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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-16
NOVEL USE FOR MOTORCYCLE
Missouri Farmer Converts Vehicle Into
Quick Delivery Machine for Mar
keting Products

Quite an unusual employment Is
made Of a motorcycle and sidecar by
a Missouri farmer and stockman who
has converted the vehicle into a quick
delivery machine for carrying certain
products to market. BY securely fas-
tening q crate over the rear wheel and
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-16
SUCCESS IN TURKEY RAISING
Proper Selection Of Breeding Stock IL
Of Great lmportance-Some Of
Desired Qualities.

One of the most important steps to-
ward success In turkey raising is the
proper selection of breeding stock.
Birds for breeding should be selected
for vigor, size, shape, strong bone,
early maturity, and color Of plumage.I
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-16
Notice Of Hearing Claims Before
Court

"
Court.
State OF Michigan, the Probate Court for
the County OF Shiawassee.
In the matter OF the estate vf Edward J.
Howell. deceased. Hs.
Notice is hereby given that four months
from the 10Th day Of September, A. ID. 1917.
have been allowed for creditors TO present.
their claims against said deceased TO said
court for examination and adjus ment, and
that all creditors of said deceased-are re-
quired to present their claims to said court, at
said county, on or before the lith day Of
January, A. ID. 10 8, and that said claims will
be heard by said court on Friday, the 18th
day OF January, A. d. 1918, at ten o'clock In
the forenoon.
Dated September 10th, A. ID. 1917
MATTHEW BUSH,
BY Judge of Probate.
CLARIBEL GALLOWAY,
Register OF Probate. 25-it
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-16

right around your home, just as hundreds OF
men and women are doing. Work is easy.
pleasant and permanently profitable. Be your
own boss and build your own business. You
take no risk, make sure profit right along.
Send name, address. one reference. l..
BROWN, &C. Murray ST., New York City.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-12
AMERICA IS 325
YEARS old TODAY
That Is Columbus Discovered 1t that
Long Ago.

on the sunny San Salvador coast
325 years ago today a little wooden
vessel anchored with the indomitable
Christopher Columbus aboard. He got
up at a. m. the time that the caba-
ret habitues are retiring nowadays,
and sighted the palnay shores Of the
little Antilles isle, with its brown
skinned natives and brilliant exotic
plants.
Now, in the racking throes Of the
great war, when nations clinch in a
death-grip on 1,0oo-mile battle
front, the memory Of the dauntfess
nerve and unfailing perseverance OF
this Castilian voyager to a land OF
the unknown is an inspiration to
stronger efforts and more selfess
sacrifice. Even though the fiippant
say that Christopher didn't have to
worry about the subs like the skip
per of every camoufiaged boat that
slips out of our ports these days.
Today this great, long-ago event Is
to be celebrated by a dozen odd So
cieties and organizations Of this city,
each in its own individual way. Some
of them will conduct war Dement'S,
some will have the paramount
thought of the man who wouldn't be
discouraged and wouldn't quit trying
as the basic idea Of their celebrations.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-12
Frst Unqualified Statement
on Britain's Position Re-
sarding Territory.
GERMAN SECRETARY
FAILED In OBJECT
Dr.. Kuehimann Tried to Raise Con-
troversy Between Entente Allies
to Aid Teutons.

London. Oct. ll.-Premieruoyd
George made reply today to the
defiant statement of the German
Foreign Minister regarding Alsace-
Lorraine. Dr.. Won Kuehlmann, had
said that there was but one answer
to the question whether Germany
would cede the provinces to France.
and the answer was no"
VIII Prolons War.
II do not think" said the Brit
ish minister today. that any state
1ment is more calculated to prolong
the war than German Foreign Min
lister Won Kuehlmann's declaration
that Germany will not grant the
concession of Alsace-Lorraine to
France.
VIII stand by France.
However long the war may last
England intends to stand by France
until she has redeemed her oppressed
children from their foreign yoke"
This is the first unqualified state
ment on Britain's position regarding
the Alsace-Lorraine question to be
made by a responsible British official
In the war.
Great Britain" DR.. Won Kuehlmann
had said in the Reichstag. according
to our information. has pledged her
self to France, that she will con-
tinue the fight for the conquest of
Alsace-Lorraine. both politically and
with her armies, so long as France
desires to adhere to the program of
regaining those provinces"
Lloyd Georges words today were
much to the effect Of:
Your Information, DR.. Kuehlmann,
is quite correct"
Tried, But Failed.
There is strong suspicion in dipIo-
matt quarters here that the German
foreign secretary tried but failed in a
shrewd stroke to raise a controversy
between the entente allies. 1t is point
ed out that he was careful to stipu-
late, $50 long as France desires to
adhere to the program" thus leaving
the door open to England to say Eyes"
with the same qualification. Instead,
the British premier absolutely ignored
the second part OF the doctors sem
tence and replied fiatfootedly to the
first.
kuehlmann." said a diplomat
tonight. tried to pass the buck to
France. England. through Lloyd
George. slammed the door In his face
and told him he needn't come back to
talk peace until he agrees to pay the
price of admission, which includes
Alsace-Lorraine."
This clearly defines the situation
from the British viewpoint,
The Washington herald., 1917-10-12
MichaeEs Accuses Tires
Radicals Of Aiding Mu-
tinous Outbreak.
C0URT-MARTIAL WAS
HELD on AUGUST 80
Did Not Want to Let the Outsids
World Know of Trouble
on Ships

