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3 CRASS Oil BLUFF WILL BE BURNED ELLIOTT MARSHALL, NEW YORK LAWYER, STRANGELY MI&SINQ "THE WORLD DO MOVE." d FROM WILLAMETTE VALLEY PAPERS Th Bait of the County Kt and Not Pnntad This Wk in ri Local Paptra 0mON' CITY KNTKUl'l.I.SI.. 1 JMDAV, .n.lST 11. UUI. ' 3 PRY WAY OUT OF COUNIY JAIL PRISONERS ESCAPE WITH AID OF OLD PIPE PULLED LOOSE FROM CELL HI m HUNT WITHOUT RESULTS Sheriff Mae Sptndt Day In Portland In Effort lo Find Tract of Thr Young Thought to b Lcadtr Sheriff K. T. Mna returned at 7 o'clock Monduy evening after spending the day In Portland In an unsuccessful attempt to locate the three men who broke Jtill nt an early hour Monday morning. Sheriff Muss visited the city and county offlclul In I'ortlutid anil the offlcera there will keep a clone lookout for the men. Kvery prlaoner In the Jnll. three In number, escaped by picking the lock on a heavy iron door which leads Into the corridor, from the corridor they went throtiKh a three foot brick wall Into the Indies' wnltlnK room with a fliitliMii'd gas pipe. The three men are: John Youiik. bound over to tho grand Jury on'a charge of burglary; Henry Wis, nerving; a term for burglary, and A. W. Johnson, also bound over to the grnnd Jury. The opening through which the fli ifc i three prisoners escaped waa cut Into ! a room which hna been fitted up aa a rent room for women. Tlio windows of thin room are always open. It la on the bnanment floor, the aame aa the Jnll, and, mire In the room, the three Jullblrda lmd only to step from nn open window to liberty. Sheriff Mnaa la confident thnt tlio work lubncqtiont to eacnpo was done Sunday night. The firm work would have been to pick the lock. It la In Plain night at one, end of the table up on which llm prlHniicrg ent their menbt, mid would hnvo been enally noticed yeKlerdiiy afternoon If It hail benn loose. Tlio Jnllbrcnkerg cIiobo the sult- abio night for the cacapa. Thoy aro f'd ut 4 o'clock on Sunday, and after Unit nre left to thnniNclvea. Young, tlio man who Shoriff Miihs li'ilievea In the leader In the plot, la I he one who confessed to robbliiK tlio KlIllngHworlh brnnch library In Port land and who la thought k luivo a mania for robbing lllirnrlog. According to his own BtatenientB, he has served sentences In three sIiiIcb. ' John Young Is 42 years old, s bald, lins deep set dark eyes, h smooth shaven, weighs about 145 pounds, and Is flvo font, lghl Inches. Henry W'lHe lg 1!) years old, five feet and four Inches tall, and hns black heavy curley . hair. A. W. Johnson 1h 25 voars old I ' mill wolL'hlH nhnllt 1lfl linnndu "HQLISH LINERS RUN BLOCKADE HM.IFAX, N. 8., Aug. 6. The liners Cedrle and Mauretanla arrived here to ay alUr escaping several German "rulieri, The Mauretanla waa con- vyed to this port by the British crula- The Cedrlo carried 800 passengers, one left Liverpool July 31. CONTRACT LET FOR ROOMS wii.WAUKIE. Ore., Aug. 11. Tlio nwiooi board of dlittrlct No. 1 InHt . "iKht awurded the contract for the erection of a double portable school om to Telton & Uve, of Mllwaukle. hoHe bid, vr.!5, was the lowest of the veii submitted. The board voted to comply with the recommendations of .9ni nnd P"ce commission by In Hialllng a two Inch standplpe through the school building to the roof, with floor"0110"8 f 50 feet 0f h0Be on eaeh Means of getting on the roof will providod and the rear exit will be cleared by the arrangement of aeats. iCer,rade,n bath'ng t ' ii ii jj;f vr ,7 lL I A REUNION A LABOR DAY STORY 0r AIUHUK PKICE The liilwr ilny proceaalon waa com Ink down tlie street. The flmt man In It wne ill fii-t four Indie lull, with a ben r kin hat on lilii brad that raised lilm to aorru feet. He wn tlie drum miijor of tlit band and waa twirling lila bit; allvvr hi'iidcd aliiff and throw, lute It Into tlie air wltb Due JuKKlory. Iloliliiil lilm cam the hand ami then the uinu of iiiont rcnl lmportnii.