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MARSHFIEL'D, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1 911 EVENING EDITION, SIX PAGES.
A Consolidation of Time. Const Mail
nml Coos liny Advertiser.
No. 124
CONTRACTS
LET FOB BUI6
SUMNER LINES TO COOS BAY
OVER 150 WORKMEN FULL TO DEATH
McArtliur-Perks Company Will
Build I in- ivmes or noau
From Eugene.
ESTIMATE TOTAL COST
TO bt ABUU I $0,UUU,UUU
Expect to Have Trains Running
in Unrn fhPi Rnnrl With-
III llwlw V (Ul 1 S 1.4 VI It llll
in Two Years.
t IIONDS SKLL WELL.
. .
(By Associated rrcss.j
LONDON, Englnnd, Dec. 8.
f The subscription list to the
OroEon-Wnshlngton Rnllrond
bonds of which a total of flvo
million dollnrs nt tho rato of
four per cent was offered todny
closed shortly after the opening.
Tho bonds woro ovor subscribed.
(Special to Tho Times) '
El'OENB, Ore., Dec. 8. Officials
of the Pacific Oroat Western Rail
way todny mndo public tho news that
the contracts for the line from Eu
seno to the const had loon let to
JIcArthur, Perk nnd Co., Limited,
and that construction will bo begun
Immcdlntely nnd rushed through to
eirly commotion.
McArthur, Pork nnd Co. woro nlso
iwardcd tho contrnct by tho Pnclflo
Coast Railway compnny to build a
line from tho Sluslnw River to Coos
Bar. I
Italph Hunt, chlof engineer of tho
Fac. Ort. Wstrn., snld last night that
trains probably will bo running ovor
the now lino In less than two years.
OOclals of tho compnny dccllno to
state whnt Interests nro bncklng tho
road, but from tho promlnenco of tho
contractors thoro is llttlo doubt that
Its fittanclnl bncklng Ir ample
Start Work Soon.
It Is announced thnt tho construe
tlon uork Is to begin ns soon ns tho
machinery and men enn bo rushed
hero and plnced nt convenient points
along tho right of way.
The contracts cnll for tho construc
tion of 114 miles of rond nnd tho
expenditure will bo In tho neighbor
hood of $5,000,000. Tho chlof en
gineer of tho Pnclflc Great Western, i
R. n. Hunt, stated thnt ho expected
to havo trains running' on tho now
line Insldo of two years.
RYAN IY BE
WITNESS NOW
President of McNamaras'
Union Did Not Join- In Cen
suring Them For Act.
(Ily Associated Press ,to Coos Bay
Times.)
LOS ANGKLES, Cnl., Dec. 8.
Members of tho District Attorney's
oillec hero nro discussing todny tho
fnct thnt 1-'. M. 'Ryan, president of
tho International Association of
Drldgo and Structural Iron Workers,
did not nlgn tho stntcment of com
mlttco of tho American Federation
Labor niado yesterday In Washing
ton, denouncing tho McNnmnrns. It
wns but ono of n number of Instances
whero tho district attorney's oifico
has manifested cspcclnl Interest In
whnt Rynn snys nnd (lorn and whoro
ho goes. Ah hend of tho orgnnlza
tlon of which John J. McNnmarn was
secretary nnd trensurcr, It wns snld
todny, thnt it is not nt all unlikely
ho would bo subpoenaed to appenr
ns n' witness boforo tho fcddrnl grand
Jury.
Railroad Bridge Across Volga
River In Russia Collapses
With Terrific Loss of Life.
Dy Associated Press to tho Ooos Cay
Times.)
Between 1C0 and 200 workmen
wero todny plunged Into tho Volgn
river through tho collnpso of n rail
'road bridge near Kazan. Tho bridge
I which was in course of construction,
I wns carried away by tho pressure of
' Irn. Cnmnnrntlvnlv fmv liriillpn woro
STPETERSBURG, Russia, Dec. 8 recovered this evening.
