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BA GREATLY SHOCKED B
U. S. THREAT
ilrs on Island Tranquil To-
ly but Outbreak Is Feared
in province.
ECT DISTURBANCES
IN RURAL DISTRICTS
t. Knox's Action Falls to
Create Much Interest In
Congress Today
Associated Press to Coos Bny
Times.;
IAVANA, Cuba;, Jan. 17. Abso-
tranquility relgnod In Ilanava
ay In splto of tho shock of tho nn-
Inccmont In tho morning papors
tho posslblo Impending lntorvon-
by tho United states in uunnn
Ilrs. Moagro roports from tho ln-
kor do not glvo Indications of
ablo, but some fears aro expressed
Havana that disturbances nro
Ely to occur In tho rural districts
ro especially in mo provinces 01
nntn nnd Plnnr Del Wo when tho
rs becomos moro gonornlly clrcu-
td. Commenting on bccromry
it's note. Gonornl Froyo Andrn-
Fof tho Interior Dopartmont said,
kls a blow to all good Cubans but
Emust hopo It will sound n noto
Iwnmlng. All muBt join in n
rlotlo offort to do thoir best 10
tho country.
OPPOSED TO PLAN.
ilnnnn Sulzcr Wants to Lot Culm
Scttlo Itn Own Troubles.
Associated Pr-ss to Coos Bay
Times.)
ASHINGTON, D. C, Jnn. 17.
threatened Intervention in Cuba
not stir much Interest In tho
asn today. Chnlrmun Sulzor of tho
feign Affairs' Committee prcdlct-
Khat tho Cubans would souio
affairs without intorroronco
this country.
LOCAL .OVBKFLOW.
DODGE of Allogany Is visiting
Irlends in Mnrshflold.
IS. WM. FARRIN of Sumnor Is n
Mnrshflold shoppor today. .
Til. MORGAN of Dnnlols Creole Is
Mnrshflold visitor today.
VS. ESTERBECK of Catching In-
at IsMn Mnrshflold today on busi
ness.
IS. WM. MAGILL nnd son have re
turned to their homo in Curry
junty nftor n short visit with hor
irothor, Mnir Dnno.
iW. MAIIONEY loft for his homo
Washington todny aftor n short
riBit with his sisters, Mrs. Ells-
Iboth Adams nnd MIbs Mamlo Mn-
loney.
IS. M. E. HILDRETII and hor
(jnughtor, Mrs. Chns. Murr of
ftirth Bond nro in Mnrshflold
Ihopplng and visiting for tho day.
ny.
ItlackH Woman. Yestorday nft-
9on, Chns. Blo8trom whllo badly
bxlcnted nttneked Mrs. Trolllngor,
toll-known Mnrshflold colored wo-
on North Front street. By-
fidors quickly wont to her roscuo.
Btrom was given twolvo dayB in
city jail for Intoxication and his
will bo roportod to Doputy Pro
ving Attornoy Ltljoqvlst who may
Becuto him. Ho wns formorly n
bor hero but has become nddlct-
io tho uso of liquor. Recently ho
ed to bo put on the "blacklist."
IE EVENTS PREDICTED
FOR
EUROPE.
'his year Mine, do Thebes, tho
ibrated French seeress, has boon
r than usual In Issuing her an
il and International horoscope
tho delay Is doubtless duo to tho
rwhelmlng events that nro going
Imppen In 1012. For 1912 Is go
to bo lurid and slnlstor. Hero,
bfly, on tho word of Mmo. de
Ibes, Is tho history of odious, stro
ps iui2:
Far, which will wreck Europo and
er continents as well.
ansplraclos.
Msasslnntlons.
nal ruin of Paris.
lownfall of tho Gorman emperor.
lots.
plderalcs.
vll destiny for England.
'uslllades and bloodshed in Spain.
ears and misery elsewhere.
lavo your calling cards printed at
Times office.
fter tho show try a Turkish Batb
ne 2 14-J. I
OF INTERVENTION
SSiiNNN.SNV
RRE LOSSES
Two Large Buildings In Goth
am Damaged In Conflagra
tions There Today.
JAPAN'S 1JI0 FIIIK.
(By Associated Press.)
OSAKA, Jnpnn, Jan. 17.
Tho damngo In yesterday's flro
amounts to fifteen million dol-
lnrs. Thirty thousand who wcro
rondcred homolcss nro being
provided with sholtcr in public
buildings of tho city.
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times)
NEW YORK, Jan. 17 Tho sov-
on-story warohouso of tho Terminal
Storngo Company on tho North Klver
waterfront between 27th nnd 28th
streets, was damaged by flro today.
