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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19
A half TRUTH
IS A FALSEH00D
INCREASED SALE OF LIQUOR
DOES NOT PROVE FAILURE
OF PROHIBITION
USED EXAMINATION MAKERS
There 10 All The Killing Propsrties To
II, However Used. But II Cannot
Kill Prohibition

T. N. Gilmore of the National Model
License league, who is also president
OF the publishing board OF Bonfort's
Wine and Spirit Circular, circularized
the newspapers OF the country with q
statement that large increases In pro-
duction OF distilled liquors In America
proved the failure OF prohibition. The
increase rs fact: the inference Is
absolutely false.
Bonfort's Circular of April 10, 1916
carried several articles showing:
First, that wholesalers and retailers
OF liquor are warning each other
against buying on liquor market
suffering from over.production. &c.
condly, millions Of gallons of alcohol
and spurious liquors are being ex.
ported for manufacture Of ammunt
ton to be used In the European war
1t Is announced in Bonfort's Cir.
cular that million gallons of Cali
fornia brandy in one batch would be
denatured and shipped east for the
manufacture of powder and high OK.
RASSANCSs AAOhhCL iNCih AOiioWo.
According 10 one of our correspon.
dents. barrel of alcohol and a bale
OF cotton are consumed every time a
large gun Is fred in the European
war. This explains why the United
States Is experiencing at the present
time such a tremendous demand for
alcohol"
Answering the statement issued
from Louisville, KY, by the National
Model License league, concering the
alleged increase in consumption of
whiskey in the United States, Major
A. p. LOOMS, State Manager Of the
Michigan Dry Campaign committee,
declared the report was a half truth
which amounts to a whole falsehood.
He said
Every body knows there is war
in Europe. Most people know that
the manufacture Of ammunition re-
Quires alcohol and blends Of alcohol.
1t Is true that since the war broke
out there has been big increase in
the production Of distilled spirits by
all the distillers in the United States,
many Of their plants are working over
time, but 1t is absolutely false to say
that this increase has anything to do
with prohibition. The fact Is these
distillers are sending their product
to Europe for use In making ammupi.
ton.
THE statement Of T. NJ. Gilmore,
president of the National Model Ii.
cense league that this increase in
manufacture OF liquor proves the fail.
ure of prohibition Is absolutely false
as Mr.. Gilmore himself we'll knows.
II Is mystery TO the average man
how Mr.. Gilmore who is supposed to
speak for the whiskey makers should
be opposed to prohibition IL it is true
as he says that prohibition increases
consumption Of whiskey."
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19
EDUCATION AND
PROHIBITION
The Students of the u. of M,
See 1t Is Good Work to
Combine the Two.

Lansing, Mich. - University OF
Michigan is going dry declare leaders
OF the Michigan Dry Campaign COM
mittee, who are organizing college
students in every institution of the
state for the fight against the saloon.
The university and college campaign
began at the University of Michigan
and Ypsilanti Normal school with the
annual state convention of the Inter.
collegiate Prohibition association.
That the University of Michigan it.
self should be wholly rid of saloon
is the contention of Harry G. Mccain,
who is in charge of the inter.colle
gate movement. Mr.. McCain's travels
in all parts Of the state have con.
WINGED him that thousands OF alumni,
and other thousands who are parents
of students at the State University,
will do everything in their power to
abolish salons in the state because
thereby Ann Arbor will be made a
dry town.
"Nine-tenths of the students and
IdCully dI lut otdte OHlNeTSlty are
en- the dry side today, said Mr.. Nc.
Cain. This statement may surprise
you but 1t is a fact Opinion and prac.
tice at Ann Arbor as to drinking
have been steadily changing for the
better in the last three years. be.
lieve the State University alone will
furnish us five hundred workers for
this campaign and we may have three
hundred at Ypsilanti.
Every educational institution in
Michigan is being organized for the
campaign Of education showing the
evils of liquor as a beverage. An
army of five thousand students from
the various colleges will be busy dur.
ing the summer vacation distributing
literature. canvassing communities
and making speeches. Debates Will
be feature of the campaign. I am
now enrolling workers"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19
YOUTH JAILED AS PERjURER
Mason Lad Draws 2 to is Years After
Blind Pig Probe.

