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The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05
WHY We MUST
SAVE AND Buy
WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
III. j. LEONARD POINTS OUT
REASONS FOR WAR TO FINISH
AND FOR BUYING w. S. S.

When the quaint, beautiful cities Of
Malines, Thermonde. Lierre, Dix
,munde, Ypres and Louvain had been
ruthlessly sacked, demolished and
their treasures and works of art scat
tered to the four winds of the earth,
our hearts were sad, yet we still had
hope.
Knowing the seriousness of war,
and trusting and believing in God,
we still prayed for peace.
When General Won Kissing told our
national representative of the Rec
Cross that starvation was a powerful
weapon and that when France and
England ceased to provide food for
the old men, women and children or
Belgium, that they would be driven
in the face of shell fire across the
firing lines into France, we hung our
heads in hopeless despair.
The fires kindled within US are no,
the making of day or an incident,
but of three long heart-breaking
years of such unhuman Prussian
.cruelties that we have wondered if a
just God still lives.
When the cries of the women ana
children of devastated Belgium
reached our ears that they had been
by the Prussian beast, we said such
a thing is impossible coming from
the German people"
This war was not of our making.
When the news was flashed across
the ocean of the sinking of the LIS
itanias' carrying to ocean graves hum
dreds of defenseless American men,
women and children, their cries from
across the ocean depths bore to our
ears and our hearts the facts that we
dreaded, that a people fed for years
on poisoned aristocratic militarism
had urned nation into a madhouse.
That we were being challenged for
a war with nation headed by a
despot of brutal conscience, whose
policy was ruthlessnassL starvation
and desolation.
Now, having been forced into this
war, we must win it. Your Uncle
Sam has his hands full now. His
quarrel is Just. HIS heart is sound.
He is your Uncle Sam and he is mine
and he is fighting for you and me
and our children and our children's
children.
I believe in orderly representative
government. We elected our rulers
and / am in favor of standing by
them.
have no use for slackers or their
ISLANDERS or their inuendos as to the
conduct of government officials.
am for this war. We are IN it,
not war of our choosing, but war
forced upon us, and we at home must
not go back on our boys at the front.
We must make good and when our
government asks US to save and loan
of our savings to support. arA and
provide for the boys who 90 over TO
make our homes here safe, we must
buy War Savings Samps, we must
support our government to the last
red copper.
Wen talk peace when we lick Ger
many and have licked her thoroughly.
The Belding Savings Bank,
|fin .taen H. ]. Leonard, President
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05
FEMALE ALIENS
MUST REGISTER OR
Be |NTERNED
ACTION rs TAKEN IN SAME
MANNER AS WAS TAKEN WITH
THE MALE ALIENS.

The presence of so many German
spies in this country has made 1T ne
cessary for the government to take
every precaution to know who the
people are who reside within the con-
fines of the nation and some time
ago, it saw fit to register every Ger
man alien male in the country.
Since that time a number of Ger
man alien females have been caught
in spy traps and mainly for this rea-
son. the government has set out an
edict that during the time elapsing
between the morning of June II and
the night of June all German
alien women who live within the
United States must present them
selves at the postoffice in the district
in which they reside or at police
headquarters, if such there are in
the district and register.
Below is given a notice sent out
through the country by the proper
officials.
"Upon an order issued by the at
torney general at Washington, ID. c.,
all German alien females of the age
of IA years and upwards will be re-
quired to register Said registration
will begin on June II, 1918, and will
continue up to and including June
26 excepting Sunday, June 23). The
places of registration will be police
headquarters in all cities which had
population of 5000 or over accord
ing to the census of 1910, and at the
postoffice in places of lesser popula-
ton in 1910. Said places of regis
tration will be open from o'clock a..
m. to 3 o'clock p. m.
Every German alien female will be
required to register at the places
mentioned above within the above
dates, and failure to do so by any
such alien will make such alien liable
to severe penalties imposed by the
government.
Should there be any doubt as to
who comes within this classification
German alien female), they should
at once consult, either the chief of
police or the postmaster of the city
or town in which they live for infor-
nation regarding this matter.
Herman O'Connor,
United States Marshal. +"
1t will also be necessary for the
regidtrant aliens. to furnish four
photographs of themselves at the
time Of registration. People in this
locality should register with Post
master w. F. Bricker.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05

