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Alma Re ,gord LIT JiJ L 1 7 I VOL. XL1II. NO. 2 $2.00 the year Cc the copy ALMA, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, APRIL f,, 1021 SPKCIAL EDITION WHOLE NUMBER 2191 fa Is 7? 1 IS 1 L3 1 EI ES m m ii Ik au kid J s ft G. 0. P. i 01 Service Men's Honus Amend ment is Carried by a Three to One Vote. VOTE IN STATE QUITE LIGHT Republicans Roll l'p Tlicir Usual Big Majority in Yesterday's Election. WINNERS IN STATE Justices Supremo Court (Long Term) Joseph II. Steere and Joseph 15. .Moore. Justice Supreme Court (Short Term) Howard Wiest. Regents University Victor Core and Walter Sawyer. Superintendent of PuVdc In struction Thomas E. Johnson. Member State Hoard of Educa tion Frederick A. Jeffers Members State Hoard of Agri culture John A. Docile and Melville Mcl'herson. State Highway Commissioner Frank F. Rogers. Soldiers Bonus Carries 2 to 1. Detroit, Mich, April 5, (By U. P.) At the state headquarters of the American Legion in this city, it was j-aid this morning that the bonus amendment carried in Wayne county and Detroit by a vote of approxi mately 5 to 1. As had been expected the soldier bonus amendment in Michigan car ried by an overwhelming majority at tho election Monday, and there ii every probability that- when the to tal vote is reported that it will have been shown to have carried by a vote of at least 1 to 1. Figures on the vote in the state on the bonus and on the state ticket are as yet very incomplete, but there is no questioning the result on the bonu.1; amendment, which has met with the favor of the voters in practically every district of the state. The voto on the state ticket is strongly Republican, but the size of the majority is still a question as some hundreds of precincts have as yet failed to make their reports. It is expected that the entire list of candidates will receive about the us ual Republican majority from the total number of votes cast. It must be taken into consideration that the state vote on the spring election io light, however. CRT R KT URNS Lucbini Pool Room Get Raseball Re turns This Year. The Luchini Recreation Parlor on Fast Superior street is making ar rangements to get the baseball re turns this year, both American and National league, and will have them jested in the Recreation parlors each day. The announcement! is certain to meet with the approval of the base ball fans of Alma, as it has been some years since they have been able to get the results of the games in the big show in this city on the day of the games. . The returns will start with the opening of the base ball season in each league and con tinue throughout the season. HOUSE TAKES UP IT Transport Men Meet Today to Decide on Ways to Aid Striking Miners. Lansing, Mich., Apr. 5 (Ry U. P. The house of representatives is still grinding and this afternoon will con sider the mothers' pension bill. It is expected that the bill will be passed, but that it will be amended so that probate judges will have full discre tionary powers in making awards. Under a bill that passed the house Monday evening, desertion and aban donment bccome a felony. It has been agreed by the house to give the Strom motion picture bill final consideration next Wednesday afternoon. What action the house may take on the proposed measure h ' far from certain. Wolverine dairy butter is the best. Try it. adv lw MOTHERS' PENSIONS THE NEW JUSTICE 'J P. t' ,.t. i . Joseph l. biggerstaff iWiiT demons Patriotic Organizations to Meet in Philadelphia on April Seventh. Philadelphia, April 5 (Special) What American Legion officials be lieve will lu- the mots imprcsisve pa trioth demonstration ever held in Philadelphia will take place April 7 under the auspices of the Ix-gion and fed v-five oth r patriotic and civic ei gani.at ior.s. The purpose " j the inciting is the ipiessio:i of ! American principles as opposed to i the mint manifestations of foreign! propaganda. It will be similar to the "All American Met ting for Cod and Ce nt try" held in New York City on March IS. The Philadelphia meeting, however, will have the ad ditional feature of a parade of 50,000 persons. In i.ddition to Gcr.iral John J. Pershing and F. W. Galbraith, Jr., National Commander of the Legion, speakers will include Vice-President Calvin Coolidge, Rear Admiral Will iam's. Sims, Governor William C. Sproul, Mayor and a number ing's cabinet. J. Hampton of President Moore