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!S5aKin5& Kk 3!T m-v '"-'J4PHMIP1i'jmi "i " w"r' HEJAN WHO GETS THE MOST OF IT, MAY NOT GET THE BEST OF IT " , i - WATCH VOUIl WIFE Mmt . COOS HAY TIMES. A clean, ilinIeoino newspaper for Coon County homos. Tim Times has (tic largest prototl clrriilatlon of nny nowspnpcr Jti Coos, Curry or Doug Ins couiillcs. 1 tho ndvs. '" 'rJ, 'l,ill,cs- IJs- Si rtoic "Ithout " "'' ,M T,, Times Is handicapped in tlio rnco for Trmlc. MEMHEK OF THE ASSOCIATIil) PRESS VOL XXXVII. Established 1878 us Tlio Const Mull MARSHFIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1914 EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times, Const Mull and Coos liny Advertiser. No. 190 T LET US TALK ET OVER BUZZARD I SUDDENLY HALTED AT EL PASO ,rfl?tf wm 8 IflilD H NTS YEARS M T HI MSI :i0ht Killed, Wires Down and ''Yearly All Traffic Snow bound Today ILK FAMINE FEARED AS hfcoUL.1 ur.nuur many Cities Left in Darkness by storm unu ouuuunui is Wrecked ,. luliird mn m Com lu TlinM.l voiil." Unroll !!. SllOW 1)0- U falllnis ngnln today. Over 10,000 P . -il,,1,n,1 tlin HIIOW to 1(000 tllO tracks ojtcn In n few of tho principal Itlreots, i . ,i.,,.ii iliutrli't Id nlmost en tirely shut off from tho outBldo world. With tho exception ui u ihiu " .. ui.nn- uirn mmtiiunlcntlon with BVf'll Street I nlmost nt n stnuclHttll. Dr Ae?IMrt ''"' " Co0 n' TlmM.l SEW YORK, Mnreh 2. Under n Iblrd blanket of snow in na ninny recks, Now Yoric nna vicinuy nro uffcrlns from ono of tho worst tornu In Its history. Eight persons have been killed, o far ns reported; rnllrond trnffle tied up nilil wiro roiniiiiiiiicnuuu innioil Velilclo trnffle Is nlmost apoislble, Street ear nnd olovntod crtlce In somo insinuces is bub- nded. A milk rnininu ih roareu orauio of tho suspended train nor- Icc In Now Jersey nud Now lone tatea. Nino and one-half Inches or snow II jr.stcnl.iy and when It stopped cato sot in. In thu Pennsylvania tatlon, 40 sleeping ears roninlned ill night with S00 pasBongora In item. Amcna tho trains reported lost as Ilia Twentieth Contury llmltod. Ibany and Htiffnlo wero out of omtnunlcntlon, The storm put nearly ovory wlro is station nloiiK tho const out of lomralislon. Trenton, Newark, Jersey City nnd oboken, where tho storm was tho vere:t, won left In dnrkness. A four-masted scliooiior, .lutoU S. i'IdiIow went nshoro on Block Is- nj with ii Imul of lumber. Tho rew was rescued. . l'llll.l)i;i,l'HIA IIAItl) HIT. WORST STORM IN MANY YEARS Cold Wave and Blizzard Hits Atlantic Coast as Far as Florida in Aiiorlilnt I'mi to Coot ny Time.. WASHINGTON, I). C, March 2. Tho severest storm of tho winter swept tho Atlantic eonsr from Maine to Georgia, whllo tho cold wavo roll In down from tho Great Lakes over sprend tho Atlnutlc States ns far south ns Florida. The lowest tom poratures ovor recorded In March woro rogls'orcd In Charleston and Macon. Snow storms and still colder woatn er In New England Ih prudleted for tonlKlit. SMALL BLAZE IN 0 SHOP ID; tz- L-f 4 I am lo Coot Ilajr TlmM. PIIIIiI)IM.I'IIIA. March 2 Phll- Rdelphlana awolip to find tho eltv In te grip cf cue of tlio f lercost hllz-! Jriljtlmt In- ; truck UiIh soctlon In W7 jcara, Trnffle on tho surfneo lint 1 1 1 r.t a standstill. Tho rnll- pci are in utile hettur condition. HA l AT IIAIriMOIli:. lo Whiskey WiiitImpiisos Are Dos- imjMl Dining IUIzuhI. (Bf AaU'c4 rntt lo Coot lltjr TlniM.) BAI.TIMOin: Mnreli Tim Inr- l'lcndst(iri!l U'lllrli uwnnt nvni. flilu ')' ' lt nlKht coutliiiied today hut a mniinisniiiB stroiiKtli. Much foperty wai diimaced. A Rimmh nnd o whiskey wnrohoiises burned "n curing t.ie storm. MAXVAIHJMAItOOXKI). fwo Killed scruiiton, ln Toibiy en,.... "J II'WI. "IKANTON. lnp.i o n,n ,14I, Te,rre cau8t,J '' th'o 'storm. Nenr- 7 poopio wiro marooned nil "j mo Hiinany Tabernaclo. I'Eht ont limit iv I'liuanKiA'iiiA. 10 Trains Itiiuiiliii; HVhu-cn Tliei-o ami ev Virk. ie7Aim'vii ... .. o .,.