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31 T't "WW" ' f DOS BAY SEEMS TO BE .THf ONLY SPOT IN THE WORLD ggiKSTS -. - ittmtTidl rnt:i (tas uftmra KVISHY MEHCIIANT Who uses The Times advertising columns will toll you ho makes monoy by so doing. Tho reason Is simple. Dependence Is placed in Tho Times nds becauBo no "fako" nd can onter its columnH. v' ..-.ilnr tn llm linllnf ttii hSt V'BotarlanB. Instead of 0,i.'U yoitr ronat, or your steak. ?riCI ' jfnpCnrd manner, why not ln .ft i,n ada In Tlio Times, nmt tud' hat the butchers havo to ot- pto fcr yu MKMRKK OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS i uVtll Estnullsiicii 1H7H VOL XaaVII. h Tho Coast Mail Established 1H7H MARSHFIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1914 EVENING EDITION SIX PAGES. A Consolidation of Times, Coast Stall q IQ5 mid Coos Hny Advertiser. m LOSS OF LIFE IN FI THE RIDDLE wag R MS ATFS IN ST LOUIS CLUB LAST 111 Lee Known to be Dead and FearinaciMeai iwumeio renaimu m " MISSOURI ATHLETIC CLUB GUbolb Hnr. viuumo Boatman's Bank Burned and OVCr.$l,UUU,UUU m vuuuo Heroic nusuuus VOW RSTIMATK :w 0n J,aiJjIV.:s Wi:UK LOST IB; AuMlttta: tmn l W" Oir Tlmn.1 ST. LOUIS, March 9. Ro tvrcen 30 and 35 dead was tho estimate made this afternoon by officers of tho Missouri Ath letic Club as to tho numbor who perished In tho IlroUiat destroyed tho club building. Six bodies nro In tho morguo nd three aro unidentified. The bodies of tho 25 or 30 unac counted for aro bollovcd to bo la tlio ruins. Tho property loss Is cstlmaUd nt over $350,-000. IDf AuetlitM 1'rcn to Coot nr Tlmw.) ST. LOt'18, Mo., March 0. Tlirco l. ilnml itnvnna rf re Known 10 uu uu, .. j Ethers arc bollovcd to havo pirlshod ind two scoro injurod seriously in . rim which destroyed early today fho seven-story building housing tho Missouri Atliloflc emu ami uoni- nan's Hank nt Fourth and wasning- lon avenue. Th known dead aro: c. V. Kcsalor. gonornl mnnngor bf n wlro company, killed lu jumping from sixth story. John Mnrtlou Hie Key, of Kt. rnui, ktneral auditor of an automobllo Company, found burned to doath on the third floor. Jaracs Itlley, a guest nt tho club. The exact nutnbi r of dead may not to known for several days. Estl ruates vary between 15 and 100. Mtt melit li " porsoiiH rogiBtorcu it the club nud only .15 nro ac counted for. Tho tironerty dnmaso Is cstimnfd at ocr $1,000,000. In tho vaults bt the bank covered by tho ruins nro 11,000,000 in currency and S27,ouu In coin When tlio firemen arrived on tho bceno n f w moments nftor thu blazo ras dlicovercJ. flamos woro shooting but tho roof nud all tho windows bore tlio second floor. Mon woro lumping out of windows and others Mmulng d"in rones mndo of bod- flothes wlr d togethor. .Moro than aoicn Jumped sovoral stories to roofs of adjoining buildings nnd neaped with broken logs or loss serious injurieo. Thoso who did ncspe ran wildly about tho stroots la bathrobes and night clothes until tarried forcibly into neighboring ho- :eli. Heroism wns oxhlblted both by firemen nnd gueHts at tho club. "e nro flgntors tlmo nnd ngnln lodged ono of tho tottering walls Ollly to find tlionnnlvpu nnilnr nil. bther tottering mass of grnnlto nnd V)KK, Theodora Law ilni in n wlntlnw pill until both hands woro scorched plmott black. Just tin l,n wnn nlinnf 0 let go tho flromon grasped him ? wnea mm down tho inddor. kiiij ' " two ,nen wno woro Silled, had lumnnri from Mm wlrwlnw fo