The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-12-26
NEWS OF
MICHIGAN

on, who died. Moynahan's illness was
a puzzle to the physicians until he
made a confession just before death
in which he stated that he had been
drinking wood alcohol. According to
Moynahan's statement he secured
bottle OF wood alcohol from the chair
shop of the Michigan Seating COM
pany about six months ago. He Sc
creted this in the yard and occasional
ly he went to the place where the pol
son was secreted and drank portion
of 1t. Moynahan was sentenced from
Oakland county, January Is, 1912. for
one to five years in prison for larceny.
He would have been eligible to parole
had he lived until January Is, 1913.
He was about thirty years old and his
home was in Detroit.
Lansing.-Statistics complied by
Game Warden Oates show de-
crease In the number of forest fires
this year as compared with 1911. oates
says that the Michigan forest scouts,
an organization of boys, extinguished
many fires before they attained dan
gerous proportions. In 1911 there
were 191 fires and 152,407 acres OF
land were devastated with property
loss OF $3,4S0,25S.1S. During the for
est fires a year ago, 4,615 acres or
state lands were burned over. During
the past year 139 fires covered an
area of 40,0S9 acres. Included in this
were only 40 acres of state lands. The
actual damage this year amounted TO
only $67,64960.
Kalamazoo.-Two heirs to an es-
tate which has been in probate
court for more than one year, received
rs cents each as their share after all
the other expenses had been paid. The
original estate amounted to nearly
5000, but large part Of this was
expended for funeral expenses and
physicians charges. The administra-
tor OF the estate did not charge the
heirs for his services. The smallest
share ever received before in the pro-
bate court was more than So. that be-
ing the share each member of large
family received.
Kalamazoo.-Saved from death in
machine at the Bryant Paper
companys mill, Frank Cooper Sc
cured a license to wed Dora Harris
and the man who saved him, Leon Nc
Gaughey, will act as best man at the
wedding. Cooper Is only twenty-six
years old and his bride is forty-six.
The romance started in the paper mill.
He declared that his narrow escape
from death did not have anything to
do with his plans to get married as he
had intended to wed anyway.
Lans!ng.-Secretary Dixon of the
opposed to the practice OF many
mothers who seek to have their chill
dren contract whooping cough SO as
to have il over early in life. He says
whooping cough Ii more dangerous
than diphtheria because OF the after
effects Over 10000 children die an
nually of the disease in the United
States. All health officers are being
ordered to placard houses where the
disease is found.
Owosso.-Vernon L. Fulmer, clerk
in Collins drug store, who plead
ed guilty to selling whisky to
man who was later arrested for ped
ding it about the streets, was fined
800 by Judge Miner and q supple
mentary Jail sentence was suspended.
The Judge stated that although he was
satisfied Fulmer had sold whisky more
than once, his subordinate position
and other extenuating circumstances
were taken into consideration.
Flint.-With his wife and three H
tie children in the courtroom rs
spectators, Herbert Nichols, who
was arrested on a statutory charge.
was sentenced by Judge Wisner to
Imprisonment for six months to one
year in the Marquette prison, with
a recommendation that he serve the
maximum period of his sentence.
Lansing.-Six cases of smallpox,
ali in one family, have been re-
ported to the state board of health.
A representative of the state has been
dispatched to look after the outbreak.
The cases are located in Henrietta
township, Jackson county. None OF
the patients were ever vaccinated.
Lansing.-William f. Dunstan Of
Pontiac was convicted of desert.
ing his two small children. but the
supreme court reversed the conviction
OH the ground that the children hav-
ing been awarded to the mother when
she secured a divorce, he could not
desert them.
Kalamazoo.-Roy Walker, who ran
away from the road gang, where
he was serving ten-day SEN
tence. was caught and must now face
n charge of jail-breaking, which car.
ries with il q sentence to prison.