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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-06-27
Mayor Uses Veto Power.

The blocks brought here to pave the
Washington street bridge were not sat
isfactory to the city, but the council
decided that with proper guarantee the
blocks could be used. Mayor Brande
decided the best way was to make the
contractor furnish better blocks and on
Tuesday filed his veto of the resolution
giving his reasons as follows.
MY reason for thus suspehdine
the immediate operation or said res
olution and why said resolution
should not go into effect are as fol-
! lows.
First have become convinced
from talking with the City Engineer
that there is great deal Of question
about the quality of the creosote
blocks furnished by the Jennison-
Wright Company of Toledo for use
upon the bridge upon South Wash
ington street. The test discloses the
fact that presumably the blocks do
not average ten pounds Of oil to the
cubic foot.
Second take the position that
tie guarantee for eight years upon
these blocks would not be a sufficient
protection to the oity. We pay high
lriCe for these blocks and expect of
coarse that they will last, under or
Hnrry wear, a great Geal longer than
eight years, provided they are sub
jCcted TO the proper treatment of oil
have instructed the city engineer to
lock into the matter still further and
If h. comes 10 the conclusion tlat the
blocks arc proper then | would be in
favor Of their acceptance, but if he
comes to the conclusion thu the
blocks are not satisfactory then l am
il favor ~ their absolute rejea:iun
regardless Of an eight year guaran-
the city should take firm stand on
the question of materials furnished
by outside concerns. We have had
two or three expensive lessons and.
we certainly ought to be entitled to
obtain va.ue received for this money
We spent.
"Third-The contract in t1:s case
with the CONTRACTOR calls for ereosOte
blocks uI;ac.t & to a sixteen pound
treatment. am we'll aware that
:" re blocks might not take the -
treatment and fail to show the full
weight under analysis but tnis would
be only in rare instances. l believe
that when the contract calls for ma
terials of a certain quality that the
should be required to live
up to these specifications exactly and
that no deviation should be permit
ted whatever.
at is for the reasons given above
that hereby declare that the resolu-
tion set forth above should not go in
to effect.
dated June oath, 1913"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-06-27

who wanted to monopc lie the business
who sought To prevent the establish
ment OF a domestic industry because
they wanted to control the business
themselves and to handle the produc.
ton and sale of sugar in this country,
including the prices charged the con.
sumner All along this has been appar.
emit. Now it has been read into the
public records.
Lowery directed the campaign for
free sugar in the employ of the refiners
of cane sugar. They have been bend
ing every energy to have the duty taken
off because, as he says, that step will
eliminate the beet sugar men and give
the cane refiners monopoly of the
sugar business in this country.
Free sugar to eliminate the home pro-
Queer and give the refiner of foreign
grown cane a monopoly of the
business That is the end sought.
And there in the public record of the
lobby investigation business the trail Of
the beast is visible 1t is the old SIMS
ter influence that has teen opposed to
the beet sugar interests ever since the
industry was started, that has for a
flashed into sight under the
probe of the senate committee Sag.
NAV Courier Herald.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-06-27
as Illuminating Flash on the Sugar
Situation.

SITUATION.
The investigation of the sugar lobby
81 Washington Wednesday cast couple
Sf illuminating flashes into the sugar
ISenetion and revealed some of the diff.
oR2sies of the beet sugar industry. The
testimony given showed the fight the
hset men have had to make to establish
aAsmselves and proved from an unex-
ossAed source how free sugar would
gSsy into the hands of the cane sugar
I-efners.
The interesting feature was the testi-
Exony Of Charles E. Lowery, an en-
a,Oye of the Federal Sugar Refining
company, who admitted that free sugar
Neal6 benefit the cane sugar refiners.
N,se witness said the refiners were in
.ozeyted in free sugar, or reduced duties,
ascsuse it meant increased consump-
sSan Of refined sugar. He admitted the
Sss6nsries would get more business If
ave duty was removed and beet sugar
production and refining in this country
SSxtailed
Here you have the situation in nut
Aieil, The cane sugar refiners, the men
"a che sugar trust, want free sugar be-
cszrss it means the elimination of the
best sugar men. 1t relieves them of
NAe competition they are now forced to
"a ass But what does that elimination
81 beet sugar mean to Michigan, with
iSs many sugar factories which would
b. thrown idle, aud its thousands of
ts-r1ers who now find the raising of
sRgar beets proftable2
This is one of the things the beet men
save had 20 fight from the start, the
sompetition of the cane sugar refiners,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1913-06-27
Bids Wanted.

