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and Coos Hay Athertlser.
No. 142
CHARLES MURRAY DIED THIS
AFTERNOON AT MERCY HOSPITAL
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tfirr for garrison
SherllT W. W. Gngo and De
puty Sheriff Krantz loft this
morning for Salem with Frank
Garrison under sentence to ho
hanged for tho murdor of Itoy
l'orklns. They will go via Gar
dlner. Judgo Colco ycetcrday after
noon Issued tho death warrant
and llxcd Fobruaiy 9, 1912, as
tho dato of execution.
It Is expected that Gov. West
will grailt a roprlovo in tho
enso.
Y 0 SLl
IN RESORT ROW
Victim of Goldie Bestscott
Succumbs to Wound With
out Making Statement.
ASSAILANT WAS WITH
HIM DURING LAST HOURS
Has Neither Eaten or Slept For
Days Placed Under Arrest
Again Today.
Charles Murray, who was shot on
North Front street a week ago yes
terday by Gnldlo Bestscott, mistress
of a North Front street resort, died i,4t t 44t'
at i:3U tins uttcrnoon nt .Morcy ios-
pita). Slnco yesterday, ho hnd boon
unconscious wnicn uovoiopou soon-
after tho delirium became evident.
Ever Blnco sho was released on
ball, Goldlo Bostscott, tho woman
who Indicted tho fatal wound, has
been nt li 1b bedside at tho hospital
constantly. Last night, sho did not
Icavo tho hospital nnd remained
thcro until ho died this afternoon
when sho was brought to tho Coos
hotel where she was confined while
sho was under arrest.
Soon After hearing of Murray's
death, Justlco I'onnock Issued an
other warrant for hor arrest, charg
ing murdor in tho first degrco. Con
stable Cox loft to servo tills but was
Informed by tho physician that her
condition was such tlint stio could
not bo placed In jail. Sho hns -scar
cely touched food slnro tho tragedy
and has slept vory llttlo. Her con
dition hnB oxcltod tho sympathy of
tboso attending Murray. Tho only
relief from romorso soemod to como
from boing near Murray and assist
ing" In mlnlstorlng to his wants. Sho
has boon sllont, except for brief con
versations with him, rnddo from ex
pressions of regrot now and thou.
She will le placed under tho guard
of a special officer at hor room In tho
Coos hotel.
Not Ilcr'AcciiHcr.
Murray died with his lips sealed
relative to tho crlmo. Ho absolu
tely rofusod to glvo Coroner Wilson
any nnto-mortom stntomont concern
Ing tho crlmo. Ho told something of
his past, o his old 'homo In Missouri,
and tho length of tlmo ho had been,
on the Ray, hut as to mo snooting
and tho possible motives prompting
it, ho refuse?" to speak.
Murray was a llttlo over thirty
years old nnd hud boon a sort of a
wanderer', ifo c'nmo to Coos Day a
couplo of" years ago and was then
"down nnd out." Tom Madden as
sisted him financially then and Inter
ho tended bar In dlfforont saloons.
This afternoon, a .post-mortem ex
amination Is bolng performed at Wil
son's undertaking parlors to deter
mine tho jinturp oj tho. wound.
vNo nrrangomonts concerning uio 8C0,ng tnojr porn atui their of
funoral will bo mado uutll relatives fortfJ tQ got tn0 cnnoo to Bhoro tnoy
oi mo ueceascu mivu uuuh tuiiiiiuun-'ypj j
ttuuu wuii.
Constablo Cox was Informed this
afternoon, that another preliminary
hearing will bo Insisted mi In tho case
ob a result of tho arreBt of the Bests
cott woman on tho chargo of mur
der In tho first dogreo. It will prob
ably bo n fow days boforo Bho can
he arraigned, owing to hor wonkoned
condition.
WANTS WARSHIPS TO INSURE PEACE ABDICATION OF THRONE IN
Admiral George Dewey Favors down to two-
Cnnstrnr.tinn nf Fnnr Wnu' "Tho United stntcs should build
Vessels Each- Year as Precaution.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Doc. 29.
four now battleships this year to
keep up tho efllclency of tho fleet,"
tho ndmlrnl Is quoted as saying. "1
nm for peace, but peace with four
moro battleships Is tin assurance that
It will bo maintained. It always lb
possiuio tnat there may bo boiuo
Pence, but with four now bnttleshlps quarrelling nmong nations aB to Just
uuen year to iiBsuro u, is annumi now penco ought to bo brought
Oeorco Dowcv'h wish for tho futilrd .about. Such a thine vnn hnnnnnii
of tho United States In Its forelkn at penco banquets." Dewey nlso
relations. As head of tho General 1 pointed out that now ships soon
Nnval Board, Mio Admiral recom- would bo needed to replace the Ore
mends that four now mon-of-wnr jlio 'gon. Indiana nnd Massachusetts,
built but an effort probably will 'bo which aro now over twenty yenrs
mauo in congiess to cut tuo ntimuer oui.
