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ELECTIONS SHI
TILING GAINS
FOR REPUBLI
These Accounted For By Re
turn of Some Bull Moose
To the Corral
OHIO WENT WET AGAIN
BY 50,000 PLURALITY
Republicans Gain One Congressman-Bay
State Has
Republican Governor
. ELECTION RESULTS
-.
New York Suffrage lost bv
200,000. '
Republicans curried assembly,
though Tntnmany Bwept Greater
New York. No out and out
Bull Moose elected.
New constitution beatea.
Republicans gained one con-
greasuian.
Massachusetts McCnll, re-
publicnn, elected ogvernor over
Governor Walsh, by 3,000 to
$,000 majority.
Suffrage lost by 124,000.
Pennsylvania Suffrage lost
by upwards of 125,000.
Republicans gained a con-
grcssiunn.
Republican mayor elected ov-
erwhelmiugly in Philadelphia.
New Jersey Republicans
have majority on juint ballot in
legislature.
Made gains. . .
Ohio Stute remained wet,
but the majority was reduced.
Kentucky Former Congress-
man Stanley, democrat, elected
governor.
Maryland 'Emerson Hurring-
ton, democrat, elected governor.
Mississippi Theodore Bilbo,
democrat, elected governor.
Virginia Democrats victor-
ions in legislative election.
New York, Nov. 3. The G. O. P. has
slaged a "come bnck."
Republican gains in a majority of
elates in yesterday's elections were
confirmed by more comploto figures to-
day. There was no landslides. Yet,
excepting this state, the voting re
vealed an unmistakable trend toward
the republicans, coupled with the re
turn of the bull moose to the fold. In
fact, "by their low vote' in' Massa
chusetts, the Progressives lost their
legal status as a party,"
C'hnirmnn Hilles of tho republican na
tional committee hailed tbe over
throw of Governor Walsh in Massa
chusetts, with victories elsewhere, as
allowing a lack of confidence in these
.nates townrd President Wilson, ant
is indicating a Republican victory in
1!10.
" "The Massachusetts Issues wore na
tional," he said. "Both sides made it
plain that the vote for McOall, repub
lican, was a Bign of disapproval of
President Wilson."
On the other hand, Chairman Mc
Combs of the democratic, national com
11 it tee denied Hillis' claims.
McCall'8 Lead Small.
"I am not surprised," he said. "The
democrats were fighting internally,
Abe Martin
-
!(:
A new girl has come t' bless th'
home 0' Mr. and Mrs. Winsor Kale
Wie's t' get three dollars a week an
th refusal 0' th' organ. Of all th'
deplorable combinations titer hain't
uothln' worse 'n a dry town an' a wet
CANS
mayor.
while the republicans and progressives
united on McOall."
MeCall's plurality was from 3,000 to
6,000.
Emerson C. Knrrington, democrat for
governor, was leading the election re
turns this after--"" by over 3,000 but
figures were s1 gj iry incomplete. O.
E. Weller, repu e i, did not concede
defeat.
Former Cong o n A. C. Stanley,
of Henderson, i loc.rat, was chosen
governor of K( 5: ly in a close race
with Edwin M JJ republican.
The republics J p 011 the New Jer
sey legislature 1 maintained and
some gains we: ide. They have a
majority on jo:- allot.
Thomas Hunt mblican, badly de
feated the refoi " ndidate, George D.
Porter, for the orality in Phil
adelphia. Tammany swept greater , New York
and elected enough assemblymen to
give the democrats a gain of two in
the state house at Albany. A repub
lican assembly, however, was chosen
throughout the state, and there will be
no out and out bull mooso in the next
assembly.
Election of Thpodoro G. Bilbo, as
governor of Mississippi, was a fore
gone conclusion.
New York Rejects Constitution. !
New York state rejected the proposed
new constitution by at least 4f0,000
majority, i'riends of Senator Root,
who drafted it, said, however, that this
will have no effect on his candidacy
for the presidency. There was much
speculation as to how the repudiation
of his ideas of government will be re
ceived by leaders elsewhere.
Far from being disheartened, Dr. An
na Howard Shaw, leader of ihe suf
fragists, pointed out that the total vote
cast, whilo not bringing victory to
talled more in this state than the cause
ever received before.
