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Coos Bay Times Your Paper
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live np to Its nnmo by devoting ito energies to
promoting the peoplo's Interests.
VOL. Iv0. XXXVIII.
As
0,SC. LANDCASE
Supreme Court Today Decided
Against Government in Fa
mous Suit Involving Millions
BIG LOCAL EFFECT
Several Hundred in this County
Had Filed in Hopes of Get
ting 160 Acre Claims
MEANS THEY WILL LOSE
OOiillPlsllIp of li,."IMI,0M Aries
Stands Willi Southern I'liclric mill
I,nii(l Is Not (o bo KoilVltcil
HiiimI Unjoined 1'ioin Selling
manv locai.lv
mu) intkkkstkd
The decision Ih of groat lo-
cnl Interest owing to tlio fact
tliat sovdrnl hundred In Coos
County hnd niatlo application
in tlio expectation of lliu
government winning.
,
liif ami, mux! I'nw lo cwia ut; Tiium
WASHINGTON, 1). C. Juno 21.-.
The government today lost tlis
suit In the Siipromu Joint to forfeit
unsold portions of tlio Oregon and
California railroad land grant am
minting to L300,0u0 ueres valued
nt moro thnn $110, 000,000. Tlio rail
way company was enjoined, how
ever from futuro sales In violation
of tho condition) or tlio grant until
congress hay a reasonable tlniu to
net.
Solicitor acncrnl Dnvls nskod tlio
court o reconsider nnd restore tlio
case to tho docket for ru-nrgtimout.
Tlio application wus taken under
consideration.
HI ait I'd in I diih ,'
The suit was lustltutord In ac
cordance with a resolution of Con
gress In the federal district court ol
Oregon, on September I, 11108. Tlio
government claimed that tlio rail
road had forfeited Its rights by hav
ing violated n provision which re
quired It to sell in not moro than
100-acro traetH for not moro than
I2.no an ncro, nnd only to actual set
tlers. Tho govornm'ont sought to
provo that tho company had sold In
largo tracts to timber eomp.iulcB nt
more than $2:50 an ucre, and had
adopted u policy to sell no more to
any purchaser for tho tlmo lielng.
Tlio railroad contended tunc tho
provision was not effective, because
tho lands were unfit for settlement,
and furthermore, urged that the
government bo stopped from raising
tlio question of forfeiture because
of ln.ig neitilesceuco In tho com
imny's disregard of tho soiling pro
vision. Tried lo Force Sales
About UTi porsous who went upo'i
the lauds and claimed to bo actual
settlers, within tho meaning of the
law, brought n cross complaint, nsk
hig that tho railroad company bo
held to bo a triiBtoo for actual set
tlers a.ul required to sell to thorn.
Some 0,000 porsous who hao not
gone upon tho laud to make settle
ments but who have applied to (lie
railroad company to pun-huso liio
ocrei Intervened with u petition that
the company bo required, ns a trus
tee, to convey Intuits to them.
Stato Intervenes
Tho Stato of Oregon Intervened
with tho claim that tho stato lovled
nearly half a million dollars taxes
a ymr on tlio lands and asked that
the lauds not bo forfeited to tho
Government, In which case, tho taxes
might bo lost, but that tho rallor.id
jo required to soil them for ho bene
fit of tho government.
The I'nlon Triibt company of Now
York, trustee under it mortgage giv
en the lnml to secure $20,000,000 of
bonds used in building tho railroad
also intervened.
Tho district eourt declared tho
Ian Is forfeited, and tho ease was
taken to tho Supremo Court of Ap
peal. It wus argued Into In April.
Kfl'oets Many Locally
Tho Oregon nnd California rail
road Is now u port of tho Southern
1'aclfic System.
Many local pooplo, numbering
soveral hundred at least, are of
fcetcj by tho decision, for sovoral
years past applications havo been
mado to purchaso tho land for $2.50
an aero by many dlfforent ponons.
They alleged to bo settlors who
wajted to buy tho laud under the
conditions nan.ocl. In such cases
tho $too for the land would bo ten
dered and rofused and this would
be recorded nnd It wns oxpoctel that
If thero would later bo a doclslon
a&alut tho railroads thoso porsous
could buy for $100.