Amsterdam. Oct. lI.-Dr. Ceora
Miehaelis. imperial German cham
oellor. upon whom less than six
months ago the entire FatherIand
built ardent hopes of liberalizins
reforms and, peace, stands today
virtually alone. facing a hostile
Heichstag resolved TO toppIe hi-a.
Solid Socialist Block.
In his short regime he has un.
Willingly built bridge of oonciIia-
ton between the majority and radi-
cal Socialists. Four majority mem
bers already have crossed that
bridge and joined the radicals. A
solid Socialist block comprising
both wings now looms large.
Two things. it developed from
tonight's Berlin advices, have
brought Michaelis to the verge Of
Official death. namely:
Won CapeIle's Upper Hand.
His vacillating attitude toward
the national clamor for a clear-cut
statement Of Gcrmany's peace terms.
2-His attack in the Reichstag on
the radical Socialist wing, three lead-
ers Of which he openly accused OF
having aided and abetted IL not in
spired. the mutinous outbreaks in the
German navy.
Incidentally. accounts OF the latest
ReichstGg debate received here today
gave an approximate idea of how long
ago these outbreaks took place. II
was brought out at the session that
the court-ms rtial at Tflhelmshsven.
at which three OF TIE mUtineers were
condemned to death and the others
sentenced to long prison terms. was
held on August %
In the controversy between the
chancellor and Marine Minister Won
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-12
WOMAN SAVES AID
At own LIES RISK
Rushed Between Cars and DRAGGED
Crushed Woman Out.

Heroically saved from being ground
to pieces between two trains, Mary
V. Wtkerson, aged Sc, a charwoman
in the employ OF the Washington
Terminal Company. who lives at 1857
Seaton street northwest, probably
owed her life early this morning to
her fellow-worker. Annie M. Dough
erty.
The one woman, willing to sacrifice
her own life for that of her friends,
only by a hair-breadth saved Mary
wilkerson from being crushed to
death. The injured woman Is at
Providence Hospital.
Authorities of the institution stated
early this morning that the woman's
injuries were bad. but would not
necessarily prove to be fatal. An
finite conclusion could be reached at
the moment
According to Central once De-
tectfve Embrey. who Investigated the
case. the two women were cleaning a
coach at the terminal yesterday
morning. The train started to back
out Of the yard. While Il was still
In motion the Wilkerson woman is
supposed to have dismounted from
the car and stepped in back of Il.
She was then between two coaches
The cars met on her body The
woman gasped- Annie Dodkherty
seeing her friends dilemma, rushed
to her. grasped her clothes, pulled,
and saved her from the death wise.
The injured woman was rushed to
the hospital In q private automobile
The Washington herald., 1917-10-12
FIX new PRICE
FOR U. S. STEEL
President and Producers
Agree on Scale for
Product.

