Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-04-13
STATEMENTS

", ABOUT n1t6en years ago, and VINO
had not since been heard from by his
relatives, has been located at Eureka.
Cal Cusicks parents died and he was
sought far and wide that the estate
might be settled. He was finally 10
Gated through Catholic priest at Ar
cata, Cal. Cusick is regarded as &C.
centric and some doubt is expressed
as to whether he will return to assist
in probating the estate.
Ann Arbor-The meeting of the
guild committee of the Baptist
state convention and the trustees
OF the local Baptist church in this
city was held, and while differences of
opinion were admitted by those who
attended, IL Is claimed that none Of
these differences was heated and that
there were no sore spots when the
meeting was over. They unanimously
approved. the resolution to the effect
that the best interests Of the church
and the guild demanded that the work
of both organizations should come
under one head.
Grand Rapids.-Pale with fright
a cut over his left eye, Eugene Epsey
a night clerk In the Palladium hotel
ran into the police station and told a
story of having been held up and
robbed OF $21.65 in the hotel office by
two masked men The young man was
closely questioned by the officers and
as he was forced TO repeat his story
forgot some OF the details He was
finally accused OF stealing the money
and confessed and told where he had
hidden the money.
Muskegon. - Mary MatteO, fif
teen-year-old italian girl, was as
! saulted and seriously injured by Paul
Creazzo, another Italian, of twenty
one years. Miss Matteo was in a gro
Gerry store when Creazzo entered and
started an argument and becoming
angered at some Of the girls replies,
grabbed her and commenced TO choke
her He also pushed her down and
then kicked her In the neck. An Off
Ger was called, but before he arrived
the man fed. Later he gave himself
up.
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an inmate of the Soldiers Home
is on trial in the federal court
here charged with violating the gov
eminent liquor laws. The offehse
with which he is charged is that Of
preparing and selling a tablet, which,
II dissolved, made an intoxicating
drink The contention OF the prose
cutor is that Carmack did a thriving
business In Mecosta county and other
dry" territory last summer
Olivet-One of the largest hor-
ticultural meetings ever held IN
Eaton county was the roundup of
fruit growers here. Representations
OF the fruit growing interests Of
Eaton, Barry and Calhoun counties
were present, and spraying and the
general care of orchards and small
fruits were the chief topics discussed
Grand Rapids.-His leg crushed
by falling log, Henry Eber-
hardt. aged fifty, crawled more than
half mile from the woods to the
highway, where he became uncon-
scious and was found by a passerby
When a physician arrived he found
that the leg had been fractured three
times below the knee.
Cadillac.-Fears are entertained
by Will Corwin OF this city as
TO the safety of his brother, Elasco
Corwin, aged sixty. who has not been
seen or heard from In a month, when
he left for Grand Rapids and Niles.
He hasn't appeared at either place.
Bay City Walter Cooper and
Ignatz Ratczak were found guilty
I'm the circuit court OF highway rob-
berry The two men invited Syrian
woman, who was peddling through the
country, TO ride with them. She ac-
cepted and they took from her $50
in cash and a quantity OF cheap jew
elry.
Ionia. - The Ionia school board
has adopted strong resolutions APP
proving the bill now before the
state legislature putting ban on high
school sororities. The local board
urges the passage OF the bill In the
strongest manner possible.
sonville-Collected gas caused
a range explosion at the home of
Roy Lee The stove had been
filled with soft coal and the fam
lily were in an adjoining room eating
breakfast when the e. Dlosion took
place, which completely demolished a
comparatively new range and blew an
iron kettle through the kitchen roof.
Ann Arbor. - President Hutch
ins Is sending out letter to all
alumni of the University OF Michigan
asking them TO use their influence to
prevent the passage of pending legis-
lation which, he says. would seriously
cripple the university should 1t be
come law. This is the bill by which
the legislature proposes to raise the
tuition fees for students from outside
the state to figure which. President
Hutchins asserts. will be prohibitive
for such students.
Jackson. Mass meetings here
signalize the opening OF the
spring campaign between the ''wets"
and "drys." Judge A. 2. Blair of
Adarpa county Ohio famOus for his