The Massachusetts defeat did not
surprise her, for she regarded the Bay
Stato as very conservative anyhow.
As for Pennsylvania well sho lived iu
Philadelphia, she said, and knew the
city.
"This is only one battle," she com
mented, "and we are in a war. We
intend to keep on fighting until we
win."
Ohio Remains Wet.
Cleveland, ohOi, Nov. 3. Ohio can
continue to slake its thirst. Nearly
complete official returns early today
showed prohibition hail been defeated
iu the state by from 50,000 to 00,000
plurality. The figures showed S ifiaS
for and 335,038 against.
Prohibition was defeated Inst year
by 84,000 and the increase this year
111 tue dry vote was accredited cnietiy
to a uain in the rurul counties.
Other stato issues defeated included
proposals to:
Emasculate the initiative and refer
endum lost bv 30,000.
Substitute local for state control of
liquor lost by 70,000.
Republicans Gain One.
Washington, Nov. 3. Republicans
will have one new seat in tue House
when Speaker Clark hammers his gavel
In December calling together a new
session.
Bv yesterday's elections the G O. P.
gained W. S. Bennett in the 23rd dis
trict, of New York.
11 W. Temple, republican, was also
elected iu Pennsylvania to fill a va
cancy by tho doath of another republi
can, lie was formerly a Progressive
but was beaten for re-election in 1914.
Massachusetts Complete.
Boston, Nov. .1. Complete election
figures today showed:
McCall. republican for governor,
235,305.
Walsh, democrat, incumbent, 228,942.
Clark, progressive, 7,022.
Sluiw, prohibition, 19,471.
For suffraee. 103.114: nsainst. 294.-
497 (with one precinct missing.)
loolulge, republican candidate ror
lieutenant governor, had a 40,000 plur
ality.
XfnAnHtu Acilnat. 1M.O00.
Philadelphia, Nov. 3. The majority
against sunrage was iu,uuu according
to latest returns tofiay. Philadelphia
registered 8 to 1 against the proposal.
A republican landslide elected Smith,
republican, over George Porter in Phil
adelphia, mayor, by 75,000.
Cincinnati's Mayor.
Cincinnati. ().. Nov. 3. George
Puehla, republican, was yesterday
elected mayor of tins city.
i Cleveland Elects Republican.
f.. ov. 3. llnrrv Davis,
republican mayornlity candidate, had a
plurality of 3,UUU over reier mu,
democrat, according to returns today.
Tl, anoinlist ill II n to btlV the local
street railways for $34,000,000 was de
feated.
Detroit Refuses To
Buy Street Railway
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 3. Complete re
turns today showed a decisive defeat
for the street rnilway commission's plan
to acquire the Detroit l.'nion Street
Railway's property in the one-fare
zone. The figures were: Yes, 32,tf2X;
No, ,15,545, while three-fifths of the to
tul vote were needed to pnss it. Inas
much as voters had already endorsed
municipal ownership, this defeat means
only the defeat of the specific plnn,ain
stead of the ownership question as n
whole.
LANE COMING HOME.
Fairbanks, Alaska, Nov. 3. Captain
Louis I.nne, the mnn who found Kx-
plorer Stcfnnsso;i, has started for his
liome In Seattle, accompanied by O. II.
Burt and J. 8. Adler, of Saa Francisco,
SERBIA WILL GET
ALL HELP NEEDED
France Will Fight To the End,
Premier Briand Tells
Deputies
ENGLAND AND FRANCE
ARE IN FULL ACCORD
Serbian Army Almost Sur
roundedOther War News
of the Day
By William Philip Simms.
(United Presa Staff Correspondent.)
Paris, Nov. 3. France intends to
fight this wur to the very end. Action,
not talk, is her watchword. Peace rum
ors do not interest her.
Thus did the new premier, Briand,
address tho chamber of .deputies today
111 Ins tirst speech under the new re
gime a talk generally regarded as the
complement of tho English premier's
yesterday.
' 1 You do not. expect a long declara
tion from me," ho told the deputies
tersely. "We nro at war. We must
act, not talk. Every effort of the gov
ernment is being strained in the direc
tion of action.
"The French army never was moro
worthy to win. It will fight to a vic
torious end.
"Fiance is not concerned with talk
of peace, since premediated aggression
forced war upon her. She will not stop
righting until tho enemy has been van
quishevl and a lasting peaco has been
guaranteed.
