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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-17
Detroit Blue Ribbon Races.

Present condition foretel large fields
and exceptional contests for Detroit's
annual midsummer carnival of speed,
the Blue Ribbon races, which this year
will be held from July 81 to 81. The
entry in the stakes was the largest in
the history of the club, and the per.
centage of horses on which third pay.
ments have been made also is the great.
eat, 80 the racing of these ana other
events on the program should produce
sport of the sparkling sort.
While the Merchants & Manufac
turers' and Chamber of Commerce
stakes are the centers of attraction, TO.
they stand unrivalled on the light har.
ness turf, the program for the Blue
Ribbon meeting is such that every day
may be spoken of as big day. There
are from two to three star races fol
each of the FIVE afternoons, thei efore il
a person is unable to be in Detroit on
one day he will see just as good racing
on another. This Is convenience to
the people in the state who make ar
annual pilgrimage to the Detroit meet
ing, and from the hotel reservations the
number of visitors will be unusual
Signs Of the times point to this as the
banner year for the sport of the sulky
and the Detroit Driving Club may be
relied upon to maintain the standard
which has made the Blue Ribbon races
world famous. The rebuilt mile track
is the fastest race course Detroit ever
has known, and this with the earliness
of the meeting and the freshness of the
horses probably will result in lowering
all speed averages for the Blue Ribbon
irots.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-17
Claims illegal Marriage.

Corunna, July 15-Claiming ileIa-
his stepmother, Mrs. Sylvia WnuT-,
worth, had never been legally irsEs-.
ried to his father, William H. %orse-
worth, Louis Woodwork of Es<se-
nington township filed a petition m
probate court to have her claim Ss-.
a widows one-third interest in 5nsB
estate of his father disallowed.
The elder Woodwork died Marxe
80, 1914, leaving three sons, buzlS,
Elmer and Clifford by former mar,
riege and the woman who n0E
claims to be the widow and for1&s
legal wife Of Mr.. Woodwork, rms
estate is valued at $1,000 in real ess-
tate land $1,000 personal properly
consisting of farm and other ygw2..
erty in Bennington township Nrs,
Woodwork filed the petition ia
have the estate probated and lnSgsF
Bush appointed County TreaSE isir
Rush, administrator, and aflcsS.sSy
Mrs. Woodwork $500 per week nu1
OF the estate during the pendencr vi
the probate proceedings. The ss5gg,,
Louis then filed the petition to hsTsi
his alleged stepmother's claim &s~-
allowed and set up the follow ma
in his petition:
In April 1897, the. lady who zxs
styles herself Mrs. Woodwork, Hasi
married to one Joseph Diller ait Nss-
son, lngham county; that she tzzz
Diller were never divorced and hss
was still living and that she w74s
never the legal wife of William fz.
Woodwork, therefore she could rsls
legally inherit any of the estar&
1t is claimed by the legal heirs Nf
Woodwork that they have inform1-.
ton that Joseph Dnler was aliYn asAs
later than four years ago T1@
hearing was adjourned untf .JGEs
2S. Seth Q. Pulver represents ~1s
children and N. r. Walsh appears
Tor Mrs. Woodwork.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-17
Pleasantly Entertained

Mrs. Fred Hartshorn and Mrs.
Samuel Lamfrom were hostesses to
a party Of one hundred friends at a
one o'clock luncheon Tuesday at the
Hartshorn home, Hickory street.
Misses Mae Launstein, Mona Bry-
son, Beatrice Andrus, Helen Storrer,
Hazel Curtis and Adelaid Thomp-
son served. The house was most
beautifully decorated for the event
with cut flowers and greenery.
Following the luncheon the tables
were arranged for six-handed
euchre. Mrs. w. E. Mckenzie of
Detroit and Miss Helen Lamfrom of
North Baltimore, o., were among
tho guests.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-17
Death of John H. Goetzen.