1
E DISASTER WAS DUE TO
ON TIE OUTSIDE
S
WATERWAYS TO
BE .IMPROVED
WILL CALL McNAMAHAS
Will llnvo to Appear Boforo Federal
Grand Jury Anyway. v
(By Associated Press to Ooos Bny
Times.;
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8 Informnl.
ly It wns snld todny thnt no chnngo
hns been mndo by tho United States
district attorney In his plan to call
tho McNamnnrs boforo tho fcdcrnl
grand jury. Tho brothers hnve snld
they would not testify to nnythlng,
but tho theory seemed to bo thnt It
will do no harm to ask them a fow
questions nnd cstnbllsh a record.
National Rivers and Harbors
Congress Closes Annual
Session Today.
(By Assoclnted Press to Coos Bny
Times.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 8
The Nntlonal Rivers nnd Harbors
Congress closed' Its eighth annual
convention hero todny. Resolutions
urging tho ndoptlon of a brand, liber
al, systematic policy of wntorwny Im
provement woro presontcd to Tnft,
Shormnn nnd Spcnkor Clnrko. Sen
ntor Nowlnnds snld npnthy nnd lnck
of initiative on tho part of congress
wero tho onuses of n sprend of tho do.
mnnd for Inltlntlvo and referendum
nnd recall. The clnlm of tho city of
Spoknno to bo tho noxt convention
city wns presonted by Scnntor Poln
dcxtor. Tho offices of tho Congress will bo
romoved from Cincinnati to Wash
ington nnd It Is probabla this city
will bo mndo tho permanent meeting
plncc.
STRIKE GUARD
KILLED TODAY
CALL nUSLVi:sS AGENT
TPK HILL IS
Walking Relegate Hulijmeiinpd for
TjOn Aiifi'lcs Iiirestlcntlon
(From Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times)
RAN FltANCISCO. Dec. 8 E. A.
Clancoy, former business agent of tho
local Structural Iron Workers Union
received a telegraphic subpoena to
appear boforo tho federal grand Jury
'at Los Angeles.
It Is doubtful ir Clancoy can mnuo
the trip to Los Angeles at this tlmo
as ho Is seriously ill at his homo hero
of heart trouble Tho Los Angeles
grand Jury which Indicted tho Mc
Namarns failed In tholr efforts to Be
euro Clnncoy's presonco during that
investigation.
PACKERS' TRIAL DELAY.
SELLS OUT TO
S.P.
Two Others Seriously Wound
. ed In Illinois Central Yards
, at Memphis.
'By Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
MEMPHIS, Tcnn., Dec. 8 -Victor
C. Rentier, nn Illinois Central Rnll
rond guard, was shot and Instantly
killed near tho Nonconnah yards to
day while riding on tho running
board of a switch engine nnd Cnptaln
G. W. Dlllnway n deputy fedoral
marshal, and Charles McCalman, an
other guard, woro shot and serious
ly Injured. Tho guards woro called
to tho railroad yards to suppress re
ported noting. As they approached
tho yard, they wero fired upon. They
returned tho llro but missed tho ns.
snllants, and they escaped. Thoro
was no rioting In progress and an In
vestigation Is being mndo to ascer
tain who sent tho decoy messago. Tho
strike of tho road's Bhopmon 1b still
under way.
TO PLANK ROAD
TO NORTR BE1D
Plan to Have County Improve
Highway North From Fern
dale at Once.
F. E. lingua nnd C. S. Wlnsor havo
practically arranged .with tho Coos
county commissioners whereby tho
county will plank tho old wagon
road botwecn Marshflold nnd North
Bond. Tho work hns been In n gen
Wrecking of Battleship That
Caused Spanish-American
War Explained.
U. S. NAVY DEPARTMENT
ISSUES STATEMENT TODAY
Army and Navy Investigation
Board Makes Report of
Findings In Case.
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay,
Times.)
WASHINGTON, D. O., Doc. 8.
