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Vol. No. XXXIX.'
VILA MING
FIERCE ATTACK
Alter Storming Acjua Prieta
Four Times During Night
Retires Early Today
E
Starved and Famished Army
Rc-ouens Bombardment of
City With Big Guns
TEN AMERICANS ARE HURT
General I'iiiinIoii Arrives .:. ii,
lit to Personally Command on
Amcilnm Side Holler Is VlSJn
Mutt Take (My Noon or Loso
AMKRK'AN FORCES
t MAY TAKH ACTION
4 (Cj AumUIM Ttrf lo c'ear Tlmn.l 4
4 DOUGLAS, Arlz.i Nox. 1!.
Tho American troops Hint
hail moved hark from tlio hor-
dcr, wcro ordered (to pack
) their uaggngo I" u wngon
'4 train ami each Instructed to
tako Individual rolls, hull-
catltic Hint It Is the purpose
to take drnntlc action In tho
event of further firing npon
American territory. .
Dr Auotlile.1 I'mi tu Coot Ilr Tlmft.T
DOUOLAS, Arl.. Nov. 2. Vllln's
attack of last nli;ht on 'Agua Prleln
wi$ resumed again at noon with n
ihirp tnachlno nun attack. Tho Vil
li gunners swept tlio center of tho
(own from their pOHltloiiH on thu
cist.
Sergeant Mays was shot In thu
band and Private Mitchell in tho lop;
on the American hIiIo durliii; this at
tack. Winnings Kent
Two warnings woro sent to Callos
hjr the Amorlcnn nrmy officers nftor
the two soldiers wcro shot nt noon.
The machine gun nttack, finally
cetsej niul was followed by dcaultn
tj artillery cxehango which practical
hitopped at 1 o'clock.
Piotoct Spectators
General Davis sent tho Amorlcnn
troops back from tho boundary COO
urilj to keop spectators out of tho
tone of flro In tho oxpectntlon of a
win attack this aftornoon.
Woman and Children Dlo
Jl-Jor Ryan recolvod n roport thot
J5 women and children woro killed
la Agua 1'rlota and 35 women and
children woundod.
battle last night
TmlMo Attack Continued Until Day
light This .Morning
(0 AuocUie.l rttu to Coot Ilty Tlmw.l
DOl'fJLAS, Ariz., Nov. 2. Aftor
our desperato nttacks on Agua
Wa, which kept tho Carranza do
feea blazing practically nil night
"h flashing guns and bursting
Villa drew off shortly after
aayllsht today,
General Callos reported tho VJlla
'orces in retreat, but at 7:30 o'clock
u hlg giis re-oponed tho bom
wrdmeat, I-'ivo Persons Hurt
tight persons on tho American
ae o( the boundary woro wounded
, ' rC8u't of tho fighting yestorday
"ii last nlKht.
General Ktmston arrived this
"nlng to nKsumo command of tho
Aerlcan forces hero.
Villa's men havo boon without
ter f0r 34 i,om.s anil wm,ollt food
rf three days.
Mud, Danmgo l)oiu.
v , heavy guns In last night's
uie did much damago." One big
was star'ed In Agua Prieta and
uj" J?ber of Kuns woro dismounted.
v the "arbed wlro entunglemonts
p 6 ll,tl0 damaged and Calles ex-
tbim t:' nimo confldenco In his
'tMo beat back furthor attacks.
.Must Win Soon.
the? Vllla 8Uccect,s In entering
!ua,rin w,th,n 21 hour8 1,,s forces
or er !S bel,0vci1. either retreat
iatr 1 0 American boundary and
render, as It a known that In ad-
. '"" 10 tho lnolr of 1
,uPply of ammunition Is none
too larg,
Th lj0sses ncpoi'tcd
e loss s of the Carranza gar-
lei &re, rei)ortcil "y General Cal
85 K killed and 75 wounded,
IB
Dim
Established 1878
As Tho Const Mnll.
g64.42
t AMERICAN AUTO
Z RECORD BEATEN TODAY
X
4 tPr AsaocUteil Tress to coot ojr Timet.
t NEW YORK, Nov, 2,- X
t Dario Resta won the 100 X
t mile auto race for the
t Harkness gold challenge X
cup at Sheepshead Bay X
X today, The averaged X
t time was 105,39 miles an X
t hour, This beats the t
i American record, i
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TUN AMERICANS
WOUXDEB IX FIGHT
,
, The Amorlcnns wounded
on account or tho iWexIcnn
O battle wore:
Louis 1 Taylor, struck In
spine, paralyzed.
