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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-03-05
Fingers Tireless Travellers.

Typists' fingers are the most amaz.
ing travellers in creation, and are ca.
pable Of going tremendous distances
without the fatigue that would come
to the feet and legs in performing a
similar journey. In ordinary type
writing the hand may travel. according
to an expert, 10000 miles year and
not indicate any impairment in eff
cheney. This refers, of course, to the
average typist in an office.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-03-05
Republican Primaries.


To the Republican Electors of the City
of Owosso:
Notice is hereby givsn that pri.
mary caucus for the nomination OF
candidates for supervisors will be held
on Monday. March Is. 1920, from to
o'clock p. m, at the following places
First ward-215 N. Ball st.
Second Ward-Times Printing Office
East Main st.
Third Ward-Ci'y Hall. e. Main 8.
Fourth Wsrd-Csrnegie Library. w.
Main st.
fifth Ward West Side Hoe House,
w. Main st.
Candidates for nomination for super.
visor must file their names with the
chairman or secretary Of the city COM
mittee before 10 O'Clock noon. Friday,
March 10.
By order City Committee.
GEO. N. DEWEY,
Chairman.
G. z. RIGLEY. JR., Secretary.
Dated March s, 1920.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-03-05
Learn to Trap Foxes

And make big money trapping. / can
'ssure you that there is no better pay
ing business have caught 3 foxes in
ne night. I show you how to trap on
and, snow and in water. II you are
Interested write for terms to Frank
Wortz, 1926 West Madison Street, Chi.
ago. Ill.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-03-05

ARCH w. BURNETT,
Chairman Republican Co. Committee.
NEIL r. WALSH, Secretary.
Dated at Corunna, Mich, Feb. 81,
1920.
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
new RECORD MADE
BY PATENT OFFICE
Fees Exceed Expenditures and
Much Work Is Handled
Despite Handicap.

Uncle Sam has one bureau at least
that netted him a proft instead Of a
loss in revenue during the last fiscal
year.
For the first time since 1917, the
Patent Office receipts, including ap-
plication fees. exceeded expenditures,
the rer surplus for the year being
S2,6I5.00O.
with a total OF S1.9S4 applications
for patents hled during the last year
as compared with 62.T55 for the pre-.
ccding year the Patent Of6cc force
handicapped by designations and lack
OF funds. staggered under a volume
OF work that broke all previous
records
The report OF the Commissioner OF
Patents, just made public by Secre-
tary Of the Interior Payne, shows that
business OF the Patent Office was
further swelled by an income OF about
10000 in the number of applications
for registration OF trademarks and
labels.
Patents granted and trade marks
and labels registered totalod i7,t00,
an increase Of 1866 over the preced-
ing year. Attention is called 10 the
fact that this record breaking volume
OF business was carried on during n
year when the rate of resixnations
OF expert examiners was at least 80
per cclL ... .... ,.. ..l- '.'
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
SURGEON GENERAL
CHANGES QUARTERS
Entire Staff. Records, and
Equipment Being Moved to
Munitions Building.

The entire STAFF OF the Surgeon
General, both clerical and executive,
with all the records OF the service,
Is being moved from the buildings at
seventh and 3 streets northwest. oc-
cupied during the war, to the muni-
tions building. Twenty-frst and b.
streets northwest.
The transfer OF the records and
equipment began Tuesday morning,
and it is expected that it will be
completed within week or ten
days.
The records Of the finance supply
division were moved this morning.
and this afternoon the records of the
hospital division are being taken to
the new building.
The Surgeon General, Maj. Gen. NJ.
w. ireland, L. S.A., has already moved
his headquarters to the new building.
The clerical staff numbers about
l5O. all OF whom will move to the
Munitions building. The executive
staff of forty officers is now in the
new quarters.
The Office force is but a skeleton
of the organization employed at the
time of the armistice, when IL num-
bered 1,SOO clerks and executives.
At the end Of the war, the Surgeon
Generals office occupied eighteen
wings of the war buildings at Sew.
enth and Il streets. taking in three
floors of Group f building.
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
PRESIDENT WEIGHS
POUNDS AGAIN
Wilson Has Made Marvellous
Strides Toward Recovery,
Says Grayson.
Continued from First Paxel

