HAJWPJlSJOllDBEIfWE WERE ALL AT OUR BEST ALL THE TIME -TTdvKHTISINO in Tl.o TIBIES ffill I'ut Your Ileal KsUito "In tho Market" KrrecUTeiyi iil out tho facts nbout your IS before bo eye of all "pos- i1)Ie.. - nf them who ought to iSu. ro'" Boi't (E00B Ifou Wxtms i MEMBER OK ASSOCIATED PRESS WANT ADVERTISING In Tho XIM Will Kwi tho Income from Vow Furnished Rooms front Lapsing! YOU can really holp tho family revenues by renting a fow furnished rooms and, If you know how nrt whon to uso tho claBslfloil columns. you may keep that Httlo extra Incomn nR "steady as a clock." I XXXV ijstnbllshcd In J878 ns TIm Const Mull m $ ON COMMON CLAUSE IN BOTH CITIES MARSHFIELD, QREGQIVSATURDAY, MAY 11, 1912 -EVENING EDITION,' EIGHtTaGES. Slli OF CANDIDATES E A Consolidation of Times, Const Mall iiml Cunx tiny AthcrtNcr. Innomn fl No. 255 IN IMSHHELD HIGH SCHOOL Til " I C. A. Smith States His Po sition Ufl lliu nuauiii Railway bliuauun. RMINAL COMPANY ' YILLUIVt ur rnHiMunioc Lt Have Assurance of Com- nonuseruiausemiiorin Bend Also. kV SMITH ov RAILWAY SITUATION There arc two solutions to b, present mllwny problem. First Let ft delegation of MrceentAtiro !uniiiu-n jiiru 3upon Mr. MIIIIs and prevail ion him to nnvo mi;wriuriui Jj North Bend franchise n anion u?r cinuso similar in .ono In tho Morshflcld frnn- i gond Let tlio Mnntliflolil amdl rail tlio Aoriu iscnu ocll Into conferenco nnd w nnon a common user lame thnt mny ho liiconwnit Jin dapllcnto In the franchise I die two cities. i In ercnt such action In taken tidier envj Uio Terminal Jlitf Co. will turn tnclr uchlso over to tho Southern lflc This Is tho Mib.stnnco of nn ItthorUcd slntcmcnt tuiidc by !r. C A. Smitli ana Arno .Me- g to onic business men nnd sibers of tho City Council nt M n conference In tho LA. Smith offices last evening. HARDING CASE DISCONTINUED U shore Is tho Hum nnd sub io(Mr. C. A. Smlth'H nttltudo lie present railway situation ns Uoped at a ennferonco hold In (8ce last evening. Tho stntc- lume after a gonernl dlscusBlon ndltlona and n dcfllro of tho tbtrt of tho City Council to so- it expression from Mr. Smltn I tit Idea or tho boat method for fcjthe present porploxlng proh ibit Is puzzling tho City Council kttpeoploot Mnrahflold. f. Smith stated frankly thnt ho nea mo irnncniso or tlio Tor- ' company as n nronosltlon to kU la trust for tho protection of wpie or tins community. t harbor of Coos liny In tho 'M asset Of this community." Mr. Smith, "nnd I rognrd ltd 'wa and dovolnnmont nR mm t chief duties of Kb citizens. I tte matter nf tnhlnn- nvnt tlilu was nrst suggested to mo If. Hereon I sntd thnt If It wna interest or nnd ror tho w of the people, I would nccopt 'a so on una imsls. It hna ' wa a mnttor of norsonnl ndi W or profit with mo. nnd In I'", llnwnvflr Mr Mni-inn l.n., tit tllbJect mnrn Kniiolilnnfillnn 'Wrthan I hnvo nnd hnH nlBo, nraer toiicii with tho mnt- m i ui lot mm tnlk to you." ilCreOn cnnflrniml n...i .! 'I Mr. Smltll'k Hllmonl no in ?v!!!ion f tl10 Tormlnnl Co. .i ' ,ir' Moroon contlnuod, narrow Btrip of wntorfront COOJ Unv la 'rt to bo lmnipored with n tiHture frnnchlfn tn th nm. !,'t',9 of tho North nond ''""'eld contracts, if 'Mr. - mi;rq and III onrneat In hln i ...I ' h. (,oea not wish to L '' ."harbor or aecuro n hold iiiM Xni " 8ll0,ll(1 o wlll iVvP 1 Bamo common usor ' North nend that ho says ho Ending of Divorce Suit of An- thor's Wife Recalls Ro- mantic Engagement. (Dy Aasoclntod Press to Coos Bay Times.) NEW YOItK, Mny llTho suit ior uivorco uoRun licro In Novcmbor, 1910 by tho wlfo of Richard Harding Davis, tho nuthor, has boon discon tinued by nn order of tho supromo court Judgo, Justlco Guy. Tho appli cation for discontinuance was mndo by Mrs. Dnvla. Mr. nnd Mra. Dnvln wcro mnrriod In 1889. Whllo Mr. Dnvls was In London nnd MIbs Co rolla Clark wns In Chicago, ho pro posed nnd was nccoptcd by cnblo. A messenger boy from tho London ho tel carried tho engngement ring four thousand miles to MIbs Clark FO PS C NW Conflicting Claims of Roosevelt and Taft Forces National Committee to Decide Many Contests June 6. