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OFFICERS IN WASHINGTON
SEEK OVERSEAS SERVICE

Washington, May Every one of
the 5000 officers on duty in the war
departments ordnance bureau has APP
piled for foreign service. High Of
ficals point to this fact as refuting
charges that the ordnance corps had
been used to furnish large numbers of
staff officers with bomb proof" jobs.
Cases have not been uncommon, it
was said, where men have been repri-
manded for attempting to use outside
influence to get overseas service.
Brig. Gen. c. G. Williams, who was
relieved as ordnance officer Of the
American expeditionary forces to be-
come acting chief of ordnance, took
charge of that office today.
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We Need an Army Of 7,ooo, 900.

Cleveland; O., May 2.-Former
President William H. Taft, speaking
as a representative OF the League to
Enforce Peace, at the annual meeting
OF the federated churches here, called
upon America to abandon hope Of early
peace and prepare 1T once to send an
army Of 100000 American soldiers
to the western front America, de-
clared Mr.. Taft, must give up entirely
the hope OF separating the German peo-
pie from their kaiser. Make no mis-
take" he said. Its the German peo-
pie we must fight"
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INDECENT ENEMY ALIENS
WILL RECEIVE ASSISTANCE

Washington, May with the APP
proval and cooperation of the Ameri-
can government the legations of Swift
zerland and Sweden, repyesentatihg
respectively German and Austro-Hun-
garian interests. have undertaken to
direct relief work among INDECENT enc
my aliens throughout the United
States. Relief will be extended to the
needy families of informed aliens d.
rect from the legation funds, while to
aid law abiding enemy aliens who
have suffered on account of their
status national committee Of Ameri-
cans is to be organized to cooperate
with the legations and their consular
offices.
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British Casualties.

London, May british casualties
reported in April reached a total OF
SO, Ats, divided as follows:
Killed or died Of wounds: Officers,
1921 men, 1878.
wounded or missing: Officers, =
~ men, 1884.
Although the complete reports OF
casualties sustained In the recent
heavy fighting in France and Belgium
apparently have not yet been made,
4 marked Increase Is shown In the
April figures The total in March was
14,Oo0. the smallest in several months.
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sAkDITs RELEASE AMERICAN.

Washington, May 1.-The Chinese
bandits who on March S, captured and
held for ransom in Honan province the
American engineer, George A. Kyle
Of Portland, released Kyle last week,
only after they had been worn out by
military pursuit Instituted by the Chi
nese government. A dispatch to the
state department from American Min
lister Reinsch at Pekin said the bandits
surrendered Kyle without ransom after
they had been given promise Of am
nesty.
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MAY Draft Call Issued.

Washington, May 4.-State officials
have received calls for men to fill the
May draft quota. Officials here did
not make public the number of men
to be called, but it is estimated that
about $4,000 will be indicted into
service during the month. The men
will start for the camps about May 25.
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MAN WHO STARTED WAR
is DEAD IN FORTRESS

London, May 2.-Gavrio Prinzip. the
assassin of Archduke Francis Ferdi-
nand, heir-apparent to the Austro-Hun-
garian throne, and his wife at Sara
jevo, Bosnia, is dead in a fortress near
Prague of tuberculosis.
Prinzip shot to death the Austrian
archduke and his wife while they
were on visit to the Bosnian CAPT
tai on June %, 1914, and out of this
double murder the European war de-
veloped. Prinzip, who was a student,
was found guilty and sentenced to 20
years Imprisonment.
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SOLDIERS MAIL SHOULD
BEAR WORD "AMERicAN"

Washington, May 1.-Man addressed
to members Of the expedftionary force
in France should have the word
American" written or spelled in full
so that In the address the designation
will read american e. F." according
to request made by the postoffIce
authorities. The new order is deemed
necessary In order TO distinguish Amer
lean mail from that addressed to the
expeditionary forces OF other coun-
tries.
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SUBMIT ARMY BUDGET.

Washington, May 4.-De-
tailed estimates of funds need
ed for all branches of the army
service have been submitted TO
the house military committee
by Secretary Baker and his
aides. The session was execu-
tive. Secretary Bakers esti-
mates for the immediate war
program, as submitted to the
military committee, total APP
proximateIy S15,0O0,0O0. he stat
ed. The principal increases
are in the ordnance bureau and
the quartermaster generals de-
partment.
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Lake Companies Taking seamen.

Washington, May 4.-Charges thai
the steamship companies represented
in the Lake Carriers association are
hindering the conduct of the war by
sapping the strength Of Atlantic coast
shipping through inducing mariners to
leave the ocean have been made at
the shipping labor conference by Vic
tor Olaner of the Lake Seamen's union,
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IDENTIFY SHIP.

