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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-04
TINES
OWOsSO, MICH, MAY 4, 1917
WHO'S WHO IN WASHINGTON

Washington, May Especial Cor
respondence. )-Representative Oscar
E. Bland of Indiana, before his cleo
ton to Congress, was prominent in
the legislature Of his state in the
support of much legislation for the
benefit of the working classes, and
was the author of the 2-cent fare law
now in operation. By his whole
hearted endeavors for the welfare of
his people Mr.. Bland has gradually
strengthened himself in his district
until, in his fourth attempt, he sue
ceeded in restoring to the Republican
column a community which has sent
a Democrat to the House for the last
eight years. Mr.. BANDS previous
legislative experience and his ability
as a lawyer is sure to win con-
spicuous place for him in the Nation
al House.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-04

Notice Of the Annual Meeting Of tho
stockholders and a Meeting Of tho
Directors Of tho Owosso Gas Light
Company.
The annual meeting of the stock.
holders of the owosso Gas Light Com
pany, for the election Of officers and the
transaction of such other business as
may properly come before the meeting,
will be held at the Offices of the Com
pany in .Owosso, Michigan, on Thurs.
day. the twenty. fourth dav of May,
1917 The stockholders meeting will be
called to order at twelve forty-fve
(12;45) p. NJ. standard time) and the
directors will hold meeting upon the
adjournment of the stockholders.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-04
Thousands of Mothers Worry

When the children cry in their sleep,
are peevish and constipated and take
cold easily. Mother Gray's Sweet Pow.
ders for Children, has for 80 years been
a trusted remedy in many thousand
homes. They frequently break up colds
in "a hours, move and regulate the
bowels and destroy worms. 60
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-04

The people of this country should
not overlook the fact that they are
indebted to Republicans for the pro-
test made in the Senate against that
provision of the so-called spy bill
which would have destroyed freedom
Of the press and of speech. Senators
Lodge of Massachusetts,, Cummins of
Iowa, Borah of Idaho, Johnson of
California, Brandegee of Connecticut
led the opposition to one of the most
drastic measures ever proposed for
the purpose of giving government Of
ficials autocratic power. The bill
provided that whoever in time of war
in violation of regulations prescribed
by the President shall publish any
information with respect to war ma
terials, plans or supposed plans, or
public defense calculated to be or
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-04
Potatoes and Beans Wanted.

Please send sample, price and how
many you have; best quality Theo.
Geaether, \Winslow Place, Detroit,
Mich.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-04

Going to the Capitol to press the
bill for selective consumption, the
President also let it be known that
he wants no joint committee on the
conduct of the war such as Senator
Weeks and Representative Madden
have proposed. Yet it will have to
come if the war is much prolonged.
Far better to accept it now as a meas
ufe designed to secure cooperation
than to have it thrust upon him later
as measure designed to uncover the
incompetency of those whom Mr.
Wilson evidently intends to retain in
authority in spite of their shortcom-
ings.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-04

Every wearer of Palm Beach suit
during the summer will have occas-
ion to thank Congressman Louis b.
Goodall of Maine for the comfort
which attends him. Mr.. Goodall,
and his father before him, has en-
gagged in the wooden cloth business in
Maine for many years, taking lead
ing part in the organization of sew
eral mills in his vicinity, and the
Goodall Worsted company, of which
he is treasurer, originated the Palm
Beach cloth, which has been so ex-
tensively adopted Of late years. Mr..
Goodall s business experience has
taughtfhim the value of Protection,
and he has for many years been a
member Of the special committee on
the tariff Of the National Associa-
ton of Wool Manufacturers, and a
director in the Home Market Club
of Boston. When the Republicans re-
turn to power in the House at the
next election Representative Goodall
is sure to take leading part in the
framing of tariff legislation along
sound protective lines.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-04