Tho battleship Malno wns blown up
In Havana harbor by an explosion
from tho outsldo. This Is tho gist
of a short Btntamcnt Issued by tho
ixnviii uepnrtmont todny based on.
1
Y
ANNOUNCEMENT OF AWARDING
OF CONTRACT FOR SUMNER
COOS HAY PROJECTS CAUSES
STIlt HERE.
The announcement thnt tho con
tracts had been awarded for tho con-1
tructlon of tho Sumner lines from
Eugcno to Coos Bay camo ub a docld-
d aurprlso and a happy ono to Coos j
For somo tlmo, thero havo been
tumors that thoro would bo
something doing on tho Sumner pro
wls very quickly and nftor tho an
nouncement thnt thoro was every In
dication thnt tho Hill system was
backing tho Sumner projects, many
wve expected tho announcement of
e awarding of tho contracts any
day.
No ono on Coos Bay has any offi
cial knowlodge of tho "Insldo work
"&8" of tho project but that tho
faster hand of J. J. Hill is behind
h the confident belief of many.
"R will bo anothor Deschutes
race," remarked ono Coos Bay man.
I wouldn't bo surprised to see tho
company enter an agreement for tho
joint uso of tho lino, tho samo as in
'he Deschutes country. This would
five both tho Hill and tho Harrlraan
lues access hero and would reduce
the exponso of building ono lino and
incidentally It would mean tho com
pletion of tho road at an earlier
date."
Engineer Sumner Ib supposed to
"e at Gardiner with his aurvoylng
crews. Vlco-presldont Sumner is
apposed to bo In Portland.
The right-of-way condemnation
jults started by tho Sumner lines
aMlnst North Inlet proporty ownors
"" to force right-of-way across
southern Pacific properties will prob
D'y not come up for hearing at this
j"n or court. Motions regarding
me of thorn woro argued beforo
;Ee Coko this week but tho cases
"e-mselves will como up later. Tho
notions required tho Sumner people
J? give moro specific descriptions of
e property desired.
Right of Pre-emptory Challenge Not
Yet Exercised.
(By Associated Press to tl Coos Hay
Times)
CHICAGO, 111., Dec. 8. Although
twelve mon woro in tho Jury box to
hear tho case ngalnBt tho indicted
nnrknrs. tho oxcrclso of nro-omptory
challenges by both sides is oxpectod
to prolong for somo tlmo the secur
ing of a trial jury.
DENIES ANY' CLASH.
President of McNnmnrns' Union Talks
About Statement.
(By Associated Press to tho Coos Bay
Times)
INDIANAPOLI8, Ind., Dec. 8.
Frank M. Ryan, president of tho In
tornntlonnl Association of Brldgo and
Structural Iron Workers, who ar
rived In this city today from Wash
ington, denied that thero was any
truth in tho reports of friction be
tween Gompera and other officials of
tho American Federation of Labor
nnH liiniRolf. Asked why ho had not
signed tho statement Issued by tho
Federation of kauor omciais in mo
denunciation of tho McNamaraB, aft
er tho conference in Wnshington yes
terday. Ryan replied: "I took very
llttlo part in tho conforenco because
of other business. I will not add to
mv first statements in regard to the
outcome of tho McNamara cases. I
have nothing moro to say.
"Will you call a meeting of tho ex
ecutive board to consider tho atti
tude of the association toward tho
McNamaras?"
"I don't know."
"Did you, as president, know any
thing of tho details of tho expendi
tures by John J. McNamara as secre
tary of tho fund of ?1,000 per month,
.nnrnnpintnd for organization pur
poses and which thero was no ac
counting!"
"That is a matter that will take
care of itself."
Tiir?rra ml cnmCKENS and
DUCKS at STAUFF's GROCERY.
Lane County Asset Company
Transfers Right of Way For
Coos Bay Line.
