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The Oakes times., 1916-10-19
TEUTONS AREPuT
ON THE DEFENSIVE.
Bucharest Admits Retirement
All ALONG Line.
GERMANS TAKE MOUNTAIN PEAK
Retake Smotreo Height From Rus.
slams as Big Struggle 10 Re.
sumed in Eastern Field.
GERMANS TAKE MOUNTAIN PEAK

London, Oct 1G-Although the
MIA continue to fall back before the
Austro-Gernans from this region all
alcng the battle line to the vicinity
of Orsova on the Danube, they not
alone are giving battle to their ad
versaries, but at several points by
violent counter attacks have gained
an advantage over them.
Bucharest admits the retirement Of
the toulnaninn forces in the kainan
mountains on the northwest front. but
says further south infantry of the
Tcutonic allies was put to flight by
their artillery fire
Successes also were obtained by the
Rommanians in the Oituz and .jiul val
lcys, where violent attacks were re-
pulsed with heavy casualties On both
sidrs of the Szmrduk pass the Rou-
manians continue on the offensive.
but Berlin says their attacks have been
rep"lIed
On the Carpathian mountains the
Austro-t;ermans have recapturcd the
height OF Smotr"o. In VOlhynia vio
lent fighting again has broken ont.
Here both the Russians and the Teu.
tonic allies claim successes for their
forces
Russ Attacks Blocked.
Petrograd says that north of KOryt,
MIA the Russians captured German
trench. intlcting heavy casualties on
its occupants. Along the Stokhod.
Berlin says. Russian attacks we're re-.
pulsed
German trenches in tho ncighbor.
hood of the Stuff and Sclwabcn re-
doubts in the Thiepyal region of
France have been captured by the
British. and with them more than 300
prisoners. To the east near Gueude
court. the British also have slightly
advanced their line
Berlin admits that the British north
of Thicpval gained a firm hold on the
German trenches. and that the French
south Of the Sommc have won "a foot
ing in th" sugar refinery at Gener-
mont Tho French in Saturdays fight.
ing in the Ablianconrt-Helloy sector
made 100 Germans prisoners
In Macedonia the Serbian troops
have made a further advance along
the left bank Of the Cernh river, while
the French have cut the railway line
south of Scras
Still further gains for the Italians
gion arc recorded by Rome
The Oakes times., 1916-10-19
kN7'-suFFRaG,s1 is DEAD
Mrs. Alexander Preston Of Baltimore
SIccumbs to Burns.

Baltimore. Oct. 17.-Mrs. Alexander
Preston. one of Baltimore's prominent
society matrons and noted anti-s,if-
fragist. is dead at St Ioseph's hos
pital from burns. While striking q
match her clothing became ignited
and in an instant she was enveloped
in flames.
Members of the household respond
ed to her cries for help, but before the
flames were smothered Mrs. Preston
was burned about her fare and body
to her waist She had also inhaled
the flames
The Oakes times., 1916-10-19
TRAIN CRASHES
INTO CAbOOSE
Ten Die and Eleven Are Sc.
riously Injured.
NEBRASKA MEN VICTIMS

Third Section OF Stock Train Plows
Through caboose Of Second Section
With Fearful ResuIt-Passenaer
Say Warming Signals Were Not Out.
Elwood, Neb.. Oct. 17.-Ten men
were killed and eleven others were In
jured seriously when a train ON the
Burlington railroad crashed into the
freight caboose in which they were
riding. twelve miles east of here.
Five other men standing on the rear
Platform OF the caEoosc saw the ap-
preaching train soon enough to jump
to safety. One other man in the ca
boose cupola was thrown clear of the
wreck and escaped injury.
Tho trains in collision were sections
Of regular stock train. Lack of
lights and warning signals is given by
survivors rs the cause of the acci-
dent All the victims were residents
OF Nebraska towns. Most of them
were farmers or stoclmen.
The trains in collision we're the Sec
ond and third sections OF No. 156. The
second section had trouble with hot
boxes and had stopped at n point
about half way between Smithtield and
Bertrand.
The crews OF the second section was
at work On the hot boxes when the
third section crashed into the second
section cabOose. No one was aware
of the danger until the third section
was within few yards of the rear
end Of the second.
The twenty-one men in the cabcose
were iammed into space of less than
four feet in width and this was filled
with wreckage.
The Oakes times., 1916-10-19
ENGLAND Seek. New Loan.

