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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-07-12
PAPER, BAG
Great System Perfected BY NJ
Soyer, Famous london Chef.
PERFEeT ROAST MvrroM.


oy Martha MoCuIioch WIlltauso.
Writing so much Of cakes and
sweets and formal dinners that can be
cooked In paper bags has brought me
almost to the pass where I feel sur
feited of such fare. II has made me
wonder, too, II my readers will not
be likewise glad to get back to home
lier fare, at least for one day. and
that fare possibly perfect roast NUT
ton. t 81
Choose a saddle. II you want the
very best. Buy 1t day ahead OF the
cooking, have the rib-ends cut short
and neatly rounded, wash 1t quickly,
salt 1t very, very lightly. brush over
with melted butter and vinegar--a tea
spoonful of each mixed-and keep In
a cool, airy place until ready for cook
ing. II it Is hanging outside, 1t should
be we'll wrapped in damp cheese cloth
and hence will need no more washing
when brought in for cooking. Grease
q bag that, will be- q loose tit, very
thickly, clarified drippings answering
for this better than butter. Sprinkle
fine herbs In powder lightly over the
meat, also q very little more salt. red
and black pepper, and few drops of
tobasco, chilli vinegar or Worchester-
shire sauce Melt teaspoonful OF tart
Jelly, currant or crabapple. in spoon
full Of claret, lemon Juice or vinegar,
add q teaspoonful OF good butter. mix
well. and brush the meat well over
with the mixture. Save any remain
der for the gravy later on. Slice an
onionSver thin and Jay upon top OF
the meat. Place 1t In your creased
bag. with q little more butter, seal.
cook In hot oven five to seven min-
utes, then slack heat half and finish
the cooking, allowing eighteen to
twenty minutes to the pound.
Layer beef Is hearty. tasteful and
not too costly. Get as much round
meat as you need, have 1t cut In thin
slices and the slices divided length
wise into strips. Make square or
oblong mold from a paper bag. but
ter 1t well. after. clipping the corners
firmly, lay upon the bottom either
toasted breadcrumbs or thinly sliced
potatoes and onions, dot with butter
and cover with layer of beef, cut to
At the mold neatly. and seasoned with
salt and pepper. Butter the meat on
both sides II you like things very
rich. Repeat the layers until the
mold is full. then pour over q little
milk and enough tomato. catsup to
moisten the upper layer. Dot with
bits of butter. Set the mold inside a
creased bag. put on triyet In the oven.
using either upper or lower shelf.
and cook thoroughly. allowing twenty
minutes to the pound.
Liver and bacon are not beyond the
paper bag. Slice tho liver thin, sea-
SON It a. for frying. put It In a well
creased bag. lay bacon slices all over
Il. seal and cook for fifteen minutes
I've in q hot oven; ten otter Stacking
heat. Keep tho heat fu Ave minutes
longer II you like It very crisp.
Copyright. 1911. BY tho Associated
Literary Press.)
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New B~siness

AID Brown moved that the street commis-
sioner be instructed TO barricsde Division
street adjacent 20 the food factory until the
building 10 q ale safe, which prevailed. 4
On motion Of Aid. Washburn the street com
missioner was Instructed TO trim trees that
obstruct the street lights.
Aid Conant moved that the marshall be In
structed to enforce the ordinance regarding
awnings, which prevailed, ayes Mcdonald,
Reineke. Sutnn. Brown, Conant, Palmer.
Washburn navs none. y
On motion OF Aid. Brown the city attorney
was instructed to prepare al ordinance re-
garding building inspec lion. -.,-.,.,..
On motion OF Aid Sutfn the city surveyor
was instructed to prepare plans and specifica,
for curb and gutter on North Washington
street from King street to Galusha street. \,
Aid. Reineke presented the following reso'u.
ton which was on motion adopted. ayes Nc
Donald. Reineke. Sutfiu, Brown, COnant, Pal
mer, Washburn, nays none:
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Notice of Special Election.

