OU CAN BLIND SOME COOS BAY MEN BY THROWING GOLD DUST IN THEIR EYES y . (E003 Bag trns HWT ARTICLES NOW IS YOUR TIME. A small ml In The Times want column niii.v bring you results im mediately. Try one. IHI ,,f,t rniiiidjlirougli Times mint F rrri.i iin.ni! ive tiiemi tiicv i.,!. I" ' - Sct rwiiHi member of the associated phes uvVl Established in 1878 L. XaAVI.jk, The Const Mall. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1913 EVENING EDITION Coiuolldntlon of Times, Const Mull rj. 268 nnd Coos liny Advertiser. FN HUNDRED PASSENGERS TAKEN OFF AMERICAN LINER H...MfAMfl Olxilno ian1cr naveriuiu oumw bck ana uoes ""' "" ICoast of Ireland Today 3S ARE CALLED TO AID IN nt&uut wunr I .... r- nnrl Pnnly P.nast sponsible for Accident r 1i. I !.. Ann I np( NO LIVU5 Hiu uuai . . n a lKita flat Timet 1 Ilf AiimMIN in " "- " lUTENSTOWN. iroinnii, .uny :ii. 'American linn steamer Huvor- went nsnoro ioiiuj- u uuimu xk. iu inl.lni' water forward has requested tUKS to dlscm- . v.. tinofiniinnrH. SllO Ifl 1)0- P. i. Uv.i innn nnBscnccrs. of in 150 nro second class nnd tlio kinder Mocrngo. mo sen is l!.i. i. .11 tlu. nlinro nlomr t ho ti i' vcrv rocky nnd the, fog llnuci dense, fnin noon rcnclicit mo iiavorioru the work or iraiiBiernng mo ,..r la nrnurcSBlm:. Hho l.v nn iim rocks off Cork Hend. o tiiRS lmvo nrrlvcd liero with paMCllgcrs irom mo inivur t... ntlinr Iiil'H II rn still Ltlde the vessel. Thoro In llt I doubt hut nil passengers nnd will ho snveo. I DEATH STRANGE TALE DF DIVORCE I. Haskins and Daughter, of Marshfield, Have Re markable Escape U llnsklns, plumber nt tho leer Hnrdwnro Store, received Kter this morning from IiIh who ling tlio narrow osenpo of her- nd their ton-.venr old dniigh- I Olive, nt llio Long Henvh pter pter last Snturdny In which lly two score women nnd chll- i lost their liven. 't were on tho ton floor." Mrs. klni writes, "when without n pnt'g warning tho entlro floor way nnil lioforo nny ponton take n riiikIo men all foil to ff two storloB Into tho basement Brit floor having fallen first we all fell on top of n inasn of hlnc nnd scrcamlm; humanity. n't eo ,how nnyouo got out of he." HnnkliiH fi.iVH alio cscancd Only n few liriilsoH nml tlinlr Ikler Ollvo hnd her fnco badly Med, but was otherwise unln- llnslilns naively ndded that Ifown was hndly inuBsed nnd m with mud from tho debris. re they were Inmlnil In n rnn. prate mass. . Haaklns leaves .Turin R in tnl'i lla.jdns nnd they expect to ' their futnrn hnmn In Smith. ICHIfornla. ixqi'ist comm enced. J. F. Wendling, of Bandon, Gets Decree Wife Left Be cause Divorce was Illegal (Special to Tho Times.) COQUILLE, Or., May 2!l Indue. Coko hns Just granted n dlvorro de cree In ouo of the most unusual divorce cn"C8 that has. probably over been presented In tho Circuit Court In this district. Tho decree wns Kranted to .1. F. Wendling, of llnn don. on tho grounds of desertion. Wendling Is n young man. and from n prominent famliy, being n nephew of O. X. Wendling, tho big lumberman of Weed, Cnl., who Is well known In this section. He Is connected with tho Kstabrook In terest nt nunilon. Tho principal ovldenco In the enso wns n letter written by tho missing wlfo nearly two years ago and which win tho first Intimation thnt Wendllnj; had that his homo was to be broken up. Tho loiter was penned In tho tendercst form, told of her deep and continued attach ment for Wendling and tho pangs taint Its writing caused. Ilowovor, Hho said that when sho married Woudllng sho thought that sho had been legally divorced from hor first husband hut had Just discovered thnt sho wuh not nnd consequently sho could not stay with him longer. Sho requested him not to try to find hor nnd not to write to her. It wns nil n nuddon nnd strnngo mystery to Wondllng. llo wrnto several times to places whom ho thought' Hho might hnvn gone nnd communicated with relatives, but 1'nH been unable to find her. Ho said that she had nlways been n hind nnd loving wlfo nnd hnd sho porsonnlly explnlned tho predica ment to him, ho would have tried to straighten out tho strange marital mlxup mid carry out his mnrrlnge continct. Ilowovor, nfter trying In vnln for nearly two years to locato hor, ho gave up, and decided to get a div orce, freeing hor nnd freolng hlm solf. Wendling recently enme to Unndon, but his wlfo was novor thoro, tho strnngo story being ent.et ed before coming to tho coast. Ileach IMcr Disaster to bo Tlinwtitftlil .. ii..ni..i 'AMMUU4 I'mi to Coot IUy Tlmti. KG BEACH, Cal.