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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-16
The Knights of Pythias set the bs

The knights OF Pythias set the bs
rolling for the Y. M. 9. A. drive on
Monday evening by voting $40 for
the county fund. rhs, ,Efks added $25
on Tuesday evening and the Masonic
lodge like sum. "Wednesday, Here's a
decidedly good hint forsother frSternsl
organizations Of thecity and county.
A son was born. Wednesday to Mr..
and Mrs. VIM, Best, North Saginaw
stfeet. 4@ & =.
LssL Conn was in st. John.. Thurs
days to see his sister. who has been
quite seriously sick. - q
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-11-16
SEND.OFF FOR DEPARTING SOLDIERS

next quote Camp Custer, a program
will be given at the court house on
Sunday afternoon, when the men
will be summoned for final instruc-
ton. Judge Collins is in charge OF
the arrangements, and an address
will be given by Hon. VIM. Smith,
of ::St. Johns. Other talks will le
given by DR.. Rice, of the draft board
and Maj. M. J. Phillips, of Owosso
Music will be given by the COrunna
schools.
Monday morning the men will be
escorted to the Grand Trunk depot
by the Bancroft band, the OwossC
company of state troops, and other
societies. Each man will be pro-
vided with lunch box.
The Shiawassee county draft board
has compiled a list Of the men who
are called to the colors at Camp Gus
ter, and these men will undoubtedly
be asked to be in readiness to depart
some time next week. The list is as
follows:
Andy Dadik, Durand
Martin Momohodak, Vernon
Clifford McCarn, Perry
Dan Earnest Harper, Ovid
Ellie w. Somers, Elsie
l.. J. White, Lennon
Ernest Stadlberger, Durand
Henry r.. Nelson, New-Lothrop
Glen j. Love Byron
Ashy M. Arnold, Ovid
Elbern Parsons, Durand
aEdward Graham, Perry
Eber f. Porter, Lennon
Paul Marriage, Corunna
Frank A. McNally, Durand
Fred A. Krey, Harrisburg
Dana e. DeFreeze, Perry
David Scott, Perry
Horace F. Mead, Ovid
Harold w. Waldie, Bancroft.
Ryrl Malcolm Cone, Corunna.
Leo Stewart, Corunna
Louis Geyer, Perry
sEleland Fair, Durand
John w Hall, Dura1fd IxFS n9''il
Leroy Upham, Laingsburg
Edw. Frost, Lennon.
John Parrenlak, New LothrOp
Raymond Byrnes, Laingsburg
Jas. Jarrad, Perry
Lyle Parr, Durand
Arson Tyler, Laingsburg
Earl Brookins, Byron
Frank Gilmore, Durand,
Leo McGrath, Laingsburg
Clarence Butcher, OwOsso
Rolla Arthur, Peary
Claud Fowler, Durand
John Henderson, Durand
Austin Moorish, Owosso
Herman L. Clark, Owosso.
Homer f. Wise, Owosso.
William G. Mccormick, Owosso.
Lawrence V. Constine, Owosso.
Sylvester Pattern, Owosso.
Lew McCarrick, Owosso.
Louis A. Blair, Owosso.
John OFT, Owosso.
Maurice Barry, Owosso.
Leon Earl Byerly, Owosso.
Harry McKelby, Owosso.
Otis l.. Sutherland, Owosso.
The board also received a communi-
cation from the war department di-
recting them to prepare statistics
concerning the rgistration and draft
in this county. They are required to
have the work done within six days
and the results Of the same forward
ed to Washington at the close Of that
time.
1t is desired to furnish congress al
its coming session full statement OF
the man power Of the country as re-
vealed by the selective service act
The local board will have to 60 over
the registration cards and list the
number of men registered according
to occupations and marriage relations
the number who have been examined
to date with the number rejected by
the examining board, the number Civ
en- exemptions and discharges, will
the number Of men who have beer
discharged after being sent to the
cantonment. This work will demand
the attention of the board for the full
time allotted by the government.
-
The knights OF Pythias set the bs
rolling for the Y M. 9. A. drive OF
Monday evening by voting $40 TO
the county fund. rhs, ,Eks added 81
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
Godfathers of Army Camps
No. 20-Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich.
BY James c. Young.

