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MARSHFIELD, OREGON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1912 EVENING EDITION
A Consolidation of TIiih'h, CouhI. Mull q. 152
and Com Hay AiUcrtNcr.
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COQUILLE SHOOTING AFFAIR
CAUSES MUCH COMMENT TODAY
Popular Sentiment There and
on Coos Bay Apparently
Favors W. R. Foote. '
SAY CIRCUMSTANCES
ARE EXTINUATING
Developments In Killing of
Chas. Wilcox at Coos County
Seat Yesterday.
Tho BhootltiR of Chns. Wilcox nt
Coqulllo yesterday by W. It. FooH
la nrotmliiB inoro discussion Minn nny
i..... ti.nt lidif nr..,........! Iti rinna
rriinu i imi. "" "" ww
county In yourH. Today It Is nearly
tho solo Mioino of discussion in Co-
qulllo and on Coos Hay and In many
mlinr imrts of tho county. !
other pans oi u.o con uy. I
Tl.o developments In tho cuso havo
boon fow. Coroner WIIboh Is con-
iluctliiR tho Inquest at Coqulllo and
nt noon today It had not been con-
eluded. Deputy Prosecuting Attor-
ney Llljeqvlst Is assisting Coroner
Wilson In milking tho Inquest most
tlim-miL'li niul searching. I
W. It. Footo Is In tho county Jail
but no fonnnl charges hnvo been pre-),,,
ferred ngninst 111111 pending uiu vor-
diet of tho coroner's Jury.
I). L. Footo of Mnrshflold and nn
other son, It was Btatod today, may
bo taken Into custody soon for com
plicity In tho nffnlr. I). L. Footo was
with his fnthor at tho time tho shoot
ing occurred nnd Is Bnld to hnvo been
armed with a revolver. Tho fathor
used n 110-30 rlflo In slnylng Wilcox,
nnd llrod three shots although tho
Ilrst 0110 wbl"' "iitered nt the right
slilo nnd broko Wilcox's back would
have boon fatal. The shotH wero
llred nt a distance of nbout thirty
feet ami 110 conversation preceded
them.
Yesterday, popular sentiment wnH
decidedly In Footo's favor In Co
qulllo but today thoro scorned to bo
n noticeable change. Expressions of
sympathy for Footo wero numerous
but were generally coupled wmi de
clarations tl at something should
bo dono lo prevent further luwlors
ness In this county. An early trial
anil disposition of tho case was also
urged by many In discussing tho
crime.
It Is stntcd Mint Foote had appeal
ed to Deputy District Attorney Lll
Jeqvlst for Immediate action to pro
tc'euto Wilcox mid had Intimated to
Homo that unlets the law was quickly
Invoked that ho would tako the mat
ter Into his own hands. It Is nUo
sta'ed that yesterday noon ho waited
near tho 1-otel In Coqulllo whero
.Iiulgo Coke usunlly takes IiIj lunch
to sco him about the case. However,
he mlssad .ludgo Coke nnd tho nffnlr
liud so preyed on his mind that ho
wont homo nnd got u gun nnd tho
shooting followed.
Footo's daughter Is said to bo in
n dellcato condition. Rumors nbout
Wilcox having previously causod
troublo In tho Footo homo aro also
rife.
W. R. Foote served on tho Jury
Mint last month convicted Frank Gnr
risen of murder In tho first degreo
for tho s itylng of Roy Perkins on
Coos Hay a year ago last summer.
Gnriirou Is now under sentenco to ho
hnuged.
Todny, sovoral woll-known Coos
nny 111011, declined Mint thoy hnd tho 1
greatest or syiupniny mr w. 11.
Footo nnd some ovon went so far
iir to offor to subscrlbo money to aid
In his defonso.
