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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-03-22
The True
Man
By Elizabeth Schoen Cobb

copyright. 1917. western Newspaper Union.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS." The auc.
tioneer drawled out an announcement,
of the disposition of the last article of
furniture In the house. =
Back In the shadow Of the vine-cov.
cred porch, all through the wretched
morning hours, Anita Berdon had sat,
crouched back In a chair, her eyes
fixed on vacancy, her face a blank of
dull, sodden hopelessness and despair.
"G0nel" The word struck on her
senses like leaden mallet. Gone
Father, friends, home. Coming-com-
Ing had been the cares, the sorrows
that had bulked up with menace, crush
ing force and disaster. Going-going
had been all that was left of the ma
terial possessions of the little home.
Gone-the climax had come!
Ever and anon one Of the auction
GERS men had brought to the porch
and deposited there several articles.
There was her own sewing chair, an
escritoire. dainty clock. Anita won
dered why they were grouped, but
cared little. She had no hopes Of saw
Ing anything from the wreck.
There's deficiency" she heard the
auctioneer's clerk say.
"Yes," nodded his employer. "The
stuff is old and out of style, and the
bidding by no means brisk. Who Is
the man who bid in all that fancy
stuff?"
HE gives his name as Waldron Mer-
rift. 1 understand he is connected
with the law firm that put the execu-
tion.in process"
Through the screen Of vines Anita
had noticed this man. She was neither
attracted by him nor interested in him.
He was ten years her senior, a serious
faced man, self-restrained in his man.
ner and methodical in his ways. She
noticed him now, coming towards the
porch, and drew back distantly as he
assembled the steps and stood before
her, lifting his hat courteously.
"These are yours, Miss Berdon," he
said, indicating the articles that had
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-03-22
BOY SCOUTS ENLIST
WAR SAVING ARMY
SEC'Y McADOO APPEALS TO
THEM TO GO TO EVERY
HOUSEHOLD IN LAND.
RED POST CARD CAMPAIGN
President Wilson to Thank Lead
ing Scout Statesmen for Dis
tinguished Service.

Washington. $4,000 Boy
Scouts of America have been asked
by the Secretary of the Treasury to
enlist an army OF war savers through
out the country. The scouts have In
structions from their national head
quarters to ring every doorbell In the
land, deliver a short talk on the ne
cessity of saving, and take orders for
Government war-saving securities
the 25-cent and IS thrift stamps.
President Wilson will write a per-
sonal letter Of thanks to the scout In
each State who has the highest re-
cord Of sales during the year, and che
wives Of the Cabinet members have
offered to give victory flag in each
State to the troop standing at the top
at the end of the year.
Secretary McAdoo, in his appeal to
the scouts, says:
Your splendid work In the Lkes.
ty Loan campaigns proved that the
Government can count on you and
your organization. Knowing that
you are always ready to serve your
country, and realizing how widely
war-savings stamps may be sold
through your efforts, / take pleasure
in presenting you another opportun-
ity.
Five million red post cards have
been printed by the Government for
the special use of the scouts. These
are orders for the local postmaster to
deliver savings stamps. The boys will
take the orders for stamps from
house to house, drop the signal cards
in the mail boy. and the post office will
do the rest.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-03-22

FOR SALE-S0 acre farm, Clare
county; good room house; barn; out
buildings; school; telephone; bargain.
write owner, G.. V. RUBY Glare,
Mich. r. 6.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-03-22

been placed on the porch from time to
time. II feared you would value these
personal belongings, and"
'sYou purchased them, you meanT
she Intercepted quickly, almost sharp
~.
Eyes, I saved them from the wreck"
II cannot accept Them" she said def
nitely.
"Will you listen to me for mo-
ment7" ne went on, In his quiet, COM
posed way. II knew your father. and
In the past I many times tried to In
i1uence him In business matters for his
own good, but he was a headstrong
man and would not heed me. The in
evitable result transpired. Acting for
others, our firm was compelled to
wind ND his affairs. The result Is a
deficit, but the creditors are satisfied.
As to yourself, the firm wish to assist
you, II you will let them"
II thank you" she said coldly, but
cannot accept charity from strang-
ers."
III can be of assistance to you,
please command me-" he said. "In any
event, these things shall be sent to
your new home"
'Home 7" she cried, fiaring up In fea-
lures and spirit. II have no home. no
friends, nothing but bitter. hopeless
hem6ries.. The one relative I know,
anSged aunt. is living on a pension,
bare enough to keep her. Please
leaveSe. want to think-and de-
a, Ws'u sorNl erritt's face expressed In !.
mite III but he did not speak
fus s9e there owed gravely.
y. sne breao letter by the next
mail, sns eheJ with vivid strain
~ H a vane Powfor , !, r -,
4roduced to the yodshe had been IN
t u Who had designaAen by her faith
el en- VS." associate. He vim as busi-
n seT~e' and he came into0uns, hand nd
.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-03-22
Order Of Publication.

