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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1913)
WOSjPQP TO ONE END OUGHT NOT TO Bf PERVERTED TO ANOTHER lag tm?s TIIK WO.MKX rend The Times know (hey can llnil (lu. nils f Hie best ineielinnts m well ns the news of the lii-isl pen-pit- of the city. Till'. MF.IMTIAXTH ulut udtvj'Ne In Tin Times know i i n'..ii tlio best ooplo In tin' city who In-l-t on ilu best news of (lie city. MF.MBF.R OF THE ASSOCIATED PHF.SS VOL XXXVII. aioct'VS. 1EAT0N CASE WILL PROBABLY GO TO JURY THIS EVEN NG Fxnect Quick Verdict in of Accused Recorder of Eastside at Coquille. defendant"testifies in hisjdwn behalf Says He Had Sufficient In come to Pay Small Loses at Poker Some Testimony (Special to Tliu Times.) COCH'ILLH. Or., Hoc. 1 7. The rase of W. .T. Lcuton, former Re ronler of Kiistslde, who Ik on trial for tliu theft of $1(080 of the street fiiiulH of that municipality, will prnlmlily go to t ho Jury late, today. Tlioso who navu neon loiiowing tlio trial closely Hay that the verdict will lio a nulck one and many Hay' that lliey expected a much stronger chain of circumstantial evidence agnliiHt l.enton. Some were IiicIIihmI to think that Lonton's chnncos of go- IiiK free are good. Ilowuver. ho will ctill face trial on the indictment ' ihnrglng gambling. At noon Leu ton was on the stand In his own helmlf. Tlio prosecution ' Hosed this morning with .lohn For riikoii and Walter Hutier of the First NnHon.il Dank of Coos Bay t as the last witnesses. They testi fied concerning Kenton's hurried , withdrawals of money in his a-. (mint, tit the hank as If done on the Impulse of I lie moment. Lonlon'x Testimony. l.eaton on the stnnd denied posl-1 tlvcly of having taken any of tlio t money, told of having put in It J greenbacks In lone envelopes in the safe when ho feared someone was going to attach his hank account; anil further said that the key to) the cash drawor was locked Inslilo tlio snfo when ho last closed tliu vault. I lie admitted having played cards foine hut said that he dl-l It for .1. .... If.. .l....lAHn.1 M.nt tl.n ....... iii:imirf nu uuciaiuit mm uiu munii money he had lost at cards was not over $ 1 on. Ho told or winning $50 j once. Ho said that he had a fnlr Income, receiving $00 per month from the C. A. Smith Compnny. $10 per month from tlio town of liast flde, in addition to Ills Income for Insurance premiums and real estate commissions. Itogardlng his desertion from tho army, l.eaton said flint niter his en listment ho recolved n lettor tulIltiK lliat his mother wns critically til. I IIr couldn't not ;i fiirloimh and sol after talking with ono of tho offl-J ccrs of tho post, succeeded In netting a lirlef leave of absence and thou laino homo. Kvcrybtuly Lost lit l'oker. The ovldonco concernliiK tho po ker games In which l.enton played was rathor funny, for tho crowd for practically ovory witness told about losing money. I.ouls Machlno, tho .Inn servant of J. W. Ilonnott nt Mnrshflold, tes tified that ho hnd lost $r. or $10. Ho refused to stnto how much Lea Ion had lost. 1). A. Curry, of Mnrshflold, tes tified that ho hnd won $10 from Lciiton in ono gamo, and that was nil lie know about. Win. Wnrron testified that ho hnd I'Ocii Informed Mint l.enton had lost $100 at pokor, hut he did not know Ids