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A Consolidation of Times, Const .Mull
mid Coo liny Advertiser.
No. 222
WEDS OF THOUSANDS OF
MINERS SUSPEND WORK TODAY
All Mines in Pennsylvania An
fl th acite Field Are Tied
Up Now.
BITUMINOUS MINERS IN
B" CENTRAL STATES OUT
Referendum Vote and Negotia
tions Expected to Termi
nate it Soon.
I OVER 175,(100 IDLE
J (Dy Associated Press.)
PHILADELPHIA, April 1.
I Thcro Is a comploto Bhut-down
in tho coal region, 175.000 nion
''J
(Br Associated PresB to Tho Coos
Day Times)
NEW YORK, April 1. Tio nn
ihrtclto operators bollovo tho suspen
,Iod of work In tho hard coal region
lUch went Into offoct today will not
(ontlnuo long and thul tho mooting
of the operators' comniltto nnd tho
representatives or tho mlncra In Phll
idelphla April 10th wJI! losult ln a
ttttlemcnt. This bollcf Is strength
ened by tho raci U tu no traces u
bitterness hnvo bun fIi .vu on oltlior
tide, tho oo u'ntors ?ny.
Scores of thousands of coal mln
en quit work today In tho anthrnclto
fields In Pennsylvania and In tho
central competitive field of the bitu
minous portion of tho Industry. Of
(Idilly tho movement Is n "suspon
ilon" of work nnd whothor It Is to
deielon Into n widespread strlko do
tends upon tho outcome of Iho vot
ur In tho union ranks and of con
ferences between tho men and cm
ploren within tho next ten dnys.
The anthrnclto men nro more ap
prehensive than their bltumlnoiiB
brethren as to tho outcome. This
cotdltlon Is duo to no doflnlto ngrco
cent being Immediately In sight for
tie hard coal men, whereas tho bttu
clnous confcrcnco at Cleveland nd
Joarned after tho men's roprcsonta
tlret had abaiidonod prnctlcnlly nil
tlelr demands except an Incrcnso In
utti and on this point modified
their demands considerably.
The union men nro to tnko n rof
trendum ballot at onco aB to whoth
tr the modified terms for a now
lo agreement nro to bo accepted
nd there Is a general fooling that
tie result of tho ballot will bo to re
tire to work.
Approximately 400,000 men nro
Jlrtttly affected today nnd soino
109.000 moro scattered through tho
wl districts In tho country aro
niching tho outcomo of tho "Sus
tnlon" for Its possible offoct upon
ilr own wages.
probably will bo nt lonst 30
n before nil tho mines will hnvo
MUDed If tho rnfflrnnilimi vntno mwl
coherences result favorably and tho
sit 10 days of that porlod may pro
!!v ? Pf.bIem n to tho fiiQl supply
w Industries of nil chnractors.
M
Y ARE IDLE
I LINOIS
Over 40,000 Men and 650
Mines in That State Affect
ed by Suspension.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Time.)
CHICAGO, April 1. Forty thou
sand minors nnd GG0 bituminous
minors In Illinois nro Idlo todny as
n result of the expiration of the wage
scalo agreement at midnight Sun
day. 'Warnings have boon Issued to
consumers of coal to economize. Tho
conl supply on hnnd will last about
two weeks.
IK HANSEN'S
HOW ESCAPE
Albert Haines Heroically Res-
". uiuwning company
Sunday.
TO thfi linrnl .
,, "" ""oris 01 Aiuorr,
"', gon of ., .
thfflf 0t JInr8l,n'f'. Jons Hanson!
sin a n. car-ll son of Mr. and
We win J? .""'loi'htodly owos his
Jester.!. "S'"K on Coos River
Uan 'J:r,.R"ff0i:0l minting
Wa fa ' ' lM0 rlvor nn was
Albm i,.n t!p 8eol tlmo when
rhnl a,.u," others cnino to the
re5i.i,.r'"'l",r011 8everal mlnutou
ImZ ure "s,,lnB noar tho
tot Wb.' . . v,)ng Hnnson had
1. 1 W. STRIKE
W
Construction on Canadian
Northern Railway Stopped
Entirely.
f Dy Associated rross to the Coos Day
Times.)
VANCOUVER, D. 0., April 1.