That there is 110 hitch between Eng
land and France. Briand declared.
"We are in full accord with England
regarding the conduct of the war," he
continued. "Serbia will receive all
necessary aid."
To Send Gallipoli Troops. .
This last announcement was regarded
as confirmatory of Premier Asquith'g
hint yesterday that tiio allies will hurl
their legions from the (ialliili penin'
aula into the Balkan struggle.
"Germany's Balkan campaign at
tests her failure in other theatres,'
Briand said. "It was undertaken solo
ly because the offensives on the French
and Rirssian fronts were completely
broken.
"We are determined to go through to
tho end, and the enemy need not think
we will grow tired or weak. We havo
measured our task and will neeompusn
it. We have tho will to win and wo
will win.
"The government's essential task
is to assemble, with a view to war, all
the country a viuu forces, and to com
bine to the somo oliect alt public ser
vices. Every man atr his post, who
obeys the government's orders should
accomplish his task. Every failure in
discipline must bo punished." .
The premier's iuitinl Seechinaking
seemed to fire tho deputies and greeted
his words with great cheers.
May Surround Serbians.
Paris, Nov, ,1, With Austro Oormans
and Bulgarians closing in on Nish on
three sides, grave fears were felt hore
today lest the mnin Serbian army be
nurrounded and crushed by the invad
ers. The Bulgarian front curved concave-,
lv before Nish ulnug a half moon line
l'rom Vrnnia in the south, to I'irot, east
of Nish, and thence around to Knju.e
vac northeast of Nish. At the game
time, the Austro-Germans lino ran
through the country about Cacuk and
elsewhere south or Kragujevats (north
west of Nish) to the upper Morava riv
er valley.
Austrian forces, harrnsscd by Mon
tenegrins, were 011 tho offensive and
struggling to drive enstward.
At the same time, the invaders di 1
their utmost to close the only outlet
from Nisii to the southwest.
While the French sought, by landing
troops at Kuvula, to head off the
threatened drive across Bulgaria to the
aid of Turkey, the Teutons plnnncd to
open up supplies of needed copper ami
grnin from the fruitful stores of Bul
garia, The hint from Premier Asquith yes
terday In Hie British house of commons
that the Gallipoli allies will soon be
in the Serbian struggle aroused fresh
hopes here that, despite her overwhelm
ing successes ill Serbia, Germany is des
tined for n defeat thnt may alter ap
preciable the trend of the whole wur.
Bring Up Big Guns.
Amsterdam, Nov. 3. Austrian howit
zcra, such ns leveled the great I'r.emvsl
fortress In (lalicin, are reported to have
arrived at Pirnt in preparation lor the
bombardment of .Nish. Meantime, the
French forces nre landing at Kavala,
the Greek port nearest tho Gallipoli
peninsula.
Tiio early fall of Nish Is anticipated.
Peace Rumors Donied.
London. Nov. 3. The German em
bassy at Madrid, according to dispon
es today denied that Prince Von nue
low is endeavoring to make peace over
FROM THE ALLIES
tures, as variously roKrted, chiefly
from Swiss sources, lately.
German Steamer Sunk.
Cv!Mihnirpn. Nov. .1. The German
steamer dedania of 1477 tons has been
sunk by an English submarine in the
iiaitie. ,
Turks Caught Submarine.
Paris, Nov. 3. loss of the submarine
Turquoise iu tho Sea of Marmora re
ported by the Turks was admitted here
today. -It is boliovod the crew was
captured as the Turks claimed.
Criticise England's Policies.
London, Nov. 3. While England gen
erally appluuded Premier Asquith's
frankness concerning the war situation
and the cabinet's position in the house
of commons yesterday, even the liberal
party papers did not express entire sat
isfaction today.
The Manchester Guardian said thnt
Asquith's admissions, coupled with Sir
F.dward Carson's criticisms of the cab
inet, proved ministerial vacillation con
cerning Sermia. Valuable time has been
lost and it is doubtful if this can be
retrieved, though action may yet snatch
good from evil, the Guardian said. It
questioned the success of the war coun
cil in the cabinet unless it is given ade
quate power.
Claim Victories in Serbia.
