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New Britain herald., 1918-05-31
IF I WE'RE KING,

We note in despatches from Madrid today that the epidemic of grip which has enveloped that city has already caused the illness of 15,000 persons in the capital alone. That the disease is no respecter of persons is evident from tho fact that even the King himself was taken i'll as was our am bassador at the Spanish court. Col. Joseph E. Willard.
 The King, we are glad to observe, is getting better. A telegram states that he has "recovered sufficiently to resume his work We always thought king didn't have to work. Having made this painful discovery, we are not envious of Alfonso's job. But if we were king, and had the grip, we would exercise a little royal authority and command the disease to stick around until our work had been done by someone else.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31
RED GROSS NURSES.

The American Red Cross wants a thousand nurses for war work. This demand from Americas greatest or ganization must be met, and without delay. The Red Cross places the mid dle of June as the time limit for the enrolment of the above number of nurses. In it's appeal the Red Cross states that these nurses will "receive the gratitude of the military and nav al. authorities, tho blessings of the American forces at the front, and the homage of the American people at large"
 In view of this urgent request, it is incumbent upon doctors and others who have nurses in their employ to release them at once if they can pos sibly be spared from private practice. The country is calling them.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31
All Must Work or Fight.
(FrOm the New York Sum-

(From the New York Sum-
 So far as men of draft age are con cerned, Provost Marshal General Crowder will be more effec tive agent in forcing work or military service on loafers than all the State laws that have been enacted for the abolition of idleness. Among men between s and 21. and between 31 and 50, the State laws may have a beneficial effect in some cases, though we doubt it.
 But General Crowder is in 8 posi- ton to permit no fooling with his rulings, nhe conscrtption law has been in force a year. It has the unanimous indorsement of the pub lie; it has been upheld in every de- tail by the court of last resort. Con sequent1y the Provost Marshal Gen. eral enters on no new and unex- plored field when he revises his list and decrees that all hands within his jurisdiction shall go to work at a trade approved as useful by the gov ernment or shall put on uniforms and learn from the inside what a soldiers life is like.
 We observe that the latest rulings by General Crowder have caused consternatfon among professional baseball players and the owners of clubs. They fear their calling and business may be ruined. They will find that the public will endure their misfortunes with astonishing equa- nimity. With a. few notable excep tions professional baseball has made a mighty poor impression on Americans since Uncle Sam went to war and the s1nash-up of a few teams occasioned by the participation of their members In the national de fence would not rend the heart of any spectator.
 (From the Springfield Republican.)
 A stroke of genius comes from the Provost Marshal General of the United States in his new draft regu- lation requiring idleTs and registrants engaged in mon useful occupations. after July 1, to take up work re- garded useful by the government, Or to enter the military service. Gen. eral Crowder himself will evidently q determine what IS a "useful" occ,1-
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31
GEN. MILLS FLUNkED
 THEN MADE GOOD
Book by "Grand Old Man Of Fl
 PaSO" Tells How

Fl Paso, Texas, May 31.--How a young West Point cadet who failed in mathematics and resigned from the academy, became a brigadier general made fortune by inventing the Mills cartridge belt and became known as "the grand old man of El Paso" Is told in a book just published by Brig adler General. Anson Mills, retired for private circulation as gifts to his friends throughout the United States. The book s entitled My Story and is the memoirs of General Mills long career in the army and In public life. It will not be offered for sale and each copy was autographed by the author.
 As boy the author worked at a loom when clothing was made by hand. He applied the knowledge he learned tending the crude loom to the problem of furnishing the American soldier an ammunition carrier which would be more comfortable and con- venient than the old leather cartridge box. The Mills belt was finally adopted by the United States army al the be- ginning of the Spanish Am arican war, was later used by both Boers and British in South Africa and by many of the armies of the world The American army uses the Mills belt and equipment although General ufacturing these belts in 1905.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31

