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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1916 S Passing in Review News of the Week from War Zones, of Europe and Mexico The British resumed the offensive late last week in a powerful attack north of the Sompie in northern trance Acording to London thev have driven back the . German lines from about a mile and a quarter to nearly a mile and three quarters at some places, in an assault along a six. mile front. As preliminary to today's extended ottensive movement, General Haig's forces attacked and captured German trenches along a front of more than half a mile southeast of Thiepval. Apparently the attack had "not spent its force when the official bulle tin was sued, as it declared that the British were continuing to progress, The French on their part drove into the south of Combles, -which already was nearly hemmed in by the entente forces, and report an advance as far as the village of Rancourt. Heavy fighting also has taken place on the Verdun front, Pans reportinc two German attacks there, both of which were repulsed. Italian troops are on the offensive on the whole Isonzo front from Goritz to the sea, and the Austrian line has been broken at several places. Aus trian losses in two days of fighting are said to exceed 10,000. Italians have captured the summit of Monte Caurioso, San Grado Height and large Austrian entrenchments near Loquizza, east of Oppachsarella, in their new drive, it was officially an nounced. New Austrian prisoners number 1077. An exchange telegraph dispatch de clared the allied fleet has begun a bombardment of Kavala, the Greek town recently ocupied by the Bulgar ians and Germans. All the inhabi tants were warned to leave the town before the bombardment opened. In Macedonia, -where notable sue cesses for the entente troops against the-Bulgarians in the center and on the left wing were reported, renewed activity now is announced on the right flank, where the British have again thrown skirmishers across the Struma and raided villages occupied by the Bulgarians. In Dobrudja, southern Rumania, the Bulgarians, Turks and Germans have won a decicive success against the Rumanians and Russians, Field Marshal von Mackensen reports. The report is contained in a telegram sent to Emperor William by the empress. On the Masedonian front an en tente attack in the Struma valley northeast of Saloniki was repulsed by the Bulgarians, the Sofia war office announces, a counter attack forcing the entente troops back to the west bank of the river. The forces under Field Marshal von Mackensen are continuing to pro gress in their campaign in the Ruman ian provinces of Dobrudja, Sofia re ports. Some indication of stronger resistance by the Rumanians and Rus sians, however, is furnished by the official statement, which reports heavy counter attacks. ish line has been driven further for ward toward LeSars, along the Po-zieres-Bapaume road north of Mar tinpuichand east of Courcelette. British losses re placed at 3350, 000 killed, wounded and missing and French losses at 150,000, in an official review of operations and losses on the Somme front to September 15, issued at Berlin Wednesday. The statement declares the allied offensive to date has conquered only 15,000 square kilometers of territory, or about 33 per cent of the total area held by the Germans in France and Belgium. ' Following a conference between King Constantine, the premier and the foreign minister, it was reported that Greece has decided to depart from neutrality in principle, according to a Reuter dispatch from Athens received at London Wednesday, This is taken to mean that Greece will actively aid the allies without making formal de laration of war. v An American arriving at El Paso from the interior of Mexico said that on September 9 bandies captured a southbound passenger train on the Mexican national line about 35 miles south of Torreon. After robbing the passengers and taking such clothing as they had, he said they burned the train. The passengers were picked up by a northbound train and taken to Torreon. An outpost of American soldiers at Candelaria, Texas, exchanged about 15 shots today in a skirmish with Mex ican cattle smugglers, who fled. So far as can be learned no one was shot. The Mevicans were driving 25 head of cattle across the border at what they believed an unguarded point in order to avoid inspection and proper entry. ANSWER STRUCK OUT Judge Sustains Tooze Motion in Big Damage Action Judge J. U. Campbell on Monday afternoon sustained the motion of C. Schuebel, counsel for F. J. Tooze, and struck out the answer to the Tooze complaint, filed some time ago by Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Cartlidge. Mr. and Mrs. Cartlidge are defendants in a $20,000 damage action taken into the courts by City School Superintendent F. J. Tooze, when the fight against Tooze had spent its fury. Judge Campbell, in sustaining the motion of the Tooze counsel, said that it was necessary, if Mr. and Mrs. Cart lidge wanted to justify, or show the truth of their