Likes wild and woody" Western
stuff. Will Hart, Douglas Fairbanks,
and Charles Ray are his favorites.
Retires early.
While President Wilson has made
strides toward recovery that are re-
garded by many physicians as truly
remarkable for a man Of his years.
his Illness of eleven months has told
heavily on him. Persons who knew
him before his physical breakdown,
and who see him now riding along the
streets OF Washington, are struck in
stantly by the whitencss of his hair
and other evidences OF age.
One of his closest political friends
and advisers said recently that when
ever he talks with the President now
he leaves him saddened by the COM
parison OF his vitality with that which
he possessed earlier in his admins
tration.
But all the fight OF the Wilson Of
old for the League OF Nations Is ap-
parent in him today.
Nearly every one of those who are
closest to him say he would gladly
give up his life for the ratification
OF the League covenant by his coun.
try.
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
J.. S. DENIES COAL
AID TO DISTRICT
CAPITAL Must Shift for Self
In Case Of Fuel
Famine. ..
(continusd from First PaSsJ

generally supposed. This order APP
nIis. 40 hitumineus coal only and
viii be lifted as soon as the situation
in these big Industrial centers 10 al
leviated.
The commission also announced
that in a further enort 10 meet the
coal needs OF the country all open
TOP equipment Is being used for the
movement OF coal only, aud that no
sand or gravel or other commodities
that have heretofore been moved IN
open top cars Will be loaded IN this
sort of equipment until the coal needs
OF the country have been met for the
coming winter. 'H.
CLAIM BEAVER ORDERS.
Some of the local coal dealers de.
clare that the reason for the present
shortage OF anthracite 10 due TO the
large number OF orders which they
have received from customers VINO
desired to obtain their winters sup
ply OF coal before the 40 per cent
freight rate increase went into ef-
feet.
Many of the dealers are OF the
opinion that after next week the
anthracite situation here viii be
materially improved when the In
creased freight rates have gone into
effect and the orders Will drop to
normal.
The Increased freight rates alone
will mean that the residents OF wash
ington will pay approximately w.
100 900 more for its coal this year
than II did last year. The average
yearly consumption OF coal In the
District of Columbia is said to be
about ,1oO, 900 tons. Thus an ap-
proximste increased freight rate Of
81 ton means an approximate In
crease OF, S1,1O0.OOO.
Officials Of both the Interstate Com
merce Commission and the railroad
administration point out that WASH
-ington is really an anthracite coal
using community there not being any
large manufacturing Industries here
SEE NO REASON FOR ALARM.
In view OF this fact they fail to
see why residents of the District
should evidence any undue alarm
over a shortage in bituminous coal
when there Is an abundance OF an
thracite coal to be obtained from the
mines IL the dealers will order 1t.
They feel that only a small percent
age, not larger than 10 per cent of
the population live in apartment
houses or hotels where bituminous
coal Is used exclusively, and think
that by the time cold weather sets in,
a sufficient amount OF bituminous
coal will reach Washington to take
care of its needs.
There are many cities where the
btuminous situation is much more
acute than it is in Washington, and
they arc not getting any aid from
us at this time. and we don't see why
Washington should an official of
the Interstate Commerce Commission n
remarked today.
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
ANTI-WILS0N MAN WINS
IN MISSISSIPPI PRIMARY

JACKSON. Miss, Aug. 1o.--Four OF
the Ave Democratic REPRESENTATIVES
seeking denomination were successful
in Tuesdays primary, according to
returns complied by the Jackson
Daily News. ....
Representative Gambler, in the First
district; Lowry in the second. Sisson
in the fourth. and Quinn in the sew
cnth, apparently had a safe majority.
while the defeat OF Nensblo in the
NTH, was indicated. ...,
Venable was opposed by Ross Col
Inns, former sttorney-sencral OF Mis-
sissippi and bitter opponent Of the
national Administration.
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
P, 0. WORKERS SEND
APPEAL TO WILSON
St. Louis Union Official Asks
Intervention In Threatened
Lockout of 800.

Intervention in a threatened lock
out" OF 500 employees in the st. Louis
postoffice Is asked in telegram to
President Wilson received at the
White House today from Thomas F..
Flaherty, secretary-treasurer Of the
National Federation of Postal En-
ployes.
The St Louis controversy is closely
connected with the dispute which
arose over the threatened dismissal
of eleven Chicago postal clerks for
the printing of page advertisements
in Washington newspapers attacking
the service and working conditions.
1t is alleged that heads of the Post
Office Department are attempting to
crush the employees organization.
The telegram to the President
states that Postmaster Colin Selph
is attempting to dominate the selec-
ton of officers of the st. Louis union
and in other ways is acting contrary
to the concepts Of democracy The
proposed lockout. it is claimed, would
be a calamity to the postal service
and the welfare OF the workers.
Carl Freeman, president OF the St.
Louis local, has already brought suit
for $50, 900 damages for alleged slend-
er against Postmaster Selph.
Gilbert L. Hyatt, president of the
National Federation of Postal En-
ployes, yesterday conferred with John
c. Koons, First Assistant Postmaster
General regarding the Chicago al
fair and was informed that no de-
cision had yet been reached.
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
COMPANY
WANTS BIG RAISE
Public Hearing September ! on
Petition for rs P. c. Addition
to Baggage Charges.