permanent record of El Pasos early history when this city was frontier town General Mills, as the surveyor who laid out the little border town, tells how the name of Franklin was changed by him to Fl Paso (The Pass) because of the pass in the mountain chain near here through II which the Rio Grande flowed to the gulf. His experiences in the wild frontier settlement, as told in his me- moirs, are stirring.
 The authors story also includes much of the early history of the Civil war as it related to the southwest After casting the only vote poHed here against the withdrawal of Texas from the union, General Mills was forced to leave the border and was reinstated with his class and given commission in the army at the begin ming of the Civil war. He was pro- noted until he held the rank of brig adler general at the time of his re- tirement.
 After the close of the war General Mills was stationed in the west. The pursuit and capture of old Geronimo, the Apache leader; the Indian fights of the old west and revolutionary events in Mexico are related by the author in a personal way, as he par ticipated in many of these stirring events of the frontier days.
 As American Commissioner on the International Boundary Com mission for adiudcating disputes arising over
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31
CurtaiIing Postal Deliveries.

(From the New York Evening Sun.) The experiment of discontinuing the a. m. delivery of mail in resi- dential districts can hardly be any thing but failure, so far as one can reasonably foresee. It is not possible to look at it in any way except as a cutting down of service which is already not good enough. It Is hard ly conceivable that the citizens whose mail must be inevitably delayed will submit without a protest.
 Moreover, it is very difficult to be- lieve that so experienced a business man as Postmaster Patten really considers the change necessary or to be desired It has all the look of an innovation ordered by Washing ton in the interests of further false
 economy" MT Patten says the, early delivery will be restored if the people who pay for it really want it., The people as a whole want 8 great deal more service from the national post office than they are getting and will not complain of the pr'ice-pro- Yided they get their moneys worth
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31

versity, but who have always held 1t in high esteem, are wondering what the authorities intend to do about this latest display of irresponsibiliy on the part of some of it's students. Yale is too great an institution to permit it's fair name to be slandered in critical war times by score or more of idiotic youths who have such poor conception of the spirit of the Coun- try as to imagine that it will tolerate any such nonsense as the voting of of the hour.''
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31
WHAT KULTUR MEANS.

Former Mayor FitzGerald, of Bos- ton, at a Memorial Day rally in that city yesterday gave the following def milton of kultur: Tt means the sub- jugation of liberty. the ruination of this country, the ruination of charac- ter, the ruination of womanhood and over that of the United States and make this country one of it's various provinces. with the German Emperor naming the man to rule us."
 Every true patriot will say Am en" to the Mayors concluding sentence God forbid that it shall ever pre- vail.''
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31
|. 5. DESTROYERS
 TERROR OF U-bOAT
Have Put Fear Of Death in Hearts
 Of Hun Pirates

Washington, May 31.-This month marks the first anniversary of the arrival of Americas destroyer fleets ir foreign waters.
 In the year that has clapsed-dur- ing a year that an inert nation has shaken off it's lethargy and mobilized it's resources in men and materials for the Great War--the fleets have oper- ated effectively in conveying trans
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31

Senator Lodge of Massachh setts, pays Secretary Daniels the following tribute:
 The navy has done extremely well. Secretary Daniels has made no statements to the public of wha. he hoped to do. He has not said in 1917 what he is going to do in 1918. All he says is what has been accomplished. He has strong men a his bureau heads. He deserves credit for having se- lected them.
 Will Mr. Daniels critics now crit
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31

yet mayst thou unbrace thy corselet, nor lay by thy sword;
 yet, O Freedom, close thy lids in slum Der; thine enemy never sleeps, ] thou must watch and com bat till the day of the new heaven and earth.
 WILLIAM c. BRYANT.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31
MORE YAIE NONSEN SEE.

