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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28
Basket Ball Schedule

Members of the Owosso Basket
ball league at meeting at the
Owosso Business college, Ball and
Exchange streets Tuesday evening
arranged the following schedule for
the first series of games, starting
November 7 and ending December
10:
Nov. Methodist Sunday school
VS.. Church of Christ Sunday school
Evangelical VS.. Business College
Bank Clerks VS.. Connors Ice Cream
company; Argus-Press VS.. Rundell
Bros.
Nov. 14-Methodist Sunday school
VS.. Evangelical Sunday school
Church of Christ Sunday school VS..
Business college; Bank clerks VS..
Argus-Press; Connors VS.. Rundell
Bros.
Nov. 21-Methodist VS.. Connors
Church of Christ Sunday school VS..
Rundell Bros; Evangelical Sunday
school VS.. Argus-Press; Business col
lege VS.. Bank clerks.
Nov. 28-Methodist Sunday school
VS.. Argus-Press; Church of Christ VS..
Connors company; Evangelical Sun
day school VS.. Bank clerks; Business
college VS.. Rundell Bros.
Dec. 5-Methodist Sunday school
VS.. Bank clerks; Church of Christ
Sunday school VS.. Argus-Press
Evangelical Sunday school VS.. Run
dell BROS; Business college VS.. Con-
nors company.
Dec. 12-Methodist Sunday school
VS.. Business college; Church Of Christ
VS.. Evangelical; Bank clerks VS.. Run
dell Bros; Connors company VS.. Ar
gus-Press. '"'' "
Dec. 19-Methodist Sunday school
VS.. Rundell Bros; Church of Christ
VS.. Bank clerks; Evangelical Sunday
school VS.. Connors; Argus-Press VS..
Business college.
The colors of the teams, as chosen
at Tuesday nights meeting are
Methodists, red and white; Church
of Christ, blue and white; Evangeli-
cal, brown; Business college, purple
and gold; Bank clerks, grey; Con-
nors, black and orange; Argus-Press
white and black; Rundell Bros, white
and blue.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28
Episcopal Church to
Purchase New Organ

A committee appointed at meet
ing of the vestry of Christ Episcopal
church Monday met at the home of
Mrs. James Osburn Wednesday to
discuss plans for purchasing a new
organ for the church.
Some time ago Charles Jackson,
a member of the church, presented
ten diamonds to the church, as a
memorial for Mrs. Jackson, who died
about two years ago. These dia-
monds, it is now planned, will be
sold and the proceeds used to pay
part of the cost. The church also
has a fund raised at the Pageant of
American History held at the armory
September 17th, and this will also
be placed in the organ fund.
The committee in charge of the
organ purchasing movement is COM
posed of the following: D. E. Crane,
chairman; Senator Byron P. Hicks,
Mrs. James Osburn, J. B. Mcintosh
and Charles Jackson.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28
SHERIFF LANDS
BAD PAIR
Steal Auto a n d Forge
Checks in Trip Across
Several States

A very interesting case was
solved by the sheriff's department
this week when Timothy Clark and
Grey McNeer, who were arrested at
Perry last week were identified by
the Sheriff of North Platte, Nebr..
as fugitives from justice and also as
forgers of several hundred checks
that were issued throughout the
middle and western states.
The men were found driving a
Buick car which they were unable
to explain the possession of. The
Buick factory was notified and re-
ported that the car was one which
had been sent to Lincoln, Nebraska
to the Buick Auto Sales Company of
that place. Sheriff Sprouts wrote to
the Secretary of State who notified
the Sheriff's department of North
Platte that the Buick car which was
stolen from their city had been re-
covered at Corunna, Michigan.
Sheriff Salisbury of North Platte
Immediately wired a description of
the alleged thief which tailed exactly
with that of Clark, and ordered that
ne be held until Deputy from North
Platte arrived to take him in charge.
Reports have been coming in the
sheriff's Office of numerous checks
that had been issued on various in
dividuals around Owosso until Clark
and McNeer were arrested and Nc
Neer confessed that they had been
forging the checks through every part
of the country that they had come.
In checking back it was found that
a complete trail was found of bad
checks over the road they had trav-
eled and the different sheriffs' de-
partments have been notified that
the forgers have been caught.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28