Tho loss Is $125,000.
Flro In tho Knickerbocker Trust
company's 22 story building nt
Brondwny nnd Exchango Placo, a
short dlstnnco from tho Stock Ex
change, resulted In dnmago of ono
hundred thousand dollars.
Servo Sentence. CoiiBtublo Emery
of J North Bond pnsscd through hero
yestordny en routo to Coqulllo with
Justls Snlln who will sorvo twelve
days In tho county Jnll for shooting
ducks after dark. Ho was given tho
option of oorvlng twolvo days or pay
ing $25 and ho took tho Jail Bon
tonco. AGED BRIDE IS
Mrs. Walter Smith, Formerly
of Empire, Weds Youth at
Alameda, Cal.
Fow who read tho Horn In Tho
Times tho othor day about n woman
nt Alnmodn, Cnl whoso ago was
sixty-two, marrying a youth of
twenty-two thought thnt tho nged
brldo was formerly a well-known
Coos Bay woman. It has Just been
nBcortaluod that oho 1b tho mother
of Mrs. Morton Tower, nnd that Bho
nnd hor Into huBbnnd, Wnltor Smith,
roslded at Emplro for ninny years.
Mr. Smith was clork In tho South
ern Oregon company's store nt Em
plro. Tho family loft hero for Cali
fornia n number of years ago. A
daughter of Morton Tower who spent
tho Bummer on tho Bay n couple of
soasons ago when hor parents visited
his father nnd mother, Major nnd
Mrs. Towor hero, wns brldesmnld for
hor grandmother. Tho San Fran
cisco papors dovoto considerable
space to tho oxtrnordlnnry event.
Tho San Francisco Examiner says:
"In splto of tho objections of his
family ,2 2-year-old Georgo L. Becker
of 2105 Central avoniio, Alameda,
married Mrs. Frpdrika Park Smith,
sixty-two years old, Monday night.
Tho ceromony was porformed In tho
brldo's Iioubo nt 121 G Chestnut
street, hor slxteen-yenr-old grand
daughter, Miss Fredrlkn Towor, act
ing as brldosmald nnd Stownrt Beck
er, tho sixteen-year-old brother of
tho groom, acting as best man.
Tho couplo wed In a bower of pink
bridesmaid's roses, whllo tho house
was olaborntoly decorntcd with flow
ers. Tho bride carried a bouquet of
pink and whlto roses. Sho was
gowned In white. Tho Rer. Bverott
Cooper of Christ Episcopal church
road tho marriage service.
Although opposing tho marriage,
tho parents, brothers nnd sisters of
Beckor wore present.
Becker, who Is tho son of Mr. nnd
Mrs. Edwin L. Becker, Is a grnduate
of tho Alameda High School, and sin
ce thnt tlmo has been In the employ
of tho Southorn Pacific rnllrond, In
tho accountant's office. Ills bride is
the widow of Wnltor Smith, who was
killed in tho earthquake at Santa
Rosa.
Tho couplo will not make their
honeymoon journey at this tlmo as
Becker cannot securo loave of nb-
(Continued on page 4.)
N EW YORK
OWN OB
CONGRESS TO HAVE LONG SESSION
Not Likely to Adjourn Until
August and May Interfere
With National Conventions,
(By Associated Proas to Coos Bay
T'lmei.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jnn. 17.
Tho democratic nnd ropubllcnn
lenders of tho House agreed today
that thero Is llttlo llkollhood of Con
gress adjourning before August next.
It was said that this probability lar
gely .Influenced tho democrats in
choosing' Baltimore ns the national
convention city. Tho republicans
will have a moro or less awkward
situation to deal with In holding
their convention In Chicago with
congress In session. A condition of
congress being In session during tho
nntlonnl convontlon periods has not
existed since 1802.
EILES AGIN
E
Rev. J. T. M. Knox Starts Suit
at Coquille Plan to Divide
Property.
The potltlon of Rev. J. T. M. Knox
of Mnrshflold asking for a dlvorco
on tho groundB of cruol nnd inhuman
treatment was fllod with County
Clerk James Watson nt Coquille yes
terday. Tho potltlon recites tho
grounds briefly. Rev. Knox Is still
nt Coqulllo whero ho wont following
nn nltcrcntlon that resulted In tho
application for tho dlvorco.
