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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.)