A dispatch from Kamloops, D. C,
says that construction work on the
Canadlnn Northern Railway Is en
tirely tied up by tho strlko of labor
ers under tho direction of tho I. W.
W. Flvo thousnnd mon nro out.
14.000 STRIKE
NEAR CHICAGO
Large Number of Carpenters
Quit Work in Illinois'
Metropolis Today.
(Dy 'Associated Projs to Tho Coos
Dny Times)
CHICAGO, April 1. Fourteen
thousnnd enrponters In Chlcngo nnd
ItH environs went on n strlko todny.
MISSISSIPPI
FLOOD IS RAO
"ddeniv V lg "8 when lo was
N V r,frm0 alUl f0U tVOm tl,
'M 1( ,!', Uon'l was rowing
tat H,i ".V ' fMua Salter nnd Al-
"c-,enw ' AIU0 ov8 after
timo v 's ?oIB "own the soc-
l a'nnne n'ar'50 numbor of poo-
u tlp'B ,, ,."" "l uie river at
roBg ii,!"4 ,"' "nlte.l In praise of
s mines' homio .,i.
TUo M'f.HOUS IA-XCHEI)
Blk u
Itrw . , r.xcfiltcrt,
'a-"im:, Prn; t0
-"limns of Whlto Man re
The Coos
I BLACirnBay TImos)
' Wi"0- N. O.. !
? "egroes
March 29.
r todav V?? 'yned near"hero
vlleoaa er an attack on a
Lovees Broken in Many Places
and Federal Aid is
Proposed.
(Dy Associated Press to tho Coos Day
TImos.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. April 1;
To rollovo flood conditions In tho
1 Mlsalsslnnl valley Representative
Hansdell of Louisiana todny Intro
1 iliicod a bill to make an emerueney
appropriation of 1300,000. The
nionoy would he made available Im
mediately nnd utilised In the recon
struction and maintenance of gov
ernment lovees on tho rlvor.
OXFORD WIXS RACK
Victor In Elglit-omed Contort wllli
i Harvard
' (Dy Associated Press to the Coos Day
TImos. )
PUTNEY, Eng., April 1 Oxford
,.. Mia niarht oared boat rare with
Cambridge today from Putney to
, Mort Lake by six lengths. The time
was twenty-two minutes and flvo oc-
onds for tho four miles and a qusr-
tor. Tho weather was unfavorable.
I w Tn.'1'HrtV K CASH
Conviction of Millionaire Illlliiinn of
Scuttle Stands.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
V4.SHIXOTO'. D. C. Varil 1 !
Tl.o .nnniinn i-ourt of tllO I lllteil
States declined today u, review the
conviction of Clarence D. Hlllman. a
real estato man of Seattle, Indicted
for alleged fraudulent use of tne
malls.
SOCIALISTS TRY TO EXPEL HAYWOOD
Eastern Branch of Party Files
Charges Against Former
Head of Western Federation
of Miners.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
DICNVER, Col., April 1 Charges
ngnlrlst William D. Haywood, tho So
cialist lecturer nnd former secretary
of tho Western Federation of Min
ers, havo boon tiled with tho Denver
organization of SoclnllBts by tho
Drldgeport, Conn., brnnch, with a ro
nuost for Haywood's expulsion from
the International Socialist Party.
Drldgeport SoclnllBts chargo Hay
wood with having organized n dual
machinists' union composed Inrgoly
of men oxpellcd by tho socialists of
that place, with having taken charge
of tho Lnwroneo Tcxtllo Workers'
strike nt the head of this rival or
ganization against tho protosts of re
gular socialists and with other al
leged offenses
ROUSE
IN FERNDALE
Destruction of B. F. Casteel
Building in Ferndale Arouses
Suspicions.
A small vacant houso on tho Forn
dalo hill, west of Duncan Ferguson's
rosldonco, was destroyed by flro of
unknown origin about -I o'clock this
morning. Tho flro had galnod such
headway when discovered that tho
placo could not bo saved although
Duncan Ferguson, Albort Sollg and
n numbor of others were on tho sccno
early.
Tho plncc bolongcd to F. Cnstcol
who formerly resided on tho Dny but
who now resides lu Snu Diego. Tho
vnluo of It was small.