Claims Vulunlilo
In many cases tho 100 ncres ap
plied for was worth perhaps a goou
many thousand dollars on account
of the timber. , 41 . , ,
Others homestoadod on the lam
and somo went to tho expense ami
ork of building cabins and making
Improvements. They figured on hav
1ns prior rights as squattors should
the land bo forfeited,
.ptwi Tiii'nuoli Agents
Vost of these application8 were
made through agents. A year or
more ago William Puter secured "'e
Power of attorneis from manv n -re
and made tender for laml for w ! '
he re-eived $25 frptn each- s
RAILROAD WINS 'm NEAR DEATH DAY TURNED
Kstnbllslicil Jkth
Tlio Const Mull.
J 1.", I AfTO. TII'S OVKIt AKOVK
ALLPGAXV
llacks Down (iiadc, Tlio Knots, and
Machine Pitches Over Hunk
Several Knocked 1'iicunselo.n
Oft TIM NTS OF CAK
Mr. mill .Mrs. I.. 1.. Thom
as. Mr. nnd Mrs. M. A. Mon
son. Mr. nnd Mrs. Fred Larson.
Mr. and Mrs. .loo Joseph
son. Mr. and Mrs. F. White.
Miss A. Underbill.
1. Kenney.
Hans II. Adolphson, driv
er. I). Fuwcott.
George llerron.
Fifteen persons mlrarulously ca
mped death Sunday evening when a
machine In which they were riding,
and driven by Hans Adolphson, went
over an embankment eleven miles
nbovo Allegany. Tho machine Is one
owned by I). L. Toole and had been
chartered for tho outing.
The machine went down ntnrly
100 feet. It turned over twice and
tho occupants wore thrown out land
ing in tho brush nnd the trees at
dlfforent points down tho steep em
bankment which is almost perpen
dicular. Knglno Stopped
Tho nccldont happened on a sldo
road near tho Noes place. Tho party
had been for n day's outing and was
returning to Allogauy. When the au
to almost reached tho top of a long
hill tho engine went dead and the
brakes refused to hold. Ton feet tho
mnchluo backed when Adolphson
tried to turn It Into the bank. The
outside rear tiro burst at tho sumo
tlmo and -tlio' machine tipped side
ways and wont hurtling down tho
mountainside. Four members of the
party were knocked unconscious nnd
Mrs. M. A. Monson wns severely in
jured. Occupants Thrown Out
Tho first leap of tho car was at
least 30 feet, according to L. 1..
Thomas. Through tho brush and ov
er stumps tho heavy Cadillac fell,
dumping the occupants, excepting the
driver out at the first turn. Tho ma
chine rolled over again and landed,
so tho nutolsts state, about U0 feet
bolow the road.
Mr. Thoiuas bellevos tluf owe
their lives to the brush which aided
materially lu keeping tho car from
crushing them as it mado tho first
turn. So heavy was tho weight that
ho inl.l his watch was crushed and
a tobacco can in his hip pocket wns
flattened like a hoard.
Mr. Moiimiii Thought Dead
Mrs. M. A. Moiikoii was at first
thought dead as she was plcled out
of the underbrush unconscious. Sev
eral of tho party were stunned and
practically every ono of them bruised
nnd their clothos torn though no
bonos woro roported broken.
So steep was tho grade that tho
members after recovering formed a
human chain and woikod their way
up to tho road. Mrs. .Monson was car
ried up still iinrniuolous mid para
lyzed. Help was seourod at a farm hoiihc
about a quarter of a nillo away nnd
waKons wero loeitred to carry them
to Allegany from which pluco
thoy loft about midnight for Mnrsh
field. Itoat lilts Log
Loss than two miles bolow their
starting place the gasoline boat Mao.
which brought tho picnickers up
yostorday morning, ran onto a log,
nnd was hold thero for close to two
hour nnd It was not until after four
o'clock this morning tint MarshfloUl
wag reached.
In a machine Mrs. Monson was
Immediately carried to her homo on
Seventh stroot and Is there now un
der tho care of n physician. Mr. Mon-
sald that there was an understand
ing that there was to be a shar
ing of tho profits If the land was
eventually secured. Others charged
much higher fees anil In some coss
the rhargo made was $150 lor lo
cating settlers on the land or for
making tender to purchase. It s
said that filings of some kinds have
been made on practically ail of the
Valuable land In this county held
In the O. and C. grant.