State OF Michigan. The Probate Court for
the County OF Shiawassee.
At session of the Probate Court for said
County. held at the probate ONCE In the City
OF Corunna, on Wednesday, the eth day OF
February, A. ID. 1918.
Present, Matthew Bush. Judge of Probate
In the matter of the estate Of A. Lee Will
Jams, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition Of May
O. Dewey, praying that administration Of
said estate may be granted to K. o. Dewey,
or some other suitable person.
II Is ordered, that the End day of AID, IL,
next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon. at said
Probate ONCE, be assigned for hearing said
petition.
And II Is further ordered, that q copy OF this
order be published three successive weeks
previous TO the said day of hearing, In the
Owoss Times, Q newspaper printed and circu.
lating In said County Of Shiswassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge OF Probate.
BY
CLARIBEL GALLOWAY,
Probate Register.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-03-22

STATE OF MICHIGAN-The Circuit Court
for the County of Shiawassee. In Chan
Gerry.
Elsie Beardslee, !
Cleveland L. Beardslee,
Defendant
At session of said court held at the Cour,
House in the City of Corunna in said County
on the 18th day of Feb 1918, Present the Hon.
Joseph H. Collins, Circuit Judge.
In this cause. 1t appearing by Affidavit on
file. that the defendants present residence car.
not be ascertained. in what state or county
he resides:
On motion of Paul " Gadola, attorney foi
plaintiff, It is ordered that the appearance,
of defendant be entered within three months
from date Of this order: and In case of his
appearance that he proceed as by statute pro-
vided.
Il is further ordered that this order be pub.
lished in the Owosso Times, a newspaper
printed and circulated in said County, within
twenty days from date of this order. and that
such publication be continued therein once in
each week for six weeks in succession or that
copy of this order be personally served on
said Cleveland l.. Beardslee at least twenty
days before the time above prescribed for his
appearance.
JOSEPH H. COLLINS,
Circuit Judge.
Paul ". Gadola, Attorney for Plaintiff.
Business Address: Owosso. Mich.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-03-22
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION OF
WOMEN ELECTORS

tONo
To the Women Electors of the City of
Owosso;-
Take notice, that by virtue of a
Resolution of the Commission of the
City of Owosso adopted Feb. Is, 101 !,
the central Board of Registration will
meet in the Office of the City Clerk in
the City Hall in the City of Owosso
Michigan upon Saturday, March 30, 1918
for the purpose of registering Women
Electors for the purpose of voting upon
the proposition to pay the claim of the
Citize 8 Savings Bank against Shia.
wassee County
All women possessing the qualifica
tions of male electors and having
property assessed for taxes within the
City OF Owosso shall be entitled to
registration and vote
Said Board will remain in session
from o'clock a m until s o'clock IN.
of the same day
Dated Feb. IS, 1918.
H. Hawcroft,
City Clerk.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-03-22

Rundell Brothers. mfrs. of creamery
butter, need your butterfat. Try us.
Open Saturday nights.
1.-THE FATAL SECRET" and Al
other good stories, postpaid, 10c. Ad-
dress, q. ELSEA, Owosso, Mich.
statesmen WANTED to solicit or
ders for lubricating ola, greases and
paints. Salary or Commission. Address
The Harvey Oil Co., Cleveland, Ohio.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-03-22
Commissioners Notice

