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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18
MICHIGAN'S WORST BLIZZARD.

The worst blizzard experienced In
Michigan in the memory of any but the
oldest citizens, occurred Saturday with
fall of an immense quantity Of snow,
fierce wind the thermometer as low
as 1s below zero, and continued zero
weather for three days. Large, solid
snow drifts prevented practically all
travel by autos or horse drawn vehicles,
and no trains came into or left this city
from Friday night to Monday. Adding
to the seriousness of the situation was
the desperate shortage of fuel and the
inability to deliver the little on hand.
The storm was general over the entire
ca stern half of the United States and
in many localities persons were frozen
to death, and untold numbers suffered
frozen ears, hands and feet.
No mail deliveries were made Satur-
day by rural carriers, and only busi-
ness deliveries by city carriers. For
the first time in the history Of the
Owosso postoffice no mail was received
for two days. A large number of fac
tory men were unable to reach the
factories Saturday, and many business
men and lady clerks made no effort to
get to stores. Saturdays business in
Owosso was probably the lightest of
any day in many years. Travelling men
were storm bound wherever they hap
pened to be Friday night, some getting
within few miles of home and being
unable to get trains for their homes.
In every city in Michigan water pipes
were frozen. windows blown in and
Proofs caved in causing an enormous
financial loss.
Monday al available teams were put
to work hauling off the mountains of
snow that was piled up along the walks
in the down town district, and many
citizsn were suffering Monday from
the unusual and hard work of cleaning
off the walks in front of their homes.
Services were held in but few
OuuIChCo 0uhOdJ, anu OWOooOibOo VOiO V
disappointed in not being able to hear
Congressman Richmond P. Hobson who
was to appear at union meeting at the
Baptist church Sunday evening.
Supervisors g. l.. Braden CT Byron,
8. A. Piatt of Laingsburg and E. d.
Colby of Shaftsburg were unable to
reach their homes Saturday morning
and were compelled to remain in Owosso
over Sunday.
Four fire alarms were turned in Sat.
urday but no serious losses occurred.
The new motor fire trucks were able to
get near enough in each instance to
h ave given service in case of necessity.
The Bryant school was closed Mon
day because of the burning out of the
electric motor, and several grades at
the Washington school was closed Mon.
day as the rooms were insufficiently
heated
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18
COAL CONSERVATION RULES
Because Extreme Shortage Of Fuel in Michigan State Admno
Prudden Has Issued the Appended Regulations Which Became
Effective January II and Will Continue Indefnity.

not being in connection with any other
line/of business or amusement, may be
open nine consecutive hours out of the
"a; said lunch rooms that desire to
elect nine hours between p. m. and
8 a. m. shall first obtain a written
permission from the mayor of the city
or head of the said municipality.
(d) All hotels shall close bars, din
ing rooms and cafes in connection
with said hotel at 10 p. m, to conform
to the limit of closing time of restau-
rants and saloons, and the time of
keeping open shall be limited to nine
consecutive hours. The provisions of
this section (d) shall also apply to all
clubs.
3. The lights in windows during
the period of several stores and all
lines are closed must be extinguished
at hour of closing. No lights during
the closed period except such as are
required for safety lights.
a. All outside Illuminating signs
for advertising purposes to be elimi-
mated, and all unnecessary inside il
Elimination during business hours to
be eliminated.
5. All lighting of streets, parks,
and boulevards must be confined to
necessary lights for safety.
6. Heating of stores shall not be
in excess of 68 degrees.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18

This order does not apply to depots,
railroad stations, government or mu-
nicipal buildings.
The order shall become effective and
in force on the 18th day of January,
1918, and continue in force until fur
ther notice.
All persons within the state of
Michigan are directed and ordered to
observe the above order. The penal
ties for violation, as provided by the
laws of the United States, will be
strictly enforced.
The mayors of cities and municipal
heads of towns and villages are direct
ed to enforce the provisions of this
order.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18

1. All retail and wholesale stores
office buildings and all places of busi-
ness and places of amusement of ev-
cry kind and nature, not otherwise
herein excepted, may be heated and
lighted and open to the public nine
consecutive hours only on all week
days, except Saturday, when the limit
of time may be twelve hours.
Each line of business or place of
amusement may elect the nine con-
secutive hours during which they may
be open, but the closing hour shall be
not later than 10 p. m, and each place
of business shall post at entrance in a
conspicuous place the nine hours SO
elected.
2. The exceptions to the above are
as follows:
(a) Churches, time limit six hours
each week; this time may be all con-
sumed on Sunday, or one Sunday and
one week day service.
(b) Theaters, vaudeville and NOV
ing picture shows close entirely "a
hours Monday and Tuesday of each
week. On all other days the total
hours from opening shall not exceed
five hours, and the closing hour not
later than IL p. m.
(c) In case of so-called all night
lunch rooms, which have been open
heretofore practically "a hours, ant
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18
DRASTIC ORDER To CONSERVE FUEL
All Manufacturing Plants Excepting Those Pro.
ducins Food Products and War Supplies
Closed For Five Days.


