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AN Y MAN WHO AGREES WITH US IS ALWAYS A SMART MAN IN OUR OPINION (E000 lag SJtttt OL'Il SHU' WBATIIKH what's goixg ox? Ileud Tlie Times every tiny fir tlio latest nc. Itoml the nils for your imn hcucNt. It pays to uthcrtiso In Tlio Times. mite ever) one on Coos May U!ia hut I"1 ll'l'le ,,,0 ,,c memiseu of the associated press j -agm VOL XXXVII. ltnliHt1iel187H h Tlio Cout Mall MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1914 EVENING EDITION -SIX PAGES. A Consolidation of Times, Const Mull Mg, 17Q and Coos liny Advertiser. illfii STATES SUFFER FROM EST SUP OF COLO WNTfcH OW Wl DRASTIGANT1-TRUST JAP OFFICERS IKE SUST1ED Lhinolon, toho-ta"a ana uaKuiao i i Belt Today bom-TWO BELOW AT MMvnt, i"""nn i;Spokane Reports Zero Weath er anu uuiivti i ..w.. Degrees Below Zero , o ST X,(J'TSkST OX 11AV Last nlfilit was tho coldest of the jcar on Coon liny, tlio Kv trnnicnt tlicrmometor showing l ( above zero. Thoro wns n heavy frost Tho stitiHhlnu tlila morning made tlio morning Sou delightful one. Control Coos Hay weather with tlio other points ns Bliown by the press 'dis patches, Rf AikwUIM i'f C"M "r """ ' srOKANH. I"el. fi. Tlio extreme ()f nmnlraUy COntrnctB In favor of n rtld continued toilny over cnatorn 0crin jir,,,. IViiWiiRton, Montana, mm m. uio i t( nnil WVomlnc. Tho lowest reading reported was -12 below ut t Havre, Montana. Tlio minimum in F Spokane during mo western ." Mrae wUb zero. i Small Manufacturers and Deal ers Ask Federal Protection Against Combines Dummy Directors. Mr AMorUln rrrti lo Coos liar TlmH.l WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. C Sninll niiuiufnctiircrB ninl Seniors who compete with the grcnt corporations want some provision for price regula tion In tho now trust bills, to prevent their being "squeezed" when they cannot moot prices on lnrgo quanti ties. Ileroro the Senate Interstate Commerce Commlttco a delegation Mass Meeting at Tokio Votes "Confidence Despite Graft Rumors (III' "oemtril I'riM lo Cool tiny Timed. TOKIO, Vob. fi A revolution of want of confidence In tho Japanese government Ib to bo moved In tho .Inpnnoso Diet on February 10 by j i lemburs of tho oppoBitlon. TIiIb de cision was reached today nt a iuiibs I meeting organized by tho opposition l piirtlcH and attended by ir,,()0l). Tlio 1 resolution wilt condemn tlio govorn incnt'H attitude In connection with . tho alleged receipt of money by nnval officers for Influencing the nllotmont (Bf AkmUIM rM I" C " Tlmw.1 nRXVim. rolo . Feb. 0. With n minimum temperature of IT. degrees telow iero nt 5 o'clock. Denver suf fpn,i ihn first severe cold .of tho teason, l.emlvHlo, tho second lowoat In tho tate. recorded IS bolow. Little , mow and wind nccompnnlcd tho cold wave and tlio cattle did not sunor ii..miw. acutoly. URN HOUSE 10 EASE STOP spoko today against tho clause which provides that nothing in the bill should "prevent discrimination In price between purchasers of commod ities on account of tho differences in grado, quality or quantity of com modity Bold, or Hint makes duo al lownnco oiily for tho difference) in cost of transportation." Samuel Untermyer told tho House Judiciary Commlttco Hint th'o inter locking directorates bill would bo lacking unless It prohibited inter locking stock ownership. Tho bill as it Btauds merely would substitute dummy directors for real directors., ho -Bald. wv EAST INDIANS ARE AROUSED Parties Who Want Exclusive Protest Vigorously Against Ex Compartments Must Pay elusion from United