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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04
Suits for Only .$150,O0O

Three suits for damages total
ing $150,000 were started by
summons in circuit court Friday
afternoon The defendants are. the
Lansing State Journal, Norman Bradd
Lansing State Journal, Norman
Bradd, former patrolman here, and
John w. Des Chenes, local cor
respondent for the Lansing paper.
The plaintiffs are Merwin Roache,
Roy Amos and William Juhl, own
ers of soft drink parlors here.
Each seek to recover $4,000 for
alleged libel.
The suits are the outgrowth of
statements made in the story pub
lished in an extra edition of the
State Journal last Sunday, describ-
ing the raids of the night before by
the sheriff's department and the
state police.
The story said that officers broke
into Reaches apartments "only
to find him fondling a bottle Of
black jack" and stated that he
was charged with violation of the
prohibition law. 1t also stated that
"bottles believed to contain liquor"
were found in Juhl & Amos's
store on South Washington street.
The truth is, the officers say,
that Roache was not in his store;
where the bottle Of liquid seized
was found, but was asleep in his
apartments when his store was Wis
tied by officers. He knew nothing
about the raid until an hour after
ward. An analysis made by the
state this week, report on which
was received Friday by Prosecutor
Matthews showed that the liquid
although containing 1914 per cent
alcohol, was a medicine that could
not possibly be used for beverage.
The medicine did not belong to
Roache.
at Juhl & Amos's place one bot
tie containing less than pint
of pink liquid was found. A test
made by the state showed that it
contained only one half of one per
cent alcohol, which is clearly with
in the law.
Bradd is brought into the suit,
according to the attorney because
it is claimed he stood in front of
soft drink places and watched what
was going on inside and then repor-
ted that "liquor must be sold there or
they would not be doing so much
business"
Neither Juhl nor Amos have
ever been in trouble and bear ex-
cellent regulations.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04
LIQUOR LAW VIOLATOR
SENTENCED.

Walter Baldwin and Henry Clark
of Chesaning Friday afternoon
pleaded guilty in circuit court to a
charge of having whiskey in their
possession and were fined $50 each
by Judge Collins. They were ar
rested by the Owosso police last week
in an Owosso home and had three
pints Of whiskey.
John Zach, living in West Owosso,
pleaded guilty to a charge Of having
alcoholic mash in his home and was
sentenced to serve four months in
the county Jail.
Fred Kaiser of Owosso pleaded
guilty to having whiskey in his pos
session and was fined $25.
Mrs. Ellen Jenc, wife Of Constancy
Jenc, of this city, pleaded guilty in
circuit court Saturday to charge of
violating the prohibition law and
sentenced to serve 80 days in the
county Jail. Her husband, Wednes-
day drew four months. Their five
children, including an eight-months-
,old baby are in the Dorcas Home.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04
DEATH OF JOHN w. EARLE

John w. Earle, a resident of this
city for nearly 80 years, was taken
by death Sunday afternoon at his
home, AL East Mason street. AL
though afflicted with cancer for some
time, he had been confined to his
home only since December.
Mr.. Earle was born at Shannon
vile, Ont, September 2, 1864. He
came to this country when about
sixteen years of age, residing first
at Flint and later at Corunna, from
where he came to this city at the
age of %. He had married Miss
Julia Ellen Knox at Watcher,
Iowa, in 1888. Mr.. Earl was en-
gagged in the bakery business
throughout his residence in Owosso.
The deceased is survived by his
wife and two daughters, Mrs. J. A..
Wilson, Of Los Angeles, Calf, and
Mrs. Mabel Holman of this city. He
was a member Of the Elks and the
Masonic body which had charge Of
his burial
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04
DEATH OF NATHAN D. AYERS

Nathan D. Ayers, 70 years old,
one of the pioneers of Owosso, died
Monday at his home GOT North Water
street. He had been in i'll health for
some time, as the result of a COM
plication of diseases.
Funeral services were held We'd
nesday afternoon at the home and
were conducted by the Rev. G. P.
Burgoon Of Toledo, a nephew Of the
deceased.
Mr.. Ayers was born on January
80, 1912, in Ohio and came to Michi-
gan with his parents when a small
boy. The family first settled on a
farm west of Henderson. Later Mr..
Ayers came to Owosso and followed
\ che trade of brick and stone mason
and the contracting business fol
nearly half a century. He had work
ed on many of the buildings in the
city and was considered an expert
workman.
Mr.. Ayers was the youngest Of a
family of eight children. He was
married on May 20, 1866 to Mary
Elizabeth Goss, and three children
were born to them. Two of them
survive. They are Misses Florence
and Effie Ayers, both living at home
/ The third child died in infancy and
Mrs. Ayers passed away September
) ., 1893.
Mr.. Ayers was an upright citizen
"a good husband and father and 6
man respected by all with whom hi
came in contact.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04
$4,000 Fire Loss at Ann
Arbor Shops.