Chas. I. Reigard, who returned
from Coqulllo todny noon said Mint
ninny there woro complaining of tho
slowness with which M'o law was
bolng on forced on lawbreakers nnd
ho attributed tho demand now for
any enrly trial of Footo to this feel
ing. Tho announconiont of Doputy Pro
Focutlng Attornoy LllJoqvlst In Tho tho cnlilnot are Imminent. Delcnsso
Times tho othor day that there wero was minister of Foreign Affairs from
flvo cases of alleged stntutory of-iS98 until 1005 during which pe
fenscs, similar to tho 0110 Mint cnus- rlod flvo different cabinets came and
ed yestorday's shooting, undor In- went. Ho probably would hnvo held
vestlgatlon Is also arousing much ' tho ofllco oven longer but for tlio fact
comniont. If ho should start tho that his policy, especially In regard
nntl-vlco campaign that ho then bur- to Morocco wns vlowed with so much
gested. It Is Hkoly Mint It will ba ! disfavor by the Gorman emperor Mint
bncked by nubile sentiment to a thtf two countries nlmost came to
grentor degree Minn wns over mani
fested over audi a crusade hero here
tofore Havo your Job printing done at
Tlui Times' ofllco.
HASH POISONS LAUGH
NUMBER OK VETERANS
(Ry Associated Press.)
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Jan.
10. Moro than 150 veterans of
tho National Soldiers' Home aro
seriously 111 of ptomaine poison-
Ing resulting from hash served
today. A number are danger-
misly 111 In tho hospital.
WIT DID COL.
ROOSEVELT SAY?
Former President Makes Talk
About Candidacy Report
ers Barred. '
itn.Mt'u mi.' imv.tv
(Uy AHBOclntcd prc8s.)
PHlLADHLPllIA, ln., .Ian.
10. An evening nowapiipor
ltu W- ' "rynn ns follows:
, .., hnvo ,0t ,iuc,,.(i on ,y Can-
f()r tjo nroHl(loncyi ,
Wftllt a strong, active progros-
slvo one. Of tho candidates at
present In tho Held, Governor
Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey
seems tho most progressive. I
$ am not In favor of nny third
party movement."
(
Ahhoc,uo,i prcBS to Coos Dny
Times.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 10. .luat what
did Theodore Roosevelt any about
IiIh possible candidacy for tho presi
dential nomination In his speech at
the Aldlno Club last night? This Is
the qucBtlou that Is voxlug ninny
Now Yorkers today. Reporters wero
barred nt Roosovelt's request and
tho accounts of his speech given to
day by those who henrd It aro wldqly
at variance.
Tho Ilrst man to leave tho club
quoted Roosevelt ns snylng, "I am
not ciindldnto for the presidency but
If nominated will run."
The next man declared Roosevelt
snld, "I am not rnndldnte, I will not
be ciindldnto. I do not want to no
cnil,i,into."
Another man declared tnnt nil that
Colonel Roosevelt said was, "I am
the most misrepresented limn In Am
erlen." STUD ENTS KIOII T KlltK.
iUfl SOOO OJ BBOJ,I POJUOOSBV .ll)
(BOIIIIX
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 10. Fire
which stiirled In tho lower floor of
St. Rltn's Hall at the VIHanovn Col
lego this afternoon, spread rapidly.
Three hundred and. fifty students and
tho priests fought tho lire.
IS
French Leader Reappointed
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In Cabinet Today.
CABINET RESIGNS.
(Hy Associated Piobb.)
PARIS, Franco, Jan. 10.
l'lio Cabinet has resigned.
,
(By Associated Press to Cooa Bay
Times.)
PARIS. Franco. Jan. 10. Then-
phllo Delcnsso, until now mlnlfcter of
Marine In tho French Cabinet, has
accopted tho portfolio of Minister or
Foreign Affairs in succession to Jus
tin Dcsulvcs who resigned yesterday.
It Is rumored that other changes in
blows.
ATTITUDE OK GERMANY.
Do Not Kvpcct Hi Protest
Against
Delcnsse.