Jno. II. Goetzen, highly respected
pioneer resident of this city, passed
away very Unexpectedly early Mon
day morning at his home, 301 East
Exchange street.
Mr.. Goetzen was born in Germany
seventy-seven years ago and when
quite young came to America and
settled in Cleveland, O., from which
place he came to this city sixty years
ago. In 1866 he was married TO Eva
Strahle. For many years Mr.. Goetzen
conducted tailor shop on West Ex-
change street.
For the past two years Mr.. Goetzen
has been suffering with rheumatism
but did not complain of feeling i'll
until about 10 o'clock Sunday even
ing. He told his wife that he was not
feeling as well as usual and said that
he would rest on the couch during the
night. Mrs. Goetzen went to hin
about 4 80 in the morning and he tolC
her that he had rested pretty wei
and that he was feeling much better
After preparing the breakfast, abou
an hour later, Mrs. Goetzen went tt
call her husband, and found him dead
Besides his widow diseased is sur
vived by three children, two sons
Herman, of Lansing; Albert, of Cadil
lac, and a daughter, Mrs. Florence
Horan, Of Lansing.
The funeral was held Wednesday
afternoon in charge of Owosso Lodge
No. SO Odd Fellows andCanton No
9 Patriarchs Militant, Rev. C. H
Hanks officiating.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-17
Horrick-Wietxke.

pretty wedding took place. sssz
Wednesday afternoon at one o'riOgs-
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ r..
Herrick, PA West Main street wfssa
their daughter, Miss Beatrice 0ljrE
became the bride of ReinhoRt A..
Wietzke. The impressive ring SER
vice was read by Rev. T. G. Hahn as
Salems Lutheran church in the pres
ence of thirty-five immediate reae-
parties. The wedding march WIS
rendered by Mrs. George Smith. ~
Waldron. The ceremony tonE Bfzcsl
between q huge wedding bell masx,
of roses and smilax, which hUlS
over an arch banked with palms szts
roses.
Fluctuations followed tafe reere-
mony, after which the guests wszs
served to a wedding dinner, ,patsrcE
by Mrs. Frank Howell. Misses Enc
ma Ehrlich and Della Steckschulps
served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wietzke went AZ
their new home in Charlotte uS
Wednesday, where they recently
purchased the William Rreitm evss
floral house, which they will condn&
Since coming to this city from Dr-
rand three years ago, the bride Ss-
sisted her father in the floral busf
ness here, and has won many warzE
friends both in a social and business
way. The groom, who is son ~
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Wietzke of this eitSv
has made his hom> mere practically
all of his life and has many friends
who will regret to have him 1eays
here. He is a member OF SaleMs
Lutheran church and is popular witn
the young people of the church
Many friends and. acquaintanrss
extend congratulations and Ees1
wishes to Mr.. and Mrs. Wietzke fsr
future happiness.
Frank V. Brown and family 0f
Lapeer; Mrs. Wesley B. ShumwsS
and children of Waldron, and Mr.
and Mrs. Charles June Of Durant
were among the guests
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-17
Knights Entertained.

Members of Owosso and Corunna
Commandery Knights Templar were
delightfully."- entertained Tuesday af-
ternoon by the Sir Knights residing
in Durand, ably assisted by their
wives. Reaching Durand shortly
after two o'clock, the visitors were
greeted by the entire membership of
Durand, in uniform, and the band, at
the station. The visiting ladies were
taken in charge, and given ride
about the city, ending at Masonic tenn
pie. about the time the commandery
reached there, after a march through
the streets. After a short DELAY.
march was resumed to the recreation
park, where a drill lasting half an
hour, was put on. Returning to the
temple social hour was spent by the
entire party, after which Captain
General w. b. Camburn staged an ex-
hibition drill on the street, with the
drill squad of Owosso Commandery
The several evolutions evoked hearty
applause from the crowd of specta-
tors that lined the streets.
At 5 O'Clock fine supper was
,seryedin7the lodge dining rooms, and
young sons Of Durand Sir Knights
very gracefully waited upon the
tables. Soon thereafter the visitors
were obliged to leave for the train,
and the Durand fraters and ladies re-
mained to bid them good bye, having
extended pressing invitation to come
again.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-17
Death of Robert Grubb

Robert Grubb, aged 6s, passed away
at 10 o'clock Sunday morning at his
home in Morrice. He was retired
farmer, for many years residing on a
place near Morrice The deceased was
"a man Of kindly y-snd exemplasy ehnrac.
ter He leaves a widow and two daugh-
ters, Mrs. F. E. Olcott of Perry, and
Mrs. E. M. Joslin of Morrice, and one
son, Bruce Grubb of Owosso township,
besides many friends to. mourn his
death.
The funeral was held Wednesday
morning at 10 o'clock from the Presby-
terian church in Morrice, Rev. Moody
officiating.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-17
Rainbow Trout Planted.

Saturday Frank l.. johnson, presi-
dent, Van R. Pond, chairman of the
committee on propagation of the Sports
mems association, accompanied by Les
ter Brewer as expert, planted $4,000
rainbow trout ingerlings in tributary
streams to the Shiawassee, beginning
at point near Knaggs' bridge and ex-
tending over wide area, including
Argentine and Linden, covering over
60 miles
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-17
Corunna Old Young Folks.

