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The Owosso times., 1920-11-05
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CHARITY.

Charity consists OF g!v,ng things
to the poor. Some people use 1t in
place of religion, some indulge in 1t
as an amusement. while others manu-
facture the very finest kind of ad-
vertising, disguised as Lure reading
matter, from Il.
If 1t was not Tor charity, many Of
our richest women would die Of
ennui, most of ou- captains of skin
dustry would still be feeling mean
about it and some of our poor would
be poorer than ever.
Charity has been praised and
written about since writing was IN
vented, and a great many famous
remarks have been made about II.
Charity begins at home" is one of
these. II husbands were as crazy
about staying at home as charity Is,
many OF our most successful divorce
lawyers would be hauling dirt for
living.
Another writer advises charitable
people not to let one hand know what
the other Is giving. This advice Is
greatly misunderstood. Some people
think that because the len hand can't
hear a brass band or read a scare
head story, it isn't going to get onto
what the right hand is giving any
way.
Charity endureth all things" is
another vast truth. Charity, for in
stance, has to bear up under the
burden Of the Doodle alderman who
infiicts bad water, poor food, and
ancient sanitary protection upon
the poor people and then wins great
fame at Christmas by giving each
family 2 pair Of shoes as q sort of
rebate.
There are many very beautiful
fnrc.z OK charity, such as free hos
Oitais. lay nursuries. orphans
The Owosso times., 1920-11-05
ORCHARD OWNER TELLS
WHY He WANTS POLICE

Letters continue to pour into the
State Police headquarters at East
Lansing and into the various detach.
ment headquarters, protesting against
any effort to abolish the constabulary.
The following letter was received by
Captain r. G. Strope of the Grand
Rapids detachment, and it's general
trend is much the same as that Of
all the communications received:
Capt. r. G. Strope,
Dear Sir: l have heard that there
is a petition being circulated to have
the State Police taken out Of this
section. and l, for one, do not want
to see this action taken. | have an
orchard, and 1t sure will need pro-
lection during the month of October,
as in the past. This orchard has been
raided and lot of fruit stolen. and
with the present high price of labor
and spraying poison, this hurts. I
would like to have this bunch clean
ed up that has been in the habit of
taking fruit from us. Your Mr.. Tay.
Tor and Mr.. Marsden have been very
courteous to me in the past, and I
look for results from them before the
season Is over. So you have my rea.
son for wanting protection, and l feel
entitled to It. Thanking you, I re.
main,
Yours very truly.
L. A. BOYD.
The Owosso times., 1920-11-05
OFFICERS SHOW SKILL
IN SHOOTING At TIRES
SPEEDING sooTLE00ER FINDS
BULLETS FASTER THAN
AUTOS SPEED.

Excellent marksmanship under diff.
ficult conditions enabled Sergeant
Walker and Trooper Hedt Of the Mich
igan State Police to capture q car full
of whisky on the Michigan Avenue
concrete road just outside Of Ypsi-
lanti recently The troopers we're on
watch for booze-runners at the inter-
section Of Belleville Road with Mich
igan Avenue, when a Stearns-Knight
roadster bearing an Illinois license
number flashed by. They gave chase
and attained a speed of II miles per
hour on their motorcycles but the au.
tomobile was just as fast.
Finding that their speed would not
enable them to catch the fugitive, the
two opened fire. Trooper Hedt sue
ceeded In piercing the gasoline tank
with bullets, this being a wonderful
bit of shooting in view of the pace
which had been set. Other shots
nunctured the rear tires and the driv-
or of the car ran 1t into a wall and
escaped through field.
The car contained 200 quarts OF
scotch, Pennsylvania and Canadian
whisky of high-priced brands. Alto
eether. 10 shots we're fred by the
officers.
The Owosso times., 1920-11-05
Reform VS.. Prevention.

A Los Angeles woman, who has de-
voted much time and effort to an in
sttution that aids unfortunate girls,
referring to the difficulties she encoun-
tered in gaining sympathy and support
for an enterprise that is not spec
tacuar, writes in the Los Angeles
Times:
Isn't 1t queer that people always
take so much more interest in reform
Ing than in preventing? Should the
time ever come when 1 need help, I
shall go out and rob bank, or some
thing like that. Then l shall be cared
for, and good, charitable people will
bring me flowers and things"
There is much truth In this, the
Times adds. We pet and cOddle the
sinner. but we fail to aid those who
Are tempted.
The Owosso times., 1920-11-05
COULDN'T WAIT FOR MARTIN
Negro Preacher Had Premonition That
unpleasantness Might Follow
His Appearance.