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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
Hits From Sharp Wits

1t is no longer safe for q lazy man
to loaf near an employment bureau
Toledo Blade.
The shoemaker should be exempted
because he of all men is his family's
sole support.-Dcnyer News.
Occasionally YOU see a wo,nln's hat
that really does look like Onc.-Chi.
CaSo News.
The ono time when Il fellow feels
he ought to be let down easy Is when
he is hard up--Philadelphia Record.
Strange. but most all our good rcso-
lntions are made after it is too late
Paterson Can.
An unmnnagcablc child usually be-
longs to non managing parcnts.-Al-
bany Journal.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
A DIFFERENCE IN STRIKES.

The menace Of general rail-
road strike is before us again.
The conductors and trainmcn are
following the usual course of a
strike vote following demands for
increased wages. and with the
usual insistcncc that their de-
mandS must be met. II Is OBJ
served that when a strike vote Is
taken the result is always ma
jority for the strike.
There is. however. u difference
in conditions since the last
threatened general strike. Our
government is at war. The rail
roads are very necessary and
integral part of our war ma
chinery. This is where the gov
eminent Of the United States
steps in-ln war time.
We are not qualified to say to
what extent the claims Of the
men for increased wages are de
serving. As we have observed,
organized labor is not to be criti-
cizcd harshly, if il cndcavors to
meet the high cost of living by
securing increased wages; the
prOtitcers have taken advantage
of the war to secure increased
profits. The time. however. has
come when the government Is
stopping the greed and graft OF
these protlteerS.
Let organized labor move
with care SO that it may avoid the
charge of prollterring.
We are not worrying over the
possibility Of a lic-up of the rail
roads. We hope that the diff
culties will be amlcably settled
and that the employees will come
TO q realization that they Will
have TO make war sacrifices az
we'll as the rest of us. IT, how
ever, the worst comes to worst
the railroads Will be taken ovel
by the government Of the ifnitet
States and most assurcdly will b.
operated. We would have very
little faith III victory over Ger.
many if we believed that olll
government did not have tie all,
thority Of compelling men |,
work Oh the railroads as We'll a,
in the trenches.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
HOW LONG Is THIS To LAST.
EsrA0LishGo M

How long. oh, Lord. how long
must we be compelled to read
such news items as this from
Butte?
The failure Of the government to
show the commission Of an offence
again worked to thu discharge of ;ln
alleged draft cvaIer defendant in fed
oral court. About 10 days ago Judge
Bourquin vacated foar so-caied
Stacker cases when it was shown that
the government had prepared no evil
dencc of the offensc except By the
admissions and statements Of defend
ants.
That is the news that has been
coming from Butte for months.
Nearly always the government
has failed in the preparation OF
its cases or the court has been
over lcnicnt. The court SAYS on"
thing and Mr.. Wheeler another.
but the result is nearly alWaA :
the same. Sometimes it i mn
possible to avoid conviction and
then the poor Stacker may gel
three days in Jail.
Meanwhile we are sending our
boys to die in the trenches: we
are pinching expenses to ana la"
Red Cross and y. NJ. e. \. aud are
Over-subscribinS to the Liberty
bonds. We are trying to do o,...
duty as we see it, but we ~,
dead tired of reading such news
as we have quoted.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16

the pirate story where the captain of
the good ship Nancy Jane stuffed
sailors suits with straw and lined
them up against the bulwark, to make
the buccaneers believe that he had Il
hundred men instead of a dozen. Every
one who ever read a pirate story must
remember that yarn, because every
writer who ever wrote a pirate story
adopted it for his own purposes. That
was caynouflage, but the captain would
have been surprised had some one told
him about it. IN fact, he probably
would have denied the charge indg
nantls-.
a young officer in Uncle Sans re-
serve corps, being of an inventive
turn, and 10 doubt having read that
story, has come forward with a sug-
sestion that promises we'll Taking
a bucket OF paint and sundry sheets
of PAPER mache he succeeded in turn
ing out Il number of figures that
looked very much like soldiers. The
papier machc was cut III some in
stances so that the paper soldier APP
pearcd to have Il rifle held to his
shoulder. BY distributing these fig
ures To good advantage, he suggested.
the Germans might be deceived in
many cases and made To waste IA few
hundred shells while permitting a con-
centration of real troops TO 80 forward
uninterrupted.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
DON'T LET THIS DIE.