Mason, May 16.-Nelson McClintic
was found guilty of perjury by jury
and Immediately sentenced to the
Jackson prison to serve from two to
fifteen years.
Nelson was given money by officers
Of Lansing with which to purchase IL
quor from Theodore De Meaux's place.
The boy did as required, got two pints
of whiskey, paying for them with the
marked bills given by the officers. He
kept one bottle, and the officers, with
the other in their possession, went to
De Meaux's and arrested him. De
Meaux tried to get rid of the bills
which could have been used as evi.
dence against him, but was prevent
ed by the policemen. When McClintic
was brought into justice court, he de.
MED everything in connection with
the affair.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19
THE LIQUOR VOTE
Of KENT COUNTY
Mr.. Hudson States the Elec.
ton Was a Severe Blow
for the Vets.

Lansing, Mich.-"If George Ellis
had not been defeated by George
Tilma in the contest for mayor Of
Grand Rapids, he probably would have
taken the stump in the state wide
no.license campaign in cooperation
with the liquor dealers as an advo.
cate Of temperance, moderation and
saloon regulation and an opponent of
prohibition"
This declaration was made by Grant
M. Hudson, Superintendent of the
Michigan Anti-Saloon league Through
a state political worker, Hudson says,
he learned interesting inside history
Of the recent Grand Rapids campaign.
He says that he has reliable infor-
nation that Ellis defeat was blow
to wet interests in Grand Rapids and
the whole state. He Is informed mai
Ellis was doomed by the liberal ele-
ment not only to win reelection as
mayor but to lead the liquor forces
in the state wide prohibition campaign
as 1.-The six-term mayor Of Grand
Rapids" According to the plan, the
so-called Ellis card system of regula.
ting saloons so as to cut out the bad
features Of the liquor business, was to
be made prominent factor in the
state campaign.
Grand Rapids was to become state
headquarters of the wet forces, who.
1t is said, recognized that Detroit is
not suited for the purpose because %
its bad saloon record and because
state brewers have not been support.
ed by Detroit in local option fights.
To spike the guns Of the drys, accord.
ing to Hudson, it was arranged that
the demand for temperance as against
total abstinence would be made
campaign cry. Hudson says he learns
considerable financial support was
solicited for Ellis local campaign
from several Grand Rapids saloons
keepers and that the west side clubs
in Grand Rapids were extensively
used by wet interests.
Leaders of the Michigan Dry Cam.
paign committee accept Ellis defeat
as indicating an increased no.license
sentiment in Grand Rapids. Hudson
predicts that Kent County will about
break even on the liquor vote.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19

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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19
A Comparative Statement.

In every city and county local OPP
ton or prohibition invariably result
in reducing the number of arrests.
There Is also a definite and often
large reduction In the expense Of
conducting jails, courts, etc.
The actual relationship between the
license system and number of arrests
for drunkenness, misdemeanors or
crime cannot be determined absola-
telv, Any conclusions reached arc
Influenced TO a greater or less extent
by the local policy in making arrests
Sometimes local officials, either po-
hcemen, judges or politicians, start
out to make record for arrests
either under a wet or dry regime.
When Is q man drunk enough to
be arrested? This question is an
swered variously, but the answer IL
nine counties out Of ten in Michigan
proves that by farsths license system
produces from two to ave times as
many cases OF public intoxication as
the no-license system. In Michigan
dry counties, as In Kansas, Iowa and
other dry states the local jail frequent.
" falls into entire disuse. In Michi
gan wet counties, as in lngham county
during the last period OF saloons the
jail II often full Of "drunks" and Al
some cases had to be enlarged.
Kalamazoo City furnishes the best
evidence SO far 0btainable. Chas. w.
Struble. Chief Of Police, in q letter to
the Michigan Dry Campaign com.
mittee March 2. 1916, whMe declining
to give any opinion for publication,
enclosed the following statement Of
arrests:
Comparative record of arrest, Kali
amazoo police department:
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19
BUSINESS LEADER OF
KALAMAZOO SUICIDES
Louis Larsen Is Found Dead IL
Hotel Room.

