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i UICK TO ANGER, QUICK TO REPENT, BUT SOME WOUNDS f ESTER AND LEAVE SCARS rTTnTisiNa in ti.o tries ffANT AM ln (Ham WANT ADVERTISING la Tlio TIMES Will Keep the Income from Yomr 1'tinilshcd Rooms frou Lujwdngl YOU can roally holp tho family revenues by renting a few furnished rooms audi If you know how and when to uso tho classified columns, you nmy keep that little extra lncomo mmw Will 1T " the Market" EffccUrclyl ,. U1 put tho facta about your Il.Jtr before tUo eyes of all "pos- pSP buyers" n town' And " P? 4I?f.oK wb0 0U8ht t0 on i as "steady as n clock." MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS bOL. XXXV Established In 1878 nq Tlio Coast Mnll MARSHFIELD, OREGON TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1912 EVENING EDITION. " -SliiEL. ? mi hi i iiiimiM i in. i... A Consolidation of Times, Const .Mull Mq 017 and Coos Hay AihcrtNc r. mm jssful f first ,dcaa pric r prlc It. Fixed QRT OF COOS BAY INVALID; TO REORGANIZE AT ONCE Court LITTLE CHANGE IN ASSESSMENT T. J. Thrift Says Countv Show Slight Increase Over Last Year. Assessor T. J. Shrift expects that ho and Doputy Assessor R. J. Mont gomery will complete tho assessment of Marshllold this week, If hu doos, ho will return to Coqulllo to supervlso boiiio of tho work In tho valloy townH and will then devoto his attention to tho ofllco work In connection with tho nnnunl assessment. Mr. Thrift stated last evening that vory few changes woro being mndo from Inst year's nsscssincnt and tho valuation of Marshllold will remain M IN boon Supreme uouri nuiub Bion for Organization was iiiuu"'- HLUBEJO POST AUUUUHwl-o unuww UmipIH and Norm aena Commercial Bodies Arrange NCW Lieouuii. rulrman arluica of tho oxocutlvo S tho MarBhflold Ciiaui '"SSmmowo announced thlu aft- ?JftH tKSasTi Ibeendcciuca to can u uiw' ?f tho North liend aud Mursh- Pd Commercial bodlo, na arraugo iur u o..... - , tb reorguulio tho Port of Coos Tho uicoiiug win uu " ltl.0.0. ft uau in MiuBiinuiu. iTteplau "uw o lo ""'" " ";v Ll election caneu ui uutu u ... m Un.ninn rnrrlcs as It undoubt- lir till. Gosenior West could op- wt ' it a . ..M.i.i ill Man !:t a commission "" '"'"""'nbout tho snmc. Tho total assessed nemler election nuu u u " vnltintloii of thu county will show a cnlulonors could bo chosen. Uiil'M inrrnnun. Ttli ould enable t.io "ow com- . . j . bo dfflcltv sonoraof the new pou 10 urri i b , fln,ing tlio ownoro of various prop ria fund to kmI ." ''h0 1 cities and says that tho tlmo conaum- Son here ana coniiiiiioiiai mil otl ln i,ntK thorn up extends tho tcnenlf. Unless this Is do no. 1 o ! u rcqu,rC(, for tuUlng tho ccn8UB mnvf probably bo taken nwny. ..,. " ..-- ...I.. ll.lu f.ill tt.lwvu llt -tctwj.t..tjt a neru emu nun in ".'".i " hernment approprlntlnn for opor- Irjhtr on tlio Hay Is expended. b Port of Coos Hay Is no more bit Is tho effect of u decision kid down today at Salem by tho iron Supremo Court In tho case of I SUte of Oregon vs. tlio l'ori or t Day. toiramj announcing tlio decision ie court wore received this nflor- i. , w. liennctt received tno oilng message from J. C. Mooro- 1. clerk of tho Supremo Court: 'TU port caso was rovorscd In an uci by Juuro Mooro." Ill wu tho last of tho cases nt Uw tho validity of tho Port of BJ. the port hnvltiK boon bus- (1 la ill tho previous litigation. lit cio of tho Ilonnott Trust spiny and tho Southern Orogon inny vs. tho Port of Coos Day. Tort Commission wiir Riistalnod Judjo Durnott of tlio Orogon Su- T( tonrt hold that tho question ftitror not tho section of tho law ruing ror tho posting of notices iPCClal olectlon wnn onn thnt ll b only raised by tho Stuto of 6-a. r thla rulllic. ntstrlnl Attnr. Ctorge M. Drown Inutltutod an t ijainit