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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1911)
- ', tHERFSALWAYS SOME SAVING SATISFACTION IN THE MIGHT HAVE BEEN fTTnST CARRYING I Ad 0m. C7ZZZZ7777T7Zr DS CARRYING Vn.tr store-news, should appear as lllnrlr MdcB this now.imi.er. If 11 1(1. wT nil iSHIIO IIOW (Eons Sag tm SOMEONE HAS SAID: "A store's advertising Bpnce in newspaper, cotiipnreil with (ho spnes used by other stores, idioiild deflas i(-v comparative importnnco In the community! Docs your store's veitislng spneo do that? i H.M1 oven for 8 "eighty a mi fliidtln" - ,1,i son ns fcnrniB "- " "" P jLinot bo a good newspaper. MKMIUUt OP ASSOCIATED I'ltKSS Established In 1H7B ns Tho Const Mali VOL. XXXV MARSHFIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1911 EVENIWG EDITION. A Consolidation of Times. Const Mni! and Coos liny Advertiser. No. 20 flITED STATES SOLDIER IS CHARGED WITH BEING SPY nni.tinnJ Pnrf11rhp.fi L Clmraes Filed by FRANCHISES Kentucky touiuj vvumuui. THAT WATER FRANCHISE "W MAYBE WORKING FOR AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT Think Mission to Secure Se crets of Manufacturers of High Explosives. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug. 7. The Wnr Depnrtmcut totlny for tho first tlmo In mnny yours Is perturbed over nil alleged spy In tho nrmy. Cantnln Jnmcs Watson, nrmy re cruiting officer nt Indianapolis, Ind., Tins advised tho depnrtmont tlint ho holds affidavits charging Private George Peters with being nn Aus trlnn secret agent. Tho dopnrtmont considering the charges. It Is not believed the charges, oven If well founded. Indicates tho Austrian gov ernment Is rcniotely contemplating future hostilities with America. Tho probable object of tho alleged spy Is to discover for his ovornmont tho composition of the romnrkablo high exploslvo "dyiiamlto" used .In army nml navy sliolls and said to ho fa superior lo any foreign explosive. One of tlic papers In tho possession of Cnpt. Watson Is nn nllldavlt if Miss Clnra A. Dyer who had previ ously Inquired about obtaining To ter'f release fi'om tho army. Sho snld Peter was stationed nt Port Trolten. N. Y.. In tho 135th Com pany. Oonht Artillery Corps, and that lie was an Austrian spy sent to the United States to obtain the see ret of manufacturing tho powerful explosive used bv the United Stntes government. Miss Dyor snld she met Peters on an ocenn liner en route from Europe last Soptombor and Inter, during n visit of Peters to her Kentucky homo hud beooino cn pneed to him. The girl turned ovor a number of letters from Petors in which ho tnhl of his plans. Peters' real nnmo sho snld wuh Count Wln dUch Grnetz, whose liomo Is Prague, Bohemia. ! ILL COME UP LEAVE SUNDAY 10 GET BOSTON Preparations Being Made to Celebrate Arrival of Cruiser at Coos Bay. In chargo of Cnpt. J. J. Reynolds, the Coos nay Nnval .Militia and a fow members of tho new division at Ban don and the Nnvnl Reserve Bnnd loft n the Breakwater yesterday for Portland to hrlng tho Cruiser Boston to Marshfleld. The Boston will bo tnkdn from Portland to Astoria whoro it will remain four days at the Centonnlal celebration and will leave there Aug ut 14 for Coos Bny. In tho Con tennlal celebration Capt. J. J. Roy nol(J8. Dr. R. Mingus and Capt. Ed Wr Simpson have been named as the official representatives of tho Marsh fleld Chamber of Commorco. The Mllllcoma club is arranging 0r 'elcomiug the Boston to Coos av and preliminary arrangements "e being made for a fitting program reception to tho officers, who will nng tho ship down will bo ono of we eaturos. Someone, probably L Simpson of North Bend, will be Jjmed to officially welcome tho ves- and her erew to Coos Bny. It is Pected