si.Ji If THEJJADERJSjmOlMWnO DOES THE THING TKf WAS JUST GOING TO DO IIAXNKH YJ3AII Till; hcnson opens wllli brighter nnneVtH for lio Kncnt Coos liny J,, roniiillc Valley country limn !r before In Ks lilMoty. For fniici nro l t" "kl". Arc yon busy IjlK ,ho foundation for yours? ..i VVVlll Established 1878 VOL AAAVII.. nB Tho Const Mnll fflnoi lag uftmra MEMBER OF TUB ASSOCIATE!) I'ltESS DON'T SCATTER SHOT Couccntrnto your- advertising; In tlio newspaper that reaches tho peo ple yon want to talk to. Aimiiiiiil tlott costs money. The Times saves money to advertisers. MR H YORK GUNMEN DIE IN ELECTRIC CHAIR MARSHFIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 13, 1914 EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Times, Coast Mnll and Coos liny Advertiser. No. 226 HIT TRAFFIC 5A! GUNMEN ID CONFESSED Notorious Criminals Executed for Murder of Herman Ro scnthal Last Year HEN'S NERVE FAIL IN DEATH CHAMBER Pathetic Scenes Mark Execu tionDiffer in Reqard to Confessions of Men Dr Awoclitfd Trfft to Coo Itr Tlmf.I SING SINU PRISON, Osslnlng, N. i April 13. Tlio four gunmen (onrlctcil of tho murder of Her man KoBcntlml died In tlio electric WTuvv S'J .".' "VJ v?i"-v "t iK.ir nt daybreak. None confessed I AJ'UAN, Ni V( A)r(1 ,3 gomo their kuIU nnd nono mention d tho "l V gunmen nro believed to lmvo mcir "" ,,., ,., , confessed before I mv .iin.i s.mr. nime 01 v.ii"in.- u"""i ii i - :-.' -- ...u.- police Iloutennnt, who wnB found sollty of instigating tlio murder. 01 ino lour wnu uiuii, iiiiuiv out Report at Albany That Men Ex ecuted Admitted Their Guilt Before Execution FO RJVERS inioniient Riley of tho Stiito Prison I delegates of tho Dopartmtnl, biiI, that statomonts' present. would arrive hero from Olninc Columbia and Snake Water ways Association Meets . in Portland Today llljr AnoiUiM l'rtti to loot nr Tim,. PORTLAND, Or., April 13, Co operntlvo effort toward Increasing river navigation wns tho keynote or addresses delivered at tho opsnlnj or tho fifth annual convention ot the Columbia and Snnko IUvor Water ways Association. "Wc not only want n navigable, but a navigated rlvur," tnld President George F. IllcharlMin, 'and wo can best achieve this by adopting the spirit, If not tho lettor, of the National Rivers and Hnrbors Congress' slogan: "We stand for pol icy, not n project." Over 100 vlultln.t northwest woie denihn r, ("Whltoy Lewis,") mado """ V1'1.1'1,1 W0",hI sllow "no '" the only stntoment nnd ovon -ho J,IBlll, Utt' bcc loll ")' tho execu- nfin did not. only to assert his Innoconco. ' J1""8.- , Tll statements nro said to U1L ?'.!.'...,,' 1,., mi,.l.t,wl no fl.nt. llllllllltO IIOIIO bllt tllO Mill wlm F I I M (trapped him In tho chnlr, "I dldi"10"- md I tllil were perjurers. For the like of JiiBtlco, gentlemen, I spy I didn't as I did on tho witness mnd- " Whltoy did not finish the sentence. Tho strnngo harness had been adjusted , nnd tho curront hot tho body forward In tho chair, he was tlio second to dlo. "Dngo Frank" (Frank Clrofcol) ennio first, -Crp tho niood" (Harry Horwltz) third and "Lefty Louie (Louis Ros enberg) Inst. In forty 'minutes nil (oui were dispatched. COPPER STRIKE ED m IT NOT TO PAY DAMAGE ID CLOSE CALL AT FLORENCE Eleven Workmen Working on Frederick Wreck Carried Over Bar on Scow FLORENCE, Or., April 13. Otm of tho large scows with which tho car go of-tho Frederick Is being unloadol was driven over tho bar. Eleven men wore on tlio scow, which the np Roscoo was putting alongside tho Fredotlek, when In somo mnnnor tho tug nnd scow wero driven by the strong