"Ace" Dorr needed a pair Of sus-
penders and when he saw Abe Fried
man coming down the street, he in
quired the price of good pair of
trouser supports and Abe told him
they were rs cents. NWhat1l "
take for that pair you're wearing 2"
inquired "Ace" and when Abe set
the price at 80 cents the money was
forthcoming and Abe turned over the
suspenders, hitched up his belt an
other notch while both men laughed
a little over the unique sale and went
on about his business. "You can't
get the start on Abe. said "Ace''
who was unaware that the proprietor
of the Metropolitan wore along with
his suspenders a belt which could be
used in case of. an emergency.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05

To the Citizens of Belding:
Friday, June %, 1918, is officially
designated War Savings Day by the
national government and the governor
of this state.
All loyal citizens of this commun-
ity will accordingly. on or before this
day, pledge themselves to save and
economize to help win the war and
will further pledge themselves to in
vest their savings in War Savings
Stamps in the largest amount possible
as evidence of their loyalty the ma
tional government.
The people of this community will
give every assistance in their power
to the local representatives Of the
United States treasury who are con-
Quoting the War Savings campaign.
All who are able should pledge
themselves to save and invest to the
limit allowed by law.
Elmer +. Fales,
Mayor.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05
Alumni To Have Service Flag

The alumni of the Belding high
school are preparing a service flag
for those of their members who are
now in the nations service. The
following are known by the Commit
tee to be in the service:
Glass of '95--Mrs. Clara Hazel
Widdicomb (nurse).
Glass of '01--Lt. Fred Tuck. =
Class Of 03--Capt. Clayton Hop
pough.
Class of 07--Melvin Wagner, Fred
Stanton, Geo. Altenberg.
Class of '08-Leonard Howe.
Glass of '09-Dean Face, Elmer
Grant Weeks, Sidney Washburn.
Class of '10-Ben Petersen.
Glass of '11-Oscar Rummler.
Class Of '12-Robert Reeves, Mar
Class of '13-Jesse Altenburg, Ar
thur Dehn, Sergt. Ernest Menkee,
Elwood Weter. .Nt
Class Of '14-Leo Orser.
Class of '15-Orville Klock, Harry
Holmes, George Menkee, Herbert
Noble. Adeibert Richmond Charles
Class of 1s-wilford Blair. Clay
ton Steele Alvin Davis, Kenneth
Moon, Wells Hall. n
Class of 17--Lester Jersey.
II you, reader, know of any whose
names should appear on the above
list, will you please notify Zee Gus
ser or Mrs. Emma (Luick) Brown at
once, so a star may be placed on the
flag for them.
@ sCommittee.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05

An out of door festival for the Jun
ior Red Cross will be held at Green
vile, June at 6:30 o'clock p. m.
The members of the Junior Red Cross
in their uniforms will assemble on
Lafayette street and escorted by the
band and high school cadets will
march down Lafayette street to the
high school building. A beautiful
float. bearing the dainty dancers in
costume will add to the procession.
The school grounds will be lighted
by the Tower Electric Co. Fancy
dancing in beautiful costumes by
girls of Greenville, Grand Rapids and
this city will be given and cordial
invitation is extended to all. Tickets
for the event can be secured at the
Belding Hat Shoppe from Mrs. Iva
Hull at 20 cents each.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05
GasoIene, Kerosene Prices Fixed

The price of gasolene to the allies
has been fixed by the government as
follows: F. o. B. gulf ports 81 cents
per gallon, Atlantic seaboard 23 1-2
cents, Standard white refined kero-
sene price fixed at 1-2 cents, gulf
ports and 8 Ia cents Atlantic sea-
board. These prices become effec-
tive May 20, for 60 days. While
these are not prices to domestic con-
suEers, it is expected that they will
have stabilizing effect on the do
mestic market.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05
BELONG SCHOOLS
TO CLOSE THE YEAR
MONDAY, JUNE 10
COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES ON
JUNE 10, BACCALAUREATE ON
JUNE L., CLASS PLAY JUNE
Is IN THE OPERA HOUSE.