The government and the steel manu-
facturers have agreed on new scale
Of prices to be paid for steel products,
the scale being announced last night
after two days continuous session OF
the steel makers and the War Indus
tries Board.
Meetings were resumed yesterday
morning. Late yesterday afternoon
Bernard Baruch and Frank s. Scott,
for the board, visited the White House
and obtained the approval of Presi-
dent Wilson for the new scale.
The prices become effective at once.
and will hold good until January l.
The scale, which carries maximum
figures only, follows:
Commodity, price and base: Blooms
md billets AKA inches and larger, $3.50.
Pittsburgh and Youngstown; billets.
under 4x4 inches. s51, Pittsburgh ana
Youngstown; slabs. $50, Pittsburgh
and Youngstown; sheet bars, s5l,
Pittsburgh and Youngstown; wire
rods, S57, Pittsburgh: shell bars-3 to
inches, E5 per ro0 pounds, Pitts-
,urgh; over 5 to s inches. $3.50 per 100
sounds, Pittsburgh; over s to 10 inches,
a.75 per 100 pounds. Pittsburgh; over
% inches. 81 per 100 pounds. Pitts
surgh; skelp-grooved. $3.50 per 100
pounds, Pittsburgh; universal, s2.l5
Der 100 pounds, Pittsburgh; sheared.
as per 100 pounds. Pittsburgh.
The prices enumerated have been
ixed by the President on the as
purance of those representing the
tteel industry that these prices
sQuitably adjust the relations of the
pteel interests to each other, and
will assist them In fulfilling their
obligations to give the country 100
per cent of production at not to
exceed the prices heretofore an
iounced.
Measures will be taken by the
War Industries Board for placing
orders and supervising the output
,f the steel mills. in such manner
As to facilitate and expedite the
requirements for war purposes of
The government and those nations
associated with us, and to supply
he needs OF the public.
A spirit OF cooperation was
manifested by the steel men,
The Washington herald., 1917-10-12

French Defeat Germans.
There was heavy downpour of
rain on the Flanders front through
out the night. No large scale in
fantry actions were possible. The
Germans delivered a local attack
against the new French positions
north of the Paschendaele Ridge,
but it was broken up by the French
fire. Against the new British lines
the German heavy artillery dis
played sustained violence, Sir Doug
las Haig reported
The German crown prince il con-
tinuing to strike alternating blows
north OF the Aisne and at verdun.
thus far without much success. Fol-
lowing his attacks below last night.
in which the French admittedly lost
small portions of ground, he struck
on the right bank Of the Meuse.
The momentum of the initial onrush
carried his troops into advanced
The Washington herald., 1917-10-12
SHIP ThNCLE
NEAR CRISIS
France and England Would
Prevent u. S. Comman-
deering Their Vessels.
BY FRANK MARTIN.

The triangular tangle over shippine
Is approaching a crisis.
Lord Northcliffe Is making heroic
efforts to save the ships being built
for British interests In American wards
from being Communicated by the
Shipping Board: France is struggling
to find some method of getting her
! 800 900 tons of war supplies on Aneri-
can docks and wharves across the At
lantic; the American government is
trying to figure out how it can trans
port and maintain an army worthy
OF the America tradition in France
and at the same time meets ALI the
needs Of its importunate allies.
Pressure from Britain and France
on the Shipping Board has been crow
ing for weeks. And although the
problem has been foreseen and studied
intensively since the United States
embarked In war, 1t cannot be said
that a solution Is in sight.
Easy Prey for subs.
The Washington Hrald save .ora
inkling OF the true inwardness ~
the situation last week, when n eY-
planned why sailing vessels had been
barred from the war zone. Many
Of these ships were easy prey for
the submarine. and their careoes Of
oil proved immensely valuable To the
U-boats. for It saved them at least
one trip to their home bases for
replenishment. Furthermore. the rist
was SO great that, II the sailing ships
made the trip to the other side of
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The Washington herald., 1917-10-12

shipbulding plants in. company with
Rear Admiral Capps. general man
ager OF the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration. 1t was found that the
Maryland Steel Company plant at
sparrow's Point, Nd, had a force
only 80 per cent as large as needed
and q similarly unfavorable situation
existed in the other yards.
Immediate effort will be made % he
said, mot only to Increase the sup
ply Of workers but to prevent plants
from hiring each others men as is
done now"
Should the needed authorization be
blocked at the Capitol there are GER
tain measures which will be employ
ed to alleviate the situation although
they are hardly adequate for its sue
cessful solution.
The war industries board has been
conducting Investigations along this
CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-12
KAUFF is HERO
IN GIANTS WIN
over CHICAGO
Ills Two Home Runs Aid In
Beating White Sox, 5 to
05Series Now a Tie.
By DAMON RUNYoN.

