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The Detroit times., 1917-10-12

Uncle Sam pos sesses one-ffth OF
all the worlds wealth His posses.
aions are greater than thoe OF
France and Germany combi,- 1--WE
billion more than the entire wealth
of the United Kingdom. three times
that OF Russia. AID Is times that Of
the whole Australian continent
The Detroit times., 1917-10-12
Girls $l.00 Bingham
Dresses. 39c

Good little school dresses, in
light and dark striped ging-
hams. waists prettily trimmed
skirts pleated & 10 - years
Limit 2 20 customer
F{fth Floor
The Detroit times., 1917-10-12
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lac a Yard

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aims. aprons. children's wear.
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The Detroit times., 1917-10-12

good heavy quality for
waists. sleeves and trimmings.
All shades A. half price from
2 60 1880.
Main Floor. Woodward
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1917-06-30

Journal Want Ads Find Sellers.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13
SLIGHT HOME FRUIT GARDEN
While No Less Important or Numer.
Gus They Are Overshadowed by
Big Commercial Orchards.

With the growth of the commercial
fruit interests of the United States the
home fruit garden has been lost sight
of. Only few years ago the owners
of home gardens not only led In the
production of fruits, but were our au-
thorities as to how and where to grow
them. Today these gardens, while no
less numerous or important, are over
Swallowed by the orchards where fruit
is grown for commercial purposes.
While both the home garden and the
orchard are essential to the good of
the community, they bear very differ
ent relations to the fruit interests of
the country as whole. The home
garden is always the forerunner Of
commercial development, and even In
those localities where climatic and soil
conditions are adverse to conducting
such industries on an extensive scale
the home fruit garden of the enthusi-
astic amateur is certain to be found.
All the success attained today by the
fruit interests of the United States has
grown out of the persevering efforts of
a few men whose home fruit gardens
served not only as testing stations for
determining the fitness of given sorts
for new and untried localities, but they
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13
LABOR men NOT To
STRIKE DURING WAR
TROUBLES FoRESTALLED BY
COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL DE-
TENSE COMMISSION.
HEADED BY SAMU GOMPERS
Since Leaders of Labor and Capital
Are On Committee Action Predicts
Freedom From Disputes.

Washington-No strikes or labor
disputes of any kind during the war.
This is the program of the labor COM
mittee of the Council of National De-
fense's advisory commission, headed
by Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor.
In a report unanimously adopted
by the council and commission the
committee declares "the defense and
safety of the nation must be the first
consideration of all patriotic citizens"
and proposes whenever emergencies
arise requiring change of standards,
such changes should be made only at.
ter investigation and approval by the
council of national defense.
Since the labor committee member
ship includes both leaders of organ
lied labor and representatives of in
fiuential employers, its action is in
terpreted as giving the United States
promise of complete freedom from in
dustrial disputes such as hampered
England early in the war.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13
SYRUP Of FIGS. FOR
A CH|LD'S BOWELS
1t is cruel to force nauSeating,
harsh physic into a
sick child.

Look back at your childhood days.
Remember the dose" mother insisted
on-castor oil, calomel, cathartics.
How you hated them, how you fought
against taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form of
physic simply don't realize what they
do. The children's revolt is well-found.
ed. Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious California Syrup of Figs" It's
action is positive, but gentle. Millions
Of mothers keep this harmless fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweet
en- the stomach, and that teaspoonful
given today saves sick child tomor-
row.
Ask at the store for 50-cent bottle
Of California Syrup of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
on each bottle. Adv.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

produce as big or bigger crops as those
he has been accustomed to from lands
M $4,000 an acre. He wants this
land where social conditions VIII be
attractive to himself and his family,
and where he can look forward with
confidence to being In few years In
dependent, and well started on the
road to financial success.
All these conditions he Will md In
Western Canada, and nowhere else.
The provinces of Alberta, Saskatche-
wan and Manitoba, commonly called
"Western Canada" provide the one
and only answer to the land-hungry.
The land is here II Is the kind or
land he wants; the conditions are as
nearly ideal as is possible, and the
prices and terms are such that the
man of moderate capital has an OPP
portunity not available to him else
DISQUALIFICATION
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13
NAVY is READY FOR ACTION
Ships at Sea But News of Movements
Withheld BY Government.

