The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-11-30
STATE
HAPPENINGS

Bay City.-"Girls, whether wait
resses or patrons, must not be al
lowed to smoke cigarettes" Is the
latest police order, issued at the di.
rection Of Mayor Woodruff. The
mayor has issued order after order
since he put his foot on the gambling
proposition, and every complaint made
regarding any improper behavior in
saloons, all-night eating places, etc.,
tice to put an end to the cause OF the
complaint. Mayor Woodruff is permit
ted to take charge Of the police force
under the charter, and while he has
made no formal declaration suppressed
ing Superintendent Murphy by him
self, he is practically the head OF the
department. The mayor says he will
secure enforcement Of every order he
gives or make it decidedly warm for
the police.
Escanaba.--Lostf for more than
twelve hours in the recent biz
card, five Nahma boys, eight to twelve
years of age, were found after the
mill of the Rawdenoc Lumber COM
pany had been shut down and the en-
tire crew of 100 men had joined in the
search for the missing boys. They
left their homes on a rabbit hunt, be-
came lost IN the woods and wan
One of their number became exhaust
ed and the other boys, being unable to
carry him, left him to find their way
home. The deserted lad was found
by one of the searchers and the 9th
er boys were soon discovered hud'
died together at the edge of a swamp.
all nearly unconscious from the cold
and exhaustion.
Lake City.--Losing the road
while driving through the woods
from hunting camp in Kalkaska
county, Hugh Norton, twenty-three
years old, left the rig to find the track
The team started back toward the
camp with boy asleep in the sleigh.
The boy was awakened by the horses,
and his yells brought men from the
camp. They went to search for Nor.
ton and found his frozen body. Nor
ton is survived by widow and one
child
Saginaw.-Believing that the city
can collect $4,000 for concrete
work done in paving between the
tracks Of the Michigan Central
railroad at various street crossings.
the council will instruct the city as
SCISSOR to spread the tax under the
state law, rather than the local one
upon which the city was defeated in
the circuit court by the company sew
eral months ago, when it tried to col.
lect. The other railroads in the city
all paid the tax.
Calumet.-Ira ID. Struble, Shep-
herd, commission merchant, who
was lost In swamp at King lake,
near Nestoria on the Duluth branch
of the South Shore railway for four
days, was found by searching party
headed by a brother. Struble was
nearly dead from starvation and ex-
posure. He was believed dead till
found.
Eaton Rapids-The three boys
who escaped from the Lansing
reform school and were captured by
officers here, were taken back to Ian.
sing. They We're Roy Voakes of De.
troit, Clifford Beebe of Ludington and
Harold Stidman of Palmer. They led
the Eaton Rapids officers a lively
chase before they were captured in a
swamp west of the city.
Lansing-Edward Reinas, an EN-.
ploye Of the Standard Casting
and sustained injuries which may
prove fatal. Reinas was discovered
hanging by his head between the plat
form Of the elevator and the second
floor of the building. His face was
badly smashed. He is unmarried.
Ann Arbor.-Seven juniors and
seniors of the university were
taken into Alchemists. Those thus
honored are: Neil Mcmillan, De-
troit; George Armstrong, Vaudeville;
Bruce Anderson, Pueblo, Colo; Milo
Taylor, Ovid; Leon Paddock, Toledo,
O.; Carl Eberbach, Ann Arbor, and
Al Bauer, Lawrenceberg, Ind.
Marine City.-Lindow Bros Beers
table factory was completely de-
stroyed by fire, entailing a loss
estimated at $4,000. The factory
was owned by Mrs. William Beers
and had not been operated for some
time. 1t is not known how the fire
Adjoining property was
saved with difficulty.
Petoskey.-Hearing her daughter,
Olive Horigan, uttering cries. Mrs.
Horigan entered her home and
found the girls hair in flames.
Mrs. Horigan smothered the blaze.
which had been started when Olive