-. . PHILADKM'III , March 2. Four ia!,V?fc??;!:,'."Fty ;."'M e-ii'n. ,o trains hnvo n'chf0 (r" Now Yo,Ic B,nco iiieSi . "iv-ono trains are '"between Now York and Phlla- un tin- Pennsylvania Itall- t'phla M. ro'ii:it pui:sii)i:xt dkad. rfl0s r, )lorlo of Sanlo DomliiKO t;AuX. . . w " !? Ma",h 2 Genoral Carlos Si- n0r,rer Pres'dent of tlio J iir 1 "XJ,uuo. men Jiero no Milan " ,P?rU for 8omo "mo as I m,nin minister to France. STOXi: IS CHAIRMAN'. Rl'w.?n',r',kes eon's Place n SSSH 5Itloiw Committee. STOV, D. C. March 2 purl. , ' "u"t mono or mis- Wen ni..i ' c,in'rnian of tho InVthfi ?,02" Con"nlttee, sue "Sthe lat- Senator Bacon. USTl)AVTOFlI,K,tOTURXS. RS't,V fnr. Those Who Failed I VrASll.x.Wl " C,0,, B Tln.e..j' Iy B.rti0 :. D c- March 2 f ne i." " '.no 'ast day uni Is f return' ax. ,aw for th0 f hrear -pV8 " Pr,vao Incomes for tlZ ax law for tho fll- ear -rV ".. Pr,vat Incomes for da no time was extended an Defective Ignition Causes Fire That Threatens to Destroy Plant of J. L. Koontz A fho canned by defective Ignition on mi automobile beliiK repaired threatened to destroy tho entire mnehlue shop of J. I. Koontz 011 North Front street about 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Only the prompt action of Mr. Koontz, who was on hand vhou thu blazo started, saved tho hulldliit; from destruction. Mr. Koontz nud his assistant wore ropalrlui: 1111 automobile, the prop erty of tro Coos Hay Stoam Laundry, that tins been biickliiK for moiiio tlmo past, and In tosthiK the Ignition, the spark took flro on the floor, which was tuitiiruted with oil and gasoline, and soon spread over tho entire rear of the bulldliiK. Mr. Koontz grnbbod a flro oxtiiiKiilshor and started play Iiik It 011 thu hlazo, while his assistant ran for .the flro house ami turned in an alarm. Tho flro department promptly res ponded, but their services were hold In ruBorve, ns Mr. Koontz had done very offoetive work with the flro ox tliiKiilslier, havliiK the fire under con trol whon the "" apparatus arrived. HnRlneor Gordon Smith had tho flro eiiKlnu on forty pounds of steam and ready for sorvlco In four inlniitos. Tlio principal damago was to Davo IIoldon'B automabllo, on which tho entire top was burned. A larh'o plato glass window that adorns tho front of tho shop was broken by someono who rushed from tho Intorlor of tho building In tho excitement. This loss is nlmost ns groat as that causod by the flro. The estimated loss Is about $1'-G. ilpHH TIMES has Just completed n series of articles explanatory of tho I commission form of government and tho rapidity with which it Is being adopted by American cities. Thcro is a reason for tho eagerness with which tho peoplo of various cities, largo and small, selzo this now Idea in administration of municipal nffalrs. Tho reason is that It nppeals to thoir common senso and that tho old form had proved ItBelt thoroughly unsat isfactory. If tho peoplo would rcalizo that Marshflold Is a big business corpora tion as well as n political unit of the state, It would help boIvo tho prob lem quickly. As a business corporation Its business should bo administer ed in a business way Instead of a political way. Whllo It Is truo that tho city officials of Marshflold spend only $40, 000 In tho actual business operations and expenses of