Sometime ago Il movement was
started for a MS~oula Home
Guard. We would like to know
what has become of it. # il was
needed three months ago. Ger
tainly it is needed now. The
need is likely to be greater as The
war progresses. Let US hear from
those who were sufficiently in
terested in this movement to start
it.
Home guards in other cities,
especially in the middle west
have been organized successfully
and are doing excellent service.
War work of various kinds may
be done by such organizations.
but the most important duty is
that of keeping the spirit of pa
triotism keyed up. Besides it is
an excellent method Of lining up
the citizens of a community so
that we may be sure Of those
who are with The government.
The overshadowing purpose IF
the home guard, however. is to
have force that will be pre-
pared for Unforeseen cVenluali-
ties at home. We know, for in
stance. that several peace propa-
gandists. whom we suspect to be
in the service of the German gov
eminent, have been going to va
rious homes in Missoula. talking
cunningly Of the horrors Of war
boosting the !. W. w. and argu-
ing openly that this is a war for
the benefit Of the rich and injury
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16

it, do not want Your money for them
selves. They want your money only
that it may be spent in caring for your
boy. They can now do what you no
longer can do. Will you help TODD this
thing" Or will you. now that your boy
has gone far away, turn your back and
leave him to be stained. and coalsened
and corrupted in the hands of those
who would exploit him in sin for profit.
and IN corruption for 4 price?
Evil women, rotten men, and the coun-
tGrfcit joys that dwell in the glitter
ing he'll holes where rum distort the
brain and stimulates the body, bcset the
path of every Young male human be-
ing in the world.
Protect your boy from these things
now. . Or else don't blame him
too harshly II a different boy comes
back TO you from the boy who went
away.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
Your Boy
Protect Him Through
Helping Y. M. G. A.
BY PORTER EMERSON BROWNE
Of tho "Vigilantes."

This is written to every father, TO es-
cry mother. to every brother. to every
sister, to every uncle, to every aunt, to
everybody who has a boy that he or
She loves.
Your boy is either at the front, or in
the camps, or waiting to be sent to the
camps-which means that some day he
will be sent to the front for Germany
is u nation as strong as it is cruel. us
powerful as it is mercilcss; aud this
war. which we must fight OF become,
as Belgium has become, q nation of
corpscs and slayes,will take all Our
men, all our money, all our fortitude.
to win.
You loved your boy when he was at
home, didn't you? You did Tor linn all
that love, and care. and kindrcsS, and
tenderness, and devotion could do to
keep him straight. and clean. and
happy. You loved him that n.
was yours. He loved you for the love
you gave him.
Now he is gone, or is going, away.
It is right that he should go. 1t is
Gods will that he should 30. lie goes
to defend you whom he loves against
those that would rape and rob and
| kill: that would make this land of
ours a slambles and a shame. that
would make the words. life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness" Il bloody
snccr against the vast background OF
| time.
And now. as he goes. YOU must say
| To lj.Sc hri,
Sd fcly back to u.s." You kiss.
. . Your hand fingers in his--lin-
| gers, uuivcring-and then withdraws.
| And he has gone. I.
He has left YOU. For Il time he has
gone from Your life and you from him.
| He will be exposed to many tempta-
| tions-cven as would YOU at hts age,
| Many men and many women will try
in many ways to tempt him to do the
things that he should not. Life is life:
| and to be human. and young. is 10 be
! all that the words human, and young
| mean.
But there is one way in which you
can stlu be with him-by which the
| hand Of yours that aided his baby foot :
| stcps~-that helped him in his little les
| sons of primer and northumberland
guided him past childish dangcrs-can
| still reach out to help him. >.
Better than we. the Young Mems
Christian association realizes the power
! OF evil associates, OF rotten cnriron-
| mcnt, of the sodden dangers that are
| bound TO pitiall the road of those that
arc human, and young. SIS
| These men want to give your boy
| the things that YOU, who love him, can
no longer give him. They want to give
| him the loving care that You can no
longer give him. They want to give
| him clean places to live in. clean books
| to read. clean games to amuse, clean
| music to hear and sing, clean drinks
to drink clean associations with which
TO associate. They want to send him
back to you as honest, as fearless, as
gentle, as clean as when he left you.
To give him these things. this attcn-
ton. this love. this care. will take
money. These people that would do
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
Paris Sends Greeting
TO Missouia Women.

