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ffllkWtQLmamwwaj dismantled ship and a derelict rZZifiixa In Tho TIMES f . .. . nhnul TOIir KS' ill town. And if boro" h0 ou ht t0 K' "-.iT Mil It! iii, ju-" , (Ewib Say Qftmra MEMBER OP ASSOC1ATKD PRESS WANT ADVERTISING In Tlio TDUG Will Keep tho Income from Yow Furnished Rooms from IiRpslxgt YOU can really holp thd family revonues by renting a fow furnished rooma and, It you know how and whon to ubo tho clnsBlflod columna, you may keep that little extra Income na "steady as a clock." tfVYt TjstflbllBliwl in i? , AAA m Th Const Mnll MABSHFIELD, OREGON THURSDAY, JUNE i 19lV EVENING EDITION-SIX PAGES.' IE BLOWN TO ATOMS III fLOSIOHAT JACKSONVILLE, ORE Other Fatally Hurt and alf Dozen Others In jured loaay. hlER MONKEY IS BLAMuU run uiohoiuh ked Cigarette While Tamp I Charge was mown to Pieces. laoclatod Proas to Tho Coda Day Times.) IDFORD, Ore, Juno 0. A pro L explosion In Jacksonville today resulted In tho donth of men anu mu "" "' (rnd minor Injuries to hnlf a ct the explosion wna tho Caro ls 0l H. UOBuuui liunuui mui- ttawas pounding in tho chargo ... i. t.lt It ! cnl.l Vin teei oar " """' "" . flearotto. Ho was Utor- . . IssllMnHMlllA M .1 fi.1.1 ..... mIma 1lltwt m, UTOTIlCIl, wi'iu uidu nmuu wm- tfi Itter, of Med ford, was tor- blared. WILL LIMIT PROBE Trust Investigation Will bo nf Klinrt Duration lAuoclated Pross to Coos Day Times.) 1 YOniC. Juno G Docauao It k the power to obtain tho noc- 7 data In tuo so-cnlioa inonoy , the Investigation In Its main i lll not bo taken un until Thli nnnouncomont was mado kilrman l'ulo of tho InvostlKn- kommlttco at tho opening of tho l:i hero today. lks on booster work llMOclatod Prcsa to Coos Bay Times.) ATTLE, Wash.. Juno C With ittlons nrcBont from tho prlncl- ltl(s of tho Northwest ntntca kted In tho movomont, tho work he Northwostorn Dovolopmcnt rest was begun In ournoat today. EXCESS BUTE TO SUSPENDED A Consolidation of Timed, Coast Mall Iq. 277. mill Com Hny Advertiser. LAHGE EISTO 0 USA Interstate Commerce Commis sion Withholds Increase in Baggage Charges. (By Associated ProBS to tho Cooa Bay Tlmca) WASHINGTON, Juno C Now reg ulations for tho transportation of bnggago pronosod by nonrlv nvnrv Vallroad in tho United States which In onoct. would ndvanco tho ratca on "excess" woro suspondod today by tho Intorstato Commorco Commission. Tho BiieponBlon Is oftoctlvo July 1 nnd continues ono hundred twenty days, ponding an Investigation. HOTEL CHANGE LLE IN C0QUI Arthur Peart Succeeds Geo. L. Peoples as Manager of ' Baxter. (Special to Tho Times.) COQUILLE, Ore, Juno C Tho Baxter hotel' changod managomont yestordny. Arthur Peart succeeding Goo. E. Peoplos as managor. Mr. I'ourt was formerly engaged In tho coal business, having oporated tho I'ourt mines for n tlmo. It la not announced what Mr. Pooples' plans nro. United States Has About 1500 Marines Available for Ser vice on Island on Short Notice. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay TImos.) WASHINGTON. D. C, Juno G. with four American battleships fitenmlng toward Guantanamo, tho force of marines Immediately nvnll- ablO for thn tirntnpHnn nf fni-nlnn JJpnndpronortv In Cuba la Increased to moro thnn 1500. Altogether tho battleships Minnesota, Missouri, Mis sissippi nnd Ohio, tho fourth division Atlantic fleot, which put out from Key West Into yestordav hnvn on board nearly 800 marines. Thcso ships will arrive at Guantanamo h.