National Fuel Administrators Garfield
has issued drastic order effective
today to conserve coal in the running
of all manufacturing plants east of the
Mississippi river and to wholesale and
retail places of business An abstract
the order follows:
Until furthe order of the United
States fuel administrator all persons
selling fuel in whatever capacity shall
give preference to orders for neces
sary requirements.
(A)-Of railroads.
(B)-Of domestic consumers, hos
pitals, charitable institutions and army
and navy contonments.
(C)-Of public utilities, telephones,
and telegraph plants.
(D)-Of ships and vessels for bunker
purposes.
(E)-Of the U. 8. for strictly govern.
mental purposes, not including orders
from or for factories or plants working
on contracts for the United States.
(F)-Of manicipal, county or state
government for necessary public uses
(G)-Of manufacturers Of perishable
food or of food for necessary immedi
ate consumption.
The order further provides that or
Jan. lS, 10, 20, 81 and %, 1918. no fue
shall be deliver d to any person, firm
association Incorporation for any uses
or requirements not included in the
foregoing list until the requirements
In ncluded in the list shall have beer
first delivered.
Fuel Use on Mondays. elta
On Jan. IS, 10, 20, 81 and 90, 1918
and also on each and every Monday
beginning Jan. 2S, 1918, and continu
ing up to and including March %
1918, no manufacturing plant shall
burn fuel or use power derived from
fuel for any purposes except
(A)-Such plants as from their ture
must be continuously operated sever
days each week, to AVOID serious Injury
to the plant itself or its contents.
(B) Manufacturers of perishable
foods.
C)-Manufacturer of food not per
ishaple and not in immediate demand
who may burn fuel to such extent as il
authorized by the fuel administrator oi
the state in which such plant is located
or by his representative authorized
therefor, upon application by the Unit
ed States food administrator.
(D)-Printers or publishers of daily
papers may burn fuel as usual excepting
on every Monday from Jan. 2l to
March 25, 1918, inclusive, on which
days they may burn fuel to such extent
as Is necessary to issue such editions at
such papers customarily issue on i'm
portant national legal holidays, and
where such papers do not issue any
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18

other one man as unrestrained ruler
of the American people.
After he had spent some months
and no little money in the experiment
of building U-boat chasers, the Sec
retary of the Navy turned to Destroy
ers as the best weapon against the
submarine only to find that the ship
yards of the country were crowded
with other work, that new plants had
to be created to build the destroyers
which he now wants, that advances
had to be made from the Treasury to
insure the building of these new
plants, that priority of shipment had
to be granted to the new yards and
that $400,000,0O0 had to be immedi-
ately forthcoming for all these pur-
poses. This made $515, 900 in two
items as the cost to the nation of
Josephus Daniels inefficiency. Con-
gress, prior to March A, 1915, author
lied the construction of ships which
was not undertaken until about two
years later, when the increased cost Of
material and labor and the crowded
condition of American shipyards made
it necessary to appropriate $115, 5,000,-
600 to assure the speeding up of the
program which Daniels had neglected.
This, added to the $4O0,00O,0O0 re-
quired by later error in Judgment,
made more than half billion which
he has cost the country and which may
be readily traceable and charged up.
1t is likely that there are many other
items more obscure which will raise
the cost of Daniels to much more than
this. Is he worth it?
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18

