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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-21

A chart recently published SHOWS
the relative prices of more than guy
commodities, according to the latest
government tables, as compared with
the 1913 price level. Farm produets
were. as have said, but slightly
above that level, while all other COM
noodities showed an increase OF from
40 to IT'S per cent. Clearly, agri-
culture relatively has suffered most.
Son,a sort of proper relation must
he restored between agriculture and
other industries before we can nope
| for a permanent Improvement ="
business conditions.
| "Farm products alone have any
where nearly approached the price
level of 1918. The result is that'to-
dav most of the products of the farm
are being sold at less than the cost
of production. This condition cam can,
NOT last long. The farmers VIII VIII
cease to produce and then prices VIII
aoain mount and the public will SUI
fer in the end. For no industry can
long continue to produce at loss
The whole industrial fabric, there
fore, is interested equally with the
farmer in the stabilizing OF farm
/
production.
"Will we never learn in Americs
, that no class and no section OF ou'
. country can genuinely prosper un
Iass ali prosper? / have no sym
nathv with the idea that the inter
: ests of the East clash with the IN
v terests of the West or with the a.,
terests of the South. Correct eco
= nomic principles know no geograpn,
y cal division. The real ana pern .a
nent interest of one section Oh on
!, common country is the lnteresC y
! all And so no industry, can Perhia
= nentlv prosper unless all legltiiha1
= industries are also doing well.
g "Great have been the industris
= achievements of America. But
y seems TO me that most of her gam
;, has heen devoted to the one tacto
nf PRODUCTION alone and that In Tn
!, reaIm of distribution and marketln
D. she has fallen far behind, VIII
" world statistics now available, an
+ which I note with satisfaction, I,
= new Secretary of Commerce ana u
ST new Secretary of Labor propose
N utilize in their departments, may v
10 not hone that we shall make real pr
re oress towards sterilization OF pr
"a duct;on? We all know the econom
at waste which results whenever -, i
or dustrv as a whole loses its equili
liz rim To confess that we are poWe
Tx less to hold industry IN some So
ch of balance is to confess that o
O. industrial system has gotten pevo'
n our control.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-21

Are you thinking of painting this
snripgP If you are, get in touch with
D M. linn, Owosso, Mich, agent, for
the Grand Rapids Paint and Varnish
Co. We sell the best painta, varnishes
and enamels at factory prices. direct
from factory TO you. All shipping
charges prepaid by us. 90
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-21
COST OF HANDLING
The 1920 Michigan Farm Bureau
Wool Pool.

The first column of figures repre-
sents the cost per pound delivered to
central warehouses, Lansing ana
Grand Rapids. The second column
renresents the cost per pound shipped
bv freight to central warehouses;
Lansing and Grand Rapids; ,,.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-10-21

