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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-03
/ GUESTS OF A GAMBLER

11can soldiers lusty sporting
con9enial to the conception of
game. Johnny Yank" plays
is worth and is not a bit
ng gamblers chances. No
..knytand Chateau Thierry he
tnl<es and won. He "plunges"
commaPd both respect and
ss ~. Perhaps these considera-
a,oved thS worlds richest re-
- fruits Of monetary gaming
d " "doughboys" in the inter-
n wars alarums.
INT. the princely ruler Of the
TRY in Europe has barred the
casino in the world to his
quests In Monaco, tiniest of
lnce Albert's ethics are of 4
/yrel type, but in some respects
mirable. Much Of the wealth
~ derived from the roulette
ioir "bank" has been dev ,ted
be yet informative pursuit o:
1t IL. however. foreign
" has gone into his remarkable
Z marine wonders at Monte
tfves Of the principality are for
enter the glittering Casino.
nco now extends both the cour-
y little realm and the ban at his
o11no doors to American soldiers
been recuperating and officially
- at Aix-les-Bains. The army
3 ccnsidering his generous offe-,
o< troops to visit one of the
unting spots on the planet.
11ox approve his decision to
1mous temple of Chance to
Plcardy and the Marne.
nibls to wopder what the
oo think Of this paternalism.
o1ore such moral guardian.
fhGy feel. half disdainfully.
onG6nf Caaino's game is
uparod with the titanic
5r1ayinG3 After AL. the
= = txranny.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-03
THE READERS VIEWPOINT
Swedish Matches

To the Editor Of the Evening Public Ledger:
Sir-I don't take any stock in that expla-
nation of the representative of the Swedish
match manufacturers that real Swedish
matches are the acme of perfection, but that
36.000.O00 rejects were thrown on the Ameri-
can market and sold as real Tandstickors.
Why, l myself have scratched and thrown
away that maryland I'm still scratching.
swearing and littering the floor with Tand-
stickors. HIBIN.
Philadelphia, August 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-03
p
town
LENINE

~ vn.u LENINE, the Bolshevik Pre-
tsveral las experienced the usual fate
sssiduo despots The third attempt Of
Ae Gsto get him succeeded. He has
-, us wounds through his chest and
A. critical condition when this was
nth
verath by assassination has been ex-
fsrror nlohths. He has been merciless
ing Nis enemies put to death. He
rsue6 o policy Of terrorizing the
THiek confiscating their property,
Pard. heir houses and shooting their
90 phis has been part of his plan
"a class government in which only
tiy no toll with their hands should
s nonted. His methods have been
strie typical Russian revolutionist.
all believed that there can
= .ress until the old order is COM
/ stroyed. Few of them have had
Ute idea of what was to succeed
g. have replied, when asked what
=. low the chaos which they were
i botthat 1t would be time enough to
It mhat when they had achieved
,ac,
however. had some definite plans
miwas attempting to execute. 1t
Ok y admitted that he is a man
d. ,ility. 1t is admitted also that
eaw that If he were allowed
in Russia he would serve
DGs more effectively than any
n sight. 1t was by tine assist.
60 Germans that he got back
after the Car was dethroned,
Neen their tool, conscious or un.
yer since.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-03
Fair Warning to Mr.. Hoover

man in whom implicit confidence Jus.
titled says there will be a banner OPP OF
buckwheat so now II any food admtistra-
tor tries to put rice or barley or rye ito our
breakfast cakes there will be blood IN the
face of the moon.-Pittsburgh Gizette
Times
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-03

Householders may now buy four pounds
of wheat -four for every pound of substitute.
Let us hope that the order applies to res
taurants which have been making pie crust
of pasteboard and that we can get real pie
in the near future
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-03
EMOTION OR REAsON2

TIME American Bar Association objects
L very properly to the tendency of every
enthusiast in the field of legislation to
press his pet issue war measure"
Emotion has displaced reason pretty often
recently In Congress, in Legislatures and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-03
What Do You KnoW?