New York, Oct. u--Lxtle Benny
Kauff, who fared to face as the
'-Ty Cobb OF the Federal League"
in the outlaw days of baseball. was
in a fair way towards usurping the
role of goat in the world series
of 1911.
There are always goats in every
world series. just as there are al
ways heroes. The hero Is the fel-
low who does; the goat" Is the
man who doesn't.
The cheerful. chunky outfelder of
the Giants hadn't been doing anything
up to today. In the two games at Chi
cago against the White Sox. and in
the opening game here, he has been
swinging wildly-swinging like a
gate" as the slang of baseball has
it-and he looked very, very bad
from the experts viewpoints of the
game. as well as from the standpoint
Of results.
He was, obviously. a goat"
Loose Mt Polo Grounds.
This afternoon. however, the goat
got loose up at the Polo Grounds,
and horned his way into the hero
class along with Happy; Feisch,
and Davy Robertson, and RuDe BEN
ton. and the other new occupants of
basbaIrs cabin of fame produced by
1911.
Up to today Benny had not got a
safe hit Today he got two that
were bundle" as man in the press
box remarked.
He tore on two home runs
They were both mighty sEnashes,
one being inside the grounds; the
other into the rightfield stand
The first blow started the White
sox toward the 5-to-o defeat, which
clinched.
He brought the Giants to even terms
with the Chica agoans as they started
west tonight for the fifth game of
the series Kauff's smash was the
first encouragement the slim. poyish
looking left-hanGer Schupp received
from his Giant support. and after
that the lad from Louisville was in
yincible. He Lcat the man who pitch
ed before the King-Urban Faoer.
the red-headed spit baller. Faber
heat the Giants in the second game
CONTINUED ON FACE TEN.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-12
TO CALL WOMEN
into SERVICE
May Be Asked to Work in
Munitions Plants
by Spring. :.

The government Is preparing to
call upon thousands of American
women to play their part in the war.
Before spring. according to present
indications, women will be needed in
munition factories, navy yards, ship
building plants and many other lines
OF war industry. The navy depart
ment, 1t was declared yesterday,
stands ready to employ them in great
numbers as soon as the present labor
shortage grows more serious, as II
Is expected to do with the increasing
war demands.
The navy already is employing more
women than any other government
bureau. The great clothing factories
conducted by the department at Phil
adelphia and Charlestown are run
completely by women.
Omcials admitted yesterday that
this country is facing a grave labor
shortage, a shortage Of skilled work
ers which will require legislation to
remedy.
Plan Il Outlined.
A tentative remedy has already been
sketched out. It is borrowed in part
from England. 1t is a policy Of "di-
luton"
By this is meant transfers Of skill
there is an unusually large percent.
age Of skilled men to one where there
is an unusually low percentage.
The most menacing shortage at
present is in the yards where the
emergency merchant feet is being
turned out. So serious has the situa-
ton become, 1t was said yesterday.
that the Shipping Board contemplates
a request to the President to exempt
all mechanics from the operation OF
the draft
Only a few skilled workers have
been taken, however, and this. II IL
declared was through inadvertence or
Observation-Disclosures on the part Of To-
cal exemption boards.
Roosevelt Favors Women.
Assistant Secretary OF the Navy
Roosevelt believes that women will
be the force to rescue the govern
ment's war work
"On certain mechanical Jobs" he
said yesterday. women are more
efficient than men. This is especially
true of the so-called repeat work
such as filling cartridges and shells
and small machine work, such as the
production Of parts.
TT Is almost certain that thou.
sands of women will be employed in
airplane factories. where work has
been largely standardized. England s
experience also has taught us that
they are valuable in shipyards, and
We stand to employ them In navy
yards az soon ~ necessary
The Washington herald., 1917-10-12


A high administration official said
Yesterday afternoon that the prob
lem vas Cne which was causing con-
siderable concern. He expressed 1t
as his opinion that the United States
must inevitably resort to the con-
scription Of labor, which has been
adopted both in France and England
since the war began.
shipping yards in this country are
embarrassed Dy their inability I, OBJ
tain all the men needed to keep their
worK going at full capacity and in
the construction of the great, fleet
Of airplanes a similar shortage is
felt.
Labor Condition.
Just how serious conditions are
throughout the country Is further
indicated in the statement made by
Chairman Hurley. Of the Shipping
Board, after visiting the Eastern
The Washington herald., 1917-10-12

elements of the French trenches
near Hill 344, but the Poilus rallied
quickly and hit back with a force
that threw the invaders out and re-
stored the original French lines.
British Defeat Reported.
The Sofia war ONCE asserts that the
British were defeated Tuesday In at
tacks launched on the Bulgarian
trenches to the south of Lake Doiran,
after twenty-four hours of violent ar
tillery bombardments- The end of the
battle. the Bulgarian statement says,
saw the defenders In full possession Of
the lines attacked. It asserts that
heavy losses were inflicted on the
British.
In their Flanders drive Tuesday the
French and British made altogether
2,os prisoners. including y officers. a
noteworthy proportion which indi-
Gates q shortage OF oficers on the
German side.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-12
WILL SUPPORT FRANCE TO END:
I ALSACE-LORRAINE MUST BE RESTORED: !.
MICHAELIS RAPIDLY LOSING HIS POWER
"Will Not Yield dSoil."-Michaelis.
ITO Redeem Oppressed" George