The Belding city schools will close
the years work on June 10. The
high school commencement exercises
will be on Wednesday evening, June
10. at $3.50 in the opera house. DR..
Alfred w. Wishart of Grand Rap
ids will give the commencement ad-
dress. Other numbers on the pro-
gram will be given by the class.
The baccalaureate services will be
on Thursday evening, June Is in the
opera house with Rev. Father Klich
delivering the address.
The class play will be Tuesday
evening, June Is. The title of this
play is "The Claim Allowed" This
will be given in the opera house and
is well worth seeing.
If all are successful in passing final
examinations the following students
will be graduated:
Frank Brooks
Madge Clemons
Nettie Davis
Martin Davis
Melvina Gardner
Howard Insley
Elma Jacoby
Edward Johnson
Margaret Laux
Velma Little
Selma Little
Glenn Lambertson
Marguerite Malone
Mabel McKiddie
Florence Neveril
Norma O'Dell
Carrie Rhodes
Myrle Soules
Marion Steele
Vivian Steele
Myrtle Treat
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05
Quick Help For Neighbor.

When the neighbors and friends of
Frank Antcliff, teamster living on
the north side, learned that he had
lost one of the horses on his teams
they Immediately got busy and raised
enough money to purchase another
horse to take the place of the one
which had died. Mr.. Antcliff thor
oughly appreciates this kind act on
the part of his neighbors, whose Sa-
maritan spirits are clearly evident.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05
Brought Here For Burial.

The remains of James 2. Stanton,
aged SO, who died from chronic tu-
perculosis at Ann Arbor, Sunday,
June 2, reached this city Monday
night and were taken to the Miller
& Harris Furniture Co. undertaking
rooms where they rested until this
afternoon when they were taken to
the home of his sister, Mrs. A. A.
Norton of Grattan from where the
funeral is being held this afternoon
at o'clock. Burial in Grattan
cemetery. Mr.. Stanton was prac-
tically a life time resident of Graf
tan. He died at the home of sis
ter in Ann Arbor.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05
"Y" Boys Meet.

Earl Richardson's group of the
boys Y. M. G.. A, met at the home
of Albert Stanton, Monday night.
About ten of the boys were presens
ard after the business meeting the
boys went in swimming. 1t is plan
ned on holding he next meeting at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Da-
Wis, Of West Center stree.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05
IxIe Totten Married

Lyle Totten was married in Chica-
go on April 6, to Miss Emily Kap-
riva of that city and they came here
parents before he left for the ma
tional service, which he did last Fri
day night. Mrs. Totten will remain
with her soldier-husband's parents
for an indefinite time.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05

Wild Howe was in the office the
other day and said that if one want
ed to go out and find slackers and
idlers all he would have to do would
be to 90 over to Aubill's Like and
there at most any time Of the day,
he could find lot of persons whose
time could be put in 40 better ad-
vantage by helping the country either
with a gun or a hoe.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05
Thos. Welsh Here on Visit.

Thos. A: Welsh of Hart arrived in
the city Saturday night for an oyer
Welsh also has some property here
yeeted yee Tnc With ms MIS- S' Welsh Was aya was the
clerk e1 % n this city M being & elected ted at the
it first election held n n this MS. city h, after
nected with various enterprises, To-
cally and in other cities throughout
the state and nation and has a great
many friends here who were glad to
see him.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05

makes very fine investment. The
association is az mutual institution
and this is the reason that it is able
to pay such a good rate of interest
to stockholders. Not only does the
association offer a good investment
to its stockholders, but the plan of
requiring stated amount to be de-
posted each month helps the stock
holders to be systematic in their sat-
ings. The secret in saving money is
saving a little each month. The
Belding Building & Loan association
is a splendid institution and it's
monthly payment plan is an ideal
method for saving money.
Celebrated Silver Wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Sagendorf cele-
brated their silver wedding anniver-
sary Friday, May 81. Among the
guests who were present to assist in
celebrating the event were Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. M. Sagendorf and family of
Greenville; Mr.. and Mrs. Z. L.
Kendall, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Sanborn,
Orlo Morse, Geo. Sanborn and wife
and Rev. and Mrs. w. A. Bliss. Mr..
and Mrs. Sagendorf were recipients
Of number Of beautiful and appro-
pirate gifts in memory of the occa-
sion.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05
DIR. Fixes at Lake Odessa.