To the Electors and Women taxpayers hav
Ing the Qualifications OF male electors of the
City OF Owosso:
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TO the City Attorney;
M Owos 80. July sth. 1919.
City OF Owosso, III - 49, -
Gentleu en-:
Ats meeting OF the Board OF Public Works
This date rules and regulations for the Water
WORKS OF the City were adopted ana referred
10 your honorable body for adoption as an
ordinance and II was recomme nded that the
same same oe referred to the City Attorney for In
Respectfully.
A H. Dumond.
CITY clerk,
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Sumner Session.

From July End merges into our Autumn
Term from August 18th. Work Is con-
tinnous. Enter any time. Have you
US. Detroit Business UNIVERSITY, as
West Grand River, Detroit, Mich., e.
X. Shaw, President,
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FROM GENERAL SEWER FUND
X. F. CoNANT,
GEO O REINEKE,
Committee on Claims and Accounts

committee on Claims and Accounts.
Aid Sutnn presented the following report
and resolution which were rn motion accepted
and adopted, ayes Mcdonald. R-ineke, Smith,
Brown. Conant, Palmer washburp; nays
none:. WV NV @'' ~
To the Honorable Mayor and Common Council
of the City of Owosso.
Gentlemen; ri
Your committee on sidewalks and cross
walks do HEREBY most respectfully report that
IL Is Q necessary public .improvement that
sidewalks be laid down and constructed In the
City OF Owosso 90 the follOwing streets and IA
front OF the following described property and
OF the material and dimensions hereinaftsf
described: ~ ,,tt.. -.,..,...gf--r rs
CEMENT WALK FOUR FEET WIDE ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF CIR YER STREET.
L Stafford & Co. lots is., 1873, 1874, 1856. 1885,
Stafford, Gardner & Tranyle's Addition to the
City of Owosso.
Edw Rourke lot 137, Stafford, Gardner &c
Trankle's addition to the lay OF Owosso.
Dated July 9Th, 1912.
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r. f. SUTrIN,
j. j. MCDONALD.
Committee on Sidewalks and Crosswa lk

Committee on Sidewalks and Cr0sswalks.
Resolved by the Common Council of the CITY
necessary public improvement, that Sidewalks
be laid down, constructed and built ON the
din rent streets and In front of the property
meusiops mentioned In the above report of tbs
COMMITTEES ON Sidewalks and Crosswslks; TO
be built and construofed according to tina
terms of an ordinance entitled; s.An ordinanoo
to provide for the building, CONSTRUCTION and
repair of sidewalks In the City, OF sOwosso,s.'
passed and approved March 9th 49, s.
to notify the owners and occupsats of the
premises above described that the ssme Will ba
built under The oirectioaof the city In secorf
dance aSs Win the terms ssd Ordnance aiss
ed In said ordinance -. n,
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Reports OF Standing Commit.
Aid, Conant presented the following report
which was on motion adopted, ayes Mcdonald,
ReiDeke. Sutdn. Brown, Conant, Palmer,
Washburn; nays none:
'Hr July 9Th, 1919.
To the Honorable Mayor and Council:
Gentlemen:
Your committee to whom were referred the
several claims and accOunts would respectful,
ly report favorabv ON the following and ask
the unanimous consent of this council that
said claims be allowed and the City Clerk IN.
structed to draw orders for the same.
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XVI.

Baron Zollern had been a mighty
man at home in Germany. Stories of
his strength and his tremendous deeds
were table-talk from Mainz to Dantzic,
and 1t a even said that his great
countryman, Eugene Sandow, would
have found it no easy task to cope
with the baron in physical achieve
ment. The baron, however, was now
in the position of a man who tries to
hold a wildcat with each hand, and
even his strength might have proved
insufficient to restrain the kicking,
smuggling captives had not half a dozen
husky fellows-Germans, every one
of them-sprung up as If by magic all
around the trio. Surrounded and out
numbered, the boys had sense enough
to quit fighting, and stood gasping, dis
heveled. glazing at the baron and his
retinue. Zollern, still smiling, in spite
of painful bruises on shins and coun-
tenance, eyed the prisoners for a mo-
ment. and then spoke in a tone of the
utmost friendship and good-humor.