London. Oct. l3-The house of com.
mons began consideration of the re-
guest by Premier Asquith of new
vote of credit for $l.5oO.ooO 600. The
vote of credit is the thirteenth since
the outbreak of the war. bringing up
the total to $l5.660. 100000
The Oakes times., 1916-10-19
Ten Thousand De Facto. Desert.

Laredo. Tex. Oct. l7.-Ten thou.
sand de facto government troops who
were defeated at Tepuacan Oct.
Joined the Felix Diaz movement, ac.
cording to seemingly reliable informa.
tion reaching the border.
The Oakes times., 1916-10-19
e,o Elevator DESTROYED.

Milwaukee. Oct. 17.-Nearly half 6.
million bushels of barley malt and the
seven-story elevator of the Milwau.
kee Western Malt plant were destroy.
ed by fire. Albert linn. president of
the company. estimated the damage at
$2OO.OOO.
The Oakes times., 1916-10-19
LOTIIE ptFFER
Piano and Violin

Teachers certificate for piano, john
son Music School, Minneapolis. Nina.
One years subsequent. work at Uni
versity of Minnesota under Carlyle
M. Scott. Additional work (9l6).
Marion Conservatory, Indiana, under
Prof. Owen (Leschetizky's pupiD and
Of Robert Williams in violin at Up
land, Ind. Phone "a.
The Oakes times., 1916-10-19
Five.vcar Term for Woman.

Nashville, Ark. Oct. 17.-Mrs. An
ME Smith was found guilty of second
degree murder by jury here and was
sentenced to serve five years in the
penitentiary. The woman killed c. c.
Ledford here last September while
her husband looked on and urged her
to shoot again." according to testi-
mony in the case.
The Oakes times., 1916-10-19
Carload. Of Mahogany Destroyed.

Chicago. Oct. l7-Many corloads OF
valuable mahogany were destroyed in
fire that burned all day through the
long dry kiln Of Karpen Brothers.
furniture manufacturers. julius Sock,
a fireman, fell through blazing roof
and was burned seriously. The loss
was estimated .. 100000.
The Oakes times., 1916-10-19
Lose 2s.coo in Two DAYS.

London, Oct. lG.-The Austrians
have lost 2S.ooo men in the last two
days OF fighting on the Carso plateau
says "a wireless dispatch from Rome
The battle continues with undiminish.
ed violence.
The Oakes times., 1916-10-19
MAD kino" Of eavari. pe,d.

Copenhagen. Oct. liking Otto of
Bavaria. Europe's mad king" died
suddenly at the castle of Fuerstenreid,
where he had been confined. insane.
several years.
The Oakes times., 1916-10-19
Count 1aube Ia Dead.

Stockholm. Oct l7.-Count F. A.
Taube. Swedish minister to Germany
since 1912 and at one time minister
Of foreign affairs. is dead. The count
was paying a visit to Stockholm.
The Oakes times., 1916-10-19
AMERICAN GREEKS cRlTI.
CiSE KING.

New York. Oct. l7.-Morc
> than 3N0.00o Greeks in the Unit.
ed States have been invited to
; join the Venizelos party in
> America. which was organized
at E'eeting of 3,oon natives Of
> Greece here. This is the first
of n series OF mee!in"s to be
; held in the principal cities of
the United States.
> The present Creek govern
> ment was cond enned. and
. pledges Of allegiance to Veri.
. ze!os were given.
The Oakes times., 1916-10-19
DEATH CAUSED BY A BUTTON
St. Cloud Resident Dies Before Opera
tion Can Be Performed.

ST. Cloud. Mimi, Oct II. - Tena
Ness. twenty.three years old. acci-
dcn,aily swallowed button two years
ago. Until short time ago the but
ton. which became lodged in her
throat, gave her but little trouble.
Recently. however. she found difficulty
in swallowing.
She was taken to hospital for an
performed.
The Oakes times., 1916-10-19

Having graduated from tho JOnss School u.
Auotioneeriug, uf Chicago, and obtained all
0ho now aud uI,.tu.dato methods, am nuw rre.
pared to conduct ANY class u! safes: farm, pure
bred stock, real estate and msrchnno!isc -aies
Satisfaction RuHrnntesd For date, Hddross
CLARENCE Z. JENKINS, OAKEs, N. ID.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23
THE PASSING VETERANS.

