The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957, February 26, 1912, EVENING EDITON, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text',' MAN EVER DIDANYTHINGWORTH WHILETHEMORNiNGAETERTHENIGHT BEEORE EADVEItTIBlNO in The TIMES PHI Tut Your lleftl Estnto "ln (E000 Saw Qftmeg WANT ADVERTISING In Tho TIMES Will Keep tho Income from Your Furnished Rooms from Lapsing! YOU can really holp the family revenues by rontlng a few furnished rooms and, If you know how and when to ubo tho classified columns, you may keep that llttlo extra Incomo ns "steady ns a clock." Hie Market" EHecuvciyi will put tho facta about your ;..." In town. And If ono of thorn who ought to V, you'll soil ltl MEMIJEH OP ASSOCIATED PRESS rVYU Estnblisiicu in i7 MARSHFIELD, OREGON MONDAY. FEBRUARY 26, 1912 EVENING EDITION A Consolidation of Times, Coast .Mull Jq. 192 nntl Coos liny Advert lrr. I BEET SAYS HE WILL ACCEPT PRESIDENCY AGAIN illy announces That He Accept Nomiiiauuii n Tendered Him. NOT QUIT UNTIL JVENTIOIM HAS sruKtiM start Personal Campaign t Wednesday Head quarters opened. Special to Tho Tlmoa.) i. vnni: Vnh 2(1. In a lottor bonso to' tho rcquost of olght ors of westoni sinics umi hu n,ioto fnr tho Konubllcan Ctlon for president, Colonol . iinnmiinli ntntea Hint ho fceept tho nolmnatlon If It Is Kd him. in nis Buivuiiiuub llll accept tho nomination for esldcncy If it wnaorou mo .III nilhnrn In thin decision Un- l convention has oxprcflsod Its Ince. Ei... n In Vila ntntolliont. Col. pit declares himself In favor of Li M.Aal.lAtiMnl tirltllnrlou. new Issued are outlined In his! i nniitini cnntrllititlnn In yearn fused the stir that Col. Rooso-, HA.t I.nu ftiii.tfirl . mnnv l-ol loved that lin could port the nomination If tondorod i bill ihnv worn In dnnht. I announcement, is mini, uwiinr- nphntlrnliy twit no is in win iifiv nnil will not null until Hinniil rtonubllcan convention In o has settled tho contest. MPT NOT PKRTURHEl). ROOSEVELT TO T OIL STRIKE AT GET INTO IT Start Personal Campaian for Presidency Wednesday Trip Westward. (Spoclal to Tho Timos.) NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Theodore Koosovolt'B campaign for tho Repub lican nomination for tho presidency was formally launched horo today when Jicndqunrtors woro opened In charge, of Ollvor Carpenter. Colonol Roosovelt will opon his campaign personally Wednesday whon ho leaves for Phoenix, Ariz., whoro Ills Bon, Archlo, 1b now located. Ho will doltvor a number of speeches en route Hpadquarloni will also he opened In Chicago and San Frnncisco within n day or two and probnbly at other points ln tho nenr future nr rriT niTr StLtlil b t i AT EXPOSITION Real Oil Sand and Some Oil Found on Bear Creek, but Gas Pressure Chokes well Prospects Bright. C. M. Maupln, who Is arranging to pink n well on Catching Inlet to as certain If there Is oil thoro, today re ceived a long dlstanco telophono mes rago from President Uowmnn of tho .Miocene Oil and Gas Company of Dan don which Is Blnklng an oil well on lionr creek, stating that they had Mrurk the oil sand thoro. Mr. Dowman Informod Mr. Maupln that tho drill struck tho oil sand lato Rnfiir1nv. Tim tiiitim wna nnf ilntvn and the flrat mnttor pumped out wnB full of oil and Driller Smith, who is from the California oil field, pro nounced It to be genuine oil Band. During tho night, tho well filled up nbout 125 feet on tho bottom, tho gas pressure forcing tho snnd up ln tho hole. There nppearcd to bo hotweon 30 nnd 40 feet of oil on top of 1800 feet of water in tho well. Today they started to drill out tho "phi," ns the sand forced up ln tho well Is termed, nnd just ns soon ns this Is accomplished they will know definitely what they have got. This may bo accomplished quickly and It may take a week or more. The prospects, Mr. Uowmnn ln lormed Mr. Maupln, were fine Tho woll is now down to n depth of about 23 HO feet. TRIES TO END 1Z lint All the Delegates Chosen Ko Par Am for Him. Iffincclnl to Tho Times.) 