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VOL XXXIV
Established In 1878
ns Tho Const Mull
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1911 EVENING EDITION.
A Consolidation of Times, Const Mnll
mid Coos liny Advertiser.
No. 125
BASHA10BENWAREMPAN!
BUYS SOUTHERN OREGON CO.
Report That C. R. Smith Has
Acquired Control of Big
Holdings.
ELIJAH SMITH DOWN
AND OUT BY DEAL
Expected That Definite An
nouncement Will Follow
Meeting June 20
According to nn apparently well
founded report, C. II. Smith of
Mcnnalin, Wis., hns practically ac-
qulrcil control of tho Southern Oro-
0
ES
1
ROOSEVELT NOT TO RUN IN 1912
Denies That the Steel Trust
Controls More Than Fifty
Per Cent of Output.
Coob Dot
fBy
to
Associated Press
Times.)
WASHINGTON, D. a, Juno 8.
Elbert II. Gnry undertook today bo
foro the Hoiibo Steel Trust Investiga-
gon nml tlio corporation's oxtonslvo tlon Committee to show thnt tho
holdings In this section will soon
pats Into tho hnnds of tho Mennsha
Woodonwnro Compnny.
Humors to this offut havo been In
circulation for somo tlmo hut they
woro not given much crodonco until
recently. Herbert Armstrong recent-
United Stntos Steel Corporation docs
own tho control of more than fifty
per cent of tho domestic output. Cnry
ndmlttcd tlio corporation controlled
00 per cent of tho export business.
Qnry dcnlod nny knowlodgo of nny
tho stcol Industry
Verifies Dispatch That He Will
Not Be a Candidate For
President In the Next Cam
paign. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.) x
NEW YORK, Juno 8. "Evory
word thcro Is correct," declared
FIX TRE BLAME
Theodore Roosevelt on his arrival
hero from Vermont todny when
shown tho dispatch from Whlto
Itlvor Junction, Vt., thnt ho would
not bo n candidate for president In
1912. "You nro quoted as saying
you would regnrd It ns n cnlnmlty
If you wcro nomlnntcd," was snld
to tho colonel. "Not nnothor word,"
replied ho, smiling, "nnd thoro will
bo no more snld regnrdlng tho matter.
MANY TOWNS IN MEXICO -
SUFFEREOFRiflRTHPKE
!" " "iiT-w-MuxJxJ-.i-tJJ--
COLII POURS
FORTH UN
FO IRE
"Fire-Bug'' Starts Blaze Which
Destroys Three Apartment
Houses'ln Portland.
(By Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
PORTLAND, Ore., Juno 7. it
developed today that tho flro which
destroyed thrco largo npactmont
POISON KILLS
TWO PERSONS
M llmin It It A nnlllmin 1.11 m amI . nf
. I..-.1 !.- n.,.1 l,n. ,nnMnll.. '" " l"u l"OIHWIIUUIU OWIIUI1 Ul
: -onS re7n "; u,, b;;01 ,m,U8try tho c,,y lnst niBht 0"!n,!",B a ,0BS '"
rty nnd It Is understood thnt tho W,lorcb' hwiwBB tcrr,tor- WI? -' of one hundred thousand doi-
tnnifer will probably bo completed Portioned, and tho vlolntors of tho Inrs, was of an Incendiary origin.
t the tlmo of tho annual meeting of OBrcomcnt bo punished. Tho subor- An employe of n gnrngo who rushed
tbc Southern Oregon compnny which H"to companies of tho steel corpora- Into tho Hanover Apartment house,
lion nugnt nnvo uono titeso tilings "" "'" uuihhiib nuncKcu oy mo
which tho pnrent compnny dlsapprov- "nnios, saw n man sprinkling gnsolino
li to bo hold Juno 20.
According to tho rumor, Elijah
Smith will retlro brokon In health and
finances. For years, tho proporty hns
been n dead load both to tho stock
holders of tho Southorn Oregon com
pany nnd to tho residents of tho Coos
Bay country. No effort hns been
nado to dovolop tho proporty or mnko
It Incomo producing nnd efforts of
ethers to buy tho rnnch Innd or tlm
ter lnnd or even for renting tho
ranches for n term of years hnvo nl
wajg met with defent. Just what,
prompted tho policy of tho compnny (
has been n puzzlor to resldonta of.
