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"Wf PjgparefarHearing Wednesday "I Kiw All the Time It was Going that Way5 STIRRING TIMES Aro 'pro (,a'3 oC wnr nml "'""d ilied. H lB Important that you have full knowledges of tlio latest authentic nows. Subscribe for Tlio Times, and road tho events of tho EVERY DAY Thoro appears somo Item of news in the advertising columns of Tho Time news of tho day's "Host Ilnyo" to bo found In tho various stores. The woman who roads and heeds these "nows Items' Is tho ono who conducts day each evening. f.s c her household economically. MliMHKU OF Tllli ASSOCIATED I'lttiSS . " T'lPStTVtnrT' TFVW'1T'',,' w-rr ffiittwja mm r - .4.1 i A- 1"H A. I I VOL NO. XXXVIII. EWGH CLAIM ALLIES GAINING ALL ALOiJM 8ATTLE LIE Paris Announcement Says They Made Slight Gains Near Sea Coast Despite Desperate Attacks of Germans Be- tween Dixmude and the River Lys Today. VILLAGE OF MESSINES SAID TO BE ONLY POINT AT WHICH GERMANS HAVE GAINED GROUND IN FIGHTING Kaiser's Forces Repulsed at Lihons, Arras and Leuuesnoy-en- Santerres and French claim Decisive Gains in Vosges e Mountains, Gaining Strategical Points. (Hy Associated Press to Coos liay Times.) PARIS, Nov, 2, An official communication this afternoon says: "On our loft wing the .German offensive continued yes terday with the same violence in Belgium and North France, particularly betwoen Dixmude and the River Lys. In this re gion, despite attacks, wo made a slight progress on almost the entiro front, except at tlio village of Messines, part of which was again lost by the allies, Movements against Arras, Li hons and Lequesnoy-en-Santerre by the Germans failed, In the region of tho Aisno we made slight progress in the direc tion of Tracy Le Val and other points, Between Argonno and the Meuso rivers the enemy bombarded without results, In the Vosges mountains wo recaptured the heights dominating Mount Saine Mario and made progress in tlio region of Ban Do Sapt, where wo occupy positions from which the enemy has been bombarding St. Die." Tl 1 ID In 5 SHELL RU 5 (Hy Associated Press to Coos nay Times.) PETROGRAD, Nov, 2. Tho newspapers rcpoit that tho cruisers Goeben and Brcslau and four Turkish torpedo boats bombarded the railroad and docks at Sebastopo yesterday. Tho Russian shore batteries replied. Tho warships retired to tho east after inflicting trivial damage. Theodpssia suf fered a bombardment Saturday when a Turkish cruiser sailed closo enough to throw thirty shells into the city. ROME, Nov. 2. Turkish gunboats are reported at tho en trance to tho Gulf of Suez. Numerous detac yents of Turk ish cavalry havo reached Akabaha, a fortified village of Arabia on tho Gulf, JAPSWDRHY HONOLULU POHT ' OFFICIALS AT BDNFERENGETHERE (Hy Associated Pros, to Coos Dny Tlmos.) HONOLULU, Nov. 2,-A mldnl&ht conference was held be tween Collector of tho Port Franklin, Deputy Coll cto Sharp and the Japanese consul and wireless messages were oxchong ed with the United States revenue cutter Thetis, patrolling tho outside harbor, Franklin appeared pe rtu bed Two Jap anese cruisers, tho Hlzezn and Asama, are hovoiing outelde tlio harbor, but whether the conference had to do with them could not bo learned, BRITISH VESSEL SUNK BY TURKS. ' (Dy Associated Press to Coos Hay Tlmes.l ,.,,., k, ... r, a j!oi, fmm Pnimerrnd dated bun- "iy.i?..f j... I.i -'- l,nml,nJm0nl nf NnVOI'OSSVSk, I HO lUIKS suuuieu uuiing uic uuiiiuaiuniwMi ----.