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Rjs -sk.Ti.. -mem FOOL FRIEND CAN DO YOU A LOT MORE HARM THAN A WISE ENEMY Sim? L. Jlll. WKATIIHH WHAT'S GOIXG OX? Read The Times ecry tiny for tlio Intcit nous. llciul the nils for your own boncllt. It pnjs to ndicrtlse In Tlio Times. of ,ii.ecijonoon Coos liny llrtr;I...P ess cannot bo l!U i u,,MT,,M!r " L.. lliiv rime. Chi?''1 hiPI j.tlnrd w The ,ta" MKMHKK OK THE ASSOCIATED 1'ItKSS IWPW ii xxxvii. irvc-t m.u ... .1 4 tlU MARSHF1ELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1914 EVENING EDITION EIGHT PAGE& A Consolidation of Times, Const Mull Mo 171 and Coos liny Advertiser. ",l'' ' ' ' TO GET TAX OF OIL KING TO STOP GRAFT FEAR SIX WILL GO TO i. fflfltfB SB 8R0S. ANNOUNCE 2500 AMERICANS AID 35 W M W OTHERS ME CA C IMS . now.Pnnnnn wunce...ivu! "T'rT Line WW nua,, - uompiuiiw" .. vrAD Ull I REQUIRED TO FINISH ouncement Verifies Unof- ciai oimw"- " a hCW uuy vjw .. .-i.iil I'm. lo o Ur llmM-1 LriiNI) Or. Fob. 7. Porter tri today " tlint on March 1. Iced "' i ,.,, ili. norm I till tic rcHiii--ii in. ..." ----- lhie of the Southern Pacific lne ' L.Mi,ihl. Twenty- &'-:,!,!!?':!,:!;, r Dro tiers im i "" , . .m i.n iiprpsusirv for tlio com- ia of Hie road. M:mrii:s xi:vs here .if 1'nrlrr lliollicis Klis. L I'iviIoiis AlinouiieenieiilM , .(,. illmmti'li pr DCS tlio printed In The TIuiph Wcdnos- . and ycitenlav nliom propnrn belDR made for active rosump- f rnnitrilrtlOll Oil tllO IllllUIICO ie Coos Hay-KiiBciio Hue. i t uraulnc has l en rompioiou ;mo at tlilcwntcr on tho Slus- and the la) lag or steel ih now nrriM In Ai'lllP Till) llU'lim Of bit Icon roniplcli'il wist Not I I and tlio liannro win no rin- it loon as tlio wenther por- undentood tlmt the Soutliorn lr Ml roilIiesiiMi nie .wnriinir- Comnany nnil Porter Ilrotliors !..'ct tonililcrnbl- of tho Iml- (( the work ho lis to rush It ih to completion. itatemnit nlHii vermes stuto- elien out to The Times hy patemlent Dlxnii on IiIh vlHlt n d.iya nun p'clns nf the loniiilpllnn nt libai a year Ik rcsurded nit very lutlie, ns the Southern rn- blflflals have hem flgniinft on , It fomiiletcl kit tlilH year bntrattors think ilmt the Cdoh I''ro will delay the Hue. hut per IlroiiRlitnii. of tho Soutnoin hat Hated tint under rutdi i be rou M ioinuli"i l lirldir be months' time olilinuuh he rather liao a venr In wlildi I the ork, ! bliw llrowne, who Iuih heen ! a new survey nrouiid Ten fh A vlpiv In rll til Iflll f I ll.r annul 'ninds ha i one to Shu Finn-' d'feusi w'lh IhiKlneer Hood t)ioied cliatiRo In the route. It lllkelv t" at It will heniiiilo. pier ft Homer who are dnlnir lork liClHCfn s.mil p.iini nnil e ii nrolmlily cnlargo their fiinwen intii Birctcii of work I II 1110 now Hiirvov Is miRsnil Mr. Homer pvnprlpil i-linn hdavi aito to return on or ho Wrtiarjr IS to arrange for ruah- corKat this end. MILLIS DEIS BRIDGE FAKE Says Report About S. P. Aban doning Bridge to North Bend Is Absolutely Untrue That tho rumor Blurted hy real estate vendora that tho Soutliorn Pacific would not litilld tho hrldKo neroHH Cooh ll'ny at North llcnd Ih1 an ahHoliito falio Ih tho deelaratlou of Siiiiurlntendunt V. F. Mllloi', Tho yarn wim called to Mr. Miller's attuiitlon yuHtunluy unil owlni; to Chief KtiKlneer HooiI'h ii.iiiiu heliiK used to Klvo It tho huiiiIiIuiico of ver acity, ho wind to C. J. Mllllu. iih slstant to Preslduut Kproule, mid who tu a lnrno extent Ih IiiiikIIIiik Important plmHes of tho Cooh llay ICiiKotio lino. This Is Mr. M 1111b re ply: "You may dony tlio report hh ho Iiik ahsolutoly without foundation. Wo aro proereilliiB as rapidly iik poa Hlhlo with hrldKo nrraiiKemeiitH and hnvo no thought of hulldluK on KiiHt Hldo." Tho teloKram Ih self explanatory. I.lttlo heed wiih kIvoii to tho report on the liny except that It excited Biiino conimeiit amoiiK now iiitIviiIh. Slnit Di'IvIiik Piling. YoHterday afternoon CharleH Nohlo Htnrted