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ffi ONLY 70S SURVIVORS
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am cu h v m i
kaESfSSS"
WIIUIUOO iu
Today.
LvmiFAfJ PASSENGERS
linn' '""'.mi noiwc rc nocw
fcAbLUOivt ui uiiuh
hays Rescue Ship With Titanic
Survivors Will nuaun new
York Tomorrow.
I(B; AHodatod Press to Tho Coos
not YORK. April 17. Wlnflold
nMM. of Doston, a passongor on
Ui steamer Franconla, In a wlrolosa
to tbi Canard company, says:
"Steamer Franconla ootabllBhod
tiBBdnlcatlon with tho Carpathla. at
HO a. m., Now York tlmo. Lnttor
f'utten 198 miles oaBt of Ambroso
tlsanel and in no noou 01 iibhibiuuuu.
Eli tipects to reach Now York nt 3
1,'elock Thursday ovonlng. 8ho baa
. ..i.i - tnr. anrvlvnm aboard. Tho
frtjconli Is relaying poraonal mos-
ura from tue utrpninia wj oumu
tow
tv. mim)Ar 70R mirvlvorn mnv
.... n.ttAncors im dlstlnculshod
Ifion the crow. A provlous (llspatch
kuitbe number or aurvivors as oia,
tilth was bolloved to bo tho pusson
btnind crow on tho Carpathla.
to iti:rovi:it bodies
title Ship Sent to Srcno of Titanic
I DNnHtiT.
(By Associated Prosa to Coos Day
Times.)
HALIFAX. N. 8.. April 17. Tho
ib! iblp Markay Boiinott hns bud
Urltrcd by tho White Star Lino to
:i to the scene or tho Titanic dlBnstor
alls being loaded today preparatory
oijjurturo. In llio hope that some
(tie bodies will bo picked up, cof-
i vero Included In tho cargo nnd
Meal undertakers nnd oinbnlmors
111 jd tlpng, Tho cablo nhlp Mlnln,
leb as near tho disaster, has nr-
pedbtro lth no survivors,
LVGMSII Ii.W DEFECTIVE
Xot SK'clfy Number of Llfo
IloaU Needed by Llnem.
IE; Associated Press to Coos Day
Tlmo.)
j LONDON, April 17. Tho nppnr
pWsctthat tho Tltaulc'a boats woro
m sufficient to accommndnto tho
-tyi personnol. Is causlnir nine
Fsoent hero. although tho nanora
It tlsry about discussing tho aub-
1i ue mw does not provltlo tho
inter of boata tho lnrgeat ships
f tarry, ji applies ouly to ships
pacing- up to 10.000 tons, ns Jt
u passed boforo tho prosont great
""i were designed.
IIS WILL
CHANGE SEATS
fa Benson of Klamath Falls
and Judge Coke Are to
Exchange.
idtO Henrv t. Tlnntm.. nt lflnm.
ir,1'.HI prosldo at tho April
a ol circuit court at Coqulllo In
ol Judge j. 8. Coko and will
Z.P. ,lbe Foot nnl Dostcott
'"r trials.
J T.,anD,uncoment was made to
J following tho receipt by Judge
,, ' a request from Judgo Donson
w7;' "Mango 'or thla torm as
a hi(.. i. .. .;..--.
'1m n v "u W"8 uisquauuea.
" toxe ncr.vwl tn ...i '.,.iih
"kw.land w ,0avo Friday
'Wamath Falls,
c: V iarr,s arrived Here from
Vhrt?!.1? wr wme Plat B
jllfio V juibo uoko was (IU
iK1"? to Mr. Coko having
JJNh thorn as nn attor-
s ; '" eievanon to ino
Slam UK0 arrangeu aoino
e fnVm? r JlldKo Harris to como
rf '.' ln'S PUmoSfl Tim! h lioon
4 hl0n,6r of Judeo Benson's
i le .,1,d.1havo hal Ju'lgo Bon-
J? H.,,1 .VJU caB03 al saved
" narrls te trin in ho ,
frn and JudKe Harris loft
I e TV?. nn aut0 for CP
l Mcknight accompanied
I'M'eiDepfnl .1... .. . .
iw.,1..- iiiui inn ernnii uirv
Waal !l''"0rt Thursday on tho
e , . " ' ' Somo of tho wlt-
Hi.,.. ' I'poared boforo the.
rsion ,; ,; "at t,loro 3 a"
r'tii, H" mat uouiie
m. "" 1 ' even ho ln,llnto,i on
ry mm.i r charge.