On November 10, the Missoula Wom-
ans Patriotic association received y
letter from Paris carrying n heartfelt
thank you" for 10 boxes of hospital
supplies and garments just received
from this association. and on Novcm-
Der IL, six more cases were shipped
by the Missoula workers
OF the boxes sent out this week. -four
were filed with warm underwear
which had been purchased with money
donated by the employees of the Mis-
soula Mercantile company. The ac-
ton was spontaneous and unanimous.
Men and women, without exception,
contributed a share towards the filling
of the four boxes. In the other two
boxes were i27 articles sent. from st.
Igna:ius, the total number Of articles
being 2,440 in this shipment.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
rs Years Ago
What Missoula Was Doing
on This Date in 1892.
eFrom the Morning Muscular for No

oFrom the Morning Missoulian for NO
vember IS, 1S92.s
Manager Hartley is meeting with
some success in his sale of season
books for the proposed opera season
by the Calhoun Opera company next
month. The books consist Of six
tickets.
John Brcchbill, the well known car
pentcr and contractor. is in the city
from Hamilton and brings with him an
echo of the campaign. He says that
he and several others were discharged
from work because they supported
Houston for sheriff.
Winnifrcd Glare Smith, aged two
weeks, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Smith, was christencl yester-
day by Father Guido. +. l.. Gogcrty
and Mrs. Mary Robertson stood as
godfather and godmother respectively.
The weather which has been unset
tied since election will probably set
tie this evening when the official can
VASES is completed and the agony is
over.
Honorable W. NJ. Bickford, II. G.
Stiff and j.. II. Hershey have formed n
law partnership for the transaction Of
general legal business.
There will be "a grand SHOOTING,
tournament at the baseball grounds in
south Missoula next Sunday.
"our German Ward" will be present
ed at the Missoula opera house next
Saturday evening.
Tie Teachers reading circle meets
this evening in the parlors Of the Mis-
soula hotel.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
fapier Machc Soldiers
to Deceive the Enemy

Ever since the beginning Of war.
which started with the beginning Of
time, men have been trying to trick
their antagonists. one Of the best
means, Of course, is to make the other
fellow believe tlkit you have more men
than are available or more guns than
are on hand Recently We have adopt
ed an expressive French phrase to coy
er all these things-camoufla sc. Al
though camouflase originally did not
have such a broad meaning, it prom
Uses to be one of the most general
terms taken from our friends, the
French, and made into English. -
Most Of us will remember reading
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
Marines Save Drive
BY Drill Steps.

The route step" which has long
been used by.4American. troops. on tho
march has been abandoned by the Y.
$. Marines. according to Lorraine l1ig-
bee. Il State University student who
recently spent Il brief iurlough here
after several months of training with
the first to fight" The Marines have
proved by actual tests that the old
"go-as- you please" method is more
wearing than marching at attention in
the correct military style. Hiking Is
really easier when the men march in
precise order than when they shuttle
along at ease. The European armies
all hike at attention as If on parade.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
Campfire Girls
Make Trench Torches.

AS the result Of a suggestion from
national headquarters. the Campfire
girls of MissOula may begin manufac-
turing trench torches" home made
devices for the use OF soldiers at the
front in heating food and fingers.
These torches are made out Of rolled
newspapers glued. cut In fOur-inch
lengths and boiled III candle grease.
They will burn stuck in the ground
anywhere and have II slow flame which
lasts from 40 minutes to an hour.
The heaters will keep q soldiers
fingers warm in the trenches so that
lie can shoot. ana his rations hot. so
that he will have fighting energy.
They arc light to carry and will be OF
great use in the coming winter cam
paign.
Although unknown to American
women until recently, the European
women and children have been turning
out these candles In great numbers for
their soldiers. 1t is said that the
Italian women and children make
100000 such torches daily for use in
I he cold mountain regions where the
italian army has been fighting.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16
GETTING ON HIS NERVES.

