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The Detroit times., 1917-04-04

Readers of this column know what the
attitude Of The Times has been toward
war.
The attitude of The Times toward war
has not changed.
A man IN an elevator would not be in
favor Of the sevator falling, but if it fell
he would have to go with il.
And being compelled to go with il. it
would be encumbent upon him to an
prove, and TO make the best of il.
The Times would approve as readily of
tuberculosis, or any other plague. as it
would Of war. and the comparison is
made because both are generally the re-
suit of conditions for which the real vic
tins are least TO blame.
Both are from a germ and both are
continued on for the impairment and
weakening Of succeeding generations.
But we are at war.
Congress will declare a STATE of war
but it will mean, MUST mean, WAR.
There can be no turning back.
CCAN NC'CAN II II ltON the LnlnQ.
It's preservation is up TO those who
have enjoyed its privileges and il is the
psychological time for those who cannot
call to mind those privileges, TO get out
Of it and on the side to which they be-
long.
It's preservation now means fight as
Americans know how 70 fight and as
Americans fight when they fight.
The elevator has fallen.
We no longer deal with a theory but
with a condition and a fact. and il is a
condition which no man faces as an in
dividual-he faces it with his country
and faces with it the real test of his
patriotism.
The country needs men.
The country needs money.
IL should have both.
II WILL have both.
Let US say at this hour with Stephen
Decatur, as our toast, too, to the flag
that gave us freedom, and which offers
freedom now TO all the enslaved world
under autocratic rule:
my Country! May il ever be right,
but right or wrong, my countryw
The Detroit times., 1917-04-04
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The Detroit times., 1917-04-04

The president viii find himself dis
agreed with and the course he maps out
Qusstioned by those whose patriotism
end love Of country need not be question
ID because they do differ with him.
II win be easy to detect and TO admin
ister properly severe punishment to those
who win be unable to hide their treason
able sympathies, and in that way should
they be set apart from those who speak
from firm conviction and belief in their
own conception of democracy and their
own conception of the example Of de-
mocracy 30 be set by their country.
Az time goes on it will be easy TO detect
and mark those, also. whose patriotic pre-
lenses are prompted by mercenary or po-
liticsl motives, purely, and whose cries
Of Rally round the flag are but a screen
10 hide their greed and lust for individual
rain.
There viii be found among their num-
bRA lsrge as those numbers might prove
- be few indeed who viii question the
The Detroit times., 1917-04-04

impulses of their president in the posi-
ton he has taken for the country.
Thee viii be those convinced Of their
own patriotism. who feel that the presi-
dent has recommended going further
than we should.
There will be those who will feel that
TO have met the issue of ruthless sub
marine warfare would have been suffi-
Gent and more in keeping with Amer
can policies and pretenses.
There will be found those who will re-
gret what they will be likely to look upon
as an abandonment of a program for de-
Tense for a program of aggression.
There will be those who will urge that
the manner in which we enter smacks
somewhat Of autocracy itself and that
the democratic way would have been TO
make sure Of the will Of the people thru
the referendum.
There will be found those who viii dis
agree with the president in his recon-
mendation of immediate CONSUMPTION.
These will have in mind the suggestion
Of ex-President Taft that the time for
consumption is now. when the people
are in the mood for it,"
There will be found those firmly con-
WINGED in their own minds that to yield
completely to the demands of the coun-
try's ultra-militariSts will saddle upon US
state and spirit as nation which
might unfit us entirely for the very lead
ership for democracy which we assume
The Times would find itself agreed
with many of these in their position, but
it suggests to them that the hour has
arrived when there is no longer a chance
or reason to hope for an immediate reali-
zation Of those things upon which they
have set their hearts and, in many in
stances, to which they have consecrated
their lives.
If there remains hope at all, it lies in
the single possibility that the German
people may read the message and the in
vitation to them in the words of the
president and in his reasons for wanting
the participation of the United States in
the war, and act upon them before we
find ourselves with sword dripping red.
But the chances of that message ever
reaching the German people are few.
The Times suggests TO those who have
made the fight for peace that it now be-
comes Them 1dS 10 put attn and
their confidence in Woodrow Wilson.
the President of the United States. and
THEIR country, AND TO STAND BY
HIM.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-30
CONFERENCE VOTES TO
RAISE 100000 FUND
Northern Indiana Methodists Assume
Obligation Toward National
Proposition.