Paris. Nov. .1. Though in a deadlock
00 the Franco-Flanders line, tho French
today officially claimed progress in the
southern Serbian campaign, with dc
feat of two Bulgnr battalions Satur
day near Krivoluk.
"The situation on the Franco-Herman
front," said tho official statement, "is
unchanged."
"In tho region of Strumnitzn, we nre
progressing along the southern moun
tain slopes. In the vicinity of Krivo
lak. we repulsed two Bulgarian batta
lions Saturday.
"Only minor activity in the Dardan
elles from October 20 to lust Sate
tho onemv having abandoned his at
tacks. The allies monitors bombarded
the Turks on Gallipoli and the allies
submarines in the Sea of Mnrmora are
preventing supplies from reaching the
enemy."
Austrian) Take TXzice.
Berlin, Nov. 3. Austrian troops, bat
tering their way eastward from Ser
bia's western boundary have occupied
Uziee, it was officially announced to
day. The Serbians are Btill resisting.
Heavy fighting proceeds on both sides
of tho Morava rijf . ,
Ifeice is 87 miles southwest of Bel
grade and 23 miles from Visegrad.
Winning this place is an indication
that the. Austri.ms have cither defeated
tho Montenegrins who have been har
rying their advance or aro strong
enough to proceed with the Serbian in
vasion and at the same time resist Mon
tenegrin flank attacks.
Germans Make Gains.
London, Nov. 3. -The Germans have
gained a little toward Riga from the
west, Petrograd today admitted. Before
Dvinsk. however, the Russians are on
tho offensive. Heavy German losses
m VoUiynin wore claimed.
Thouirh Homo told of enormous Aus
trian losses on the Italian front, Vi
enna insisted that the Austrians are
maintaining thoir ground.
All
330,000 Visit Great Fair
v Beating Opening Day With
Its 255,149
San Francisco, Nov. 3. Three hun
dred and thirty thousand persons surg
ed into the Panninn-Pncific exposition
grounds in celebration of San Fran
cisco. Day, according to an estimate
made today by tiio department of ad
missions. As thousands of tickets were
disposed of through various sources out
sido the exposition gates, it has been
impossible to get an exact count.
More than 00,000 was taken in by
the exposition nud concessions.
Between 10 a. m. and 2 p. m. 1HI,3II0
persons entered the grounds. For hours
a continuous stream of humanity flow
ed through the 74 turnstiles, nnd for
blocks it was impossible for many min
utes at a time for a vehicle to move
once it gut entangled in tho mesh.
The department of admissions was
literally swamped with coins, and nil
day long scores of employes wore kept
working at their top speed to carry
away the Ixixes of half dollars.
Yesterday's attendance surpassed
any day t the exposition, including the
opening day whe:i tho attendance wn
SOfl.Hst,
He
- THE WEATHER I
IN
Oregon: To
night and Tliurs
day cloudy,
probably open
simily rain went
portion; vnrlable
winds, mostly
southwesterly.
9
THE SANTA CLARA
IS WRECKED-LOSS
OF LIFE UNKNOWN
Nine Bodies Recovered But
Total Loss May Be Nearly
Double That
CORPSES PRESENTED
HEART-RENDING SIGHT
Bodies Beatea By Breakers
Until Identification Is Al
most Impossible
Mnrshfield, Or., Nov. 3 This
aftornoon uino bodies of those
who perished ill tho wreck of
the steamer Santa Clara had
been recovered. Another body
was reported to have come
nshore nt Htflrttpn.lnrff ftnflpti
No details as to tho identity of
the body were received. Five
members of the crew of the
Santa Clara were unaccounted
for. Their identity has not been
(leriniteiy established.
Marshfleld, Or., Nov. 3. Pitiful
bc nes wero enacted when the bodies of
the eight porsous known to have perish
ed when tho steamer Santa Clara went
aground on the south spit of Coos bay
late yesterday wore brought here to
day. Among tiio more than 75 surviv
ors were relatives and friends who had
kopt an all night vigil on lonely Das
tendorft1 Beach, trying to tan the
breath of lifo buck into sand begrimed
coijwesv
Tho known dead were: -
Mrs. D. H. Thorne, Hood Uiver, Or.
Eugene Oilliiiwntcr, gcven year old
son of A. Gilliuwator.