DR.. M. p. Fixes, who conducted a
religious revival in this city two
years ago. is now engaged in q sim
liar work at Lake Odessa. DIR.
Fixes advance men arranged the
organization at Lake Odessa with
the same care as they did here and
great results are expected.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05

Wells ID. Hall, Alvin Davis and
Lester Jersey, who recently enlisted
at Detroit, are now in training at the
Industrial Training school at VAL
paraiso, Ind. All three of the young
men are from this city and will make
good soldiers in the service Of their
Uncle Sam.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05
FREE CLINICS
HELP TO STAMP
OUT TUBERCULOSIS
STATE FOLLOWS UP WORK OF
FIGHTING WHITE PLAGUE
ONCE HELD IN THIS CITY.

The state of Michigan has found
that the free tuberculosis clinics
which it has been holdingfiuring the
survey which was authorized by the
Legislature several years ago, has
been conducive to the saving of a
great lot of health and the prolonging
of hundreds of lives through impart-
ing to people afflicted with the first
stages of the disease, information as
how to live rightly or getting them
at just the right time to arrest the
disease in its destructive progress of
sapping the afflicted persons health
and eventually causing premature
death.
A number of cities in the state have
joined the free Itubertulosis clinic
movement and are holding clinics
once a week or once in two weeks or
once month, the local physicians CIV
ing their tine to the work with a
view of helping along the anti-tuber-
culosis campaign in their own terri
tory. Detroit and Grand Rapids
have been holding such clinics for a
long time, Grand Rap DIS recently also
appointing a special tuberculosis di-
agnostician. Several other cities
les. Saginaw physicians are now in
culosis clinics a monthly feature with
very satisfactory results. Some 9TH
er cities, some of them much smaller
are following the same line of work.
What a free tuberculosis clinic can
accomplish was illustrated recently
by the experience of such a service
in Flint. There the clinic was be-
gun during the state tuberculosis sur
vey by DR.. ID. ID. Knapp and DIR. w.
HI. Winchester. Weekly meetings
have been held in the courthouse ever
since. In his annual report of health
conditions in Flint DIR. VIM. De-
Kleine. health officer, reported that
during the past year 528 people were
examined in this clinic and that 72
cases of tuberculosis were discovered.
The Michigan Anti-tuberculosis as
sociation po nts out that If all ciies
in the state should establish such a
service it would mean the saving of
hundreds of lives each year. The
case of Flint is merely typical of
what is being done in other places
where free clinics have been estab-
lshed.
At the time the local free clinic
was held here two years ago, quite
a number of people were benefited and
it would undoubtedly be good thing
were another such examination to be
made in this city again.
Notice to /. o. o. +. and Rebekahs.
Memorial services will be held in
the M. 4. church Sunday, June 9, at
10:30 o'clock in the morning. All
members are requested to meet at
the halkat 10 o'clock and parade to
the church. Every member should
make a special effort to come out
After the services at the church we
will go to the cemeteries to decorate
the graves.
BY order of Noble Grand.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05
A. N. Belding Improves.

AIvah N. Belding, donor Of the
new library, who has been confined
to his room at Hotel Belding. is so
far improved that he is able to ride
out around the city again. This
will be good and welcome news to
the many local friends of this grand
old man.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05

Children's day exercises will be
held next Sunday at tie Methodist
church at twelve o'clock noon. The
exercises will be In charge of the
Sunday school. Features of the ex-
ercises will be the baptism of chill
dren by the pastor and the unwilling
of a Photographic honor roll of boys
at the front. This honor roll is the
gift Of the Baraca class.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05

Belding Grange will hold an after.
noon meeting Saturday, June 8. Pro-
gram as follows: 49,
Song.
Reading-Mrs. Emma Geiser.
Discussion, "Is success on the farm
due to location, the farm or the farm
err" Led by Mark H. Brown.
Closing song.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05