ebb current Into tho break and over the bar. Tho sea was quite calm nnd tho tug stood' by tho scow until tho tldo turned, bringing It back JiiBt before S o'clock In tho evening. Whllo It looked like a closo call to thoBo on board tho bcow, nothing hap pened nioro than considerable dis comfort, from crossing the bar on an open scow. E OF DR. W ME AN FEDEBA DM SAYS MEXICO . i WILL bflLUIt LEACH IS Thii time would not liavo been' Michigan Miners Voted to Ter minate Labor Trouble Majority of 102 shortened had It not beau for over erowdlnj; of nnwspnper roprcsontn-' tires. Thcro wnB no untoward nc-l ddent, Tho Riinmon walked qttlotly lojho chair and only their quntting kneei and tho sickly green pallor Dr AmotIxM 1'ritt le Coot IU T(mo.1 HANCOCK, Mich., April 13. Tho If their faces attest -d thnt a reaTlza- copper miners, on strlko since July, ..on of death wns on thorn. A priest vot d yesterday to call off tho strlko, Kcompanled "Dago Frank" nnd according to i)n announcement to JUbbls accompanied thn others to tho ; ' by tlio district secretary o; tho thJr. Priest nnd Rabbis nllko with ' western Federation. It Is unofflc- aierted faces drawn from tho rhnr'c'1 'V reported that thn majority death, struggled to control thorn- nitniK rt tno striKo wns 102. itlrcs as they Intoned prayers for -Ilccogultlon of the union, denied by me dying. uo mining companies, .is waived by It wag not tho Intention to ox- tho strikers In voting to return to ecuto "Dago Frank" first, but ho work. Thoy claim that prnctlcall showed signs of collnpso nnd It wns aIi their other demands lmvo been deemed expedient to shield him from compiled with since tho strlko began, the ordeal of wnltlng. His head nnd These Includo bettor working condl- 1(1 and tonguo woro dnmponod and tlons. nn olcht hour dnv nnd mini- men urnnci, wno mill Succumbs at Home of Parents Near Bandon His Where abouts are Unknown UANDON", Or., April 13 Mrs. IM- Attorney Peck Says That City' uouncn must Shoulder Any Liability At a mortlntr of tho Port Com mlselou today, Attorney C. It. Pecki notified parties appearing boforo Hit Lcnch. wlfo of Dr. n. If. tn.h tho Commissioners and clnlmlnt: wlio wnu dennrtnit frnm rnn ,.nn.,t.. damages on account of tholr landn.ubout a yclir ngo. died at tho hom- being flooded by tho Mill Slough fill (of hoc parents, Mr. and Mrs. Win. I that tho Port would not pay nny Howe, near Pnrkcrsburg. A eompll- j MiMiiriMiv. jut Dtiiu liiiil iiiu run rnrifiii ir iiiaitncita im li.titi - n. i... i Commission did not hold Itself ro-, fast for the. pnst two yonrB nnd denth lenovca tier from continuous pain rnud suffering. E-Jlth IJowo was a native daughter of Coos county, having been born nt her intrants' ranch on Dear Creek, iiuriysix years ngo. uno wns reared L TAKE Tl WHICH VILLA HAD CAPTURED Huerta Force Reoccupies San Pedro and Drives Villa Back Sunday HEAVY LOSSES IN ' FIGHTING REPORTED Federals Now Said to be Plan ning to Attack Torreon . News Censured (nr Aolt.a Pttti to Coon llr Timet.) ITOIUIEON, April 13. Honvy fight- lng was In pr--gres8 nt San Pedro yeBtorday, the Federals having tnlcpu i..o town two days previously, It la n Ian rrmnWrid linf n Ti'ndfii-it tit. nt.ikal.lr.Kt It'll. ,.. ..1.l -ll t.l i ' T ' .. """. V.. " ,U,lV "1"M" "''""' u,.,u i"u mm a or. 3000. bollovclng this city Is llght Baluto would bo fired to t.io Amcrlcnn y garrisoned. Is on tho way to rc riag by tho Mexican Federals at rani-, enpturo tho place. A surprlso awalta Pico as an npology for tho recent cr- thorn, for when Villa sent tho mir iest of Amorlcan