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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-09-20
HARVEST THE CROPS
AND WHIP THE KAISER.

Hunger Is the Kaiser's best weap-
on" The Y. w. G. A. believes II.
This Is why II is making 1t possible
for high school girls In New York state
to help farmers in the fields; for col
lege girls In the Middle West to do
general farm work; for Polish women
in New Jersey to pick potatoes and for
boys and girls across the continent In
Washington to gather fruits.
All this work Is part Of the cam
paign to save the crops and beat the
Huns"
1t is the aim Of the Y. w. G. A. to
demonstrate the best ways Of housing
and feeding farm laborers and so take
the burden from farmers wives.
In all the places where women are
working under the direction of the Y.
w. G. A. house is provided for the
laborers, with supervisor in charge.
The supervisors business Is to make
all business arrangements with the
farmers and provide the food. II chill
dren accompany their mothers. a train
ed woman looks after them while their
mothers are In the fields.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-09-20
How Vocal Sounds Are Produced.

In our throats are two cords which
we call our vocal cords. When we
talk or sing or shout we cause these
cords to vibrate and thus we make the
sounds of our voices. The most won
derful part of this voice Of ours Is
that with only two vocal cords we can
produce practically all the notes that
can be made with piano, which has
wire for every note, excepting that
we cannot make so many at one time.
The human throat Is so wonderfully
constructed that we can lengthen or
shorten our vocal cords at will and
produce, with two strings, In our
throats as many notes as II takes the
piano many more strings to produce
From the Book Of Wonders by Permis-
sion Bureau of Industrial Education.
Washington, ID. @.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-09-20
How camoufIaae Is Employed.

The act Of hiding anything from the
enemy is termed camouflage. Tanks
and magazines are covered with
anonymous patches Of vivid-colored
paint that are supposed to disguise
them. Guns are hidden by branches;
false guns made of tree trunks are
erected here and there to attract the
enemy's fire; troops behind the lines
spend hours digging false trench,
and then laugh gleefully when an
enemy airman drops flare over 1t,
the signal to his gunners to fire. A
great use of camoufiage is to hide adj
vancing troops. The varieties, then Of
camouflage, are infinite. Any little
or big trick that can cause the enemy
to see what does not exist; any ruse
that will make him think that your
guns are where in reality they are not !;
any cloud Of smoke that you can
wrap around yourself, like the Trojan
of old, when you advance to the at
tack any trench upon which by means
Of dummy figures, you can persuade
your enemy to waste his ammunition,
all such things come under the head
Of camoufiage.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-09-20
WHY
Female Animal Is Superior
to the Male

There are lot of things about ma
ture we may not understand, remarks
George f. Burba In the National HUI
name Educator. The male has but
himself to support. The female must
support herself and her young. The
mother therefore becomes the supe-
rior animal; she must show greater
discretion in hunting; she must be Of
quicker action; she must show greater
endurance.
And that Is exactly what happens
in the animal world-the female is SUI
periOr to the male, although she is
generally smaller than the male. Her
muscles are stronger in proportion to
her size. Her sight Is keener. Her
movements are quicker. Her scent is
more acute. One notices all Of this
in hunting with bird dogs. Trappers
know that the she-woIf is harder to
deceive THAI the male wolf. 1t has to
be, in order that the mother may be
able to rear her family, for she has
no help from the male.
Nature protects the mother to a
greater extent than she protects the
male, in order to balance up. She dulls
the female bird for a purpose; she
isn't favoring the male by giving him
his bright colOrs. If the female were
as brilliant as the male she would be
an easy prey to hawks and owls as
she broods the eggs.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-09-20
Y. W. C. A. Helps French
Munition Workers

Twelve social centers, or foyers, as
they are called by the French, are run
by the American Y. w. G. A. for girls
and women who are working In the
great munition factories Of France.
Two Of these are In St Etienne and
three In Lyon. All have cafeterias
connected with them.
Girls and women who work in these
factories are of all classes and ages,
ployees are of every nation-Chinese,
Cingalese, Algerian, Moroccan and
Portuguese Many Of the women are
refugees. Multitudes have lost every
relative and friend. There are daugh-
tiers, mothers and grandmothers among
them.
These foyers are the only place ex-
cept the street that the majority have
In which to spend their out of work
hours. Barracks for sleeping, eating
and bathing are the only provision
made for the comfort of the workers
by the management of the factories.
The women and girls meet their
men and women friends In the foyers.
sew, write letters, press out their
waists, stitch on the sewing machines,
read and rest. The rooms are their
homes Games and entertainment are
provided and educational classes. OF
the classes the English ones are by far
the most popular.
All these foyers are sanctioned by
the French Ministry Of War.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-09-20
THE 1918 CAMPAIGN
Republican State Central Committee
10 Actively At Work.