Corporal Jones.Bhot through
both thlgliH.
4 Private Whlddou, lilt In
tho neck.
II. K. Jones, wounded In
shoulder.
Mexican boy, shot In stom-
i nch. '
I'rlvato Harry Jones,
stomach wound, probably
fatal.
i I'rlvato Tank, wounded In
leg.
Mexican 'womnn, lost fin-
ger.
V Sergeant May, shot through
hand.
I'rlvato Mitchell, shot In
leg.
although unofficial reports stated
hlu casualties woro 2C0.
Villa dead and wounded In largo
numbors strewed tho desert around
the barbed wiru barricades of tho
Mexican town.
XoIno Is Terrific
At a: 00 a. in., Villa launched the
fiercest attack, and tho combined
fire of rifles, machlno guns and
cannon probably surpassed In vio
lence the din of nny previous Mox
Icau battlo near tho border
American army offlcors declared
tho nolso tho worst they had ever
heard, Douglas trembled under tho
vibrations of tho continuous crashes
and concussions.
Jtitln of Uullets
llullots from tho Mexican side
rained upon tho Amorlcnn town to
points a mllo or more from tho bor
der. Scoros of women and chil
dren, most of thorn hysterical and
weeping, cowered behind brick or
udobo walls.
TwontyHhreo hundred rofugcea
woro concentrated nt a camp In tho
suburbs of Douglas.
HUSPKCT AMH1UCAXS
Hoth Sides Try to Keep on Their
Own Sldo
Br AuocUteJ I'r to Coot Par TlmM.J
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 2.
American offlcors who watched tho
fighting at Agua Prlota last night
bollovo Villa would havo taken tho
town, but for tho failure of his
guns to destroy tho searchlights.
Colonel Slocum reported that It
was ovldont both sldos woro en
deavoring to respect American ter
ritory. IS FL
PDAXICIXfi OX Hl'XKHK IllUi
JliailWAV KI.OATIXO
Dlit Thrown l'! Along Sides, Making
is . ..
It Sort of ('"" iieswciiiN
Knter Complaint
nunkor Hill peoplo and others tra
versing tho road between Mnrshfleld
and that section wore today entering
complaint to tho condition of the-hlghw-ay.
It scorns that tho road
crows Instead of making drainago
ditches alongsldo tho planking, throw
tho dirt up In HtHo dikes and this
has converted tho roadway Into ix
miniature canal.
In places the planking Is floating
and cars splash mud andi water ovor
occupants and passing pedestrians.
Tho worst place Is at tho east end of
M,n r.an Rank Inlet bridge but there
aro many similar spots.
It Is llkoly that uoau ouiiciv"
Frank Norton will have to trouble at
tended to at once. How tho road
crew made the mistake in the first
pIqco Is a puzzlpr.
ROAD
DOOED
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 191 5 EVENING EDITION.
ELECTIONS ON
IN EAST TODAY
Ohio is Only State Where Gen
eral Prohibition Law is Be
ing Voted On
E CLOSE RAGES
Many States Are Selecting Of
ficers or Deciding Other
Questions Put to Vote
WOMEN OUT IN NEW YORK
HIv Thotiiiud or Them Act. 11s Watch
ers at the Polls .Much Interest
Is Taken In thu Woman Suf
frage Proposition Thero
IH AMocLtM Trait to Coo P7 TIdim.1
WASHINGTON, I). C, Nov. 2.
The chief Interest In the elections
being held In ten stntes today np"
pcared to center In tho propositions
for granting stiff rago to women In
Now York, Pennsylvania and Mass
achusetts. The voters of Massachusetts, Mary
laud and Kentucky are also ballot
ing fot Governor and other sttite
officers.