The city of Owosso will receive bids until 80
p. m. June 30th. 1918 for repairs to bridges ac
cording to specifications on file In the city
clerks Office A certifi I'd check or currency for
s25 mist be deposited with each bid, to be for
feited II successful bidder refuses or neglects
to enter into contract.
ARTHUR ii, DUMOND,
City Clerk.
The Washington times., 1913-08-11
UNCLE SAM JOINS IN
TOWNS ANNIVERSARY
St. MichaeIs, Md, Holds Fete in
Honor of Battle Fought
Hundred Years Ago.

Represented by a squad of his
marines and a number of Washington
officials, Uncle Sam is participating
in the centennial celebration of the
battle of st. Michaels. Md. today.
Residents from all parts of Talbot
county. in which St. Michaels is To-
Gated, and from the neighboring
counties, are gathering at the little
township for a gala celebration of the
occasion, when the militia of the
county repulsed the British fleet and
a landing party, thus preserving from
depreciation a large and prosperous
section of Maryland.
Marines and a band from Annapolis
are to parade and the revenue cutter
Apache has been detailed by the
Treasury Department to marshal
naval parade and display. The rev.
enue cutter will fire a national salute
as the flag is raised over the old fortifi-
cations on Parrotts Point. that did
such valiant srvice during the British
attack.
Though the celebration is being held
today. the actual anniversary of the
battle occurred yesterday. All of the
Chesapeake bay yacht clubs are par
ticipating In the celebration and many
are present with their
pleasure craft and as guests aboard
the pleasure craft of Baltimoreans.
The Washington times., 1913-08-11
'Jones-He Pays Freight
Dying in Binghamton

RINGHAMTON, n. Y, Aug. 11.-Gen.
Edward F. Jones, one of the most pic
turpsuue figures in the nations history,
Is DIVING at his home here from old age
and cerebral hemorrhages He was born
i'm Utica, June 3, 1873. and for the past
six years has been blind.
He Is known throughout the land as
Jones Of BinGhamton, having coined the
DEaras,. "Jones-He pays the freight in
connection with his commercial enter
prises. The phrase has ever since stool
for integrity and the desire TO meet oO-
legations.
He was colonel Of the famous Skin
Massachusetts Regiment. the first IN
the country to respond to the call or
/ incoIu for men. and his arrival with
his regiment in Baltimore stemmed the
rebel advance on the Capital His reEi-
mcnt was attacked by mob IN BaIu-
more as they marched through tne
streets, but not a shot was returned.
Lincoln afierward said to him:
IF you mad not arrived tonight we
should have been in the hands OF the
rebels before morning
The Washington times., 1913-08-11
NEW LITERARY TEST
IS GIVEN DIPLOMATS
Senators Now Scan Writings
Before Confirming Men to
Foreign Posts.

Because Senator Bacon recently found
something in the writings Of w. II.
Page. American ambassador to London,
which he did not like and found II too
late to prevent confirm atom, the Ssna-
tor ana others on the Foreign Rela-
tiOns Committee are now scrutinIzns
closely everything that has been issued
in the way of literature by the various
diplomatic appointments of the Admin
istration.
DR.. Paul Reinsch. OF the University
of Wisconsin, just named for minister
TO China, is the latest objective of such
scrutiny. Senator Bacon and others on
the committee have held up a favorable
report on his confirmation until his nu-
merOus writings on the far East can be
traced to see IL he has set forth any
ideas which are Objectionable
Censorship of their writings is a new
phase in the selection of literary men
for diplomatic posts. II means that con-
firnation may be endangered If q nom
inee at any tine since youth has said
something indiscreet and got 1t pub
lished
The nomination of Preston McGood-
win. of Oklahoma. as minister to Ven
eZuela, has been temporarily held up
because of allegations that he has at
times supported the Republican ticket
An echo OF the RoSenthal murder was
heard in the consideration OF the nomi-
nation of James NJ. Sullivan 10 be min
lister to SantO Domingo. Sullivan was
attorney for Jack Rose, the gambler, in
the ROSenthal case, but the committee
found nothing to Sullivan's discredit,
aud a strong letter was written in his
favor by District Attorney Whitman,
who prosecuted the Rosenthal MUIR
dCreT=
The Washington times., 1913-08-11
SEPTEMBER MORN"
AGAIN IN L|MEL|GHT
Capital Officials Are Puzzled at
Action of New Orleans
Postmaster.