answer, to set up par ticular circumstances with specific facts. The presence of a division of Ser bian troops in Rumania, alluded to in recent press dispatches, has not been officially accounted for. The proba bilities are that some Serbian- troops were forced into Rumanian territory during the Teutonic drive through Serbia last fall, being interned there and liberated for service with the en tente forces when Rumania entered the war, or else that the division is composed of Serbian residents of Rumania. The new thrust by the French south of the river Somme in northern France, where the important railway town if Chaulnes is their objective, has resulted in the complete encircl ing of the village of Deniecourt, the Paris war office announced. Deniecourt is at the center of the wedge the French are driving into the German lines north of Chaulnes, its resistance holding up their advance between Berny and Vermandovillers, complete occupation of" which villages by the French was announced. Further progress has been made by the French in this region and heavy counter attacks by the Germans on the new French positions both north and south of the Somme have been re pulsed, according to report, whichan nounces that the Germans sustained enormous losses, two battalions being nearly wiped out. The French have taken 1200 prisoners and ten machine guns. The British are keeping up their forward push north of , the Somme, scoring their advances, however, at isolated points, apparently in opera tions to straighten their lines and se cure their hold on captured ground. London reports an appreciable ad vance on the left bank where the Brit- Picnic at Clear Creek The employes at the Oregon Jour nal of Portland assembled at Clear Creek park, where Clear Creek joins the Clackamas, on Sunday for a pic nic as guests of the management of that paper. A special train carried the party over the new Carver rail road and the entire day was spent at the park. Bathing, basket luncheon and informal games made up the pro gram of the day. What Brought Her Home By ETHEL HOLMES For Sale Having sold my farm, I have no further use for the following: One span of draft horses; Two wag ons, one &Yi, the other 3 inch; one light wagon; one hack; one buggy; one single harness; two sets of heavy harness; one disc harrow; one 14-inch Oliver plow; one mare, good driver, will work anywhere. No reasonable offer will be refused for any of the above. Call or address. CHAS. T. TOOZE, tf 108 14th St., Oregon City. Going All the Way. "How's farming?" "Fine! You know that abandoned farm I picked up?" "That prompted my question." "I sold quarry rights to one crowd and rented the surface as golf links. Now, If I can lease the air to some wireless company I'll have about ev erything under cultivation. Who says Intensive farming doesn't pay?" Chi cago Journal. Spanish Law. The dilatoriness of Spanish law Is almost Incredible. A watch was stolen; the owner immediately informed the police of the robbery. Seven years afterward he was called upon by the authorities to give evidence as to the robbery. Hi Reprieve. Mose Possum Ah thought yo' was goto.' to work today, Pete. Pete Per simmons Ah got a reprieve. Man wife died suddlnly dls naawnln'. Topeka Journal. Not Edible. Him Are you fond of "La Boheme?" Her I don't know. It depends alto gether on what kind of dressing you put on it Toledo Blade. . Sad. "You look worried, old man." "I nm. I'm nfrnld all the money will tie worn out bpfoie I get any of It." Plttslmi'Ku PrcNg. Suffered Tor Years There are many people who will be interested in the experience of Mrs. Julia Byard, Fort Benton, Mont. She writes: "I suffered for years with gall-stones. A friend wrote me about Fruitola and Traxo. I started taking it and am completely cured now and feel better than I have felt for twenty years." Mrs. Byard's testimony is similar to that of many who have given this remedy a chance to help them. Fruitola is a powerful lubricant for the intestinal organs, softening the hardened particles that cause so much suffering and expelling the congested waste in an easy, natural way. A single dose is usually sufficient to clearly indicate its efficacy. Traxo is a splendid tonic-alterative that acts on the liver and kidneys, stimulates the flow, of gastric juices to Bid digestion and removes bile from the general circulation. Fruitola and Traxo are prepared in the Pinus laboratories at Monticello, 111., and arrangements have been made to supply them through representative druggists. In Oregon City, Portland, Canby and Hubbard they can be obtained at the Huntley Bros. Co. stores. Jolm Cook had been married ten years, during which time, except the first few months after the wedding, he had never been away from his wife for more than a few days at a time. But after ten years" living together there came a brief separation. They had not been able to go to the country during the summers, for John's income would not admit of an outing. But all of a sudden his business sprang up, and when August came around It was de cided that Mrs. Cook and