HUNTINGTON, Ind, March 80
Alumni Of De Paw university, at
tending the northern Indiana con-
ference Of the Methodist church or
ganized here Thursday night on a
declaration for a close alumni as
ISOLATION and a greater De Paw.
Many attended the banquet served
in the Central Christian church
Thursday evening and following it
officers were elected.
w. B. Freeland Of Kokomo was
made president; Mrs. J. F. Edwards.
vice president: Merrill O. Lester of
LafOntaine. secretary; Rev. johnson,
yell leader: J. .. Campbell. ser
geant-at-arms. The body Of officers
will act as the program and execu-
tive committee.
Notable among the speeches We're
those OF Rev Campbell and Rev.
Charles II. Smith Of Peru.
At the business session OF the
conference Thursday morning the
motion 20 assume the 100000 OBJ
LEGATION toward the national fund
Of $15.000.000 for retired ministers.
is already being put into action for
the raising of the money.
The resolution pledging the north
ern Indiana conference TO the big
task was placed before the confer
epce by Rev. r. J. Wade OF Elk
hart. appointed as an aide TO Rev.
+. IL Morrison. general secretary
OF the fund. The motion. passing
as il did. has performed the first of
the big works before the conference.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-30
Americas Finest Clothes

HERE are the outstanding superior lines Of the
1 Clothing World-the clever FIickey-Frceman
Quality Sophomore and L System clothes. The
styles Of these clothes are as good as the quality
aotb; ih1' ls nf;ns $25, $50, $35
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-30
F RECKLE:S
March Worst Month For This 1rou-
ble-IIOw to Remove Easily.

There's a reason why nearly every
body freckles in March. but happily
there is also a remedy for these
ugly blemishes, and no one need
stay freckled
Simply get an ounce OF Othine.
double strength, from your druggist
and apply a little of il night and
morning. and IN a few DAYS you
should see that even the worst
freckles have begun 10 disappear.
while the light ones have vanished
entirely. Now is the time 10 rid
yourself OF freckles, for II not re-
moved now they may stay all sum
mer. and spoil an otherwise beauti-
tul complexion. Your money back
II othine falls ADV
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-30

Garden and Lawn Fertilizers. The
Wesley Miller Flour and Feed Co.
- Advt,l
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-03-30
Suits and Overcoats for Spring

HEIR merit is most apparent in their value-no
better values were ever produced during normal
conditions-that's important. The style is correct.
The fabrics are durable. The patterns are attrac-
tive The clothes are the sum total Of your demands
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-26
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON FOR SEPT. 50
ACCORDING TO THE
INTERNATIONAL SERIES
Text of the Lesson, Dan. tx, S-19-
Quarterly Review-GOlden Text,
Ps. Gill, 8. Commentary Prepared
by Rev. ID. Nj. Stearns-

LESSON I.-Isaiah's call to service.
lisa. vi. Golden Text, lisa. vi, 8, Here
am /; send me!' eve often abbreviate
the Golden Text for lack OF room.) We
all need such a vision as this or Rev.
iv, and these are written that we may
have them and know God and hear
His call to us and respond as Isaiah
and jeremiah and Ezekiel did, speak
His words faithfully and leave results
to Him.
LESSON H.--Ahaz, the faithless king,
III Chron. xviii, 1-5, 2027. Golden
Text, Heb. xi, O, without faith 1t Is
impossible to be well pleasing unto
Him" Every king ON David's throne
was expected to represent the Lord
there and be king for God. Believ-
ers are expected to represent Christ In
some measure as He did the Father.
Are we good or evil In His sight?
LESSON III.-Hezekiah, the faithful
king, III Chron. xxx, 1-13. Golden Text,
Heb. XII, @, "He that cometh to God
must believe that He is" There can
be nothing better than to do right I'm
the sight of the Lord xxx, p, make
His house or His kingdom our first
thought and do all we can to gather
people to. Christ our passover, who was
sacrificed for us.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-26

