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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
tbs GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN

(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Emanuel Lorenz Philip is governor
Of Wisconsin. He is unmixed Ger
man ancestry. He is chief executive
of a state which is known as the
stronghold of Germanism in the Unit
ed States. 1t is the state which
Robert M. LaFollette thinks he rep
resents in the United States Senate
In recent address to troops about to
depart for their training .camps,-Goy
Philip thus expounded Americas
aims in the world war:
"To compel respect for the rights
of the American citizen wherever he
goes, and to protect the American
commerce upon the high seas. To
give helping hand to our sister re-
public, France, and to protect her
against humiliation by an over
whelming power. To subdue an an
cient autocracy and substitute mod
ern democracy, in order that Europe
may be governed by system that is
in sympathy with us and our purposes
and that our country may be safe
against his military ambitions. To
establish a permanent peace in order
that the people of the world Smay be
permitted to live their natur8l lives
and give their time and labor to civil
pursuits"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
THE OWOSSO TIMES
EDMUND O. DEWEY. PROP.
OwOssO, MICH, SEPT. IA, 1917.
GOVERNMENT TO
TAKE CONTROL OF
SUGAR INDUSTRY

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE entire
American sugar industry will be plac-
ed under government control October
/, the food administration announced
tonight, by the institution of licens-
ing system to include manufacture, re-
finish and imports. The step was de-
cided on with the approval of Presi-
dent Wilson to prevent speculative
prices and to assure equitable distri-
button.
"The critical situation in the sugar
markets, anticipated during the fall
months, makes prompt action neces-
sary," said the announcement, "Gen-
eral licensing of the industry will
serve as a step towards the regulation
of prices by the prevention of specu-
lation and the securing of proper dis
tribution."
Beet sugar producers already have
accepted a scale of prices suggested
by the food administration which
means saving to the consuming
public of more than $30,000,000 be-
tween now and the first of the year.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
"A Million Readers Weekly

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to every man, woman and child that
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and with understanding.
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for securing and printing the exact
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OUR COUNTRY, OUR ALLIES AND
OUR ENEMIES ARE DOING.
The Toledo Weekly Blade will tell
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TRUTHFULLY and COMPLETELY.
Its editorials are fearless and honest,
and its various departments, enlarged
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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14

Every student of the beet sugar in
dustry should know that the domes-
tic beet and cane sugar industry will
not succeed unless the farmer is paid
price for his beets and cane that
will yield him liberal return Tor MS
labor and money invested; ana TUT TUT
Their, the manufacturer will not ex-
pand the industry unless he is assured
of fair reward for the capital IN
vested and efforts given. This should
be evident to every one giving the
matter reasonable thought, and, as
before stated, favor giving this need
ed encouragement to- both the farmer
and the manufacturer so that the IN
dustry may thrive.
If the industry were sufficiently es-
tablished in the United States to pro-
duce all the sugar consumed IN this
country, and was independent OF sugar
producers in other parts OF the world
as is the case today in Germany and
Austria Hungary, the people OF the
United States would be purchasing
sugar for less money than they are
now obliged to pay. Therefore il
seems that everybody in the United
States should favor the giving of
every encouragement to the domestic
industry.
Again thanking you for calling my
attention to this matter and regret
ting the misunderstanding in press
dispatches, l am,
Very sincerely yours,
]. w. FORDNEY.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
tine Auernarsvv.

Mr.. B.-Do you think your be able
to keep up with your neighbors2 Mrs.
B.-If we can't, my dear. wen move
Pittsburgh Press
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
EVERYBODY DOING 1T

