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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
Appointed District Deputy.

Elmer G. Osborn of this city, has
been appointed by Grand Patriarch
Frederick W. Msyne of Charlevoix as
special district deputy grand patriarch
for the fifth Michigan district. His
duties will be to cover the territory
consisting of Genesee, Shiawassee, Gin.
ton, Gratiot and Saginaw counties, in
an effort to increase membership and
the institution OF new cantonments
Mr.. Osborn has been specially inter
ested in this part of Odd Fellowship
work and was instrumental in having
the highly successful encampment of
this year held in Owosso.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
SENDOFF FOR new SOLDIERS
People OF County Will Unite in Doing
Honor to Men Who Leave for,
War September I9.


Shiawassee county will give it's first
large contingent of men who leaye to
join the new United States army q
substantial testimony of good wishes
by joining in a patriotic parade in this
city Wednesday September 10. when
the men leave by the Grand Trunk
railroad for Battle Creek Seventy
will constitute the contingent and they
will assemble at the rrmory at Z A. M.
and after roll call and speeches q
parade will be formed and march to
the Grand Trunk depot wnere special
car will take the men to Dnrand and
then to the cantonment at Battle Greek,
with the men from Port Huron, Lapeer
and Flint. It is expected two bands
will furnish music. and the Il. A. R.,
State Troops Co. %. Knights Templar,
High School Cadets and probably many
fraternsl organizations will join in the
parade, and possibly the schools will
not open until after the leaving of the
train.
Business houses of the city are re-
quested to decorate with bunting and
flags and all citizens are urged 10 do
everything possible to make the start
an expression of the appreciation OF
the people of the duty undertaken.
The men will assemble Tuesday after
noon at Corunna at o'clock and after
final instructions by the draft board
will be excused until z q. m, Wednes
day. :
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
FOUR BURNED TO DEATH


Mrs. Charles Frost, aged 81 years,
and her three children. Lillian, aged
five; Elsie, aged three; and Earl, aged
four years, were fatally burned. Satur-
day noon, when kerosene used to start
fire in the kitchen stove exploded,
enveloping all four in flames and efforts
to put out the fire were Intellectual.
The mother attempted to save the chill.
dren by using water in the house, and
then hurrying with two of them to the
rain barreb but she failed and the chill.
dren ran to alneighbor who tore off their
burning clothes and hurried to the
home finding the mother screaming
with pain at the corner of the house.
Then they found the boy on a bed in
the house 30 terribly burned that he
died at 3 o'clock, Lillian dying lat z
o'clock, Elsie at 1 o'clock Sunday morn
ing, and the mother at $50 Sunday
morning.
Albert Frost, grandfather of the chill
dren, Arrived shortly after the explo-
sion and the father, Charles Frost, a
little later from the farm of F. p.
Frasier where he was working. Neigh
bors had done all that could be done to
relieve the terrible suffering, but ali
were beyond help and semi conscious.
DR.. v. c. vanLiew had been called put
could do little as there was no hope of
saying the lives of any of the victims.
The family lived on the grandfather's
farm two and one.half miles from Len
non where the funeral was held Tues.
day. FFfcfM u
Mrs Frost was formerly Miss Emma
Flichan of Saginaw county, and was
married to Mr.. Frost six years ago.
She was a member of the Lutheran
church.
The sympathy of the entire COM
munity goes out to the bereaved hus.
band and father.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14

Judge of Probate Matthew Bush sp.
pointed W. A. Millard as administrator
in the estate Of the late Jane F. Millard
Of Rush township. Monday. e. w.
Mason and Grant Stiff of Burton, were
named as appraisers and commissioners
on claims.
The will of the late Omar d. Barnes
OF Byron. was admitted to probate j..
Francis Barnes was named rs exec
utor of the same. Myron E. Redmond
and Fred e. Close were appointed ap-
praisers and commissioners on claims.
Nancy and g. Grover freeman rem
dered their final accounts in the estate
of the late George E. Freeman of New
Haven township.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
READING NATTER ''''''''
FOR SOLDIERS
People Asked to Contribute Owosso
Library to Cooperate With
National Association.


