POVERTY LIS NO DISGRACE AS LONG AS fall DO NOT INDULGE IN IT A Llttlo "Cnmpnlgn" Of Ciwb lag Qftmtta VTAXT AVKIIT18IN In Tlic TIMES ivill P"t Vour Kent Estate "In (I,o Market" lit t e c 1 1 v o 1 y J It will I'Ht tno nctB about your property boforo tho eyes of nil 'pos iblo biiyora" In town. And If ik.re's olio of them who ought to IS it, you'll eoll III WANT ADVERTISING In TIks TIRUCS Will Kivp the Income from Your Furnished Kooms from Jjapalugi YOU enn really help tho family revenues by rontlng n fowifurnlahod rooms nnil, If you know how and when to use the classified columns, you may keep that llttlo oxtrn Income no "steady ns a clock." MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED 1'ltKSU VOL. XXXV Established In 1878 ns The Coast Mnll MARSHFIELD, OREGON MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1 9U EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times. Const Malt Mid Coos liny Advertiser. No. 126 Nl J! ( iff; 120 IB TENNESSEE Nineteen Bodies Recovered from Cross Mountain Shaft Near Briceville. ALL HOPE ABANDONED FOR OVER 120 ENTOMBED Rescue Parties Still Trying to Force Shaft to Give Up Its Dead. nr Associated Press to the Cooa Bay Times) IlltlCKVILLE, Tcnn. Dec. 11. With nlnoteen bodies recovered and en Identified, tho rescue parties to day renowed their offortH' to forco tbeb'e CrosB Mountain Mlno to glvo up Its dead. That thoro aro a hun dred or moro dead still In tho initio there Is no doubt and all liopo of rescuing nllvo any of the scores who vent to work Saturdny morning him teen abandoned. LUNA PARK JS RURXIXG Grwrt l'lny Ground of Ctmey Inland in 1'inmcfl (By Associated Prcs to tln Coo? Hoy Times ST.W YOIUC. Dec. 11 Kirn this iftomnnn dpHtrovtnl n lnrco nortlon c( Lunn Park, ono of tho great show places or conoy lninnu. ai a late lour the names wero not controlled ml itriiolnrcH ncrnss tho street wero threatened nnd tho entire Island Is In alarm. MOTHER SLAYS CHILI) (Dy Associated Pros3 to Coos Day Times. VANCOUVER, II. a. Dec. 11. Mrs. 0. II. Woolrldgo, aged 20, a res ident of Colllngwood, a suburb of Vancouver, today attempted to kill her flvo weeks' old baby girl by cut- ting her thront nnd then slashed her own. Tho mother Is dead and tho child probably will dlo. HERE'S Whllo nothing olncltil hns been giv en out recontly rolntlvo to dovolop ncnts in tho Coos Day and Dolso project, parties very closo to tho nc tlre Interests In It hnvo Intlmnted that It would not ho long boforo n contract for Its construction would lie let out. Nothing official Is given out. However tho Itosoburg Nows contains tho following: k That tho Rosoburg-Coos Day Rail road will bo built at onco Is tho Btnto- ment made to Tho Evening News lto today by n gontloman who Just arrived In tho city from Sonttlo and Tacorna, Wash., whoro ho wub em ployed by a construction company to operate a steam shovel. Wo aro not at liberty to dlvulgo tho namo of tho tenuenien, but tho Nows assures Its readers that tho information is cor rect. Tho firm Is tho Pacific Coast Construction Company, having head quarters In Seattlo. Thoy hnvo nt Present a largo nmount of construc "oa equipment nt Ellonshurg, Wash., a division point on tho Northom Fa 1c, nnd nmong tho machines that IH be shipped nt onco to Coqulllo ' n lmnionso 80-ton steam shovol, Jilch will bo lnndod nt Myrtlo j'nt nnd placed In operation on Je Erado. Our informnnt states "at repairs for tho ahovol hnvo boon "adertaken, nnd ns soon na tho inn "Ine Is in shnpo for nctlvo work, hlch will bo only a few days, it will started for tho now fleul. Opor Jtors for tho shovol have secured "Mr contracts from tho const ruc l'D Arm, nnd besides this expense ney has been plncod in hnnds engineers for inspecting a