-THE
r WEATHER
v. i . v
Fair
4i:;lft.v
1 f ; Great MacArthur-Pcrks Com
.'- 'oanv -Will Be the . Genera
Contractors; , Porter 'Bros.
: , uomraciors; ,
l ; and Others to
1 axe sections
-TO JOOYOUS MARSHFIELD
THEY : GIVE GOOD NEWS
.:G; W.v People -in Turning
'i Over Route Made Actual
Building' Condition.
(Special! Tha Journal.)
Marsbzleld, Or., May-l.Foaltlve as
surance that 'Immediate construction
work will -b started by tha Southern
t-' Paclflo at this-end of the EXigeoeCoo
I. lino la tnn I. . ,
, ractors.who arfeved In this city lata
1st : "evinln j.'i;Tliey give' the best-'and
:' . host positive railway- news that Coos
.lav nak xiar viai . i .. . -
The party . was composed - of R. J.
- wfo. chief engineer for th Southern
Pacific, who" made the survey to-Coos
Say ; F. C. Hitchcock of - New York,
general manager of ' the Macitt-thur-
Perks company': C- C Tinkler of Den
Ver of .tha ame-' coiDanv: y Thomas
clsco, and R-j B. PortwK'of the' f trjn of
i'ortor Brothers.
i- The pafrtx arrived in; the city late last
'.jitgli't 'after having made t the -trip over
the .proposed ; route.-f.rom tne. Biusiaw
',,'rlver. ' The members walked much of
' " the --way from the Ten Mile lakes to
f Cpos Bayand this morning started out
: eajriy to see a portion or tna route wnicn
. ; they covered last evening, after dark.
?!$r will U leave .tontght.,. . '
.S . e Arth nr.Parka Clilaf SnlldaTa. -
.4 Wn vflhoock stated that,- the'
:.rth j'-Verks company will tart
Me-
con-
ruction as soort as the machinery oan
brought herft That; "firm, according
'.o the statement of the 'contractors, has
the contract for .the entire line. But It
- unaersiooa tnai ine omer coniraciors
Vtia wert -In the party may take por
' lions of contracts. Ir. Hitchcock said
'.- ' Ihe line was a rather difficult, pwa to
'Ulld, as there a re,, to be nine tunnels
end much heavy work in the shape of
. ,.jjradlng lri sandy and rocky districts.
It is . atated that tha bride: across
4 oos Bay is positively to; be feyilt and
v iiar tne line win not oniy touaisortn
)end; but will. also -betull to ilarsh-
field, . ,
' - Trie question or a rrancnise in mis
Ity has not yet been settled, but ac
orni? to yia- statements of the con
1 ( rectors thjs t notto interfere with 1m-
.. mediate, starting of the work.
'. Paelfle breaj Western Konte. '
That the Paciflo Great 'Western- and
'i ' 'aclfio ."Coast line . rlght-of-wa y , have
been " turned; :,yer to. the. Southern ra
cltlc, which has been reported here," 1
" admitted andtt is not denletr that with
'this transfer there was an agreement
that lmmfldlafe work be started. -
R.' B Porter states' that) this is the
first. visit of any if, tyeTtirra to this
locality although during the past year
'. . (Continuedn Pax Two. -i . ,-irl
fANFORD WHfTE THIRD Off HARRYT
;f DErllMH:ltt"ro
Document Probably - Will Be
Used gainst Him in 'Fight
for Freedom. '
-; v I, -'
;' - - V ' '.
, (Unlfed Press L'laed Wlrt. .