which he clung until rescued. iiooert l Maglll, manager of tho 'ID. and 1,Ir wlfn illunnvnrn.l llm !'" ,'0 the dining room and boforo weKIng gaf ty nwoko as many of IBB guests HO nnsaltiln llnlh irnra Mdly burned. T - w w w w if j m m m 0 0r0r THREE KILLED III HOTEL FIRE Three Others Fatally .Injured In Disaster at Clarksburg, W. Virginia, Today tnr AMoclttrd Trwi to Coot Dr TlmM.J CLARKSUURG, W. Vn., March 0. Thrco men nro believed to havo been killed nnd thrco fatally injur ed in 11 flro which destroyed tho Lowo building nnd sorlously damaged tho ton-story building of tho Union National Dank. Tho cnuso of the flro has not yot boon dotormlnod. Mnrsh Cnnnon, flurtrlct mnnngor of the Philadelphia (Ins Company, nnd Robort Hughlll, woro trnppoa on tho Hlxth floor. They dropped n ropo out of tho window nnd renchod tho fifth floor, whon wntor tlmt was thrown on tho ropo mid frozo nnd both mon dropped nnd woro fatally injured. Another man jumped from I he top Btory nnd wits -crushed. ;N0 TRUCE OF 1SSIIG Ml Ed Creighton, of First Addition, Drops Out of Sight Mysteriously J'KAHK J'OUjj IMiAV Mr. Randall, of tho Pacific Orocory In North Rend, n bro-thor-ln-law of Mr. Crolghton, stated this aftoruoon that . no trace had boon found of tho missing mnn. Ho rather sus pects foul play, ns thoro wns no known r.nson for disappearing or for Btilcldo. IIo nnd his wlro lived happy togothor. Ills folks nro woll-to-do and Cretghion wno comfortably fixed. IIo lind nbout $75 cash with' him whon ho loft, Mr. Rnndall said. Mrs. Crolghton, who Ir staying with lior sister, Mm, Randall, is al most prostrated. S DROWNED IK GOQUILLE 'an Recently From New York Loses Life Near River- ton Today Cornno. n . ..... . . lreT 1 , roa Wilson itodniy ro tor tv, . ,elel)nno message nnnounc- mat a man emnlnvRl nt n Inir- J .",n r dump near Riverton .11" ,ni tno Coquillo uver eouM ? uwas browned. Tho name learned ii, . .8cerwea. b"t waa Sew Yn 1 he was recently from been J?r ,', IIe ,s presumed to havo wnJr w iB8 ,or th0 Cra,ne can,P' ley cif rJV,,8on ordered Justice Stan- TUgatio conauct trie ln- T,ES 1X)" XORTHEUX PACIFIC. rMVh? Tlllamook and tho Patsy Whern p, .a,d,nB w,th es' for tho l,nje'npMl'lc to bo taken to Port aa Bandon World. ,L,Bn.HY COXCERT Sunday. lid Crelg'iton,- n lather, living In First Addition, mysteriously dropped out of Bight yesterday aftoruoon and his wife nud friends and tlio pollco nro making n enroful soarch In an on donvor to locato him. Tho disap ponrnnco of n smnll grip and n re volver from tho Crolghton homo has nlarmod Mrs. Crolghton nud1 his friends. So far as known, Creighton had no ronaon to drop out of sight and still less for making away with himself as soino fenr that ho did. Just prior to his lonvlng his friends ho had beou rending a copy of tho San Francisco. Kxnmlner of March 5 nud whether ho found some Item In thero that resulted In his: unoxplnln nblo notion is a question. Crolghton is about thirty years old, has bluo oyes, light hnlr and wolghs about 150 pounds, bolng rathor short. Ho and his wifo havo bpen marriod about throe years and enmo to Coos Ray thrco or four montliB ago from Great Fnlls Montana. His mother resides at Lawron, Okla. Crolghton had bought u lot In First Addition and built a homo thoro. Ho had nbout 30 In cash on his person and had a bank account at tho Flanagan & Dennett bank. Saturday night ho nnd Mrs. Crolgh con wont to North Rend nnd spent tho night nt tho