Ilaid- Raked goods always fresh Wolverine Dairy. adv lw at the 10 Young Stump Puller Works His Way at the College It is not nt all necessary to travel to foreign lands or distant states to fir.l people whose lives hear testi mony to the value of the work Alnui Colhge is doing. There is in thi city a successful buviness man to whom Alma opened the doors of opportunity. This is the stoiy: Thirty-three years oga or t -hereabouts, a husky Michigan lad was p.illinir stumps from the ground sur rounding a resort hotel. There was one particular stump that was a sticker. The voun'r man toiled and heaved. A last he conquered the. stump, having the ground where it had been as smooth as a wcll-rakod garden. A judge of the Supreme J Court of Illinois had watched the young stamp puller. When the job was finished the judge beckoned to the young.-ter. "Do. you know," said the judg' "that you did a mighty good job with that stump. You will never ib that sort of job any better as long as you live, and you probably will not get any more pay than you are getting now. Do you intend to pull stumps all your life?" That question hit tho boy square between the eyes. DID he intend to pull stumps all his life? He bad not thought about that; however, he did a whole lot of thinking in a few minute?. He certainly would not be contented with stump pulling as a life-long occupation. "Why don't you get an education? Why don't you go to college," said the judge. The boy replied that he was afraid he did not have the necessary school ing. "Yes, you have," said the judge. "There is a little college down nt continued. "Alma would just suit vou. If you went there you could work your way through. Alma Col lege was started just to give boys like you a chance." "I think I will go," said the boy The youngster went home and told his folks he wa.-j going to college. L EG QNNA RES APPEAL Executive Committee Issues Statement Setting Forth Its Position. NEED OF A Memorial to Service Have u Practical the View. Men Should I'se Is As a result of the circulation of reports misrepresenting their atti tude toward the pending Alma Col lege Afpial, members of the execut ive committee of hte American Le gion, Cecrge W. Myers Post No. i have issued a statement setting forth thiir position. The members of the committee say: "Friends cf Alma College are con ducting a stale wide appeal for funds. Organizations arc being fcrnu'd in Saginaw, Ray City, Flint, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Detroit and other cities. It is in keeping with the spirit of Gratiot county that it should take the leadership in sup porting the Alma appeal. Jne peo- pie of the county are justly prouu or I this institution. Moreover, all the ! funds secured will be uscnl in en larging the facilities of the college, thus enabling it to render a con stantly increasing service to the com munity in which it is located, a3 well as to the state at large. "Alma College is a Christian school that has steadfastly supported the cause for whkh our forces fought in Fiance. More than L'-"0 of its sons entered the service. Concerning the propriety of building a memorial to them there can be no question. How- ... - U v n v ever, rtr ilinriuua ui nn. .u........ Legio. in Gratiot county, we cannot with propriety comment upon any project designed to honor a group in which we are, as individuals, includ ed. Whether or not the building that Alma College is asking the peo ple to help construct should be a memorial to its students and former students who saw service or should le a memorial to all those who en listed from Gratiot county is a mat tir for the college authorities to de termine. "However, quite irrespective of (Continued on page two) The only member of the family who did r.ot laugh was a sister. "That is a good idea, I will get your things ready," she said.. Within a week the young stump puller arrived in Alma. Tor three years he worked his way. This Michigan boy would not have sur vived in n college in which there were snobs. He would not have survived in a college situated in a city. Alma was a part of the world that he knew. It was a community in which there were all of the factors neces sary to enable him to make his way. That Michigan stump puller is simnlv ONL of the successful busi ness men in Alma who knows that the work Alma College i.s doing i? woith while; moreover, he is one of the men who had done and is doing his nart to make certain