tho city thoy spend nearer $200,000 of tho taxpayers money In municipal Improvements, and It Is in this expenditures that grcator economy proves tho efficiency of tho commission torm of government. They are also custodians of tho entire city property of nearly three inilliondollarB and such a property is cor taluly entitled to a buslncss-llko administration of Its affairs. You lrtiow how stock companies nro organized honest ones, that is. A lot of peoplo pool their money, each taking shares In proportion to tho Bum he puts In the treasury; so that tho Interest of all In conducting tho business well Is Identical. Now Marshflold, Just like every other city, Is simply n big corporation and each ono of you folks Is n stockholder. Knelt one of you has an investment of oomo bIzo in tho Joint stock company, nnd this Is Just ns truo of tho poorest day laborer as of the richest banker or largest property owner. Kvery Bound stock company has valuablo assots of somo kind. Tho most valuable nssot owned by tho corporation of which you folks nro members Is tho long strips of real cstato wo call strcots. It Is a very val uable asset Indeed, nnd it grows more valuablo each year and always will do so. So valuablo nro these strips of land that other corporations, of which you aro NOT members, seek leases of a few 'feet down the center part of tho streets and that, with tho right to do business thereon, is worth thousands of dollars. The wator company, tho electric light nnd gns company, the telephono company nnd tho streot railway company, have all been given these leases absolutely frco without return of nny kind. Other cities either sold theso lenses or get an aniiunl rental from them. And yet iveryono knows everyone oIbo In Mnrslifleld nnd wo nro nil good fellows, but don't you think somo of us hnvo got a little the worst of It7 Isn't It about time wo put Miirsiinciu on n liusinens nasisv CLOSE GALL IN A 10 SM UP ER S CASE TAKEN OP New Question Raised in Eure ka White Slave Matter Involves Coos Bayites The following San Francisco dis patch will bo of Interest hero, ob Vnrn rtnrVnr In n Wfill-kllOWll COOB County man and for a long tlmp was engaged in logging opuruwuiio and later in tho auto business In Marshflold: , ,. "Tho flno logal question whethor or not an automobilo can bo con sidered a common carrier In Inter state trndo when it is not operating over a regular line was raised for tho first time, it Is said, In a white slave case. "Tho Federal grand Jury return- n.l ., Irwllntmant ncnlnHt VfifnO HUT' kor, who Is accused of transporting Cora Fairbanks from jNorm eu, Or., to Eureka, Cal via Iteno, Isev., for Immoral purposes last May. tl'Pl.n n.inl imVAlflll till Of tllO distance In an automobile, and the vehicle Is termou in mo iuuicuhcjh a common carrier." KING ALFONSO SIGN'S. Xew Treaty With United States Aj provod by SpanMi Ituler Today. IBr AMOCIttod rre to Cool Bar Tlmet.J MADRID. March 2. King Alfon so signed tho renewal of the Spanish arbitration treaty with tho United States. Mrs. F. M. Parsons Slightly Injured F. M. Parsons and W. S. Turpen Whllo driving down Commercial nvontio Sunday noon In 13. G. Per Vnin's locomobile W. S. Turpon nnd Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Parsons narrow ly escapod serious injury when at a turn on Seventh streot tho nuto skid ded, crashing through tho bridge inllliu. mill nliimrliiir Into the mire 1TI10 party escaped Injury, with tho oxcoption or Mrs. parsons, wno is suffering from spinal injuries, bruises and nervous prostration to day. Charles Van Duyn and Miller saw Co accident from Central avonuo