New York, May 1.-THE vessel
which was sunk in English waters
while carrying 81 Young Mems Chris
tan association workers was the Brit
ish steel steamship Orissa of 5,436
tons, gross, it was learned here today.
She left an American Atlantic port
April II.
Among the Americans on the tor
pedoed ship were Edward Tilden
Mathes, 500 High street, Bellingham,
Wash, and Donald ]. Wright, st. Hell
ems, Ore.
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Serious flood riots have broken out
In Cracewt Galicia, the Berlin Vor-
waerts REPORTS. according to a Lon
don dispatch. No new shipments of
food have arrived in Cracow for sew
eral weeks.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-25

tion-these three great factors account
for the stupendous progress this coun-
try has made in the last twenty-five
years.
They have swept away old prece-
dents, old customs, and they will even
tually sweep away many of the laws
now on our statute books.
The man Of to-day who does not
fully comprehend all this is doomed to
be somewhat of failure. while the
man who does comprehend 1t will have
taken long stride toward success.
1t is not many years since was a
lad, and yet at that time there was no
such thing as telephone. The tele-
graph was in very meagre use: fast ex-
press trains did not exist. IL took
several weeks to cross the ocean, and
the only flying machine we knew about
was the much derided one possessed
by Darius Green.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-25

A T A RECENT public hearing
{ \ on certain proposed food
legislation which Mr.. Perkins fav-
ored and which recognized the
necessity of cooperation some one
remarked that the legislation was
a violation of the principle or
individualism.
Mr.. Perkins retOrted, "Indiyid-
ualism is as dead as a smelt"
Mr.. Perkins reasons for his be-
lief are outlined in the following
article
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-25

the business in which they are jointly
engaged
This advance Is inevitable because OF
our educational system, which teaches
the workingman to think for himself.
1t Is inevitable because intercommuni-
cation has told the workingman in one
community what the workingman in
other communities are striving for and
achieving.
1t Is inevitable. because strikes and
lockouts can never be settled satisfac-
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-25

freedom to a point where. in many
phases Of our life. 1t has amounted to
license TO do almost anything that we
pleased or that brought profit or
fancied renown. regardless OF Its effect
OH ones fellowmen.
In the early days, when Instantaneous
ntercommunication did not exist, when
education was meagre and science un-
developed, what the individual did was
Of comparatively small consequence, for
his deeds did not reach very far and
did not affect many people.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-25
Why a New Era Co-opera-
tion Must Succeed Pure
Indiuidualism.

"WI1H '"'e'e9""'a'.
cation drawing the
world together, the act of an
individual can affect a large
number of people; therefore
that form of freedom which
is simply another expression
for license to do as one
pleases can no longer exist"
GEORGE w. PERKINS.
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closely. We find 1t difficult to strike
out along entirely new lines.
Thomas jefferson. in his old age,
wrote a letter i'm which he said
Some men ascribe to the men OF the
preceding age a wisdom more than
human, and suppose what they did to
be beyond amendment. / knew that ,
age [of the Revolutionl well. / be-
longed to IL and labored with ii. II
deserved well of its country. 1t was !
very like the present, but without the
experience of the present; and forty
years OF experience is worth a CEN
fury Of book reading; and this they
would say themselves were they TO
arise from the dead
Great Changes Taking Place Rapidly.
The changes that occurred from the
close of the Revolutionary War to JEFF
ferson's old age made a deep impress
sion on his mind; yet as we look back
at them from this distance they seem
Inflnitesimal when compared with the
changes that have taken place in the
world the last quarter of century and
the tremendous changes taking place
now.
George Washington was representa-.
tive Of the best type Of American u
century and half ago. He was y
scholar, soldier and Statesman, yet
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-25
Entering a New World.

When Abraham Lincoln was Presi-
dent it took four days or more for a
letter to travel from his home in Illi7
nois to New York. 1t took him several
days to go from his home to Washing
ton to be inaugurated. And yet only a
few weeks ago a young woman, UNI
aided and alone. travelled in flying
machine from Chicago to New York I'm
eight hours and fifty minutes.
We are just entering a new electrical
world, where everything is done. as Ii
were, on the instant.
Our fathers had none of the modern
machinery with which social and BUSH
ness intercourse is now carried on
Their sons are wrestling with the prob
lem of how to use these new methods
of intercommunication and still adhere
to the laws. the precedents and the
book learning Of their fathers.
This is OUR great problem. 1t is a
difficult, complicated problem and is
causing struggle Of titanic proper
ltions-a struggle to throw off In a
night, as 1t were, the precedents of an
old world for the realities Of new.
Precedent makes towards Of US all.
But the educator, the scientist and the
inventor have left us no choice. We
must adjust our thought and action to
new conditions.
The Day of Individsslism Gone.
The changes Of the last twenty-five
years socially, industrislly and econom-
ically have been great, yet I believe
they are infinitesimal compared to the
changes that are coming.
believe these charges are going to
deal most largely with the relation
ship Of man to man.
In this country we have been living
in an age of the utmost freedom to the
individual. 1t has been the individual
istic period, when the order of the day
has seemed to be "evsry fellow for him
self and the devil takb the hindmost-"
We have gloried IN the freedom OF
the individual and Have practised this
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-25


