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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-10-09
CARRANzA TO TOUR
U. S., SAYS FRIEND
Richard N. Cole Makes State
ment In Washington

Washington, Oct. S.--General Car
rama intends to visit the United
States next month and make a five
months tour of the country, accord
ing to announcement made here by
Richard H. Cole, friend OF the Mex.
lean chieftain, who has just arrived
In Washington from Mexico City.
"Carranza is eager to retire to pri.
vate life," said Mr.. Cole in his an
nouncement. "He is worn out and
only a sense of duty keeps him en-
gagged in directing the constitutional.
ist course.
''IIe has promised to visit me in
Los Angeles in January and make a
five months tour of the United States.
He warmly admires the United States
and her institutions and every reform
he contemplates in Mexico is fash.
Toned after American models.
Americans have often taken his
patriotic Mexican stand as being inim-
zeal to this country. This is false and
unfair. He has the highest respect
for President Wilson and the warm
est feeling Of friendship toward the
whole nation. Americans will have
friend with him as the head of the
Mexican government"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-10-09
Its Extent Admitted at Berlin
Declares London.
KAISER IS PUT ON DEFENSIVE
Petrograd Claims That Germans Have
Abandoned Campaign In North Po-
iand-Says German Advance From
Cracow Was RepuIsed-German
Guns Turn Tide at Augustowo.

London, Oct. S.-The extent of Rus
Germany was admitted in dispatches
from Berlin and confirmed by reports
of correspondents in Rome and Wen
ma.
Abandoning all efforts to carry the
war into North Poland, the Germans
have fallen back to strong defensive
positions along the East Prussia from
tier. In the south, a German column
which attempted by forced marches to
advance from Cracow and strike the
Russian flank beyond the Dunajee
river in Galicia, was repulsed at the
Vistula and driven back with heavy
losses.
The whole region of northwest Cali
cia and southwest Poland was the
scene CT hard fought battles between
the Russians and Austro-German
forces with Cracow and Silesia as the
prize of victory. The advance of the
main Russian armies proceeding along
the north bank of lthe Vistula are in
collision with the Germans and Aus
TRANS near Sandomir and Opatow.
Petroerad's Version.
Tie official announcement issued in
PetrOgrad by the general staff was
as follows:
"On the East Prussian frontier the
Germans, having brought up reinforce
ments from Koenigsberg continue to
oppose a tenacious resistance upon
the battle front of Vladislavoff and
Ratchks, profiting by the defiles, lakes
and marshes in the region of Tcher-
noganja.
Beyond the Vistula advance guard
battles have occurred in the region
of Opaptow and Sandomir
in the Carpathians, west OF the
River Sanok. an Austrian detachment
was defeated, and machine guns and
prisoners captured.
"At Caliva, twenty milimeters from
the city of Munkatch, we have cap
tured an artillery park and numerous
conveys"
Regarding the operations along the
East Prussia frontier which resulted
In disaster to the Germans a dispatch
from Berlin via The Hague, states
that bad weather and the great
strength of the Russian offensive com
pslleo the Germans to assume strictly
defensive movement. They aban.
doned the bombardment of fortress
after fortress Of ossowiec in Russian
Poland and are attempting to hold
the Russians in check from heavily
entrenched positions near Prostken.
Says Germans Turned Tide.
Ii is estimated that fighting at Au-
gdstoNc was very sanguinary. The
German machine guns finally turned
the tide OF basie but the slaughter of
German a-tillerymen was terrific.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-10-09
HERE'S A WAY TO
SAVE DOCTOR BILLS
Physicians Give Free Adv oe by
Which Pare nts May Profit.