During the debate on the bond bill,
a few days ago, Senator Frank B.
Kellogg, Of Minnesota, gave an inter-
esting sidelight on the European war.
He said that he was in Europe when
the war broke out and had a more
or less intimate acquaintance in Ger
many and in the other countries now
at war."I found among the people
Of Germany and the people of France
no hatred of each other" said SEN
ator Kellogg, land they could not
understand why they were plunged
into the horrors of war;" He gave
it as his own opinion that this is "the
old, struggle between autocracy and
democracy"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-04

which might be useful to the enemy
shall be punished, and then there was
proviso that pretended to but did
not protect the freedom Of the press.
AS one Senator pointed on, if shells
furnished to our ships proved worth
less-exploding in the guns, the
American press would not dare ex-
pose the fraud because that would be
giving the. enemy information regard
ing our weakness. Senator BOrah
added the comment that it would be
better to have, a little publication
rather than have our soldiers go into
battle with defective shells. The
sweeping nature of the bill was en-
phasized by Senator Cummins, who
said that it applied to individuals as
well as to newspapers.
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Vrooman has urged the South to
abandon some other crops in favor Of
foodstuffs. The total area planted to
tobacco is about 100000 acres,
which if planted to corn, would pro-
duce 100000 bushels. Many farm
ers in Oregon are blowing up their
hop fields and planting beans.
Democrats in the House of Repre-
sentatives want to thrust upon the
President the sole responsibility Of
establishing the system of selective
CONSUMPTION. They argue that if it
proves unpopular Wilson alone will
have to take the blame and that if it
proves success they can claim part
of the credit on the ground that Will
son is Of their party. In other words
they want to pass the buck.
In one sense they are excusable for
this; because Wilson himself for
four years has habituated them to
the practice. He has evaded more
problems than any other man in pub
lie life in a like time. He has side
stepped more vital issues, he has
switched his opinions more often, he
has reversed himself more frequently
and more violently than any other
President we have ever had. Now
his House of Representatives seeks
to prescribe for him dose Of his
own medicine.
Going to the Capitol to press the
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-04

In the opinion of Representative
Charles II. Sloan of Nebraska, the
House made a grave mistake in not
limiting the term of the bond issue
recently authorized, instead of pro-
viding that such conditions shall be
"as the Secretary of the Treasury
shall prescribe" While other ma
lions have never repudiated their
debts, so far as he is aware, Mr..
Sloan contends that loans from one
nation to another have never before
been made on such stupendous
scale as is now contemplated, and
that it might almost be worth a rev.
olution and change Of government in
country in order to repudiate a ma
tional debt Of billion dollars. Con-
gresham Sloan embodied his ideas in
an amendment providing for a 20
year limitation on three billion dol
lars of the bonds, but his proposition
was voted down by the House.
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MORE AMERICAN TROOPS
 DlSEMBARKED IN FRANCE

PARIS, July 2S.-Another American con tingent has arrived and has dlsembarked at a French port. Representatives of the gen erai war staff watched the dlsembarkatlon of the troops. which left at once for thelr new quarters.
 Said How de Do" to George and Mary LONDON, July 30.-King George and Queen Mary visited the American troops at their camp. The king made brief address
 No More Announcements
 WASHINGTON, July 30.-Announce- ments of the arrival of American troops Tn France hereafter probably will be forbidden
 Organization Well in Hand
 PARIS, Aug. 2-General Pershing, at the close of inspection today said the big task of perfecting the American army organlza- ton in France was well in hand
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ALLIES ASSURED
 OF RUSSIAN AIMS
In Spite of 0nrush of Her Enemies, Government Position Stronger and She Will Fight to Final
 Triumph of Democracy

PETROGRAD. Aug. 2.-Foreign Minister Terehohenko has sent telegrams to Russian diplomats accredited to the allied powers stating that the reorganization of the gov ernment will continue to act in accordance with the plans of the allies, and that Russia has reached the irrevocable decision to con tinue until q final triumph of the principles for which she is fighting.
 General Kcrnilotf has been appointed to succeed General Bruslott aS commanderln chief of the Russian armies.
 Military Reverses Strengthen Government WASHINGTON, July 2S.-Russlan mll- 'tary reverses have enormously strengthened the hands of the government n Petrograd, according to dispatch received from Am bassador Francis today by the state depart ment. They have shown the impossibllty of controlling the army by the soldiers committee. the ambassador reports, and nave led to a universal demand for stronger discipline.
 Calmer Than for Months
 LONDON, July 2S.-A dispatch says that Petrograd is calmer today than it has been for several months.
 Wholesale Executions
 LONDON, July 3O-A correspondent of the Times at the Russian Southwestern headquarters says that General kornilotf Is executing deserters by wholesale.
 Acknowledgment Refused
 PETROGRAD, Aug. 3.-The provisional government has refused to recognize the in dependence of Finland.
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GERMAN MILITARY RULERS MUST BE DESTROYED
 BY DEMOCRACY'S MIGHT