A striking illustration of this oc-
Cured at a farmers meeting, in an
adjoining district, last winter. Two
farmers were talking about winter
eggs. One happened to be the own
er Of very profitable flock of fine
Brown Leghorn hens. These hens
were known to be the only ones in the
neighborhood that were laying, at
that time, which was the coolest part
of the winter.
The two speakers had been COM
pairing notes and it was the anna
tours turn to give his views. He
could not see why his hens were not
laying. They were of the same
strain of Brown Leghorn stock as
those owned by the other man. He
fed a balanced ration, the same as
that used by his neighbor. After
nearly every side of the subject had
been discussed, his neighbor inquir-
ed: "What kind of poultry house do
your use?" He looked a trifie en-
barrassed, then replied: Nothing
but the open air house the year
round" Needless to say the sub
ject was not pursued any further.
To return to the text: Exercise is
almost as essential to the hen as food
and drink; yet the fact is too often
overlooked. Some varieties of hcick-
ems are naturally active, and do not
have to be forced to take exercise,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-26
Agricultural Department
Conducted by O. w. P.uen-As agricultural Teacher
in BeIdfng High School

upon them tubercles nj which these
organisms live and withdrawn free
nitrogen from the soil-air for their
needs. 1t had long been known to
farmers that in some way clover in
rotation with other crops left the soil
richer in nitrogen, and it is now
known that the bacterium which lives
on the clover roots, deriving a part
of its food from the clover plant, at
the same time increases the nitrogen
supply available to the clover crop
and SO we have two forms of life liv-
ing together in what has been named
symbolic relations. There are other
forms of bacteria which live upon the
bean, pea, lupine and other members
of this family, also having the pow
er of fixing free nitrogen from the
SOLAR in forms available to higher
plants.
1t is known that other forms of
bacteria live in symbolic relation
with the soil algae and in this way
increase the supply of soil nitrogen
as hown by Frank, Sehlosing, Jr., and
Laurent in 1891, followed by Koss-
witsch in 1894; and the great de-
mands for fixing of rec nitrogen to
make good the rapid return Of 1T to
the air and loss in drainage waters
appears to call for other agencies
than those named.
a. Winogradsky has shown that
there is form of bacillus in the soil
which, when supplied with sugar and
isolated from the Influence of oxygen,
is capable of thriving and fixing free
nitrogen from the air, and this dis
covery may lead to knowledge of
still fourth mode of increasing the
worlds supply of nitrogen.
Some of Berthelot's experiments
are thought by him to show that soils
destitute Of all visible vegetation may
gain large quantities of nitrogen
simply exposed to the air, and he
thinks he has realized gains as large
as 20 to 1870 lbs. of nitrogen per acre
in eleven weeks. Such conclusions,
however, require careful verification
as they are at least apparently con-
tradicted by field experience.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-26
Popcorn Stand Takes Fire

: Hastings.-While generating the
gasoline burner to the corn pepper
in his stand on the fair grounds Ber-
nall Price had narrow escape from
a severe burning, when the gasoline
exploded. The interior Of the stand
caught fire and was ruined together
with most Of his supplies for the day.
The boys of the high school band
were nearby and helped to eytinguish
the blaze with wet blankets. The
lad is very much disappointed over
the accident as he had purchased the
outfit with his own earnings and was
anxious to make returns on his in
vestment.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-26

while others will stand around and
wait for their feed and grow fat. This
is especially the case where hens are
kept housed in the cold part of the
winter. Sine will hustle around OF
their own accord while others will
not. II is the busy hen that lays the
eggs. The lazy one is the drone. If
the ration is properly balanced and
enough is allowed to keep the flock In
laying condition, then exercise is nee
essary to produce eggs instead OF fat.
All large fowls are known to take on
fat more readily than the smaller
ones. Last winter we tried a little
experiment. At the beginning. Of
winter two flocks of Rhode Island
Red pullets were put into winter
quarters in separate houses some
distance apart. There were fifty in
each ouse. Both fiocks were given
exactly the same kind of rations and
the general care was the same, except
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-26
Source of Soil Nitrogen

