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The Owosso times., 1921-01-07
TROOPER INJURED
BY SPEEDING AUTO

Trooper William Hedt is lying in a
Detroit hospital as result of an acct
dent which occurred while the trooper
was on motorcycle patrol on the Dixie
Highway. The accident occurred near
Oldport Trooper Hedt was chasing
a speeding automobile, and as he
pulled up beside 1t the car swe-ved
directly into Trooper Hedt's path, and
the latter, when attempting to turn out
to avoid a collision, crashed into the
car and his motorcycle left the road
The Monroe City ambulance was sum
moned and later Trooper Hedt was
removed to the Harper Hospital, &C.
companied by Trooper Winslow. He
suffered severe internal injuries and
an operation was necessary. Trooper
Hedt joined the force last January
and has been stationed at both the
Plymouth and the South lockwood
detachment headquarters on mounted
duty. He was assigned to the motor
cycle patrol work last spring.
The Owosso times., 1921-01-07
Chief
VOICES A PROTEST
DECLARES FORCES OPPOSING
STATE POLICE ARE HARMFUL.

F. p. Leckliter, superintendent of
the Detroit district of the Anti-Saloon
League, has voiced his protest against
the adjustment of the Michigan State
Police. At meeting held recently in
the Burton Heights M. e. church he
spoke as follows: THE next two years
will witness the greatest task of the
AntiSaloon League against the liquor
interests. The liquor interests are
making every possible effort to gain
control OF the newly elected men in
congress, and should they gain this
end, there would be enacted a law
favoring the dispensing and manufac-
ture OF light wines and beers. This
reconstruction period requires people
of clear minds, pure hearts and steady
hands. Illegal traffic in liquor is re-
sponsible for so many crimes, and we
must see to 1t that the state constabu.
larry must be kept as a means of en-
forcing this law. There are forces
working to do away with the constabu-
larry and the church must be a means
OF keeping this machinery as power
Of enforcing the prohibition law"
The Owosso times., 1921-01-07

good to others. But always to all who
will grasp IL, written on the very face
of the turning globe, the next year
will be "good."
Last summer wealthy visitor at
the lakeside hotel drew the proprie.
tor to the corner of the veranda, and,
lifting his glasses, asked: DO you
see those letters on the rocks? | am
the boy who cut them, January J.,
1S47. You seem glad to know the au-
thor. I never revealed the fact. Why
should I?
ut Is not because l said 1t that 1t
Is true. No matter who says 1t, on a
Happy New Year the New Year will
be good. 1t Is true In itself. Happy
the man or boy who says 1t, who feels
1t, and who will have 1t so.
"The mere freak Of moment, yet
somehow later awOke to the fact that
! had written n life creed on my heart
out of the hopefulness and daring of
boy"
Let us take the hope and courage OF
youth as the truth of this latest OF
our years. The New Year must be
good. We will make It good. Can
YOU not see those lettered cliffs? No
visitor ever was dull to their magic
spell, and many have read them
through grateful tears.
The Owosso times., 1921-01-07
TROOPER SHOOTS
IN MAKING RAID
NEPHEW OR RUSSIAN DICTATOR
KILLED IN ESCANABA.

Having information that liquor was
being sold in large number Of places
In Escanaba, Capt. A. A. Downing of
the State Police took 21 men and Wis
tied that city November 22, making
arrests and seizures in 13 places.
Trooper Sheridan was one of a party
Of five who were assigned to raid a
Russian saloon. He and another
trooper entered and called for liquor.
One Of the men inside recognized
Sheridan as an officer and called to
John Kerenski, the bartender to de-
,stroy the liquor and attack the officer.
Kerenski reached under the bar. as
II to get pistol, and Sheridan shot
him. This quick action on the troop
er's part was due to the fact that
shots have been fred at members Of
the State Police and attacks made
upon them recently in this locality.
Kerenski. who claimed to be
nephew Of the former Russian dicta-
tor, died the next day. County Off
cials investigated and released Troop
er Sheridan on his bond furnished
by leading citizens of Escanab&
He offered his resignation to Capt.
Downing but 1t was not accepted. II
Is said that the weapon with which
Kerenski was shot was the same with
which Major Marsh, commander of the
State Police, was shot by rum-run-
ner more than year ago.
The Owosso times., 1921-01-07
CAMPBELL URGES
A BETTER SYSTEM
COLDWATER MAN BELIEVES
STATE COULD ABOLISH
OFFICES.