Postal officials are puzzled over a dis
patch from New Orleans saying that
September Morn" has been barred
from the mails there by orders received
by Postmaster Leonhardt from Wash
ington. Officials today said they knew
nothing of any reversal OF policy by the
department on this question.
Some time ago a postal inspector
seized a copy Of September Morn" and
the question went up to the law officer
OF the department, Judge W. H. Lamar,
Assistant Attorney General for the Post
office Department.
Mr.. Lamar looked at the bathing girl,
read up the law a little and voted Sep
tember Morn" o. K. both as to personal
architecture and the postal regulations.
II the unclad bather Is now to be
barred. storm of protests will arise,
for defenders of the fair maiden have
been numerous. Reproductions of Paul
Chabas' painting have been on sale all
over the United States. and the sale
has been helped not a little by the ex-
tensive free advertising that has been
given to it Here in Washington repro
ductions of the painting meet the eye
in every art shop. and in many other
stores and shops besides. Burlesques
Of September Morn" have also ap-
peared, and one of these had a sale
threatening to vie with the original
The question was promptly taken up
with the police here. and Major Sylves-
ter ruled did Assistant Attorney Cen
eral Lamar. Critics here and elsewhere
have debated again and again over this
picture the old question of the pro-
prietv of the nude in art.
The Washington times., 1913-08-11
Woman Sentences Self
To 0ccoquan BastIle

Mrs. Trna Callahan. who is an ell
de-ly woman with weakness for a wee
drop or two Of twenty found herself in
Police Court today on charge of having
been drunk and disorderly Saturday
night. She had been released from Oc-
coquan only Saturday morning.
"What do you think I'd better do with
yOu?' asked Judge Mullownv Of the de-
fendant Send You back to OCcoQuan" ~
"GucSs yOu mI"ht rs WELL replied the
defendant. i dor. seem /" ". l'''' l.
get a J"D
The 'ourt locked a.: II he thought she
r"rhaTs Iad put Iri"d very nlrl. Then
he asked:
"WrlI how long shall it he for this
tim"-ilftr"n. thirty, sixty, or ninety
d1ys?'
Mr.. callahan ruminated, and a hush
fell in tn" courtroom.
''WclI. she finally replied You might
make it thirtv-perhaps 1ift""n--
Then ne hc.ituted
Fifteen or thirty" inquired :he
court
well. fifteen. guess. Judge" said
Mrs. Callahan finally
Fifteen days the sentence Is.
The Washington times., 1913-08-11
Monument to Barry
Will Be Started Soon

Substantial tribute to Commodore
John Barry, the father Of the A:neri-
can navy" Will shortly arise in Frank
lin Park. where excavation ha: been
started for the foundation of a ::and-
some memorial statue. .Or which Con-
sress seven Years ago appropriat the
sum OF $j1.OC.
The design If the mDnumcn: IS the
work of John J. Boyle. a New York
sculptor, with certain notifications Ic-
quired TO meet the approval OF the Ma
tionaI Commission of Fine Arts, a COIN
mite OF artists consisted OF Paul J.
BARTLETT, Walter Cook and Whitney
Warren, and OF the various urganiza-
tions interested in perpetuatiag the
memory Of the Revolutionary naval
commander.
The first design for the monument
was made by Andrew O'ConnoT. Of
Paris, but il met with vigorous "pposi-
ton from prominent members Of Irish
American socities. and was finally re-
lcCteu.
The Washington times., 1913-08-11
INTERIOR CLERKS ARE
GIVEN HIGHER JOBS
Experts in Law and Other
Branches of Service Told of
Their Good Fortune.

