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WATERWORKS
MONOPOLY OF DOCKS IS ALLEGELl GCIL. ROOSEVELT DENIES ANY
Mp.ftt Aaain Wednesday
Consider Date for Spe
lt r.mi t ecuon.
T ORDINANCE TO
INCREASE DEBT LIMIT
jal Committee Unable to
ime on value or waier
Right Other Prices.
jllT OF SPECIAL
COMMITTEE OX VALUATION
! Honorable Mayor mid Common
auclt of tho City of Marahflold:
ntlcmcn: Wo, your commltteo
nio,i in fix ii valuation on tho
Irty of tho Coos Day Wator Com-
k.i nf I'roncrfy Willi Values.
leal plant, consisting
distributing bj-hioius
Marshfiold nnd
rth Bend, pumping
tnt, reservoirs, ote.. $50,232.60
icrcs of land at rcs-
tulr tto at 00 per
Nf AVERT BIG
COAL STRIKE
England's Great Labor War
On Verge of Amicable
Settlement.
(By Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
LONDON, Fob. 27. An oarly set
tlement of tlio dispute in tho coal
trndo, which threatened to throw u
million minors out of otnployment
on Mnreh 1, Is npparontly moro than
prolmblo, although It ennnot yet bo
definitely nnnouncod.
Claim That Foreign Shippinr
Combine Controls Situation
Along Pacific Coast.
(Hy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. A re
port tending to show that tho so
called "forolgn shipping comblno"
has practically a monopoly of the
docking facilities of all ports on the
Pacific coast In Ihc United States and
South and Central America and tho
West Indies has been submlttod to
tho House Interstate and foreign
commorco committee by Secretary of
Commorco nnd Labor Nagcl. It was
suggested in the committee that if
this condition continued to exist nftnr
tho completion of tho Panama canal
American shipping would not bo par
ticularly benefited even If given free
uso of the cannl.
MEXICAN REBELS CAPTURE JUAREZ
21,300.00
rcof land at pump- i
ulnnt at 30" per i
fe, 1 1,000.00 j
er and piling on '
bvo land ii,32li.oo
il nnd 1. block 13,
Innctt Add., Marsh-
Ad a.uuu.uu
(1.2 and 3, block 13,
Irth Henri
ml rights to, Intuli
listed above , . . . .
Er rigms on rony
ck
1
TTO
WAR IN EAST
i,coo.oopOW3rs 0f EUrope plan to In-
- tervene in Turko-ltalian
I Contest.
- Mlv AHHdcllltOfl PrittiM til f'im Hnv
Itm .....$103,357.50 Tll, .
lnc to tbo wldo difference or . .
ion of tho Individual members of rAiua. i-oi. a?. uonnrmntion or
bommlttre wo nrc unublo to fix tho roporta that the powers aro medl-
iucon tho last two Items. luting Intervention for tho object of
a1 n nmi pv bringing tho Turko-Itallan wur to an
A. II. U1UU&Y. ... , ......
B. O. P13RHAM. on(l '8 Klvon in n semiofficial noto
k Gldlev reported verbally to tho published hero today. France,, ac-
fcll that ho had nppralscd tho ! cording to this noto, Is ready to as-
Town Across Rio Grande From
El Paso Falls During Blood
less Assault Again Today.
(Uy Assoclatodi Press to Coos Day
Times.)
EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 27. Juarez
Is In possession of tho Vas(ti!stn reb
els. Firing but one or two volleys
nnd meeting with no roslstanco ex
cept n few scattering allots In reply
to their llrst volley, the robots this
morning mnrchod Into tho town, cap
tured the machine guns that had been
purchased to rcpol them, took charge
of the munlctpnl offices, custom
house, barracks, Jnll and othor build
ings. The rebels mndo tho assult at 10
of tho city from tho northwest and
firing as they entered, using rifles
nnd ono cannon. Tho few hundred
men In Junrcz as defenders II red a
few Hhots from various points of vnn
togo and wero ordered by tholr offi
cers to censo.