Washington-The nation has settled
down to watch the feet" as President
Wilson, his executive lieutenants and
congress prepared for the long drive
TO carry out the stupendous war plans
which have been agreed upon.
The first real war news, Wash
ington believes, will come from
somewhere in the Atlantic" where
the American grand feet is under war
orders shrouded in mystery. No word
as to the disposition of single unit
of the feet will be given out at the
navy department, Secretary Daniels
said, until there is definite news Of
actual occurrences.
The censorship will be rigidly main
tanned until an actual engagement has
taken place, and even then the an
nouncement may be delayed.
Meantime Americas naval force is
at sea, ready for action, whether it
be against the submarine menace that
strikes in the dark, or German raid
ers, skulking in the by-ways of the
seven seas.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13
Strawberries and Currants Between
Grapevines.

were the propagating grounds from
which sorts Of the highest quality and
greatest commercial value originated.
The inhabitants of this country are
notably fruit-loving and fruit-eating
people. Notwithstanding this, how
ever, fruit culture has grown to be
classed among the specialties, and few
persons who consume fruit are actual
growers. The possibilities in fruit cul-
ture upon restricted areas have been
very generally overlooked, with the
result that many persons who own a
city lot, a suburban home, or even a
farm, now look upon fruit as luxury.
This can all be changed, and much Of
the land which Is now practically
waste and entirely unremunerative can
be made to produce fruits in sufficient
quantity to give them q regular place
upon the family bill Of fare and at the
same time add greatly to the attrac-
tiveness of the table and healthfulness
of the diet. The home production of
fruit stimulates an interest in and a
love for natural objects which can
only be acquired by that familiarity
with them which comes through their
culture. The cultivation of fruits
teaches discrimination. A grower is a
much more intelligent buyer than one
who has not had the advantages of
tasting the better dessert sorts as they
come from the tree. If every pur-
chaser was good judge of the differ
ent kinds of fruits, the demand for
fruits Of high quality, to produce
which is the ambition of every anna
teur, as well as every professional
fruit grower, would become reality.
But until some means of teaching the
differences In the quality of fruits can
be devised the general public will con-
tinue to buy according to the eye
rather than by the palate. The en-
couragement Of the cultivation Of fine
fruits in the home garden will do
much toward teaching buyers this dis
elimination.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13
MAKE WALNUT GRATING WAX
Formula Given for Making Mixture
That Thoroughly Heals Wounds
Apply With Brush.

Walnut grating wax is made as
follows:
Five pounds Of resin, one pound Of
beeswax, one-half pound Of charcoal
and one-quarter pound Of raw linseed
oil.
Melt the resin and cut the beeswax
into small pieces. When the resin is
melted, add the wax to 1t, and after
the wax is melted, add the charcoal
and stir thoroughly. When the char
coal has been thoroughly mixed with
the resin and beeswax, take from the
stove and add the linseed oil. When
this mixture cools IL is hard black
cake.
For use In the orchard q piece large
enough for the amount Of grating to
be done should be cut from the cake
and melted by heat. II the weather
is cold or IL there Is large amount of
grating to be done, the grating wax
can be kept soft by putting the dish
In which II is kept over some hot Goals
in a pail. The wax should be applied
by means of brush. -
This Is very good wax for graft
ing purposes, as II will thoroughly
heal the wounds and does not soften
during hot weather.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13
VOTE REFORM FOR GERMANY
Kaiser Says Masses Are to Have Vote
After War.