Kalamazoo, May 16.-Louis Larsen
manager of the Union Trim & Lum.
Der company, one of Kalamazoo's
most prominent business men, was
found dead in a hotel room where he
had shot himself
Larsen had apparently stood in
front of glass in his room and pull
ed che trigger. He rented the room
Saturday and told the clerk not to
disturb him as he needed the rest.
When he failed to show up late the
next day an investigation was made
which resulted in the discovery of his
body.
No one heard the shot. Worry over
poor health is believed responsible
for the deed.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19
GERMAN AID IN
REVOLT Barred
Trial Of Sir Roger Easement
for Treason Is Begun.
PLANNED INVASION OF BRITAIN

Statement OF Case by Prosecutor Fails
to Disclose Important Evidence
Which Government Has Gathered
v. s. Priest involved in Spreading
seditien Among irish Prisoners.
London, May 16.-Part of the care
fully laid plans by which Sir Roger
Easement and his confederates plot.
ted to set up an independent republic
In Ireland were revealed when Sir
Roger was brought from the Tower of
London for a preliminary hearing in
the Bow street police court.
The crown reserved much Of it's evi.
dence for the formal trial to be held
later. Enough was presented. how
ever, to show that Easement planned
with German aid to land not only one
but several expeditions on the coast Of
Ireland and elsewhere on the British
isles.
The German auxiliary that accom-.
panied Easement and his comrades
aboard the submarine U-19 to the
Irish coast carried arms and NUM-
tons sufficient to equip large force
of rebels, Attorney General Smith de-
clared.
Much War Munitions Sunk.
When the auxiliary was sunk by a
British patrol-boat she carried to the
bottom a million rounds Of ammuni
ton, 10000 rifles, ten machine guns
and many bombs. These were to have
been distributed to rebel bands count
ed on to rise and join Sir Roger in
victorious march on Dublin.
Clad in seedy dark suit, with
frayed sleeves, Sir Foyer, once a ia.
vorite in the British consular service,
was arraigned on the charge of high
treason, punishable by hanging.
Sir Roger entered the courtroom
smiling and nodding to some of the
men who knew him before he was
knighted. His face was covered with
a stubby, greenish gray beard that
gave his best smiles a CHASTITY look
He wore pair of shoes requisitioned
from the stocks of the British army
Bow street was packed.
Say American Priest Aided Plot.
Testimony that an American priest.
Father Nicholson, aided Sir Roger in
attempting to secure recruits for the
German army from among Irish pris-
oners at the Limberg prison camp was
offered by Daniel O'Brien, an exchang-
ed prisoner. O'Brien said there were
$4,000 Irish prisoners at Limberg, but
that few of them yielded to Father
Nicholson's persuasion. Michael
O'Connell, another exchange Irish pris
oner, gave similar testimony.
1t was the first high treason trial
held in the old courtroom since Ar
thur Lynch was placed on trial as an
aftermath of the Boer war.
In his opening statement Attorney
General Smith declared the crown
would prove that Sir Roger plotted
not only the Irish rebellion but plan
ned to land expeditions in Ireland and
at several other places on the British
coast. Several exchanged English
prisoners will testify to this effect, he
said
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19
CENSORS DELAY CHESS GAME
Canadian Authorities Fear Mail Con.
test Is German Spy Code.

Gladstone, May ia game OF
chess, played by a chess club in Glad.
stone and a similar organization in
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, is progress.
ing slowly through the mails owing ia
the strict censorship on the part OF
the Canadian Government.
Fears that German subjects we're
communicating wieh aides in Canada
through the code used by the chess
clubs led to an investigation by tho
censors.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19
Girl Wins Honors.

st. Joseph, May 16.-Girls carried
away the honors in the district orator
icaical contest in st. Joseph. First
honors went to Miss Anna De HAN,
of iceland. and Miss Aimee Renkes,
of Hastings. Oscar Bennett of Hart.
ford, and Donald Bushnell, of st. 10.
seph, took second prize.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19
COMMISSIONER Notice.

