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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-10-24
TEMPERANCE ASSOCIATION TO
= CONTINUE

The lAmalgamated Temperance As
sociatipn held session in connection
with the County Sunday school asso-
ciatioH on Friday. After some dis
cussioh it was decided that because of
conditions it was desirable to main
tain this organization, which repre-
sents the various temperance organi-
cations at work in the county. Officers
were elected as follows:
President, C. w. Brigham, Bancroft,
vice president, James w. Griffin, Du-
rand; secretary, Mrs. Eta Killian,
Garland; treasurer, j. c. Curtis, Du-
rand.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-10-24
PREPARE TO PROTECT THIS
COUNTY FROM ROBBER

The county purchasing agent and
Supervisor Simeon were authorized to
purchase two high powered rifles for
the sheriff's department.. 1t was
pointed out that with bank bandits
looting banks in all parts. of the coun-
try, it is well to prepare For them if
they come here, and that the depart.
ment at present has only revolvers.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-10-24

~ Geraldine Mahaney Of Goodrich,
~ Eunday ct the home Of her par
~ and Mrs. G. Mahaney, . Ball
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-29
PEOPLE DEMAND
TOO GOOD CLOTH
President Wood Says That Keeps Up
Prices of Clothing-Should
Wear Cheaper Goods.

BOSTON, Dee 29-The insistence Of
the public upon clothes made from line
woods is large factor in the present
high prices OF clothing. according 10
William NJ Wood, president OF the Amer
lean company. Mr. Wood, who recently
charged that some OF the merchants III
Lawrence. Mass, were demanding eXccs-
size procession necessaries and were in the
habit OF raising prices with every increase
in wages in the cornpany's mills III that
city. gqye out z prepgfed Statement last
night in response II request Tor his
views upon the high cost OF clothing
Ii our people would consent WAS his
conclusion, TO wear good, substantial,
Durable clothes. made al the coarser woods.
clothing could hc purchased at consider
ably lower prices than thosa which now
prevail
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-29
GREAT RUSH
OF IMMIGRANTS
Ellis Island Overcrowded and Hun
dreds Are Detained On Ships
Italians Predominate

NEW YORK. Dee o9.-More than
5000 immigrants were clamoring Ut
the gates OF New York last night for
admittanec into the United States FL
lis Island is congcSted and many huL-
dreds Of the incoming passengers axe
beng detained on board steamships for
examination.
Immigration inspectors and special
boards OF inquiry are working dav and
night TO relieve the unprecedented con
dltions. In the meantime hundreds Of
foreigners and relatives Of the detained
passengers from AL over the country
arc impa1icntly awaiting the result of
Immigrant inspectors.
Police and coast guards arc on dutv
at the piers and The Ellis Island ferry
entrance To hold in check the crowds.
Several attempts have been made ~
the friends and relatives OF the de-
taIncd passengers % storm the piers
in an effort 10 reach the ships. They
cannot understand the delay and fear
their friends are TO be deportcd
The greater number of the inn.
grants hehg detaincd are Italians, i
Was stated S,vcral hundred Greek
passengers are also held.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-29
HOTEL HOBBER
IS UNDER ARREST
Over $4,000 Worth of Plumber Taken
From H E. Shelley, Moving Pic
ture Actor and Former Convict.

NEW YORK, Dee 29.-Harry Ed
ward Shelley, moving picture actor,
former convict, secretary of Il post Of
the American Legion and during the
war soldier in the American and Can
adam armies. sat in room in the de-
tective bureau Of the West Thirtieth
street police station yesterday after
noon and, according to the police. told
them how in the last six months he
had robbed guests of the McAlpin,
Waldorf, Claridge, Biltmorc aud other
big New York hotels Of jewels, cloth
ing and other property worth several
hundred thousand dollars
In the room III which Shelley vas
telling of his methods other detectives
were busy cataloguing and trying Il
identify innumerable items of property
worth more than $4,000. Shelley, IL.
gether with another actor, Maurice j
Gray Of SO West Forty-eighth street
was arrested late Saturday night OF
Forty -eighth street and Broadway. Be.
sides the police have also al pawn
tickets. which shelley told them he hi,
received for Jewels pledged in valiou,
parts Of the city. These jewels, Shell
| ley told the detectives, arc worth
| probably many times a. much - thai
part of the loot which has. been recoy
| cred
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-29