the children had better spend a few weeks in somo rural .district where there was pure air. John could "not leave his business, which was increasing every day, so he packed them off without him. Mrs. Cook had exacted a promise from her husband that he would write every day. The first day after her de parture be kept his promise. He wrote the following brief letter: Dear Ellen I hope you and the children arrived safely. It's very hot here, but I presume you are rejoicing In cool breezes. I dined In a hurry last night at a restau rant find went back to the office, where I remained till 11 o'clock. I am obliged to work nights in order to keep up with the rush, so you see that I haven't much time to spend writing any letters that don't pertain to business. Ta ta. Kiss Tommy and Nellie for their AFFECTIONATE FATHER. "That," said Mrs. Cook, "looks as if he were very busy and that the chil dren are the only onos who can draw from him any expression of affection." The next day Mrs. Cook looked for another letter from her husband, hop ing that it would be signed "your af fectionate husband" instead of "the children's affectionate father." But to her surprise no letter came, nor did she receive one the day following or the next or the next. It was not till a week after the arrival of the first let ter that another came. This one was ns overflowing with affection as the first was devoid of it. Its beginning was as follows: Dearest Nell It Is three days since I have seen your dear face or kissed your sweet Hps. It seems three years no, not years, ages. If ever I get back to you I vow I will never consent to be separated from you again. Last night I wrote you twelve pages, which, I presume, you have by this time received and digested. Yours written yesterday is here, and I have read It a dozen times already. I woke up In the middle of the night and got up to read it again. Mrs. Cook had read thus far when she stopped and shuddered. What did this remarkable burst of '(affection mean? The newspapers bad noted that the thermometer In the city had hov ered around 08 degrees and the humid ity varied between 90 and 100 degrees. There hod been many cases of sun stroke, and several persons hnd been made Insane by the heat. Could It be that her husband has been thus affect ed? . The letter trembled In her hands as she read on. , Skimming over a lot more of this "incoherent nonsense," as she called it, the letter closed: With a million kisses, your own true love, JACK. What caused the greatest fear In Mrs. Cook's breast was the fact that there was not a word about the chil dren. In this epistle there was surely no reason to be jealous of them. But if he had forgotten them his delirium must surely be terrible. What should she do telegraph him to ask if he had been sunstruek? That, of course, would be absurd. She might Jnqulre of others, but when she came to think-, over her husband's Intimate friends she remembered every one of them was out of town. Besides supposing there was nothing the matter with John or suppose she wilted at the thought that he bad written another woman while writing his wife and got the letters In the wrong envelope? No, Whatever she did she must keep the matter from the world. There was but one thing for her to do go home. In an hour after this decision she had left her children In care of the landlady and taken a train. She ar rived In the city before dark and drove directly to her house. She found the front door unlatched and entered. The table was set for dinner for one in the dining room. She ran upstairs and saw her hushand In his bedroom tying his cravat before a mirror. He turned and looked at her in astonishment "Great heavens' What brought you home? Anything the matter with the children ?" Mrs. Cook, by this time convinced that the letter she hod received had been written to another woman than herself, drew it from her bag and handed it to her husband. He looked at it, and a singular, shamefaced ex pression appeared on bis countenance. "Who is the woman?" cried Mrs. John. "My dear, did this bring you home?" "It did." "Thank heaven!" "What do you mean?" "Why, I was so crowded with busi ness that I have no time to write. I found in your desk a bundle of my old letters to you, written when we were first married. I thought I'd make them do while ycj were away." It was now Mrs. Cook's turn to look shamefaced. "Do you mean," she faltered, "that you ever wrote that that kind of a letter to me?" "Loads of them. And got the same kind from you." "Oh, John, I was afraid" "Afraid of what?" "That you bad been made mad by the heat" A Bad Summer for Children There has been an unusual amount of dangerous sickness among children everywhere this summer. Extra pre caution should be taken to keep the bowels open and the liver active. Foley Cath-tic Tablets are a fine and wholesome physic; cause no pain, nau sea or griping. They relieve indiges tion, sick headache, biliousness, sour stomach, bad breath or other con ditions caused by clogged bowels. Jones Drug Co. . ' We are showing the largest and most reasonably priced line of Heat- J ing stoves in Clackamas County. A Sunset Double Draft Heater will 0 soon save enough fuel to pay for itself. It is a scientifically constructed A Meat ing Stoves Thai .Heat stove sold at a price within your reach. Sunset No. 119 Specially priced this week $11. 