0VAI,.
ii..:'"uiN An..,- . -
Vux deiivi"! .."'"iV?
io aiiHVK. I'pono
reporisIll
mm 5Mtu
Wireless Says That Female
Passengers of Titanic
Were Rescued.
(Dy Associated PrcBs to Coos Day
Time.)
NEW YORK, April 17. "All tho
womon Bavod on tho Carpathln."
This wlroless messago was rccolvcd
today frpm Mrs. Cnrollno Donncll,
ono of tho Tltanlo's rescued paseon
gors, now bound for Now York on
tho Carpathla. Tho messago camo
to II. W. Donncll of Youngstown, her
brother, who 1b Btopplng at tho Wal
dorf'Astorla, from Mrs. Donnell's
undo on the Olympic.
ffi F
IIT1ICS CREW
About 140 Reported Alive and
400 of Steerage Few
Developments.
(Dy Associated Pross to tno Coos Bay
Times.)
NI3W YOIIK) April 17. It Is es
timated thnt approximately 140
mombors of tho Tltanlc'a crow wcro
saved, tliclr prcseiico to man tho llfo
boats bolng required to insure tho
snfoty of passongorfl. An ostlmnto of
400 Htcorngo pnssongora saved coin
plotcs tho total of 8C8 which the
Carpathla has mado known thnt she
linn on hoard. Ah tho list Indicated,
a great majority of thoso saved nro
womon, names of only 79 men
rescued bolng given In tho lists tclo
grnphod from tho Carpathla, where
as tho names of 240 women npponr
In tho tabulations. Of tho 400 stcor
ago pasBengcra thought saved, It
bollovod that nearly nil nro women.
Tho men among tho passengers for
tho most part seamed to hnvo ro
in nlned to dlo so thnt tho women and
children could bo saved. No now
mmos hnvo been nddod to tho list
nt saved Blnco yesterday when wire
less communication with tho Cn. .
uathla ceased bocauso tho Cuuardor
(teamed out of nor zono of land com
.nunlcntlnn. Tho i.anios of John Jacob Astor,
'sndor t'trnus, Ooorgo U. Wldenor,
Major Archibald Butt, Francis D.
Mlllot, tno AmeHfn artist, William
T. Stoad, tho London Journalist, Bon
irmln OucgonhPlm nnd Colonol nnd
y. , .' . l.igttn Rocbllng nro among
ho promlnont ones whoso names aro
iilsslng from tho Hats of thoso saved.
COAST LEAGUE
BALL SCORES
POHTLAND, Ore., April 17. The
first game of tho soason on the Port
land grounds resulted yesterday In
tho defeat of Manager McCredle s as
pirants by San Francisco by a scoro
of 2 to 1. Tho results yesterday:
At Los Angeles R. H.
Sacramento ... , j
Vernon , 8
At Portland H:
Portland I ?.
San Franclbco -
At San Francisco It- Jo-
Los AngeleB" J -
Oukland . . 10
A MARVKLOl'S IIRCOKI)
In 1901), also In 1910 and again
in 1911 Oregon Llfo sold more pol
icies In Oregon than any othor com
pany. March. 1912. was t! e blg
gost month that this company has
over had. and in the flftt quarter of
1912 more policies woro Issmd t-.an
over bpfore In any three months slnco
organization Death losses paid re
main Just wheie they were at th
close of business, December 81. 191 1,
namely n total qt only $88,000 sine,
organisation of Oregon Life. r
John F Hoc e. the well known ex
pert on life insurance, sajs Ore
gon Llfo Iusuranco Company s an
Instlutlon of which the people oT
tho state, tho directors and lta pollcj
holders may well bo proua.
Indirect Message From Titanic
Disaster Intimates That
Number of Victims Is
Greater.
(By Associated Press to Coog Bay
Times.)