- - ii Rncf sea also bombarded Anapa, a Russian seaport on the BiacK bea at tho western extremity of the Caucasus range, karfr SAYS GERMANY WILL WIN. ' SJAIdPTSTS Coos Hay Times , Si, SB S3S1 M X& . I. ii , -wl-- iifii i rn ' UUlUlll Tom Madden's Place, Adjacent to Police Sattion, Is Entered bv Bumlars. lu tho early part or last ovenlng lthln 20 feot or tho police station i"obbors dared to ontor tho rear or tho Shamrock liar. Someone broke Into Tom Maddon's Shamrock saloon last night between 8 '20 and 9:20 and made their exit w'"i a rew bottles of liquor without beag discovered. About $20 In change In tho cash register was not molested, tho burglar or burglars being disgusted when they found the SUNDAY Niffl Established 187H no Tlio Cnu-t Mull. ETO SEA CITIES cash drawer of the safo empty. A. .. .... i.n-i,i.inr tharo. had taken MCCKIil, "n about $125 out of the cosh drawer and put It In his pocket when he d .o ered that the safe was In had shape when ho closed Saturday "Vlie robbery was dlscovorod by Special Patrolman Doane. Ho tried the door at 8:20 when ho made his firs round and whon ho roturnod on his second round at 9:20 ho discover ed tho robbery. I The police aro looking ror seoral '...pacts. It is reported that jsovora. dollars' change was siu'" - cash drawer of tho Shamrock ros taurant oarly yesterday morning. ATeTRXTIOX K. I. - KI'KS' On next Wednesday. November 4, one of tho most important questions that ever came before tho lodgo will be fully discussed. There will bo also inflation. Eery raembei Is ex uected to attend. THOS. B. JAMES, Sec. n BLACK MARSHFIELD, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER y Judge Coke, Judge Hall and Prnspnnrinn Atrnr-nnu I illn. I uiiipj niiuinujr i-i, i qvist at Dry Meeting. Complete rofutal of tho wet argu ment that tho passing or tho prohi bition amendment will raise the local i hikI state taxes was imulo by the1 ipmurv nmpmi c ', UUU nil Ul I lUlllLU mm liou throe Judicial authorities of tho conn ,,, colintlnB r baUut8 w, ,)0 ty, Clrcul JudKO Colee. County .ludKo ,0(,oU(1 ,, nml lu-ny 0Bllnmlo tllll, John inland l'roBemitns Attorney t w, ,, lnlo Wednesday before Llljoqvlst at tho pacleod meetl.iK of , ,,()Unt , colll,,oll,d , I1UU1. of ho dry forces In tho .Masonic opera , , p roc,llcli. house last evening. That $30,000 j Wllll (midlllH , ,.,. I. tlAi Iconso from tho sale of liquor Tha JmlB. ,, t,lorl8 , ,,,, pro. annually la Coos County, was tho do- cnt a ro,nilHlte(1 wlien llluy flll. elarntlon or Judge Hall, but attached ,,, tho count (o copy Ul0 rolurn8 to this statement was a rider that,off 0, 80Vurnl ,, ,,-,, nt to collect this $35,000 the county lonBt 0M0 of whlrh w, b tala. , must pay annually tho sum of $50000 !t)l0 c0l)Mty ck.r.B offlc , conulllo In lleiuor expenses, 75 por eont by tllQ mo8g0nKor elollvorln,? tho ro of whos. business orlKliinlus dt- ,ur18 The ,-,, roturMB nru reotly or Indireetoly from liquor 80-lm, ,, niul ,IIlIot(8 tho -ollnt ,8 tlo. tni1808, jllvored on a samplo ballot, It will StralKhtforward ccusatlon that )0 BCVoral days boforo tho result i tho wholosalo liquor houses of Marsh i wlll ,,0 known, uy r0nylnK them field aro nlilliiK bootlognliiB In tho0l BOVornl, tho Judsos will bo able dry sectloim of Coos county waH to friliHlt tho returns to tho vnrl-madobyProsecutlnBAttornoyLIIJeq-j0B 0110B .icslrliiK them, vlst. "And Btlll tho saloon forces Tll0 Tlim,fl wlM ))0 kIiu, to ,,nvo claim there Is u Jeikor In tlio dry am-tll0 urriclnlc In iho various precincts endmont," ho declared. alioi)tluR-!Kvo rc,lHonol riMiortn from ttmn to KliiK kooh on rlKht now all over tliojtl,no ,i,K ul0 t.0Unt to Tho Times county. Tho saloon keepers In tho 0fflro by phono. kIvIiib eHpeelnlly the flvo wet towns of tlio county aro nltl-' voto Bom of tho morn Important liiK and abottliiB this traffic. Tho matters, such us Honnlor, tlovernor, nnuiiiK of tho dry amendment wlll.CoiiRrcssmnn, shorlff, wet and dry repeal tho 'Homo