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mmmaa HI I (in nHMMIHIHIIIIS lfeABl RjghtJo Believe Only Half Ym Hear, But Which Half? STIRRING TIMES Arc thcso clnys of war and blood ihcd. Il lfl Important that you baV0 full knowledgo of tho Intost authentic iiowb. Subscrlbo for Tho Times, nnd rend tho ovonts of tho day each evening, ylflos mmm MKMHHK OP Tills ASSOC1ATKO PKKSS EVERY DAY Thoro appears some ltom of "owa In tho advertising columns of Tho Time -nows of tho day's "Dcst Buys" to bo found In tho various 'stores. The . . . -... U.4M null tiAAria tnnsfl woman who roiwo ," "nows Items" Is tho ono who condticta nor uousenoiu ocoiiuimw'jj. VOL NO. XXXVIII. BERMANY Established 1H78 ns Tim Const Mnlt. MARSHFIELD, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 19 14-tEVENING EDITION. A Consolidation nf Times, Connt MnII nnd Poo Mnv Ailvorllsor No. 81 RUSHES. 60010 10 " :G I RIGHT Wllill ADVANCE! tmmaes report uains in Battle Atoms Yser Cam! Outcome of Battle on Line From Lille to Belgian Coast Determine Future of Kaiser's Campaign Against France. ' ZEPPELINS BEING RUSHED IN TO OFFSET AID Gl VEN ALLIES BY THEIR NAVY SAY KAISER WAS ALMOST CAPTURED TO KEEP OUT OE AMERICA No Details of Work of Zeppelins Told in News Dispatches Ex cept That Number of Aircraft is Being ' Constantly Increased. (JJy ABSOclntcd Itcbs to Coos Day Times.) LONDON, Oi 21. J3y mutual agreement both llio German nnd English newspapers characterize tho conflict along the front fi'om Lille in France to the IJolgian sea board as Hie greatest, struggle of all. London newspapers wore quick to seize the suggestion of Gorman military ex- j.. n...i il.:.. :,. ii... ., :..i i-i- i ..k n... .,. l'lTts mm linn in liiu crucial coin net OI 1110 W 11010 CHlll-' paign and whether this lie so, it is contended thai the out- eonio is likely to decide the future of tho Gorman op- orations in France. , Jteinforecincnts of G00.000 men arc said to have been rushed to the German right wing nnd it seems no exagger ation to say these operations spell the supreme effort of the Gorman invaders to break through the Allies' lines. Ueing denied the use of warships, which have been rcn-, tiering good service for (ho Allies, Germany is throwing her air crafts, particularly the Zeppolincs, more and more into the fray and nows dispatches relate the operations of, the Zeppelins have been marked features of tho fighting southwest of Ostend, toward which seaport the troops of, France, England and Belgium are said to bo working tlieir way. tor Annulet r! to coo nr Tim.j j I'KTIIOOUAI), Oct. 24. Soldiers from tho Warsaw front say thut Um poror William wns personally on tho field of battle. Uo wns almost taken raptlvo, they say, barely escaping by ricolng In an unto. 1 avii.so.v kou im:ack. Says Xv Tivntlrs Will .MnUu Koi-rc Uiinm-vmry. Uf AHoelit.J I'mi id Tool n, Tlmei. PITTSIIUIIO, Ort. 2 I. -Tho pence commission trontlos of tho kind no Kotlatod botweon tho United Stntos and ninny foreign countrlos were Bpokeu of here today by President Wilson ns a moans for "shedding light" on dispute which will mnlo tho mo of force unnecessary. Pro'sl dent Wilson nddrossod a mass moot ing In celebration of the sovontloth anniversary of tho Y. M, C. A. movement. .MOItK HOVAII'V. IDjr AiwwUtM rm la Cool ny TlmM.) MADIUI), Oct. 21,-sA son was horn 111 Ik morning to Quoon Vle toila of Spain, lie Is tho nuceu's I sixth child, the others being I throe sous and two daughters. Annnimnn Tnrlnv Tlmt Thnv Have Thrown Great Force GERMANS across stream BATTERED ENGLISH FORCES HGHT HARD Sir John French's Army Fifty Miles Northwest