IVY so unruly, young chentlemen?
Vat hat I efer done dot you should be
so abusif?"
you have done enough" snapped
Brockett, Ito get yourself put away
for years to come-you have proved
yourself a German spy, and even this
country doesn't deal very gently with
that kind of yellow dogs. Give me
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honesty in the Germans voice. There
was no mistaking the look upon his
horror-stricken visage. He had been
bafied at his own game, and, in the
very trap he had prepared, had been
beaten to the prize by some unknown
scoundrel. Brockett, heartsick and
desperate, could almost sympathize, in
the midst of his own troubles, with the
disappointed Teuton. For several min
utes Baron Zollern, c%lenching and un.
clenching his hands. the notified col
ors playing back and forth across his
face. leaned heavily against the wall.
Then he shook himself together, and
forced a grim smile to his lips.
Il blamed 1t veil, young chenille
men," said he. "You wonder how it
vos dot I could do such tings in dis
hotel? Dot vos easy-but vearvully
exbensife. Lasd nighd, before you had
been in de blaze an hour, 1 bought de
hotel. Made de acquaintance of de
brobrietor. Told him l musd make an
investment, musd make it, Himmel, so
sudden! Asked him de brice off de
hotel. Ach, but he vos, NIT himself,
mosd liberal! Den und dere l laid
down de money. de CRISP American
bills; with half an hour 1 vos in full
possession of de house, Wit some
faithful employees at my command
Id vos de quickest transaction in hotel
%broberties or record, va? Und i'd vos
all for de good burbose-und i'd vos all
wasted"
Cant say we are sorry for your
troubles" spoke up Solano. THE
question is-what are you going to de
with us?"
Baron Zollern shrugged his wide
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SYNOPSIS.

Secret Service Chief Wilkins, puzzled
over the theft Of the governments cipher.
calls to his aid Detective Pinkwell. They
think they have discovered a new cipher.
when the office boy, Brockett. tells them
It's t h Diamond Cipher and starts for
the pail park; Brockett, Chula Lon Kan.
a siamese Ramon solano. a Cuban, to-
gether with some twenty other youngsters,
practice baseball, playing until dark. One
OF wilkins stenographers is seen to pass
paper to q mysterious stranger. AS
onteome Of Brockett's cipher. the bali
ernment for mysterious mission. Yazi-
moto,' mysterious Jap, calls on Brockett,
Brockett falls into Yazimoto's trap, a
light follows, Brockett coming out on
TOP: Messenger McKane coming to the
terious cipher; is also a ball player. Yaz-
1moto returns to headquarters and re-
ports to Baron Zellern his failure to OBJ
tain the cipher; Miss Lawson, the stem
ALSO reports to the baron.
the baron in which che latter comes out
In Jersey City: make appointment to
meet McGinnity, the Iron Man" baseball
manager Brockett and Solano arrive in
New York and run into a Chinese Tong
OF. refuge. found to be a trap; find them
selves prisoners of Yazimoto. Kelly to
rescue. Kelly turns $4,000 Jap money
over to Brockett. Brockett and Solano
rave encounter with tough gan but are
cleveland.bound; the baron detected in
act, Of rifiing Solano's berth. jumps from
train. At Detroit the messengers 20 to
ball game. receive ~hieroglyphs in mystic
rious manner and depart for Chicago Ar
robbed by a "transom thief" he baron
again appears.