Milo d. Campbell, of Coldwater,
speaking at Republican rally held in
Wayland just before the presidential
election, discussed the action of the
state Democratic convention in calling
for the abolishmen. of the state con-
stabulary.
'It would prove sorry mistake" he
said. "The proponents urging this
are the ones who fear dete ;tion in
the violation of the liquor and other
laws, and who popularize the proposal
on the ground of economy.
"The trouble under our county and
city system for the enforcement Of
criminal law is largely political. In
one county or city the sheriff who en-
forced the liquor laws would go down
to defeat; another defeat would await
him If he enforced the game, fish or
speeding laws.
What Michigan needs is not to
abolish the constabulary, but to abol-
lsh lot of other boards and commits
sions performing nothing but police
duties, and the establishment OF a
State Police Department.
Il have talked with many Of the
boys in the constabulary out in the
state. They state that they could just
as we'll look after the game and fish
laws, oil inspection, fire wardens' bust.
ness, food and drug violations, and a
half dozen other jobs. There is no
Doubt but. that hundreds Of useless
and needless employees could be dis
missed and the state better served by
such concentration. But to abolish
the State Police would be to surrender
our criminal laws to the political
caprice and whim of each locality"
The Owosso times., 1921-01-07
THE GOOD
NEW YEAR
EMORY ]. HAYNES
In the Boston Globe

TT WAS foretold forty years ago.
The New Year shall be q good one.
This is the story of the prophecy.
1t depends upon you to believe 1t.
Forty years ago lone skater upon
the CLASSY surface Of lake In north
ern New England celebrated his soli-
tary holiday. At the far end OF his
ten-mile dash he rested in the noon
day sun, sitting at the base Of tow
ering cliff.
He was a stonemason's apprentice.
q mere boy workman. He habitually
carried his steel chisel In his pocket.
Climbing high, and with much hazard,
up the face Of the towering rocks, he
Gut this legend In the face of the
mountain:
"The New Year VIII Be Good"
The bold lettering Is visible for
miles. The lake In summer Is ia
vorite resort Of pleasure parties. Each
year thousands of eyes have spelled
out the CHEEKY monograph, while boats
passed, and many hearty laugh has
rung with heartier joy as old and
young have approved the sculptured
promise.
1t will long endure, for the steel cut
deep, and the mountain will not re-
move, nor the pretty lake pass away.
The boy did not date 1t. Forum
ately so, for that makes 1t fit every
year and every reader Why not for
century to come?
A thousand times the question has
been asked: "Who wrote it?" And
no one knew. So 1t seemed some
eternal truth of nature that the very
rocks had miraculously inscribed upon
themselves.
1t was true to anyone who would
take the trouble to lift his eyes and
read 1t. In storms the snow silvered
the lettering. In sun the words cleaned
with lines Of living light. A sentence
by no means elegant, but crude and
boyish rather. Yet what rhetoric
could add to the abrupt and simple
prophecy from hopeful, healthy
spirit2
The New Year was to be just plain
"good." Was that enough? Is II
not enough for us all? One good to
you, another good to me, still another
The Owosso times., 1921-01-07


Mark L. Bristol, U. S. Navy, High
Commissioner TO Turkey, who has
charge of-a American interests in
the Near East, went on record
whole-heartcdly In support OF the
American relief organization.
"If | lpve been able to encour-
age the workers Of the Near East
Relief or give them assistance In
any way" the Admiral said, Il feel
that | am more than repaid in
Keeping with the success that has
attended the efforts Of the Near
East Relief Committee In this part
of the world in the past. l hope
the future will bring YOU greater
success. Ii will always give me
pleasure 10 render any assistance
possible TO the Committee us
whole, To any Of the workers, and
to the great work of humanity that
the committee represents"
When 130,O00 Russian refugees
from the Crimea arrived off Con.
stantinople, Admiral Bristol imme-
diately cabled the Near East Re-
lief for help, and the Near East
Relief bakeries fed these refugees
md N. e. Il. workers helped the
American sailors to get the sick to
hospitals.
Admiral Bristol is In intimate
touch with all the work being con.
ducted~by the Near East Relief
and speaks from personal knowl-
edge of its accomplishments.
The Owosso times., 1921-01-07
OAKLAND COUNTY
FAV0RS TROOPERS