Failure of the Road Committee to
recommend that the Finance Com
mittee of the Board of Supervisors
include in its budget for 1922 appro-
priations for one quarter of the cost
of the paving Of Main street from
the end of the present pavement west
to the city limits and Shiawassee
street from Main street north to the
city limits will cause delay of over
a year before the work can be done
When the Board found that the
budget would mean an appropriation
of 1902 100000 it decided that il
would be best to let the matter pass
as it was the belief that the taxpay-
ers had enough on their hands for
the present.
All preliminary preparations have
been made to lay the pavement and
the board hopes that money can be
appropriated next year.
Under the law which now exists
the federal government will pay 5O
per cent of the cost, the state will
pay 25 per cent, leaving the county
to pay 25 per cent.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28
Steere Engineering Com
pany Shows Interest,"
in Hospital

J. Edwin Ellis, chairman of the
finance committee of the board of
trustees of Memorial hospital, has
received from F. w. Steere of De-
troit, vice-president of the Steere
Engineering Co., letter stating
that the company will pay for equip
ping a four-bed ward at the hos
pital, instead of a private room.
The company had originally plan
ned to equip private room, but
they had all been taken care of. 1t
was suggested to the officials that
they equip four-bed ward and they
were glad to act upon the sugges-
ton. A bronze plate bearing the
inscription, "Steere Engineering
Co." will be placed on the door of
the ward.
Mr.. Steere also writes: 81 had
the pleasure of going through the
hospital with Mr.. Bentley on one OF
my recent trips to Owosso, and
feel that the city is to be congratu-
lated on possessing such splendid
and completely equipped institution
Also, it would seem to me that the
whole proposition has been extremely
well managed from the values which
have been received for money ex-
pended
at is a great pleasure to this
company to be able to assist in work
so widely beneficial and which is SO
efficiently handled"
In addition to equipping the four
bed ward at cost of $500, the
company also gave $500 to the
building fund.
The action of the company in
equipping the ward leaves only a
four-bed ward to be equipped, al
other rooms and wards having been
taken care Of.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28

Mrs. Mary McGee Of Owosso was
reelected district president of the
w. C.. T. u. at the eighth district
convention of the Union which closed
two-day session at st. Louis, Fri
day night, according to Mrs. Louise
Coon who returned from the con-
vention today. Sixty delegates from
Clinton, Shiawassee, Montcalm,
Ioaia, Saginaw and Gratiot counties
were present.
The Owosso delegates to the con-
vention were Mrs. Louise Coon, Mrs.
Marion Carmbell, Mrs. George Get
man, Mrs. George Mckenzie and
Mrs. Cora Pate.
Nine other delegates attended
from Shiawassee county. They were
from Lennon, Corunna, Henderson
and Easton.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28
BAPTIST MEMS
ENTERTAINMENT COURSE

The men of the First Baptist
church viii present for the seventh
season the following list of attrac-
ton: Nov. 7, The Bell Ringing Quar-
tette; Dec. 13, The Grouch-Home
Talent play; Jan. 6, The Chester
Scott Co.; Jan. 2, Biltmore Society
Orchestra; New play in Feb; March
%, Cheney Concert Co.; April A.,
Scientific Lecture, VIM. A. Deitrick
in all deluxe numbers are offered
in the combination for the small sum
OF $1.0O.
All companies are said to be pick
ed out with extreme care by the CON-
mittee and will prove most attract
i've in their various programs. They
advise getting tickets early as limit
of 100 must be placed upon the sale.
Season tickets may be secured at
Sprague's drug store. There will be
plenty of reserved seats.
Rotarians of Owosso have been
invited by Rev. H. A. Waite to at
tend a special service at the Bap-
tist church Sunday evening. Mem
bers of the Rotary Clubs of nearby
towns will be in attendance also.
The feature of the evening will be
"Songs Of Rotary" which will be sung
by Rotarians assembled around the
piano.
Rev. Waite, himself Rotarian,
will speak upon a theme appropriate
to the occasion.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28
FOURTEEN OWOSSOITES
TO ATTEND BIG SHRINE
GATHERING IN LANSING

Fourteen Owosso members of the
order accompanied the members of
Elf Khurafek shrine of Saginaw on
their pilgrimage to Lansing today.
The pilgrimage was made in special
train.
Following the ceremonies ban
quet will be held.
Those who will go from here are
D. D. butcher, E. L. Conant, DR..
Williams, Ollie Setback, Harry Parker,
Leslie Parker, Geo. U. Wright, VIM.
Whitehead, E. L. Carr, Ray Reynolds,
Chas. Dingman, John J. Mcdonald,
Chas. A. Sackrider and DR.. Fritz,
who is to be initiated in the shrine.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28
COMMISSION FILLS
OFFICE VACANCIES
Plans for Bentley Park
Improvement Ap-
proved