editions on holiday. they are permit.
ted to issue one edition on said Mon.
days.
(E)-Printing establishments which
may burn fuel on Jan. 1s, 10. 20 81 and
90, to such extent as is necessary to
issue current numbers of magazines
and other publications periodically
issued.
Tolls Of Exceptions.
On each Monday beginning Jan, 81,
1918, and continuing up to and includ.
ing Monday, March 25. 1918. no fuel
shall be burned Except to such extent
as is essential to prevent injury to prop
erty from freezing) for the purpose of
supplying heat for:
(A)--Any business or professional
Offices, except offices used by the United
States, state, county or municipal gov
ernments, transportation companies, or
which are occupied by banks and trust
companies or by physicians or dentists
(B)-Wholesale or retail stores, or any
other stores, business houses or build
ings whatever, except that for the pur-
pose of selling food only, for which
purposes stores may maintain necessary
heat until IL o'clock noon, and for the
purpose of selling drugs and medical
supplies only, stores may maintain nec-
essary heat throughout the day and
evening.
(C)-Theatres, moving picture houses
bowling alleys, billiard rooms, private
or public dance halls or any places of
amusement.
On the above specified Mondays, no
fuel shall be burned, for r,the purpose of
heating rooms or buildings in which Ii.
quor is sold on those days.
No fuel shall be burned on any Of the
foregoing specified Mondays for the
purpose of supplying power for the
movement of surface, elevated, subway
or suburban cars or trains in excess Of
the amount used on the Sundays prev
ious thereto.
The order provides that nothing in
this order shall be held to forbid the
burning of fuel to heat rooms or such
portions Of buildings as are used in con.
nection with the production or distribu-
ton Of fuel.
The state fuel administrators are
authorized by the order 10 issue orders
on special applications for relief, where
necessary, to prevent il jury to health
or destruction or injury to property by
fire or free zng.
The order is effective in all of the
territory Of the United States east of
the Mississippi river, including the
whole of the states of Louisiana and
Minnesota.
All the manufacturing plants in
Owosso save the Owosso Milling Co..
are affected by this order, and are closed.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18
PROGRAM

Thursday Morning, $50 as9nh
Music. Institute
In charge of o. H. V9lker, Prin.
of Owosso High School
Devotional d. Rev. H. "A. Waite
Pastor Baptist Church, Owosso
Introductory Remarks. ........
Pres. Crooks
Address -. treS. bryan
Entertainment in charge of Prin.
Velker
AuuTcSS Nl OuCot
Thursday Afternoon, 1:3O
Music. -. kindergarten Band
Owosso City Schools
Address. Pres. Crooks
Address .............M Mr.. Guest
Recess.
Music. .Glee Club, ,Owosso Eighth
Address. s............. Pres. Bryan
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18
Mich. Midwinter Teachers
Inspiration Institute.

For Teachers and Patrons of
Shiawassee County's Schools
AT Baptist Church, Owosso
Thursday and Friday
January "a and 25, 1918
CONDUCTOR
HON. II. M. CROOKS
President of Alma College
LECTURERS
HON. f. B. BRYAN
President of Colgate University,
Hamilton, N. Y
HON. EDGAR A. GUEST
Editor of Detroit Free Press
HON. A. N. CODY
Superintendent of Flint City Schools
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-01-18
Friday Morning, $50