-, the crnnil innnilml followed br but aids. Then cume the different unlona tnarcb. lug lu line, every man looking happy on this clear 8ctimlcr day tbat be could lay ankle hla linnimer or hla trowel or whatever tool beat represent ed hla trade mid step out to tlie In spiriting strain of martini music. Among thoHo who lined the aide walks, occupied the ateps of the build ings and climbed the lampposts along; tlio line of march was a certain Mrs. OToole, who bud recently come over from Ireland. With her waa ber eon, Iinulel. six yenra old. The mother waa atniidlng with the crowd on the curb, but Dnnny was perched with leg on encb aldi of a horizontal piece of Iron under the. lamp, straining his eyea to catch the flmt glimpse of sunlight that would strike the brasa horns of the bund. "They're com In', mother!" he snout ed, wild with excltemeut. Every eye within hearing of the boy's voice wna turned lu the direction he was looking. True enough, a line of mounted po lice wheeled around a corner, aud In another moment the strains of music were heard In the dlstnuce. Danny kept his mother Informed of ench ap pea ranee aa It was revealed to hi in and was not a little proud to think that there were those In the crowd direct ly beneath lilm who were beiietlUng by his Information. "Oh, mother, there's a giant with a woolly dog on his head throwlii' up a big stick. Iteckon ho's runuln' thu whole business. "Oh, mother, you'd ouglitcr see the nuin on n borne with a whole, lot o' other men on horses. They've nil got broad whlto things over their shoulders and hold round sticks In their bands wltb ribbons round 'cm." Tlio big horns grew hoarser, tho bnss drum pounded louder, the piccolo shrill- ed Harder, us the columns advanced. Whon mounted police riding abreast como a man on tho aldewnlk Interest ed In Danny's description and his ea gerness that his mother should see It all handed her a sonp box on which ho bad been standing and bade her mount It. She thanked him mid. step ping up, had n fine view of those pass ing lu tho street much to Danny's sat isfaction, ' The drum major pnssed. the band pnHscd, the grand marshal and his aids passed. Then came the Carpenters' union, the numbers' union and the Masons' union. "Oh, Danny." cried Mrs. O'Toole, "there's your father!" Now, Dnnny O'Toole had known ever since he was old enough to know any thing that his father had left hi in and his mother In Ireland when Danny was n baby to como to America. lie was to send money homo and when he got enough together to send for his wife and boy he would do so. For nwbtle letters lmd come from hlra; then they had censed, nis wife had come to America to look for him. "Which?" cried Diintiy. "The man on the fur side, him with the red bead. Call him." Danny, knowing only one way to at tract his parent's attention, shouted "Red head!" wltb all the power of hla little lungs. The man heard him and, turning bis bead, saw a kid on a lamp Post waving bis . hat at him. Then, lowering his eyes, he saw hla wife looking In bU direction. Leaving the rntiki," h ram arroau the atrevL el bowed lilt wy throuKh the rruwd to lila wife, and alie fell Into hli anna. Meanwhile Danny, feeling tbat h wn not KM tint: lila share In tlila rural ly reunion. dniH-d down uu tu hi fa Hut Willi one tig on each ahuuldcr. Hla father pulled lilm down lutu bU anna. "The chlldr asked OToole. "Ye. Ifa Dnnny." Danny K"t a hug Hint uinde blin cry out, drawing off ai fnr aa ba could, he punched liN bugk'cr wltb bit llllli n-t "iHni't you hurt me that way ag'ln!" be said fiercely. "Oh. Imtitiy. anld Mrs. OToola. laughing through her tear, "your fa ther's au glnd to nee you." Thnt ended the OToole family' In terest In the Ijilxir day proceaslon. O'Toole went with hla wife and boy to their room, where he explained bta long slleuce. He had been suddenly taken III nnd attacked with loss of memory. It hnd pnrtlnlly returned to him, and he hnd written bla wife, bnt she hud already left Ireland for Amer ica. OToolo waa getting on his feet again when his wife and boy were restored to him. nnd It waa not long before be was able to mako them comfortable. Thnt was a number of yenra ago. Since then Danny O'Toole hna grown to be a stnlwnrt young fellow, haa I en rued hi trade and can swing a sledgehammer with any man. And when Inbor procession march down the street between admiring crowds Dnnny Is sure to be among them. And he takes n greater Interest In the day because It Is the anniversary of bis flmt meeting with his father In Amer ica and of the family reunion. Any Cobwebs In Your Brain? By MOSS. nyi HC newspa pers! Sir, they ure the most villainous, abomi nable, Infernal Not that I ever rend them I No; 1 miike It a rule never to look into newspaper! That's from "The Critic," ono of Klthnrd Brlnsley Sherhlnn's satirical comedies back In the eighteenth century. 