: TUFITMflF' RFRflRn IWUFQTIRATFn
1 I IDVIBII III! ! II I II in
Federal Grand Jury Digging l01nf A- Tvcitmoe. the snn Fmndsco
Into San Francisco Labor
Leader's Transactions.
Killing Follows Drunken Ornie
and Attempt to "Shoot up"
Place.
(By Associated Press to tho Coos Hay
Times.)
LE8TBR, Wash., Doc. 29 Chea
ter Raymond, aged 21, was shot and
Instantly killed by Louis Shrincr, n
cook, whilo Raymond was trying to
forco his way into a restaurant and
n resort connected with a saloon n
half nillo cast of Groon River Hot
Springs Into InBt night. Raymond
and his companion had been drink
ing and started to shoot up tho re
sort, running tho inmntes Into tho
snow outsldo nnd taking their cloth
ing. Shrincr, who worked In tho.
restaurant, ordorod tho rioters to;
leavo tho place and whon Raymond
reached for his gun, shot him.
Shrinor surrendered and was" taken
to Seattle
(By Associated Press to tho Coos Ba
Times)
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 29. t
Tho federal grand Jury Investigating
tho alleged nntlbnal dynnmlto conspi
racy evidenced today a purposo to g
Into all tho httslncss relations of
TAFT TO OPEN
labor lender, mid nil his transactions
In bohalf of organizations with which
ho Is connected. In addition to sum
moning Miss Ethel Murphy, n stenog
rapher In Tvoltmoa'8 office, tho gov
ernment Inquisitors Biibpoonned A.
D. Glbon, his secretary, Gllson, wns
n Witness todny, as was A. E. Vooll,
secrotnry of tho Asiatic Exclusion
Lcnguc, of which Tveltmoo Is president.
HIS CAMPAIGN
CANOE HIDE IS fatAl.
OorvnlllM Student Drowned nnd Com
panion KttcniK'K.
CORVALLIS, Ore., Dec. 29, Bon
II. Wllllnms, or Pasadena, Cal,, who
haB boon attending1 tho Oregon Ag
ricultural Collogo, was drowned lato
whilo canoeing on Marys river. Tho
ennop, containing Williams and ono
pprnjinnlpn, wH overturned Just
appyo tho dam and It Is thought tho
student was carrlqd over tho dam.
Williams' body has not boon found.
Bert Colo, who vyns with Williams,
had' a narrow escape Ho says that
In nttemptlng to pass from tho river
Into tho mlllraco thoy wore caught In
tho current nnd carried towards tho
dam. Tho boys became excited upon
President Reported Jp tfaye
Selected New Yorker as
' Political' Adviser.'
(By Associated Press to Coot Bay
Timet.
NEW YORK. Doc. 29 If Is re
ported todny that PrcBldont Taft will
soon ask Otto T. Bannard of Now
York to nccopt an Important position
ROOSEVELT ON
RUSSIAN TREATY
CHINA EXPECTED VERY SOON
MOHK DYING IN
BERLIN ALMS 1 musics
.
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN, GERMANY, Dec.
29. Deaths from tho mvstorl-
News of Election of President
of Chinese Republic Reaches
Pekin Late.
oub sickness which nffected tho
Inmntes of tho municipal shelter i
now number C2. Botwcen sov-
only nnd eighty men aro still
suffering from tho effects of
tho consumption of what ofll-
clals declare tainted fish.
ROYAL FAMILY WILL
LEAVE SOON AFTERWARDS
NEW
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ACCEPTS PLACE
Chinese Revolutionists Choice
For Head of New Govern
ment Announces Policy.
Independence of Mongolia Be
lieve to Be Conclusive at
1 Chinese Capital.
WANTS AMKRICAX CHINESE
TO All) RULE IN CHINA
(By Assoclntod Press.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Doc.
29. A cnblogram from Dr. Sun
Ynt Sen, tho nowly olectcd pros-
14 ldont of China, urging tho Chi-
noso National Association in
America to seek out tho talent-
ed nnd. oxporloncod Chinese In
this country for service under
tho provisional govornmont, wnB
received hero today.
Former President Says It
Should rtav,e i first BeVn Sub
mitted to The Hague.