Despite the fact that Norman
Bradd, former patrolman had a
petition with 1877 names on it head
ed by the name of R. G.. Topping
who is the sexton at Oak Hill Gene
terry and prominent member of the
Shiawassee Law Enforcement Lea
que presented to the City Commits
sion at it's meeting Monday night,
a sufficient number of prominent
business men backed George Coe for
the position to have Mr.. Coe elected
UNANIMOUSLY the new constable to
succeed Frank Forester.
Commenting on Bradd's petition
Mayor Wright said that he did not
understand the attitude of Bradd in
presenting a petition to the commits
sion after the indecent letters Bradd
had written to the Mayor, some of
which were unfit to be made public.
The Commission appointed Otto L.
Sprague who was a former mayor
and supervisor of Owosso to succeed
George M. Dewey, whose resignation
as Supervisor of the first ward was
read and accepted.
Mrs. Margaret McBain, the city
librarian also presented her resigna-
tion to take effect October 30th,
1921.
The city clerk will take over the
water collection work and mo success
sor of Mrs. Dumond will be named.
He will be allowed $400 more per
year for the work which will make
a saving of about $3.50 year as Mrs.
Dumond drew $3.50 per year.
The commission also signed con-
tract with the Greening Nursery
Company of Monroe for landscape
gardening in Bently park, the cost Of
the work will be $500 plus $40 per
day and expenses for H. B. Shepherd,
manager of the Company, who will
personally conduct the work.
- The A. M. Bently Estate execut-
ors have informed the commission
that they will give an equal amount
of money for improving the park,
to that which the city puts in.
A selection of 78 evergreens of
different varieties will be planted
and shrubbery will be chosen to
beautify the park.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28
Fire Damages N. Hickory
Street Home

The basement in the home of Fl. b
Yeiter, 64s North Hickory street, was
damaged to the extent of about 800 by
fire Wednesday, night. Sherman
Finch, passing the honse at 1890, dis
co, ned smoke issuing from the win
dows and awakened the family.
The fire had eaten into the joists, and
had considerable stsrt. but the fire
department eucceeded in extinguishing
unknown.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28
Current Topic Club Hears Report

The Current Topic Club held its
regular monthly meeting at the
home of Mrs. Harold Hume, $50
Adams street, Monday afternoon
The afternoon was taken up with
the report of the State Federation
of Women's Clubs held in Grand
Rapids recently. Mrs. Albert Todd,
president of the Topic Club and dele
gate to the convention, gave a most
complete and comprehensive report
of the Federation, which was of
much interest to the members vino
were present.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28

Members of the athletic commit
tee of the Patterson-D Dawson Post of
the American Legion are making
arrangements for big football game
here in connection with the obser-
vance of Armistice Day, November
IL. A committee is now at work on
the matter of securing two fast teams
to take part in the contest.
Until this matter has been arrang-
ed, no steps will be taken toward the
formation of Legion basketball
team here.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28
Lehner-Krieger Nuptials.

A wedding of interest to Owosso
friends was solemnized Tuesday
morning at ST. Pauls church at 8
o'clock, when Barbara Lehner was
united in marriage to Orwell Krieger
of Brighton, Mich. They were at
tended by Mrs. r. c. Brown of De-
troit and Louis Lehner of Bay City,
sister and brother of the bride. The
bride is we'll known Owosso lady
having spent practically all her life
in this city. She is a graduate of
st. Paurs school and has been en-
ployed as a bookkeeper with the
Union Telephone Company for the
past year.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28
$655 DONATED FOR
DORCAS HOME WORK

Approximately $655 was realized
from the sale of tags conducted by
ladies of the Kings Daughters here,
it was announced by Mrs. T. E. Steb-
bins, general chairman. Of this sum,
$555 was received Saturday and 500
during the weekend.
The Tag Day funds will be used in
caring for the thirty or more child
rem at the Dorcas Home here over
which the Kings Daughters have su-
pervision.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28
Young Man Plans Easy
Life as COunterfeiter

