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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-10-25
ROOSEVELT AND TAFT
ENDORSE NEWBERRY.

Timely and pointed letters urging the
election of Truman II. Newberry for
United States Senator were given out
by ex Presidents Roosevelt and Taft
this week MIR. Roosevelt's letter fol-
lows:
81 congratulate you on your nomi-
nation, but far more do l congratu-
late Michigan and all our people.
at was my good fortune to have
you serve under me as secretary of
the navy, and can testify personally
to your efficiency and your disinter-
ested and single-minded zeal for the
public service.
"To a very peculiar degree you
have stood for that kind of govern
ment which puts the interest of the
people as whole first and foremost,
and treats all other considerations as
negligible when the public veal is in
volved.
"Your Record Typical"
"The record made by you and your
two sons In this war Is typical OF
your whole attitude as public SER
want. Both your boys at once entered
the navy and are now on the high seas.
You sought employment abroad /;
when that was refused you, you ac-
copied any position that was offered
in which you could render public SER
vice.
"The nomination of Mr.. Ford makes
the issue sharp and clean. 1t is not
primarily an issue between the Re-
publican party and the Democratic
party, for Mr.. Ford does not seem to
have any firm political convictions,
and was content to take the nominal
ton on any ticket without regard to
what the general principles of the men
supporting that ticket were, and his
memory about past politics is so hazy
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-10-25

Truman H. Newberry Is known as q
protectiohist of the loyal stamp; Henry
Ford's views are unknown on almost
every public question but he Is
backed by the free trade advocates of
the nation. Michigan voters will tell
Mr.. Ford again on election day that
they have no use for free traders to
represent them In Washington, espec-
tally when their record is open to just
niticism on the war.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-10-25
Newberry. tho Patriot, W. Ford. the
Pacifist, That 10 the Issue.

Work IN the county clerks Office de.
mands all the time Of every member of
the force and for that reason Arch w.
Burnett. the present deputy and Re.
publican candidate fer clerk, regrets
that 1t lie Impossible to devote any time
20 making a canvass of the county for
election. Never mind. Arch, the vot.
srs will care for you on Nov. 9th by an
invitation to step mp higher.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-10-25

and that you will be independent and
courageous in pointing out the mis-
takes of administration, with a view
to their remedy. l earnestly hope
that the electors of Michigan will
choose YOU"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-10-25
Japan's Rice Lands. /

Twelve thousand square miles-7,.
6SO,O0O acres-cOnstitute the rice land
of Japan which feeds a nation of
about 100000 people on an average
of pound day for each person. II
takes 1875 days to grow crop of rice,
and In japan the laborious work of
cultivation Is done almost entirely by
hand.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-10-25
State

For Governor
ALBERT E SLEEPER of Huron.
For Lieutenant Governor
LUREN ID. DICKINSON Of Eaton.
For Secretary of State
COLEMAN G. VAUGHAN, Clinton.
For State Treasurer
SAMUEL ODELL. of Oceana.
For Auditor General
ORAMEL B. FULLER, of Delta.
For Attorney General
ALEX J. GROESBECK, of Wayne.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-10-25
Michigan's Dilemma

with Mr.. Ford's known pacifist
views, carried to an extreme indeed
with his nondescript political affilia-
tions, and with his engaging in this
canvass simply at the instance Of the
president, the people of Michigan are
placed in dilemma in respect to how
he will represent them.
"He will either go into the Demo-
cratic caucus and follow implicitly the
wish of the president, who induced
him to run, or no one can know what
he will do, not even Mr.. Ford, in con-
tingencies that are likely to arise.
eff you are elected, the people Of
Michigan will know that you will act
with the loyal Republicans and that
you will back the president to the ut
most when he is seeking congressional
assistance for the winning Of the war,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-10-25
Legislative

For State Senator, 18th Distrist-
BYRON P. HICKS of Durand.
For Representative in State Legislature,
JOHN Y. MARTIN of Corunna.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-10-25
Congressional

For Representative in Congress, 9Th
District
JOSEPH W. FORDNEY of Saginaw
The Washington times., 1918-03-07
SECRETARY DANIELS CLOSES
ALL SALOONS IN FIVE-MILE
ZONES ABOUT STATIONS