Rtnto-wlde prohibition Is the feat
ure of the Ohio election.
Other statu or local Issues are be
fore tho peoplo of Now Jor'sey, Mis
sissippi, Michigan nml Virginia.
KlltST HKTUItXH IN
One District In Massachusetts Is
Against Woman Suffi'iigu
(Ilr AttnclttM Trctt to Com rr Tlmn.
DOSTON, Nov. 2, HoturiiB from
Acushnet, first received from today's
election In .Massachusetts, gavo for
Govomor, McCall, Itcpubllcan, 110;
Walsh, democrat, 18. Tho voto for
tho suffrago ameudmciit stood for.
14; against, 101).
PHOIIIIUTION UP
Ohio Peoplo voto on State-wjdo Liq
uor Question Today
1)7 AhocIjIM rrrtt to Coot Utr TlmM.1
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 2. Cltl
zons voted ou stato-wldu prohibition
today. Thero uro many municipal
elections.
Stnto-wldo prohibition of tho liq
uor traffic Is an Issue again this
year, as lt wub last year In tho
form of a proposed constitutional
amondmoiit, which' would forbid tho
salo or manufacture for sale of nny
alcoholic beverages.
Tho "wets" havo countered this
proposal with petitions under tho In
itiative and referendum law by
which tho peoplo will also voto on
another provision which would pro
vent tho submission of any consti
tutional amondmout more than
twlco In six years.
Is Only Stale.
Ohio Is tho only stato In tho Union
which will voto this fall upon tho
liquor Issue. In addition to tho
broader question of prohibition the
so-called qulro llcenso decentraliza
tion law, passed by tho recent Legis
lature, will bo subjected to referen
dum. Tho Issuo concerns largely
the mothod of llcpnso commission
ers. Also Under FJre.
Tho Spraguo Congressional redis
ricting bill, passed by thu recent
Legislature, will also bo underflre
by referendum, which was petltlono'l
by tho Democratic stato organiza
tion. Tho redisricting law as drawn
would, It Is declared, result In nor
mal years In tho olectlon of sixteen
Republican Congressmen and possi
bly six Democratic Congressmen. Tho
Democrats claim that tho law which
they passed whon In power divided
tho districts evenly as between tho
two parties.
All cities In Ohio will soled May
ors and other municipal officers, Jiut
no state offlcors are to bo chosen
this fall.
WOMKX ARE OUT
Act as Watchers at Polls In New
York
fBr AttotUted rir to Coot B7 Tlmt.J
NEW YORK, Nov. 2. Some G,
000 women suffragists wore on duty
In every election district In New
York city today as watchers t the
polls. Tho proposed changes In tho
constitution woro the onlystate-wldo
Time Vnto Ada for results,
SCI
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t KING GEORGE IS TODAY
X REPORTED RECOVERING X
t I
9 Ujr AtioclttnJ trr to Coot rr Timet.
X LONDON, Nov, 2, X
X King George, who return- X
t ed to London last night t
t from France-, is recover- X
X ing slowly from the fall X
t from his horse, X
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VOTESTpRATIC
PltKSIDUXT WILSOX CASTS HIS
IJAM.OT IX XKW .IKItNKV
Third Tlmo Within Kew Weeks
That Ho Has Mailo Trip Hack
to I'rliirctou
tDr AttontttM Tn to tt Btf Tlmm.l
PRINCKTON, N. J Nov. 2. For
thu third tlmo within n few weeks,
1'rosldiint Wilson returned homo to
day to v6to. Hu cant his ballot in
nu effort to restore tho Now Jersey
Legislature to thu Democratic col
umn and elect Democrats to local
offices.
WALSH LEADING
KK'H'ltXS IXIHCATi: HIS HLKC
TIOX AS COVHHXOIt
Oiie.foiiith Of Hostou Precincts Olvo
lllm Doiihlo tho Voto of
.McCnll
I Ilr AmocIM) Vrtf t Coot ir TIidm.
IIOSTON, Nov. 2. Iteturns from
50 out of 225 precincts in tho city
of llostou gave .McCall 421)7, Walsh,
8701, Tho samo precincts in 1014
'gave McCall 35811 and Walsh 8324.