It Is understood thnt Rev. Knox
nnd wlfo havo about 115,000 or $20,-
000 worth of proporty. It Is not un-
llkoly that an offort will bo mado to
mnlcnbly dlvldo tho proporty and do
tormlnnto tho caso without n legal
fight. Chas. I. Relgard Is represent
ing Rev. Knox and It is understood
that Judgo John F. Hall Is representing-
Mrs. Knox.
p ill of.iicnnn;
II II I III I 1 1 1 1 I
Ui Hi wf 111 I UIIU
Well-Kflown Coos Bay Pioneer
Succumbs to Pleurisy arid
Heart Trouble.
C. W. Snn ford, ono of tho best
known ploneors of this section and
a resident of tho Pacific coast for
...., ,v..,Uv., v.w ""'"" .'"
day after a brief Illness of pleurisy
and heart troublo. Tho nows ot his
death camo as n gront shock to his
many friends, fow of whom woro
nwaro of his serious illness.
Mr. Sanford spent tho grcnter port
of tho last halt contury In and
around Mnrshflold. For somo yenrs
ho waa proprlotor of tho old Western
hotel hero. Ho homestcaded n
ranch on Haynos Inlet nnd rondo that
his homo after retiring from business
hero but for tho last fow years had
spont constdorablo of his tlmo with
rolattves In California.
Ho was born In Now York and was
sovonty years and three days old. Ho
was a votoran of tho Civil War and
n mombor ot tho G, A. R.
Ho Is survived by twenty grnnd-
children and ono gront-grandchlld.
His wife died about two years ngo. '
rno surviving cuuuren nro;
Mrs. Magglo Bowron ot Ton Mllo,
Miss Graco Sanford of Haynos Inlot,
Mrs. C. A. Nollner ot North Bend,
Herman Sanford of Sumner, Ernest
Sanford of Haynes Inlot, Mrs. Cora
Sanford of Ashland, Oregon, Vivian
Gnnfnril nt Pntnhlnn. Tnlnfr Tifra Wm.
aim,, wnf minf r,A ,
I
0
step-chlldron, Mrs. Laura' Houser of,row morning from Portland.
Oakland, Cal., and Chas. Liggett of
Ten Mllo,
Tho tlmo ot holding tho funeral
will not bo determined until all of
tho rolatlves aro communicated
with.
O
GIRL DANCES SELF
TO DEATH
NEW YORK, Jan. 17, Miss
Caroline Carpenter of Roose-
velt, L. I., 19 years old, was so
popular with the young gallants
at a danco ot tho Junior guild
i
l
of St. Pauls Episcopal church
In tho Board of Trado Hall,
that sho had to split her dances.
Just boforo midnight, whllo
waltzing, sho reeled, almost fell f ,
to tho floor, and died without
regaining consciousness. Physl-
clans said sho had danced her- ,
self to death.
OUMMINS A CANDIDATE.
Imvn Senator to Seek llopublloin
Presidential Nomination.
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
DES MOINES, la., Jan. 17. Sen
ator Albert B. Cummins will shortly
announco lrnsolf ns n candidate for
tho republican presidential nomina
tion, according to a report norslstent
among his friends hero today. ,
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 17.
Senator Cummins today absolutely
declined to discuss the reports that
ho was about to announco hlmsolf as
n candidate for the republican nomi
nation for president. It Is genorally
expected, however, among Cum
mins' friends In Washington that the
announcement of his candidacy will
bo niadovery soon
NORTH INLET
R. A. Church Pays. $18,500
For John Bear's 160-Acre
Tract Today.
Negotiations wero closed today for
tho sale of tho John Bear ranch on
North Inlet to R. A. Church for
$18,500. Tho ranch contnlns 1G0
acres, much of it bottom land, nnd
Is ono of tho best In that section.
Mr. Church will take possession
of tho ranch nt onco nnd plans to
convert it Into a flno dnlry ranch. Ho
had been negotiating for n rnnch on
tho Coqulllo but tho dcnl for that
foil through. Ho has been residing
In South Mnrshflold since ho dlspos
cd of his Coos River rnnch.
Mr. nnd Mrs. Bonr, who havo been
living on tho rnnch for tho past yonr,
will return to Mnrshflold to ninko
their homo.
Dennis McCarthy, Head Crui
ser For Coos County, Makes
Report on Work.
That each quarter section of tlm-
ber land that hns boon crulsod for
Co01 county hn8 on nn nvorngo 7t.
