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PLAIN VIEW

OF THE ENEMY

General Villa's Army Encamps South

Of Agua Prieta

And Carranzistas Expect Attack At

Any Moment

S3 Paso, Tex., Nov. 1. Tho army

f Qenoral Villa Is encamped on Uio

kills south of Agua Prieta, Sonora.

Tfao troops are in plain view of the

garrison of Carranza soldiers under

General P. B. Callcs.

Whether an attack will be dellvored

pon tfao waiting Carranza troops re

Bains to lie seen. There are those

ho bellovo that Villa will not maae

the attack hecauso of the prepara

tions made to resist him. Others be

Jiovo that ho will throw his half

ttarved forco of men against tho well

entrenched Carranza forces and make

a final desperate attempt to drlvo

them, by the fury of Ills assault, over

the lino Into Arizona as his last hope.

In tho event of damage to Ameri

can Hie or property, Villa runs tho

risk of having to fight 6,500 United

States troops along with the Carranza

garrison that should now number

more than his own. The Carranza

garrison was reinforced by the or

rival of five train loads of fighting

men through American territory from

Piedran Negras, Coahuila."

American troops commander at

Douglas, Ariz., estimate the Calles

Coroe behind the Agua Prieta fortifica

tions at between 3,500 and 4,000 men

prior to tho arrival of reinforcements.

OarranKa officials declare that 5,000

rclnforcoments arrived there Satur

iajr and Sunday. Sixteen pieces of

told artillery are known to have ar

rived, also a number of machine

guns. The Calles troops, many of

whom are Indians, are well fortified

and the location of Agua Prieta is

somewhat above the ground over

which Villlstas will have to attack.

Villa claims 8,000 men. He has not

nearly that numbor, however. He is

said to have sixty pieces of artillery.

There was skirmishing between

Carranza outposts and advance

guards of Villlstas. Several Villlsta

bands were driven back and in some

THE MOTHER

NARROWLY ESCAPES DEATH

Washington, Nov. 1. Mrs. W. 8.

Boiling, mother of President Wilson's

fiancee, with her son, William H. Boi

ling, and his wife, narrowly escaped

death from hydrocyanic gas poison

ing here In their rooms in an apart

ment house. Miss Louise Roberts,

twenty-three, living in an apartment

directly under 'that occupied by Mrs.

Norman Gait's mother and other rela

tives, was killed by the gas, which

KILLED

BV A CAR

Warren, O., Nov. 1. Charles Mau

by, a farmer, who was driving, with

his wife, in a buggy from their homo

in tho cub'irba of Nlles to this city,

was killed instantly when the rig waa

struck by an interurban car. The

two were thrown out of the buggy,

Mauby's skull being fractured. Mrs.

Uauby received serious internal in

juries. J.

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Instances the Carranza outposts,

after firing at the advancing enemy,

hurried back to the protection of the

Agua Prieta gunB.

General Davis is very positive that

ho will protect Americans If tho bul

lets fall Into American territory and

harm, or promise to harm, citizens of

this country. General Davis official

ly informed Samuel Dreben and other

agents of General Villa in Douglas

that shooting must not harm Ameri

cans if an attack is made.

TO STUDY GARY PLAN

Novel Experiments to Be Made In

Field of Education.

, Now York, Nov. 1. The general

education board, one of John D. Uook

cfeller's pnllanthroplo enterprises,

unnounced It had made gifts totaling

$375,000 to four, colleges and had pro

vided the funds for a number of novel

experiments in the field of education.

The latter, which inaugurate a new

departure in the activity of the board,

include a scientific study of the Gary,

lnd., BCheme of public school educa

tion and of the Hampton Institute

uystcm, the results of which the

board Intends to make available for

general use throughout tho country.

The gifts are: Carlton college, North

Held, Minn., Congregational, $100,000;

Hobart college, Geneva, N. Y., Epis

copallan, $50,000; Lafayette college.

