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About Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1905-1917 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1914)
KJThe Herald, the o ld estab lished reliable newspaper of the Coquille Valley in which an “ ad" always brings results V O L. 32, T he C oquille H erald C O Q U I L L E , C O O S C O U N T Y , O R E G O N , T U E S D A Y , F E B R U A R Y 3 , 19 1 4 . N O . 19 CITYDIRECTORY Fraternal and Bene'bolent Orders A t’ , & A. M.—Regular meeting ol . Chadwick Lodge No. 68 A. F. & A. M.. at Masonic Hall, every Saturday night in each month on or before the full moon. D. D. Piaacx, W . M. K. H. M ast . Secretary. K. H.—Regular meeting of Beulah . Chapter No. 0, second and fourth Friday evening» of each month, in Ma sonic Hall. M aby A. P ikbck , W . M. A nna L awbence Sec., O O. O. F .—Coquille Lodge No. 6 3 ,1 .0 . _ . O. F., meets every Saturday night n Odd Fellow» Hall. C. H. C leave », N. G. J. 8. L awbence , Sec. I A M lF .ltKBEKAH LODGE, No. 20 X. O. O. F., meet» every second and fourth Wednesday night» in 'hid Fellow» Hall. E mily H ekbey , N. G, A nnie L awbence , Sec. M SYNOPSIS OF MANY EVENTS THE NEWS IN TABLOID FORM Condensed for the Quick As similation of Busy Men and Women— General Round- l'p of a Wide Scope Ex-Senator Cullom, of Illinjis, is dead. The rebels iu Haiti are gaining ground. Great profit*is found in fox-farm / ' a OQUILLE ENCAMPMENT, No. 25 ing in Alaska. I. O. O. F., meet» the first and third The city of Panama has just cel Thursday night» in Odd Fellows Hall. J. 8. B abton , C. P. ebrated its 241st birthday. J. 8 .L awbence , Sec. Congress is still chewing over nights of pythias .—Lycurgu» Lodge No. 72, meet» Tuesday nights the second class postage rates in W. O. W. Hall. , „ u The "red light district” in Wash R. R. W atson , K R. S. O. A. M intonye , C. C. ington, D. C. is to be eliminated. t t YTIIIAN SISTERS—Justus Temple Turkey and Bulgaria are reported 1 No. 35, meets first and Third Mon to have made an alliance against day nights iu W. O. W. Hall. Greece. M sb . G bobgi D a v i s , M. E. C. M bs . F hko L iskoab , K. of R. The number of people killed ED MEN—Coouille Tribe No. <6, 1. while climbing the Alps last year O. R. M., meets every Friday night was 102. in W. 0 . W. Hall. „ t J. 8. B abton , Sachem. A boy in his teens at New York A. P. M illeb , C. of R. has confessed to participating in 80 W. A .— Regular meetings o f Bea- . ver Camp No. 10.550 in M. W . A. bomb outrages. Hall, Front street, first and third Sat Twenty-five persous were killed urdays in each month. C. D. H u d so n , Consul. in New York in December, making Li, H. I b v in e , Clerk. 302 for the year. N. A.— Regular meeting of Laurel Emperor William recently cele . Camp No. 2972 at M. W. A . Hall, Front street, second and fourth Tues brated his 55th birthday with very day nights in each month. impressive ceremonies. M a b y K ebn , Oracle. E dna K elley , Rec. President Wilson is opposed to O. W .— Myrtle Camp No. 197, the exemption of coastwise shipping • meets every Wednesday at 7 :30 from Panama canal tolls. p. in. at W. O. W. Hall. Lee Currie, C. C. The custom of celebrating Chi J ohn L eneve , 8ec. nese new year is dying out among VENINGTIDE CIRCLE No. 214, meets second ami fourth Monday the Celestials of this country. nights in W . O. W. Hall. Memorial services for the battle O ba X . M auby , G. N. ship Maine will be held at Arling M aby A. 1’ ikrce , Clerk. ARMERS UNION.— Regular meet ton National cemetery on Feb. 15 ings second and fourth Saturdays in Christian X . king of Denmark, each month in VV. O. W. Hall. F bank B ubkholdeb , Pres. Is the first reigning monarch to O. A. M intonye , Sec. make speeches into the phonograph. The South Caroliua legislature r a t e r n a l a i d no . 398, meet» the second anil fourth Thursdays each has gone on record in favor of tak month at W. O. W , Hall. ing the ballot away from the negro. M bs . C has . E vland , Pres. M bs . L oba H abbington , Sec. A great steamship rate war is commencing between the Hamburg- Educational Organizations and Clubs American line and the North Ger f ' o u u T l l e e d u c a t i o n a l man Lloyd. LEAGUE—Meets monthly at the High School Building during the school The Japanese question is again year for the purpose ol discussing edu coming to the front through Japan’s cational topics. hKNA A edebson , Pies. inquiry as to what we are going to E dna M inahd , Sec. do about those California land laws O KEEL KLUB—A business men’s Under the new tariff, imports of social organization. Hall in Laird’ » building, Second street. goods from foreign lands were $50,- A. J. S hebwood , Pies. 000, 000 less for October and Nov F bed S lagle , See. ember than for the same period of o m m e r c ia l c l u b j . e . N ob - ion K R M R W E F F K C President; J. C. S avage , Secretary Transportation Facilities t -'RAINS—Leave, south bound 9.00 a. L m. and 3:00 p. m. North bound i O :40 a. m. ami 4 ;40 p. m. _______ Six boats plying on the Co B OATS— quille river afford ample accommo dation lor carrying freight and passon gem to Bandon and way points. Boats I eave at 7 :30, 8 :30, 9 :20 and 9 :C0 a. m. and at 1:00, 3 -.30 and 4 :4o p. nr.. L. Laird, proprietor. S TAGE—J. parts 6:30 p. m. for loscburg De via Myrtle Point, carrying the United States mail and pasengers. A. F. Linegar, post P OSTOFFICE.— master. The mails close as follows: Myrtle Point 8:40 a. m. and 2:35 p. ui. Marshfield 10:15 a. in. and 4:15 p. m. Bandon and way points, Norway and Arago 12:45 p. in. Eastern mail 4:45 a. m. Eastern mail arrives 10: a. m. City and County O fficers M a y o r.................... ,’R. H. Mast City Attorney...... ......... 1 Engineer................. _._.P. Marshal ...................... C. A. Evernden Night Marshal ...................John Hurley Water Superintendent S. V. Epperson Fire Chie:.........................Walter Oerding Councilnien—D. D. Pierce, C. T. Skeels W. C. Laird, G. O. Leach, W. H. Ly ons, Leo J. Cary. Regular meetings first and third Mondays each month. ....... Ned C. Kelley John T. Hall County Judge Commissioners—W. T. Dement, Geo. J. Armstrong Clerk ..................... ....... James Watson ........... W. W. Gage ..... T. M. Dimmick T. J. Thrift Raymond E. Balter School Supt. A. N. Gould Surveyor F. E. Wilson Coroner............. . Dr. Walter Culin Health Officer FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL for The Herald Industrial Welfare Commission Issues Notice of Provisions of Ruling Which becomes Effective Feb. 7th (By J. E. Jones) T H E P R O B L E M S OK M E X IC O The-characteristic Mr. Dooley once related that "Napoleon had an army of ten thousand men^ he marched them to the top of the hill; but who marched them back again?" Naturally, "it was Mr. Dooley ” And just about in the same illogi cal manner the armies ol the Unit ed States have been moved to the Mexican border, only to be "marched bark again.” It has happened many, man\ times since that eventful day more than two years ago when President Taft “ made it clear that he was getting ready to do something.” Army posts have been deserted, and the soldiers after a few weeks on the border have been “ marched bark »gain,” — and then some more! These events speak for the patience of the American people. In the Congress discussion of Mexico is almost taboo, and even the critics of the Administration policy bridle their utterances. But cow legisla tion affecting the Mexican situation is continually coming up. A short time ago Senator Ashurst proposed a barb wire lence along the Mexi can border. One has but to recall San Juan Hill to find the reason. Now Senator Sheppard has a bill for a government highway along the Rio Grande, and of course the object is to facilitate the movement of troops. Still another measure before Congress provided lor means to increase the army to a war basis, Uncle Sam is gradually pulling at his foot straps, but looks troubled, and those at Washington who can best observe how he chews at the straw between his teeth, know that he is hoping that he will escape the unpleasant task of intervening iu Mexico. S IM P L Y F Y IN G P O S T O F F IC E Tlr WOIMINISH E I S El)R WOM ^ NOTES ON THE PHOTOPLAYS Of Interest to Those Who Patronize the Movies The announcement of Margarita Fischer’s engagement to appear in a new braud ol motion pictures, the first release of which is announced as "Withering Roses,” calls atten tion to the remarkable success of this actiess since the days, ten or twelve years ago, when she used to barn storm through this section at the head of her own little company The new brand is known as "Beau ty” and it is a product ol the Amer ican Company. Margarita Fischer and her husband will have the lead ing roles. BURG When the postmaster’s safe is robbed, and the mail is scattered helter-skelter about the premises, the first thing to be done is to noti fy the Department, which dispatches an inspector to the scene, and in the course of time the robber is likely to be caught. Sometimes this process takes a number of years In the meantime the postmaster and his bondsmen are debited at Washington for the few hundred or thousands of dollars, that may have