-
Those who had assembling service
| and shipped their wool to Lansing
bv freight have handling charge OF
| 0465 cents. Those who delivered
their wool direct to Lansing eliminate
ed freight and assembling costs and
have handling charge OF .O324
| cents.
| Interest which accumulated on
1920 wool pool money held await
inc the closing of the pool amounted
TO S4.378.43. Profit on blanket
manufacturing up to July l, 1921,
was S3,235.96, total of $7,514.39,
which has been deducted from the
general cost of pooling.
Reasons responsible for the condi-
tion of the wool market and the
slump in price for the 1920 clip are
we'll described by Mr.. o. j. Fawcett,
Director of Wool Marketing for the
American Farm Bureau Federation.
About June, 1920, the Federal Re
, serve Board issued an order calling
= loans and ordering a general della
= ton. The wool market was badly hit
= and scarcely pound of wool moved
;, until early in 1921. Mr.. Fawcett ex-
A plains that at that time there had
: been 65O,0OO,000 pounds of foreign
e wool imported free of duty from
Y countries where sheep pasture IL
months in the year. In addition to
h this. our government had on hand
e 45O. 900 900 pounds of wool which 1t
d had accumulated during the war.
= Statistics show that it had been
a costing growers cents per pound
: to market this wool. You will please
is notice by the itemized account above
n that it cost Michigan growers
II through their pooling arrangement
q onlv 1924 to .0465 cents per pound
20 that cost covering labor, storage, IN
is surance, ETC., for an average perio'
re of Id months.
d. During this period the State Farm
n. Bureau wool department was TN
W onlv concern receiving wool. Buyer
n had withdrawn from the market an
is speculators bought wool as low as D
ey per pound. The wool market ma
IL disappeared. Mills were closed an
so not until early spring of 1871 wa
Eli there any market for wool: Inc woo
NV department then faced the task
ne selling the $500, O00-pound pool an
mt accomplished that job late in tn
IN summer of 1921. ,,
les To close out the pool during tn
ch period of February Is to Septembt
for the departments wool sales ave
aged two carloads day. In add
FOR ton, with $4,000 wool growers a
BILE counts to handle, it will be seen tn
ich a great volume Of clerical work w
ov- required to close the books OF Il
a pool. This will explain to you Il
les. delay you have experienced In n
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-12
ASK 100000
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fantry, II companies of coast artillery,
three divisions of the naval reserves
and the necessary auxiliary troops.
Underthe new plan submitted by the
general staff of the army, Maine is
called upon to furnish one infantry
of brigade headquarters, one regiment
of infantry, one field artillery brigade
headquarters. one field artillery regi-
ment, one divisional police company,
one artillery battalion. one balloon
company, one medical regimental
headquarters, one sanitary company,
one ambulance battalion headquar-
tars, one ambulance company, one hos
pital battalion headquarters, one hos
pital company, one medical supply
section, one medical laboratory and II
companies of coast artillery.
The new plan of the war department
calls for 1890 men from this State and
this number must be completed by
July /, 1923. The federal government
will turn over to the State between
now and 1923 from 100000 to s5000,
600 worth of property and equipment,
in return for which the State will be
required to furnish men and proper
housing for supplies.
The medical outfit allotted to Maine
will be of great service in case of &C
cident, floods or other emergencies.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-12
Americanization.Work.

A committee from the Organization
of the United Americans Of the State
of Maine, has been appointed to con-
slider the matter of having an exhibit.
ton of arts and crafts. to be held in
Portland early in the spring.
The proposed exhibition will consist
of work done by the foreign-born resi-
dents of Maine and their children.
The purpose of the exhibition is to call
attention to- work that is being done
by our fellow citizens who were born
abroad, and also to increase interest
in their welfare. Needlework. wood
carving. clay-modelling, painting. draw
ing and penmanship viii be exhibited.
The committee in charge consists of
John Calvin Stevens. the well-known
architect. Edmund H. Mcdonald. execu-
tive secretary of the Portland Chamber
,of Commerce, and Mrs. Emma ".
Moseley, society editor OF the Portland
Evening Express.
The committee desires the coopera-
tion Of all those who are interested in
the work of Americanization. All those
who are interested are requested to
communicate with .aimon s. Bisbee,
executive secretary. Casco Bank Build
ing. Portland.
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fairfield

! The cast of 1.-THE Suffragette Town
Meeting went to the sanitorium last
evening where the play was repeated
for the benefit of the patients.
The Epworth League will give an
entertainment at the Methodist YES
try, Feb. II. A supper will be served
a la carte.
At the Methodist church, the Sun
day services will be held at the usual
hours. In the morning, the pastor,
Rev. j. C. Bearse will take for his
subject 1.-THE Power of Christian Ex-
ample" The leader of the Epworth
League will be Mrs. Flora Files, who
will speak on Missions"
The subject for the evening service
will be THE Soul That Sinneth, 1t
Shall Die"
The current was on the Main street
lighted for the first time Thursday
evening. The poles have been set but
they have been unable to get globes
until this week. A new light has also
been placed over Main street in front
OF the Universalist church.
Word has been received from Eu-
gene Holt, who underwent a serious
operation his eye in Boston, that he
ist as comfortable as can be expect
ed and they are hopeful as to the re-
covery of his eyesight
James Gallagher of Portland was a
business caller in town, yesterday
Miss Faye Keene, who is employed
in Portland, is passing few days
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs Willis
Keene.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hustis are receiv-
ing congratulations on the birth of 4
son. born Feb. 10, who has been
named Walter Lewis. 1
At the First Baptist church the Sun
day services will be held at the usual
hours. In the morning, Rev. F. F..
Forhay, the pastor, will take for his
subject "The Christian Warfare" Ser
vices will be held at Shawmut chapel
inthe afternoon. In the evening the
pastor will take for his theme THE
Greatest of Them ALL"
Mrs. George Henry and Mrs Per-
cy Henry were recently visiting rela
tives in Winslow.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-12