(By Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
NfcTW YORK, Doc. 29 In an edi
torial on "Tho Russian Trcatyj Arbi
tration and Hypocrisy" by Thcodoro
Roosevelt In the current Issuo of
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ARE STARTED
INSANITY NOW
ON INCREASE
Southern Pacific Contractors
Arrange to Hasten Cons
truction Work.
EUOEND, Ore., Dec. 29. Fuller
& Co., sub-contractors on tho S6uth
ern Pacific coninauy's Cooa Bay
branch. ha,vo a small force af n on 8tateB wUh 344 per ,00
throwing up tho grade on trlfcht-t nm1 Nqw York wa8 a
of-wny Jjetween tho city limits and I, 8econd wUh 343tl for every
vuo auD-comrnciora cunu ouu t "- i1(in am
leading from tho main lino to a point
Census Returns Shows Twenty-Five
Ppr Cent More Pa
tients In Asylums.
(By AssocJatod Press to Coob Bay
Times.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 2?.
Whlld tho total population of tho
United States has Increased cloven
per cent In tho last six years, tho
niimber of insano was augmented
during tho samo period by 2t per
cent. In the 372 Institutions can
vnHe,i hv the census bureau up to
January 1, 1910, there wore 187,445
insnna nat ents or an increa.o oi w,-
303 since 1904. Massachusetts led
(n connection with tho campaign "Tho Outlook," tho former prest
loading up to tho national republican dent, says "I cordially approve tho
convention. In ovont Taft is noml- action taken by congress In abrognt
nated In Chicago next Juno, It was lng tho Russian treaty because mon
snld, Bannard, If ho takes part in must voto and act on tho situation
tho preliminary campaign, might da It actually confronts them, nnd
contlnuo ns ono of tho principal ad- ,ln the nctual ovont congressmen had
visors to tho President until tho vot6a bujt two alternatives, namely, to nb
aro cast In Novombor. rognto tho treaty or to submit to tho
Tnft hits boon urged by republican contlnupnco of conditions which have
leaders to take n deopop Interest in uccomo Intolerable in our national
tho nro-conventlou activities At bolt rosnect and which ronresont a
Inst, It Is snld, ho has consented that continuing wrong, especially to Am-
Taft hondquartcrB bo o'ponod In erlcan citizens of tho Jewish faith.
Washington at an early dato, "I still bollovo,"" continued tho edl-
Whother Bannard will tako charge of torlal, "Thut In so serious a matter,
theeo hendouarters may dopond upon It would havo ben well first to on-
a conference to bo hold in Wnslilng- denvor to Bocuro n decision by tho
ton next wcok in which tho president, Hague court on tho Interpretation
Bannard nnd Secretary Chad. D. of tho existing tronty. I am conn
IIIIIcb will participate. dent such a decision would havo been
The pre8Biiro of political business in our favor, and if bo, would havo
at tho White Houso has been In- onabled us to retire from an unten
creasing steadily slnco tho meeting ablo position with good crnco and
of tho Republican National Commit- no loss of solf respect, an object that
tco In Washington December 12, and should always be held In vlow In
It Is said tho opening of hendquar- dealing with any foreign nation with
tors has become necessary to divert which at any tlmo wo may have dlf
tho flow or visitors from nil sections Acuities, whilo If tho dealslon had
of tho country. There still exists a boon ndvorso to ub wo could then
belief In political circles that porno have abrogated tho treaty and been
ono will bo called on to direct tho clearly right In so doing."
campaign for President Tnft In the I NEW pnusTnKXT CHOSEN.
evont of tho batter's renomlnntlon I - i
but no doflnlto decision to that ef- Troops Proclaim New Head of Ite-
fect. BanAard will accompany Taft public of Kcundor.
back to Washington Saturday night (By Associated Press to Coos Bay
after tho peaco banquet and will Times.)
spend Now Year'a-OOay at tho Whltol GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador, Dec. 29.
Houso. It Is said a nronosltlon to Troop3 stationed in this city last
Bannnnl to lolii the Taft forces will. night proclaimed General Pedro
(By Associated Press to the Coos Bay,
Times.)
PEKIN, China, Doc. 29. Nows o
tho selection Of Dr. Sun Ynt Sen ns
president of tho Chinese Ropubllo
ronched mombcrs of tho Cabinet here
by mcanB of tho Associated Press this
evening. It Is boltovod thnt the
(By Associated Press to Cons B)
Timos.)
SHANGHAI, China. Dec. 29.