that the advantages he enjoyed are passed on to the ever increasing numlfcr of yr.i.ng men starting out in life with the handicaps that weighted him. This illustration is not fiction. It is a (haptcr from life. There are still boys in Michigan who are pulling stumps and who need Alma College just as badly now as the boy needed it in 1887. It is to give these boys their chance that Alma College is appealing to this state for $dS.",000, of which amount Gratiot county is asked to subscribe ?110,000. If the city of Alma and the peo ple of Gratiot county are interested in boys or in girls who will nev er secure an education unless they receive it in a college like Alma, they will not turn a deaf ear to the present appeal. While Alma College has its values that can only be stated in terms of life, its ambitions have a commercial icflex. The time will come, if ev erybody helps, when Alma College will have 500 students. It is the ex perience of all colleges that as it- tendance increases the average ex - (Continued on pao four) CONTKlltllTOUS More in List of Those (Jiving $100.00 or More. Many In addition to the contributions of $100 or mere previously announced the following subscriptions have been obtained t:p to Monday r.oor, Rabcock it Grosskopf T. J. Carney . 2:.o L'OO JO') L'OO 1 ;VJ 1(m KJO 1 00 100 100 100 100 10') IPO 100 101 K!0 100 10. , 100 10) Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Fred L. Rroughton Fail ('. Clapp Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Mr. and Mrs. W. L Mr. and Mrs. Karl Raker Smith . . Gcb'on R. Adams N. Rardavilio S. L. Rennet t J.' L. Biggerstaff William Rourikas ... G. S. Crisp Kd. Gillett J. D. Grover : - Mr.and Mrs. Chas Murphy Grace McNinch Fanny Sharrar Kdward G. Sluyter John D. Spinney J. D. Sullivan L. F. Thompson R. II. Wagner Relieved that Hill Hefore House Will Re Passed After Re iriK Amended. London, April r.. (By U. P.) Great Britain was thrown back 'into war times today by the great coal strike that is being, waged. To com bat what was generally accepted threatened industrial revolution, s a i M... ! government agencies were mpower ed to assume control of th mines. Authorities are prepared to intio duce the most sevire restrictions The transport workers, commonly recognized as the most radical of all of Kngland's labor groups meets to day to decide on ways of supporting the striking miners. Railway men will meet tomorrow for the same pur pose. The three groups, consisting of the miners, transport workers anJ rail men, known as the triple allinnc comprise about three million men and easily form the most powerful labor army in Kngland. Steps are being taken to take over all means of transportation by the government to insure food distribu tion. Pood manufacturers are now reported to be shipping over street car lines. strike di:it:rrkd London, April 3 (By V. P.) Bri tain's threatened general strike ha-; apparently been deferred today, tlu Transport workers having adjourned their meeting without tailing a st riM vote. It is now expected th it the Transport joint action Wei way union, the meet tomorrow strike in symp miners. workers will take ncsday w ith the rail executives of which to decide on the .thy with the coal PERRIHTON P0S1 IS A BOOSTER Commander Hooker of That Post Wishes Success for College Campaign. In a letter received by Dr. II. M. Crooks, I). C. Hooker, commander of Willoughby-Smith Post No. 2S:J, American legion, of Perrinton, says: "In the list of Gratiot county's ex-service men appearing in the Sup plement to Alma College Bulletin of March, a few of the names of men who enlisted from Perrinton were misspelled and throe nameu omitted. "Following is a list of names mis spelled: Ixdand J. Apnew, Orson L. Martin, Klmer W. Fesler, Melvin W. Gribben, C. Bryan Kinney, Leo Paul Sheridan. "The following names were omit ted: William K. Baxter, Clarence L. Guernsey, Richard Willoughby (gold star). . "I assure you that I wish Alma College success in this commendable undertaking." TIIK WRATH LR Fair. Tonight and Wednesday, in- creasing cloudiness and probab.o 1 showers in west and north portions. Cooler in extreme north portion. ENGLAND'S SHE SI SEROUS GIVES CHALLENGE "Quota for Teams is $2,200 and We Will (let to the Wire First." HIS AGGREGATION HOW LEADS With LUcticn Out of the Way Workers Are Nmv Getting Busy. All A sweeping challenge to the teams engaged in the Alma College e:vlovm nt drive in Alma was issued yesterday noon by iicv. Willis L. Gelston, captain of team No. 