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of the oily.
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MARSHFIELD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1914 EVENING EDITION SIX PAGES.
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INFERENCES AND STATEMENTS
DENIED BY SECRETARY 1AD00
ROOST COONTY
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plifWlEGiSLftll ON
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OPPOSED
ViowsarossedinDemocra-
Closely Followed
NOCBAWGEWADBIN ,
bnCniVIHIM munouiiL.
One of Bills to Cover Inter-
i! ninntnr'Tnc nt
Corporations
,!,, AMKlttri rrr.. to Con, 0 TlmM 1
WASHINGTON. 1). C, .Tan. S.
The afltuhilrftnillon niltl-triiHt legls
Intlon program wns ronitletcit today
jo far as the preliminary work hy tlio
lloiiso Committee on Judiciary is con
cerned.
Itopresentiitlvo Clayton, of Ala
i.nnin. rlitilrinim of the committee,
authorized the nnnoiiiii-emciit that In
co-opcratlon With Hcpicsoiitntlvo Cnr
lln, of Virginia, chairman of the, stib
commlttco on trusts, ami Representa
tive Floyd, nt Arkansas, lie had fln
lulicd tlio -preliminary work of the
fommltiee on the Biibjeet of tniHt
loRlnlfitlim.
Ho said (hut "hlllH tnnehliiK ovory
phnso of the subject had hoen pro
pared" and Unit on the return of the
full committee the Dill will Itu takun
up for consideration.
Tlio views or the President and tlio
Dcmocrntlc part), an expressed In tlio
national platform, have been followed
In tho preparation of tlio bills, ac
cording t Clayton.
llo declined to give -tho delnlls of
tho proponed legislation, lint wild tlio
Slicrninn Anti-Trust Law had been
loft Intnct. lie aim) Htated thnt one
of the IiIIIb would lover Intel locking
directorates.
H SCHOOLS
ILL DEBATE
Two Teams Will Meet Toriijlllt
in Each Town in First
of Contests
Tho Marrfhflold-North Rend Mlgli
School Joint .dehat'H will be lidltl
this oenlng. Tho North Uend tieg
ntlvo team win moot tho MnrshlJold
nffalrmatlvo team In Mnrshflold, and
tho Mnrshflold negative tenin will
meet tho North Iluml affirmative
team nt North 'lwiid. Tho Mnrtrti
flehl debate will be held nt tho htsli
school.
The Judge In Mnrshflold will be:
Mayor Morrison, of Coqullle;
c County Commission! Dement and
S. I). I'ulford. of MyrUo Point. Prof.
H. 0. Anderson. J. VJ. Stanloy and
Sniator Chaso will boiUio Judges at
North Uend.
The question 1s: Resolved, Thnt
the President of tho Untied StntoH
'hall bo limited to a single term of
lx hrars."
Tho Maisbflolil .,. ,..... vn-
.. "" . .u ..vt
live, theater Issnc-ion nnd Ceeil Rob
erson, nfflrmative, Herbert Hrad
,e" an'l Hornco Hahskoph.
The North Uend tenmw nro: Affir
mative, 'Winifred Woodbury and Et
ia Taylor; negative, Dorothy KIWor
nd Juno Young,
lhinket Hull Guiuc,
The cow County High School
wuKetball league season wilt opon
tomorrow lKht. Tho Mnrshflold In
"pendente and North Bond lndo
Pendents will play tho preliminary
Sao 1n the Marahflold tabornnclo
1H before tho high school toams
P a. Tho Bandon team will play
at Myrtle Point.
ftttrnimVi'enrlici'f.' Club.
The Mnrshflold Patron-Teachers'
Mil meet January 1G at tho
!?h Bch001 bulldlns. Tho domestic
puPlIs wlu probably sorvo
refreshment,,. Dr. Straw will Me-
rMw a talk on t,,ront troublo among
"aren and Miss Lnndrlth will give
8ynopsls of the recent Oregon
Insno f Health rePrt medlcBl
El "IH of 8dl001 Hdron and
the lll be other features.