It's a matter of general interest just
now how ones physical condition can
be got into shape to best receive the
benefits of the summer season. Especial
ly is this true of the children. They
have become run down by winter of
unnatural manner of living because of
ill.considered food and much time spent
indoors. Spring comes with its sun
shine, its fresh vegetables and all else
invigorating, but the children are in no
condition to receive natures remedies
Many parents call In the family physi.
clan. Many other parents take advant.
age of what the physician told them
when he was first called in consultation.
All good family ply sicians say: "Giye
the children Castoria." Healthy par.
ents know this remedy of old, for they
took it themselves as children 1t was
more than thirty years ago that Cas-
toria made place for itself in the
household. 1t bore the signature of
Charles II, Fletcher then, as it does
today. The signature is its guarantee,
which is accepted in tho asands of
homes where there are children.
Much is printed nowadays about big
Omaha, Neb., is the father of one of
these much. read.about families. Here
is what he srys:
AS the father of thirteen children /
certainly know something about your
great medicine, and aside from my own
family experience l have, in my years
of prsctice, found Castoria popular
aud efficient remedy in almost every
home"
Charles Fl. Fletcher has received hun.
dreds OF letters from prominent physi.
clans who have the same esteem for
astoria that DR.. NcCann has Not
only do these physicians say they use
Castoria in their own families, but they
prescribe it for their patients First of
all it is a vegetable preparation which
assimilates the food and regulates the
stomach anC bowels After eating
comes sleeping, and Castoria looks out
for that too. 1t aIlay feverishness and
prevents loss OF. sleep, and this absolute
]y without the use OF opium, morphine
or other bsneful narcotic.
Medical journals are reluctant to dis.
cuss proprietary medicines. Halls
Journal of Health however, says. Our
duty ia to expose danger and record the
means for advancing health. The day
for poisoning innocent children through
greed or ignorance ought TO ED. To
our knowledge Castoaia is a remedy
which produces composure and health
by regulating the system, not by stupe.
tying it, and our readers are entitled to
the information.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-10-09
Garland.

Mr. and Mrs L r Tabor were in Owes.
30 shopping Saturday -Chas Wavelle
of Chapin, is the new employee at @ A
Croel's elevator-Mrs o l. Bristol
entertained the Ladies Embroidery
club Friday of last week and Mrs
r J Shannon and Mrs J G Bapgbart
drove by auto to Owosso-Henry
Reutber has gone to Owosso to take up
his new position ss bookkeeper at the
Ann Arbor freight office-Mr and
Mrs Lee Head and Mrs Harriet Ped.
6ington and MIR and Mrs Ray Pedding-
ton drove by auto to st. Johns, Satur-
day Mr. and Mrs Freeman Austin OF
( Burton. and Mr. and Mrs Andrew Aus
tin and family were guests of Chas
Austin of this place--Mr and Mrs J
G Hay have gone TO Flint for few
DAYS as the guests of Mr. Hays sister
"A 4 Shannon has returned home
from the north where he has been EN-.
ployed as state tax commissioner. He
has obtained leave Of absence for the
winter and will soon start for Florida.
America and Modern Turkey.
How will the step Turkey has just
taken (repeal of the ''Capitulations''
modified rs it must necessarily be by
diplomacy, affect American interests in
the Ottoman Empire2
unhesitatip ely reply that Americans
in their persons and as regsrdsSheir in.
situations in that country are not en-
dangered Americans are no strangers
in Turkey. They have lived in kindly
relations with their Moslem neighbors
for two generations. Confidence is a
plant Of slow growth; but now we have
, the confidence Of the Turks. They
know we have no designs against their
country. They recognize our philan-
thropic aims and acts. There are ten
American colleges, twenty high schools,
twelve hospitals, located at strategic
centers in Turkey and all full Of native
patrons.
have no prophets commission, but
venture to anticipate an application
by Turkey in the near future for Ameri-
can capital end for men to be her lead
ers In education, in engineering, in
mining, and in judicial reform. There
is no nation comparable to the Ameri.
can, in both fitness and opportunity, to
give to Turkey the aid she needs and
VIII be grateful for in making actual
the rejuvenation, the regeneration Of
that long down -trodden and distressed
land. Already American educational
and medical plants have been establish
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-10-09
Ministerial Asso citation.