Corunna, July 14.-The trienniaI
meeting of the Corunna Old Young
Folks society is being held Tuesday
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Elon
Pond. An elaborate dinner was serv.
ed at noon and the afternoon was
spent in talking of olden times.
The following from out of the
city are present: Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Belts, Mr.. and Mrs. John Merrill
Mr.. and Mrs. John Garland, all OF
Detroit; Mr.. and Mrs. William Gale
of Fowlerville; Tod Kincaid OF
Cleveland and Mrs. Lucy Kemp OF
Pontiac.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-17
Shoe Stock Ruined by Fire.

The shoe stock of Elzie Sanders on
Shiawassee street in Corunna was
ruined by fire Monday evening, the
blaze starting from a defective gas
lighting system. The loss on the stock
and fixtures is estimated at $4,000 with
$25OO insurance. The building belong
ing to Mrs. Jack Davis of Detroit, for
merly Miss Hazel Lowe, was damaged
to the extent of $500.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-17

Ninety convictions out of 103 prose-
cutions is the record of Prosecutir g
Attorney Joseph Fl. Collins for the elk
months ending June 30. OF the re-
manning 13 one was acquitted, two
were dismissed on payment of costs,
four cases were nolle pressed, three
were discharged on examination and
three settled their cases. During this
period there were nine prosecutions for
alleged violation of local option law, of
this number eight were convicted.
Prof. and Mrs. Floyd Moore of Wis.
consin, formerly of this city, are the
proud parents OF son. Mrs. Moore
was Miss Sophia Dunham, teacher of
mathematics in the Owosso high school
several years: Prof. Moore was also a
member of the faculty. Owosso friends
extend congratulations.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. ID. Bell, Goodhue
street will entertain Saturday evening
for Miss Abigail Chandler of this city,
and Clyde H. Pinney of Ithaca, whose
marriage will take place Tuesday, July
28.
Ted Mccullough of W. Main street,
is visiting friends in Saginaw and Bay
City.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-17
VIII Borrow $40, 900.

Mayor DeYoung was authorized by
the commission Monday to borrow &c.,
600 by bonds bearing not over 8 per
cent interest to be payable $4,000 in
1915 and like amount for four years
following. to pay part of the cost of the
new Washington and Main street
paving.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-17
Burton.

Mr. and Mrs Quincy Mcbride and
daughter Ruth, who have been visiting
the formers mother, Mrs Mary Nc
Bride, and his brother, Rep. j N Nc
Bride, returned to their home in Berke.
ley, Calf, the first of the week-C s
Rogers of Grand Rapids was guest
of his parents, Pos master and Mrs G
G Rogers, one night the past week
In spite of the busy times about
eighty attended the M P Aid Wednes
day afternoon. Several from Owosso
attended; also Miss McWilliams gave a
very interesting talk of her trip abroad,
which was greatly enjoyed by all
U It Stiff is having fine new Round
Oak furnace installed in his residence
Mr. Stiff believes in getting ready for
cold weather in time-Miss Sarah
McWilliams was the guest of Mr. and
Mrs H w Hubbard of near Ovid part
of the week-Friday evening, July
18th, the young people will serve ice
cream and cake in the dining room of
the NJ P church; you are expected to be
present; you will surely be made wei.
come-A large number from this
place attended the show in Owosso,
Monday. and enjoyed the downpour of
of rain-Miss Anna Mason was the
guest at dinner Sunday of Mr. and Mrs
John Babcock-The many friends of
Miss Sarah McWilliams were very glad
to welcome her home, Saturday, from
her trip to Iceland. Miss New illiams
reports having a grand and instructive,
as well as an enjoyable trip-C H
Wright of Detroit. was guest at
the Cadz home part of last week
Mrs Allie Hicks and son, Byron, who
have been spending few weeks with
relatives in this place and vicinity, re-
turned to Owosso, where she will spend
some time with relatives before return
ing to her home in Durand-There
will be preaching Sunday morning in
the M p church, by the pastor, Rev F E
Kunsman. Try and be present and
hear the message he has for you.
News of the death Of Hon. E. s.
, Wagar of Edmore, was received this
morning at this Office of the Union
Telephone Co. Mr.. Wsgar had been
for many years one of the directors of
the company and was held in high
, esteem by his associates.
A party Of Owosso people attended
q party at the home Of DIR. Bush Moore
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-07-17
Arrested for Larceny.

