The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957, February 21, 1912, EVENING EDITON, Image 1

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MARSHFIELD, OREGON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1912 EVENING EDITION
A Consolidation of Times, Coast Mull Jq -JgQ
and Coos Hay Advertiser.
IIS10N SUSTAINS $10,00010
RHJAGE FROM FIRE EARLY TODAY
lenty-five Blocks in Resi-
ence, warenousB dim rec
tory ucnier duiiiuu.
LE FANS FLAMES;
ENTIRE CI IT blMUAiMutncu
a ak
ball Stream That uiviaes
rown Enables r-iremen 10
Stop uoniiayrauun.
Associated Proas to Coos Day
1'lllleB.)
nitcrnV. M'nx.. Fob. 21 lin
ed by u Biu t",lt uwcnt '" .w,lll
of tliu corneal nuriiiuiii wuo "
whiter, flames Bwopt through tho
tcru section of Houston early to
and wiped out 2G blocks, causing
" of $0,000,000 to-$10,000,000.
iy cottngea were uosuuycu u vuu
many big niniiuittciuriiig !""
thousands 01 persona niu numu-
nnu out 01 wont, nm b iwi
,.f tin. limn Is confined to tho
fber and cotton Industries,
orty-flvo tlioiiMiuid bales of cot-
wcro Uiirneii, representing u wb
12,000,000. The flro uturted In a
,, .,nr till, Sdll tllLTll Pacific
llwny tracks soon after midnight.
heavy wind pieKon up wio iiuinua
f -,.in,i tiiiini iivit tho nuluhbnr-
cottnges and buildings and iib tho
Hub of tho tiro grow, a iu-miiu
S. mi'Mit iim HimrkH throughout tliu
trlct and booh many mnniifnctur-
plauta woro annuo nntt wuro-
cs wero being guiien oy uiu
DOS.
firemen put up a terrific fight,
wcro unablo to copo with tlio Bil
lon until Iliiffnlo Dnyou, a Biunll
m that dlvldea tho eastern part
the city from tho main Bcction,
i reached. Hero every pteco oi
arntus was stationed nloug tho
k. If the flro leaped the Dnyou,
nrnn the destruction of tho city.
the advaiiclug flnmea began to
li Km llnvini Hi'nreu (if Streams of
fcr wcro burled Into thorn, check-
little .by llttio, tlio urea prog
Al ciiiiin nnrrnwnr nnrtlmm of
stream tho flauica leaped across
tho uuiro aubsinniini mtiiuiiiga
not afford tho tlndorllko fuel
vlmiBly encountered and tho
Mil nf thn fire vnn niovonted.
Eiy persons wero hurt during tho
I but so far ns known thero woro
fatalities. Tho burned area la at
It a mlio and a half long and nt
(its a qunrter of a mlio wido.
.Mimv Lives KiiiliuiL'rri'il.
tho rond of tho flume gnvo wnrn-
iii uiu Hunger una iiuiitiiuiiH in
pons, Riving no hood to tho cold,
ncn irom inoir iiomos elan only in
lr nlKht c othes. Women enrry-
bables, and women nt whoao
'(ft flninll tlillilntii nlnniv irnt lim-atil
i 'IIHII VMIIWtUll Itlltffi ttVIIVIUU
he homes of nolghhora for rofugo,
) in uu uriveu out a iew miuuioa
ir by tho oncoming tiro.
'Ircmcn appointed londorn nmoug
Hl'MlnllR nt thn (lntim-atifjitift ilia.
--. w t.v ..., .;-. .. j't
t anil they, mnrahalllng tho rofu
s, led them out of dnngor. Homes
e quickly provided in other rOal
KA KPPflntiu nt tt.u !.. fMrtM.l.w-
" -.... ... IIW IHi VMl'llllMft
i looi wero rurnlHiiod by a roller
llntltnn nil I Hiaka In .ni.iunKnMnnlu
-..,." v (til 4 tUVIU lil I Will Jf ill till 1 VI J
lo BiifferliiB. Tho number of liomea
siorca inirnea Is moro than ftO.
QERS BRANDT
FEAR STRIKE
IN ENGLAND
Threatened Walkout of 800,-
00 Miners Will Affect
Other Laborers.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Tlmoi.)