Hulo' law, one of'qmMU-ii, etc. the trlekloit bits of loslslatlon ever' , passed by tho saloon forces through tho state leKlslature." Tho Homo Hulo law gives to towns tho passliiR pn tho local option, thereby isolatliiK thorn as wot centers of dry coun ties. "Tlio Webb-Konyon law" contluuod .Mr. Ltljqvlst," wlll prohibit tlio send Iiik of liquor Into Oregon, should It go dry, unless this liquor Is laboled with tho nanio of the coiihIiioo and r.otlco of HhlpmeiitH aro given tho officers. In this way bootlogglng Is tapped at tho root. Quotations on what is happening In Kansas aro quo tations of 15 yours ago. Old Cases t'ltt'd. "An Agitator comos out asldni; rnM itiinn i1lt.it 1.. vmt ltimir wliv Frank Crtmoron wants 3000 dimes? , oat0' SfauUloHS county Calif It realise the supreme court will , MHMn! ,,al t,,, ;0MI, '" Wfl" ' on his South inlet bootlegging cas. f0l l" "'K tho ron ance, datl nK nUt month. Ho may need all ho can 'ro'", fow B" wl' M,i"s f '., ,,., Donald waH In Modesto. Whon Walls get of hoso dimes i immodlntoly And he o Is Mr. A. I 5'Btrtod for Coqullle, arriving hero signed that petition. Ho brought 23 , bottloa of boozo to my office tlio other, day which had been bought tit a Coos , ! nay liquor house and taken Into 1,1a, 'oan.ps. Ho preached mo ono of tho' .."'. .'..... .i.. ,,,i .,,.. tUUIIHWt lU--'-MIVV .!. ttvvi Mark my wards, many of tho moirt ...... , -l,l I.,,- l,ml..,r !,,. " , . . . , ...in ,,i,.. or tomorrow at tho omo of the petition, signed wet, but will voto dry. Judge Hall declared ho has hoard "moa im,clU3' llloy v,m r0BU1 cnly two arguments In favor of tho1 l(Jro liquor trotric, ono is that It Is good for snake-bites and tho second, that j or liquor In a dry torrltory nml In It Is necessary ror rovenuo. The first addition ndvocntos a state law that was loft Intact; tho socond rofutod only n limited quantity can bo sold with flguroa gathered by tho Judgojto any ono porson. while In orilco for tho past eight' Entirely broad In his vlow Judge v0ars. I Coko stated, "Tho quostlon is not Answering tho quostlon, "What do' whether or not we con uro liquor In we pay to got tho revonuo?" Judgo) small quantities or; loavo It alono en Hall declared that In tho last bIx ' tlrely. Tomorrow wo go to tho polls months "20 men of tho stnto have to holp tho peior follow who has been killed or drownod on account ' gone so far, whoso' will Is so wouk or liquor," that tho Wardon or thojonod ho can't help himself. This Is Washington ponltentlary told him a moral Issuo. Think of tho degon that 90 per cont of the lnnintoa were' oraoy caused by tho use or whiskey," thoro on account ot whiskey, and J and Judgo Coke told or tho many that Investigation or tho Orogon pon- cases that havo come beroro his court Itentlary thowod that 75 per cont ot j In tho past two years, tho convicts were thoro on the same That ho has seen four young man. account and 50 of the Insano asylum i all undor 18 yoars of ago, conio out lnmatos. ' f a local saloon, was tho confound- "Tho county board has paid $12,-jlng statomont or llovorond Hatsford 000 annually for oight yoars," con- who attributed It all to "that damn tinned tho Judgo, "to pay for Coosjablo liquor traffic and tho namo Is county's sharo to tho penitentiary, i none too Uaer ror tho cause." To give the asylum, tho poor farm and tho ! girls and boys a ohaijco, a ohanco count v Jail. More than half the ot living In a clean community and casas through tho circuit court aro liquor OOS8S." Judgo Coke's View. To Judgo Coko appealed the fact substanco of tho talk, mado by Char that the passing ot the dry amend- les Harrows, of Coqullle. who declar ment will leave tho work onlj start- ed th loss of