Wilford Cole and Henry RowBbon ot
Durand, are in the county Jail awaiting
trial in the circuit court on charge Of
larceny of tools valued at $50 from the
Grand Trunk railroad.
The river press., 1914-11-04
Irrigation From Ice Field.

Farming over ice is feature of
ranch life in the Tanana valley. Alas
ka. The valley is 800 miles long and
so miles wide. 1t is described as a
vast bowl of solid ice thinly sprinkled
with dirt. The bowl of ice never
thaws save near the surface. But on a
foundation of perpetual ice farmers
are raising bumper crops of grain and
gardens are producing vegetables de-
clared to be superior in yield and
quality to any grown in the United
States. The strangest feature of Tan
ana valley farming is that it is posi-
Bile only because the subsoil is eter
nally frozen. When the spring begins
to thaw the surface the plow turns ovel
the surface of the earth above the ice
and as the thaw proceeds moisture i:
given off from underground. forming
a perfect sub-irrigation system.
The river press., 1914-11-04
Suit Involves $6O,OOO,o00.

Washington, Oct. 27.-Sixty mil
lion dollars was the stake which was
contended for today before the su-
preme court when the suit of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas Railway COM
pany against the government was up
for oral argument
The railway contends the govern
ment has broken its contract to grant
to it or it's predecessors, title to every
other section of land through the for
mer Indian Territory for the construc-
ton OF railway from the Kansas
stateline to the Red river in Texas.
Because the land was not granted to
it, the railway claims 100000 damages
for every acre it would have received
The governments contention is that
the land never became part Of the
public lands Of the United States with
in the meaning of the acts of con
gress, but has remained Indian land.
The river press., 1914-11-04
Brief War Dispatches.

London, Oct. 27.-Two hundred
thousand Belgian refugees have ar
rived in France from the Belgian sea-
coast towns and villages, and have
been distributed and sent to the towns
and cities in the interior of France.
Rome, Oct. 27.-According to Off
cial reports received here the Ger
man casualties averaging 10000 men
killed and wounded daily. All of
those slightly or not gravely wounded
an average of from 20 to so per cent,
return to the ranks after a relative
short time.
London, Oct. 27.-To save the crews
Of warships struck by mines or tor
pedoes by submarines since other
warships have been prohibited from
going to their assistance, the admirai-
ty will supply collars to the officers
and men of the fleets. The men are
instructed that the collar shall be car
ried on their persons when they are
awake and kept inflated near each in.
dividual when he is asleep.
The river press., 1914-11-04
Many Dead In Coal Mine.

Royalton, Ill.,, Oct. PA total Of
81 dead is shown on the casualty list
issued late tonight by officials of the
Franklin Coal & Coke company, at
whose mine near here 800 men were
entombed at the going to-work hour
this morning
The heavy decrease in the number of
dead estimated earlier in the day, was
accounted for the registration tonight
of scores of miners who had escaped
during the day. but who were too busy
assisting in the rescue to answer the
rollcall of rescued.
Twenty minutes before the eXplo.
sion. BAG men went into the mine, only
the last cage full of the day force re-
naming on the surface. Tonight "a
bodies had been recovered and 81 men
were missing. 1t was conceded by Of
ficials of the mine that 81 still were
entombed and would never be brought
out alive. Rescue trains from Benton
and Springfield, Ill.,, and from Evans
vile. Ind, were rushed to the scene
and their crews together with the en-
tire population of Royalton-abou'
1,OOO-spent the entire day and great
part of the night rescuing the living
attempting to eNtinguish the fire which
followed the explosion and caring fol
the injured and for the hysterical rel
atives of the dead and entombed.
The river press., 1914-11-04
Price Changes Of a Century.

A subscriber to the Weekly Blade,
living in Pennsylvania, has sent us
an account of daybook kept in 1914
by one of his forebears, the keeper of
a general store in Amity Township,
Berks county. From the daybook one
catches glimpse not only of what 100
years ago it cost the Pennsylvania
citizen to live, but also a glimpse of
how he lived. For instance, with
nearly every bill of goods charged
would be attached one gallon of whis-
ky, rum or brandy. price % cents"
Homes were lighted with candles,
costing anywhere from 371a cents to
SIZE cents a pound.
calico was 371a cents to 70 cents
per yard.
"Tea was 81 a pound.
"ln one charge a man bought one
quarter of veal at cents a pound
Eggs were never more than 10
cents per dozen. with 6 to s cents the
commoner prices.
"Chickens. 12ha to is cents apiece;
geese, % cents to 37la cents apiece.
'Beef, to cents; wool, 10 cents
to 12l2 cents per pound: muslin, so
cents per yard.
"The climax was reached in one
charge-one bushel of salt, SIG
We seem to have boxed the com
pass in the matter Of the costs of liv-
ing. One hundred years ago it was
manufactured goods and commodi-
ties against which transportation
costs were charged which We're high,
food that was cheap. Today factory
products are cheap. food dear. We
wonder if things will ever be so com
fortably arranged that food and manu-
factured goods and commodities from
far distances will all be cheap-Tole
do Blade.
The river press., 1914-11-04
PEN PICTURE OF WAR
British Correspondent Describes Aw-
fui Scenes After Battle.