Until recently it was maintained
that the nitrogen for the growth of
all plants was derived from the
humus of the soil and from the small
amount of ammonia and nitrous and
nitric acids brought down by the
rains. 1t is now known that the free
nitrogen of the atmosphere is the ul-
innate source of soil-nitrogen, and
that the soil-nitrogen is being con-
tinually returned to the air again just
as was long ago recognized to be the
case with the carbon of living forms.
i. The immediate source of humic
nitrogen is the slow decay of or
ganic matter, whether this be the
roots, stems or leaves of plants or
the tissues and waste products of ami
mails, and large part of the life pro-
cesses of the world take place be-
tween the conversion of humus into
living tissues and dead tissues back
into humus again.
2. The formation of nitrous and
nitric acids through an oxidation of
the nitrogen of the air by electrical
discharges such as occur during
thunder storms is generally conceded.
1t is also thought that part of these
combinations may be brought ABOUT
through the action of ozone upon am
monia. Warrington is also of the
opinion that the peroxide of hydro
gen in the air causes the conversion
of some atmospheric ammonia into
nitric acid, and hence that not all
the nitric acid brought down by the
rains was formed as new materials
in the atmosphere from direct union
of oxygen and nitrogen gases.
g.. The process of symbiosis is a
third method by which the nitrogen
supply of the soil is maintained and
next to the decay of organic matter
is the most important of any yet
well understood. 1t was in 1888 that
Hellriegel published the results Of
his studies, which thoroughly estab-
lished the fact that great numbers of
microscopic forms of life inhabit the
roots of leguminous plants, forming
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-26
F A r M "A N D
O II CHI A II d +


\ Agriculture, to be on the lookout for
what is known as shippers order
bill of lading" transactions with un-
known or irresponsible persons. Ship
ping car lots to such buyers under no
obligation other than TO pay for the
shipment if they finally take it out of
the cars, tends to encourage specula-
ton and is libale to increase freight
congestion. Some of these buyers
order products shipped in the hope
that the price will go up in the mean
time and enable them to sell locally
to local dealer who will pay cash.
Unless they succeed in selling to
others, many of these shippers or
der" consignees have insufficient cap
ital to pay for the goods, which some
times fall back on the shipper.
In a case recently investigated by
the department man without finan-
cial standing, who posed as a COM
mercial company, succeeded In pur-
chasing large shipments of hay and
mill feed. AS there was no advance
in price and as he had no cash with
which to meet the drafts, he held the
goods for several weeks on the track.
Some of the cars were on the track
for over 20 days before unloading.
When he succeeded in selling a car,
instead of paying his own cash for it,
he sent his customer to the bank to
release the draft The day the de-
partment Investigator was on the
ground this man had 10 cars of hay
and 9 cars of mill feed on the track,
papers for II more GERS en- route, and
number more still to be shipped.
1t was stated locally that in the same
kind of a transaction in the past
severe decline in price rendered this
individual unable to pay for 80 cars
of produce, which the shipper was
forced OF sell at material loss. The
shippers in this case easily could
have obtained facts as to their GUS
toners responsibility from the mer-
camille agencies or from local banks
or merchants.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-26
THE BELDING BANNER-MACAzlNE SECTION

that one bunch was forced to dig
their grain while the other bunch just
"gobbledu up theirs as fast as they
could, without any digging. A re-
cord was kent for four months but
all of the figures would make tire
some reading. A few may be Of in
terest.
The smallest number of eggs laid
by the sbusy" hens in any one day
was Is. and the largest number 46.
The smallest number laid by the
"drones" was two; the largest num-
Der 16. !,
We use litter from the barn and
dry leaves. The leaves are best be-
cause they contain no dust and do
not so readily become packed. The
leaves are of more value, also, to use
as a fertilizer when mixed with the
droppings, because leaves are free
of grass and weed seeds.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-26
No Clue Yet