Other Campaign
K h C. Farrln was attorney for
a large number of thoso who at
tempted to secure the land. Somo
vears ago Attorney Iteedor who Mr
m'riy lived here acted for yu II
"',n').er who sought to get land.
Othf-rs fondiifted campaigns of a
"in Pur nature and ha I lan?. miin
bcu of illeuts
(EtfOB
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 1915 EVENING EDITION
IITO NIGHT!
Pillar of Fire and Dense Smoke
From Sea Obscures Light
of the Sun
AT 5EA
! VULiJ
Terrified Mariners South of
Japan But Vessels Escape
Any Damage
SEVERE EARTHQUAKE FELT
In Japan Is Woot Known Thero In
i Ycuix Incoming; Vessels Say
Hugo ltorliH.nnil Una Itnlncd
Dim n and Sea Was Moiling
lllj Amocuttl rn to Ck l!r nme.l
TOKIO, Juno 21. Ueports of a
terrifying voleuno eruption at sea
south of Jnpau two days ago wero
brought Into Yokohama by Incoming
steamers. A pillar of flro and dense
Btnoko obscured tho sun and turned
urn Pimm
-- . .1.-1. A ll....n flinl-U (111(1 11 I
serving steamers wero struck by n
tidal wave but escaped damage. Tho
most severe earthquake In years wns
felt in Japan yesterday.
POUTLAXI) COIHtKSPOXDKXT
IS
IN PltlSOX IX ItliWIrt
tUr AMiUtl rtn tn ruo VUt rimm.
WASIIINOTON. 1). C. Juno 21.--.John
Iteed, of Portland. Oregon.
Amerlcnn war correspondent, and
Hoard Hoblnson, artist, are under
arrest at Kohlin. Uusshi for having
entered tho military ono without
permission. Tho American nmbas
Hiidor at Petrograd has asked for In
formation to establish Jho jstnj".y r
bou Is suffering from 1111 Injury to
his back.
Tim i.nriv wnnt to Allegany on a
picnic yesterday, leaving horo about 1
five o'clock nbonrd tlio .Mao aim on
reaching thoro got Into tho big nm
chlno for a trip. Thoy turned off tlio
road to tho right of the Golden Falls j
rii nnd after enjoying tho day,
started back as It was growing dusk.
Can Ho Kopalml
Ailoliihson extricated liimsoii
day inio nigm. hhh ninit Is regarded as widening the
quantity of lava rained down Into bVH.h L.utWL,01l c'ariaua and tibre
tho sen nnd tho waters wero descrlb-! n
ed as "lied and boiling." Tho oh-
from tho nuto beforo It mado ltSioM.U(m .mIiiIiiiiiiii Wngo and Inter-
second turn and was not badly ln-
Jured. It Is said that tho maciiine
Is not damaged Irropalrably and can
bo brought bark up tho grado again.
Tim owner. I). L. Footo, leu nisi
I III) iinimn ' - - IJOIIIIKMI lor IIIO SlimilllU' Wlllllllll llll-
. . 1 ... 1 . t wiib another machine iorl(,.i.. ,1.,, iiiti.nuiilonul llnrvesler
ijtosoburg and Is not exported back
ill KiaSL lllllll iiiiu iiiii. "" -
.11 i..t.. ,i.iu ..ri.irtinnti.
Ii-o Watches
Thnt nono of the party wero killed
Is viewed as miraculous as Mr.,
Thomas statos tho machine cuiiio
1. i.iivii m-iir t hum. lie ne-
l-i.inniun '
crasuiiiK iin " -
ves It was tho brush and stumps,
M...I 1.. nl Ha t!iimi WOlBlt from IIIUHII- ,
'" ,. ..,, ....
lug any of thoiii. Mr. Wliltu nun .mi.