- morrow. Tho crulsor Prnlrlo, which already has landed 450 men, 1ms about 350 moro on board. Four ba -tlcshlpa of tho third division with 1000 mon nboard aro still at Koy West with nearly 1000 marinca wnjcti could bo moved to Cuba on snort notice COURT RECORD IS LEGITIMATE Newspapers Cannot be Pro hibited from Printing Testimony. (By Associated Pross to Tho Coos Bay Tlmos.) RICHMOND, Va., Juno G Con temporaneous reports of testimony taken In open court liowovor ob Joctlonablo to somo roadcrs nro loglt lmnto nnd may bo circulated In tho malls, according to n docislon of Fed oral Judgo Waddlll In tho enso of tho Unltod States against tho Jour nal Company lioro. Whllo specifical ly upholding tho freedom of tho press, tho court suggoatod that ropu tablo newspapers would bo governed by common decency In acting under that confirmed right. Tho indict ment was quashed. Tho caso grow out of tho publication of testimony in the murdor trial of Honry C. Seattle, Jr. KASTOK'S ESTATE BMATjTj associated Prcsa to tho Coos Bay Times). pf YORK, Juno C Tho catnto . Carollno W. Astor. widow of a Astor, and long a social ' in icw York City, nmountod i't moro than n humlrod tboiiH- Mlsrs, according to flnnl nc- Pr filed todny. Colonol John Aitor, a Titanic victim, was ( the executors. I INITIATIVE MEASURES Tax CommKsInn fVminlelot, four outers IMiinned. t-M, Oro., Juno 4. Aftor M months in preparing thorn. pie iax commission, working In Wtlon with a comhiltteo np ''" by tho last session of tho stare, Is sending out inltlntlvo ps lor rnur tnx moasuroB that submitted to tho noonlo at tho peneral election. pe proposed mpnsnr.-w nrn n I'otlonal nmondment nuthorlz- e taxation of incomofl; a law to p 'rom taxation housohold fur- fearing apparol and similar OdUCtlve nnmnnnlHv. a Inn. in Imortgago noteo nnd other ' irora taxation, thereby abol- dOUblo taxation nf thn nnru F'r value: a revision of tho in- luce tax law, following tho mod- .vvomrnenclea by tlio National I'lnlaHni. . r, v,""u, wiucn proposou ia-- 1 IBCreaSa thll olntn rnvnnna podlrect sourcos, i " "an 32 moasuros aro now i to be submitted to the. voters Wn on tho Novomlmp linllot. F OUtlOnlr la mtt,l fn M. n.!ll I' several moro initiative bills. Stars 8BO tlA nnnnln vnlml n.i lendments or bills, and this rec- r iy io no boaton this year. W to the number of bills and Unce nf im iinii.. ucaiiy, tho most lmnortant int win bo tho "now const.. I'jfMy. the moat important will ' 7.U,J,U iax and minimum -wage 'uers or groat Importnnco "J wod road bills. 1 list IPotoln .... I.- II II.. l'e for not less than ton nieas- -- may bo credited with oth- ! "lei Of tll tart flint inln nn. fcn'P.a!?1ed t0 Proparo hills for r "i mo inauranco laws and r Biem have mado no defl Wort. t i i..., it.. i. ii. , " iiiuuuuiu mill, ma Km frnmel by theso commls Itili v roserved for tho next EtI ., l !t u yt possible tho -- "in ue used EARL! TODAY f OKQANIZH OUANOI3 ' --i me grange organixer, ' l0 EO in Pnno Pfnl,. In f P. where ho will Institute a ro irom that section ll unrainer, ana win K a"?nW for organization In Brings Many Passengers Here From Portland Sails Early Tomorrow. ' Tho Alllanco nrrlvod In early today from Portland aftor a good trip down tho coaat. Sho hnd a largo passenger list nnd a big cargo of mis cellaneous freight. Among thoso arriving on tho Al llnnco woro tho following: Mrs. Qunrtomasa, Mrs. M. G. Dalln, K. W. Holston and wife, A. Jensen, C. Johnson, T O. Calhoun, It. L. Whonton, Geo. Tilling, Jas. Freeman, Mrs. Frcemnn, Uny Freeman, Ethol Freomnn, P. Carter, Fred Schultz, Mrs. Smith. Otto Kutzor, Mrs. Kut zor, liny Itltzonthal, J. B. Brooks, Mrs. M. A. Williamson, H. S. Stam ott, Otto Tenia, Mrs. Zoml, A. Samoa and M. Mast. x n , , . Tho Alllanco will sail at Z o'clock tomorrow morning for Eureka. Tho passengers will go aboard tonight. HEAH DELAYS U. S; .MAIL Holds Up Stage Until Its Curiosity Is Satisfied. . ..t Tv r,n Tnn ft. WhllQ liljAUllliEl I. Ul'l um.. - driving nround Capo Janney, near Trlnnglo Lake, recently, the Junction City nnd Mapleton stage met a lare bear In. tho .road, nnd had to wait nearly nvo iniiiums ui beast completed hta examination of no trovoicra u . ...