States Double Fares Now i By Authorities lllr AwoclatM Prtw lo Cool llr TlmM.J NEW YORK. Fob. 0. Now and higher rates for Pnllinnn compart ments and drawing rooms occupied exclusively by one person will go In to effect on nearly overy rnllrnnd In tho I'lilted StutoB March first If ap proved by tlio Interstate Commorco Commission. Instead of charging a Blnglo railroad faro and single draw ing room faro ns heretofore, tho roads will charge for tlio exclusive uso of n drawing room by ono porson n dnublo railroad fare plim tho single drawing HER RATE : FOR PULLMAN; SEVEN AMERICANS PRISONERS AS RESULT OF BAN RAID Great Railway Tunnel is Wrecked and Passenger Train Burned by Bandits REBEL LEADER IS ENRAGED AT NEWS General Villa Issues Instruc tions to Shoot Men Sus pected of Outrage My AikocUIiM Trrn lo Coni liny TlmM 1 JUAREZ, Feb. 0. Seven Amorl enn railroad men nre bollovcd to bo iirlRonni'8. the great Cnmbro railroad A suit Involving property vnluod at tunnel through tho continental dlvldo LA PROPERTY SALE! J. M. Foulkes Begins Suit Over Property of Late Mrs. Williams mr AmiwihIihI l'rr. lo Coos Ily Time $20,000 has been commenced by John M. Fuiilkes, through his attor ney, W. T. Stoll, ngninst Henry Song stneken, M. C. llorton. Daniel Itttz mnn, Henry Sengstnckon company, Jnines T. Hall and John F. Hall for tho recovery of lands which Foulkes claims wero secured from lilm fraudulently.. Henry Songstackon, ono or mo ue Irt In ruins nml tho .Mexican North western passenger train which loft hero Wednesday is a charred wreck ' at tho mouth of tho tunnel, as tho result of depredations of inembors of , Mnxlmo Castillo's gong of bandits. This Information, amplifying re ports InBt night from Chihuahua, ro- I colved nt railroad headquarters, cor rects last night's statement that It SO ILII IE TRAGEB' CI TV steps to eradicate theiua elect new ENGINEER. I'oiim inrii .... Ptillinnn compiirtinouts for ono passenger tho nutliorltlus hero nnd In tho United rata will lio lucrcnseil to ono nnd one- amies I half rnllrond faros plus tlio present tur.M'iii T.1K1.M compnrrmotit tare Dii'ii- MANILLA. Fob. fi. nritlsh EaBt, m.., nllnimtlmiH In It aro untrue, Indians to tho number of 300 nt a , BnyB tnnt jIr8i Williams, who died meeting noro toiiay protested against nuuut f(vo or x Jx.nrH nBO Wns per nio nciiau ui mo miiiiuruies in re fusing thorn certificates enabling thorn to proceed to tho United States. Tho speakers declared they did not claim freo entry to America for Brit ish Indians, but nrgucd that those now In tho Philippines wero entitlcdi to admission to, tho United States. Ono of tho orators said said that loyal subjects of King Ceorgo hud boon lUBiiltcd by tho Immigration CITV John Kollan Testifies in S berville Shouting Case in Mine Riots r- IT ' (Spoclnl to tho Times), 1IANDON, Or., Fob. C Tho Ilau- don City Council Inst night took drastic steps to wlpo out a possible further spieud of diphtheria line. .Alt uld. ixtildolico in ivJildi tho iIIb oaso Is silld to have orJKlnated and I to which several casos have boon t rated, was order d burned today. ,Tho owner will be paid $:00 for It I : City Ihigliu'er. I Mr 5imvi.i- nf Mfilfoi'il vnn elect ed City lOuglueer 'ast night to sue coed I". A. Sandberg. who reci-ntly resigned after n rather strenuous time. Mr. Sawyer will titko up tho work nt once. BELLES SRIES AT i i I ORE' OS' 'PALS" i 0 fendnnts In tho suit, says that tho Was Drako tunnel, n smnllcr boro suit Is without foundation and that Houth of Cumbre, that waa destroyed. no Tho