Monson lost watclms and money In
tho wreck whlcli Ihoy wero unable
in find later, and Frod Larson lost
o linu laior a... (
is pockot book. ,
Thought AH Killed
m, PulorMIl was tho first one
llllll J' -
" , ,, .. ,,,,'
to strike tho ground aftor tlio iiiiui;
..I... ...i.i.irit lltlllnrylllllll
lliriieil llllll "11" " ' -
how it happened ns she was between
two others lu tho rear seat and three
others woro soutod above Lor on tho1
hood Sho found herself higher up on
"" ' . . .. t .1.,'
1 ?!r " r" I L , ",w '
llllimn yu4 ' -" -
sho says that sho expected to find
all of tho others .load.
Struck .. Troo
Mrs. Larson says that sho felt ,im"Yba enjoined from transporting coal
golf fly out of tho inachluo and strike or l)0 ,ll0kHWttunu Coal company
i.. .. (-on Hlin rnciilvnil a bad l.lllllll , miiliir til ll Mi-culled l'JU'J contract,
III ,,uv. ,.,,'
on tho hoad and tho
mark still,
ir-r sr'sss' ,to
utos lntor sho fell out of tno ireo
onto tho croud, llosldo hor was a tin
cup which In tho crash hud boon cut
Into four plocos, yot sho had not sus
tained any korlnus Injuries herself.
Others Hurl
Wlillo Mr. W'hlto was not hurt his
wife had hor log bruised and ns sho
had only rocontly rocovorod from a
surgical operation tho oxporlonro
was a sovoro ono for hor. It Is fonrod
that Mrs. Monson has two ribs
cracked.
Frod Larson Is suffering from
a spralnod back. Miss Underbill os
eaned with nothing more than a
urulso. Georgo Horron had his ear
cut.
I). Fawcott and I. Klnnoy wno ro, , ' ' n" 0llt 0f 7S ,,, tho
employed on tho Larson drodgo Join-! f0jjoWjnK wores wero mado, William
od the irty on tho way up the river.l Kkhlad. 60. Dr. Dlx. BJ. Prod Sta
They ooped Injury as did also "'JJlSJSiaii
and Mrs. Josephson. Thore wero for-1 "l ,," " Ulh Mrs. Conrad and
tunntely no children of tho families Mrg fjanuner shot before the men
In tho partv 'went after -i.e '-rd
MKMTlEttS OK THK ASSOCIATKI) IMNSH
CONFIRMS
ROT
I. S. COXSn, SAYS 1'OCK Ml
CANS 1,1 :FT tAIUXKT
:i.
Curmiiii suites That ltcMrt Hint
Ho Had llieak With Obicgoii
Is I'littue
DKXIKS
IIAVIXO
SKItlOl'S
ItlHCAK
IllT Awoi lalfsl rr la Conn llr TlmM 1
OALVKSTON, Texas, June Jl.
Cairaiiza lu n personal teb -gram
to the Constitutionalist
consul here today declared
that there Is no truth In t'uu
reports of a break between
himself nnd tleneral Oliro
gon. tnr AkmxIHinI I'm lo Com iuj Tlmm.l
WiSIIJN(!TON, I). C. Juno 21.--Consul
Sllllmnn at Vera Cm, has
confirmed tho Carranza agency r
ports of acceptance of tho rcslg
i.utlon of four members of tho Car
re.nza cabinet and added that their
s.iciessors will bo appointed this
week. Previous advices said ilenei
a! Ohregou demnuded that the offi
cials be retained. This devclon-
Efl
(1KIOIANS TAKi: KAWA Ut'SICA
1'hom Tin: itcssiAxs
l'uillier Success In Di'ho Against
l.cinlierg is Mado by llcrlln War
Office
tlljr AwnrlileJ rrrtt to Com Hay Tlinn
III'JULIN, Juno 21.- Further sue
ccsh lu tho Uustro-Gernuin drive nt
Lemhcrg wus niinounced by the Mir
office today. It says the town of
Itawa Iluakn. !I2. miles northwest
of Lemhcrg, wns captured from the
nusslans
siTitiiMi-: coriiT AiMornxs ai
1 ti:h i.mpohtaxt decisions
national lluncMer Ciim's Aio
Held t'lidct' Coiislileiiilliin
llljr AwkkUIpJ t'mv tn Cw IKy llnm I
WASHINGTON, I). ('., June 21.