The executive board OF the Pontiac
Manufacturers Association, at meet.
ing held in the association rooms. 10
South Saginaw Street, went on record
as being opposed to the efforts of cer-
tain interests throughout the state to
have the Michigan State Police done
away with. The executive members
discussed the opposition to the State
Police from several different angles,
and then emphatically went on record
as not only condemning such opposi-
ton but expressing its approval Of
the body and the belief that 1t should
be continued.
This action followed shortly after
the adoption by the Oakland County
board of supervisors of resolutions en-
dorsing the work Of the State Police
and calling for the continuance OF the
force.
The Owosso times., 1921-01-07
INDORSES
NEAR EAST RELIEF

During the Peace Conference in Par
Is the American Commission to Nego-
tinte Peace, appreclating the impor-
tance Of accurate, first hand informa-
tion about the Armenian situation, sent
Capt. Benjamin Burgess Moore Of the
American Red Cross as head OF spe-
cial mission to study and report on
conditions. Captain Moore's findings
as to the value Of the work done by the
Near East Relief form part Of his off,
cial report.
"Armenians are sincerely grateful to
u.s." Captain Moore states, "since il Is
no exaggeration to say that they would
have disappeared as q nation had Il
not been for this splendid help given
them by the Near East Relief and he
American Food Administration. The
best that sympathetic Americans can
do Is to continue and enlarge the pres
ent admirable work of the Near East
Relief"
The Owosso times., 1921-01-07
POLICE HALT GOVERNOR

Governor Sproul, of Pennsyl-
vania, while driving from Harris
burg to his home at Chester recent
ly in an automobile, was halted at
Pottstown early in the morning by
State Police, who have been stop
ping every motor car after mid
night in their campaign against
motor thieves. State Police on
motorcycles overhauled the Gov
ernors car, and when the chauffeur
stopped the car the Governor stuck
his head out, thinking at first he
had been held up by highwaymen.
The police demanded that he prove
his identity, and when that was
done the machine was allowed to
proceed toward Chester. The Gov
ernor shook hands with the troop
ers and praised them for their
vigilance.
The Owosso times., 1921-01-07

the sufferings Of exile and the horrors
Of slavery; but she knows all too well
the terrible fate of her sisters and
friends. 1t Is for them-the soft-eyed
little girls of fifteen and sixteen whom
last she saw being torn from their
mothers arms and carried off on the
saddle bows Of the Turkish soldiers
that she makes her plea.
What their lives have been since
then may be guessed by look into he
faces OF any Of the ten thousand who
have passed through the Rescue Home,
OF the Near East Relief. Their hends
bowed In shame, they creep into the
American relief stations, trying vainiy
TO hide the tattoo marks which pro-
claim to the world their story.
Thousands Of these girls have been
brought back to life and hope through
the work Of the Near East Relief. Ii
Is to rescue the one hundred thousand
more still held captive that the Near
East Relief Is making Its appeal tAis
year.
The Owosso times., 1921-01-07
ARMENIAN GIRL
PLEADS FOR SISTERS
Tragic Tale of Harem Victims
Sufferings.

More than ten thousand Armenian
girls have been rescued from Turkish
harems through the help and gener-
osity Of America. This Is the state
ment given out by the Near East Re-
lief. which is making the saving of
these tragic victims Of Turkish cruelty
one Of the most important features Of
its work.
That 1t Is work which in itself
justifies the millions that America has
spent in this stricken land is testified
to by little Miss Eliza Dodurian,
twenty-year-old Armenian girl recent
ly arrived In this country. Miss Dodu-
rian, through the Intervention Of Amer
lean missionaries, was herself spared
The Owosso times., 1921-01-07
CHILD SAVING WORK
IN ARMENIA TOLD
BY AN AMERICAN
Charles v. vickrey Gives Facts
of Near East Relief Pro-
gram for Orphans.

Charles V. Vickrey, general secre-
tary Of the Near East Relief, has re-
turned from trip Of inspection
throughout Central Europe and the
Near East, and made report to the
trustees Of the Near East Relief In
which he covers In detail the actual
work Of child saving now being con-
Quoted by the great American relief
organization In the Near East. Mr..
Vickrey believes that "a few millions
Of dollars wisely expended at this time
In the education Of the children Of
the Near East, in character building
and In moulding these young lives,
will be worth, vastly more to the world
The Owosso times., 1921-01-07
stEIGHBELLs JINGLE