Riimliro tunnel Ib tho largest on tho road and is 3700 feet in length, nencrnl Villa, commander of the fectly cnpablo of attending to nor nr- rolicl forces, Ib enraged at tho nawp. fairs up to tho time of her death and h0 has Instructed General Fcllpo that ho has plenty of witnesses who Mnclas, operating In the Casus Grand will provo It. Ho says sho lived In 0s district, to shoot every man who tho houso on Second streot now oc- could not satisfactorily explain his cuplcd by Foulkes. presence thoro. Tho bandits nro bo The property Involved Ib a tract Hovcd to bo operating In two forces of forty-seven acres of mud flat near 0f nbout thirty each, as Cumbre la a tlio mouth of Coos Itlver. Mrs. Wll- hard day's rldo from 121 Vnllo, nenr Hams took It first from David Ultz- Casus Grandea, whore twenty-two man for $1000 and sold It for $ 1 B 0 0 , lmndlts wore captured nnd shot Inst limiting $"00 on It. Mr. Hengstncit- Tuesdny. Other detncliinents, bo on saya tliot tnero woro oiuer uoir besides Foulkes, who Is a nephew. When tho caso conies to trlnl ho snvs that tho fallacy of tho charges will bo nulckly iiroven. Tho Hall 1 loved to bo under Castillo himself, did tho wrecking, probably In revengo for tho fato of his men at El Vulle. A captured train of stock cars was run nto tho tunnel nuro. rno tun- I SL MILITIA nv 1 r lo Coo lKy Tlmw 1 HOl'OIITON. Mli n. .Folio .fi John Kollan, ono a tin piluclpnl actors In tire prolouiio in ti ii Heeborvlllo trag- fi!r, km uiinile to throw any iiddl-j tlonal llulit oi, tlio hhnotlng of twoi trlkcniiy difmiti sheriffs nnd Wnd-I cell Mahun, a Riinrd. when testifying I today. Ji, atteniitliig to nrrost him, i Kollanftald, one of thi doputlos hit I Ilia our tlw head with n club nnd hoi in tutu a iiited lotnlltlon wlillo the fihOOtJnr- 1V1IU lll.llll. inlln lllflt llll' .m- W not retiu'inlxv wlint hamionod. I .... Kollan anrl .inlm Qiimn. i.-ntv. lm Onnnpn Cnninmont I Mm'Sll" itlVera who nconnterod Humphroy! .. lrl j nrlnr, niuicinne MEN ON BAY Quick, a Virt. tltilf. . ivlill ntlnimit ht to use n prlvatt path across tho swing coraiiniiy'B (nuporty. Tho dop- w anu GtuiNis Hud gom. to tlio nntr8 boardli.' Ik.hhh wiior tho Some Goods 'Missing Cnptnlns Onndeuoii nnd nlnlr, of ILL EHPT1 MEASURE IS UP . today from llandon, wneio mo) wound up tho nfrnlrs or tlio uregou Nnval Militia. They said that Dr. h. P. Soronson, head of tho company thoro. had things In flno slrupo and nil of tho equipment wns accounted for and nrrangomunts mndo to semi Tjhnt thf.ro wns to hoiidiiunrters. This nftomoon they started to round up tho supplies of tho Marsh Held division. A ntimbor of guns tuid other parnDhornnlla nro mlbslng mid Dt. Straw has boon unnblo to locate tliom. Captains nlnlr and Gundov son got n lino on somo of the mission goods nt noon nnd expected to have thorn located this afternoon, lnoy stated that they would llko to have inattora adjusted amicably. It was pointed out that it wns a very berlous offonso for nnouo to have govern ment goods UleBully In their posses- Ilfith of thorn expressed surprise at tho fieclded animosity and feeling shown hero nnd In this section "Ralnst Governor -West. They were told that this feullng against Oovornor est -was responsible for the local divisions qUBoth 'expressed the 1iope that af fairs would shape thenibtflves so tbat tho divisions could be re-organlzea in tho neur uture. Two of Four San Francisco Men Accused of Severe Crime Released Today Illy AwwUtnl l'rt. lo Com lUy Tlmra ) SAN FHANCISCO, Fob. . Paul H. Spott, one of tho