The Supremo Court today nil-
the Oregon MIiiIiiiiiiii Wage nnd
uiupr iiiimii itiiu uiioun iimni'iK. it
... ... . . ... , :.,. ,...
will not muet again until Oitober
iti:co.siiii:it 1 1 1 : -v 1 , 1 .
tllr AaitUIl I'n-m 1" I ! IUi TImm )
WAHIINOTON, 1). C. Juno 21.
'I'lm sliitir.itm. fmtrf riii'(irirtlliiinl
"- ; -: .
GAPTUR
TOWN
QUITS
FOR
SUMMER
Is denlu o a rev ',, '"'NT,II(4J ,V .,1.1.0,1 Kl.t-I.il .....I Now
V'V1"" "' ',..,...,. , .... ...1.1...1
IIHIIHi'li ill iiiimniii in iv ...ii."
H(lV() ,aw I(1( Kmt,,, (l r,.Vew.
Ti..y also grautod a review In thu
enso of Maury I. Dlggs.
NI(.KO jVI-:X VOTK
...
u,A-o...iir..ne.i..ii.-.l
....WASHINGTON. I). ('.. Juno 2 -
.1 r . 1..1..1 1.... ,.r ilw. tt'l.llf.
III O llKIIIIIOimi O'lllMIHilll illllii iimimi" ,-.--.
fRtU)r ,.kUMI" restricting thu negro Miio ImiikIk for tho liiijirovuinuiit of
i .. ...!.... .....u ...i.iiilli.fl nu Hill fill i .. . i.
VOIU liiuiij iiiiu 'i "
atltu tloaul by tho Supremo Court,
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GO P.HXMKX I W INS
im-u,,,,.,
WAKIIIVOTON. 1). (V. JllllH 21.-
I" a lar. roa. ,.. decision vvhleh
II III""
I crowns with victory tliu govern -
croWIIS Will. V.ciory lliu sinwii-
,,,(,fB fiKiit to lompel rallroans to
disassociate lliemsolvos from coal
on.pilo. the Siipreme (.ourt oday
, ., ,,, ,1,.,. lull, ll (if tlio!
and reversed tho decision of tlio
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MIXi: OK TOKPKIK)
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Jk.
tHf Am'.i'1 I',m ' " "' Tll
XKW YOKK. Juno 21.
FrngmentK of tho inlno or
torpedo which damagod tho
Amorldin Htoamshlp Nebras
ka wore In posiMssslon of thu
stato department at Wash
ington toda.v. They arrived
hero yesterday from tho
Amoricun embassy 1 1 London
They will In examined by ex
ports In an attempt to deter
mine whether they are parts
:l
i
i
of a mine or lorpeuo.
,
,.. ..i,. ....... miiMii. Mmiihers oi
.mil nniiiiii --
.i. M..Mi,fir.ii rinn dull shot yowor-
day at the trap-, though thoy found
THAN A
Wwx?&
DEK1H
Georgia Governor Commutes
to Life Imprisonment Sen
tence Day Before Hanging
IKES STATEMENT
Would Not Have Man's Blood
On His Hands Whatever
Cost May Be
EXCITEMENT AT ATLANTA
Crouds Gather In tho StroolN anil H-
ttii Pollco Aim Put On Hilly to
Pi vv 011,1 Vlolonci1 PrlMinor
Taken fiinii .lull
tllr Awnlatisl 1'riM to C'ihk 1U Time
ATLANTA, (la., Junu 21. Leo M.
Frank's death sontencu was commut
ed to life Imprisonment today by
Governor Sluton. Announcement ot
tho governor's decision eamo several
hours after Frank was secretly taken
from Jail heio and hurried to Hie
stato prison farm nt Mllledgevllle.
Frank had been sentenced to hang
hero tomorrow for tho murder ol
Mary Pliegan lu April, lit 13.
Makes Stiilemoiit
In making his nnuoimeemout, tlio
governor dictated this state
ment: "Feeling an I do about tho
case, I would bo a inuiderer If 1 al
lowed this man to hang. It menus 1
must llvo In obscurity tho rest of my
days, but I would rather bo plowing
lu a field than feel for thu rest of
my life that 1 had that man's blood
011 my bauds."