A loss estimated at $4,000 to the
company, and hundreds of dollars to
individual workmen who had tools in
the building, was entailed by a fire
which Monday evening completely
destroyed the wood working shop
at the Ann Arbor car shops here.
The blaze broke out at 7:1O o'clock
and inside of 15 minutes the entire
building was in ashes.
The building, frame structure,
dry as tinder, burned fiercely once
the fire got started, and flames shot
high in the air, lighting up the skies
brilliantly and attracting a crowd of
hundreds. For time at the start.
it threatened to spread to lumber
piles, the paint shop and to several
small buildings nearby, but firemen
soon brought it under control, and
extinguished incipient blazes that
had started in the lumber piles.
The blaze was discovered by Ar
thur Thompson, a night employe in
the yards. He said that he passed
the building in company with an
other workman only two or three
minutes before he discovered the
lire and that everything was all right.
When he first saw the blaze, he said.
the whole building seemed to be on
fire.
He turned in the alarm and the
hook and ladder truck from Central
station and the hose truck from the
west side responded quickly but the
combination truck at headquarters
could not be started for several min
utes. AS a result there was some
delay in getting water onto the fire.
However, when the combination rig
from headquarters arrived and the
West Side department got lines laid,
effective work was done. Half a
dozen streams were played on the
blaze and it was under control five
minutes later. The fire had such a
big start, however, that the building
could not have been saved had there
been no delay.
The loss on the building itself is
not large as it was an old and anti
quated structure, but there was a
great dealfof maebjpery in it, while
nearly all Of the men employed there
had their tools in the building.
The building was 100 feet long
and 60 feet wide, one story high.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04
DEATH OF MISS LOUISE HAUPT

Miss Louise Haupt passed away
Friday. Although she had been suf-
fering from bronchial trouble for
some time, her death was very unex-
pected.
Miss Haupt was born in this city
October 18, 1887. She resided here
until about sixteen years ago, at
tending the local grammar and High
schools. About sixteen years ago
she left this city to accept a posi-
tion as milliner, and spent the most
Of the following fifteen years in the
western part of the country, until
forced to give up her work about a
year ago. Since that time she had
lived in this city at the home of her
sister, Mrs. John O'Connor.
She is survived by her aged par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Haupt,
of this city, three sisters, Mrs. A. F.
Verkamp, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and
Mrs. Frank Post and Mrs. John
O'Connor Of Owosso, and one broth
er, Fred Haupt, of Detroit.
The funeral was private and held
at the home of Mrs. O'Connor.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04
FARM INCOME TAX REPORTS
MADE EASY.
Inventories and Accounts Simplify
Otherwise Complicated Task,
Says M. A. c. Specialist.

East Lansing, March THAT the
farmer who has kept accounts on his
farm operations during the year will
be able to make out his income tax
reports with ease, whereas the agri-
cultural man who has not followed
a careful accounting system will face
considerable trouble and expense
with his tax reports, is the statement
of H. M. Eliot, head of the depart
ment of Farm Management at the
Michigan Agricultural College.
"An inventory at the beginning
and end of each year, and accounts
of all sales and expenses are essen
tial for the farmer who expects to
pay an income tax," says Eliot.
"Such careful records will actually
reduce the amount of income tax a
farmer will have to pay, for it is
fairly easy to remember sales but
very hard to remember expenses,
where no accounts are kept"
Income tax blanks into which such
farm records can be easily trans
ferred are furnished by the United
States Treasury Department. Farm
account books, suitable for income
tax purposes, are furnished at cost
(forty-five cents each) by the Farm
Management Department, Michigan
Agricultural College, East Lansing,
Michigan.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04
EXPRESS COMPAY TO MOVE
OFFICERS

Due to the fact that it's lease on
its present Office expired Tuesday and
a satisfactory renewal could not be
arranged, the American Railway Ex-
press company has vacated it's Office
on South Washington street. Tenn
porarily the main Office will be To-
Gated at the express Office in the Ann
Arbor R. R. passenger station.
A new down town Office will soon
be arranged in the rear of the Hotel
Wildermuth. Two of the present
sample rooms of the hotel on Com
stock street are to be remodeled into
store rooms and one of them will be
occupied by the express office, prob
ably in about thirty days.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04
Owosso Elks to Bowl in State Tourn-
ament.