TO BUILD HOMES
FOR WORkMEN
Carnegie Steel Company
Plans to Improve Condi-
tons at Youngstown
WILL! LOAN MONEY
AT REDUCED RATE
To Establish Bureau to Give Legal and
Social Advice - Cannot Force Amer
icanism On Foreign Born = Night
Schols Are Not a Success.

YOUNGSTOWN, O., Dec. 29.-Broad
plans TO help the employees of the Car
negie Steel Company improve their con,
dition are announced by j. H. Rose. gen
eral superintendent of the Youngstown
district
The plans include building homes for
the workmen, loaning money at lower
rates than those charged by the banks,
with which they can build their own
homes; establishment of schools. in
which foremeu will be trained to handle
mcn establishment of bureau to give
legal, financial and social advice
Night schools viii be continued, al
though they have not proved success in
the company's plants. Americanization
cannot be forced on the foreign born
Mr.. Rose said the company had found
il was profitable only when he demand
for it came from the men themselves.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-29
Huntress Adams Company
For NeW Years Gifts
AMONEY- SAVING OPPORTUNITY

22c Boxes Writing Paper Observation-Disclosures. 15c
25c-2ec Boxes Writing Paper Observation-Disclosures. 100
High Class Fancy Boxed Papeteres were 3ec to SIPS;
buy for home use ..s....... One Fourth Off
a. 98c Bath Towel Sets 79c
Woonap Blankets only four pairs left of the special lot
$3.50 grade, 7ox82 ............... $3.50
S225 Scotch Tarns for school ........... $1.79
50c-75c Chidren's Purses or Bags ........ SOC
s125 to $3.50 Ladies Leather Purses slightly shopworn
Half Price
S275 Dresser Scarf and Pin Cushion Sets 49, ST SO
S00-Sl.25 Boudoir Caps all colors ........... 79c
5Sc-75c Boudoir Caps Observation-Disclosures. 400
45-nch Round Table Covers embroidered and scaoped
were $500 to $3.o5 .............. 81. 40 to $2.9S
S9.50-S1075 Beacon Bath Robes ........... SS.75
1898 Beacon Bath Robes S5.9S
15c-7c Embroidered Handkerchefs, slightly mussed
2 for 25c
nc Peroxide Soap .................. 3 cakes 25c
s4.9S Beacon Bath Robe Blankets. only four . 80
Liberty Lunch Sets, several styles,
$3.50, s1.79, S1.9s
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-29
AMERICA MUST
AID GERMANY
Bankers Declare They Can
not Weather Financial
Storm Without 1t
PLANS
WOULD RUIN THEM
Proposed Emergency Levy On Indus
trial Fortunes and Heavy Income
Takes Would Ruin Everybody -
Erzberger's Power Waning.

BERLIN, Dec. 29--The spectre OF the
which threatens drasticallv to reduce
German industrial fortunes in the next
10 years makes ii difficult for Germans
10 forecast the economic outlook of their
country for 1920 Leaders in financial
political and social circles are divided in
their opinions OF the measures for ma
tional relief proposed by Matthias Err
berger minister OF finance.
There IS a widespread belief among
iinancierS, bankers and financial writers
in Germany. that ii two of Erzberger's
plans are put into effect Germany will
face future overcast with black clouds,
ii not actual ruin. The most important
OF these two measures il the emergency
levy on property which financial writer's
assert will reduce Industrial fortunes OF
l00G10G0 marks TO less than 5000, 900
in q decade. The second measure is the
income tax which, ii j. claimed by some,
will "beggar modest fortunes Is well as
every great fortune"
Bankers say it all comes down TO this
that america must come to our aid
They wish a comparatively small, di-
rect credit and disapprovc of the much
discussed international loan which, they
believe, would saddle The debts OF Eng
land and France on the United States and
thereby, perhaps. reduce the amount OF
credit Germany might obtain.
The opinion appear. to b. gaining If
Berlin financial quarters that Erzberger',
days are numbered and that he cannot
long continue 10 exert his influence OF
the majority who pay least and here
fore support his financial policy.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-29
CCST OF LIVING ADVANCES.
An Increase of Sc. 9 Per Cent Since 1911
Some Increase Since July.