Kaston, Pa., Presbyterian, $200,000,

and Kalamazoo college, Kalamazoo

Mich., BaptiRt, $25,000.

Owe the Government.

Washington, Nov. 1. The treasury

department made public a list of

names of citizens of tho United States I

who called upon tho government for

aid to get home from Europe when

they found themselves stranded be

cause of the war. The list contains

the names of thoso who accepted aid

and up to now have not reimbursed

the government.

OF MRS. OALT

escaped from a tmsement. room wnero

it was boing used as nn insecticide.

The gas penetrated to the halls and

filtered Into tho room occupied by

Miss Roberts, causing her death.

The Boilings and other famlllos in

the apartment house were aroused by

the fumes and upon making an inves

tigation found Miss Roborts hud suc

cumbed. The members of the Boiling

family suffered no more harm than

nausea.

DIES IN

THE SOUTH

Nowark, O., Nov. 1. Word was re

ceived in Granville of the death of

Mrs. Elizabeth S. Snopardson, aged

eighty, widow of Dr. Daniel Shepard

son, founder of Shopardson Collcgo

for Woman at Granville, now the co

educational department of Denison

university. Her death occurred at

Norfolk, Va., where she was livlut;

with a daughter.

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nineteen little girls were burned toj.ijeath and two girls died from Injui

BLANCHE WALSH DEAD;

SUCCUMBS

Cleveland, Nov. 1. Miss Blanche

Walsh's career of years as one of the

premier stars of the stage ended

when she died in Lakeside hospital

in this city. Death came at 8:20

o'clock Sunday night, as the climax

of almost twenty-four hours of un

consciousness that followed a week's

struggle for life. Miss WalBh in pri

vate life was Mrs. William H. Trav

crs. Mr. Trovers was at his wife's

bedside when she died. He announc

ed that her death was due to a gon-.i

URGES AN INCREASE

Washington, Nov. 1. Increases in

the navy's store of supplies to make

possible tho placing of tho fleets upon

n war basis at a few hours' notice are

urged by Rear Admiral Samuel Mc

Gowan, paymaster general, In his an

nual report to Secretary Dnnlols. For

tho last four years, the admiral say3,

navy ship tonnage fit for actlvo ser

vice ha3 increased 30 per cent, while

thore has been practically no Increase

in the value of stores on hand.

"As an example of financial econ

omy," adds tho-report, "tills makes an

excellent showing; but It Is a condi

tion which should not bo pormlttcd to

I longer continue, for it is a matter of

history that the issue of every great

conflict has been in tho last analysis

dependent largely upon the question

of supply. There should be no leal

difference between peace times and

war times with respect to ship sup

New York, Nov. 1. J. P. Morgan's

condition was considered so sallsfp"

tory that no bul'ct'ns were issued

iho attending phyolc'ans. Mempevn

of his family said that tho fluanplcr'f

rally from thooporaUou for a-mmi-ll

citls performed last Friday was encouraging.

MORGAN

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DIED IN FIRE

WHICH DESTROYED

AT CLEVELANB

era! breakdown and nervous prostra- j

tion brought on by overwork and

worry that caused a complication of

ailments that made an operation ne

cessary. Miss Walsh's body was pre

pared for shipment to New vork. She

was forty-two years old.

Blanche Walsh was born in New

York city Jan. 4, 1873, the daughter

of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Walsh. Her

father at that time was' a politician

in the Sixth ward. He was once

warden of the Tombs nrison.

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OF NAVY'S SUPPLIES

ply."

Admiral McGowan fgures the pres

ent property investment of the navy

at $R50 G20.370, or wlilsh ?15 r,S0 r.il

in renresented in shlos. $203,035,101

ir. Ftn'Ions pud equ'iment arid $1Sl,

298,720 In stores. The total expendi

tures on the i'iivv from 1794 to 1015,

inclusive, Is placed at $3,214,32!),GU,

Territory Not Vlo'ated.