revenue taken away lirg; tho law must be enforced. And rrom the public through tho loss of llko' Mr. IdlJocrvi: t, he believes the Urease money. Is returned by way of Webb-Kenyon law will limit tho sale banks and p'rlvato uccounta. Times Gd Full Election Rfetum Tlio Coos Hay Tlmps wWrtcolvo' the combined Assorlu'ted Truss and Western Union election sorvlco Tuos- dny night and Wednesday, covering tho Oregon and national elections completely. This service will menu constant service Tucsdny evening and i Wednesday itnd will bo bulletined at The Times office Tuesday night and , Wednesday. Tlio returns from Oregon will bo. niow. From Coos roimtv thov will , nlBo bo slow and It Is not llleoly that enough can be obtained Tuesday night to indicate how It is going. llowovor, partial returns from tho various precincts as the count pro- groBBos will bo received. (Special to Tho Tlmos. COQUII.M., Ore, Nov. 2. Miss l.diin .McDonald, who was tho vlc i tlm of awul necldont ten days ago I In wlilch'hor foot wbh cut off by a logging train, yostorday becamo the ' brldo of Hugh I'orteir Walls, bust 1 noss manager or a newspaper at Mod- ' 0',ZQf -to,r;,n' n thoh tho ,r,,," WM " bo "" . Wl Toi,i,.rn.iv. Miss Honnlo Cago, daughter of ' ,,,, ,,,, . " "" KIHIWUU IUIIIB..V nn m 1 n . iilll ! tit nntilitil tlfvli away from filth, was tho ploa of ilr. Uassrord. ".More hogs and los hell," was tho EDNA niOULD BECOMES BRIBE 2, 1914 EVENING EDITION. POLLS OPEN FRDWl EIGHT TO EIGHT More Than 1000 Votes Ex pected from City Use the Same Polling Places. Polls in tlio four precincts of tho city will bo open exactly at eight o' clock In the morning and wlll bo closed at that hour In the ovonlng. Tho same voting places will bo used In this election as were used for the city primary or Saturday. With this evening all campaigning comes to a close and tomorrow there wlll bo lit tle said on either side for tho law Is explicitly exact on .the point or electioneering aild has made It a mis demonmor. That tho voto In tho city wlll to tal more than 1,000 votes is tlio liu llof of City Kooordor Mutter, though his figures nio basod on tho voting strength of last year. At eight o' clock when the polls close tomorow evening tho second shift or Judges and clerks will rellovo those who have been on duty during tho day and all night they wlll bo nt work counting tho votes and at eight o' clock on Woduo-dny morning wilt bo In turn relieved by the first shift. In this way will they work until n complete count has been made In the city. Already warning has toon given to both tlio wet and dry adhei-ontu by tho Conuultteo of Ono Hundred that olpetloneerlug of any kind on election is prohibited by tlio cor rupt practices uct.. That thoy wlll havo watchorH at tho polls to challenge all doubtful vote. Is tho statement, of wot officers This they aro nllowed to do accord ing to law. It Is Intended to watch ror voters who have not cast tholr ballot and to soud messengers In tholr homes to romlnd them It Is cctlein day. It Is highly proliamo that this procoduro wlll bo followed also by tho drys. Tho atatuto eiovorlng electioneer ing, section 3518 or tho corrupt prnc tlcos act, says: "It wlll bo unlawful for nny por son nt any place em tho day of el ection to nsk, solicit or lu nny man ner try to Induce any voter on such election day to voto for or to re frain from voting for any candidate, or tho party or organisation, or any measure submitted to tho people. and upon conviction thereof ho ''IlH , of (.,, jjj.