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The papers were stolen not five min.
utes ago, and you have them in you
pocket now"
mo. no, aber nit" chuckled the
baron. "Gif me time. De bapers will
be here, in mein own fiddle hand, in a
few minds, but Wy andicibate? Two
on you men search de clodings of
desc young men,. und bring me vat
efer documents dere may be con
cealed derein."
you don't need to search" said
Brockett. "Some of your thieves took
the papers from my coat a few min
utes ago. F1shed for them over the
transom, and got them. 1t was a nice
trick-one l suppose I ought to give
you credit for"
"Fished for dem? Ofer de tran.
som?" queried the baron. mo indeet.
Dot ISIS not de way I intended to ag-
quire dose documents. Not at all. 1t
o my %intenchuns to make you de
very fair offer for de bapers. II you
vos SO %insensate as to refuse, den I
could take dem forcibly-but fish for
dem ofer de transom? Vot craciness
ISIS diss. my friendt?"
Zollern's men emerged from the
room, bearing whatever clothing
Brockett and Solano had left behind.
They reported that nothing of any in.
terest had been found, and q quick
search Of the prisoners turned up NO
| papers Of any special value. Baron
Zollern's face wore a %bewildered look.
and began to cloud portentously as
he turned upon his captives.
you hat hidden de bapers," he
, purred, ominously. perhaps We can
find ways und can to induce you to
discofer dem?"
Il have told you, you German sneak
thief" snarled Brockett, how the pa
pers were stolen. Ask your men
which one Of them went fishing
through the transom, and you will
have the n who got the messages
Baron Zollern walked over to the
door of the room where the boys had
slept. He studied the panels, the
floor, the carpet leading from the door
way. He dragged a chair to the door
stood upon it, and examined the tran
som. Then he returned to the won
dering group again, his face a strange
commingling of purple, white and
crimson.
1T ISIS as you hat said," he rum
bled, half-chokingly. "Someboty, climb
ing on a chair, fished ofer dot tran
som. Let me see your coat. Ah-h-
va, va, dere ISIS de blaze we're a hook
caught In de fabric. You hat told de
truth. You we're robbed by a skilfu
fisherman, NIT a line und hook, ober
ated drough de transom. It vos clefel
work."
Some one of your people," ex
/ claimed Solano. why don't you &c,
the papers from him, If you are sc
wild about them?"
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shoulders. Il belief" said he, dot We
musd gone to a COMPROMISE. You
hat losd your documents. l hat not
SECURED dem. We are both in, vot
you call ida defl of a fix"
I'm all probability" cut in Brockett,
your dear friend, Yazimoto. has the
papers now"
IF So" sighed Baron Zollern, dot
does me 10 goot-apsoludely no goot.
Mein young friendts. nations change
DER alliances even as men change
dem. Herr Yazimoto und meinself hat
no longer inderesds in common. To
him, your documents are off exceed
ing value-und to me as vell-aber,
neider off us now wishes to share dem
NIT de ODER"
"All of which," said Ramon Solano,
has no bearing on that question
what are you going to do with 1872"
Baron Zollern debated. interiorly.
for five minutes before he spoke.
Young chentlemen," said he, II be-
lief dot l can gif you your liberty
mitout de leasd gombunchuns. Under
de circumstances, you will hardly care
to tell apout de alleched robbery OF
your bapers, nor, In any case, to
charge i'd to me. Moreofer, # l turn
you loose, you will, mitout a doubt, do
your utmosd to RECOVER your docu-
ments. Dot will gif me, possibly, an
oder chance to dake dem away from
you. I will release you. We will both
start de hunt for de stolen bapers-
und may de besd hunter vim! In
broof off de good will / bear you, de
moneys dot you paid for your room
shall be gifen back to you. VIII you
also do me de honor to dake break
fasd NIT me in mein new hotel?"
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CHAPTER XVII.

II thought" said Solano, as the un-
happy adventures walked mournfully
through the Chicago streets, that you
had your messages, your money, and
everything else Of any special value in
a leather belt that you wore next to
your skin?"