(By Associated Press to Coos
Bn
Times.)
BERLIN. Germany, Jnn. 10.
Whllo some papers attack Dolcasso
and predict troublo between Germany
nnd Frnnco over tho ratification of
the Moroccan agreemont. tho attitude
of tho govornmont remains tho same
ns sot forth In tho semi-official ar
ticle Jn the Cologne Gazette In July
which stated. "Wo hnvo no reasons
for regret If a person with a real
personality like that of M. Delcasse
should become tho French minister
of foreign affairs."
D CSSE
W
A ELM
EATE OF MILLIONS IS IN DOUBT
New York Equitable Building
Still Burning and Whether
Billion and Half Dollars In
Securities Can Be Saved Is
Doubtful.
(Dy Assoclatod PrcBS to Coob Bay
Times.)
NEW YOItK, Jan. 10. Hnlf n
billion dollars or moro In securities
and lions in tho ruins of the Eqult
ablo Dulldlng aro bolng gunrded by
140 policemen and detectives. The
bulk of tho Gould, Holm, Itynn nnd
Belmont estates and tho vnst secu
rities of tho Equltnblo Llfo Assu
rance Society nro locked In the mns
slvo stool vaults.
Uy Associated Press to tho Cons Bay
Times.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 10. Fire Is still
burning In tho ruins of the Kqultnblo
building today and tho prospects aro
that it will not bo extinguished boforo
night. Until tho numerous vnults
and safes which wero precipitated In
to tho basement nro cold, It will bo
Impossible to dotornilno tho fate of
$1,500,000,000 securities contained
In them. A rigid police line Is main
tained on all sides of tho building.
The olllclnl pollco report shows bIx
deaths, two missing nnd 23 Injured
ns n result of tho lire. Whnt will bo
dono with tho site has not been de
termined. For years it has been
plnnned to erect thoreon. which Is
Barricades Himself In House
Kills Father, Deputy and
Wounds Three.
BULLETIN.
(Uy Associated Press.)
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan.
10. Lato this afternoon, TwI-
man surrondored.
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay
Tlnicfl.j
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Jan. 10.
Harrlcadod In a house at Scottsvllle,
twelve miles south of hero, nnd arm
ed with a revolver and plenty of am
munition, William Twlninn, n negro,
Is holding off a posse of doputy sher
iffs from Rochester who hurried
thoro on Information Mint Twlninn
hnd gono liisnno and boasted of kill
ing hla fnthor wl oso body Is suppos
ed to bo In tho house. The posso
nttomptod to tnko tho negro who
opened flro killing Deputy Sheriff
Simon Bornilnghnm nnd wounding
Deputies Abbott, Vokes nnd JenkliiB.
Abbott Is Bald to bo fatally hurt.
Escape of tho negro is Impossible.
NntlonnI guardsmen havo gone to tho
scene.
At thrco o'clock nn order wns ob
tained from Supremo Court Justlco
Benton for n 0110 pound gun from the
atnto nrmory to bo tnkon to Seotts
vlllo to bombnrd tho house In which
Twlninn Is barricaded.
AVALANCHE1
Two Lose Lives When Mass of
Snow Carries Rotary Plow
Down Mountain.
By Associated Press to the Coos Bay
Times.)
KALISPELL. Mont., Jan. 10.
An nvnlancho of snow near Java,
sixty miles east of here, last night
carried a rotary snow plow of tho
Great Nortliorn down tho mountain
sldo two hundred feet. Superin
tendent W. R. SmU'n and traveling
engineer C. B. Allen were on tho
rotary with W. F. Brullport, tho
engineer, nnd Flremnn Howe. Tho
train crow rescued Smith and Hovo.
Allen and Brullport wero buried
under a gront mnss of snow nnd de
bris. Tho bodies hnvo not been re
covered. Tho Great Northern is
blocked by tho nvalanche and trains,
aro being routed over tho Northern
Pacific.