'TIs snd. but true, that a few such wonderful "critics" still ex ist today. Thus they rant of newspaper advertisements: "The advertisements! Sir, they are the most villainous, abomi nable. Infernal Not that X ever read them! No; 1 make It a rule never to look at the adver tisements!" Honestly, folks. Isn't It too bad that the fool killer germ hasn't been invented yet? You certainly know that this Is the age of PUBLICITY. You certainly know that our careful and successful, mer chants spend thousands of dol lars ench month In JUDICIOUS ADVEKTISINQ. You certainly know that It la a PART OP THEIR BUSI NESS; that It PAYS THEM, PAYS US. PAYS YOU. Surely there are no cobwebs In your brain. Please laugh at foolish "crit ics" if you bnppen to stumble across any. Thia newspnper prints only what It believes to be HONEST ADVERTISEMENTS, accepted In GOOD FAITH from TRUST WORTHY SOURCES. DRY STRETCHES ARC CONSID ERED TO St DANGEROUS TO HOUSES TWO flRESWWEfK M DISCOVEPID Councilman Tcnpleton Ai Tl-t Property 0nra C'ttn Up PrtmlMl M to Rduca the Ritk First All Many alrrti lit-j uf dry gran, l i-d al'.iiC dm tup of the Mull wlililu a few frt of liow. ar riiiii-rd unkaff br ( l.alrmall Telllplelun of lb" strn-t rniiiiiiltt- of III" counrll and rfirrH ('iifiiiiiaiiii-r liaU-or. io a kuk ' nun under the ilirw lli.n of lh- i'm-I roiiiinlaalotirr Bill born off a Urge r there the Uat of this . 1 work will I stopped In a lnd ariaes. It has ben aevoral wrrks Iik I'm Inat rain and the t.u I ron aidirH aa dry aa tlid-r. If a Ilr should be started at th time a wind as blowing. It could be put out only with gr-at difficulty, say lal fire men. In three daya this wk, two gra-n (iri have ! n found along the rd of IImi bluff. The flmt on was repot' l at II o'clock Monday night and aa not fitliigulahrd until It had burnt-J over a large area of the bluff. Kor 4 time the Kourth atrret ateps were u dnnxcrvd. Tht second fire as dl- covt-red about 2 o'clo k Wednesday aft-i-rniMin on I'romlnad betn-n Fourth and Fifth streets. Neither fire did any damage and both were t-illngulshti br a garden bom, but they show the highly liiflamable condition of the dry grass In that part of the city. Councilman Templeton has ked that every property owner look over hi property carefully for dry pile or era or rubblh. Ka a one of these pile become a.touire of danger un der prerenl circumstances. ) Mr. Trmpleton. No sertotia fire have b?cn itported In Claekama county this year. Early In the summer, a ranger found two mall onea back of KataraiU and a abort time ago a fire broke out In the aoulhern part of the county, but none of these have been considered r'ous. However, with the wood aa dry a they are now, fori at rangers are jn the constant lookout for a blaze and fu nn era and campers are being warned agnlnst whnt la one of the dryest mai mer months In years. FASCINATING DRESS FOR AFTERNOON TEAS OR BRIDGE PARTIES Hbroipered 5ATiri,qawfi The elegance of this afternoon cos tume of embroidered satin cannot be gainsaid. The kimono bodice opens over a vest of frilled not nnd Is em broidered with pearl motifs. Deep flounces of tulle supplement the Bhort sleeves. The tunic Is of tulle, open In the front, and weighted with pearl em broideries. RhIL GRANT ADVERTISED MIUVAUKIE, Ore., Aug. 12. The Mmilwaukle council received tlio amended franchise of tho Portland & Oregon City Railway last night and or dered It advertised for two weeks be fore final action Is tnkon. A crossing with the Southern Pacific railrcud is provided subject to the decision of tha state railroad commission. Good Advice. Do not work so hard getting money thnt you will be too tired to enjoy It Macon Telegraph. BE KIND NOW. Dost thou intend a kindness to thy loved one? Do it straightway before the future comes, destroying thy opportunity. Carlyle. During my vacation In th month of August, I will be In my office between the hour of 9 a. m. and 4 p. m. Saturdays to car for my patlenta. Dr. L. A. Morris . 