--- - - urusn. iiicio " " v. 1,1,. crowd, and the bear had It n . I his own way. w. wbi ,"' " ;, ; o the stage, says that It the first timo ho ever had to wait while n IS took lis time in clearing the way for tho U. H. man. STUDY RECLAMATION WORK Foreign Governments Send Experts West (By Associated Press to the Coos Bay Times)... WASHINGTON, June G The on glnebrlns work of tho United States reclamation service in tho arid land uislrSof the west Is rece v ng closo attention of numer?ut?J" gSraB 0 ornments. Representatives of Prance and Germany are now on route to the west to study the work of ho re clamation service. Jnha,Unerary will occupy several months . ... .,r Tjpr,m"S If you got tno ui" 'nivri & GOAT bring the gpa to GOING A FORD CALLED AS WITNESS Defense in Darrow Case Spring Surprise Co-operation 1 In Prosecution. (By Associated Prosa to Cooa Bay Times.) LOS ANGELES, Call., Juno 0. Chief Counsel Rogors of tho defonso In tho trial of Clnronco S. Darrow caused a sonsatlon todny by placing Assistant District Attornoy W. .1. Ford on tho stand and subjecting him to a rapld-flro oxamlnntion. Tho sudden movo of tho dofonso was ap parently Inspired by n doslro to show co-onerntlon between tho fedoral and state governments In tho Darrow prosecution. PORTLAND WANTS LAND OLSS IS CASE TO DE TAKEN UP Noted Citizenship Proceedings at Seattle to be Reopened Immediately. (Dy Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) SEATTLE, Wash., Juno G Act ing United Stntos Attornoy McLnron today conforred with nttornoys rep resenting Leonard Olsson, of Tnconia, a longshoreman, whoso citizenship pnpers woro recently cancelled by Unltod Stntcs Judgo Hanford on tho grounds that ho was "Not attached to tho principles of tho constitution." Following tho conforonco, Oloson'tf nttornoys Immediately began prepar ing papers applying to Hanford for a rehearing of tho case. Tho petition probably will bo presented tomorrow nnd until It Is ruled on, no foroenst can be mado ns to tho outcome. L.J. I Governor West Asked to Secure Tide land In Portland. Tho Portland Journal says: "Bo it resolved, That It Is tho senso of this mooting thnt tho govor nor of tho stato bo urged to take nec essary stops In the way of suits to quiet tho title of tho Stato of Ore gon to the BUbmorged lands of tho Wlllnmotto rlvor at Portland In nil those cases where n cloud haa bo5n cast upon the state's titlo thereto by the conveynncea of upland ownors. "And be It further resolved, That tho stato bo urged to convoy tho tltlo of tho submorged Innds of tho Wil lamette river at Portland, owned by It, between tho harbor lino and tho lino of tho ordinary high water mark, to tho City of Portland In per petual trust, for all tho pebplo niiu for the purpose of constructing there on municipal owned and opornted water termlnnls. .,.,. "And bo It furthor resolved, That the stato bo urged to repeal Soctlons 5201 and 5202 of Lord's Oregon Laws." , w , , Foregoing nro resolutions embody i..., MiMimmnnilnilnna of a special committee appointed by Governor West to suggest propor legislative and Judicial action looking toward tho settlement of tho controversy as .- ...i .v,. t- nnt rim mnrr ownn mo lands' abutting on tho harbor front of I .. . i UtA tstn ttfiirnr fimi rortianu neiwi-uu i iu . -, tho high water meander llno3. The nggrognte value or hub mini uw "'" i conservatively esiinimuu i tr nnn .1 o nctimntn holnc based ou prices per front foot paid In recent years for river iru.b. .. ured that mo averKo ". . w- . . . .n nn l.nlh BlrtPH Of tllO' river lying between the aforesaid meander lines is iuo ieei. . rr.v. .nnlal committee consists Oil I 11(1 !.,..... .