The Michigan Republican State
Central Committee Is already at work.
Headquarters have been opened in
the Ford building in the same rooms
from which the Newberry Senatorial
Committee conducted 80 successful a
campaign.
John d. Mangum, of Marquette.
chairman of the State Central Com
mittee, is in charge and he Is being
assisted by d. e. Award, of Clare.
secretary; Fred w. Green, Of Ionia.
treasurer; E. v. Chilson, of Ann Ar
Dor. assistant secretary; H. A. Hop.
kins, of st. Clair. publicity director
and H. o. Turner. Of Detroit, auditor.
Members of the State Central Com
mitee are:
First District.-William Gutman,
Detroit; John w. Smith, Detroit.
Second District.-W. G.. Gutman,
Monroe; T. H. Ryan, Jackson.
Third District-Benjamin B. Con
man. Coldwater; Otto Ihling, Kala-
mazoo.
Fourth District-Edwy G. Reid.
Allegan; Roscoe w. Broughton, Paw
Paw.
Fifth District.-Claude T. Hamilton,
Grand Rapids; Charles H. Mcbride.
Holland.
Sixth District.-Frank L. Covert,
Pontiac; Fred M. Alger, Detroit
Seventh District.-William H. Cook.
Akron; William T. Hosner, Romeo.
Eighth District.-JOhn Baird, Sagi-
nav; William M. Smith, st. Johns.
Ninth District.-Martin Brown, Le-
land: Gardner Sands, Pentwater.
Tenth District.-James E. David
son, Bay City; Edward Dresser, Big
Rapids.
Eleventh District.-Herman Lun-
den, Lewiston; Henry Dotsch, Escan.
aba.
Twelfth District--Robert II.
Shields, Houghton; Robert A. Douglas.
Ironwood.
Thirteenth District.-John s. Hag-
gerty, Detroit; Charles w. Burton. De-
troit.
At Large-Edwin DENLY, Detroit;
Arthur H. Vandenberg, Grand Rapids.
Press Members.-Perry +. Powers,
Cadillac; Walter J. Hunsaker. Sa-
yinaw.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-09-20

unopposed in the air, we could bomb
any munition depot, transportation
line, naval base, and the German capt.
tai itself. When one comes to realize
the vital Importance of control of the
air, the crime of the aircraft delay be-
comes more and more inexplicable-
more and more reprehensible.
The Kentucky Democrat who is
chairman of the District of Columbia
Committee in the House holds the rec
ord for bringing into the House freak
legislation that he has prepared on
the spur of the moment to meet some
-4eooApe S! gu Mou 4snf pssu ps!oueJ
ing the passage of bill making i'm
prisonment for one year the penalty
for carrying a concealed weapon in the
city of Washington, FIVE years for a
second offense, and life Imprisonment
for third offense. Representative
Edward H. Wason of New Hampshire
took issue with the Kentuckian that
his penalties were entirely out of pro-
portion to the gravity of the offense,
and contended that the present statute
coupled with the proper granting of
licenses by the chief Of police, was suf-
ficient to control the evil. 1t is openly
limited that the gentleman from the
Blue Grass State has been guilty more
than once of the offense against which
he now wants to legislate, and if his
bill should become law he would be
one of the first to suffer from it's
proper enforcement
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-09-20
Why PershIno Praises Baseball.

Baseball has made strategists Of
all American soldiers, General Pershing
says in letter received by Capt. @. e.
Adams, former Nebraska state COM
mander of the g. A. r. Captain Adams
and General Pershing are great friends.
The letter says: "The avidity with
which American soldiers are entering
into the activities Of the war on the
battle line is astonishing to European
armies. In the matter of grenade and
bomb throwing the Americans become
proficient in but few days. drill.
attribute this In part to the American
games, football and baseball, which
make strategists Of them ALL"
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-09-20
FOREIGN WOMEN LEARN
AMERICAN WAYS

A corps Of translators and inter-
prefers in fifteen different languages
are employed by the War Work Coun-
Gil Of the Y. w. G. A. They instruct
foreign-born women whose husbands
have been called into the service In
such intimate questions as the laws
relating to rentals and labor, In the
care of children and in how to use
American foods in dishes adapted to
foreign tastes and present high prices.
This last work Is done in cooperation
with the Government Food Conserva-
ton Commission and the Home Dem
onstration Worl9 Of the U. S. Agricul-
tural Department.
Leaflets are sent out and articles
circulated through the foreign newspa-
pers. One Of the efforts is to tell these
strangers Of the resources for them
selves and their children which this
country provides.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-09-20
DUE TO SOLUTION IN WATER
How Iron Implements, Long Aban-
doned In Cuban Mine, Were
Turned Into Copper.