Tho Hague, Nov. 1, An Orange

book issued by tho Dutch government

recnpltu'ates ofllclal reports ' on a

rumber of Interesting questions aris

ing out of tho war. The document

denies assertions regarding the al

leged violation ot Nethertfcs'ands ter

ritory by the Germans wnlle they

were proceeding through Belgium at

the beginning of the war, which an

ofllclal investigation showed to be

baseless.

FATAL AUTO

Ashtabula, O., Nov. 1. -Frank L.

Hall, thirty-two, son ot George Hall,

contractor, was killed wheu thrown

from on outo driven by Robert Tun

bar, twenty-four. Roy Wood, thirty,

also was thrown from tho machine

end rordered rnco-isclous. The ma

chine hit the th!3 of a trolley Hue

j&!ffaw$,

ACDENT

PEAB0DY SCHOOL

ies when fire swept through St. John's

parochial school at Peabody, Mass.,

with such rapidity that several hun

dred pupils became jammed inside

the front entrance in a mass, fighting

blindly to escape the flames and

smoke. Before the police and fire-

, men were able 'to burst open the

doors eight or ten had fallen victims.

610 FIRE

IN CLEVELAND

Cleveland, Nov. 1. Fire In the

Cuyahoga river fiats district caused

damage estimated at $100,000 in two

lumber yards. The principal loss was

sustained by the Smcad Box company,

which reported a loss of $75,000, and

the Peters Millwork and Jumber com

pany, with a loss of $25,000.

VESSELS IN

London, Nov. 1. One hundred and

fifty-five men nre reported missing

after a collision between the British

auxfllory sweerer Hythe and another

British '7ars:iip oft the Galllpoll pin

Insula, In which the Hythe was sulIs

HURT WHEN GOME? EXPLODES

Keir to the Helplm Throne In London

rwr'ng Zeppelln-Rald.

New York, Nov. 1. Word has just

been reco'ved here that Prince Leo

po'd. heir to tho Belgian throne, who

Is now at Fton, was in London the

evcnlns of the big Zeppelin raid and

was sMgrt'y Injured. The boy went

with n valet to dine at a restaurant,

intending later to go to a moving pic

ture theater. As he came out ol

the restaurant, the first bombs began

to fall. Ono e''.oded within sixty

yards of the prince. Prince Leopold

was knocked down by the force of the

exp'osion end his arm was cut by a

piece of the bomb.

, Fay Not German Officer.

Berlin, Nov. 1. A special Investi

gation by the German authorities con

corning Robert Fay, under arrest In

New York, charged with conspiracy

in connection with an alleged plot to

blow up ships carrying supplies for

the entente allies, and who has de

clared that ho was a lieutenant In

tho Gorman army, was followed by a

Etatement from the authorities that

there Is not now and never was an

officer called Fay In the German

King George's Condition.

London, Nov. 1, King George, who

was 'rjrred by a fall from his horsa

on Thursday last. Is suffering less

pain, but Is stl'l weak from the ef

fects of his hurts, ti:e ofllclal bulletin

tat?"

COLLISION

PRINCE FIGURES

IN LOVE TRAGEDY

Blinded and Shot By Young Girl

Who Ends Her Own Life.

London, Nov. 1. Details of tie love

tragedy ot Prince Leopold Coburg,

nephew of King Ferdinand of Bul

garia and tho beautiful Lottie Ry

blchka, in Vienna, have been receiv

ed hero from Budapest. Report of the

girl's death is confirmed. The prince

is still living.

Tho prince, who Is thirty-seven,

and the girl, who was eighteen, met

two years ago at a high social func

tion. Their meeting was a case of

lovo at first sight. The prince con

vinced the girl that he would be able

to overcome the Inexorable rules pre

venting the marriage of members ot

royalty with commoners.