NEW YORK, April 17. Tho
Cnmpordown wlroIcs3 Btntlon nt Hall
fux today sunt tho Associated Pross
tho following dispatch: "Wo nro now
In communication with tho Ca'rpathla
and nro In a position to nnnounco un
officially that tho Titanic struck an
cnormouB berg and Bank. Qvor 2000
were lost nnd 700 Htirvlvore, moBtly
womon, nro on tho Carpathla."
Tho attention of Cnmpordown was
at onco called to tho obvious error In
tho flguro8 which glvo tho total lost
ana survived at 2700. whoroaa tho to
tal number of tho passengers and
crow waB about 2200. In a reply to
this Inquiry, tho following further
explanation was rccolvcd from Hali
fax: "Tho Marconi station reports that
nothing authentic regarding tho lost
Is known on board tho Carpathla, but
tho steamer Frnnconlan, In relaying
tho messages from tho Carpathla,
Bays tho total number savod la only
710."
"Thcro Is no list of tho missing on
tho Cunnrder and only n rough ostl
mnto of her total passenger list.
Thcro probably woro moro than 2200
on the ship as qulto a numbor board
ed her at Cherbourg."
Tho estimates of 2200 on tho Ti
tanic havo embraced Uiobo sailing
from all ports, Including Chorbourg,
as far as tho company's officials havo
uoon aolo to learn
IS
TO
QUIT
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Conductors and Engineers on
Mexican National Railway
Strike Today.
(By ABSoclatod Pross to Coos Bay
Times.)
EL PASO, Tex., April 17. Every
American conductor and engineer on
the Mexican National linos will walk
out this afternoon. Tho Americans
claim that thoy hayo boon discrimi
nated against In favor of tho Mexi
cans
SIOP GAMING
M
U IS
House Committee Reports Fa
vorably Bill to Stop Trad
ing in Futures.
(By Associated Pross to Coos Bay
Tlmoa.)
WASHINGTON, D. 0., April 17.
Desplto tho opposition of tho vari
ous Boards of Trado, tho Houso com
mlttco on agriculture votod today to
mnko favorable roporta on a bill do
slcned to end gambling In futuroa on
cotton and grain.
ATTACK ON .MANX
Illinois Ropn'sciitmlvc Scores Mi
nority lA'nui'r in noiiHo.
(By Associated Pross to Coos Bay
Times.)
wAsiiiNnTON. n. c. Anrll 17.
To make tho direct chargo that Mr.
xinnn minnrliv loador. "KnowinKly"
had uttered a dollborato falsohood, In
effort to discredit him, uoprcsomu
tivo Graham of Illinois, chairman of
tho Houso Interior Department ex
penditures commlttoo, delivered a
hitter nssault ou his colloaguo. Tho
nttack grow out of Mann's allegations
n few days ago that Chairman Gra
ham had bofrlended and udvlsod Mrs.
Helen Pierce, nllogeu hy Him to uo u
woman lobbyist active In Indian leg
islation
Y DIE IN
ALABAMA FEUD
Two Dead and Two Others
Probably Fatally Wounded
In Gun Fight.
(By Associated Prosa to Coos Bay
Times.)
ELM A, Ala.. April 17. J. T. Brad
ford nnd W. H. Brndford, promlnont
residents of Dallas County, nro dend,
Gcorgo Haines Is dying nnd hla
nephew, named Hammond, la porhnps
fatally Injured, ns tho result of a
foud fight nt Roacho'a Landing ou
tho Alnbnmii River, nenr horo.
MINERS VOTE
ON WACE PACT
Seventy-Five Per Cent of Soft
Coal Miners Are 'Against
1 the Strike.
(By Associated Press to Coos Day
Times.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 17.- -Sovonty-flvo
por cont of tho soft coal
miners votod In favor of tho proposed
now wngo ngrcoment, It wns stated
today, at tho offices of tho United
Mlno Workers of America.
STORMS IN LOUISIANA
.Several Koitortrd Killed By ElemoiitH
Thcro Luht Night.
(By Associated Press to Coos Bay
Tlmo.)
NEW ORLEANS, April 17. Sev
eral woro killed and largo proporty
damngo done in sovornl South Louis
iana towns last night by oloctric,
rain nnd wind storms.