negro preacher lost his way one
night and sought shelter. He was
told that the only place available was
a haunted house down the road. The
preacher had his Bible with him; he
went to the haunted house, built fire
In the big room and sat down to read
tn" good book. Suddenly small
black cnt brushed past him.
isn't 1t nice" thought the old man,
that there Is life to keep me COM
pany here in this gloomy place."
The cat walked over to the fireplace,
ate live coat and spat out the sparks.
The old man opened the Bible and
began to read aloud. Before he could
go further another cat entered the
room, cat about as big as a collie.
and this cat walked over to the fire.
place and ate two live Goals and spat
out the sparks.
"When are we g'wine to beginY"
said the little cat.
I'VE can't do nothing till Martin
comes" replied the big cat.
Again the old preacher sought con-
ISOLATION in the Bible, but a third cat
entered the room. This one was abou.
as big as pony, and it ate three live
Goals and spat out the sparks.
"When are we g'wine to beginT
said the little cat, and this time the
biggest one answered:
1--WE can't do nothing till Martin
comes"
The old man jumped up, put his BIZ
BILE in his back pocket and ran for the
door. But before he went out he said
to the biggest cat: "When Martin
comes, you tell him I was here, but
could not remain."-Journal of the
American Medical Association.
The Owosso times., 1920-11-05
R0SC0MM0N OFFICIAL
PRAISES STATE POLICE

Hiram r. Smith, prosecuting at
torney Of Roscommon county. re-
Gently wrote letter to Major r.
4. Marsh. commanding the Michi-
gan State Police. in which he ex-
pressed his thanks for the able
service rendered by the State Po-
lice In connection with the disap-
pearance OF Gordon Turner. Con-
tinuing, Mr.. Smith said:
THE activities of your men In
no way conflict with the duties OF
or great assistance to local officials
out IL occurs TO me their work is
or great assistance to local cials
and, OF course, in case of neglect
OF duty, keeps tab on them and
does not permit wrong to be cloak
ed by such officials. In this case,
the sheriff Of Crawford county, /
personally know. spent much time
and effort and considerable skill
In this matter and from his con-
versation l know he greatly ap-
preciates the work your men did.
He is q good official and his whole
desire 10 to secure results.
There is one recommendation
l wish to make and that Is that the
state give more encouragement to
the work Of these men. | under
stand the state does not even pay
their expense such as auto hire,
etc. II the state would abolish a
large number Of Offices. such as
salt commissioners and oil com.
missioners and retrograde labor"
commissioners and make some pro.
vision for real public officials en-
gagged in q great public work, It
would be q fortunate thing for the
people Of this state. Is there not
some way in which the expenses
Of these men might be cared for?
II not. It Is time provision was
made. Thanking you again, l am
Very sincerely,
HIRAM r. SMITH,
Prosecuting Attorney.
The Owosso times., 1920-11-05
TRAVERSE FAIR GUARDED

State Police at the fair held in
Traverse City are reported to have
rendered excellent service, and in
speaking Of the work of the troopers
the Traverse City Record-Eagle has
the following paragraph: State Police
at the fair helped in large degree to
preserve the order that was con.
spicious this year. and Traverse City
was fortunate in having the troops To-
Gated near here and on hand for
fair week. John Moran. who has
been in charge Of the grounds for
many years. stated that he never had
such excellent help before as the
State Police gave him"
The Owosso times., 1920-11-05
JACKSON COUNTY
ENDORSES POLICE
SUPERVISORS PASS RESOLUTIONS
AFTER CONSIDERATION OF
GOOD WORK.
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Jackson county's board Of supervis.
ors at their October session passed
resolutions heartily endorsing the
State Police and expressing their opin
ion that the constabulary Is vital
part OF the law enforcement machin'
cry Of the State. This action was Ia
ken after full and fair consideration OF
the facts and In recognition OF the
efficient service given throughout the
state as well as tn Jackson county.
This action is important because
the jackson supervisors. like those OF
other counties. had been sent false
and misleading statements regarding
the State Police and had been urged
by the interests opposing q strong
statewide law-enforcement body to
adopt condemnstory resolutions. In.
stead Of acting hastily. and without
investigation. as was done In some
counties. the jackson supervisors Sc
cured the facts. discussed them and
adopted their resolutions on the basis
Of their weighing Of these facts.
The Owosso times., 1920-11-05
SYSTEM IN REGULAR SAVING
Money Should Be Made Easy to De-
posit and Then Comparatively
Hard to Withdraw.