tho Port, contending It ai Invalid because, tho oloc- wr hi creation was Illegal bo- DlnV Of Din nntlxna nl anlil leswere not proporly posted. It wiMiaea mat only nbout 105 uv juorcs of election In tho I Cooj Day district had poBtod Of the nlrwtlnn At t. tll weloped that about 40 of tho of- i mo eicctlou did not post cue was tried boforo Judgo " wae. Ho hold thn dofnot In ft of notices waa not auffl- W uare nllnrn.l Mm mc.it i Wtlon. Mruvlnll.. I. i... . it.. IV.I .1 "'"" III IIUW III IIH) u the proposition for tho or- , .! Ino l'ort carried by a OUMIInn Af '. .i- Ho tome Hn ""J "; kVi ik .-"' "u unto ll wo P'liaat the decldlnn nf , ! f nnMU,ld b aHwd to stand as -.uwi Aitornoy Geo. Ilrown 8 DIE IN HE Fear Ninety of More Were Lost in Explosion Near Welsh, West Virginia. (Dy Asaoclatod Prcsa to Coos Day Times)' WICLSII, W. Vn., March 2C An explosion ln tho initio of tho Jed Conl & Coko Company at Jed today impris oned bovonty-nlno of whom ten wero taken out allvo and ono Is dead. There nro hopes that tho slxty olght remaining onos may bo recover ed alive. The bodies of four miners wero taken from tho mlno up to 3 o'clock this afternoon and 10 had been res cued allvo. It Is roportod at this hour that there oro still 03 In tho mlno. Government rescue nion be llovo but fow of tho remaining men ln tho mlno nro allvo. ANOTHER BIG BATTLE NEAR Fighting in Mexico Again As sumes Serious Pro portions. JIMINEZ, Mox., March 26 Tho . An i.mlA rinnnrnl TntllflB ifiiT iet th' Umo for appeal Urblna and Gonoral Trucy Aubert at tacked tho uacionua uoiurt-o, u... miles weflt of hero this morning. The placo Is dofonded by 1000 H00"1'8, with thrco rapid firo and two field plecos. Gonoral Pasqual Orozco, tho rebel commnnder in chief, Is on nis way from Chihuahua with reinforce ments. . . . Wbon Gonoral Orozco arrived no took command In person of all the rebol forces. At U o'clock the ma neiivorlng for position was In prog 1 mu i,ni. wnro creatly Peeled th. . .-t . 'Lv"- .'""'VrHvni nf Orozco. It n&mSu? wln 00 osKod by.waa expected tlip Bklrmlshlng would J Commission and If tho high develop Into nnothor battle on (a largo scalo this afternoon. NOTICH TO VHEtSnYTEIHAXS. A meeting of tho mombera and con-..-.onn of fm First Presbyterian church Is called for Friday evonlng, at 7:30. Mntter of vital Importance to tho church will be considered. By order of DOARD of TRUSTEES NEW AVAIiK TO CIll'ItCH Porsnns desiring to attend sevlccs ,- rioHd ,iiiirh can now gain b. " 1' v"n u,r B .x av.w,,u "W,'VV". " ii. M.h wnlk I'ttfnt. . . "onapi in port entrance oniy iv uDii.t, v..v .o" I'oiNh.1 can not bo re-' extending along MarKm. "" ; Ir.' . ''Jl"yeri. Snmn ,! mnmhor then to take' the Market tiM.-f''1 'heir portion of avenue "elevated." . h iwe? ' o a mix-, ;-;--: T",,,, .. , ttoat appealing, especially w. "eat annniinrn.1 llil I.a Itronnds on which tho appoal I'M taken ut.,,1,1 i. '. WWdual to bear tho ox- 1 2 ...iW' Jl W- Donnott, W.tule?.th0 original suits, ' the validity of the Port oi tk. :s ee? t0 aefray tho ox- to b2fiPeaUnd "'ocaso was i i,ta tea " "" w,ul U1 . Wfft of Iocislon. onrln aako Hl tth a,am. ,r tno '"Bn hinihe,LesJt'..'locl8lon. urtk.:..1 l,. to ar v oreani,.; t,,u oieci'on and ,n San ration of tho port nU BCCMUrl ' C.rJ,M' U W,U olnt Tnly fr tho Governor ..' a new Pnmni..in. t.l ; done originally ' .We In tho nnR i,v ti, III probably stand ENGINEERS WILL VOTE ON STRIKE Decide to Submit Refusal of Eastern Railroads to Grant Wage Increase to Referen dum. (Uy Associated Press to Tho Coos Hay Tlmos) NEW YORK, March 2 6. Tho do mnnds of tho engineers of fifty rail roads cast of Chicago and north of tho Norflk and Wostorn railroad hav ing been refused and nelthor of tho committees of tho railroads and ongl ncora