(From the Philadelphia Bulletin.)
The Philadelphia Bulletin probably
maligns Secretary Baker in ascribing
to him, even in jest, the idea that the
army is governed by bylaws. But
here is the Bulletin story, amusing at
least:
"The neat and even elegant appear
ance Of the American soldier isn't
maintained" said War Secretary Bak-
err in Washington address, without
hard work. Yes, the work is hard, but
doesn't the result more than justify
lit?
"On the train the other day pri-
vate sat with his tunic unbuttoned
for the temperature was high. A SER
geant strobe up to him and said:
Button up that tunic! Did you
never hear the bylaw PIT, subsection
D? I'm Sergt. Jabez Winterbottom.
"A gentleman in the seat behind
tapped the sergeant sternly on the
shoulder.
How dare you issue ORDERS he
said, with a pipe in your mouth? &C
home and read Par. TIA, Sec. M. Part
TX. I am Major Eustace Carroll
"Here gentleman with dropping
white moustache interposed from the
other side of the aisle.
off Major Carroll he said coldly
will consult bylaw 81, Sec. K, he will
learn that to reprimand a sergeant
in the presence of a private is an of.
fence not lightly to be overlooked
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
WHAT THE VICTORY OR
DEFEAT OF GERMANY is
TO EVERY AMERICAN
BY Booth Harrington.

A victory for Germany-that is, a
conclusive victory and German
peace''-would mean that Germany
had defeated the world, including
what the world believes to be the bet
ter part of Germany itself. Prussia
would be cock o. the walk, and the
world would be the walk. The Unit
ed States would be merely part of
the walk, and Prussia would walk upon
it.
The United States would be first a
defeated nation and then conquered
nation. 1t would take orders from
Potsdam-promptly. Eventually il
would parade at the goose-step. AT
its head, on horseback, would be not
an American President but German
Kaiser.
The ages of steam and electricity
have made the world smaller place
1t has grown so small in fact, that
now it must begin to live under one
government. What that government
is to be is the issue of this war. If
Germany wins, the government of
tuc WOIlu Will DC q 1CIIhdn NdiSCf, III
America and the Allies win, the gov
eminent will be all the rest of us.
Those Americans who wish to govern
themselves are "for" the war. Those
who wish to be governed by Kaiser
are against it.. The lukewarm and the
Indifferent are asleep; they do not
know what threatens them in this
sleep of theirs. They may wake to
nightmares of reality worse than
those of sleep.
The struggle cannot end, and can
but temporarily abate, until either a
Kaiser rules the world or the people
Of the world rule themselves. There
is no middle ground; a defeated Ger
many would eventually get rid of its
Kaiser; victorius Germany would
keep its Kaiser-and keep him over
US. Every American who likes to
walk Potsram has a chance to enjoy
ing himself in that manner some day
so long as there'is chance of Ger
many winning the war.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
Circuit Court.

The case OF the people against Ed.
ward Barber, Of Owosso, charged with
receiving stolen property, was tried
Monday afternoon, and verdict OF
guilty rendered by the jury which found
the value to be but $24, making the
offense a miSdemeanor inste d of q
felony whicy will reduce the penalty.
John Marks, aged IS years, CT Perry.
plead guilty, Monday. in the circuit
court to violating the local option law
on Sept. 1, and was remanded to jail to
await sentence. .E
Two uncontested divorces were gr ant
ed by Judge Miner, Saturday, Carrie
Waldron being given a decree from
Albert Wsldron. and Bertha Baker
from Ralph Baker with permission to
resume her maiden name and was al.
lowed %. 80 month alimony.
The divorce case of Margaret Zim-
norman against Marcus Zimmerman
has been discontinued, the parties de.
Gliding to live together after hearing
in the circuit court. Friday. The hear
ing of the divorce case of Benton Speers
against Ella Slocum Speers for annul-
ment of marriage, was postponed, Fri.
day, on the plaintiffs request, and may
be withdrawn.
The divorce action Of Wesley Shaw
Of MSerice, against Catherine Shaw, Of
Esptop, was dismissed by Judge Miner
after hearing the plaintiffs statement.
The wife, Roman Catholic, had fled
no ross-bill, but the Judge decided
that If divorce was to be granted it
should be given the wife who had not
applied for it.
Geo. Cartright of Byron, was brought
into the circuit court last Thursday on
charge of contempt for not having
paid solicitors fees and alimopy as
directed. He promised to pay and was
allowed to go UNPUBLISHED.
Ross A. McEacheron was ordered to
pay S. week alimony and $25 solicit.
tors fees until the hearing in his wife's
suit for divorce. He was in the coul
room when the motion was presented,
and attempted after questioned by the
Judge, to insist on stating his side of
the case until ordered to silence by
Judge Miner
The jury for the September term was
In court Monday, and several were
excused. Elmer Blossom of Perry, was
excused for one week to assist at q
home coming; Charles Dallas of Vernon,
for the term to do his necessary farm
work; George Grow of Sciota, was ex.
cused because of defective hearing;
Fred Long of Venice, was allowed one
week to put in fall wheat. Frank
Sonier was excused to harvest beans;
w. A. Upham of Owosso, was excused
because he was needed at the D. M.
Christian store.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
Watches and Water.