MORE YAIE NONSEN SE.
 hiy couple of weeks ago a num-
 of Yale undergraduates made a Eaceful exhibition of themselves
 CIV Haven by trying to shoot up
 city, destroying property ruth B, Insulting the Mayor, and en- Eering the lives of passengers on 1t cars by placing benches, which
 took away from parks, across
 trolley tracks. The ring leaders appear in the courts next Mon
 to answer to charges of breach he peace. One would think that
 gh trouble had been caused for ile, but evidently other Yale men
 of a. different opinion. We now
 that four more have been ar Ed for qisturbing, the peace again,
 time at "a! shore, resort near New en. Three of them were freed by
 nient court and the fourth one
 to pay a fine.
 bis latest demonstration, however, ht be condoned as a students
 k, but the action of eleven mem
 of the graduating class in voting Der Wilhelm as the greatest man he hour is unpardonable. By IL hliar coincidence, there are just len members of the class who are Teutoni extra ction, and while the officers refuse to divulge the esS of those who cast vote for Kaiser, it is quite natural to con- e that the votes for the war lord e from those of German descent. 5ther they meant it as a joke or
 is immatrial. They have placed lnselves on record as being con- ed that the German emporer,
 permits his Hun soldiers to mur-
 helpless women and children, is "greatest man of the hour At he like this they should have had ency enough to refrain from cast such 8 vote for such a beast. y should have thought of the sur IT'S. of the Lusitania, and of the tives of those murdered aboard
 iIl-fated steamship without a fnce to defend themselves. They : hld have thought of the children London and Paris, struck down at 8 by fendish zeppelins. They | &lld have thought of the peoples Belgium, Poland and Serbia, sub- #ed to a state of servitude and al- kt to starvation. But those stu Its who cast the eleven votes for
 Kaiser are not so thoughtful If N are positively and sincerely con- bed that the mad monarch is real The greatest man of the hour, then B should be interned as dangerous ' my sympathizers. If they did it E for a joke, then they ought to *e realized that the public is in
 mood to appreciate such evil ces of humor.
 or do we think that the great ma- ty. of Yale undergraduates will by this latest joke. Too many e men have joined the colors to unit anyone judging the entire 3dent body by the insane actions of Few rowdies or a handful of inn Yctical jokers. Yale men have died the cause of democracy which Kaiser is trying to crush. Yale |n in France will have no patience, are sure, with those eleven friends |the Kaiser who think he is the latest man of the hour. It is all Ey we'll for a New Haven morning Der to plead for them and point that their action is the result of Responsible philosophy". It Is all N well for the editor of that paper keg its contemporaries mot to un- nke the destruction of undrgrad-
 mischfef'', but the fact remains
 ery many fair minded persons,
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31

the United States; as General Nelson A. Miles companion on trip through Europe and as the personal friend of national and international chracters in Washington General Mills observed keenly national and international af- fairs and includes many of his per-. sonal observations in his publishedi m memoirs, zz
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31

The New York World thinks that the best antidote for Germanism is a thorough knowledge of German speech and habits of thought but in our. humble opinion 5.oo0.0o0 trained Yankees in France can finish Ger manism with "neatness and de- spatch."
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31

We read that hereafter good five
 cent cigars will cost six cents. Hur-
 ray! All the good five-cent cigars we ever saw cost dime.-Paterson Press Guardian,
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31

Dr. Garfield announces that there will be no fuel on board steam yachts this summer Now if he could only eliminate the ''fule'' who rocks the boat every summer he would confer 8 blessing upon humanity. ..., .......
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31

We have read much lately about the first man prosecuted for hoarding, and we wondered how Noah ever escaped.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31

If Prohibition could increase the number of tanks in France while de- creasing the number at home we mig ght be for it.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31

One of our printers insists on at- taching ''e'' to slavs The distinction nowadays is so fine that no great err TOT was made.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31

Whether German should be taught or not, everyone will agree that it's mighty dangerous to speak it nowa- days.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31

Bernstorff's Brown degree has heen revoked but he has still many black marks left.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31

In the Hearst Roosevelt newspaper controversy, T. K. now leads by four and a half columns, and is still going strong.-Springfiel Daily News.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31
FACTS AND RANCHES.

It is a backyard, not a roof garden. that will help Hoover win the war; Syracuse st-Standard
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31

First Fabricated Ship Launched" Headline The Germans will now claim that We are lying about our ship production.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31

Congress doesn't like working dur ing the hot months of summer tim @, and great many others too do not like 1t, but they work nevertheless New York World
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31
Britain Herald.