$500 ''''-.-; --.~,
Have the men who nave lived anu
worked simply to acquire great for
tunes obtained peace of mind. happi-
ness and honor? How MANY Of them
could answer "Yes'' {?
Has the country been benefited by
the course they have taken? A very
large majority Of our countrymen
would answer mo"
On the whole. the individualfstic
age has not been success. either tor
the Individual. or the community IN
which he has lived. or the naticW
We are, beyond question. entering
on a period where the welfare Of the
community takes precedence over the
interests of the individual and where
the liberty OF the individual WIN be
more and more circumscrlbed for the
benefit Of the community as whole.
Mans activities will hereafter be
required to be not only for himself
but for his fellowmen.
To my mind there is nothing In the
signs of the times so certain as this.
How the Rewards Will Come.
Our only decoration-the almighty
dollar-is receding into the background
The man Of exceptional ability, Of
more than ordinary talent. will here
after look for his rewards, for his
honors, not In one direction but In
two:-First-and foremost-in some
public work accomplished, and. sec
ondarily, in wealth acquired.
In place Of having 1t said of him at
mis- death that he left so many hundred
thousand dollars 1t will be said that he
rendered a certain amount Of public
service and. incidentally. left certain
amount Of money.
Such a goal will prove far greater
satisfaction to him, he will live more
rational worth while life and he will
be doing his share to provide a better
country in which to live.
have two reasons for believing that
future conditions will be as I have
briefly sketched them:
First, because the world Is being
drawn together in one cefralized
community through tie wonderful de-
velopment in science and the marvel
lous work of the inventor
Second, because in our country
especially we are entering upon a new
stage of development. which calls
loudly for men who will render dis
interested public service.
We face new conditions. and In
order to survive and succeed we Will
require different spirit of public
service.
One reason why / am strongly for
universal military training is that 1t
develops in the youth sense Of all
around responsibility to his country.
not only In time Of war but In time Of
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-25

he did not know as much about science
as young schoolboy of to-day.
Thomas A. Edison typifies the sclen-
fist of our time, but the gap between
the man of the Edison type and Wash
ington is probably greater than the gap
between Washington and the man
whose bones We're recently discovered
near Trenton, n. j., said to have lived
125, 900 years ago.
The advances in science, intercom-
munication and In universal educa-
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-25

torily or permanently by merely rails
ing mans wages.
1t Is inevitable because It gives sta
bility to business and because 1t Is as
advantageous to capital as to labor.
AS a matter Of fact, when a working
man strikes 1t Is not merely to obtain
an increase in his wage; that is what
the papers tell us the trouble Is all
about and that is what he asks for; but
way down underneath what he is really
striking for is a larger percentage of
the profits OF the business.
He may not realize this, but. sub
consciously. this is precisely what he
is doing.
No mere increase In wages can ever
satisfactorily solve this problem. 1t
can be solved only on the basis of
profit sharing.
BY profit sharing 1 do not mean
bonus giving. mean actual profit
sharing plans based on the earnings
of the business, with fair percentages
to capital and fair percentage tol
labor after ordinary wages and inter-
est have been earned.
Profit sharing can be done salts
factorily only when the business con-
Germ makes public its transactions, so
that the laborer and the stakeholder
can know as much about the business
as does the manager himself. :.
In the adjustment of difficulties be-
tween capital and labor l am conf
dent that open books will accomplish
much more than open shops.
These changes are far-reaching and
fundamental. What are we going to
do about It? What Is to be our men
tai attitude? How are we going to
handle these problems?
Can we approach them from the
same point Of view as did our fathers,
who lived in a strictly indlvidualistic
age? Can we approach them from the
knowledge we have gained from law
books which were written in the in
dlvidualistic age? IL we do we will
be combating the mighty onward
rush of new thought and new condi-
lions, provided In large measure by,
the scientist, the educator, the inven-
tor.
What the Future Holds Forth.
What Is the outlook? Is 1t sad,
pessimistic future that unfolds? Does
life hardly seem worth living under
the new conditions or does II hold out
an optimistic future, with finer OPP
Iportunities and more worth while
goals?
Let me see IL 1 can picture 1t as I
see 1t. First, just glance into the
past.
! About the only goal we have had
has been the almighty dollar. The
first question asked when man dies
is, How much was he WORTH" with
scarcely a thought as to how much
he did for his community or his coun-
TRY.
But what has 1t all amounted tot
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-25