1 I p c A ..'- IfLLIOTT HAHSHALLj SKW YORK. Aug. II. Klllott Mar- hall. wealthy lawyer of thla rliy and MontcUlr. N. J, Is nilsalng. No word ha come of li In since be mysteriously dlAppeared last Thursday. Illness of bis wif. combined with the very hot and humid weather, depreawd blm. It I believed. Friends say he wanuered aay while temporarily unbalanced. Kvery a-ffort V locate him la being made, and relatives are confident that be will won come to hla aeiiae and return, portraits are being; apread broadcast, and police of many clilei are aiding In the search. Mr. Mar shall la forty-four years old and of medium height. When he disappeared Oe wore a cloM-ly cropped mustache, and hla hair la sllgh'.ly gray. RUSSIANS CLAIM VICTORY STOCKHOLM, Aug. 12 Messages from Russian source atierteo todiy that the czar's troops had Inflicted lo ver reverses en the Austrlans, taking many prisoners and capturing tjuantl ties of supplier Where thla fightlnr; occurred was not stated. Anticipating a bombardment by Ger man warahlps, It waa said the com mander of th Russian fortress at 8veaborg, at th entrance of th Gulf of Finland, has ordered all non-ccm-batants from Sveaborg and Helsing for. SERVIANS IN BASNIA. ATHENS, Aug. 12 Servian trocps wer reported hers today about to at tack Serajevo, capital of the Auatrlan province of Bosnia. In Dalmatia, Auatrla, It wai said th Montenegrin had captured the towns of Boudovon and Spetzo and were winning wherever they met th enemy. Austrian warship had established an effective blockade, however, of the Montenegrin coast. CLAIM ROUMANIAN ALLIANCE. COLOGNE, Germany, Aug. 12. The Gazette announced today that Rou mania had joined Germany and Aus tria-Hungary and would throw an In vading fore into Servia. The accur acy of this new wa queatloned, Rou mania' affiliation always having been Rustlsn. It had hitherto been thought likely Bulgaria would Invade Servia, and If this happened, It was understood Roumania would attack Bulgaria. RUSSIANS ROUT AUSTRIANS. ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 12. That Russian troops had routed four regi ments of Auatrlan infantry and a force or German Uhlans wa announced In an official atatement lasued today by the war office here. It waa atated that the fighting occurred at two points, which, however, were not apeclfled. RESTRICTIONS ON ALIENS. LONDON, Aug. 12. That tho British government had prohibited the binding of foreign In England waa officially denied here tonight It was said all that had been ordered waa strict en forcement of the aliena restriction act This wa done, It wa said, only to keep out the citizen of countries with which Great Britain Is at war. NILE CANCELS VOYAGE. HONOLULU. Aug. 12. The Pacific Mall liner Nile, a chartered British steamship, juat arrived at Yokohama from San Francisco and Honolulu, has cancelled its return voyage, a Yoko hama cable announced today, owing to reports that a German cruiser was watching for It near Kobe. GUNS SENT CANADIAN FORT. VANCOUVER, B. C, Aug. 12. Fear ing that Vancouver may be attacked at an early date by German cruisers thought to be in northern Pacific wa ters, orders issued yesterday resulted today in the arrival here of two 10-inch guns and 30 bluejackets and gunners to man them. The big guns wilt be' mounted on a point overlooking the narrows. SERVIAN PRINCE HURT. LONDON, Aug. 12. Prince George, of Servia, was seriously Injured by a fragment from an Austrian shell while watching the Austrian bombardment of Belgrade, according to an agency dis patch received here from Nish today. GERMANS MOVING ON. ROTTERDAM, Aug. 12. A strong German column, supplied