of Mons , ' Day's News - (Or AmocUtcl rnia lo Coot ruir TlmM BERLIN, Oct. 2-1. G or-1 man oinciai announcements today say: "Fighting con tinues severely around tho Yser Canal. In the North we succeeded in crossing the canal with great forces. East of Ypres and southeast of Lille our troops have been slowly advancing." ENGLISH REPORT in AmocIiIMTttm'Io Com mr Tjmcf J LONDON, Oct. 21. The Admiralty report says: "All yesterday the monitors and other British vessels fought in concert with the Belgian army. All the Gorman at tacks on Nieupert were repulsed." F BEPOR GERMANS GAIN I IN PUCES AND LOSE OTHERS Declares Changes Along BattleLine are Inevitable Fluctua tions in Line of Combat Kaiser's Forces Close in on Dlxmude " .,i . ALLIES CLAIM GAINS MADE AROUND LILLE AND ARMENTIERRES AND WOEVRE DISTRICT (Or AitotUtM rrf to Coot IU, TlmM. WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. i Gorman Ambassador Von llornstorff said today that early In tho European war he had assured the United Btntes that whatovor tho outcomo of tho conflict, Uormany would respect tho Monroe doctrine. Count llernntorfr snld ho hnd filed with the Stato Dopattmout on Sop-j tembor n, soon after IiIh arrival In' this country from lturlln, a written I official statement that (lormnny would not InfrltiKO on the Monroe doctrine, uo mntter what tho outcome1 of tho war. He said the statement, una made because of llrltlsh rtBHor tlons that (lermnuy would not respect the Monroo doctrine and would not tempt colonization bcIioiuus In South Ameilca. GRMAKS CLOSING IN DAILY ENCH FORGES AI ENDED TODAY, 0 (Ily Ahsodntod Press to Coos Hay TIiiioh.) t LONDON, Oct. 24. Tho Gorman ring around Verdun is becoming closer daily, says tho Cologne Giro.lto. All French attacks have been iii vain. Colonor Grey, brother or tho British Foreign Secretary, who was captured when mi aero)lano wns brought down by the Germans, has been sent to tho prisoners' cam) at .Darmstadt. ENGLAND HOPES (JDEH HAS BEEN SUNK 00 CAPTURED , 1 Second Session of Sixty-third Meeting Finally Adjourned Sine Die I )jr AmooUIM I'm lo Co. lit Time. ) WASHINGTON, I). C, Oct. 21. The kociind soeslou of tho sixty-third Congross ondod today when both homos adopted losolutlona adjourn ' lug at 4 p. in. to tho Uocombor sob slon, Tho rlllbuRtorlng of tho south ern mombors for legislation to ro leo tho cotton situation collapsed at tho lost moment nftor holding up tho adjournment for throe days. At the opening of the afternoon soselon tho Houso passod n resolution to adjourn, 6(1 to 27, and the Senate then also passed a resolution to adjourn nnd both houses marked timo iinui l. STAT t'H OK H ATT I ,K. Sir .lolui IVciicIi'm Hatlercil KiikINIi I'oiccm Klulltllltf llltlll. fn, AmoOHwI rr. to Owl ll TtniM ) LONDON, Oct. 2 1. Two months iiko the llrltlsh army hoKnu a re treat from Mons. Today tho buttered forces of Sir John French are fifty uillei northwest of Mons. In the lu tei'venliiK peilod tho Impetuous Cler mnu advance peuotrated almost to the Kntos of Paris, only to he hurled back. Todny's reports throw llttlo now light on tho course of tho battle On tho flKhtliiK on tho plaliiR of Klan dors, In tho opinion of tho Germans, French nnd Hrltlsh, deponds In n largo monsuro tho outcomo of the wholo cnmpalRU, A French official Htatomout admits that tho Oormans hnvo advanced to tho north of Dlx mudo and In tho neighborhood of La basseo, but ns n counter stroke tho French cli.Im to havo pushed for ward from Nlouport nnd In tho roglon hotwoon Arnirntleres and Lille. I'e troRrad ropoits a continuation of the pursuit of the Oormans retreating from