S2 nt SWiXEB SATUItDAY
Si i J - ATllCn "' levcs Minsk,
"fid at 7:80.
lEAT 81.80 AT HAINES.
IYER LEAVES
GITY SECRETLY
President of Western Federa
tion of Miners Expected at
Hancock, Michinan
tty AMortntM 1itm in Vnm Hay Tlmr
CIIICAOO, Jan. S. Clinrlcs II.
Moyor, prunldent of the Western
j Federation of Miners, left Chicago
scercliy last night and Is expected
to nrrlve on tho nccno Kf his .depor
tation, llnmock, Michigan, at noon
today.
Ari'lxes At llotiglilnu.
njr A)flll ITrM In Loon Iljr Tlmr.l
llOL'ttllTON, .Inn. S. Chai'les II.
j.Moyer, president of the Western !rVil
erntlon of Miners, returned to tlio
1 eoppcr country today accompanied
I by Chnrlos H. Tanner, auditorof the
federation, who was deported with
j lit 111 on December 21). The men eamo
under guard of deputy h' ui'iffs and
I will uppenr before the general grand
Jury tonight.
STRIKE CALL
IS A FAILURE
Response by Workers on Rail
road in South Africa
Not Encouraninn
I MC o. Intel I'rtM In I'nai lUjr Tlnn
C'AI'E TOWN, Union South Africa.
Jitu. 8. Tlio rospoiiHo todny to call
for a gonoral railroad strike
thioushout Union South Africa was
not encouraging to lenders of tlio
movement, lit Cape Colony, Natnl
mid the Orange Fioo St.ttes all men
uiiiitliiuml to work as usual, while
in .Tiauuyaal train crows, with few
o.Nuoptluuu, lemnlucd on duty.
Arrival tff More 'Amunition to
be Signal lor Second
Attack on Town
(fly AwoliUI I'n-M I" Com llr .IniM.
Plti:SII)IO, Tex., Jim. 8. GenernI
Villa's CoiiBtoutlouarJHtH woro re
ported today to be slowly closing In
on Ojinasa, pieparatory to a renewed
nttnek. Tho lehols art? understood
to he waiting tho nrrlval at moro am
munition. Everything wm qnlot at
tho Mexican border town, jvlioro the
Federal gnrrUon Is junking aently to
resist another attack.
(YiiNer .SallMSouth.
miEMEUTON, Jnn. $. The cruis
er Now Orloans called south today
kfor duty on the Mexican coast.
MAY CUT OUT HOOZK
ROSEDUnG, Or., 'Jan. S.
An effort Is being made by
soiio of tho local dvuggtsts to
fortn an agreement among all
the drug stores In Roseburg to
stop securing Government II- j
j censes for handling Intoxlc- j
j icants, and not handlo whisky j
hereafter, by prescription or
othorwibe. This would bo an
effective means for ending a
largo portion of tho traffic and
would put an end to all crlt- j
iclsm on that account.
;
INDIANS OFFENDERS.
PORTLAND, Or., Jan. S. Deputy
United States Marshal Fuller started
the now year by bringing six alleged
offenders against Federal laws from
the Silotz Indian Reservation and
lodging them In the county Jail, where
they will bo held to await notion by
the Federal grand Jury,
IfiS CLOSING
IN ON TJIAGA
Scheme to Dispose of Its
Western Union Stock Beinfl
Probed by Government
Mir AMorHtr.l I'iiii in Coiik liny Tlnirn.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 8. -Preliminary
plans for tho disposi
tion by the so-called telephone trust
or Its $1:9,000,000 worth of West
ern Union stock, were under con
sideration todny by G. C. Todd,
nBslstant to Attorney Goncral Mc
Iteynolds In cliurge of prosecutions
under the Sherman net.
Although the present negotiations
hud not reached a stage where tho
policy could be outlined It is how
ever, known thnt tho Attorney Gen
crnl would oppose the pro rata dis
tribution of Western Union stock
among the shureholders of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company. They take the position
that this ciiho is greatly different
ft om thnt presented by tho Union
Pacific mid Unltlmoro & Ohio Hall
roads and that ihero Is no parallel
to be found In the Union Pacific's
plan to distribute Unltlmoro & Ohio
stock to its shareholders,
The two railroads were not com
petitors, the officials hold, while
the two wlro companies nre.