that manv fmm nil nn. Mm C!lsi!Lbo here t0 Participate in Waterworks and Front Street Railroad Grants Before Coun cil Tuesday Night. The Murshflold city" council meet ing tomorrow evening premlsOB to bo ono of tho liveliest that has booa known In a long tlmo ns two of tho most Itnportnut questions that body bus over been called upon to declJo will come before them to be disposed of. The waterworks franchlso will bo up and n strenuous effort ninllo to hnvo tho council grant It. Thoro will also be opposition to tho granting of It ns municipal ownership has many supporters und Its adherents will op poso allowing the frnnuhlso until tho people- Imvo expressed themselves ns for or ngolnst it. While Messrs. No- Inn and Jackson will ask tho fran chlso on the claim that tho city can tako It ovor from thorn by paying them what they will pay Flnnngnn & Dennett for It, plus tho nuiount they expend In Improvements, etc., somo sco tho dangor of endless litigation In such u plan and tho possibility of tho city not being nblo to tako it over for twenty-five years bb Is provldod In the franchlso. ITho waterfront cur lino matter will nlso rniuo up for action. About tho snnio questions nro Involved in it as are Involved In the wntorworks mntter. This evening, a mooting of tho Joint conimltteo of tho North Bend and Marshfleld city councils will bo held to solect nn engineer to flguro dnta on a municipal water plant for tho two towns. Thoro aro several nppllcants for tho Job and it is likely that one will bo choson. i TIN S S California Strikers and Strike 1 Breakers In Battle at Crockett Last Night. i By Associated Press to Coos Bny Times.) CROCKETT, Cal., Aug. 7. Three men wore snot ana nun u uuzuu others injured by flying bricks in a fight betweon tho striking ware house men and tho Btrike-brenkors brought In by tho California-Hawaiian Sugar Refining Company last night. Ono Itnllan strike-breaker was shot In tho groin and will die. Prank Crlpt, a watchman of tho company, and T. Cronln, a striker, were seriously wounded. Tho mob wns dispersed by constables and de puty sheriffs. Tho names of tho Naval Reserve members going uro Included In the nrenkwator rmssongor list elsewhere In tonight's Times. Tho Roseburg News says: "Emery T. Smith, president of the First Trust tho big event. envinR rjnnk nnd father of Robert Mayor straw, comraanner u mu ' '' ... V.. Rmllli. nrrlved In tho nltv. Asked local divisions, was unable to ac company them yesterday but will ' a representative oi ma ixows us lonvn In a law davs and Join thorn nt to business conditions In tho East Astoria. be said that for cortain lines of in Another feature of the bringing of vestment such ns mortgages and pre tho Boston to Coos Bay will bo thnt forred bonds there was an nbundance sho will uso Coos Bay coal. Tho of fund3, but that tho banks were coal for the trip was shipped on the Inclined to bo conservative In loans Breakwater. Capt. Edgar Simpson for industrial purposes, of North Bend will assist the regular Regarding the proposed Coos Bay government navigating officers in, and Boise railroad and Its purported bringing the vessel to Coos Bny. jbond Issue Mr. Smith said: "I am ILL you walk Into my parlor said the spider to tho fly. It haB the nicest llttlo water franchise thnt ever you did spy." This Is tho revised version up-to-date as given by Mr. Nolan who wants n fifty years franchlso from tho city of Mnrshfteld so thut he may purchnso the Flnnngan & Doniiott wntorworks for $150,000 and ninko tho people pay for It by raising tho rates and bonding the prop erty after It Is fortified with a franchise that Is one of the most one sided contracts ovor offered an Intelligent people. And he miikus a special plea