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Tlmc3.) WASHINGTON, Mny 11. Tho mnko-up of tho Republican National Convention bo far oh tho original sel ection of dologatcs can determine It will bo practically sottlod within a week. Including eight to bo chosen today at district coventlons in Tflinw and Arizona, more thnn two hun dred dologatcs nro to bo solectod In tho eight days ending next Snturday. About ono hundred thon romnln to bo choBon, including -18 from Ohio and 21 from Now Jcrsoy. WIdoly dtvorgont claims of tho Tnft and Roosovolt mnnngors mnko It apparent that a determination of tho actual control of tho convention is impossible In ndvnnco of tho meeting of tho republican national commlttco Juno C. Tho commlttco will talto up contests Involving tho scats of at least 1C4 dologatcs and It is not un likely thnt more contcstR will bo an nounced by tho tlmo tho commlttoo begins work. Up to this morning, 78G of tho 1,078 dologatcs to Chicago hnvo bcon choBon nccordlng to Roosovolt esti mates whllo tho Taft forces record twenty less. Tho difforonco nrlBCS over Mnrylnnd whoro tho Tnft mana gers declaro tho control of tho six toon dclogntes will not bo clonrod un til tho stnto convention noxt Tues day nnd Knnsas whoro tho Rooso volt records show fourteen hnvo bcon chosen nnd tho Taft records show 10. Representative McKlnlov. head of tho Tnft cnmpalgn, claims 483 dolo gatcs ror President Tnft and conced ed 237 to Roosovolt. Senator Dixon, mnnncor for Rooso volt, clalma 310 for Roosovolt nnd conceded 143 to Taft. Tho Roosovolt mnnngors contond 114' dologatcs nro unlnBtructod, In cluding 88 from Now York, and that 1C4 aro contosted. Doth campaign commlttoos glvo La Follotto thirty-six dologatcs and Cummins Jen. Tho two hundrod dolegntcs to bo soloctod tho coming week Includo Toxns with 20, Califor nia with 20, Minnesota with 24, North Carolina with 23, West Vir- gina with 10 nnd somo scattering. VICTORS IN CODS FIELD 1EET LAW TO OUST F00 S W C IN D 1 Minimum Wage Bill for Miners Broken Down and Dire Re sults Are Feared. (By AsBoclntod Press to The Coos Bay Times) LONDON, Mny 11. Tho recently enacted minimum wngo law for the minors lins broken down and Grout Hrltnln Is threatened with another grent crisis In tho coal trndo. Tho Indications point cither to a stam podo In favor of repudiating tho net or a split In tho minora' federation. As boforo, South Wales Is tho storm center, tho colliery Inborois thero objecting to tho decision of Lord Stnldwln, chairman of tho local wnges board, which gives loss thnn tho five shillings n day that tho men expoctcd to obtain under tho now ncv. At n conferenco todny nt Cnrdltr oi tho South Wales Minors' Fodoratlon, It wns decided not to participate fur ther In tho work of tho district wnges hoard until tho situation had been reviewed. A national conferenco has boon called to meet In London neott weok. T"i BAD STORM ADDS TO FLOOD HORRORS Arizona Bill Prevent Them Be ing Employed in Hazard ous Work There. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) PH013NIX,, Ariz.. May 11. Tho Klnnoy nntl-nltcn lnbor bill whlta would bar ovory man who cannot speak and rond English from cm ploymont In mining, railroad and othor work classed as hazardous pnssod tho Stato 8onnto early today by a voto or 11 to 8. It haB passed tho first reading In tho llousa nnd was roforrod to tho commlttco on la bor. Should tho bill becomo a law. It will throw 20,000 forolgnors out or employment In Arizona. SiX Inches Of Rain AcCOm- 1rn,m8 to11 of conditions nlmost bor- nnnlnrl mi Ll,.niii llllnJl,l0nI1'' 0n P1niC8 Whoro hundreds Of (mi nuu uj nuavy vyiiiu Throws Thousands in Louis iana Into Panic. g- to tako In Mnrshflold. Of V tha .i,i V onzo to snenk I nf0 tockholUora of tho Tor- Left .i.1 ! Hnow J vo,co t,10lr hrL,hcn x SRy that wo n 'IBI'til.. IU6UBBS IU lUril wicms over tn thn Rn.,ii.nrn ' they will mako tho com- Iroi ?r.e pply t0 tl10 ent'ro brthniW80 ln Mnrshflold Uft,eLI',0", OHvln. r4or,Cg?,0'Ltint there ii'rti ... . oouinern l'n ATT0 Ul r,Bht t0 b,1(l fi ,1,! Mr8hfleld. Mr. 'tea this wns not trim. tt i ia a. conferenco with Mr. lit IfZnZi such possibility "r saw r;iv fl,r- calvm to ... " "neimons nna m "ro mo people of l Mn ... .... Ir, Smith , ai ,n a ,Qltcr to ciJr th askei' .Unn renlioM i.4 i 5r he did wouio, ff Sm.tj0tt?r ln my desk iki.t,rancnlse was In thnf io. S dui'mV110 Sothern Pa- UU ?n O to and thrnntrh w cotiiim. , -. -----o" for h, 1,1 1 a on waving a . building of tho road, " no mention of condl- nference waB .,.. . w,thout official author- (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) NEW ORLEANS, Mny 11. Dawn todny brought rollof nnd hopo to thousands nnd endod a night of ox cltomont nnd terror for thoso living In up-stnto towns and villages bo behlnd lovoes thnt wore considered noun too snfo bocauso of tho torrlfflc rainstorms thnt swept down tho Miss issippi rlvor from tho northern por tion of Loulslnna to tho Gulf. Tho dolugo was nccompnnlod by hall nnd lightning nnd a near hurrlcano thnt dashod wator ovor tho lovoes In a cascades from Baton Rougo south, tearing nway tho temporary enrth works recently constructed. frightened pcoplo left framo build Ings and sought safety In brick nnd stono buildings. Many places re ported as much as nix Inchos of rain within four hours, flooding towns 'nnd vlllngos. At dozens of points whoro tho lo voes wcro thought to bo breaking, hundreds of cltlzons worked bosldo gnnga of convicts nil night long In a driving rain digging mud nnd pil ing sand bags on tho lovoes to keep tho torrential wators In tho channol. At Now Orleans, tho wind bnckod up tho wator until tho wind cnrrlod It ovdr tho lovoos In many places. Tho city streets wore turnod Into torrents of wator thnt illlod base ments nnd mnnholos In tho business section. Tho city lighting plant went out of commission for part of tho night, nddlng to tho discomfort PASSES EXAM FOR ANNAPOLIS From scores of towns bolntod tclo-l nnd apprehension. F llfill ffl T OF CEBERG LINES : Mexican Federals Repulse Rebels Both Armies Suffer Hardships. WITNESS GETS IN BAD TODAY Trans-Atlantic Steamers Vary Course to Escape Dangers. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Tlmea.j WASHINGTON, D. C, Mny 11. Tho hydrogrnphlc office has an nounced tho changing of tho trnns Atlnntlc steam courso 00 miles south wnrd of tho present posltlou ns a re sult of reports thnt many Icobergs nro nlong tho present lanes. The stoamshlp companlos agreed to adopt tho now routo beginning, i.ouny. Ity or sanction. The members of tho Council present desired Mr. Smith's vlows nnd n suggestion from him ns to a solution of tho railway situation. F. E. Allen, president of tho Council, wns tho moving spirit In the confer ence and acted ns spokesman. It is probablo that an effort will bo made to net on Mr. Smith's sug gestions without delay. No Other Developments. Thoro hnvo beon few developments In thn situation today. C. J. Millis said that ho had noth ing to ndd to what ho had already stated, Tho Terminal Railway has ordered piling for constructing tho roadbed on Front street and will bogln driv ing them Mondny or Tuesday. It will probably bo necessary to drive piling tho entire length of Front Btreet to get a solid foundation for the roadbed. Cnnlnlkt TVtlirC b ItOV. ! FUI" . cher at Socialist Hall on Front street Sunday, May IS at H p. in. Kvwjiiouy Welcome. . You'll have to nURRY or those TRISn ICEBERG'S will be all gone At 8ABTEJVS. (Special to Tho Times.) JUAREZ, Mox., Mny 11. mlllo Vnsnuez Gomez, pro- Isionnl president of tho Mexl- can government, has dlsnp- pearod. Ho slipped out of Juarez during tho night nnd Is y . snld to now bo en routo back to San Antonio. (By Associated Press to Tho Coos uay Times j EL PASO, Tex., May 11. Gonernl Orozco's ndvnnco guard of rebols has beon driven back toward Escnlon, tho control base of tho Insurrectos in northern Movico. Instead of bo ing on tho defensive tho government troops within tho past 24 hours bave pushed tho attack vigorously, forcing tho rebols northwnrd nenrly twenty miles to Conjes, nbout two hundred miles from Chihuahua. Poronul the othor town occupied by the rebel forces within n week has beon nvacuated. The federal forcos now number noarly ten thousand whllo tho rebels havo seven or eight thousand In tho present lighting zono. Shortngo of food and wnter and general unsani tary conditions nre having effect on both urmles. rover nmong uio sol diers Is qulto prevalent. REPORTS ARE DENIED Claim Foreigners In .Mexico Are Wc.i Tivnteil. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) CANANEA, Mox., May 11. Speak ing for tho largo number of Ameri cans still at work In Northern Mex ico, Dr. L. D. Rlcketts, manager of the Cananea Consolidated Copper Co. Issued a statement today decry ing all talk of Intervention and de claring tho foreigners in Mexico, es pecially the Americans, have been treated with fairness and considera tion. He says there has been no persecution. Art goods and stationery. EK STUDIO. WALK- Accuser of Jiidnn Archhnld I Contradicts Himself Kepeatecny. (By Associated Press to Tho Coos Bay Tlmos) WASHINGTON, D. C, May 11. Edward B. Williams tcatiriod today at the hearing of tho charges against Judgo Robort Archbald and on tnngled himself ln n mnzo of contra dictory statements. Williams, who was a partner with Archibald In tho nlleged effort to procure tho Culm hank proporty from tho Erlo rail road, was particularly confused about nn assignment of contract ex ecuted Inst Soptombor with W. . . Bolnnd, of Scranton, In which Arch- bald was referred to as a "silent party," first donylng thnt ho ovor signed such a contract and thon ad mitting ho did, but asserting that tho copy of tho contract boforo commlt tco was not tho ono ho signed nnd finally ho declared ho had no good recollection nbout It. Wllltnms was bombarded by Questions. Ho con tradicted hlmBOlf repeatedly. So confusing was tho testimony thnt Williams was finally asked If ho thoroughly understood English. Ho said ho thought ho did. Ho said ho was born In Wales, 72 years ago, and came to tho United