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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-01-16
WOMAN SUICIDES
Mrs. Roy Harris Dies In M. U. T
WaitIng Room After Taking
Arsenic.

Wait,ng Room After Taking
Arsenic.
Mrs. Bessie Harris. wife of Ray Har-
( ris driver for local junk dealer,
took dose Of arsenic at the home Of
her husbands sister. Mrs. Frank Scott,
Howell street, Tuesday evening and
then walked down town eight blocks
to the M. U. 7. waiting room and died
few minutes after reaching there.
The cause Of the act was the separa-
tion from her husband who had stated
that he intended to get divorce from
her and his statements about her that
made her despondent. She wrote the
following letter which was found in
the bosom of her dress:
Dear Husband, my all:-Ray, l
cannot get work and / am just dis
couraged. do not know what to do
so am doing all that is left for me
20 do, (to end ALL You want to
have me arrested and they told me
on the street tnat l was to be arrest
| ed tonight, SO I will get out of this.
Oh, Ray, God only knows what l
ihave suffered! / have no home SO
| the street is the place for me to die.
Ray, swear / have been true to you,
| tnough you think l have not been.
| Ray, how can you talk about me as
you have on. the street of Owosso?
| am writing this as my last l will ever
| write. Ray come 20 my grave in Oak
| Hill. Goodbye, darling and God
| bless you, and be happy the rest of
| your life. Oh, Ray, do hate to die
this way, but it is all there is left
now. Goodbye, Oh, goodbye, Ray
from an ever loving and true wife.
| Bessie,
| "On, Ray, God bless you
The couple were married two years
ago at Oak Grove. They have no child,
rem and the husband refused to max Q
any statement with regard to their
trouble The body was taken to the
Jennings Undertaking parlors and the
woman's parents Mr.. and Mrs. William
Huston of Clarion, Mich, were notified.
Coroner Guy Cole decided no inquest
was necessary.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-01-16

Samnel Lamfrom is in New Ba ii.
more, Ohio, to visit his sons Moses
and Rudolph.
County Clerk Nichols has been ap.
pointed purchasing agent by the board
of supervisors for another year.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-01-16

general fund.
>, Assessment levied at Ih mills Ciass A.,
LASS OF one mill for general fund.
CLASS b mill for lightning fund.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-01-16
Sues Grand Trunk.

G. E. Shields has begun suit against
the Grand Trunk Railroad for $1,000
for damages caused by the shipment of
a car load of poultry to Port Huron and
back to Durand, instead of to New
York city. When the car finally reached
New York many fowls were dead.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-01-16

Miss Elsie Willoughby fell on the ice,
Satur day, breaking her left arm.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-01-16

Cash collected on assessments dur
ipgthe year. ..-..........S 49, 65l AZ
Cash collected on premiums during
bne year. Observation-Disclosures. 1876 W
theyear :. ....................... 6as 70
Cash collected on membership and
: policy during the year. -. s75 90
Cash collected on interest during
tho year. ............................ 7O42
Cash on hand Jan. lst l93.......... 10 987 81
Cash on hand Jan. lst 1918, Agents
hanue. ......... 10
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1914-01-16
ANNUAL REPORT

For the year ending Dec. sist. 1918 OF the
anairs and conditions OF the Shiawassee Mu.
tual FIRE Insurance Company located at Co
runnas Michigan, and doing business In Shia.
wassee County In said state.
FRANK H RUSH. President,
p. o. Address, Owosso, Mich.
u d. HURRELL. Secretary
r. o. Address, Owosso. Mich.
Msmbsrship.
Number of members Dec 3lst. 1912 3.4oa
Number Of members added during
the year.....-................ ESQ
Total . 1854
Number OF members withdrawn and
policies cancelled ............. 343
Number OF members now belonging 33ii
Amount Of property at risk Dec. 81,
Amount of property added during
the year. ....................... 2.f27 $50
- Total 9 8,ls7,i84
Deducted risks cancelled or other
wise termlnatec. tec.................. ,7q6, sos
Amount at risk Dec. 3lst. l913......s . 6,6ss, ,4e6
Resources.
Cash In Treasurer's hands Dec. 81
1913. ....;;... ....................s S,s07.41
Less outstanding orders No. 795 and
sOs!...... ........................... $50
s.soi 81
Cash In Agents hands.
Outstanding Orders ...................
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-19
New York Theatres

