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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-04-12

FOR Three year old colt. also
two good fresh cows. Earl Wood
ward. Bell phone, Elwell, Mich.
S6-3t-c
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-04-12
MARKET REPORT

Following are the prices paid by
the Alma Grain & Lumber Company
A ....l fn1N.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-04-12
How's This d?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case ~ Catarrh that can
not be cured by Hall S Catarrh Cure.
HAIRS Catarrh Cure has been taken
by catarrh sufferers for the past
thirty years. and has become
known as the most reliable remedy for
Catarrh. Halls CatarTh Cure acts thru
the Blood on the Mucous surfaces. ex-
polling the Poison from the Blood ana
healing the diseased portions.
After You have taken Hairs Catarrb
Cure FOR "A short time you viii see 8
great Improvement in your general
health. Start taking Halls Catarrh
Cure at once and get rid OF catarrh.
Send for testimonials. free.
r. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-04-12

FOR Frame barn in first
class condition, 42x70, sixteen foot
posts. For sale at bargain. En-
quire of Geo. S. Young. S6-tf-c
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-04-12

COUNTY MAPS-The Record has
few Gratiot County Maps left.
Parties wishing 10 purchase same
may do so by calling AT this office.
70-tf
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-04-12

qFrom the sale of a
$4,000 farm to the
recovery Of a wander.
ing bull pup, you can
put your faith in the
want ads.
@ They are great little
hustlers, and are never
off duty.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-09
POSTMASTER AT l.. GLE
 ARRESTED BY LISP.
News s-Minerl


 Clyde A. Thompson, postmaster at Eagle, has been arrested on a charge of embezzlement, and bound over to the grand jury on bail in the sum of $6,000, of which amount our former townsman, J. B. Howard, furnished $2,OO0
 Charles Riddeford, postal inspec- tor, and Arthur Paisley, an inspector both of Spokane, Washington, made the complaint against Thompson.
 The inspectors who acted in the case came to Eagle September 21, and i'm mediately went to make an investiga- tion of the office. After the inspection the postmaster was charged by the inspectors with being short of funds to the amount of $6,00O. The charge of embezzlement was made before the commissioner at Eagle by Riddeford and Paisley, and the defendent waived the right of securing counsel and re- fused to give any statement in court.
 Friends of Thompson say they are sure there must be some mistake, as it seems almost an impossibility in a town the size of Eagle for man to collect postoffice funds to the amount of $6,000
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-09
THE PRACTICABILITY
 Uf CONCRETE MOTOR
 BOAT DEMONSTRATED

People are beginning to realize, says the Railway and Marine News, that the idea of concrete ships has less novel, ty about it than it first supposed. Every once in a while we hear from some quarter. of a concrete boat that has been in existence number of years and which has in every way prov en the practica bility of the material in that field.
 A concrete motor boat was built in 1911 by Walter N. Dowsey, Iron River Mich. Until recently this boat was on an inland lake five miles from Iron River. It has just been brought to Chicago where those who are skepti- cal can see the boat travelling under it's own power along Chicagos water front
 There is nothing particularly novel about it other than that the construct ion material was concrete. A T-bar was laid for the keel, the end of it being turned upward and used for the prov post. Flat steel No. 12 gauge by inch wide was riveted to the keel as ribs on 12-inch centers. Similar flat steel strips were then riveted to the ribs lengthwise from brow to stern. Upon this light frame A-inch square wire mesh was wired to cover the entire hull and the concrete or mortar was applied with trowel Ow ing to amateur workmanship the hull was not troweled as smooth as it might have been. It is IS feet 6 inches long, feet inches beam, and the concrete or mortar shell is 3-4 inch thick With a 6 horsepower gas motor the boat
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-09
BERLIN TO BE BOMBED
 FROM SMILE HEIGHT
Experts Declare Discovery Will Render Foes Big Guns
 Useless