This lire has strengthened tho be
lief that soino unknown porson, evi
dently domcutcd, is responsible for It
nnd tho burning of tho Clauson houso
In South Mnrshflcld Inst Friday night.
Mrs. Chns. II. Curtis, who was ono of
tho llrst to seo tho Clauson flro, stated
that whon alio looked out and saw It.
sho notlcod a strnngo man walking)
along trio street. Mo npparontly paid
no nttontlon to tho blazo nnd was
walking nway from it. Ho was soon
nftorwards scon nonr tho O. S. Torroy
rcsidonco and instoad of going to
wards tho flro was going towards
town.
PartloB living noar tho Casteel
proporty otato that yostordny or last
ovenlng, somo strango mpn, appar
ently tramps, woro scon ln that nei
ghborhood. Thoso facts couplod with tho nt-
torapt to break into tha Carl W. Ev-!
orison homo In West Marshflold Inst I
week nnd tho finding of evidence of I
n strnngor spending tho night in
Matt Nolmo's barn hnvo causod somo
npprohension. It is oxpoctod that
Mnrshal Cartor nnd othors will try
to round up the mytorlous Indi
viduals who may bo responsible for
tho Arcs.
TODAY IS ALL
FODL'S DAY
MANY ARRIVE
ON REDOiO'
I
Would-be Jokers Busy North
Bend Bunch May Have
' to Pay for Fun.
Today is All Fool's Day so bowaro.
If you haven't boon mndo n victim,
there Is still tlmo for tho would-bo
Joker to get In his work boforo mid
night.
If you forgot nbout todny being
April first, n wholo lot of pooplo did
not. Somo woro so nnxlous that they
started ln Sundny and thcro has been
more Joking or would-bo Joking than
in n long tlmo.
Ono bunch of North Dond mon may
have tho Joko turned on them to tho
tuno of sovcrnl dollars. About 4
o'clock Sunday morning, thoy phon
ed calls to tlio doctors In North Dond
for an emergency call to tho Palnco
notel there nnd most of tho physic
IntiH turned out. Dr. Durmlster wns
called down to administer to n bad
tooth. Fred Wilson, tho Mnrshflold
undertaker, sufforod tho worst. Ho
received n call nnd got out, secured n
rig and drovo to North Dond only to
find thnt ho had boon mndo a victim.
It Is said that tho mombors of tho
North Dond party nro known and Dr.
Durmlstor, Frod Wilson nnd tho
North Dcnd doctors now thronten
to suo thorn for tho cnlls.
They nlso nhonod Danny Hull, not
ing ngont of tho Rodondo, that sho
would bo In North Dond nbout 2
o'clook and ho had to go down nnd
mnko a flro and got ready for busi
ness and then, thoy phonod him
thnt It wns nil an April Fool Joko.
In consequonco of tho would-bo
Joko, tho telophono girls ln North
Dcnd woro vory lndlgnnnt. This
morning whon tho North Dond night
watchman buw tho glare of tho flro
In Ferndnlc, ho asked tho North
Dend central to turn In n flro nlnrm
to Mnrshflold. Sho thought It was
another April Fodl Joko nnd rofusod.
0 0
Steamer in From San Fran
cisco Early Sunday Will
Sail Tuesday.
Tho Rodondo arrlvod In early Sun
dny from Snn Francisco with a cargo
of miscellaneous frolght nnd n fair
pnssongor list. She encountored
rough weather all tho way up tho
const.
Tho Rodondo will snli at 1 1 o'clock
luosday morning fjr Sin Francisco.
Among those nrrl.'tng or her were
the following:
Mrs. A. R. Harrison nnd child, J.
A. Luso, Win. Gran', II. E. IInat'.:i,
J. A. O'Kelly, Mr. V I). Guerln and
child. J. E. Edwar-M P. Drower, Mrs.
P. D. Drewer, Mrs. Chris Dorchor,
L. 'A. Wldner. Kylo Fox. Mrs. Fox.
Milton Glass. It. L. Wilght, 13. P.
Dullorry, Carl TUton, W. A. DIschol,
Jus. llert. E. L. Stewart, F. D. Nool,
V. Garcia. P. Smith, J. Alklno, F. N.
Myers and ten steerage.
KEKMAXV DENIES Rl'MOR
M..k o Intention of Lauding Troops
lu Mexico. I
(By Associated Pre. to the Coos Day !