The annual meeting Of the Shiawas'
see County Ministerial Association was
held at the Baptist church. Monday
morning. officers being elected as fol
lows: President, Rev. J. p. Cooper
vice president, Rey. A. Ostroth; sscre
tary and treasurer, Rev. E. j. Cross
Corunna. A program committee wa'
named as follows. Rev. H. Cansfield
Rev. ]. G.. York, Rev. P. Strappenbeck
A special committee to arrange fol
"Go.to church Sunday" Nov. 1, con
sists of Rev. G. H. Hanks Rev. J. G
York, Rev. q. E. Doty. Rev. Pau
Strappenbeck will read a paper at the
next meeting Nov. 2,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-10-09
CAUCUS AGREES
ON WAR TAXES
Revenue to Flow from It Esti-
mated at S1O8,OOO,OOO.
DEPENDS ON BEER PRODUCTION
Democrats Adopt Provisions of New
Measure-Tax on Brokers Is Strick.
en- From BiII-Prob rietary Medi-
cines and Wines Come in for Heavy
Increases,


Increases.
Washington, Oct. S.-After an all
day session the Democratic caucus
approved the war revenue bill. The
estimated revenue from 1t will be
$l0S,0O0,0OO, or 100000 more. than
it was estimated would flow from the
house measure.
The caucus sacrificed $4S0,000 in
revenue by striking out the tax on
brokers'. 1t threw overheard $4,000
more in revenue by cutting the tax
on sleeping car tickets from to 1
cents.
This action was taken on motion of
Senator Lewis of Illinois, who tried
to have the reduction made in the
caucus the night before, but lost by
two votes.
Depends on Beer Production.
The estimates of the revenues that
will flow from the new bill are sub
ject to the contingency that the pro-
duction of beer in the United States
Will not continue to fall off at the rate
1t has for the last few months. II
the reduced production continues, the
total revenues to be raised by the
bill will fall below $1O0,OO0,000, the
amount called for by President
Wilson.
Senator OGorman put through an
Z N p,n In G-
mittee to report a graduated tax on
the production Of cigarettes in lieu CT
the $24 fiat rate which the house bill
taxes cigarette manufacturers. The
new scale will be WORKED out after
the formula applied in taxing manu-
lecturers of tobacco and cigars and
th; f'aduated scale will be between
Sc and 500.
Proprietary Medicines Hit.
AL the amendments reported by the
finance committee for new war taxes
were adopted by the caucus. Prob
silly the most important of these vas
the tax on proprietary medicines, par
fumes, and cosmetics, chewing gum
Is expected to raise 100000 in rev.
erGe. The other stamp taxes. car
ried by the bill, It is estimated re.
turn about S30,000,000.
Cre of the matters which was net
fnally concluded by the caucus was
the proposed tax on domestic wines.
The caucus finally agreed to leave
the tax as the senate committee fixed
II in section Q Of the bill which pro-
vides all wines, liquors or cordials
containing more than 3 per cent
saccharine matter and on all wines
containing more than Ia per cent Of
absolute alcohol. tax of 20 cents a
gallon, while dry wines which contain
not more than IA per cent OF alcohol
shall pay but cents.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-10-09
Boy EscspSs.

Ray Crooks, the t74sar old boy who
was arrested for robbing Gus Marbles
house in this CITY several weeks ago.
and later placed on probation for four
years, escaped from the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Kurrle. Sunday. On
Tuesday Douis Drebenstedt was taken
into custody charged With assisting a
prisoner to escape, as it was claimed he
took horse belonging to George Will
dermuth of New Haven township and
brought young Crooks to Corunna.
Drebenstedt acknowledged his guilt
and was bound over to the circuit
court for trial. In the circuit court he
plead guilty and will be sentenced later.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-10-09
Death of Mrs. G. e. Wright.

Mrs. Charles E. Wright aged n
years. died Monday at the family home
on East Main street after a short i'll
ness, although she had not been in thu
best of health for many months. Sht
was born in Venice township and liyeo
In the county all her life. She was 6
woman highly respected for her many
good qualities, a true Christian, and
had many friends who mourn her lose.
Deceased is survived by her husband,
one daughter, Mrs. Minnie Crinklaw of
Los Angeles, Calf, and one son, Claud
who lived at home She was a sister
OF Mrs. Joseph Martin of Spokane,
WASH, Hiram Johnson of Washington,
D. c., and Reuben johnson of Clarks-
fork, Idaho.
The suneral was held Thursday after
noon, Rev. G. Fl. Hanks officiating.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-10-09
MIddleburY-Sciota.