driving pllltiK i"ar tho Hea ver lllll hunkers for the link of lino that will connect up the Cooh Utiy-ltoHoliui'K and KiiHlcrn with tho lino liullt hy the Terniliinl Com pany. Thin will he put throiiKh iih fiiHt iih tho Mill SIoiikIi fill will per mit and till) piece throiiKh tll' Alli ance waroliniifio will ho the 1am to ho hullt. The Ioiiko on the Alll-t aiiio warolioiiHc exiilres May I aim It may ho that dato hofore tho line Is connected up. Tho Soutliorn Pacific will lake up the trade laid on llrnndway hy the Terminal Company and this will keep Ilroadway fr of the Hteam Hues. DROPS 2S FEEI John D. Rockefeller Fails to List Property and Asses sors Are Chagrined (Mr AmocIUpi I'rrn lo Cool Hay Tlmrt. CM3VKINI), O., Koh. 7. With John I). Hoekofeller In New York, where ho went from hero ycBtordny aftornoon. Deputy State Tax Commis sioners Abhow and Kacklor Bald to day they would tnko no action to list HockofoUcr'n $500,000,000 personal property In CiiynliBoa county In du pllcato until Monday. The tlmo pro vided hy law ror Rockefeller to lint Ms property voluntarily lioro expired today. m n mp rc MOVING EAST Northwest Ten to Twenty De grees Warmer Today and East Gets Cold lAST XKJIIT COMH-ST I OK YUAIt OX DAY I I.iiHt ulKht wnH the oldoHt of I I t.io your on Cooh Hay, the Clov I erumeut tliermomuter reKlster- I Iiik -"i ahovc zero, tleuerally tlio cold was not uotlcod ho I much, tho people evidently hnv- I Iiik liocomo a little more accus- I i tomud to tho cold . j tlljr AwnrlntM l'rr lo 'm hav Tltnn..) SPOKANi:, Fell. 7. A tompera tuio ten to thirty dcKt'cus liluliur than yesterday In eastern WiibIiIiik ton, Moutnna and Idaho Indicated that tho cold wave In this section had ;uhhc(I to the east. Graft Investigator Osborne Wants Highways Taken Out of Politics til)' AMoelatpJ I'm, to Coon llijr Tlnirn NKW YORK, Foh.7. .lamcB W. OBuorno, Oovernor Olyim's Kraft In vestigator, In a formal statement to day said tlrtit' ho would recommend thu removal of tho wholo Btato IiIkIi way system from tho Hold of party politics. "It ought to ho done," ho declared, "at tho cnrllest posslhlo moment, before wc spend a dollar of tho now $r0,000,000 fund. Many millions of dollars have heon all hut wasted through tho alliance of con tractors and politicians." Tl-CENTIFARE CASE APPEALED Noted Missouri Railway Liticja ' tion Sent Back to U. S. Supreme Court tllr Anoclatpil frfu to Com lltjr Tlmw. KANSAS CITY. Fob. 7. Tho Mis souri two-cent piiBHonger faro and maximum frolgnt rate cases, after years of litigation, go hack to tho rnlted States Supremo Court iih tlio rosiilt of tho signing of tho railroad's application for appeal by Judge Smith MoPhorson of tho Federal District Court today. MARSHFIELD IS Railroad Men and Others at Juarez Think All Perished in Tunnel BADLY BEATEN Coquille Basketball Team Wins 40 to 11 North Bend Wins at Bandon (Snerlul to Tho Times.) COQUIIiIiH, Or., Feb. 7.- The Co-' qtilllo High School basketball team dofeatcd tho Marshlleld High school team hero lnnt night -10 to 11. , The Couullle floor Is rather smnll and tho visitors claimed that was-' their principal trouble. Oordlng tun-' plred and Ornnnls was referee. There was a good crowd out. Clarko Curtis played forward, Hun tor and McDonald gunrds, nnd Sea man center for MniHlillohl, Ignatius Chnpmnti going In nn guard In tho Inst half. NORTH IH-JXI) WINNKR. NO WORD RECEIVED FR0MAJiY ON TRAIN Bandit Leader Castillo Accused of Sending Burning Train ih First I Wr AModl.l pirn lo ooi tlr Time I 1 JUARHZ. Feb. 7. Tlio gravest fears that tho six American railroad men nnd thirty-five imssongors on the Mexico nnd International train which ran Into tho burning Ciimbro tunnel last Wednesday hnvo perMi ed, wero expressed by railroad mon hero today. Two Mexicans who loft tho train at Cuinbre say tho passen ger train was not held up, but ran. Into the tunnel Innocent of dnugon Tho fact that none