Owosso Elks to Bowl in State Tourn-
ament.
Four teams of five men each, will
represent Owosso lodge of Elks in the
Michigan Elks' Bowling Association
tournament to be held in Grand Rapids
this month. The Owosso bowlers will
20 to Grand Rapids on March IS, and
will bowl in the singles and doubles in
the afternoon and the five. men events
In the evening.
Hundreds of bowlers will take part
in the tournament, Grand Rapids alone
having entered 38 five.men teams
Several Thousand dollars worth of
prizes have been hung up.
Owosso team No. l will consist of J.
Edwin Ellis, DR.. II. A. Hume, Harry
q. Parker, George Eddy and c. P.
Bentley.
Team No. Q: L. C. Hall, G. e. Rig
ley Jr., Harry Northway, George M.
Dewey. George Valentine.
Team No. 8: M. F. Grove, Claude
Sperry, Frank Rsyen. q. L. Taylor and
Grant Wright
Team No. A: Dr. g. N. Finch. L. II.
Parker, DIR Charles .Sackrider, E. ].
Fredericks,a and John Murray. ~ I. !, = 'I''l7 ,
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04

4 Ben. G. Essig, of Golden, Colo is the
guest of his mother, Mrs. Morris w.
Southard. North Ball street.
=. John Collard, mason employed on
)the' Foster building, West Main street,
fell from the main floor to the base
ment Wednesday and sustained two
cracked ribs.
Paul Snyder, driver in the fire de-
partment, has been promoted by Chief
Howell to d captaincy to succeed Frank
Grape. who resigned. Lawrence Clare
will succeed Captain Snyder as driver
Loren Middleton. of Owosso. was
/. focked up in the county jail Wednesday
on . charge Of obtaining groceries from
the Osmer company in Owosso by mis-
f4Yp poeentation, ~ : -. :.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04
Elks Elect Efloers for 1922.

Elks Elect EMCers Tor lSZI-xZ.
Ow osso lodge of Eks Monday elected
officers for the coming year as follows
Exalted Ruler-W. q. Cobb.
Esteemed Leading Knight-George
M. Dewey.
Esteemed Loyal Knight-Ksrl G.
Welte.
Esteemed Lecturing Knight-Thomas
Bowling.
Secretary--E. H. Stanard.
Treasurer r--Gilbert L. Taylor.
Trustee-Charles Ellis.
Tyler-Charles McNally. Jr.
The election of Mr.. Stanard as secre
tary was the 18th time he has been 80
honored by the lodge. Mr. McNally
was elected to the Office held for years
by his father, the late Charles ). Mo
Nally. =. y
Harold Lyon, retiring exalted ruler,
was elected delegate to the granl lodge
meeting in Los Angeles this summer
and Judge J. II. Collins was elected
alternate.
The lodge voted to give $25 to the
fund being raised for deserving
widow and her two children, that they
might complete paying for their home.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04
CHILD CONSERVATION LEAGUE

The meeting Of the Owosso Circle
of the Child Conservation League
was held in the normal room of the
Central school building, Friday after.
noon, February 25th.
The meeting was not as well at.
tended as was hoped for.
Mrs. Zimmerman's paper on the
subject, "How best to overcome fear
in the child by reason" was very
good and Mrs. Sly gave us many
helpful thoughts on the subject "Dis-
between bad temper and
reasonable anger"
The meeting was adjourned to
meet with Mrs. LeValley Dimmick
on March IL.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04
LOCAL NEWS

County Treasurer William r. Dean
has begun settling with township treas
urers for the winters taxes.
John Kildep. of Owosso, was fined
go Wednesday for the larceny of coal
from the Michigan Central railroad.
Charles Graham, of Durand, paid
costs Wednesday and was released by
Justice Mcbride on charge of assault.
Louis Beyers, of Owosso, was placed
on probation for two years by Judge
Collins w Wednesdsy afterlhe had pleaded
guilty to charge of larceny of 500
from Edward Taylor.
Joseph Pornsky, Walter Broski and
Fred Lufl, Of Owosso, paid fines of SO
each Tuesday for stealing coal from the
Michigan Central railroad In Owosso.
The complaint was made by special
Officer Fitzgerald Of the road.
Paul Siess has moved his cigar factory
and offices from liz East Main street to
112 South Washington street. His new
quarters are considerably larger than
the old. The change was made neces.
sary by his steadily increasing business.
Mrs. Thomas Lahy was hostess to the
Wednesday Afternoon Five Hundred
club at her home on North Washington
street Tuesday. The prizes were award
cd to Mrs. e. Carr and Mrs. Hume
Martin. Mrs. linus will entertain the
club March TX
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04
Canning Factory Organization
=" Started.