( ,jml nt j,jg ,omo Km-joril Woro niarehed to Llbby Prison ho punished by a flno of not less mfy 8im,lny (,rnnK at 1:30 , wlilcli tho Major dosorlbod as n "cap than $5 nor inoro than $100 for t , o'clock. Kor two months he had been,ftclous wurolionse. built or brick and orronse, and ror tho second niul each hubsoquont otfenso occurring on the I samo or dUroront election unjs no nl))u t() bU mj)i ,)Ul nl tho JllHt ho j,0. shall bo punished by flno aroresald. (0I110 weaker, graduully sinking un or by Imprisonment In tho county tu h(t (loat,L wll,(,u ,,(l 1)()Ul foro. Jail ror not loss tlmn flvo nor moroH00l M ,(to B K.duy. with him than 30 days, or by both Huch nm;ut tIl0 ,aHt woro im),,urH 0f IiIh Iiii and Imprlsniimont." modlato family wham hu never Voters of tho North Proclnct ""'"" (nlleil to re-cogulzo. bor 17 will voto nt tho Woodcraft Mnj()r Towor ,oft wf0 tW() BH. Shop, 7C2 Front Street North; h)080ltora and a brothor. Neither or the or Central number 18 nt tho O Con ,Htora wj j(J -,)lo t() COIIl for t)l0 noil lltilldlug, corner or Market ami -nur-j wj,ch H Hol for tomorrow uf Second; votors or Control numlior 10 1 t01ll0oll nl i:30 t tho Hplscopal at the Williams llulldln.g, corner "r aliuroli, .tliu Keveroud Itobort llrown- tls and llroadway anil moso m nu. precinct number way Streot south 20 at 727 llroad- I TO Supt. W. P. Miller of tho local Southorn Pnclflc linos has nearly completod arrangomonts ror a now train schedule which will probably go Into orfoct In a few days and ro llovo tho mall situation. Ills plan Is to havo a train loavo Marshflold about 7 o'clock In tho morning, mak'ng connections with tho rlvor boats, nnd return with tho Incoming mall about 9:30. Tho train will bo strictly a passenger train. In addition to tho .wook day sor vlco ho 1b arranging for u Sunday jmssengor train to handle tho Incom ing and outgoing mall Sundays. Supt. Miller Is also arranging for tho oroctlon of a passenger dopot at tho Hunker Hill crossing to pro tect patrons from tho Inclement wenthor. This wlll bo erected at onco. MORNING RA1M BRING ML A Consolidation of Times, Count Mali nnil Poo Itnr Advortlwor U i V Official Statement from" BerlinThat Developments Have Been Much Against Allies During Last Few Days Fight 1 French Drive,! Back Across Aisno. GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN RETIREMENT FROM RUSSIANS OF EASTERN FRONTIER ADMITTED BY GERMANS NOW Dclar They Now Occupy New Positions That Had Been Chosen in Advance and That the Russian Attack at the New Point Had Been Repulsed. ' (lly Associated Press to Coos Day Times.! BERLIN, Nov, 2 (Wireless) Information glvon out from official quarters today says! "Tlio progross of tho fighting on tho front in tlio north of Franco is regarded horo as highly favorable, Tho roport given out yesterday that tho French had boon thrown back across tho Aisno at a ooirt noar Sojs sons and tlio operations had boon oxtended to tho west front of Vorclun is regarded as tho most favorablo Issuo for somo time past," Tlio Austrians and Germans havo completed tholr retirement to now positions previously selected, Whon tho vanguard of Russians following thorn came In touch with tho new lines, there wore sovoral encounters in which tho Russians woo driven off, Tho Austrians in Southern Galicia succeeded In crushing back tho Russian left flank, which for several days made a desporato stand In carefully prepared oositions, Tho Austrians roport further succosscs in Bukowlna, GRAND VIZIER OF TURKEY HAS 0 I GZD - (Dy Associated Press to Coos Hay Tlmos.) LONDON, Nov, 2, Tho Grand Vizier of Turkoy has apolo gizod for recent ovonts in tho EJIack Sea, ,,,.,., LONDON, Nov, 2, War has not yet boon declared on Tur koy, but the withdrawal from Constantinople of the ambassa dors of tho Triple Entente powers is regarded as equivalent to a signal for hostilities which Turkoy lias anticipated by nav- -i l.i .wl n Iniwl nunnlitlnn uiltlnli ic rnnni'lnrl In muA nnnn. U TU UO UUU U ItlllU UA JUUIUVII ol-,trat0(l EffVJ) tj ..