that the city council grant him this franchlso und then lot the public Vote on n municipal water system afterwards. If tho people vote favorable to municipal ownership, ho says, he will give them tho waterworks at the price he pays for It plus wlmt ho spends In Improvements. How nlco. In the first place Mr. Nolan will have his franchise. It Is a franchlso thnt ono mnn has said Is worth $50,000. Of course, Mr. Nolnn would havo tiH believe what it trusting, confiding Innocent nnd gullible bunch of business men our city councllinen nrc. After ho hns tho franchlso If tho ,,t.0plo sny they want It back, ho will give it to thorn, of course. Mr. Nojnn ovldently has forgotten thnt ho previously stated that "tho reason h0 wnntod a long franchlso was thnt ho might market tho bonds to mnk0 tho ropnlrs. According to this latest statement ho would like to buy the Flnnngnn & Bennett wntor works for $1(50,000, Issuo bonds, mnko tho Improvements, and then hand It, back to tho people. What ,, nno philanthropist nnd altruist Mr. Nolan Is. Tho peoplo havo sadly misjudged him. They thought that tho way ho was raising tho ratcs mid nsklng n fifty years franchlso that ho was selfish nnd looking outfor No. 1. But he hns been misrep resented and misjudged. Ho Is hero to help the poor benighted resi dents out of tholr dlfllcttltlcH. Just Kvo him tho franchise, lot him do tho work nnd ho will give It bnck mny bo. He taxes our credulity. I wonder j10W t thnt Omahn let such a public spirited citizen got outsldo tho city limits. Why shouldn't tho citizens of Coos Bay mnko up a purse and present It to him nlong with a fifty years franchlso ns a testimonial to his worth nnd willingness to mnko a public sacrifice. Such splendid public spirit nnd unselfish devo tion nnd disinterestedness should Hot go unrewnrded. Of course the price agreed upon by Mr. Nolan nnd Flnnngnn & Bennett nnmcly $150,000 should bo accepted without question nnd tho peoplo should iny It without Investigation, although Mr. Nolan himself admits It would not bo worth thnt money nd ho would not buy It unless the fifty years frnnrhlso wns attached so tho franchlso Is nskod to bo given ns n freo gift to put vnluo behind the $150,000 purchase price and then tho peoplo nro asked to buy bnck what they havo given away. Good scheme, Isn't It? Yes. good for Mr. Nolnn nnd Mr. Bennett but how about tho people? Oh. thoy are a bunch or bnnohends, anyway, and don't know anything about business. It tnkos brains to manipulate n franchlso nnd It takes capltnl which must bo secured by tho people's franchlso to opernto It. Roseburg gets wutor for $1.00 per month for a rcsldonco Including bath tubs nnd accessories and on nnietor mny use G.000 gnllons per month and In oxcess or thnt will get It for 20 conts per 1,000 gnllons. Mr. Nolan's franchlso asks $1.25 to $2.50 for tho 'samo servlco with a maximum amount or only 4.000 gnllotiH nnd 30 conts per 1,000 gnllons. O. B. Hlnsdnlo, woll-known In Marahflold, Is now living in Los Angeles. Tho city owns tho waterworks and It costs Mr. Hlnsdnlo only nn nverugo or C5 to 75 cents per month ror unter for his Iioubo nnd nil ho wishes for sprinkling purposes for lawn nnd garden. In Senttlo, Tacoma nnd Portland tho snnio service coBtn only 50 cents to 75 cents per month but in Mnrsbfiold tho minimum rnto Is to bo $1.25 to $2.50 and a fifty years franchlso. That's lovely, Isn't it? They sny that Mnrslulold In too small to own Its waterworks. How about Myrtlo Point nnd Coqulllo? They nro doing It und innklug it Pay, too. Marshfleld should havo its own municipal waterworks. It Is not nn experiment. It has been tried nnd proven practical nnd successful. Cities everywhere nro successfully ndopting the