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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-12-07

Notice of Special Assessment No. ISL for
the Construction of Sidewalks During the
Season of 1917.
Pursuant to a resolution of the Commits
sion OF the City of Owosso at a session held
upon the 26th day of November. A. ID. 1917.
notice Is hereby given that the special as
sessment heretofore made by the City AS
SCISSOR for the purpose Of defraying that
portion OF the costs which the Commission
decided should be paid and borne by specitl
assessment for the construction of sidewalks
during the season Of 1917 is now on file in my
office for public inspection. The Commission
OF the City of Owosso will meet at its reg
ular session on Monday, December "a, A. d.
1917, at 1880 o'clock in the afternoon to re-
view the special assessment and hear any
be made by any person deeming himself ag-
grieved thereby.
Dated. November 20, 1917.
,. H. HAWCROFT, 81.
City Clerk.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-12-07

Notice of hearing objections to proposed
improvement, under Act 50, Public Acts
of 1918, as amended, of Assessment Dis-
trict No. 81 ",tt a.
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Board called to order by the Chair
man.
Roll called by the Clerk.
Present full Beard.
Supervisor Piatt from the Commit
tee on Claims and Accounts in Con-
tagious Diseases submitted the fol-
lowing report:
State Of Michigan--The Board Of Supervis-
NJ ors for Shiawassee County.
To the Honorable the Board of SupervisoO
- Your Committee Claims and Accounts
'1n Contagious Disease Cases would respect
fully submit the following its report, rec
! ommending the allowance of the several
amounts as given below. and that the Clerk
be authorized to draw orders for the same.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-12-07
American Malleables-

Lots 20, II and 20 of Block 8 of A.
l.: Williams Additions TO the village
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Copyright, 1917. by the Mcclure Newspa.
per Syndicate.)
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-12-07

FRED l.. HANSCOM,
Commissioner of Public improvements.
Report Of Cost of Cutting Noxious Weeds
During the Season Of 1917
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Respectfully

against each lot or parcel of land for cut
ting of said weeds -
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Zuber. M. b. and wife
Except the North &C feet. block 20 of
the Original Plat Of the City of
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-12-07
AFTERNOON

Board called to order by the Chair
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-12-07

us. / was foolish to hope 1t, perhaps,
but, Blackstone, after that wonderful
meeting night before last / felt so
thrilled that it seemed for the time as
If the barrier might be broken down
and that uil women might rally to the
same cause. wish that you and Mar
garet might have been there"
| Blackstone leaned over tha table at
which he and his mother were sitting.
"You don't r'ean you were ut the suf-
frage mass meeting, do you, motherT'
"Why, certainly" came quite calmly.
"How do you think managed to come
East and stay at one Of the biggest
hotels IL It wasn't as delegate from
our section to the conventionT
"Why didn't you tell me soonerr'
gasped Blackstone-and for the first
time that morning the sharpness of
Margaret's scornful glance of the night
before ceased to pierce him.
"You didn't ask me- was the moth
er's reply, but with the briefest ex-
cuses, Blackstone had left his place
and was encased In the nearest tele-
phone booth to get in touch with his
fiancee before she left for her Office.
II want you and mother to have
luncheon today" he said. mo, I'm
not to be In this, and just for my sake
want you to tell my mother that you
are n suffragist, and i want you to tell
her that I'm one, too. You're trump
and I'm proud Of you. And you have
taught me one thing. Margaret-that
il Is always best to stick by the cause
-even In the face Of q mother-in-law
tC be-"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-12-07
Notice Of Hearing

Board of County Road Commissions
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-12-24
IMPORTS UNAFFECTED
BY u:BoAI WARFARE
Figures for Ten-Month Period
Show Only Slight
Falling of.