A temporary organization of the
Owosso Canning Co. was affected at a
meeting of purchasers of stock held at
the armory Wednesday afternoon. Fred
M. Grove was named chairman, and a
committee consisting of Marion Smith,
Owosso, and A. w. Augsburg and
Harry Freeman, farmers, was ap.
pointed to act with Mr. Grove in secur-
ing the site for the factory, and to carry
on other business of the company until
such time as board of directors and
officers are elected.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04
CIRCUIT COURT !

Fred DeLosh, of Hszelton township,
caught by officers of the sheriff's depart
ment while taking two gallons of whis,
key to Owosso to be sole, pleaded guilty
in circuit court Wednesday to charge
of violating the prohibition law. Judge
Collins at once sentenced him to serve
IS days In the county Jail.
Edgar Smith. of Durand, and Lloyd
Bentley, of Morrice, pleaded guilty to
the charge Of larceny and forgery,
respectively, and were remanded to
await sentence.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04
HACON-KLINE.

Warner A. Hagon, of Saginaw, and
Miss Bessie Kline, of Bennington,
were united in marriage Friday af-
ternoon at the First M. E. parsonage
in this city, Rev. Dunning Idle Off
ciating. They were attended by
Miss Helen Kline, of Bennington, as
bridesmaid, and Earl E. Beden, Of
Linden, as groomsman, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Kline, of Bennington. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hagon will reside, in Saginaw.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04
Manufacturers to Help Those in
Need.

Az ~ hO6e
Need.
Announcement that the Owosso Man.
ufacturers' Association, with offices at
the headquarters of the Shiawassee
Automobile Club in the Stafford build.
ing on South Washington street, had
created a fund to help the needy people
of the city was announced Thursday.
The committee consisting of Lee
Woodland, chairman, and Harry G..
Parker, w. g. Cobb and G. D. Bell,
will have charge of the work. They
ask that all persons who are in need of
the necessities of life, and are unable to
buy them, either come in person to the
offices of the association, or call by tel
ephone. Their cases will be investi-
gated, and If found worthy. aid will be
given at once.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04
To Promote Base Ball in Owo.so.

l.. l.. Conn, president of the Chamber
Of Commerce. has announced the ap-
pointment of a committee to take mp
the matter of organizing a base ball
team for the summer. The members
are WIS. Cooper. chairman, DR.. Il. A.
Hume. C, e. Rigley, Jr., Walter Hasse
and A. j. Greene. The committee has
been urged to have meeting at the
easiest possible date and make every
effort to expedite its work.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04
Zoo MEN CALLED TO WORK AT
ANN ARBOR SHOPS

The Ann Arbor car shops, virtual
ly deserted for the past three weeks
took ON renewed activity this morn
ing when approximately 100 men re-
Gently laid off, returned to work.
The men are employed in the car re-
pairing and mechanical departments.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04
City Rents Office for Justice.

The scity has rented Offices over
the grocery store Of Nutson &
Wright for use as municipal court
room. The city clerk will be given
the large room in the city hall now
used as a court room. The present
quarters of the city clerk have be-
come entirely too small.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04
LABOR COUNCIL INSTALLS
D OFFICERS.

At a meeting held last night the
Central Labor Council installed the
following officers recently elected:
President-Eric L. Reineke.
4 President-Frank Collins.
Recording Secretary-Phillip Lob
singer.
Financial Secretary, James Free
man.
Guard-Ray Goddard.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04

w. J. Melchers, general manager
of the Union Telephone Co., was re-
elected vice-president Of the Michi-
gan Independent Telephone & Traffic
Association at the annual convention
of that body in Grand Rapids last
week.
The marriage of Lawrence Glare, a
driver in the fire department. and Miss
Edith Dennis, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Dennis, of Corunna. which
occurred on November 16 last, has just
been announced by the bridal couple.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04