homo of V. W. Ran dall, manager of tho Pacltlo Gropory, tho two families bolng friends. Yos torday ho loft tho Randall homo Just before dinner and enmo to Marshflold oi tho 11:30 motor car and has not boon seen slnco. aiv vmKitK filfiX MORK THAN ONK P17T1TIOX? Tho law plainly states that municipalities of 2000 or over snail bo governed by tho geueral stato laws. Section 3337, Lord's Oregon Laws says "No person who U not an elector shall bo qualified to Join ln nominating any cand -date. No elector shall be quali fied to Join In a certificate of nomination made by individual electors in nominating more tnan ono person for each office to bo filled." In the form of petition for nominating for any city office this paragraph appears in the new city charter: "That I have, not signed' any other petition nominating any other candidate for the above named office at said election. THE TRAGIC tcrnllnntlon of tho enreer of F. S. Dow mnrks the passing of n 'Conspicuous iflguro in tho commercial circles of Coob County. Ho was n business mnn ot capacity nnd cnpablllty, energy nnd enter prise. Ambitious nt all times, ho wns seeking a wldor scopo for tho exer cise of Ills seemingly tlrdleas energies. With grent nnd abiding faith ln the future of Coos Day and Coos County, ho found here n ftold for his effort that engaged nil his resources, physical and financial, but the strain prov ed too great. Any attempt nt annlyaib of tho mental -processes by which ho arrived at his finnl decision would be futile. A fow hours boforo the end ho was ln The Times offlco making inquiry concerning somo printing ho ordered, nnd apparently occupied with futuro plans for development of his buslncBB. How little wo know of tho thoughtsand heart-throbs of tho man wo touch olbows with. What docs It all mean, wo aro asking ovor and over. Meaning tho gen eral rlddlo of tho universe tho problem of humnn progress, the ultimata end nud answer of human effort and desire. And somotlmcs the puzzlo of It nil Is a luring If lurking mystery, nnd sometimes a blighting tragedy and ngnln n humorouB, Ironical, fnrco. A friend plays falso and tho rlddlo becomes n brazen, tinkling echo, n sneering confirmation of tlio lurking pessimism of our souls. A hope dies young nnd tho glnd, groping boliof in tlilnga fades and falters. Somo of tho color blurs out of tho sunrise, somo of tho music out of tho son. And then nn unanticipated benefit comes our wny and tho mystery glitters with dow drops nnd Bhlmmors with rainbow promise. In tho bleak highway of tho world somebody is unexpectedly kind, and tho enigma Is onhnnccd with Its best, Sphlnx-llko smllo. Rut whether wo solve tho rlddlo or not, tho sun shines placidly on, now leaves grow on tho birch boughs, tho bees como back to tho honoysucklo vines nnd tho Bwnllows twitter nbout tho caves. Thero is n thrilling splendor lu tho Bpring sunset, tho brook bounds rnpturously through tho valley, tho brilliant cmorald of tho hills is softly gorgeous with the tang of old wlno in tho air. What docs It all menu? Wo may not answer, but thoro Is still beauty nnd lovo nud goodness In tho world nbout us. Thoso wo fcol and sco and ronllzo in spite of our bl)nd questing nftor tho secret that may llo hidden, tho puzzlo that tempts nud defies. Somehow tlio night passes nnd dawn ngnln touches tho sky. Somehow tho clouds drift on, somehow tho heart Is glad ngnln in tho fnco of old griefs nnd pnln. What does it