An impressive showing, ill the rate at which the list of government pen. sioners-veterans and veterans widows of the Civil War-is diminishing, is given in the statement issued by the Pension Office During the months of January and February, just past, Ill., 641 pensioners died-7, ,239 veterans and 4,4O2 widows. These deaths reduced the number of veterans on the pension rolls to 374, 1888.
 The percentage of deaths will natur- ally increase with the increasing age and the lessening number of survivors. The total extinction of the Grand Army is not great way off. In many a locality where few short years ago She G. A. R. Post was a fourishing local institution, and the veterans con- ssiUnted a considerable proportion of the citizenry, the Post is already a thing of the past. and the last veteran has passed on. Canaan is signally blessed in the enduring quality of it's veteran soldiers and their tenacity of purpose in perpetuating their Post.
 Ut would seem fitting that the people of the town should, in some organized and appropriate manner, express to these surviving veterans, their venera- ston. appreciation and affection-by some special attention apart from a mere recognition of the holiday char. acter of Memorial Day; some special reminder that this generation is not unmindful of the debt of gratitude if owes to the patriots who fought and bled and suffered and sacrificed in the cause of freedom more than a half century ago. Such u recognition, while the few survivors are alive to appreciate it, would be more acceptable than the assurance that when they die we will perhaps, if we feel like it and don for get it, lay flowers on their graves. ,..-
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23
TAKEN UP ON APPEAL.

The contest for slogan suitable for Canaan having been decided in favor of "The growing end of the nutmeg, " we hereby give notice of an appeal to Justice Rodemeyer. It is admitted the slogan possesses the qualities of inven- tive genius and novelty, but it lacks decisiveness. It leaves us up in the air or down in hole. We insist on knowing, where we are at in matters pertaining to Canaan. It requires no argument to prove that live nutmeg begins growing at both ends. A lusty root system is just as essential and natural as the one that greeUs the sum- shine with trunk, branches and leaves. A nutmeg that grew only at on end would necessarily be an unsubstantial freak-unless it grew at the top of bowl of punch, which is unthinkable in no-license town. The lusty, the vigorous and enduring growing nut meg is a submarine at one terminal and an aeroplane at the other. Even slogans must be consistent and &C., curate. How about this Canaan nut meg, Justice Rodemeyer? AS it stands iC either says too much or not enough. Hence the appeal. Press.
 The point is not we'll taken. This particular end of the nutmeg is the blossom end. It is the end that bears the same relation to the rest of the "meg" that MacGregor's seat bears to the round Itable-it's the head: The slogan does not say too much. It might say more-for instance, the Bristol punch bowl is great, but the Canaan nutmeg graterl The appeal is denied.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23
HOW ABoUTTHE STREETSq

Mountains and mountains of snow, the accumulated shoveling of the whole winter, from the sidewalks about the center of the village, not only encroach upon the driveway of the streets, but threaten to turn the roads into impass- able rivers and mud swamps when the inevitable thaw comes. The condi- tions will be bad enough, when the backbone of winter finally gives way, and the tremendous depth of undis- turbed snow turns to water; but these mountainous heaps that line both sides of the streets are bound to raise the tide to a most uncomfortable degree and increase and prolong the disagreeable conditions.
 In the larger places the surplus snow is removed by municipal enactment, and carted off the streets. In some ether places, where, as here, it is mo- Uody's business to clear the streets of snow, the owners of te ans turn out with their horses. sleighs or wagons, !, and join forces in carting the snow away, and the business men show their appreciation by making up pool to defray their share or the expense.
 Such a proceeding would work as successfully in other places as in some places.
 The removal of these snow noun talns would unquestionably hasten the settled condition of the streets after the melting season does it's work. and lessen the discomforts of navigation while it is with us. And doubtless a snow-removing "bee" could be readily organized here if somebody would take the initiative and get the right people interested.
 Unless something of the kind is done, the condition of the streets is bound to be more disreputable, when the snow melts, than the oldest resident can remember.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23
DUBIOUS TRUCE.

The Torrington Register some days ago proclaimed the establishment of a truce" that would breed Tasting peace, between itself and the Winsted Citizen, and end a feud that has operated intermittently since time out of mind. "The purpose of each, " said the Register, "is to pour the live coals of kindness on the head of the other, !" and it prophesied that like avowal would be made "just as emphatically by our esteemed contemporary. in it's issue of tomorrow or the day after.'
 But we have looked in vain for the promised avowal, either emphatically red-hot or lukewarm, from The Citi- izen. If The Citizen has inferred it's battle-nicked hatchet, it has studiously avoided any reference to the fact; and the dove of peace is still flutUering at safe distance, in the picturesque wilds of Burrville, uncertain where and whether to perch.
 In the meantime our offer is still in force, to hold the coats of both editors, on short notice.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23
The Universe.