of his own knowledge. Joe Snsser, Jnck Cartor nnd oth ers testified ahout tho pokor games. This morning thoro wns consider able nrgiimont hotweon Prosecuting Attorney Liljoiivlst nnd Attorney Ornves. who Is dofonillng l.enton, is to tho ndmlsillon of evidence. Jury in Case. Tlio Jury In tho l.enton ense who jvlll soon return n vordlct ns to his Innocenco or guilt nro: Clyde Collier, brldgo carpontor, of Codulllo. Ellis p. Doniont, stockman, of Myrtle Point. M J. R. Sidwoll, nierchnnt, of nan don, T). U. Lewis, fanner, of Leo. II .T. IsnncH, real estato mnn, of North Trend. H. llolvorstott, farmer, Falrvlow. W H. Morgnn, fanner, of Coos Hlver G. II. Trumnn, enrpentor, North Heiul, fjfo. A. Oonld. rnnchor. Allognny. Thomns IT. Heuloy, fnrmer, of Myrtln Point. , A, Hnrrls, abstractor, Mnrsh flehl. ,, c C Lnninnowsky, painter, of i'yrllo Point. WI.VTHH WMH.V1' .XUM. liiioiiM Kmwi 'J'IiIn nil N Over iWf (HMMM)O An, 'Vt ktnatlMlMA Uiii in lUl Tllllfi. I WBJ.NfJTON, D. C, Deo. 17. Tim 3 SOiJ.OOO T'. Hie dnjifll t. iihii rf HBi lciilliuo HUiioiiiU'Wl iotay. Mi" '-iiiitloii of vvliihT wliont on li'H Inr 1 wiiu (IT 9 nf.r rKlit nf nor "ol 'Oiiiiiurcd wlli 03.2 per cunt lout v1 r uruu sown lo ru MARSHF1ELD, OREGON, ENDS LIFE IN Daniel Rakovsky Commits Sui cide, Saying "Life Isn't Worth Struggle." (Special to Tho Times.) .MYRTLK POINT. Or., Dee. 17. Daniel Hakovaky, of Medllllon, U. S. ol Colombia, South America, who has been working In a Wlllett &. Burr camp on the Smith-Powers lino on the South Fork, shot himself with a .3 2 revolver, the bullet entering the mouth and coming out nt tl.o top of the hend. He Is reported to have said: "Life to mo Is not worth the struggle." on his person were found two letters or recommendation In Portuguese and $l.lfi In cash, lie hud the appearance of some degreo or culture. Interment will ho by tlio county. PIONEER DEAD A. H. Snyder Succumbs at home of Daughter, Mrs. C. H. Bunch, Near Coquillc. (Special to The Times.) MYRTLK POINT. Or.. Dec. 17. A. II. Snyder, an old resident and pio neer of Coos county, died .Monday night near Co(tilllo nt tho home of his daughter, .Mrs. C. II. Hunch. Tho funeral will bo held nt Myrtlo Point todny at 11 a. in., and tlio ser vices wore conducted in tho Brethren (Inircb bv T. (I. Hunch of tho Seventh Day Adventlst church, of which he .was a member. Reduction of Representatives From Southern States Con sidered as One Remedy. tn AMOcUtl I'rf, In Coo nT Tlrnm.l WASHINGTON. 1). C, Dec. 17. Tho Hopiihllcnn Nntlonnl Coninilttce met again to conclude tho rotorm measures undertaken to rounlto tho pnrty, to clear the conyentlon niacli Inory or cortaln featurbs, and to re duce representations In nntlonal con ventions rrom tho southorn states nnd congresslonnl districts which nre regarded as hopolessly Democratic. Only two propositions romaiued to be acted on today and a report rrom the special sub-conunltteo offored a solution Tor each. Under tho proposals or tho sub committee tho chnngo In the repre sentation would glvo to each state rour dolegntes nt largo, one rrom each congresslonnl district, and nn addi tional delegnto where the Republican voto bears a certain ratio to the total voto. The exact ratio to determine when n district shall havo an addi tional delegate has not been agreed Ul Tho