municipal system. They have It In Medford. In Eugene, in Portland nnd right hero in Coos coun ty in Myrtlo Point nnd Coqullle. Tho terms or this rrnnchiso nro nn Insult to the Intelligent of tho people of this community. Mr. Nolan's demand that the council com plncently give him tho franchise and then let the people vote on the municipal franchlso nftorwaul is s0 closely nllled to a bunco gnmo thnt ho rorrelts tho right to honest consideration either from tho council or the peoplo. Tho man who locked his stable after the horse was stolen woh a Solomon In wisdom compnred with Nolan's opinion of a city council that would fall Into such nn open trap. Does Marshfleld that In about to outer on n period of expansion nnd development wish to block her progress by granting a GO yenrs fran chlso even with nn option to purchnso In twenty-five yenrs? That means twenty-five years behind tho ora In which we live. The Times thinks not. The Times grontly mistakes tho 8,)irit and tho Intelligence of the peo plo jat this city If thoy will permit themselves to be bnmboozoled by n 50 years water franchlso nnd increased rates or will permit Mr. Nolan or any local Interest to stuff It down their throats. urair LIS DUE TO POLITICAL ENEMIES K.J1ILS0N . PASSES AWAY Coos Bay Pioneer Succumbs at Home of Daughter In San Francisco. Mrs. J. X. Nelson, n pioneer resi dent of Coos Bny, nnd wife of J. N. Nelson, formerly a member of the Mnrshfield city council, died nt the homo of her dnughtcr, Mrs. Annio Peterson, In Snn Francisco Saturday. A telegram announcing her death was recoived by Mrs. Peter Johnson, a closo friend of tho family. Death was duo to a cancerous tu mor of tho stomach nnd complica tions Incident to her ndvanced ngo She loft Coos Bny for California sev eral months ngo, when taken ill, in hopes thnt tho change of climate would afford relief but it did not. Mr. Nelson loft a few months ngo nnd wns with his wife nt the tlmo tho end enmo. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson en mo to Coos Bny about thirty yenrs ngo from Nebraska. Mrs. Nelson wiib seventy flvo yenrs old Inst Chrlstmns. Only two children, Mrs. Annie Peterson of Snn Francisco nnd Fred Nelson or Mnrshfield survivo her besides her husband. Fred Nolson left yesterdny on the Redondo ror Snn Francisco whoro burial Will probably tnko place. Oregon Congressman Offers Explanation of Charges Against Him. COMPROMISING LETTER TO GIRL IS EXPLAINED BARRETT WILL .rl (By Assoclnted Press to Coos Bny Times.) PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 5 Owing to the inability or Secretary or the Interior Flshor to be present nt As toria ror the opening or tho Astoria Centennial, President Tnft hns desig ed John Bnrrott, director of tho Pnn American Union to represent him at tho opening ceremonies August 10. give mm mm TO J. P. 0 Eugene Commercial Club Ar ranges to Celebrate Railway to Coos Bay.' Tho Eugono Guard snys: "Word wns received today from J. O'Brien, general manager of TALKS ABOUT Ell not acquainted with the promoters or the enterprise but I have long known tho Commonwealth Title and Trust company, or Philadelphia, who my son states are named ns grantee in tho trust deed. It is ono of tho strong Institutions of that city and its directors include somo of tho strongest men in the East. "I have of course no way or know ing whnt syndicate If any, Is to un derwrite the bonds. I believe how ever, that ono or more transconti nental lines will bo built into Coos Bay boforo the completion or tho Panama Canal." Mr. Smith, being ns he is. Identified with somo or tho leading financial men or Philadel phia, this is gratifying news. Mr. Smith will bo nt Roboburg and Myrtle Creek, where he has a Jersey