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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23
Recommends New License System.

Secretary of State Vaughan rec.
ommends changing the system OF II.
Ger sing automobiles to fill out many
of the loopholes in the present law.
The main points in Mr.. Vaughan's
recommendations are:
Make the license fee so cents
horsepower for pleasure cars and
cut out all reference to weight.
make license fee for electric
pleasure cars So fat.
3-Make truck license fee 80 cents
horsepower.
MAKE motorcycle license fee so
cents a horsepower, with no refer
ence to weight, and a minimum fee
of 81.
Give the secretary of state
authority to name inspectors to
check up on cars, whose duty It
shall be to visit garage and ferret
out any cars violating the license
law.
6-Give the secretary of state
authority to annul any license issued
to chauffeur and a right to refuse
any application for a license for a
car, for cause.
Make the age limit for drivers
of cars definite, perhaps Is years.
Snake it midemeanor to change
the numbers on plates or to tamper
with the plates in any manner.
Already there are several bills in
the legislature which cover the las:
four or five recommendations, but
not the changes in fees. The dis.
carding of the weight proposition ar
Uses from the fact that the exact
weight of cars Is a tough problem to
solve. During the last two years the
state department has been in trouble
all the time over the weight of cars,
no two of the same model seeming
to weigh tie same.
The department finds, according to
Mr. Vaughan, that II the fee horse.
power were doubled, the total fee
would be just about the same as tho
present system of 25 cents a horse.
power and 25 cents a 100 pounds.
AS for the trucks, 1t Is thought that
the bill now in the senate on the use
OF trucks in the highways will keep
them within bounds and the charge
of 80 cents horsepower Is consider
ed sufficient
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23
GERMANS IN FULL RETREAT
British and French Troops Smashing
Forward on Western Front.

London-Advance over front Of
about 100 miles by the British and
French armies in France, and addi-
tional gains by the Russians and
British over the Turks in Turkish
Armenia, Persia and Mesophotamia
are the outstanding features in the
war on land.
The important towns of Bapaume,
Peronne, Chaulnes and Nesle, and
more than 60 villages, have been ia
ken by the British troops on a front
of 45 miles, and King Georges men
are continuing their pursuit of the re-
treating Germans.
Bapaume, the British objective in
the Somme offensive, stronghold
characterized by Field Marshal Won
Hindenburg as impregnable, was Ia
ken by the British after stiff fighting
with the German rear guard, and Roye
and Lassigny, cities in the Disc river
sector, which with strong fortified
positions, have been held by the Ger
mans for more than two years, have
fallen to the French forces.
The capture of Peronne looms up as
the biggest event of the war in the
winter campaign on the Belgian
front, and the official dispatches indi-
cate the retreat of the Germans is
growing daily.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23
MICHIGAN OWNERS
OF AUTOMOBILES
Are Greatly Favored With
Mutual Insurance.

The farmer of the state as well as
the lawyer and banker feels the need
of keeping his automobile insured
against the damage claims and suits
together with fire and theft.
When the farmers began to buy au-
tomobiles they found that with the in
creased number, accidents would often
injured, horse would become fright
ened running away and injuring the
driver, etc. Damage claims were
brought entailing the expense of de-
Tending a lawsuit or paying a large
judgment, possibly $1,000. This con-
gan is the only state that has a large
mutual insurance company protecting
against fire, theft, and liability and its
rapid growth and success is being
watched by other states.
The cost in stock companies for
this insurance has been about $50 per
year, but on the mutual plan with a
large membership 1t is estimated that
the cost is about 2 cents per day.
A man who is able to own an auto
mobile is willing to lay aside a few
dollars each year to protect this car
against fire and theft and the accumu-
lations of years from damage suits.
The past week an automobile was
stolen from Arthur Sine, farmer near
Springport; another one was stolen
from the barn from David LaBlanc,
Romulus; car burned on a farm
near Jonesville, and another one near
Frankenmuth. In every paper you
read of damages done by automobile
owners to person and property.
AS only about 40 die leaving an
estate of over $1,000 but few are able
to stand heavy losses without protec-
ton; that is reason that 1900 poll
cies have been issued by the Citizens
Mutual Automobile Insurance Com
pany of Howell.
The cost is $1.00 for policy plus
25 cents per III. p. to join.
The Company Is now starting on the
third season; 245 claims have been
promptly paid.
Write William e. Robb, Secretary.
Howell, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23
Three AMERICAN
STEAMSHIPS SUNK
ALL WERE BUILT AND OWNED
AND MANNED LARGELY BY
AMERICAN CITIZENS.
TWENTY-FIVE MEN MISSING
unofficlally Admitted That Acts Virtu'
ally Place U. s. In State
of War.