Inndlng pje for tho shovel nt Myrtlo Point, " have Instructions to find nn reliable pince for tnklng tho mons 'er machine from the bargo at or reathatcity. Waking of tho grade, tho gentlo a said it wns much bettor than iii.at nrst antlclpnted, being only f n y over ono l,or centl Th0 Pa" ? Coast Construction Company "e contracts for tho grade eastward m Myrtlo Point 'and profiles of , rk, showing earth to bo moved '".."Us to bo made wero exhibited o' englneop giving out this in- laT n' who 8tntea tnat th0 work " "and as demonstrated by tho pro- j a"d estimates extends eastward IUln '"" uiui io uainub wouu j?.' ,a distance of 20 miles from MvUfB' Tho contracts with ""Ch ha Io 1.1 tin. j -.,.- I. .tint L t of tho grade from, tho Coos- EXPECT BOISE LI CONTRACT LOST IN HIE DISASTER WARNED ABOUT MINE DISASTER American Consul at Matanzas I Hiilnn Tim m( ni...!uu II.. wivuu ifj ui Diuwuiy up of Battleship. (From Associated Press to Coos Day Times) BEDFORD, la., Dec. ll.A. C. Urlco. Who Wns Ulllli'd Stilton' mii- sul nt Matanzas, Cuba In 1807 Is au- tnonty ror tho statement thnt ho was warned two days boforo tho Mnlno was blown tin nnd thnt nlin win n im destroyed and stated that ho so ad vised tho consul general Fltzhugli Lee, who with other olllcors thcro failed to credit tho warning. . Urlco was warned by a man not an Amer ican, whoso name ho Is undor prom Iso not to roveal. ELLIOT, HAS APPENDICITIS (Dy Assoclatod Press to Coos Day Times.) BOSTON, Dec. 0 A dispatch stat ing President EniorltUB Charles IC 111 ott of Harva-d wiib oporated on for appendicitis at Knndy, Ceylon, was received today. Tho operation waB successful. Elliott Is on a tour of the world with his family. m'ill not interfere WASHINGON, D. C, Dec. 11. Tho Supremo court today declined to Interfere at this tlino with tho dc creo of tho United Stntcs curcult court for Southern New York ap proving of the reorganization plan of tho "Tobncco Trust." THE LATEST COOS BAY Doiiglas county lino to tho Conulllc river. Tho gentleman Interviewed said thnt thero wns no possible doubt of tho work bolng undortnken nt once nnd prosecuted to comple tion, and thnt tho Pnclllc Const Con struction Compnny has a splendid equipment for tho business in hand. Whllo not In a position to say who was backing tho deal, ho Is sntlsflcd that tho llimnces nre nil well In hand, becnuBO such companies as the one engaged In the making of tho grade do not undortnko such gigantic en terprises unless everything Is on n sound business basis, and thnt doubt less tho press would bo apprised of nil dotulls In connection with the pro posed rond within a few days nt most. Contractors In Kosolnirg "Following closo upon nn nrtlclo In which It wns Btntod that Informa tion wns nt hand tending to Indicnto that work on the Itosoburg-Coos Day railroad would bo commenced soon, !l ...na Innrliml Mint J. M. MOOTO Of Spoknno, Wash, and A. II. Moore, of Portland, members of tho largest miirnnii construction company In tho I Northwest, woro In tho city. A brief 'Investigation rounu hub runim, iu uu , true, tho inon having registered nt l-thn McClellen hotel. Neither of tho men will talk regarding muii i penranco In Itosoburg, tind conse- qtionliy, mo iii"'"" "' " i'"" Is nroused. One fact has been es tablished, however, nnd thnt Is to tho effect thnt tho men aro spending considerable tlmo In tho local United States lnnd ofllco, presumably with a vlow to becoming acquainted with tho ownership of cortaln lands lying between Rosoburg and tho const. Myrtlo Point Rumor Tho News also prints tho following special from Myrtle Point: "That a railroad Is soon to bo con structed botween Rosoburg and Loos Day points Is tho belief of citizens re s d ins In this