Not so very long ago a curious find
was made in one of the copper mines
at Ell Cobre, Cuba. These mines, once
among the richest In the world, were
abandoned for long time on account
of the Instructions in Cuba against
the Spanish rule. In 1868 the coal
supply was cut off by the insurgents,
and consequently pumping the mines
became impossible and they were soon
filled with water.
After the Spanish war an American
company bought the mines and pro-
ceeded to pump out the water. In one
of the shafts thus made accessible
was found what once represented an
iron pickax, as well as some crowbars.
The metal in these implements had,
1t is said, turned to copper. Extraor-
binary as this may appear, 1t can be
scientifically explained.
The water. filtering through the
rock and the copper ore veins, dis
solved some of the copper. the solu-
tion containing sulphate of copper. AS
soon as the sulphuric acid In this So
luton touched the iron it dissolved
that metal and deposited copper in Its
place, for sulphuric acid has a greater
affinity for iron than for copper. In
the process certain impurities which
had existed In the iron were left be-
hind undisturbed.
The wooden handle Of the pick was
in good condition. The metal was
porous and irregular in shape, but the
general outline preserved 1.-THE form of
the pick somewhat enlarged In size.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-09-20
BOMB PARLOR FOR
AMERICANS IN PARIS

"a series Of unearthly walls from
and we are out of our beds and down
in the bomb parlor In double quick
time" writes a woman who lives at
the Hotel Petrograd in Paris. MANY
times l have made the flight twice in
night. But you get used to 1t and
drop off to sleep again as soon as you
get the chance.
1.-THE bomb parlor' Is one of the
unique features of the Petrograd. 1t
Is not its official title-a few of us
have named 1t that 1t Is good sized
room at the bottom Of the house and
has no outside walls. Once there, we
feel as safe from harm as we ever did
in our BEDS We spend the time be-
tween the 'alerte' that turns us out of
bed and the all clear signal that tells
us to go back, with games, reading and
visiting. l have seen Red Cross nurses
on the floor fast asleep In spite Of the
awful din Of the bombs and guns.
"MOre kinds of uniforms I'm all
stages Of freshness and fading come
into the Petrograd. which is the Amer
lean Y. w. G. A. hostess house of
Paris, than any other place in France.
Soldiers and sailors meet their women
friends there; there are the Red Cross
nurses, the women Of the Signal Corps,
American women stenographers, vari-
Gus medical orders, the Y. w. G. A.
naturally, and all the rest. 1t is new
err ending, strangely shifting throng.
Besides being unique for its bomb
parlor,' the hotel serves butter for
breakfast and has bathing facilities
for its resident guests at all hours.
These are enough to give lasting fame
to any house In France at this time.
Last winter 1t was known as the
house with warm rooms
The Hotel Petrograd of Paris Is one
of the three Y. w. G. A. hostess houses
in France. The others are ut Bourges
and Tours. The social rooms of all
are open to any woman or girl at any
time of day or evening to meet her
men or women friends, rest, enjoy So
cial intercourse, read or write.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-09-20
owoSsO MARKETS.
GRAINS

Owosso, Mich, Sept. 90, 1918.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-09-20

Quoted oy Fred Welch
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-09-20
statesmen WANTED to solicit

statesmen WANTED to solicit or.
ders for lubricating oils, gresses and
paints. Salary or Commission. Address
THE HARVEY OIL Co., Cleveland, Ohio.
Rundell Brothers, mfrs. of creamery
butter, need your butterfat. Try us.
Open Saturday nights.
statesmen WANTED to solicit or
ders for lubricating oils, greases and
paints. Salary or Commission. Address
The Harvey Oil Co., Cleveland, Ohio.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-07-09
ACCUSED OF PRoFITEERING
Report by Federal Board Declares
Meat Packers "Have Preyed Upon
People Internationally"