Now York. Iav 14. A sensational
letter ouroortlng-o show thfr Stanford
Marrv it. xnaw-s tncmira,. ana na ins
word "kill" underscored had been wrlt-
n by tlxe Flttsburgei1 opposite the
irncs-t)f three of this number,, is pub
"shed here today by the-New York
.p.erald..' J- .--...v J-jf.t-;V''-r--.. -1
1 ' is alleged that Thaw wrote the
' ..utter in December, 1903; shortly: after
his return from fl. touf of Eujrope with
his wife, to a confidential agent in New
t'nrV. On th hnpk Of tli letter -ri I
- ritten, the Herald says, the names of
ive prominent men, as" follows:, ;!
h, "Bnncroft -:Davl---klll,-'. !.ii...--,-.' '
.''Freddy Gebhard kill, . . " . ; "
'Stanford White -kill.,. -.'; ;
, , . W' M
M "fpala- Wada worth : ! '. J
1 ''Reginald FrankUn't ZtM'.i'M Uti
Jj. C. Bancroft Davis is a prominent
f . tl w York society man and a member
K 11 tna-KnioKerDoc-Ker C4UO. uaaswortn
is Yonneeted with the diolomktiij noi Vito
lvP-MvaBhtngton. White was killed by
i nwnn the root or a flew low amuse-
ient race. FankJln is out of town.
iJ Th8 leter probably will be used against
' iTliaw tinen his sanity is again put to
rtbs test before Judge Keogh June" . -;f
' The- leitter, according ,to thev Herald,
.-.'said! t v I v "' ..... .
i. . ', 'Bill's Jill rlsht IloM to- see Wu next
a C week. , please send man to- J. if. - B.'s
X place. 'Aisk his servant What kind of
new exercise ha'takealnce'a week ago.
1 Is Nha getting, strong armor? I don't
v care. but want toknow.1' . ?Xf,
."Do -you knowi any. colored elevator
or bejlboy In theAudobon apartpeaits?
. Hop y6u will have all these urious r.
l ports-of apd S. W. and H. W. P.'s
other, friends. rvVhen, will F. Gebhard
1 go to Philadelphia, .even for a day or
tonlgtt -
variable'
Rushe;;FronPierrtoS
' , dreiVs ;Sqciety ; to' Get r 1
CuriyTaeadeq;:TotSr
'- iDnlfed Praas U-ttrS Wlre.1 ' . :
New Yorlf., May 16. Madame Maroel
11 Mavratllr an Italian beauty 14 years
old,' arrived - here today' on the steaaier
Oceanic- rushe-1 at oncaf to the oom
of the Children's society and claimed
ber two children, Lola and Moraon, who
were rescued from' the Titanic and have
since been- kept .in care of Miss Mar
guerite Hays,--Into-Whose lap they were
thrown -when the big liner-was sinking.
r tHnltaa fraia' aaitd Wb-e.V ;i?
Louisville. Ky., May l. With dele
gations present' from 'all the - Preaby
teries of the north, east and west, representing-
about 1,400,000 -communicants,
the 124th annual general assembly of
the Presbyterian church . opened . here
today,,- It is expected that 'the assembly
which Is tne first to be held south of
the - Ohio river, . will continue for , a
month. ' " - rv;;
Among, the most Important questions
to come up is a plan .fa-establish a-iO.-000,000
fund to pension retired-minis
ters and the selection of a new moder
ator. Among thos prominently -s men
tioned for the Of flee are the Rev, Mark
Mathews of 6'eattle: Rev. J.'R. MoClue
of Chlfege, ana the Rev. Frank- Sneed
0 Pittsburg. t ....'..''v'.?' . -
RKCHESOM READS BIBLEv T
i:;1,N SHADOW OF'DEATH
- DnllBd Prou ImmI Wlm.
Boston.- May H. Rev. Clarende T.
Rkheson. who la expected to Jae cutU-o
death In the electric chair In Charles-'
town prison on Bundax: night- ror the
murder of his fiancee,. Avis, Unilell, is
apparently callous- to. hls approaching
fate. ; r--'. . ,' , ,
Rlcheson reM the Bible until fl:30
o'clock last nraht, then; )y down in his
cell and slept cjuletly nntil.7:20 o'clock
this morning. .-. . ,
Governor rose tpday told the United
Press that, he fias hot yet examined the
reports of the. alienists, S ted man. For-
,v . . u a.'.u . .u a v . u u u -u tiue
in Rloheson's friends that1 Poss may' yet
present a petition xor jeqiency -.. : tne
executive, council.' j ,.',. .v. -,w; .-
SWEETHEARTS OF HALF '
CENTURY AGO, NOW W
V'AiD 70, WILL MARRY
. Medford, ' OrM May Eben, '4
e Mclntyre, 84 years eld, of lie,
" Mlnnvllle, Or., has seoured a 11-' 4
4 cense In this county to wed 4
4 Elizabeth Gllmore, aged TO, of 4
e Gold Hill The couple will, make . 4
4 their home at McMlnnvtlle. They'- 4
4 were youthful sweethearts In an -4
4 eastern atate Jjut lost sight of 4
4- each other when Mclnty1-ei came 4
wfest many years ago. ;.; -4
; .?-:"JIaiTy.-K.!niaw.: ?