"The only way for a man regularly
to save money, unless he be one of
those individuals possessed Of an ex-
traordinarily unrelenting character"
according to Samuel Crowther, writing
I'm System, the Magazine of Business,
"is for the money to be passed into the
savings account before 1t reaches him
that Is. to put him in the position,
once he has made his resolution, of
having to make another resolution to
quit saving In order to stop the process.
"Finally. take the convenience Of
withdrawal. A man will rightly hesi-
tate about going into any system of
saving which locks up his funds for
any long period of time. The average
worker has no great margin between
income and Outgo and he has to be pre-
pared for rainy day--for birth, for
death, for long illness. He cannot
afford to put measurable part of his
go from him for a long time he very
naturally will not deed away anything
like so much as he would If the money
were always available. On the other
hand ally system of saving in which
Withdrawals may be easily and secret
ly made Is faulty. The funds should
be available upon short notice. there
should be a penalty for withdrawal,
which penalty should be large enough
to stop Withdrawals for frivolous pur-
poses and yet not so large as to work
anything which savors Of injustice on
a man who honestly needs the money"
The Owosso times., 1920-11-05
CADILLAC TO HAVE
STATE POLICE POST

Capt. G. ID. Wakeman nad numer.
GUS conferences with the officials and
members Of the Cadillac chamber of
commerce which will in all probability
result In the permanent establishment
of detachment OF Michigan State
Police In that city. The station has
been put in readiness for the souad
and more than a dozen troopers act.
ed in the capacity of special guards
during the four days of the Northern
District Exposition. Although the ex.
act size Of the post has not yet been
fully determined. It is understood that
at least six troopers will be stationed
there at all times.
The Owosso times., 1920-11-05
HIGH CLASS OF MEN
JOINING STATE POLICE

New recruits are Joining the State
Police corce at frequent intervals and
Major Marsh has pointed out the fact
that men Of unusually high caliber
are presenting applications for SER
vice. For the most part they are men
who have had previous training either
in artillery or cavalry and are quail
flied In every particular for work with
the constabulary This training stands
them we'll In hand and they can be
sent out to the various posts much
more quickly than would be the case
II they were forced to go through the
intensive training at the state head
quarters.
The Owosso times., 1920-11-05
MONROE BANDITS
SPEEDILY CAUGHT
BY STATE POLICE
sax pEsPERADoEs WHO ROBBED
oANsARD BANK ARE
ROUNDED UP.
cAsa AND RING ARE RECOVERED

1t was nine o'clock In the morning
and the doors Of the Dansard Banl
Of Monroe had just been opened fol
business. There were few persons
ON the street but the majority Of mer
chants were taking care Of their early
morning trade or getting things into
shape for the days business. A wo
man who conducts store In a por'
ton Of the building which the bank
occupies had just entered the bank
and was securing from Cashier Shin
bar the money from her cash drawer.
which had been locked up for the
night.
Unnotioed. a high-powered motor
car had driven up and stopped Few
feet from the bank building. Six men
leaped from the car and entered the
bank. All six men were armed with
revolvers. The officials Of the bank
together with the woman were backed
against the wall at the point Of guns
and the bandits proceeded to help
themselves to all available cash and
then quickly escaped in their waiting
automobile.
Immediately the State Police at
South Rockford were notified Of the
daring robbery. Believing that the
bandits were headed for Detroit. Cor
poral q. 8. Masters. who Is in charge
Of the South Rockford detachment.
stationed Troopers Winslow and
Weaver at the bridge over the Huron
river. on the Dixie Highway.
In the meantime q posse was hur-
riedly formed and one group came up
on the automobile which had been
abandoned by the bandits when tire
blew out.
The State Police hurried to this
point and assisted in throwing
Gordon about a cornfleld into which It
was believed the robbers had fed.
The first Two to be captured were VIM
cent Balosna, twenty-four years old.
of Hamtramck, and Ray Spencer.
twenty-five years old, of Wyandotte.
A few minutes later the posse. headed
by Corporal Masters, captured Sam
Rommand. twenty.four years old. also
of Wyandotte.
Three bandits had escaped through
the net. Corporal Masters immediate
Iy organized another searching party
and they began to close in toward
Monroe. The remaining three were
captured in a marsh two miles north
of the town. They gave their names
as Vitko Caro-, Leo FRANCO and Bognk
BOagana.
Approximately $500 of the money
was recovered. together with the
diamond ring taken from the cashier.
The Owosso times., 1920-11-05
Fixinu the Distribution.

