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The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-03-05
CLAIMS THE DRAIN
! COMMISSIONER PADS
EXPENSE ACCOUNTS
SUPERVISORS WILL ASK GOV
SLEEPER TO REMOVE IONA
MAN FOR ALLEGED GRAFT.

Supervisor w. B. Travis, of the
Second ward, returned home from
Ionia Friday evening, where.he had
been as one of the committee OF
three. which the board at recent
meeting had appointed as special
committee to investigate the affairs
in the office of County Drain Com
missioner Henry p Snyder, whose
expense bills and other affairs con-
nected with his office have been CT
such nature that suspicion that the
officer might be grating arose in
the minds of the county legislators
and they decided that the best thing
to do was to call the official on the
carpet and see what he had to say.
When Mr.. Snyder first appeared
before the board he answered few
questions SO it is claimed and then
refused to answer further until he
had an attorney with him. At the
hearing which he was given. Friday
afternoon he fairly knocked the wind
right out of the committee when ne
appeared with VIM. Smith, a famous
attorney from over in Gratiot county
and Snyder and his attorney refused
to answer any of the questions which
the committee might ask them.
Hisxrefusal to testify or in any way
aid the committee to determine the
exact nature of his accounts has con-
WINGED them that Mr.. Snyder is not
and has not been a competent official
and they will prefer formal charges
asking his removal from office. When
Prosecuting Attorney j. Clyde Watt,
whoc onducted the committee examin-
alton for the county, was asked con-
corning the case, he gave the follow
ing statement for publication:
"At the January session of the
board of supervisors, a committee
composed of Supervisors Travis
Goodwin and Stout was appointed fol-
the purpose of investigating the ex.
pense account and other transactions
in connection with the office of the
drain commissioner for a period OF
two years past.
"This committee held several meet.
ings and made careful investigation
and finally in fairness to Mr.. Snyder
requested he appear before the com.
mittee Feb. FL and make any explain.
aticn that he desired in relation &c
VARIOUS lJefnS III COflflecIlOn WIFI nlt
expense account and in connection
with certain other transactions per
tanning to the performance Of his du
ties as drain commissioner. Thi:
was merely an informal meeting anC
at this time Mr.. SNYDER expressed {
desire that he should be represented
by an attorney and the committe,
granted him that request and and ad
iourned the informal hearing unit
Feb. %.
"At that time Mr.. Snyder appeared
before the committee with a St
Johns attorney and through his attor
ney announced hat hew ould refus'
to answer any questions propoundeC
by the prosecutor OF the committe,
pertaining to his expense account ant
would stand upon his constitutions
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-03-05

I've wanted to tell you also how
glad / am that ! was with your broth
er "Tubby" as / knew him, for as long
as / was. There was no one more
happy to see him get his commission
than / was and he deserved it. He
worked like the devil, when he did
not have 10 and could have avoided
it. But "Tubby" was in for Uncle
Sam and he worked like "hell" all the
time, and mostly it was not because
he loved his C. o. either. Tubby is
'all there" and l swear by him. You
get to know a man pretty well when
you are under the conditions we were,
and he came through like the ace he
is. And also there is one officer who
received a "Croix de Guerre" for a
little party we were in ON May 70,
and he did not do half as much or
deserve the medal half as much as
YOUR brother. He's a trump, that
boy, any time or any way you play
him, and I am glad I've been with
him as much as / have. And he's a
walking circus, that boy, he used to
keep us going all of the time. / wish
we had not been separated, worse
luck.
! Give nv verv best regards to all
your family. Heaven knows when /
, will get across the water. They
need our crops pretty badly yet.
!, Most sincerely,
! King Sturgis.
1t. E. X. Sturgis,
I Motor Reserve Park, A. P. o. 762,
A. E. f.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-03-05
SAYS LOCAL BOY
is TRAVELLING CIRCUS