Chafed by the vain attempts OF
local authorities to enforce the law,
Secretary OF the Navy Daniels today
threw an impregnable bulwarl
around officers and enlisted men of
the navy by declaring a dry zone.
five miles wide, around eight per
manent naval training posts and the
Naval Academy at Annapolis.
This means that thirty-siX saloons
in Annapolis are doing their last
business. All of them will be closed
soon, as will the drinking establish
ments OF the elite at fashionable New
port The order hits Annapolis and
Newport harder than any OF the other
seven communities.
Newport Conditions Bad.
Conditions at Newport and the
Mare Island Station at Vallejo. Cal,
had become intoIerable. it was ex-
planned by the Secretary. The COM
mandant OF the naval district. minis
tiers and civic bodies urged the bar
ring OF all intoXicahts 10 sailors al
Newport.
SaIoonkeepers at Annapolis kept
their places open for business today.
They said they will wait fer direct
orders from the Secretary 10 close
up. According to officials Of the
Navy Department, the order takes eff
feet Immediately"
This is assumed TO mean that deal
ers will be notified through the local
The Washington times., 1918-03-07

authorities when to close. 1t is prob
able they will be given time to make
arrangements for disposing Of their
stocks.
Under powers conferred by the Sc
lective service act Secretary Daniels
forbids the sale or giving away OF
any intoxicating beverages or the I'M
portation except for medical or sac
ramental purposes.
Must Protect Morals.
Secretary Daniels makes an ex-
ception in a case where liquor is
served in a private home to guests
or members OF the family.
In a statement explaining the or
der Secretary Daniels said Il had be-
come necessary to safeguard the
morals OF young men assembled for
naval training.
The following stations will have
dry zones" established about them
for a width of five milaNi: Naval
Academy. Great Lakes Training Sta
ton. at Lake Bluff. Ill, Newport,
Norfolk. Hampton Roads. Mare Is
land. Cal: League Island, PhiIadeI-
phia), Quantico, Va, and Port Royal,
S G.
The Washington times., 1918-03-07

the Tobber trust by the throat and
shake it down" until it would di-
vide honestly with his patrons, the
honest and patriotic sheep farmers,
who are now suffering untold
calamities because of the way
they are helping to win the
war on a basis of expensive pa
triotism and insufficient profits. Ed
itor Reed wanted the Meat Trust
taken over" at once, before some
great disaster followed. But he re-
marked, with some trepidation.
that the President "has a blind
side" When Senator Gore read him
a clause from the food control act,
he agreed that there was no need
of giving the President more power
if he would only use that. But he
was in a state Of very serious fear
that Presidential Intervention in tho
case Of mutton would remain per
functory."
The Washington times., 1918-03-07
BOSTON MAN HAS
MACHINE GUN THAT
NEEDS NO POWDER

BOSTON. March IA powderless
machine gun that will fire from ten
to fifty bullets a second is the inven-
ton OF Levi W. Lombard. OF Mattapan,
and Earl Ovington, OF Newton. The
latter will be remembered as one OF
Boston's first aviators.
The gun is in effect nothing more
than an enlarged sling shot. \ com
pany has been incorporated for
100000 to manufacture them. The
guns action is simple. It is a revolv-
ing disc, which emits bullets after
they have Travelled on its surface.
The machine fires round bullets.
Those used in the tests had steel bear
ings.
The shot is fed into a hopper at
the side OF the gun, and as the disc
revolves it throws the bullets at a
terrific force through a slot
The Washington times., 1918-03-07
Y. M. H. A. PLANNING TO
HOLD BIG CELEBRATION

\ house warming smoker will
be held toniEh. {; aeadquar-
tiers OF the 7. n Fl. A., Eleventh
street and TcnnsyIvsEis sr-Eus
northwest, to celebrate ne or,1tu-
OF the new homo f5= IeT:ss s0-Grs-s
and civilians. An elaboratN program
OF entertainment las bee r--r-..s
to be topped o. by 4 group @. ger
formers from the Cosmos Ia--s-..
Julius Peyster. Judge lr'Er- -sF-
burger. and other prom mon req
have been asked to spec uC.rsrs
to guide the affairs OF ne .-Es-i-
zation will be chosen at ..a--irE
March 10.
y well-eauipped gymnas r. Wv b
one Of the features OF the .s-s g.
quarters and interest in at =-s .-..l
be revived Uniformed nHr .ri %
welcomed to the new home and ov-
cry arrangement made for their vel
fare and comfort.
The Washington times., 1918-03-07
BILLIONS
OF WAR INSURANCE
WRITTEN BY j. S.