nil iiu'nn? Why should It grontly mnttcr. A frlond smiles out of tho glow of your fireside, tho sky Is niiuivo with another sunset, n robin slugs In tho lilacs and tho queer, blinking old stars aro there. SffllEITO POSSE OUSTS I W if f TEH SERIOUS CLASHES TODAY General Kelley and Eighteen Leaders Arrested and Oth ers Driven Away Some Bloodshed and Fighting. Illy mo raiM IVrn 10 'Com lint Tlmm 1 SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 9. "Gonoral'' Kolloy nnd oighteon llou tonnuts or tho army of tho unem ployed woro nrreslod by n pobbo on thochnrgo of vngrnncy. Tlio pobso ontorcd tho camn nnd seized thorn. They then drove tho othors from the j sand lot Into tlio street. 1110 Jiinin baud moved without rcdlatnnco, but tho Industrial Workers linnil fought nnd n score of heads woro cracked by cluliH lu tho hands of tho doputles. "On to tho capital!" tho nrmy. shouted. Tho Govornor rofused nn.j appeal to order out tho mllltla. Tho mon droppod on their stomachs, dnr iug the officers to molost the Alnoil can tings' they hold ln their hands.) Thoso mon woro picked up bodily, nnd thrown ovor tho fonco, cursing wildly. Much blood wns sued, uroaning mon lay In tho streets. Tho officers beat all thoso who resisted. Swear ing crowds with stones smashed nutoB and street cars. Three streams from tho flro hoso woro turned on tho crowds. They will bo driven across tho river Into Yolo county. 1 MILITIA WAS 11KADY. TORTURE BEFORE HIS EXECUTION EIEHCE IN E U. S. Consul Garrett Secures Proof of Rancher Being Lured Into Mexico tnr AuocMtfi! rmi to Coot tly Tltnu.) WASHINGTON, D. C, Mnrch 0. Evidence gnthored by Amorlcnn Con Btil Garrett nnd Texas authorities to provo thnt Clomento Vorgnrn was lured into Mexico from IiIb homo lu Texas and subsequently executed by troopB of Huurtn government In jected nnothor serious aspect Into tho Mexican situation. A compari son of tho Ronton and Vcrgnrn cases was tho toplo of much dis cussion. Officials woro Inclined to vlow with much moro gravity tho murder of Vorgnrn, who, thoy point ed out, wnB Innocently drawn across tho border and killed. 1 IW. P. MURPHY Over -IOO Men Assembled nt Sacra mento ArMuuil Today. (fir AuocUtM TrfM to Com 0r Tlme.J SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 9. With 400 militiamen mobilized in the stato arsenal hore, awaiting or ders to oust the 1400 members of tho unemployed nrmles, tho situation Is rapidly nearlng n crisis. A citizen' commltteo offorod "Gonoral" Kolloy nnd his army transportation back to the Ray, but ho rofusod. Kolloy dar. ed the commltteo to ordor tho mili tia to dlsporso them. 1 policy is ROBBED TODAY Bandits Break Into Northern Pacific Depot at Attalia and Escape Br AuocUted Prw to Cool D7 Tlm.l WALLA WALLA, Mash., March n aiarlfr nvnnr ropfilvpil word this morning from Attalia. 20 miles west of here, tnai tnieves euieruu me XTnottioi-n Pnrlflf rtfmnt last nicht. ripped open tlo registered mall pouches and sioio ineir comeum. Tho amount of Iobs has not yet been determined. Officers left for the scene. S I1ED TODAY Take Charge of Affairs of Late F. S. DowMisrepre sented in Portland Paper W. P. Murphy wns today appointed administrator of tho F. S. Dow os tato nud will tnko chargo of tho business and nf fairs nt one. Tho body of Mr. Dow was shlppod on tho Speedwell todny to San Die go, bolng iont by express to his father, T. IS. Dow, who lives nt Nat lonnl City. Burial will bo thoro. Mrs. Dow