1t was the custom in old Virginia
for neighb0rs on gala occasions to
send in trays of good things to each
other. On one occasion my brother,
Waverly. the youngest of several
children, in the family, was sitting
around playing when the servant
brought in tray loaded with cake
and other delicacies. He had heard
he expression "Children should be
'een, not heard" so in droll way he
'aid to his mother, looking at the
hildren who were chattering merrily,
'He that talks the morest shall have
he littlest, and he that talks the
nonest shall have the morest. "--Ex-
change.
The Owosso times., 1920-11-05
Making Slate Pencils.

In Europe slate pencils are usually
made by hand, but in this country they
are turned out by machinery. There is
n Pennsylvania a quarry famous for
he fine quality Of its slate, which
yields many millions of pencils an
1ually. The rough material is first
sawed into suitable pieces and then
zach piece is cut to standard length.
~ inches.
The machinery produces the pencils
n the form of cylindrical rods of that
ength, which are pointed on emery
wheels by boys, who handle them by
wos and threes with great dexterity
md rapidity. Finally they are put gp
n pasteboard boxes of 100 each.
The Owosso times., 1920-11-05
TROOPER SAVES LIFE

Smothering the flames which
had enveloped O woman visitor at
the West Michigan State Fair
Grounds at Grand Rapids, Trooper
Charles P. Walker, Of the Michi.
gan State Police. probably saved
the woman's life. She was passing
concession tent when someone
threw out O burning gasoline stove.
II struck the woman and set fire to
her clothing, Trooper Walker ex.
tinguished the flames with his
bare hands,
The Owosso times., 1920-11-05

relieving the appetite and the ward
robe, but the mind also, in just such
manners as this.
One Of the most popular forms of
charity is the Charity Ball. BY
means OF this excellent institution,
the dressmakers are given work, the
hackmen are made prosperous, the
poor struggling musicians are re-
lieved from want and the caterers
are enabled to boot the wolf from
the door next day with a cheerful
smile. 237
The Owosso times., 1920-11-05

homes, employment bureaus, and re
lief stations. There are other very
creditable charities too, such as tax
ing library of of Andrew Car
negies hands, buying something
from the poor, starving beef trust.
or telling young lady of forty-nine
that she has Mary Pickford dim
pie. Charity consists not only in
The Owosso times., 1920-11-05
BAD FOR M00NSHlNERS

Activities of the State Police
troopers stationed at Muskegon net.
ted thirteen stills and 700 gallons Of
liquor in nine days during the latter
mart of October. This 10 almost q rec.
ORD for any one district, ,,..
The Owosso times., 1920-11-05
FARMERS ARE PROTECTED

Although no report has been pre-
pared as yet, 1t Is estimated that
moro money was saved in the fruit
belt by state police troops on patrol
this year than at any other time. It
n understood that fruit thefts have
been exceedingly few in comparison
vfth past years, owing to the watch
selness of the state police.
The Owosso times., 1920-11-05

Capt. Ralph G. Strope. has inaugur.
ated a system Of furnishing bank
guards to number of small banks IN
the Western Michigan district.
The Owosso times., 1920-11-05
The Story of q Turref Capfoia

Promotion In the Navy comes quickly to
those who qualify for higher ratings. In
March 1899 A. p. Nilsson enlisted in the
Navy as an Apprentice Seaman, 3rd class.
In April 1907 he was rated Chief Turret
Csptain. His pay today 10 $16S.76 per
month.
The Nome nugget., 1920-06-19
WILSON TALKS ON
 LEAGUE ISSUES

New York. June 1s-President Vii son. in special interview given the New York World today. says he Ia "extremely confident that the demo- cratic convention at San Francisco will welcome acceptance by the rrpub- lican party of my invitation to make the League of Nations an issue in the campaign. am even more confident, the president said that such q refer endum will confirm my faith that the American people desire it ;,bov any thing else that q political party may provide and that they will cond d-mn the republican party by denvns he republicans the consunmation of their hopes. No one. the president added twill welcome a referendum On that issue more than l."
The Nome nugget., 1920-06-19
OLD TIMER BACK
 FROM AZORE ISLANDS

M A. Domingos, well known ola timer of the tin section, is back in Nome after d winter visit to his old home on the Azore Islands, where his mother, venerable woman of s8 years. still resides Mir. DominGos spent five months on the islands with his aged parent, after an absence of nearly thirty years owing to srv- eral difficulties attendant on securing q passport he did not reach his islapI home until four months and five days fort to hasten his progress on the contrary, the return trip to America required less than week. The principal cause of the long delay in going home was the loss of his citizen ship papers. which disappeared from his possession in the big storm of 1913 which destroyed q large portion of Nome and carried away his home ana all it's contents The loss of the pap
 
 and establish his citizenship through the court records.
 An influential san Francisco friend assisted him by addressing Il request to Congressman Nolan to help secure the much desired passport. With the aid of the latter the passport was forthcoming in q short period and Mir. Domingos started on his way rcioic ing at his good fortune. How for tunatc he was is indicated by his statement that one usually has to wait a year before a passport is issued. because of the many hundreds of applications always on file at
The Nome nugget., 1920-06-19
NOME WAR VOLUNTEER
 IN MILWAUKEE

