The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1914-05-07
Wolverine News
Brevifies

Olivet.-Olivet college and the
Ypsilant Normal school will debate
the question of government ownership
Of railways May 1.
Saginaw.-The two-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Oris disap-
peared and a neighbor woman, while
dipping a pail into her cistern, brought
up the body.
Monroe. - Ulrich Leib, thirty-one
and timer of this city, died, after
weeks illness from blood poisoning
originating in an liberated tooth.
Stanton.-Offlcers are investigating
the report that the fire, which
practically destroyed the little vii
lage of Fenwick in the southern
part of Montcalm county. was of in
cendiary origin.
Jackson.-As the result of sworn
statement made by a young wom-
an before Prosecuting Attorney
Rossman, Jehiel j. Freeman, head OF
the state free employment bureau In
this city, resigned.
Ann Arbor.-Charles Schmid,
prosperous farmer of Northfield.
died as the result Of injuries suf-
fered when his team ran away while
he was blowing. Mr.. Schmid was
struck by the pillow and injured inter-
aally.
Kalamazoo. - Joseph Lomax, one
handred and four years old. for
mer resident Of Kalamazoo, died at
his home in Indianapolis, Ind. He was
recognized as the oldest member of
the Masonic lodge and the oldest
knight Templar in the world
Holland.-Edward Malloy of Chica-
go, Waterman on the steamer
Puritan, dropped dead from heart fail
ure ON the Graham &c Morton wharf
here. He was about sixty years old,
and had been employed on Graham d
Morton boats Ave years.
Ypsilanti.-William Holmes, father
of Dr. F. E. Holmes, is dead.
He was born June 5, 1925, and
came to Michigan from New York
state in 1885. He was a member OF
Company II, First regiment of Michi-
gan volunteers.
Jackson.-Harold Ullery, the seven
teen-year-old boy, who was sem
fenced from Berrien Springs to
serve life sentence for murder, is
seriously i'll at Jackson prison. The
young convict suffered a hemorrhage
of the nose a few days ago and nearly
bled to death.
Musekgon.-Fred Mayberry, a
Whitehall resident, underwent his
| seventeenth operation when an alb
scess on the bone of his right arm
was cut out. Mayberry has tubercu-
losis of the bone. His left arm and
right leg has already been removed.
He was a Knight Templar
Ann Arbor.-The following were
elected officers of the University
Y. M. G. A.: President, A. E. Gilman,
South Bend, Ind; first vice-president.
George Mcmahon, Detroit; second
vice-president, A. E. Pinney, Ann Ar
Dor; secretary, Waldo Hunt, Detroit;
treasurer, Erwin Johnson, Detroit.
Cadillac.-The large planning mill
at Dightop, owned by Jones &.
Green of Big Rapids, was destroyed
by fire. The blaze could be seen for
20 miles The loss will exceed $780,
900. A wind which blew the blaze
away from the village was all that
saved the entire town from being
wiped out.
Oak Ridge.-Frank Briggs. in his
pigeon loft, was attracted by the
"cheep, cheep'' Of a chick. Mr.. Briggs
is chicken fancier and became
alarmed lest one Of his prize chickens
had escaped. He found that pigeon
had Matched an egg left in it's nest by
a vagrant So hen and was rearing the
chick as a pigeon.
Lansing.-The Negaunee Iron CON-
pany will pay compensation to
the dependents of Floyd Temby,
killed by falling from a cage while
coming up from the mine. A fellow
employees finger was caught in the
cage and the sight of blood caused
cage and was dashed to death at the
bottom of the shaft.
Ann Arbor-"So long as women
dress as they do, they have no
right to demand or to expect single
standard of morals" said DR.. Mabel
Ulrich. sex hygiene lecturer Of the
National Y. w. c. A, who conducted a
series of five lectures here given joint
ly to the goods of the u. of NJ, and of
the Ypsilanti normal. "The present
day style of dressing is a menace. The
women who wear the extreme gowns
are without ideals Of responsibility"
Jackson.-Imprisoned for the last
20 years for the murder of Mary
Comeley Of Niles, George Tay-
lor, who is serving a sentence for the
crime. declares that he was innocent
and he has asked the board Of pardons
for parole. Taylor's case is probably
the most important of large number
that are to be considered by the board
at the present session. Fifty cases
will be considered and it is probable
that all will be disposed of.