Washington Three American
steamships have been sunk by Ger
man submarines. Twenty-Five of their
men, most OF them American citizens,
were missing.
The vessels sunk were the City of
Memphis, Illinois and Vigilancia. The
members of the crew of the Illinois
have been landed without loss of life.
OF the three ships destroyed, two
of them were unloaded and homeward
bound, and all were American built,
American owned and Differed and
manned largely by American citizens.
Meager dispatches indicate that all
were sunk with complete disregard
for the safety of those on board, and
that some of the members of the crew
may have been lost.
With the announcement of the ruth
less destruction of three unarmed
american merchant ships by submar-
ines, it was unofficially admitted that
virtually a state of war exists be-
tween the United States and Germany.
Technically, the United States re-
mains in a position of armed neutrali-
ity. Whether his shall be changed
April 16, the date fixed for a special
session OF congress, the war-making
branch of the government, President
Wilson has not decided.
international lawyers and constitu-
tional experts showed no hesitancy
In saying that President Wilson has
full authority to interpret this as an
act of war, and announce that this
country considers that an actual state
of war exists by reason Of Germans
fragrant assault on American ship
ping.
All OF the conditions outlined by
the president in his message announc.
ing the diplomatic break with Ger
many as leading to state Of armed
neutrality have now been fulfilled. The
covert act" described by him before,
has actually come.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23
" CASCARETS' ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS
No sick headache, bIiousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get O Decent box.

Get 10-cent box.
Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing q
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg.
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases.
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-never grippe, sicken
or cause any Inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents box from your store.
Millions of men and women take O
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or
Constipation. Adv.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

Few persons can be sick who use
Green's August Flower. 1t has been
used for all ailments that are caused
by disordered stomach and inactive
liver, such as sick headache. constipa-
ton, sour stomach, nervous indiges-
ton, fermentation of food, palpitation
of the heart from gases created in
the stomach, pains In the stomach, and
many other organic disturbances.
August Flower is gentle laxative,
regulates digestion, both in the stom-
ach and intestlnes, cleans and sweet
ems the stomach and whole alimentary
canal, and stimulates the liver to Sc
crete the bile and impurities from the
blood. Try it. Two doses Will relieve
you. Used for fifty years In every
town and hamlet in the United States
and in all civilized countries.-Adv.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23
RAILROAD STRIKE
HAS Been AvERTED
MEDlATORS GIVEN AUTHORITY
TO MAKE CONCESSIONS TO
EMPLOYEES.
VICTORY FOR BROTHERHOODS
Under the Agreement Men viii Get
Ten Hours Pay for Eight
Hours Work.