This is the fourteenth time you
have brought this manuscript back to
me-" said the poet to the postman.
I'm sorry, sir"
"Of course, l don't bear you any i'll
will because editors reject my sonnets."
Il hope not, sir"
"But the next time YOU deliver a
thick envelope like this l wish you
wouldn't blow your whistle as ii you
were trying to play dirge."-Birming-
nam Age Herald. sxx.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16

Was Coed Sight
fer Money. hungry.

whether a grower OF sugar bects.
who had his share Of the $4,000 which
was paid out yesterday morning by
the Great Western Sugar company or Il
successful manipulation Of some other
line of enterprise, agricultural or COM
mercial, was not explained. The mp
parent fact was that the Syrian had
about $4,000 in grccnbacks in his pos
session, yesterday. The man went TO
one Of the business houses of the city
to pay an account Of nearly $500 and
held q great roll Of bills in one hand,
rs he counted out the amount due. Tho
sight Of SO comfortable a wad Of mon
cy was Il refreshing variety TO tho
clerks stationed about the casl, desk.
They joined in tho hope that the Syrian
might enjoy other Injuries with his
bills Of large denomination in addition
to the luxury Of paying bills rendered.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16

The death of John W. Foster,
former minister to China and for
d brief period secretary of state,
may not mean much to the news
paper reader who is not familiar
with all that goes on behind the
scenes at Washington. We doubt
if his name will be recognized
10y the younger generation. 1t is
almost a quarter of u century
since Mr.. Foster retired from the
cabinet Of Mr.. Harrison, where
he filled IN after the quarrel be-
tween the president and Mr..
Blaine. The interest lie, in the
Relationship with Secretary of
Stetc Lansing, who married Ir.
Fosters only daughter. The wise
ones ut Washington understand
that Secretary Lansing, althoush
an able cabinet minister. has
been most fortunate in having at
his elbow, during all the trying
of new diplomatic prob
lens that preceded the war, thG
Shrcwd advice and the fruitful
experience. of his distinguished
iathcr-ln-la~. Mr.. Foster. al
though not Always prominent Of
l1clallN, was one Of the ablcst
diplomats in the history of this
country. lie km'w international
law in all its phases, and he han
a wonderfully clear and effective
style Of writing. Although an
jold man his mind was entire;%
clear aud acute until his recent
illness. The present secretary OF
state has made fine record and
is not to be deprived Of glory
when we say he may thank his
stars Tor his tather-in-law.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16

\ shining milestone i'll the pro-
grcssivc industry Of Western
Montana was reached yesterday
when The Great Western Sugar
company paid $4,000 to more
than 100 individual growers for
GOO tons of sugar bects grown
in our adjacent valleys. Four
weeks from now there will be
another payment of 100000 and
within a month the great, new
and splendldly equipped factory
of the Great Western company
will be turning bcets into sugar
and syrup. This is the sort Of
news that We like to chronicle.
1t spells progress of the finest
and most enduring sort. It means
the fixture Of new industry
that will add materially to the
prosperity Of all. The sugar fac
tory was built because the able
and constructive men behind had
confidence in the resources III
Ibis section of Montana. They
FULLY deserve every form of sup
port from our community, for
they have demonstrated the value
of a work III which HEY are pio-
nrrrs in Montana, We wish The
best Of fortune to them.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16

out here in Montana We pride our
selves on cur loyalty aud seek I" show
ii by our subscriptions to Liberty
bonds and Red Cross tunaS while our
prosecutors and courts pretend to be
helpless when the Wobblics plaster
our cities with posters advocating sab
otage and advising workers to slow
down. destroy and hinder the govern
mcnt Helena Independent.
Getting lircsomc. ISN'T it? We
wonder how long Senator Walsh
viii stand it.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16

to- tho poor WIS do not know
how much Of IND work has been
going on in thc country or what
other methods Imay be chosen
for this treasonl A home guard
would be uscfN to round up
these spies. Leg the organization
of it progress,
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-11-16

The committee to plan q per-
mancnt organiZation\ for the
Community chorus had Il very
satisfactory meeting last evening.
a report Of its work will be given
to the next meeting of the chorus
at The Missoula theater next sun
dan at $3.50 o'cluck--not y O'Clock.
a. first announced. All members
.of the choru>-and this means
cvcrybody-will please arrange
to be present \ fine. attractive
program will be Offered under
The direction of Professor De
Loss Smith. The Missuula baud.
The church choirs and the glce
clubs viii be there. but the sue
cess Of the meeting will depend
wholly upon the enthusiasm and
attendance of the citizens vi Mis-
soula. Each must feel his or her
responsibility in This matter. The
community chorus is strictly Il
community affair. II j. not ul-
der the auspices or direction Of
any body. but The citizenship Of
this city.