CANDL ER-"On Trial" (drama).
COHAN'S-'Tt Pays to Advertise"
comedy.
CoMEDY-"A NJ dern Girr'
comedy.
CoRT-"Under Cover (melodrama).
ELTINGEr"Innoce (dramn).
EMPIRE-"The Prodigai Husband"
comedy.
FULTON--"Twin Beds" Comedy.
GAIETY-"C ordelia 81 o ssom"
comedy.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-"The yell
low Ticket" (drama).
HIPPODROME-"T Wars of the
World" (spectacular production).
HUDSON--"The Dummy detective
comedy.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Girl from
Utah" (musical Comedy.
LIBERTY Tie Comes UP Smiling
comedy. Beginning Wednesday
night.
LYCEUM-"The Beautiful Adyen-
ture" comedy.
LYRIC-"Peg o. My Heart"
MANHATTAN OPERA HOUSE
ne so'oiS VI the iN"9@iy NhVi"-
drama).
MAXINE ELLIOTS-"The Bludg-
con- archaeological drama).
NEW AMSTERDAM" Dragons
Claw" (drama).
PLAYHOUSEs-"T he Elder Son"
comedy. Beginning Tuesday
night.
REPUBLIC-'The High Cost of Low
ing" Comedy.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-19
MINERS

This season more than any previous
year, Manager Peter S. Clark of THE
Rosey Posey Girls has determined
to give Columbia Amusement Com
pany patrons a real novel attraction,
one that will be the talk of the Cir
cult. With this end in view he has
spared no time nor expense on the
show and when it appears at Miners
Empire next week, ii is said it will be
a revelation to local playgoers.
In the Barbary Coast dance of San
Francisco, Manager Clark offers the
real Tangoetta by girls from the
Golden West, featuring Earl and
Marie Gates, american novelty terp-
sichorean artists.
Among the members of the all star
cast are such well known entertainers
as Harry Bentley, Bert Virgins,
Harry s. La Van, Walter Pearson,
Jane Pearson, Billie Davies, Sarah
Hyatt jeanette Mohr, and one of the
great prima donnas of burlesque
Jeanette Young. Besides there is a
chorus of twenty-four pretty girls
who sing and dance in most delight
full manner.
The costumes worn by the chorus
were designed in Paris and are said
to be the last word in stage apparel
THE Love Club" Is the title of the
two-act musical extravaganza offered
by Manager Clark. The entire COM
pany takes part in this, which pre-
SCENTS q most interesting plot and
holds the attention from start to
finish 1t is away from the usual run
of musical pieces and is presented
with a wealth of scenic and electrical
effects.
Week of September %. Happy
Widows y
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-19
yAILSBURG NOTES

Miss Yetta Peigert, of Rockland ter
race, entertained a few friends q
dinner last night.
Miss Elizabeth Vreeland, of Finla,
place, has returned from Ocean Grove
Mr.. and Mrs f. Knorr, of Smiti
street, entertained a number of theS
friends at their home last night
There will be special services at tn
Vailsburg M. r. Church tomorrow.
Mr.. and Mrs C. Terwilliger, d
Smith street, entertained q number O
their friends at their home last night
Mrs. Frank OFT, of Smith street, ELI
tertained her card club yesterday art
ernoon.
Miss Kathryn Conroy is Visiting
the home of Mrs. Adam j. Berg, q.
Richelieu terrace.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Collier OF Silye
street. entertained a few Of thei|
friends last night.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Meckler OF Sand
ford avenue, entertained at thei|
home last night.
Mrs. Rose Benedict and daughteil
Anna, of Richelieu terrace, have re-
turned from Bradley Beach.
Miss Elizabeth Mack, who has bee-l
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Francis q
Reynolds, of Alexander street, has re-
turned to Tappan, N. Y.
Mrs. II. Chatfield, of Oakland ter
race, is entertaining her cousin tor
few days.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-19
ODEON