232,000 feet of standing tlmbor IB
tho r ort ot DonnIs McCarthy, head
,,: Mr. irnnnhv im. h,i
chargo of tho official crulso which
been mado under tho dlroctlon ot
tho Coos county commissioners for
tho purposo of moro nccuratoly ns
Besslng tho tlmbor Innds nnd hns
mndo n most enroful nnd nccurnto
crulso. A summary of tho work
accomplished under his dlroctlon
during tho pnst threo sonsons Is ns
follows:
Totnl ncrcs cruised. .. .290,022.01
Acres Umbered 232,474.28
Acres not tlmbored .... 00,548.67
Totnl stnndtng tlmbor 10,532,755,000
Average per ncro of
timbered area 45,200
Tho county commissioners aro
expending about $10,000 por yoar
on tho crulso and havo sot asldo that
nraount for tho coming year.
DENNIS MCCARTHY will leave to
morrow for San Francisco and Los
Angeles on n short pleasuro trip.
ALONG THE WATERFRONT.
The Breakwater Is duo In tomor-
Tho Nann Smith arrived in this
afternoon from. Bay Point.
The schooners Omega and Loulso
arrived In today from tho south.
POSTPONE ABDICATION
OF CHINESE THRONE
(By Associated Press.)
PEKIN, China, Jan. 17. No
deflnlto action was taken at the
conference ot tho princes of tho
Imperial clan with the Empress
Dowager today. A discussion of
I tho subject of abdication was
postponed until Friday owing
to the Blight Indisposition of
Premier Yuan Shi Kal. Cer-
tain of the princes declare tho 4
abdication of tho throne Is 4
pending.
4
nMcccTAwnnc
2 I MlHf LllHlfLr ill
AWAY TIMBER FOUND
UNITED MINE WORKERS
TO
LUMBER RATE
FIGRT BEGUN
Southern Pacific Opposes Re
duction From Willamette
Valley to San Francisco
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 17.
A pormancnt injunction against tho
Interstate Commerco Commission's
order fixing rates on lumber from
tho Wlllamotto Valley to San Fran
cisco Bay points was requested to
day of tho commerco court by tho
Southorn Pacific and other railroads.
Tho rat8 which wero increased from
13.10 nnd $3.35 to $5.00 n ton, woro
rcducd by tho commission to $3.50
and $3.75 a ton. Tho railroads at
tacked tho commission's ordors ns
confiscatory.
LOSES HOPE OF HEIR.
(By Assoclatod Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
THE HAGUE, Jan. 17 Apparent
ly a well-founded report has It that
Queen Wllhelminn, who two weeks
ngo was said to bo expecting nn In
teresting family ovont, had suffered
n mishap which dissipates immedlato
hopes of tho birth of an heir to tho
throne.
Fractures Ribs. C. J. Wost of
Easts'do, slipped and fell nnd frac
tured two ribs tho othor day. Ho
was suffering from a painful Injury
to his log sustained by a knlfo slip
ping nnd cutting a bnd gash, and
fools that ho Is hoodooed.
Semi-Annual Meeting of Coos
County Association Held
Here Last Evening.
Tho soml-nnnunl mooting of tho
Coos County Hnrdwnro Beaters As
sociation wns hold nt tho Chandler
grill Inst oveulng nnd proved to bo
ono ot iho best meetings tho associa
tion hns over hold. Thero wns a good
nttondnnco nnd various mnttors wero
dlBciiBsod. Tho buBlnoBs mooting wns
followed by n banquet nnd social
session. .
President A. E. Ncff presided.
F. E. Hague Is secretary of tho asso
ciation. Tho annual election of ofll
cors will tnko placo nt tho noxt
mooting. At tho business meeting,
J. T. Hnrrignn nnd W. N. Ekblnd of
Mnrshflold, and O. E. Hullng ot Myr
tlo Point woro olected delegates to
tho annual convontlon ot tho Oro
gon Retail Hnrdwnro Dcalors at
Portland.
At tho banquet, tho principal tnlks
woro mado by J. T. Harrlgan, F. E.
Hague and Jack Lamb.
Among thoso present nt tho moot
ing woro:
O. E. Hullng of Myrtlo Point, Mr.
Schroodor of Myrtlo Point, Tom Niel
sen of Bnndon, A. R. McNntr of Bnn
don, Tom Modloy of Coqulllo, Jnck
Lamb of Coqulllo, P. N. Roborg ot
North Bond, Mr. Hnzor of North
Bond and F. E. Hague, Mllo Sumnor,
W. N. Ekblnd, J. T. Harrlgan, A. E.
Neff. E. C. Paddock of Mnrshflold,
representing Bnkor & Hamilton, wns
tho only invited guest.
PLEADS NOT QUITTV.
Detective Franklin Denies McNnmnra
Jnry Bribery.
(By Assoclntcd Press to the Coos Bay
Times)
LOS ANGELES, Cnl., Jnn. 17.