vicinity. A stranger apparently In the employ of somo rail road company, has been phasing largo quantities of hay n til s vicin ity with tho understanding that It is to bo delivered by Juno 1. He a so bought threo scows which will bo ut ilized In transporting machinery from nanlon to Myrtlo Point. Other than this ho has also investigated condl tons aVnB the survey, which leads Kurd from this city toward Roso burg The agent Is paying cash for everything ho purchases, but has lit tie to say." HAL CHASE tho Promler flrst baseman and manager of the New York AMKMCAX LEAGCL "" II IL WINS A IIKIDE for Tom when ho hUs a HOME HUN In n p Ictwre to bo shown nt the OHPIILUM THI. ATRE TUESDAY night and Mr. Kel er adies us that THIS VICTVW. U tho most CLEARLY PHOTO fiitAPHEI) of any outdoor sporting event ever portrayed In a motion pic ture theater. TRY TO GET ROOSEVELT TO Movement to Secure Republi cans to Nominate Former President No Longer Dis guised. (Dy Associated Press to tho Coos Buy Times) WASHINGTON, Dec. 11. All nt- tempts to dlsgulso the fact concern Fear Jas. Evans of Eastside Has Committed Suicide Mentally Deranged? HIS FINAL MISSIVE. . I DKAIt JACK: In leaving this growsomo world for tho Iloyond, 1 wish you would Htlll net us tho good friend you liavo always boon, by holplng Agnes up to hor father's homo. Thero she will got my money after a llttlo whllo and I ask tlint alio pay bucIi debts as Whltty a Mrs. Brown's and tho like. Plenso tnko tho money you find hero and pny tho bad cheek that 1 drew Saturday. ($20 to A. P. Owens' elgnr store) (tho I gun bnc k.to Tho dunnory) nnd I Uio mitt enso nnd clothes and lm'nnco $55 to Magncti & Mat- 4 son). Koep straight, Jack, and you will nover know sorrow v una slinmo. Good by , Jim Tho nbovo noto is nil thero Is to ox pin I n the mystorlous dlsnppour nnco of Jas. Evans, n mombcr of tho firm of Evnnsi and Cavnnaglr, boat builders nt Eastsldo, last nlgt. out of tho ordinary. Ho wroto a check In pnymont for U Tho gun was loft with tho. noto nnd so far S. P. CREW IS AT,' EUGENE, Ore, Dec. 11. Tho Guard says: "Actual grading opor ntloiiB In tho vicinity of Eugono on tho Southorn Pnclllc company's Eugene-Coos Hay railroad began yes .orday, whon Fuller & Co., sub- con tractors, put to work n dozon tennis and n good-slzod forco of men on tho Chrlstnor proporty recontly trans ferred to tho Southern Pacific com pany by tlio Lano County Asset com pany. Thero Is a heavy cut to mnko at that point, nnd na tho ground Is high nnd dry tho work can bo enr rled on throughout a grcntor portion of tho winter. Fuller & Co. already had a numbor of scrapors and "fresnos" hero, nnd this morning another full carload ennio in, and thoy will bo used on this sub-contract. Thoy havo estab lished a camp a short dlstanco west of tho city and will operate both ways from thoro. They wanted tholr camp on tho McClnron tract, adjoining tho city, but Twohy Brothers advised them to go further out, nnd tho fonts nnd temporary buildings nro being erected near tho Junction of the El mlrn and Irving roads, on tho "Moses place. Work at tho tunnol slto In tho mountniiiB Is progressing. Tho right-of-way Is bolng cleared by n largo force of inon and ground has nlready been broken to tho extent of shovel ing dirt at tho approach of tho tun nel. Twohy Bros, hnvo forwarded caps nnd fuse to tho scene. Tholr powdor nnd dynamite havo not yet arrived, but they aro purchasing what they can from local dealers today In order that tho work may not bo de layed a mlnuto. Mon aro still going to tho front and It will only be n matter of a short tlmo until thero will bo a big hole mado whoro tho tunnol begins. Ten teams wero sent out today from Eugene with that many big loads of