Ralph F. Fffield OF Missouri. assist
ant engineer in the Reclamation Ser
vice, Department of the Interior, at
S2lOC a year, has been promoted by
Acting Secretary Jones to project man.
ager at a salary of 500 year. Her
foId T. Cowling, of Va. photographer
in the Reclamation Service. has been
promoted from sIO2O to 81 100 year.
Matthew A. Cram. of kentucky, clerk
at 81, CO., in the office of the Assistant
Attorney General, has been appointed
law examiner at 81. SO0. and william
promoted from clerk at 81 I4OU to sue
ceeu Mr.. Grams as clerk at 81 500 in the
office CT tne Assistant ATTORNEY General
In the General Land Office the fol-
lowing promotions have been made:
JqcObus S Jones. of Tennessee, law eX-
aminer. from Sl.s0o to 5000; Lewis +.
Eddy, of Oklahoma law examiner, from
81 COP to 81, 500: Garrett VI. Davis. Ken
lucky, clerk. 81, 100 to 81. go; Charles w.
Flora Kansas clerk 81 200 to 81 400:
Walter B. Hill. Illinois. clerk, $500 to
81 400: George 4. DegeHhar rdt. Pennsyi-
vania. clerk, 5000 TO Sl.3O; Fielding A.
C1appen. Indiana. copy!st. $500 to clerk
81 go, and Miss Ellie D. Bouldn, Vir-
ginia. and Miss Kittie l.. Cramer, Ohio
cOpyists from $I2N to $500.
Promotions in the office Of the dis
bursting officer arc: Henry D. Eaider.
Indiana, sl.IO0 to $1,000; Emmett
Turner. Kansas. and Daniel }. Cur
zen. Illinois from $1,000 to S1.IVO;
Charles y. Nichols, Kansas, $1,000 to
sl.@"0; Miss Mary l.. Halloran. New
FaInpshir". and James II. Morley.
massachusetts,. from $500 to 81 0Ou.
John {. T. Gordon. clerk at $500,
has been transferred to the Depart
ment of Labor. and Charles =. Drew,
of Kansas, clerk 1T Sl.6OO, has re-
signed.
AppOintments-Pens Office: Hays
Haymaker. Porto Rico. clerk at 81 900;
Samuel q. Staples. Virginia, clerk at
$1.S00; Leighton Hope. Mississippi,
clerk at $1,000; Miss Mabel w. Col
lins. South Dakota. clerk at $1,000.
Geological Survey: Lester +. Cook.
Virginia. apprentice boy at - cents
day: Pink Wilson. Virginia, laborer
at $3.50.
G"n"ral Land Omco-WiIson J. Dye.
Pennsylvania. copyist. $40. Melville T.
Scay. Tennessee. Cupyist. at s12O; Ed
ward II. R~nson. Of Kansas. special as
sistant attorney, at 81 5O0.
Ralph W Wright. Wyoming. is ap-
pointed under clerk at Sl.0SO in the Re
clamation Service.
The Washington times., 1913-08-11
FOREIGN STUDENTS
81 TO VISIT CAPITAL
Arrangements for Entertain
ment of Hundred Are Being
Made by Citizens.
Say Something Is Wrong.

Arthur Deerin Call. executive director
OF the American Peace Society. and
John Barrett, director Of the Pan-Amer-
lean Union, are in charge of the ar
rangements for entertaining the 100 for
elgn delegates 20 the International
Congress Of Students. who will visit
Washington after attending the con-
gress at Cornell University, Ithaca, y.
y. soon.
These delegates will visit New York,
philadelphia. and Washington At Phil
adelphia, the University Of PennslIva-
mia and the Houston Club as host will
entertain the delegation. Preliminary
arrangements for the entertainment of
the students in this city, September 10
to 10, include a eeing-Washington trip,
q reception at the Pan-American Union
building, trips to Fort Myer. Arlington,
and Mt. Vernon, and a smoker at the
University Club
The committee in charge Of the ar
Tangements for the students entertain
ment includes in addition to Messrs.
Call and Barrett, Dr. George F Bow
erman, Daniel J. Callahan. DR.. Philan-
der p. ClaXtOn. Angelo Cont. William
Knowles Cooper, Dr. William NJ. David
son; f. H. Droo?, the Rev. Paul r.
Hickok, l. o. Howard Myron. Jermain
Jones. Fl. B. F Macfarland Dr. 5. y.
D. North, George W. White. and DR..
William c. Woodward
The Washington times., 1913-08-11
RANCHMEN HERE ON
1O,OOO.M|LE RIDE
Four Men From Washington
State in Capital on Horse
back to See President.