Despite the opposition of the girl's

father, who is a high official of the

Austrian state police, Miss Rybichka

gave up her home and traveled with

the prince throughout the country.

Finally the couple took apartments

in Vienna, where the tragedy oc

curred. The reconstructed story is that the

girl urged marriage before the depar

ture from Vienna. The prince futilly

endeavored to obtain his father's con

sent. His efforts in this direction

falling, the prinre offered the girl half

a million kronen as recompense. This

offer the girl refused. The prince I

then pointed out marriage was impos

sible and tried to break off relation?

with the girl, in obedience to his fath

er's orders.

Seeing the hopelessness of het

plight, the girl, threw vitriol in th

prince's face, destroying one eye and

Injuring the other, and followed th

odd with shots from a revolver whlct

she "cad kept concealed, four bullets

flndrng lodgment in the prince's body.

Then she turned the weapon upon

herself with fatal effect.

Miss Farrar's Father Under the Knife.

New York, Nov. 1. Miss Geraldlne

Farrar, the iioted grand opera prima

donna, raced to New York on board

a special train to reach the bedside

of her father. "Sid" Farrar, who had

been removed hastily to a local hos

pital for an operation. The sick man's

appendix was removed.

Champion Egg Layer of World.

Philadelphia. Nov. 1. With a rec

ord of 314 eggs in 365 days, Lady

Eglantine, a white Leghorn pullet, be

came the champion egg layer of the

world. The little hen, weighing three

and a half pounds, completed her

year egg laying competition at Dela

ware college, Newark Del., and beat

tho previous record of 286 eggs by 28.

To Comply With Seaman's Law.

New York, Nov. 1. The seamen's

law becomes operative in regard to

American owned vessels next Thurs

day and steamship lines plying out of

New York have been busily prepar

ing for it until now they are practic

ally ready. As far as can be learned

all the steamship companies plan to

comply with the law.

LIVE ST03X AMD GRAIN

EAST BUFFALO, Nov. 1.

Cattle Prime steers, 59 2309 75: ship

pins, 5S 2509: butchers, JG 7503 50;

itlfers. $5 7507 50; cows, 530G 50; bulls,

I 54 50Q7 25; stockcrs and feeders. $5 7507;

fresh cows and springers, $50S5; calve,

51011 50.

HossHenv5 t !"S' mhed, $7 75?

7 S5: YolkeiF. 57 50(ff7 75; piss. J7 25fi

7 50; roughs. ?C 60(S S3: stiK. JSlffC.

Sheep and Lambs Ewts, S3&6; wethers,

(i 5000 75; yearlings, J57 75; lambs,

JGfo'9 10.

CHICAGO, Nov. 1.

Cattle Native beef steers (5 90010 50;

western steers. ?fi Sift 60; cows and

hclfcrs, J2 S?7 25; calves, $7 25(rn.

Hogs Light. ?G G07 50; mixed JO 604?

7 70; heavy. fi 35 7 CO; roughs, $6 250

6 55; pigs, 53 5007.

Sheep and Lambs Wethers. JG06 65:

ewes, ?3 90 5 85; lambs, ?S 758 90.

CLEVELAND, Nov. 1.

Cattle Choice, fat steers, $S8 50:

butcher steers, f77 75; heifers, J5 75

; 8 75; bulls, $6G 75; cows, ?45 75; calves.

JfigJll 25.

Hogs Yorkers and mediums, $7 GO;

lights, $7 60; roughs, $6 50; stugs, $6.

Bhcep and I.amba Ewes and wethers,

Slff6; lambs, $7 50S 75.

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 1.

Cattle Prime fed steers, J9ft9 10; choice

(at Bteers, $8 508 S5: butcher steers,

$7 75S 10; heifers, J6QG 50; cows, J5 50

G; bulls, f5 5007; cahes. S11 60.

Hoss Heavies, $7 8007 85; Yorkers,

J7 4007 65; pigs, 5707 35.