siih-roniinitteo presented a un animous report for the modification of tlio party's rules, providing for recognition of tho stnto primary rules, tho ncceptnnco of tho right of tho stnto to chooso all or part of ts dele gntcs nt lurgo and ngrpo that In tlio futuro conventions dolegntes present ing certificates from the proper stato authorities should ho plncod on tho temporary convention roll. i:;ilKir.u"rnoit wixn. Tlmi.ui llnrily tM I''''" ('"' U'l I.IHTIIIHIV. Ml, Ai'UiX Vnu l '' TH" U)S'I)ON, lw. 17- '''I'0 'v"1'"1 iwanlfil. accoiilliiK to the I'mII M I "juellc, to Tliomim llunly. HwiIWi aiiihor. j'urJ(MM)urK t WM ''!' .,l,.',u Iim tutwh with lilt orotic. W W Jiollund 'Jin- IWIHHM hSMH nlH lW RAILWAY GAMP OLD COOulLLE REPUBLICANS MEET AGAIN 1913- EVENING EDITION WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, AGED MILITANT IS FREE AGAIN! Mrs. Pankhurst Successful With Her Hunger Strike and Ambulance is Called. 1 Jn AMiwWtnl rrr to tmrn nr Tlmtff.) LONDON, Dec. 17 .Mrs. F.inino- Ilne Pnnkhitrst was again released rrom the Hollowny Jail at noon today. She hud been Imprisoned since Sat urday, when she wns arrested while on her way from Paris to London. Sho was In a state or .collapse as the result or n "hunger strike" and was taken in nn ninbulnnee to the hendiiuartors or the militant sufrrng ettes, where a physician was wait ing. Soon sho will bo nblo to go to Switzerland to recuperate. BILL PASSAGE IS PREDICTED Republican Senators Say Cur- rency measure Will Be Ap- proved by Saturday. lllr .n ll"'l Pitm In Coo nnjr Tlmin.l WASHINGTON, 1). C. Dec. 17. Predictions that tho currency hill would pass the Senate before Satur day night were made today by Sena tors Ilrlstow, Burton and Calllngor. Uepu' llcans. after they had rejected the overtures of Senator Horn, tho Democratic leader, for nn ngreoinent to voto not Inter than Friday night. SKXATORS TO COXKKR. Ilf amocUIM rrr. la Coon Hit Tl!nr, VASHINC.TON. D. C. Dec. 17. At a conference of tho Democratic Senators tonight It Is proposed to ellmlnnto tho deposits guarantee from tho currency hill, chnngo tho "lawful money redemption" to make treasury notes redeemable In gold, nnd ar range. If possible, Tor a Mnnl voto Thursday night. loit.MCit tui:asi'ih:h of .moosi: I.OIKiK AT Till-: DAI.LKS, FOUND IX IIOTFL WITH HIS ,SKL'LL CltUKIICI). Br AMoeltleil rrf to Coo nf T.nie.l PORTLAND. Or.. Dec. 17. Tho Coroner decided todny that C. A. Rudoll, rormer treasurer or tho Moose Lodge at Tho Dalles. Oregon, wnH a victim oT murder and did not commit suleldo. This Is tho result or all examination mndo or tho innn's stomach artor ho was round In tlio hotel horo with an ompty poison bottle. F.xninlnntlon disclosed that Rudoll hnd taken no poison into his mouth nnd no traco was round In hln Kimnacli. but the buck or his skull wns crushed. Hnvo your Job printing done nt The Times omen DECIDES MAN WAS MURDERED THE MESSAGE FROM SANTA CLAUS. AIGRETTES OF ACTRESS TAKEN Game Warden Finlev Seizes Forty-Eight Dozen Plumes From Vaudeville Player llljr AMorlatnl frrfi tn mm mjr Tlmr.) PORTLAND, Dec. 17. Stnto Clnine Warden Flnley has seized rorty-elght dozen aigrettes rrom performers In a vaudeville company now appearing here. Thu plumes were worn only at performances In tho theater and not on tho street, but Warden Flnley says