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The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-10-01
Are Organizing Union

A meeting of number Of men in
this city is scheduled to be held in the
old Star theatre building this We'd
nesday night for the purpose of or
ganizing a local carpenters and join
ers union among the workers in the
woodworking establishments of this
city. An crganizor from Detroit is
here and will tell the men all about
the proposition. 1t is stated that
there are about 200 men who have al
ready sfgnified their intention of join
ing the branch. 1t is claimed that
the local union will be affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-10-01
Long Time Resident Dies

The death cf Mrs. Albert L. Spen-
Ger, aged SO years. took place at her
home corner of Washington and Pearl
streets Thursday evening at $3.50
o'clock, following an illness of about
four months duration. Mrs. Spencer
had lived in this community practical
ly all her life, having been born in
Easton township. A sister, Mrs.
Stebbins, died two weeks ago at her
home in Easton township. Funeral
services were conducted at her late
home Sunday afternoon at 2:30, Rev.
w. A Bliss officiating and burial was
in Riverridge cemetery. Her husband
Justice Albert l.. Spencer and a
daughter. Mrs. Ray r. Edwards, Of
Fenwick, survive and they have the
sympathy of the entire community in
their great loss.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-10-01
HOLD TEACHERS
INSTITUTE At
IONA OCT. 81
OF COUNTY To
HEAR LEADING EDUCATORS
IN TWO-DAYS MEETING

According to a notice which we re-
ceived today from County Commits
sioner of schools, j. Calvin Linebaugh,
there will be a teachers institute
held in the central building of the
Ionia High school at Ionia, on Monday
and Tues, Oct. 6 and z at which the
teachers of the county are requested
to be present and attend each session.
The sessions begin each morning at
$50 and the teachers who attend will
not be required to make up foR the
time lost in attending but they will
receive full pay for the time taken up
at the institute.
All Of the county and city teachers
will be interested in the announcement
as a program of excellent merit has
been arranged and speakers of repute
are to be here. Mr.. Limbaugh is in
charge of the arrangements. Miss
Rice will be in charge of the musical
program, and Miss Evans, of Ionia,
will be pianist.
The conductor will be Prof. &c.
iWarriner, president of the state nor
NAL at Mt. Pleasant and an able edu-
Gator who is well known in the county
and well liked.
The instructors will be Prof. w. E.
Henderson, of Ann Arbor, who has
been here before, and Hon. F. b.
Pierson, of Columbus, Ohio, who is
superintendent of public instruction
in Ohio and very prominent in edu-
cational circles in that state.
Owing to the fact that the institute
will be held in Ionia, on Monday and
Tuesday next there will be no school
held in this city or in the schools in
the surrounding districts on those
dave
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-10-01
'AGG|E" PET BEAR
GOES MAD AND
TRIES To KILL MAN
LATTER DEFENDING HIMSELF
WITH AXE SENDS HER TO
HAPPY HUNTING GROUNDS

"Aggie" the big black bear that un-
til very recently always was the center
of attraction for a crowd of people
around her place of residence in Cooks
park, across from the City hall, is no
more, all because of the fact that
from the time that she left this city
which had been her home for several
years, she had been showing a bad
temper and when last week she went
mad and tried to kill Henry Boinett,
of near Carson city, brother of the
man who had purchased her here, he
in some way, while attempting to de-
fend himself, got hold of an axe and
with well directed blow, split Aggie's
head open and sent her to the happy
hunting grounds and there upon held
up both hands and solemnly vowed,
never again to take upon himself the
responsibilities of bringing up any
more bears--whether they belonged
to his brother or not. No stree,
thought Henry, relationship ties might
be strong and binding, but not so
much so that he would ever run such
a big risk again.
Chas. Boinett the chimney sweep
er, who came here and while working
here at his profession" took liking
to Aggie, the bear and after making
a dicker with park custodian Cook,
walked her out of the city and took
her to the home of his mother, near
Long lake, where he expected to keep
her.
According to Mrs. A. Charlton,
Boinett's mother, and Harry Tatem,
a neighbor, who assisted with secur-
ing Aggie in her new home, she ap-
parently did not like the change which
had taken place and gave evidence
of the fact by attempting to put
everyone who came anywhere within
reach of her cut of business. Tatem
says that he helped, but that he was
securely hid behind big tree which
afforded him refuge while he was
helping. Afterward Boinett took the
bear to the home of his brother, Henry
near Carson City and there Aggie got
a crack at him. landing him one on
the side Of the head with her big paw
and he nearly took the count and she
would have made meal off him had
he not regained consciousness and
grabbing an axe, dealt her a blow
which put Aggie out of the world as
geological attraction and saved the
QBoinett family from having to take
time off to attend funeral.
According to Mrs. Charlton, Harry
Tatem and others, there was a sort Of
relieved feeling and general rejoicing
in the neighborhood just as soon as
it became generally known that there
would be no more bear to fear and
people once more took to visiting back
and forth with each other again. Mrs.
Charlton says that she and her three
daughters, Mrs. Mary Churchill, Mrs.
Ella Splitter and Mrs. Ida Reeder, all
offered up silent, fervent prayers as
thanks that their brother had sue
ceeded in killing the bear before the
animal got another chance to land
blow on him.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-10-01
They Hunted Too Early