Warsaw and admits an unex pectedly stubborn reslHtanco to the ItiiSBlnn offensive from tho Austrlans on tho Itlvor San. WASHINGTON (2AM I :. llr AoclIM Prttii In root in, TlmM.) 8UATTLI3, Wash., Oct. 21. Ti.o Uulvenilty of WashliiKton football team opened the neiiBou hero today wlicn It met Whitman College. Washington has not lost a gnmo In six years and tho oloven In dotermlueil to ndd tho seventh northwest championship to Its string of consecutive victories. Paris Announces That Russia Has Germans Retreating Near Warsaw and That Austrians Lost Large Number of Prisoners Near Pryemysl. . (Dy Associated l'rcss to Coos Day Times.) PARTS, Oct. 2J.An official statement issued this af ternoon follows: "Tho battle continues on our left wing. The enemy has made progress to the north of Dixnmdo and in the vicinity of Labassoo. Wo, havo made very per ceptible advances lo tho East of Nieuport, in tho region of Langemarck and in the region between Anncntiores and Lille. It is a question of inevitable' fluetuations in tho lino of combat, which however, maintains itself as a whole. On tho rest of tho front German attacks by day and night were repulsed. At various points "wo made slight progress, in the AVoovro district, our advance con tinued in tho direction of north of Mortmare to the south of Thiaeourt, and in tho Lo Poire forest, north of Pont A Mousson. Tho Russians have the Germans retreating lo tho south, of "Warsaw as well as the west of Ivangorod and Nova Alexandria. Desperate fighting continues in Galicia on the Sandomir front. At pryemysl the Jvussiaus havo ta ken 2000 Austrian prisoners." ISTRIANS CLAIM TO HAVE -jra:Ticav3 (Ily Associated Press to Coos Day Tluies.) LONDON, Oct. 2L England is hoping today that the career of tho famous destroyer Emden is ended. Their liopc is based on two cryptic cables from Bombay, ono is Miwl by the Bombay government declaring all sea routes may bo considered reasonably safe from 9 p. m. of tho 21st, and the other an unconfirmed report from Bombay that the Emdcn has boon accounted for. ' HAY STREET NOW PROBABLE ONITE COOSTDN : AND EASTS! ELEVEN DIE IN TEXAS FLOOD Over 2000 Others Rendered Homeless Along San Pedro Alazan Creek II, AwocUlxl I'rrM to Cool Ilx TlmM. SAN ANTONIO, Tox., Oct. 21. Kellef work among tho destitute suf ferers from yesterday's flood along tho San I'edro and Alnznn crooks. In which eleven poisons wore drowned nnd two thousand were made home less, Is well under way today, Nearly 200 houses wore swopt away, Tho flood wns confined to the lowlands whoro tho poorer clnsKOH lived, Sev eral persons are still missing and It Is reared that the death list may bo Iik reused. E ALONG OLD PIONEER GROSSES DEVIDE IPS CAPTURE GERMAN SHIP WITHIN SIGHT OF HONOLULU! (ny Associated Press to Coos Bay Times.) HONOLULU, Oct. 2L Tn sight of marine observers ftt the mouth of the harbor, the Japanese battleship J I wen ttiDtin-Pfl tninxr o o...n rsni-inim tonin schooner, supposed-1 lv fi-mi, 4-l. -r V..-ii ti...i,. MM.,, lll'mi lma sif. Iin tilllO iu mu ..UlU'SUnil ISUUHIS. 1 liu J '-" ....-..--""" jutered territorial waters and it was not possible to learn "wpmo's name. . j ENGLISH SUBIAIUNE SUNK (ny Aisoclated Press to Coos Day Times.) 'LONDON, Oct. 24. Tho Admiralty today issued a list flf t ! i r T. .!i.'U ol,inv nn h.