so? please return ibis as s, good rule.
Thaw." ;' ..,".-'''-...',."
.'The names of the five nien are al
leged .to-hav been, written on a separate
piece qr paper. . . , - i . .(
1
PRESBYTERIANS
OLD
HAWS
t ' )
Lj-ii. .... ' 't j
I -1 A v i I
I
c-rr-Ais-
TO BE Ui
V"
Slate of T Representaux
Practically Made, Up it
caucus.
.. .i.-. IIdmIiI l Th jAilra.i k
i lewlston, Idaho, May Rbose velf
force control the Idaho state Republi
can convention whlch convened at IS
o'clock today,' Efforts to save a' break
In the party; in , Idaho may result In a
compromise being-, effected. ' The Tart
and . Roosevelt- forces have been in al
most; continuous caucus since the ar
rival of the South Idaho special at. 10
o'clock yesterday,- and the olive branch
held out ;by the Taft' organization has
pulled many of the weak kneed Roose
velt followers, into llnei .- -t-r -a , r.?- ,
A harmony plan is being urged by
the many candidates foe- state office
who are attending , the Convention and
dire threats are made by the Taft forces
In the event they are not given recog
nition on the national delegation. The
Roosevelt forces . this- morning, agreed
to allow State Chairman XX L. Heltman,
a Taft UTjDOrter' to- ba- named aS ona
of the eight delegates in. the event he
would cast his vote for Roosevelt. .Thla
la far from agreeatile and at the' tfme
the convention was called .there appears
to be ho- aettlament f the eontroversv
ahd it- Is not probable definite action
wni pe tanen until late tonight,. -.. -,r
, Senator Borah Is chargejl with respoh
sllrtUW .fdt- the situation, now confront
ing tha party. ' The Hrft men have' gone
so rar as to taice caucus action favor
able to defeating Borah In the-coming
election unless he" checks ttapi Roosevelt
"steam roller' methods, now In vogue,
.' The division of delegates-to the na
tional convention will be .five from the
southern part of the State and three
from the northern end. The Roosevelt
men decided upon from the south are A.
R. Cruzen, Ada; Fted Fisk, Canyon;
Frank- Hagenbarth, Fremont;" A. R.. Da
vis, Oneida, dency. St. Clair, Owyhee.
The northern delegates will probably be
Evan Evans.. Idaho county; 1 George - O.
Baker. Bonner county, and State Chair-man-C.
I Heltman of Kootenai, in the
event he will go as a Roosevelt man. . -,
ERIE OFFICIAL GIVES
Testifies ; Judge of .Commerce
Court TrieoMo Influence
Railway Officers,- - :
.-(United -Prw leased IV I re. 1 ;
Washington, May IS. Damaging tes
timony against Judge Robert W. Arch
ibald ..or the -commerce court was given
to the house Judiciary committee here
today by G. F. Brownell, vice president
and general solicitor forUJie Erie rail
road," He corroborated testimony given
by captain May to the effect that Judge
Archbaid sought to influence Erie off!
cials after Captain May had refused to
sen ,'Cuint properties. .
v Captain May testified that after Judge
Archbaid Visited New York the latter
said that he would "reconsider a decis
ion" if he '(May) recommended the sale
of the culm property.
y Brownell testified - that - Archbaid
came to his off Ice and wished to see
Vice President Richardson of the Erie
allroad.- Brownell- introduced him4- lie
said nrjtnew nothing of what .trans
pired in Richardson's of f ice, X v
' Jlmlnei, Mex.. Mav .With th
main columns of the government troops
under General Huerta reported. -only
thre miles , behind' General, Orotoo's
rebel forces- at an early hour today, It
IS expected that a decisive clash wlll.oo
cur before nights Y, , , .,; ,
; Jt Is expected the rebel chlefttan Will
try to reach Rellano before giving bat
tle to General lluerta's irmv . the
Insurreotos " ; hay excellent vortlflca
uons there. v-"i ut--t -.'.
