Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1911-03-09
STATE
HAPPENINGS

lowing university women and they
will be initiated next week: Clara Ing
lin, Detroit Barbara Evart. Hough-
ton; Mary Woodruff. North Benning
ton, VT Esylit Jones, Ann Arbor;
Daisy Greenacre, Chicago, H.; Flor
ence Swinton, Saginaw Winefred Ma
hon, Duluth, Mimi; Agnes Parks, Ann
Arbor; Gertrude Moore. Coldwater.
Kalamazoo.-When the will OF f. A.
Crane was read in probate court 1T
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 ideal
location for "a park.
Grand Rapids.-Charged with stat
utory offense by fifteenyear-old Mar
garet Butler OF this city, Dell Mercer
was arrested in Kalamazoo and
brought here, where he was placed In
cell next 10 the one occupied by
Frank Viviano, who is charged with
a similar crime by the same girl The
girls disclosures to the police, it is
said, will result In several more ar
| rests.
! Marquette-The prison inyestiga-
| 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
/
! 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 70 listen TO
| them and 10 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 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 tnat hey would. II nee
! essary. close down indefinitely rather
/ than lake on any nonunion men Dep
uty sheriffs have been patroling the
! territory around the Continental plant
10 prevent any violence.
Sault Ste Marie-Mrs. Joseph
| Gurnoe. an aged woman and a
| cripple. was nearly cremated in a fire
/ that destroyed the Guernoe home at
| Nine Mill Point. near mere She and a
/ granddaughter five years old were the
/ only occupants of the house When the
| Ere 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 DO.
! 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 sherlffs OF several coun-
ties have been enlisted in the 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 a local
attorney, is without question TO be the
next circuit Judge of Muskegon and
/ Oceanic countries 10 take the place
left vacant by Judge Sessions, who is
10 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.-Mrs Salem SwayZe.
one OF the first school teachers OF
Michigan. and who had hundreds Of
students scattered all over the United
States, died after a lingering illness.