he warned the theaters somo tlmo ago ngnlnst having nlgrettes worn on tho stnge, ns tho wenrlng or them Is prohibited In Oregon. lie hns seized ninny of tho forbidden plumes In the past few months. BODIES OF 25 VICTIMS FDDND Wives and Children of Dead ; Miners Thronq Morgue for Glimpse of Bread Earners I Hy AMiwtotfJ Trrii lo Coon Pr TlmM f XKWCASTLK, Colo., Dec. 17. -Twenty-five of tho bodies of the thirty-seven miners killed In yester day's explosion hnvo been recoverc 1 from the Vulcan mine or the Rocky .Mountain Fuel company. Three bodies havo been locnted in rooms in the west entry. With tho coming or dny women and children thronged tho morgue for a glimpse of husbands, brothers nnd fatl ern. Tentutlvo plans have been mndo for a general funeral. .mi:i:ti.n2 is tkmpkiiati:. Stale-Wide Strike In Colorado Dc Ik'iicIn on Fill lire Conditions. Itfjr An.ocUtrd 1'rr.i tn root Uuy DIONVHR, Dec. 1 7. Tho reports or tho committees on Resolutions and Policy wero matters or Interest today at the session of tho special stato convention or union lnbor delegates. It seemed particularly certain that tlio convention would not Issue a call ror a state-wldo strike In sym pathy with the United Mine Workers or America now on strike In the coal fields. It seemed probable that tho convention would confine Itself to the appointment of n commlMco to call a stato-wldo strike If "It finds conditions warrnnt." PltDSIDIINT IIFKUMFK WORK. Illy AmkiM !rwp lo Cnt (lav Tlinr. WASHINGTON, D. C. Doc. 17. President Wilson resinned his routine work todny nnd recolved cnllers In his study In the While House. II FA ItS SAD XF.WK. Death of Cardinal Rampolbi Unknown to Pon Until Today. I IIX ARiociaieil 1'riftn 10 i.oo liny Tlmi,l ROM 10, Dec. 17. Tho death r Cardinal Rampolln, tho rormer Papal Sccrotary of State, wns not made known to the Pope until today, car dinal Merry Dol Val and Monslgnor Glovnunl Bressnn, tho Popo's prlvnto secretary, toiu nun the news. His Holiness ordered Mint tho high est honors he paid to the deccithcd cardinal. It has been thought In many quarters that Cardinal Ram polln was the most likely candldato lor the papal clialr In ense of tlio death of tho Pope. SIX PAGES. A CiniMillilatlun and Con,, CONSUL LETCHER United States Undertakes to See They Are Protected as Well as Other Foreigners Wr AJ0dlcil rrr to Coot Tlmm., WASHINGTON. I). C. Dec. 17.- - Through representations to General Villa by American Consul Letcher and through a message conveyed to i the American consul-at Hermoslllo to I General Carranza, the United Slates ' hns successfully Interceded In behnlfl of the Spaniards who complnlued or mistreatment when Chihuahua City t was occupied by the Constitutional-! isis. Advices to tile State Depart ment today say that foreigners gener- llllv. villi tbe evcetitlnti nf tint Mnnn. lards, have been respected, ami M is government, on the reipicst of the' Spanish uiubnssadnr, has iindejtaken i to see that Spanish subjects nre In-1 eluded In the protection given other foreigners. I Battleship Disabled Last Week Is Now In Tow of Delaware Across Atlantic Ocean. I II r AmorUtril fret la Coon Day Time.) NHW YORK. Dot. 17. Wireless ( niessnges from tho battleship Ver mont, which wns disabled last' week when she broke her shaft on tho way homo rrom tho .Mediterranean, stato