THE country was pleased with the
statement made by Senator
= Harding upon receipt of the news
that he was overwhelmingly elected to
the Presidency. He said, Il am happy
to utter my gratitude. But | am not
exultant. 1t is not personal victory.
1t is all so serious, the obligations are
SO solemn that instead of exulting am
more given to prayer to, God to make
me capable Of playing my part, and
that all these calls of responsibility may
meet the aspirations and expectations
of America and the world"
This statement recalls the farewell
speech made by Lincoln to his neigh
bors at the time of his departure for
Washington. Mr.. Lincoln and his
party were to leave Springfield by a
special train at eight O'Clock on Mon
day morning, February IL, and ut pre-
cisely five minutes before eight o'clock
he wis summoned from the dingy wait
ing room of the station. Slowly max
ing his way through the crowd OF
friends and townspeople that had
gathered to bid him goodby. he
mounted the platform of the car. and
Copmi1ht the Constitu
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HeIium From Natural Ga.

Up to a little more than a year age
helium was laboratory product made
at a cost of from $3.50 to 5000 pei
cubic foot, but toward the close of the
war it's production had been simplified
to the point that 5000 cubic feet
per day was produced in Texas alone
The commercial production of helium
has been stimulated by the need of a
substitute for hydrogen. which is sc
highly inf1ammable that it's value fol-
military purposes in dirigibles and kite
balloons is gravely impaired. Although
the substitution Of helium for this pur.
pose entails a loss of per cent in
lifting power. this is more than COM
pensated for by the elimination of all
risk of fire and explosion. Helium
suffers less loss by diffusion than hy-
drogen and cannot be made to burn
or explode under any conditions.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-12
10 ExTERMlNATE CROP PESTS
Scientist Plans to Use Flame Throw
ers and Other Methods to Destroy

Scientist Plans to Use Flame Throw
ers and Other Methods to Destroy
Enemies
In 1918 and 1919 the territory near tbs
delta of the Rhone suffered greatly
from swarms of the Morocco Fcricket.
which multiplied so excessively as to
be of great injury TO the crops. AT a.
recent meeting of the French Academy
OF Sciences report was made by NJ.
throwers." employed in the war for
throwing liquid fire, to etermnate these
pests. With an apparatus holding about
twelve liters of petroleum an extent OF
zoe square meters can be so thoroughly
swept with flames as to kill all the in :
sects. Asphyxiating gases had but IT,
tie effect but applications of powderei
chloropicrin were much more satisfac-
tory. While. vegetation suffered some
what the effects were only temporary
Lastly M. Vayssiere made use Of pois
oned bait with basis of arsenic like
that employed in Italy and in the Unit
ed States and obtained good results,
He proposes to utilize all three meth
ods-first the flame throwers to exter-
inmate the hordes of young larvae in
all cases where their use does not In
volve danger Of fire; secondly chlor-
opicrin powder where the flame throw
ers would be dangerous; and thirdly
poisoned bait In irrigated meadows
where no cattle are pastured.
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TRIO GUILTY
Continued from Page One)

hese men are here presumed to be
|nnocent until proved otherwise.
Proof beyond a reasonable doubt is
Eequired to overcome this presump-
|ion of innocence. Reasonable doubt
|YGS then defined.
The definition of murder was read
From the Statutes. Judge Cornish
|acn considered each element briefly
Unlawful killing of a human being
with malice-Enalice in fact and
|nalica in law.
The Intentional doing of q wrong
|ful act to the injury of another
Without justification is malice in law.
Pm this case there is malice in fact.
|The respondents had no hatred for
|he old man.
Malice expressed is the doing with
design, the lying in wait, or the sub
Eequcnt relation of reasons for so
doing. ..
Implied malice, the malice you
Jurors may infer from facts in the
Ease. Every man is responsible for
what he loes-for the consequences
|Of his acts.
It therefore you find that these men
billed Entrekin without legal eX-
Fuse or justification, then you need
20 no further. 1t is malice implied.
Forethought means what it says.
|udge Cornish read definition for
|manslaughter he said because he was
Fequired to, though no evidence of
|fhat nature appears in this case.
State must prove this was the body
|ot Asa Entrekin. No question of
|that. Must prove, second, that he
Piled of violence. No question about
that.
Third. that these respondents here
are guilty parties.
Three are indicted together. You
Fnust consider the rights of each.
You have three separate verdicts.
lou shall consider their cases separ-
Ftely.
On what basis, is indictment
brought?
State claims that they went with
|"eil formed plan to rob. Robbery is
Peiony If you find that fact and
course Of it killed him, they are
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-12