5IIINOTON. I). C, Feb. 20. etotoraont Issued by the Taft tinrtcrs, It Is slated that Mr. Iml his Biipportoni aro not per- I over Itooaovoll h outry into mo entlnl rncc. It Ih stated that nil delegates to tho national Ro an convention choBcn so fnr aro Ir. Taft nnd that they havo ns- fces that Mr. Taft will havo sur- : other delegates to ho nomlnat- Jhlcago. UVEIT IN ANANIAS CLUH Hani Think Taft's Statement Wns Alined at lllm. Rsoclated Press to Coos Day Times.) LSHINGTON, Feb. 20. Whllo It admitted by nnyono at tho House who linn authority to i for President Taft that IiIh cor- of tho Interpretation placed ima people upon his Now York Included Hoosovolt. political it horo believe Mich to bo tho and thoy point to Roosovolt'B at Columbus ns n hnsls for Jay's expression from tho Whlto f 5 MAY ROSS BORDER ed States Decides to Pro- ct Citizens Against Mex ican Carlessness. Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) 8llI'GTON, Feb. 2G.--The 9 House ronforwn Sntnrilnv (lis. Id the advisability of another r uuuiHzaiion oi troops along tno eMeilrnn finntlni- llegrarnB will be sout to army I mrougnout tho country ordor praraandants to havo their troops r ana supplies packed. These ages wero prepared, ono to each Pnijr detail necessary to perform P Send th( tl'hnln l..lnh in tho Iranh offl T....n i, ... f y been resting on tholr arms for r weoKs as a result of tho con- r ueiow tno international lino. "my war college has completed 'Of the lllnlllllTlltlr.il nn.l It lu la matter of n fw imuru imvA I ""oops on trains and ready for her "manouver." OOPS SlAY CROSS IIORDKR. Associated Press to Coos Day ASHiKWi""' .. "? ,tro"P8 will crosa tho bor- Into Mexico whenever It shnll rlran t?Sury to 8toP flr,nS Jnto "pn territory. In ordering ad- , ,: "'"ia to ki I'aso to cope rnme rJL0" W..W5ton MadZ lon nf th Tcldents of ladero revolution when a num-. ?l8S, A I8"8 at K1 PaSO and bniirt. ;:: wi"o Red bv fly- .;-' i"im ine Onno!ni tnrnan I Tre border. The Marsh field Chamber of Com murco will luimedlntoly tnko action preparatory to hnvlng a flue exhibit nt the Panama Imposition In San Frnn cisco In 1915. The matter has been talked of In a general way nnd tho cnnsonsiiH of opinion Is that Coos County should have ovon n better ex hibit than It had nt the Lewis & Clark exposition In Portland. Tho mnttor tins been brought to n focus by tho announcement thnt Oregon will select Its slto on tho exposition grounds March 11 and of courso It will bo necessary for Coos county then to doslgnnto tho location for tho pro posed building. President McCormnc of tho Cham ber of Commorco received tho follow ing telegram from Julius Meyer, C. C. Chapman and Q. F. Johnson of Portlnud, who havo charge of tho plans for tho Oregon exhibit: "Oregon selects slto nt Pnnnmn Paclllc Imposition Marcli 14. Cnn Mnrshfiold pnrtlclpato by sending delegation to San Francisco? Speclnl trnln leaves Portland March 12. Mnrshfiold tins unusual opportunity to got on tho map nnd wo urgo your participation. Pleaso wire" Dr. McCormnc immediately wired them ns follows: "Wo thank you very much for your kind Invitation to tnko part In selec tion of slto for Oregon building nt rnnnma-Pacllc Exposition, nnd