"Should | return during my absence
keep me here till | get back" says
Frank l.. Wakefield in 1.-THE Girls
from Joyland." twice q day. The
nlay will come to the Odeon Theatre,
Springfield avenue. near South Or
-ange avenue. next Monday.
sim Williams's big show, with
Wakefield as the trump card. hasn't
n dull spot. Wakefield is ;Rithor OF
the book, the show is staged under
his direction and he looms big in
everything he does although this Is
not surprising from the author of
"Me. Him and T. and other big sue
cesses,
Wakefield has cast himself this sea-
son as Steve, the Dope, and he gives
the part thoroughly trne-to-llfe,
though not disagreeable. characteri-
cation. which might easily be the case
in less competent hands.
The supporting cast includes Dolly
Sweet, soubrette of the show and very
satisfying as cissy Footlights; Mazie
L'Estrange, the prima donna, as Mig
nolia Houlihan, on her honeymoon;
Lillian Raymond, as proprietress OF
the Hotel Bon Bon; Daisy Marchan-
das. as a pretty waitress and dis
Ruised war correspondent; Fred
Bulla, as Mr.. Houlihan; Joe Phillips.
as O. dapper French sleuth; Frank w.
Martin, as a theatrical manager;
Jean Shuler, as messenger boy and
worthy of special mention in that
role; Russell K. Hill and Best Lester.
In the chorus are Monica Redmond,
understudy to Miss L'Estrange as
prima donna; Ethel Melrose, julia
Auranger, Emma Bell, Babe Burnett.
Grace Kensinger, Marble Young
Pansey Leroy. Eva Gilbert, Ella
Dane. Florence Roberty. Dolly Hall,
Monica Harvey, Beatrice York, Daisy
Marshon, May Warren, Mae Brandon.
Regina Markey, Grace LaRue and
Irene Love.
A Parisien garden setting. brilliant
lighting effects and tuneful choruses
show in the first act The second act
is laid in Mexico and features Shuler,
Hill and Martin as a singing trio.
Week of September 20 Field and
Fields in Paris will be the attraction.
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nesday After the Ball." which was
photo dramatised from Charles K.
Harriss famous ballad, will be pre-
scented. Fife Shannon and Herbert
Kelcey appear in it.
It is play full of thrills, tears.
cheers and laughter One can still re-
member the song:
"a little maiden
Climbed an old mans knees,
Begged for a story,
DO, Uncle, please;
Why are you single,
Why live alone,
Have you no babies,
Have you no home?
Then follow the old mans story OF
how he fell in love, late in life, with
the only sweetheart he ever had,
Louise, the daughter of his friend.
She loved him devotedly but their
happiness ceased when he found her
in the arms Of another. She dared
not tell him that the man was her
brother, an escaped convict and he
left her. after the Ball"
He travels abroad trying to forget,
and meantime, Louise dies of a broken
heart. Fate brings him face to face
with the man who had caused him to
leave Louise. The man in an effort to
save his sisters sweetheart, is shot,
and before he dies tells him all which
had caused the tragic end Of his love
affair.
A series of high-class variety spe-
cialties will be interpolated on the
same program.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-19
TRADES COUNCIL
BANS CANDIDATES
Three Men Declared to Be Un-
fair to Labor and Their
Defeat Sought.

Three candidates who are seeking
Republican congressional nominations
were attacked at a meeting of the
Essex Trades Council last night. A
resolution stating that the candidates
are unfair to organized labor and
calling upon union men to defeat
them In the primaries was adopted by
unanimous vote. The candidates are
w. l. Lincoln Adams, candidate for
congressional nomination in the Tenth
district, and h. Wayne Parker and
Charles c. Linnenkohl. who are seek
ing the nomination in the Ninth dis
trict.
Delegate Willard l.. Small present
ed the resolution eondemning the
three candidates. 1t was pointed out
that politics played no part in the
motive for seeking their defeat, and
that the action was merely based on
the candidates record of their atti-
tude toward organized labor.
The resolution stated that Mr..
Adams is member of the firm of
Styles g. Cash. stationers and print
ers, of 1874 West Fourteenth street,
New York city. The firm has re-
fused to recognize organized labor
since the printers asked for an eight
hour day in 1906 stated the resolu-
ton, land is now running a non union
shop. we are informed"
That r. Wayne Parker had showed
his hostility toward organized labor
while member of the House of Rep
resentatives was stated in the resolu-
ton. II was also pointed out that the
attitude of Charles G.. Linnenkohl
toward unions was fully demonstrated
during his term as an assemblyman.
The resolution requested that all
trade unionists and their friends do
all in their power to bring about the
defeat of these candidates at the
primaries"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-19