81 certainly did," sighed Brockett.
despondently, "but the belt had chafed
my skin. 1 took it off last night while
I gave myself a rundown, and when 1
went to bed l tucked 1t into the in
side pocket of my coat. Just forced it
on the thief, as you might say. He's
got the goods; his government will
have them as quickly as he can turn
them Overland l suppose l might as
we'll try to locate a position of some
kind here in Chicago. l haven't the
nerve to go back to Washington after
this. The chief might not even say a
word about it, but I'd be set down as
q rank failure in his mind forever"
'Why give up so soon?" the Cuban
said encouragingly. Lets make n
last effort to get back the letters. Luck
has broken wonderfully we'll for us so
far along the road-it might stick by
US now"
"Il do anything that you suggest"
Brockett a~cquiesced, but the chances
are about a million to one against US.
What course would offer any POSSIBLE
ities?"
I'VE might report the theft to police
headquarters, simply stating that you
had lost a leather m~oney-belt, naming
the amount of currency. and saying
nothing as to the papers or letters"
Description Of thief" dolefully re-
marked Brockett, "a man who had .
brown hand. That was about all I
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saw Of him. 1t might have been either
Yazimoto or Aguilar, or q countryman
OF either one. Can we have every
Jap and Filipino in Chicago rounded
up?"
Debating and discussing various
ideas, none of them seeming to offer
much hope. the boys walked aimlessly
along. killing time till the morning
was almost gone. Three times they
passed Japanese gentlemen, dressy.
smiling, bland Of face and innocent in
personality. Each of these sons of
Nippon must have wondered, after
ward, why the young white devils
peered so sharply, almost savagely,
into their c~ountenances, but the quick
inspections brought no c~omfort-none
OF them had the least likeness to Mr..
Yazimoto. Pacing onward In this de-
sultory, fruitless fashion, the bafled
messengers turned into Chicago's
Chinatown, and hurried out Of it again.
All Chinatowns are twinkle in their
buildings, sounds and odors, and the
memory of recent experiences in
Doyers street did not give the boys
any special desire to linger In the Chi
cago colony.
Towards noon they found them
selves in a district as intensely black
in population as Hayti or Mashonaland
"a region that might have been inter-
est1ng to them under ordinary circum-
stances, but which was now anything
but attractive to the heartsick adven-
turers. They walked YEARLY along,
cleared, as they thought, the bound
aries Of the black belt, and entered
an u~npretentious restaurant where
they could at least talk over their
unpleasant situation. They had be.
gun a half-hearted lunch before they
noticed that the other patrons of the
place We're all brunettes. of various
shades between lampblack and light
saddle-color, but the discovery did not
worry them. In their state of mind
they would hardly have raised ob5ec'
tons If they had been seated at the
same table with a band of gorillas.
At the next table sat a bulky black
woman, whose billowy figure was
draped in most of the colors Of the
rainbow, and who Tended off the in.
quiries of the dusky waiter by explain
ing that she was "waitin' TO- a gen.
tleman." The gentleman" came in q
moment later, and proved to be g
colored man Of gigantic stature-such
magnitude of person that the large
negress herself was dwarfed before
him. This mammoth Zulu settled
himself comfortably. grinned delight
eddy at the woman, and summoned
the waiter with a lordly wave of hif
broad black hand.
THAT fellow is a twin to the one
who handed us the message in De
troit," whispered Brockett. IF be
were only uniformed in the same sor'
Of giddy costume, you couldn't tel
/ them apart"
/ Il wouldn't have believed" solan,
returned, that there could be tw,
, black men as big as those. but. here
} the evidence before US. What's the us,
of raising white hopes If the blacl
ones grow as large as this monster?"
The great black mar spoke chuck
, ingly to his lady friend" and hi
), words were waited to the astounde,
ears Of the boys five feet away.
:, "Ah say, hon." began the big fel
low, "Ah'e suah got a 'sprise TO- yo
When All come in from Detroit yes
tehday"--the listeners almost topple,
over their chairs in their astonish
ment-"Ah went right up to de oil
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me, an All nachully grabs him.