I ns suro you thnt Coos Day will hnvo n ciodltahlo representation present; but our delegation will probably go di rect by steamer, thereby saving four days." Tho commercial organizations throughout tho county nnd tho Coos county commissioners will probnbly unlto In arranging for tho exhibit. Snmo hnvo claimed that $10,000 or $15,000 or ovon more should be spent on Coos county's exhibit. At tho regular meeting of tho Marshfleld Chamber of Commorco next Friday ovenlng, tho representa tives of Coos county to select tho slto will bo chosen. So far ns possible, local mon who are in Snn Francisco on other business will probnbly be chosen. Among tho local men who are to bo there aro Arno Mercen, J. V. Smenton, L. J. Simpson nnd S. D. Mngnes. LANDS OPK.V TO KXTIIY. Tho United States land office at Rnsoburg hns Issued tho following notice or filing of plat: Notice is hereby given that Sec tions 1 to fi, 8 to 17, 20 to 29 nnd 32 to 30, all inclusive, In Township 23 south of Range 11 West, Wlllam etto meridian, havo been surveyed nnd the plat of survey will be filed in this office on Wednesday, April 10. 1012, nt 0 o'clock a. m nnd on nnd after such dny we will bo prepared to receive applications for entry of tho unreserved nnd unappropriated lnnds therein. All porsons pro warned, however, that, ns tho sold township is within tho Sluslnw national forest, npnllrn tions ennnot b? received except from bonn fide settlers who made se-tMe-ment prior to the withdrawal for re eerve purposes. HTMVn ASSEJnUA' HANCR for 111, sehn'Ts rml t ''' Voids i?p '"-'" FrH' OTTIfVCflM T r. O F. imtt,, Wednesday n'gM. PHOK. RAYMOND Pon't forgot the Turkish Daths. rilONK 214J. Fickert Wants Former Mayor Dismissed Because Ruef Won't Testify. (Special to The Times ) SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Fob. 20. District Attorney Fickert todny sub mitted the ense agalnnt Eugene Schmltz. tho grafting mayor, without further ovldonco and askod for tho court to order the acquittal of tho iirctihcd. Ho said that !.o was prompt ed to this action bucauno his princi pal witness, Abo Ruef, refused to tes tify ngnlnst Schmltz unless tho re mnlnlng indictments against Ruef wero dismissed. Judge Dunne refused to mnko tho order requested by Fickert nnd con tinued the hearing until Wednesday. COUPLE SLAIN NEAR TACOMA Mrs. Willis Brown and Jack Wilson Found Dead in Road Near Larchmont. (Special to Tho Times.) TACOMA, Wash., Feb. 20. Tho bodies of Mrs. Willis Drown and Jack Wilson, with tho skulls crushed, woro found in the road noar tho woman's homo nt Lnrchmont early today. Tho two had spent tho evening together In Tncoma. Willis Drown, tho womnn'B huB band, broko down and wept pltoously whon informod of tho tragedy, but dcclnrcd he knew nothing of It. Ho Is nbout 30 years older than his wife. Ho snld Wilson had boardod at his home and ho had alwayB regarded him ns n brother. Wilson wns n butcher nnd single. EIGHT LIVES LOST IN CYCLONE AT im, ARKANSAS, T ' I I ! TWO DIE IN PO Blaze in Gilman Hotel Causes $25,000 Loss and Costs Two Lives. ' (Special to Tho Times.) PORTLAND, Feb. 20. Two dend and a property loss estimated at $25, 000 aro tho resultB of a tiro which gutted tho two upper stories of tho Gllman hotel, ono of tho oldest hotels In Portlnnd, early this morning. Tho origin of tho flro is unknown. An unknown guost wnB klllod by leaping from tho third story. All ef forts to ostabllsh his Identity havo been futllo so far. Edward Ullmoro, another guest, who wns rescued by firemen, died from tho oxcltcmont soon nftor being brought out of tho burning