The ladies O. st. .Toseph's Catholic
church will ho.l a baked goods sale
at the Miller e. Harris furniture
store, Saturday afternoon, June 8.
from 2 until o'clock. Full line of
good home baked goods for SALE
Adv.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05

held at the Church of Christ Sunday
evening, June 8 at 7:30 o'clock. All
are welcome.
The attendance at the church lis
keeping up in good shape, even
though the congregation is without
pastor and as many people attend
services as when pastor resided
here, remarkable matter, when
quite the contrary could be expected.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05

will run bus to Long Lake,
HethE pavilion, Saturday, June 8
taking passengers for the dance. Bus
will leave from p. M. depot at 7:15
o'clock p. m.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1918-06-05
Loan Stock Natured.

Series No. so, of the Belding Build
ing e. Loan association containing AZ
shares, matured June l, and $4,100
is now being paid out to stockholders.
The stockholders are as follows:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-01-10
BE FIRM" RUSS ADVICE.
Trotsky Gets That COunsel From
TrOOps.

PETRoIRAn, Jan. 9.--.As ths RUSS. II
peace delegates passed along the way to
renew the negotiations with the Ger
mans. the Russian troops in the trenches
near Bres,-L4tovsk urged upon Leon
Trutzky, the Bolshev!k Foreign Minis
ter: BE firm. Don't make a dishonor.
able peace
4 despatch detailing this and other
important facts was received AZ Smolry,
the Bolshev!k headquarters. this after
noon. Tro;zky replied to their urging
I'VE did not overthrow the Car 70 bow
TO German Imperialism"
The tenor OF the despatch Indicated
that the Russians would continue to
insist upon the transfer OF the con-
ference To neutral state IN order to
gain more publicity. which the Russians
consider extremely important
The Rolshevik headquarters II re-
ceivtnC by telegraph the comments OF
the German press. among others that
Of the FrHnkIuricr Ze.tung, which In an
editorial said that Germany should not
hesitate 20 move the conference else
where. as the question OF place was TO
rock on which to break OF this most
important conference.
Peace delegates Of Ukraine conferred
yesterday at Brest-Ltovsk with the
Bolshevik delegates. and reached an
agreement whereby the Russian aufhor,.
ties consent 20 consider Ukraine an
independent factor In making such
terms with tho Germans as ,ts leaders
deem advisable.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-01-10
81 SHIPS WEEKS
T0LL0F U-B0ATS
Admiralty Reports Loss of 10
Merchantmen Of 1000
Tons or Over.
4 FISHING VESSELS Sunk
No Material Increase i'm Sink
ings Reported Since First
of the Year.
l. FISHING VESSELS sunk

LONDON. Jan. ?.-The British Adnii-
rally reports the sinking In the past
week Of eighteen mercha Htmen OF l.6o0
tons or over by mine or submarine, n
Well as three merchantmen undo that
tonnage. -Four fishing vessels also Were
sunk
The Admiralty statement fol,ows:
Arr walls. 2.0S5: sailings, 2,24i.
British merchantmen of over i.6on
tons sunk by mine or submarine. inclui.
ing two previously. eighteen; under
l,Soo tons, including one previously
three.
British merchantmen uusuccessfully
attacked. including two previously
eleven.
British fishing vessels SUNK. four.
The Admiralty report OF January
save the sirkirgs of British mcrrhaut-
men for the current week az twenty-one
eighteen vessels of I 500 tens or over
This was a material increase over the
previous week. when the s,nkirgs mum.
bered twelve, eleven of the vessels more
than 1900 tons. Thus the Increase In
the submarine sinkings has been more
than maintained in the past week. as
they comprised twenty-onc merchantmen
and four fishing vessels.
RoME. Jan. a.--An Official communi.
cation Issued to-day says that two Ital.
fan steamers OF over 800 tons were
sunk during the week ended January
). One vessel was unsuccessfully at
tackled.
PARIS. Jan. 9.-Cne French merchant.
man OF more than 1000 tons was sunk
by mine or submarine In the week ended
January D. None under that tonnag.
was lost. Eight hundred and flfty-sfve
vessels entered and 726 cleared from
French ports Four French merchant
men were attacked unsucceesfulIy