LONDON, Fob. 2t. Condltlona
throughout Great Drltaln, and par
ticularly In tho manufacturing ills
trlcts of tho North of England, are
becoming rapidly wnmo ns a result
of tho threatened coal strike, which,
If It occurs at tho end of tho month,
will throw 800,000 minora besides
workora of other trades out of em
ployment. Mnny Iron workora and
othor factory mon today received no
ticca from their employers that their
norvlccH will not bo required after
Fobruary liOth ahould tho coal atrlko
ho decided on. Most of tho factories
havo supplies of coal on hand for tho
moat urgent work. In Lopdon nud
other cltlca tho price of eonl already
has reached $8 per ton and tho poor
er clnssca nro paying almost doublo
this ruto na they purehaao only in
small qunntltlca, Promlor Aaqulth
la endeavoring to bring about a set
tlement of tho dispute.
A WE
BACK
TO CALL
IN A TUNNEL
Freight and Passenger Collide
Impossible to Reach
Burning Cars.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
NORTH ADAMS, Mass., Fob. 21
A fierce flro with heavy explosions
In tho debris mndo it Impossible- for
tho wrecking crows today to reach tho
tcono of collision of tho passenger
train and freight on tho Doston &.
Malno Railroad Inside tho Hoosnc
tunnol. Attempts to got to tho
burned enrs woro abandoned until
tho flro will hnvo burned Itself out,
which mny bo Saturday or Sfinday.
Tho dead will not oxcred four, It Is
believed. Tho cniiao of tho accident
has not been determined.
EXPECT GILL
TO WIN OUT
Icused Valet Returned to
rrison Until Trial Par
don Is Urged. '
AS&OPlAtOfl Praaa tr rrna fin
Times.) !
IMV YOUK, Feb. 21 Justlco
i today sustained tho writ of
corpus Issuod In tho cuso of
K L. Urn ti fir nmi ntiiimi rinnttflt
ho remanded to tho Tombs prison
irnii
Associated Press to Coos Day
Tlmaa
LDANY. N. Y Feb. 21 Attor-
yciierai farmody announced to
tost he linil ropnmnimiiliiil In
"no' Dlx that Draudt bo par-
? no noiiis that there la no
fenH, "" "." V"" VV D"ww l""
r-Mui. riiiiintirinH l,,IHnli.... l.k l n '
kt degree. "' "' "ul
i
fVOUU, X.xmk MOUNTAIN' !
"ORTLAN'n n.o ri. m
in an ff:; :."."" 1t7 ti
fii i V"" io seuio me om w,
En Letwee Seattle and Taco-
Eii.2 f.n l.he great mountain
rfarn ',Vun,er n Seattle and
lMno . '" iacoma, General
li ITIV J!!Un of the Port-
kd tw iL e8UVRl' ha3 suggest-
en ,"r ulB peaK b0 rechrlat-
f L ?.Iount J,m " n honor
'the -empire builder."
,,
Mayor Who Was Recalled in
Disgrace Year Ago Nom
inated Yesterday.
iDy Associated Press o Coob Day
Times)
SEATTLK, Feb. 21 Apparently
Scnttlo has decided to glvo Hlrnm C.
GUI, who was recalled from tho of
flco of Mayor In dlagrnco ono year
ngo, another chance. Although ho
did not poll nearly a majority of all
tho votea cast at yesterday's primary,
ho received nearly 10,000 votes more
than hlB nearest competitor, tho sln
glo tax and municipal ownership can
didate. Duslness mon believe. 'Gill
will bo olected In the rogulnr election
March 5, GUI, who rnn on a wide
open town platform, promised to car
ry out tho policy of his former term
but with Sheriff Edward Cudlheo as
c'llof of pollco.
It Is estimated nt tho registration
otflce- that 40 per cent of tho 73.G02
registered voters In Seattle are wom
en and it Is estimated by observers
nt tha nrtmnrv e'cctloii that the pro
portion of wome-n who voted about
tho same ns that of tho registration.
In tho recnll olectlon Inst year tho
women voted almost solidly against
GUI. Yesterday tho women's vote
wna divided among nil tho candl
dn. ipi. itiol vnln for Mnvnr was fi2.-
P57 and was divided as follows: GUI
24 522: Cotteriu lt.izo; rarisn i-.-700;
Wells 10.822; scattering 90.
NOTICE.
To those receiving Invitations to
the Modern Woodmen of America
Social Dance, Feb. 24, tho Invitations
should have read; gentlemen $1.
L
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Republican Members of Con
gress Vote Solidly on Tariff
for First Time Since Split in
House.
(Dy Assoclatea Press to Cooa Day
.Times.)