been stolen. Heretofore it has tak en a special act of Congress to move the burden of responsibility for the loss from the postmaster and his surieties. Finally it has come to pass in this year of 1914 that the Senate of the United States has provided a means by which the Postoffiee Department may reim burse the postmasters; and should the House concur the period ol worry as to what will be "done about it at Washington” will be abbreviated. P E R Y E A R $ 1 .5 0 The New York Motion Picture The Herald is in receipt under P. M. of any day. This hour of Corporation turned out of its New date of Jan. 17, from the Industrial dismissal does not : pply to tele York factory during the year 1913 Welfare commission, of the follow phone and telegraph companies twenty-one million feet of film and ing notice and explanation of the confectionery establishments, res in addition to this the studio factory at Los Angeles, C»l., manufactured rulings of the Commission, with taurants and hotels. request that publicity be given them Said Order shall become effective seven hundred and fifty thousand feet of positive, which are kept on for the benefit of those who cannot from and after February 7, 1914 otherwise be reached These are After such Order is effective, it band as cold copies Of the film the only state wide rulings made by shall be unlawful for any employer used all over the world the United the Commission affecting adult in the State of Oregon affected Slatea probably produces three women workers'^ thereby to tail to observe and com "quarters, according to statistics com ply therewith, and any person who piled by Thos H. Ioce, vice-presi Portland, Ore., Dec, 9, 1913. violates said order shall be deemed dent of the above mentioned corpo Gentlemen: guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon ration. The value of these films is Take notice:-j-That pursuant to conviction thereof, shall be punish about $ 3 , 500 , 000 . The export trade the authority vested in it by the ed by a fine o( not less than twenty is enormous American films are General Laws of the State ol five dollars ($25) nor more than going to all the large foreign Oregon (Laws 1913, Chapter 62, one hundred dollars ($100) or by countries. Pages 92-99), and in accordance imprisonment in the county jail for Those who were irreligious with the determ nation by it today not less than ten days nor more enough to go to the Sceuic Sunday duly made and tendered: than three months, or by both such evening saw an evidence of the ex The Industrial Welfare Commis fine and imprisonment in the discre traordinary v, rsatality of that rising sion of the Stale of Oregon hereby tion of the Court. young actress Norma Talmadge, of orders that: Industrial Welfare Commission the Vjtagrsph company. Iu “ His (1) No person, firm or copora- of the State Oregon Sliver Bachelorhood” she had a role tion shall employ any experienced, EDW IN V. O ’ H A RA , chairman entirely different from any she has adult woman in any industry in the BERTHA MOORES, heretofore essayed, and to those who had seen her only in the "sweet young girl” parts into which her personality fils so well, her render Death and Havoc Blow In With ¡Dg of the character of the reckless, dissipated woman on the ragged New Year on Wings of Big Storm edge of respectability was a revela tion. Her make-up was extraordin arily true to type, and her acting was vividly realastic. The editor of thin paper claims some credit as a discoverer of this rising star of filmdom, as he recognized her ta lent when she was still playing mi- nor parts. L A R IE S •¡Job Printing— N ew presses new material and experienced workmen. A guarantee that Herald printing will please OREGONI W \ BRIEFLY TOLD EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK Transpiring in Oregon Boiled Down to Least Number of Lines and Yet Make the Subject Understood. A 14-foot tide visited Ysquins bay last Tuesday. Salem’s city finances are reported in good condition. Prospects for dry farming are ex cellent in Klamath county. Eugene will vote on a bond issue ol $25,000 for an O. N. G. armory. Revival meetings are being held at the Baptist church in Indepen dence. High water swept out the new fish ladder at the Umpqua dam near Roseburg last week. Circulators of petitions will be excluded from the Multnomah coun ty courthouse hereafter. Plaus for the government build ing at Portland will be drawn on s basis of $1,000,000 cost. A boy of 16 has been captured at Lentz, after committing two small burglaries and a hold-up. The new $100.000 classroom and administration building at the U. of O. is