Indicating a rotroat from their position, moves woro mado today to Huiimit tno wnoio matter to a roforon diim voto of tho engineers Involved to dctorrulno tho policy to bo pursued. There Is no talk of strike and In fact Granl Chief Warren 8. Stono of tho Brotherhood of Englnoors Bald many things could happon boforo a strlkd took placo. Fifty representatives of tho Broth erhood of Locomotlva Engineers headed by Warron S. Stono later vot ed hero to BUbmit to tho so-called strlko voto tho question of nn In crease and standardization of wages, ns refused by tho eastern railroads. It will requlro sovoral days to dlB trlbuto tho ballots. April 10 has been set ns tho dato for making pub lic tho result. LI BUSHED HOTS HAVE WESTWARD NOW MORE TROUBLE Harriman System Pushes Con struction of Road to Coos Bay. REVIVE 01,1) Itl'MOIt Sonieono Htartod tho report ngnln today thnt tho C. A. Smith Company had bought or wns about to buy tho local railway betwocn hero nnd Myrtlo Point from tho Soutliorn Pacific. Supt. Miller atatcd that ho had not heard anything about any such dcnl aud did not think thoro was any truth In tho ro- port. :! i '.' ' som ttitth. pAq.uSun ab0"t tho Ch!1 Commission now CbPrt of U,,s yr'B tax ' afniitro.. m. t"c' Present can bo no legal oiecmm """"r" v.", fMlj."! '"""'"Iprablo prop- practically nn ln'P018S,l),1,.tIrt?n "".! wkw ' rr "n'l water- 180 men wno remum " lonimiinrv untn rf'" .....-. others move away and some ou ac count of sickness or for other reasons cannot comply with the instructions to post the notices. 1 Prn..t . . ' ,r mnchreD,r",nv.Prsnnt with ItkI.:lrylnROut of thn nro. llcea ncernlng tho not " soma declare thoro ANGLER'S LICENSE at liners'. Thnt rapid progross Is bolng mado on tho oast nnd west lino of tho Ilar rlmnn eystcim across Orogon, tho westorn torminus of which is oxpect cd to bo Coos Hay, is shown by tho following nrtlclo from tho Ontario Democrat: Tho Utah Construction company In chargo of tho railroad construction work on tho first 1G0 miles of tho Oregon-Eastorn railroad west from Vale, has sub-lot nlno mllos of tho thirteen miles of grading between, horo nnd tho mouth of tho Malhour canyon nnd tho othor four mllos will bo lot this wook. Tho first llvo miles of grndlng work has boon lot to Sub-contractor Gold smith of Caldwoll, who has establish ed camp two miles west of town nnd has commonrod work on each sldo of tho enmp anil will grado up to tho city limits, connecting tho grado with the Ontnrlo-Vnlo lino horo. i Tim nnv( f.nt vullna nf tvrmln la 1in a.iu tivov n.. w. o - - . Ing built by Jorry Hurloy. a sub-con-1 tractor who has boon working on tho Nyssa-IIomcdnlo extension of tho Oro gon Short Lino railroad and tlio un-tarlo-Nyssn Irrigation projoct. Wok has been going on in tho Mal hour canyon, in tho cuts and tunnols for tho last threo months, whoro 300 men aro at work. Tho thirteen miles of roadbed from this city to tho enn yon Is nn easy pleco of work, ns prac tically no grado Is roqulrod. It is learned that 130,000 cublo foot of dirt will bo movod nt a cost of $17,000. As soon as the thlrtoon miles of road bod from Valo to tho canyon Is comploted, which will bo laid and work trains operated from Valo to tho Mainour jconyon an j.dsuppllos and mntorlal transported to tho can yon camps by rail as well as all tho heavy machlnory that at presont can not bo hauled out ovor tho rough roads. Anothor contemplated chango Is tho moving of tho headquarters of tho Utah Construction company from this city to section 25, two miles southwest of town, which hao been leased from tho roadland company. This change Is necessary because of tho crowded condition of tho camp north of tho railroad yards. Operations at tho Malheur canyon camps nro progressing rapidly. At mile