( May 29. ;... '""on usiuno on cou pon iiresont nnd Mayor AIox- '.ik Los A"Rle8. Mayor Hatch other inn n i. ;iit .. ubpoena to testify, tho Inquest ,q 'Hlch nearly two score wo i na chtliiron inoi i.ni. ii..no 1.-. w. .wv IHUI1 lltVd -tommenced today. "acKiis, lmlldlng Inspector ' Anseles, who exnmlned tho "SB Immeillntnlt' nflni. M.a 'Bm.'.V'1 ' Lo"K Beach pier xt.v or ra,lltv construc- Un.7i ' utrBe Alexander, ot gJWei, said in his opinion tho 'KiitA alr.man f tlfo general .Jjm:"7 ,' uruishera who had ln0,,Tne celebration, and John ..'.? P08 Angeles Councilman. I Si. .?"n '" tllQ collapse, tes e iii the crowd n tho pier e "ne was not extraordinarily FlK.i r.PTirm.M. t nf prrr...... ... 1IIV i ITO oi, HBH.J Kyi?1' Iowa May 29 KeW.i a I'aro'ed convict of iiinifi i penitentiary, accused M'.n8..M- Cadnlo Welt, a nooj - ,omer Neb- yesterday tos . . iai'irea eariy toaay fflu anPll8l,0'nff held In Jail .. Sly- Nebraska. 'Mrs. ( llclll hM.Ai.AH . rtxmw anf y her a8sallant. Davis 6thnrlu .. . . . v Bis gum, nl8 defense being Wtiuml.ttee(1 the crime. Ho wPljg eaor, Nebr., for BALKAN PEACE TREATY NEAR Expect Allies to Soon Sign Terms Prepared by Euro pean Powers to End War tlr AnocUted rrtil to Cuol nJf Tlrnei.l LONDON, May 20. It Is prac tically certain that tho treaty of peaco between the Balkan allies and Turkey will ho signed tomorrow nt tho nrltlsh foreign office by poaco delegates from tho various states concerned. nulgnrla and Turkey have not definitely decided to sign the docu ments ' In deference to the wishes of Sir Edward Grey, the Dritlsh Foreign Secretary and thore is little doubt but that the other three allies, Servla, Greece and Montenegro will do likewise. Greece and Sorvla desire to add a protocol to the treaty dealing with tho ques tion of amnesty and convomiuiio i be negotiated nftor peace shall have been concluded. Bulgaria, however, objects to the addition of this protocol ns she regards It is likely to leave the door open for further discussions and she i... .intorniinnH tr slun the treaty of peace with Turkey without moro delay to clear me noin i u grave negotiations that she will have to undertake with her allies over the division of tho spoils of vic tory. MASSACItE IS HKl'OKTKD. nulgarlans Alleged to Hnve Destroyed Mussulman Village. JDr Aiocltt(J Pri to Cooi IJ17 Tlmw.l SALONIKI, May 29. A dispatch from a trustworthy source says that Bulgarian troops destroyed the vil lage of Hadja, between Salonlkl and Serres and massacred the Musselman population. All KINDS of FIlKSir VEGE TAIHiKS at NASI.l'I.G'S OltOCEIlV. Open until J2(VCLOCK tomorrow. GO with the EfcKS and BAND to BANDOX next SUNDAY. P SUB ! 00T OF TARIFF Senator Simmons Says Senate Will Knock Out Differential Other Changes tnr A.iocUlfJ I'm to Coot ll.J Tlmn.) WASHINGTON. May 29. Senator Simmons, chairman of the flnnncc committee, definitely announced nf ter a conference with President Wil son today that the proposed five Iter cent differential on imports In Anicrlcnn-owncd or controlled ves sels would bo dropped from tho tariff bill in the aennto on account of the protests of foreign nations. Sena tor Simmons also declared thnt the objections of foreign nations to the clnuso foreign merchant)! to submit their books to American ngents In cases of disputed valuation would be met. Tho Stato Department holds tho protests arc Justified. Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Have Agreed Upon Plan to Dissolve Mr Atocltld I'rrti lo Cool Ha; Tlmn.) NEW YOltK, May 29. Two nl ternato plans for tho disposition of $12G,t;r.0,000 of the Southom Pa cific stock owned by tho Union Pa cific were approved by tho Union Pacific board today. Tho llrst con templates selling tho stock to tho highest bidders after tho manner of municipal bunds, a minimum bid to bo hereafter designated; the second contemplates placing tho stock with a trusteo without voting power to be later distributed upon affidavit that tho owners possess no Union Pacific Block. Both plans will be submitted to tho court for approval with a re quest that tho company bo permitted to olect which It will ndopt. Upon tho filing of tho court's approval, tho Union Pacific Company will nsk that t' c otocl: be placed In tho hands of a receiver to bo named by tho court. Aftor the publication of this alter native plan Union Paclllc stock broke from 150 1-4 to 147 7-8, but speedily rallied to 149 1-2. Southern Paclllc declined two points to Uti, hut ralllled at this point. f WEL IS ED Man Who Passed Bogus Checks Here Caught at Crescent City Davo Ponwoll, tho chock artist it.ltn nnaunrl linfrllR anrurlHpH on Davis & Ashman, tho Blanco Cigar Storo, Geo. Clillds, of tho P. K. Saloon, Vorn Barker and others, was cap- inr.n.1 nt rVnnrnnt Pltv ITn In now l.nlnr. lirniu-li t (. Pnnnllln nnil will probably reach there tonight or to morrow and win no urougnc nero Saturday to bo arraigned. Sheriff Gage was hero from Co qullle today and brought tho nows. It also develops that Ponwell Is the forgor who worked tho bogus nhi.. rnoVnl nt I.nnulnls. nasslne n JG2.G0 check on Hedges and Walker there, tne details or wnicn were told in The Times yesterday. He posed at Langlois as Gordon Shepard, an auto king of Crescent City. Penwell formerly worked In the Smith-Powers camp on South Coos River and also formorly lived on the Upper Coqullle. MARSHAL HELD THINK PIERCE U Idaho Railroad Promoter is Backing Revival of Cons Bay & Boise Proposition I STAItT STEAM SHOVEIi. Hauscr, Hauscr and Company I thta afternoon were getting their ! Btcnm shovel off the scow and In I position In Simpson Park and ex pected to get it In operation be- I fore 0 o'clock this evening. That W. E. Plorco, of Boise, who built n number of lines In Idaho and the Boise & Caldwell Hue, Is really the man behind the revival of the Coos Bay & Bolsn l the opinion of O. S. Torrcy, of Marsh field, who Is familiar with Mr. Pierce's projects. Mr. Plorco vIbIi cd Coos Bay one time nnd hns been quietly working on tho Bniso nnd Coos Bay project for Bovoral years. Mr. Torroy believes that Plorco has now rounded It Into shape nnd Is having E. It. Shaw handlo some of the preliminary details. When the 1907 slump came, Mr. Pierce Is said to have nearly hnd the project ready to put through, Thoro was nothing new locally in tho matter today, it Ih expected thnt further Information will be received from Colonel C. E. S. Wood about tho matter soon. Just what Ih the status of tho mort'gago on the Coos Bay nnd Boise that was filed In Coos nnd Douglas Counties preliminary to floating a bond Is sue, n few years ago, has not been ascertained. WOKK ON TUNNED. Twohy Itioo. Ilnvf About ."WO Keot Yet lit Itnro nt Noll. Tho Eugono Register Bays: "A oo;l crow of men stnrtcd to work yes.er day from tho west ontrnnco of (ho tunnel and expected to get uul-r ground today. Thoro Is about nno feet yet to bo bored, tho tunnel holng In about I.OaO feet nt this end, nnd with two crows working townrd each other It ought not to tako long to ex cavate tho remaining distance to lo bored. By August 1, tho big tunnel ought to bo comploted through the mountain and tbon the work of track laying can go right along. The grad ing on tho Porter Brothers' contrr.ct west of tho tunnel Is progressing or rapidly and It Is almost an assured fact thnt trains will bo running through to the coast this fall. BARBOUR CASE ENDED TODAY M I WITNESSES DECLARE COL. ROOSEVELT IS MOST TEMPERATE SUFFRAGETTES REACH INDIA Militants Damage Golf Links and Distribute Literature Near Calcutta (II; AhocUIM I'rrit lo Cooi IK; Tlmrt ) CALCUTTA, May 29. Tho cam paign of mllltnut stitfrngottcB has spread to India. The golf links at Simla, a popullnr sanitarium for Eu ropeans, was damaged yesterday and cards and suffragette literature were scattered tnoro. MBS. PANKIIUItST STAItVI-S Suffragette lender Heftinc to Take Kood In .Tall. Illy AiiorUiml I'trta lo Coot lit, Tlmtt.J LONDON, May 29. Mrs. Emellno Pnukhurst, tho militant' suffragette lender, hns taken no rood sluco sho was re-arrested and taken to Hollo way Jail. She Is said to be In n very weak Btato owing to her re duced vitality consequent to her pre vious "hunger Btrlke," which lessen ed her powers or reslstnnco. Ac cording to BUffragctte lenders, her release mny bo expected nt nny time. T IS VERY HIGH Idaho Streams Are at Flood Tide and Rising Little . Damage (Ur Auocltl! 