MADISON BARRACKS, July 30-1n a speech delivered here last night before the officers reserve corps, Secretary of State Lansing emphasized the peril of German lmperi alissn to the United States and to the world, declaring his belief that the German people would never cast of the yoke of autocracy until the physical might of the united democracy of the world has hestroved forever the ambitions of the Ger man military rulers" That, he added, IS (he only way to restore peace to the world
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MORS OF OKLAHOMANS
 COMMIT ACTS OF VIOLENCE
 INPROTEST AGAINST DRAFT

ADA, Okla, Aug. 3.-The first violence directed against the conscrlptlon act broke out in Seminole county yesterday, and spread to Pontos county. The Frisco rail road bridge at Francis was dynamtcd and burned and traffic was halted for twelve hours
 The mobs are composed mostly of tenant farmers many of them negroes. They are now marching toward Sasaka, and threaten to storm the hardware stores for more arms In their march the mob is impressing re cruits,
 Seventy five Per Cent Claim Exemption NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-More than 75 per cent of those called up for examination un- der the conscription act so far claim ex- emption according to reports from all parts of the country today.
 Yesterday there was a great stacker rush for marriage licenses. Federal mar shals entered the license bureau and cleared the rooms and hallways of scores of young men of draft age seeking to wed in the hope of escaping war duty,
 Nationwide Search for Slackers
 WASHINGTON, July 3l,-The govern ment has instituted nationwide search for "slackers" Claims for exemption are run ming heavy Initial examinations here and at other points where men are being called show a higher percentage of such claims than had been anticipated
 
 Rounding Them Up
 WASHINGTON, Aug 3.-President Vii son today ordered that all "slackers" who failed to appear for draft examination he reported to the department of justice end certified into the National army by the ad- jutant general
 Twenty Jailed in Seattle
 SEATTLE, Aug. 3.-Draft reglstrants in Sestt,e were ordered to report for eXaml- nation Sunday morning al 5 o'clock, and examinations have been proceeding since Details of infantry last night and this fore noon jailed twenty "slackers,' none of whom was able to produce registration card
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.G0ADS MEN I'D VIOLENCE
Mining Town the Scene of Lynchng Result of the Reasonable Uerances of Representative of Revolutionary Organization Whose Mission Seems to Be to Bring DScord and Dis
 rupon to Relations Between Capital and Labor

BUTTE Mont Aug 2-Frank Ltte member of the executive board of the Industrial Workers of the World who has been the labor troubles of Arizona and who recently speech here eed to United States soldiers Uncle Sans scabs uniform, taken from lodging house this morning by masked and hanged to railroad uesle the outskirts of the city The body dent fled by Policeman Muphy who cut it down.
 Since his arrival in Butte from Globe Little had made number o speeches to strikers all of which he had attacked the government and urged the shut down the of the Butte district
 Germans Charged with Treason
 LOWDEN Iowa. Aug Fou wealthy Germans have been arrested here for making display of their German ympates They will be charged with treason.
 Attorney Deported for Connection with l. W. ". BISBEE Az July 31Fred H. Moore the Chicago attorney de- ported from the Warren district by deputy hers his Columbus Governor Campbell has egaphed asking that the at rtoneY be allowed to stay.
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GRAVITY OF WAR SITUATION
 AS SEEN BY ADMIRAL CAPPS

WASHINGTON, Aug 2.-Steel and wooden ships must be built quickly, Ad- miral Capps told the shipbuilders today. Matters brought to my attention this morn ing indicate the vital importance of press ing the construction program. The war sit nation is more serious than vast majority of the people realize" he declared The admiral says he has asked Great Britain to be more strict in its application of the cen sorship, at least when it censors news Of American military movements.
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SAYS FRANCE AND BRITAIN
 WOULD ENSLAVE GERMANY

BERLIN, July 30.-Chancellor Michaels today summoned the newspaper men, to whom he declared that the latest speech of Lloyd George proves with indisputable clear ness that Great Britain does not desire peace by agreement, but only at the con clusion of war, which means the enslave- ment of Germany to the arbitrary violence of her enemies. He added that France was equally guilty
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GEN. HARRISON GRAY OTIS
 TAKEN SUDDENLY BY DEATH