EUGENE, Ore, Doc. S. Tho
Guard says: "Tho Lano County As
set company has transferred Its in
terest in tho 30-ncro tract at Pow
ell's pass, which it has hold for tho
past two years, to tho Southern Pa
clllc company, thus giving tho latter
a continuous strotch of right-of-way
botwecn Eugono nnd tho tunnel sito
23 miles west of tho city.
J. L. Buoll hold a mooting with
tho Asset compnny and final arran
gements for tho transfor of tho prop
orty wero inudo at thnt tlmo. Tho
Southern Pacific compnny will tnko
immedlnto possession of tho property
nnd It Is highly probnblo that grad
ing work will bogln thoro in a fow
days, ns tho wet woathor will not in
terfero becauso tho ground is high
nnd has good drainage At tho tlmo
Twohy Hrothors took tho contrnct
for tho construction of tho first 23
miles of tho Coos Bay road, they ex
pressed n deslro to bogln grading at
that point, and now thnt tho com
pany has secured tho proporty, tho
contractors will doubtless go right
to work thoro.
Thero will bo a big cut through
tho pass, tho Southern Pacific grade
being seven foot lower than tho As
set company's grade, which means
that a cut ovor twica us iU'mji im wns
made by tho Asset company will bo
necessary. Tho Southern Pacific sur
vey crosses tho grado built by tho
Asset company at about the summit
of the pass nt a "scissors" angle. Tho
Asset company's grado oxtends duo
east and west while tho survey of
tho S. P. company oxtonds in a slight
ly southwesterly direction at that
point.
Mr. Bnell has been working hard
to got this pleco of proporty for sop
eral months past and is naturally do
llghted at his success. Ho has done
excellent work for his company in
securing tho right-of-way for tho
now road and has always treated the
owners of proporty through ..which
tho road will be built fairly and
squarely, in each instnnco paying a
good price for tho land, in many
cases paying much moro than It was
worth in order that thbre might bo
no difficulty in securing tho right-of-way.
Tho members of tho Lano County
Asset company havo only words of
pralso for Mr. Buell and express
themselves that ho has dealt with
them honorably nnd above board.
Tho company in transferring Its land
to tho Southern Pacific company does
.11 41. f1nn nf ncafoflnt fia f fl 1
BO Willi ill" luoa vi un i
ns possiuio in me enterprise, us mu
Harriman people havo shown good
faith, and havo actually demonstrat
ed that their Intentions to build a
road to tho coast aro gonulno.
Send Out Material.
A big car loaded with eight dump
(Continued on page 6.)
IS
BUSY ON PROBE
MANY WITNESSES CALLED IN DY
NAMITE CONSPIRACY INVESTI
GATION AT LOS ANGELES Mo
MANIGAL TELLS THEM, WHAT
HE KNOWS.
(By Associated Press to Coos Ba
TImos.)
LOS ANGELES, Cnl., Dec. 8.
Tho federal grand Jury inqullrng In
tho alleged dynamlto conspiracy to
day interrogated John Crutckshank,
district passenger agent of tho Snn
Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lako
railroad. Many other railroad mon
probably will bo called aa witnesses.
"Wo can trnco every arllroad tick
et bought," was tho declaration of
a stnto official in connection with tho
McNamara trial, Just ondod.
Ortio E. McManlgal went boforo
tho grnnd Jury again today but It Is
bolloved to havo comploted his tes
timony Just boforo tho noon adjourn
ment. William Andro, ono of tho
sworn Jurors In tho McNamara enso,
wns called at tho office of District
Attorney Fredorlcks today and' was
closotcd with him for somo time. Ho
refused to tnlk about tho visit, as
did Fredericks.
oral way arranged for nnd It is hoped' tho flndlngB mndo by tho Joint Army
to got It Started SOOn nnd COmpiOlCU'""" ""vy uuiuu wiuuu hiiuiii, eovurui
so as to mako tho highway availablo months In tho Havana Harbor inves
tor travel this winter. UKV'MB ll" W"-CIV ,. ,,.