to be ready for occupancy by Feb 1, 1915. The Douglas county court has placed the inheritance tax on the estate of the late Edward W. Spar row at $2348.40. The Oregon Retail Hardware and Implement Dealers Association held its eighth annual convention in Portland last week. The steamer Camino, of the Ar row line, which ’ha-; oevn plying between Portland and San Francis co, has been tied up for lack of bus iness. The lumber manufacturers of this state and Washington will inaugu rate a nation-wide campaign of ed ucation iu the uees of wood pro ducts. Dr. C. J. Smith’s announcement of his candidacy for governor has split the Democratic party into fac Deputy Gime Warden James tions and the merry war is com Thomas has just returned from the mencing. headwaters of the South Fork of C. C. Murton, a business man of the Coquille aud during the trip Portland, after voting for 22 years had it clearly demonstrated how aud being a notary public lor tie destructive varmints are to wild last five years, has just discovered gaane. that he is not a citizen. I9>2. At the ranch of J. C. Warner, on The dairymen of Klamath Falls Directors of the National City the new Smith-Power road, he are about to organize a creamery Bank, the largest financial institu found that Mr. Warner had juBt association and farmers union, to P h o to s c o p y r ig h t, 1914, by A m e r ic a n P r e s s A s s o c ia tio n . tion in the United States, have vot killed four panthers, the mother handle all sorts of goods and cut ed to join the Federal reserve sys AVOC and shipwreck from one of the severest storms of recent years and three yearling cubs. Mr. War out the middleman. blew In with the new year on the Atlantic coast Mountainous seas tem. and terrific winds smashed bouses and hotels in many summer resorts ner is a brother in law of Carl Al Thirty thousand dollars of the An invention of rubber plating along the New Jersey and Long Island shores, causing an estimated brecht of Marshfield. He missed Highway Commissiou Fund is to property loss of $1.000,000. The storm caused one of the oddest sea disasters on battleships is being tested by some calves aud started hunting be used in building a road from of late years It battered the great oil tank steamer, the Oklahoma, the largest the British government, the inven of tts kind flying the American flag, until the ship broke In two. The after half for them and found the carcasses Wasco to Biggs in order to relieve tion consisting of layers of rubber sank, carrying most o f the crew o f forty to their death. The fore half floated, of nine deer, all of which bad been the unemployed situation in the due to its water tight bulkheads bolding, and.eight o f the officers and crew between steel plates. lied w,tbin two weeks. He got state. were saved by the liner Bavaria. Five others who put off In a lifeboat whe« A fireproof building at Copen the after half sank were later saved. One of these pictures shows the for« his dogs and started trailing the The Oregon Wholesale Grocers hagen is now used to preserve mov T H E L I T E R A R Y T E S T F O R I M M I part of the oil ship still afloat and the Bavaria standing by. It wns taken from vurmmts and soon bagged tbn four, Association, of Portland, has seut GRANTS another ship which answered the wireless cull for help when the Oklahoma ing-picture films and phonograph but was unable to find three panther to Washington a protest against One of the last acts of President began to get into trouble off the New Jersey shore. The other picture showa records that promise to be of historic kittens.— Coos Bay Times. a bouse wrecked by the storm at Seabright. N J. Lafferty's pure food bill requiring Taft was to veto the literary test interest. It is the first of its kind. the date of packing to be placed on provided for immigrants entering week. A general campaign is to be con AM EDEE M. SMITH the labels of canned goods. our ports. Now the Democrats of State of Oregon, paid by time rate ducted by organizers of the Ameri (2) The maximum weekly the House Rules Committee have of payment, at a weekly wage rate Attest: Jeannette Van Zile, from North hours shall be 54. The maximum can Federation of Labor through passed favorably upon the Burnett of less than eight dollars and twen Caroline J. Gleason Bend, and Myra Grissen, from Eu hours for any day are fixed by the out the country in an effort to un immigration bill which provides a ty-five cents ($825) a week, any gene, escaped from the state indus Secretary. ionize the 100,000 government em state lawcat to. lest of this kind for foreigners com lesser amount being hereby