--""",-... ,, Mayor Rusnugni, r. w. w; Dan Kellaher. of thdock commis sion: Drake C. O'Reilly, of the Port of Portland commission, and J. . Zlegler. The Jolly Boys of Bunker Hill will Elve a social dance at Finnish nail 5 .." .. t.. Rvervone invited Baniruaj, ""--:"-.- A and strangers especially tiut.. . assured a Jouy timp. ? i IS RETICENT Says Outlook Is Good But Will Not Talk Much Ter- minal Deal. L. J. Simpson roturned Inst ovon ing on tho A. M. Simpson from San Francisco whoro ho haa been spend ing a couplo of weeks on business, Ho wna very rotlcont about tho rail road situation but doclnrod that ev erything was looking good. Whon questioned about It, all ho had to say was, "I havo nothing to glvo out yet." Whon, naked about tho conforonco between representatives of tho Ter minal Railway company nnd tho Southern Pacific Mr. Simpson was also rotlcont. Whon nskod If any deal had boon mado, ho said ho had nothing to say. Then ho added that it looked as though thoy would got together. ' Mr. Simpson Bald that thoro woro a number of things in prospect for Coos Bay that would moan big things for this soctlon when thoy materialized. Howover, ho did not fool that ho could glvo out any Information con corning thorn todny. Mr. Simpson was accompanied homo by bis brothor, Dr. Harry Simp son, who hns boon spondlng sovornl months In Utah for tho bonoflt of his health) Mr. Simpson also brought up two 50-horsepowor chalnlcss drlvo 7-pas-scnger Steam autos. Ho expects to keep one of tho machines for his own uso on his Mnrshflold-North Bond auto lino. Mr. Simpson brought a chauffour up with him. SENATOR NIXON DEAD Nevada Man Succumbs After Long Illness In Washington (By Associated Press to tho Coos Boy Tlmos). WASHINGTON, Juno G Brlof funernl services for tho lato Senator Georgo S. Nixon of Nevada who died here last night will bo held hero this afternoon. President Taft will pro bably attend. Tho body will bo sent West tonight. TO REDUCE MINE ACCIDENTS Hou:o Passes Dili Extending Federal Supervision. (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) WASHINGTON. D. C, Juno G. In hopo of curtailing tho heavy loas of life In tho mining Industry tho House passed today a bill extending tho authority of tho fedoral buroau of mines to tho mining of slate, granite and similar products. GOV. WEST IS ILL Oregon Chief Executive Reported to be Ailing at Salem (By Associated Press to tho Coos Bay Times.) SALEM, Ore., June 6 Gov. West la reported quite 111 here today. The nature of his illness Is not stated. REPUBLICAN C01ITTEE5T0TAKE UP CONTEST READINGS AT ONCE COLISEUM IS ALMOST READY Big Chicago Building Specially Arranged to Accommodate Republican Hosts. (By Associated Press to tho Coos Bay Tlmos.) CHICAGO, III., Juno G. For tho third tlmo slnco its erection, 13 yoars ago, tho doors of tho Collsoum will bo thrown opon Juno 18 for tho no commodatlon of a Republican Na tional convention. In 1004 tho Ro publlcnnB nominated Col. Thcodoro RoobovoU for Prosldont In tho build ing nnd In 1908 under tho samo roof, Willlnm II. Tnft was chosen na tho party's standard bonror. Tho Collsoum Is on Wabash avc nuo, botwoon Fifteenth nnd Six teenth strcots, less thnn a mllo from tho center of Chicago's retail shop ping nnd hotel district nnd Is nccos slblo from all parts of tho city by olevatcd roads and surfneo linen. Tho Collsoum la 30G foot long, 170 foot wldo nnd 70 feet In holght, built of stono, brick, stool nnd concroto and Is fireproof. It stnndB on tho slta of tho old