Alec Wilson Stricken Alec Wil
son, a well known Marshflold engi
neer, suffered a paralytic stroko yes
terday nfternoon at tho homo of Mrs.
Vlrglnln Ward in Eastsldo. Ills
right side Is paralyzed and his con
dition Is rnther critical. Tho attnek
was very sudden ns ho was Just ar
ranging to go to work In a logging
camp and had gono to tho Ward
homo to get ono of tho Ward boys
to work for him.
TRIRD CLASS
NAMES
CUMING
First and Second Class Pas
senger Survivors Already
Sent From Carpathla.
(By Associated Press to Tho Coos
Bay Tlmoa)
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 17.
Tho following telegram was rccolvod
today at tho Navy Dopartmont froui
Commander Dockor of tho scout
crulsor Chester, via. Portland, Mo.:
"Carpathla states that tho list of
first nnd Bccond class passongoro nnd
crow has been sent to shore. Chostor
will relay list of third class passen
gers when convonlont to Carpathla."
Thla messago Is taken to moan tho
list transmitted by wireless from tho
Carpathla to tho station nt Capo
Race, N. P., through tho Olympic,
contained tho names of nil tho first
nnd second clnss pnsscngors rescued.
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BOARD VESSEL
Carpathia Will Not Permit
Newspaper Men to See Sur
vivors Until They Land.
(By Associated Pross to tho Coos Bay
Timos.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. April 17.
No rovonuo cutters will bo ordorod
to meet tho Carpathla. Two scout
cruisers will moot tho roscuo ship.
Socrotary of tho Treasury MaoVcagh
stated tho Treasury Dopartmont had
boon Informed by tho officials of tho
Canard company, which owns tho
Carpathla, that no nowspnpor men
will bo pormltted to bonrd tho Ca,
pathln. President Taft nnd Mnc
Voagh both bollovo, It Is said, tho
rescued, hysterical as most of thorn
undoubtedly, should bo un
dlBturbod nt lenst until thoy reached
land. All tho rescued will bo allowed
to land In Now York without tho
customs formalities.
MILLIS' DFFER
IS D SCUSSED
DANGER AHEAD.
UU Louis Globe-Democrat, March 'i&, 1012.
Public Hearing on Question of
Bridging Bay Likely to
' Be Held.
At tho meeting of tho, oxocutlvo
committee of tho Marshflold Cham
ber of Commerce yesterday, tho ro
port of tho special railroad commit
tee oh tho proposition of O. J. Mlllla
for tho Southern Pacific was adopt
ed. After a general discussion of
tho report, which wns printed In full
in The Times yesioruay, it wua uo
clded to rofor tho proposition of
bridging tho Bay and nlso of tho pos
sibility of offoctlng nn agroomont bo
twoen tho Southorn Paclflo and Ter
minal Railway back to tho railroad
committee for furthor Investigation.
Win. Grimes presided as chairman
of tho meeting and there was a good
attendance. VarlouB oneq discussed
tho dlfforent phases of tho situation.
Most of tho speakers, it is said, ox
irncuoii tlimnnnlv(H tiR favorlnc tho
suggestion that tho regulation of
rates bo left whoro It Is fixed by law
now, In tho hands of tho Stato Rail
way Commission and Interstate Com
merce Commission, lnstoad of trying
to lmvo tho city council rogulato
thorn.
As to bridging tho Bay. many ex
pressed tho sentiment that O, A.
Smith should bo glvon n hearing on
tho matter and also that tho railroad
committeo should hold a public hear
ing at which tlioso opposed and
thoso favoring the Southorn Pacific's
attltudo should bo allowod to present
i heir nrguinonts ami a stonogrnphlc
report of some should bo taken and
this forwarded to the Wur Depart
ment. Jtiiiviml I will pay ?50 roward
for Information lending to tho roturu
of Goo. Coudlo, nged 75, to his homo.
Any party finding him will kindly
notify mo at once, Mrs. Geo, Condlo,
Bandon, Oregon.
Vessel With Survivors of Ti
tanic Within 600 Miles of
New York.