Immediately following rccolpt of
wora irom manium; tnat no was
olectcd prcsldont
China, Dr. Sun
following statement
od Press with tlio ro'quost that It bo'Nror Is announced which IB const
transmitted to friends" In tho United "or0(l "' .o rnnttor oi uas.
Stntcs; "I cdnsldor' It my duly 'to I Tho lndop6udehc6 of outor Mou
acbopt tho presidency, My policy Sol'n 'b considered horo as conclu
wlll bo to secure peaco nnd n stnblo,Blvo slnco tho proclnmutlon of the
government by tho nrbmntest moth- .u uK.nin as unan. uussia is ex'
it of tho lopubllc of mombors of tho coiirt will ronmtn Iu
Yat Sen hnnded tho'T'11 ,l""1 tno hbdlcnllons of t(he
nont to tlio Assoclnt- ftnipruas Dowager hnd tho child uni-
thon bo made.
MANY ARRIVE
ON flE DONDO
half a mllo west of tho Junction will
be hullt as soon as tho grado Is fin
ished. This spur will bo built for
the purposo of hauling building ma
terials to the ground which tho com
pany has leased In tno vicinuy i
Fuller & Co.'s camp, where It will
be stored for ubo In the construction
t tho roid, which will begin early
next year.
Fuller & Co. havo established boy
eral camps between Eugene and the
tunnel site and hayo 25 or 30 men
at work at different placos clearing
the right-of-way of brush aud tim
ber, LlbbyCOAL. The kind YOU have
ALWAYS t'UKDf PHONE 73 Pacific
.I4very & Transfer Co,
SAVE CRIPPLED VESSEL.
Torpedo Boat Warrington JUeaches
Poit Iu Crippled Condition.
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 29.
Tho crippled torpedo boat Warring
ton which was run down oft Capo
Hatteras In a galo Wednesday by an
unknown ship, was safely towed In
to Hampton Roads.
Although the revenue cutter ser
vice reported tho Warrington safely
in Hnmnton Roads today, an Inter
cepted wireless to thp Navy Depart
ment reported tho crippled destroyer
passing In Virginia Capes at 12 J 50
this afternoon, under tho convoy of
thd scout cruiser Salem, to the Nor
folk Navy yards.
Steamer In from San Fran
cisco Late Yesterday
Sails South Saturday.
Tjie Rcdondo arrived lato yester
day from San Francisco with a largo
Montero as president of the ropubllc,
oda possible My ulnglo aim Ib to
sdcuro tho ponce and'ciintentmont of
the millions of my fellow country
men,." Given Great OvhIIoh.
Tho nows of Dr. Sun Ynt 8onB
oloctlon to tho presidency by tho del
egates of eighteen provinces of Chi
na proper ns n conference In Nan
king, spread with extraordinary rap
idity among tho population. Crowds
mado tholr way to tho Houso In tho
French concession, In which hn has
resided slnco his arrival horo. Whon
ho appoared, ho was grcotod with an
ontliUBloBtlc ovation. It Is bolloved
tho now president will Immediately
domand the withdrawal of tho so
callod Imporlnl troops from their
strategical positions, In ordor to
avoid possible conflict with tho troops
of tho roiiubllcan government. Ah
soon ns thla has been effected, the
nrmlstlco now existing will bo oxtendr
ed and tho Manchu troops will bo
ordorcd to lay down tholr arms or
tender tholr eorvlccs to tho ropubllc.
As soon ns tho military arrange
ments are completed, negotiations
will bo opened on tho Bubjoct of pen
sions to bo offorod to tho formor
princes and Manchu govornors.
pe'eted to' rocognlzo .the Independence
of Mongolln after somo months,
MIXUP IN MONGOLIA.
ONITED STATES
TO HOLD ALOOF
State Department Withholds
Recognition of Rebol Gov-
ernment In China.
IliiRdla and Jnjinti Itotli Anxious to
GhIh Control There;
(By Associated 'Press to Coos Bay,
Times.') ' '
TIEN TSIN, Doc. 29, It Is assort
ed by members of tho sulto of the
amban (goVdrtior) of Mongolia that
Russian 'complicity nt Urga, capital
of Mongolia la responsible for the
virtual dbinlnntlori In Manchuria by;
tho Japanese. Tho chargo Is ninda
In tho same' qimrtors that the Rus
sian military c6nsul nt Urga haa1
booh ptir,8ulug"tho' samo policy in
Songdlld ns Wan formerly carried out
' Afghanistan with th6 purpoBo 6f.
making a "buffer" state and pra
venting tho Jnpa'neso expanding be
yond Mukden In Manchuria, ' Lieu
tenant General Horfath In command
of tho Russian troops at Harbin re
peatedly denied Russia had ulterior
motives jn Mongolia, hut admits Rus
sia needs a ''b'utfof etato" in that re
gion In' tho samo way as Afghanis'
tan serves ns a "biiffor stnto" on tho
northwestorn frontier of India.