Chancellor MiehaeEs: As long Is our enemies demand
that shall yield piece Of German SOL long shall we with
folded arms refuse the hand Of peace"
Dr. Kuehlnann, German Foreign Minister: There
but to the question. Can Germany in any form
make concessions with regard AsaeeLona The answer
is no."
Premier Lloyd George: However long the may last,
England intends stand BY France until she has redeemed her
oppressed children from their foreign yoke"
The Washington herald., 1917-10-12
franciscan Sister Dies
Kneeling at Prayer

Syracuse. N. Y. Oct. 11.-sister NJ.
Alexia, Of the Franciscan Order. and
one of the most widely known Cath
Ollie charity workers in the United
at her devotions before the altar in
the Church OF the Assumption. She
had been at the head of charity or
ganizations in JenersonviIIs. Ind.
Louisville. KY. Albany. Utica. N. T.,
and Camden and Hoboksn. ". J.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-12

Of the Chambers of the New FORK
City Supreme Court Justices. The
plotters We're even bold enough to
store there a quantity of T. N. T.,
said by Capt. Tunney. of the New
York Polke Department bomb SQUAD,
to be one OF the most destructive and
powerful Of all explosives.
Four Are ArraIgned.
Those indicated today were Capt.
Franz Won Papen. DR.. Walter G.
Scheele, a former Brooklyn chemist
who is now in Mexico; Carl Schmidt,
formerly chief engineer of the Fried
rich Der Crosse; Otto walpert, Capt.
Won Kleist, Emo Bode, superintendent
OF number Of piers; Ernest Beebe,
Fred Kaebade, George Preadel and
Wilhelm Earadis. assistant engineers
of the Friedrichc Der Crosse; Will
helm Klein, Eugene Reister. propri-
etor of the restaurant in the Ger
manic Mason Temple at 20 East
Twentieth street. DR.. Kari SchinmeI,
Joseph Zeffert, a printer known as
Peter, the Jew" Walter Unde, list
ed as an alien enemy; Bonford Boni-
face and Capt. Won steinberg, of the
German navy. The last-named man
was aide to Fritz Won Rintelen, who
is now locked In the Tombs prison.
Four of the indicted men were ar
raigned today. Bail In the sum of
$4,000 was fixed for Rister, Unde
and Boniface. Zeffert was held in
5000 bail.
The Washington herald., 1917-10-12
RUSHING COAL
To OWhSHINGTON
-Four Philadelphia Firms
Make Shipments to
Capital.

-Four big coal firms of Phila6elphia
notified the United States Fuel Ao-
ministration yesterday that they have
made shipments 10 Washington. that
will fll all needs for anthracite.
They are the Philadelphia and Reads
ing Coal and Iron Company. NJ. A
Hanna Company. Madeira Hill and
Company. and Thos. Neale and COM
pany. This action was taken upon
request OF the Fuel Administration.
after a conference between L A
Snesd. Of the stan. and Washington
coal dealers.
The order In which the consuming
public will be served with coal was
a gain indicated by Fuel Administra-
tor Garfield yesterday. The railroads
will come first: the government and
munitions factories second; public
utilities third. and the general con-
sumins public last
CouI Enough for Au.
Mr.. Garfield stin insists that
there will be coal enough for all.
He took the first step to provide for
the railroads yesterday when he
ordered that the 700 or more BIZ
luminous mines along the Pennsyl-
Nauid 1NdliIO1O must Supply NnAt
railroad with the coal Il needs on
a basis proportional to the mines
output
The coal will be paid for at the
prices set by the government
Yesterdays action will prevent
the railroad from conhscating the
coal Of certain few mines. Similar
action is predicted for other roads.
The Railroad War Board an
nounced yesterday that the feature
of its six months work had been
its success with the handling OF
coal cars. despite the fact that car
shortage is cited as the principle
difficulty Of the Fuel Administra-
tion at this time.
The President appointed today
Albert E. Schwaibacher. Of San
Francisco. fuel administrator for
California. and VIII L Clark, OF
Flagstaff. for Arizona
The President also yesterday per-
nnitted increases in the prices of
Tennessee, Virginia and Kentucky
Goals whose operators Complained
of the first prices set. Run of mine
Is increased from 81 to $40. pre-
pared sizes from s22s to si.s5 snd
slack or screenings frop si.st 10
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