Mexican Consul E. C. Lorcnto of
El Paso afterwnrd declared tho of
ficers decided not to make any re
sistance In order to avoid complica
tions with tho United States. United
Stntcs troops woro guarding tho bor
der at tho tlmo tho attack was mndo
and apparently wero ready to cntor
Juarez If El Paso was endangered.
Only one man of tho defenders was
wounded, Captain Romero, who was
tho victim of an accident. No loot
ing nccompanlod tho taking of tho
PERSONAL ATTACK ON TAFT
SON
RU
M
E
California Executive May Be
Roosevelt Candidate for
1 Vice-President.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
NEW YORK, Feb. 27. Tho boom
of Governor Hiram W. Johnson of
California, a progrcsstvo Republican,
for tho nomination for vlco president
as running mato of Thoodorq Rooso
volt, wns launchod nt a dlnnor at tho
Insurgent Club lioro InBt night.
ATTACK OX ItOOSKVEIiT.
i of tho water and mineral rights
20,000, Mr. Porhnm nt 135,000
Mr. Morcon at $50,000. Ho said
they could not agree on a prlco.
enld tho valuo was fixed arbl-
lly, so far as ho know. He stated
Mr. Pcrham had figured his
atlon by taking what tho corn
claimed to have paid for It nnd.
adding Interost slnco tho dato
he Investment.
soclato herself with nny collective nc
Hon of tho powers In ranking repre
sentation to tho bolllgoronts with a
vlow to bringing about poaco.
fftcr receiving tho report of tho
Hal commltteo appointed to np
po tho vnluo of tho roal estato and
Ir rights of tho Coos Day Water
Ipany, tho Mashflold city council
evening discussed tho proposi
ti dotnll without agreeing def
tly to submit tho matter of pur
ling It to a voto of tho peoplo at
eclal election bofoio Mny 1. May
Itraw and Councilman Powors nnd
Pro argued In fnvor of submitting
R
EEALL
UW
DUTCH
o'clock sharp, entering tho outskirts city.
ELECTIONS IN
CITY CRAN6E0
WILL DISCUSS
MILL SLOUGH
Council Will Have State Law Closing of Inlet to Be Taken Up
Govern Them in Future
Other Proceedings.
Plans to nmend the Marahflold city
at Chamber of Commerce
Friday Evening.
At tho mooting of tho Chnmbor of
Former President Charged With
Making Fulxo Pretenses.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
WASHINGTON, Fob. 27. Tho
Evening Stnr today displays prom
inently on tho first pago tho follow
ing stntomont:
"From sources entlroly indopond
ont of tho Whlto House, It Is ascer
tained that tho confidence enter
tained by tho ndmlnlstrntion nnd
othors thnt Colonel Roosovolt would
not bo a candldato against Taft, was
basod on doflnlto and ropoatod state
ments by Colonol Roosovolt, mndo
within a year, that ho would not bo
a candldnto In 1012 nnd did not In
tend to opposo President Taft for
rcnomlnatlon."
Threaten to Attack Java Unless
Indemnity Demands
Are Met.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Fob. 27. Chl-
I ncso warships hnvo boon ordered to
pn' $100,000 proposition, whllo tl10 lH,uml of JftVft um,or Instructions
i otver mombers of tho council to begin bombardment of tho Port
opposed to submitting It nlono 0f Datavla if tho Dutch government
Ihe ground that It was certain to i ,,na , n, i,inmuv ,i,,i.
turned down by tho voters and 0(, for tho k,nR of 0ln080 8I(, t0
itio special election would slm- ,. ,. ,,,,., ,, n i, Hi.
I .. uiivv uvuh iiuiivnvu u; uik.. bwi-
v iii'i'iiii-BH expeuso ami uoiay.