State Of Michigan. The Probate Court for
the County OF Shiawassee.
In the matter OF the estate OF HARRIET
e. Clapp. deceased.
We. the undersigned. he wing been appointed
by the Hon. Matthew Bush Judge OF Probate
In aud for the County OF Shiawassee, State of
Michigan. commissioners to receive examine
and adjust all claims and demands OF all per-
sons against said estate, do hereby give
notice that we will meet at the
ONCE OF Gustav f. Friegel, In the City
OF Owosso. In said County, on Tuesday,
the 18Th day OF April, A. d. 1918 and
on Monday, the 18th dav OF June, A. ID.
1918, at ten o'clock in the forenoon OF each of
said days. for the purpose OF receiving and
ADJUSTING all claims against said estate, and
that four months from the 18TH day OF February
a. ID. ~ 8, are allowed to creditors to
present their claims To said Commissioners
for adjustment and allowance.
dated. the 18th day OF February. A. d. 1918.
FRANK r. FORSTER,
GUSTAV f. FRIEGEL,
494t Commissioners.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-03-22
SICK BEASTS

BOOK on treatment of Horses, Cows.
Sheep, Dogs and other animals, sent
cree. Humphreys Homeopathic Vet
Urinary Medicines, l56 William ST., N. Y.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-03-22
Notice.


STATE OF MICHIGAN-The Circuit Court
for the County of Shiawassee, In Chan
Gerry.
Emma Wells,
Charles C.. Wells,
Defendant
AT session of said Court held at the City
OF Corunna in said County upon the 25th day
of February A. d., 1918.
Present. Hon. Joseph II. Collins Circuit
Judge.
On filing the annexed affidavit stating thar
the above named defendant is not a resident
of the State of Michigan and that his where
abouts is unknown but that his last address
was st. Louis, Missouri, It Is Ordered that
the above named defendant. Charles C. Wells,
enter, or cause to be entered, his appearance
in this cause within three months from
and after the date hereof, and that this order
be published once each week for six weeks
in succession in the Owosso Times, one of the
newspapers of said County, or that personal
service be had upon the said defendant not
less than fifteen days before the expiration
thereof.
JOSEPH H. COLLINS,
Circuit Judge.
Seth @. Pulver, Attorney for Plaintiff.
Business Address: Owosso. Mich.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-03-22
Commissioners Notice.

In the matter of the estate Of Oscar
Bailey, deceased.
We the undersigned. having been appointed
by the Hon. Matthew Bush, Judge OF Probate
In and for the County of Shiawassee, state OF
Michigan Commissioners 10 receive. examine
and adjust all claims and demands OF all per-
sons against said estate. do her by give notice
that we will meet at the Cfice OF Gustav f.
Friegel In the ity o. Owosso In said coun-
w on Wednes lay, the 18th day of April A. ID.
1918. and on Tuesday, the Is b day OF Juue,
A. ID. 1918 at ten O'Clock ia the forenoon Of each
OF said days, for the purpose of receiving and
adjusting all claims against said estate. and that
four N ontbs from the 10Th day OF February
A. ID. 1918, are allowed to creditors to present
their claims TO said Commissioners for adjust.
ment and allowance
Dated the 10th day OF February, A. ID. 1918.
GUSTAV F. FRIEGEL,
ARTHUR e. DUMDND,
As 1t Commissioners.
Evening star., 1918-10-13

shell into that road, but they caught
no pioneers.
When the lieutenant heard about it
he said kind word for the sergeant
major, and did the boche better
trick. He ordered few men Of his
unit to continue working the shelled
road whenever it was free from ex-
plosions, but he took the main body
farther away and ordered a new road
built through woods and under
camouflage screen. On this road the
artillery moved freely, and the Ger
mans continued sending over planes
and shelling the old main road,
where four or five men were acting
as decoys.
Cleaning up the battlefield Is one
of the chief objects of the pioneers.
In our advance we have captured
millions of dollars worth of German
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material, the dump at Saponay con-
tanning $2,O00,000 worth Of shells
alone. So rapidly have the troops
gone on that for days and then weeks
no one paused to more than look at
the spoils which We're visible at the
roadsides.
But the pioneers went everywhere.
Some were in good condition, others
thrown helter-skelter, some supplies
set on fire, others bearing evidence
Of the most hurried retreat. The find
which has caused laughter in all our
carloads of seltzer water from fa-
nous German spring. The water was
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me they would be safe there il the
Germans continued to drop bombs on
his house."
The pioneers were among the first
to discover German traps following
the German retreat. They found the
mined roads and the ammunition
dumps which had been wired. In one
town they cut tho wire on clock
and then found that it's works had
been used for sort OF Internal ma
chine.
About his men Maj. Baird was es-
pecially enthusiastic. II do not think
many commanding officers have their
equal" he said; then he called up
Corp. Edwin Coyle. Louisville lad,
and said to him. Corporal, go ont
Evening star., 1918-10-13