Walter G., Allen, executive secre-
tary of the Public Utilities Commits
sion. today announced that the com
mission would hold public hearing
on September ! to consider the ap-
plication of the Union Transfer Com
pany for an increase in baggage rates
in the District
The company has applied to the
commission for an approximate in
crease of 20 per cent. to meet in
creases in salary it recently gave its
employees. The petition states: "On
account of the demands OF our en-
ployes for increases in salary, etc,
we are obliged to ask for an increase
in rates.
The company presents its sched =
ule showing the desired increases for
the conveyance of trunks handbags
and other baggage and luggage in
the Capital The company has laid
or the District in zones charging a
fiat rate for delivery or conveyance
OF baggage in each zone.
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
WAR IS DECLARED
ON DISHONEST ADS
Every Reputable Firm in City
Will Be Enlisted in
CAMPAIGN.

Effort will be made 10 inlist every
reputable nrm In the night against
fraudulent advertising in the District
II Columbia. launched by the Better
Business Bureau OF the Washington
Ad Club.
Plans for elimination OF mislead-
ing advertisements were discussed
last night at a meeting by II. B. ".
Lyon. chairman of the executive com.
mittee, who explained the fraudulent
advertisers law.
The act declares IL is fraudulent
for any person. frm, or advertising
agency in the District of Columbia
to display or publish" any sort of
advertising matter that contains
false, untrue or misleading state
ments." IL provides a fine of not
more than $500 or 90 days imprison-
ment or both.
Mr.. Lyon declared that public CO.
operation Is absolutely necessary for
the success OF the campaign to give
Washington honest advertising. The
bureau urges any customer OF any
store. who feels he has received un.
fair treatment to report the case al
once. An investigation then will be
made by the bureau and a remedy
sought for the misleading advertis.
ing. II was pointed out that this
method has brought satisfactory re.
suits throughout New England.
Chairman Lyon said he already
had taken action on various cases ir
the district. all of which had been
adjusted promptly to the satisfaction
OF the Better Business Bureau Every
measure, he declared. will be taken
to enforce the law.
Careless phraseology, such as '1asi
seasons limited quantity. etc, will
be discouraged and prices on-third
off Will be probed.
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
Suspender Buttons
Are Street Car Fare
For This Bright Lad

How good is suspender button:
Invaluable II the last on the
trousers. but good for street car
fare " used with intelligence. and
that Is more than worth while.
A clever lad with wholosa'e crop
OF frcckles yesterday afternoon
rode from Ninth and + streets to tho
ball park for a mere suspender but
ton. He had about three more rides
left on his pants
When he got on tho car he waited
until the conductor was busy then
slid his contribution into the col
lection box and looked innocent.
The conductor turned the knob
and shot the button, together with
a flock Of tokens snd peuries, intD
the capac!ous NAV OF his coffee
mill and began turning tho crank to
register his fares. Tho question is
what did that button register
The Washington times., 1920-08-19


On rainy or very cold days the
number increases, but taken day by
day for the year, the number of pas
sengers carried on the street cars OF
the District do not vary much.
Another interesting fact Is that
WashinEtonians keep on an average
800, 900 street car tokens in their
pockets over night.
More tokens are sold on the first
and fifteenth OF the month than on
any other day, the railway officials
say Many Government workers buy
enough tokens to last them until the
next pay day. IL has been figured out
The great majority OF passengers why
buy more than the customary four
tokens on the first and fifteenth of
the month are the older persons. Very
few young persons buy more than
four tokens at a time, IL is said, and
the envorite mode OF carrying tokens
is on safety pins.
Every once in a while conductors
say they notice a man with tokens on
safety pins, but as a rule this mode OF
carrying them Is confined to women.
The majority OF men carry the token
loose in their pockets.
While the tokens have not been in
use long enough for the street rail-
way officials to say definitely how
many tokens are never used. they are
estimating that about 5000 a year
will never be used.
This Is due to the fact that some
are lost. but mainly to visitors. 1t is
one OF the favorite pastimes OF visit
ors to the capital to take home a
street car token as a souvenir, espe-
ciaIly persons from small towns and
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
McAdoo Visits Wilson
For First Time Since
Democrats Named Cox