Sheep and lambs Sheep, ?S 25; lambs,

59 10.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 1.

Cattle Steers, 51 7507 75. heifers, 51 50

07; cows. 5"0G; cahes, 55011.

Hogs Packers nnd butchers, 57 300

T G5; common to choice, 550K 75; pijs

ml lisjhts, ?4 07 10; stagx. 51 3O0G 60.

Sheep and Lambs Sheep. 1306; lambs,

13 5009.

BOSTON, Nov. 1.

Wood Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces:

Celalne nshed, 3403'ic: half blood

Dmblng, 33c: three. eighths blood comb-

, Jng, 3G037c; delaine unwashed, 23 14

Wzsc.

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IN DANGER

ARE FORCES

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Of Serbians As Teutonic Ar

mies Advance

Enemy Narrowing Gap Through

Which They Must Escape.

FORTRESS OF PIROT TAKEN

Teutonic Armies Forming a Ring

Around Kraguyevatz, Where the

8erblan Arsenal Is Located Aus

trian Troops Fiercely Assailing,

Montenegro Allies Entrenching

On Southern End of Nlsh Railroad

London, Nov. 1. Confirmation or

the Berlin report that the fortress or

Plrot, described as the key to Nlsh,.

is in the hands of the Bulgarians has

been received here. It Is announced

also that the Austro-Geraans, ad

vancing from the north, are endeav

oring to form a ring around Kraguye

vatz, where the Serbian arsenal is.

situated. Thus, besides endangering

both the Serbian war capital and the

town where the Serbian munitions

are manufactured, the central powers,

with Bulgarian aid, are narrowing

the gap through which the Serbian,

ermy in the northeast must escape.

Simultaneously the Austrians arc

attacking Montenegro to remove, it

possible, the danger of having an ene

my army on their flank. Little has

been said about the lighting between,

the Austrians and Montenegrins along

the Drina river, but apparently it J

of a most sanguinary character, as It

took the Austrians more than a week

to force a crossing of the river at

one point alone, that south of Vlshq

grad.

The Anglo-French troops are firmly

establishing themselves along the

southern end of the Nlsh railway,

end, crossing into Bulgaria, have oc

cupied the hills surrounding Stru

mitza, although the capture of that

town, which has been reported, is

not officially confirmed. The allied

fleets, too, have again bombarded

towns on the Aegean sea.

Relieves the Strain.

While these efforts take some of

the strain off heavily-tried Serbia,

there Is no reliable information as to

the movements of the greater forces

which, it Is hoped here, will save her.

Reports continue to circulate, chiefly

from German sources, of a Russian

army which is to march across Rou

manla to the rescue. But of the Brit

ish and French reinforcements no

news has been received.

Italy has undertaken a general of

fensive and there is talk of another

offensive on the western front. Thr.

German? seem to have anticipated

this, as they launched a general at

tack in Chamrague over a front of

about five miles in an effort to re

cover ground which the French re

cently took from them. They suc

eoeded In recapturing tho Butte de

Tahure, but, according to the French

account, they were repulsed every

whore pipe, suffering extremely "leavy

losscr. und to the north ot Le Mesnll

they prtually lost one of their own

trenche-'.

Despite the coming of winter, there

has been more activity on the Russian

front. There has been a lull In the

fighting in Courland. where the Ger

mans have apparently failed to take

Riea or Dinsk or to improve to any

marked degree their position. It Is

believed that they are preparing for

another drive. It must be made soon,

as snow is already falling. Along the

Styr the Germans are engaged in a

counter offensive and have recovered

some territory which General lvanoff

took from them. Further south, In

Gallcla, the Russians have returned

to the offensive.

IS

Columbia, Miss., Nov. 1. Jack

Hughes, a white farmer, who killed

Larue Holioway near Columbia last

Monday, was taken from the Jail bore

by a crowd of masked men, carried

just outside the corporate limits and,

hanged to a tree.

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