What is q nectarinee

l. What Is q nectarine?
9. Who nrc Secretaries Of Commerce and LaborP
g. When was the Monroe Doctrine first promul.
Kated?
Z. Why Is some tobacco called Latakiae
D. "hst RsstSS ss said to have been the Indian name
8. Who are the Parsees?
=. wsS S.,,Sss.t %ss the author of "The Wealth Of
8. What is the second largest city in Franoes
0. How Is the date Of THANKSGIVING Day deter.
10. The French word "spiritueIle'' Is wrongly
What is the real meaning Of the word? ~
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz
l. Jesnnstte Rankin is a Representative from
2. Maaanhello was the liberty-lovlns leader Of .
espo,tatn iss%rrectSn T IN iSt His name
made him the subject Of y well-known
$. Tho colOrs Of the republican flag Of Perturaa
I. The French sound the final "s" In Arras.
8. Two Presidents were elected by the Whis
party[wilhsT Henry .harrisen and zesrh.
hsE q Sss
bs John Tsiss and MiiisrS Fiiinors.
Q. Lake Titiesea. in the Bolivian Andes. Is the
!. Gsas.sI rs,tsn March is chief Of st.r Of the
.': va. :.; :: :;ss s. 4. sns e
S::: : Known VI .: :: 'sss is''s scsssr ~ 2
%. 4 .'ss i1':s,' : i::: s:s.;:s:,rs -: s.: -
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-03

ireommittee of the United States
tsf Commerce thinks that the Fed
de Commission is minding every
vwisiness except its own. We seem to
srs that the Commission was created
Zig business to obey the law.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-03

Geography tells US that Norway has Q
Hammerfest but the one which Germany IL
conducting In apportioning blame for her
Pcardy defeat holds the stage for imrnes
diate interest
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-03
What He
VIII Learn

Reading between the
What He lines" is supposed to
VIII Learn be the way to learn
many things that the
the reader If the Kaiser is doing any read
ing between the Hndenburg and Wotan lines
he will learn many lessons now strongly
limited by the Author of the Universe
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-03
The events of the war


The events of the war
1t Always Wins the kaiser's peace
intrigues on one hand
and the new Allied activities in Picardv on
the other-make clear definitions possible,
The Germans are depending on pull The
Allies are depending on push
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-03

s-of the East of the Missis-
- Of SovIets of Friends and
Casual Acquaintance of
ynefs were able to get a few
: ~ y make up for those they
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-03

Today lot of people will begin to rest
up after their vacations.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-03
Pandering
to the Rich

heritances only once in five years This
means that when an estate passes twice
within that period by the death of its
owner it will escape the tax the second
time. Some one must have told the Ways and
Means Committee what happened to big estates
in England when an inheritance tax was col
lected on them twice in one year But
those economists who believe in DESTROYING
large fortunes by taxing them out of exist
will soon begin to charge the committee
with pandering to the rich.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-03

Meanwhile, it is apparent that the
President believes in miracles - and
miracles sometimes happen for those
who believe in them. They do not hap
pen otherwise. Mr. Wilson is not mis-
taken in assuming that he has grow
ing audience capable of understanding
his meanings. In America, now, the
Government has but to express a wish
and any one who refuses or forgets to
grant that wish is likely to be hooted in
the streets. A Sunday-one of the most
alluring of the year-was virtually with
out an automobile in the streets east of
the Mississippi because the fuel admin
istration suggested it. No command
issued by potentate could have been so
generally obeyed. Right or wrong, the
Government wished the motors halted
for day-and the very children in the
streets looked disdain at any Stacker"
who drove car without necessity.
81 don't care whether it's a necessary
economy or not" said one man. "They
know better than do and they can have
my car if they want it,"
That is the new America that the
President has put his faith in.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-03

This is not remote. Plainly a refer
ence to the autocratic tendency in
America is linked with the indictment
of the autocratic tendency in Europe.
There is an answer here for all that the
dissatisfied and the unfortunate clamor
about. There is promise for the
future which issue makers and slate
makers and party makers will be wise to
keep in mind.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-03

1t is America, we are told, that is to
flight the pdy for men to the places
wke,e justice is done and men Rve 1oith
lifted heads and emancipated spirits"
We are fighting that "men cvery1chere
may hare the right TO determine their
otpn fortunes, to insist upon justice and
to oblige Governments to act for them
and not for the private and selfish inter
ests of govcrning class" And "We
may depend upon one another"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-03