post 39 tho crews havo bogun boring on the 2,600 foot tunnel Into tho rocky cliff In both approaches. Headway Is rapid nnd soon will bo Increased through tho use of double shifts of crews. Tho Hank brothers aro alsq drly ng a tunnel at mile post 56, keeping a smnll crew on grado work. -rim Ktnrtlne of eroding from Valo will glvo a greater Impetus to all tho operations, and from rellablo sourco it is learned that forces will bo In creased within a week or two. ATTACK TWO LEADERS ItooM-velt anil Wilson Suffer Attack In House Today. (By Associated Tress to the Coos Bay Tlmej) WASHINGTON, D. C, March 26 ,.,..i t ...o-nin.r tlin hnnso luninod today Into a political skirmish In ' ....!. ti. ..-. no f fJnvnrnnr Wilson I and Theodore Roosevelt figured most i i.,tt,- Th nntliurfit started 1!UUIIUM". 7i l . .1 . when Minority Leader Manu had the clerk read from the desk a recent bitter newspaper attack on WHaon by Hearst, In which tho governor's democracy was denied. It drew re publican applause. Former Coos Bay Couple Air Differences in San Fran cisco Divorce Court. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., March 26. Tho Examiner prints the following: Hero Is n chronological list of cruoltlos contained in tlio divorce complaint mado by Attornoy Thomas S. Ml not: Novembor 13 When ho enmo homo to dinner alio accused htm of spondlng his tlmd with othor women and said sho did not want him around tho liouso. Novombor 1-1 Nagged nnd scoldod him until ho had to leave tho houso. Novembor 15 Camo to his ofllco nnd in the prcsouco of othor persona called III in a liar, thlof and crook and threatened to send him to Jail nnd disgrace him in ovory josslble way. November 16 Sho camo homo at midnight and mndo him got out of bod nnd loavo their npartmonts nt tho Borkshiro, Novomhor 10 Ropeatod porform anco of Novmbor 15 in his otllco. Docombor 1 Rofusod to talk to him whon ho cnllod hor on tolophono to mako provision for hor support. Docombor 3 Rofusod absolutely to spoak to him and has not spokon to him slnco. Wed Second Tlmo Less than two years ago whon At tornoy Thomas S. Mlnot nnd his di vorced wlfo Elizabeth mot nnd woro reconciled nt tho blor of their dond son nnd- romnrrled a fow days lator, Mrs. Mlnot declared that all their troubles had been duo to a lack of understanding on her part. Sho said that sho had novor boon nblo to approclnto tho fact that a pro fessional man must devoto at least a part of his tlmo to IiIb careor to tho oxcluslon of his homo llfo. Tho trag ic death of their boy, sho said, had shown her hor mlstako, and at last their warring temperaments had boon subdued by tho molting pot of sorrow nnd thoy had como into tho haven of porfect understanding nnd happiness. This boasted understanding wns not long lived. Yesterday Mlnot, whq was formorly a, United Statos Do puty District Attornoy, with offices In the Pholan building, fllod suit for divorce Jn tho Superior Court charg ing his wlfo with oxtremo cruelty. Mrs. Mlnot lives at tho Bbrkshiro Apartments. Tho Minots woro married in Marshfleld, Orogon. At tho tlmo of tho ronrnrrlngq on May 8, 1010, thoy wero unanimous ln declaring thoy "never woro roally happy," but tho birth of tholr son, Thomas, in 1893 cemented such lovo ob they had for each otb,or, Too Often Away frpni Homo "We did not understand each other then," said Mrs. Mlnot, referring to their first marrlago, "and It soomod that tho causo lay ln our differing temperamonts. Wbon we married my husband was a young attornoy nnd gave much of hw tlmo to his homo. Later, howovor, ho broad ened in his work and big cases fell into his grasp. Important legal mat tors require greqt attention, and Mr, Mlnot was compelled to spend much more of bis tlmp away from homo than I, as his