material. Sieiiil Lnrgo Sum. Tho Guard has it from authorita tive and official sources that tho Southorn Pacific Co. paid out In cash $75,000 for tho right-of-way for tho twenty-threo mllo section of tho Coos bay railroad from Eugono to tho tun nel slto. Tho contract for tho same piece of road, let to Twohy brothers, aggregates $800,000. It certainly costs money to build a rallrond nnd tho S. F. certainly means business. The Pacific Groat Western has bought terminal grounds at Glenada LOO IN on W m lug n movement on foot looking to the nomination of Col. Theodora Itoosovelt as tho Republican candi date for president In 1912 wero ap parently dropped today whon It be came known that members of tho national committee were being sound ed ns to their views on tho feasibility of the question of forcing tho nomi nation of the former president. 1 BE SUICIDE as could be determined had never been discharged. , Last night, Grant says Mr. Evans retired ns usual. Just what tlnio ho got up during the night nnd loft is not known. I "Agnes" 1b his wife. They have a nlno months old boy. Thoy canm hero nbout eighteen months ago from Oregon City where Grant had known him. Her folks, Mrs. nnd Mrs. Joo Itlcf live nt Now Era, n short dis tance from Oregon City. I It Is known that Evans has boon worried considerably over flnu.iclnl mnttors for several month.), tho bont building business which ho engaged with Wilkes Cnvnnngh In not having proved tho success ho anticipated. Last week, ho hougnt n now i.nlt case nnd somo clothing from Mug ncs & Mntson. Resides tho gun nnd noto, $75 In currency was found by Grunt i.n tho table. Today n careful search Is uoliifr mado for Evans. Whether ho lins committed sulcldo or Is mentally deranged nnd wnn derlng around remains to bo deter mined. Tho noto wns loft on tho dining tnblo under tho pinto of J. H. Grnnt, n friend, who hns been boarding nt tho Evans homo In Eastsldo. Satur dny night, Evnns was at tho Gun nery nnd bought tho reyolvor re ferred to In tho noto. Ho had prev iously looked nt the gun nnd Jay Tower thought Its purchaso nothing EUGENE, Ore.. Dec. 11 Tho Eu gono Register Bays: "Presldont Carl R. Gray, of tho Oregon Electric, In compnny with Lloyd U. Wlckorshnm, chief ongtnoor of tho company, woro In Eugono last night having como up from Albany on tho lino of road In an nutomobllo Iu fact, they came nil tho wny from Salem nlong tho line of rond, but hud to uso n sur rey from Snlem to Albany ns tho road Is too badly cut up with tho grading nnd hauling for nn nuto. Mr. Gray wns onthuslnstlc over tho progress be ing mndo with tho rond nnd says thnt It Is being built much faster than ho oxpected. Ho expects to sco tho lino finished nB far as Albany by tho end of tho month unless unusually bad weather delays tho work, "When told that many of tho Eu gono people wero still of tho opinion that tho Hill Interests aro hack of tho Pacific Great Wostorn In tho building of tho lino to tho coast and Coos Day, Mr. Gray said: "Wo have absolutely nothing what ever to do with It. I wish wo had; nothing would glvo mo groator ploasuro, but, as I said boforo, we nro considering nothing boyond Eugono Just now. I do know of tho con tractors, McArthur Pork Co., limited, and I know them to bo among tho most prominent nnd substantial con-: tractors In tho United States, fully nblo to do all thoy undertake. Yes," said Mr. Gray "they will mako great feeders for our lino, and wo'll let them 'sleep In our bed,' but wo havo no financial Intorests with them 'at' nil." Mr. Gray nnd his engineering party1 were In tho hoBt of spirits and said) many encouraging things about Eu gene and Its spirit or hospitality, as well aa its enterprise, and bespoko great prosperity and