structure A GOSPEL BOAT B Worst Storm in Years Sweep ing Over Southwestern States Now. MUCH LIVESTOCK IS LOST IN BLIZZARD Dozens of Trains Blockaded by Kansas Snow Drifts Cov ers Large Area. ( Special to The Tlmoa.) ST. LOUIS, Mo., Fob. 20. On0 of the worst storms In yenrs 1b raging throughout tho southwest today. At Myra, Ark., tho storm nssumod tho proportions of n cyclono and cost olght lives. Hundreds of head of livestock aro thought to have been lost ln tho bliz zard that la Bwceplng southwestern states. Dozens of trains nro reported blockaded by snowdrifts ln Kansas. Tho Btorm ccntors today aro In Mis souri. Arkausns, Oklahoma nnd tho Texas Panhandle. SAYS HILL IS PLAN TO PROBE BEHIND ROAD EASTERN RIOT Roseburg Man Claims J. A. Doyle of Spokane is Agent of Railroad Magnate. Tho Roseburg News prints tho fol lowing concerning tho latost project ed railway to Coo Day: Tho mnttor of building a railroad to Coob Day from this city as out lined by the Spokauu men who woro In Roseburg a few day ago, attract ed tho attention of a g-mtlemnn liv ing in tho Looking G ass country, nnd in speaking of Mr. Doylo and his adsoclatcs to a News representa tive the following narratlvo was told, which may holp tho Doubting Thom ases In Roseburg to locate themselves concerning these proposed improve ments. Ten or twolve years ago two mon were employed on tho samo train on tho Spokano Falls & Northern Hall way. Their train ran from Spokano to Rosslnnd, D. O. Uy dint of hnrd work nnd application to duty both wero finally promoted, each bolng I'laced in charge of a passenger run on the road. They worked nway for sumo time longer, whon ono of them .resigned his place with the Hill peo- p e, who owned tho road, and with the money he had saved bought a farm near Northport, Wash, Sub sequently ho sold his farm thore and moved to Roseburg, and later pur chased a farm hi Looking Glass val ley. Tie other conductor remained with Hill, nnd a little lator was mado division superintendent on tho Spo kane Fails & Northern. Dofore tho first man came to Oregon tho divi sion superintendent mado a trip to Coos county and purchased valuable limber lands there. Supposedly tho piirchnse was for hluiho'.f, but ns he ).nd been only a hardworking man on n nominal salary, it was belloved by his friends t nt tho purchase must hnve had other backing. Anyway ho got tho land. When his follow worker stnrted for Rot'ehurg, ho con fidently told him to locate over toward the west aide. Nothing more was ?nld. This was three yenrs ago. Two weeks ago J A. Doylo of Spo kn'e dropped luto Roseburg and ta ked of building a railroad to Coos Day. He was not enthusiastically received. He asked a small bonus from Roseburg, and finally wbb told that Roseburg might glvo aid. He nnd his associates loft for the In land Empire metropolis and shortly afterward telegrams woro received by Mr. Schlosser of tho Commercial Cub. stating that If Rosoburg would guarantee Its share of a $100,000 fund, pnyable when the road was completed, work on tho line would be undotfakni Inside of 60 days. Roso burg he'd a meeting, apd It wps finnl 'v d'ded that if Mr Dy'e would le'l whether or not he had the money in hand Roseburg would get busy If (Continued oa page 4.) President Taft Orders Investi gation of Trouble at Law rence Massachusetts. (Special to Tho Times.) LAWRENCE, Mnss., Fob. 20. President Tnft hns ordered n federal Investigation of tho riot horo Satur day when tho state troops and police Injured n number of persons by club bing them. There was another riot todny, dur ing which tho police clubbed a