When person falls overheard or
gets ducking In any other way he at
once has trouble with his watch. un-
less, of course. II happens that he be
not gearing 1t. If he is wise he will
send 1t at once to matchmaker
What the latter can do to it depends
upon the extent of the wetting and
the length of time that has elapsed
since the immersion.
The jewelers. Circular says the re-
pairer will take the watch entirely
apart IL there be water still notice
able he will place all the parts in al
rohol and then clean them. If they
be dry he will put all ordinary steel
parts in benzine and all plates, bridges
and brass parts In a solution Of alkali
and soap.
repairer receiving a watch several
days after Its wetting will immerse Il
In coal oil. Then he will decide wheth-
er 1t will be less expensive to clean
the works or to replace them with q
new movement.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14
The Giraffe.

In Its native country Of Africa the
giraffe sometimes attains the height Of
seventeen feet.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-09-14

Many things difficult to design prove
easv to perform.-Johnson.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-05-05
lone Town
2aktlglps Z
SHOWING CHARACTER In HOME
Builder Should Express His Own Ma
ture And Not Follow Reigning
Style in Architecture.

The essential in the art of home
building is the ability to suit your
own taste-to express your own ma
ture. Your taste may not at all coin
eide with that Of your neighbor, but
that is not important. There are as
many individual expressions Of the art
that Is within one as there are leaves
on a tree, and there is no good reason
why the expression of the individual
should not continue in the home itself.
For peoples characters do show in
their homes-in the architecture Of the
dwelling, the decorations within, the
selection of the furniture, even In the
pictures and the way they are hung.
To persons who are not especially OBJ
servant this fact is as plain as the fact
that one can always detect the pres
ence Of feminine fingers in the ar
rangement of the bric-a-brac, the fiow-
ers or vase on the stand or the books
and magazines on the library table.
The thing is SO palpably human that
it is almost impossible not to recOg-
niZe it.
1t may never have occurred to you
how bound down most Of US are by
conventions that someone else estab-
lished without our knowledge or sane
ton and which may or may not repre-
sent our ideals. And still we follow
them blindly. But it is a sorry fact
that most people don't build their
houses or their homes to fit their ma
lures. Rather do they try to make
their natures fit into the home which
they pay numerous other persons to
build for them.
They allow themselves to be made
slaves Of convention, style or fad, and
their home is no more like them-no
more the expression of their lives or
natures-than an automobile is like a
f1at-bottom boat. They 60 to the near
est architect, who tells them what the
reigning style happens to be at the mo-
ment, as If he were planning to fit
them all with the latest Paris fashions
in dress or headgear.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-05-05
CITY PLANNING IDEA GROWS
Phase of Community Activity Once
Regarded as Visionary Has TAX
en- Hold on Popular Interest.

City planning, which may once have
been regarded as the peculiar project
Of meddlesome- theorists, has taken a
new hold on popular interest in the
United States. New York city sup
plies one notable example of planning
activity. An examination of the causes
underlying disastrous slumps in prop
erty values in what was formerly q
congested district in the lower part Of
Manhattan Island showed that the dis
trict had been permitted to grow in
haphazard fashion without any fore
thought of the inevitable growth of a
business section farther uptown. New
York business men saw too late that
such condition could have been pre-
vented, and they asked for and OBJ
tanned planning commission.
Interest in city planning has been
awakened in Indiana. Fort Wayne is
the first city in the state to announce
preparations for planning exhibi-
ton, although the chamber of COM
merce Of Indianapolis and several 9TH
er cities have been considering local
exhibitions as the first step in a cam
paign to get law authorizing planning
commissions. The material and scope
Of these exhibitions can be adjusted to
local needs, but the purpose of all Of
them is to visualize city planning as
it is proceeding in other places, and to
show to the uninformed or skeptical
citizen that 1t has an intensely prac-
teal value.-Indianapolis Star.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-05-05
Old Looks !?
(BY DIR. L. H. SMITH)