Amsterdam-Direct and secret cleo
ton of delegates in Prussia at the end
of the war, is provided for by Emperor
William in his order to Chancellor Won
Bethmann-Hollweg directing reforms
in the Prussian electoral law.
He declares "in view of the gigantic
deeds of the entire people there is no
more room in Prussia for elections
by the classes"
The action of the emperor is inter-
preted as an attempt to check the in
sistent demand for an immediate
franchise reform. The concessions
are only partial, as provision is not
made for an equal ballot. This un-
doubtedly means extra votes still be
granted individuals for wealth and ed
vocational qualifications.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13
Fates of Queens.

Why do we think enviously Of those
who are "born to the purple" and con-
slider them happy and fortunate when
their lives are Swallowed by sorrows
and perils that those Of humber sta
tons never know? Eugene, once queen
of fashion and empress Of France;
Carlotta, hopelessly mad; Elizabeth Of
Belgium an exile In England; Natalie.
one-time queen Of Serbia, discovered
last summer doing mental tasks In "a
French hospital; Alexandra of Rus
STA, Mt the mercy of an unfriendly
people-surely these are not women to
be envied. Upon the leaves of the
ages we find countless other tragedies
that have been associated with queen
ship-Mary Stuart and Marie Antoi-
nette come at once into mind.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13
B0SCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

Why take ordinary cough remedies
when Boschee'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 coughing, with easy expec-
toratlon in the morning, giving nature
a chance to soothe the innamed 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 Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13
All In the Family.

"What has become of my tooth
brush 2" father asked.
"Oh, papa, Mary's father was here
and he had the dlrticst teeth, and so
gave him your toothbrush. I thought
he needed it more than you do"
"Well, don't you ever touch my
toothbrush again." Indignantly ex-
claimed father. 81 don't see why your
mother does not teach you better"
'Well, mama can't teach me as
much as she would like to because she
says l take so much after you"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13
NO MORE MAIL TO GERMANY
Postmaster General Suspends Service
During the War.

Washington-Postm General
Burleson has suspended mail service
to Germany during the war.
He also instructed all postoffices
to refuse any mail destined for Aus
tria, Hungary, Luxembourg, Bulgaria,
and Turkey, as it cannot be dispatch
ed at present without passing through
Germany.
Mail from the countries last
named, which may be received in
the United States, will be sent for
ward to destination.
Postmaster General Burleson also
has suspended postal money orders
between the United States and the
German empire.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13
Turn About.

Young Blithers took up law and
dropped It."
"YesT"
HE then took up medicine and
dropped that"
whats he doing nowT'
He's In the hospital with a broken
leg and several fractured ribs. He
took up aviation and that dropped
him."
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

rear Aumlral james III. OllNer WIS
formally nominated by President Will
son at Washington as governor of the
Virgin islands, formerly the Danish
West Indies. He already is on his
way there.
The secretary of agriculture at
Washington was directed in a senate
resolution passed to submit n plan to
increase the nations food supplies.
The resolution directed the secretary
of agriculture TO recommend to con-
gress a comprehensive plan for an In
crease Of agricultural products, par
ticularly through the use Of town lots
and vacant and semiarid lands.
Secretary Lansing at Washington
Penfield is coming home from Vienna.
Mr. and Mrs. Penfeld will leave Aus
tria, the secretary said, probably trav-
cling through Switzerland to Spain TO
sail on q neutral vessel from u neutral
port.
The espionage bill which passed the
senate at Washington last session but
failed in the house was reintroduced
by Chairman Culberson of the judicl-
airy committee.
National Guardsmen with dependent
families will be mustered out of the
federal service, 1t was announced at
the war department at Washington.
Alexander w. Bannwart, the pacifist
delegate who had a fist fight with Sen
ator Lodge in the capitol at Washing
ton, repented when he was arraigned
in police court and told the judge Pres
ident Wilson's address to congress had
convinced him the pacifists were
wrong.
Senator Lodge and Alexander Bann-
wart, a pacifist, engaged in fist fight
in the capitol at Washington and SEN
ator Lodge knocked his opponent
down.
Miss jeanette Rankin, the first wom-
an ever elected TO the national con-
gress at Washington, entered upon the
floor Of the house just five minutes be-
fore 1t came TO order She was escort.
ed in by Representative Evans.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13
Domestic