"Uy It was proposed to submit a
fiber of other questions to nscor-
tho sentiment of tho voters on
manner In which tho wnter quos-
snould bo handled and this ro-
ed -Willi this understanding tho
tlal election wnu tnntnHvnlv
eed to, but tho dato was not dof-
'll' fixed. II nrr,linllu ...111 1,n nf
iPoclal meeting of tho council to K,nK ChonB ?!!l?r ,f tho Ch,n08
"eld Wednesday ovenlnir. reo ' re8S' PU"""" u"'
'nlcr tho special report of tho ' Dr" Sun ,leclftrod ,n "l8 tu
nltteo, tho valuation of tho prop- Uint n PPW' wo' bo given tho
' ranged anywhora from $123,- uulclx """Hlu' lu yj"'"a " l"u "
50 under Cltv Emrinrmr nMinv-n demnlty is not paid according to tho
Fate, S138.357.E0 .,n,w w n. TonB'a Information. Threo crulsors
ham's valuation to $153,357.50 , ,oft Shonslinl today. Thoy are fully
P" Arno Moreen's estimate. The Provisioneu nun equiiu'eu miner
commltteo of tho North Dend or,lors rrom won fining wei, nun-
Mashfleld city councils last fall. ,8lor or wnr
Png under estimates furnished by Dispatches to a Chinese newspaper
"ieer Ulchardson. cstlmntnil tbn "oro uociaro an awiu-n on uio jv
lie at about $138,500, which sorao Chinese by Dutch soldiers, news qf
I'uem claimed wns n vrv iihomi wnlcn was received irom waiiKing
luatton. , last night, was made without provo-
Anxlous for T!iiwinn i cation and that threo Chlneso were
killed and many otnors nrrosiea.
Tho Chlneso here explain tho pro
posed Issuance of the passport by D
dlorn.
In tho ultimatum sent to tho Dutch
government yesterday, Provisional
President Dr. Sun Yat Son said an
nttnek on Java would bo begun if
tho indomnlty was not paid within n
weok. This information was con
voyod today In a prlvnto dispatch
from Sun's prlvnto socrotary to Tong
r t airaw during tho evening
.- e"nest,y for submitting tho
I'ter at
a special election. Ho said
4 he had nromiB0 i ftl , i... Sun Vat Son to the Dutch minister,
f"on to suhmit , .. who Is said to bo In Shanghai, on tho
,he est posslhlfi hna k f- ground that the Manchurlan govern-
at as ear'v n u o iui- . ment no longer exists and that tbo
a 'hat he could see no reason for Dutch Kovornment must treat with
Bssubmlsslon to them. Ho the revolutionists, although tho ro-
-ww-wxww. public nas not neen rormaiiy recog
(Continued on page a.) ' inlzed.
charter nnd place nil city elections Commerce to bo hold next Friday
, ., , 4l , r evening, tho matter of closing Mill
under tho regulations of tho Oregon , , ,,,.., . ,,
Slough will bo taken up for discus
state election law were mndo by tho 8on nKftnt
Mnrshfleld city council lust ovenlng. petitions to tho war department
A special meeting of tho council was for ciosng tlio slough havo boon ctr-
called for Wednesday ovenlng to culntod and largely signed by prop-
adopt tho necessary ordlnanco to sub- orty ownors nlong tho slough. Potl
mlt tho nmondment nt tho proposed ton8 opposing It havo also been
npeclal election to he hold boforo BK0(i. u Is understood thnt Judgo
Mny ! Hnll hns boon retained by F. M.
Tho mntter was bought up by pre(ib0rg and othors opposod to clos
Councllmnn Copp'o Introducing n pre- nR tll0 Hj0URi, to stop It.
llmlnnry draft of an amendment to Tho mnttor baa been brought up
the charter providing for dividing tho , Ul0 Cininbor of Commorco a niim
town into wards for registration nnd bor of tme8 nm, ,t ,H ox,,ectod that
in fact making tho state law apply to (lonn!to nctlon wn, bo tnken on ,t
.lectlons horo. Mr. Copplo stntod na R ,8 rcgBnled ft8 n public matter
thnt tho draft had been drawn hur- on w,,,ch Umt body 8,l0U,tl ncti
i ledly and that ho woujd not havo In- A numl)or of otnor ,mitters. Includ
troduced It last ovenlng only that It . tho BoIection of n committee to
seemed necessary that action ho taken cnoo80 tno 8lt0 for tho CoOB C0Unty
on it borore Marcn i u it was to uo oxbt nt tho Pnnnnm exi)08tIon m
biibinlttnl nt the special election pro- Snn Prnnc,8C0 Mnrch 14( nro to com0
posed to no cauea ueiore .May i 10
voto on the wnter question. Tho
fimiMidmont wns drafted In tho form
of an Inltlntlvo petition Instead of an
ordlnnuco nnd did not correspond ex
actly with tho views of pity Attornoy
Oofs ns to tbo manner In which It
should nmend tho city chnrter. Mr.
floss said that he would draft a now
ono If given a little tlmo, hut ho
up.
l'ROSl'KRITV IX PIIIIilPPIXKS.