With an abundance of good things
in songs. comedy and variety, the
new vaudeville bill at the Lyric Mon
day promises continued big attrac-
ton for the large audiences that
daily enjoy the shows at that popn-
lar playhouse.
1.-The Fun shop" new musical
farce with company of ten clever
boys and girls, holds the headline po-
sition IT Is a delightful production
for the young and those who want to
stay young, gay pot-pourri OF Things
musical and speedy dances conf lneo'
with good fund of humor that keeps
the ball of mirth rolling for fun
half-hour
Mercedes Book. talented and rec
ognized legitimate artistic, supported
by strong cast. willpresent the serio-
comic playlet, "Wanted-a Stenogra-
pher." one of those breezy American
made farces which find plenty OF
response in appreciative audiences.
Allinis African Playmates in "A
Jungle Filtration, offer one of those
rarely entertaining combinations.
remarkable slmian Intelligence and
screaming comedy.
Luce and Luce, well-known musical
stars, in a new idea IN Instruments
melody; Harry Harold, singing ven
triloquial prodigy: Rose and Gates
minstrel stars in a roaringlY tunny
dialogue Alice Juston, captivatlns
prima donna and Coincidence, and the
Saila Brothers in a thrilling ring act
are listed with other excellent Tea
lures on the new bill Monday.
Direct from the Winter Garden, for
the second half of next week, comes
that big beauty novelty, NICK
Eight Skating Beauties" in one or the
most wonderful offerings ever pre-
scented on any stage.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-19
THE MAJESTIC

With comprehensive offering Of
high class vaudeville, the Majestic
Theatre on Springfield avenue, near
High street, will be opened for the
season of 1914-15 next Monday after
noon.
The program which has been ar
ranged for the opening is announced
by Manager Pope to be an exception
ally strong one and will consist, In
part, of the Seven Comical Kids, Ed
Gingras and company in a heavy
weight juggling novelty, AL. Coleman,
the blackface comic; Charles Lane
and company in sure-flre comedy
sketch; Chappie O'Donnell, a dainty
miss with some jingly songs, and
three other vaudeville acts, making
eight in all
In addition to the vaudeville it is
the intention of the Majestic manage
ment to offer six reels of feature pic
lures, both vaudeville and pictures
being changed IN Mondays and
Thursdays.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-19
KEENEY'S

The Japanese Prince" a spectacu-
lar operetta with gorgeous scenic
effects and big cast of singers and
comedians, will head the bill at
Keeney's Theatre the first part Of
next week. The piece was written
and arranged by Edward Clark, well
known as a musician and a master Of
stagecraft, and is presented by
Roland West, the prolific New York
producer Of vaudeville acts. The star
IN the operetta is Miss Katherine
Ray, who made big hit in the Win
ter Garden, Berlin, now a hospital,
and also in London theatres.
Another feature which is bound to
draw is an act which caused much
talk when it appeared here several
months ago. and which has been
booked for a return engagement by
special request of many patrons of
the house. 1t is the powerful dra-
matte playlet Dope" presented by
Herman Lieb and company. 1t is a
one-act classic, an exposure of the
cocaine habit.
A charming number on the bill will
be the Three Rays, beautiful girls,
who present a classy singing and
dancing act. Smith and Farmer
singers and purveyors of happy say
ings; Mr.. and Mrs. Harold lie COSte
in 1.-THE Tanner" a domestic sketch,
well written and well played; Kipp
and Kippy. eccentric jugglers, and
Clarence Wilbur. a tramp monologist,
with an original line Of topical songs
and parodies, will contribute to the
bill.
During the latter half of the week,
beginning with Thursdays matinee.
another strong bill of eight acts will
be presented. Among the features
will be the Three Renards, which was
recently described by metropolitan
reviewer as 1.-The most sensational
gymnastic act on the American
stage" Walters and Thomas will
appear in the "Two-Man Band" said
to be one of the funniest of musical
acts; Hayes and West win present a
pleasing skit. "On With the Dance"
with original sayings and a whirl-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-19
NEWARK