TORY DIES AI
A GREAT AGE
TORY DIES
Viscount Cross, Member of
House of Lords, Succumbs
At Eiflhty-one Years
Mr .VMoclnteJ Vmt to Tool 111) Tint"
LONDON. Jnn. St. VlHcount Cross,
tor year ono of tlio most prominent
coiiMonatho stn'esmen In England,
died today, ngod eighty-one years,
lie held office In several cabinets.
Ho was a member of tlio lloiiso of
Commons for twenty-four years and
sat In tbo House of Lords eight
years, Inning been made a peer In
Reduction in Tariff on Food
stuffs Reduces Price of
Cereals
NEW YORK, Jan. S. Nearly 300,
000 bushels of Argentine corn was
unloaded horo today nnd millions
moie from tho South American re
public are under contract. Tho Im
portations nre the direct result of
tho jomoval of tho duty on stnplcs.
Moro than a million bushels has
been received in the United States
fcluco tho tariff wont into efioct, and
aliondy competition with American
eurn has forced a decline In casli
values.
HKAflllEY LOOPS SEVEN TIMES.
SAN -FRANCISO, Jan. 8. Turning
seven suniersaults In a biplane dur
ing one (light, Lincoln nenchey, of
San Francisco, established a new avi
ation record. One of tho loops was
executed dlnectly above a crowd of
more than 2V.000. In another loop
Hunchoy did -what Is known as tho
corkscrew twist while his aeroplane
was In a perpendicular position.
A feature of the exhibition was a
fomersuult performed in a hydro
aeroplane. Since he turned his som
ersault in tho air live weeks ago
Ueochey has done the trick 13 times.
SEATTLE'S HAINFA LL
ny AworUteJ I'rm to Coo llty Time.
SEATTLE, Jan. 8. Rainfall dur
ing tho twenty-four hours up to 5
o'clock this morning wns .03 Inch,
and other places in Western Wash
ington only a little more. Inter
mittent rains for todny and tonight
aro forecasted, but further danger
from flood is believed to bo pnet.
I
W
Y
Tom Richardson and Rose City
Business Men Cominn to
Conduct Campaicjn
Bringing an enthusiastic report of
his visit In Pot timid nnd tho news
thnt Tom Richardson and n party of
Portland's leading business men will
be hero on Feb. 5 to spend n week
on Coos liny in a campaign to boost
this section, F. G. Morton returned
on tho steamer Breakwater this morn
ing. While In Portland Mr. Morton
hurled his "lint In tbo ring," as It
woro, nrid'told Tom Richardson, of
the Oregon Development League, and
C. C. Chnpmnn. sccrctnry of tho Port
land Commercial Club, that the Im
pression existed In this section that
discrimination was being shown
against Cons county In tho boosting
projects to advance tho Interests of'
the state.
Mo says that both Chapman and
IJIolfnrdBon stntcd Ithat there iwas
absolutely no grounds for such nn
Implication nnd that they declared
tho development of Coos county wns
one of the biggest cards to be con
sidered nnd thnt they wanted to lend
every effort to bring this section to
tho front In Oregon.
Rlchnrdsnu declared his Intention
of coming down hero nnd eoii'luct'uu
a regular campaign to boom the var
ious projects, nnd asked that tho loc
al Clrnmbor of Commerce nrrnngo for
tho selection of places of meeting,
vhero some of Portlnnd'H loading
business men nnd the people of
Mnrshllcld nnd North Rend could as
semble and hold meetings.
Secretary Chapman Informed Mr.
Morton that ho had ondenvorcd to
have tho Cpmmcrclnl clubs on the
Ray forward mi exhibit of Coos coun
ty products to Portland to be Includ
ed In the Oregon exhibit to be sent to
tho big show In Chicago, and that ho
had written hero three times but had
not oven had tho courtesy of a reply.