LOS ANGELES, July 31.-General liar rison Gray Otis of the Los Angeles Times died today while seated at the dining table in the home of Harry Chandler, his sonin law.
 Harrison Gray Otis was born near Mari etta, Ohio, in 1887 He enlisted as private in an Ohio regiment in 1861, and fought throughout the civil war, in which he was twice wounded He attained capt ptaincy, and was brevetted Geutenant-colonel of vol unteers for gallant and merItorious service throughout the war" He was official re- porter of the Ohio house of representatives in 1S66-67, and foreman of the government printing office at Washington in 1868-69. From 1870 to 1876 he was chief of divl- sion in the United States patent office. He filled the position of special agent of the United States treasury in charge of the seal islands of Alaska from 1879 to 1881.
 In 1876 Otis became editor and general manager of the Los Angeles Times and as the chief owner of that newspaper he be- came best known to the American public through his relentless fight on organized labor, which he kept up for more than twenty-five years. The trouble between Otis and the unions grew out of a strike of the printers employed on the Times. The fight was extended to the various affiliated unions, and eliminated in the dynamiting of the Times building a few years ago, when twenty-one lives were sacrificed. For this crime the McNamara brothers are now serv ing penitentiary sentences, after most sen sational trial
 Otis derived his title of General from serv- ice in the Philippines.
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PROHIBITION AMENDMENT GOES THROUGH SENATE,
 WITH VOTES TO SPARE

WASHINGTON, Aug 2.-The resolution incorporating an amendment to the federal constitution, providing for the submission of national prohibition to the states, passed the senate by vote of 65 to 20 late this afternoon It received eight more votes than necessary.
 The resolution provides that the states must be asked to ratify the amendment within SIX years.
 The resolution has not yet been acted upon by the house.
 Complies with Presidents Wishes
 The food control bill stripped of the features opposed by the President, has been reported out of conference.
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SHIPPING EMERGENCY MAY GIVE ALASKA TRADE
 TO CANADIAN VESSELS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3-The bill intro duced by Chairman Alexander of the house merchant marine and fisheries committee with the approval of the shipping board would make it possible for Canadian or other foreign vessels to engage in Alaska eoastwse trade.
 Its supporters believe it to be wise to turn over the Alaska coastwise trade to foreign bottoms and bring the American vessels now engaged in that trade around to the Atlantic, or use them in the trans pacific trade
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WHOLE FAMILY EXECUTED ON UNPROVEN CHARGES
 BY GERMAN MONSTERS

LONDON, Aug. IA dispatch to the Wireless Press from Amsterdam says that the German authorities at Liege. Belgium, shot to death an influential Liege merchant named Croneret and his wife on improved charges of espionage, in the presence of their two daughters The latter were prom ised that their lives would be spared if they would inform on their parents, but they de cined to speak, and were also executed.
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VANCOUVER MILLIONAIRE IS ARRESTED IN SEATTLE
 FOR SERIOUS DEFENSE

SEATTLE, July 30,-John J. Coughlan, aged 36 millionaire member of the great Vancouver shipbuilding firm of Coughlan & Sons, was arrested early this morning at the Hotel Stanley, where he was registered under an assumed name with Miss Marie Burrll, aged IT, a Seattle girl, as bis wife He was held under an open charge,
 The arrest was made at the instance of the girls brother, who says the affair has been going on for a year.
 Coughlan has wife and children.
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TANANA MINES RAILWAY IS TO BE COMPLETED
 BY RAILWAY COMMISSION

SEATTLE, July 28- Twenty-one hun dred tons of rails, fittings and hardware, and million feet of lumber, all for the Alaska railroad, were shipped by the steam
 ship Juneau and the barge Henry, sailing this morning from Seattle and Everett re spectively The rails, with the exception of 600 tons for Anchorage and Seward, are for Nenana and the completion of the exten- sion of the Fairbanks X Tanana Mines rail way, recently purchased by the government.
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DISTILLED SPIRITS AND BEER
 TO PAY ADDITIONAL TAXES