-li. With -- iw uineors ana men or nnuu BiniHu...m Vi thf statement it is feared no hope for the safety ot the Sllnmrine can -now be entertained. Berlin otticial dis fatches recently announced that the 1-3 was sunk Oeto-, feRth by German-warhiPS-in ,thQ m-m gn. ! Eastside Bids in Amount of Taxes Against Lots Whose i Owners Would Not Pay Kn.ststdo bid In tho amount ot taxes' levied against oath lot tor the open-, Iiik of McKay streot wllcli still re mained unpaid, this morning at the' Kastslde City hall. Tho amount In-1 olved Is 1-1,713. Attorney McClure romoustrated against tho sale being, made, stating thut he nppoaiod as a private- citizen and also as the rep-, ie6entatlve ot the Chad wick heirs In1 opposing the opening of tho new, streot for the trans-hay ferry, With this action completed tho cltkons of Kastslde are confident that' the streot will now be oponed Tho city has practically acceptod tho bid , of a contractor for tho completion of the elevated road to tho harbor line and a petition will now he pre sented to the county court asking that tho $200 which has boon desig nated for use In tho ropnhing of tho prosont elovatod road ho transferred to tho now project. Throe or four months ago this money was promised by tho county for this use proJdlng that Eastside could show that they would lavo tho long plor built at, oueo. Unable to do this tho county court thon gve orders to proceed' with tho ropalr of the present long pier. That tho work, as soon as Jt Is conimetnced, will bo enjoined, Is tho gonoral belief nnd this Is to be done on tho groundB thut the now plor Is1 unnecessary. To this arguniont Kaat sldo nolnts to their charter, which specifies that the council ma declare what streets shall b opened and henre. ha!ng declared tho opening of this street the improvement Is be ound court Jurisdiction To ralao t'o $4 715 tho city will probably Issuo warrants asalnst the city fund and then bond to taKo up .tbeapwnrrants. I Merger to Eastside Almost Unanimously Supported Ferry Connections Ily an overwhelming voto by the poopio of Coostou and kiibiuio iiio merger of tho two towns was of- , fected at tho eloctlou or yosteruay. when tho votes wero counted at Joseph Richards, Who Came soon o'clock last ovonlug tho rosult3 ' showod a voto of 27 to C for the I urn jn 10R7 Pnccpc AuaV menauro In Coostou nnd In Kastslde nCre M UOf, TdbbLb HWdy a count or 13 to 10 In favor or tho consolidation. With that move tho town or I3nst- sido uecomos almost a city, at loasi (Ily Associated Press to Coos tlay Tlinos.) LODON, Oct. 2L An official Auslrhm statement is sued at Vienna says: "Severe fighting developed yester day on tho banks of tho Lower San, whore- at several points wo allowed the enemy to cross the river. Thoro Russian forces now have been severely attacked and pressed against the river. At Zarzeen wo captured over 1000 .Russians. Parts of our troops appeared suddenly before Ivangorod and boat two Russian divisions, captur ing one standard and If) machine guns. ".Returning from a successful action on tho "River Save our monitor Tomes was struck by a mino and sunk. Thii ty three of the crew are missing. WL G C C at His Home Aged 79 Joseoh Hlchaids. aged 70 yoars, In iiolnt of size Tr iikIhr 'In to heir, one of tho old and highly respectod .". I"h.0,r. " f.?' . "i1,.. !?I2 .?. i.lonoorsof Coos Hay. who has been III oV' orrTor'wItirurrCoTVlver dl-i .""pi Tt. 1II at his home In vldlng the two parts or town. Tho Klttyvlllo yesterday B,,r,iunded by JudgOH or the election In Knstsldo the mombors or his rami y. I ho fun wore. 13. A. Stonoeyphor. W. F. Ily-,?! wl I bp hold from tho Klohurds orly and Mrs. Mlnnlo MoLaggan; tho Loiiiq Monday afternoon clerks wero. It. T. Whltty. L- B. Tho deceased was an ISiir Uhman Wilde and W. C. Weaer. At Poos- hy birth, having lioun born there on to,, tho judge, wororw. V Walker, April 2C, IMS. and In 1807 no came