Not wishing to ieavo Coos county
out, Chnpmnn tried to got ho'd of
sonio products of tho county, nnd hav
ing heard that oats could be raised
hero he secured n big sheaf from
somowhoro nnd shipped It along with
tho exhibits to Chicago. Consequent
ly Coos county's only product as iop
lesoutcd nt the Chicago exhibit is
"oats."
Itoferrlng to his telegram to tho
Mnrshflold Chamber or Commerce,
311st previous to the miuunl election
of officers, Mr. Morton stated that he
1'iid been talking to Tom Richardson,
Etntlng tlrat Marshfleld wns in need
of a second Tom Richardson to shovo
this section to tlio front, Richard
son hnd Informed lilm thnt ho thought
bo could find tho right mnn for pro
motion work hero nnd h'nd asked that
tho selection of nn official for this
work bo hold In uboyanco until ho
could mako sure.
Judge Advocate Suggests Few
Days Imprisonment for
German Officers
Hy AMixlatrd I'rfU lo Coo Day Time..
STRASSnURG, Gormany, Jan. 8.
"Very light sentences" were proposed
today by tho prosecutor In tho cases
of tho German officers now on trinl
for illegal assumption of authority in
connection with tho Zabern Incident.
At tho conclusion of tho testimony,
tho Judge ndvocate, acting as prose
cutor, suggested that Colonel Von
Router, commander of tho 99th In
fantry, bo sentenced to Jail for sovon
dayB on tho chnrgo of wrongful Im
prisonment. For Lieutenant Schad
lie said that a sentence of three days
In Jail for assault was sufficient. Tho
other charges wore dropped.
J. N. DAYLISS left todny for Co
qullle to Join Mrs. Uayilss, who
was called there by tho sorlous
Illness of her mother, Mrs, M. E.
Wood.
DANCE nt SUMNER SATURDAY
NIGHT. ALICE If, leaves Marsh,
field nt 7:30.
S
MS
RIG SCANDAL IN
BRITISH ARMY
Widespread Corruption to be
Handled by Retjular Lenal
Authorities
iny AnvuUtcil I'rrti lo Coo Day Tlmf. J
LONDON. Jan. 8. Summonses to
to appear January 17 to answer a
charge In connection with the iniin
ngement of canteens In army bar
racks, has been Issued against six
teen British nrmy officers nnd civil
ians by police magistrates.
It Is hinted that a scandal of
tremendous proportions will bo re--vonlcd
nt tlio Inquiry. Systomutle
bribery Is alleged to havo been prev
alent for sonio time.
Tho secret nrmy Inquiry showed
such widespread corruption Hint the
Wnr Offlco decided to turn tlio evi
dence over to tho regiilurly constit
uted legal authorities.
War offlco officials fenr tlio
court martial which they had pro
posed to call would not havo Juris
diction sufficiently wide to deal
properly with tlio scandal. No
l names nor particulars of the charges
havo been given out.
ELKS TO PLAN
.Piopose to Erect Three-Story
Diiiiuiiiu ai i iiiiu aim
Commercial
At a meeting of tlio Marshfleld
1 Lodge of Elks last evening, plans
for the erection of n fine building
on their property at tho northeast
corner of Third mid Comniorelul
woro launched. A building coininlt
feo wns appointed to Investigate tho
matter fully and to report nt nn
enrly date as to whether the build
ing shnll bo erected tho coming
summer. It Is propose.! to erect
a threo-story building at n cost of
between $.10,000 nnd $10,000 on
tho pioperty.
Tho lodge Is Just completing pny
mont for tho lot, having sufficient
funds on hnnd nnd pledged to tnko
up the last Installment. Tho Idea
Is to havo the members subscrlbo
for stock to cover tho grentop por
tion of tho cost of the now building
and borrow tho bnlnnco of tho funds.
Tho renting of pnrt'tif tho building
mid general flnnuclal conditions will
dotcrmlno tho dnto of starting,
J. A. PIatt was named as chalr
mnn of tho building commltteo mid
tho othor momborH nro W. G. Chand
ler, Tom James, L. J. Simpson and
Dorsoy Kroltzor.
MInhtiel Show Success.