New York-The big railroad strike
is off. The conference committee of
railroad managers early Monday
morning announced 1t had given au-
thority to President Wilson's media
tors to make any arrangements neces-
sary with the four railroad brother
hoods to end the threatened nation
wide walkout
The formal letter in which this au-
thorization was made, signed by Eli
sha Lee, chairman of the railroad
managers committee, was as follows:
"In this national crisis the national
conference committee Of railroads
joins with you in the conviction that
neither at home nor abroad should
there be fear or hope that the eff
cient operation of the railroads of
the country will be hampered or i'm
paired.
Therefore, you are authorized to
assure the nation there will be no
strike. AS the basis of such assur-
ance, we hereby authorize the COM
mittee of the council of national de-
tense to grant to the employees, who
are about to strike, whatever adjust
ment your committee deems necess-
airy to guarantee the uninterrupted
and effected operation of the railroads
as an indispensable arm of national
defense"
Secretary Lane, at the same time,
said:
Regardless of the decision of the
supreme court on the Adamson law,
the eight-hour day will be effective.
The details are being worked out by
a joint committee.
The men will get 10 hours pay for
eight hours work, under the agree
ment. The concessions on the part
of the managers are virtually what
the employees contended they would
gain under the Adamson law If it
were declared constitutional.
Immediately after Secretary Lane
had made his announcement the
brotherhood leaders sent kilograms to
the general chairman of the railroads
organizations throughout the country
informing them that the strike had
been declared off.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23
New Bills Galore.


New bills galore have been appear
ing in both house and senate since the
house passed It's resolution calling for
an adjournment of the legislature on
March 81. In fact, the bills have been
coming in much more rapidly since
the adjournment resolution than they
did before. Few now think that the
session cali conclude before the latter
part Of April
Rep. Crawford has introduced free
text book bill, to apply to all public
schools in the state, and to allow no
books to be charged for FIVE years
after they have been agreed upon for
use.
Senator w. W. Smith would require
rod license of 81 from every Michi-
gan fisherman and SO license to be
paid for by every nonresident fisher
man.
Rep. Robinson, in a bill, seeks to
have all judges in the state, from the
supreme bench to justices OF the
peace, elected on non-partisan ballots.
Rep. Robinson is one OF the Demo.
cratic members OF the house. In an.
other bill he asks that a soldiers re
lief commission be created, TO consist
OF the superintendent Of poor Of the
counties of tho state.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23

Kalamazoo-The States Motor com
pany, of this city, will be recognized
with an authorized capital of &c.
100000.
Eaton Rapids-Mrs. Silas N. Car.
ter, rs years old, died at her home,
southwest of this city. She was the
second child born in Brookfield town.
ship.
Reed City-Lightning played a
queer prank at the home of Mrs. John
Meister. A bolt Of lightning entered
the roof of the house without leav'
ing an opening from the outside and
circled picture on one of the walls,
melting the frame and wires on the
picture. No other trace, OF thu bolt
was left except small hole in the
ceiling.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23
Insurance and Railroad Hearings.

Hearings of all sorts have featured
the legislative work of the past week.
or principal interest, because OF their
wide scope, were the hearings on the
insurance and railroad bills. but
there were numerous other bills also
thrown open to discussion by speakers
from outside the legislative halls. and
the oratory that resulted left no doubt
as to the public concern In all the
matters at issue.
The codified insurance laws, pre-
pared for this legislature by order OF
the 1915 legislature, embrace every
thing in the line OF insurance Jagisla-
ton in Michigan. together with num-
Der OF proposed revisions in the laws.
Because of the field covered by them
the joint insurance committees of the
house and senate ordered a series of
hearings for week, giving a day to
ire insurance men, day to life, fra.
ternal and reciprocal men, day to
casualty men, and day to mutual
insurance men.
Some heated debates occurred In
the fire insurance hearing over the
anti-discrimination law. which is in
corporated in the new code, but the
other hearings were not marked by
undue excitement. Rather they were
featured by discussions OF the phrase
ology of the laws, with various sug-
gestions made as to improvements
that might be obtained by word
changes.
The railroad hearings were fraught
with much interest to everyone, ship
pers taking an active hand along with
railroad men. Many of the shippers
favor an increase in passenger rates
from to 2h or cents mile.
Freight conditions are said to be re-
sponsible for this feeling. In fact,
Ray r. Darwin, of the Michigan Ship
pers' Association, at one of the hear
ings said he and his association were
willing to back up Scent passenger
fare law, but wanted to be assured
that the roads would move freight
shipments ten miles or more per hour
w. G. Brown, of the Michigan Gen.
ruary his road had run $270,000 be-
hind. w. G. Wishart, of New York,
chairman Of the accounting committee
OF the railroads association, present
ed many figures to back up his con-
tention that the railroads are In need
Of increased fares because of heavy
increases in all their expenses while
their rate receipts stood still.
At the outset of the hearings the
railroad men had the floor, presenting
their reasons why they think they are
entitled to raise rates. The battle
against the increases is expected to
follow much the same line as that OF
two years ago, when the roads were
defeated in their efforts for a Scent
fare after fight extending over two
months.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23
Compensation Bill Defeated.