National Association.
The Owosso public library has been
asked by the American Library Asso.
citation to collect books suitable. for
reading by the soldiers in training
camps, and requests all the people of
the county to forward books aud msga.
zines Immediately. The books should
be something for reading. not for study,
not technical or moral trestises, but
something they think a soldier could
read with interest. Those having any
thing may call the library or Miss
Frances Jones, Union phone 394.
This work is undertaken at the re-
quest of the War Department, and
there is need for all that can be spared
as there are 80 cantonments and many
smaller stations. and books of fiction,
adventure, sea stories. historical novels
and good poetry. foreign language
books. especially French, books of
travel, history, aviation, wireless, sub
marines, engineering, first aid and hy-
giene, and all of the best magazines,
particularly of late dates, may be in
cluded Men of many ages, races. oc
cupations. and both educated aud un.
educated. are at the camps, and moth.
ing except pure trash or too dry or too
sectarian will be rejected.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
lsNa Gap pLl. " 10 -JI1o5 9IT57--''Ts g1T
lvLH WI GJAIUIy sAF tf ~'f'
FOR RED CROSS
Activities Of Society in Every Line to
be Undertaken With Re.
neWed Energy.

newed Energy.
Shiswassee county Is poorly repre-.
sented In proportion to many of the
counties Of the state In Red Cross mem
berships, and new campaign to bring
it up to a high standard Is being under.
taken. Mrs. W. P. Harryman has been
selected as chairman of the member
ship committee to succeed Mrs. A. M.
Hume whose time will be taken up with
Eastern Star work. Many who are
able and probably willing are not mem.
bers or not workers in the county, and
they will be asked to join and give some
time to the great work. kswhich it is nec-
essary to do in the next few months.
The headquarters at the armory are
open every day and there is work to do
at all times for any i.who will help.
Other branches of the society in the
county are at work and constantly send
ing in contributions to the necessities
that are being forwarded under charge
of Mrs. M. w. Southland,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
KINGS DAUGHTERS
Elect Delegates and Prepare to Raise
Much Needed Funds.

muCu Noooeo y unoS.
At the regular meeting of the King 5
Daughter held Friday, Sept 7th. dele.
gates were elected to the state conven-
tion to be held in Flint Oct. 3, 4 and B..
Following are the regular delegates
who, if they are unable to go. are re-
quested to. sc cure their altemates and
notify the secretary of the same. Mes
DANES Claude Craig, 81. Lampman.
Geo. Mclaughlin, John B. Roos, s.
Sweat, A. R. Lindeley, L. M. Euler, A.
H. Northway, l.. l.. Conn, Fl. E. Payne,
f. M. Grove, r. M. Thomas, Frank
Smith, NJ. G. Godfrey, VIM. VanSice,
G. A. Lawrence, A. l.. Nichols, G. L..
Patee, J. Hughes, Ida Pierpont, VIM.
Vreeland, F. B Woodard and J. R..
Ketcham.
1t is very important that all delegates
and as many others others as possible
attend this convention as there are six
amendments to be voted upon, some of
which will affect us considerably. Mrs.
F. J. Mansfield, General Council Mem.
Der and President of the Iowa Branch,
will be the guest of the convention.
All delegates will be entertained for
lodging and breakfast.
As our treasury is very low. we find
|it necessary to raise some money at
onc,. Arrangements were made for
our annual tag day to be held this
month. Also rummage sale will be
held in the near future. Expenses have
piled up on every side. Bnilding al
opr Dsseas homsI was eestlnw thsrsfaps
more children to care for. and all neces.
stiles are higher. Never before in the
history Of our work has the relief com
mittee had so many calls through the
summer months. Our chairman re-
ported 40 calls made this last month, "a
of which were on the sick.
Considering these facts we sincerely
hope that, although you have been Civ
ing to something all summer, the good
people of Owosso will be as liberal az
possible when we call on you to help In
these good causes. Will all the, Kings
Daughters and any others who viii
PLEASE save your rummage, old news
papers and magazines and tin foil.
Notify any member of the executive
board.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
Meeting to Boom Trunk Highway

The Owosso Improvement Associa-
tion, Tuesday, issued call for a meet
ing to be held next Tuesday in this city
of delegates from the villages and cities
along the proposed route Of the Grand
Rapids Port Huron trunk highway to
discuss plans and consider ways and
means of securing the route through
Ionia, Kent, Clinton. Shiawsssee, Gen.
esee: Lspeer and st. Clair counties.
Mayors and commercial club officials
and others interested will be asked to
attend. This route is considered by far
the best, and is a desirable thing for the
territory. and everyone should aid in
securing 1t.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
BEET GROWERSMUST
BE WELL PAID
SAYS FORDNEY
WRONGLY QUOTED IN INTERVIEW AS
TO The COST OF GROWING
SUGAR BEET CROP
Both Farmer and Manufacturer Must
Be Assured Liberal Return if the
Industry 10 to insrease and Prosper.
September 5th, 1917.