The life underwriting section OF the
Bureau Of War Risk Insurance. has
grown TO be the largest life Insurance.
company in the world.
More than $4,000. OOO. 900 has al
ready been written on the lives Of
American soldiers. sailors. and nurses.
and at the close OF business yester-
day 1,392.324 applications. represent
ing insurance OF S11.256.44s, 800. had
been reeelved at the bureau. u
Secretary McAdoo announced today
that late reports from the American
expeditionary force. together with IN
surance now in transit from distant
points, Indicate that the total is well
above twelve billion dollars, covering
more than 1900. 900 in the military
or naval service.
The average amount applied Cor II
SS,OS5.
The Washington times., 1918-03-07
ANNAPOLIS IS
MADE DRY BY
MANDATE Of
NAVAL HEAD

John Barleycorn has been given
two years of grace in Maryland. His
arch enemy, the Anti-Saloon
League, however, is today planning
TO give him a hard run during that
period.
This means Baltimore will lose
none of its attractions for thirsty
Washingtonians, who had, during
the recent "bone dry" agitation in
Annapolis, been studying time tables
and automobile log books to deter
mine on the shortest route to an
other wet oasis.
Annapolis Goes Dry.
Annapolis, however, did not fare so
well. No sooner had the Maryland
delegates decreed that Maryland
should remain wet another two years
than an order was issued by Secre-
tary of the Navy Daniels that no
Erog shops would be permitted to
operate in the fve-mile zone around
the Naval Academy. This order
closes all saloons in Annapolis. The
Secretary had been awaiting the &C
Alon OF the Rouse OF DeleBdles peiOEe
issuing his order.
washington Is dry. but Baltimore
is only forty miles away" will con-
tinue to be the slogan in the National
Capital
The Statewide prohibition measure
was killed in the House of Delegates
in Annapolis late yesterday, when the
"wets" outmsneuvered the 'drys"
and laid the Phoebus dry bill on the
table by a vote of 80 to 81.
Killed For Two Years.
The weimer bill was preferred by
the Anti-Saloon League, but they had
no real objections TO the Phoebus
measure. Both provided for bone
dry" prohibition.
Under the rules OF the house no bill
containing the subject matter con-
tanned in any bill killed can be intro
duced at the same session. There
fore, neither the Weimer bill nor any
The Washington times., 1918-03-07

To get an understanding os our
exact position in the world Of
mind" which is to be made safe for
democracy, we must turn back to
the start. In the first place, then,
only a few of US are intellectual
(or high-browed) supermen. After
taking a degree as Phi. D., or Ii.
D., it is supposable that we may
try to begin to think. Until then
1t is not supposable psychologically
that we can think at all. We ere
act instead of thinking.
To realize our status as mere
men, to be co-ordinated and unified
by supermen, tread on a worm. 1t
"squirms,' as we say. This does
not show thought. The worm is not
'squirming" because It's feelings are
hurt. 1t is "reacting." Try another
experiment in psychology. Find a
bull dog asleep Kick him suffici-
SANA nth llN " VI itdGI. VIC
now have a scientific idea o. cur
own processes, which we may mis-
take for feeling and thought. Super
men do not waste time on our feel
ings, or care what we suppose we
think. They study our reactions"
and continue their scientific expert
ments accordingly.
This il necessary to explain what
Congress did Yesterday. 1t "UN-
DERWENT A REACTION" Per
haps is was in part a result Of
thought and feeling. If so, it was
the thought and feeling that
enough Is enough, too much is I'M
healthy" and that the greatest pos
sible amount of compulsion against
Americans is not the safest and
sanest method on winning a war for
the liberation of Europe.
The reaction began in the Senate
on the Reed amendment TO strike
out the clause under which persons
disobeying the orders of a Treasury
board, declaring their business non
might be treated as
felons, heavily fined and sent to the
penitentiary. In moving the amend
ment, Senator Reed had said that it
was "monStrous" to substitute ar
bitrary bureaucratic orders for law
and to penalize those who disregard
ed mere board regulations as if they
were committing crimes against
law, Furnishing what is in itself es-
sentially criminal.
As chairman OF the Senate FL
The Washington times., 1918-03-07
BAER INTRODUCES
NEW BILL AIDING
FARMERS BUY SEED