Edison Putnam was in Corulna, Fri.
day-Mrs Sarah Fields is visiting
friends in St. Johns-Mr and Mrs
Fred tt mas of Ovid, called at the
home OF Fred Slocum, Sunday-Mrs
Sarah Howard is spending some time
with Rev and Mrs Challis of Tuscola
Mr. and Mrs w ] Brookins were in
Flint, Sunday, to attend the funeral of
friend-The farmers club will be
held at the home Of Mr. and Mrs e B
Putnam, Thursday-Mr and Mrs
Albert Schultz and Mr. and Mrs E M
Putnam were in st. Johns. Friday to
attend the fair-Mrs James Sander.
Bon died at her home in Sciota, Satur.
day, Oct. 3. The funeral services were
held at the church Wednesday after.
noon. Interment in Sciota cemetery
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-10-09

ed In the Ottoman Empire at an ex-
pense of many millions Of dollars and
those Institutions are administered by
men and women eminently fitted to
represent in the Orient the best that
America has to give to the people Of
other lands and other races.-From
THE Turkish Crisis and American In
terests." by Rev. George F. Herrick, d.
D., in the American Review of Reviews
for October.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-10-09

Mrs. Lois e. Mcbride, who has been
the guest Of relatives and friends in
Owosso and vicinity for several weeks
past, will leave for her home in Saw.
telle, California, the first of next week.
At the eighth annual reunion of the
Loyal Americans of Michigan, held
Monday in Lansing, w. o. Phillips of
Owosso, was elected past president, and
F. E. Evans of this city, was elected
guard of the order.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-10-09
Boy injured Under Train.

Connersville, Ind, Oct. s.-Attempt-
ing to board freight train here,
Howard, twelve year old son of Mr.
and Mrs Charles Lafuse, fell and was
probably fatally injured. His left leg
was severed above the knee and two
Of his fingers were cut off. Physi-
clans say he can not recover.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-10-09

Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Joslin and Mr..
and Mrs. R. j. Colby left Wednesday
on an automobile trip through several
of the southern states. They will be
gone until spring. spending most of the
time in Florida.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-10-09
held BURGLAR Gre Hour

Alton, IL, Get S.-W. c. Dennison
held negro burglar in the cellar Of
his home an hour with q revolver
pointed at him while Mrs. Dennison
went to get a policeman.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-10-09
foed Merchant I. D.,d

F'geu Merchant 10 Dead.
Pana, ILL.,, Oct. S.-JJohn ]. Trosy.
III. aged seventy-fve. a merchant Of
1inburg, is dead.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-12-04
FARMERS MEET AT BRITToN

On December i and II the an
nnal meeting of farmers of Mar.
shall county will be held at Brit
ton and H. +. Patterson. Super.
lntendcnt of the Better Farming
association to give lectures. At
this time the county corn contest
being conducted by Miss Elsie
Wander Horck will be concluded
and exhibits from the different
boys and girls will be made. The
county teachers will also meet at
this time.
Among the subjects to be dis
cussed at the meeting of farmers
are: Alfalfa on Every Farm
Corn is King" Fertile Soil
and Prosperity" livestock on
Every Farm" increasing the
Oats Crop "Dairying" and
Dangers of the House Fly"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-12-04
PARAMOUNT & vEBLIN RAIL.
ROAD COMPLETE.

The laying of steel has been
completed on the Paramount &
Veblen ENtention and beginning
Tuesday Dec, lst 4 through pas
senger train will be PIT on between
Fairmount and Grenvilie.
The change will give Neblen
much better train service as we
will have two passenger trains
daily except Sunday. The morn.
ing train from Fairmount reaches
here at 1920 and the afternoon
train from west gets in at 4:25.
This will allow ample time for the
distributing of mail and the trans
acting Of business between trains
both at this point and along the
line.
A way freight will run between
Veblen and Grenville on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday and be-
tween Veblen and Fairmount on
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
The change will be greatly APP
preciated by the travelling public
as it does away with the long waits
at the various stations experienced
in the mixed train.
The f1eights will be made up
here and lay over at this point
Veblen Advanced.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-12-04
sisseton Green House Open.