of tho crow or piiBsengorB hnvo been seen slnco, al though four days have elapsed, Is re garded us tho saddest ovldenco of their fate, for which tho Imndlt load er, Castillo, who failed to leavo ft warning that ho had seat a freight train on flro Inside the tunnel, Is regarded aB responsible. , XAVAIi MILITIA PIiAX IU' mm iiml I'rtM lo Coon iMy Time 1 WASHINGTON. D. C, Fob. 7. The Senate today passed the Hoiiho bill for reorganization In the naval mllltla. IN AUTOMOBILE EXHIBIT 5 ANGELES 'Horlon Gathers Mater- w Represent Coos ay in south fe&r. ?r Com- I' ruil, " ."' """'liny nieot- P-L.5DI COIlinlltpn nn. mnorlnl for Itthcn...i l "" exhllilt ' Chnn.n n- P" aiste i: ih. v.;:.. "" ini'in was Company."" ,ioni' hrt5 2 n.jr. snow- lads ami .i.i1 '""' " ea'ows, t.Lthc ex,,,b,t- na lt fitota,,?enc' ,0 Interest thl ,8B,. Coos County. uir . u. ' resources of !" be T;nrr ,iu"i!L of wwy' !lhlM . .'" l" i-os AII- .v... -iniO nl ...... Oeorwioil ' teffiWoiWHKi! .'.D C..F0b.7. I -. ' DeZ.,"" Dn'B mspec-l-M uirment of ABrlcul- r'oit v,:; " . lormor hKonbeenabo,l8lle(Jb' rt!,,ir-'"-Tlm., 1: v iTIV PC Feb. 7 rIar,eZ.,.oaay nominated 1 general",.,0 Bted to -C!!!o' the noavy. B'"aea , 1 ter. 8 set whilt Archie Anderson Has Narrow Escape on North Broad way Bridge Archlo Anderson, an employe of tho Coos Hay Steam Laundry, nad a nnrrow escapo yesterday aftornoon when his delivery auto took a plungo off tho North Ilroadway high bridge, dropping about twonty-flvo feet to tho fill bolow. Anderson Jumped Just as tho car started ovor tho side of tho brldgo and landed nbout flftoon feet ho yond tho car In a mud-liolo and es caped Injury. Tho car was badly battered by tho fall and tho cost of repairing It will bo considerable. It Is a Ford de livery car. Andoi-Hon recently Ionrned to drive n cnr. Yesterday aftornoon Homer Mnuzoy had to leavo and Anderson took tho car for a trip to Forndale. Ho made It all right until ho reached the high brldgo on North Ilroadway. Tho brldgo Is a llttlo rough and Hom er Mnuzoy thinks that tho front wheels woro forced out of alignment, ns thoy often aro In rough places, and tho sight of thorn frightened An derson, who must hnvo hastened to readjust thorn with tho stealing gear. As n roBiilt tho car shot ovor tlio brldgo, tearing tho railing down. Tho accident happened- Just op posite tho P. M. Wilbur homo. Mar shal Carter saw tho car go off tlio bridge. billclean op capital t President Wilson Signs Ken yon Measure to Abolish "Redlight." IDt Anocltte.1 PrM" Coo n Tlmw 1 WASHINGTON. D. C, Feb. 7. The President today signed tho Ken yon bill abolishing Washington's seg regated district. Times Want ads bring results. E OF NEW HAVEI ITALY OPPOSES 0. S. BILL M Senate Orders Federal Inves tigation of Stock Deals in France Illr Ao Kiel I'n-M lo Coon nr TIiom WASHINGTON. I). C. Feb. 7. j Senator Norrls' resolution directing tho Intorstato Commerce Commission to continue Its Investigation of tho Now Havon railroad's affairs, was linsscd today hy tho Senate lit modl flcil form. Norrls said that ho had been Informed that by paying Paris bankers commissions as high as 7 1-2 per cont Spoyer & Co. had Induced French peoplo to buy securities a fow months before the railroad wont Into bankruptcy. "Tho result was that American credit was given a greater blow In Franco than It had ovor re ceived boforo," declared Lodgo. Sen ator Konyon characterized tho published- exposure of Now Haven affairs as tho talo of "Infamy of a gang of plunderers." NEWARK KILLS WOMAN Young Woman, Infatuated With Man, Slays His Wife and Commits Suicide Of AuocltleJ Truj to Cooi IUj Tlmn.l NEWARK. Feb. 7. Hazol Hord man, a girl of twenty, Infatuated with Charles F. Manning, shot and- killed M-a llnrrlot rmuilnir In lior home 11.0. M...wv .-.