WASHINGTON, Fob. 21. For tho
llrat tlmo sliico tho Insurgent re
publicans broke nwny from tho rog
ulara in tho light on tho potroleum
duty in tho Payne tariff bill in '11)09
the republicans of tho houao todny
presented practically a aolld front
against tho pnsaago of tho tariff re
vision bill. All tho Insurgents voted
with tho regulnr republican forces
ngalnst tho Underwood chemical tnr-
; ".which wna passod, however, by a
vote of 178 to 217. With tho pass
age of tho chemical revision by Urn
house todny another democratic tar
iff measure was added to tho sennto
calcndnr. The steel bill Is pending In
tho senate, whore only a coalition of
progressive republicans and demo
crats can pass it. It Is tho intention
of tho sennto flnnnco commltteo to
grant ainplo hearings to nil parties
Interested In tho tariff bills sent ov
er from tho house.
Tha Insurgents opposed tho meas
ure on tho ground that tho revision
wna tipwnrd Instead of downward.
"This bill has no support from tho
Independent voters of tho House, be
cause It Is n rank caso of upward tc
vision," said Representative Murdock
of KansnB. "It would tako scorca of
articles from tho frco list and put
utlps on them. It Is Indofonalblo."
TWO ARE HELD
TO GRAND JURY
Head of Industrial Workers of
the World Bound Over at
Lawrence, Mass.
(Dy Assoclntod Press to Coos Day
TlmoB.)
LAWRENCE, Mass., Fob. 21 Jo
fceph J. Ettor, leador of tho Indus
trial Workora of tho World in the lo
cnl textllo strike, nnd Arturo GIo
vnnttl, hla assistant, woro hold to the
grand Jury by Judge Mnhonoy In Po
lice Court today, charged with bolng
accessories before tho fact In tlio mur
der of Anna Lohlzzo. Tho woman
was killed In a riot January 29.
MANY ARRIVE
N
Steamer Has Rather Rough
Trip Up the' Coast
Sails Friday. '
Thu Redondo arrived In Into from
San Francisco with a capacity passen
ger Hat and a good cargo of mis
cellaneous freight. Shu had a rnthor
rough trip up tho coast, a stiff north
west wind prevailing all tho time.
Tho Rodondo will anil from hero
for San Francisco Frl iny aftornoon.
Among those arriving on tho Ro
dondo wore tho follow. ng:
Dr. W. A. Toyo, E. 0. Guorln, A.
V. Wlckmnn, Mra. A. V. Wlckmnn,
E. P. Nloustndt, Jus. Haines, John
Morgan, Mra. E. C. Paddock, R. Alex
ander, Frank Clayton, F. A. Lane
let, Mra. A. G. Aiken, J. D. McDougnl,
Mra. J. D. McDougal, Archlo Mc
Dougal, L. G. Irwin, M. Oesnnor, Mra.
M. J. Elrod, C. L. Albrocht, .Mra. C.
L. Albrocht, Vora Albrocht, P.
Schuttpch, Miss Leo, Miss Drockwoll,
R. E. Scott, C. A. Chapman. Morris
Chick, Geo. H. Ronton, Rny llanford.i
V. Woodllold, G. H. Hitching, Mlsa
McDonald, Miss Holen Wicks, Mrs. E.
C. Kldd, Mrs. C. Palmer, Mra. E. Don
MeCrnry. W. F. Rogora, J. J. Lamos,
E. D. Scott, R. II. Scott, Chns. LanJo,
K. Covr, E. Don McC-nry, Sh., Jus.
Haggerty, It. Hamilton.
ROUSE PROBE
BEGINS SOON
Investigation of Sensational
Removal of Adjutant Gen
eral Ainsworth.
(Dy Associated Press to tho Coos Da)
Times.)
WASHINGTON, Fob. 21 An In
vestigation of tho chnrgo thnt lod to
the sensational removal of Adjutant
General Ainsworth wns authorized to
day by tho House commltteo on mili
tary affairs In reporting tho Wntklna
resolution requiring tho Secretary of
War to submit to Congress all tho
documents bearing on tho alleged Insubordination.
E
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TAKES LARGE
III
1
Earl Stannard, Missing Pomo
na Bookkeeper, $149,000
Short in Accounts.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
LOS ANGELES. Fob. 21 Earl
Stannard. the missing bookkeeper of
tho American National Dank of Po
monn, whose alleged defalcations
wero found yesterday to aggrogato
$149,000 Instead of J5000 as was at
first thought, Is hiding In this vi
cinity according to Information said
to bo In possession of tho authorities
of Pomona. His arrest Is expected
wit'i'u n few days. Stannard was not
bonded.
NOTICE TO ELKS.
AM members of MorsM'e'd Lodge
nf R'ks. No. 11 GO. D. P. O E.. are re
quested to be present at meeting to
night. Election of temporary secre
tary and balloting for candidates.
C.F. MCKNIGHT,
Exalted Ruler.