Crowds Guthci'
When the early roportts of Frank's
sontencu commutation began to cir
culate, crowds gathered lu tho down
town streets. Tho nrrost of 0T10 man
who attempted to dismount a pollco
man by grabbing tho horso'H rolns
stirred ono crowd to excitement and
they followed tho policemen to tho
city hull. Speakers star led (o liuniu
guo a crowd from the city hnll stops
but were stopped by 1111 extra force
of jiollcomoii.
' Kvtni Policemen
Although tho crowds 011 tho
streets did not appear so excited us
tho day woio oil, tho police ordered
all near beer places closed shortly
hoforo It o'clock and an extra hun
dred policemen weio put 011 duty.
Orders woro Issued for tho nrrost
of anyone uttomptliig to Incite vio
lence. It Is reported 11 delegation Is
coming from .Marietta, tho former
homo of Mary Pliagan.
CITY ELECTION
HELD AT BAND0N
..,... Ii.ukiiu.i1 mu AtIinI
.Mods.. 1 ok Proposed mo Arl.il
I'p.m by the P.sqdo
(Speclul to Tho Tlmos)
IIANDON. Ore.. Juno 21. Tlio
people or llamlon nt tho city election
curried tho proposition to Ihsiiu )M.
0(1(1 lu bonds to take up outstanding
warrants and also tho proposition to
Din water works
Tho people defeated tho nmend
munt to IncroRsu tho city tax limit
Jo l'i mills. Tlinro was a heavy vote
against tho purchaso of a flro on
icliio. Thu amendment to miiko lu-
( "
, terest on nonus payu.uo nuiiiiiiii mi
, miwi mi imiiih miiini iiiiiui.iij ....-
' rloil. but tho ono tending to correct
n,idgultlo In the chartor whloh
.
' trouble In street linprovoiuunU wus
, dofoated.
! r'i. iMii.lliiu.il ('liiiti.ii
J. W. Mast ami Mils Kasmussou
woro ro-elected couiiclluniu from the
east ward ami C. C. Johnson from
the west ward.
I't'iiLisiiiiit is ii;ai
'Willi nil H. Hand, of National Kn.no
9 rinses .ivvny
(l; AuwItKI I'rrM lo Oo Pf Hum
XKW CANNAN. Conn.. Juno 21.--WllPnn
II. Hand, for many yours
head of He printing and publishing
hous.i of Hand, McNally and Co..
.ii... i i.. r. luui nlulil nl llin homo of
1 1 his daughlor. Mrs. Iloury W. (Jliaii-
V ... ...... 1 111 .,. U...I,, ,1,11.1
a ' POII. IIO IIH'I llll I" l"lw.Hv tiiuv
j KLKS XOTIOK
?l All Klks whether visitors or mom-
bors of other lodges who rosldo hero,
are exported to attend tho lllrtlutay
Ilall given by Murahflold Lodge
1100 II. P. O. K. next Wodnosday
ovonlng, Juno , without reealvlng
a forrnul Invitation.
Corno, llrother Hill, a cordial wol
iouiQ waits at our birthday party,
lly ordor of
DNCi: COMMITTKB
POUND OF
A Consolidation of Times, Const Mnll
nnd Coos llnv Advertiser.
ELOPES lull WIFEIHARD FWIi
CHAHLF.S TOWKK CAPTPIIKS HIS
SPOCSH AT POINT OF (IPX
1'lght.s With Her Companion at .Mid
night, nnd Wlilzos Away To
wauls Ko.sobiirg lu Miiililno
At tho point of a gun Chnrle
mngno Tower is alleged to huve ab
ducted his wife last night ami lu the
eniiy hours of the morning In a
big machine was speeding over the
roads towards Koschurg. Like a
chapter from u Diamond Dick novel
runs tho wild story ot the second
kidnapping of Towerls wife. Threo
mouths ago, after several motitns of
separation, Tower met his wifo In
North lleud, and "eloped" with her
im far as Florence where they were
stopped by a deputy sheriff nnd re
turned. Tower was freed by tho
grand Jury.
Knowing his wifo to be nt n dance
last night nt tho Simpson Pavilion
with another, man Tower secured 1).