with artillery was moving today against Namur, Bel glum, according to a dispatch from Mastrlcht. Namur Is powerfully fortified and garrisoned by a combined Belgian, French and British force. EAGER TO RETURN TO FIGHT NEW YORK, Aug. 6. Nineteen thou sand Austrian and 22,000 Germans, Russians, Servians, Englishmen and Belgians were clamoring here today to be allowed to return to their native land for war duty. Ten thousand German reaervicts were threatening trouble this after noon unless th German consul gen eral sends them to the front They were besieging the pier and demand ing that the liner Vaterland take them home. j WAR BULLETINS ' 0 Adi. to U'Rtn, Mr. I"ltrn, candidal for governor. had to run a an Independent or aa a Prohibition nominee. Ilia ambition waa to ! both, but the derision waa avsliiat him. He ha now Ciibcliided to be an Independent, candidate, aa Ihere la a likelihood of ft'lng aoin f the Prohibition votea and more an it port vlaewuera an account of cot be ing on the prohibition tk ket, a nomi nation h publicly accepted. Aa It standa. Mr. L' Krn lis lat out. The wlao ad for bun la lo withdraw en tirely uiile ha has an object In de feating a certain candidate. Th In diendeiit haa alwava been honest with Mr, ("lien In tendering that gen tleman advice, and w now ad viae blm him lo retire. Huch an act would strengthen blm Milltcaly on eoma fu ture ot.'raalon. Otherwle the voters will consider that Mr. L' lten Is merely In the rare to help out another prob ably the leitio ratlc candidate. Ixt t rmlnatlon on hla part to remain a candidate would make blm more en emies than friends and would add to the number of tbtae opposing hla In itiative proportions Woodburo Jndo- pelidelit. "Mblalla Easy for PtddUr." Molalla la easy picking for p-ddlera. Not having railroad farllitlea, until re cently, people have not been bothered here aa have other place. It la very seldom one Is Justified In purchasing goods from a peddler. There la noth ing made that the regular merchant cannot sell as cheap aa the traveling salesman. The home merchant la al ways responsible for the goods be sella. He has a reputation to lose. The one who Is here for the dollar today and gone tomorrow, never to return, haa nothing In view but to separate you from your dollar aa palnleasly aa poralble. The regular merchant helps to build schools and roads; supports churches and help wherever public need demand It. Any money made by the transient la always expended elsewhere, except what little be may expend for living while temporarily In the community. They should be dis couraged. It Is usually a waste of money to patronize them. Molalla Pioneer. WOMAN WEAK (CITY REFORMERS ANDNERVOUSj TO MEET MONDAY Finds Health in Lydia E. Finkham's Vegetable , Compound. Creston, Iowa. "I suffered with fe male trouble from the time I came into womanhood until I had taken Lydia E. Pink ham a Vegeta ble Compound. I would have pain if I overworked or lifted anything heavy, and I would be so weak and ner vous and in so much misery that I would be prostrated. A friend told me what your medicine bad done for her and I tried it It made me strong and healthy and our home is now happy with a baby boy. I am very glad that I took Lydia . Finkham's Vegetable Compound and do all I can to recommend it" Mra. A. a Boscamp, 604 E. Howard Street, Creston, Iowa. . Tons of Boots and Herbs are used annually in the manufacture of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound, which is known from ocean to ocean as the standard remedy for female ills. For forty years this famous root and herb medicine has been pre-eminently successful in controlling the diseases of women. Merit alone could have stood this test of time. If you liave the slightest doobt that Lydia U. lMnkhnm'M Vegeta ble Compound will help you, writs toLydiaCPinkhaniMedicineCo. (confidential) Lynn, Mass.,f or ad vice. Your letter will be opened, read nnd answered by a woman. and held in strict confidence. DR. WITHYCOMBE IN TOWN Dr. James Wlthycombe, Repub- j llcan nominee for governor, spent Friday In Oregon City. He