How little the submarine warfare
has curtailed the exports from London
to the United States since America de-
clared war on Germany is seen in the
official figures of the United States i'm
ports from the British capital. The
figures for ten months ending with Oc-
tober show a decrease of only $19,OOO.-
600, with total of $115,39O.471. Last
year the figures for the similar period
were $133, ,74O,7S3. i: -
The principal articles imported from
London and their value were: Rubber,
$31 ,61O,629; precious stones, $15,0O9.-
466; tin, $S.S52,856.
The principal articles imported from
London for the ten months this year
we're: Rubber, $3o.770.6O3: precious
stones, s15, 5,43:5,59o: tin, $9396.0O1; arr,
81 .464. $50; hides, $2.034.372; furs, So
/ 434. $40: tea. $747O5S; indigo $1,l97,-
1O1; wool, $92o0+7. -,.~---, ,-
There is slight Increase in the
imports Of tin us compared with last
years figures a decrease Of about
s3 0OO. 900 in art imports: the figure for
hides is about half what 1t was. anu
less wool was sent here from London
by Approximately S3O0.OOO. Indigo also
shows Il decrease amounting to more
than S1.OOO.OOO. Tea shows the most
notable falling Off. the figures being 49,
43G. .5O8 for the 1916 period and $747,-
O58 for 1917. There was no tea or
wool imported from London last
month
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-12-24
cfals do not enforce the meatless and
wheatless days which Mr. Hoover

cfals do not enforce the meatless and
wheatless days which Mr. Hoover
urges on Americans. And criticism is
directed because all purchases of food
and selection Of the daily menus are
made by one Of the Germans them
selves. People ask what motive Ger
man would have to conserve food for
his country's enemies. This agent is
D. Peinert, former purchasing agent in
New York for the Hamburg American
line.
Officials in charge Of the camp de-
fend Peinert's selection on the ground
that he is highly capable. They say
that for months the per capita cost
Of raw food has been only As cents a
day, and insist that the hogs fed on
the garbage are squealing complaints
Of short rations. They have no orders
from Washington to enforce the Hoo
yer regulations, they 1Sss-
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-12-24
Rienty Of Food and Comforts in
North Carolina Camps.
sure GERMANY IS Winning
Detained Officers and Seamen Of Ger.
man Merchant Ships Often Have
Meat Twice a Day-No Alien Has to
Work Unless: He, Pleases, and Then
sHe rs Pald-Find Variety Of Ways OF
Entertaining Themselves. >~. 7s.: .-,., T.


When night falls on the camps a,
Hot; Springs, N: C;,i near. Asheville,
where 517 officers and 1,O64 seanlen of
German merchant ships are Detained
blythe United States immigrant serv-
ice hooded incanuescents strung on
the tOpmOst strand of formidable
barbed wire fences throw their fun
nels of light inside the barricade, the
g,lnrd being stationed in darkened,
high perched sentry boxes. Lights SIM
iurly spring up in the rooms Of the
four-story hotel, where the captains,
mates and engineers Of the big liners
are quartered. No sound comes from
these Teutonic cantOnments- they give
no more sign Of life tllan Belgian vii
lages left in the wake Of German
armies. - .,,s =. 5~'S
:On the tracks barely outside the bar
ricade trains begin to pass with silence
shattering rOarS, great trains Of GU and
20 cars drawn by giant Hloguls with
flaming furnace doors-the arStOcrats
of sfreights for whom all signal lights
show clear as they speed eastward to
the Chesapeake ports with cargoes OF
grain, horses, lumber and machinery.
Those within the wire know what that
rushing eastward portends.
IS Sure Germany Is Winning.
But no other message do they be-
lieve, or, if they do, they? conceal belief.
They read American newspapers, but
tell the guards Germany is winning the
war and that it will be over in four
months. They say the Americans have
never repaired the ship engines their
nowinterned crews disabled because 1t
cannot be done in this country. Off
GERS of the great ship Eaterland say
she has never left HobOken docks.
Differences between officers and men
have sprung up and fears of fOrcible
encounters made it necessary to estab-
lish separate camps. The men when
they realized that they were freed
from enforced obedience to their otli-
GERS began to show increasing evidence
Of resentment for past strict disci-
pline. The officers were enraged ut
this inoculatiOn with American ideas.
Some of their men even showed friend
liness for the Americans!
But talk does not lessen the vigi-
lance of the -tifty-two American guards
working in three shifts. They are
Germans said hatchet-faced guard
with his hand on his holster. He look
ed up at the nearby forested cliffs
where the French Broad river emerges
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-12-24
Three Hands.