BOSTON, Dee 29-An increase OF
s2.2 per cent in the cost of living for
American wage carners between Julv.
1914, and November, 1919, is shown ir
statement issued by the National in
duStrial conference board based upol
Its most recent Investigations.
This represents an advance Of 10 I
per cent since November, 1918, l3.J
per cent since March, 1919, when pie.
Is dropped temporarily, and IS since
last July. The increase IN the cost If
the Gve major items in the family bud.
get sineo July, 1914. was: Food. 90
per cent; shelter. IS per cent; clothing
l35 peg cent; fuel, heat and light, -
per cent, and sundries, IS per cent.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-29
HEAVIEST CHRISTMAS MAIL.
New York City Pcstoffice Led in Reve-
nue. Received

WASHINGTON, Dec. o9.-The vol
umc OF Christmas mail was 80 per cent
greater than during any -other holiday
season in The history OF the country,
the postottiee department reported in 4
statement last night, which pointed ont
that all expectations were exceeded.
In some localities the increase was 100
per cent.
The department asserted that the
large amount Of mail was cleared Vir-
tuallv a soon as il was received and
delays were less than during any holi-
day period in years.
New York city led all postoffiees in
Christmas revenue, the total for "a
days of December being $a26,729 great
er than last year. when higher postage
was in effect.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-29
Reading the Bible.

4 college professor, famous as q
critic Of literature. tells how he read
the Bible when he was a boy His
mother not ouly insisted that he
should read the Bible. but also thai
he should be able To tell her some
thing about each book. This Looked
serious. but the future professor of
literature hit upon a plan 10 assist his
memory. After he had read eacb
book. he Illustrated il and. after he
had draan the pictures. he found that
he remembered without much diff
Guilty.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-29

Life Is indetinitc-a bundle of con
tradicti0nS. We men, with our ideas,
strive 10 give il Il particular shape by
melting il into particular mold-into
the delnitcneSs OF success. All the
world cGnQuerorS. from Alexander
down To the American Inillionaires-
mold themselves into a sword or mint,
ant. thuS find that distinct hinge OF
themselves which Is the source of their
ss.-ltabindr%nath Tagorc.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-29
Excuse Recalled.

Robert had finished the evening meal
and bad politely asked TO be excused.
As he started 10 play his mothe. began
serving those still at the table with
Watermelon. Realizing he had left too
soon, Robert ran TO his place AMI US he
climbed up III his cilail' said: I'D for
gotten the watermelon, SO excuse me
hack
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-29
AS Influenza

is an exaggerated form OF Grip, LAX
ATIVE BRoMO QUINTNE Tablets
should be taken in larger doses than
is prescribed for ordinary Grip A good
plan ia not to wait until you are sick,
but PREVENT TT by taxing LAxA-
TIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets in
time.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-29
Qualified as a Telephone Girl.

The newspapers report the case of
O woman III u state of trance who has
not spoken II word for twenty days.
CRY men incline TO the theory that
the lady is = telephone OPERATOR
Punch. london.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-29
Gods Galore.