In the first election held at Grand
Rapids, Mich, under the new commits
sion-general form of municipal govern
ment. Philo G. Fuller, banker, over
whelmingly defeated former Mayor
George K. Ellis for commissioner at
large.
Two attempts to blow up the Texas
& Pacific railway bridge at Abilene,
Tex, were made under cover of dark
ness early in the morning. Guards
fired on three men, who escaped. No
trace of the men has been found.
According to estimates an explosion
In No. 3 mine at Coal Creek, near
Fernie, b. c., killed "a men. Many
bodies have been recovered.
More than 1900 people, Of whom
more than one-half were women,
thronged the Coliseum at st. Louis
for the loyalty meeting called by May
or Kiel.
The Republican state ticket Of
Michigan was elected In It's entirety by
an apparent majority of more than
1OO, 1000, according to figures available.
J. A. Nicholson of Racine, o., was
killed, and his son suffered a broken
leg when the packet Tell City was
blown against a lock wall at dam No.
10 In the Ohio river at Little Hook
ing, o., and sank.
The Iowa senate at Des Moines
passed a bill appropriating $1,OO0,000
"for national defense"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13
Realistic Art.

Mother, Peter says that his grand
father was in the Revolution. Were
our relations there, too?"
Eyes, dear, both your great-great-
grandfathers were in the Revolution"
"But, mother" said Freddie, al
should think they would have been too
old to go to war. They look like they
were hundred In the dining room
paintings"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

A movement against the American
border by de facto troops from the
states of Nuevo Leon, Coachuila and
chihuahua was begun. according to re-
liable advices received at FL Paso,
Tex. The movement from Chihuahua
is being led by General Nurguia, the
informants say. CarranZa officials de-
clared the expedition was the begin
ming of an offensive against Villa.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13
Mexican Revolt

- Two American soldiers were wound
ed by Mexican snipers firing across
the border, Immediately after the dec
laration of war by the United States
had been received In Juarez. Mexican
army officials say the shots were fired
by drunken citizens.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

Nothing makes some men feel more
important than their ability to answer
the questions OF a small bog.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

Anuric cures Backache, Lumbago,
Rheumatism. Send l0c. DIR. v. M. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y, for large trial package
Adv.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

1t is sometimes difficult to distln-
gulsh between sympathetic person
and curious one.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

Manistee-Less than two hours af-
ter hearing that war had been de-
clared, Capt. John Stronach, Jr., an
nounced that he would organize a mil
itary company and issued call for
volunteers.
West Branch-Frederick wilkes,
aged rs, treasurer of Foster township
for several terms, died at his home at
Beaver Lake. He had been a resi-
dent OF that place for 35 years and
was a Civil war veteran.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13
European War News

More than 1000 Russians. 10 guns
and $50 machine guns and mine-throw-
ers were captured by the Germans In
their attack on the Russian bridge
head on the Stokhod. the Berlin war
Office announces.
Picked German troops made
a powerful attack against the French
during the day TO the northwest OF
Reims along mile and half front,
says the Paris war office. Their OBJ
ject was to clear the left bank of the
canal of the Aisne, and they succeeded
In their enterprise at certain points.
French patrols have reached the
southwestern outskirts of st. Quentin,
the Paris war office announced.
German troops have forced a cross
ing of the Stokhod river, in Volhynia
after pressing back the Russians, the
Petrograd war Office announces. The
Russians suffered heavy losses.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