MURIEL ASTOR' AND HER
MOTHER OFF T0 EUROPE
Ne Tork. Mav !. nfra. "aV tirtii.
ing.Astor. divorced wife of theilate
Colonel John Jacob A at or, accompanied
by her daughter Muriel, will sail Hartnr.
day for England. A. Perry Osbbrnl- an
old : friend - of tha ; Aslor family.. Ws
been appointed . lo look after Murfcls
luicit.n tu ivr lauier. s .estate.
DAMAGING, EVIDENCE.
",""-.' ,J - .s , -'.
t aBMaMiaawHaMaa T' .- - -,l s r '
HUERTA CLOSE BEHIND ::
iRteflFFINRiFN
3X
I -
'-X
togRomSgb
fpijiwas1gt0n
Taft "and T. R. Conventions
Each Elect Men, Latter as
1 Radical' Progressives y- Each
Say:0ther Is Bolter. ,
Aberdeen, Wash., May IS. Both fac
tions in the Republican ; party.; la the
stat which split Into two conventions
her yesterday are today busy explain
ing that the other side bolted. The Taft
convention, . presided vover by Thomas
Flsk of. Mason,, elected, 14 delegates In
structed for the president, denounced
specifically the recall of Judges and In
general terms all other progressive Pol
teles, 'declared that the party never .be
trayed any trust-of the people and that
President Taft kept faith with the peo
ple The platform also, gives the state
administration a perfunctory . Indorse
ment without ' mentioning . Governor. AL-
E. . Hay's name Both , conventions
elected delegations for the natlotial con
tentlflA at Chicago. .
' Th ,i projjreaslye . - convention, , called
for the same; hour as the Taft meeting,
did . not open until about' 10 minutes
after -the ,other. . Theodore "Roosevelt
was -indorsed And the delegates were
instructed to vote for him as long as
he had a Vchance. when they .are to be
free to vote, for "Senator La Follette
or any other progressive. ; ,
' PUtform Markedly rogresslv.
, The platform acopted.ls probably the
most, progressive, in the history of the
state, it declares for the . initiative.
referendum and recall. Including Judges
TTevlslon:vof ., tha I tariff downward; 'i
(Continued on Page Fourteen.) -
fl'' (nsl'ted Freaa taatwe Wtre.t i
San Francisco, May i6 Clauoe Alex
ander Astro, a clairvoyant, arrested here
November 29, 1909; and charged with
having -embezsled $2000 worth of Jewels
from .Taspei O'Kelley, the.' Coos ' Bay
towboat klr-fcuppn whom he foisted
Stella Tynaii, a vaudeville actress, In
the role of 3'Kel leys long lost daugh
ter has been rearrested,' according to
advlcea .received:, today ; from .New t Ort
leans. 1 "; h.,;ia :-''.-svi .
. Astro was taken Into custody Ih: the
Crescent. CKy as a "suspicions and dan
gerous, f.haracttfr." "Though ,h Is still
wanted In San Francisco on the felony
Charge, having, Jumped ball of 2000no
effort' will' be made, to bring bafii iUe
rugitive.- , , v , , -
Astro, .following Ms if light from here.
was apprehended In. Hot, Springs. 'Ark.