wlfo, waR willing to al- "', knew 1-u "as ambitious and I I should fcuve bten tho first to en courage him," she continued, "but then you know there are some things that women never will under stand. "We.are happier now than wo hayo over been before," ahe said In con clusion at the tlmo of tho second mar rlago, "We understand each other now. It Is awfiil that wo had to loso our boy to bring UiIh about. How happy ho would havo been to havo seen this!" , . Mlnot came to San Francisco in mm m wlfo did not como with him, declaring that their married llfo must enu aomuiuuo uuv,.... ... ....... temperamental differences and 11 oil suit for divorce on iuq grouuua ol ,. compatibility of temperaraont. Mln ot did not contest the action and sho was granted tne. aecreo . """ INDIANA REGULARS FOR TAFL ROOSEVELT BUMP CONVENTION TEAR STRIKE .. 450,000 MINERS Operators Declare That They Cannot Grand Demands of Union. (By Associated Press to tho Coos Bay Times.. CLEVELAND, Mnr. 20 "A strlko Is prefcrablo to granting tho minors' domnnds. Wo ennnpt grant tho wage Increase, oven If nil tho othor do mondB woro waived, ln other words, tho operators cannot ylold and if tho minors do not, n strlko will follow.' That wns the statement Issued to day In behalf ot tlio bituminous oper ators of Westorn Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois by J. C. Kolsou of Torro Haute, who added that tho opcrntors will mako no further offor thun to extend tho present wago ngrcomont nnothor two years. Tho dlfforcnccH, thoroforo, Involving tho possibility that moro than 450,000 minors will quit next Monday whon tlio presont wago contract expires, today appeared no nearer settlement. President Controls' State Re publican Gathering by 105 Votes. MINORITY REPORT IS TURNED DOWN Roosevelt Supporters' Therv Meet and Elect Contest ing Delegation. BULLETIN WASHINGTON, D. C, Mnrch 4 26. Senator Stephcnnon wins, IS "NOT GUILTY" Jury in Chicago Federal Court Discharges Accused Beef Barons. (By Associated Press to tho Coos Day Tlmo.) CHICAGO, March 26 "Not Guil ty" was tho verdict tho Jury returned today In tho trial of tho 10 Chicago packers accused by tho Uovornment of violation of the criminal sections of tho Shorman anti-trust net. Tho vordlct wns returned boforo United States District Judgo Carpontor after tho jury had deliberated for moro than ten hours. All tho dofondants wero In court when tho vordlct was read. Thoro was no excltomont although oach do fondant smiled nnd somo shook bnnds with their nttornoys. Tho court room wns crowded nnd a hur rlod exit of mnny from tho room whon tho vordlct wns rend wns check ed by tho Judgo. Tho vordlct wbb n surprise to mnny who had boon wntohlng tho caso. Tho Jury was out 19 hours. There wore threo ballots, tho first standing olght for ncqulttal nnd four for conviction; tho second, oloven for acquittal and ono for conviction, nnd tho third being unanimously for acquittal. Ono ballot taken last was on the quostlon of whether if ono was guilty, all woro guilty. This stood ton to two In ravor ot tno prop oBlton. Tho Instructions of Judgo Carpontor laid stress on tho quostlon of rcasonablo doubt and tho Jurors woro instructed that if thoy had such doubt as would Justify tliom to pauso in any important affair, tnoy coma not roturn a verdict of guilty. MEAT PRICES HIGHER (By Associated Press to tho Coos Bay Tlmos.) INDIANAPOLIS, March 26 Tho Indiana republican convention adopt ed a resolution Instructing tho elato'a fotir doIogatCH at largo to tho nation al convention to vote for the ronoml nntlon of President Taft. National Committeeman Harry 8. Now, formor Vice President Fairbanks, James Wntson and Joseph D. Oliver woro elected dolcgates. Tho Tnft faction had a majority ot 105 over tho sup