The arrest of Roy Wright by Chief
Denyes Monday afternoon ended a
scheme for much easy money. For
several weeks counterfeit half dol
lars were in circulation in Owosso
and the banks warned people to be
on the look out for the bogus money.
A description was given Chief
Denyes of Wright by a person on
whom he had passed one of the coins.
Following clues which he obtained
Denyes learned the rooming place of
Wright and arrested him Monday af-
ternoon.
Federal officers came from Detroit
Tuesday and took Wright in custody
on federal warrant.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28
Delegates Sent to National
Convention

The Patterson-Dawson Post of the
American Legion and Auxiliary ex-
pect to send the following delegate.
to the National convention of veter-
ans to be held in Kansas City, Mo-,
Oct. 81 to November 2:
Clarence Mccall, post commander
Raymond Stack, d. J. Turner, ]. F.
Field, d. L. Stewart, C. Porter, C..
Harding, Mrs. T. E. Stebbins, Mrs.
Alvira Cooper, Mrs. Mamie McNally,
The delegates expect to leave here
tomorrow for the special train which
is being made up in Detroit.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28

Thomas. f Dewey. of this city, has
been selected "a member Of the Uni.
versity of Michigan Glee Club and has
also been appointed by the U. of NJ.
School of Music as director of the Fre.h.
man Glee Club.
Mr.. and Mrs Sherman +. Welch are
home from their wedding trip spent 10
Washington, New York and other
astern cities.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28
COUNTY TAX $3O2, 7O9.O5
Payment of Bonds In :
creases Budget Greatly

The Board of Supervisors of Shia-
wassee County completed it's work
Monday afternoon. The next meet
ing will be held in January.
The apportionment of state and
county taxes to the cities and town
ships is given below:
Owosso has an equalized value of
$10,321 ,601.00 and has to pay state
tax of 43,938.73 and a county tax
of $79,021.28 which includes road
taxes.
The report in tabulated form
follows
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28
SCOUTS HOLD MEETING
AND PLAN FOR BENEFIT

The regular weekly meeting of the
Owosso troop of Boy Scouts was held
in the basement of the library Mon
day evening. The 80 members of the
organization present made plans for
a benefit to be held the latter part
Of January or the first of February.
Funds derived from the benefit will
be used to purchase new uniforms
for the boys.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28
Ben. Monroe who was arrested @

Ben. Monroe who was arrested on
the affidavit of Norman Bradd, an ex-
policeman, for having liquor in his
possession made the statement in
Justice Days court Monday that
Bradd had told him that he could
make beer for his own use and that
he acted on Bradd's advice.
$50 help me God, Bradd told me
that could make beer" Monroe told
the officers.
Bradd denies it, saying that he told
Monroe nothing Of the kind.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28
Recall Order issued
by Railroad Unions
Good News Flashed to
People ofUnitedStates
This Morning.

After conference lasting several days order issued
this morning canceng the orders for the proposed nation
wide strike of employees Of the railroads This joyful
everybody and the prevention of crime and misery
from end of the country to the other.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28

J. w. Neal and Frank Woodard,
Merrick Blair and Silas Wheelock
left Tuesday on a hunting trip near
Lake Superior.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28

Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Harrison hav,
returned from their wedding trip.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-28

s89, ,589, ,O21 $1es, ,2ss.41 $500, ,7Os .o5
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03

Jeopardy by careless handling of
their machines.
1t was announced this morning
by company officials that the loss
is fully insured The big coal chute
was 81 feet high, 124 feet in length
and Sc feet wide. The top was COM
pletely burned out and the sides,
while sGll standing, are burned
almost through as is also the case
with the sloping sides leading down
to the bottom of the II bins.
Company officials say that the
chute had been examined daily for
any evidence of fire, and had been
inspected at O'Clock in the after
noon. They say that the fire could
not have been smoldering as coal
was taken out of the bins daily. 20
tons having been taken out yester-
dav from the bin where the ire
started. Whether the fire started
from spontaneous combustion or
from engine sparks seems to be in
doubt, but company officials believe
that due to daily moving of coal in
and out of bins, there is little like
lihood that sponeaneous combus-
ton was the cause.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03