Mr.. o. E. Dewey,
Owosso,
Michigan.
My dear Mr.. Dewey:
Your esteemed favor of the I'd. is re-
ceived, with clipping from the Detroit
Free Press enclosed, and / thank you
very much for the same.
You are right in assuming that /
have been misquoted in regard to the
cost of production of granulated SUI
gar, etc.
A representative of the Detroit
News called on me few days ago
and asked me what l thought about
the Michigan Sugar manufacturers
furnishing the Government with cer-
tain amount of sugar for Government
needs at IN cents per pound. / talk
ed with the reporter for several min
utes in an informal manner. Much of
the interview was in regard to the
price of sugar at different times of
the year, when the domestic sugar
was off the market and when do
nestle sugar was on the market. In
dealing with the beet sugar manufac-
turers and coming to some agreement
on price, the Government would reg.
ulate the price of sugar only during
that portion of the year when domes.
tic sugar is on the market, about six
months. I told the reporter how
Continued on page ~
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
PARK IN FRONT OF ARMORY

Plans ,Rresented to commissIop. TO
Properly @sastify 6rssTaW 4 -
Commissioner Hsnscom presented to
the city. commission, Mondsy. q plan
for making beauty spot Of the land in
front Of the armory. A half circle ten
foot walk is proposed. running from the
north and south lines to the front OF the
building. with lawn and flower beds
filing In the space between the street
walk and the entrance. An estimate
Of the expense will be given later.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14

Announcement has been made by
government officials that the next sale
of Liberty Loan Bonds will close Nov.
LIST. The date for the beginning Of the
sale or the rate Of interest the bonds
will carry has not as vet been definitely
deci led. It is expected by tressurg '
officials that the farmers of the country
will be large purchasers as very small
amount of the first issue was sold to
the agriculturists owing to the time oi
wear in which the sale occurred
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
E. N. lampkln Promoted.

Edward M. Lampkin for FIVE years
agent in this city Of the Grand Trunk
Railway, has been promoted to the
position Of freight agent at Grand Rap
ids. an important and well paid posi-
tion. This is a reward for good service
in this city and in all positions held by
Mr.. Lampkin with the railroad com.
pany and many friends join in congrat-
ulations.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
Sunday School Convention.

The Shiswassee County Sunday
School Association will hold its annual
convention in Corunns, Oct. 90 and "a
At meeting of the executive commit.
tee Sunday, a program committee con-
sisting of Otto Euler, Ellis Wilson and
w. A. Upham was appointed. State
Sunday school workers will be on the
program. and q good literary and musi-
cal program will be arranged. Cor
unna citizens will be asked to furnish
fare. lodging and breakfast for the
delegates.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
Appeal to Supreme Court.

The supreme court Of Michigan has
granted writ of certiorari to the Mich
igan Railways Co. land the MichigaA
United Railway Co., to review the case
of the City of Owosso against these
companies to compel the removal Of
track on Cor unna avenue to the center
Of the street, an order having been
made by Judge Davis Of Ionia at Cor
unns to this effect several weeks ago.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
Steadman-Preston.

The marriage Of Miss Lillian Stead
man and Wilbur Preston was solemn.
ized in Detroit Sept. A. They will re-
side at the home of the brides father,
on Stewart street in this city, the eroom
being employed at the BRANDED boiler
works.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14

Floyd, eleven year.o'd son of Bert
Noonan, 615 Queen street, was knocked
down and run over by an automobile
Sunday evening, while skating on East
Mason street. The boy suffered frac-
ture Of the collar bone and four broken
ribs. He was racing with boy on a
bicycle and did not see the automobile
approaching.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
Baptist Entertainment Course.