Road Builders and
Sa7vage Mem -Boche
Machine Guns No,o
Fired by Americans
Ho.o Air Observers
Were Fooled by the
Pioneers.

and round up some Of the Kentucky
men who are not at work." ,,. ...
The corporal rounded them up.
These mountaineers have 1t on us
who come from the cities Of the east,
haven't they?" said the major. as the
boys lined UP for q photo. They're
hne men. doing hard work, and they'll
get their chance some day to pay the
boche back for all the Smelling on the
roads and the air bombs, too. Our
casualties have been light I am glad
to say, but these boys come from
sector at home where the favorite
expression seems to be. TO hell with
the Hohenzollerns and the Haps-
burgs" and they'll have their share in
sending the Hohenzollerns and Haps-
burgs there before this war is over"
Copyright, 1918, by Edward Marshall sy>d.)
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tors for use by the telephone and tele-
graphic squads Of our signal corps,
and, knowing the need for them In
the twenty ty-flve-kilometer stretch Of
devastation. got them delivered at
once, and the next day they were be-
ing used.
One thing the pioneers discovered"
was a French chateau built in 1926.
The old moat was gone, but one Of the
massive towers is still intact, and five
of the smaller ones are in good con-
dition. The twelve-foot wall has re-
sisted shell fire. In this chateau the
ludicrous Ludcndorff had once made
his headquarters. but the pioneers
were not impressed by that fact They
Evening star., 1918-10-13
ROBBIE

ny CAPT. n. r. w. REEFS. :,
PORB1E is q mad Irishman-oh. q
very mad Irishman! He has Just
been badly wounded and DISCHARGED
from the Army with the honorary rank
Of captain.
nave known Robbie for three years
OF fierce fighting against tho boche.
When first knew him he was a second ,
lieutenant, very sure Of his platoon, and
very certain that they could scupper
anything IN the German line that hap.
pened to be against them.
could tell stories Of Robbie all night
long lie was a most wonderful fel.
low. The first night ever met him We
were going over together in a raid. and
1t was very serious raid. My orders
were to stay on the boche parapet and
feed our parties.
Five minutes after he went down il.,o
the trench got message to 20 to him.
He was lying on q frestep in absolute
agony. Just then the word came
through that our spare bomb carriers
had been killed. and we had no reserve
of bombs. But that fre-bay was full
OF German bombs. Robbie lay there in
his agony and explained to his men
how those German bombs were used,
Then we bombed the boche out Of his
own trench with his own bombs.
We carried Robbie back on q scaling
ladder, and he had three months in
England.
When he came back again they put
him In charge Of a company, and that
riled him. He had to send q subal-
tern on patrol every night-and he
wanted to go himself. But one night
the patrol came back and said it had
encountered boche working party
In larger numbers and had had to re.
tire. Robbie did not know the mean.
ing Of the word retire" He made
report to 3. H. c., got permission.
and took out twenty men with him.
They found fifty hefty Germans fix-
ing trench mortar in a new emplace-
ment. They killed them all, and
brought in the trench mortar as a
souvenir.
Tho next occasion upon which Rob.
Bile came into the news, as it We're,
was when we did fairly big attack
upon boche position known as "the
Pimple." Robbie's Job was to blow
off Bangalore torpedo half a mile
to the right of where the attack was
actually being made. He went out,
but the boche saw him. They bombed
him immensely. That didn't bother
him very much, but when he pressed
the handle of the eXploder and it
failed to act he began to think
things.
There under that fire of bombs he
coolly took box Of matches out of
his pocket. struck one, and lit the
fuse which had failed to respond to
the exploder. The Bangalore went on
and the raid was successful, but Rob-
bic got two Jumps of boche bomb into
his body, and the subsequent pro-
ceedings interested him no more He
went off on another blighty trip.
All these wonderful things he did
in such a casual way that verify be-
lieve that nobody thought they were
wOnderful-until afterward; and he
never thought it even then.
Now he Is out OF the army and he
talks of it all with a fond regret and
the air of man who feels that he
did not do all that he might have
done. while he was in 1t.
That Is how he talks. and only those
who fought with him know what
daredevil, what a wonder. he was.
Copyright, 1918. ~
Evening star., 1918-10-13