and tho children woro un ablo to go. Tho funeral was hold yesterday nf rornoon from tho Dow homo on Don nolly avonuo. Thoro was u Ia.rgo atr tendance of friends ot the doconsed, Rov. J. E. Rurkhart officiating. Tho Masons attended' ln a body. Nothing now l'ns doveloped' In tho affair that would shod any light on tho case. IS SUSTAINED Party of Nine Americans Se cretly Recovered Body of Slain Rancher CLAIM HE WAS LURED ACROSS THE BORDER Execution of American by Mexicans More Serious Than Benton Case I TO AHHKST A I KX I CANS. 1)7 tinKlitftl TrrM to Coot lit, TlmM. I EL PASO. Tex.. Mnrch 0. j A wnrrnnt charging M. 1$. Dlo I bold, inspector of Mexican con- IHtilntcB, Senor Do Ln Slorrn, tho Mexican consul hero, and two othors with organizing a flllbus-' I tcrlng expedition on American' I soil was sworn out hero by' I agents of tho Department ot Jus. I tlco. Ilr Aiioclit! rrrtt to Coot n Tltnu 1 ' LAREDO, Tox., March 9. A shovel sticking In the sort earth of nn open gravo nud nrouud tho han dle of tlio implomont n card with tho word "rccuredoH" (remem brance) was tlio solitary trnco todny of tho mysterious night v Hoist of tho mysterious night visit of a party of unidentified men to tho Hidalgo. Mexico, Comotory, who dis interred the body of Clomont Vor- (garn and returned It to Texan for j burial. Vergarn's body was placed Bocrotly at n lonely spit on tho j It to Grnudo, 45 miles nbovo Lnrodo, I In tho onrly thfwn of Sundny inorn lng, to bo found by a United H'p.totf 11 iiiiu iiuu co 117 U. S. Supreme Court Refuses Deputy' sWrr.0 Rehearing to Ryan and 23 I Tho body in hero to.mv awnMnn llninn Mnn Immttnrl ,"" investigation which tho uutlior-' UniOn Men inVOlVCU hues hope mny dlscloBO somouim; tnr A..uica rrr.t to coo. n. Tim.i o "' HyJni In nccountlng for tho WASHINGTON. March !. Tho T"nflolJ"i,n" " y,L"l"Slch Tn,fler !10 Supremo Court rofusod to .rovlowi?" '"J , n"0' ,V V', Fo,' or!UH the conviction lu tho dj'nniultlng A" examination of tho body illadon- casos of Frank M. Ryan and twenty- f1l,,lw'0B " i.8,l0t ,woimS,", ,n tl,. throo other mombora of tho Iron J,1'1' , o"0,1" tho ''ocI' nml H1,0 "J'T)4 Workors Union. Only a pnrdon now f. ,n. bIow; ,n8, unm, n r,fI butt- can koop tho convictod the penltontlnry. men from FOX'S AUTO IS SOLO TD GORST I WHICH CrUBIlClI 110 BKUII. A II1U- .tllatod loft hand, twisted and charr ed by fire, suggested torturo had ,booii Inflicted boforo Vorgnrn waa executed. I It la known Hint n pnrty of nlno ,mon woro lod to tho grnvo of the Moxlcnn wlio wltuossod tho murdor ,and burial ot Vorgnrn. The party returned to tin1 Amorlcnn sldo jin rhnllongod, whoro tho body wna first Idontlfiod by mombora of Vor gnrn's family and then consigned ta mo waning omrinis. .Mlhivprcsciited In I'oitlniid I'niier. Auditor Allan of tho Ralfour-Guth-rlo Company and friends of tho F. S. Dow family aro highly indignant to day ovor a story apponring In the Portlnnd Orogouian which was sent to that paper by O. W. Rrlggs of Marshflold. In tho roport In tho Or ogouian Mr. Allen Is quoted as hav ing said that thoro was an alleged shortage of $12,000 or $15,000 In the account of Mr. Dow with the Ral-four-Guthrlo Company. Mr. Allen stated today that ho never told Rrlggs any thing of tho kind. Mr. Alton said that ho did not ovon Intimnto tho possibility of a shortago because ho did not know, nor does he know yot, nnd moreover ho had not found any thing that would lead him to bub