Coos nny. '
A lnrgo part of tho company's
holdings Is embraced In whnt Is J
known ns tho "Old Coos nny Wngon
Road Ornnt" nnd hns been threntoncd
ith lltlgntlon on tho snmo ground
that tho government recently won
out In tho proceedings ngnlnst tho
Southern Pnclflc company In tho fod
eral court at Portlnnd. In tho wagon
toad grant, thcro Is about 100.000
acres In Douglas, Coos nnd Curry
counties. Resides this tract, tho com
pany acquired sovernl thousand ncros
of valunblo land in nnd' around Em
pire by purchnBO from tho Luso
ettate and other Individuals.
Man and Woman Arrested on
Charge of Having Poisoned '
Wife and Husband.
(ny Assoclntod Press to Coos Day
Times.)
BALTIMORE, Md., Juno 8.
Charged with murdering Morris
Cohen nnd Snrnh Cohen by adminis
tering poison to thorn In thole food,
Ida Cohen tho wifo of tho dead liian
nnd nnothor Morris Cohen, husbnnd
of tho (lend womon, wore nrrcstod
hero todny. Tho motive alleged for
tho crime is thought to bo a doslra
of tho couplo under nrrest to got rid .
Old Volcano Emits Smoke and
Lava Damaging Towns
In the Vicinity.
(ny A880clnt id Press tn tho Coos Bnj
Tlmos.)
GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Juno S.
Tho volcano Coltmn wns nctlvo yes-
torday when tho onrthqunko shocks
Extent to Loss of Life and
Damage Near Colima Vol
cano Yet Unknown
RUSH RELIEF TRAINS
fO AFFECTED PLACES
Towns of Tonilo, San Andreas
and Zapotlan Said to Be
In Ruins.
Times.)
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
MEXICO CITY, Juno 8. Des
patches from Tuxpnn, a fow mllea
enst Of tlio vnlrnnn nt rnllmn anv
were felt and today Is emitting siuoko that" Zapotlan suffered severely from
nnd lavn. Tho towns of Tonilo nnd j yesterday s earthquakes. Tho limn
Snn Andreas wore bndly dnmngod. bor of victims Is snld to bo lnrgo.
Relief trnliiB nro being sent from here Thousands nro homeless.
SCHOOL WORK
IS TIES UP
I
INV MURDERS
IF ESSES TO
od, but thnt such mnttcrs wore always" ; through tho building nnd Bhot tho of tholr wifo and husband In order
corrected. Gnry denied thnt tho stcol
corporation over offered or accepted
rebates from tho railroads.
I
E FIGHT
AGAINST OILL
Committee Reports Canadian
Reciprocity Measure With
out Recommendation.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Tlmos. )'v
WASHINGTON, D. C., Juno 8.
After hours of session today tho Son-
contonts of n hand flro oxtlngulshor
into his face, but tho man dashed
from i.u uuiidlng and escaped.
EUGENE LINE
IS STARTEO
Construction Gangs From Na
tron Extension Begin
Work on It.
Tho Eugeno Guard of Monday
that tho attachment botweon Morris
Cohen nnd Ida Cohen bo more favor
ably fostered.
W
says
L
LOCAL FIRMS
City Council Adopts Ordinance
Licensing Transient
Merchants.
1 Tho Marshflold city council at n
special meeting last ovenlng adopted
Russian Claims to Have Killed
Fifty-Sevon Persons,
Including Doctor.
(Uy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
ST. PETERSBURG, Russlo, Juno
8. Startling revolutions wore made
Coos County Board of Educa
tion Appoints Dr. Mc-
Cormac Supervisor.
At n meeting of tho nowly appoint
ed Coos County Donrd of' Education
nt Coqulllo this weok, Dr. J. T. Mc
Cormnc of Marshflold wns nppolnted
supervisor of pnrt- of tho public t0(lny b" tno criminal who murdorod
schools of tho county nt n snlary of nn officer of tho nrmy and tho ofll-
$100 por month. Tho appointment Is cor's wifo nt Sobnstopol. Tho man
made under tho law recently enacted 8ny8 ,n tll0 co0 of , r ho
for raising tho standurd of tho pub-',. , , , ... ...
,, ,.,,.,. .hns killed flfty-soven persons, Includ-
In order to accept tho appoint-',I,B Dr pl'ofr. Burgeon of Kazan,
mont, Dr. McCormnc had to resign1 Tho Ioctor' nsslBtnnt, nnd n Hild
as n mombor of tho board and a w,fo' convicted of tho murder are
Marshflold "successor to him will bo "ow BOrv,"B "onlonco.
nnmod shortly by Supt. Dunch.