Mrs. M. J. Dunn, Butte, Montana.
Thirteen months old child of Mrs. J.
J. Crowley, Mill City, Oregon.
Dolmar Bogue,ged 9, Gold Hill, Ore
gon. Two unidentified elderly women.
' Oiler llnndloss of the crew.
The eight bodies were recovered dur
ing the night, but there may have been
more victims. The purser lost the pas
senger list aud a careful check wan
impossible.
Two Boats Are Swamped.
The most of those who perished went
down wnon two small boats overturned
shortly after being launched from the
stricken vessel.
Captain Lofstedt and six meii who
occupied ono of the boats made their
way back to the vessel and were later
taken off with breeches buoys, but
those in tho other boat wero lost
The Santa Clura was en route from
Portland to ften Francisco when late
yesterday sho struck a shoal. Swerved
from her course, it was only a matter of
a few minutes until sho was fait
aground on toe spit and careening bad
ly.
Tho lifeboats wero ordered launched
without delay. This was a difficult
task because of the heavy breakers.
The vessel was nlmost "cleared of pas
sengers anil crew when the two bouts,
whoso overturning caused the greatest
loss of lifo wero launched. Thev rodo
unsteadily in the waves for a short
time nnd then began to take water.
Soon they disnprn-ored beneath the sur-
ace leaving the occupants scrambling
in tneir Jignt for lite.
Many of the survivors were injured
and sintered greatly trom exposure.
A littlo cottutio on BiiHtendort'f llwh
was the place of refuge nud into it wero
taken the deail ami suffering.
In storm and Darkness,
By the uncertain light of lanterns
attempts were mnd; to resuscitate tho
dead but without uvail.'
The corpses presented a heart rend
ing sight. Tho sand was so ground in
to them that identification was diffi
cult anil in a few casus, impossible.
Acconling to the latest figures there
were 4H passengers and 42 members of
the crew aboard Ihe Santa Clura.
The steamer Adeline Smith and the
bar dredge Mieliin tried fur several
hours to maneuver close enough Jm the
Santa Clnra to bo of service, but were
unable to do so.
The wind wus blowing and a heavy
rain fulling when the Sunta Clara
struck. This made I hi' work of rescue
difficult. Nig'.itf'nll brought almost
pitch darkness and the survivors,
drenched to the skin ami suffering f rom
exposure, were lor the most part guided
by the sense ot toucii,
Miss Alice Church, of Marshfiehl,
who was on board the life boat which
awnmped carrving nearly all of those
who perished to their death, said
"Tho bout was Inunchcd without any
great confusion, but hnd proceeded only
11 short distance when it wus swamped.
There were about twenty persons In It.
I do not see how very many of them
could liavn reached the shore."
The Santa Clam seemed to be resting
easily In the sand today and showed no
signs of breaking up. The sea was
comparatively smooth.
Cuptain Lofstedt was henrthrokon
over the disustcr to his ship today. He
brnko down and wept when 1). H.
Thorne, of Hood Uiver, shook his hnnd
and thanked him for his offorU to ave
the vessel. Thome's wife was one of
those lost.
"It was tho steering gear that caused
the wreck," said Captain Lofstedt. "Iti
went wrong and refused to answer to'
the helm nfter we had turned in to
cross tho bar. The seas caught us and
drifted us, helpless, on the spit."
Was Hoodo Ship.
San Francisco, Nov. 3. Peril con
stantly for years has followed the
steamer Santa Claru, sunk ol't the en
trance to Coos Bay yesterday. She
was termed tiie hoodoo ship of tho Pa
cific, for three times prior to tho final
tragedy she eume close to going dowu.
Iu 1007 ihe Santa Clara sprung a
leak off Cape Flattery but reached the
port.
On April 14, 1910, she struck the
Humbodlt bar while passing out from
Kureka and when Bhe was finully towed
back into port the water was flush with
her decks.
During a hoavy fog on September V,
1911 the Santa Clara struck a rock off
Point Bonita in tho north channel of
the Gulden Gate aud was run on the
beach to keen her from sinking.
These May Be Lost.
Among those believed to have per
ished are:
First Assistant F.ugineer Edwards.
Boatswain Manning.
Sailor Wallace.
Oiler Harry Andrend.
Survivors Arrive.