DUE TO REACH PORT
TOMORROW AFTERNOON
Brief Wireless Message From
Her Fails to Give Addi
tional Names.
(By Associated Press to Tho Cooa
Bay Times)
NEW YORK, April 17. Tho Cuu
ardor Carpathla, bearing 80S Biirvlr
ora of tho 'aunkon Whlto Star liner
Tltnnlo was less than COO miles from
Now York nt noon today and word !
engorly awaited that would shod
light on tho catastropho Sunday
night which cost 1312 llvoo. Sable
Island wns In orlof communication
with tho roscuo ship for n tlmo thla
morning but no additional names of
survivors woro obtnlnod. The Car
pathla will reach Now York late
Thursday.
I'ltOBK IS PLANNED
Scnnto Resolution Provides for In-
vcNtlgiitlon of Tltnnlo Wreck.
(By Associated Pross to tho Coos Bay
Tlmo.)
WASHINGTON, D. C. April JL7.
A resolution will bo offered in the
Sonnto probably today by tho Com
morro Court sub-commlttoo to make
n thorough probo of tho Tltnnlo
tragedy and ompowor tho committee
to Biimmon wltnoBson nnd tnko any
nccossnry Btops.
Tho Sonnto rosolutlon for n com
prehensive Investigation of tho Tl
tnnlo disaster was ordered favorably
roportod by tho Sonnto committeo on
commorco this nfternoon nnd lmmo
dlntoly was brought up In tho Sonnto,
Tho resolution wns adopted without
discussion.
VIEWS ON I'ORTO RICO
Oa
President Taft Gives Attltudo
Cltlroiihliiii for Inlanders.
(By Associated Press to Tho Coos
Bay Times)
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 17.
President Taft gave his views on tho
granting of American cltlzonshlp to
Porto Rlcnns, In a letter to Santiago
Inglcslns, president of tho Froo Fed
eration of Worklngmeu of Porto
Rico, In which ho said, "As fast as
tho Instinct nnd habit of solf govern
ment Is ncq'ilrod by tho pooplo at
lnrgo and no fnstor, tho fullost pos
slblo measure of local and fiscal solf
government should bo grunted."
BY BIO VOTE
North Bend Franchise Amend
ments Carry About Ten to
One Yesterday.
By nn overwhelming voto of about
ten to ono, tho charter aroondmouta
In North Bond woro ndoptod at the
spoclal olectlou there yostorday. Tho
amondmonts for tho most part ro
torred to franchises and tho granting
of thorn by tho council, Tho gist of
tho amendments and tho voto on
thorn woro ns follows;
Decreasing tlmo of considering
franchlso ordinances from CO to 30
days, requiring only two Instead of
threo reads. Yes 2G2 and no 20.
Repealing compulsory common
usor provision In franchises. Yob
240 and no 2G.
Ropoallng provision for ascertain
ing gross earnings of corporations.
Yes 238 nnd no 28,
Increasing llfo of franchises from
25 to 35 years, eliminating ono por
cont gross earning tax, ollmlnatlng
option of city to buy nt oxplratlon of
frnnchlso nnd reducing aroa to bo
paved by company from olghtcon
inches to twolvo Inches outsldo tho
rails. Yes 247 and no 24.
Increasing warrant Indebtedness
llli . ft r At ... t .. a
I mini uuiii f.i,uuu iu live iur cmn
of nssossod valuation. Yea 210 and
'no 23.
To Act on I'Ynuclilse.
I It Is oxpected that Just ns soon as
jtho results of tho olectlou aro offl-
i dally canvassed, application will bo
, mado by tho Southorn Paclflo for a
, franchlso covering tho waterfront
I streets In North Bond.
; Whothor tho Terminal Railway
will also mako application for tho
, franchisor on thoso streets Is not
known, but It Is expected that thoy
will unless some agreement Is moan-
whllo offectod botweon thorn and tho
Southern Pacific
Petitions for bridging the Bay aro
bolng circulated In North Bond and it
Is stated that everybody is signing In
favor of lenving tho matter entirely
to the Southorn Paclflo and tho War
i Dopartmont A number of rotltlont.
aro bolng circulated, R J Coko, N
C, McLeoil and Potor Loggia being
(some of tho circulators.
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