num ber of womon strike sympnthlzors. Tho troublo followed a mlxup In tho Italian quarter during which a strike breaker was bhot. Tho union mon claim ho wnB shot by special guards. Feeling Is runplng high and it Is fenrcd that thoro will bo moro blood sued. Many arrests have been made. At a meeting of tho I. W. V.f Wm. Trnutmnn, who presided, Bald: "Lot them keep on arresting ho women until they have tho Jnl.s filled. Don't do any rlpting thnt'B what tho au thorities want so they can have an excuso for slaughter." Tho strlko committee voted to mako further efforts to send children away. TROUI1LG LAST SATURDAY. Troops Stopped Kxiortntlon of Clill- drtn to Philadelphia. (Dy Associaiea PresB to Coos Bay Times. LAWRENCE, Mass., Fod. 24 De layed by Western Union. Heads were broken today in n riot which lesulted from an attempt to tnd. 30 children of tho striking textile work ers to Philadelphia, contrary to or ders from tho authorities. Tho police and military took; tho children Into custody and arrested several persons. Anticipating a pos slblp attempt to resouo tho phildren, four companies of Infantry nnd a squad of cavalry surrounded the rail road station. ' This action wns tnken as a result of an order issued last Saturday by Colonel 8weetser, commander of tho militia doing patrol duty here, for bidding the exportation of children io other cities without permission of .the parents, In an endeavor to create, sympathy for tho cause of the strik ers. When they learned that their children were being Jield pnr?nts rushed to the policV station to rescue them, but a detail of special police men was thrown about the building and the parents were nrrested. While the Kcsne at the depot was being en acted, strike pickets we-re nctlvp In tha frotn nitnrlur 'RrtMnmnnilrfl. , tlvjp were they that 36 pej-sons, 2.7 of Iwnom were wompu, wero arresiua. FIFTEEN tons SEED OATS at HAINES. One Thousand Dollars Raised Sunday "Hilarious" Giv ing at Baptist Church. What proved to bo nn enthusiastic day was experienced yesterday at tho Daptlst church in this city. Largo crowds woro in uttondnnco nnd largo gifts wore mndo to a now and dis tinctly unique fenturo of rollglous work. Rov. Gcorgo L. White, who Is superintendent of tho Pacific coast for tho Amorlcnn Daptlst Publication Society, placed beforo tho peoplo his vision of tho needs on Coos Dny nnd tho surrounding country. Ho pro posed that if tho peoplo mnko pledges enough to build nnd equip n colpor tago boat ho would present tho work of this Hold to his socloty, nuking for tho support of n mnn full tlmo on this Hold who would uso tho bont in missionary work In nnd around Coos liny, tho Umpqun and tho grent Coquillo valley. Tho peoplo responded gladly and Inst evening Mr, ,Whlto nnnouncod thnt thoro had boon turned In pledgCB nmountlng to over $1000 for this purpose Tho bont will cost, it Is esti mated, from $1G00 to $2000. Whllo It has not nil been turned In It Is hoped thnt tho full nmount cnn be reached by next Sunday bo thnt dof inlto announcement can bo mado. Sovoral iinlquo gifts woro made Ono mnn, D. II. Pntchct, contributed the boat's whistle. A lady offered nn American flag to fly from Its mast. A mechanic. Mr. Coleman, offered to do $25 worth of work constructing n rudder, otc. It Is proposed that this boat shall be built on special ordor and shall bo especially equipped to allow tho man to IIvq In it nnd hnvo his study and his books and his Dlbles, etc. It will follow tho samp kind of work that Is done by the colportngo wagons. This snmo socloty with which Mr. Whlto 1b connected hns now 