three nccusud of having nssnultud Ida Poiirrlug, a 17- ear-old girl, was released today after bonds of $10,000 had been glvou. Maury I. Dlggs and Walter tillUgim, tho other defendants, woro still In Jail. When tho caso was called to day, the prosecution promised to pro diiio n physician who would testify when Miss Ponrrlng was born, show ing hor seventeen, not twenty, ns tlio Former New Haven Line Pres ident Faces Manslaughter and Other Charges Illy Awoi Ulnl I'm. lo Coo Uay Tlmix ) IIOSTOX. Feb. fi. Chnrlos S. Mol lon, former prosldont of the Now York, Now llnvon nnd Hartford rnll rond, declined today to nppoar nt I he Public Service Commission's hear ings on publicity expenses of tho toad ou tho ground that ho could not loav Connecticut, whore ho Ib soon to bo tried for mnuslniigliter. In it Intter to thn roinmlhtilon .Mellon snld bo was acting under tho ndvlco of tho defense lndlcntod yesterday It would presldont of tho company. Timothy attempt to jirovo. Ilyrnes wrote from California that engagements In the west In the next threo months prevented his return east at this time. deed, ho snys, wns made for tho pur-, noi wnR n blazing mnss when tho pas pose of curing a dofoct In tho des- Hongor train was captured and sent rriptlon. headlong Into tho finiinco. Charges In Petition. i . In tho petition It Is alleged that I mada I tn mi and dated June 1.1. 1000. Short Iv nftorwnrd Foulkes claims Ellzabot'i i Williams completely lost her powers I of reason and was gonornlly bollevel to bo Insnno. In hor will she appoint ed Judgo Hall as iidmlnlstrntor. and nt tho time of her donth on Mny 3, 100n, Judge Hall had by grace of iIiIh still lnmntned ns ndmlnlstrntor. John Foulkes, tho bonoflclnry. know-l lug thnt the property ror tlio most part lfad been willed him, snys he Kept calling on Judge Hall asking thnt tho matter ho settled, hut ho claims Judge Hull Informed him that tho matter waif unsettled as ynt. Acting nccordlng to tho tonus of a codicil to the will, mndo ou .1 miliary III tlio pouuoil it is Imogen "-...,. -k-v- :ilxnboth Williams, a blind woninn. DrilfH TO flnPT undo n will before Judge J. F. Hnll ULlfnl I L, 1 IIUI u which she dovlscd nM her property III M I I , 1 1 1 1 I o Fonlkos. This will wns drawn BILtfUt-IU JUU I HirFDRTliE AN SGRMIDT Went Wilson Expected to na bpecial Message Urcjmg Repeal W; AW,Utfcj rr 0 Cooj nir Tlme j vbhn Sflof toU exemption nro- kf.. v, " aaina Canal Law was TORE EXECUTED : Slayer of Anna Aumuller Seems Content in racing Execution Wednesday Illy Amoi litr.1 Pitm lo l'oo ny Tlmn J N E W YORK, Fob. C. linns Schmidt, who was found guilty of murder In the first degree for tho Lining of Anna Aumullor, seems con tent with the verdict and declines to permit his cousol to appeal. Next Wednesday Schmidt will bo sentenc ed iv death In the olectrlc clinlr. LAND FOItCK IX IIAVTI. EDEN RIDGE ! RftSF nFRIRFri 01e Congress tudnv ns nn firlmln. town mea8uro hacked by Presl r, Jii1!0"' Th0 democratic lead House m",01 P10"1!'1 nctIn " to toitMUv eBan ,lnlnB up theVr t ffrtth?Scnate' hre tho hard CoarrSJ,u.v0mo' A message to ioa hi l prba,,lv doUvered in per ' ly the President. U nvnnnr.,i , ttltt!st.n.feren,:es "ovtlop tho ad- """Stratlon's rnnren nf nnAnn m, The ;eDMi:.7u ".vu,i 4Isdosa i 7. rreo l'ssage tectlon will wse of Great RHmin'o .t .. btt i treaVty0.,atl0U f lUo Har-Paunce- xotici: TO SCOTCHMAN TKIiT.S OF SIIOOTIXG. (Oy AMocltted Vim lo Cool Day TlrcM J HOUGHTON, Mich., Feb. C John Stlmae, a striking copper niltier, told of attempts to arrest him