GOV. DIX SIGNS MM
nto Commlttco on FInanco ngreed to Eugone-Sluslaw olectric railroad was
rvport tho Conadlan reciprocity bill not begun today as planned, but Con
tractor Perry announces that every
thing is In readiness to bogin throw-
wm. Mm T?nnt nniAmlmmit niMnrt. I
I.... ... ..WW ..... .... .... -w . ,
Tho reciprocity was to bo recordod
yesterday without recommendation.
Tho nttompt to mako n favorablo re
port resulted In a tlo vote, and an-
nfhnr tin mnrked tho effort to roiiort
C. O. Hockett, who has boon local wlthout rccommendatlon before that
"awr of tho Southorn Oregon reguU WBB.nccompitahod. Tho vote
company when called up nbout tho Qa tJjo mmmro WflB a 8urpri80 to
report, today stated tlyit-bo had noth-, niomber8 of tUo Sonnto. It W11B Ren.
lug to gUo out. Ho referred tho
erally believed thnt tho FInanco
local business mon In gonornl na n
result of various iconcorns coming
hero in tho past and doing business
for a fow days or weeks, soiling low
grado goods and Interfering with
logltimnto business,
ing on tho matter steadily and expect
to got it closed up in a fow days.
From ths Conr plae Contractor,
ing dirt tomorrow morning. Ho has
established his camp on tho Conger
placo about n milo west of tho city
limits nnd will do his first work
thoro. It was decided Saturday not
to begin nt Dlalr street for tho rea
son that tho mattor of securing tho
right-of-way through two or throo
c.etloner to Mr. Armstrong who wns "r''mltteo would shift the respon8-UtUo plece8 of Property .near thnt
apposed to bo in Mangold, but Mr. "? JT" '"" h6, hTflc htLtreet hB DOt yet hcQ SOtUod' ra'
I ' ., i.. i claU of tho Assot oompany are work-
no DO wngeu on mo uuui. k mo m
moment tho opposition In the commit
tee seemed solidified.
On motion for a favorable report,
tho vote stood 6 to 8 against, and on
the succeeding motion for an unfavor
able report a tie 7 to 7. Tho same
result at first followed tho -motion for
a report without recommendation, but
Senators Galllngor, Dalloy and Sim
mons, who, at first cast their ballotB
in .no n ., -' "- ber for tho camp buildings was haul
and thus a lowed ho bll to go oh d
senate wuimui uur icwiuumuu""""
whatever by a vote of 10 to4.
Tho Root ameridment provides that
tho paper and the wood pulp section
of bill shall not be in force until the
President shall have satisfactory evi
dence, nnd shall make a proclamation
that wood pulp paper and board paper
being products of the United States,
are admitted to all provinces of Cana-
m ,i.,, Tlin nnnnnontfl of
ua ireo ui ' x man of tho special House Committee Siecinl Coniinltteo to Investlgnto
the amendment contend it raises ,,. .. ,. ailM1. ,, fhllH .., ..
all Information regarding it in tho
Dr. McCormnc's appointment la for
Actual construction work on tho an ordlnnnco providing for licensing tho thirty districts In tho part of tho'
transient merchants. A llcenso of county designated as tho Coos Bay "' " ' . liypliodennlo
$25 por day or 1250 por month la district and for fivo othor districts .Vwdlo la New York.
provided for all transient doalora do- including Myrtlo Point, Coqulllo, n' Associated Press to tho Coos Bay
siring to do business in tho city. JDnndon, Beaver Hill and Coalodo. I Times.)
Tho ordinance was one urged by County Superintendent Bunch will ' ALBANY, N. Y Juno
act as supervisor of tho other forty
eight districts in tho county.
Tho appointment of a supervisor
of schools is to onnblo closor supervi
sion of school work by more froquont
visits to tho schools. Owing to tho
ALBANY, N. Y Juno 8. Gov
ernor Dlx todny signed tho law pro
hibiting tho bo,1o of hyphodormla
syringes or needles nt retail.
Tho council wna unanimous in vot-. lnrgo numbor of schools nnd tho big
Ing on tho ordlnnnco, holding thnt nrea nnd tho othor duties, Supt.
Armstrong could not bo Been.
The Monnsha Woodonwaro com
Pny for years has been buying up
Umber in Coos county and now holds
Oany thousnnds of acres here. Tboy
have been figuring on stnrtlng a
torgo plant here but nothing hns beon
"lone. However, if tho deal for tho
Southern Oregon company iholdlngs
Joes through as reported, It Is ex
pected that tho company will soon
tegln operations on a big scnlo hor.
Elijah Smith has been ill nt Port
liad for the past few weeks.
DENIES 1118 GUITVT.