Friday mornings S:oO
Music. .Owosso High School Band
Devotional. i. Rev. B. G. Mattson
Pastor Congregational Church, Owosso
Address. Pres. Crooks
Music, Laingsburg High School
Chorus, in charge of Miss
Clara Getman
Address :. ............Su .Supt. Cody
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-15
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home OF Mrs. G. b. Stone OF 1908 West
Thirty-second street by five little girls
under thirteen years OF age Fancy
dancing and a program Of special fea-
lures was followed by patronage at a
booth where homemade candy was Of
fefed for sale
Those who took part were; Mas
Deiba Stone, Miss Emma Ray Heep,
Miss Carrie Baker and Miss Deborah
Heep
They realir.d $3.50 which was turned
over TO the Red Gross today
The haywood unit which meet,
Monday, Wednesday and Thursday had
twenty workers this week who COM
pleted forty-two garments. -
Among those whp work with this unit
10 receive their 72.hour Red Cross em.
bIem were Mrs. I. NJ. Stubbltiield.
Mrs J. w, Merritt. Mrs. J NJ, S,ivers.
Mrs. Earl Cafter and Mrs {. Sweeney.
Nj. Mary Nee Of 72l West Four
tenth street who is member Of the
Merry Maids, has won her 72.hour Red
Gross emblem working in the surgical
dressings department at central Red
Cross work rooms.
The lawn Of Mr.. and Mrs. J. ?. Mar
tin Of 200 West Fourteenth street will
present an animated scene this evening
when the entertainment given for the
benefit OF the Knights Of Columbus
war activity fund will be open 10 the
public. A street dance will be held
with music by negro Ministries, admis-
sion to the affair being by donations
OF books.
Az books turned in will be sent TO
Camp Doniphan and Fort Sill and the
funds obtained by the sale Of refresh
nents and other concessions during the
evening will 70 into the knights OF
Columbus amusement furd which Is
used to purchase piano rolls and other
amusement lines for the Knights OF
Columbus houses at various canton
rnents Those who are TO take part IN
the prsgram are; Mrs. Richard Duret,
Roland Smirer. MI. Esther Wagner,
Nj" Mary Jupe, Miss Matte Binion,
Miss Martha McCarty, Mrs Katrina
Ians- Sanders, Mrs Henry Probst,
Francis kooch and Sara Jane Heliker,
In violin solos, dances, readings and
pianoforte numbers
The domestic science department was
represented at Rlks Home surgical
dressings department yesterday by six
teen mctpbcrs.
Mrs. George l. Cooke and Mrs
George L. Browning were instructors
and In charge,
Today with Mrs Browning in charge
Mis-, Bobby DALEY and Miss Marcelle
Darling. Mrs. Ray MeLane, Mrs. F.,
J. Soheyppe and Mrs, Morehardt
worked until o'clock.
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Deutsch OF San Antonio, Texas, who Is
the house guest until Monday, of Miss
Lucille Mckee of 1904 North Broad
way, when she becomes Miss Dyer's
house guest until her return the latter
part Of the week
Members Of the u. c. T. club and
their families will enjoy a picnic supper
at Wheeler Park July a.
Mrs A. A. Cronk Of i0l East Third
street was hostess yesterday afternoon
to the U. {. T. club, twelve members
being present.
Mrs Cronk used flags in decorating
and sweet peas for the table.
silk flags were given as favors.
AS a social diversion during the afer-
noon contest was held with thrift
stamps for favors. Mrs. II f. Daulton
the incoming president, won first and
Mrs. f, Y, Schabel second Mrs. II. +
Caldwell was the only special guest oi
the afternoon Mrs. II. F. Daulton, OF
4l9 West Eighth street will be hostes.
July II.
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DR. and Mrs Leroy Long are nov
at home at 1920 Classen boulevard.
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Miss Lucille Armstrong whe has bee,
a student in Lindenberg college, St
Charles, Mo, the past year, spent few
days with her father, NJ. B. Armstroni
OF East Twelfth street before leavint
with Mrs. Richard G. Byrd of 32lt
Classen boulevard to spend the summe
at Long Beach, Cal.
Y
Flag day was appropriately observed
Yesterday afternoon by the Oklahoma
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three terms. closed her war time ssrv-
ice with a report covering the activities
OF tie chapter from lis inception thir-
teen yesrs ago
Flag day was observed when Paul
Fischer, assistant scout master OF the
Capitol Hill signal corps, gave a drill
with the following boy scouts Leon
Donnelley Roy Taylor, John Butler and
John Selkin. John Douglas and
Mrs. MacGregor Douglas gave two pa
triotic readings, "The Story OF Jean
DuPree" and Wilbur T. Nesbit's
Your Flag and Ny Flag"
Mrs. Robert H. Carpenter was In
troduced as the incoming president by
Mrs. Pettee.
Miss Margaret Treadway who has
been the guest OF Mrs. Prentiss Price
Of l2l5 Classen boulevard. returned this
morning to Hominy, Okla.
The department Of expression Of
Ardery college will present under the
direction OF Miss Anna Belle Sparks, al
St Luke's Methodist church Wednes-
day evening at $50 o'clock, Miss Hazel
Coleman assisted by Miss Louise Haley
and Elmore Mount, violinists, and Miss
Donna Ward, soprano.
This will be an open recital
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Attention, AutoiSts Attend the Pave
ment dance Saturday evening, l4th and
Robinson. Soldiers benefit.-Adv.
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ia II RS. A, /, MINIS Of 1890 Clas-
MW sen boulevard will entertain
4VN Monday evening with a slum-
4, ,l.t ber party at Lakeside Coun-
try club, honoring. her daughter,
Mrs, Don Bryan OF Tulsa and Miss
Mary Lou Deutsch Of San Antonio,
Texas who are guests in the city.
Mrs Bryan and Miss Deutsch were
roon,mates at National Park seminary
at Forest Glen, Washington, D. c., last
year.
Mrs, Minis will take her guests TO
Lakeside at 8 80 where the evening will
be passed informally. The night will
he spent at the club house where q
breakfast will be enjoyed Tuesday
morning before the return is made to
the city,
Those who will attend are: Mrs
Don Bryan OF Tulsa, Miss Mary Lou
Deutsch OF San Antonio, Texas, Miss
Lucille Mckee, Miss Sue Dyer. Miss
Frances Gerson, Miss Mary Harrah
Miss Blanche Hutchinson, Miss Bess
Hutchinson, Miss Neil Bryan and Mrs
Z. {, Houghton of FL Paso Texas
daughter and house guest of Mrs. |. c.
Thurmopd of 440 West Fifteenth street.
Miss Mary Lou Deutsch OF San
Antonio, Texas who was the house
guest Of Miss Lucille Mckee Of 1904
North Broadway this week, will he the
house guest OF Miss Sue Dyer Of 705
West Sixteenth street next week. Miss
DeutSch will leave at the week end for
home.
Miss Mary Alternately and Miss Lu-
cile Robinson Of Kansas City and Miss
Kathryn Brooks of Philadelphia, who
arrived in the city to form a house
party Thursday as guests of Miss Doro-
thy Hoffman of l4l4 North Hudson ave-
nue, will return home Monday.
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Miss Elizabeth Paschall OF o23 West
Nineteenth street who has been a stu
dent in the Emma Willard school, New
York, will return home Wednesday.
She will be accompanied by Miss Mabel
Knox of ST. Louis Mo.
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Mrs. Don Bryan Of Tulsa who has
been the guest Of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. l., Minis Of 2829 Classen boule.
ward the past week, will be Joined We'd
nesday by Mr. Bryan who will spend
the week end.
| Arthur Minis, son of Mr.. and Mrs
A. L. Minis OF 2S29 Classen boulevard,
who has been a student the past year in
St. Johns school at Mannius, New
York, left June : for Plattsburg. New
York, to enter the junior officers train
ing camp for one month Mr.. Minis
will not return home until July ).
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Unusual interest was given to the reg
uiar meeting of the High links club
which met with Miss Loretta Hullum
OF 40 West Tenth street Yesterday
afternoon ats o'clock, owing to the
presence Of many of the out-of-town
girls who are house guests of club mem
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Army to Furnish
Toilet Articles to
Overseas Troops