IERALD PUBLISHING COMPANY. Proprietors. daily Sunday exeepted} at 4:15 9. m-. Herald Building. 67 Church St led at the Post Office at New Britain R Second Class Mail Matter. fred hv carrier to any part Of the city pr IS cents a week, e5 cents month, fiption for paper to be sent by mall,
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 pnlv profitable advertising medium in be city Circulation books and press fom always open to advertisers Herald will be found on sale at HotA- Eng's News Stand, <2nd St. and Broad" lay, New York City; Board Walk. AL fntfc City. and Hartford Depot TELEPHONE CALLS ieEs OnCe fiat HooIns '-.''.s'~~s IH4snber of the Associated Prese-
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New Britain herald., 1918-05-31

The British and French were com pletely surprised.-The kaiser's dis patch.
 They had been expecting the new German drive for only a month or so. New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31

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New Britain herald., 1918-05-31

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New Britain herald., 1918-05-31

Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes has put herself in a fair way to join the "leis- ure class in prison--Brooklyn Eagle
 Is it possible that Mexico hasn't enough trouble at home without reaching out for foreign compltca- ton Norwich Bulletin.
 It isn't enough to love a woman. You must frequently tell her so.- Cappers Weekly.
New Britain herald., 1918-05-31

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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-12-13
MORE AND BETTER CORN

The average acre yield Of corn In
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, three Of the
leading corn-belt states, has been
about 30 bushels per acre-and this on
land which has been farmed for scarce
~ more than two generations. and
which Is naturally of the best. On the
other hand, In New England. on land
cultivated for well on to two centuries,
on soil not Of the best, and In a climate
rather bleak and harsh, the average
has been AZ bushels per acre. 1t Is
the consistent and intelligent use Of
fertilizers which has made the differ
ence possible. In all corn sections
yields of from 20 to 100, or even more,
bushels per acre are easily possible.
Fertilizers not only make possible the
production of more corn per acre, but
by so doing free land for other uses
for more wheat, or more of any other
crop.
Nearly all of the experiment stations
have experimental with fertilizer on
corn. In Ohio 800 pounds per acre Of
a complete fertilizer Increased the
yield II bushels per acre--this where
no manure was used. At the same
station eight tons OF manure, contain
Ing considerably more ammonia and
potash, but no more phosphoric acid
than the above fertilizer. produced an
increase Of 20 bushels of corn per
acre. When this manure was supple
mented with 800 pounds per acre Of
acid phosphate. however. the increase
In the corn crop has been an addition
al IL bushels. This means total in
crease of 80 bushels per acre, produced
by manure and fertilizer.
] The West Virginia experiment sta
ton secured an increase of AZ BUSH
els per acre from the use of complete
FERTILIZER alone. At the Pennsylvania
experiment station, $50 pounds per
acre of a complete fertilizer increased
the corn crop by Is bushels.
Lack of available plant food is the
greatest single factor causing low acre
yields Of corn. 1t is the function of
FERTILIZER to supply this available food.
Fertilizer, In connection with good
farming practices, will double the acre
yield of corn; and thus set free land
more than sufficient to grow wheat
enough for ourselves and for our allies
In Europe. To grow more corn or
more wheat we need send to the block
not single head of breeding stock.
Owing to the labor and car shortage
fertilizers for next spring should be
ordered shipped now.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-12-13
Commissioners. Notice

State OF Michigan. The Probate Court for
the County OF Shiawassce
In the matter OF the estate OF Edward w.
Judy deceased, $50
We. the undersigned, h. wing been appointed
by the Hon. Matthew bush. Judge OF ProDa Ve
In and TOR the county OF Shiawassee, State Of
Michigan, commissioners 10 receive. examine
and ADJUST all claims and demands OF all per-
Suns against said estate, DO hereby give
notice that we will meet at the
offce Of S-lden s Miner, in the City
OF Owosso. In said County, on Tuesday,
the 4th day Of February, A ID. 1910 and
on Friday, the 4th dav OF April A. ID.
1919, at TIN o'clock Ia the forenoon of each of
said days. for the purpose Of receiving and
adjusting AL claims against said estate. and
that four months from the 3rd day OF December,
Der. N. ID. ~ 8, are allowed to creditors TO
present their claims TO said Commissioners
for adjustment and allowance.
Dated. the 3rd Jay OF December, A, d. 1918.
MARION SMITH.
ALBERT BRITTSON.
SS4t Commissioners.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-12-13

Of sheep. A good foreign market for
American meats and breeding stock
will undoubtedly exist for term Of
years.
Many stock growers are Investigate
Ing the possibility of increasing the
carrying capacity of their farms
through the use of commercial fertiliz-
ers. In experimental tests it has been
shown that grain and hay to fatten
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-12-13
How u.Roats Are EoIIed.