- .r " - - hero last night. This was tho an nouncement of tno .NOwarK ponce hero today. The shooting caused a great sensation and tho police wero baffled for a tlmo In seeking to un ravel It. ... Miss Ilerdman died this afternoon In Moutalnsldo Hospital of poisoning taken with suicidal intont. Learn ing that a young woman had been taken to the institution, tho police seized on tho incident as a cluo to the shooting of MrB. Manning, and accosting Miss Ilerdman accused her Iho nrlmn TllPtl. IllO nollcO SUV. she confessed, saying she was In love with Manning anu naa Kineu ins wiie because she had failed to get a di vorce as promised. Have youv Job printing done at The Times office. Country Protests Against American Physicians on Immigrant Ships tllr Aoi llf.l I'rfM lo Coo IUr Tim,) WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 7. Italy's protest against tho now Immi gration bill provision to plnco Amer ican surgcoiiH on Immigrant ships was boforo the committee today awaiting tho result of conferences with Presi dent Wilson and Secretary Ilryan. Representative Harnett, tho author or tho bill, thinks tho provision Ih one or tho most vnluablo, but should tho Soniito, at tho wish or tho administra tion, strlko it out, the House will probably not Insist on It. Leaders be lieved Its object could bo accomplish ed In other ways. The Houso bill was substituted for all other pending Sonato bills today, and, with tho ameiidmonts, will bo tnkon to tho floor vory soon. Chair man Smith has consulted with Presi dent Wilson on tho lltorncy test and other restrictive phases. "I am not In a position now to discuss tho Presi dent's view," ho said. Defeated Hnmlon :t t-:tO at ItiiiidoU list. Night. (Sneelal to The Times.) HANDON. Or., Fob. 7. Tho Nort.i ' llcnd High school biiHkotbnll team defeated tho Handon team hero hmt night III to no. It was one of tho Hiiupplest gnmcH over seen hero and the result was In doubt until tho last few minutes or play. LOS BLOCKS SALE OF L Measure to Sell Montana Field to Milwaukee Railway Opposed Dr AwocltloJ IVcm to Cooi lltjr Timet, WASHINGTON. D. C, Fob. 7. Opposition by Senator Hitchcock to day blocked the consideration or Son ator Meyers' bill to authorlzo tho salo of three sections of public coal lands In Montana to the Republic Coal Co., for tho use of the Chicago, Mllwaukeo & St. Paul railway, which Is said to bo unablo to got coal for operation from its competitor, the Northern Pacific. Hitchcock said ho was pre judiced against selling public lands for such specific purpose. notici:.. Doric Chaptor No. 53, Ordor of tho Kastom Star, will hold a stat ed communication, Tuesday ovonlng, February 10, 7:30 p. m. Work. All members and visiting sisters and brothers invited to attend. FRANCES M'LEOD, Sec. Have your Job printing done nt The Times olflcn. T 600 IN SIX WEEKS HERE Don Peterson, Laborer From Florence, Says His Savings I Are Gone Don Peterson, u railroad laborer of Florence, who wiih arrested last night by Offlcors Smith and Shoupo for In toxlcnitou today told Recorder Ilul lor, whon arraigned, that hIiico ChristmnH hu had "blown In" $(!(), his entire miivIukh, here. Ho wild that he had Hpont It mostly for booze. He didn't have enough luft to pay his flue. Mike Sullivan and K. McCherry, arrested by Carter, and .1. Mnttson and John lllll, arrested by Donne, wero tho other offenders. Mnttson was the only ouo nblo to pay bis fine. Licked I'ligllisi, A llttlo loggor, known hero as "Cactus," tho night boforo Inst dem onstrated that ho Is somo "white hopo." Ho wus In ono of the saloons taking n fow drinks when a big burly chap came In. Tho latlor brushed up ngalnst him at tho bar and Cac tus nudged back. "You evidently don't know who I am," remarked the big guy. "I nm a pug from North Hond." "I nm a pug -tamer." quoth Cactus, and ho sailed la nnd In about two mluiitos ho had all but knocked out the pug. Tho Inttor escaped whon the officers got around thore but Cac tiiH wnH arrested by Ofricor Stiitsiunn. On promise that ho would return to tho Snilth-Powers