Mayor and Mrs. Elmer Z. Fales
are in receipt of the following letter
which their son Palmer Fales got
from an acquaintance of his who was
with the United States forces over
seas and who happened to meet with
Hugo Fales. The letter tells what
the writer thought of the local man
and of course, if there was any fun To
be had in France or any other place
where Hugo was, he would find his
share of it.
Dear Mr.. Fales:
Your letter of Jan. / reached me
today and was very glad to have
word from YOU. Thanks for your
holiday greetings, they are just as
welcome now as if they had come
earlier, anything from our friends
across the water is treat.
/ have been thinking of writing you
for long time. l have wanted to
thank you for all that you did to help
send me over here and l shall not
soon forget it. / am mighty glad
came and think perhaps l would do
precisely the same thing again.
have seen lot, experienced good
deal and, / hope, developed little.
| think chap could hardly go
through it without having something
good come out Of it.
am rightly thankful to have come
through with good health for there
are large numbers who have lost out,
not from wounds but from exposure,
disease and subsequent illness. l
have not been seriously i'll at all, fer
Sunately and am glad of it and thank
full for it. 1t is sheer good luck, as
l have said to others often, anyone
who goes through the mill and comes
out whole and healthy is purely lucky
that's all, and have been very lucky.
And I hand it to the "doughboy."
| will sit back and watch him to come
ahead of me, even though l came over
here before he DID and not kick. l
know the life we'll enough to know
that the life OF the infantry is "hell'',
pure and unadulterated and I'll let
him go home first with content if
Uncle Sam sees fit to work it that
way. i would have been in the
trenches myself if l could have gotten
there, but as know war, the dough-
boy had done his bit with vengeance.
He can have the palms and the glory,
he deserves it.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-03-05
ADDITIONAL LOCALS

w. c. Spicer and Len Weeks went
to Grand Rapids on business, Friday.
Mrs. II. j. Connell on tie daugh-
ter were PASSENGERS for Grand Rap
ids Friday morning.
Ford Densmcre and wife of Flint
returned to their futureh ONE there,
Friday morning after having visited
for time at the home of the formers
aunt, Mrs. E. /. Arnold. Mrs. Dens-
more is a Canadian war veteran and
saw much service.
Mrs. M. j. Skelcher, who has been
working at Hotel Belding, was taken
sick some time ago and is now at her
home where her friends may find her,
on the road to recovery. Mrs. Skel-
cher has always acted as a sort of an
angel CT mercy to other sick people
and her friends will undoubtedly do
the same with her.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-03-05

DR.. I. S. Morris, of North Wood
ward church, Detroit, and well known
to Michigan Methodists. who was call
ed into the service of Uncle Sam some
months ago, has returned home, after
most interesting experiences in charge
of large hospital at Port Newark,
N. j. There being no chaplain there,
DR.. Morris organized big Bible cless
among the men, which was very pcpu-
lar.
For Sale-Hay, straw, grain, corn,
all kinds of feed and flour at retail
prices. p. H. Maloney & Co.-Adv.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-03-05

Chas. Friedman of the Great Lakes
training camp has been released from
service and is now at home with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Abe Friedman.
Try the great blood tonic, Nux and
Iron, SOC, at Connell's-Adv.
Church of Christ reports for Febru-
airy a good congregation for Sunday
worship and an average attendance
at Bible school of 80 plus and offer
ings of $500 per Sunday. c. E.
.-ne and an inspiration to pastor and
church.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-03-05

Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Spicer and son
Kenneth left here Monday morning
after spending few days at the
home Of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. C. Spleen and Mrs. Carrie Stahl
and with other relatives on western
trip which will take them first down
to New Orleans, then west through
the southern states to the coast.
They will spend several months in Wis
tim and sightseeing in western cit
les before they return. i
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-03-05

FOR SALE-On contract. house at
222 Front street, $1,000 down ana
$1,000 per north. L. +. hyser,
435 Brainard Ave-, Grand Rapids,
Mich. 5o-z4-ti
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-03-05

FOR SALEI--Ah my tools, horses,
wagons, sleighs, chickens, two cows,
hog and part of my household fur
niture, also other things around the
farm. For particulars inquire of
Geo. Farthing, r. r. 1, or phone
269 lips. 24-41-4
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-03-05

FOR RENT-Rooms for light house
keeping. Inquire of Banner-News
Office. 11-40-1
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-03-05

LOST-Small black purse containing
50 or $40 somewhere on Main street.
Finder please return to Banner
News office. 15-40-l
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-03-05

FOR SALE-30 acres Of land east OF
Stanwood; will trade for house and
lot in town. Inquire at Banner.
News office. 10-40-1
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-03-05

FOUND-The best place in Bel
ding to get a good shoe shine. Elec-
tric Shoe Shop, 120 s. Bridge st.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-13
Rooms and Board

ROOM and board one block from
Brill car line. 514 North Ninth street.
One room suitable for man and wife.
Phone 1854 DIN
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-13