Battle painting" is the latest devel-
opment Of marine camoufiage, the idea
being not to make the ship invisible.
but to break up all accepted forms Of
q ship by masses of strongly contrast.
ing colors, distorting her appearance
so as to destroy her general symme-
try and bulk. the result being to keep
the U-boats guessing as to whether
she is "going or coming" A practical
use has been found for cubism. after
Globe.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-12-13
Commissioners Notice.

deceased.
We the undersigned, having been appointed
by the Hon. Matthew Bush, j dge OF Probate
la and for The County OF Shiawassee, State OF
Michigan commissioners to receive. examine
ard adjust all claims and demands OF all per-
sons against SAID estate, do hereby give notice
nat We Will meet at the state Savings
1919, anc on Thursday. the 3rd day OF April A. d.
1917, at ten O'clock IN the forenoon OF each OF
said days, for the. purpose Of receiving and
thai four months from the End day OF December
A. ID. 1915 IRE allowed 10 creditors to pre-
sent their claims TO said commissioners for
adjustment and a,lo vance.
Dated the 2nd day OF December. A., d. 1918.
JAMES KlNSLEK,
ED. HANkINSON.
Stat Commissioners.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-12-13
Rebuild European Herds Destroyed by the War;

serious mistake. The difference de-
ponds largely upon the location and ma
ture of the farm in question.
But one point should be kept In
mind: live stock will In all probable
ity fall off in price less rapidly than
will grain fields after the armies re-
turn to their homes, but 1t takes years
to build up herd of cattle or flock
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-12-13

nine steers can be profitable produced
on fortified fields which unfertilized
had fed but six. A fortified pasture
maintained nine sheep where unfertil-
lied 1t would maintain but five.
Many farmers figure that through
this method they will be able to pro-
duce live stock and still have grain
to sell.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-12-13
Auto Radiator,
Body Repairing
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
BERGMAN BROS.
Bell Phone 49, FENTON. MICH

Order Of Publication.
State of Michigan. The PROBATE Court for
the CouI ty OF Shiawassse.
At session OF tbs Probate Court for the
Countp az Shlawassee hello NJ the PROBATE
Onioe In the itv OF Cornnna Friday the
29to day of Novmeber, A. d. 1918.
Present, Matthew Bush Judge OF Probate.
In the matter of tho estate OF Eucfe1ia
l.. Be, ne. uecessei 49,
On reading and hing the petition of Freder-
lex T.. beeoe, pra, ing for license TO sell real
esta . TO pay debts.
1t is ordered that the 30 h day OF December
next. aJ ten o'ciocR In tre forenoon. AT said
Probate ofice. be Appointed for hearing said
petition
IL Is furtner ordered that u copy of this
order be published three successive weeks pre-
vlous to said day OF hearing In Tho Owosso
Times newspaper printed and circulating
In said County OF rbiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge OF Probate
BY
CLAniBEL GALLOWAY,
Probate Register
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-12-13
THE WAR AND THE LIVE STOCK
MARKET

Live stock prices are good, but feed
prices are so high that many farmers
are tempted to sell Off their live stock
and market their grains direct. On
some farms this is undoubtedly the
thing to do; on others 1t would be
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-12-13
RED CROSS WORKERS DISTRIBUTING REFRESHMENTS.
THE RED CROSS COMES


Lest we forget the simple joys,
The kindly thoughts, the human tears,
The harmless laughter and the song
We knew in other happier years,
Lest we grow hard, and cruel and cold,
And being young, our hearts are old,
Held in the grasp of death undied,
The Red Cross comes to fill again,
The cup of mercy long since spilled;
Bid in our hearts the birds to sing,
Reviving joy that anger killed.