and. procoeded to tho scene, whore they assisted Mrs. Pnrsons Into W. .1. Con rad's machine. She wus removed to her homo. With the oxcoption of a fow minor brulsos Messrs. Turpen i ml Parsons oscapod uninjured. Illumes MiKhJy Streets. Gooilrum'a sorvlco car was dls patehod to tho scene of the accident to devise menus of removing the auto mobile, or at leasts partH of It that irlgbt bo affected by wntor, ns tho mnchlno was In n ploco whero It in'ghf bo covbred with wntor when tho tldo raised. William Goodrum mndo a survey of, tho nceldont and pronounced It duo to tho water nnd debris that has been allowed to gath or on tho plnnk at tho corner of Seventh nnd Commercial. K. G. Porliam ordored a dorrick from tho North Hond Construction work to bo brought to tho sceno of tho accident and in all probability the automobilo will bo ronioved to day. Tho mnchlno weighs two tons and this was tho only foaslblo way of romovlng It. The Porliam mnchlno was taken out tills morning nnd was very hIIl'IiIK' ilnmnued. Ono wheel, tlio 'top and tho body wero nil that suf- I .,. 1 ....! I A. 111 lm titlnlslir fnnnlr. ed. Auto Struck House. TTnrrv Pnlntnr. while limrnlntr to drive his now Ford yestordny, rnn into a corner or a 0111 .muuuuii b now houso on North Ilroadwny. Tho 1,'ntvi wnn not ilnmoceil nnd tho houso but slightly marred. Mr. Palntor Is jnsi learning 10 unve una was running slow. CURRY COUNTY FEUDIST SHOT "Fighting Bill" Smith Killed Near Silverton Has Rel ative at Coaledc ' The following from tho Salom Statesman will bo of Interest In this section, ns It is understood that W. R. Smith, who was killed, was 11 rolatlvo of 11. If. Smith, a former logger who gnlnod moro or Icsh notoriety In tho r. W. W. trou- hli'H last summer ana wno una neon residing on a ranch near Coalcdo since ho married Mrs. Layton, of .Vf.rHbflold last sunimor nnd be cause of tho Curry County feud rnso: "Fighting Hill" Smith, a notor lors chnracter of Silverton, was slio; and killed by n Swodo by the name of Johnson, the shooting tnk- Iiik iMiiee as tho result of n quarrel over a pig. Smith was shot In tho IihcU. Tho hullot entered his body nt the bnso of the shouldor blndo, passed through nls right lung and made Us exit Just lulow tho right breast. He dlod within an hour after the shot wns fired. Tlio shooting took plnco 011 a rnll rond claim of Smith's which is lo cated about seven miles onst of Sil verton in tho foothills of tho Cns oado mountains. Johnson Is n inom bir of a colony of Swedes that lives two miles beyond tho Smith claim. Ho was taken into custody nud held pending tho nrrivnl of tho Shorlff. In Currr County Feud. W. II. Smith, bettor known In this pnrt of tho country ns "Fight ing Hill." hns hud a varied and I checkered career. Practically his wholo llfetlmo has been spoilt in nnd about Sllvorton. 116 has served :n torm In tho Oregon stnto ponlton- . tlary for stabbing a man named Hinkle In Sllvorton, and has been 'shot threo tlmos by different parties, Ionco by his own son. Smith was with Cttrloy Coolldgo .whon tho two wont to Chotco, Oro Igon, on tho coast, to oxamlno a timber claim. At that tlmo both men wero fired nt from ambush, Coolldgo being killed and Smith re ceiving n. bullet In tho log. That was fourteon yoars ago. At 'that tlmo tho Van Pelt boys woro ar rested for killing. Later old man Van Pelt was shot from ambush and killed, nnd recontly n man nam ed Cooley was arrested In San Fran cisco charged with tho murdor of Van Pelt. OF GOLD BURIED Two Grass Valley Men Ar rested tor Kobbmg smel ter When Loot is Found 111? AuocUtol Pre, to Coot Btjr Time.. GRASS VALLEY, Cal