1'rrat I o Coot liar Timet.) LEWISTON, Idaho, May 29. Tho St. Joe IUvor, tho highest navigable river In tho United Stntes, Ih abovo tho flood stage and houses nt St. Maries wfcro floated from their foun dations today. Telephone Borvlco has been discontinued because or water flooding the tolephouo build ing. Wator level In the Snuko Riv er at Lowlston Is 20.5 reel abovo low water level. Two brldgcH wore washed out on tho Clonrwater. Heavy rnliiB and molting hiiowh caused tho flood. The damago bo far Is not great In any district. M Washington Town Official Is Charged With Killing Man in Drunken Row (Hr Auocltted Prftt to Coot Daj Timet. CHEHALIS. May 29. City Mar shal Houle, of Morton, Wash., was arrested and lodged In Jail here to day for the murder of Hade Roach at Morton yesterday. Roacn was a bartender nnd the shooting was tho result of an alleged drunken row. Oregon Supreme Court Denies Rehearing in Railroad Ad dition Suit Word was received today thnt tho Oregon Supremo Court hnd denied tho potltlon for n ro-honrlng In tho tnse ob Barbour vs. Merchant Estate This case Involved a half ownership to Rnllrond Addition. Barbour, n Los Angoles mnn, claimed to have acquired an undivided half Interest In tho property through a deal with R. A .Graham. Through his attor ney, J. W. Bennett, ho collected a number of small sums In $10 and $1G amounts to clear titles to lotB. The Merchant estato In order to clear these titles fought tho case through and won out In the circuit court and supremo court, C. R. Peck represent ing tha Merchant Estato and J. W. Bennett the Barbour Interests. This llnal decision of the supreme court ends the litigation. Circuit Court News, Judge Coke has denied a motion for a now trial In tho case of Stevens vs. Stutsman. This, case Involved tho notes which were Issued by Geo. F. Avorlll when Avorlll wns promot ing a Rapid Transit Company botween Coos Bay r.nd Oakland. Judge coke intended to leave to night for Eugene, where he will hold court for Judge Harris, but owing to a number of cases being on hand, he has had to postpone his departure until tomorrow. Among the matters awaiting final action are: Motion of a new trial In caso of F, A. Smith vs. h. D. Kinney. In this case. Smith secured a Judgment for $20,000 in the old steamer Lib erty caso on pool certificates, which Kinney issued and then doubled, etc. Case of First National Bank, of North Bend, vs. Sheriff Gage, Involv ing ownership of one of bank building in claims against J. Virgil Pugh. .Motion for a now trial in case or Heckela vs. tho Coos Bay Liquor Company. The special road district tax caso is also pending. filtADUATES' PICTURES are a specialty at tho QUATERMASS STUDIO. See him. aausiacuon guaranteed. M M SON S 1 Pioneer Rancher of Catching Inlet' Overcome by Heart Failure Yesterday 'Matt Mattson. a pioneer rnnchor of Catching Inlot nnd ono of tho most highly respected and upright men of thnt section, died suddenly last evening about B o'clock, or heart ralluro. Mr. Mattson was alone when ovor como by the fatal attack, having gone to his launch to do somo work on tho craft. He was not found for nearly half an hour afterwards and then ho wbb lying with his faco In tho water. Tlio tine was oui ,..i.n.. im nrat fell nml a nhvslcal nvnmlnntlnn nhowod that llO WBB dead when the wator came up around him. . , , , f UnHcnn tin I linen f rfilllilOll with heart affliction for nearly two years and twice previously bad been ovorcomo. Yesterday afternoon ho appeared to bo In his usual neaim when he loft the house for tho boat landing, wnen ne niu nw i " promptly, members of the family went to the boathouso and found him dead. Mr. Mattson was 71 years oiu i.'ni.im.. nml Imd been a rest- in..t nf futMiliitr TnW.t for over 115 years, having built up n fine ranch there. lie was norn i" numuu and visited his old home a few years ago. Ho Is survived ny