Finding a game bag in the woods
near Westphalia and hearing shots
not far away, Deputy Game Warden
George Fisherman. sat down and rest
ed until the nihrods returned. When
they came back they had four fox
squirrels, and inasmuch as the squir-
rel hunting season has not yet opened
the warden took the men into st.
johns before a justice. They were
Alloys and Herbert Droste, residing
in Clinton county just over the line,
and they were fined $15 and $545
costs each and their guns were con-
fscated by the game warden. An
expensive expedition but one which
will serve to warn others not to hunt
protected game out Of season.-Sen-
tinel.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-10-01
Local Bows Are Good Judges

The final results of the High school
stock contest at the West Michigan
State fair are as follows:
Ray Barritt, of Kent City won first
place with a score of 693 out of a
possible 800 and received a gold me-
dal; Harold Cooper. of Belding, won
second place, with a score Of 675 and
received silver medal; Paul Witten-
bach, of Loyell, won third place with
a total of 631 points and received a
bronze medal; Alburtle Harris of Bel
ding, took eighth place, William Gan
non, of Belding, won 21st place and
Russell Curtis, Of Belding, wen 35th
n1ace
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-10-01
Hospital Dance

We very near forgot all about it
but the ladies of the hispital board
but the ladies of the hospital board
are going to give their benefit dance
in the opera house, Wednesday night
October 8. There is no use talking
the ladies ought to have your sup
port in the way of buying a ticket
so get busy and get your ticket, your
wife or sweetheart and turn out and
be a good fellow and help the hospi-
tai ladies make some clear money
with big dance.
See their ad on page ten.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-10-01
Suffered Paralytic Stroke

Mrs. Almira Face, who had been
spending a few days with relatives
at Orleans, suffered a stroke of pa
ralysis which left her unable to speak.
Her son, Mr.. Arba Face brought her
to her home at Mr.. Walter Knights
on Friday afternoon. DR.. Harrison
was called and Mrs. Face was made
as comfortable as possible.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-10-01
Look Up ID. A. Doyle's Adv.

In the auction advertisement of ID.
A. Doyle on page seven of this issue
the terms should read as follows: One
years time will be given on all notes
bearing seven per cent, with good
approved security. The above was
sent in after the advertisement had
been run and we are therefore bring
ing it to the attention Of our readers
in this way.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-10-01

Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Kingsbury en-
tertained company, Sunday: Mr.. and
Mrs. Dell Yea and Mr.. and Mrs. Dee
Yaw and Lynn Yaw, of Sheridan and
Mrs. Viola Wright came home with
them where she has been visiting for
the past three weeks at her old home
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-10-01
Notice tn Taxnavars

The council has extended the time
for the collection of taxes 80 days.
l will be in the Office on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays and also on
pay nights for the collection of taxes
during the balance of the term. No
taxes will be collected after October
z, as the returns will be made at that
time.
1873 ]. B. Essex. City Theas.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-10-01

The Long lake Aid will meet with
Mrs. Bert Tooley, October o. Every
one cordially invited.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-10-01

Will Cowles, Of Smyrna, was in the
city Monday enroute to Ionia where
he had some business to atterd to.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-10-01

Mrs. Mary Wakefield and two chill
dren of Petoskey, are visiting at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Seelye.
The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1919-10-01

]. B. Essex, City Theas.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-15
SUSPECT FACES
FINGER PRINTS
ON SAFE DOOR
Man Held For Robbery Says
He Found Candy in
Alley

The Bertillon finger print system
is expected to play n large part in
determining the guilt or innocence
of William Knisely, aged "a, arrest
ed at a Washington street rooming
house by George Shuler. city detec-
tive, on the charge of breaking into
the wholesale confectionery estab-
lishment of y. Friedberg, 1875 South
Second street, and rifling the safe
for fifteen gold watches valued at
$500. besides taking q number of
boxes of candy.
Knisely was arrested through the
story of the robbery as recounted
in the newspapers, which declared
that the candy was missing. The
proprietor of the clearinghouse in
which he had been staying for only
two days, saw a quantity of candy
in his room, informed the police and
the arrest was made.
Knisely admitted hiding the candy
at the rear of 304 River street, but
said he had previously found it, He
denied breaking into the store. De-
tective Shuler has developed some
finger prints on pieces of the glass
broken out of the door of the store,
through which entrance was gained
and hopes to prove the guilt of his
prisoner with them.
According to the police, the pa
trolman on duty in Market Square
saw Knisely a few minutes before
the door of the Pfack jewe1ry store,
23 South Second street, was broken
in, and has identified him as the
same man.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-15
WARNS ENTENTE
AGAINST UNJUST
TERMS OF PEACE
BY Associated Press