which resulted in the deaths of two strikers, whom tno pruseciniu MA;.?C0'chmen and men nf H.ii r.ri ar o.ni-ii" . ",.." . i -" a " "" . "" . .,,.i- "nd n m.i ' ,a,,y invuea to. charged were muea uy i" um.m.v H o?bom1!USF at To(1(1'8 Tailor 'n tnal in the Seebervllle murder lei i ep.?5!,t0 nlanco Hotel. Marsh- nL .. ; ouiiaav uni,. .. . . im , . "' "uiury o. lan. . .L f h McfetrY "' to thoroughly organize Coos Bayites Win Partial Vic tory on Appeal Now Claimed for Water Power Word has boon received horo thnt tho decision of tho Uosoburg laud offlco In tho caso of Mrs. C. C. Car ter of Myrtlo Point, who was Booking a coal entry In tho Kdon IMdgo dis trict, had been reversed by tho high er officials. TIiIb Is n victory for Mrs. Carter and Is of much iutorost here nnd at other points as hor case was really a test suit on which hun dreds of other claimants baso their hopes. Mrs. Carter filed on tho tract as a mineral claim and tho government contested it on tho ground thnt thoro wasn't sufficient coal there and also that it was really a timber claim. At the first hearing Mrs. Carter lost and then appealed. Now hor victory Is not certain as It Is claimed by government officials that tho tract Is really more valuable for the great undeveloped water rights in that section. Among those locally Interested are .Stei PfiOnUOTo ?f California GAIUM3X x-r'rrr"P. i.i nnllni nt tho' Tlie mommy ",v"1' ,1, , ,,'i,i i bis forces ni,mi.or of Pnmmurce will ho held is tore" In Its room nt tho corner of Com mercial and Second street Friday evening at eight o'clock. Strangers and visitors Jnvlted, U. S. Sim-lues AVill Attempt to Stop Kiotiiig mid Pillaging on Island. ly AMult.t -rM o tx B; TlBlM ) WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. C Itloting and pillaging broke out In Capo Haltlen yesterday to such an extent that Commander Dostwick of the gunboat tCashvllle landed eighty men to protect the lives and prop- eriy .u.v.b .-...-...-. .,";,",. iii,; ' t i,i.. i. Commander hosiwick iook wuh f .i. uu ""; .... -... tion at tho request of tho foreign con- of whom has a claim taken when suls His Instructions to his landing' Mrs. Carter's waa and also J. II. Finn force wero to protect Americans there agan and Arthur K. Peck. S. D. Pul and nil foreigners and their property. ford of Myrtlo Point nLo has a claim Davllmar Theodore, who had pro-' there, being ono of the original six claimed himself provisional president, entries. before his defeat nt Gonaives at tho BesldeB these a largo number of hands of Zamor, Is trying to set up Grants Pass men are Interested, bav liis government at Cape Haltlen, Ing been Induced to file on tho dls whore ho retreated after tho battle, trlct as coal lands by a Mr. Anderson He has appointed a cabinet, but, ac- who was promoting thnt water right cording to Commander nostwlck's re-1 a few years ago when tho H, M. nort nnnears to oe losing comrui ui njiicsuy t"i"i""u " fc'"b Latest reports from Cap toin niihsoll of tho battleship South Carolina at Port Au Prince expressed apprehension for the safety of the city, Two other syndicates, headed by Messrs. Johnson nnd Vanderpool havo located many entrymen there. Have your Job printing done at Alberto Terrazas, One of Wealthiest Men in Mex ico Practically Broke Illy Aim lalol l'rr lo fix Day Timet Eli PASO, Fob. fi. Ills liiuuonso fortune tlod up by threo years of rev olutions. Alberto Terrazas. whoso llU ...... ......... ... " "IT . . ., ... I f ,.l I . .. 