75 wagons working In dlfforent pnrts of tho United States. It also has six chapel cars which accommodate, besides tho missionary and his helper, 125 por sons. This bont will bo a great advantage from a material standpoint. Mr. Whlto told how ho wns nrranglng now lor space In tho Snn Francisco exposi tion for one of his chapel cars and a colportngo wngon. And ho stnted thnt u this bont was built it would surely he there too. Ho nlso pointed out thnt tho world would soon know of this bont, ns it would bo written up in nil tno denominational nnners everywhere Those hnvlng subscriptions to mnko for this bont will kindly hand them to Dr. I.prIIo nr tho pastor. Rov. G. LeRov Hall, this wek. Thev aro paVflb-o on or before July 1. 1912. The mostlnsjs o'nsed with several decisions. Altogether the visit of Mr, Whlto to Coos Ray has brought a blessing to this community and all will bo glnd to hnve him return. In doBlng he ppoke fndpr words to his nudlen.ee nnd pvnressed n dpslro to 'spend some months In his vncaMon here on Coos Dny. SIXTY KILLED DURING BATTLE Italian Cruiser Quickly Over came Turkey's Feeble Re sistance at Beirut. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) DEIRUT, Fob. 20 Sixty porsons woro killed and many wounded dur ing tho bombardment. Tho Italian warships nlso sunk sovoral Btnall Turkish gunbonts anchored ln port. Appearing suddenly off this port, tho commnndor of tho Italian gunboat nnd armored cruiser Gulsoppo Gari baldi sont to tho authorities a per emptory demand for tho surrondor of tho Turkish gunbonts. Doforo tho provisional governor could dc'lvor his roply or ask for tlmo to nogotlato tho crulsors oponed flro. In n short tlmo tho gunbonts woro dlsnblod and in a sinking condition. Tho custom houso was greatly dam aged and other buildings nlso suf fered. Many who enmo within tho scono of tho firing woro slaughtered. TURKS ARE VICTORS. Italians Defeated In Hani nattlo Near Tripoli. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times,) PARIS, Fob. 20. An Italian forco wns dofentcd by tho Turks and Arabs after a violent combat February 22 at Zonzur, n const town 14 miles west of Tripoli, nccordlng to dlspntchos ro colved here PITIFUL CASE M D OF FRESH 8Hve- SMELT f WAS. SON'S FISH MARKET. PHONE 37J. GLADYS WIOOKWELL STOCK CO. In "MERELY MARY ANN" MASONICTHEATER Two nights Commencing Monday, February 2flth. Pries 25c. Hfie nnd fo Entire now rcenery FULL ORCHESTRA. Judge Hall in Juvenile Court Takes Children From Mrs. S. H. Brown. An unusual case of poverty, squalor and depravity camo up be fore John F, Hall ln juvenllo court ut his offlco today. It was that of Mrs. S. H. Drown, who resides on a homestead on Catching Inlet, noar Rosa Inlot. Complaint ln tho case was filed by W. I. Conklln. The woman Is a widow, her husband having died a couplo of years ago. Tbo oldost child, a girl, loft homo a fow months ago and Is bolng cared for at tho homo of Mr. nnd Mrs. Davo Wnllaco on Catohlng Inlot. After hoarlng tho inthor rovoltlng details of tho case, J ud go Hall deolared tho othor threo (hlldren dopendants and will en deavor to secure bettor homes for them as soon as possible An Infant child was loft in tho woman's possession. Tho county has been assisting the family for threo years or so. TEACHERS, ATTENTION. Those preparing for either of the 1912 teachers' examinations should write this office for tho 1912 circular of Information If you havo not al ready received a copy. W. II. HUNCH, County Superintendent. Fwpir rOLFMTiM RIVER Smelt at CITY FISn MARKET. I :,...... ar .!,......... laUJl.., ::. , .,