growth for tho c ty In tho next few years, across tho Slualnw bay from Flor ence, owning 3000 feet of water from there. Tho company also owns 1,000 feet of wntor front at Mapleton, be sides most of tho right-of-way bo tween the tunnol and Glenada. ..Try our FLOUNDER STEAKS. City Meai Market. Thono 200-J. TOYS pnd Holiday Goods at CUT prices at (PRENTISS & Co. FRESH SALMON at City Fish Market, riiono 2O0-J. WATCnGOINa&HARVEY'S STORE FOR TOYS. I DENIES RILL IS BACKING LINE ROW FOR PLAN Terrier 'Peepo' Probably Saved Lives of A. C. Gabernache and Wife Last Night. Awakened from Blumber by tho frantic barking of n small terrier dog "Peepo", A. C. Gabornncho Inst flight nroso to 11 nd his homo in flnmes nnd means of exit shut off by the Haines. Tying n rope, used to tie a trunk, to tho bed post, ho and his wlfo lowered themselves from tho sccondstory window to tho ground. Their escnpo was iiono too soon for tho houso wns nil In llnmcs nnd thoy woro nblo to snvo hardly n thing, not even their clothing. Tho flro occurred about mid-night, tho nlnrm bolng turned in Just nt twelve o'clock. Tho houso bolongs to tho Win. Noblo estate nnd Is on South Third street, Just off Central nvonuo. Only tho charred frnmo work of tho structttro remains. 1 How tho flro started Is a mystery. Owing to an explosion Just prior to tho dlscovory of tho flro, somo think thnt it might have originated from n leaking gaB-cock in tholr gas rango or heater. Hoomcrs at Mrs. Wheolor's board ing lioiiDO, Immediately south of the Gabornncho homo, discovered tho flro, bolng nwnkoncd by tho oxploslon. Thoy had difficulty in turning in tho nlnrm, flvo or ton minutes elapsing from tho ttmo thoy started u 'urn (Continued on paco 2.) M FIRE ALARM IS GIVEN BY BOGi RAILWAY NEWS TONNELCASE ' TO BE TRIED PORTLAND, Ore., Doc. 11. Tho rlght of wny wnr botweon tho Pacific - ulntlon on Coos Bny as to who la Groat Wostorn nnd tho Willamette bohlnd tho Pacific Co.nt Lino and Pnclllc for a favorablo portion in tho tho Pnclllc drc'nt Wostorn, generally Sluslaw canyon on tho Coos Day referred to ns tho Sumner linos, routo waa transferred to tho circuit Locally,, a story in this morning's court of Lane county by decision of Orogonlan discrediting tho Sumnor Judge Gatons. Ho continued tho project, recoived' llttlo credence ow tompornry Injunction secured by ' tlioj,nR to tho fnct thnt It merely rolt Pacl lo Croat Wostorn for flvo days. t cIftm8 horotoforo oxpressed provided roprosontatlvos of tho lat- , 0ninnntIiiE from Southern Pa- i!SLWlt lB L"n0 CUUty" K3S2 ' Oregonian atory within that tlmo. I , fniimvH- Tho Injunction suit wns fllod In! "" ow?; .. , ,,,,, Multomnh curcult court a wook ago.' 3"on "" ?nr1a,.,ln5nlV""d,"l? Tho case camo boforo the court on a Otweo tho Wlllamo to Valloy and demurrer ns to Jurlsdlcatlon. Gat-1 Cos Day la completed tho Southorn ens ovorrulod the doraurror, but stat- """ n will bo tho only road In tho od as tho land In question Is In Lnno noM according to tho opinion of tho county ho bellovod comity ot courtB heat posted railroad mon in Port compelled him to sond tho case to hind, nil roports of tho Intentions o thnt county to bo trKl on Its merits. I other confnms to tho contrary-not- I withstanding. rr"ti MORE RAILROAD NEWS. "It Is pri.nnblo thnt tho Harrlman . I intorests will bo moro or loss om- (From Eugono Roglstor) barrnBsed In tho noxt fow yoars by Announcement thnt tho Pacific, conflicting rights of way and tho of Grent Westorn has lot tho contract forts of othor enterprises to construct for construction of tholr road from roada over cortaln portions of tholr Eugono to tho const ndds now intorost routo, but when tho final work la to tho local railroad sltuntlon. Thoro' dono, It