95 Wasp Special Specially priced this week $6. Your old stove taken in as part payment. 9x12 INGRAIN RUGS , MATTRESSES Hardwood Dressers W$5JK IpeTufWek$2.95 Comforts and Blankets Free Sewing Machines Used Singer Sewing Machine 60x72 Printed cloth, Green, Red, or The only machine with a life-time Blue ground floral or fancy CI QC Guarantee Drop hood, in f) qn Specially priced this week $1.33 $5.00 down, $1.00 per week fine condition p.dU See our used Furniture, Stoves, Beds, Sewing machines, etc before you buy. OUR. EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT 50 2 i If you have furniture that don't suit, or want more up-to-date pieces, we will 8 2 . t. Clackamas County's Leading: Furniture and Hardware Store (5 take them in part payment on new and up-to-date furniture. FRANK BUSH biaciutmiiif wuun ty a beauing rumuure anu nu.ru ware oxore COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS. September Term, 1916. In the matter of the Sarah G. Eis ner road. Ordered opened. In the matter of the W. B. Jen nings road. Ordered opened provid ing petitioners pay one-half of dam ages. In the matter of the G. M. Cald well road. Passed first and second reading and referred to the district at torney for his opinion. In the matter of the petition of Sa lome S. C. Bernstein, for county road. Laid over until October term. . In the matter of the application of Lakewood Mutual Water Users' as sociation for franchise. Granted. In the matter of the application of Tappendorff Lumber Co. for fran chise. Granted. In the matter of th epetition ask ing that a certain portion of road run ning through Gladstone be attached to road district No 47. Granted. In the matter of the petition for change of boundary between road dis trict No. 19 and 45. Denied. In the matter of the petition for change of boundary between 45 and 21. Granted. In the matter of the petition for change of boundary between 10 and 44 Granted. In the matter of the petition for change of boundary between 11 and 14. Granted. P. E. 0. Chapter Meets A meeting of the Oregon City P. E. 0. sisterhood, chapter P, will be held at the home of the president, Mrs. F. J. Tooze, on Friday afternoon. The organization has issued a cordial in vitation to all non-resident members of the sisterhood and special efforts will be made to entertain these visi tors. HUSBAND OBJECTS TO OPERATION Wife Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound - Des Moineu, Iowa. "Four years ago I was very sick and my life waa nearly spent. The doctors stated that I would never get well with out an operation and that without it I would not live one year. My husband objected to any operation and got me some of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound. I took it and commenced to get better and am now well, am stout and able to do my own housework. 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Fill out the coupon a or write for catalogues. 1 Sherman, PORTLAND, ay&Co. i i r-l Pot' -l.ase tw .ndcat- S Off-'bJ Probate Proceedings Probate proceedings were started in the circuit court on Friday in the estate of T. L. Turner, who died at his home at Stafford on September 12, when Smith Turner and Mrs. Ella Seedling, children of Turner, filed a petition for administration. The es tate amounts to approximately $21, 000 and will be divided between eight children, 44 grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren, a total of 87 beneficiaries. The vote of seventy repubblican house members for the democratic eight-hour bill provides that the atti tude of Hughes and the Penrose-Gal-linger-Smoot contingent in the senate was wrong, and that Wilson and a democratic congress were right. Our store will close at 1 P. M. on Thursdays during July and August, thus allowing our employes to en joy a weekly half holiday each week during this hot period. Will you co-operate by arranging to shop in the forenoon Thursdays? Store Opens Daily at 8:30 A. M. Saturdays at 9 A. M. Pacific Phone: Marshall 5080 The Most hi Value The Best in Quality THE MOST IN VALUE -THE BEST IN QUALITY Store Closes Daily at 5:30 P. M, Saturdays at 6 P. M. Home Phone: A 2112 The Whole Store Is Overflowing With New Fall Goods Rich With Attractive Economics Come Visit Our Store Make Yourself at Home Look Around to Your Heart's Content And Buy Only When It Pleases You Of Particular Importance Are the Offerings Listed Here: Unrivaled Assortments. Match less Values, in the New Season's WOOLEN Dress Goods NEW BROADCLOTHS AT $2.00 AND $2.50 YARD Rich, soft, chiffon-finish Broadcloths, made of the finest of wool yarns, shown in a full variety of Fall and Winter shades, 50 to 54-inch widths in qualities that cannot be matched elsewhere at $2 and $2.50 a yard. 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