mnrlnes. President suors nftor Volnsco ho loft 6000 Wilson spoko with such conridetro. here. t'mt his hearers took It to Impiy'thnt Snn Pedro was ro-taken by (lonornl tho point would bo Insisted on Pros- Argumodo and Cntnpo. When VII Ident Wilson has already apnrovod la's troops drove tho Fedoral Oon- .r Hear Admiral Mayo's demau 1 for oral Do Monro out or town, ho loR a salute. It with n small gnrrlson. Tho ro- Secrotary Ilrynn also showed by his mnlndor of thu troops took up tho actions that ho approved. "The sai- pursuit. Villa. In porsonnl com uto will ho fired!" was his positive mum!, attempted to retnko tho town nnnouncemont. yesterday and a florco battle cu ll rynn would neither afrirm nor ued. A trnlnload of robol wouudod deny tlio reports tluit Ihiortn hnd for- "ml 305 Federal prisoners arrived bidden tlio snluto demanded by Mayo "era today. In somo orficlnl clrclos tho suggou-' (Noto Tho nbovo dispatch boro tlon that Iluortn would refusd to per-, evidence of strict censorship.) .. mlt the Bnluto wns received with sur prise. In tholr opinion refusal inlgr.t compel drastic action by the United States. President Wilson Announces That Apology Will be In sisted Upon (nr Awoolttrtl Pttit lo Coo Jhj Tlmrn.) WASHINGTON, D. C, April 13. IS sponslblo ns tho City of Mnrshflold hnd ordered Mill Slough filled; had put In a drain box there, etc., and ho referred the petitioners to tho City Council. ' This will probably mean a Hvoly; threo-cornorod controversy- as to ' ""XZX " '" nt"; ".. 7" rPr ' SXSSl Arty 0. Hoy ap-l !? " The? "h "A ! "! penred for sirs. r"tor wanted to know w ilhAii Al. 0hA4 uuuut iiiu otuii i-iiuiu. j rummii-mn,lftll,-mil,1(UiI """. n il.A 1iM M.iA.n,l 1 ..4 1... ' nut llllliu ll IlUr IlillUlllB. hnd Investigated and found only' P? ,I?1cn"R0.t '' l"band pre tllttt ,1 """ "-" HM.I IIVUIIJ- H1L' '"tor Scott Sr nnd I J)r" !'on.c1'' AcporapnnWil by hqr his ivlnt thoy hnd 'done1 ,M,nrt' ' returne.1 to Ilandon n llttlo I.a.. I.. i n a .k i. i oAIin nil fti r, U'ntAii Miavn a. .t uuL'ii in n iiii! iiniiv wnnu nr .i. ovonu liiomk. wi dumiuu "iui miu iuiii uuik i . . . . . v. prayer with a priest, was led Into d men lmvo been Imported to rill" bo lrlctl ?. Consequently. " " ""' '"; " ,,v-,T ! C. J. Hlllstrom nnd C. A. John- ot " nY11"', , , , son, of West Mnrshflold, wero pres-' , ;8ldes hor husband and par-'ntt out, asking damages for bolng ovfr-lf,"0 8 rvlved by one brothor, WIN flowed west or Tenth stroot. Mr. ,ln"' Howe, a business man of C Hlllstrom said Hint his dairy hud qullle. the preeenco Of death. Ho clutch- thn MtrlkoiH' iilneusnud tlin riiiniinnloH d a crucifix In each hand. He hnd w he linn! pressed to find work for tho roturntng Btrlkors. W.LS0N WILL ; MAKE ADDRESS I to be aiinnortod bv two donutles In the death colls could be heard the murmurs of tho other gunmen la iuppllcntlon8. Tho warden stop ped back from tho rubber mnt. "Oh, Ood, moot my God," gaspod the Italian. The electrician turned tho switch twice. "I pronounce this man flood," said Frr In a low volco. The body of "Dago Frank" wns tarried nwoy. "Whltoy Lewis" camo In. Attond tots soothed him. A current of 1!0 volts took his life. "Oyp tho niood." with a Jewish Prayer book In his hand, walkod In seit. "Listen Isrnol, thoro Is only one ". niuinuieu uyp in itotirow. mr amocUio.) i,fMtoi,oonrTinif.j tnirn ni?nin ttin auirti wnn llirn' ... . k..x iv n . ..-i, .o ti tnA .1. V.r WAilllllVUlUA, U. fj., rtpril Id. m and then enmo "I Iironouiico,Annowl.0,net was mado nt tho tmi man dead." 