The Sisseton reenhouse has
just been completed by Messrs.
Solnar and johnson, proprie-
tors of the Sisseton Nursery.
The building is 16x35 feet, and
is equipped with a good steam
heating plant, and is modern in
every respect. Messrs. Solnar
and johnson are both we'll ex-
perienced Tourists and nursery
men and the people of Sisseton
should give them all their busi-
ness to encourage this new in
dustry here. They have a fine
ten acre tract of land which they
will plant into nursery stock in
the spring and also raise garden
truck and flowers of al kinds.
They are in Minneapolis this
week attending the Florists Con
vention and purchasing plants
They already have a nice line of
cut flowers on hand and for
Christmas will have special
line.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-12-04
WHAT KIND ARE You9

Some fellow wrote a poem re-
Gently. 1t is about a certain
type of good road booster. The
idea, boiled down into prose, is
this:
One good husky with a mule
team can build more roads than
twenty fatmen at a banquet can"
This is the time of year for the
Annual Banquet of the Feeding
Boosters; the fellows who boom
their town by eating a big meal
late at night at the hotel, and
then feel proud, while they pick
their teeth and smoke, of what
we have DONE"
A booster is good thing-an
excellent thing, and every body
ought to be willing for him to
feed at any time of day or night
that his doctor will let him. That
is, real booster is a good thing
man who has more brains than
brag, and more elbow grease
than gas, a fellow who really
does things and gets things
worth doing.
But every town has some pro
fessional boosters; hustlers who
never let grass grow under their
feet nor ideas in their head
These fellows are wanting the
citizens who pay their bills and
saw wood, to put up $4,000 to
hire pickle factory to come to
a sweet potato, establish a
sugar mill on millet ridge OF
locate an ak handle factory in the
middle of the prairie. They
could dig canal from New York
to San Francisco by garb, or
turn the North Pole into an
orange tree by prediction. They
are always yamming along some
impossible project by the main
strength of their jaws: and their
one big service to the town is
that their annual feed creates a
temporary market for fried
chickens and ten-cent cigars.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-12-04
GENERAL VILLA
IN MEXICO CITY
Enters Capital at Head of
$4,000 Soldiers.

Mexico City, Dec General Will;
has entered the capital at the head Of
about $4,000 troops. He arrived dur
ing the previous afternoon in the sub
urbs, where he remained some hours
receiving delegations and foreign con-
suls. Villa did not enter the capital
until the arrival of Provisional Presi-
dent Gutierrez
General Villa had narrow escape
from death Just before entering the
city. His train colided with the train
of General Chao above Tula Thirty
two persons were killed and forty in
jured. One mile below the scene Of
the wreck six mines were found con-
nected with battery concealed in a
ravine. The generals train passed
over these mines, which We're not dis
covered until the next morning.
General Villa issued the following
statement to the press:
Villa Explains His Mission.
"My only mission is to restore or
der in Mexico and not to take person
al revenge on any one. | promise
that order will be restored at once. |
am acting as the subordinate Of Pro
visional President Gutierrez and the
national convention
THE provisional president is now
the supreme power in Mexico and 1
am merely acting as field commander
of the armies. All foreigners and for
eign property will be protected
Villa left Tula after receiving news
of the capture of Pachuca by the cav
airy brigade of General Raoul Madero.
The Carranza troops retired after a
skirmish between outposts.
This is better than my last visit,
when | came here as friendless pris-
cner OF Huerta,' remarked General
Villa upon his arrival.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-12-04
GERMANS ARE REINFORCED
Additional Troops Opposing Russians
in Poland

Petrograd, Dec 2-First grade Ger
man troops are now opposing part
of the Russian army in Poland.
The arrival of reinforcements for
the Germans and the strengthening
of second and third line troops by the
first fighting forces is said to be re-
sponsible for the delay in settling the
issue in Poland
The German forces are putting up
a desperate resistance in the vicinity
of LodZ. The losses on both sides are
declared to be enormous
The Germans fought their way out
of the wise in which they were caught
south of Lodz at the point of the bay
onet and in the face of terrific ma
chine gun and rife fire.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-12-04
WILSON REPLIES TO GARDNER
Asks Conference Before Military In.
vestigation Is Begun.

Washington, Dec. 2.-President
Wilson's letter to Representative
Gardner on the latter's resolution for
congressional investigation of the
military preparedness of the United
States has been made public. The
president wrote:
You may be sure that | do not
have an attitude of Indifference to
the great subject which you broach,
but | should like to have confer
ence with you before the resolution
you have in mind is offered, in order
to present my views to you more fully
than is possible in a letter.