Detter Conditions on Islands Than in
Many Years.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Da)
Times)
WASHINGTON, Fob. 2C Un
precedented prosperity Is bolng en
joyed by the Phillnnlno Islands nrln-
found thnt ho could not do It for tho clpally as a result of freo trado bo-
councll last evening, and the epeclal tween them and tho United States,
meeting wns ordered for Wednesday nl tho cry of "hard times" thoro no
' , ,, ,, longor can bo raised, say tho mem-
to take the matter up. berB of tno Philippine commission In
The proposed ordinance divided tho tholr report for 1911. Tho United
city Into threo wards, tho First ward States has shared In this prosperity
ino
moro
voar.
that part of the town bntweon Elrod Free trado has resulted in Increased
avenue and Market avenue nnd tho lovenues to the Filipinos in sugar
third that part of the town north of anl tobacco and an Improvement In
Mn-kot avenue. It provided that "' Sling oTnliw railway lines
threo cnuncllmen si ould bo elected at in various parts of the Islands has
largo and ono from each of the ' resulted In stimulating industry nnd
wards. It provided that all voters fostering production, tho territory
. ,j i ,.ij i i.o through which thoy pass having
should be required; to register be-iBwaone(l (f) the ,leveioPment of ng-
iweon September 1 and November 15 , rlcultural industries. A Bteady and
of each year, that the registration bo healthy growth'of the postal savings
conducted by the city recorder and bnnk, HUninc deposits Having in
ii. i.. . i..i creased 171 per cent over tho num
that there he a separate registration b(Jr of the prov,oui yenr
LITTLE STIR
l
city Into tnreo wards, tno r irst wnra buucb nas snarea in ims prospi
embracing that part of tho town increasing Its exports to
, " . ., , Arch polago to $49,800,000, or i
south of Klrod avenue, tho second thn 'aoo.oOO, during the 3
book for each ward and for tho state
law to govern tho swearing In and
challenging of votes, etc.
City Attorney Goss, after the read
ing of tvo amendment said that all It
nrovlrted fr could he enacted by the
council without submitting It to a
ote of tho peoplo. Ho said that tho
(Continued oa page 4.)
Health conditions of the entire Is
lands never havo been better than
during the past year.
SPALDING Daseballs. HATS, Mitts
and GLOVES at MILXER'B.
WESH Sliver SMELT at WAS
SOX'S FISH MARKET. PHOXE .17 J.
Not Much Enthusiasm Aroused
in uoos uounty Yet
Democrats to Meet.
Coos county politics Is not liven
ing up vory much, dosplto tho fact
that It Is only nbout two months un
til tho prlmnrlos will bo hold.
A numbor of candidates aro in tho
field for tho Republican nominations
and aro now circulating tholr pri
mary petitions. Most of the old coun
ty officers, In fact all of thorn, It Is
understood, will bo candidates for
ro-oloctlon.
Tho Democrats aro less active
Hugh McLaln, chairman of tho Coos
county contra! commlttoo, stated yes
torday that ho was considering the
advisability of calling a mooting of
tho commlttoo with a vlow of bring
ing out candidates for the various
offices.
Mr. McLain stated that although
a number havo boon urging him to bo
the Democratic caudldato for state
sonntor, ho had decided not to make
a fight for tho nomination and will
not oven circulate potltlons to get
his name on tho primary ballot.
Howover, if a sufficient numbor of
Democrats wrlto iu his nnmo to glvo
him the nomination, ho probably will
not refuse tho nomination,
Mr. McLaln has beon apprised that
W. H. Merodlth of Port Orford will
bo a candldato for the Democratic
nomination for Joint representative
from Coos and Curry counties,
Although Candidate for Presi
dency, He Refuses to En
gage in Controversy.