One of our famous lecturers used to
say some people had three hands, q
right hand and u left hand and little
behindhand. The fifth wheel to a cart
Is frequently mentioned as an example
Of uselessness, but the third hand is
worse than useless, it is serious
handicap, observes u writer. All of US
need to keep our right hand busy, and
most need to teach the left hand to do
its share, but little behindhand
should be promptly amputated.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1917-12-24

with crashing waters into the broad
ened camp valley. "And some day
the casualty lists will show of the boys
from this state killed In France. And
then" : ''~'
.. -.Dconeealments on Those Cliffs.
''Then what?" he was asked. "Yes,''
said he, "What3" and looked again at
the cOncealments Of the cliffs overlook.
ing the camp.
The officers have the advantage Of
I the men in> the matter Of quarters
though the food is practically the
same. Tile four-story hotel was leased
by the government with it's equipment
of private baths, steam heat and fine
furniture and surroundings of tennis
courts, croquet grounds and big pool
of naturally hot water. The men are
housed in eight one-story wooden bar
racks built for. their use, each barrack
20 by lG3 feet In size, with double
deckeI hunks, heated by stoves and
served by "a detached shower bath
house II by 50 feet, in the rear of each
-DarI;lck. 90. .tn~rr ij.i' e., - 81
German artisans did all the work Of
construction, being paid by the United
States at the rate OF $50 u month. No
alien there has to work unless lie wish.
es, and If he does he is paid. One day
all of them quit. work because they
resented the; publication In d local
newspaper that they were slow work
ers and had to be told how to dO. ey-
erything. .lg:ssss 5l> \: ~. L.
The Germans find variety of ways
of entertaining themselves. Some play
tennis, others croquet, some bowl, some
60 through "a semimilitary drill, and
each camp has its team for playing
what the guards call football. The
ball is like football, but it is not
kicked. 1t is butted, with the hand.
For the men, the International Y. NJ.
C. A.. has established clubhouse
equipped with tables, reading matter,
games and moving picture outfit: An
American secretary is in charge.
Work for Idle Hands.
The officers have nearly completed
a miniature German village by the riv-
erside. The "houscs" are tiny affairs
scarcely large enough to let couple
of their burly builders squeeze in, and
much ingenuity and artistic design is
shown in their rustic fashioning. Tree
limbs, broken brick, stones, old carpet.
ftattened tin cans, all picked up in the
hotel grounds, are the material used.
The United States furnished nothing.
Commodore Ruser, chief of the Vater-
land, built one of these tiny houses and
is very proud of the little brick stove
which heats it. When working Ou
their houses the officers seem to have
shed their officialdom and appear as
kindly, simple men. The common sea-
men are building & sim!lar village.
Whether the Germans are better fed
than they should he is matter Of
viewpoint. A guest Of fine hotel
would be dissatisfied with the food
The United States furnishes and expert
chefs from the big liners prepare. On
the other hand, there are many people
who would be pleased to get high quail
ity western meat twice day. as the
Germans frequently do, with an abun-
dance of vegetables, coffee, rye bread,
butter, tea and stewed fruit. Steak Is
not unknown. although stews and
rOaStS are more common.
Local sentiment is somewhat stirred
by the fact that the United. States OFF,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-29
HOW OLD ARE YOU
BY YOUR HAIR?

You may be thirty in years. but II
you are baldheaded or. gray. people
will surely take you to be many years
older. Dandruff is the root Of most
hair evils. II It were not for the little
destructive germs working with a
presidency worthy OF a better cause
there would be but little badness, and
less people permaturely gray.
Partisan Sage will help you to keep
young looking and attractive. It's
guaranteed by o'Donnelrs Drug Stores
to make hair grow and stop falling
hair; to remove every BIT Of dandriIif' !:
to stop itching Of the scalp almost In
stantly,
Partisan Sage Is one Of the most In
MIGRATING. satisfying, and pleasant hair
dressings made; II makes the hair soft,
luxuriant and handsome Il Is especially
praised by women who love beautiful
soft and lustrous hair Partisan Sage
10 sold by druggists everywhere, and u
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-29
ALLIES GAIN UPON
s BATTLE FRONTS
London Halls Victories as Re-
suit of New Policy of
Cooperation.

LONDON, Jan. 29.-AIlied victories
on Eve different fronts today were
cited as another evidence OF the new
policy OF utmost cooperation and
coordination Of effort among the ma
tions of the entente.
British, French, Serbian, and Rus
sian troops each won distinct victories
in every held Of hghting save the
South African and Egyptian-and
there was no report from these two
theaters OF action.
Most spectacular of the victories re-
ported was Russia's smashing of two
miles of German front along the Rou-
manian- Carpathian line. The Cars
forces assumed the offensive despite
bitterly cold weather and snow-ez-
actly the sort of weather that has
forced a practical stoppage OF the
German campaign in Roumania re-
Gently Not only did the Russians
achieve an important victory dn this
section, but they likewise decisively
broke down an attempted German Of
fensive on the Riga front.
On the western front there were
three successful raids-two by British
forces, near Melville, st. Vast, and
LIE Transloy, and one by the French
around Verdun.
From Macedonia came word today
that General SarraiTs combination of
and Serbian forces had
struck out once more, advancing to-
ward Prilep.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-29
GRAYSoN CASE DISTURBS
Nomination Expected to Come Be
fore Senate Tomorrow.