LOST-Between Tempe and Mesa.
one roll of 4-inch belt and one pinion
gear. Finder will be paid suitable
reward. Notify Fred C. Weekes, Mesa,
or McCalls Cotton and Oil Co., Phoe-
nix. blk
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-13
Wanted-Help, Female

WANTED = Experienced, chamber
maid. Hotel Reading, 1875 n. First Ave
Phone 1915. blk
ENROLL AT the Gregg Shorthand
school for a course in shorthand and
typewriting. Positions guaranteed to
graduates. Blk
WANTED-Girl to work at Woods
Candy Kitchen. 144 E. Washington
street. Big
WANTED-Girl for light housework.
Telephone $500. 1901 \. End St Big
WANTED = Two maids. Phone
1857. BIN
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-13
Wanted-Help, Male

A LIVE agent to take over agency
for automobile accessories. Box 7SX
Republican. big
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-13

ONE bank book and folder contain
ing a note, lost on East Washington
street or Henshaw road or Asylum
road. Return to s45 North Second
avenue and receive reward. blk
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-13

LOST-One brindle COW, mixed with
Holstein and Jersey. Strayed from INV
farm Friday evening, Twenty first
avenue and Buckeye road. Reward.
Phone 4549. Blk
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-13
Wanted-Help, Male and
Female

WANTED-A family to pick cotton;
screen tent house furnished; cents
per pound. Winter job for the right
party. Joe Clayton, Laveen P. o. Box
SO, be
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-13
Wanted-Help, Female

WANTED-Woman for housework;
family of three; no children, no wash
ing or ironing. C. B. Grigsby, Mesa,
Phone 1853. bp
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-13
For Sale-Fruits and
Produce
For Rent-Houses

FOR RENT-Shack with room free
for car. Just vacated this morning.
Good place for two or three men with
camp outfit. II parties that called yes
terday win call today they can rent
same. $40 South Central. Big
FOR RENT OR SALE-Six-room
double brick house. Rent s35. Sale
$2.750; $3.50 cash, $35 month.
ask"
YOUNG with FRANK f. BELLAMY
1and Monihon Bldg. Big
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-10-13
Wanted Miscellaneous

WANTED-Windmil pumps and
gas engines to repair. VIM. Anglen.
Phone ~ II
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

which the two were caught in the rain It
was so successful that the Hasty Pudding
promptly decided TO produce nothing but
original musical comedies and set up a
policy which has been followed ever since.
IIanclng down the roster of the following
years viii afford an occasional chuck1e. as
tor example, ones eye picks out Thomas
Mott Osborne, Of Auburn, Sing Sing and
Portsmouth, playing Helen of Troy; or the
philosopher, George Santayana, al tadv
Elfrida in "Robin Hood"; or j. p. Morgan
as business manager. During the carly '9Os
the unusual talent Of Jacob Wendell. ir.. or
Jack Wendell, az he was known and ad
m'rcd, was the guiding spirit Of the clubs
chorts, talent which made definite and
cnVable place for him on the professional
stage until he died. Occasionallv the club
okcd out the evening with music Nicholaa
Long"orth gave Il violin solo one night in
1880. Regis Post, later Governor of Porto
kIco, wrote 81 play and acted its leading
role, and on the same bill, in an operctta bv
Benjamin Apthorp Gould, ir, Thomas w
Lamont now partner in j. P. MORGAN g.
Co., was chorus girl. Alexander NJ. White
recent special Deputy Police Commits
sloner of New York, in charge of the Home
Defence League, wrote the '92 Pudding plav.
called "The Old Bedstead' and acted in it
so that it might be PLAYED correctly.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

evening paper with which Henri had
gloomly provided me. 1t was a single
sheet, local affair, chroniclng the vio-
lent happenings in the lives of the peo-
pie of Arde and the surrounding country
side Tonight it was full of the mvs-
terious disappearance Of the Mayor of
Arde and alarmed conjccturcs as to
the reason. | found the paper de-
pressing and abandoned the plan of
reading it.
| felt my fellow passenger study me
with curiosity that furiously resented,
but I did not dare betray my annoy
ance. | tried to look out of the window.
but dense blackness pressed against the
pane, and gave it up as a useless pose
decided to get out at the next stop
knew it to be a hamlet, but doubt
less there would be some sort of auberge.
kept by honest folk. But before we had
reached the place the storm broke, and.
without warning, the rain burst on US in
thunderous torrents, slithering in sheets
across the windowglass The man
grinned at me, and remarked that the
weather had spoiled. I took stern grip
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
By P. M. Hollister