'Wl,lto llomo ,oday ti,nt President ma .J I,0ll, V'0 ,flBt t0 ll,0 Wilson lind accepted an Invitation tf M. iBnWnCBt Vttorotr b,y m8011 o speak April 21 at n luncheon Iml fer. W?,t ontoetl with a at t,l10 nnnu'n, nH.eMng of tho Abbo. th!hnrnwk ,n,W'. oihBnd,B' elated Press in Now York. Secro K . a "VW 0tor? ia Bt ?id nry Tumulty said thnt tho Presi ded him Into tho chair. I-Ho ,, lent would mako an Important --, "c iiiuiuiiioa a noorow prayer. ' . ' last, ' Lefty" boro out by unenn V reslstanco to tho current, Tho President Accepts Invitation to Deliver Speech Before Associated Press been ruined nnd that ho ha dlo sell his flvo cows which lmvo boon bring ing him $13S p'r month In addition to furnishing milk for his own Mm- ny, Tiioy woro roierred to tho city Council. C. F. McKnlght reported somo water In tho bnsomont of tho Ma sonic Opera House, but It was stat ed that this would bo taken euro of. "w I contact wns glvon nt 0:08 nnd t 17 ho was pronounced dead. a.i he bodies will ho claimed by Watlves. iestsTade DENVER CASE Robert L. Owens Taken Into Custody in Connection With Church Fracas IBr Auo. (ej prtM to Coo DT Tlme.l MrER' Col- APrJl I3-- I. . l L Owens, has been arrested ' connection with the kidnapping Dn.deportat,01 of Rev. Otis L. lii..geon' n Dea Moines Daptlst mln olle ?Dd leclui'er against tho Cath- ALl.IANCU IN AND OUT. &emer In Fro,,, Portlaml nml Sails T. fw Kurekn Today. ill f A!llance sailed at 1 o'clock to-Binr,Furka- sho had a fair In u,'' "8t and cargo. Among those ""B on her were tho following: HL ihn80n- J- F- Rhodes. Fred Sri . Ped C Joues' Sam Holsteln, Cbn. v? Gett' G"8 Sanderson, Jim E a v Rocller, A. D. McDpnald, Waller, Arthur Nicholson, SEEK MISSING SEALING SHIP TOLL RIGHTS D President Wilson Agrees With Sec. Bryan on Effect of Exemption Repeal I l'ANAMA CA.YAh TOLLS DREDGE FOND IS GET1G LOW IN WASHINGTON HOEY TELLS OF RAILWAY m President Wilson's Special En voy Returns to National Capital Little to Say (Ilr AmocUI ftni lo Com n TIikm ) WASIIINGTOW, 1). C.Aprll 13. Joiin Lind nrrlved hero on board thn presidential yncht Mnyflowor. wniio ho camo for ros,t, Governor Says That Coos Bay Lino Is Only Construction to bo ' Rushed This Year" - KUGKNI3, Or., April 13. Tho only railroad construction activity on tho Pacific coast contemplated for 1014 by, the Southern PnclHc company la tho completion of tho Wlllnniotle Pacific road from Hugono to Cooj Hay, nccordlng to H. !. Hoey, assist ant engineer of tlio. Southern Puclfio compnny, who returned from San Renort that Wreckage of Southern Cross 'Has Been Sighted Investigated . (nr AMorUteJ Prf lo Coo Dr Tlroei.l ST. JOHNS, N. F., April 13. Tho stenmer Kyle, Investigating tho re port that wreckage from the Southern Cross had been sighted, was forced n nut in here for coal. The wreck age was slghtod by tho steamer Wood- hound ipo miles souineast oi nere. Tho Dloodhound brought In the body of a seal hunter found lying beside the body of a dog on an ice floe. Tho Kyle departed again today. Mrs. Alice Kane of Oakland, Calif., who s tho guest of Mrs, Fred Hollls ter and Mrs. Bergman for a month, was the guest of honor at a luncneon by Mrs. L. C. Reynolds Thursday. Tho guests were Mrs. Holllster. Mrs. Bergman. Mrs. Worrell, Mrs. Vnugh an and Mrs. Simpson. Is III. Frank Marhoffer of Bunker Hill was taken to Mercy Hospital to day for medical treatment. I (nr Auo, ittxi r io coot rui timm j I WASHINGTON, D. C, April I 13. Tho Sonato canals com I mltteo resumed It public hear- Ings todny. Commissioner Cham- uorlaln of tho Bureau of Nav igation, declared