Weimar, Feb. Is. - Philipp
Scheidemann, the Chancellor in
the new German government.
showed himself able to handle
conflicting demonstrations in the
new National Assembly with no
sign of being intimidated by the
widest opposition. No speaker
since the meeting of the Nation
al Assembly was opened has been
so outspoken toward his oppon-
ents. One of the incidents of his
speech was his reference 10 Aus
triG's desire to join Germany. He
saiu!
We desire no reluctant ad-
herents, and by the same token
nobody wishing to join us should
be prevented" There was almost
a threat in his warning: The
Entente is able to force any kind
of peace on Germany. but if II is
an unjust peace, seventy million
people in their hearts will never
forgive or forget
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-15
Market Nearly Glutted With
Oversupply, According
10 Retailers
DEMAND IS LESSENED
Tons of SKINNED Milk Is
Poured in Sewers by
Manufacturers
AFFECTS BUTTER COSTS
Reduction in Charge Would
Mean Greater Consump-
ton by Public

Milk prices in Harrisburg are due
to take Il tumble soon as q result of
the first surplus of milk in Harris
burg for several years, milk dealers
believe. Producers are receiving
continually growing quantities of
milk from their cows for shipment
here and the product is now becom-
ing a glut on the market, they say.
Just how soon drop in the prices
may be anticipated it cannot he said,
but city dealers feel certain that a
reduction may be expected within a
short time. Altoona is preparing for
lowered prices before the end of this
month and it is an accepted rule
that Harrisburg milk prices tumble
much earlier than they do in the
Mountain City, one dealer told to-
day.
Demand Is Less
The greatly lessened demand for
condensed milk is held to be respon-
sible for some of the surplus among
milk dealers Eli n. Hershey. of
the Hershey Creamery Company re-
ports that there is but slight de-
mand for this product at this time,
either for domestic or foreign
trade. Much skim milk has been
utilized here for such manufacture,
but with the falling off of the de-
mand, one dealer is said to be daily
running five tons of skim milk down
the sewers.
The lowered prices. it is believed,
will do much to eliminate the sur
plus product, for with milk retail
ing at thirteen and fourteen cents
per quart, the amount consumed in
Harrisburg and the surrounding
territory, has been greatly reduced
Butter, too, will likely be affected
by the milk surplus. A1reads
starting to fall in price, other big
declines may be expected soon, was
the belief to-day. With present
prices prevailing, consumers are
using the substitutes, and not until
still further lowered prices come csn
the amount consumed be expected to
be increased, dealers affirm.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-15
Wife of New President Is Ac-
cuStomed TO Performing
Her Household Duties
NOW LIVES IN PALACE
Shift From Splendor of the
Hohenzollern Dynasty
Worries Some
PROTEST AGAINST SHOW
Only Daughter of Chief Ex-
ecutive Recently Clerked
in Berlin Shops

Berlin, Feb. 15.-The mistress OF
the German presidential residence is
a comely slender "hausfrau," who
up to the present has always attend
ed to her own household duties,
done the family cooking and has
even been her own dressmaker.
Frau Luise Ebert. wife of the pres
ident of the new German republic.
was born forty-tive years ago in a
workingman's home in Bremen. She
views her new social environment
with resignation.
II know we must be prepared for
attacks from the right and the left"
she said to-day in discussing the
new position in which the Ebert
family finds itself. ''Those coming
from the left probably will be the
worst. They will charge us with at
tempting to extricate ourselves from
CONTINUED on Page IL
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-15
WAVE OF CRIME
HAS BIG CITY'S
POLICE ACTIVE
Four Holdups and Two Bur-
glaries in Gotham Added
TO Felonies
By Associated Press.

New York, Feb. 15.-Four holdups
and two safe burglaries were added
to-day to the growing list of crimes
which have kept the police of this
city busy recently. Following upon
the daylight robbery of the United
States Shipping Board paymaster
yesterday of $4,000 and the raid of
two robbers on a Madison avenue
Jewelry store. a Brooklyn drug
store and a saloon were held up by
robbers during the early morning
hours to-day and several hundred
dollars in cash taken.
Two pedestrians We're beaten AMI
robbed.
Burglars also operated during the
night below the famous Fulton street
"deadline for crooks and slnngied
the front door of Broadway tobac-
coEist, robbing his cash register.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-15
BRETZ RESIGNS
DRECTORSHIP IN
SCHOOL BOARD
Former Vice President Sewers
His Last Connection in
Public Life