Although an exact list of the dead
has not been prepared, the following
survivors arrived in Marshfield to-
day.
C. Phillips, chief steward, San Fran
cisco; C. 1'.. Goodwin, wireless operator,
San Francisco; Norman Parkinson, K,
Allen, L. Luwes. William Manning, F.
M. Stewart, J. P. Schmcll, Captain
August Lofsted, Sid Wright, B. N. Ksh
elmati, A. K. Lotis, (colored cook), P.
Handless, Chris. Anderson, C. H. Lov
ett, third assistant engineer; Fv L. Rcm
ers, wireless operator; T. Turner, second
officer; It. C. Folley, T. W. Stenhouso,
Camas, Wash.; Charles E. Kincnid,
Wallace, Iduho; John W. Noyes, Euro
ka, Cnl.; A. Despar, chiof engineer, Oak
land; James Lawson, Ferndnle, Cal.j
D. H. Thome, Hood River, Ore; Joseph
May, Portland; E. T. Davis, Portland;
T. Dean, Seattle, Wash.; A. C. Martin,
Newport, Ore.; Thelmn Sncll, Meadow
ville, Wash.; Rnehael Crowley, Mill
City, Oro.j J. A. Cramer, Corvallis,
Ore.; Alico Church, Mnrshfiold, Ore.;
Lucilc Ballard, Sedro-Woolley, Wash.;
Purser A. P. Stone, First Mato Charles
Tcsell and Miss Alice Tierney.
Ill
Will Have "Meatless" and
"Fatless" Days-Holland
Sends Meat Supplies
By Carl W. Ackerman.
(United Frees Staff Correspondent.)
Berlin, Nov. 3. "Germany will be
using meat and butter cards before the
end of the winter and the maximum
price will be placed on practically all
food necessities to prevent extortion,"
Mayor Von Wermuth declared today.
Tuesday was Berlin's first meatless
day, in accordance with the govern
ment's new regulations providing two
.lays abstinence from meats each week.
Meat could not be bought anywhere.
Restaurants served vegetables, cheese
and egg substitutes. Friday, again,
Gernvtiny will be mentless.
Wednesdays and Fridays will be
"fatless" dnys ns butter, lard and oth
er fats will be unobtainable.
The government intends to enforce
these 'rulings strictly and to this end,
has already sentenced two pnekers for
violations.
Prices Aro High.
Germany is developing a socialistic
state.
The government controls supplies of
grain and potatoes as well as the state
owned railwnva anil (10 per cent of the
factories. Further, the stato provides
employment and fixes food prices,
"There is no question of food short
age at all," said Wermuth, " It is a
;;..; ;. c caus-d iv jz
i-.. ..tit.... i.:..i.
listribution. I am not worryinir that
tiie supply will not last, because 1 know
what wn need and we have It. Itut our
duty is to see that every one gets what
he needs!"
Piles of food in the windows indi
cate that there is no lack, Tho mayor
last night visited incut lines to see how
the poor obtain their supplies. Ion(
rows of women stood in the procession j
all night. Iu order to 0M11111 Irnzen
unfits. Tiie throng sctnbled n bread
line along Ihe New oi k Itowory though
the occupant 1 of this lino were paying
for their food.
Plenty of Spuds,
Anxiety over the meat supply was
relieved today by a telegram from the
Holland government, permitting the ex
portation of 3,0110,0110 tons of pork be
nt use of 11 Dutch oversupply. At pres
ent, pork Is the highest priced ami only
the most wealthy, persons nro huving it.
The potato harvest yielded fiil,000,0IO
tons, n sufficient supply for Germany.
On Monday the price of buttur will
bo reduced four cents, under the new
government price regulution system.
" rueinpliivnienl Is not troubling
Berlin," said Werinuth. "At the out
break of tiio war, we had 110,000 iineni
ployed. Todny we linve onlv 2,000,
mostly women.' Think of It 2.000 un
employed in a city of 4,000,000. How
dues tK'it eonipAro with New York "
It Is estimated that 40.000 women
have replaced men iu positions In Ber
lin. The city will continue work on
the 'Ji,O0O,iinil subwav and thotl0,000,
dock Improvements this winter.