Prospective heirs will
he interested to know
that the new revenue
hin ~1,., .. ,n l.;
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-11
OUR BANK SAVINGS SAFE
UNLESS GERMANY WINS

There seems to/have been a very
insidious propaganda carried on, OBJ
viously by secret agents of Germany,
to the effect that savings bank depos-
it's are to be confscated. 1t is diff
ficult to believe that any person in
America would credit such report
for an instant. Secretary McAdoo
says that the absurdity Of these state
ments is manifest but in order to al
lay the fears of few who might be
alarmed by such reports he repeats
officially that these rumors are who'll
ly baseless.i
There is but one thing that will in
the least put in danger of confsca-
tion the savings of the American peo-
pie, whether deposited in Savings
banks or other banks or invested in
Liberty bonds or any other invest
ments, and that one thing is German
victory. 1t is not the American gcv-
ernment that our people should fear,
but the German government, and with
the American soldiers fighting as they
are in France and the American peo-
pie supporting their government as
they are in America, the American
people, their liberty, their lights and
their savings are safe.
The United States instead of cop-
fiscating or endangering the savings
and other property of it's people is de-
Tending them and theirs with all sthe
irresistible might of this invincible
republic.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-11
Picked Old Barney's Pocket.

Barney Race is far from being as
near a millionaire now as he was
last week at this time, all because
Barney went up to the Greenville
fair and took in the sights. Barney
had just as much money, lacking the
amount which he had spent for rail-
road fare and other incidentals as he
had when he started out in the morn
ing, but when he srruck the depot
platform, all his coin had disappear
ed. The usual pickpocket method of
crowding Was staged just as Barney
was getting off the train and of course
no one thought to take care Of their
wallets and when Barney felt--why,
the place where his pocketbook had
been, was as empty as a socialists
promise and then Barney saw through
II all. The pocketbook contained
about thirty some dollars and Barney
hopes that the fellows who got it have
a good time on the coin.
We are also informed that w. ID.
Pond was relieved Of his poeketbook
while taking in the sights at the
Greenville fair. Pickpockets are al
ways on the program at the fair, al
though they are not mentioned in the
catalogues which the fair manage
ments usually put out.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-11
NEW FURNITURE
FIRM ORGANIZED TO
OPEN OCTOBER /
]. C. BALLARD OF SPARTA WILL
HEAD NEW COMPANY-LOCAL
MEN ARE INTERESTED

A new concern organized for the
purpose of carrying on a general fur
niture, undertaking and crockery bus
mess in this city has been formed by
the following gentlemen: j. c. Bal
lard, Of Sparta and Z. G. Lloyd, A. l..
Spencer and. Arthur Fitzjhon of this
city. The new firm will do business
under the name of the Ballard-Lloyd
Co. The firm will occupy the store
building, both upper and main floors,
recently occupied by Chas. S. Foster.
A complete stock of furniture, rugs,
linoleums, stoves, house furnishings,
dishes, crockery and very extensive
line of undertaking supplies will be
carried. The firm has purchased a
fine and modern auto hearse and am
bulance and will use these in their
business here. They will have their
undertaking parlors directly across
the street from the main store, in the
rooms recently fitted up by Mr.. Ar
thur Fitzjohn, who is already in po-
sition to attend any,. funeral calls.
Mr.. Ballard has had years of exper-
ience in the furniture and undertaking
business and together with Mr.. Fitz-
john they will be able to take care of
any business in good shape.
Mr.. E. G. Lloyd will be actively in
terested in the business, which makes
the success of the firm assured, for
with his long years as a uccessful
and courteous business man in this
city, his name has almost become a
household word in the homes of this
city and vicinity. "Lloyd's" will
stand for just as much in the new
business as it has always stood for in
the large dry goods business which
Mr.. Lloyd has built up.
We understand that the new firm
will be ready to open up for their
share of the local business on October
/. Workmen are at present busily
engaged in tearing out the old fix.
lures and rearranging the new fol
/, the stocking up and opening of the
new store.
We welcome them to this city and
wish them success.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-11
IAN HEIRESS FOR A DAY"
A. w. c. L. u. BENEFIT