L. Footo mid in his machine fol
lowed. Thero ho was recognized
and Mrs. Tower and her companion,
Hen llydo of Hay City, es
caped through a sldo door into u
waiting taxi cab driven by Phil
lOmery and at unco started for North
lleud. The man whoso name Is sec
ret Is said to he an employe of the
Smith mill.
lly a abort rut Tower followed and
near n junction of tho two roads
thu inachluo was turned with Its
lights across tho highway and every
auto .that passed was closely scru
tinized. Hail Lively Chase
The taxi was recognized and
Tower took up tho chase. All over
North lleud, so witnesses stale, tho
two machines whl.zed In their wild
race, tho taxi endeavoring to throw
off Its pursuer.
Finding this Impossible (ho driver
turned toward Marshfleld and mado
for tho Hay City landing, close lo
whom Mrs. Tower lives with her par
outs, Mr. ami Mrs. I. II. Poole.
Hero .they wero caught by Tovvoi
who drove up behind them and at
tempted to enter tho taxi. Kmeiy
latin-copied him and says that ho
found a gun shoved Into his face.
Mrs. Towur'H companion showed
fight and ho was siiuelched with u
sight of tho alleged "shooting Irons."
Thuro followed a hand to hand
sciifflo lu thu darkness belween's
Towur'H two companions, tho taxi
driver and tho companion of Mrs.
Tower.
Woman Objected
Tho woman was drawn into the
waiting machine, from which,
screuinlng, she uttempted to throw
hurself. Sho was stopped and the
machine whizzed away bound for
KoseburK.
Since tho last kidnapping Charles
Tower has been working In tho bar
ber shop at tho foot of Markut uvo
u lie. Several tlu.eu ho has told his
friends that "ll was not nil over
yet." Friday ho ciuno again Into
lir Iiiiiiico whim ho Jumped from
the dock nenr his shop P rescue
young Jimmy llosklssou who had
slipped from a bargo ami was oloso
to drowning. I
Constable Cox wus hurriedly call
ed out of bed last night when lieu
llydo, Mrs. Towers companion,
sought tho urrost of Tower for using
firearms. Tho officer lirld him, ue
loidlng to tho cimstablo's statement,
that Tower had a right to take his
own wife unil thou wont hack to bed
again.
TIiIh morning llydo asked Judge
Priunock for a warrant and was ro
forrod to District Attorney LIIJeivlst
llydo Is u scaler at tjio C. A. Smith
mill, lie Is u young mail. Ho has
culled u number of tlmos ut the Poolo
homo and It Is said that Tower some
time ago warned him (llydo) not
to pay so much attention to Mrs.
Tower.
Sovoral Woio ProMuit
Phil Kniery suya that D. L. I'ooto
wns not mixed uu lu tho fruuas, but
that Andy Kiickson held llydo while
Tower bodily lifted Mrs. Tower from
tho I .a m hot h tuxl, which Kmury was
driving, to the Footo ear.
Luto yesterday afternoon Kmory
took Tower to North llend. Tower Is
said to have broached the proposi
tion of taking him and his wifo to
Itosohurg lu tho (nxl but Kmury
would not arcept 'Ills offer. Thon
Tower Is stippniod to havo arranged
with Footo for It.
District Attorney Llljeqvltt Is said
lo Luvo boon appealed tu todny In
tho ease.
NOT A CAXDIDATK
Arthur McKoovvii Dcilluo Invitation
to Hun for DlitHior
To tho Voters:
Having been approach ed to nip as
a candidate for school director lu
Marahfiold by soma of my friends,
I wish tn state that under uo rlr
rumstnures will 1 he a candidate ' id
while appreciating the roiupltmont
Implied, will not accept it.
AUTHl'U MiKKOWN
REPENTANCE
A Southwest Oregon Paper
Xlint's wiint tlio Coos Kay Times Is. A South
west Oregon pnper for Soutlivvcflt Oregon people
and devoted to tlio best Interests of tills great
section . Tlio Times nhvitys boosts sad norer
knocks.
No. 284
The Austro-German Forces are
Closing in On the Capital
of Galioia
KAISER I THERE
Personally Directing Campaign
Which Generals Think is
Ncaring Successful End
NEW VICTORY IS CLAIMED
Series of Surresses tu Fight Apilnst
tho Hussions Said lo Still bo Un
broken Pot rogiu.l Claims that
Car's Troops niv Holding Own
tllr AmccIiIM l'rr to Coot llij llmM.