'J J, in the campaign, in which he staled that the quota for each of the teams in the work was L'.JOO, and tlun (hallergcd any team of the two do. n to beat his team to the mark. Th-- challenge that was issue 1 by i R"V. Colston was warmly greeted by the campaigners, and from the ex pressions that were hear.l foliowing the luncheon it is believed that a ditn mired effort will be put forth by trie cap-tains of th teams, not enly in his division, Division but by the captains of the other divisions 1.) show Rev. Gelt ton that he has not the only real bunch of cam paigners in the city. It is certain that his team will not have easy sailing to the goal that he has de tcrmir ed to reach 1 ( fore any of the oth-.T t(ar.is do. One thing is very much in his favor right now, how ever, and that is the fact that his team Veil at the luncheon ycstenlay was in the lead in th', money pled rid on actual subscriptions that had been secured. Another thing that has proven sti'itndating to the workers is the fact that they have obtained some fine m:1 scriptions in quarUrs whi'ie they had not been Icoketl tor, and the idea Mire and eucourairement the.t they have derived from the-.e ha offset any disappointnu nt that may have been given from subscript mm which had been expected, but whi?h failed to 'materialize on the first visit. True to expectation; the strcng in terest that has been manifest in th" election served to ket p many of the workers away on Monday, and in a large number of cases sobritois who were working were unable t find people at home when they called, be cause of th" attraction that the polls la id csterday. It is expected that with the elec tion cut of the way that the teams will Jittle down to tie leal giir'd todav. and that the reports after to day will begin to look that tf yesterday or tl bettir than e on" given today. The workers lealize better ever tcfoio that to make t hi paign a success they must put than. nil s'ronger efforts than tluy have ro far shown and it is ecitain thai many more hours of actual vm (f actual work will b shown than 1 h day by the campaigner' be in sho.vn anv day so fa With the larger subscriptions in the campaign practically all made it is beginning to sink into the mind of every worker that it will take th hardest kind of work to ui the campaign over, and they ai" deter mined that Alma shall continue to be ah!" to claim that it is "The City that Does Things!" Nothing but succe.-s in the campaign will satisy them now, and they are just as de (Continued on page three) WHAT THE TEAMS ARE DOING Following will be found the totals that have been reported to date by each of the teams in the campaign; together with the amount secured each day: , Team Captain Today's Report Total No. 1 P. W. Creaser 510 No. ? A. A. Chick - '): No. 4 D. B. Smith - I! 4fr No. o Wm. Falor - 000 100 No. C II. M. Dunham 00 27." No. 7 Paul Crandell - --b" No. p.Karl C. Clapp....- -" MO No. 0 A. G. Moore - - H No. 10 .lames Naylor - 1 " No. 11 C. J. Dana 000 12". No. 12 T. L. Biggerstaff "" , "'" No. Pi Floyd Maxwell - --L"0 1 No. 14 G. S. Crisp , - 22.'. .r,2". No. 15 W. K. Moody 2-" 17." No. in II. N. Allen TO 170 No. 17 II. S. Babcoek..... i - .... -P." 470 No. U Jerome Kanter - - -00 4" No. 10 R. B. Herman - K-0 ' No. 20 S.' I Rennet ... L'O C00 No. 21 E. E. Shoufler 2:10 4'. No. 22 E. J. Merrill 10 ?M No. 21 Willis J Gelston - r, IM.) No. 21 W. E. Wilson 000 200 I RE-LLECTKI) MAYOR fir-i' wAv-. -: : -v- W.i 7 ' : :K- if (HARLLS R. MPRPI1V SERVICE m EHEMBERED Mrna 'ters (Jive Majority .More Than Three to One on i!onus. of DKCKTi' --'' B- nus Tlie bonus amen hrient to provide tlo.00 per month by a bond issue not to cveeed ::ii,ouo7)'.!0, for each p-r-son wlio ent'Tid the service of the army, 'navy or marine corps of th. L'niiid States between April ', RUT, and a m. in t n t pli.V n: e:i wide i.'.V.i any Nov ember '11 ijority of over :. elocti.m M PM', was given , I to 1 in this city lo'ay, 11 ."0 votes "ie aaui; id.g t! r.r.d or i nil . ing ifi favor . Of tv.v.l for the Service j iunst it. ,tatf- . a' tie IT mi' ure m; , e;y the ; carriei i a feu- proci.'icis m i reporting j i In iwv puriioiK ..sure did no; at it vva.