Chnlrmnn J. W. Mlldonbrnnd, of
tho minstrel show commltteo, ro-
portod that the entortnlnmont hnd
netted tho lndgo $311. Of this
amount $289 wns derived from tlio
two performances In Mnrshflold nnd
$35 from tho show nt Rnndon,
Dance Not Wednesday.
Chnlrmnn Turpen of the soclnl
committee, reported thnt they hnd
nrranged for another of tho sorles
of monthly dances and socials to bo
glvon noxt Wednesday night.
Exalted Rulor Kennedy appointed
D. Y. Stafford nnd O. W. Montgom
ery a special commltteo to arrango
n smokor for two weoks from Inst
night, whon a number of candidates
may be Initiated,
EGGS .10 CENTS AT MHDFORD.
MEDFORD, Or.,Jnn. . Wltn
Christmas over, tho lions of the Roguo
River Valloy abandoned tholr policy
of Inaction and oggs wero bo plentiful
Saturday that tho price fell 15 cents.
Christians day oggs wore 15 conts,
but today thero wero plenty nt 30
cents. According to locnl poultry
dealers eggs probably Will bo down
to 20 cents a dozen In a short time.
W
BUILDING
All Opinions Sent Out on Bank
inn Question Scouted by
Officials
REGIONAL RESERVE
HEARING CONCLUDED
Impartial Consideration Urged
Before Decision on Meas
ure Is Rendered
Illy .Moclilnl rrt In Com lly Tlm1
NEW YORK. Jan. S. Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo, who left
New York for Iloston todny nfter
concluding a hearing In the matter
of regional reserve district, Issued
the following statement:
"Neither Secretary Houston nor
I have expressed directly or Indtrct
ly, any opinion or formed any con
clusions on the banking questions,
now tho subject of Investigation by
tho organization committee under
the Federal Reserve act, nor shnll
we do so until nil facts have been
submitted. Wo aro Imurcssed with
tho great responsibility resting upon
us and with the necevsltv for nn
impartial consideration of tho
views of all sections of the country
before tlio decision Is rendered. To
avoid possibility of misunderstand
ing, wo desiro to Bay that all In
ferences mid statements to tho con
trary may bo ncccptcd ns unauthor
ized." E
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Steamer Arrives From Califor
nia and Leaves for Port
land Tomorrow
' Making a fine passage up tho const
from Eurekn, tho steamer Alllnuco
nrrlvod In tho harbor a fow minutes
after 7 o'clock this morning and
berthed at her dock In Mnrshflold.
She will sail for Portland tomorrow
morning nt 7:30,
Tho Alliance had about forty pas
sengers, the majority being bound for
Portland and the rest dlsombnrklng
nt Marsblleld, as follows:
II. A. Houtoll, R. W. Campbell, F,
J. Erh, L. Satrlke, A. It. Folias, Jamca
Harris, Henry Tnrronl, Emilia Tnr
ronul, II. Welch, Emmn llrnck and
II. lr. Donahy.
Captnln Lofsted stated thnt tho bar
was quite smooth this morning mid
thnt during tho heavy wenther tho bar
nt Emekn was not very rough. Mo
wont Into tho California port without
difficulty, but on tho way out tho
bar wbb stirred up considerably.
MAKES FAST
r
Breakwater Arrives With Over
100 Passengers "Can't
Sink" Says Captain
Making a fast passago down tho
coast from Portland, tho steamer
Rroakwntor, Captain Mncgonn, ar
rived in the harbor early this morn
ing nnd berthed at the Ocean Dock,
wl.th three hundred tons of gonornl
cargo nnd over ono hundred pas
sengers. Included in tho shipments was n
thoroughbred Jersey bull, consigned
to F. Sacchl, of Catching Inlet.
Storm Is Over.
Cnpt. Mncgonn reports that tho
storm Ir over, the wind having shifted
this morning Just beforo ho crossed
In.
Ho only lnuged at tho 111 founded
reports about tho Breakwater having
been in trouble on route north, Ho
said that tho Breakwater could not
founder at sea.
Ho said they had a fair trip down
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