William G. McAdoo called on
President Wilson yesterday for the
first time since the Democratic Ma
tionsl Convention. As he entered
the Executive offices. he was halted
by a photographer. He did not like
the hrst snap and said:
THAT was too solemn. Get one
while I'm smiling. | don't want
anybody to think | am unhappy
over the outcome at San Francisco"
The President and Mrs. Wilson
were attending a movie show in
the East Room of TIE White House.
Mr.. McAdoo Joined them there and
remained for luncheon.
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
Vacations Cut 10000
Fares a Day From,
y. e. Trolley Lines
Between ten and twelve thousand Washingtonif

Between ten and twelve thousand Washngtonians are
out of the city vacations.
This is the estimate of street railway officials, who
their barometer the number of who ride
the street in day For the past month the number
of passengers carried by the street railway companies OF the
District about 100000 day During the spring fall
and winter of the year the number is between
A nd da,
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
RENT BOARD HANDS
DOWNl5DEC|S|ONS
Tenants Favored in Majority OF
verdiets, But Landlords
.r Win Some. "a.

The Rent Commission todsy hand
ed down nftsen decisions In contro'
versies between landlord ana ten
ant. In tho ms jority of cases the
rent was reduced. .r
In one case. Mrs, L. Bsrriere sought
to obtain possession OF premises iao
GARFIELD avenue. southeast from the
present tenant. John II. Buscher. The
commission held that the notice to va
cate was legally insufficient to en-
title Mrs. Barriere 10 possession OF
Decisions were handed down In the
following cases: ,
Apartment lO3 in the Coplsy Courts.
1914 Seventeenth street northwest,
occupied by Henry w. Atkinson.
Rent reduced from $40 per month TO
$3.50. Name of defendant, Union
Realty and Investment Corporation.
Apartment 254 in the Cordovs apart
m,nt house, Twentieth street and
Florida avenue northwest, occupied
by Lieut.. Gpnther r, LessinE, Rent
reduced from $500 per month, fur
nished. to sx65. furnished y.
Apartment 10 In the Smithneld
apartment house, 11t1 Ninth street
northwest, occupied by VIII II. Way.
Rent reduced from $40 per month TO
$40 '." B..
Apartments II and IL, in the same
house, occupied by A. ID. Bright and
r. F.. Staub, respectively. Rent fixsd
at $40 per month each Owner at
tempted to raise the rent to $50 each.
Name OF defendant, Gardner e. Dent.
Premises No. 1tT A street north
east, occupied. by William II. Ed
wards. rent reduced from sT5 per
month TO $47.5o. Name Of defendant
jeremiah O'Connor.
Premises No. 1905 n street north
west, occupied by B. f, Hawley, rent
fyed dt sI5 per month. Charles \.
Beard, agent for the owner. request
ed the commission to increase the
Premises No. ia Twentyfourth
street northwest, occupied by Jam "a
Franklin. rent increased from $ll.oo
per month to $3.50. Name OF own
err Margaret h. Carr.
Apartment No. I, 1871 . street
northwest. occupied by Herndon B'
Jones, rent increased from $3.50 per
month to $3.50. Name of defendant
John II. Hawkins. Owner wanted the
rent increased to $40.
Apartment No. I, at 1922 New Jer'
sey avenue northwest, occupied by
y. ]. Tubbs, rent reduced from $50
per month to S27. Name Of defend
ant. n. l.. Sansbury. ..-..
Premises No. $50 Twentieth. street
northwest, occupied by Mr.. Folsom,
rent increased from $3.50 to $50 per
month. Name of complainant, Martin
Connor.
Premises No. 742 Lamont street
northwest occupied by Reese Reed.
rent increased from $3.50 per month
to S205O. Name of owner. Mrs. j., 3.
Macfarlane.
The Cyrano Apartment House. 1876
NJ street northwest, rents fixed as fol-
lows: Apartments numbered | and =
rents reduced from $50 per month to
s45; apartments numbered 4. and s
rents fixed at $50. the amounts re-
ouested by the owner Edward r
Dean; apartments numbered and g.
rents reduced from $50 to $3.50.
Premises No. 648 Pickford place
northeast. occupied by Harry Gates.
Owners. Joseph A. Handiboe and wife,
awarded possession of property.
Premises No. sos Il street north
west. occupied by Anna Wigginton.
Leo S. West. owner, awarded posses
sion of property.
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
A Splendid
Hair Saver
and Beautifier
Found at Inst-Shows Results In
Few Days or Nothing to Pay.