Walsh Is tho present democratic
govomor.
Issues before tho voters of the stnto
today.
KLKOT IX MARYLAND
luleiest Thero Centers In Contest
I'or (hivornor
tnr Asiocittoi rrft o coot iir tibim.j
UALTIMORH, Nov. 2. Autumn
weather prevailed throughout Mary
land today. Interest centered In
tho contest for Governor.
CONTKST IS CLOSH
Lively Contest for (Joveruor On In
Massachusetts
tDr AttocUlt I'mi to Coot Uir Tlmat.)
IIOSTON, Nov. 2. Indian sum
mor weather prevailed horo. It Is
generally conceded that tho race be
tween Governor Walsh, Democrat
and formor Congressman McCall,
Republican, for Governor, would bo
close. Interest ou tho woman suf
frago amendment Is keen.
ALL DEMOCRATIC
Election In .Mississippi .Merely Rati
fins tlio .Voiiiiiicos
tllr Aufltld Trent to Coot lir Tlmit.J
JACKSON, Miss., Nov. 2.Bo
causo of tho largo Democratic ma
jority, today's oloctlon Is regarded
merely us a ratification of tho Dem
ocratic nominees for stato orriccs.
ELECTING GOVERNOR
Intoi est Contest Is on Today In
Kentucky
Or Atoll4 l'r to Coot IU7 Timet.
LOyiSVILLE, Ky., Nov. 2. Tho
nice for Governor attracted tho prin
cipal attention at tho Kentucky elec
tions. Formor Congressman A. O.
Stanley, of Henderson, recently won
the Democratic Gubornatlonal nom
ination in a tlireo-slded contest by
the largest plurality over accorded
a candidate in Kentucky. Tho runner-up
declared In favor or state
wide prohibition.
Mr. Stunley favored continuing In
effect tho county unit law, or -local
option. This atand later was Incor
porated in tho Democratic party plat-
forin.
Tho pla,trorm also favors submit
ting to a voto of tho pooplo a con
stitutional amendment that would
do away with tho prison contract
system and pormlt tho working of
convicts on the county roads.
Edwin P. Morrow, of Somerset, Is
the Republican nominee. Fred J.
Irexlor, a Louisville man, heads tho
Progressive ticket.
S
E
TO
Premier in Public Speech Says
Nation Must Do More
Than in the Past
TELLS I
Says They Have Not Gained a
Foot on Franco-Belgian
Front Since April
WILL PRESERVE, SERBIA
(heat ltrllalti and J'rance Havo An
Understanding that independence
of Italkiui Stato Must Ito Pre
served -Tell of Resignation
tD AtiooUthl Prttt to Coot Ilr Tint.
LONDON, November 2. In nn ad
dress before tho Hotisu of Commons
this aftornoon, Premlor Asqulth stat
ed tliut Field Marshal French, com
mander of tho Urltlsh forces on tho
Franco-Uolglum front, waB now In
command of a million men.
He asserted thu total casualties In
Franco and Flanders amounted to
377,00 mid assorted that tho finan
cial situation of Great llrltalu wan
serious and that thu nation must be
prepared to make fur hotter sncrlflco
than It hud yet done.
(icrniaiis Xot. Gaining
Asqulth assorted that tho Germans
had not niado a net gain of a foot of
ground in the west slnco April, and
ho strongly bulluved tho conscription
would not bo necessary.
In tho soa of Marmora, British
submarines Bunk or damagod two
battleships, flvo gunboats, ono tor
pedo boat, eight transports and 107
supply ships.
To Protect Serbia
Ho said there was a full aKroomont
between Groat Britain and Franco
to maintain tho Indepoudonco of Ser
bia and not lot hor hooomo tho "prey
of a sinister and nogarlotiB combina
tion of aermany Austria mid Bulgar
ia." About Greek Premier
Ho announced that Former Pre
mlor VonlzoloB of Greoco, whoso advo
cacy of Intervention In tho war on
tho sldo of tho ontonto allies led to
his resignation had asked Franco
and Great Hrltnln Sopt. 21 for 150,
000 men with tho express under
standing that Greeco would mobilize.