NOTICK TO TIIK I'UULIO.
For tho balance of tho winter,
there will bo a boat at tho O'Kclly
landing that can bo chartered day
or night.
J. A. O'KELLY, Prop.
CRAZED NEGRO
FIGHTSIPDSSE
MO
the most valuable single piece of
property In Now York, n sixty-two
Btory offlco building, to cost $2&,uuu,
000 which would mnko It tho tallest
and nlost costly ofllce building In the
world, but under tho stnto law pro
hibiting Insurnnco companlos own
ing or holding real estnto savo solo'.y
"for their own business It mny not bo
possible to go nhead with tho work.
In tlio nrpRPiit condition of the rcnl
I cstute market It may prove that the
Interests of tho policy-holders win
best bo served by soiling tho present
slto and erecting another building on
less expensive frontage.
COLLATERAL IS BURNED.
Southern Pacllle Loses List of Over
10,000 Stockholders.
(By AsBoclated Press to Cooa Bay
Times.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 10. Hccauso
fifty to seventy-live million in colla
teral of Wall street loans nro locked
In tho vnults, tho governing commit
tee of tho Stock Exehnngo announced
todny unothcr postponement of one
dny In deliveries.
Records of the Hnrrlnian railway
lines showing the names and ad
dresses of forty thousand stockhold
ers aro lost. A duplicate set of
names without addresses was kept
by the Mercantile Trust Co. it is
not known If these hnvo been de
stroyed. If they are, It will bo no-
mannrv In nrivcrtlgo for tllO names
and addresses of tho stockholders.
COLD IS FATA
TO TIMBERMAN
E. E. Everts Dies on Smith Riv
1 er While Companion Is
Seeking Relief.
RQSEBURG, Ore., Jan. 10. Ex
hausted and overcomo by tho cold
nfter several hours' tramp In tho
wljd, snowclnd region of tho Smith
river, -18 miles northeast of Gardi
ner, E. E. Evorts, aged 53, n timber
cruiser of Roseburg, died whllo
nwalthiR tho return of his compa
nion, B. O. McGeo, of Eugene, who
wont to n cnbln a mllo nwny to got
matches and kindling for a flro to
resiiBcItnto EvortH.
Death occurred on Decombor 31,
whllo tho men woro cruising n sec
tion of timber for Eugono owners.
McGee, who 1b aged CO yours, mndo
his way to tho nearest sottlomont af
ter four days of great hardship and
telephoned to Gnrdlnor to summon
tho corouor nt RoscburR.
Tho Eugono Guard says: "Evorts
and McGeo woro cruising somo tim
ber belonging to A. 11. Hlukson of
Eugene, and the men wero In his
employ. The first nows of tho death
of Evorts Mr. HlnkEon had was In n
brief lotter received Sunday from
McGeo, who said that ho did all ho
could to keep Everts allvo and going
until thoy could reach a sottlomont,
but nfter struggling along for days
Everts flnnlly dropped and could go
no further. Tho snow was two feot
deop at the place whoro tho mnn died,
and tho weather was cold and raw.
Everts Is known In Eugono nnd Mc
Geo Hvcb bore.
Dr. Hollister of North Bend Re
ceives Large Sum In
Uncle's Will.
Dr. Hollister of North Bond has
Just received ndvlses from New York
that ho was bequeathed 1100,000 by
his undo, a wealthy Now York bank
er who died last week. Tho advlso
winiA In 11 hioshul'o from tho attor
noy In charge of the unclo's estate
and was brief.
Tho lotter stated that besides tlio
bequest of $ 100.000 to Dr. Holllstor,
n similar amount wns left' to other
heirs. Fred. Holllstor, a North Bond
nttornoy, Is n brother of Dr. Hollis
ter nnd whether this means that ho
alfio will recolvo $10jO,000 Is uncer
tain. Tho undo wns very wealthy. Ho
visited tho Bay- for a short time a
couple of years ago.