- de of the comity reii'ive the fine s"!ved!y given in s rt port 'ng his' sure a majority. j hi j vot Alma, but all ph'i-i night gave the nu; th ma he-t that vca- lejiortid be nslnp win re only I ing in a thre Sumner to Vl majority was given. It that Jh" measure ha co'.my by 1,.",0;) votes but :j-: i e will not be obta'n- i is prid-able ; arriid the i the exa-' f ; ai le until ' ' VaSS; I S III .'i j The t county l.oari! ( h.ter in the w Aim. i follows: :.os i:;i it:: . 1 u pit .n- J Pi eciiut j Precinct : Pn cinct : i Pn . ii.ct ! I re inct I -17 Is : L'-l ' - 11:0 cm: Ji;i ior CARNIVAL ;ass of Alma g arrangenvnts High for a cari.iw da and ihe lli.h S ool on , Apiil .Ul'i iv t venmg.- md :. Y)r .I.illoiS it io.--.tly and its kind ever -featuring we advertising the dazdiog production staged in this vicin ill of the latest of I it : : nm"sements, novelties, which include ! the Thou.-and Delights of the Mid iway, the Metropolis Spot-Light ' Vaudeville, th.e Corner Mcvics, Gyp- j.y Clairvoyant?, and numerous other attracti"!:-. Tiny piomie plmty of fun and amuseimnt fn- those who attend. It will be a rare treat they claim. J Pools open both nights at 7:00 p. m. mm mm Lare Majorities (iiven Three Office Holders is the Feature. BIGGERSTAFF ALSO IS VICTOR Recent Comer to City Outscored George II. Carl in the Buttle of Ballots. Alma people who had been expect g a close finish on the city election 1:1 here yesterday were given the sur prise of their lives, the present of fi e holders, Mayor Charles R. Mur phy, and Commisisoners Creaser an! Archer winning by a vote of about two to one over their opponents. The vote that was accorded to the win r.is was a surprise even to them, I H is reported. Joseph Biggerstalt j was the justice winner. I None of the candidates came to ! the frrnt with a strong campaign ! issue, but each had his campaign j wurkers and aids, and it is evident ' that the forces that were supporting the winners were by far the mor.1 I diligent in their wink, if the results I indicate the work that was done in I behalf of the respective candidates, j The standing of all of the candi i dates for places on the city ticket is ' high in the community and this wa-? the factor that led the voters to e: j pert a clean and hard fought bait!" of the ballots. Mayor Murphy took the lead over Karl R. Adams, his opponent, in the rst r.recinct that renorted and con- in,,..,! 1 inr.fi.-K.i Vi l..rwl n ih., x a.jnu. Vot in precincts made thei ri.j,orts. The same was true of Com- ,;,,;,,,, Ar,.0r ..n,l rr.nnT- run- n;njr for re-election against Prank (5 parker and Arthur E. Davie-. Murp'nv was returned a w inner with 1107 votes against 477 for Adams. Creaser and Archer polled 10e0 an I 010 votils 'respectively against tdi -oTo and the o0 that were polled by Parker and Davits. The only rea 1 thrilling battle o. the entire day was between Joseph L. Biggerstaff and George II. Carl, seiking election as justice. The re sult was in doubt until the final pre cinct reported, this being Carl's own pn cinct and it became a question ax to whether or not he could pull down the lead that had been taken by Big girstaff. Carl, wh.i has previously bet n a candidate for this office in Anna, ran rdmost two to one in Ids own precinct, but could not entirely wipe out the lead that Biggerstaff held up to that time and he went, into I the office nvith a small majority. Biggerstaff will bring previous legal experience to the office to which lie has been elected. The supervisors of the four ward -had no opposition, and in each ward they were given practically every vote by the voters of the city, a few, however, failing to vote on supervis or, knowing that the candidate for re-election was assured of the place. The supervisors are Jesse L Full.': in the first ward, N. K. Saad in the second ward. Albert P. Cook in third ward, and J. D. Ilclman in fourth ward. The vote by wards on the city ficials follows: the the of- For Mayor Murphy Adam .120 V'. :.15D HI 175 81 151 42 185 55 207 102 1PJ7 477 Precincts Ward Ward Wjird Ward Ward Ward 1-1 1- 2 2- 1 .1 4 Totals For Precincts Creaser Archer Parker Da vies Commissioners Wnrd Ward 1-1 2S0 250 207 ICS 1- 2 142 118 .11) 50 2- 1 177 117 0.1 SO 2-2 155 120 .11 41. 1 152 1.15 S8 72 4 ! 17." 174 115 J1 Totals 1000 1)40 575 5oS i Ward I Ward i Ward Ward For Justice Precincts Biggerstaff Carl Ward 1-1 2il.1 107 Ward 1-2 , 01 111 Ward 2-1 117 iS Ward 2-2 71 111 Ward .1 107 -IIP Wkml 4 .. ... :.155 111) Totals 787 705 Michigan has always Alma College. Now is appreciated its time to ! show it. Fresh buttermilk at the Wolverine Dairy. adv lw