that on December I I sho was forced to reduce speed on account of addi tional trouble. I Somo holding rivets of tho port Hruss hearlugs wero carried nway, the message staled, and the following day sho wns forced to stop. The Vermont Is now in tow of the hatile- tlilp Delaware, proceeding at a three knot speed for Norfolk, Vu. Tholr position yesterday was rC7 miles off tlio coast. TO START ON C. A. SMITH CO.MPAXV WILL HF. (SIX DRIVIXtJ PILKK FOR ONH KFCTIOX OK WIIARVFS TO MORROW. . Actual construction of a section of the now wharves to bo built by tho C. A. Smith Lumber Company south or the Alliance dock will be started tomorrow, when a forcu of men will shirt the company's pile driver at high Mdo rrom the harbor to tho present wharf. Tliu placing if itflllii I mould) till. Ill III hot' lIlVllli; sheds of the company will bo com menced ns soon as tue pile orner is in position. This work will bo rushed so Mint cluidu Mill lilt HlllfltMl IIIU Mll"ti ""'' " " " eastward, out of the right-of-way of tlio Wlliumeuo rncme iianuj i rontly aciiilrnd through tho com pany s yarns, i-or mo longm m III.. I .Villi' HllltllH. till! 1 1 1 his will ho out Into Mm harbor ror a distance or sixty reel, allowing n spaio oi lu'iuiri' fii't between tlio edKO the harbor line. This will pro ,i.i.. (nut mirrlclitiit room to nlnce the building out or Mio way or Mio. ruiiwiiv comiiaiiv. so that the laying. of tracks may bo commenced on the rlght-or-wuy. Ofriiliils or Mm V. A. Smith Com- .. ,.....! .1.1., ...'..ml. ... Hint Hli llnliy millllll nil" iihiim.hu . . ,.,.ui ,.t im .liu V i nnul i ni l Inn would 1 be commenced Immcdlufoly upon Hi" complotloii of Mm filling of Mill hioiiKii nno iiiiiukiik "i ini'n bunds by Hi. mllwsy compmi)'. ' ; .iMllul HlMl I 111. I'MITVllIU DIM of Mils ork mlu the fill Is intuit'! would mitHll uumtm kjihuhiuii ami , ,.ulaI..m ,h,m hi ihu iimln work will On I OlUUtl'IK uti M)li"' IUIIW HI aiUM" lilt- MOIITO.V 'AIIDOVMI. nllaii HutiHmipe' innuylUi hi, ill aiIwM ' to m Hl ftli K A.illNOTON' U ' . W ! ii vm i iiu ii. J MdiikIi Ih wri. ii OF MALTREATMENT ARE UNTRUE SPANISH WILL BE INCLUDED VERMONT HAS MORE TROUBLE NEW WHARVES li nn In bi AHHIi'11 iwDlii'DHttl'y MP ')lui) liuU'n ;i)'pl"ll M MiiiPK '"" f'DVilo "" )" di)MJ i huMuiH y,nmi of Times Coast .Mull Mn 107 llav Advertiser. lyu 'cl SATS REPORTS El Paso Dispatches of Dis courtesy to Americans Are Declared Unfounded. BRYAN SEES TROUBLE IN MEXICO CLEARING Asks for Appropriation for Em bassy Building Has Con fidence in Future. Ml. Aorlf,1 I'rrm In Com ll, Tlmm.l WASHINGTON, 1). C, Dec. 17 Consul Letcher hns advised the stnto department that many of tho reports of ninltrentmeiit or Americans in Chi huahua are without foundation. Tho department Issued the following state ment: "Consul Letcher reports that ninny statements published In the HI Paso press relative to the treatment of Ainerlcnns since the enlrv of the Con stitutionalists Into Chlliuahna aro without ronndntlon, as also aro tho reports of discourtesy to them on tho part of the revolutionist leaders." Rear Admiral Fletcher reported Mini normal conditions are bolng re stored In Tamplco. Ho reported Mint the weather had moderated and ho. hnd been able to trnnnfer all tho rerugees hack to Tamplco. Rebels to tho number of about 1000 aro