Alma.-Nothing new has develop
ed during the past week in the Alma
murder case. A number of men
have been arrested and questioned,
but in nearly every case they have
proven themselves clear of compile
ity.
In a few cases that are very sus-
picious the officers have been unable
to get any proofs that would warrant
action.
In fact, at the present time it looks
as though nothing would be done in
the case for lack Of evidence, and
that it would be recorded an another
of those mysteries that the ANNALS
of the police of large cities are so
well filled with.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-26
POULTRY
CONSUL TING DEPARTMENT
Eggs and Exercise

A good many elements are en-
bodied in that wonderful, much
sought after productive winter
egg. Not the least of these elements
is exercise. But this is often over
looked just as a great many other
important factors are apparently lost
sight of.
Instead of keeping in mind all the
important little details, beginner is
apt to emphasize one too strongly
and overlook number of others that
may really be of much greater i'm
portance.
When a successful poultryman is
asked by an amateur what he feeds
the hens in winter, or what kind of
a house he has, he knows that the
questioner has a great many things
to learn. And yet these same ques-
tons may be asked by an experience
ed person and if truthfully answer
ed by the would-be poultryman, may
furnish the key to the whole situa-
ton.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-26

st. Louis.--The sixty-acre Whitney
farm, lying on Michigan avenue, just
outside the present city limits of st.
Louis, and which was recently pur-
chased by a company composed of
Messrs. Henry Soule, Otto Sander
hoff, A. III. Drake and Arthur Hum
Der of Alma, and Fred Slater of st.
day and aSturday' October to sr'g on and e. 8.
This property will be known as
Scenic Heights. 1t overlooks st.
Louis, Alma and the river, and adj
joins the City View subdivision, re-
Gently plated and sold by local
A plan of the subdivision has been
prepared and it will be plotted just
as soon as the bean crop now on the
amid is taken off.
This property, along with City
View, will probably be taken into the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-26
SHILOH

The Shiloh Aid society will meet
with Mrs. Alva Face, September 26.
Everyone welcome.
Ernie Morgan and family of Remus
visited at /. B. Comstock's Sunday.
c. c. Lambertson and son, Glenn,
of Bedding called at L. d. Easter
brooks Saturday morning, enroute
to Flint by auto.
Hardy Brown and family of Beld-
ing were over Sunday visitors at E.
E. Browns.
L. M. Knowles was in Butternut
Sunday and visited at John Bailey's.
l.. d. Easterbrook and John Clifford
were in Lansing Sunday.
Mrs. c. c. Lambertson of Belding
was an over Sunday visitor at L. D..
Easterbrook's.
Chas. Carne and family visited in
Bedding over Sunday.
Egbert Comstock and family are
spending few days at Mount Pleas
ant.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-26

When asked how he got out Of
prison, a witty rogue replied: II got
out of my cell with ingenuity, ran
upstairs with agility, crawled out the
back window in secrecy, slid down
the lightning rod with rapidity, walk
now basking in the sunshine Of liber-
ty."
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1917-09-26
Urge Saving of All Apple Crop

The urgency for careful conserva-
ton of the entire Michigan apple
crop this fall is pointed out in a
press bullein just issued by the de-
Partment of horticulture OF the Mich
lgan Agricultural college. The fact
that the crop is much below normal,
It is declared by the fruit men, makes
that part of it which has survived
correspondingly more valuable.
Apples, and especially those of the
tall and winter varieties, are certain
TO be scarce this winter" the report
states, land growers therefore should
be prepared to take the best possible
care of such of the crop as they may
have, even if the fruit be neither very
large. nor very good. Individuals
who have only a tree or two in the
yard should not allow the fruit to
spoil.
"Pick the apples when they are
well colored, but hard and firm and
when the stem breaks clean from the
twlg as the fruit is lifted up and to
one side.
"In the process of picking and
handling the greatest caution should
be exercised, for every break and
bruise in the skin, may mean decayed
fruit later in the sason. Never leave
the fruit on the ground, but place it
at once in boxes, crates, baskets and
barrels, and store Immediately in the
darkest, coolest (but not freezing)
place you may have. Cover with
papers if the room is not darkened.
"Since oranges also are going to be
fewer than usual, it behooves every
person owning any late varieties of
apples to use every precaution to
keep them for fresh fruit during the
winter.
Beware of Spectators
Shippers of grain, hay, and feed