pect anything of tho kind. Ho Is highly Indignant ovor the misrepre sentation by nrlggs in the Portland paper. TO HEAR GUARDSMEN More Testimony to bo Taken In Mlchlgnn MIuo Probe Dr AMOcUtxl Prttt to Coot nT Tlmu.1 CHICAGO, March 9. Tho mem bers of tho Congressional commit tee Investigating tho Michigan cop per strike arrived hore from North ern Michigan prepared to hear tes timony of members of the Michigan National Guard, "WHO AVJLL MARRY MARY?" A great picture at Grand Theater tomorrow night. r GOOD MUSIC AT SONS OF NOR WAY DANCE. EAGLE'S HALL, SATURDAY, MARCH 14. Sale Effected by Constable Cox Just Before Injunc tion is Served "I mil offorod $90 for this auto mobllo, snld Constable Cox, "aro you nil dono nt $90? Sold to Mr. Uorst for $90," was tho verdict of constablo Cox, directed on nn at tachment in Justlco Pennock's Court to sell tho nutomobllo bolouging to Robert Fox, tho former Marshflold cloanlng man. Tho nu to was hold In custody of tho North Rond Ware house and wns sold to satisfy tho claim of Mayor F. E, Allen. Tho salo was just complotod and ji.r. Gorst had paid for tho horse loss carriage, whon a summons sorv or arrived with an ordor restrain ing tho Sheriff from disposing ot tho proporty. Tho action was filed by Hoy & Miller, tho ownorshlp of tho nutomobllo bolng assigned by Fox'h sister, Mrs. Ogron, to II. 0. Jioy, for $3C. Tho ordor was filed with tho court, claiming that tho salo was Illegal, becausa tho do fondant In tho action, Fox. was not sorved with a cortlfled copy of tho summons. As It now stands, Gorst has tho nutomobllo for $90, nud $9 storago charges which havo accrued slnco tho automobllo has boon on Ice." NEWPORT SETS ' GREAT CRAFT Oregon Life Saving Crew Re ceives Finest Life Boat Ever Made Br AmocU1 Prttt to Cooo nr Tlmet.J NEWPORT, Or., March 9. The now llfo saving power bont, Daunt less, tho finost self-righting power boat on tho coast, arrived hero to day from tho East. It has the lat est life-saving appliances Including a powerful electric searchlight. "WHO WILL MARRY MARY?" A great picture at Grand Theater tomorrow night. VERGARA OODY BROUGHT BACK Deny That Texas Rangers Had Anything to do With Raid on Hidalgo Cemetery nr AitocUt! Pmi to Coot nr Time. AUSTIN, Tox., March 9. T"ho Tox as rangers did not cross tho Moxlcnn border nor partlclpato in tho expedi tion by which Clomonto Vorgara'u body was exhumed' pecrotly from tho Hidalgo, Mexico, comotory and do poBltcd by porsoiiB iib yet unldentl fed on tlio Toxns sldo of tho Ro Grnudo boforo daylight Sunday morn ing, according to tho official version of tho Vorgara Incident from state capltol sources today. It Is claimed that this version Is borno out by dis patches from Laredo, Texas, at tho nonrest point to Hidalgo whoro an In vestigation could bo mndo nnd roporta transmitted by wlro. WAR S S MADE TODAY Senator Fall Urges United States to Send Army Into Mexico at Once Br AM0cltt4 rrnt to Coo lit 7 Tlmet.J WASHINGTON, D. 0., March 9. urging tho use- of tho army and navy for tho protection of Americans and othor foreigners In Mexico, which he said woud' prevent wnr, Senator Fall addressed tho Sonata and gave a list of slxty-thrco outrages on Americans, including murder and rape, concern ing which the Sonntor cald ho had personal knowledge Ho bitterly assailed tho administra tion's policy and declared tho states owo a duty to their own citizens and to foreigners as woll its to Mexico Itself. d