11, lOOfi, .lomoa T. Ilnll was appoint-"'; "'"" ."1 " '" j iioiiymoiiB oil flxocnlor of tho estnto In place of j for great wealth nnd who bus boon J. F. Ilnll, nnd In this capacity riloil iiiiolIoiI to seek u I vollliood, do wlth the county court a petition nsk-t parted for Pnsadnna with his fainllr Ing thnt llonry Songstackon bo today, hut not with hla usual retlnuo nwnnlod tho proporty for the sum of , of sorvanta. 'lerrazns expected to TK.00. tho samo being part of an buy or lenso a small farm whoro ho ngreomont which Ib supposed to havo can inuko a modest living. Ho la 1IIIU Ul iiiudu tvilll n-p liu iiiiiiiuM.uiu been made botweon Songstackon and J.'llzaboth Wllllnnis, In the prosonco of two witnesses, on July 21, 1900. Tho court granted tho request nnd tho proporty was sold to Songstackon, who In turn sold It In parrots to the others mndo dofondnnta In tho com plnlnt, Sengstnckon holding u half Interost In tho proporty which Fonlkos saya ho aftorwardiv sold to Henry Songstackon & Company for $10,000, although ho only paid ?1, H00 for all tho proporty. lgiKrn"t. of Proceeding. Foulkes, to whom tho property was willed, claims that ho was Ignor ant of uny such proceeding and kopt urging Judgo Hnll for a settlement until finally told that tho proporty for tho most pnrt had boon sold to Seiigstnckon. Foulkes asked Songs Etaoken that ho bo given Information rolatlvo to tho caso, but alleges Songstackon rofused this until Foulkes procured nn abstract of tl tlo to tho property and In this man nor discovered how ho had lost It. WnutN Property. Foulkes asks that ho bo given tho proporty and all tho money thnt tho administrator Hall has In his posses sion belonging to tho estate at tho present. Ho baa received no aettlo mont from tho estate whatsoever, ho saya, ami this Is principally tho causo for his action. prospects of peace In hla uatlvo land. and until tranquility Is restored, tho Income of tho vast family fortuno, oBtlmntcd nt between thirty and forty millions, will bo tied up. Even In tho ovent of ponco It may bo lost, for tho robelB declared It confiscated. Tor raza's lnud grnnta from formor presi dents aro so Immense thnt It would take a passongor train making tho usual stops threo days to travel tho boundary. ALT TIIKV XI.ICI) TO .MAKE A GOOD TOWN I The I.nnglolB Leader, in Its I Silvor Hutto news, says: "What wo need In our Ilttlo burg is: blacksmith shop, hutch- j er shop, harness shop, 300 peo nlo. grocery store, berry cannery, and thVeo tons of stump powder I I to clean tho streets of stumps I I and logs, also somebody to do j thp work and somo more peoplo to put up tho dough for tho I work." I IIOVATj CHOW.V FJ.OUIt, $1.80 AT HALVES'. i E 0 ALERT IS POT BUT Prompt Work of Capt. Ed wards and Crew Prevents Disastrous Blaze on Boat Prompt notion on tho part of tho crow of tho Bteamer Alert provontod what might havo resulted In a dls aatroua flro. En routo to AUogany on Monday, nbout fifteen miles from Marshflold, Captain EdwanU was aur pjisod to seo tho entire roar of tho upper deck of tho Alert covered with flumes. Tho captain summoned tho crow nnd flro fighting apparatus on tho craft and tho flnmes wero extinguish ed In fifteen minutes. Tho covering on tho upper deck, sovoral oars and tho life boats woro burned. Tho flro was caused by a spark from itlio smokestack alighting on a lifeboat covor on tho uppor deck, soon spread ing to tho llfobonts. Tho ontlro damage amounts to ap proximately $3fi. Jiiht received on 1 1 HE AK WATER fi-chli SHIPMENT or all kinds of fiVhli FRUITS mid VEGETAIir.ES. Phono lt). OLLIVAXT & WEAVER. i