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'5P;i j ; wj' j HE NEWS FROM THE FRONT IS CONSIDERABLY BEHIND THESE DAYS ...' n'f wwifcciiniiiMiiiii'ii m. ,. '4aawi3tdj STIRRING TIMES ffijwa law Wimm Are these days of wnr am Dld- EVERY DAY There appears some Item of news In the advertising colunuig of The Tlmos news of the day's 'Heat Buys" to hn fniiml In flip vnrlntis stores. Thn havo' MH hntyvledRO of the latest i.n.cntlc news. Subscribe for The Times, and rend the events of the woman who rends nnd heeds these i day ench evening. 'news Items ' Is the one w. o conducts her household economically. MEMBER OP Till; ASSOCIATED PRESS OL NO. XXXVIII. Established 1878 as Tho Const Mall. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1914 EVENING EDITION. A Consolidation of Tltnc. Cwwt Mull nml Coot Hay Adverrimr No. 68. BOSTON DEFEATS PHILADELPHIA SEVEN TO ONE IN FIRST GAME FLANK li'EBT SWiEiGS efrikl HlWfiMPfll W9B9 1 J hL 5faL'. U jjHI 'fH r UW'VflrlVWflllMMflilHHHHHHHHLl PEN IKS FLOOD COUNTRY loooiocinoFirop Heavy Artillery Continues to Bombard Last Belgian Stronghold chief Bender, Hero of Diamond VVIlllu mimu rujiiiiiiy uuiiuiiuutj hiuiiij rrencn 1 and English Battle Line. hlKES OPENED IN FUTILE EFFORT TO b I AT AUVAIVUt Ur KAISbK'S FOHCES TODAY, Refugees Report Terrible Havoc Wrought in Antwerp by Bombs v,e 2?PQ PeP,e ?ee Connie Batted from Box for First . Time. RUDOLPH PITCHES TEAM TO VICTORY Boston Outhit Athletics And Fires Conflicting Reports Concerning Action of King Albert in Crisis. fnr 4I1 Trwi l n Tlinm SI1I11E PARK. I'll lade lihln. Oct THE HAGUE, Oct. 9 TllC boillbarduiCllt OJ! Antwerp's O Tho Boston llraves. iH.nnnnt win- t illlior J'Ol'ts aild Olltlyillg parts ()f tllO city Started at 12:30 ncra In the National l.enKuo, and thol UB droe hits In three tliu.n up over forty hours. Sovernl women stood In tho lino slnco daybreak, rhs day was warm. Tho grounds wcio hard and suited to fast baseball, The betting favored tho Athletics two to one. Hoston sent their slow b.ill box man, Dick Rudolph, to. tho pitching mound. Tho Amorlcnn Leigucm picked tho Indlnn Chief llcnde Goudy nml Itudolpli llentos. The noston Natlonnls easily ran nway with tho Philadelphia Athletic. Hoston irovn llcndcr from the box. Rudolph pIMhed a wonder'ui game. dowdy was melon's hitting htrr. iet and G 11 IK'ODlC f the Amerlcnn I.eauuo. clashed today In the first battle for tho wor'd's championship or 1914, resulting In a 7 to 1 victory for Hoston. Some 22, 000 persons saw tho opening engage ment nnd tunny wore turned away, being unable to obtain admission. Tho vast ronchea of Shlbo Park were choked to capacity long before gnmo time. Tho outfield stnnd was filled shortly after being thrown opt.ii JIIV . w ' -- if - -QJ A- ----- - - -ft, ......... w... . w W...W.M ..Vt tlllllWItKI lVtllVl till 11 ilM Uliursday morning. At noon the city was burning in four Philadelphia. Athletics, cimmpions o places. It is reported nml tlie inner ions no. 4 have been silenced. The exodus of panic stricke of Antwerp continues. The dikes were opened and the sur rounding country Hooded. . The Germans on Saturday spent sixteen hours in a ter rific artillery duel in an effort to ford tho Noth. The Belgians held ground and with n great sacrifice and unwonted the (lernians from crossing. The Germans wore unwilling to lose men in the assault and decided to v.idui the broach m the iortilications bv bombarding the nl l0r, " ,fh0 first in iir. forts bolwoen the rivers Sonne and Schollt, which wore un- for 8cn,K Ul u"8 80cl,on had WB,tod able to hold out against the steady down pour of shells and thus the first line oi delensos wore destroyed, nnl attack the Germans hurried 200,000 men Tlie Germans are boring a hole through the Uolg juice like a tunnel through a mountain, in which progress no mercy was shown. "Whatever interferes, villages, ehiu'hos, schools, factories, are wiped out with a steady pre cision, the road