Armstrong. Ilalley and A. J. Arnot nr' " Shlnglohoimo Inlet, having and tho clerks W. K. Homme, M. ' heon mnrrlod sovon yoars previous to L. Hunt and L. O. Meeks. I coming to America. Coming lwro At tho prenont tlmo eommunlcn- In the oarly das whon this section tlon betweon the two towns Is hold was wild and but fow whito people up becauso of tho nbgonco of a wa- wore In tho tountry. tho couplo work gon road ami n bridge or ferry on ed hard door iik tho land on which tho rlor. Several propositions havo thov mado tholr home nnd whoro thoy been hroachol wherohy n forry lived tor many yoars. could bo established on tho tlvor In lator ypais Mr. nichnnls has to connect with roads which havo siirrorod rrom tho offects or 111 health been proposed ior extoiiglon form and dm lug tho past year Iiq lias oach sido of tho Cooston and Kast- boon coufluod to his bed part of thi? side, which will now go under ono tlmo, but lu spite of this tho old mjn name or Kastslde. boio up well and wns choory to the Practically no opposition was last. .... mado the merger, the people ot Ho Is survlvod by n wife and six CooBton holng firm in their heller children. They aio Mrs. 11. L. II that only in this way could thoy limns, or Hodwood. Calirornlu; Mrs. Bocure sizo and votoB enough U Hairy Oravoi. Joseph Henry, (loprgo. forco tho abeonteo landloidht to pay John und William lUelwrdB, all ot tholr share for public improvements, tho lntter HvIiik hero. Tho Port Commission has r- - cently had the bucket dredgo Ore- Mlchlo l.mb. Iho bar. dredge gon nt work on the Wlllancii inlet .Micnio piu to sea ms iiioi-iihik up to Cooston and thus hao gl- will go to Po:tland, whore she will en to North Enstsldo a navlgablo ho inspected tiy Capt Potter, the l' channel far Into tho town. It Is S dredge expr't. nnd a government probable that the work wjll bo ion- doslgnor, who will determlno what ttnuod w'.ien tho Oregon has fin- changos shall be mado In the trait lulled dredging on somo or tlio up-iuow long h wuijjo Kepi mere is WHWUggMTl L STEAMSHIP ROUTES CLOSELY (Ily Associated Press to Coos nay Times.) ' SAN FRANOLSCO, Cnl., Oct. 21. The Japanese bat tle cruiser Kongo and the Japanese armored cruiser Asa ma are standing off tho heads of San Francisco Bay. The Toyo Kisen Kaisha and tho liner of tho Shinyo raru, which arrived today from "Honolulu brought word that sho had boon convoyed across the Pacific by tho two war-' ships and that, all told, Japan has stationed eight war ships to guard tho lanes of trade between Anieriva and tho Orient. Tho Shinyo Maru brought a million dollars in Bullion and would have made a rich prize. MONTGNI'XJRINS ARIC DISJORATWD ' . (ny Associated Press to Coos nay Times,) AMSTtiRDAai, Oct. 24. An official announcoino'nt nif Vienna says: "Strong Servian and Montenegrin forces which penetrated Southeastern frontier districts in East Bosnia wero defeated October 22 after a severe three days' battle in tho region of Nokro and forced tpl'otreut hastily." HOSPITAL SHIP WRECKED ' (Ily Associated Press to Coos Day Times.) LONDON, Oct. 24. Tho Pronch ship Mario Jtonriette, with wounded soldiers on board, is ashore near yapo Bar flour, sixteen miles east of Cherbourg. S. O, S. signals wero received from her at Niton, I-slo of "Wight, A ltyonch ' ship is standing by. JAPS ADM IT GERMANS SUNK BOAT ' " i (Dy Associated Press to Coos Day Tlie.) TOKTO, Oct. 24. It has boon officially anncmneM thaj; iho nav departuiout now bolieostho JaiVnege erpiser lUKaciuju, Muuv in 4V1UU v uuw iiiii our ueuanx' 17. was torpcuooti, Dy uorinan torpedo nont aett iiiuri-nvoi'i ..JilMi&JUi mm The ? vi Or