porters of RoosovolU At tho closo of the regular convention tho Raosovolt delegates hold a separate convention In tho rear of tho hall and olectod as dolegatcs at largo former flonntor A. J. Bovcrldgo, Fred Dandls, Edwin M. Leo nnd Charles H. Campbell. TAFT HAS CLEAR .MAJORITY (By Associated Pross to tho Coos Bay Tlmos. j INDIANAPOLIS. Mnrch 20 By a vote of 772 to G67 tho Indiana re publican convention for tho election of four dolegates nt largo to tho na tional convention today tablod the minority report ot tho credentials committee seating tho contesting. RooBovolt dolegatcs. FOSS PREFERENTIAL CANDIDATE Democrats In Miih.iucIhihoUh to Voto For Governor for Prctddcnt (By Associated Press to Tho Coos Bay Tlmos; WASHINGTON, March 26 Oovor nor Fobs today notlflod Roprcsonta tlvo Curloy of Mnssachunotts that whllo ho Is not n candldato for pres ident, ns announced last night, ho desired his nnmo to "appear as a pro forontlal candldato to bo voted on at tho primaries ln Massachusetts April 30." Champ Clark accordingly do cllnod to allow his name on the bal lot thoro. RE 0 0 11 Advance Rapidly Follows Announce ment or vcniici. (By Associated Press to the Coos Bay Times.) CHICAGO, March 26. After tho announcement of tho verdict of tho packers' trial, provisions advancod all round. Tho rise was 15 conts for pork and TV to 10 cents for lard. Additional to tho cost of packing house products, this was attributed on tho exchange to tho active cover ing by shorts nnd to sympathy with a bulge In tho price of corn. Swift & Co. shares advanced 2$t points on tho Chicago Stock Ex change toda yan hour before tho vordlct. Aftor tho Jury a reported further Jump of threo and one-quarter points occurred. GARDEN HOSE at MILNERS'. PAYS LIFE PENALTY (Continued on pace 4.) Missouri Murderer Protests Innocence on Sralfold. (By Associated Press to Tho Coos nav Tlmesl MATIYRVILLE. Mo.. March 26. JIoz Rasco, murdered or tho Hubboll family of four, was hanged ln the yard of tho county Jail today. Rasco protested his Innocence on the scatt ers they have brought here. SCREEN DOORS, Window Screens and FLY KILLERS at MILKERS', Leaders of English Miners' Union Will Return to Districts. ' (By Associated Press to tho Coos Bay Tlmos.) LONDON, March 2G. Unless tho national minors' strlko is sottlod within iwn nr tliren (lavs and tho mil lion idlo miners roturn to tho pltB, tho men's loauors win go uacK 10 tuoir respective districts in ordor to organ ize tho relief work for tho distressed families. This is tho substanco of a state ment by ono of tho men foromost in tho negotiations on tho mon's sldo. He Insisted tho minora havo no in tention of further reducing tholr de mands, Tho owners, howovor, nro said to havo expressed a willingness to grant tho spoclfled minimum rates if excop tlonB bo mndo In ensos whoro coal or rent nro given In part payment of wa ges. Many additional manufactur ing plants closed today for want of fuel. CAN'T SETTLE STRIKE Premier Asqultli Kuys lie Is Unablo to Terminate Labor Trouble I By Associated Press to Coos Bay Tiroes, j LONDON, March 26. In n short spooch in tho Houso of Commons to day, Premier Asqulth confesaod tho governments falluro to terminate tho coal strlko. Ho said: "Wo havo dono our best with porfect thorough ness and impartiality and it Is with profound disappointment I havo to confess to tho Houso all our labors aro unavailing." Premlor Asqujth mado this final appoal to tho dlHputants: "If nt this fifty-ninth mlnuto of iiw. ninimnih tmnr. thu tiartlos can not como to a rensonablo arrange ment on a matter of relatively small proportions, thoy will havo a vory serious account to render to tho country. Tho government has dono all it can." AH sizes CHICKEN NETTING and CATTLE FENCE at MILNERS'. I