Divine service at 1000 a, m. Holy
mmunlor. Subject. PauPs Point Of
View to his Congregation. All com.
municants urged to attend. Sunday
school Immediately after morning SER
vice
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04

TWENTY-FIVE couples attended the
Queen Esther box social Tuesday even
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Gardner, East Exchange street. The
social was q decided success. 81. e.
Briggs acted as suctioneer.
News has been received here from o
T. Graham. whn is at DR.. Williams
Sanitarium at Minneapolis, MINI. that
his cure Is possible. Mr.. Graham ha,
been i'll for long time, and his friends
will be glad to koow that his recovery
! is probable.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04

Miss Verne Rowell has returned from
Portland, Ore, where she spent several
weeks with relatives.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1921-03-04
VIII Rebuild Ann Arbor Railroad
Shop.

Announcement that the wood work
ing building at the Ann Arbor shops
here, which was destroyed by fire Mon
day night. would be rebuilt at once
was made Wednesday. However. the
officials have not decided definitely the
dimensions of the new building, nor
what material will be used. A steel
building is being considered.
The New York herald., 1921-11-26
BOND FORGER BURNS
BOGUS S1,437,OOO
George V. Halliday Used Home
of Bible Society President
for Last Operation.
EDITOR ALSO ARRESTED
Harry Turner Alleged to Have
Had a Hand in Printing
of Certificates.

Special Despatch TO THE New York HERALD
ST.. LOUIS, Nov. 25.-George V. Halli-
day, bankrupt broker. who has been at
liberty on bond on charge of accept
ing money from clients for securities
he never delivered, and who was ar
rested yesterday on n charge OF counter
feiting s1,500,000 in French Government
bond certificates, burned S1,437.000 of
the certificates Wednesday at the home
OF Robert Ranken 1854 Magnolia ave-
nue.. it was disclosed to-day.
These were all the certificates Halli-
day had printed, according to his own
confession. with the exception of $685.
600. which he deposited with two banks
when seeking loans He told to-day
how the certificates were printed and
said he was driven to it by his financial
troubles.
An hour before Halliday was ar
rested. Harry Turner, editor of Much
Ado, a semi-inonthly publication and
Faul Murphy, an advertising solicitor
for the magazine, also were taken into
custody.
Mrs. Ranken. an aunt of Halliday
saw him burn the certificates in an open
crate following the sale at auction of
the furniture in Halliday's home in
Webster Groves. Subsequently Stephen
Secret Service in st. Louis, examined
the ashes in the CRATE. Ranken Is presi-
dent Of the ST. Louis Bible Society.
Halliday and Turner were questioned
to-day by United States Attorney Car
roll and Connell. A Federal warrant
vas issued last night against both.
Murphy was not mentioned in the war
rant.
Carroll ordered Murphy released with
out bond, on the understanding he
needed. Carroll fixed bond for Halliday
and Turner at $4,000 each. Turner i'm
mediately furnished bond.
Halliday said first group of 81, 900 600
in certificates, which he had printed,
were not good. OF second group of
$500, 900 he pledged $i30 with the Nigh.
and Day Bank, from which he obtained
loan of $17,500 through e. M. Kidder
friend. and left $4,000 with the Lowell
Bank in anticipation of obtaining an
other loan.
Carroll to-day explained the method
by which the fraudulent certificates were
printed. He charged that Halliday got
Turner to take a sample border to q shor
where a plate OF the scroll border and
background was made and the 1,50C
forms printed. The lettering for $1,000
bonds was then printed In by the McGill
company.
With spurious name stamp of the
Morgan company, made from a copy OF
the name furnished by Halliday to
a stamping company, Halliday ther
stamped a signature on the certificates
Still another printing company printed
The New York herald., 1921-11-26
FOCH GETS WHITE PIG,
GIFT OF IOWA LEGION
Is Put in Car to Keep Com
Pany With Bobcaf.

MASON CITY, Iowa. Nov. 25.--A greet
ing to Iowa and tribute to the State:
part in the war was given by Marshal
Foch In a brief address here this after
noon whe nthe Legion special bearing
the French war hero halted to permit
him to pay his respects to Hanford
MacNider national Legion commander
and his home town.
Marshal Foch received a Chester
White pig, "Iowas PRIDE" from the
commander of the American Legion
post here as reminder or his visit to
Iowa. The Marshal smilingly accepted
the gift and had it sent to q car ahead
to keep company with the bobcat given
TO him by the Montana delegation to
the Kansas City Legion convention.