Setting at rest nil rumors thnt ho
would throw himself on tho morcy
of tho court, Bert II, Frnnklln, tho
former McNnmnrn dotectlvo, accused
of jury brlbory, pleaded not guilty
to the two charges fllod against him.
His trial was sot for February 27.
Tho pleas wero entered aftor Judgo
Willis had denied a motion of
Franklin's attorney to discuss tho
two Informations lodged against tho
dotectlvo by W. Joseph Ford, assis
tant district attornoy.
If you havo anything to sell, trade,
rent, or want help, try a want ad.
HARDWARE MEN
f HOLD SESSION
m
ORGANIZE GREAT UNION
Delegates to National Conven
tion Want to Merge All
Miners' Organizations.
WOULD WIELD GREAT
POLITICAL INFLUENCE
Gompers and Mitchell Are De
nounced and Government
Ownership Is Advocated.
(By Assoclatod Press to Coos Bay,
Times)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jnn. 17.
Ono groat union ot tho coal nnd
motnl miners of tho United States
and Canada miiBt bo formed It tho
m I no workers nro to successfully
combat mlno corporations, doclarcd
Edward Young of Great Falls, Mont ,
representing the Westorn Federation
of Miners In his nddrcSB boforo tho
United Mlno Workers of America to
dny. Ho urged that tho nntlonnl conl
miners' organization absorb tho
motnl minors' union nnd Bald ho be
llovcd tho merger plan now going
forwnrd would bo successful within
n fow yenrs. A referendum voto Is
to bo tnlton nmong tho motnl minors
of tho Western Fcdorntlon. J. A.
McKlnnon of Douvor, roportod to the
convontlon thnt tho propositions will
bo npprovod by a largo majority.
Gompers In Scored.
A heated dobato followed tho road
lng of nrc8olutlon providing for tho
withdrawal of tho MlnoWorkors from
tho Amorlcnn Fcdorntlon ot Labor
and condemning tho leadership ot
Samuol Gompors nnd John Mitchell,
ns "nffillatcd with that Bleep produc
I"2 agoncy, tho National CIvIo Fed
eration." It Ib not expected that A
voto on tho resolution will bo roach
cd until lato In tho day. Denouncing
tho Fcdorntlon of Lnbor ns n tool of
tho steel trust nnd othor lntoroats,
Its ndvocntos nro calling a groat la
bor convontlon for April 1 for tho
formation ot n now nntlonnl Indus
trial organization.
FOR GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.
United Mine Workers Adopt Resolu
tion Favoring It.
(By Assoclntcd Press to Coos Bay,
Times.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jnn. 17.
Government ownership of nil Indus
tries wns favored by tho United
Workers of Amorlcn, now In conven
tion hero, In n resolution ndoptod to
dny. Tho resolution, which wns pre
sented by a Pennsylvania union, Is
na follows:
"Whereas, Wo consldor It would
bo n bonoflt to (ho community nt
large, thoroforo, bo It, resolved, that
this convention go on record favoring
government ownership ot till Indus
tries." Tho resolution wnB bnckod by tha
socialists in tho convontlon nnd a
count showed practically no opposi
tion nmong tho 1,300 dolegntcs. Tho
result of tho voto wiib greoted with
cheers.
"Aftor wo havo united on tho In
dustrie Hold wo will unlto on tho
political flold nnd then tho men who
dally risk thoir lives In mining coal
nnd motnls, will got thnt which bo
longs to them," snld McKonnou.
STRIKERS FIGHT MILITIA.
Slight Clutfi Marks Tovtllo Workors
fitrlko In East.
(By Assoclatod Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
LAWRENCE, Mnss., Jnn. 17.
Threo thousand striking textllo
workors nnd mllitln clnshcd wbon tho
former rofused to ehango tho lino of
mnrch of a parado and attomptod to
forco'tho soldlors lino. Tho mllltla
mon belabored their assailants with
clubs but no ono was seriously hurt.
HLAOK HAND VIOTDf.
Italian Found Murdered Near Spok
ano Today.
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay
' Times.)
SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 17. Tho
body of Tommle Barhano, an Italian,
believed to bo a victim of tho "Black
Hand", wns found In Hill Yard this
morning. Threo bullets had been
flred Into his body. Thero Is no cluo,
COOS BAY CAMP NO. 100, W.O.W.
ATTENTION l
All members requested to bo pre
sont at rogular meeting tonight Jan
uary 17, 1012. Important business.
By order of
W. U. DOUGLAS,
Clork.
ELKS, ATTENTIONl
Do not forget that meeting to
morrow night.
W. O. TIPPETTS,
Secretary,