There he won Ills flglit against extradi
tion, the local authorities recalling the
Untactlv sent to bring him. baekAslrg
aouaht to brro'k full In.Hot Bmlncs. hut
w shot and' captured..'' - !.... ; ...
v . ' ' : -
Ordinance Granting Bluecoats
Two Days Off Duty1 Each
" Month Given Death Blow by
; Council Committee. : ;
: V M-
' Ordinances granting policemen , two
days off duty every month on. full pay
were "chloroformed", In the ways and
means committee tnis -jarjprning, coun
cilman 'James A, Maguire elng Tinable
to secure a second to a motion he mads
rto: adopt the ordinance submitted by
ajak;. nyae several months ago. .
; Councllmen Burgard and Wallace op
posed the granting of time off except at
tne .expense or tne employe.
' "Policemen don't i have to , use their
heads; said -; councilman Burgard.
."They" have An easy .time and if they
don't like their work they can quit. . If
we pass the- thne off ordinance it will
cost.tn city sxo.oou a year,' or we will
have to get along with less police pro
y-id-IX Xerlt System raVorsd. - -.. T
... i am lonnvur w m adoption 01 a
merit system in tne department and of
leaving to, the chief the authority to
xru.ni. leaves xor as many cays a month
as he sees fit." But there are some po
licemen, who never should be given any
' Patrolman. H.' A. Circle. SDDearln on
behalfi of the-blue coats, declared that
th.ayjerage length of time put in dally
by policemen Is from' 9 Is to 10 'hours,
sjinougn tne city cnarter provides that
all employes of the city shall not - h
compelled ,to work longer than ; eight
'hours -svclay.--Y.' -?';.'l,v .S. ;
n- Thav extra time put tn by the men is
necessitated by reason or the fact that
when they make arrest they have to
appear in court on their own time. ' ,
-- Patrolman- Circle 'said : thai hiuwm,
slons such as the .Rose Festival every
man in the department works is hours
a. day. M -.:.;v' . ,-:
A petition signed by -hundreds of busi
ness nvui asking that tha requast of the
poiieemert be granted was submitted to
the committee, bat wss ; ordered filed
wimoui.iunner . cunsiaerauon.v- tJOUnn
(Continued on Page Fourteen.)
RICES OF EAT MAY"" r
FALL, HOUSEWIVES
-i arc uni niMn if cv
''V'M.i-
,ii.:iy.V;,' ,,'Vk.;.,. '"" ',''' M-'-.'v.j'v.';.
(Look out f oi -. drojt m ' 4
;nwst prices. The women are
after the scalps of those whom .
i -. they ' believe to be responsible
V for the high " living."
.lElated iH.lth t thr success In 4
' downing, the speculators -.who e
, put up prloes for potatoes, which, 4
they accomplished by, refiiaing
to buy the tubere the house-. 4
wives nt the city are today not 4
.buying mors than half of their "
acouatomed supplies of - fresh 4
( meats: ButOhers say the amount 4
4 Is diminishing svery.day - ' 4
o
Packing Concerns Negotiating
'fp:: Leading TCreamerjes f of
Northwest: Mav Develob the
H lndustry.f -
'. .,i'-- ''i , j. f V,' , , H 'i.- -.- v' '
-Great development of the dairy Indus
try 'as well as making the poultry' and
egg industry her ; independent of the
rest of the country Is a probable result
of the present activity of packing, and
creamery, Interest at Pacific northwest
centers, 1 X--:, t-'i' Jf.:Ptk'.-. U
Negotiatlonr for. several of the lead
Ing creamery plants of , the Pacific
northwest are said to be carried on -by
leading-, eastern . packers,: who, bop to
make-the Pacific northwest an exporter
tnstesd -of importing butter, and eggs.