ful Scenes After Battle.
London, Oct. 27.-The correspond
ent of the Daily Mail in northern
France, telegraphing under date of
Sunday night regarding the fight on
the river User, says:
"There were $500 German bodies in
User river canal the morning after the
fighting. Many of them were drowned
and others were bayoneted. The water
itself was bloody, while the streets of
Dixmude were strewn thick with dead.
"These ghoulish facts alone give
some idea of the savageness of the
fighting, the desperation of the Ger
man attacks and the stubbornness of
the allies resistance.
"The night was hell from dark un-
til dawn. At almost every point of
the line, man opposed man in death
grip.
"A German officer who was captured
said that the delay of more than a
week in crossing this waterway has
incensed the autocratic military mind
in Germany. 1t must be crossed, he
said, if it costs thousands and thou
sands of men.
"Due credit must be given to these
brave German soldiers who did their
utmost to obey this order.
"Probably 5000 of them gave their
! lives last night. They could not give
more, yet they failed, but not because
they did not obey their orders. They
crossed this waterway all right, as
they were bid, but once through they
could not make good. They were
moved down with rife shot, torn into
human fragments by shells and bay
oneted back yard by yard, over their
own dead into the waters of the canal.
Into the gray dawn of the morning this
bloody work went on so fiercely. 1t
! was awful
'It is believed that nearly 5000 Ger
mans crossed the River User. but
| hardly one got back.
The river press., 1914-11-04

party provided and distributed it's own
ballots, which contained only the
names Of the candidates nominated by
that party. The voter went to the
polls with one or more of these ballots
in his possession, handed one of the
ballots to the Judge of election-gen-
orally without any change in the print
ed list of candidates-and considered
that his duty as a citizen had been
performed. In some cases a change
in the printed list of candidates was
made by pasting a sticker over one
or more of the names, but majority
of the ballots went into the ballot box
as straight party tickets, without any
change whatever.
In recent years, voting straight
party ticket has not been favored by
most of the electors. They generally
observe party lines in voting for can.
didates who seek offices that are inti-
mately associated with politics, but in
marking their ballots for other candi-
dates they decline to be governed or
Influenced by the political affiliations
of the aspirant for preferment.
This spirit of independence among
the voters is the subject of comment
by the Missoula Sentinel, which says
in part:
Forty-five thousand Philadelphia
voters, more than the total registra-
tion of two parties in that city, have
declared themselves to be without any
political affiliation. This means that
there are forty-five thousand men in
Philadelphia who hold themselves as
competent to advise themselves-that
forty-fve thousand citizens of Phil
adelphia do not believe that they
must vote for the republican can
didates because Abraham Lincoln was
of that party or that they must sup
port democrats because Thomas jeff
erson had some important relations
with that political organization when
this nation was a pup. This is a hope
full sign. one of the most hopeful that
has been recorded in many a weary
year of political prejudice and prece-
dent.
The time is coming when we shall
no longer hear the proud boast:
have never voted anything but a
straight ticket in my life The man
who prides himself on such a record
is a fool-and has always been one,
too. To party control, blind, un'
swerving allegiance and alliance to
organization, may be charged practi-
cally all of our civic ills. 1t is to this
sort of asinine stubbornness that par.
! ty machines have been indebted for
their strength. But, we feel very sure
the end of that sort of thing is nearly
here now, for the people are beginning
to recognize the new-but-old fact that
they are as capable of doing their own
political guiding as is some mealy
mOuthed demogogue who is in poll
tics for what he can get out of it and
for no other reason. Forty-five thous
and voters in Philadelphia have set the
example: let's have some more non
partisan thinkers.
! Then-and not befOre-will we have
a clean government, with no shame
full taint of prodigal waste, arrogant
graft and evident incompetence.