In the matter OF the estate OF Assrofx q
BriStow. deceased.
We, the undo rsigned, h wing beeC aSesrxsakz,
by the Hon. Matthew Bush. Judge 81 F1Usfeaf
In and for the County of Shiawsssee, SssH x
Michigan. commissioners TO receive. wUKsS.
and adjust all claims and demands Of s4sS<r
sons az ainsL SAID state, do h, rrbv give 'ostrr<
that we will meet at the State SAVINGS tAx1s-
in the City OF 0wossn. In said Ccxe<s CT
Saturday. the Path day Of June, q. sf4
and on Thursday, the 2<th dav OF Avg0St- q. .&
1915, AZ ten o'clock in the forenoon 0r Gers 81
said days. for the purpose Of recetptre ~uzss
adjusting All claims against said estxss. ax-
that four months from the Gath dag at slpt7s-,
A. ID. 1915, are allowed To creditors W ss~srrx
their claims to said Commissioners ~x al
justment and allowance.
Dated, the 24tn day OF April. A. ~. rDas-
WIN. r. GALLAGHER
CLAY TON THOMAS,
COmmissscnyi.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19

Under the wet regime, Tar more
men were sent home than we're ar
rested when there was any possibility
OF getting a man home without harm.
On the first Saturday night under the
Dry regime, many OF the former
DRINKS were seen going home with
their families and with packages
under their arms.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19
Van Buren, County Republicans in

Van Buren, County Republicans In
their spring convention adopted
strong resolutions at Hartford, Mich,
April Is, piedging the party in the
county to support the Michigan Dry
Campaign at all points. While no
effort was made to secure resolutions
Of this kind in the county conven
tons. II was very gratifying to the
dry workers to have this stand taken
BY Republicans in the banner dry
county OF the state.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19
IMLAY'S FOUNDER IS DEAD

VnarIeS FdtHer FaUee6 away AZ Ms
Home After Busy Life.
Lapeer. May 16.-Charles Palmer,
lay City is dead at his home. He was
born at Saltwater, N. Y, in 1881.
For twelve years he was chief en-
gineer and superintendent Of construc-
ton of the Port Huron and Lake
Michigan railroad, now the Grand
Trunk Western. For thirty years he
was engaged in the banking business
at Inlay City, being president Of the
Peoples State bank.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19

HAIRDRESSING PARLOB0- Re-
member the old reliable firm of Stone
& Mix are still doing business at 40l N.
Park street. Switches made to order
on short notice. Shampooing and hair.
dressing. Union phone Ell.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19
SICK ANIMALS

A BIG BOOK on diseases of Horses,
Cattle, Sheep, Dogs and Poultry, mailed
free. Humphrey Veterinary Medicines,
156 William Street, New York.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19
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One application brings relief
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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19
100 ARE KILLED
BY zAPAT|STAS
Wreck Train Near Capital and
Burn Passengers.
LANGH0RhE ENGAGES BANDITS

Three Outlaws, Among Them julio
cardenas, vllIista Leader, Are Slain
by an American Detachment Near
Rubio Ranch-Mexieans Rob Train
Funston Guards Bridges.
Marathon, Tex. May 16.-Major
Langhorne's command, eighty miles
below the border in pursuit of the
Glen Springs raiders, has had an en-.
gagement with bandits. At least one
trooper was wounded.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19