cnnipa, Cactus vhb released. ltr.MOU 111(3 PLOT. Illr AmkkIMM Yttn lo I'oo, llr Tlmo ) ' MEXICO CITY. Fob. 7 TroopH guarded the palace, arsenal and artil lery barracks throughout the night, aB a result of last night's roports that cousplrntorH had- planned an uprising ngalnst lluerta. Much excitement wiih caused by the activity or tlio sol diers and by tho report that an out break hnd actually occurred at Giad nlupe, seven miles northeast, whoro righting was said to he In progrens. Telephone messages fnllofl. how ovor, to confirm the rumors or fighting. MlnUtcr or War lllaii(iiet and others of the military offlcors wero In con ference dining the night. Reports nbout the capital woto that 2500 pol ice wero Involved In tho plot and had pledged Iheniselvim tu revolt with cor tnlu of the troops. Tho secret police today arrostod n number of clerks and small hiisluoBH men ulloged to hnvo been connected, with the aiitl-goverumontal conspir acy. The authorities say thoy found on the prisoners cards Indicating their connection with the movement. Tho police believe they have succeed ed In frustrating any Important plot. Thoy nre maintaining great' vigilance OFFER SITES TD WOOLEN M M DEATH PENALTY Report Several Executions on Island Following Recent Revolt Or AatoclitM Pre,, lo Cooi Ilr TIoim,) WASHINGTON, D. C, Fob. 7. Tho oxecutlon or sovoral porsoim by tho revolutionists at Capo Haltlen Thursday night is reported. Hluo Jackots from the gunboat Nashville are patrolling the town. K. OK P. NOTICE. ' Myrtle Lodge No. 3, K. of P., will celebrato the Golden Jubilee loth anniversary of the order, Fob-i ruary Ifi, at 7:30 p. m., at I. O. i O. F. Hall. All mombers nnd bo- Journlng brothors requested to bo prosent. Committee, Manager Bcdillion of Bandon Says Nothing Has Been Closed About Deal It. E. L. Ilcdllllou, head or tho nandon Woolen Mills, loft for hta homo nt Handon this afternoon nftor upending n day on the Hay looking over possllilo new sites ror tho woolen mill which hnvo been offerod him If ho will move tho ractory to Coos Hay, The report circulated hero that ho hnd signed up nn agreement to locato tho ractory at Crawford Point or any whoro olso Is Incorrect, ns ho has not signed anything of tho kind, Tho mnttor is Just as was published In Tho Times tho other day and that Is that negotiations aro on. Mr. Hedilllon is In tlio Held lor n now location and plans to consider ably enlargo tho Handon Woolen Mill. Undor tho now tariff ho sees n chanco to vastly Increase Its scopo and prof its and wants to take advantage of tho opportunity presoutcd. Tho Handon Woolon Mill hns been a big factor for Handon and will bo ror any point that gets It. It Is a growing ractory and one or tho kind that President Mcl.aln of the Marsh Hold Chamber of Commorco and others havo been advocating that Coos Hay needs ror Its dovolopmont. The Marshllold Chambor of Com merce last ovonlng discussed tho mat tor and today members of tho oxocut lvo commltteo conferred with Air. He dilllon. Ah long an Mr. Hedilllon has not definitely decided upon a loca tion thoy wish to do any thing thoy can to help him locato on Coos Hay. So rar, the proposition is purely a tentative ono, Tho mnttor will probably bo do clded definitely within tho next fow days. NORTH HR.Yn NEWS I READY KOU HOOKING. i I am back on tho Job again and j ready to put that now roof or repair ' tho old one for you. Ask most nny oao If Hrlco's roors aron't tho host over. Phono 89-J or drop mo a line, i J. L. BRICE. I Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Hodson nnd daughters, Erma and Irene, or South Cooh Rlvor, nro guestH today at tho C. E, Edmaii home in South Marsh field. Itobort Akers, who has boon visit ing relatives hero ror somo tlmo and was a witnoss In tho Flotchor litigation enso, will leave ror his homo la Oakland, California, on tho Rodondo next week. a 1 m jfc. ..vh.l .1 gUluAilk nf- -