A recent issue of the Washington Post gives an extended account or new discovery, which promises to rev olutionize aerial warrare, and it is predicted by eperts that aircraft fly ing the Stars ead Stripes from height of six miles, may lombard Berlin yet, thru the invc ltion of American scien- tific genius At this height German defending r,anes and guns would be useless.
 This un.leard-of height can easily be attained by the "Liberty motor" according to all experts. The only diff ficulty has been that in such rarified atmosphere the aviators themselves could do nothing; the terrific demands on their lungs are too great to permit other action. Airplanes have attain ed heights of 25,000 feet, but the diff fculty of breathing all but made the aviators powerless.
 Now American science steps in with the twin of the Liberty motor. Lib erty Oxygen" is it's name and it is a respiration device which automatical- ly supplies to the flyer the oxygen which is lacking in the natural air at high attitudes.
 The device is the joint production of experts of the aviation section and Army medical corps. It is hailed by the Government here and by the in ternational experts on aviation in Washington as the solution of the last problem of the air and an assurance of superiority in the air to America and her Allies for the remainder of
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-09
ADVERTISED LETTERS

Advertised letters held at Ketchi- kan P O. for week ending November 3, 1917.
 When calling for any of the follow ing. please mention that you saw the letter ADVERTISED, and pay a fee of one cent All letters not claimed by November r, will be forwarded to Dead Letter office.
 Sandy Bogen, Bill Dalton, John Do- Ian, William Ginnard, G. A. Harris, A. w. Hood, J. E. Kilberg, Theodore Knutsen. Henry Miller, David Nash, Jorgen Ness, Carl Olsen, John Olsen, John Pearson, Dick Rice, Mike Rincan, Stanley Roberts, s. H. Rud, Ed. Skog- mo, Mrs G. Sites, John c. Thompson.
 F. WARDER, Postmaster
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-09
WEST INDIAN NATIVES DEPEND UPON IMAGES
 TO KEEP HUNS AWAY

Guns and bayonets and other mar tiali weapons mean nothing in the life of the Kroos, a West African race, when it comes to keeping away the enemy. The Kroos are inhabitants of the British Congo and are intensely loyal to Great Britain. but they place their dependence upon their Ju-Jus in keeping away the Germans.
 "A Ju-Ju is a homely looking little image" says the captain of a British steamer which recently reached an American port from West Africa. "The Kroos attribute to them tre- mendous moral rather than religious influence, and set them up wherever more civilized people would put po- liceman or a soldier. For instance, if one has a larpn farm, all he has to do to keep trespassers off is to put Ju- Ju somewhere on the fringe of it.
 Set Up Woman Ju-Ju
 When the women of town go bath ing they set up woman Ju-Ju. That means that no man should go beyond that point. If he does he violates Ju- Ju and usually such a man disappears. In nine cases out of ten the witch doc tor gets hold of him and administers a drink from which the violator of Ju- Ju wakes up in another world, if at all
 "The Kroos are extremely good or extremely bad. They know no middle course They are excellent workers, in which respect they differ from their neighbors of the Fantee tribe. The latter are lazy lot They lie for days at time alongside brook, drink when they are thirsty, shake cocoa nut or banana tree when they are hun gry, and sleep pretty nearly all the rest of the time.
 Lucky the Fantee or Kroo who has daughters instead of sons. Ones wealth is counted in daughters instead of in dollars. I saw one father bath ing his 2-weeks old daughter in a brook. He looked almost ecstatic with /, appipess and told me that the little cn2 represented to him the value of at least two cows and a bullock"
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-09

makes 10 miles per hour. The con crete was carefully cured under cover by being frequently sprinkled to re- vent drying out.
 The builder of this boat had practi- cally no knowledge of boat building and only limited knowledge of con crete. The hull has lain in the lake every winter full of water, winch at times has frozen solid. To the sur prise of all, the boat has not cracked and is still watertight.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-09

the war.
 American and Allied aircraft can fly over Germany with this device at heights unattainable to German aviat- ors.
The daily progressive-miner., 1917-11-09
MASQUERADE BALL!

The Eagles announce that they will give their customary annual Thanks giving Masquerade ball this year on November 29th. Prizes will be award ed so get busy thinking up your cos tune right away.-dav.
 Home Made Costumes Preferred.
 Six Prizes will be given.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-07
TOBACCO LOST IN TRANSIT.
Partial Supply for o. s. Soldiers in
France Donated.