from .Brussels to Antwerp is one liiie of ruins. n. Tho final scoro was: It. II Boston, 7 11 2 I'litladcltihln 1 0 Tho scoro by Innings: Hoston IltiilB ...02001301 07 lilts ....02012312 011 Philadelphia Runs ....0 100 0 000 0 I Hits ....11010001 1'lcnt Inning, First half. Mornii fouled out to (Continued on pngo eight.) ANTWERP AND MORTH SEA TODAY General Von Kluck and Allies Continue in Titanic Struggle to Outreach Adversary and Many Battles are Being Merg ed into Great Conflict. ' IF ANTWERP HOLDS OUT MUCH LONGER. IT MAY BE SCENE OF DETERMINING BATTLE ul siil'iik aim aSFRENCH REPORT BATTLE CON- Military Fortunes of Rival Commanders Will Soon be Made or Marred in Terrific Effort to Outdo Each Other Rapidly Nearing North Sea Limit. (ny Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) LONDON, Oct. 9. The military fortunes of General Von Kluclc and his one-armed adversary commanding the allies' cavalry are being rapidly made or marred within the sight of tlie North Sea, which sots the limit to the oub .''lanking movements, the accomplishment for which has: boon for so long tho supremo goal of the rival generals. The storm center gradually has extended Northward. Tim battle of Aisne already boon merged into the battle of: i GjSonnno and the battle of Lys, and if the long loft tentacle of the allies continues to stretch out, the finals of titanic M niggle may bo fought on the banks of Scheldt and decide the fate of Antwerp. JL WAR TIES W T III 0 ANTWERP PARIS, Oct. 9. Tho following official announcement was made this afternoon: "The general situation has un dergone no change. On our left wing two opposing bodies of cavalry are still operating to the North of Lille and La- ntsso anu me name continues along tne line niaruod bv re WRECKS AWFUL 0A1AGE AHERE ri t FLAMES ADO TO HORRORS OF rnn nrnmruvn or uimi-nn iioui 7 V " ..... ....". ". "i incur oi catuodorai at Antwerp nan iiogun Jiiursday mor- CflD DCCinCMTC fit M I m CDC RJIIIrI om.lA l,Avmst Braysur Soinnio, (haules, U'oye and nil,K 1U1(1 n,al riro had broken out inmaiiv platM's. The rUl IILU UlK U UP WW H UU lUW ,J)ln;V i , m. , ,. , , '" are using 1(1 inch I lowitzors wSirterriblo effect (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) LONDON, Oct. 9. A dispatch from Ghent, dated Thurs day says "An officer whom 1 met states that tho bombard ment of cathodoral at Antwerp had begun Thursday nior- (lly Associated Press to Coos Hay Times,) LONDON, Oct. 9. During the bombardment of Ant werp Thursday night, is estimated shells fell at the rate: of 20 a minute. "Many1 civilians wore killed. In addition! to the Law Courts and Museum, which were damaged by shells, fire broke out in manv places in the city. i u -s-01. Aas..thop-psl-.'18.. g.o-.. shrd shrdl cmfwypp (lly Absoclnted Piohb to Coos lluy Times.) AMSTERDAM, Out. 9. Uninterrupted thunder of gun was heard at Rozndael, 20 miles North of Antwerp, throughout the night. The firing slackened a little while in the early morning, but it has since resumed. The sky last night was red with flames of Antwerp. boon an artillery contest along tho on tire front. In raino, Vosges and Alace there has boon no change." W IS Bf 801 FROM ALLIES' AVIATOR ing employed for destruction of the city itself. An airship which dropped bombs on Law Courts was subjected to ter rific fire and must certainly have boon hit. The. borgomav it ; of Antwerp declared ho was resisting until the last. SERINS FLOODED S NEAR ANTWERP IN ADVANCE ll (Hy Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) BERLIN, (Via Amsterdam) Oct. 9. An official com munication says: " From the AVgsfo.rn scene of war no facts of decisive importance are mentioned. Small progress was made near St. Mihiql and Argonnes. Before Antwerp ion wrceimoiiK nas noon taicon ami an attaeic on tlie inner fort line has begun. The bombardment of that quarter of town lying behind was begun after declaration of coinman dor of the stronghold that he