Couldn't let no Ill man bump into me
dataway, an not even ak him wher
he think he gwine to CO."
AN what den. SAM" queried the
woman, grinning as widely as the
giant himself over the narration.
The big fellow almost shook under
a gale of chuckles.
AN den. hon." he resumed, "Ah
jes' happened to notice somepin he
had in his hand. Says All to him, Lii
brown man, whaffo yo' run roun' ho-
tells dis houh OBJ de mawnin', carryin'
a thing like dat?' An jes' den All
heahs all sohts of noises roun' de
tuhn of de hall, an All sees, right
quick, dat dis lii man mus be some
ways disponsible TO- all desc excite
ments. All makes n grab TO- de
thing he has In his hand, an de Ill
debbil try to stick me wiz a jabknife.
Think of it, hon'-tried to stick me.
JUS same All was q pig!"
Go on, go on, baby" urged the
woman. did he stick yo'?"
"Stick me, hon? Hee hee! Does
you see any places whar de daylight
comes froo me? All JUS glib him a
slap on de wrist, an his jabknife fall
sudden. Den All takes from dat Ill
man de objeck he is carryin'; All GIBBS
| dat iii man n tremendous good kick
dat lift him most up to de ceiling
an den, as de noises was CROWN
stronger every minute, All done come
away from dehe. De Ill man, he runs
M way, All goes de otheh, an heah
All is, wiz de bacon!"
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.-
"Ah, hon, dat amt nufln," laughed
the big fellow. "Jes' yo' wait till All
done tell yo' ebryting! All didn't feel
like goin' out huntin' no place to
sleep, SO All simply slips out, slips in
agin-de Dutch pusson was too busy
to notice anybody comm or goin'-an'
picks out an empty room dat AN
knowed of on de fouhth looh. Ab
gets up good an eahly, an stats
down de hall, real quiet-like. when
what should come bumpin' into me,
hon, but a A Ill bit of a man,
hon-lil brown man, jes' like a China
man, an in an awful hurry. Homes,
baby, dat Ill man musta had a gage
ment to be handed money, hee heel!
He done come BAN! right plum into
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The baron turned his notified, an
guished face upon the speaker.
young c~hentlemen," he cried, raising
his right hand on high, las dere ISIS a
Colt, as l lofe und honor de Cherman
kaiser, no man of mein bass done dis
ting. De drick bass been bulled OH
by somevon else, somevon to whom
dose babers vas as valuable as to me
or you. We hat both been fooled, und
/ am de bigger fool OF two FOOLS"
There was no mistaking the ring Of
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hotel whar All wohked las winteh.
Got a job as pohteh quick. Dey allus
liked Big Sam round dehe. hee hee!
But de job didn't las long. Las night
a big Dutchman. dat suah looked like
ready money. done buy de hotel, an
glib us all one houh's notice to git out.
Said he had people of his own dat
he'd put in to do de wohk. He done
paid me TO- de whole week, SO All
had no kick comm"
"Yo' suttinly m lucky, SAM" COM
mented the billowy black lady.
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But, baby, yo' amt chen tole meb
what yo' got. A pocketbook?"
mo, hon. It's somefin diffrunt. All
decided dat Aid glib yo' a big sub.
prise, an maybe mahsef n too, so
All neveh even looked inside of it.
Well open it an go froo de thing
togetheh."
And SO speaking the mammoth ne
gro tossed upon the table the missing
belt SO lately stolen from young Harry
Brockett.
CTo BE CONTINUED,
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back my messages, and let me go, or
you'll know what a jail looks like
from the inside"
Baron Zollern laughed amusedly.
How could l." he gurgled, 'gif you
back your documents ven I hat dem
not got meinself as yet? I exbect dot
l will hat dem in q very few minds.
und den We will see apout Citing dem
back alretty. At present. l half dem
not, SO Wy such excitations?"
"ynu are Q liar" snarled solano.