Judgo Hall when approached on1, r,,1 statement fol owb: "Tho
tho matter, said that ho would poa4rd fon, that tho Injuries to tho
try to arrange for It if tho plank-.?:?"? of tho Mnlno eauBOd by an o
lng could bo secured at nn expenso ?Ln f hC?tJitV0J m
not to exceed $8 per thousand. ," 'n"ine5ri" ,2XJ" L of "'? BBi ' P
ii..., -I.t iirir..n. M,..., between frames 28 and 31, port sldo.
Ki MiVn n,J Bhn.B.f iSmw.8 ''d ' BnltlnK and oxplod..
ferred with tho Simpson Lumber t, th(J contcn(H o( thB,x ,ncu
company and they agreed to furnlBh . BPrvo magazine A-l-KM, snld con-
tho plank ng for 8 per thousand. ' tonts Including n lnrgo quantity of
It Ib estimated thnt it will rcqulro i,act vomor. Tho moro or Icbo,
about a mllo nnd n half of planking flUddon explosion of tho contents oC'
to connect tho plnnklng on tho North jemnlnlng forward mngnzlno follow
Bend road district, Just beyond Kit- ed. Tho magazine oxplOBlon rosult
tyvlllo, with tho Improved Btroots ,vl Ir tho destruccMi of tho vcssol.'
In Mnrshflcld nenr Forndnlc. I This is tho first official stntomont
Mr. Hnguo snys thnt with this of tho cnueo of lb disaster which ro
pleco of road, which is now nlmost sultid In tho Spiuibh.Ainorlcan war.
Impassablo on account of tho mud, , At tho tlmo, It tns gonomlly clalmod
Improved thoro will bo a flno winter (that tho Malno had boon sunk by t
rond to n point boyond Empire. submnrlno mlno but not until tho vos-
Opimimj Special Levies.,. M"6' w"8 raised tho past year could this.
Judgo Hall reports that tho Coos,"" definitely determined
County Tax Association through its
secretary, W. J. Conrad, has filed a
gouornl protest with' tho Coos coun
ty commlBsionors against nil special
road district levies for road work
for tho coming yenr. Whether tho
association proposes to go nhend nnd
fight theso levies in tho courts, ho
does not know.
Tho commissioners mot at Coqull-
lo this week and discussed tho vnrl
WAR AGAINST TIPPING.
Hotel Workrnt Form Union to Get'
Wngen Increased.
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay.
TImos.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 8 Tho carn-
palgn against "tipping" will bo tho
chlof work of tho nowly organlzod
internntlonnl Hotel Workers Union.
ous now rond projects which nro to Tho unlon'B plntform Is "living wngos
bo taken up noxt week. Nothing do-, for hotel workers," which would
PREACHES ON NOTED TRIAL.
"Tho McNamaras and their crime"
will bo tho topic which Rov. G. Lo
Roy Hall will discuss at tho First
Baptist church next Sunday evening.
Tho meeting tlmo for this address
is 7:30 p. m.
WILL RASTEI
B
W
Conference Between C. A.
Smith and Local Business
Makes Plans For It.
At a meeting of C. A. Smith and
some of the leading business men yes
terday at the C. A, Smith company's
offices, steps were taken to hasten tho
further improvement of tho Coos Bay
bar nnd harbor. As a result, a. com
mittee will probably go to Portland
on the Breakwater tomorrow to tako
tho matter up with Major Morrow,
In charge of tho United States engin
eer's in this district. Major Morrow
wired that ho would bo pleased to
meet a committee from thoMnrshllold
Chamber of Commerco nt his office in
Portland next Monday afternoon.
The concensus of opinion was that
tho comniltteo should urgo tho res
toration of the North Jotty and also
the extension of the lraprovomont In
tho inner harbor. Tho present gov
ernment project for tho inner harbor
calls for a channel eighteen feet deep
and two hundred feet wide aud it Is
proposed to have jhla extended for a
(Continued on pago 6.)
flnlto was dono.