4 %OLDlER shows a-plenty have stormed
~M the krcmhidc line of a New York
4 u audience since we entered the war;
ono such has appeared with some
success since VIC finished the war; all have
furnished a refreshing snap and vigor and
no little professional talent, but it has re-
NAMED for the lIasty Pudding Club, of
Harvard, to offer a purely amateur musical
comedy Of which the entire cast has seen
service.
"CroWns and Clowns" ia its name. Tho
play VIII be given at a matinee and evening
performance at the Hotel Astor on April
~. or the principals, five we're Junior
Hcutcnants in the navy, three licutcnants
OF artillery, two members Of the marines
one an army aviator, one an infantry lieu
tenant one of the chorus girls has brought
down his German plane, and another has
been prisoner in five different German
camps And so, with the resumption OF
theatrcas which the war interrupted in
l9l7 just when the spring "show" was
ready Tor It's overture, the Pudding has
added one more bright list of names to
those llustrious others which have figured
IN the antics of the club for more than 100
years.
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13

on myself, assuring myself that my sense
of vague uneasiness was due to the
night, and that it was far wiser to con-
tlnue on my way than to descend at an
unknown village, late at night, in a flood
of rain.
| thought that we would not stop at
the village unless signalled but cvi-
IDENTIFY the train was tagged, for we
slowed down. l could see nothing from
the window, not even the light of sta
ton. Suddenly the door at the other side
of the compartment opened and four
men entered. The fourth among them
was absolutely drunk, so that his three
comrades hauled and pushed him into the
compartment, propping him heavily in
corner, his hat low over his face. ]
looked at the others and started in
alarm. Two were heavy and huge and
brutal. and the third had sharpencd
rats face; the expressions of all three
were nmned with deep and vrulent
malgnancy that struck cold terror to nv
heart. They showed no signs of drink,
but were alert and quick of movement.
It came over me that the behavior of
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Still the
Talent Continues

NO less an lmpresario than Winthrop
Ames wrote the play of 1895, "Proserpina.
and drew the poster for it, Daniel GREGORY
Mason wrote the music and Arthur Stan
wood Pier was the business manager-no
Job for an author. The next year the lead
ing lady and the artist who painted the
poster for the play were one and the same.
and the same was Edward G. Knoblock.
author of "kismet,' Tiger. Tiger,p and
numerous other successes. GUY Scull.
Deputy Police Commissioner under Arthur
Woods, played Professor G. A. Tartlett. a
Bird, in the skit of 1897 Henry Woodruff,
VINO later became professional matinee
idol of considerable musical comedy fame,
led the cast of the next piece
In the last ten or fifteen years there
seems to have been no perceptlble slacken-
ing OF the potential talent Of the authors
and actors Of "Pudding shows" The 1903
piece was written by Richard Washburn
Child and the music for it composed by Dr.
f. Morris Class. now song composer of
some prominence. Vinton Freedley, the
heroine" of the 1913 and 1914 plays and
composer of the music for the latter pro-
duction, is now on the professional stage in
"Come-On Charey' and has appeared in
several other New York plays and Edward
Streeter, who wrote the book and lyrics of
the 1914 play, is known from San Francisco
to the Rhine as the author of the immortal
Deere Mable."
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Ordeal of
Water

This ordeal of water has drowned AZ. -.
Mikes and Petes. They tasted the steam,,
fragrant coffee, the thick, filing SCUM ~;
the newly baked bread, and with th,s
tastes heavy upon them went to bath. !,
the free baths in Eleventh Street hetw...
Avenues A and B. They suffered
On Monday Mr.. Ledoux announced IN,
the last of the Bowcry regulars had clos.
his nostrils to the aromatic eloquence Of al
food. The breadline, he said, was comoos,
of SIS per cent former war workers mill
tary and civil, and Is per cent other wo,.l
ers, most of them displaced by returni,l
soldiers. Of the discharged soldiers in NJ
line 70 per cent were men from ont Of tor
who had first viewed the city through J
screen of dollars, their last months al
transportation pay, and had seen Broadvr
which had changed to the Bowery when nj
screen was spent away.
The baths are taken each evening luz.
after supper time. An anonymous subscrhI
er provides the five cents for the towels Al
soap for each man. Mr. Ledoux leads II
breadliners from 203 East Ninth Street i
the baths in squads of fifty. With u
clothes each man receives a sljp of payf
emitting him to nights lodging and thru
meals on the following day. The quarteud
203 East Ninth Street include fair{
spacious store, partitioned into dinrE
room and kitchen. The men sleep on all
under the benches, on the ancient piano, aI
tables, the floor and every other surissI
available for sleeping purposes. On the ri
cent few balmy evenings the benches n
Cooper Square Park relieved the congesisE
within the mission. The chapel OF u
Marks-in the -Bouwcrc is thrown open Il
sleeping quarters for some Of the men.
a breakfast of porridge and cofes e
served, after which the men, gathered I
groups, scan the advertising columns Of isE
morning papers. Scouts arc dispatched 4
establishments requesting 3 large numb'l
Of men. One scout obtained positions ~
l5o men last week on repair work 10
cemetery
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Survival of
The Fiffesf