Continued from First Page)
The supreme court of Mexico agrees
entirely with the United States IN
pointing out that lands obtained
prior to the making of the consti-
tuition are safe from confiscation.
President Obregon's speech say
ing he would not sign treaty is
taken to mean that he refers to the
points cleared up by the supreme
court decision. The Mexican pres
ident. however, had previously in
dicated his Willingness to adjust by
treaty a number of pending ques-
lions such as claims growing out
of the revolutions in Mexico. An
agreement on these points will not
be difficult to accomplish, and 1t
NAV be that some broad reference
to the protection of lives and prop
erty in the future may be urged as
a means of satisfying public opin-
ion on this side of the Rio Grande,
or while the United States govern
ment wants to be as considerable as
possible in making it easy for Pres
ident Obregon to handle his own
political situation. there is also
problem in Washington. For inside
the Republican administration are
men like Secretary Fall, who re-
fleets an extreme attitude toward
Mexico. men like Secretary Hughes,
who is interested in seeing legal
questions adjusted on sound ba-
sis. and President Harding, who is
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03

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tomobile which whizzed by the big
pump truck just as Doyle jumped
to the pavement.
Six lines OF hose were laid, five
of them connected to the central
and No. station pump trucks.
With these five high pressure
lines and one hydrant line and five
company lines, water in abundance
was played on the flames. How
ever, the fire had got such start
that the water was converted into
steam, vast clouds soaring upward
to mix with the dense clouds of
smoke. It was hours before the
fire was under control.
Both pumps kept going five
hours, and water was still being
played on the ruins until 8 O'Clock
this morning, and the company
from station No. 5, which had taxi
en- up reserve duty at the central
station during the night, was sent
out to finish the job.
Fire Chief Schmidt had nothing
but commentator for individual
citizens who did all in their power
to aid the firemen in their work.
They helped with the lines and
made themselves generally useful.
On the other hand, the fire chief
scored motorists who were bound
to get as close as possible and who
interfered with the work, and
placed the lives of many persons in
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03

CONTINUED from First PREe.l
a man carries a pocketbook in an
other country.
These people, by comparison with
those we saw at way stations on
the way in, were comparatively
clean. At their hillside camp was
none of the understandable filth
which nauseated one at the VII
lagos where disease was raging.
But their very cleanliness made
them the more pitiful. They were
proud. stoical and fatalistic. De
gpite their misery they were try
ing to meet their fate with shout
ders squared.
Hope that heIp would still come
somehow, from somewhere, heIo
these people together and KEPT
them alive.
Only once was there an outburst
A middle-aged, strong peasant
more intelligent looking than MS
fellows. suddenly shouted: we
are the people who produced what
food there was. We VIII produce
what there will be. We are the
supporters of the city You must
save us. or you yourselves VIII
die"
.sTbank Kind American Peasants
When these famished peasants
were told that we were pioneers
from the United States, inVestlSat-
ing conditions and that food was
q follow. they all shouted to-
gether:
"oh. thank the kind American
peasants."
For the Russian peasant, the
whole world consists of peasants.
That same evening | got a glimpse
of what the American RELIEF ad-
ministration representatives must
experience when they and thelr
food arrive in the Nolga.
Shaken by the extreme despair
to which hunger had driven many
of these famished people. l decid-
ed to distribute some bread among
them. l informed the fugitives
that bread would be distributed TO
mothers with babies and to chill
dren.
The word had hardly passed be
fore mothers, bearing babies IN
their arms. rushed wildly down the
hill towards the place where Ia
BILE had been set for cutting the
bread. They were followed by chill
dren, who lined up in never ending
rows.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03

the. first four months I could do but
little work, had to lie down most of the
time, and was very nervous, but nv
husband was always reminding me to
take the Vegetable Compound, which
did. OF my eight children this last
one was the easiest birth of all and [
am thankful for your Vegetable Com
pound: ! recommend it to my friends
when hear them complaining about
fnelr Ills. Mrs. NJ. NATALIE, 70
fremont St. Springfield, Mass.
Sickly, ailing women make unhannv
homes, and after reading Mrs. ia.
tales letter one can imagine how this
homewas transformed by her restora-
ton to health. Every woman who suf-
fers from such ailments should give
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound fair trial. 1t is surely worth
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-03
rcKH.RpT SPEAKER.

Ten thousand farmers OF In
nois had gathered at Dixon pc
fore noon today to attend the an
nual picnic of the Illinois Agrl-
cultural association. The tourn-
ament for the horseshoe cham
pionship of the state drew 90
entrants, and exhibition drills
and ladder climbing by Sterling
LADY Zouaves were features of
the day. Addresses were made
nv William G. Eckhardt, treas
urer of the U. s. Grain Growers,
Inc, Mrs. Charles Sewell OF OF
terbein, Ind, and Howard Leon
ard, president of the 1. A A.