Vappeiifctoln Testifies Ho Followed
Out Ills Instructions
'Bi Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
SEATTLE, Wash., Juno 7. For
mer Chief of Police Wappenstoln
'krged with accepting "hush" mou
f In connection with the operations
' vice district testified In his own
hlt today that in his dealing with
tie vice district ho had obeyed tho
or(lers cf the mayor and city coun-,u-
He denied havlnc negotiated
I lth Clarence Gerald and Gideon
-vper relative to the opening of tno
Cflb houses."
they were protecting tho publlo by
kooping unscrupulous doalors out of
hero as well ns protecting tho logt?
tlmnto business Interests of tho
town.
I 1'ians ror bower.
Perry will work westward and when , An ordinance for tho construction
this right-of-way matter la sottlod he 0f the Fourth street sower was adopt
wlll work toward tho city. '0d last night. After somo discussion,
Tho graders and horses which tho tho council decided that If tho prop
contractor had on tho B. P. com- rty owners would coonorato. tho
pany's Natron extonsion are all horo sower might bo built probably cheap
and they will be put to work bright or nnd much more quickly by day
and early in the morning. - Tho lum- labor than waiting to pursue tho reg-
ora
TO
COUILLE
Oregon With Two Loaded
Scows Arrives at Bandon
In Good Time.
Towed by tho tug Olonnor, and ac
companied by two heavily loaded
AFTER SUGAR TRUST.
$30 per lot to build and that If tho
proporty owners will agree to pay
this amount towards it, tho city will
President Toft Will Aid Commlttco bear the expense of tearing up tho
Slaking Probo. paving, putting it down again and
(By Associated Press to coos Day niBO of tho "lagging" to prevent
aad the Times' Want Ada,
question of tho Canadian govern
ment's Jurisdiction over tho pro
vinces and would endanger tho bill.
Tho President has already begun a
campaign looking to the defeat of the
amendment on the floor.
TCE CREAM: and cako served SAT
URDAY afternoon and evening attha
TABERNACLE, 15c. BAPTIST ladles J
Times.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Juno ,0.
President Ta,ft has promised Repre
sentative Hardwick of Georgia chair-
possession of the executive depart
mont of tho government would bo
put at the disposal of the commlttco.
Tho investigation will begin next
week, It is said.
Don't forget
PHONE 214-J.
the Turkish Baths
Dunch found it lmposslblo to visit tho
schools more than about onco each
year.
Desldes tho more careful supervi
sion of tho publlo schools, tho
now law Is intended, to encourngo
consolidation of tho' smaller schools
and thus ralso tho standard In rural
education especially.
Tho Coob Rlvor districts are now
taking this mattor up and nt tho an
nual school olection on Juno 19, five
districts thoro will voto on tho ques
tion of consolidating nnd mnlntnlnlng scows, which wore In tow of tho tuis
ulnr course. It was figured that the a four-room graded sohool. Tho dls- boat KJjhla, tho dredgo Oregon
sower ordinarily would cost about ,tricts that will voto on it are tho crossed tho Coos Day bar at 0:15
South Coos River district, Myrtlo o clock under perfect weathor condl
Dank District, Daniels Crook district, tlons, A
tho Jesso Smith district and tho Mc- j Preparations for conveying tho
Knight Landing district, Tho plan Oregon to Dnndon wero commenced
Is to put tho consolidated district on Monday, and woro comploted yos
school near tho forks of Coos Rlvor torday.
and then tho district will provIdO Arriving off Bandon, tho dredgo
launches to carry tho pupils to and was halted outsldo of the i.irbor
from school. Besides affording much i whllo the tug ICIjhln towed the scows
bettor schools, it is believed that tho over tho bar, and thon returned to
expense will bo loss than for main- assist tho Gleaner to tow tho Oregon
talnlng so many soparato schools. jovor tho bar.
In the past, Capt. Edwards of tho I Engineer F. E. Leefo. under whoso
Alert has beon transporting tho North direction tho harbor survey work Is
Coos Rlvor children to and from being carrlod out, Is highly plensod
school free. with tho work bolng aorompllshod
1 under Inspector Frank Saundors, who
After tho show try a Turkish bath la supervising tho field work.
Phone 214- J. i 1
cave-ins
FOR LORIMER PROBE.
Drilx'ry Charges.
WASHINGTON, D, C Juno 7.
By unanimous vote the Senato today
approved tho action of tho commit
too on Privileges and Elections in
naming a sub-committeo of eight to
conduct the new Lorlmor Investigat
ion. Tho committee is cloathed with
authority and will begin its work im
Read the Times' Want Ads.
' A TURKISH RATH
GOOD, Phono 214-J.
Will do yon
t.