Washington, July Investigations
carefully conducted have led to the
conclusion thai profiteering exists
among America n industries at the pres
ent time, due in part to advantage
being taken Of "war pressure for
heavy production and in part to Gin
ordinate greed md barefaced fraud"
the federal trade commission an
nounced in report sent to the SEN
ate The report was submitted in re-
Spouse to resolution asking the COM
mission to furnish the senate with all
figures and information relative to
profiteering, In order that steps might
be taken to remedy present condI-
lions.
The report declares that unprece-
denied profits are shown in survey
of the packing industry. In this con-
nection it is said: Five meat pack
ers, Armour, Swift, Morris, Wilson and
Cudahy and their subsidiary and afflli-
ated companies have monopolistic con-
troll of the meat industry and are
reaching out for like dominion in 9TH
er products. Their manipulations of
the market embrace every device that
is useful to them, without regard to
law. Their reward expressed in terms
of profit, reveal that four of these con-
Germs have pocketed in 1915-1916-1917
S140O00,000. However delicate a def
milton is framed for profiteering,'
these packers have preyed upon the
people uncOnscionably.'
The products investigated, and
which the report covers, are steel,
copper, zinc, nickel, sulphur, lumber,
coal, flour, canned milk and canned sal
mon. Salaries and bonus paid high Of
ficials also were the subject of inquiry.
Price fixing by the government the
report says, has tended to prevent the
market from running away, put
at the same time it strengthens the
stronger factors in industry In their
positions and enriches them by profits
which are without precedent.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-07-09
FORMER CAR SLAIN
KEW DISPATCH CONFIRMS RE.
PORT OF ASSASSINATION.
Son Of Deposed Autoerat Is Declared
to Have Passed Away While
in Exile.

London, June pa dispatch from
kiey dated Wednesday declares the
report of the assassination of former
Emperor Nicholas has been confirmed.
1t is stated he was killed by bolshevik
troops during their retreat on Ekater-
inburg.
The Kiev message was received at
Basel, Switzerland. and forwarded
here by the Havas correspondent in
that city.
A dispatch from Geneva says:
1.-THE Ukraine bureau at Lausanne
announced it has received confirmation
OF the report that the bolshevik au-
thorities at Ekaterinburg condemned
Nicholas Romanoff. the former Rus
sian emperor, to death after short
trial and then shot him. Details Of the
reported execution are lacking"
Rumors are current In Petrograd
that Alexis Romanoff, son of former
Gar Nicholas, died q few days ago.
says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Copenhagen.
Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch,
reported at the head of counter-revo-
lutionary movement, now is at Omsk,
ON the Siberian steppes, according to
Russian adyices forwarded by the Ex-
change Telegraph correspondent at
Copenhagen.
Former Gar Nicholas was the last
of the house of Romanoff.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-07-09
U-BoAT IS BEATEN-scHWAB
Master Shipbuilder Says America Will
Be Greatest Maritime Nation
in the World.

Chicago, July 1. Charles NJ.
Schwab, master shipbuilder of the
world and premier business man, came
to Chicago spreading the spirit of vic
tory.
1.-THE submarine?' he said in response
to a query. 'It's beaten already.
seldom make predictions, and I'm not
breaking that rule now. I'm simply
telling you fact"
"And about the shipbuilding pro-
gram?" he was asked.
"We will launch between 80 and
100 ships on July d." he said, with d
total tonnage of over 100000. The
United States In time will be the
greatest maritime nation in the world.
The American flag, which has virtually
been driven from the seas of com
merce, will be seen in every port in the
world after the war; 1t will revolution
ize our whole national life"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-07-09
SENATE DEFEATS
DRAFT AGE RAISE
Fall Amendment to Army Meas
ure Is Rejected by Vote of
49 to rs.
SHIP SHORTAGE IS FEARED
Senator Warren Warns Vessels for
Troop Movement to France Soon
Will Be Reduced by Expira-
tion of Contracts With
Allies.