money At first Purcell refused. He
was thinking of going back to woods
In another camp. Spurlock got sore
because old man didn't come out. Took
a club. Heard window break. Ran
behind potato house. Then warned
them train was coming.
If in course of robbery, concerted
plan and committed murder all are
equally guilty. II Purcell was watching
for them, he is equally guilty.
In connection with that he read the
statement of Purcell signed in Saw
yer's office again.
That's the evidence in the case.
Those are the principles of law.
You have three different verdicts-
murder. manslaughter, not guilty.
The County Attorney, Attorney Gen.
eral and the counsel for defense have
done their duty. have tried to do
mine. Now you are to do yours
The case was given to the jury
shortly before IA o'clock and that body
retired. few minutes later it re-
turned for instructions. Foreman A.
H. Ward OF Madison addressed the
tude in bringing in the verdict. The
Court answered there was no latitude
in the degree of crime-except if facts
OF case demand murder, bring in
murder; IL crime was committed in
heat of passion. bring in manslaugh-
ter. Recommendations may be brought
in for extendating circumstances, he
added. They will not affect the ver<
dict, but will be considered in case
pardon is asked for later.
The jury then returned to consider
alton Of the case.
At 1916 the jury filed in. and Fore
man Ward said:
James Purcell, guilty of murder
with recommendation of petition for
clemency."
John Brown. guilty of murder"
! Homer Spurlock. guilty of MUIR
der"
Judge Cornish stated in reply to
responses Of foreman Ward Recon-
mendation for mercy will be placed
on flies of Court so if pardon is ask
ed for in case of Purcell boy, your
decision viii be used.''
Homer Spurlock, have you any
statement to make before sentence?
No. How old? tl6. In Navy? Yes.
Ran away from home to join Navy.
Did not desert.
Brown had nothing to say. Full
blooded Portuguese. q.
Purcell, nothing to say. IS.
Mr.. Halves, attorney for defense, al
so responded he had nothing to say.
'These respondents have had a fair
trial, absolutely in all details. They
have been we'll defended. There is
just one penalty. 1 have no choice"
said Judge Cornish.
Clerk of Courts. w. r. Seekins. then
read sentence to each separately.
James Purcell sentenced to hard la
Dor for term of natural life at State
Prison at Thomaston, County of
Knox.
John Brown and Homer Spuriock.
in. order. were similarly sentenced.
Remanded to the county Jail.
Judge Cornish then spoke feelingly
to the jurors and shook each by the
| hand.
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just as guilty of murder as if they
| had gone there intending to murder
him.
What is the evidence here? State
must form the chain of facts and
circumstances to bind the men. In
this case, State must start out to
prove by circumstantial evidence to
form that chain. Twenty seven wit
neSseS We're introduced. They fol-
lowed the men from lockwood, on
train, to Embden station, then to
North Arson, with their application
for work, then back to Academy,
where they took two bicycles, then
Spurlock and Brown on bicycles and
Purcell with white stockings afoot.
Still light when they reached Embden.
After darkness came went to station.
State proves when. Entrekin was last
alive, the approximate time of muir
der, the finding of the men. two in
restaurant eating food paid for from
money taken from dead man.
That is the States chain.
They had motive, opportunity and
exclusive opportunity. They escaped
and We're found.
On the other side, two have taken
the stand. Spurlock did not. 1t is
my duty to say he was not obliged to.
No comment can be made by jury If
he does not, ~~.a,
Now Mr.. Spurlock, State claims,
struck the fatal blow and felled En-
trekin. State claims Brown used the
knife.
Now gentlemen, if those three men,
Spurlock, Brown and Purcell went
there for purpose of robbery and
killed the man, all are equally guilty.
1t matters not who struck the blow,
who did the watching. It's one plan;
one crime, one guilt. No defense in
law.
Now Purcell claims he took no part
in the killing and therefore he should
be let off. Now. gentlemen, if he was
present there, aiding and abetting in
jperpetrating that robbery, he is just
as guilty as the others.
AS to what took place there, will
read the testimony of Brown, first at
North Arson where they sat down af-
ter dinner and 1--WE thought Of rob-
bing some one. I thought of the man
at Embden. Spurlocks feet were
hurting him. We thought of the BIZ
cycles
AT Embden, Brown said, II thought
of an idea. Asked Purcell to go in
to get warm and we could gain en-
trance"
when Entrekin came out third
time, we lined up, Spurlock first with
club. then I and Purcell behind, me"
Judge Cornish read also the details
of taking in the body and searching
for money.
Then Judge Cornish read Purcell's
testimony. Brown thought of Embden
of holding the old man and getting his
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What Every