Go to Portland.
Tho commissioners nrrnngod to nt-
tond tho Oregon Good .Roads conven
tion which will bo held In Portland
noxt Tuesday. All threo commis
sioners, Hall, Dement and Arm
strong will go. It wns decided they
go nnd return ovcrlnnd and thus in
spect tho ronds whllo on routo. Thoy
plan to go out via Myrtlo Point nnd
return via tho old Coob Bny Wagon
road or vlco-vcrsa.
RECLAIM SWAMP LAND
for
National Association is Formed
Tlmt Purpose
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
CHICAGO, Dec. 8 -A national
Dralnago Reclamation Congress do-
algned to seek tho reclamation of
render tips unnecessary.
PASSES Ml
IN CALIFORNIA
J. M. Davis, Well-Known Coos
Bay Pioneer, Succumbs
Early Today.
J. B. Davis today rccolvod a tolo.
gram announcing tho death of his
father, J. M. Davis, a woll known
Coos Bay pioneer, ut Santa Anna,
early this morning. Ho had boon
BWbamp lands in the Mississippi Valley f ' ' " LTh"??"' " K" "
and elsewhoro in tho United Statos
was organized temporarily today. It
will work independently of tho Na
tional Irrigation congress but will bo
affiliated with it.
ELECT SCHOOL
I
Special Election Called For
Monday, Dec. 18 Will
Also Fix Tax Levy.
Tho Marshflold school board has
nfrnlTnf8 nt 7 30 for tho' John w. Hint. Mr. M. C Cordy and
nlng, Decombor 18, at 7:30, for tho Mr A niohnrdson.
purpose of fixing tho tax levy for. Mr, Davte te vcry wei, lpown to the
tho ensuing year nnd also for tho ,,, ,,,,,,..,,,, t,' tiia ih
election of a director to nil tho va-ivlBt ncro WRB about a yoar ng0 nla
critical and tho news of his doatb,
camo aa a shock to tho friends and re
latives Mr. Davis was ono of tho oldest
living residents of Cooa Bay. Ha
enmo hero in tho early CO's, about
tho tlmo that Glen Aiken, B. F. Rosa
nnd other woll-known pioneers camo.
Ho wns horo when Mrs. Esther M.
Lockhart arrived In 1853 and was
then residing on a ranch on Cooa
Rlvor.
Mr. Davis was sovonty-nlno yoara
and twonty-threo days old. On his
arrival on Cooa Bay ovor fifty years
ago, ho located on his ranch on Cooa
Rlvor whoro he remained until tho
death of his wifo, about fourtoon
years ago, Slnco then, ho divldoA
his tlmo botweon Marshflold and Cal
ifornia. Besides his son, Bluford Davis
hero, ho Is survived by soveral step
daughters, thoy being Mrs. W. B.
Curtis, Mrs. Emma Nnsburg Mrs.
cancy caused by tho removal of J O.
Mtllls to San Francisco. The meet
ing will bo hold at tho Central
School building.
It is oxpeoted that tho levy will be
tho same aa tho present year, ten or
eleven mills.
Tho term of Mr. Mills as director
will expire in Juno, 1914, so thnt tho
director elected to succeed him will
servo until then. Tho other direc
tors aro Dr. J. T. McCormao and M.
C. Horton.
AVE SERVE tim best coffee on earth
at tho Baltimoro Lunch,
death will bo sincerely regretted by
thoso who know him.
Tho body will bo brought horo for
burial but no plans havo been mndo
for tho funeral.
FAMOUS SINGER DYING
Noted Basso Eduardo Do Reszko fut
ally 111 in Paris
(By Associated Press to Cooa Bay
Times.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 8 Accord'ng
to advices, Eduardo De Roszko, the
famous basso la dying in Paris of
heart trouble.
WATCH GOING &HARVEYS STORE AVATCII GOING &nARVEY'S STORK
FOR TOYS. I FOR TOYS.
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