Having accomplished a journey of
mere than 1000 miles on horseback from
coast TO coast during which they have
visited nearly every city in the country,
George w. Beck, c. Beck, r. G. Rayne,
and J. B. RansOme, ranchmen from the
State of Washington, are in this city to
see the President and pay him their re-
spects.
The boys" are on their way to the
Panama-Pacific Exposition at San Fran
cisco in 1915, and intend to time their
trip so as to return to the Pacific Coast
and reach the exposition before the
opening. They left Olympia, Wash.
early in the spring of 1912. and have
visited nearly every State. On their re-
turn they will complete the catalogue Of
States
BY the time they complete their jour-
ney they will have covered 10000 miles.
They are now being shown about the
city by J. H. Davis, secretary to Wes-
ley L. Jones, Senator from Washington.
Tho trip from here will continue to An
napolis. They came here from Rich
mend. Tennessee and Georgia are the
only States that will be touched twice in
their trip. An average OF twenty-five
miles day will be maintained by the
travellers.
The Washington times., 1913-08-11
Nat Goodwin Happy Now,
Fifth Wife Right One

BOSTON, Aug. ll.-Nat Goodwin
matrimonial course Is run. That Is ac'
ccrding 70 the actor himself. The pres
rnt Mrs Goodwin is the right one IT
list. I'm settled Tor lie now. an
rornced Nat Goodwin. jr., today from
the dcDths Of large easy chair in his
fathers home here.
Thn actor. who is even up with De
Wolfe Hopper at hve yves apiece" Whs
dressed only in a seit of light blue pa
jamas.
and love. her most of them all n,
declared. ''Of course, II ] HAPPENED 10
nee, any Of my old wives would bow
~ Them if they did /" me, hut 50 tar
AS ever .eviving any old ass"c!at Ons
gues-Im through with them for good.
The Washington times., 1913-08-11
Man and Wife Start
1000 Mile Canoe Trip

Starting on seven-thOusand-mile
trip in their eighteen-foOt canoe. with
Washington as their turning point. Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Green left their home
al Clifton. :. l.. yesterday amid the
cheers Of friends.
They will paddle up the Hudson and
through the Erie canal to Buffalo.
skirting the shores of Lake Erie as far
as Ashta bula. Ohio through the Beaver
canal to ROckstader, Pa, and from
there b. the Ohio river. and the Mis-
s!ssippi to the Gulf OF Mexico. Skirting
the shores Of the Gulf they will make
for Florida. intending TO portage across
to the Atlantic to relaunch in the wat
ers Of the Atlantic, and make the trip
up the coast to the Chesapeake. Thence
they will mkae the trip up to Washing
ton. returning home by the Delaware
and Raritan rivers.
The Washington times., 1913-08-11
Baron's Son to Join
United States Army

The J-nite1 States army is likely soon
10 have 4 second lieutenant who is Il
baron Of Austria. Corporal Ernest Sed-
lacek. Third Company. Coast Artillery,
is taking the examinations for commits
sior as second lieutenant On the
death Of his father. SedlAcek will be-
come d baron. whether he wishes to or
not.
Sodlacck already has taken out his
first Laprrs as United States citizen.
50 that his Austrian birth constitutes no
ba: 70 his becoming An officer Of the
arms. ScdIacek is taking his eXamina-
tons a. Fort I.raI enworth. He is i
hi~hll "oucated youth. having been a
student at The Royal Technical School
in Berlin and the Zurich University.
IicutrnauI NOn dem BussC he Hddden-
hauseu, l.. 5. A, is tn" son of 4 baron
o! Prussia but will not be heir 10 the
It'll. Lieutenant Won dem Busch" rose
from the ranks. He was cOmmissiUn.d d
In .yO4.
The Washington times., 1913-08-11
ALABAMA GOVERNOR
MAY NAME SENATOR
Question of Successor to Johns
ton Is Worrying Democratic
Leaders.