The Martin-Stewart bill to amend
the workmen's compensation law and
grant some increases in compensation
to injured workmen has met defeat
in the senate. Members opposing it
said that the many small manufact-
urers throughout the state already are
burdened by the provisions of the
present law and declined to aid in
increasing any Of the payments under
1t. Members favoring 1t made a
strenuous fight for it on the ground
OF taking care of the workingman in
the face Of increased cost of living.
By vote Of 16 to IL it was tabled.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23
BLIZZARD TIES UP TRAINS
Northern Part of State Swept BY
Snowstorm.

Bay City-Northern Michigan was
blizzard-swept Saturday and train ser.
vice on northern railroads was demon.
allied.
There were no night trains able to
get through on the Michigan Central
north of Standish nor on the Detroit
and Maciknac. Passenger trains were
stalled near Cadillac and Petoskey,
trains in the upper peninsula were
hours late IL they ran at all and snow
plows were out on all roads. Train
service through the 500 has been
practically suspended.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23

Paris-The French cabinet, headed
by Premier BRAND, has resigned.
The BRAND ministry had been at
tackled in the French parliament re-
peatedly during the last few weeks on
account of its economic policy.
1t succeeded the Viviani cabinet in
October, 1915, and was recognized last
December IL, when the number of
ministerial portfolios was decreased
and war council appointed.
The war council included Premier
BRAND, NJ. Ribot, minister of Finance;
General Lyautey, minister of war;
Rear Admiral Lacaze, minister of ma
rine, and NJ. Thomas, minister of ma
tional manufactures. Artistide BRAND
was premier during most of 1909, 1910
and again for two months in 1913.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23
TONNAGE TAX BILL
IS PIGEON-HOLED
CALLED FOR A SPECIFIC TAX
ON COPPER, COAL AND
IRON ORE.
FOUGHT BY MINE OWNERS
Similar Bills Have Been Introduced
and sidetracked In Every Re-
cent Legislature.
(From Our Special Correspondent

Lansing.
The tonnage tax on mining products
of the state, proposal with which
every recent legislature has become
familiar, was put before the house in
a bill by Rep. Lewis. It called for a
specific tax on copper OF IL cent a
pound, 10 cents a ton on coal and 20
to 80 cents ton on iron ore. Mining
companies have always fought this
tax as double taxation, because they
pay taxes on the assessed valuation
OF their properties, which are being
reduced in value as the ore is remov-
ed. The old arguments on the tonnage
tax apparently were fresh in the
minds OF the house tax committee,
which discussed the bill the morning
after its introduction and decided to
pigeon-hole it for the session.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23
Prospect Good for Budget Commission

Present prospects are for the pas
sage of bill providing for a budget
commission, as wanted by Gov. Sleep
er. The Foote house bill, for COM
mission of five to investigate budgets
and report as soon as possible to the
governor, is on its way through the
hot Sc; while the senate has the
amended Roberts-Deland bill that now
provides TO- commissi II to investi-
gate as well a.. ~ establish an imme-
diate budget syctem.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23

Cadillac-Fifty-two bodies are in
vaults in Maple Hill cemetery, await
ing burial this spring. Thirty-one are
the most ever been In the vaults at
one time heretofore. Pneumonia and
measles caused the majority of the
deaths.
Sault Ste. Marie-Ross Eckhardt,
43, assistant postmaster for eight
years. shot and killed himself in his
home. He fired the fatal shot after
putting on his night clothes and get
ting into bed. Eckhardt was one of the
FIRST mail carriers In the 500.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23
Investigate Detroit Art Museum.