ins wiuow mm fn..,. ..hllilrnn Mrs. Will. ABIllUlld. nt Vormlnln' MlRS AuilCfl MatlfOU and Emll Mattson. who reside at home, and Rudolph Mauson, who has been working at mo nmun mm. f...n ulatnrH Mrs. Hnns Asnlunil. and Mrs. Andrew Brlch. reside in Marshfield, as does a nopnow, jrni; Lllloborg. ,. , The funeral will bo held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning from tne Marahfield Swedish Lutheran Churh the Rev. B. F. Bongtson officiating. Several Washington Newspa per Correspondents Testify to His Sobriety PH0T0GRAP7isARE SHOWN IN TRIAL Gifford Pinchot, Sec. Garfield and Other Prominent Men on Stand Today tllr AMofltlf.1 Prett to Coot liar TlmM.J MARQUETTE. Mich.. Mny 29. Chnrlea Willis Thompson, of New York, for nine yenra n correspondent at Washington, nnd Hlnco 1908 pollti nil writer on a New York nowspapor, testified today In tho Roosovolt libel trial of bis long, famlllnr acquain tance with Colonel Roosovelt, nnd lo tho Intter'B temperate habits and language Asked whether thoro was discussion In Washington of tho Colonel's drinking hnblts tho wltncsn replied: "I never heard It dis cussed during tho soven yearn ho was there. If It waB dis cussed It must hnvo been out sldo of Washington and It was my biiBlncds to know every rumor float ing around that city. It was what I waH thoro for." Asked about the Colonel's hubltn while (raveling on trains, tho witness Btnted that he was novor oven slightly affected by liquor and that on "Tho trip to San Francisco tho railroad company, by order of tho Colonel's representatives, did not put the usu al stock of liquors abonrd the pri vate car." Andrew W. Abolo, of Ironton, Ohio, n former coal minor and later locomotive fireman, who accompan ied Roosovolt up Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Tcnn., In October, 1902, said tho Colonel had not been drinking, nor had ho boon drinking when he lator addrosBod. tho locomotive firemen nt Hunting ton. West Vlrglnln. Witnesses who accompanied Roose velt at various other places disti lled that the Colonel did not drink. Sovoral photographs woro shown to tho wltnesscB. Ono, taken at .lack Hon, Miss., showed Koosavolt stand ing on a platform with nn arm out stretched against an upright. A. .. Blair, or Portsmouth, Ohio, n former Judgo of tho Common Pleas Court In Ohio, testified hnvlug seen Roosovelt on tho mi mo trip testified to by Abele and said that thoro was nothing to Indicate that the Colonel had beou drinking. Philip Roosevelt, n sou of W. Em Ion Roosovelt, who Is a first cou sin of tho Colonel, nnd n newspaper man In New York, testified to tha nhtsomloiiH habits of the former President and temperate langungo. Edwin Emerson, a writer and nowspapor man, gave similar testi mony. Noted Men 'IVMIfy. Gifford Pinchot. Chief Forestor of tho Roosevelt administration, tes tified to the tompornto habits or tho plaintiff. Lnwreuco Abbott, son of Dr. Ly man Abbott, nnd PrcHldcnt of tho company which publishers a period ical of which Roosevelt Ib one of tho editors, and who traveled ex tensively with Roosovolt la Africa and In this country, testified to tho Colonel's temperate habits. J. II. Garfield, Secretary of tho Interior In tho Roosovelt adminis tration, testified similarly. EDUCATOR TAKIW REST. President (.'a nil of Kouth Dakota L'nlveihlty Resigns Today. Ilf Auoilatt4 rrett lo Coot lit Time. VERMILLION. S. D., May 29. Franklin B. Gault, president of South Dakota University hero, has tendered his resignation to tho board of regonts. Ho has hcon nn educator for 33 years and wants a rest. TOMORROW IS MEMORIAL DAY Spanish-American War Veter ans and G. A. R. Arrange for Observance of Event Plans for tho observance of Me morial Dny were coinji.oted today, Miiyor Straw Issuing a proclama tion declaring a holiday for tho eer- , vice. Tho nrrangementH aro being mado by tho Spanish War votornna, Chairman I), A. Jones looking aftor the dotallB of the event. Today the decoration ol mq graves field Cemetery was begun and hugo baskets of jiowors woro iukuu ihuiu by relatives and friends. Tho com etory was handsomely decoratod last year for tho occasion. The formal observance tomorrow (Continued on Page Four.)