A hot fight is developing over the
nomination OF DR.. Cary T .Grayson,
the Presidents golf companion and
physician, to be medical director and
rear admiral.
The Grayson nomination is expected
to come before the Senate Naval Com
mittee tomorrow. Democratic mem
bers OF the committee have been urge
to be present, in the hope that the
nomination can be reported out OF
committee. Opposition to Grayson
will be led by Senator Lodge.
He will lhave the support of the
Republicans. Several Democratic
Senators are hostile to the Jump
ing" of DR.. Grayson over other physi-
clans, but they may cline up under
White House pressure.
Republicans are opposed to several
other nominations for navy promo
tions. One of them Is that OF Pay
master Samuel MCGOWAN to be pay
director with rank OF rear admiral.
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abilities are being turned in a wrong
direction.
"Mentioned Once"
IAN earnest effort il to be made
by the minority" Congressman Chip
erfield said, ''to seek all the informa-
ton possible concerning the leak:
The leak was mentioned once last
week. But / didn't hear it, and il
ought to be heard several times this
week. Discussion of the ethics of
the stock exchange was interesting
and enlightening from a historical
point of view"
Republican and Democratic mem
bers OF the House leak investigating
committee met in conference at the
Waldorf Astoria before the inquiry
opened today. There were Indications
that the session was a stormy one
and it was assumed that the COM
mittee got together to thresh out the
course to be taken today.
Makes No Comment.
Just as the conference was opening
Congressman Chiperfield said that
he could make no comment on the
evidence offered by Congressman
Bennett. He said that Mr.. Bennett him
self was hurrying to the Waldorf to
join in, the conference. All the COM
mittee' changed to the Waldorf today.
only Counsellor Whipple remaining
at the Biltmore.
Congressman Bennett, commenting on
his speech at the Orange County dinner
night where he announced that
he had evidence to support his statement
that Information leaked to Wall Street.
said:
81 think Mr.. whipp:e has seen the evil
ience. Buc he. no doubt. has better
evidence than have"
Getting Together.
The Republican members of the
who were not working In
any too much harmony last week.
seemed to be. pulling together today.
having reached an understanding as
10 the significance OF the trend of
the inquiry last week. While the Re
,ublicahs are In a hopeless minority,
30 far as any action is concerned
they have enough voices to prevent
he committee from turning away
from evidence OF q leak entirely IN
preference for revelations of stock
methods.
Chairman Henry, In connection with
Mr.. Bennets statement, has agreed to
put in evidence everything pertinent
% the inquiry.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-29
JUDGE MOSS MEMORIAL
Services Held In Memory Of West
Virginia Congressman.

Memorial services for 5udge Hun
ter H. Moss, Congressman from West
Virginia, who died just before Con-
gress adjourned last session, were
held at the Capitol yesterday, and
were attended by many friends and
associates of Judge Moss.
Congressman Allen b. LittlepaRe
was chairman OF the memorial COM
mittee. More than 200 Congressman
attended the services, while large
crowds occupied the galleries.
Eulogies were said by Congressman
Nelson, George Bowers, Harry Wood
good. Edward Cooper, Howard South
erland, w. w. Nicely, and Allen b. Lit
tlepage, all members of the West Vir-
ginia Congressional delegation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-29
THE WEATHER REPORT.

District of columbia-Rain this
afternoon and tonight; warmer to-
night; Tuesday partly overcast, fol-
lowed by colder weather; lowest tenn
perature tonight above freezing;
fresh southerIy winds.
Maryland-Rain this afternoon and
tonight; warmer tonight; Tuesday
partly overcast, followed by colder
weather; fresh southerly winds.
Virginia-Rain and warmer this
afternoon apd tonight; Tuesday part
~ overcast. followed by colder
weather; fresh southerIy winds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-29
SENATE DRIVE TO
: START THURSDAY
Legislators VIII sit Eleven
Hours Daily in Attempt to
Avoid Extra Session.