Ltbby prison, which was brought tn Chicago from Richmond, Vn., In boc tlons and rebuilt tho yenr of tho world's fair by Charles F. Gunthor nnd used to oxhlblt a valunblo col lection of Civil War rollcs. It is of modern Romnnosquo, comblnod with tho English Costollatod typo of arch itecture and cost 1800,000. It has oeon tho sceno of many notnblo as somblagos. It hns olovon largo ex its and can bo emptied in Nvo minutes In an omorgoncy. Tho mib-commlttoo on nrrnngo montB of tho Republican National rommtttco under tho direction of Col. Harry S. Now haa oxpondod $40,000 preparing tho building for this yoar'g National convention nf tho Republi can party. Tho building hns 11,188 seats of which 7088 aro on tho main floor and 3200 In tho balcony. Tho speakers' platform Is built ngnlnst tho south wall nf tho struc ture and oxtonds across tho ontlro width of tho building. It Is 75 feet deop nnd contains 1032 sentB, which will bo occupied by tho chairman, of ficers of tho convention, members nf tho National commlttco nnd dis tinguished guests. Tho seats back of tho chairman's table will bo slightly olovated. Direct ly beneath tho chairman's tnbln Is n spaco for four nolsoloss tologrnph In struments nnd their oporntors, by which nows of tho convention's pro ceedings will bo flashed to tho worlu. On both sides nnd cxtondlng In n halt clrclo around tho front of tho pint form aro seats and tnblos for 400 working nowspnpor mon and corre spondents from nil parts of tho coun try. Directly in front of thoso aro tho seats for tho 1078 dologntcs ar ranged by states. This spaco will be enclosed by a railing and cloaoly gunrded by a largo forco of sorgeants nt arms. Back of this aro tho seats for tho 1078 oltornntes onclosed by railing. On both sides nnd In tho roar of tho spaco occupied by tho del ogatcs nnd alternates aro 3500 olo vated sents for visitors. At tho north end of tho building a special bandstand will bo erected. In tho balcony, which oxtonds around tho four walla of tho building, there win bo 3200 soatB for visitors To avoid confusion In seating tho crowd each ontranco will bo placard ed, showing tho sections for whloh It will bo used nnd each ticket will boar tho lottor of tho ontrnnre for which It Is intended. By this plan dolo- gates and visitors will ontor tho door noarost the sents assigned thorn. Tho Platform, aisles and all onon spaces will bo covored with matting to insuro tho maximum or quiot whllo tho convention is In session. Five hundred nubile lolophones and n largo number of tologrnph Instru ments nro bolng Installed In vnrloua parts of tho building for tho accont modntlon of dologntcs and tho pub lie. Architect Arthur G. Brown ha arranged tho uonts In such a mannor that tho chnlrman's platform may bo seen from every section of tho lnrgo hall. Sergeant at Arms William F Stono will be assisted by a forco of 800 doputy Borgennta nt arms, door koopers, ushors and nttendaiiB. A special telephone- system Is bolng In stalled which will onable Sergeant nt Arms Stono, from his desk on the platform, Immediately to communl cato with his assistants In any part of the hall. In the two-story annex, adjoining tho main building on tho south, nro the offices of the Republican Na tional committee, private rooms for tho uso of the chairman, secretaries and serceant at arms, quarters for Skirmish Between Taft and Roosevelt Forces Opens In Earnest Today. VICTOR ROSIWATER IS ELECTED NEW CHAIRMAN Decide to Admit Newspaper men to Hearings South erners for Taft. HEARINGS ARE OPEN (By Associated Pross.) CHICAGO, III., Juno 0. Tho Republican Natlonnl commlttco this nfternoon voted to ndmlt two representatives of each pross association to tho hearing of tho contests. 