Melodrama of the kind that makes
one sit up and take notice, with a
goodly supply of Williams of the up
to-date kind, wherein politicians and
railroad officials deal in high finance,
an adventures Of attractive person.
atty and much cleverness just
enough display of guns" to tingle
the nerves of the audience; muir
derous shot, graft disclosures, wad
of money large enough to make the
chief of police turn crook, an unusual
ly good looking woman newspaper
reporter and an old man hermit, a
ghost, who is as ghostly as he should
be and who furnishes a lot of the
live fun of the play, are the chief
materials from which George M.
Conan has created his mystery farce,
Seven Keys to Baldpate," suggested
by Earl Derr Biggerss novel of the
same name.
"Seven Keys to Baldpate," will be
the attraction at the Newark Theatre
all of next week, acted by Cohan and
Harriss New York company that
presented the play all of last season
in New York. This play is under
stood to be the best of all the plays
Mr.. Cohan has written.
The scene of the farce is laid in
the office floor of a summer hotel
known as Baldpate Inn, situated on
top of mountain, and at midnight
in the height of midwinter storm
the melodrama starts in with rush
and it is sustained with varying de-
grees of startling incidents to the
end. To the inn comes the author
of popular department store fiction,
William Tallowell Magee, a bold
young man who cares not what the
critics say SO long as the public buys.
He has made wager of $1,000 with
the owner of the hotel to write a
thrilling tale in the vacant hotel with
in twenty-four hours. The caretaker,
one of the choicest characters in the
play, gives the brave novelist the key
to the inn, "the only key to Bald
pate" he tells him.
This key, or rather the multiplicity
of keys which unlock the door and
admit grafters. a railroad president,
murderers, the hermit ghost, the high
spirited adventures and the very
charming young woman reporter,
open all the stirring details of the
story and, after it is all over and
the novelist narrowly escapes being
arrested for the murder Of the adj
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ventures, who, of course. complexities
matters by coming to life, the owner
appears and says 1t has all been a
joke to prevent the lurid novel being
written.
The improbabilities are so well sus-
tanned that no one can guess how 1t
will all turn out and the epilogue of
the play is understood to be as much
a surprise as any of the other scenes.
An excellent cast of the following
players will interpret the different
roles: George Parsons, Joseph Allen,
Edgar Halstead, Carleton Macy, Pur-
nell B. Pratt, Claude Brooke, Martin
l.. Alsop, Roy Fairchild, John G.
King, jeanette Horton, Eva Francis,
Lorena Atwood and Jessie Graham.
Matinees will be. given on Wednes-
day and SATURDAY.
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SHUBERT

Enjoying the enviable distinction of
having been the biggest dramatic
success produced in Broadway last
season, To-day comes to the Sam 5.
Shubert Theatre Monday to open the
new season. The cast which Manager
Harry Won Tilzer has selected for the
George Broadhurst and Abram Scho-
mer play of New York life is a bril-
liant one, including such stars as Ed
mund Breese, Marie Wainwright and
Madame Mathilde Cottrelly.
To-day" depicts the tragedy that
follows in the wake of. the average
American woman's desire to keep up
with the social procession. The -four
acts are laid in New York city and
present vital phase of modern mar
ried life With a theme of such uni
versal interest the authors have con-
structed a powerful, gripping play
q cross-section out of life as it is
lived today in the greatest city in the
country.
AS Today is an expose Of pres
ent-day conditions in New York city,
it's presentation calls for the display
of gowns of the very latest models
and in this particular alone the play
excited tremendous interest In Go-
than But it is in it's wonderful con.
structive strength and human interest
that the secret of the success of To
day lies, the development of the plot
being accompanied by scenes OF IN
tense cumulative interest, the big eli
max coming two minutes before the
fall of the final curtain, when the
audience is held spellbound by the
realistic presentation of the tragedy
enacted upon the stage.
In addition to Mr.. Breese, Nine
Cottrelly and Miss Wainwright the
company includes Ethel Valentine,
who will appear in the leading fem
mine role, that of Lily Wagner; Ber-
nard Reinold, one of the most talent
ed impersonators of German charac-
tiers on the American stage; Teresa
Maxwell Conover Margaret Robin
son and Charles Pitt.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-19
PARAMOUNT

such a Little Queen" in which
Mary Pickford appears. will be the
photo-drama feature at the Para
mount next week.
such Little Queen" is one of the
gems of the current era of plays.
Mary Pickford, as the little queen,
makes one of the best impressions Of
her brilliant career. There Is some
thing indescribably appealing in the
personality she portrays. She has
dignity and grace, gentleness of man.
ner, charm and winsomeness, and she
contrasts most effectively the moods
identified with a situation in which
disappointment and despair must be
concealed under pretense Of cheer
fulness and courage.
The play deals with kings and
queens of toy kingdoms and the trials
which beset them in both the hard
field OF politics and the imaginative
realm OF romance.
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will begin its 194915 Monday evening
with the which for the entire
described "a from start to hnish
with will the Newark
Oheum Theatres stock company will
sent" week
Berlin artistic in Japanese Prince" will the headiner
Keeneys the first three days next week 4
meange of comedy and variety will
be presented at he Lyric first part of next week
will hold the boards at Miners Empire
I the "The Girls from Joyland" will hold sway
Place Theatre will be after the Ball"
Goodwin's phoopay feature will be "Engands Menace
will be Mary Pkford in the
"Such Little Queen"