In one of the latest conceptions of astronomers the stellar universe as a diameter of 10, 900 to 15, 900 light years, with a thickness of 2,000 to 5000 and our sun has a place a little removed from the center It embraces 80, 900, 900 to 5O,00O, 900 stars within the range of telescopic visibility, with dark and invisible bodies whose number cannot be computed.
 So far as can be determined the stars are surprisingly uniform ill mass, the range of variation being not more than fiftyfold, but in density the range is from more than twice that of the sun to only one-millionth and in absolute luminosity or brightness from 5000 times that of the sun to about one three thousands. The temperature rises from near absolute zero in the nebulae to 20, 900 degrees c Ill certain giant hot stars
 It is suggested that our universe may be not the only one and that the small Magellanic cloud, for instance. per haps 30.000 light years distant may be relatively small universe of about 1000 years in diameter.
 Another separate star system at sim liar distance is possibly, astronomers hold, the Andromeda nebula. a.-Newark News.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23
The Harvest of War.
SOWING.

SOWING. ITO give for ones country, is glory" they said; "A oman should never repine" So proudly, raised my ef.stricken head, Crying: Britain, behold mine are thinel"
 REAPING. A treeless farmhouse on a windswept hill, Where storms, their wintry revels hold. Ruined and lonely, but still keeping guard, A sentinel out in the cold. The garden gate swings on its one rusty hinge, While creaking with every rough blast. Where once was a rainbow from Natures own loom, Is only desert at last. A widow, sit by my bare freless hearth; All alone, except when sleep. Then, I people the void with my hus. band and son, To awake from my dream, but to weep.
 Sarah Geikie Hammond.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23
THE PLAIN TRUTH.

. The Yarmouth, (Nova Scotia,) Tele- gram, states palpable truth that comes not amiss in the growing end of the Nutmeg-thus:
 "A man may patronize the mail order houses for years-may send them i'll that time hundreds of dollars-and at the same time they wouldn't accom- modate him for 2-cent stamp. This is the plain, unvanished truth. If you think otherwise try it for yourself and see. These out.of. town houses do not know you--do not care to know you are not interested in you in any way only in the money you send them. Spend your money with your own townsmen, who know you for what you really are, who appreciate your worth. your business, your assistance in building up home interests.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23

Congressman "Tom" Reilly, of Meriden. as a potential candidate for the democratic nomination or Governor. is being discussed, and one newspaper says: "Of all the democratic timber in the state, for this office, the name of Tom Reilly is the best that has been mentioned thus far. You could look 8 long way before better candidate could be found" Toms numerous old newspaper friends, who had hoped to see him back in the journalistic game again, will be apt to cultivate spirit of resignation if his return to the ranks is prevented by "something just as good"
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23
Bachelors.

What IS leap year doing to cut down the supply of eligible bachelorsY Ten years ago it was said that the propor. tion of bachelors to married men was increasing tremendously, and the large number of bachelor apartments going up in the cities were held out as proof.
 1t may be that the rural districts and the small towns have found the secret of loves success, which is being over. looked in the cities. Maybe the city man is so busy lodging the cars and the confidence men that the love god hasn't a chance to take aim at him.
 Nevertheless it is a fact that the small town is once more acknowledged the hope of the nation. The fact that leap year comes once every now and then is the sole balm to the city. When the year arrives when man no longer pro- poses but is proposed to the crop of maidens dwindles somewhat and it is up to the economists to find a way to even things up-to make the women go more !n one year than the men can go in three. It's nice little problem, and we suggest, as a possible solution, more visits to the country where the air isn't make up of smoke, gasoline fumes, the smell of orange peel and the roasting of coffee, and where the sun comes down through leafy covers in- stead of fighting to get through the smoke stacks and skyscrapers of the city streets. Love is always on the job. All he wants is a chance and a couple of prospects. s.-Rockville Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23
Here's a Smelling Test.