State of Michgan-The Circuit Court for the
County OF Genesee-In Chancery.
Elizabeth w. Brown
Plaintiff.
William w. Brown.
Defendant
Suit pending in the Circuit Court for the County
of Genesee. in chancery at the City of Flint. in
said county. the 4th day Of January. A. ID. 1918
In this cause IL appearing from affidavit on file
that the said Defendant. William w. Brown Is
not a resident of the City of Flint County of Gene
see and State Of Michigan. but that his place of
residence is unknown to the said Plaintiff.
On motion Of Bishop & Blackney. Plaintiffs at
torneys. IL is orderded that the said Defendant,
William w. Brown. cause his appearance to be en-
tered herein within three months from the date of
this order; and In case of his appearance that he
cause his answer to the Plaintiffs Bill of Com
plant TO filed and copy thereof TO be served on
vice ON him of n copy OF said Bill and notice Of
this order; and in default thereof said bill will
be taken as confessed by said nonresident de-
PENDANT.
And Il it is further ordered that within twenty
days the said plaintiff cause a notice of this ord
er TO be published IN The Clio Messenger a news
paper published and circulating in said County
and that such publication be continued therein.
at least once each week for six weeks in success
sion. or that she cause copy Of this order TO be
personally served on said nonresident defendant
at least twenty days before the time above pre-
scribed for his appearance.
Edward w, Black
Circuit Judge
Bishop & Blackney
Attorneys for Plaintiff
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II DO
AS I
LII e."
-Indiuidualisy,,.

With ntercommunication drawing
the world together In one centralized
community. the act Of the individual
can affect a large number Of people;
therefore, that form Of freedom which
is simply another expression for IL
cense to, do as one pleasese can no
longer exist.
When Manhattan was sparsely set
tied and most Of the people lived on
it's southern end 1t would not have
mattered much had there been a case
Of smallpox at the north end. The pa
tient could have done pretty much as
he pleased without endangering any
one else.
But case of smallpox I'm the north
ern end Of Manhattan to-day must be
quarantined Immediately to protect
other people.
w utu was a IVY was uO 81
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals. and had any one suggested
that a man could not whip his horse as
much as he pleased he would have been
ridiculed. Indeed, I'm those days the
idea that a man had not the right to
beat his own child as he pleased was
given little attention.
When we were all driving horses and
buggies there was no speed limit and
Ia man did not have to procure a
license to drive horse. With the ad-.
went of the automobile license has
become a necessity. The public must
know that the man who operates an
automobile knows first how to operate
Iit and, second to control 1t.
Society is finding it necessary to take
away much OF what has hitherto been
called freedom OF the individual" In
my judgment this process Is only in its
infancy.
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peace. He is much more apt to be q
faithful, conscientious servant than IL
he had not had military training. He
enters public service In time OF peace
in more nearly the same spirit that hs
would enter military service in time Of
war-namely, from sense of patriotic
duty and a desire to serve his country
and his fellowmen.
In recent years we Nave been hearing
a great deal about government owner
ship of our railroads. We are told that
lin Germany the railroads are owned BY
the government and that their opera
ttion is most successful. This Is trueIl
but in Germany conditions are vastly
different.
The military training Of the youth. in
fact, the entire trend Of education IN
Germany is to impress upon the young
men of that land that they owe service
to their country. When man entert
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Relation Of Capital and Labor.

The freedom Of the business man to
do as he pleases Is now being seriously
challenged, and 1 most heartily agree
with what Mr.. John ID. Rockefeller. Jr.,
said recently at Cornell University to
the effect that one Of the chief quail
fications for q manager of a large bust
ness copcern is rapidly coming to be
the human quality and ability to adj
dust differences between capitalist and
laborer and to understand their rela-,
tionship.
Until recent years little broad think,
ing was given to this problem and diff
ferences were settled on the basis of|
Knight makes right" All this Is rap
idly changing and we are entering a
period OF new Industrial relationships. !
In the long ago the relationship be-
tween capital and labor was that of
owner and slave, then came the period
of master and man, then the period OF
employer and employee. each period
being a decided step forward.
In my judgment we are just now en-
tering period OF copartnershipl
where the tool user will be part tool
owner and where capital and labor wil1
share more equitably in the profits Of