Washington, July 1.-The senate on
Friday, by vote of 40 to %, rejected
the Fall amendment making the draft
age limits twenty to forty years. in
lieu of the present limits of twenty
one to thirty-one years.
With the defeat of this amendment
the chief obstacle to the passage of
the $12,000,000,000 army bin was re-
moved.
A test vote on motion of Senator
Hardwick of Georgia put the senate on
record in favor of lowering the draft
age limit below twenty-one years. SEN
ator Hardwick moved TO. substitute
twenty-one years for twenty years as
the minimum age limit In the Fall
amendment. His motion was rejected
by vote of Al to 33.
Several amendments offered to the
Fall amendment were voted down.
Senator New of Indiana proposed an
amendment involving the principle of
universal military training. 1t pro-
vided for the training of young men.
at lhChlg gCt1lS OShoNOA
Warren of Wyoming spoke against it.
Senator Warren warned the senate
that shipping for troop movement to
France soon would be reduced by the
expiration of contracts with the allied
governments.
The New amendment was voted
down without roll CALL
Senator Hitchcock brought up his
amendment designed to remove en-
barrassing international complications
by exempting neutrals from the draft.
After some notifications. which may
be revised, 1t was adopted, 43 to 16.
Senator McCumber of North Dakota
declared for an army of 100000 men.
"And by that mean 100000 fight
ing men," he explained; mot 5,00O,-
600 men of whom only go per cent are
fighting men,"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-07-09
NO CHANGE IN DRAFT.
SECRETARY BAKER HAS NEW
ARMY PROGRAM.
War Chief Declares 100000 Men
viii Be in the Service
by August.

Washington, June 28.-After Secre-
tary Baker and General March had op-
posed revision of draft age limits and
announced that within 90 days the war
department would submit new and
enlarged army program, the senate
military committee on Wednesday
voted against any legislation to change
the draft age limits from twenty-one
and thirty-one years to twenty and
forty years.
Senator Chamberlain announced
that it is proposed to call in August
100000 draft men, in September $780,
900. in October 10000, In November
10000 and in December 125,0O0.
These, he said, are expected to ex-
haust class l.
Senator Hitchcock gave figures stat
ing that in August, when the final call
on men in class 1 will have exhaust
ed that class, there will be 100000
men in the army and the highest esti-
mate Of the number of American
troops which will be in France by that
time Is 1,450,O0O.
Secretary Baker said an enlarged"
program for the army is planned in a
formal statement made after he had
been closeted with the committee for
nearly three hours with his aids.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-07-09
MAY TRAIN ALL U. S. YOUTHS
President Reported Preparing to Ad-
vocate Universal Military Train
ing as War Measure.

Washington, June %. = President
Wilson, 1t was learned from an au-
thoritative source, is preparing to ad-
vocate universal military training as
war measure.
The tentative plan of the admins
tration is to submit to congress at an
early date bill extending the draft
age and also establishing universal
military training for American youths
below the draft age. 1t transpired on
Thursday that the prospective embodi-
ment of this plan in an administration
measure accounted for Secretary of
War Bakers urgent recommendation
that the senate postpone action on the
proposed extension of the draft age
until the war department completes a
survey Of national man power and
brings in a comprehensive scheme for
the expansion of the army.
The general staff of the army is now
formulating the entire plan for the de-
velopment of the armies which must
Ee relied upon to defeat Germany.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-07-09
BUILDING FALLS; 10 KILLED
Many Others Injured When Structure
CoIIapses at Sioux City, la
Victims Burned.

Sioux City, Ia, July 2.-The toll of
death in the Ruff building, three
story brick structure which collapsed
on Saturday afternoon, was estimated
at ten, with score more injured.
The building was being remodeled and
the collapse is believed to have been
due to removal of old supports. The
structure was erected nearly fifty
years ago. The dead. Louis Schiller,
Louis Soiseth, Charles Kugel, Walter
Nelson, Roy Ostrander, one unidenti-
fed. The missing: Alfred Hanson,
one of the owners of the Ruff Drug
company.
When the Ruff building collapsed
the east wall fell on two other
buildings, rushing both as If they
were eggshells A number of persons
are believed to be buried In the ruins
of these buildings.
Fire which broke out in the ruins Of
the Ruff building added to the perils
of those imprisoned.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-07-09
HUNGARIAN TROOPS MUTINY
1000 of Emperor Carts Soldiers Sem
fenced to Die-GeneraI Strike
in Budapest.

Paris, July There have been
rebellious outbreaks in the garrisons
of the cities of Gyor and PEGS, Hun
gary, as result of which 1000 of the
military involved in the mutiny have
been condemned to death, according
to reports received by the Matin.
Both Austria and Hungary are af-
fected by the. revolutionary movement,
which is said to be in. progress on a
large scale, in Austria, the newspapers
dispatch says. The spirit of revolt is
said to be strongly pervasive in the
army. Violent demonstrations are re-
ported to have occurred in numerous
cities.
Amsterdam, July AL work in
Budapest has been stopped by gen.
eral strike it was announced in the
Hungarian parliament by Premier
Wekerle, according to advices received
here.
Thousands of men are out.
London, July Finland and
many parts of Russia are confronted
with famine. 30