Persons suffering from too much uric
acid in the system frequently look older
than they should. They age faster and
the appearance OF gray hair or bald
head in early years is. indeed, often a
sign OF uric acid. The face appears
lean and haggard, lines and wrinkles
appearing In young men or women.
The best way to combat this prema-
ture age and the obstruction to the
arteries and faulty circulation is of the
simplest: Drink copiousiy OF pure water
between meals. This win not make
you fat, as it is only the water taken
with the meals that fattens. Obtain at
any drug store a package Of Anuric,
double strength, which Is to be taken
before meals, in order to expel the uric
acid from the system. The painful eff
fects of backache, lumbago, rheuma-
tism, gout, due to uric acid In the blood
should quickly disappear after treat
ment with Anuric.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-05-05
ARKANSAS NEWS

Wiln1ar, Ark.-"I have used the
Anuric Tablets and can say they have
greatly relieved me Of the pains In my
back. have suffered so for several
wears that at times could not stoop
to put on my shoes. but since using
these tablets have no trouble In put
ting my shoes on. Anuric has greatly
relieved me Of the soreness In my feet
from rheumatism with which I have
been afflicted for several years. have
used great many different kinds or
medicines, but Anuric gave me the
most relief In short time. / hope
this remedy may give some other poor
sufferer relief as speedily as 1t did me-"
MRS. MAY A. CULP.
DIR. Pierce's reputation is back or
this new medicine and you know that
his Pleasant Pellets for the liver and
his Favorite Prescription for the Ills
of women have had splendid reputa-
ton for the past so years.
Send DR.. v. M. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Z,
ten cents for trial package.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-05-05
STOP CAL0MEL! TAKE !.
D0DS0N'S LIVER TONE
New Discovery Takes Place Of Dangerous Caoet Puts Your Liver To
Work Without Making You Sck-Eat Anyhmg-t Can Not
SaIWate-Don't Lose a Days Work!

days work. want to see Bottle Of this Won
derful liver medicine in every home here.
Calomel is poison-it's mercury-t attacks the
bones, often causing rheumatism. Calomel is dan.
gerous. 1t sickens-while my Dodson's Liver
Tone is safe, pleasant and harmless. Eat any
thing afterwards, because it not salivate. Give
it to the children because it doesn't upset the sto-
ach or shock the liver. Take spoonful tonight
and wake up feeling fine and ready for full
days work.
Get bottle! Try it! If it doesn't do exactly
what say, tell your dealer to hand your money
back. Every druggist and store keeper here knows
me and knows of my wonderful discovery of a
vegetable medicine that takes the place of danger
Gus calomel-Adv.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-05-05

discovered vegetable compound that does
the work of dangerous, sickening calomel and
want every reader of this paper to try bottle
and if it doesn't straighten you up better and
quicker than salivating calon1el just go back to
the store and get your money.
guarantee that one spoonful of Dodson's
Liver Tone will put your sluggish liver to work
and clean your thirty feet of bowels OF the sour
bile and constipation poison which is clogglng
your system and making you feel miserable.
i guarantee that one spoonful of this harmless
LIQUID liver medicine will relieve the headache, bill
iousness coated tongue, ague, malaria, sour ston-
ach or any other distress caused by torpid liver
as quickly as dose of vile, nauseating calomel,
besides will not make you sick or keep you from
The St. Charles herald., 1917-05-05