Flint-While her family awaited her
return home the body of Mrs. Minnie
Heminger. As years old, lay unclaimed
several hours in local morgue Mrs.
Heminger dropped dead on the street
Just after she had lett a physicians
office where she had taken her grand
son for treatment. 1
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13
Washington

Rear Admiral James III. Oliver was
formally nominated by President Will
son at Washington as governor of the
Virgin islands, formerly the Danish
West Indies. He already is on his
way there.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

The Iowa senate at Des Moines
passed n bill appropriating $1,000,000
"for national defense"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

Official announcement was made
at Washington that foreigners In the
United States who conduct themselves
properly will suffer no loss Of property
or liberty as a result of declaration
OF a state of war.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

Gustav III. Jacobson, wealthy Chit
cago real estate operator and presi-
dent of the American Embargo con-
ference, was arrested at his home by
federal agents, charged with conspir-
ing with others to start military ex-
petition to Indian to overthrow the
British government thereof.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

The entire Illinois naval battalion
was called out by Governor Lowden
on orders from Secretary Of the Navy
Daniels. The summons brings into
the federal service approximately 90
officers and 800 men.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

The White Star line steamship Ced-
ric, which sailed from New York with
several thousand tons of cargo, has ar
rived safely at British port, officials
of the line announced.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

A three-hour speech by Senator La
Toilette of Wisconsin and reply by
Senator Williams of Mississippi in
which he said Senator La Follette's
address would better have become
Herr Won Bethmann-Hollweg than an
American senator" featured a bitter
debate in the senate at Washington on
the resolution declaring state of war
with Germany.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

Detailed plans of the war depart
ment at Washington for raising an
army, numbering millions If that is
necessary ito bring the government of
the German empire to TERMS" were
placed in President Wilson's hands in
the form of bill prepared by the gen
eral staff and reviewed and revised In
part by Secretary Baker and the gen.
eral officers who are his military adj
visers.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

The first legislative step toward a
formal recognition of the existence OF
a state of war between the United
States and Germany was taken at
IL 10 o'clock Wednesday night, when
the senate, by a vote of 80 to 9, passed
the resolution declaring that the acts
Of Germany have brought about a
state of war; Senators Gronna, La Fol
iette and Norris, Republicans. and
Lane, Stone and vardaman, Demo-
Gratis, voted against the resolution.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

Sinking without warning of the I'M
armed American steamer Missourian,
which left Genoa April 1, with 80
Americans among it's crew of SO, was
reported to the state department at
Washington by Consul General VIII
bur at Genoa. The crew was saved.
The Missourian was owned by the
American-Hawaiian Steamship line.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

Seizure Of all radio stations In the
United States and Its possessions, OPP
GRAFTON OF those needed for naval COM
munications and closing of others,
was authorized by President Wilson at
Washington.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

The crowded senate chamber at
Washington was an inspiring sight as
the all-day debate on the war resolu-
ton lasted into the night. The gay
gowns of hundreds of women in the
damned galleries, the solemn but at
times vigorously emphatic senator's on
the floor, and the throng Of members
of the house who crowded the rear Of
the chamber made up history-mak-
ing assemblage.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

Reuters Amsterdam correspondent
says President Wilson's address to con-
gress has been answered in the Ger
man press by storm of abuse. He
quotes the Rhenische Westfallische
Zeitung as saying: Beyond striving
for gold, the Americans have no Ideal.
They think everything can be achieved
by gold. Their megalomania makes a
grotesaue impression on us Germans"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

Persistent but hitherto unconfrmed
reports of German submarines wait
ing In the Gulf Of Mexico for the open
ing of bostilities Of the United States
were further supported by reports to
the government ut Washington from
Europe. A score OF submarines ARE
said to be waiting in Mexican port.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-04-13

Orders have been issued at Wash
ington mobilizing the navy, including
the regular establishments, the naval
reserve, the naval militia and the new
ly organized power boat coast patrol.