Is bollovod, all traces of oth is moro In this proposition thnn ninny or concerns will hnvo dlsappcnrod. pooplo think for. Tho Pacific. Grent' "Thoso conclusions woro drawn Wostorn nnd tho Pnclflc Coast rail- forth hy tho roport that tho Pacific way, tho latter backed by French Oieat Wostorn Rnllway Company has and English capital, aro allied and hit contracts for tho construction of working harmoniously together In n proposed rond from Eugono to tho this project so thnt thoro is every C0IlBt to r,n styling ltsolf ns Mc renson to hollovo thnt thoy monn Arthur, Pprk & Co., of Now York, business. Tho Reglstor has mention- ""d Chicago, a contracting firm un od, on sovoral occasions, that tho lino known In Portland, backed by theso foreign capitalists , "Rnllroad men hero doubt abso Is tho road that caused tho Southorn lutoly tho Intention of tho Pac Ho Pacific to get busy In tho matter of Great Wostorn to build to Cooa Day building a road to tho coast. . at "' T beIlof ,B nJ.m08t eenwn Thoro seems to bo llttlo doubt that tho proposal of this concom la about thero bolng a lively rnco be- o Intonded merely to embarrass tho tweon two rival lines In covorlng tho Southern Pacific and probably to field between horo and tho Pacific start a controversy through tho oconn. Later developments will bo courts. ..... ,- watched with Interest. When W. J. ' Ab a mnttor of fact, tho Paclflo Wlsoly, of Portland, comes to tho Orent Westorn has obtained somq Im front with Information, tho people of portnnt rights of way botwoon Eu Oregon will got nt tho lnsldo of this ono nnd tho const, but it Is not rlvnl of tho Southern Pacific now con-1 known whotbor anv of theso conflict tostlnc fop tho flold for railroad ae- with tho routo surveyed by tho tlvlty to the west of here. CARD OF THANKS Wo deslro to extend our grateful thanks to the Marshfleld Fire Depart ment for their efllclont service In s riv ing tho resldonco of Mrs. W, II. No ble during rust night's flro. (Signed) NODLE UROS. RE PO iNSISLE RIRE JUROR TO B Sensational Evidence Given of Bribery in McNamara Case. ' DARR0W ENTERS DENIAL WHEN TOLD ABOUT IT Federal Grand Jury Continues Probe of Alleged Dyna mite Conspiracy. McXAMARAS IX PKISOX; WOItK IX .1UTE MILL (Uy Associated Press.) SAN QUENTIN, Calif., Doc. 11. John J. nnd James U. Mo Nil- mnra with their Identity lost un- dor tho numornlB 25,314 nnd f 25,315 wont to work In tho Juto O mill today. James will bo ox- ctised from work In tho Juto mill If It Is round that ho Is effected with tuborctilosls. I by Associated Press to tho Coos Day Tlnps) LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11. Bort II. Franklin, nn investigator In tho Mc Nnmara murder enso, who was arrest ed for bribery undorwent his prelim inary hearing today boforo Justlco William P. Young. Franklin wna ar rested on a churgo of bribing Goo. N. Lockwood, n vonlromnn. C. E. Whlto who with Lockwood was present when Franklin was arrested, tostlllod Franklin cnino to him nnd naked him to bo stakeholder of S3, 500 to bo paid Lockwood at tho end of tho trial. When they met Lockwood, $500 wna pnssod, tho $3,500 was hold back and nt thnt moment nil threo wero arrest ed. Lockwood himself wna tho sec ond witness. Ho corrobrnted Whlto'a testimony. Lockwood toBtlfled that Frnnklln told him ho "would soo Clnjrenco S)nrrbwnnd Pjngo how.- (Continued on pngo 2.) Thoro contlnuos to ba much fpec- Southern Pnclflc. If they do it la probable that the Pacific Great Wost orn would bo In a position to win Judgment ngalnst tho Harrlman road. "It was first suggested that this plan Is a Hill enterprise, but omphal ic denials have come from all Hill 5?lllciSJvJSL&oaZLJ?altnt (Continued on page 4.) RAPS SUMNER AS PR01TER 1 A i