his bellof that tho United States under tho treaty had no right to exempt ships. (nr AuorUttil rrtM lo Cwt Dt Tim...) WASHINGTON, D. C. April 13 President Wilson declured that the repeal of the tolls exemption could not be regarded as an interpretation of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty homiise It would bo a legislative act. Ho held that no amendment setting forth the rights of tho United States under the treaty was necessary. Tho President took tlio samo view as Bryan tlia: by repealing tho exemption the Unit ed States meroly showed a disinclina tion to raise the question of d In crimination, hut by Its act did not limit any futiro policy of tho government. OFFICIAL IS SUICIDi: (Or AuocUtM F lo Coo. Dr Timet. WASHINGTON, D. 0.. April J 3. E. P. Holcombe,. chief supervisor of the Indian Bureau, shot and kill ed himself In a room of a down town hotel here late today. His office was being Investigated, Only About $94,000 Available for Balance of Work Ferndale Fill Up At a meeting of tho Port of Coos Bay today, Assistant Secretary Mot ley reported that about April l the Port had About $94,000 left on linnd of tho bond Ishiip funds. This In cludes monoy which will rolmburso tho Port for ensh advanced to tho dredge fills. However, It does not Includo funds which tho port will dorlvo from taxs. Figuring on Inst month's earnings of tho Seattlo, about 153,000, thoro Is "scarcely sufficient funds to pay lor two montiis nioro operations. How far tho dredgo will bo nblo to go In this time Is not certain. Tho Mill .Slough fill will bo comploted within a fow weeks. Want Big Fill J. W. Hewlett and Claudo Nas burg' wanted arrangements made for filling tho big flat In front of Fern dale. II. K, Miller stated that thoro was only about 170,000 yards of tho 1 C0-foot project In front of Forndalo that could bo used, while about 270.000 yards would bo required to mako tho fill desired. He agreed to pump the drcdglngs an extra flvo hundred feot beyond the 2500-foot limit for two and one-half cents per yard. The Port Commission told Mr. Bennett and Nasburg that If they would guarantee six cents per yard extra, arrangements 'could probably bo mado to have all that was In tho project in front of Forn dale pumped into the area. Oregon jo Come Nothing further; has boon heard nuoui the dredge Oregon coming here, except tho word brought by L. J. Simpson from Major Morrow Major Morrow was figuring on hav ing tho Porter Brqthcrs' barge Fred erick, wrecked last weok at Flor ence, bring tho pipe lino for (he Oregon, but will now havo to mako other arrangements. There Is a question as to whether the Oregon would bo allowed to dredge the channel to the 2S-foot depth, as the government project Is only for an 18-foot channel. Some Lind broiiKlit much Information for I Francisco with orders to rush con tlio Prosldont nnd Secretary of Stoto "tructinn to Mnrshileld during tho Bryan. Lind Kroetod Inmilrern bv prcsont year ovon more rnnldlv tlinu nsKlng If It wero truo thnt Itenr In the past. Mr. Hoey discredits ho Admiral Mayo had been ordored to rumors prevalent thnt contractu nro revoke tho demand for firing a sn-. about to bo lot for tho oxtonslon or luto to tlio Amorlcan colors and the Feriiloy-Lasuon lino to Klnmntlt when luformod that President "WIN Fnlls for connection with the Orogim win had Insisted that tho snluto uo& Southeastern and Natron cut-off, fired, ho smllod approvingly, Hu. And he niitlclpntes no furthor Contra! enmo hero to rest at his own re- Pacirio construction, which Involves