4 4 (Continued on pace .) (By AsBoclatod Prosa to The Coos Bay Times.) CHICAGO, III., Juno G. Although tho representation Is not comploto, ji majority of tho mombora of tho Re publican Natlonnl commlttoo assem bled today to ontor a 10-day series of mootlngs which will dotormloo what men shall fill tho 254 souts thnt nro contcBtod. This mooting Is ox poctod to dovolop n skirmish bo twoon tho Taft and Roosovolt force which may bocomo highly Important In foreshadowing tho lino of fight that will bo wagod In tho convention. On tho quostlon of opon or closed sosslons, tho mombors of tho commlt tco provisionally had agrcod to admit two roproaontattves of each pross as sociation rccognlzod on tho floor or Congress. Aftor a oonforouco of tm mombors of tho National commlttao from tho southorn stntos this morn ing, Senator Sanders, of Tennessee, stated tho southorn dologntoa haa agrcod to stand togothor solidly for Taft. Victor Rosowator was olecto.l chairman of tho Republican National commlttoo today to sorvo through tho convention. Tho Boating of Q, D. Howell, oloclod National commit teeman from Nobrnska at n recent primary, was not taken up. Tnko up Conte'" Frontly. (By Associated Pross to Tho Coo Bay Tlmos.) CHICAGO, III,, Juno G. In an ef fort to oxpodlto decisions lit tho canes of contested dologntos to the Repub lican National convention, mombon) of tho National commlttoo deter mined to urgo thnt tho contests bo tnkoit up Immcdlutoly nftor tho pre liminaries of tho organization nro disposed of todny. This chnngo from tho original plnn which limited to day's opening session to mattors of organization was tho result of In formal conferences nt which It bo enmo nppnront that tho work of or gnnlzntlnn would tako but an hour or two. Tho mass of contest casos con fronting thu commlttoo, Involving tho rights of moro thnn 230 dologntos to Boats has convinced tho mombern thnt unusual tnonsuros will bo nocos sary to dlsposo of thorn nil boforo tho National convention moots, Juno 18th. Alabama, California and Arkansas casos will ba ready for submission soon. Tho question of whothor tho mootlngs of tho commlttoo should ba opened to nowspnpor mon wua still undecided today, A provisional plan tn admit a Ilrn itod numbor of nowspnpormon re ceived opposition from both th Roosovolt and Taft sources on tho ground thnt It did not provldo for sufficient publicity to tho contost nr gumont. Unearth Big Log.- Workmon ex cavating on Front street, near Mar kot, for tho Tormnlal Railway this attornoou unoarthod n largo log, U formerly served as a landing nnd wun coverod up whon the strcot wn filled. It la n monster, bolng at lont eight feet In dlomotor, Ron Smith stated today that ho remombored t'J log being thoro over 40 years ago, but whon workmon cut Into It with an nx thoy found It to bo just an solid us If It hnd Just boon cut down. HOMESTEADS IN COOS COUNTY. Coos County has 23,810 acres of land subject to homostead outry. With tho passngo of tlo three-year homostead bill, which now apponrs to bo 'ortaln, activity In securing government lnnds Is looked for lu tho near future. Thoro nro 2,000 claims of 1G0 acres each avallabl.i for entry In Western Oregon, nnd 14,900,000 acres of vnrant lands lu Enstern Oregon lying In wait for 60, 000 entrymon who may thoro tako 320-acro homesteads. Under tho now law a claimant may bo absent from his land five months out oT each year. This now Inw will bo or much boneflt to the poor man and should servo to populato Oregon very rapidly. Coquillo Herald. Tho most donsoly populated nf all tho countries of the world la Bel glum, with 63 G inhabitants to tho square mile, a m 1 1 -oeourg rewB. nAKViSir ana iru --