SYNOPSIS For "Heiress For a Day.
Helen Thurston, manicurist in the
fashionable Ritz Hotel, longs for So
cial position so that she may win the
love of wealthy Jack Standring. A
sudden inheritance from her grand
father plunges her into social life.
She endeavors to overawe society
with her extravaganza. The impress
sion which she tries to make on
Standring fails. Then she learns
that she is heir to but $1,000. The
bulk of the fortune gees to her cousin
Spindthrift, under certain conditions.
She decides to use her $1,000 for
one day. Standring fails to respond
to her wiles and creditors suddenly
clamor for the thousands due them.
At a magnificent ball a detective
swoops down on her and society turns
away from her. But Standring
comes to her rescue. The conditions
of the will are violated by Spindthrift
and Helen wins Standring and the for
tune.
At the Empress theater Wednesday
evening, Sept. 18. Music. readings
and tableaux furnished by the Union
The Unions of the state are plan.
ming to buy a $4,000 Liberty bond
and the local W. c. T. u. are hav-
ing this benefit to raise money fol-
this fund.
Admission: Adults, Is cents and
cents war tax; children, 10 cents and
/ cent war tax.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-11
PUBLIC RECEPTION
FOR OUR TEACHERS
AT THE AUDITORIUM
BOARD OF EDUCATION EXTENDS
PUBLIC INVITATION TO EVENT
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

The board of education members are
going to hold a public reception for
the teachers of the local schools at the
city hall auditorium, Friday evening,
September 13, between the hours OF
8 and 10 o'clock, at which time an
invitation is hereby extended 10 the
public of this city to be present and
meet and greet the people who have
the education of the school children
and students of this city in charge:
Heretofore, the receptions, when held
have as a rule been held by some par
ticular church and the wrong impress
sion got spread around that the re-
ception was for the members OF the
church in which the affair was being
held, only. That has never been the
case, however and this year the re,
ception will be held in the city nall
and is to be for everyone.
The teachers of the city schools
have great duty TO perform in the
educating and instructing of the COM
ing men and women of the nation,
hut the parents of these children have
also an Important duty to perform In
this matter, that of keeping track OF
the progress which their children are
making in their studies. At times
it is the fault of a teacher when poor
progress is made by scholar, while
more often it is the fault of the schol-
ar, but be that as it may, the meeting
occasionally cf the parent and the
teacher is a good thing and parents,
YOU owe it to your children to turn
out to the Friday night meeting and
get acquainted with the people who
have the welfare of your children In
hand. Know them, so that when you
meet them on the street, you Will be
able to speak to them and ask them
such questions as might be proper and
your duty to know, regarding the con-
duct, progress, etc., of your children
at school.
The reception will be at from 8 to
10 o'clock in the auditorium of the
city hall and everyone is invited. A
splendid musical program has beer
prepared for the occasion and light
refreshments will be served.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-11
SEVERAL BOYS
ENROLL TO GET
ARMY TRAINING
SAME COURSE FITS THEM WITH
GOOD EDUCATION AND ARMY =
TRAINING is THE BEST.

East Lansing, Mich, Sept. 9.-The
second "class" of $50 national army
men, who since July Is have been re-
ceiving special instruction in the en-
gineering shops and laboratories of
M. A. c., finished up their course this
week and are preparing to move on
Saturday or Sunday. During their
eight weeks of intensive schooling un-
der the tutelage of the engineering
department, the men have become
adopts in the operation and repair Of
army trucks and tractors.
Most ofNthe class of $50 who were
"graduated- quite informally with
the good wishes of the college and
the congratulations of President Ked
zie. are expected to be moved to the
seaboard, while a number will be
transferred to Camp Custer and to
other cantonments. All of the boys
are from Michigan. The members
Of the first camp hailed from Wis
consiD.
A third detachment of at least a
half thousand men is expected to
come in Immediately the present unit
moves out.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-11
LOCAL APPLE GROWER
TAKES FIRST PRIZES