The Young Mems Christien Associations
shipment. OF tobacco for the American
troops In France has been lost. Word
came from Paris today from the Red Cross
commission to France, saying no suitable
tobacco to replace the lost shipment was
obtainable there and urged that ten tons
Of tobacco be sent at once.
The Red Cross war council Immediately
accepted an offer Of the Liggett & Myers
Tobacco Company to donate 100000 Gig
arettes. &c, goo packages of smoking tobacco
and 10000 cuts of chewing tobacco. which
will be forwarded to the American troops
at once.
France has agreed to admit the tobacco
free Of duty, as well as all other articles,
for the American soldiers
Each of the seven thousand comfort kits
supplied the soldiers and sailors by the
District of Columbia Chapter OF the Amer
lean Red Cross contained a package or
Bull Durham tobacco. Mrs. T. N Nc
Laughlin, secretary of the local chapter
says they have also supplied smoking to-
bacco to the soldiers on guard duty in
different parts of the District. Eight
thousand sacks of tobacco were supplied
the marines before going abroad, and
the chapter also supplied a regiment OF
infantry prior to it's departure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-07
special Dispatch to The Star.

npeeai Dispatch to The Star.
DANvILLE, Va, August THE
apathy which has been noted in the
rural sections of Virginia and North
Carolina since the beginning of the
war has not been changed by the start
ing by the government of the draft
army machinery, and even today, with
country exemption boards calling up
men 70 appear for physical examina-
ton. . great many farmers do not
know their red ink numbers.
A great many eligible men, it may
be said, have been 1u1led into false
sense of security by reason of the
prevalent opinion put forth when the
draft was first considered that farm
ers would be exempt. This caused
many to believe that registration on
June was little more than a for
mality. from which they would hear
only in the distant future.
lilly Section Not interested.
In the billy section of Virginia.
which is embraced in this (the fifth
war of their own making at not infre-
quent periods. but they are by no
means interested in the world war.
and it is becoming a question of how
to enforce the draft law. If it comes
to that In Carroll and Grayson, in
Guilty. toW dhu tiAdSS'
are perched in the rugged clefts of
the Blue Ridge. and where Washington
seems very far away there are scores
of men who laugh at the notion of
being conscripted, and are firmly of the
belief that they will not be required.
Country weeklies have been drumming
the CONSUMPTION law by the lavish use
of plate" into the minds of the young
men. and there have been public meet
ings where the law has been explained,
but there are numbers who will have to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-07
MEN M THE HILLS OF VIRGINIA
i LAUGH AT VERY IDEA OF DRAFT
Hard Work Ahead for II. S. Marshals When
Il Comes to Showdown Danville
Home Guard is Calling for Rifles.

be notified by the exemption boards
by written summons before they pay
heed.
In the country newspaper Offices, ever
in the less remote parts of the coun-
~. it is by no means infrequent tina,
John Smith announces himself on the
telephone and asks IL he has beer
drafted. without mentioning his serial
number. The United States marshal OF
this district promises to be a very
busy man soon.
Negroes Even Less Concerned.
In the case of the negro the lack OF
interest in the rural districts is still
more marked. and it is likely that
scores never even registered. In the
hve counties comprised in this district
there has been only one man arrested
for failing to register, and he was a
negro who sought a wedding license
and who said he had never heard of the
registration law.
The negroes are presenting a new
and one which locally is engaging at
tention. Seeming resentment at hay-
ing to be forced into the army has be-
come so marked recently that the re-
marx OF one negro overheard by the
soldiers created a serious situation and
one which promised to rival the Dan
vile race riot of thirty years ago
Brooding over the draft law has pro-
Noked type OF arrogance on the part
of the colored man which has showed
itself openly recently
me Danville Home Guard, organized
Two months ago, has applied to the
town council for funds to purchase
rihes. FEELING that they are of little
use without equipment. There is little
chance OF receiving this equipment from
the state or government, with the pres
ent heaVy demand for uniforms and
guns Tor the army. This step was
taken since the trouble between -the
whites and the negroes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-07
TODAY'S ENLISTMENTs.