WASHINGTON, Aug 1.-An increase of the pending war tax bill to a total of S2 O0S,- 100000 was decided upon today by the senate finance committee The increase of the tax on corporations is normal; incomes of individuals of S15,OOO or over will pay a further increase, and tax of S1 per gel lon on distilled spirits and 50 cents per barrel more on beer will make up the addi tiona lew
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SEATTLE STREET CAR STRIKE
 MAY SOON BE TERMINATED

SEATTLE Aug 1-Arbitrators in the street car strike controversy say they believe they can bring about a resumption of car service shortly The strikers voted on Sat urdav last to return to work on the under standing that all differences would be arbi- trated, but that the union must be recog nzed The company would not bind itself to this
 Between 1 and 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning three street cars were operated in the distribution of strike breakers to the various car barns.
 The arbitration board consists of Dr. Suz- zalo, president of the state university; H. G. Bradlee of Boston, representing the com eany, and James A. Duncan, representing the men They began their conference on Tuesday morning
 SWitchmen Return to Work
 WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-Secretary of Labor Wilson, having acted as arbitrator in the strike of the switchmen at Chicago, today announced that a settlement had been reached. It is understood that the settle ment favored the strikers.
 The switchmen of all the roads centering in Chicago went out on strike on Saturday last. They returned to work on Monday morning It was stated that the closed shop" issue had been dropped
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TEXAS GOVERNOR INDICTED

AUSTIN, Texas, July 2S.- Governor Fer guson and other state officials have been indicted by the county grand jury, charged with the embezzlement of public funds.
 impeachment Proceedings Begun
 AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 2-Charges de signed to form the basis of impeachment proceedings against Governor Ferguson were filed in the house today by Speaker Fuller.
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MOONEY TO APPEAL

SAN FRANCISCO, July 31.-The attor- ney general today filed his consent for Thomas Mooney to have new trial, The suprme court could not decide the matter until October.
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FATAL FOREST FIRE

BERNIE, B. C., July 3O-Elveen men have perished and number are missing as the result of fire which swept the Spruce river valley, fifteen miles northeast of this place, Saturday afternoon
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REGISTRATION STILL SLOW

The young men of the district seem to be rather backward about complying with the registration provided for under the con scription act It is probable that many will take full advantage of the time limit, which is set for September ?. But it seems likely that many of them do not yet understand that the registration is compulsory, and that failure to comply renders the delin quent subject to a years imprisonment.
 So far twenty y-nine persons have registered at Flat, and Mr. Peck, the registrar, reports the following names on his list up to and including Thursday in addition to those reported last week:
 A. s. K. Erickson George H. Hadley James F. Feaster Louis Hasn Chester V. Brink Agube Batagoff Alechan Haneoff George Mathison Ibregime Tzoroeff Tazaret Kataef Kasgare Mesoeff Tebo $. Ataett Angelomarino Colantoino
 Major Albrecht, register for 1ditarod, re- ports the following in addition to those pub lished last week:
 Albert Lindstrom William Ansley, Jr. Bert Thorson
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MASSED EFFORT
 WAS SUCCESSFUL
Terrific Joint Offensive on Western Front Results in Capture of Many Villages and Thou
 sands of Prisoners

LONDON, Aug IA terrific joint ofirn- sive on the western front by the British and French armies opened yesterday, following more than a week of cannonadng The British surged forward north of the Lys river, in West Flanders, and according tc official announcement made by the British war office at noon yesterday, all objectves were captured. Assaults were delivered over a wide front, and were pressed home with the utmost violence.
 General Haig, in his report last night on the first days operations in the third battle of Ypres, said the British and French, ad- vancing on fifteen mile front, captured the villages of Lapasse, Evile, Steenstrasse, Blk shoote, Kerlorenhoek, Frezenberg, Saint Ju. lien, Plken, Hoogewesthoek and Hollebeke, and more than $500 prisoners
 Two Villages Retaken by Germans
 LONDON, Aug. 2-The villages of Saint Julien and Westhoek, taken Tuesday in the Brltlsh O1ehSlVe III the 1preS sector, were recaptured by the Germans
 More than five thousand prisoners have been taken by the British in two days
 German General Staff Impressed
 BERLIN, July 30,-The artillery duel in Flanders ragged all day yesterday and far into the night. It is described by the gen eral staff as representing in intensity the highest degree of massed effort on the part of the British since the war began.