Times.)
UBRLIN. April 1. A dispatch
from New York ssylng Oermany Is ,
in aim r tun to tnud troops In Mexico,
was denied by the foreign off'en here
today. It is said by officials that I
theie Is abtol'itely no occasion for
1 such action ou the part of Germany.
PORT TAX NOTICE
All tax payers who desire to have
their port. tax used for the Improve
ment of tho harbor are roquestod to
immediately sln a relinquishment
directing the same to be pnld to Dr.
K. MlnguB. Trustee. This can be
done at elthor Flanagan & Donnott
Dank, the First National Dank or
the Chamber of Commerce.
J. T. McCORMAC,
Pres. Chamber of Commerce
AFFECTS BAY
Holds That Cities Cannot
Change Charters May
Nullify Franchise.
Local lawyers nro much Interested
In the decision of tho Orogou su
premo court last week In tho case
Involving tho annoxntlnn of St. Johns
by the city of Portlund owing to tho
fact that It will possibly affect mat-
tors on Coos Day considerably.
In his decision, tho supremo court
holds thnt through nn amendment to
tho constitution, cities no longer
hnvo the power to nmond or annul
tholr ohnrters. Tho supremo court
holds that tho constitutional amend
ment revoking tho Incorporation
power of tho leglslnturo did not con
fer It on any othor body and conso
niiontly until another constitutional
nmondmont Is mndo, no ohnugos lu
city clinrters can bo mndo.
The full text of tho decision has
not been rocolvod hero yot. C. A.
Sehbrede Is sondlng for It today. He
is Interested in it, ospocially, bo-
cause It will bo u means of knock
Ing out the annexation of Plat D by
tho city of North Dond. Ho says
that ho bolleves tho decision nulllflos
the franchise which the Murs...ieU
flty charter granted the Tormlnal
Railway under tho nmonded city
charter of Marshflold and will mako
tho North Dond spoclnl election on
April 1 G useless.
FLOOD SITUATION DETTL'R
High Water Prevails in Mississippi
Valley
ST. LOUIS. Mo.. April 1 Al
though the situation in most of the
flood stricken districts Is improving
today, high water still prevails ln
many places and in several the riv
ers are reported to have swept over
and' broken levees. No loss of llfo
was reported today.
MSOR
A
-TRUST L
I
S U till! I
WATER LINES
M
T
Interstate Commerce Commis
sion Wins Victory in United
States Supreme Court.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Tlmo.)
WASHINGTON, Apr. 1 A victory
was won by tho lutcrstnte Commerco
CommlsBlou when tho suproiue court
of tho United Stntos decided tho
commission had tho power to compol
tho water lines to report to It re
garding Intrastate as well as intor
stnte biiHlnesB, It wns tho first
ciibo from tho commerco court to bo
considered by tho supremo court nnd
the commerce court was rovorscd.
INDICT FOUR
FOR FRAUDS
Federal Grand Jury Holds
Them in Florida Everglades
Case Today. '
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Tlmo.)
WASHINGTON, D. Of, April 1.
Indlctmonts growing out of tho
Florida evorglndes Investigation of
tho dopnrtment of ngrlculturo woro
rotiiruod by tho federal grnnd Jury
today against C. G. Elliott, A. D.
Morohouso, Gray P. Toollo and Frank
E, Singleton. Tho dofondnnts aro
chargod individually with having ap
proved or presented fnlso vouchors
against tho government. Elliott nnd
Morohouso hnvo assorted that tho
charges of technical violation of tho
lnw against thorn nnd tholr dlsmlssnl
from tho dopnrtment wero brought
about by their opposition to Ever
glados land promoters.
MILLINERY A display of olo
gnnt pattern hats on display at tho
WHITE HOl'SE STORE, NORTH
DEND. Your Inspection solicited.
THE VOGUE MILLINERY.
CALL OFF BOUT:
W
Henderson Fails to Make
Weight for Saturday Night's
Go With O'Brien.
Tlio Huuderson-O'llrlcn boxing
bout which was slated for last Sat
urday night wns called off lato In tho
afternoon and an endonvor is being
made today to huvo It hold noxt Sat
urday night. It wns stated this
morning that It was likely tlint tho
agreement would bo slgnod this af
ternoon nt 140 pounds or loss.
