuiltlY t(TCnrry Up Timber
Lltlgutlou.
PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 30. A. E.
Uslnnd one of Minneapolis attorneys
for C A. Smith nnd John H. Oearln,
Mr, Smith's Portland attorney, ap
peared beforo Judge Gilbert In tho
United States circuit court and secur
ed a formal ordor concerning the ap
peal of tho case of tho government
against tho C, A. Smith Lumber com
pany and tho Linn & Lano Tlniber
company In which tho government so
cured 49 claims formerly held by tho
Smith concerns. Tho cases aro soon
to bo appealed to the United States
court of appeals and later to tha
United States supreme court, ln all
probability.
PROVE I. S. KAUFMAN H CO VOVtt
COAL ORDERS JM.30 PER TON.
SPOUE HAS
STUDENT STRIKE
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