IT the question were asked only a
rev weeks ago, what are the pioneers
and who and where. puzzled shaking
OF the head would be the answer.
PROBABLY today the majority Of officers
In the expeditionary force would say
emphatically that there are no such
things in the American Army and
never were. But II have eaten their
bread and SALT" I have drunk one Of
the 10000 bottles OF carbonated water
they took from the boches at Sergy
the day after their infantry brethren
had finally stormed the town, and
there is other proof that they exist.
The first of the pioneer regiments has
begun to do it's unlimited bit at the
front.
They build roads, they salvage the
battlefield, they bury the dead, they
make new bridges. haul away the cap
tured ammunition, do the hardest sort
of engineering work and at the same
time, being infantry, they prepare for
front line work and are ready when
ever needed. In fact, they have
equipped themselves with three or
four German Maxim machine gums
to q company, have obtained 10000
rounds of German ammunition for
each gun and are eager for the order
to use them on the enemy which once
owned them.
When they 20 out to work on the
roads to fill in the mornings shell
holes, or to build a new stretch for
70 h,1,, VIDE
from the road which the enemy
knows and shells every day, even the
marching infantry looks up and ad-
mires them. No wonder. Never were
finer men seen on the battlefields Of
France than some Of these Kentucky
mountaineers which make up few
of the platoons-strong, big, keen,
the pick and shovel any more than
they are of the Germans.
They are "wise" about the Germans,
too. The other day sergeant was
directing the repair of q certain bit
Of road. 1t was a quiet afternoon,
bright sunshine under heavy clouds,
and the guns were not speaking with
tiSAi oNSuotoihS" ShoNii5 NoiSSo'
Suddenly there was some shooting
close by and bursts in the sky-anti-
aircraft guns. The bursts made
streak from north to south, and soon
they saw the objective--a fast Ger
man plane: Then the Arches stopped
From the south came two moro
planes. The intruder turned. There
was free exhibition of looping,
, sideslipping, spiraling and other gym.
nastics about half a mile up, with
machine gun bursts for applause.
Then the German fled. Archie again
puffed in the sky.
X
*
OF course, the pioneers had stopped
to watch the show. When it was over
they resumed work. but not so the
sergeant major. He called to his men
to follow him and led them several
hundred yards away, to sheltering
woods and told them to wait.
He had judged rightly. The Ger
man plane had returned and reported.
The German guns sent shell after
Evening star., 1918-10-13

This fact struck Maj. George Blair
Of Philadelphia as drolL 1T the war
was over and had the coin." he told
me, I'D ask the old man hero to sell
me this chateau. 1t Is one Of the
finest ancient buildings I have ever
seen, and it would make you feel like
a king to live in it. But guess what
the old man did. He turned the tow
ers into stalls for his horses Told
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Mem Who F;qht as
Well as Clean Ub the
Batt7efe1ds wis" }"
to the Hun-Kentucku
Mounta'neers w h o
Are Not Afraid Of Hard
Work.
BY GEORGE n, SELDES.
special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
ON THE VESLE,
October 3, 1918.
old Walt Whitman, lover of man
kind, We're in France today,
i would he sing the farm boys Of
the middle west who blighted the
frussian Guard at Sergy or would he
sing the farm boyr of the middle west
VINO 90 the heavy work Of the war
the pioneers.
Perhaps he would sing both. There
is romance in the former red romance
with death and worse suffering and
untold pain. There is no glory in the
latter and no time for glory for there
is only toll from morning to night.
broken in the day time by shellflre, in
the night time by aerial bombs. The
pioneers are the battlefield workers
Of our Army.
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sent to chemist, for trap was sus-
pected. The chemist found no poison.
The regiment has good water with all
its meals.
They also found some 10000 insula-
Evening star., 1918-10-13

PIONEERS! O PIONEERS.
Colorado men are we,
From the peaks gigantic, from the
great Sierras and tho high
plateaus,~
From the mine and from the gully,
from the hunting trail we come.
pioneersi' o Pioneersi
From Nebraska, from Arkansas,
Central inland rnce are we. from Mis-
souri,. with the continental blood
intervein'd.
All the hands of comrades clasplng, all
the southern. all the northern,
Pioneersi o Pioneers!
WALT WHITMAN.
Evening star., 1918-10-13

found the main tower no less filthy
than the rooms occupied by lesser
Germans and they cleaned UP all
traces of the enemy before turning the
chateau back to its owners. some
simple French peasants who have
come back and who are continuing
to reap and plant.