Harry NJ. Bretz. disbarred attor-
ney, now serving a sentence in the
county Jail on a charge of embezzle-
ment, has resigned as a city school
director. The resignation. dated
February IL. was received this
morning by Secretary d. ID. Hammel-
baugh. 1t reads:
Il herewith tender my resigna-
tion as a member of the Board of
Directors of the Harrisburg school
district, effective at once"
The resignation will be submitted
at the Board meeting next Friday
afternoon for action. A successor
may be named at that time. Mr..
Bretz during much of the time that
he was under bail for court trial
attended practically every School
Board meeting or other sessions in
which directors were present. Un-
til December, at the annual election
OF Officers, he was vice-president of
thA Board
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-15
WHISKY PILLS
ON BOOTLEGGERS
PUZZLE POLICE
\ Pellet. a Bottle and Water
Only Needs Says Ener-
getic Salesman

Internal revenue officials and
heads OF the local police department
are very much perturbed to-day
over the question involved in the
sale of '"whisky" and "'beer" tab
let's. The problem is whether the
sale of such tablets is controlled by
the internal revenue laws, the
Brooks high license measure, or 9TH
er legislative enactments whose pur-
pose is to control the sale of alco-
holic beverages.
"a pill is not a beverage" says the
energetic salesman who handled a
few here this week Ito see how
they'd CO." But booze is booze"
say the authorities.
With prohibition promised the
country on July 1, the question is OF
considerable weight and the decision
as to the control of the sale prom
ises to have important bearing on
the happiness of many Harrisburg
ers. Ii the sale is permitted, Har-
risburgers may experience little real
hardship by what is a threatening
menace" to many of them, according
TO some of their effusive outbursts
on the matter.
AS explained by the promoter OF
the sales of these little "joy-givers,' u
the substitute will produce a quite
satisfactory feeling" The sales
man put one of his pellets in a bot
tie, corked it up and shook it we'll.
Whatever the result was, it looked
and tasted like a miserable grade OF
poor whisky.
The beer. tablet is an old one and
was extensively advertised before the
Government stopped them. Local
revenue men are of the opinion that
their sale will be prohibited by laws
with teeth in them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-15
SEEK MILLION OF
DOLLARS TO AID
STATE MOTHERS
Much Legislation Proposed at
Closing Session of the
Welfare Conference

Proposed legislation providing a
Mothers Assistance Fund of $1,000
600 was endorsed by speakers at a
morning session of the State Confer
ence on Social Welfare held in the
Penn-Harris Hotel this morning. 1t
is proposed to introduce a bill to this
effect in the State Legislature. 1t
will provide a fund for the aid of
mothers who have dependent chill
dren on their hands and who need
assistance because their husbands
have died in the influenza epidemic
and at other times.
Cheny c. Jones. director of the
Pennsylvania Division. American
Red Cross, was the chairman of the
meeting. He spoke on Home Serv-I
ice Practice" Miss Mary +. Bogue.
state supervisor of the Mothers AS
sistance Fund, Harrisburg, spoke
John Yates, general secretary of the
ZContlnue1 on PAGE 81
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-15
Greet Mrs. Roosevelt
on Arrival in France

Havrc, Feb. 15.-Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt arrived here yesterday on
the French steamer La Lorraine. She
was met by Lieutenant Verdier, of
the stag of Andre Tardieu, French
high commissioner to the United
States, who placed at her disposal
on behalf of the French government
all civil and military facilities for
visiting the grave of her son, Lieu
tenant Quentin Roosevelt.
After visiting the grave, Mrs.
Roosevelt will go to Italy to visit her
sister, Miss Emily Carew. Mrs.
Roosevelt was quite tired after a
stormy voyage.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-15
SUMAKO, JAPAN'S
GREAT ACTRESS,
TAKES HER LIFE
BY Associated Press

Toxic, Feb. ia sensation
was created in Toxic when it be-
came known that Sumako. who
had been regarded as Japan's
greatest actress, had committed
suicide on the last day of the
new year holidays. The day and
hour of her death marked exact
~ two months from the death of
professor Shimamura, of Waseda
University, who had given up all
his wife, children. friends and
his chair in the university-for
love of the brilliant actress.
Sumako had appeared as US
ual the night before at the Yura-
kuza Theater. 1t is said she
hanged herself with scarlet silk
sash.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-15
Baker Says Best Minds
Wrestle With Question
Of Yanks in Russia

Washington, Feb. 15.-Detroit cit
izens. headed by Representative Dor
emus of Michigan. who appealed to
Secretary Baker today to withdraw
American troops rrom Nortueru Rus
STA, were told that the best military
minds Were dealing with the aues-
tion of reinforcing the expedition, if
EsCc.sary. that there was no dancer
of the force being cut off from relief.
and that the question of withdrawal
could be worked out only in agree
men with the associated powers.