ULKS ATTENTION!
Brothers como up, nnd see the
fire chief nntlored.
W. C. TIPPETT. Sec.
Have your calling cards printed at
Tho Times' office.
$100,000 TO
COOS RAY MAN
MORE PROMINENT MEN INVOLVED
BY M'MANICAL IN DYNAMIIIS
WIN
DETECTIVES
Companion of Alleged Robber
of Bank at New Westmin
ster Escapes. '
(By Associated Pres to the Cooa Ba;
Times.)
LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 10.
Detectives are hard at work trying
to pick up tho trail of Mrs. Mlna
Griffin, companion of Chnrlcs Denn,
one of tho alleged robbers of tho
Bank of Montreal of Now Westmins
ter, B. C, who disappeared yestor
day. Tho woman 1b said to have
eluded tho vigilance or "Shadows"
and departed with two girls, one
nbout 17 and tho other not moro
Jlinn 12, who lived with Dean and
tko woman In n bungalow which tho
couple rcntod upon their arrival In
Los Angeles. There Ms no warrant
for her arrest but detectives say It
Is necestnry to find her, hb sho may
lend tho searchers to tho place whoro
part of tho loot was taken from the
bank, not yet accounted for, Is hid
den. AHE TACOMA GIRLS.
Maidens With Woman Expected to
Iti.fiirii Home.
(By Associated Press to Cooa Bay
Tircea..
SHATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 10. Tho
two girls who loft Los Angeles with
Mrs. Grlllln nro her daughters, aim
II tn surmised thoy will attcillDt to
return to their homo In Tncomn.
LOGGER IS INJURED.
Gcorgo Strnng had tho misfortune
to got his l3g broken and wns bruis
ed about tho head and shoulders at
Conlogiio's camp, Wednesday, whllo
assisting In moving a donkey en
gine. George was up on a stump
seeing that everything was all right
and somehow the cnblo slipped
breaking a BapliiiR which foil hitting
him 011 tho head and knocking him
off tho stump. Bandon Recorder.
presidentI
LEfiO REBELS
Head of Chinese Republic Will
Personally Head Assault on
Manchu Capital.
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay
Tlmea)
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 10.
Dr. Sun Ynt Sen, president of tl o
now Chliieso republic, porsonnlly
will lead an nrmy of 0110 hundred
thotisnnd men against tho ManchiiB
In Pokln. This announcement was
contained In cablo dispatches to the
Chlnoso Frco Piobb hero today. An
nrmy nlrendy Is bolng mobilized at
Nnnklng.
LOCAL OVERFLOW.
Is Iletter. Mrs. L. A. Stcckel of
Eastsldo, who has beon very ill, Ib re
ported Improving. Tho report that
sho had suffored a stroke of paralysis
Is orroneous.
crlng It.
Breaks Legs. C. A. Cordell, who
resides with n Bister on Isthmus In
let sustained n broken leg In tho
Smltli-Powors logging camp tho day
boforo yestorday. Ho Ib receiving
treatment at Mercy hospital.
Loses Finger. Tho six-year-old
boh of Mr. nnd Mrs. Horbort Halnos
of Isthmus Inlet had tho Indox flngor
of his left hand amputated last night.
Ills father was chopping kindling nnd
tho lad grabbed for tho stick, the ax
striking his finger and almost sov-
Hoiiml Over. Justice C. L. Pen
nock has bound over Andrew Stan
buck to tho grand Jury on tho chnrge
of assault nnd battery, the victim be
ing Mrs. Stanbuck. Justlco Ponnock
mado a trip to hor homo to tnko her
ovldenco, sho bolng unablo to como
to town to testify. Justice Ponnock
pavs tho case was a most brutal one.
Anthony Stnnbuck, a brother, and
Antono Gabollsch, a cousin, furnish
ed $500 bonds for Stanbuck.
