The Yale expositor., 1911-03-09
STATE
HAPPENINGS


Michigan goods. has bid" the fol-
lowing university women and they
will be initiated next week: Clara Ing
lin, Detroit Barbara Evart, Hough-
ton; Mary Woodruff, North Bennipg-
ton, VT. Esylit Jones, Ann Arbor;
Daisy Greenacre, Chicago. ILL.,; Flor
ence Swinton, Saginaw Winefred Ma
hon, Duluth Mimi; Agnes Parks, Ann
Arbor; Gertrude Moore, Coldwater.
Kalamazoo.-When the will of e. A.
Crane was read In probate court II
was learned that he had decided to the
city 10 acres of land to be used as
park The land is located just south
of the city, overlooking the entire val
ley, and is considered TO be an idea!
location for park
Grand Rapids.-Charged with stat
utory offense by fifteen-year-old Mar
garet Butler of this city, Dell Mercer
was arrested in Kalamazoo and
brought here, where he was placed in
a cell next to the one occupied by
Frank Viviano, who is charged with
a similar crime by the same girl. The
girls disclosures to the police, 1t is
said, will result in several more ar
rests.
Marquette.-The prison investiga.
| ting committee arrived in the city
and got on TO the job at once.
They put in an afternoon visiting the
prison. talking with inmates and select
! ing lists of convicts who will testify.
Before going to the prison the commit
tee held a meeting and decided to hold
secret meetings. Chairman Perry ex-
| planned that this course was taken to
insure full and free testimony. No one
except the members of the committee
and the stenographer will be present
when the testimony is given, Warden
Russell even being excluded. When
! free men give their testimony, however,
Mr. Russell will be allowed TO listen to
them and to cross-examine them.
Brighton.-For the third time
within fifteen months the Brighton
post Office was burglarized and the
| safe blown by yeggmen. On the two
| previous occasions the robbers secured
several hundred dollars in money and
stamps. This time they got nothing
| for their trouble, according to Postmas-
| ter F. NJ Blatchford. A section fore
man found his car house broken open
and tools gone. He notified the post
master and an investigation disclosed
that the post Office safe had been shat
! tered with nitroglycerin
Muskegon. - The strike situation
at the Continental Motor works
here is becoming more serious. Sew
eral more men walked out and there
are only about 100 men left in the
shop, One of the officials of the COM
pany declared that they would. if nee
essary, close down indefinitely rather
than take on any nOnunion men. Dep
uty sheriffs have been patroling the
! territory around the Continental plant
: to prevent any violence.
Sault Ste. Marie Mrs. Joseph
Gurnoe, an aged woman and a
cripple, was nearly cremated in fire
that destroyed the Guernoe home at
Nine Mill Point near mere. She and a
| granddaughter five years cd were the
only occupants of the house When the
fire broke out the little girl dragged
the old lady out of the doors just as
the roof fell in. Both were severely
burned
Sault Ste. Marie.-The movable
dam on Bridge island in the cen.
ter Of the canal, is practically complet-
ed, having been swung The dam is de.
signed to check the flow of water so
that the head gates of the canal can
be closed in case the lock gates acct
dentally are carried away. II is the
largest dam Of the kind in the world
Cadillac.-The parents of Jennie
Showers, the 14-year-old girl who has
been missing several days, and the po-
lice fear that the girl was induced to
leave her home by man from Grand
Rapids. or was actually taken away
by force and that size has been taken
to that city on Detroit for immoral pur-
poses. The shriffs of several coun-
ties have been enlisted in Che hunt
for the girl Miss Showers is large
for her age and inclined to be way
ward.
Muskegon.-If politicians have fig
ured it out, Charles B. Cross, local
attorney, is without question to be the
next circuit Judge Of Muskegon and
Oceanic countries 20 take the place
left vacant by Judge Sessions, who is
to become federal JUICE of the west
ern Michigan district. Only two 9TH
er names have been announced as can
didates for the position, William Car
penter, who has never been strong po-
litically. and w. j. Turner, whose
strong support of Patrick H. Kelley
last fall practically puts him out of
the running. In the face of these con-
ditions, declare the politicians, Cross
has cinch on the position.
Muskegon-AIrs. Salem Swayze,
one of the first school teachers OF
Michigan, and WHO had hundreds of
students scattered all over the United
States. died after lingering illness.
| aged seventy years. She was born
in Bayham, Canada, and began teach
ing When but fifteen years of age.
Sault Ste.-The first aeroplane ex-
/ hihitfon for the unner neninaula will