VILLA IS BEATEN,
HIS SOLDIERS EN
I
Starring Men Fought For the
Little Corn Saved For the
Artillery Horses
THEY LIVED FOR DAYS
ON ROOTS AND HERBS
Utter Rout and Scattering of
His Army May Bring End
To Rebellion
Army la Demoralized.
Douglas, Ariz., Nov. 3 General Fran
cisco Villa's army is apparently scat
tered to tho four winds.
. His artillery is retreating westward,
toward Naco. The last positions before
Agua Prieta were abandoned today un
der Carrunzista artillery fire.
Six hundred Carrunzista cavalrymen
sulliod out from Agua Priuta and pur
sued the Villista rear guard. A two
hour buttle resulted, the Villistas being
kopt on the run by the horsemen.
Fifty Villa soldiers Tan toward Agua
Priota this morning, their hands ele
vated above thoir heads in token of sur
render.. They wore received as prison
ers. Mix more ran across the border onto
Arizona soil, and were placed under ar
rest ns military prisoners. They declar
ed that the Villistus were in a terrible
plight. Horses aro starving. Soldiers
have mutiued and fought for the scanty
store of corn which was being saved
for the artillery horses.
Many men ilved for dnya on roots
und herbs, according to the prisoners.
Water is at a promium. Villa's officers
are beginning to mutter against him.
General Frederick Funston, command
ing tho American forces here, denied
today that ho had asked permission of
Washington to invade Mexico if neces
sary to protect Amoricans.
"Emphatically, no!" ho said when
asked if he had made the request.
Ho added that his interview with Vil
la on tho border yesterday was at Vil
la's request, and proved inconsequen
tial. Army la Demoralized.
Doughs, Ariz., Nov. 3. Utterly de
feated from a military standpoint, with
mutiny in his starving ranks and his
forces rapidly dwindling from deser
tion and flight, General Francisco Villa
rallied the remnants of hie once formid
able army around him and returned to
the attack on Agua Prieta this after
noon. Gcnciiil Elina P. Cellos, commanding
tho Cnrrnnzistas defending the city, re
ported to General Frederick Fuuston,
tho American chief, at 1:30 p. m. to
day that the-shattorcd column was com
ing bick lor more.
A few hours previously fiflO Oarrnn
.istu horsemen had galloped cheering
into Agua Prieta, having herded the de
moralized fragments of Villa's retreat
ing rear guard over the horizon. Vil
lu's cannon, many guns useless for lack
of ammunition, was disappearing to
ward Naco. Tho field was littered with
the debris of battle with dead and
wounded Villistas. Tho few Villa men
eblij to stand on their feet were scur
rying over tho American line or sur
rendering in huddled droves. . The vic
tory seemed complete.
Villa Haiti Retreat.
Somewhere near Sahulonnn, 12 miles
south, illa must have halted the re
(seat, and instilled new courage into
his hungnry, tattered horde.
For suddenly two field pieces, drng
ged by lathering horses, rattled into
wa ?' Ag .
tn, near the border, and unlimhered.
There they stood, silent but ominous.
Behind them 300 horsemen reined in
and waited in a long, struggling line.
Nothing else happened. It evidently
got. on (lenernl Cjilles' nerves.
lie ordered a ono pound gun placed
iu the extreme eastern of the Cnrran
zista trench paralleling the American
line nnd presently it begun barking, and
its missies began kicking up (lust col
umns nninng tho horsemen. Some of the
horses retired nnd pranced, but. the
struggling column held its ground, and
the two field pieces remained silent.
Then Carrnn.lstn .scouts came spur
ring their mounts into Agua Prieta
frr.m tho opposite side, nnd presently
their message was heard everywhere:
Celebration Stops.
"They're coining back."
Agua Prieta was celebrating the vic
tory. The celebration stopped. Car
ran.n's soldiers were hurriedly as
sembled nud sent into the trenches
ngnin. Before long drifting clouds of
dust to the south and west marked th
new Villista advance.
Meanwhile, riots had broken out In
the refuge camp on tho American side.
Tho ctimp divided Into two factions.
One faction had beds, blankets, pots
nnd nans. The other had none. So
TERRIBLE PUG 1 1
those that had none proceeded to grub
evirything in sight. The result was a
free' fight, quelled only when Amor
Icnn so'diers rushed Into the tamp anil
pacified tho belligerents.
"" (Coutinuod on Tage Hi.)