Brinton F. Hall of this city, who
owns the large apple ranch east OF
here, went up to the Greenville fair
and very nearly scooped all the first
prizes which the association had to
offer with the excellent fruit from his
orchards which he had on exhibition
there. Mr.. Hall had 16 exhibits Of
apples and out of this number, he
carried away IL first prizes and two
second prizes, which is going some
considering the competition which he
had to go up against at the fair in
the way of other excellent showings
put there by other apple growers.
One good feature of the winning OF
the 13 prizes is that Mr.. Hall is go
ing to give the prizes which he won
at the fair, to the Red Cross, cne-
half to the Greenville chapter and the
other one-half to the local chapter.
Mr.. Hall has splendid large orch
ard on his farm and he takes the very
best of care that the fruit which this
orchard produces is of the best quail
ity which it is possible to produce.
The farm and orchard is a model Of
neatness and the methods and ma
chinery on the farm are right up to
the minute. Don w. Dean is the
foreman in charge of the farm and il
is largely due to his careful super
vision that the farm is kept up to its
hiuh standard
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-11
ARMY MEN ARE
GRADUATED FROM
Z N. A. c. SCHOOL
MORE THAN HALF THOUSAND
SOLDIERS GRADUATE FROM
ARMY TRUCK SCHOOL.

East Lansing, Mich, Sept. 9.-The
potato crop, according to reports re-
ceived by the M. A. C. has been Sc
verely damaged this season in many
parts of the state by disease which
plant pathologists at M. A. c. have
diagnosed as tip burn.
"This disease starts" declares DR..
G.. III. Coons of experiment station,
"by a few plants here and there in
the field showing leaflets with dead
progresses around the leaves so that
in the height of the attack the leaf
lets show dead border which rolls
and is very brittle. If the plants
are tossed about by the wind the
dead portions may break off, leaving
the, leaflets very ragged in appear
ance. If rains or heavy dews have
come since the leaves showed the
dead edges, the dead parts blacked
through the action of the various
molds that growlon them.
"Since the trouble is one associat-
ed with lack of water, and since plants
which while making succulent
growth and are suddenly subjected to
hot conditions show most tip-burn. it
is obvious that cultural practices are
the best general control measure that
the, farmer has at his command.
However, since il is too late TO do any
thing this year, il is suggested that
farmers who desire detailed informa-
ton write to the Department of Bot
any of Nj. A. c., and ask fer the
Quarterly Bulletin. This contains
an article touching upon this subject"
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-11
THE BRIDGE GANG
IS PREPARING FOR
A NEW BRIDGE
"SLOW ORDERS" HAVE BEEN IN
FORCE ON LOCAL BRIDGE ON
ACCOUNT OF CONDITION.

A bridge gang of the Pere Mar
quette railroad is here this week and
they are unloading heavy creosoted
timbers, etc., for the installation of a
new railroad bridge just north and
east of the depot where the road
crosses Flat river. The old. bridge
is in a rather dilapidated condition
and it is going to be a good thing
to get the new structure in its place.
The crew which is here at present
is in charge of a heavy power crane
outfit, which moves under it's own
power and lifts the huge black timbers
out of the cars which brought them
here as if they were matches.
The old bridge has been condemned
for some time past and conductors
and engineers in charge of trains run
ming over the two divisions on which
this station is situated, have been
running under a "slow order" when
crossing over the. bridge. The piles
which support the bridge and the
timbers which are used in its con-
struction have become shattered and
more or less decayed and the new
bridge will make it safe to travel over
again with no more than the ordinary
degree of caution which engineers use
when approaching a bridge.
When all the material is on the
ground and ready, a pile driver will
arrive and another gang of men will
come and the work of putting in the
new bridge will be of only short dur
alton.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-09-11
Is Learning to Fly.

Cadet Harry Holmes of the u. s.
aviation school at Urbana, Ill, arriv-
ed in the city Saturday for an over
Sunday visit at the home of his moth
er, Mrs. Martha Holmes. Harry is
an enthusiast in this matter of air
planes and thinks that with suffic-
iently large aerial fleet. that the al
lies could soon put an end to the war.
Harry passed his first period of in
struction with flying colors and says
that he can think of nothing else only
flying and is hopefully anticipating
the time when he will be tipping
through the air hunting German
planes. When we asked Harry wheth-
er he planned on resuming his stud
les for the medical profession after
the war is over. he laughed and said
that the time was still too far away
to bother with, that at the present
time he was bending every possible
nerve and effort to fit himself so that
he could manage an aeroplane for the
nation and do his part in winning the
war through the allies mastering the
air.