new bird is like glimpse OF the prom
lsed land to the mariner-you feel that Won
are IN new world, a part of one that has
been closed because you have thought it
existed only in the far-away places. There's
new world right here at your door. along
the old paths that lead you to your daily
work IN an office, in the centre of the will
derness of tall buildings that cut Off our
visions of the sky and make us FORGET that
there are clear horizons unobstructcd bv
the thought Of barter and the eternal struc-
gle OF our narrow city ways. We get
glimpse of nature and better realize that
we are but part of the universal life The
struggle for existence, the relentless law
OF life is everywhere the same The nocts
talk OF the carefrcc life of tho birds. but
IN reality their existence is beset with dan
ger from their birth TO the end Thousands
perish in the spring and fall nigrations
and thousands die from exposure, and many
are prcyed upon by their own kind. re-.
Gently saw hawk kill and tear a pigeon
TO pieces on n church spirc al Fortv-eighth
Street and Fifth Avcnue Modern nature
writer's in making us think Of the birds
ana animals in human terms, to know them
M they really live, have benefited both
the 'birds and humans One Of the INNS,
delighuni chapters Colonel Roosevelt over
wfote "aa the account Of the birds and it,
TIC animals about his home at Oyster Bay,
New-York tribune., 1919-04-13
Pudding Actors on
The American Stage

Inc carly plays were frequently repeated,
rs there was no great amount Of available
material. But in 1855 there was music for
"Tom Thumb" and this opened new ave-
nues OF entertainment. The club oc-
casionaly wandered into the realms of
opera, and in 1870 gave "a captaI bur
lcsque Of Don Giovanni" by Henry Cabot
Lodge, who is now trying to make a capi-
'"l burlcsquc Of the league Of nations
lhc programmes of those remote days
arc fully as interesting as the walls Of
Brownies or kccn's. o. w. Holmes r
played Sergeant Dammc in "Thc Lady Of
the Lions" He is better known TODAY as
Mr. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Of the
United States Supreme Court Mr.. +. G.
Peabody played Cassie in "Othello the
Moore which was not written by Shake
spearc. This gentleman in the course of
time became Plummer Professor Of Chris
tian Morals at Harvard, and created a
slzable tempest of laughter a generation
later when, in moment of fear lest his
sons might bit Of doggerel which he
had written into one of the clubs archives.
ne removed the volume from its safekeep-
ing and then removed the offending page
from the volume. 1t got into the papers.
and Professor Francis Grecnough Peabody
was the chief topic of Boston's tea time
conversation for days
The Hon. Hamilton Fish appears in
an 1872 programme as property man. and
on the same bill the name of "Miss Roberta
uraht' otherwise Judge Robert Grant, of
boston. Francis X. Appleton, now the
president of the Harvard Club of New
YORK. bore the responsibilities of stage
manager OF rs performance. Barrett
Wendell whose name figures as ioviallv
IN Harvard anecdote as it does in the
'eachlng OF English, played in 1876 the
role OF Pontlcopp in "a Beach Of Promise" :"
IN the extravaganza Lord Bateman,"
which was given by the class of 80,
Robert Bacon, former Ambassador to
France. played the name part The next
year William Roscoe Thayer was stage
manager of cast which included Curtis
Guild. jr., the late Governor of Massachu
setts and Ambassador to Russia
Then came red-letter year. 1882 when
Owen Wister wrote and set to music q w.
vised version of "The Ened" called "Dido
md Eneas,' in which L. II. Pcndleton. of
Cincinnati, played Dido and the late Evert
Jansen Wendell the Pous Eneas; in which.
too. an umbrella served as the cave in