India holds the record for images
II has been estimated that there are
quite 100000. 900 images of the various
gods there.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-29
The Care
of Cut
Flowers

When brought into
your home shorten
the flower stems an
inch, using Il sharp
knife, place the
stems as deeply as
possible in vases of
cold water " here the
flowers viii not be
crowded and renew
the water at least
once daily. Flowers
near the whitening
point through de
privation of water
cav often be revived
by shortening the
stems and placing
them TOR 4 few hours
in deep water. Keep
both plants and flow
ara free from drafts.
las escaping from
lighting fixtures, even
in IN iniiniteSimal
quantity. viii withei
cut flowers in i few
hours.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-07

ing on the health and happiness OF
millions in the United States,
Evil conditions anywhere have
their threat for the whole world. Filth
in the cellar may be tracked into the
sitting-room If people anywhere are
permitted to suffer because of bad
living conditions the infection of pre-
ventable diseases may reach us for
contagion is no respecter of persons.
We are under moral obligations
not only to discover the laws of
health and the cause of disease but
lplwing found the cause and the cure
0fsaany evil we are bound for seasons
Of arifpinfection' as well as bya
sense of Christian altpism, to share
our knowledge with the whole world
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-07
HOGS AND MEAT PRICES

Dawson News: Live hogs are quot
ed in the packing centers at about
$3.50 per hundred pounds Georgia
hogs are selling at only $40 per hun
dred). which shows a reduction OF
more than 4S per cent from the high
mark reached some months ago. If
there is any relation between the
price of live hogs and the price OF
pork the latter should now be selling
at but little more than one halp OF
what it did six months ago.
Side meat. which was then selling
for :" about 50 cents pound, now
should be selling FOR not more than
81 IL cents a pound. Other prices OF
pork should show like decline, but
they have not. In fact, the best
brands Of breakfast bacon are selling
at rs cents a pound.
Where is the product of $40 ana
$3.50 hogs going il not into the re-
tail trade? Is it being stored so as
to produce shortage which in spite
of the losses suffered by the farmer
in reduced prices for his hogs Will
hold up the prices of pork products
to the consumer? If there is no board
ing. and the product of the $40 hogs
is going INFO the distribution trade
of the packers someone somewhere
along the lle which is decidedly
short. is profiteering in manner
which amounts to public robbery 1t
ought not to be difficult to find the
profiteer and to convict him Of his
offense under provisions of the laws
enacted by congress.
The farmers have been accused Ct
profiteering because they were re.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-07

endangering their lives, we are still
disposed to go along without it.
Some day for all that negligence we
will be brought to account. Americas
has given little life to the folly OF
using the streets as play ground.
Special negligence in that respect
is not charged. We have a remark
ably clean record for accidents. We
have more automobiles to the square
yard than any people in Georgia. We
are to have more of them. Somehow
with all our squirt driving and con-
gested traffic, we have escaped SER
ious accident That's thing no one
will ever be able to explain.
But there are times when it is UNI
safe for the little ones to be in the
streets DIT all. NHtHcSS IhC pNNhoip" VI
the kkilling horse two night ago
on the outskirts of town, the smash
ng of an automobile, and the spilling
of eighteen gallons of Illicit liquor.
How would you like for such an auto
mobile as that to overtake your little
ones in the streets which they may
be using as playground?
We cannot serve this community
in better way than to develop their
playground 6ng set aside for them.
We owe all sides of town such play
ground. How long shall we proceed
without it? There is argument that
would reach mountain high, but why
argue? The man who knows what a
public Fairgrounds means to the
childrend of a community like this
is forever a convert to that philanth-
ropy and public spirit The day we
provide that advantage for our chill
dren will be a day of blessed interest
in their welfare.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-07

ceivng high price for live stock. The
slump in prices of live hogs with
out corresponding slump in the prices
of hog products proves that the farm
ers are not the ones conducting the
hold-up. They now d not have to eX-
plain other things they must buy as
justification for the prices they are
receiving. Anyone knows that hogs
at $40 per hundred pounds are not
out of proportion to the cost of pro
duction; that the farmer who sells at
that price under present conditions
is actually losing money Thus. one
factor in high prices is eliminated
from Investigations which should 10.
cate the trouble. If the price of pork
retains the same place it did when
hogs were IS to $40 a hundred higher
because of the increased wages Of
those who reduce the live hog to es-
table meat they are profiteers and
should come within the regulations
and control of the government. 1t is
useless to eliminate the cause of
high prices in one place and add
causes of high prices in other places.
The quicker the puAlic takes a
healthy ac count of this problem(,
and sets about removing all and pre-
venting other causes the sooner will
the whole condition be improved and
the evil removed.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-07
OFFICIAL ORGAN CRISP COUNTY
TALKING ABOUT DRESS