OUTLINES PLATFORM
ON WHICHHE STANDS
Points Out How Country's
Prosperity Affects All
Classes of Citizens.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Bay
Times.)
DOSTON, Fob. 27. Col. Rooso
volt, angered by tho published report
that ho said President Taft was not
progreslvo, said today ho would not
bo drawn Into a personal controversy
with tho administration although ho
has declared tils Intentions of making
n "straight out fight" for tho Re
publican presidential nomination.
Colonol Roosovolt said that In his po
litical conforenco yesterday, during
which ho wns roportcd to havo mndo
tho statement, Tnft'B namo had not
boon mcntlonod nnd thnt his opinion
in rcgnrd to tho ndmlnlstrntion had
not been asked or oxprcssod. Rooso
volt ropoatcd ho had not taken his
present position for porsonnl reasons
nnd ho mndo It clear ho did not pro
poso to mako tho lsstio In any sonso
a porsonnl ono.
Roosevelt's Platform.
Roosovolt wns asked to explain tho
position ho will mnlntnln during tho
campaign and In reply Issuod tho fol
lowing stntomont:
"I could not moro definitely stato1
my position on tho great Issues of
tho day than I stated In my Columbua
speech and again yesterday boforo
tho Massachusetts legislature In ad
dition to calling nttcntlon to what I
said thcro on tho subject of popular
government, I also will call your nt
tentlon to what I said at Columbun
on tho buslnoB8 situation nnd tho
propor attitude of tho govornmont to
ward business to lnsuro conditions
thnt will mnko for prosperity In the
business world and of all our peo
plo. "In my Ohio speoch, I dealt with
emphasis on tho two groat subjocts
of Immodlato moment to our people,
tho need of having real and not
moroly nominal popular rule and tho
need of securing prosperity for tho
business man, tho wngo oarnor and
tho farmer nllko. As I thon said, I
most emphatically bollovo that it Is
necessary to hnvo equltablo division
of prosperity, but thnt It bohoovos us
to keep In mind that we cannot dl
vldo prosperity unless tho prosperity
Is thoro to dlvlilo and that to socuro
tho well bolng of tho business world
Is emphatically In tho Intorost of
overy citizen of tho United States,"
B
AT
LAWRENCE
COOS INQUIRY I1EGIXS MARCH 1.
WASHINGTON. Fob. 20. Tho
commission appointed to mako an In-1
spectlon with n vlow to moving tho
Coos Day life saving station to
Charleston, will not begin work bo .
fore March 1,
For House CLEAXIXG uso SIIKH-WIX-WILLIAMS
PAIXTS and VAR
NISHES at MILXEH'S
Don't forget tho Turkish
PHOXE 2M.L
Daths
GRAM) ASSEMDLV DAXCE for
A Mi scholars and tholr friends;
FOl'IMMErU ORCHESTRA; I. O. O.
F. HALL. Wednesday night. PROF..
RAYMOND.
TROUT LEADERS with LOOPS 30 '
Inches apart at MILXEH'S.
Attorney General Wickcrsham
Takes Up Action in Strike
Situation. '
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
LAWRENCE, Mass., Fob. 27.
FIvo women pickets, who aro said to
havo usod persuasion which ap
proached vlolonco to keep employes
from going to work In tho textllo
mills, and ono man accused of throw
ing pepper In a policeman's eyes,
woro nrrosted today.
Tho plan to oxport the children to
Philadelphia has boon abandoned and
aside from tho children who aro to
bo sent with tho commltteo of strik
ers to Washington tomorrow thoro
may bo no Ilttlo ones sont away In
groups. City Marshal Sullivan In
timated that he may prevent tho chil
dren from going to Washington un
less the court decided he was acting
contrary to law. Indications aro that
the mills havo made further gains
in the numbor of operatives at work.
It Is estimated that 18,000 operatives
are at work and 2000 aro still on a
strike.
TROUT FLIES, Silk Linos, LEAD
ERS, and PQLES at MILNER'S.