Albert I.oi,ke former Nome boy who was among the first from this section to join the colors after America enter ed the war, is now located ir MiIw.u- kee but writes to friends in th5 city that he sometimes ''fe Is kind of lone some for :de North once m d while |"
 I.okkc, Nho ,5 q step >Or of pr Cru ven of the kongarok left Nome durin-; the sumr'cr of 1918 hu' like the rest of the None contingen's dhI nos Set to t'raurr- Pooling to g.' acros. the pond in tnre 'o mix with ,hr Germons on war p-~is Albert dasi4o} l,st March to go to Milwaukee md n1-'r with them on q peace footing.
The Nome nugget., 1920-06-19
FRIDAY (TElEGR RAPHlC)
NOME TO HAVE AIR PASSENGER
 SERVICE BEFORE AUGUST

Seattle, June 17-Airship passenger service will be established by the AL aska Direct Aircraft Transportation Iditarod and Nome before the end O. July according to James r. Holman, secretary of the company.
 The first airship to arrive at the indicated point will be q passenger craft which is now being built by q company at Pasadena The plane to be ready for delivery on July first" said Holman. Passenger fares from Valdez to Fairbanks will he ;round S91, Holman says.
The Nome nugget., 1920-06-19
MINE WORKERS OFFICIALS
 JAILED FOR CONTEMPT

Pittsburg. Kansas. June 11-Six officials of the Kansas branch Of the United Mine Workers of Amer "a wec :. today found guilty of contempt in tho Crawford County District Court and were sentenced to the County jail to serve until they are ready to testify before the Kansas Court of In lustrial Relations" engaged in hearing soft coal strike cases
The Nome nugget., 1920-06-19
Harding Accepts Wilson Challenge

Washington. June 1s--P"e5ident Wilson's challenge to submit the peace treaty to q referendum Q: the Ameri- Senator Harding, the republican prc.; . dential nominee. q am sUrc' said the Senator. the republican party will gladly welcome q referendum on the question of our foreign relationships and that the republican 9tti,uia will whelmingly endorsed '
The Nome nugget., 1920-06-19
BRITISH OBJECT TO NEW
 U. S. MAPlHE BILL

Washington, June r. British ob- American Merchan: Ma:lEe Bill, Pre- mier Lloyd George has indicated, are likely to be the subject of lorna, rep esentations to the State Department The bill prohibits carrying mecchan- disc on other than American ships be tween American ports via 'oreign ports. This provision wou.i ston freight carrying between the United states and Alaska over Canldi n rail way lines or on Canadian ships, wit, resultant objections by Britain.
The Nome nugget., 1920-06-19
MARSHALL SENDS COINCIDENCE
 TO COOLIDGE

Boston. June 17-Vice president Marshall greeted his possible presiden- tial successor, Governor Coolidsc with Il message, not of congratulaticn bu. of commiseration.
 Please accept my sincere sympa . thy" are the words Marshall wrote to the Massachusetts governor following Coolidge's selection by the CT icag9 concention.
The Nome nugget., 1920-06-19
MANY WOMEN USE
 GLYcERINE MIXTURE

Nome women will be surprised at the INSTANT pleasant action of sim mixed in Adler-i-ka. One spoonful relieves ANY CASE gas on stomach ka acts on BOTH upper and lower bowel it often cures constipation and prevents appendicitis. One lady re- ports herself CURED of a bad case of bowel trouble and constipation. Lo- men Brothers. druggists. Advt.
 fAdu>r&foA~ant
The Nome nugget., 1920-06-19
KANSAS LABOR LEADER
 DENoUNcES GOV. ALLEN

Montreal, June 17-Alex; nf- HoWat. president of the Kansas dis trict of the United Mine Workers. in an address before the A. F # L.. convention today. defied GoverrCi AL len of Kansas to enforce his Court of Industrial Relations" order with which Howat declared. III. attempted to dig into the White House
The Nome nugget., 1920-06-19
A. F. OF L. CONVENTION DEMANDS PUBLIC
 OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS

Montreal, June 17-Governmenl ownership and democratic operation of the railroads is demanded in q resolu- tion passed today by the American Federation of Labor convent n now pers bitterly fought the resolution but without avail.