States when 24. Tho commlttco then submitted to htm a scries of photographic copies of tho papors In evldonco containing his signature. Williams admitted tho signatures his but declared ho could I not romomber having signed them. Willinms did not romomber signing tho "Silent party" contract but ad mitted tho signature wbb his. Wil liams said that whon ho hod been summoned before tho gonernl attor ney, ho became confused and was "like a wild man" and said many things he had nn recollection of Counsel for Archbald sought to es tablish that the case of W. P. Roland, who Mod the charges against tho Jurist had set a trap for Archbald but Williams said be never suspected Bo land of setting a trap when be sug gested that Williams go to Archbald and get a letter of Introduction to W. A. May of the Erie railroad. May Milton Carlson, of Marshfield, Secures Coveted Naval Academy Cadetship.- Milton O. Carlson, son of Mr. and Mrs. August Carlson, of Bunkor Hill, nnd n nephow of C. A. Smith, bus paBsod tho ontrnnco examination tor an Annapolis cndetshlp. Ho took tho examination last month at Baloa.. Ho will graduato from tho Marsh field High School tho last of this month nnd It Is oxpectod thnt his ap pointment will gain him ontrnnco to tho United State Naval Acadomy nt Annnpolls this fall. Congressman Hawloy recommended him for thu placo. Tho cndetshlp Is n distinct honor nnd tho securing of it by n Coos liny uoy will bo n sourco of gratification to Milton Carlson's jnanyjrlonds. CHEERS GREET IHMAY (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) LIVERPOOL. May 11. A largo crowd nwnltod tho arrival of J. nruco Ismay, mnunglug director of tho Whlto Stnr lino, on board tho Adri atic todny nnd cheered htm ns ho wnlked down tho gangway with his wlfo. Ismay lifted his hat In nc knawlodgmont, but oxcuscd hlmsolf from making any statement to tho press, Ismny la pnlo nnd hag-gard. Carry Off Hononsln Fourth An nual Athletic Contest Here Yesterday. LARSON, OF MARSHFIELD, IS INDIVIDUAL STAR Many New Record Established Meet Proves Successful In Every Way. y IONTKIt STATE MEET Carl Larson, Guy Stutsman W nnd Sidney Clarkoot tho Marsh- field High School track toam will loavo next Wodnosdny or X Thursday for CorvnlliB to par- 4 tlclpato In tho Stnto Intcrschol- . astlc moot which will bo hold ! thoro May 17 or 18. It In not announced whether tho other jt Coos County High Schools will p .send teams thoro. jt ,. FINISH OF TEAMS Mnrshflold 42 Vj Bandon 2GU, North Bond 2G Coqulllo 2 s WINS GOLD MEDAL Cnrl Larson, of Mnrshflold, j won tho Individual honors of tho meet nnd rccolvod tho gold j modal. Ho won nluotcon points for his team, taking throo firsts, ono second nnd ono w third. ' - Tom Laird, of Bnndon, wns 3sV second In Individual honors, winning olxtoon points. Ho took two firsts nnd two seconds. j j W PRED T OF RIC Individual Points. Laird, nnndon 16 Clnrko, S. Mnrshflold 10JV Larson, Mnrshflold 10 Galltor, Bandon tf Hodson, North Bond IB Custor, Coqulllo 1 Bowmnn, Bandon C Stutsman, Mnrshflold 8 Kunwlton, Coqulllo 3 Dowoy, North nond 3 Hanson, North Bond Ya. Bnrbor, North Bond B Wollor, North Bond 1 Vnn Zllo, North Bond W Tho relay raco counted flvo potuv ror Mnrshflold, but no Individual points. Dr. Hibben In Inaugural Ad dress Announces Views On Higher Education. (By Aasoclntod Press to Coos Bay ,Uay Tlmos) PRINCETON, N. J Mny 11. Princeton awoko today to And beauti ful spring wonthor for tho Inaugura tion of Dr. Hlbbon ns president. Tlio coromony was hold on tho campus In front of tho old north