quest, but Intimated that ho was) tho Natron llnp, until tho present un ready to go hack at once should need merging suit Is sottlod. This moons, arise. WHITE HOUSE ROLL G President Wilson Has Children of National Capital as Guests Today fir Auoclttfc Prna It Coot Ittr TluiM. WASHINGTON, D. C, April 13.. President Wilson had as guests today tho chlldrou of tho National Cnnltal The occasion was tho annual frolic nnu egg-roiiing on ii'o White House grounds. All day full freedom of tho grounds was accorded them. think It can bo nrrangod to lmvo tho Orogon ro tho full denth In view of tho fact thot tho Port Com mission lias dug out places whore thoro wasn't eighteen feot In tho uppor bay. Kfiitiuk Inlet Work. A. G, Haob was presont nnd urg ed tho Port to appropriate $1000 for deepening tho Kentuck Inlet channel from tlio conl bunkers to the Gnmblo plnco, about n mllq.JTho Port has spent only about $1700 on Kentuck lnlot, ho says, while thu county nnd citizens have each spent about $3800 so the citizens feel that the port should "come through" again. MAKKS I'HOMIT 8HTTLKMKNT almost definitely, that exnectod nati vity hoyond Oakrldgn on tho Oregon Kastorn will not coiuu HiIb yoar; though tho engineer does not mako a positive statmont to this effect. On the other hand' tho grent army of workmou loft by railroad work, Mr. Hooy declares, will bo completely ab sorbed by tho extenslvo stato road building nctlvltlcs In California, tho municipal tunnel work on tho Twin Peaks contract In San Francisco, tho Point Richmond tunnel, tho Califor nia belt lino naar San Francisco, tlio southern Oregon highway construc tion, hut nbovo ull by tho tremendous record-breaking crops looked for this your In California and Oregon, Men Coining In, Ho declares thnt at prosont men nru being shipped to tho work on tho Wlllamotto Pacific as rapidly as tho camps can bo opened. 1000 men nro working between Florence and Mnrshileld and this forco will bo doubled within a fow weeks. Al though tho rnllronds aiitlclpatn no difficulty to got Inhor thoy oxpect no over-supply, despite tho prospect of llttlo railroad construction, according to Mr. Hoey, "Wo uro roudy to crowd construc tion upon tho Willamette Pacific to tho very limit," declared Mr. Hooy. "Our crave! and work trains nro at work again. Wo nro ballasting (ho track on tho west sldo of tlio tunnel and- tho rails down tho Sliis'law will bo rushed along Just as rapidly as they can bo laid toward tidewater. At present wo are thirty-one miles west of Eugene awaiting tho completion of tho first Wlldcut crossing, Tho hrldgo men will catch up In n few days. "The Influx of workmou to tho construction cninps has already bo gun. Labor is plentiful and wo nro putting men to work along tho coast Just as rapidly as tho contractors nan . . I ItovIl'o camps and glvo the'm some- Atliis Insurance Co., of R. I .Cliand. thing to work with. Thoro nro 1000 ler Agency, .MakfH Ilrst Pay- men on our force accounts today: wo Jack LapTla pleased" today -vo "00 at work within ' few tho prompt and satisfactory settle- ' mont mado on his recent firq loss In Eastsldo, by tho Atlas Insurance Company of the Chandler Agency, which Is the first compnny to mako Justice Pennnck mv n a t nn adjustment. The final settlement worthy a vordict for $25 'nunliiHt or tholr shnro of tho loss was mado Fannlo O'Donnoil and J. li O'Don today by Mr. Chandler, who acted nshiell of Bunker mil tn toe ...i adjuster on Instructions from the held that It could bo deducted from tuwimuy, u uonneu a pay check. GETS VKIMiICT i 4 . Ui