March 2. The discovery of a sack of gold pre cipitates In a rubbish heap near here resulted In tho arrest of Den nraem mer and Axel J. Nlsson. Tho precipi tates wero taken from the North Star Cyanide Plant last Friday by two holdups. E. D. JONES of tho Coos Day Realty company returned today from a month's stay at Roseburg and vicinity. ST OF ODD MURDER Men on Trial for Killing Slain During Court Recess in Nearby Saloon ' tnr Aoocltted Prfit to Coo Pi 7 .lm. ST. LOUIS, March 2. Wesloy Sim mon, on. trial for murder, was shot and killed during a recess of tho court beforo which ho was bolng tried He was shot In a saloon by the prin cipal witness for the prosecution. WILSON RATES TO START WAR J. T. CONLOGUE. tho woll-known Coqulllo logger, Is horo today on business. Ho reports evorythlng flourishing In his camps and they havo had an unusually good run. this winter. Says Those Urging Action in Mexico Would Be First Affected By It Ilf AHOoltlisI I'mi to Coot nr Tlmrt.l WASHINGTON, I). C, March 2. Askod whether In view of tho now developments, a change of policy wiib Intended by the United States Im mediately, tho President pointed out that a country of the slzo and power of the United States could wait Just ns long ns It pleased, that nobody doubted Its power nnd nobody doubt ed that Hiiorta wns eventually to re tlro, that there need bo no hesitation In forming Judgment that what the United States wished to accomplish In Mexico would bo accomplished, but that those peoplo who wero in hasto to have things done wero for getting that thoy would havo to do them themselves, that thoy would havo to contribute brothers nud sis ters to do It If they wanted some thing dono right nwny. if thoy were willing to wait, the Prcsldont Indf oatcd, such n utep might not be uocos sary. Tho President was referring, It was nresiimed, to speeches In Congress demanding war. Well for Ktiglniid. Tho situation creotod by Carron za's refusal to give the United States an information about the killing of a Hrlllsh subject nud coupled with his declaration that Great Urltalu, herself, should nddross him on the question, Is regarded by American officials as a Borlous ono. The next stop Ih some Intimation from Great Hrltatn ns to how fnr sho oxpeots the United Statos to push tho Ronton caso. On tho ot.ior hand, there Is every reason to hollovo that Carranza will bo expected to glvo tho Uultod Statos further assurances that all foreigners, regnrdless of whether ther u verniiiouts havo rec ognized tho Hiierln government or not, will he snfe In northern Mexico. Rights of Kiigluiul. T e White House vow Is that thoro Is a right of International law by which the United States could Insist on acting for Groat Urltalu, although the Amerlcnu government hns boon asked by tho powers to uso Its good offices for tlio protection of foreign ers. . Tho CommUslohers wero propnrod to board a waiting passenger train yesterday when Instructions voro re ceived by the military commander from Carranza forbidding them to make the trip. Consul Letcher Arrives and Villa Claims Gustav Baulch Killed by Enemies PROBABLY UNABLE TO SOLVE BENTON DEATH Decomposition Will Thwart Examination Carranza Takes. New Stand llr AiforlitrJ I'rrM lo Coot lly TlmM. EL PASO, Tex., March1 2. The peremptory halting of tho Ronton Investigation commission ns it wns nb ut to tnke tho train, tho sudden appearance In this city today of Amurlcnn Consul Letcher of Chihuahua, and- Vi la's admission of his opinion that Gusfav Hunch "was murdered by his enemies, threw tho re fugee colony hero Into n Mgh state of excitement. Letcher camo up on