There are many ways Of meeting
Zip bigIFMices Of rood and clothing,
byt the surest and best now Isl TO
wear the old clothes longer time
AND stay longer with the table sup.
ply list~ W. Ye% @us wwilaiugsto stake
the troHble,~you~ can save IS percent
on ! the, grocery .-bill.--~4 by planning a
careful menu for each day. The house
keeper must put on business skill and
think some This is a time when the
wordld is demanding just that Of
everybody.
JAS to the old clothes, Secretary
Baker the other day pledged he
would wear his old\ shoes through the
season. He found his new ones
would cost him too much, more than
hdsthough they ought to cost, and he
mhde no fall purchase. Attorney
General Palmer yesterday gave the
cdntry some sound advice on the
mstter of buying.
The whole aim is to help catch up
with the production in all lines. The
high prices run riot because people
demand the goods. The attorney gen
eItl went far enough to intimate that
the buy now schemes were wholly
without loyalty to the country. There
is an industrial war ON. worse than
ever this generation will ever see
agtin. If one side stops working and
thb production is thus cut Off and
the other demands more and better
dress and food, where are we to
reach relief?
All the forces at work to bring
the county back to normal urge you
to buy less clothes and use less food
and work harder and produce more
Work longer house. wear the old
clothes and the old SHOES and mea-
are stll winning the war. This is no
day for Expensive dress.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-07
MEN HAVE BODIES

One 81 the most significant move.
ments lof today is the formation of
an international league OF the Red
Cross societies Of all the nations OF
the world to act as a centralized
agency for the improvement q
public Health. The prevention OF dis
ease, and the mitigation of suffering
throughout the world
In the pas, the Church has been
inclined to treat men as if they were
like the traditional cherubs, having
heads and two wings. but without
bodies demanding care and atten.
ton We know better today. We know
that bodily conditions often effect a
mans spiritual health; that physical
fatigue often lessons Il mans power
to resk, temptstion We know that
when disease Stays the wage Garner
and the mother,is compelled to go out
and esrn the living it frequently hap
pens that the children in their ignor
ance and immamrity are left to pl y
truant from school and roam the
streets, a prey to all kinds OF
temptation. Thus. the death Of the
wage Garner often has a vital rela
ton 10 the beginnings of a life Of
vice and crime on thee part of his
children.
When the epidemic Of influenza
broke out a year ago. we saw tina
health conditions in Spain, where the
plague originated had vital hear
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-07
Members Of Associated Press.

The Associated Press is exclusively
aaaBtRad to the USE for republication
ofsall news dispatches credited to It
OF not otherwise credited In this pa
pr and also the local news published
haFNin.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1919-11-07
AS TAFT SEES 1T

In an address delivered at Maiden,
Mass, former President Taft, one of
the worlds greatest jurists and think
ers, used the following language in re-
ferring to the coal strike:
They are deliberately doing so in
order to compel the public to compel
the employers in some way or other
to yield to the demands of the COM
,binations of working In any or
binary strike, incidental annoyance tc
the public which is negligible does
not render the strike Illegal. But when
enormous combinations of working
men deliberately enter upon country
wide plan TO take tie country by the
throat and compel the country to COM
pei the employers in that particular
field of industry to yield to the de,
mands of the men, they are engaged
in an unlawful conspiracy. The sa-
credness of their individual right to
labor on such terms as they choose
and to- leave the employment when
thy will does not protect or Justify
them in such a conspiracy. Griffin
News and Sun.