A new bill for Government aid to
farmers in purchase OF seed wheat has
been presented by Congressman Baer
of North Dakota.
After Secretary Houston had re-
fused TO indorse such a proposition.
and the House Committee on Agricul-
ture had turned IT down. the commit
tee reversed itself and accepted the
principle OF Government aid.
Mr.. Baer then offered a new bill
which allows a loan OF not more than
$3.50 to any individual for buying
seed wheat. The loan would be a
first lien on the crop. An appropria-
tiOn Of $1,000. 900 Is asked.
The Washington times., 1918-03-07

AS chairman OF the Senate FL
nance Committee, Senator Simmons
OF NortL Carolina had charge OF the
The Washington times., 1918-03-07
Tonoroco What It Did
OOHSICOO Ye sterday

Reaction" in Congress Chairman Simmons on Necessity as
an Explanation for 'MOnstrOus" COerciVe Legislation
Big Stick" Removed From the Background Of War Finance
Bill in the Senate Advocates Of Compulsory Labor Forced
to Go on Record in the House and Routed Amending
War Power JOker"-Hep for Allied Crippes-The Medi-
Shepherds.
The Washington times., 1918-03-07

In the House circumstances en-
tirely beyond their control" brought
to the test the whole body of Zero
cious home guardsmen, who have
been threatening to enforce "com-
pulsory labor" in spite Of the Thir-
teenth Amendment and everything
else. The Senate had passed a bill B
The Washington times., 1918-03-07

Senator Sherman interrupted al
this point to say that the price of
cotton had increased 500 per cent
since 1914. What he wished TO know
was whether the Senator from North
Carolina was ready to apply the
argument in favor of compulsion as a
necessity to regulating the price Of
cotton. The Senator from North
Carolina was ready to consider that
question If properly brought before
the Senate, but he continued his
argument in favor of giving the Ad
ministration all the authority for
compulsion asked for.
The Washington times., 1918-03-07

In the debate which followed Sen
ators Lodge, Fletcher, Sterling, Hol-
lis, Harding, Hoke Smith, CALM
ger. McCumber, and others either
opposed the felony clauses, as ap-
piled TO disobedience to bureaucratic
orders. or showed open sympathy
with the opposition. BY agreement
with Senators Simmons and Reed,
an amendment by Senator Swanson
was adopted striking out compul-
sion altogether as far as fine or i'm
prisonment are concerned in connec-
ton with the board for regulat-
ing "non-essential industries" Its
licensing power was also struck out
1t was left only the use of moral
power"-which Senator Reed had
called the blacklist" The "big
stick in the background" had been
removed. Then, after it was di-
vulged that the Senate chamber and
the Treasury Department were in
close telephone communication, sar-
casm was INDUCED and the bill was
put over for further consideration,
with the promise of a final vote to-
day.
The Washington times., 1918-03-07

other contemplating Statewide at
tack on liquor can be brought before
the House until 1920, unless a special
session intervenes.
The House OF Delegates only re
Gently ratified the Constitutional
Amendment, calling for national pro-
hibition. Several delegates who Ga
vored the ratification measure, how
ever. opposed the bone dry" law spon-
sored by the Anti-Saloon League.
The Washington times., 1918-03-07
MAXWELL RITES TODAY.