building. President Tnft, Chief Justlco Whlto, Associate Justlco of tho Supromo Court of tho United States and Pres idents of many of tho universities at tended tho Innugural ceremonies. "Fit a man for tho dny'n work, but nt tho snmo tlmo equip him to meet tho crisis and tho emorgency which tho dny's work will Inovltably bring forth. Ho who has laid a broad and secure foundation will find no diffi culty in erecting tho superstructure. Whntovcr he builds, ho will bo nblo to build hlmsolf Into tho work of his hand and brain. Mako n man and ho will find hla work." Thus did Dr. John Grior Hibben announce his views on higher educntlon In his In augural address today as president. of Prlncoton's unlvorslty. His topic was "The essentials of liberal educa- tjon' would dlsposo of tho Katydid Culm dump. Williams admitted ho had told tho attorney general that tho Interest ho had given In the dump to Archbald was for Archbald's Bon and pointed to tho son, who sat alongside hla fatbor. AVE DO IT RIGHT. Do what? a. way ot me r-.no rauruau. ouiyi ' " u wuuu produced a letter signed by Archbald DEVELOP and PRINT your PIC inqulrlng whether bU company1 TURKS. ItEHFELD IlltOS. Boforo on6 of tho largest crowdd thnt lias ovor nssomblcd to wltnesn high school nthlotlcs on tho Bay, tho Mnrshflold High School Truck team yesterday afternoon cnrrlod off tho honors In tho fourth annual Coots county field moot. Tho weather wj.ii almost Ideal nnd tho track wus lit good shnpo. Tho program was carried out In full nnd music by tho. band prevented the Intermissions from dragging. There wore no hitches or nccldeotn to mar tho nftornnon's program. Carl Larson was easily tho star of tho moot, his vlctorlos all doing en marked and apparently won so easily that ho won tho grontost approba tion from tho crowd. Ho wus prr sontcd tho gold modal for winning: tho most individual points of tba meet nt tho reception toudnred Uu visiting students nt tho Mnrshflold High School Inst evening. Excellent tlmo In tho running wau mndo. Records of (his kind nre gen erally for cinder coursos which nm much fnstor than tho dirt path. Coqulllo nnd Bnndon sent larjM dolcgatloiis, many coming In nutoti. A special train loft hero last even ing nt 10 o'clock with tho Coqulllo valloy contingent. North Bond nlno turned out well for tho ovout. Tho success of tho meet coupled with their victory Is winning tho Marshflold High School faculty and students much prnlso today. Prof. F. L. Grannls, coach of tho .Mnrsh flold team, had general chnrgo of tho nicot nnd personally did much in mnko tho moot tho succoss that it wns. Sunt, Tlodgen, Pi of. Darker and others, however, lout ovory a slstnneo In their power, Asldo from tho gonornl athletic succoss, tho meet will prove n success financially, tho receipts bolng more thnn sufficient to cover nil tho expenses involved. heveral Records llrout'ii. Soveral Coos County records wen broken nnd tho boys mndo tlmo In soveral othor Instances that would do credit to athlotes of many of tlio col leges. Sidney Clarke, of Mnrshflold, mano five feet nine Inchos In tho high Jump, breaking his formor record of five feet three Inches. Hodson, of North Bend, won tho-100-yard dash ln ten and one-hair seconds, breaking a formor record of eloven seconds flat, mado by Gor don Rasmusson, of Marshfield. Larson, of Marshflold, won JJio half milo run ln two minutes and fourteon seconds, breaking a formor record of two minutes and twenty four seconds. Hodson, of North Bend, won .tho running broad Jump, covering twen- (Continued on page 4,)