Laredo. Tex, May 16.-According to
reports brought by American passen
gers arriving here, a train which left
Mexico City for Cuernavaca last
Thursday night with 1000 passen
gers aboard was derailed at Ayuzco, a
short distance from the capital, by
Zapatistas.
One hundred and fifty persons are
said to have been burned to death
In one car.
Another car turned over and many
were badly injured, according to the
reports.
Kill Three Mexican Bandits.
Lake Itascate, Mex, Nay 16.-Three
bandits, including Julio Cardenas, the
Villa leader, were killed in a skirmish
with an American detachment near
Rubio ranch, twenty miles east OF
here, Sunday.
The Americans, twelve strong, un.
der Lieutenant George S. Patton, com
prised an automobile detachment sent
to purchase forage. The bandits fired
upon Lieutenant Patton and his guide
after they had alighted from the ma.
chimes and were approaching the
ranch house. The Americans deploy.
ed to prevent the escape of the snip
ers and Lieutenant Patton returned
the fire, wounding the bandits, who
meanwhile fired through the rear OF
the house. Overtaken later, the Next
cans engaged the Americans in a rife
duel, in which the three Mexicans
were killed. There were no American
casualties.
Mexicans Rob Train.
Laredo, Tex, May ia train. at
tached to which was the private car o!
Charles A. Douglas, President viii
sons representative in Mexico, was
derailed by an explosion between
Queretaro and Palma Gonzales, Mex
leo, last Friday and the passengers
including a Carranza paymaster, were
robbed, according to 4 report brought
here by passengers IF the train. who
arrived from Mexico City. They said
the private car of MIR. Douglas was
not molested.
seven Persons Are Killed.
The engineer, the fireman and five
persons riding on the tender, were
killed by the derailment.
The paymaster was carrying new
currency to pay soldiers, 1t was said
American passengers also are said to
have been robbed of $4,000 in gold.
The bandits, according to the ar.
rivals here, were Zapata followers
who, while robbing the passengers
cried "Viva Villa!"
U. S. Troops Guard All Bridges.
San Antonio, Tex, May 16.-Every
bridge on the Southern Pacific be.
tween here and Ell Paso will be guard.
ed by American troops, 1t is announc.
ed at General Funston's headquarters
That railroad parallels the Rio Grande
great part of the distance, and its
immediate safeguarding is to be one
of the first moves in the proposed re.
distribution Of troops.
Columbus Raiders Are Reprieved.
Santa Fe, N. NJ, May 16.-Gevernor
Mcdonald granted twenty-one day
reprieve to the seven Villa bandits
now in the penitentiary here and sen.
fenced to hang at Deming, May 10, for
first degree murder for their part in
the raid on Columbus.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19
CASTORIA
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In Use For Over 30 Years
Always bears III
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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19

SALESMAN WANTED to solicit or.
ders for lubricsting oils, greases a d
paints. Salary or Commission. Ad:
dress THE HARVEY OIL Co., Cleveland
Ohio. Adv
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-05-19

Statesmen WANTED-We .s<uc
live Statesmen ID sell the fastest saasns
Silo on the market. Many eXdxaSoe
and superior features. Good HMgxG-
ton for local man or traveller. ESszn
wires oDlv Address nearest ofEca
Nappanee Lbr e. Wig. Ga.
NappaDee. Ind. wilismsposs. Ex
The bee., 1916-12-19
WILL RECEIVE
CASH BONUS
Extra Pay to be Given All
Receiving Less Th an
$3,o a Year

The announcement was made last
week by T, N Vail, president of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Co., of the adoption Of the plan to
pay certain classes of employees of
the various companies comprising
the Bel system a cash bonus to aid
them in meeting abnormal conditions.
In Kentucky something like $45 900
will be distributed amoug the EN-
ployes.
The plan provides for three weeks
extra pay for employees who have
been in the service one year or more
For those who have been with the
company between three months and
a year two weeks, extra pay will be
given. This applies to all employees
receiving less than $1,000 a year.
The employees Of the Western
Union Telegraph Co., will also share
in the bonus.
The bee., 1916-12-19
KENTUCKY WOMAN
DROPS SUIT
Breach of Promise Action
Withdrawn When She
Leaves Evansville

Evansville, Ind., Dec. IT,
With the departure Of Mrs. Jean
ette r. Brady, who conducted a
shop for women at 1918 West
Franklin Street, in this city, a
suit for $40, 900 for alleged breach
of promise has b zen dismissed n
the Superior Court here. Chas.
Ko ,hler, president of the Schuler
Implement OImpany here, was
defendant in the suit, which was
filed about a year ago. Mrs.
B ady sl eyed Koehler became
engaged to her Dec. is, 1915, and
that he promised to marry her on
Jan. "a, 1916. The marriage did
not take place, as o'hler mar
ried another woman here.
Mrs. Brady further claimed
KOehlsr had paid for her millin-
cry shop and had paid her atten-
tions until she promised to marry
him.
Ms. B adSS attorneys appear
ed in the Superior Court here
yesterday and asked that the suit
against Koebler be dis missed
which was done.
NJ. KoAhler denies any settle
ment of the case was made out oi
court. "She has left town.
said Koehler, "there was no neet
of making a settlement"
1t is said NJ p. Brady has gone
to junction CITY, Mo. She came
here q wear aGo from Madison
vile, XIV. VIII II at Madison
vile she obtained a divorce from
her husband, a newspaperm u
who worked at one time in C.n
cinnati an is saId to have gon'
to Houston, T-xas.