Army.
Louis F1skemmle Washington. d. c.
James c, Kenney. Richmond. Va.
Leroy Van Wrinkle, Jersey City, n. j.
William Hamilton, Newton street
Washington, d. C.
Grover C. Brick. Falls Church, Va.
Lawrence S. Reinhart, Germantown
Md
Gilbert G. Mcdonald. Washington, d. c
Navy.
william Pick Birchmire. Alexandra. Va
Naval Reserve.
Kathfyne Hodgl<in. 343S Brown stree
northwest.
Eugene A. viers. Rockville, Nd.
Ira c. Cole. Us / street northwest
Fred H. Doenges. st. Louis. Mo.
James Walter Moses. Hazeiton, Pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-07
SON OF FIRST WOMAN MAYOR.
Alan Anderson to Be Responsible for
British Admiralty's Shipbmlding.

LONDON, August ALLAN Anderson,
the new controller of the navy. who
will be responsible for the admiralty's
shipbuilding requirements, has close
knowledge of both shipping and the
railways. He was long associated with
a company of shipping brokers and is
a director of the Midland railway. He
lis a son of - Elizabeth Garrett An
derson, we'll Known physician and
the first woman to be elected as mayor
in England. being the chief magistrate
of Aldeburgh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-07
MURDERS TWO, KILLS SELF.
blueaeld, W. Va, Man Shoots Wife
and Her Woman Friend

- n.I EFlELD. w. Va, August 7-af..,
S tinsans and killing his wife. Mrs. Mjnnia
i s,iison' and Mrs. ]. D. Shottin in ~
x a.1er nome. here shortly after 3 oc,ors
known as a. mfsn,ot, A D. stinson. better
. ,t at passersby and then put a h,,,Is.
.,S mis- own heart. just as an ar,.e
~, 1eo sn iaden with policemen arrived On
Stinson died in the middle of the stree,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-07
To Report on Copper Production.

The Federal Trade Commission hopes
to have ready for President Wilson
within two weeks a report on its in
vestigation into the cost of producing
copper, under supervision of Commits
sioner Colver. Field reports are COM
ing in rapidly. The commission an
nounced today that none of the find
ings of the investigation will be made
public by the commission, but will be
made public by the White House. if at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-07

William and Mary Period Design 4-piece
Bedroom suite-each piece made with We
neered tops: front and end panels; dull. hand
rubbed finish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-07
Extremists Rush to Fight.

Never was my mission easier than
in the first months of the war when
at the governments appeal. every
- 80 ct~ss difference disa ppeared
Even our extremists. answering to a
JeIee " 1t was an honor to
me to offer them. rushed to the from
tier to fight. The public then imagined
the war would be short and that the
battles would be gigantic but decisive.
France of the interior then thought it's
only duty would be to efface itself be-
fore armed France"
The minister then traced the changes
through which civilian France had
passed. First came work for the
wounded and other war charities, but
as the war continued it had to work
TO live and the aged and the MO-
men and children worked the land.
Then came the urgency of a supply
of munitions and heavy artillery, but
never. NJ Malvy said. had France of
the interior failed France of the front.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-07
U-ROAT ATTACKS SPANISH
CRAFT IN NATIVE WATERS

LONDON. August THE admiralty
learns that q German submarine yester-
day. attacked a Spanish fishing boat IN
the neighhorhood of Bilbao. SPAN.
within Spanish territorial waters. Two
of the crew were severely wounded.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-07
Says France Is United.