Tho Dardanelles At'ack
Tho premier accoptod his full
share of tho responsibility for tho
first attuck on tho Dardanelles which
resulted In failure with tho loss of
several ships.
W1LLAFID TO FIGHT
SIGNS I'OR AN EVENT FIRST
WEEK IN MARCH
Will Go Twenty Hounds With Any
Opponent tho Promoters May
Decide Upon
Ur Atioclttt4 rrtu la coot Wr Tti.J
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 2. Jcsb
Wlllard announced today that ho
had signed a contract with local pro
motors to fight a 20-round bout tho
first week In Murch ugalnst any op
pouont selected by the promotors.
muntHstand discount
City officials" toduy had tholr
first city warrants slnco tho banks
announced that thoy would bo dis
counted flvo per cent. There was a
good deal of dlscontont expressed
and some declarod that they would
hold thulr warrants until thoy reach
ed par again.
O COSTS TEX DOLLARS TO '
ABUSE HIS WIFE
Fred Nlomo was fined $10
In tho pollco court lato to-
day for assaulting his wlfo
yestorday, Mrs. Nlomo ap-
peared as her own attorney
and Bprung question aftor
question at hor husbaud.
taiiKllug him up In his ans-
wors. Ho told tho Judgo he
did not strlko hor In tho faco
but sought only to tako the
revolver away from her and
that tho whole trouble start-
ed when she grabbed a hand-
ful of letters away from his.
Mrs. Nlomo Is applying for a
divorce.
GERMANS
A Consolidation of Times, Coast Mall Mn flfi
and Coos Ray Advertiser. ou
I ITALIAN OFFENSIVE X
t IS ON THE DECLINE X
O tOr AttocUttd Iru to Cot IUj Tim.
t VIENNA, No, 2, The
t general Italian offensive,
t which has been in Droir-
X ress for a fortnight, has t
X been met successfully by t
t tho Austrians, the War t
t Office announced, and is X
t beginning to decline, X
AXOTHMR AXflLO-PH KNCH KXPK
D1TIOX TO HALKAXS MADK
Transports With Soldiers Arrlvo Off
Kavala, Greece, Twenty Miles
From Bulgarian Border
tar Attocutoa itm to vt ur tidm.
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 2. A now
Anglo-French expedition to tho Bal
kans Is announced by the Tageblatt,
which says that RritlBh and French
transports with troops, havo appear
ed off, Kavala, Greoco, which Is
about 20 miles west of the Bul
garian border.
BRITISHJJjSE BOAT
WAR VESSEL REPORTED SUNK
AT GIBRALTAR
Statement Mado by tho Admiralty
Says That It Was Duo to
n Collision
(Or AMoelttwl rren lo Cool nt. Timet. .
LONDON, Nov. 2. Tlio British
Admiralty this" nftornoon announced
that tho British torpedo boat No,
00 was sunk at Gibraltar yestorday
aftor bolng in n collision.
SEVENTEEN MEN BADLY HURT
AT DUPOXT WORKS
Wholo Carload of White Cannon
Powder Blown Up and Causes
Many Injuries
tnr AttotlttM rrM to tout rr Timet.
WILMINGTON, Del., Nov. 2.
Sovonteou mon woro badly Injured
today by tho heavy explosion of a
largo quantity of powder at tho Du
pont Powdor Works at Caruoys
Point, Now Jorsoy.
A carload of white cannon pow
dor oxploded. Tho Injuries resulted
from tho vivid flash of flro which
onvolopcd tho entire promises.
WOMEN IN RUSSIA
ARE ORGANIZING
Steps Aro Being Taken to Form n
Federation or Clubs In That
Country
fllr Attolild Pru to Coot mr Tiro..)
PETROORAI), Nov. 2. 8tops
havo boon taken to form n federa
tion of women's clubs In Russia un
dor the leadership of tho Women's
Equal Rights Association.
Parents commlttoes In connection
with Russian high schools havo had
a Bomowhat checkered trial In the
past. Under tho preaont ndmlnlstra
tlou of thu department of education
they aro to bo given freer scope.