Shippers Ask for $2,000,000
Reparation for Exorbitant
Freight Rates.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times) ,
WASHINGTON, Fob. 21. As a
soquol to tho Interstate Comdiorco
Commission's decision In tho famous
"Spokane rate caso" that freight
charges to nnd from Spoknno aro un
reasonable and exorbitant, shippers
of that city today mndo n domnnd
on tho vnrlous Northwostorn und
transcontinental linos for $2,000,000
reparation.
Tho complaint ngaliiBt the rail
roads filed with tho Commission nnd
covers alleged oxcesslvo freight
charges exacted during 1910 and
1911.
(Dy Associated Press to the Coos lluj
Times)
WASHINGTON, Fob. 21 It Is tho
largest slnglo caso of reparation ovor
brought before tho Commission. In
Us determination of tho "Spoknno
rate case" tho Commission mndo n
material reduction in freight rates to
nnd from Spoknno. Tho refund asked
Is tho difference between tho old
rates nnd those fixed by the Commis
sion as reasonable.
TALKS IN ORIO
Expresses His Views on Some
Questions Pending in
State Convention.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Da;
Times.)
COLUMDUS, Ohio, Feb. 21. Poll-
tlclans all over Ohio camo to Colum
buB todny to hear Theodore Roose
velt express his views on mnttera
pending In the convention which hnvo
been the subject of political dobate
throughout tho state. The Interest
in his speech was heightened by the
fact that Governor Harmon a few
days ago outlined his opinions on the
same convention... Roosevelt's speech
was Interrupted frequently by cheers.
When ho declnred for "Justice for
all, big corporations and small deal
ers" there was but scattered hand
clapping. "I find that people do not
seem to like (o) applaud that kind
of a statement,'" said Roosevelt,
smiling. Applause long and loud was
immediately forthcoming,
i t
Smoking hot HEAL CHICKEN
tamales at Staffprds.
i
1 C NS ME CO S
PROTECTION OF UNITED STATES
DID NOT KNOW
IT WAS LOADED
St. Louis Woman Who Shot
Her Husband to Death Is1
Acquitted.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
ST. LOUIS, Fob. 21 Mrs. Clara
Murray was acquitted today of the
charge of murdering her husband.
She aliot him with a cat rlflo last Oc
tober after, according to her testi
mony, ho had kicked her. Sho said
bho did not know tho rifle was loaded.
YUAN SHI KAl'S PLANS
New President of China Wants to
Advance Chinese.
(Dy Associated Press to Coon Day
Times.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Fob. 21 A
cablegram has been received from
unn Shi Knl, tho president of tho
Chlneso republic, In which ho notifies
tho Chlneso of the world of his elec
tion. Ho announces his administra
tion will bo republican, thnt ho has
tho Intorcsts of tho Chlneso nt heart
and will endenvor to direct tho gov
ernmental affairs with an Idcn of pro
moting nnd strengthening tho power
of tho CiIncso In tho world affairs.
BUILD VESSEL
AT
OT
Capt. Reynolds Awards Con
tract for Gasoline Schooner
to Kruse & Banks.
Capt. Reynolds, who conductod n
cannery horo last year, hus nwnrdod
the contract to tho Kruse & Hanks
ship building company of North Demi
for tho construction of n now gaso
line schoonor. It will be n duplicnto
of tho Hustler which Kruso & Ranks
recently comploted for Capt. Poto Ol
son. Tho vcesol Is to bo 04 feet long, 20
foot beam with 5 feet G Inch hold.
Tho vcbso! Is to bo Btartcd nt onco
nnd completed In about two months.
Sho Is to ho taken to Alaska where
fdio will bo used na a tender for tho
rnnnorlca of the Dnrnos Snlmon Pack
ing Company.
OUTLINE PLAN
OF COAST Li
Southern Pacific's Move To
wards Extension from Tilla
mook to Coos Bay.
Tho Portland Tologrnm publishes
tho following additional particulars
about tho proposed Coast Una of tho
Southern Pacific, news of which wiis
printed in Tho Times a few days
ago:
Engineers Hooy nnd Fontaine, who
havo boon ongaged In supervising
most of tho construction work of tho
Natron end of tho now mniiilluo cut
off of the Southern Pacific, have been
doing reconnolssanco work for tho
Hnrrlnuin interests for what appears
to bo a 200-mllo extension right down
the Oregon coast Hue from Tillamook
Day to Cooa Day. The lino as reco
jioitered would connect tho recently
completed Pacific Railway & Naviga
tion Company's road from Portland
to Tillamook with tho proposed WU-lnmot'e-Pitclfln
lino from Eugeuo to
Coos Day, which Is now under con
struction. This lino would glvo the Harrlmnn
Interests -a continuous belt lino with
Portland, Eugene, Tillamook and
Coos Day points na tho important ter
minals. Tre ground covered by Hooy
and Fontaine la a richly productive
ono, which hus not had tho proper In
dustrial or agricultural development
simply because tho territory lackod
sulnb'o transport'iMon f-rl'iHe
The engineers started their prelim
inary work at Gardiner, which Is at
tho mouth of the Umpqua River and
one of tho Important points on the
Eugene-Coos Day extension. From
thfiTP, thnv went over he country
(Contlnuail on past 4.)