Baptist Entertainment Course.
The Mems Brotherhood of the First
Baptist church has announced its win
ter entertainment course rs follows:
Oct. 3-Royal Hswsiians.
Nov. LADY Singers.
Dec. 1s-Oastellueci Company. Ital-
ian Orchestra.
Jan 7-Beilhouz. Reader and Imper.
senator.
March dramatic Players.
April 2-Nichols, lecturer.
The course tickets will sell for 81 as
usual.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
Buys Hiaarer Block.

L. c. Hall has purchased from c.. 8.
Allison the Haarer block on the corner
of Main and Ball streets, Mr.. Allison
in the transaction becomes owner Of
the house at 36l Michigan avenue, built
by Elbert Woodland and now occupied
by l.. R. Doolittle. No change In the
Hsarer block or tenants is contemplated
at this time.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
Home Coming OF Morice.

The third annual home coming and
barbecue of the village of Morrice will
be held tomorrow. Roast OK and hot
coffee will be served at noon and a. ball
game, sports and free attractions will
fill the afternoon with free moving
picture show in the evening.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14

The Owosso circle of Kings Dsugh-
ters will hold a tag day Saturday, Sept.
Is, to procure funds to carry on the
good work 1t is doing and has done for
the Ipoor and unfortunate of this city
and county, and particularly the chill
dren left orphans or those misused or
neglected. Everyone should help.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14

The officials of Saginaw and Shiawas.
see connties have spent the past week
in an effort to apprehend the man or
men guilty of the murder last week
Thursday night of Rundell Merrill of
Brady township, the 49, year. old son of
Mrs. May Merrill, who was shot through
the body while on his way home from q
visit at the home of Miss Retha CLARK
of Chaplin. Many clues have been fol,
lowed up, but no definite evidence is
vet secured as to whom the guilty par.
ties are although the men who stole
the automobile of Charles Berger which
was taken from West Main street in
Owosso and driven to Oakley and
abandoned one mile west of Ovid, are
strongly suspected as an automobile
passed the spot where it is thought the
young man was shot, and q shot was
heard by Francis Barrows who lives ~
rods west Of the Brady district school
house which is 80 rods west of the boy g
home. and little later an automobile
was heard going west at rapid rate.
Giving up the idea that robbery was
the motive Of the murder, 1t Is thought
that Merrill had met the murderers and
quarrelleu with them, and in the fight
that followed was shot. Ernest Fritz,
q farm hand living near the Roy Cole
farm where Rundell lived with his
mother, was detained Friday, but salts.
fed the officers that he was not In the
vicinity at the time of the murder.
The men who stole Bsrger's Car pur.
chased liquor at an Oakley saloon and
hr empttt whiskey hostleuwas sf6aHd Id
the abandoned car, and the bar tender
is certain he could recognize the men
II they are found.
Frank Ross, Of Elsie. was taken into
custody Monday but was released Tues.
day, after an Investigation. He was in
Owosso on the night of the murder and
as he has been known to carry revol.
yer and answered somewhat the descrip-
tion Of the man who bought the whis-
key at Oakley, he was examined he
claimed to have gone to bis home on the
Ann Arbor leaving Owosso at o'clock,
and his wife confirmed his statements,
and his revolver was found to 10 fully
loaded.
Ben Price, An Owesso youth, was
taken into custody, Tuesday. and close
ly questioned, telling two different
stories as to his whereabouts on the
night of the murder, one of which is
corroborated by two other young men
Price has been in trouble several times.
The funeral of the victim of the MUIR
der was held Sunday at the home with
hundreds In attendance. Rev. Fayette
Hayes of Chesaning officiated. The cas-.
ket was buried in be- utiful flowers tes-
tifying to the high regard for the young
man in the community.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
SUSPECT ARRESTED IN
OAKLEY MURDER Case
Roscoe Sloat OF Ovid Taken Into Gus
tody at MIdnight-Ben Prioe
of Owosso Also Held.

At midnight, Shiawassee county
officers arrested Roscoe Sloat at his
home in Ovid, believing that he with
Price. the Cwosso youth now held in
Saginaw, were connected with the
murder of Merrill. Officers have been
looking for Sloat for three days here
and at Detroit. believing he was the
automobile thief as both he and Price
have served sentences for unauthorized
use of cars.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
Vegetable and Flower show.

Under the auspices Of the Owosso
Garden Club vegetable and flower
show will be held at the armory Sept.
IS. The public is invited. Prizes will
be awarded, ribbons given and honor
able meution made.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
Or. y. O. Parker to be Lieutenant in
Medical Reserve Corps.