took tho responsibility. Air ship hangar at Dussondorf was hit by a bomb thrown by a hostile aviator. The airship was demolished. RUSSIA TAKES 10,000 AS PRISONERS IN EAST PRUSSIA (lly Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) LONDON, Oct. 9. '.Hie German heavy artillery is pounding Antwerp, the hist remaining stronghold of the Jiolgian annv, while the Gorman army to the west eontin ii's the struggle with the French and British. Beyond this little is known of todays developments in Belgium and -France. The situation at Antwerp is in doubt King Al bert is variously reported as leading part of the Belgian annv out, of flin Cit.v with intention probably effecting juncture with iintisli and jitcucii, aim as iiuvinj; "in,:ui,jnn frontier the I - lii..( 7"ii ii . ii. .J... i. .t:a..x -- i'iin uni iiiriiiiu i ocizare village on tne union irunuci. j-hu ivm& are nnnvinrr itifn TTnllmul nnd report terrible havoc wrought in Antwerp by the shells and tires. The most re- PKZErYSL IS ON FlUti font statement bv tho German war office said the Germans lhld Pi-osswl flin'flnnrlnd urea along the river NctllO. AC-. Ry Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) cordng to the French War office statement, the situation, HOME, Oct. 9. The Russian Ambassador, while deny- '(Ily Absoelated Press to Coos Day Times.) PARIS, Oct. 9. In recent battles along the East Prus- iussians took 30,000 prisoners and -10 unions, according to a dispatch from Petrograd. m tlie West has undergone no change, and with the excep tion of the artillery duel in AVievre district, nothing impor tant occurring in center of Eastern part or Eastern battle line. MINE WRECKS GERMAN VESSEL (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) COPENHAGEN. Oct. 9. A German fishing .vessel ing tho report that the garrison at Przemysl in Galicia had surrendered to the Russians added: "However the whole town is on fire and its capitulation is now inevitable. GERMANS IN EAST PRUSSIA . ' (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) L'QNDON, Oct. 9. The situation in East Prussia in bc- (;puung more and more like tnat in r ranco after tlie Uor- Tr -.v, .., v .-. - - i -nru' v...n. ..... .'....' i ,.i. i t: .1..: i ti i ii. was blown .up bv a German mine m Jjangeiana xsen ioim nmn invasion jihuium ujuh. uuuig unveu i mm rumim, mo of Denmark Tlie'Camain was killed but tne rest oi tne uennans areniaKiuga siuooorn sianu wuii rcintorcemems orew were saved. v ,from Koeiugsburg will doubtless give battle. A I T M T U M (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) VTENNA, Oct. 9. The following official announcement was issued today: "Our troops made furthor advances Wednesday and' repulsed the enemy on the road to Przem ysl, Pr.essow has boon recaptured and guns taken." In the territory between tho river Vistula and tho river San, we took many prisoners from the Russians. "Ronow de attacks on Promysl have boon repulsed and tho ene my's dead and wounded are counted by thousands. AVe have had a victorious battle at Siget, in Maramaros county Hungary and East Galicia. ANTENNA, ( Via Amsterdam) Oct. 9. The Austrian war office makes the following announcement: "To tho al ready announced successes of the Austrian troops is added the direct blow against the Servian troops who invaded Bosnia at Visegrad. Their Northern column moving against Ba.ja was repulsed and driven across the Drina with tho loss of their supply train. Tho main Servian forces who advanced on Roiunania wore routctl after a tw day battle. JAPS MOUNT SIEOE IX ON T I NEAR NO (By Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) PEKIN, Oct. 9. The Japanese have mounted siege guns on Prince Henry Mountain which entirely dominates all three of Tsing Tan forts. These forts are named Bis mark Moltke and Tltis and aro between three and four miles from the mountains. BRING YOUR JOB PRINTING' TO THE COOS BAY TIMES it,(V' rs-OVr- I7Smm a VBBttUBOiHai :--