-.- .. m.mmip.m M Old Soldier Answers Last Rev eille After Lonu Honorable CareerCoos Bay Pioneer Major .Morton, for 10 yonro a pro- Illlllnllt mill hlulllV l'OMIieeted cltlzull 111 though tho last four or flvo days prevloim to .his death ho had been JJB ofr,0ntnK Ono ot tho sister ; Mrs, Kllou Mann, or San Francisco, lb now sick In bed; the other sister, Mrs. Adelluo Maun, lives at Preov l port, III. Hr. C. Towor Is tho! 1 remaining brothor. I j In 1840 Major Towor was born nt Handall, Mass. In 187-1 ho moved west to Co oh Day, bringing his wile , with hm. j For twenty-four yoars after that Major Towor was lu tho government .orvlco, rirst as a deputy customs col lector at Kmplro and Inter as head of tho diatoms office, a position f.Plio held iipAiutll a year ago. The military career of Major Tower was brilliant and one fought with more than tho usual shure ot a sol diers' advent mo. In 18C1 at tho out break or tho Civil war Major .Tower enlisted as a prlvato In tho 1th Hat tullon Itlfles, MassaohusotsVolunteor Mllltlu and on July IC of that yoar he reenllsted as a sorguaut ot the 13th Mass. Infantry and almost a yoar la tor was promotod to a lloutounntsUlp nnd a captaincy Throughout his October 3, 18C3. eervlco tho rise br Major Tower was rapid and on I eu- ruary 28, 1801 ho received his com- Mission as Urev't Major. At the second battle of Hull Hun I near ItlcUmoud, ho was wouudo J and MM No 87. BATTLE FAVORS I F union I- iuviiuu iu inw ,u,iw r-n..n.-J,0.--nf, Oltb Al fflPIKt ,on July 1, 180:i was taken prisoner at Oettsyhurjf together with two or throo thousand other soldiers, "oven I while wo could sen our army march ; lug and taking possession of tho IiIIIh beyond tho town and wo felt that our work luid been well done." Hy Innv nml Imllnnu innrilm tlm lirlKOIl. roofed with tin and with a front of 140 feet and depth of 13.1 root, con- 1 tulnliiK nlno lurgo rooms." Weary and footsore, with little to I oat the moii wore mode prisoners lu this building nnd rrom tho time of juutry tho vholo thought of tho prison i era "was centered mi efforts to oscnpa ! though tho Major add- In his descrlp , tlon or liro at I.lbby "that very fow I chances woro offered owing to tho ul most Impregnable position of tho prls jon." Hut one of these fow nttoinpts woro , tried by tho Major who states tlio party mado their oxlt from tho sec ond story ot the building by remov 'lug the bricks of tho chimney during , tho ntght-tlmo and under tho very eyes of tho guards-, Thrilling Is th I tale ot how thoso men, ono ot them I wounded Captain, cut a long tunnel ' at tho risk ot being burled allvo nnd I ono night escaped to the swamps ' vhoro ror days they traveled through tho wator and uudorbruah, at ono , tlmo bolng hold ut bay by sovcral . bloodhounds from a trailing party. And sovoral days later, this party wulclb had spout' months In Llbby Prison escaped to tho Podorul lines whoro thoy wore heartily received by friends ami later want to Washington there to bo received hy President Lin coln who complimented them on their bravery. How thoy woro wolcomod by tho peoplo Is shown by this story oftou told by tho Major. Coming to Washington on tho steamboat tho men mado too much nolso lu tho cabin and tho captain told them to bo qulot. Olio being In- formed they wero of tho party oscap ed rrom Llbby Prison ho camo back with tho stutoiiicnt "to mako all tho damned nol-u you please," This was the ond of Major Tower's military ex- perlenco nnd onca noro Uo returned to civilian life. i i 1 GE IDS t? i 1 J5TTT1; ,JSI I I IIIMWI mtwHam mbms