IIKKLIN, J tint) 21. Kmperor Wil
liam, It was ntiiiouucod officially to
day, was present at the battle of
Ileskld, for possession of Grodok,
west of Lemberg.
(11 AmoUIo. dr.. I Coof lit; TIrim.J
LONDON, Juno 21. According lo
reports tho Austro-Gurmau forces
are closing in on Lemberg, tho capi
tal or Gnllcla, ltawa Huska, 32 miles
northwest of Lemberg, was captured
and Kmporor William Is directing
thu campaign which his generals be
lieve is near a successful conclusion.
STIMj SPCCKSSFUIj
tllr Awocl.iM rr lo Cooa n. 7 THdm.1
HKULIN, Juno 21. This city and
Vienna record a series of successes
still unbroken In Onllcln. Tho In
tost Austrian report nunnuucoa a
'Now and complete victory." Polio
grad admits that tho Teutons nro
further lu advance lu tho Dnlenter
district nnd north of Lemberg, lift
says the Hussions aro still fighting
obstluntoly hufoio the GnlU'ltn capi
tal. In tho west further successes
north of Arras and lu Lorraine ami
tho Vosgos nro reported by Paris.
On tho Italian front bad wuailmr
lo Interfering with tho niovemoiita.
S
VICTOIIS OVKIt NOItiil IIHXD IX
lil-IXNIXG IIATTiiK
Giiiuo Is Hotly t'ontoilod and Knil
H to II Xorvviiy Wins From
Powers ut. Po w oin
Marshfleld won a Hl-lunlug gamo
from thu North Ponders yesterday
by an eight to ulnu score lu ono of
the most hotly contested games over
held ou tho bay. Two umpires wero
worn out and tho crowd of 200
fans yelled themselves hoarse en
couraging their friends.
In the games of this season tho
local nine has not lost a game,
though tho North lleuders voro
"loaded for boar" when they .Insh
od yesterday and It took III framoa
lo eke out a slender victory.
The Hue lips follow:
Marshfleld
All K It K
(I. Johnson, 2h ! 1 I 1
lliirko. as C 0 It ')
Wilson, If ; 0 2 1
Fisher, !lb Ii 0 ' 0
.Sneddon, if Ii 1 1 I
M, Kruger, lb i 0 O 1
II. Kruger, of ii 0 2 1
Davis, o '! 2 2 2
N. Johnson, p 2 1 2
R.'l 0 18 I)
Fisher relieved Jo
fourth. Struck out,
I; by 1'ishor, l'i;
Sneddon, I; lliirko, I
I; Wilson, I.
hiisou lu tho
by Johnson,
Stolon bns-s,
: G. JohiMon,
I North Hand
AH It
ll
o
l
l
2
Gaffuoy, Xb
Harris, as
llydo, H. ..
Surbotk. lb
LIIIbIm), rf
Dunsinoro,
..ft
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
1
1
..0
. .
..7
..7
..ft
..
..n
..1
lili.
Murphy, e. .
Thomas, p
Merchant, of
82 8 12 t
Struck out. by Thomas, 1, I)
llydo, l; Stolen baaoa, 8.
NOIIWAV WINS
Hoforo a large crowd nt Powers
l... K..r..fiV tll.lll Iff Hfllll to luvn
I 1 ..... " .. .I...V w -".-. .
, walked away with a 1 1 to I vic-
At Lakeside the team from North
Lake came down and dofontod Lake
side eight to five lu an Interesting
game.
'I he Danivls Creek-Kustsldi gamo
was ciincHllod on anount of tho
death in William Cross.
KING IS HKTTKK
(11; AwmUIM ITifM lo Com Vt V I
WASHINGTON, I). Ii.. Juno 21
Tho most optimistic statement of tho
condition of King Constantino Blnco
the operation roaohod tho Greok le
gation today. Ho passed a tranquil
night mid his gonornl condition Is
very satisfactory.
Itlg Dance ami Hasket Picnic In
Slmp-on's Pavilion, Sunday, July -I,
I
MARSHFIELD
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