farm, for a week or ten days, when he will return to his San Francisco home. I P. tho Hnrrlman lines In tho Northwest. nnd vlco-prosldont of tho Southern Pnclflc compnny, that ho will bo in Eugono on Wednesday or next week, nnd this day has been sot by tho Commercial club ror tho colobrntion or tho announcement or tho construc tion or tho Eugone-Mnr8hflold rail way. Besides Mr. O'Brien, othor prominent railroad men will bo guests or Eugono. Among them will bo Q. X. Wendllng, president or tho Wlilamotte-Pnclflc railway compnny, under which namo the Southern Pa cific will be built to Coos Bay from Eugene, nnd who Is tho owner of thousands of ncres of timber land In Lnno county. Ho has accepted tho Invitation extended by the Commer cial club. "Tho big feature or tho day will bo tho banquet at tho Osburn hotel In tho evening, to which practically nil the business men In Eugene will attend. Elnborato arrangements nro being mndo ror the occasion. A largo orchestra will bo engaged to furnish the music, and muny other feature! will bo nrranged to" show tho railroad mon tho city's appreciation or the new railroad news. "Tho expenses of this banquet will Claims That He "Squared It" With Father of Young Wo man In Question. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 7 To tho activity of his political one niles, Representative A. W. Lnfforty of Oregon ascribes the threntonlng nttitude nssiimed by tho fnthor ofLn young woman In UiIb city. Tho rep rescntnttve admits having addressed a letter to tho young woman, to whom he hnd never been Introduced, enclosing n card to tho Houso gal lery nnd expressing tho hope that ho might sumo time have an introduc tion if ngrccnblo to hor, but states that was all tho letter contained. Lnfforty snys he received a call from tho young woman's fnthor, who Is chlor clerk In ono or tho government departments. Tho father, said Laf forty, reinnrked ho wns surprised to boo tho representative- wub bo youth ful a mnn. Apparently thnt had re lieved his mind, us ho hud imagined said Lnfforty, thut tho letter had been written In bad faith. Tho vis itor dopnrted In good humor, de clared Luffcrty, who hnd not soon him since. A letter enmo, howovor, threatening Lufferty. It was writ ten on paper manufactured iu Ore gon, according to tho roprosontatlvo nnd for that reason ho coiiBldora it Inspired by polltlcnl enemies. GREAT IIA'.K.Vll.V, ensy tormn, qunrtor inilo frontngo on "Old ocenn's gray and melnncholy waato," 21 ncres. Todd, Hotel Oregon, North Bend. MANY LEAVE ON RE Steamship Sails For San Fran cisco With Large List Sunday Afternoon. Tho Redondo Balled yesterdny art ernoon with, a capacity passongor list rrom horo for Snn Francisco. Most of her outgoing cargo was lumbor from tho Smith mill. Among those sailing on hor were tho following: A. 7.. Downs, W, R. Montgomory, Lloyd Cornwell, Illldn Stonholm, Mrs. M. 3. Cornwell, Miss Margaret Cornwell, Miss Hnnnn Potorson, Mrs. J. W. Crooks, Mrs. Geo. Murphy, Mrs Leo J. Barnes, Mrs. Mny W. Brown ing, Miss Anna Browning, Miss L. Edwards, Wanda Stovens, Minnie Hnrkonseo, Mrs. W. J. Butlor, Miss Alice Butler, Miss Lllabol Davis, Fred E. Nelson, J. F. Hobson, Paul Schillerstrom, Frank Vnlr, H. A. Bay, Mrs. II. A. Bay, Mrs. G. Back, E. E. Noah, Mrs. G. E. Noah, K. Sarkka, J. Lnudo, A. KattoliiB. R. II. Colo, C. Sulley. bo pnid by tho Eligeno pooplo who attend, tho price having boon ot at ono dollar n plato. "Tho railroad men will ho '-n on sight-toeing trips around t In automobiles, and every at pobslble will bo given them, committee on entertainment V yet mot, but will got togothor earliest possible moment and the dctallu of the great i IT IS NEVER TOO LATE AT LEAST TO GIVE AN IMITATION OF " i