The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1913-03-29
STATEMENTS

| three out OF fve firsts on thought
and composition, against field Of
four other aspirants. Guy Fox OF Elk
ton won the Albion college prohibition
oratorical contest and will represent
the Methodist institution at the state
intercollegiate contest. to be held
soon. Fox is sophomore and a men,
Der of the Eclectic and Atheniades lit
erary society. The title of his Grafton
ia THE Strength and Strategy of the
Liquor Traffic"
Flint.-Ralph A. Hasselbach. De-
troit United railway motorman.
broke his left leg when he
jumped the tracks and headed for Gil
key creek. Hasselbach lost control of
the car as 1t was descending a steep
hill on Richfeld road. The car left
the tracks at a, sharp curve and
crashed into trolley pole. There
was only one passenger on the car
and he escaped injury.
Allegan. = Guilty of manslaughter
was the verdict brought in by a
Jury In circuit court here In the
trial of John Kleis, who about year
ago shot and killed Ted Gearing at
Douglas. At the time OF the shooting
| Kleis was an officer. He shot Gearing
while attempting to capture him for a
misdemeanor.
| Ann Arbor. = Joseph Neff, who
drove his delivery wagon on the
street car tracks and was injured by
being struck by a car, died In the
University hospital here. He leaves
widow and one child
Lansing.-For attempting to sand
bag and rob three instructors OF
Lansing business college, Fred
| Eddington and Glare Fulton were sent
to the Detroit house of correction for
| 80 days.
Monroe. = Joseph Chermak. the
Milan township farmer. held in
| custody OF Sheriff Renner as a
| white slave suspect, was released from
| Jail because OF insufficient evidence.
F1int.-Mrs. Sarah Ward. healthy
and in full possession of her fac
ulties. celebrated her ninety-sixth
birthday at the home Of her grandson,
J. Grinnell.
Port Huron. - Daniel Conway.
| aged seventy-four years, dropped
dead in the office of the Conway no.
tel in Quay street, which he had con-
Quoted for a number OF years. Death
was due to apoplexy. Conway served
as customs officer during the admins
tration OF President Cleveland and
then went into the hotel business.
Port Huron. her hus-
band by less than two weeks.
Mrs. Patrick Breslin, aged seventy
years, is dead at her home in this city
1t is thought that death was FASTENED
by grief because of the loss OF heI
husband. Three sons and two daugh
tiers survive. Mr.. Theodore Ellis OF
Detroit is a daughter.
Kalamazoo Nearly half an hour
was spent by the fire department
in running around town looking
for fire. The fire report came to
the department that the fire was on
Water street. There was no blaze
there Then came the report that the
fire was on East Walnut street.
|
c.-Superintendent Jenner OF
the public schools Is arranging
for two lectures as part of the
University of Michigan extension
program. Prof. Filbert Roth will
speak here on forestry April IL. and
an effort Is being made to secure Dean
Cooley as the other speaker.
Owosso. = The Consumers Power
company has paid $1,000 and the
Michigan Telephone company $500
in settlement of damages for which
relatives of the late jeremiah Foley
lineman. OF Mt. Pleasant, sued. Fo
ley was electrocuted while working
here several months ago.
Saginaw. = The death of Walter
Thomas, whose body was found
at the foot Of the stairs at his
boarding house, the home Of Anthony
Stanitis. was due to Thomas falling
downstairs and breaking his neck. &C
cording to Coroner Linton, who inves
tigated the case.
Saginaw.--Henry A. Wolff, depu
ty state fire marshal. was in the
city investigating recent fire Of
suspicious nature. MIR. Wolff de
clined any statement
Grand Rapids.-Louis J. Damaagd
the Coopersville student. who fell
from spring board in Hope col
lege gymnasium in Holland, brobe
his neck. but is still alive In a local
hospital. An X-ray examination by
local physicians proved his vertebras
IN severed. His body is paralyzed.