Bpeclal train and nt onco went Into couferenco with Customs Collector Cobb nd George C. Carothers special ngont of tho Stnto Department. Tologrnms to Washington woro dlspntehod, Tho Commission did nto know whether It was to proceed to Chihuahua or not. It Is believed that decomposition of Uontou's body will hide nil evi dence of how ho met death. No ono hero believes that Hunch was killed by private enemies. Tho general opinion Is that he was exe cuted by tho rebels before Villa loft Juarez. Says Haueli Munleied. nr AnocltlM rrrit lo Coot lit 7 TlnnJ CHIHUAHUA, Mux., March. 2 Vllu Indicated today his boiler Hint austnv Ranch Is dead when he said that Ranch, an American, was liber ated ut Juarez nnd "doubtless was assassinated by somo of his auamles." Villa said Ranch had many oiioiiiIoh nnd added, "of course I enn't be to blnmo for thnt." NEW UITCU IN 0 M EAGLE PASS Arrange to Open Hospital Short Distance From Rio Grande River Tir AMorUtetl rreu lo root ir TlmM, EAGLE PASS, Tox., March 2. Tho Mexlcoa Fedoral nuthorltlos havo ordorod n flold hospital oponod near Rio Mollno, fifty mllos west of Plod ras Negras, on tho official report that an all day hattlo had raged thoro botweon 'two small forces, BLAME MOYEB FOB STRUGGLE Claim That Western Federa tion Head Prevent Settle ment of Michigan Strike (Iljr Allocated I'm, lo Cooi Dlj Time.. HOUGHTON, Mich., March 2 In his opening statement for tho inlno operators, Attornoy Rees told tho congressional investigating committee that ho believed if Charles II. Moyer had Joined hands with tho citizens In recognizing tho distress of tho suffor ors from tho Calumet disaster tho strike would have boon sottlod thnt day. Roforrlng to the doportatlon of Moyer, ho quoted Bishop Williams of tho Episcopal church as saying: "It was evidence of tho greatest self-restraint over known to mo, for feeling ran very strong that night, and Moyer was fortunate he had men of such restraint to doal with." General Carranza Delays In- spectioli of W. S. Benton's Remains by Commission (Ilf AiioflalM I'rrta lo Cool Mr TlmM, WASHINGTON, 1). C, March 2.- That General Villn has acknowledged tho authority of General Carranza na his chief, and will not pirmlt Amer ican commissioners to examine tho body or William S. Ronton, until tho Washington Govornmoiit has consulted Carranza, was tho explan ation mndo by President Wilson to day of tho Intcst phnso of tho Mox Ican situation. Prcsldont Wilson said It was tho doslro of tho com missioners to get furthor Instruc tions from Washington, na well na ordera from Villa himself, has no cossltatod a postponement, but Wil son takes It for granted that the commissioners will start In n fow days. VILLA .MARKS STATEMENT Says Cnirann Will 1 audio AH Dip lomatic Alfa I is for .Mexican llolicls (Iljr AwoiUtM l'rrtt to Coot IU TlmM. CHIHUAHUA, March 2. General Villa said today that ordera delay ing tho Ronton Investigation com mission, which wns halted at Junroz, woro Issued by Carranzn, who has determined to handle all diplomatic subjects hlmsolf. SAIL SUNDAY IN L Steamer Leaves for Eureka With Big Consignment of Excelsior Good Weather With a good passenger list and a carload of oxcelstor, tho steamor Al liance sailed from Coos Ray for Eu reka Sunday nt 1 p. m., crossing out nt 1:45 p. in. Favorable woathor conditions reported outsldo Indicate that tho craft will havo a good voy age to Eureka. Among thoso sail ing on tho Alllanco wero John Rossi, K. Toppa, Joo Klgonl, John Olson, Mrs. John Olson, G. H. Campbell, W. L. Evans, Wllber II. Patrick, R. K. Glllotto, A. C. Allery, A. J. Samol son and G, II. McCarthy, V