The house has adopted resolution
offered by Rep Sheridan Ford to in
vestigate the Detroit Museum of Art
to find If it has exceeded its rights as
a private association. Rep. Ford
charged that the museum has used
city appropriations when 1t had no
right to public money, because it is
lot a public institution. and declared
that 1t is run by millionaire snobs."
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23
"FamiIy Protection" Bill.

A bill regarded as very important
to fraternal companies, known as the
whole family protection" bill, has
been reported out favorably by the
senate insurance committee. Under
its provisions insurance can be placed
on the lives of children whose parents
are members of fraternal society
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23
Road System Amendment Passed.

Both houses have passed the reso-
luton to submit an amendment to the
constitution to provide for a road sys-
TEN that will inc lde the county sys-
tenn, but leave it OPTIONAL with the
legislature to wipe out the township
system and the jobs of township high
way commissioners and township
overseers.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23
Hits Fire Insurance Companies.

A new insurance bill would require
that fire insurance companies cannot
insure property above it's true value
and may be held for the entire face OF
the policy in the event OF loss. They
would lose the right to do business in
Michigan for 80 days for every viola
ton OF the law.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23
Game Bill Amended.

Both houses have reconsidered the
Wood bill to allow the game warden
to establish closed season zones on
game at the invitation Of county
boards Of supervisors, and passed il
again with an amendment that saved
the bill from the governors veto
The amendment provides that the
closed seasons established on wild
fowl by federal and state laws will
not be subject to change under the
zone bill.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23

Charlotte-Dr. A. w. Hutchins. pas
tor of the Congregational church here,
resigned to go on the Chautauqua
platform. DR.. Hutchins gave motion
picture show in his church every Sun
day night and established a state
record In the increase OF member
ship.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23

Jacksonville prison pardon board
at the March meeting received Al APP
plications for pardon and parole
There are 1919 prisoners, the most
confined here at one time.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23

Both houses passed the bill which
raises from $50 to $25 year the
tuition per pupil when a township
which has no high school sends pu.
pills TO outside high schools.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23
Progressive Motion.

"The world moves in cycles"
Eyes, and 1t Is fast getting to move
on motorcycles"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23

Pure blood is essential to Good Health.
Garfield Tea dispells impurities, cleanses
the system and eradicates disease. Adv.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23

A baby makes the home happy
place at all times and more so when
it's asleep.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23
Tire of Steel Wire.

OF German invention is bicycle
tire made of steel wire that is closely
coiled.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23

DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription makes
weak women strong, sick women well, no
alcohol. Sold in tablets or hquid.-Adv.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23

BE careful how you give advice,
somebody might take II.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1917-03-23

A peach of a girl ought to become a
well-preserved woman.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-30
PURE FRUIT FLAvORS
WIN FOR JIFFY-JELL

That the pure food idea is the
strongest that can be presented to
housewives by the marketer of food
product is indicated by the record
introduction into the cOuntry's homes
achieved by one of the newest of gela
tine desserts, jiffy:jell. The purity OF
this product. both as regards the
gelatine used and the fruit juices Tor
favoring, has been the central idea in
the big advertising campaign, which
started only few months ago and
has already gained popularity for the
product in millions of homes.
Mr.. Otis E. Gidden, for many years
a foremost expert in gelatine desserts
produces in his beautiful wide-Win
dowed, pure food plant at Waukesha
his jiffy- jell, made of the purest, fin
est gelatine, and the concentrated
fruit juice favorings, made by reduc'
ing the juices of the finest fruits.
These concentrated flavors are sealed
in Walls, not mixed with gelatine in