Hear the moaning and the groaning
of the winter breeze: Old Years dy-
inp-hear him signing, listen to him
wbeezel Weary Willie is quite chilly
in his threadbare coat; this cold
weather altogether gets his ill-clad
yoat Old Br'er Rabbits wary habits
now avail him not; hounds are telling
by their yelling that the trail is not
see the fuel fight duel with your
next weeks pay; watch your meter
and the heater steal your heart away
You remember last September. Au-
gust and July? Sun was shining, YOU
we're whining, vowing you would die |!
you were praying for some slclghlng.
CRYING for some ice; now It's freezing.
quit your sneezing; yell, and say It's
nicei
The Owosso times., 1921-01-07
UNLICENSED DOGS CAUSE ARRESTS

Troopers Montgomery and Hendrix
made six arrests near Grayling of
owners of unlicensed dogs during a
period of a few days. A systematic
campaign has been conducted by the
state Police since the new dog law
has gone into effect. For a time this
campaign was Of an educational ma
ture, the purpose being to explain the
law and check up the violations The
results have been gratifying. and from
row on the law will be rigidly On.
forced.
The Owosso times., 1921-01-07
High Commissioner
Praises Near East Relief

Constantine
pie: Everybody
seems To have
q good word to
say fer the
W o n d Z trful
W Ork being
done by the
more than 500
American men
u n d women
workers Of the
Near East Re-
lief. In q pub
lie q d d r e s S,
Rear Admiral
The Owosso times., 1921-01-07
Photo international.


of
Near East Relief Every bite they
the United
the Near Relief
whe LOAD medical
hnemen hospital beds children are housed
clothed and fed by the Near Relief
In all over 10000 little children being
YOU doing
10 Treas I
- O' N N
The Owosso times., 1921-01-07

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t"day Watkins Company, 53 'inoan,
Minn.
The Owosso times., 1921-01-07
Acid-Stornach

EATONlC is the bestrcmedy, it takes
the harmful acids and gases right out
OF the body and, of course, you get
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benefted. Guaranteed to satisfy or
money refunded by your own drug
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The Owosso times., 1921-01-07

T T WAS foretold forty years ago.
The New Year shall be a good one.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-29
Senators Vote
For Refunding
OF Allied Debt
Favorable Report Ordered,
by 9 to S, ON Bill to Give
Mellon Wide Authority i'm
$4,000, 100000 Loans
tive-Year Limit Included
Secretary Tells Committee
Action by Former Officials
of Treasury Is Binding
From The Tribune's Washiyoto, Ba,rcn,.

From, The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, July 28.-By vote
of to the Senate Finance Committee
to-day ordered a favorable report on
the Penrose bill to give the Secretary
of the Treasury unrestricted authority
to refund the debts due this govern
ment from foreign countries, amount
ing to about s1o,oOo,OoO,o exclusive
Of accrued interest. The committee
voted down all amendments proposed
to the bill with the exception of one
offered by Senator Penrose limiting the
period for the exercise of the author
ity conveyed by the measure to five
years.
One Of the amendments offered was
by Senator Walsh, of Massachusetts,.
1t proposed to require that all agree
ments made with respect to refunding
should be subject to ratification by the
Senate.
Senator La Toilette, Republican, and
Senators Simmons, Gerry and Walsh,
of Massachusetts, Democrats, voted
against reporting the bill. With the
exception of Senator La Toilette, all
Republicans present voted for favor
able report. Senator Reed was absent,
but was recorded against the bill
Senators Mclean and Dillingham;,
Republicans. were absent, but were
recorded for the bill. Those who voted
for a favorable report included Sena-
tors Penrose, Watson, Smoot, McCum-
ber, Curtis, Calder, Dillingham; and
Mclean, Republicans. and Williams,
Democrat. Senator Sutherland, Of West
Virginia, was absent and not recorded
and Senator Jones, of New Mexico,
also was absent and not recorded
Senator Penrose will report the bill
next week with a voluminous state
ment in support of it.
Mellon I5 Heard
The action came after Secretary of
the Treasury Mellon appeared before
the committee and presented a com
munication to Senator Penrose in which
he held this government is committed
Treasury to the postponement of in
terest for two or three years-more
than two of which have elapsed; that
interest is not to be charged on post
poned interest, at least for two years
out of the three, and that the Rath-
bone negotiations as to refunding did
not obligate this government.
Secretary Melons letter to Senator
Penrose was in response to a recent
Continued on page threel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-29
Bernstorff Wants Envoy
To U. S. to Speak English
Urges Importance of Present
ing German Views to Ameri-
cans in Their Lanouape