AMERICANS IN
Claim That Robber Bands Are
Looting and Destroying
Their Property. '
ANARCHY WIDESPREAD
SOUTH OF RIO GRANDE
Rebels Apparently Only Need
One Leader to Start Big
Revolution.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times)
WASHINGTON, Fob. 21 Advlcos
from Mexico to tho Stato Department
todny Indicate wldo spread anarchy
south of tho Rio Gruudo. Sovoral
cities and towns nro reported to bo
in tho hands of tliu robots. Protests
by Americana against robberies nro
multiplying and robber bands nro op
erating without apparent interrup
tion throughout the republic.
It la fenred that nil that Is needed
to again plungo Moxtco Into vlcll
htrlfo Is n lendor who can hnrnionlzo
tho factions nnd bring tlio robolllous
elements together. Slnnloa, Oxaca
and Yucntan aro said to bo wnglng
open wnrfnro ngalnst tho govern
ment. Americans in tho Cullan vnl
loy In South Mexico havo suffered
to such oxtcnt from robber bnnds
thnt they have mado nn urgont ap
peal for aid to tho United States gov
ernment. Tho situation In which
tho Americans find themselves Is con
sidered so serious by the Department
that Its representatives there havo
boon Instructed to make soml-wookly
reports In addition to tholr urgent
communications.
G
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Vessel From Coos Bay Reaches
San Diego Badly Shat
tered by Storm.
Tho bnrkentlno Arngo of tho Simp
son (loot, concornng which much ap
prehension wns folt, reached Snu
Diego Sunday In a badly dtsablod
condition. Sho wna a couplo of wcoks
ovorduo. A San Diego dispatch gives
tho following particulars of her haz
ardous voyngo:
Thlrty-throo days out from Coon
Day, Its pumps manned nnd its decks
wntor-washod, tho barkontlno Arngo,
Captain Vcrzon, mndo port lato Sun
day afternoon, after ono of tho hard
est voyagoB recently reported on tho
southern const.
It was precoded a fow houra by tho
schoonor Mnwoomn, Captain NolBon,
18 dnyB from Wlllnpn, tho greater
portion of tho tlmo without a com
pass. Ono day nut of WUlapa, tho
Mawooma struck n hurrlcano nnd for
nonrly GO hours tho captain nnd crew
bnttlod for tholr lives.
Hon Overtakes Vessel.
Tho compnss nnd binnacle box woro
torn away with tho first waves.
Though tho ship waa running with
tho wind, tho Btorm wns tho foator
and for houra tho aen broko over tho
veasol, carrying nwny tho lifeboat
and a portion of tho cargo. For u
wook tho Maweoma was hold to ita
courso by tho old of tho sun nnd
Btara until finally tho wind abatod
and tho bnrkentlno Arngo.i flying
algnnlB of distress, waa sighted.
Schooner Khares HuppllcH.
It was found that tho sides of tho
Arago hod opened, wnter was pour
ing In nt tho rato of sovon Inches
an hour, moat of tho anlla hnd boon
torn nnd wntor nnd provlalons woro
almost out. Tho erlpplod Maweoma
shared Ita mengro supply with tho
sinking vessel and from thnt tlmo un
til todny thoy wore always In Bight
of onch othor.
Tho Arago was kopt afloat by Jottl
sonlng somo of Ita lumbor cargo and
using a portion of tho cargo for fuol
to keen tho donkey engines In opera
tion aa mi aid to the crew manning
j tho pumps.
, DISSIPATED ROHINS
' DRUNK I'PON RERIUKS
LYERLY, On., Feb. 21 Rob-
Ina In this vicinity hnvo acquired
habits of Insobriety. Tho bird
"llcker" that Intoxlcntes thorn
Is believed to bo obtained from
ChlnnborrlcB, which grow In
profusion near bore. Many of
the robins thnt havo been found
In a drunken condition havo
beon watched during tholr stup-
ofactton, watchers being careful
in iiun nts nt ii nfe distance.
and It has been observed thnt
In a few hours tho birds rovlvo
and Immediately go back to tho
Chlnaberry trees.