Funeral services for ohm c. Max
well, former exalted ruler OF WASH
ington. Lodge No. Is, B. p. o. E. will
be held at o'clock today at his
home. ga Irving street northwest.
Only two members of the Washing
ton Lodge have a longer membership
record than his. which covers a period
of thirty-four years He was con
nectsd with the Adjutant Generals
office for many years.
The Washington times., 1918-03-07
BY W. V, BYARS.

war finance I'LL. He addressed the
Senate at length in support Of II
and OF Administration measures or
compulsion in general. He spoke
with great force. No more ext -aor-
binary speech in support OF the Ad-
ministration was ever made in the
Senate.
Coming to the question Of the maxi
mum OF compulsion. as Reed has
raised it, Simmons said that the uues-
ton OF the penalt" in a measure he
considered necessary for war pur-
poses, was for the Senate to decide.
Then he cited the Senate's own
presidents Of the recent past. when il
was meeting the demands of "neces-
sity." They had vested the executive
branch Of the Government with
powers distinctly autocratic" in
conserving fuel and food, and in do
ing whatever else had been urged as
necessity for winning the war
Such legislation. he said, under ordi-
nary circumstances the Senate would
have rejected as clearly unconstI-
AUTOMATICALLY monstrous." But.
NJ. President" he said. we did 1t
because we thought nothing else
would meet the situation"
The question. then, was whether
with such presidents when nothing
worse or more unconstitutional or
more ''monstrous" than had been al
ready done was asked to conserve
the money supply. would the Senate
hesitate?
The Washington times., 1918-03-07

to inflict deservedly severe penal
ties on those who cause explosions
in munitions plants, etc. AS it was
reported back by Chairman Webb
from the House Judiciary Commit
tee, the Republicans decided to con-
slider it as an Administration meas
ure with Joker" in it.
The word "obstruct" had been in
serted to bear on preparations for
war" several lines down so that it
might be construed to penalize
strikes. Mr.. Cannon of Illinois so
construed it. He wanted it made
palmer and stronger. He wanted
men who struck in mines, on rail-
roads, in factories, or anywhere else,
to obstruct the Administration in
the conduct of the war, treated as
they deserved. And he thought they
deserved the worst. HE introduced
an amendment to explain the "jok-
er" by Furnishing strikes as conspir-
acies. It was so far from being as
strong as his speech that any one
who voted for it could construe him
self away from the charge Of voting
for compulsory labor or against la
Dor at all. After debating the bill
all afternoon, the House adopted
the Cannon amendment, $50 10
81. Then George R. Lunn of
New York said he would give those
who favored compulsory labor and
"conscripting labor" an opportunity
to go clearly on record.
This he did by an amendment de-
filming the right Of all men, born free
and equal, to stop work and to ask
for better paw. The House adopted
it, 275 to 40. Considerable hurrying
to the desk was done to change
may" votes to aye" before the rec
ord was made. The amended bill
was then passed.
So this is the highly important
thing Congress did yesterday. Per-
haps it did not stop to think" But
it certainly reacted"
Editor Reed, of the Chicago Shop
herd, was recalled before the Senate
Committee on Agriculture. He con-
tinued his testimony, showing the
Chicago Meat Trust" in control of
the American market, robbing the
farmers on the price of their sheep
and extorting what it pleased from
the public for mutton, in spite of the
fact that it is under Government /
license and supposedly under full |
control. What Mr.. Reed wanted was
not lower prices than the robber /
trust is charging the public-not at !
all. He wanted the President to take !
The Sentinel=record., 1918-05-14
GERMANS MOVING UP MEN AND MATERIALS

to each army They cannot be trans posed from one to the other.
 In the opinion of many officers here the time is fast approaching when American officers on the other side should be relied upon for the train ing of the Americans more than the veterans of trench warfare from the French and British services Men who are insistent on this point of view believe that trench warfare has produced nothing as yet which justi- fies the abandonment of all other theories of military operations for high specialization in trench actions
 If America is to contribute much to the ultimate defeat of Germany they hold she must contribute something more than man power and must con tribute to the working out of a new tehory of operations that will bring victory as trench warfare has not done For that reason they feel il would be a mistake to lose the dash and initiative of the American army in oyertraining for trench actions.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-05-14

The mission board is composed Of ten preachers nd twenty lavmen. The women claim the term 'laymeu" now will include them on the board
 VI. L. Brockmau told of the types of religious work the American Y M C. A. is doing at home and in France and Italy He stated that hundreds of ministers have volunteered for service in war work must shortly be re cruited The Rev l.. Curtis, fraternal deleeate from the Methodist church in Canada took official leave of the conference The Rev w. R. Haven. corresponding secretary of the Amer ican Bible society was introduced
 By special order the conference will begin tomorrow votin gfor six bish- ops The Epescipal address recon mended thath only five be elected.