The existing vacancy in the Senate
caused by the death OF Senator John
stOn may be filed by appointment II
this is done. it will relieve the anxiety
of Democratic leaders who feel their
margin of control is getting uncomfort-
ably close.
Dispatches from Birmingham say Gov
ernor O'Neal has conferred with politi-
cal advisers and has about reached the
conclusion that he has authority to ap-
point under the third paragraph of di-
rect elections amendment which reads:
This amendment shall not be so con-
strued as to AFFECT the election or term
of any Senator chosen before II becomes
valid as part of the Constitution"
The men mentioned as possible ap-
The Washington times., 1913-08-11
Stork to Replace
Her Stolen Jewels

NARRAGANSETT PIER, Aug. IL
Though Mrs. Charles c. Rumsey, for
merly Miss Mary Hartman. Is MOURN
ing the loss of s75Ooo worth OF stolen
Jewels. gift Is expected soon at Gun
ming Rock Cottage that will be more
precious than many jewels. The gift Is
to be brought by the stork.
Mrs. Mary Hartman. mother of Mrs.
Rumsey. Is expected here today to be
with her daughter. The Rumseys were
married on May 26, 1910. at Arden, the
wonderful home which the late financter
built shortly before his death
The Washington times., 1913-08-11
Lightning Plays Joke
On Clarendon, Va, Man

Lightning played another Of its fu9ny
pranks at Clarendon. Va, during the
storm yesterday. The joke was on
Louis Bailey, who found the pipe of his
kitchen stove lying IN bed With lin
when he was aroused by the play Of
the elements without.
The lightning had struck the chimney
of his home, completely sheltered 1t,
and had knocked the stOvepipe from
its place into the bed Oc the sleeping
Clarerdonian. The house was not dam
aged much otherwise. and no one was
injured.
At the same time the lightning struck
a telephone pole near the re Al estate
office of w. G. Collins, in Clarendon.
The Washington times., 1913-08-11
Full Citizenship Is
Restored to Officer

All rights of citizenship have been
restored to former Capt Thomas
Wilson has granted an unconditiona
pardon. The former officer was treas
urer of the Military Academy At West
Point from 1902 to 1905. and quarter
master and COlEmissary for the bat
TALON Of cadets After his transfer to
the Philippines. investigation was
made Of his accounts. with the result
that Irregularities were found
During his trial cvIden"e Was sub
mitted Showing that ne mad been
guilty Of nrelIgem"e. Considerable
sympathy WAS felt for him BY his
brother officers. who did not believe
he was guilty Of intentional wrong
doing. lie was sentenced to two and
a half years in the Atlanta peni-
teuIiaTy. but his sentence w@s COM
mured after a few months and ne was
permitted to resign His superior
officers had been WaTIl ia the praise
Of his record during the Philippine
instruction and the Boxer uprising.
The Washington times., 1913-08-11
Says New Schedule
Threatens Lead Miners

DISASTER to the lead mining industry
OF III" entire West was predicted p%
senator Sutherland of TIah as the
first result OF enactment of the proposed
lead schedule in the Wilson tnder-
wool bill.
He told the Senate that the Last
Democratic tariff act forced more than
half Of the lead mines in the West TO
close down
senator Kenyon's amendmeni. plac-
ing aluminium OIL the free list Went
over on request Of Senator Oliver.
who will later speak against II.
The Washington times., 1913-08-11

pointees are Congressman Clayton, Hef-
lin, and Underwood and also John p.
Knox. OF Admission. II there IL q spe-
cial election, indications are the fight
will be between Hobson and Clayton.
The funeral of Senator Johnston was
held at Birmingham yesterday with a
large attendance of prominent Alabama
residents and members OF the commit
tees from Senate and House.