A MERICA has reserved her great
\ est honors for those who were
born in humble circumstances.
In the election OF Senator Harding we
have but another example of the op-
porunities that the American Insti-
buttons under the Constitution offer to
the Industrious poor. Every school boy
knows the story of the early life of
Abraham Lincoln-his struggles to
achieve success amid the hardships Of
pioneer life. When nominated for the
Presidency he was known as the Rail
Splitter candidate, having helped to
lew the timbers that were used to
build his own log cabin, and having
split rails for his neighbors and thereby
cam some money to buy books to
satisfy his eagerness for knowledge.
James A. Garfield drove horses on a
nnal tow-rath for four years to earn
money to start as a pupil in an
academy. During his college years, he
also earned his living by working in
the carpenter shops in the village.
While a student at Hiram College, he
deirayed the expenses Of his tuition
by acting as ianitor, lighting the fires,
sweeping the floors, and ringing the
he'll Later he became President OF the
College. President Grant was the son
CopWight the Conetitut
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-12
Description of Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth presi-
dent of the United States. was, six
feet four inches in height, with long
limbs and large hands and feet, dark
complexion, broad, high forehead.
deep-set gray eyes and coarse, black
hair He was slender, wiry and
strong, mild and patient, fair and
direct in speech and action, scorning
all the tricks and subterfuges. stead
fast in principle sympathetic and
charitable. He was a man Of strict
morality, abstemious and familiar.
with the Bible. though not a pro-
fessed member of any church. His
public life was entirely devoted to the
good of his fellow men.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-02-12

Of a tanner, and as a youth worked in
his fathers lanyard in Clermont
County, Ohio. Andrew johnson, who
became President upon the death OF
Lincoln, was born of poor parents in
Raleigh, North Carolina, and was ap-
prenticed in his boyhood to tailor.
He never attended school, but worked
out, by his own exertions, the prob
lem of education. He arose from one
public position to another until he was
elected Vice-President with Lincoln in
1864. a.
President James Buchanan was the
son of poor; immigrants from Ireland
who settled in the frontier districts of
Pennsylvania. Only by the severest
self-denial were the parents able to
give the future President an elementary
education. Willard Fillmore, as a
young man, was compelled to learn the
clothier's trade, and afterwards take
up wool-carding, and having had access
to,a village library, he soon acquired a
thirst for knowledge which finally led
him to a lawyers office as student
Andrew Jackson was the first of the
clog Cabin" Presidents. William
Henry Harrison was another These
men were sons of the sturdy pioneers
that opened up the West and carried
civilization into the wilderness.
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turning, stood looking down into tho
multitude OF sad, friendly upturned
faces. For moment strong emotion
shook him; then, removing his hat and
lifting his hand to command silence,
he spoke:
"My friends, no one, not in my po-
sition, can appreciate my feeling OF
sadness at this parting. To this place,
and the kindness of these people, +
owe everything. Here / have lived .
quarter of century, and have passed
from young man to an old man.
Here my children have been born and
one is buried. / now leave. not know
ing when or whether ever | may return.
with task before me greater than that
which rested upon Washington, With
out the assistance OF that Divine Be-
ing who ever attended him I cannot
succeed. With that assistance, l can
not fail. Trusting in Him who can go
with me, and remain with you, and be
everywhere for good, let us confidently
hope that all will yet be we'll To His
care commencing you. as | hope in
your prayers you will commend me, /
bid you an effectionate farewell"
ionnL Led1Le of America