WASHINGTON, June is.-Furnish-
ing of safety raEors, soap hair brushes
combs, towels and BRUSHES to en-
listed men in the American expeditions
ary forces in France has been put into
effect. a war department announcement
last night said. General Pershing asked
the supplying of toilet articles on the
ground that personal cleanline" In
creases the morale Of his men.
--wsa.-
Unpaid telephone bills Tor the month
OF June are past due. II not paid by
5 p. m. Of the 18th, service will be
discontinued. Southwest Bell Tel. &
Tel, Co. (Adv.)
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chapter Daughters of the American
Revolution who met at 2 o'clock at the
Country club with Mrs Lea A. RELY
of AS West Sixteenth street as hos
tess, assisted by Mrs. Robert II. Gard
ner, Mrs George Woodward, Mrs Guy
Mcclure and Mrs. Herschel D. New
man.
Leading In interest was the treas
urer's report from June /, 1917, to June
|, 1918 submitted by Mrs A. R.
Hickam, chapter treasurer, who re-
ported 81 l08023 collected and disbursed
during the year just closed.
Mrs. William J. Pettee, retiring re-
gent, who has held her post through
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-15
Women Canvassers
For Stamp Pledges
Start Work Monday

Monday morning the women of Ok
lahoma City will start their house to
house campaign to gain signers to
thrift stamp pledge cards. The purpose
Of these cards is to have every citizen
of Oklahoma City pledged to buy a
certain amount OF thrift stamps during
the next year.
June 28, National Thrift Stamp day,
Is the time by which Oklahoma coun-
ty's quota Of $4,000 worth Of thrift
stamps must be sold II is on this day
that everyone should be signed TO a
pledge card.
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bers this week. Miss Dorothy Hoff-
man has as special guests Miss Lucille
Robinson and Miss Mary Abernathy OF
Kansas City Mo. and Miss Kathryn
Brooks OF Philadelphia, Miss Marcelle
Darling of the Lee Huckins who has
recently returned from school also were
present. Mis- Sue Dyer and Miss Mary
Lou Deutsch OF San Antonio, Texas,
were present, Other guests were Miss
Martha Trudgeon, Miss Frances English,
Miss Olive Robinson, Miss Margaret
Madison, Miss Dorothy Stone, Miss
Julia Lee Pottenger, Miss Elizabeth
Nichols and Miss Blanche Hutchinson.
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The Rev. J. f, Matlotk, pastor Of the
Capitol Hill Methodist church, south,
leN last evening for Purcell where he
will form one OF the committee on the
examining board for licenses to preach,
which is division of the conference
now in session there.
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A. s. Hcaney OF l0l East Third street
who has been at Hot Springs, Ark, the
past month for his health, returned
home last evening t-
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Owing 10 the absence from the city
OF Mr. and Mrs Cal Henderson, who
are visiting at Tulsa, the picnic of the
U, S. d, club to have been held with
them yesterday at their rural home, has
been indefinitely postponed.
"
Miss Sue Dyer of 705 West Sixteenth
street will give an informal afternoon
Wednesday, honofing Miss Mary Lou