CONVENTION Ifl OALLKD.
ALLIANCE IN
FROM PORTLAND
Steamship Arrives From Nlorjh
and Sails For Eureka This
Afternoon.
The alllanco nrrlved In Into yes
terday from Portland, hiving boon
cargo of miscellaneous freight and a Bughtly delayed Jfi h'Ji trip by rough
xair passenger usi- oao encuuuiureu weather. Shq sails again this after
a llttlo rough weather coming up tho ,loon for Eureka and will return
coast. hero Monday morrtlhg and sail tho
ine ueuoiiuo win sun irum ero.8ame day for Portland.
for San Francdsco tomorrow.
Among those arriving on tho Ro
dondo wore:
W. F. Bowron, Jr., Roht. Banks,
Among thoso arriving on tho Alli
ance yesterday were the following:
Grace Llnegar, Edward Llnegar,
Alnba LIneKar. W. Hunter. J. L.
Bessie Coke, L. Dlngeo, C. A. Dlngee, Drlggs, Pat Kenenly, Mlko Oaks, Mrs.
Mrs. E. L. Walker, Miss Violet Hen-1 w Stewart, Lynn Hogan, A. Gar
derson, Mrp. Paz do Vlconto and , ter( Jessie Jtlciardson, Wm, Noblo,
child, Master de Vicente, W. J. Mc-'-ym. h. Cohen, II. Johnson and 0. J.
Phee, R. M. Mettler, Bert Rush, M. Bailey,.
(By Assoclatod Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
WASHINGTON, Doc. 29. Tho
United States does not rccognlzo tho
now Chlneso ropubllc formally at thU
momont, nor will not until It beco
mes clearly apparent that tho Im
perialists aro no longer capable of
maintaining themselves In power.
But this attltudo will not prevent
representatives of tho State Depart
ment In China doing business with
the provisional ropubllo to tho ex
tent of safeguarding American lives
nnd proporty. Tho State Department
ofllclalB have all along boon expect
ing that Dr. Sun Yat Son would be
proclaimed provisional president of
China soon aftor ho landed at Shan
ghai. The point of Interest at present Is
whether Wu Ting Fang, who has
been acting na tho mouthpiece of tho
revolutionists, Is propaied to rccog
nlzo Dr. Sun in this capacity.
Chliu'xo Peace Coiifemico Map Out
Program.
By Assoclatod Press to the Cons Bajt
Times.) '
SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 29. The
peaco conference today decided on.
tho calling of a national convention
to detormlne tho now form of Gov
ernment for China, whose doclBldn
shall bo binding on both sides. The
Manchu troops aro moahwhtlo to ova
cuato their positions and tho ropub
llcnns maintain theirs.
J
H. Nay. J. L. Nay. J. S. MqEwon,
S. p, Hnnsley, Jas, Johnson, G. John-
son, It. smitn. a. unoaes, w. n.
Blucklny, J. W. Conn, L. Lackey, B.
Matthews and N. I. Pool.
OL1VANT &
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iVEK for eggs,
RE.FKW your.huntlprg and anglois
LICENSE at Thi GUNNERY,
What Is thought to ho tho oldest
applo treo of tho Pacific coast stands
In tho United States military rosor-
vntlon at Vancouver, Washington,
nnd has lately been markod and pro
tected. It Is said to havo been
grown from seed brought from Lon
don In 1825 by offlcors of the Hud
son Bay company, It boro a fine lot
of apple this year,
TO GO HIGHER
Eastern Manufacturers An
nounqe Advance of Five to
Seven Per Cent.
(By Associated Press to tho Coob Baj)
Tlmoa)
LINN, Mass., Dee. 29. An In
crease In tho wholesale prices of
shoos which will bo Inaugurated, by
tho Brockton shoo manufacturers
will bo put Into effect at (he samo
tlmo by tho Linn Association aud by
most of tho Now England inanufue-.
furors, Tho matter will be taken
up later beforo tho convention of the
National Association iu Now York.
Linn manufacturers Bay their ad-4
vance will probably bo 5 tp 7 per
cent. Retailors wllll add enough to
tho retail price to proteat them-
i;HJ
selves.
HAND HOYS glvo another H
DANCE at Eagles IJaJl Saturday
night, December 30.
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