If your hair is falling out, pre-
maturely, gray. brittle, dead look
ing, full of dandruff, and your head
itches like mad. quick action must
be taken to save your hair.
Don't wait until the hair root is
dead, for then nothing can help you.
Get from your druggist today a
bottle of Partisan sage. which is
guaranteed to quickly stop itching
scalp, keep away all dandruff. check
falling hair and beautify it., or mon
ey refunded, a simple home treat
ment-easy to use--just the thing
for busy men and women.
Partisan sage is a scientific prep
sration that supplies hair needs-a
perfectly harmless. non-sticky, an
tiseptic liquid, that will not change
the natural col lor OF the hair
If you want a fresh, clean scalp,
and wealth OF live-looking hair
radiant with health and beauty. don't
delay. start using Partisan sage now
tonight. A large bottle Is mex
pensivc, at Peoples Drug Stores
and money refunded il not entirely
satisfactory,
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
E. OF c. COMMITTEE TO
DISCUSS new COLISEUM

Plans for new convention hall
will be discussed at a meeting of the
subcommittee on convention hall of
the Washington Chamber of Com
merce. at a meeting to be held in the
chamber rooms. Thirteenth and +
streets northwest, tomorrow after
noon. at 1870 o'clock.
The subcommittee Is composed Of
w. F. GUIDE, w. s. Corby. Samuel Ross.
Col Robert n. Harper. Chaplin Brown,
r. +. Andrews and NJ. A. Leese.
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
JURY UNABLE TO SOLVE
Staying OF 3 GREEKS

The coroners jury which investi-
gated the recent staying of three
Greeks in Ninth street rooming
house was unable yesterday to fix re-
sopnsibility for the tragedy.
The verdict stated that the deaths
Of the two men and woman were the
result of a three -cornered fight, de-
tails of which were unknown. The
victims were Theodore Koukos, and
James and Katina Odisseos.
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
Civil Service Board To
Ignore Union Leaders
- M Drive on Politics

Officials of the Federal Employees Union will be all but
ignored in the plain words of warning which the OVi
Service will address TO the CLASSIFIED en-
ploycs of the Government. -'
at is the rank and file who will suffer the most II the
law regarding political activity is violate" " said Commls-
soner Morrison today and it is to them we VIII state our
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
ASKS POLICE To HELP
LOCATE MISSING WIFE
Mrs. Elsie Kirkpatrick and Baby
Have Been Gone From Great
Falls Since August 6.

c. F. kirkpatrick, Of Great Falls,
Va. today asked tho Washington po-
lice to search for his wife, Mrs. Elsie
Kirkpatrick. who with her eighteen
month-old son. has been missing from
their home since August s.
s When last seen, Mrs. kirkpatrick
wore brown suit and tan shoes.
She Is twenty-one years old. five feet
six inches tall, and has dark rcd hair.
No word has been received from her
since she left home her husband said
today. He thinks she may be In
Washington seeking employment.
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
DESERTED, SAYS WIFE.

Alleging desertion. Ben Myers to-
day filed suit in the District Supreme
Court against Matilda Myers for a
limited divorce. They were married
in Cincinnati. Ohio, Eeptember 10.
1912. and have no children. Attor-
neys p. II. Marshall and Ringgold
Hart represent the husband.
The Washington times., 1920-08-19

cities where tokens are not used.
This same condition obtained with
the street car tickets, railway offi-
cials say.
Tickets have been redeemed by the
company after the tickets had been
away from the city for several years.
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
DEMURRAGE INVALID.

The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion today declared invalid, pending
hearings, plans to charge $40 dan
demurrace on coal cars. The plan has
been proposed by the railroads as
a means for speeding up coal distribu-
ton.
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
ADMITS STEALING AUTO.

Joseph C. Lucas, indicted by the
grand jury for grand larceny, pleaded
guilty today before Justice Siddons
in the District Supreme Court and
was remanded to Jail for sentence
Lucas was charged with stealing az
automobile May 13.
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
AUTO TIRE STOLEN.

Robert Herson, 81 Eye street north
west, told the police this morning an
automobile tire was stolen from his
homo gargsge last night He valued
II at S22.
The Washington times., 1920-08-19
HAS VACATION IN QUEBEC.

". n. T. Mcfarland, member Of
the Washington Chamber Of Com
merce, Is spending his vacation at l.
Aglo, Province OF Quebec, Canada