declared trial school one day last week, only Notice: Your attention is re ployes. (3) In some occupations suf inadequate to supply the necessary ing to America. to be captured within a few blocks There are now about 2,000,000 cost of living to such women work spectfully called to Section 9 of ficient experience may be had in a and returned to the institution. H O W T O G R O W T H IN Chapter 62, General Laws of Ore few days or a few weeks to warrant automobiles in the world. In the Since leaving the White House ers and to maintain them in health. A meeting was held in Portland gon 1913, which provides that ev the weekly wage of $8.25. In case United States there are 1,127,940; on March 4 former President Taft (2) Nor shall such person, firm in Great Britian 415, 838; in conti has reduced eighty pounds in or corporation employ women in ery employer effected by this order employers in such occupations fail last week to organize a state-wide nental Europe 273,5rt; in other weight, his receipt being diet and any industry iu the State of Oregon shall keep a copy posted in a con to establish voluntarily a reason Republican club, and the first prop parts of the world (estimated) 92, exercise. F'ormer President Roose tor more than fifty-four (54) hours spicuous place in each room in his able term for experienced workers, osition to come up was a slate of establishment in which women the Commission will call conferen candidates tiefore tbe primaries and 500. velt has been fighting for years a week. workers wotk. ces and fix appropriate terms of ex fight for tbe exclusion of other can The Senate lobby committee has against too much lat, and he fre (3) Nor shall any such person, didates. perience. The present ruling sim found out that Canada has paid the quently goes out and chops down a firm or corporation pay inexperi That the County Attorney Bill E X P L A N A T I O N O F I. W C . O R ply indicates that in no occupation Western Newspaper Uniou $42,000 few trees or builds several hay enced, adult women workers em D E R N O. 5 will more than a year’s experitnee passed by the last Legislature is a year for the past twelve years to stacks when he is at home in Oy ployed by time rate of payment, at (1 a) The minimum wages fixed be required. In case several month's constitutional, and that no County circulate reading matter about the ster Bay. The German Kaiser is a rate of wages less than six dollars dominion, to attract settlers from also too fat, notwithstanding the ($6 00) a week. And the maximum by this ruling are wage rates. Con experience is required, it would be Attorneys are to be elected until the 1916 general election, is the sub this country. fact that be has been on the water length of time such workers may sequently, experienced employes in accord with the purpose of the stance of an opinion rendered by law to have a gradual step-up in the working for less than a lull week The "simplified system" of ac wagon for several months, and it te considered inexperienced in any Attorney-General Crawford. counts introduced in the Treasury is reported that be is exercising on industry shall not exceed one year. are to receive a pro rated wage; i e. rate of wages from the beginners’ wages until the rate of $8.25 a week The Postoffice Department has at least $1.37 a day and proportion Department during Taft's adminis the woodpile with success. Glad (4) No person, firm or corpora advised Senator Chamberlain it | is reached. ately for parts of a day. tration necessitated the employment stone used to chop wood in order to tion owning or conducting any mer (4) It is not intended to in cannot grant the request of the (b) In occupations where pay of over fifty additional clerks, calls place bimselt in good fighting con cantile, manufacturing or laundry now tor forty more, and has result- , dition when things were at thtir establishment in the State of Ore ment is made by piece rate, the piece clude in the order lor 8:30 P. M. Jackson County officials for a fur O f all gon shall employ women workers rate must be so regulated that “ the dismissal, any occupation, the very ther allotment from the Federal ap ed in getting the accouuts into a best in English politics. hopeless muddle which it seems tm -1 these and many more instances, i in such establishment later than the a verage ordinary worker” may earn | nature ol the service of which re propriation for co-operative road improvement in Jackson County. (Continued on second page) * hour of eight-thirty (8:30) o’clock at least $8.25 in a fifty-four hour quires night work. possible to clean up. Slaughter by Varmints H