at Hornbeck, La, and is as follows:
"Hornbeck, Louisiana, March 5, 1917.
Mr.. g. f. Willis, Atlanta, Georgia.
Dear Sir: I wish to say that have
taken five (5) bottles Of Tanlac and
have gained fifteen (15) pounds in
three weeks. I think it is a great
medicine.
(Signed)
"W. O. M'ELvEEN, Cashier,
"Bank of Hornbeck, Hornbeck, La"
1t Is nothing unusual for men Of
prominence to endorse Tanlac, as over
twenty-five thousand endorsements
have been given Tanlac within the
past year alone. These endorsements
have come from people representing
practically every walk Of life, includ-
ing Bankers, Lawyers, Judges, Doc
tors, prominent Government, State and
County officials, prominent men of af-
fairs, etc, but 1t is noteworthy fact
that in this particular instance two
well-known bankers Of the South have
on the same day voluntarily written
an expression Of their gratitude for
publicstion, telling what Tanlac has
done for them.
In this connection one Of the best
known newspaper publishers Of the
South recently said:
II know that there are at least q
thousand people in this city who
would be glad to endorse Tanlac," and
what Is true Of that city Is true Of
practically every other city Of the
South and West; in fact, throughout
the entire country wherever this med
icine has been sold.
The fame and popularity of Tanlac,
as everyone knows, has swept over the
whole country like wildfire and is now
la household word from coast to coast.
Although placed on the market a
little over two years ago over seven
million bottles have already been sold,
and the demand is constantly increas-
ing.
There is Tanlac dealer in your
|town.-Adv.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-05-05
House With Spirit Of Home.

Rich or poor, we are all tempted, in
varying degrees, to build bigger houses
than our personalities call for. One
who is building new house can hard
ly do better than follow that excellent
motto Of the Greeks, "Not too much"
Is not the first principle of house build
ing to make something which shall de-
pend for its effect, not upon size and
display, but upon its quiet adaptation
to the spirit Of those who abide in it !;
something the value of which no one
shall be able to measure in dollars
and cents, something that is ones own,
ones home?
The St. Charles herald., 1917-05-05
What Diseases Really Are.

Diseases are not isolated affections
Of the single organs In which they
manifest themselyes-mumps, Of the
salivary glands; typhoid, Of the bow
els; consumption, of the lungs; nephri-
ds, Of the kidneys; eczema, Of the
skin. and 80 on-but are failure of
the body as a whole to carry on its
functions, and the particular organs
are merely groups of cells that for
specific reasons show the defect.
In accepting position on the ed
itorial staff of the New York Medical
Journal, DR.. Smith Ely Jelliffe, the ia
nous specialist in nervous and metnal
diseases, says this conception Of dis
ease is as old as Hippocrates, but is
"too frequently overlooked in an era
Of absorbing specialistic inyestiga-
tion."
The St. Charles herald., 1917-05-05
City to Supply Garden Plots.

Birmingham, Ala, is again going in
for the city beautiful contest. An an
nouncement has been made from the
city hall that IL anyone wants to plant
something on vacant lot and has no
lot, the city will "dig one up" In 9TH
er words, the municipal authorities
are keeping books and seeing that no
one man has so much property that
l,e cannot beautify it, for, If it is found
that he has, the city viii get some
one else to beautify it.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-05-05
mean. child?"
BOsCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

Why take ordinary cough remedies
when Bosehee's German Syrup has
been used for fifty-one years in all
towns in the United States, Canada,
Australia, and other countries, for
coughs, bronchitis, colds settled in the
throat, especially lung trouble. 1t
gives the patient a good nights rest,
free from coughiAg, with easy expec-
toration in the morning, giving nature
a chance to soothe the inf1amed parts,
throw off the disease, helping the pa
tient to regain his health, assisted by
pure air and sunshine when possible.
Trial size 25c, and 75c family size.
Sold in all towns in the United States,
Canada, Australia, and other coun-
tries.-Adv.
The St. Charles herald., 1917-05-05
Business Abhors = Vacuum.

When selecting sites of small parks.
civic center plazas, etc., 1t is well to re-
member that business abhors and will
hardly tolerate vacuum. Therefore
do not try to thrust open spaces upon
ceaters where business is at high pres
sure or they may prove check rather
than an incentive to development.
Therefore proper provision would die.
tate sites somewhat retired or to one
4ide.