reported to bo camping about 18 miles northward rrom Tamplco, llttVAX HAS COXFIDF.XCK. ' Asks Fee Appropriation for KmbaNsjr Buildings In .Mexico. inr AmocUik.1 err.. In Com ll.r TlmM.) Secretary Bryan lias asked tho llouso. Foreign Affairs Coniinltteo to Include In the pending diplomatic nnd con sular appropriation hill $in0.00' each ror embassy buildings In Mexico and Toklo. Asked R he did not think It would bo ndvlsnblo to pnss over tho Mexico City building ror tho nres e:it he replied Mint he hnd confidence in Mexico's future, nnd Hint thore wns no reason why tho United Statoi should hesitate about buying em bassy properly there. Bryan emphasized that tho govern ment should provide embasslos so that poor men would not hesltato to accept diplomatic posts. "Wo should not forco tho government to chooso IIh diplomats from rich mon only," ho said. "Thoro aro not enough mon among our money makers fitted for the best diplomatic service TWO KIRK I'ATALITIIvS. 1 liicendliuy lllne Hums Down Cin cinnati Salvation Army Homo. Ill) amuLikiI I'ri-.. lo Coo. lr Tlmra. CINCINNATI. Dec. 17 Flro, de clared to be Incendiary In origin, last night caused the known death of two persons in the Salvation Army homo for mon, and many more are roportod missing. The exact loss or life can not be ascertained until the search of Mio building Is completed. Klght vic tims or the fire who aro In tho hos pital nre said to bo In a serious con dition. The property Ioks Is $100,000. CALLS IT TRANSITION. (nnipcrs Says No Ileal DcprcNslon 1 KM'aks of labor's Needs. tnr AwwlMt! rir. tn Co fifty TlmM. WASHINGTON. I). ('.. Dec. 17. President Samuel Gompers of tliu American Federation of Labor told the House .liidlclury Coniinltteo today that while the number of men out of employment In tho Unltod Slates might possibly be a trlflu above the normal, he believed It was "duo to tho transition we aro under rather than to any real depression," Gompers ninile Mm statement dur ing the course or nn argument ror the Martlet t bill, lie pointed out tho recent Imlic'meut or labor leaders In Colorado for violation of the Snori man luw lo em'pbaslu bis contention that they should be exempt from prosecution for combining to butter wages and conditions. l'Li:.l)i:i FOR MKRCV. .Man Who Slew Three In Given No .Mercy by ngry Mob. lr Ai-I(.i ai. 'u (w lut TlntM.J WILLISTON, N. I).. Dec. 17, Clevo Ciilliei Uon I lie murderer of three members of I ho Dillon family, wns taken out and hiniged shortly before daybreak, according to furth er particulars of the caw A lurgo number cf masked men buttered down Mitt doom of tint Jail tent In the pluli dark Mi's, toio off the door of the coll ofciiph'l by Mi p, Honor and drugged him from mo building 'I'll ny look lif in u Mile and u hah rrom town, whwro Im win hMiiKi'd f" m the WMgiin brlilse Wbcn Hit body vvux iul ilon nHirwjiii H wuh found lUdlttl I'll ImtlMis Cui riKOD iMUieil f.jr iMf)y ltllf bnliitt 'ulion Liiiu ilit jull, I'uli'K'i'uu Lmi'iford suil Jaui.-M JoUumiu. u laborer st IiiiiiiiLwI Hi lnirifi Hiul with ' Hilly litiutuji. AHr Mi rDVMIn ' ' UnHum lit vUn )t vio ui u-iMStl for nt1. M'i i""' 1 """ MlUfU'll"!' fUl'va" MU ' lit Licblnn ii' ''"I ' I tMH UU ' I'M" '-'bit "b I'l'D' pi til Iul "i'll- mid 'M liUMi'J" W" fiff Uti, )wvji ut 1 1 hi im t'ovji t f vVlwk.