It Is clalmod that Hondorson
weighed 148 pounds Snturdny nftor
noon, about ton pounds moro than
tho wolght ngroed upon for tho
light. O'Drlon posltlvoly refused to
moot him ut tho Incrousod weight.
Thero wns no forfolt to mako wolght.
It Is expected that next time, a for
folt will bo required on making tho
agrood wolght.
Hondorson Is also trying to ar
range another bout to be pulled off
here some tlmo this month. Day
refutes to meet hi in unleau a. side bet
of $200 Is postod on It.
All Members of United Stales
Supreme Court Unite
in Opinion. '
THE INTERNATIONAL
HARVESTER CO. LOSES
Was Ousted From State and
Heavily Fined for Violation
of Statute.
(Dy Associated Press to Coos Day
Tiino.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 1.
Tho anti-trust lnws of Missouri wcro
uphold todny by tho supremo court
of tho United Stntos. Tho court ap
proved of the stnto's nctlon ln ouot
lng tho Stnndnrd Oil Company of Itv
dlnna nnd tho Republic Company of
Now York from tho stnto and fining
each IftO.OOO under tho laws.
The International Harvestor Com
pany recently nppcnlod to tho court
from n Missouri oustor decroo, the
npponl bolng bnBCd on tho ground'
thnt tho laws woro unconstitutional.
Judge Lamar who announced tho un
animous opinion of tho court hold
thnt no right of tho corporation had
boon denied under tho law ln tho
trial.
NO WILL LEFT
Coffee King's Twenty Millions,
to Go to Sisters, '
Pfobably.
(Dy Associated rross to Tho Cooa
Bay Tlhiba)
NEW YORK, April 1 No will baa
boon found nnd John Arbucklo in
now bollovod to havo dlod Intestate
Ills fortuno la osUmatod at twonty
million dollars. Mrs. Arbucklo died
flvo years ago and tho couplo had no
children, tho noxt of kin bolng Mrs.
Robert JnmlcBon and Miss Christina
Arbucklo. sisters.
HOUSEBREAKER
CAUGHT HERE
L. F. Thorn Wanted at Rose
burg for Burglary Captured
by Marshal Carter.
L. F. Thorn, who nrrlved bore
from Rosoburg Saturday night, was
nrrostcd Inst evening by Marshal
Carter on telephonic advises from
Rosoburg thnt Thorn was wanted
thoro for entering and robbing a
houso, Tho nrroHt was mado about
two hours nftor Thorn hit town.
Mnrshal Cnrtor has notified Sher
iff Qulno nt Rosoburg and It Is ex
pected that ho will arrlvo lu n day
or two to tako Thorn back thoro to
answer tho charges against him.
Thorn stolo qulto a lot of Jowolry
and othor articles hut had got rid
of most of thorn boforo reaching
hero. Ho pawned a ring with a Jow
elor nt Myrtlo Point. Thorn la np
parontly forty yenru old and looka
llko a laborer-
RESUME WORK
I
DR. SIN QUITS JOD
I'tovMonal ProUilcnt of China Re
tires Today.
(Dy Associated I reus ut the Coos Day
NANKING. April 1. The public '
ceremony connected with Dr. Sun j
Yat Sun's roMKnatloti from the office
of provisional president of tho Chi
nese republic took place In the hall '
of tho National Assembly today. Dr. .
Sun bade the National Assembly a
dignified farewell. Ho urgod t hat i
every effort be mude to secure u unit
ed Chinese and achlove tho highest
Idoal of tho republic. Ho reiterat
ed Ills confidence In President Yuan
Shi Kai and in tho cabinet and gon
oral assembly.
Miners Voting in Favor of Call
ing Off Strike Cold
Weather.
(Dy Associated Press to tho Coos Day
Times.)
LONDON. April 1 Rot urns from
the referendum vote of the miners
are coining In. Thus far of tho 43 -000
vote counted, more than 25.000
have declared for resumption. Tho
ond of tho strike comes none too
soon as cold weather set In again yc
terdav and In some dlotrlcis the
ground Is covered with snow A
large nti'iib'T of Industrial plants
closed today for lack of coal,
Llbby COAL. The xind YOU have
ALWAYS USED. PHONE 72 Pacific
Livery & Transfer Co.