BY the end of the three years
France has endured every affiiction,
suffering and glory. Without violence
or shock, but not at times without dis
cussion (for discussion is the very es-
sence of liberty and a democratic re-
gime), she has maintained within her
land order and discipline-accepted.
not forced. discipline-and she will
conquer She is as united as she was
on August ;. 1914. Better still. she is
unanimous: that is, forms but one soul
for work as for combat.
The country. then, is ready to enter
upon the fourth winter of the war in
the best conditions of physical and
moral health. 1t knows that, thanks to
American aid next spring, it will apply
at once all it's endurance and every
Every time we have 'exacted in
creased work or devotion it has been
sufficient TO explain our reasons. for the
French citizen is like the French sol
der. who is willing to die il neces-
sary, as the civilian is willing to suffer
but each demands to understand why.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-07
FRANCE ENDURES
EVERY AFFL|CT|ON
And She Will Emerge victori-
GUS, Says Minister of In
sterior Many
PEOPLE NOW ARE UNITED
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. August Louis j. Malvy.
the French minister of interior. replied
to the request of the Associated Press
for statement outlining his views on
the end of the third year of the world
war. The minister began by empha-
sizing the fact which he said some
times had not been sufficiently realized
that it was the Unanimous and con-
certed effort of every citizen which
allows our regiments to keep crushing
the barbarouS assaults on the moving
frontier of trenches"
N. Malvy ended with words to which
added weight were given by his three
years at the ministry of interior, in
which. under Frances highly central
lied administration, he has been in the
closest touch with the whole country.
being the only minister who has held
the same office throughout the war
under cthe successive premiers- The
minister said:
Meets Economic Problems.
The length of the war and the en-
emy's Inauguration of submarine piracy
placed us last winter face to face with
fresh difficulties, but economically. as
in every other way. France has in
fiexibIy and imperturbablys confronted
each, and has already begun to con-
quer She has poured forth her blood
too freely to begrudge her gold or en-
durance- With firm endurance she is
accepting regime of restrictions.
After some inevitable tentative efforts
she will regulate between now and the
beginning of winter the food supply
and heating. No less firmly has the
world of work applied the only possible
remedy to the increased cost of living.
namely. proportionate increase in
wages. The strikes which were wit
messed last spring have evolved IN a
perfect calm.
They constitute nothing more than
one of those phenomena of compensa-
tory movements whereby our social
body seeks to adapt itself to new con-
ditions. They were less numerous in
France than in any other country. They
arose in calm and ended in a closer,
more trusting unity between the en-
ployers and employed.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-04
COMMERCIAL NEWS
RELIEF FOR OIL LAND owners
PROMISED THROUGH kAHNS ACTION

titles and leases TO the Oil operators
who have honest claims, should be
passed at this session.
Kahn has thus been able TO secure
the administration. support for RELIEF
OF the operators, which has been vain
ly sought for more than two years BY
other Western congressman ard the
OIL Industry Association OF ra.ifor-
MIA.
The President said In his letter.
Il wish with all my heart that the
leasing bill will be passed at this
session"
Claimants, said Wilson, Who have
compiled with the law should have
their claims allowed.
Kahn conferred with Chairman
Ferris Of the house public lands com.
rnittee and told Ferris Of the Presi'
dents desires regarding the bill.
Ferris promised to have the legisla
ton taken up by his committee as
soon as possible. It.is practically GER
tain that Secretary Daniels objections
TO the leasing bill will be dtsregarded.
Many members of the house now ia
vor the bill as a measure Of national
defense and 1t is believed that the
bin giving the oustcd operators their
rights will become law within q month
or six weeks.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-04

Owners OF Honolulu Consolidated
on stock and investors in general
have been much interested In recent
developments in the California oil
lands controversy The San Francis
90 Chronicle of recent date gives the
following particulars:
WASHINGTON, D. c.. May ~. -
Representative Kahns personal ap-
peal TO President Wilson, made at the
White House. Thursday, for legislative
relief OF the California oil operators
ousted from their claims In the naval
reserves by the Taft withdrawal order
has resulted IN the Presidents decis-
ion to urge on Congress that relief be
given at this session.
Kahn, since he led the fight in the
house for the administration con
script army law is tremendously pop
ular with the President and possesses
an Influence at the White House not
enjoyed even by Democratic senate
leaders.
President Wilson today sent Kahn
a personal communication in which he
said that he had carefully considered
the appeal and the evidence present.
cd and had decided that the general
mineral lands leasing bill which con.
tatns the Phelan amendment giving