Eloctlona havo been hold rcently In
all tho Petrogrud gymnasiums, or
high schools for boys and girls,
CHINA TO DAIRY
Danes Will go Thero to Show Them
How.
tnr AMoelit4 rrett to ejwt B7 Time.
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Nov.
2. A numbor or Danish dairymen
have been engaged to go to China
to organize tho Chlnoso dairy In
dustry along modern linos.
WOMEX LIKELY BEATEN
O IN MASSACHUSETTS
(Br Anocltt! l'rvu to cvot str Timet. 4
BOSTON, Nov. 2. Re-
turns from nine towns gave
McCall 1107. Walsh 560.
Woman suffrage. Yes 504,
No, 1105.
1 Tlmo Want ads bring results.
SEND
IRE M S
POWDER
OS
E
AT
Capture Important Railroad
Town and Forces Now RusrH
ing on to Capture Nish
ALLIES HAVE HOPE
Think Rumania Will Enter the
War and That Greece May
Possibly Also Help
STILL FIGHTING AT RIGA
Further Progress Claimed to Havo
Been Made by tho Germans In That
Quarter- Flerco Fighting Under
Way In Dvi'isk Region
tnr Ai.creUleJ rrett to tot Bir Tlmi
LONDON, Nov. 2. According to
reports recolvod, Cask, nn Important
railroad Junction point In Serbia.
about 30 miles southwest of Krag-
uyovatz has boon occupied by the
Teutonic forces and apparently th"
tnvadors are now rushing through
tho valley toward Nlsh at a rapid
pa co.
Want Rumania In
Meanwhllu tho ontonto allies are
hoping Rumania may throw in her lot
with them and that Greeco will final
ly Join them also.
Tho Bulgarians havo drawn closer
In on NIbIi. Tho French assort they
Inflicted considerable losson on the
Bulgarians in south Serbia.
Fight in tho East
In tho cast, tho Gorman advance
on Riga from tho west made further
progress. In tho Dvlnsk region,
florco fighting Is uudor.way. The
Russians, undertaking n strong of
fensive movement, wore repulsed
with heavy losses.
Further south Is ovldenco of con
sldornblo extension of the Russian
offensive. No important engage
ments aro reported jn tho west.
AFTER SUNDAY LAW
INJUNCTION' ASKED AGAINST
TWENTY-FIVE COUNTIES
Action Is Started by IJriinswlck'Balke.
Cullender Company, Sport
ing GK)ds Dealers
(Ur Auocute4 neat la Coot I)r Tints. ,
PORTLAND, Oro., Nov. 2. The
Drunflwlck-Ralke Collcndor Company
today petitioned tho Unltod States'
'district court to grant tomporary
'and pormanent Injunctions against
'the officers of 25 counties to pre
sent the enforcement of tho Sunday
'dosing law.
Tho law has boon on the statute
books many years but not until re
cently has any attempt been made to
onforro It,
Tho stato district court has already
granted an Injuctlou In this county.
TWO HUNDRED FROM WASHING
TON' WILL SEE GAME
Tako Band Ou Steamer Congress to
See Football Event at San
Francisco Today
(Ur Aitotlttfcl I'ren to Ceo Tstr Timet.
SEATTLE, Wash., Nov, 2. Twi
thundrod and fifty University or
Washington students with a Imu-l
Ploft for San Francisco on the steam
cr Congress today to attend the Wash
ington-Califomla football game at
Berkeley Saturday.
ARTILLERY FIGHTING IS RK
PORTED AT DARDANELLES
Orrlclul Statement at Constantinople
Says that, Troops of tho A'lles
Were Dispersed
Ur AwxlteJ rreu to Coot B7 Timet.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 2. An
official statement says; "On the Dar-'
danolles front there are violent artil
lery duels. Near Arl Bumuor the
artillery struck three at the enemy'aj
mine throwing positions. Our tW
(terlos dispersed masses ot trooir
near MorUllman and Ellas Burawj
On tho Caucasus front we dtepertwd.
two attacks,"
T
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STUDENTS
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TURKS BOMBARDING