The sending away' of -many . millions
of i dollars- annually ; by, pacific-; north
west cities to other parts or the coun
try - and the excellent climatic condi-
ttons-,riere are- said to have' brought
forcefal attention - to the great' outlook
for-development Of the Industries here,
Big Interests, said to 1 be the '"Big
Fourv M the sacking world Swift, Ar
mour,, Cudahjiand' Morris are said to
be back of the present attempt 'to se
cure - controf 0:f leading creameries up
and down the Pacific coast. - indications-
point to this city being made
headquarters for th industry: y -
Swift & Co. are at present installing
a big creamery plant, at the. cold stor
age plant pf the .Union "Meat company,
corner Fourth ; and,. Gliaan streets. - A
short time ago the -company purchased
one- of , the leading creameries- of .the
northwest; when it; took possession 1 of
the Norway Creamery company at Nor
way.. Or.:- The-plant. e now being op
erated by th Bwtrt interests. , y .;.
v while the creamery butter trade has
been , aware for. some time that big in
terests were negotiating for various big
plants which would effectively .control
the, butter output and market along the
Facitlc coast, the promoters f the en
terprise have . thus far . been able . to
keep well in .the background.'- The rep
resentativee of the big packers here
say they' are 'unable to confirm the re
ports, therefore the trade Relieves that
representative of w big people has
been sent direct from tne east.-
It Is stated . that, the Industry , here
will ,be stimulated to such an-extent
within a few years that, the trade will
no longer be forced to send east for nine
tenths of its supplies.? s
lD.UP.BAflK;LOCK
r
Nevada City. Caiv May i S.-T elephone
reports here from firas Valley say that
ihe First jNationarhank'tliPre was. held
p this afternoon and its officials locked
n .ths vault by bandits,, who 'escaped.
It 1 not- yet known how muchloot was
secured. : -..--.. ,
ha .
founc
light jX
strlppd
lsh and v
are not
them, to ki
they xeplledX
nd tell how fc
They, said that 1
man, there they
same dose. -.
' Struck When r.
Thea I Was ordereU .
R nil ,1 frl trl n,nnarl T ...
and-at every false, note I
ins lace. 1 was gnociced o
times while I was trylnjc to bi
they made- me pray.- r.ii... ,. v
''My' Own -cane was, used, too, a.v
Instrument Of torture. Being unusuaw
strong. I was able to stand what. thei-,
did, even when my intestines were lac
erated by one of their devices. . ; .
. rAfter;; amusing themselvs, for half
an hour, the men ran about me in pairs
: -t . (Continued on Page Five.)
-..,.
ITHA
fdlOTtiflcatloi3.tMa1d.posl5ible ;
I by; Beit; Soldier Apparently
- Stopped to Drink,-Drowned,
'.-',v-;' V' ' ' ' ' ' ' ''''tX' - -' 3 v , ,;i
i.!:',''X!.r:--':'':!)'-' ""; ''':, -v ' ;-,.:i ;
. . 1 - tSreclsl te The JoemaM C. '
Astdrla, Qr., May l.- Positive Men
tl float ton. of the skeleton found on Ma
shawba creek was made yesterday as
being - that - of George, Mil&s, a member'
of Company O," Third Infantry,' Oregnn
National Guard and son , of peruty
Sheriff Miles of Oregon. I'Uy. Tlis
young'man disappeared during the en
campment at' Columbia Beach last Au. .
gust, snd ' while search was made at
that time for the missing soldier, ail ef
forts proved futile., i-. '. : '
. When Miles left the soldto camp at
the time of his disappears St, he was
wearing -a belt belonging to Mr. Price, 1
the cornpany Cook, and this belt, wluoh -Was
found yesterday,' was one of Ihe
atropgeat points leading to the Mfntlft- -'
cation, of the remains. It' is spparent -from
; the' position- of the vartmin arti
cles of clojlt'lng found and otder rlhrov
erles'mado that Miles must hnvp'hepn
demented. - He , evidently removed his '
Clothing 1 piece by pleco, - then toii;.1!
over f get a drtnk of 'water and a
drowned. The water at the place whr
tha skeleton was found was viy ei ai-
low, :; ' . ' '
''The younn uian's'-fatticr. In rfmira- y
,wlthvKhannon and Prlt e, th. l"'l 1 ' .''s
coiiraiit. arrlvedshei-e je.t! lw, ; '.
Miles thiouglilv
-I t' i'.
tliev Skeleton wa. tliyt i '
left here wtth ti n i. r. " -Ing.jfor
C'.r-inVn :.;' an t f
services in he 1 1
SKELETON
FOUND
m3-y--x--i-X-m
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