Here are 21 common words frequently misspelled. Get some one to dictate the following paragraph to you and see how many of them you can spell cor rectly, says the American Boy:
 "The privilege of separating ninety miscellaneous calendars, arranged in two parallel lines, was against the principles of the superintendent, so his niece, not to disappoint the Govern ment or cause it to lose business, re- moved the principal calendars and thus relieved her uncle of strain which might have brought on a disease. Then she believed it had become truly nec- essary for her to receive her instruc- tion in grammar"
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23

A Great Harrington correspondent is responsible for this:
 Following the sermon ats the Methodist church Sunday morn Ing steps were taken toward form ing an anti gossip society. There are no officers or dues, but each member takes an oath to live up to the rules"
 If they live up to the rules that might naturally be supposed to govern a society of that character, they should be able to read their title clear to man. sions in the skies. But will they?
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23

Joe Hollister. of the Pittsfield Eagle, approves Canaan's Nutmeg slogan, for the particular reason that ''it is full of spice." He smells inconsistency, how ever, in the fact that the Nutmeg State is likewise known as the ''Land of Steady Habits," and remarks that nutmeg is quite apt to go with un- steady habits.'' Just what is the favorite use to which the nutmeg is put, in Pittsfield?
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23

With the German carp submarining the other fish out of the river, here- abouts, and the English starling aviat- ing the other birds out of the air, neu- trality is becoming a domestic problem, fright where we live.'
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23
Do You Know That

Four per cent of the inhabitants of certain sections of the South have malaria?
 The United States Public Health Service has trapped 6l5,7 rodents in New Orleans in the past IS months
 The careless sneezer is the great grip spreader?
 Open air is the best spring tonic?
 Typhoid fever is disease peculiar to man?
 Measles kills over II, 900 American children annually?
 There has not been a single case of yellow fever in the United States since 1905?
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23

Here's the "Heart of the Berkshires" poking fun at the "Gizzard" again. The Pittsfeld Eagle taunts North Adams on trailing way behind again." because North Adams has had only 9S inches of snow, while Pittsfield had 124 inches up to last Friday, land was expecting more." And praying for 1t, too, Joseph |?
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23
TWO PICTURES.
BY EMMA RoDEMEYER WATT.

The leaves are gone, the trees are bare, There's emptiness in all the air; The birds are gone, the flowers, too; Even the sky has lost its blue. It's such a sad and dreary day
 l cannot find the heart to pray. The trees are resting now, know, And by and by new leaves will grow; The birds are learning a new song For when the flowers come along. The blue is breaking through the gray, And l rejoice the live-long day.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23
"What's the value of that trunk ?'

"What's the value of that trunk ?'' inquired the baggage man.
 "You mean my wife's trunk over there ?" asked the man who was smok- ing a Pittsburg stogie in a gold mounted meershaum holder.
 "Yes.".
 'Well, my private opinion, is that the whole outfit ain't worth $4. But if you have ever seen my wife get really riled you wouldn't lose it for a million. Washington Star.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23

Rev. L. E. Travis, of the Canaan Methodist Church, is off to the annual conference; and his practitioners in particular, and all other citizens ill general, are sincerely hoping he will be returned to this charge, tor his fourth year. He is one of Canaan's best loved citizens.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23

The Waterbury Republican, with cynical estimate born of observation not experience, says this of the Ga naan slogan:
 Judging from recent issues of The Connecticut Western News, John Rodemeyer's and Hen Rora- backs town has been greatly ex- cited about contest on selecting slogan. "Canaan-the Growing End of the Nutmeg," is the result. This epigram won first prize, which was $5. The next thing in order is for the newspapers in every other town in the state to say that the new Canaan slogan is rotten and did not earn the prize.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23

In the process of shoveling the snow off a walk, South Norwalk janitor dug up roll of $3, 900 in bills. The moral of this is obvious.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23

MAILS CLOSE GOING- North East South West s4S a. m. 8:13 q. m. T:44 a. m 1920 a, m 7:o9 D. m 35i D. m. 2:32 D. m 6.38 p. III. MAILS OPEN FROM North East South West Se25 a. m S:ag a m 10:3O a. m. 800 a. m. S:10 D. m. 11:n0 a. m. 7:39 D. m. 4:25 D. III
 7:f5 p. m.
 Mail closes on Route No. l. R. F. D. at 10:30 .. m. For Southfieldan Mill River at 1. D. m.
 k. l. ROBERTS. P. M.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23

"The man who is always saying a good word for his home town is a valu- able asset" remarks the Greenwich News. Correct.
Connecticut western news., 1916-03-23

"Sir," began the book canvasser, "I have little work here-''
 You'll have to excuse me-" in- terrupted the busy man, "but have a great deal of work here. Good morn ing. ."-Indianapolis Star.