Confessed Assistant of the
McNamaras Enlarging
Scope of Confession.
SUBPOENA LARGE NUMBER
AT INDIANAPOLIS PROBE
Outrages Against "Open Shop"
Contractors In Many States
Investigated.
(By Associated PrcBS to Coos Bay,
Times.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jnn., 10.
Subpocnns .for scores of persons who
nro believed to know about explo
sions. In Now York City, In Pennsyl
vania, Illinois, Iown and other states
wero Issued today by tho govornmont
officials conducting tho fcdornl grand
Jury's Investigation of tho dynnmlto
consplrncy. Muny witnesses, It la
wnld, will be culled bccniiBo of tho
now disclosures by Ortlo McMnnlgal,
the confessed dynnmlter.
McMnnlgnl hnB been oxamlnou for
threo days by United States Attorney
Charles W. Miller. As a former ac
complice. John J. McNnmara, sccro
1 tary and treasurer of tho Intorna
, Monal Association of Brldgo and
Structural Iron Workers, who paid
him for blowing up structures erect
ed by "open shop" contractors, It la
reported that McMnnlgal mentloued
men who hnvo not heretofore beon
named, cither nt Los Angeles or olsc
where. McMnnlgnl contlnuod today
to go over his confession In detail.
DIG STEEL ORDERS.
Unfilled Tonnage of V. S. Company
Is Great.
(Dy Associated Press to tho Cooa Hay,
Tlmea.
NEW YORK, Jan. 10. Unfilled
tonnngo of the United Suites ntool for
tho month ending Decombor 31, 1011.
wna 5,081,701 tons compared with
-1.141,055 tons for tho month end
ing Novomber 30.
ALLIANCE? IS
Nome City Crosses In at As
toria With Her Safely In
Tow This Afternoon.
Agent C. F. McCleorgo of tho Al
llnnco received a tologram lato
this afternoon stating that tho Noino
City had tafoly crossed in to tho
Columbia with tho Alllanco In tow
nt 2 o'clock thlB nftornoon. Every
body wns safe aboard tho Alllanco.
This message will rellovo all anxlo
ty felt concerning tl 0 Alllnnco and
wi.s weicoino newH to Coos nay peo
ple gonernlly.
It is not expected that tho Alllauco
will bo lnld up long for ropalrB.
Agent McGeorgo kopt In closo
touch with the Alllanco . Ho receiv
ed nnd tent one hundred and sixty
two messages about hor, Oporator
Moo keeping tho wireless busy and
giving excellent service.
Nothing further has been hoard
rmiramiiiL' iniv vessel sending un dis
tress signals off Capo Arago tho night
boforo laft. Tho steamer raicoon
on route to San Francisco yostordny
afternoon inn In closo to tho coast
but wns iinnble to find any traco of
a vessel In distress. Oporator Moo
of tho United Wlreloss Station, no
tified tho Falcon of tho roport and
tho captain promptly rosponded to
It.
DENIAL IIV RUSSIA.
OnicinN Disclaim Any Attempt to-
Gain Control of Mongolia.
By ABsoclnted Press to the C.wa Bay
Times.!
ST. PETERSBURG. Russia, Jan.
10. Olllclnl denial was given today
by tho foreign ofllco to tho reports
that tho Russian government had
addrossed demands to the Chinese
govornmont In regard to Mongolia
or was planning the occupation ol
Mongolia.
THREE HARES HORN
THREE COXSECrnVH DAYS
, v
. . !.! Tl.. A.'l
I IIV ASKIICIUIt'd llfW T,
CHEYENNE. Wyo., Jan 10. -
Mrs. Herman Carbon of Choy-
enne gnvo birth to one baby'
each day for threo consecutivo.l
days. T!-o third, a girl, war,
norn louoy- 1110 omur i"" ; u .
linvK. I -1, i
IN COLUMBIA