DIR. j. o. Parker of this city, has re,
ceived notification of his appointment
as first lieutenant in, the Medical
Reserve Corps of the u, s. army and
has accepted the appointments, and
awaits orders.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
WILL CALL 400 MORE men

on Third List, Sept "a.
The county draft board has issued
summonses to 400 more men to appear
for examination for army service, Sept.
"a, 25 and 90 in order to secure the
necessary number of 17S, the countys
quota, and making over LOO men
examined.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
Bean. 70 be 81. s6 q euseeI.

Michigan beans will be sold to the
government at 81 35 a bushel, the price
being fixed by the Federal Trade Com
mission this week. This price holds
until Sept. 30. ,t. rsl.. - Az +
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-07
To Perpetuate a Word.

The word "Anzac" is sacred in Aus
tralia, where 1t cannot be used for
commercial purposes or even for the
name of residence. However, there
Is proposal to perpetuate it in an
"Anzac" highway. from Perth to Bris-
bane, linking up those capitals with
Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney, and
forming one Of the finest roads In the
world. This would be a fitting me-
mortal to the Australians who have
fallen, and as parts Of the road are al
ready built, 1t is estimated that the
new construction needed would not
be more than 800 miles, and that the
cost to each of the states would be
about 10000. The idea is more
worthy of consideration than that of
erecting monuments which have no
more than sentimental value, says
London Tit-Blts.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-07
SELF HELPS FOR THE NEW SOLDIER
Practical Hone Hints on Military Training That Wi Stand
You IN Good Stead When You Are Called 10 the Coors
BY UNITED STATES ARMY OFFICER
BY A UNITED STATES ARMY OFFICER
csoyish. WHISTLER Syndicate loo

longer step might at first be an exer-
ton. .4E... n
A man must not walk on his heels.
This throws his whole physique out OF
gear. 1t renders more difficult the
thirty-lnch step. A man must walk on
the balls Of his feet. He must bear
the weight Of the body easily with him
not drag II along behind him. The
length Of the step, thirty inches, Is
measured from heel to heel and is tax
en- at the rate of 100 steps a minute.
Thirty inches-rememberl No good
soldier ever steps, or marches, other
wise unless specifically commanded to
do so. Furthermore. the good soldier.
while marching In this the soldiers
basic, or normal step. is, except for the
swing of the legs and arms. In the pO-
sition of attentiOn-described in pre-
cedlng article as the fundamental Do
sitiOn Of the soldier.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-07
csmpIaInt Of the stupid:

II is only stupid people who complain
that they are misunderstood. II they
were not stupid. they would cknow that
there Is absolutely no. such, thing as
being understood, and, therefore that
there Is nothing whatsoever to be
gained by complaining about 1t.
Wise people who want to be under
stood do not spend their time complain
ing. but In perfecting some means OF
expressing themselves by which they
may reveal to the world about them
some slight remnant. at least, OF their
souls. or their minds, or their ideas, or
their discoveries, or their eccentnci-
ties, or whatever 1t is they want to
make known.
When you complain about not being
understood, the only thing you make
clear is that you are complainer.-
Puck.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1917-07-07
CIGARS PROVED HER UND0ING
Woman Employee Of American Con-
sulate Passed az Man Until Chiefs
"Smokes" Made Her III.

A young American, who said he was
a student in Munich caught by the
war without funds, appeared In an
American consulate in Berne and
asked for any kind of work that
would enable him to save money to
get home.
He was hired and proved capable,
energetic and honest. He was known
as johnson" The consul, genial,
generous man, was In the habit of
handing out TO his clerks and assist
ants as many strong cigars as they
would take each day. johnson
though he made a wry face, always ac
cepted-and smoked He admitted to
a friend in the consulate that he had
accepted them because he believed he
would gain favor with the chief In that
way, but that they made him Ill. He
was sent to a hospital, and there the
revelation came. johnson" was a
New York woman who. while in Mu-
mich, had dOnned mems clothes to
cross the frontier. She returned to
the consulate but once after having
recovered from the chiefs strong
cigars and then only to resign. Some
how, without a passport, she got into
Italy and obtained passage to America
on a steamer sailing from Genoa
Milwaukee Journal.