BERLIN, July % (By The Associated
ess).-Count Johann Won Bernstorff.
former Ambassador to the United
States, writing in connection with the
discussion of the Forthcoming treaty
with the United States, urges the ex-
treme Importance of the new German
Ambassador to Washington being able
to make a public speech in fluent Eng
lish. Any other language, he declares,
will be worthless to the German Dip
lomat, who is expected to be able to
present the view of his nation and the
attitude of his government to the
American people in their own language
The ambassador also should be a man
unencumbered by any of the many un-
happy recollections of the late war.
Count Won Bernstortf thinks much
depends on whether the United States
In common with Great Britain, will
attempt TO erect a barrier against
French continental imperialism" He
says French politics "is driving US into
the arms of the English-speaking ma
tions and therefore it is incumbent on
US Co familiarize ourselves with the
American and the English to a greater
degree than heretofore"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-29
Screen Patrons Abroad
See Wrong Fight Films
Operator tainted Ere Demp.
sey Won, but Promoters Beat
Official Pictures Across
From The T'fbnne's European Bureau

From The Tribune's European Bureau
Copyright. 1921 New York Tribune Inc.
LONDON, July 28.-Screen "fans" in
England, France, Germany, Italy and
Switzerland have been looking at the
wrong pictures of the Dempsey -Carpen-
,aer Ter battle IN Jersey City on July 2.
Ihe owners of the authorized version
turned up here to-day and obtained q
permanent injunction from Justice Eve
sgaist the exhibitors of the unauthor-
ized films.
:, At the hearing it was brought out
mat the unofficial pictures were 'aken
ioy photographer with felephoto
lens from the top of water tank on a
51actory near the arena in Jersey City.
lhe photographer get the first three
rounds all right, but he tainted at The
beginning of the fourth. He succeeded
IN getting what purported to be pic
lures OF the fourth round also, and
Joining this to the three they already
mad and rushing them aboard, the pro-
moters wpne all over the Continent and
exhibited the Sictures for week with
OUT fnolestation. 1t was not until the
agent for the official films arrived that
Hne impostors were apprehended.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-07-29
$1,000 Is Fixed
AS Limit Fee
For Surgeon
Dictum Sent Out at Johns
Hopkins Hospital Also
Makes $35 a Week Maxi.
mum Charge for Physician
No Exceptions Allowed
Order Is Regarded as One
That Will Affect Medi.
cal Fraternity of Nation
Special DISPATCH to The T,,b,,,,. .


BALTIMORE, July 28.-Thc board of
trustees of the Johns Hopkins Hos
.pital has just issued the following
dictum:
The maximum fee that any surgeon
ought to charge for an operation, no
matter how wealthy the patient may
be, is $1,000.
The maximum charge that any ply
slclan ought to make for attending
patients in a hospital is $35 week."
The dictum takes on the force of an
order to physicians and surgeons prac-
ticing in the hospital, limiting fees to
be charged.
The effect of the ruling will be felt
not only in the hospital, but, because
of the standing of Johns Hopkins Hos
pital, in every corner of the United
States
The ruling was issued after long and
thorough consideration Of all the con-
ditions surrounding physicians and
surgeons, the cost of living, scale on
which physicians and surgeons are re
eminent scientists at the hospital con
Cured.
A letter signed by the trustees of the
hospital was sent to all members of
the hospital staff making this an.
nouncement. Nobody was Sighted. al
though it applies only to the part-time
professors and their assistants in the
medical school and those physicians
and surgeons of the Hopkins staff who
practice at the hospital.
Inc tull time professors and mem
bers Of their stats are not affected.
because, all fees received by them 90
l. the pot" as the William n. Welch
fund is designated, and are distributed
to the various full-time departments.
But it Goes affect such men as DR..
L; S. Barker, DR.. J. NJ T. Finnev. DR..
Thomas S. Cullen and many others who
are, not on the full-time basis. 1t is
understood that very few, if any, of
tnese like IT, and many of the top
notchers dislike it vety much.
The letter to the physicians and sur
geons who practice in the hospital was
couched in very diplomatic language.
IT'S meaning, however, was perfectly
clear. Boldly stated, it was that no
physician practicing in the hospital
could charge any patient in the institu-
tlon more than $35 a week. Some of
them. it is said, have been getting from
$40 to $50 a visit, according to the
means of the patient.
Charges of $1,000 for surgical oper-
ations are said to have been common,
and charges of $4,000 are said to be not
uncommon.
This was the institutions answer that
physicians and surgeons, especially the
big specialists, were charging all that
the traffic would bear.
COpyright. 1921. BY The Raltirnora S,,n