Beginning Thursday OF this week
a big legislative drive will be on in
the Senate, with day and night ses
sions.
In q desperate situation because
OF the hopaless ,tangle OF Legislative
business, the Senate Democratic
steering committee determined to sit
for eleven hours each day In an at.
tempt to get important bills passed
and to avoid an extra session.
While IT Is not at all certain the
President will call an extra session
In any event, the Democratic lead.
ers do not like to take the chance.
II the revenue bills should fail, an
extra session would be well-nigh in
evitable.
Save From 'Rush.
Interest conferred today on wheth-
er the President would be able be-
fore March { to save any Of his leg
islative program OUT Of the rush plan
ned by the steering committee.
Indications are growing that when
noon OF March 4 rolls around Il will
be found little or nothing has been
done but to pass the appropriation
bills and the revenue bills.
EToblOcnI WllbOn S1lu BOhuc
quarters to be insisting on his pro-
gram of railroad legislation and In
other quarters in extremely close
touch with the facts, to have about
given up the notion of getting any
bill through which will have q strike
restraint feature.
May Go By Boards.
Although the hackers OF the cor
rupt practices bill, OF the webb ex-
port bill, of the water power bills and
the mineral lands bill have by. no
means given up those measures. the
signs are they will go by the boards.
President Wilson's decision to spend
further time at the Capitol in the ef-
fort to hasten legislation IL not likely
to. expedite business to any extent.
In fact, some of the Senators say
fatty IL will hinder It'll
House May Follow Plan.
with the advent of February, wh1Ch
reminds legislators that but q month
remains before the end of the Sixty
fourth Congress, the House IL ex-
pected to follow the example of the
and begin night sessions. The
House is further advanced In its
work than the Senate, but no risk
viii be run of jam in the closing
hours.
The House has worked harder than
the Senate since the reassembling Of
Congress in December. The lower
body remains In session until $3.50
or 6 o'clock almost every day, ana
for q week or more the House has
had the "rneet at IL o'clock habit"
Night sessions, therefore, are not so
necessary In the House as In the SEN
ate.
The revenue bill via take prece-
dence In the House this week. II
probably will be put forward tomor-
row or next day, and passed after q
debate Of a>day ana night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-29
K. C. DANCE TOMORROW
Washington Council VIII Observe
Ladies' NIaht.

Washington Council, No. pa.
Knights OF Columbus, will entertain
tomorrow night in the hall, SOC 4
street northwest with a program and
dance. The occasion IL ladies' night.
The program will include musical
numbers by Miss Lena Grdtz, Miss
Edna Hillyard, Arthur McCreight,
George O'Connor, and Matt Horne,
and H. c. McCausland will demon
strate his mastery of magic.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-29
TO PROTEST FARE INCREASE
kenslnoton Citizens to Hold Mass
Meeting Tonight.

A mass meeting of the citizens of
Kensington will be held tonight in
the town hall at 8 o'clock. The meet
ing is to be held for the purpose of
discussing the recent increase in the
fares on the Kensington line, and. IL
possible, to draw up a protest to sub
NIT to the Maryland public service
commission, In Baltimore.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-29
CHECKED IN vosGEs.

PARIS, Jan. 29.-"East check" to q
German attack on Hartmannsweiler-
kopf was announced in today's Of
fetal statement. The war office said
patrol fighting continued in Cham
payne, Eparges, and along the Alsace
front.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-29
Temperatures.
Tide TabIeH.
Sun and Moon Tables.

Light automobile lamps S:5S p. m.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-29
To Cure q Cold in One Day

Take LAXATIVE BROMO QuI-
NINE Tablets. Druggists refund
money if it fails to cure. E. w.
GROVES signature is on each
box. 25c.-Advt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-01-29
RUSS TAKE 1000 PRISONERS.

PETROGRAD, Jan. 29.-Capture OF
thirty officers and more than 1000
German soldiers was announced in
today's official statement as among
the fruits of the Russian victory
northwest of Jakoben, Saturday.
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Routine Matters.

These matters were only such as
any house in the Street might have"
Fisk continued, saying they pertained
to routine bond matters and the like.
Fisk denied emphatically that he
had ever had any favors from McAdoo
above what any other banker had.
Attorney Whipple then delved into
the question of the Federal board
lease Of quarters owned by Fisk.
The latter admitted he had talked
with McAdoo about the lease.