called on a number of his friends here ! i and expressed confidence as to the outcome of the fall election. i j3! WW R. L. HOLM AN I Leading Funeral Director Has moved to more commodious parlors H 5TH AND MAIN STREETS I We carry the most complete stock I of Undertaking Supplies in 1 Clackamas County I Our establishment comprises private reception H room, paivat family room, sanitary laying W out room, private chapel for services. g Superior service, best goods, most moderate 3 prices, DAY OR NIGHT SERVICE. H M Phone B-18 iiiiimnmmmwimiimmHMiimin lllllllllllililiillliliiiliiiiiliiiiiiuuilliil! liiiiilliiiliiiliililiiiliiliililiiilL On Mountain Climbing. Cuing lo Ml. Hood at (hi Urn of the year I eitililratliif iport uteri If you only go lo lbs foot of it. To reach the top of Hi peak bring the InaplraHon that only lh an in mil of a wonderful nowapped mountain ran bring. It uaed lo be eald, In the pioneer da of fifty or more year ago, that th summit of Mt. Hood could never be rhed: and la a reward waa offered tna man that '"lid plant the American flag liter Kt i rturn. Ijiter, after the mountain had been compter, d. It waa aerted that th glory of xallng th great peak wa reserved for the few etirp tlonal humans whom nature had t-n-dowed wPh strength, daring and un limited time Oreatum Outlook. Sandy Commercial Club. - The Commercial club should not be forgotten and dropped In the dlacard because of luck of Interest. A com mercial club la a valuable taset to any community and as eu h should be en couraged. For aome reason ther seems to lie difficulty In getting the member out to the meetings. If Just and ordinary club gathering will not get them out why not try and arrange for a little light entertainment for II, m club tneinbersT Commercial clubs In other towns bare a little amusement every club meeting and they ar not bothered by a lack of Interest. It la well worth trying here. The town need the Commercial club and th club need the members. Handy New Influx to Cars Hot Spring. The last week haa seen dozens of camping, hunting and fishing partie start from Ealaeada Into th moun-' taina nearby. Mr. H. E. Cros of Ore gon City and fourteen boy left Mon day for th Cary Hot Springs and flvo other Oregon City men followed on Monday. Two partlea of Portland peo ple and three people from Barton, are enroute now to the springs and more are asking regarding accommodatlona. Roger Cary la again back In the moun talna after a few day of civilization In Estacada. Estacada Progress. COMMITTEE WILL TAKE UP WORK AFTER LAPSE OF SEVERAL WEEKS O'DONNOl ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION Chairman Staata Haa Received Cople of Charter From Many Town Each Plan of Govern, ment Studied After a lapse of several weeks, the charter reform committee, appointed at a mass meeting held in the spring, will hold its second meeting Monday night and continue its work of study ing city government W. E. O'Donnell, the man who was prominent in the work of organizing the mass meeting, has resigned his connection with the committee, accord ing to his announcement Tuesday even ing. He believes that his connection with the reform movement has hurt him personally. No name has been suggested to fill the vacancy caused by bis resignation. Chairman J. 0. Staats has received copies of charters from La Grande, Ore.; Dayton, Ohio; Galveston, Texas; Fort Worth, Texas; Des Moines, Iowa; and Hunnlngton, W. V. He has gone through each of these documents care fully and Is acquainted with the gen eral plan of government in each of these cities. With Linn E. Jones out of town, the resignation of O'Donnell, and tho state ment from W. 8. U'Ren that he was not positive that he can attend, the prospects for a well attended session Monday night are considered poor at the present time. E. DONNELY CONVICTED E. Donnely was tried and convicted before Justice of the Peace Givens, of Estacada, Tuesday on a charge of as sault on Mrs. E. W. Patty. He was fined $5. District Attorney Hedges represented the state. Mam 4151 H 'i -Ml lIUIUlWIIIilUIUIIIilillllllllliuuii.ilUtllliliuMiJ