The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-11-27
STATE NEWS

Saginaw.-A road bee was held In
Richland township. Sixteen inmates
OF the county Jail were used In the
work.
South Haven.-W. H. Snyder, re-
tired Presbyterian minister. in recent
years active In fruit growing. died OF
chronic stomach trouble.
Kalamazoo. - Announcement has
been received here that the annual
convention OF the Michigan State
Dairymen's association will be held In
Kalamazoo. The date will be fixed
at an early meeting of the directors.
Ann Observation-Disclosures J. B..
Draper of the University hospital was
almost instantly killed by an Ann Ar
Dor street car as he was on his way
home last night. Both legs and one
arm we're broken.
Vermontville. - The Vermontvilie
post office was robbed. Two safes
were blown open and $2.47 In cash.
$28.71 in stamps were taken. lnspec-
tor Mackey is In charge of the inves-
tigation.
Adrian.-Riga township has re-
ceived word from the state highway
department that ten miles OF pro-
posed road has been approved and
will be surveyed this fall. This road
will run south through the township
with east and west branches.
Ludington.-City Attorney Kirk
Matthews, recommended by Judge
Whitney as probation officer for Ma
SON county. received Governor Fer
ris' commission making him probation
supervisor over all the Nineteenth 1u-
dicial district.
South Haven.-Mrs. George Carr
and daughter Bertha were taken to
enter the state asylum at Kalamazoo
in an effort to break the melancholia
that has lowered over them since
the death at that hospital a year
ago OF their husband and father. The
case of three of a family becoming
insane is unusual.
Benton Harbor.-Chief Deputy Del
fisher. Prosecutor O'Hara and FIVE dep
uties raided three alleged blind pigs
at Buchanan The officers visited the
Hotel Lee. operated by Ashley Smith.
At Jukick's, an Italian boarding
place. six men were found at gambling,
the officers reported. Much liquor was
seized as evidence.
Monroe.-Residents around Peters
burg and Dundee were considerably
excited over report that herd Of
cattle we're being driven from Peters.
burg to Dundee, which were infected
with the hoof-and-mouth disease,
County Live Stock Agent DR.. A. L.
Tiffany of Monroe, was summoned,
and upon investigation found the ru.
NOR to be unfounded.
Calumet.-Fire in the boiler room
of the wheat-laden steamer Alfred
p. Wright, destroyed all but the steel
hull of that steamer in Portage entry
refuge harbor. The Wright sank in
rs feet of water, blocking the channel
The captain and crew were saved by
jumping to the pier before the lines
were burned away. The origin of the
fire is unknown. The hull can be sal.
vaged. The Wright is 275 feet long
and drew nineteen feet.
Battle Creek.-If the United States
ever goes to war Thomas A. Edison
viii present some surprises In military
inventions which will startle the Eu.
ropean scientific world, Is the belief
Of Fred X. Walton, who for four years
was private secretary to Mr.. Edison.
Mr.. Walton is at the sanitarium for
q short stay. Mr.. Walton believes
that Edison has large number OF
war plans which he will offer at the
opportune time.
Cadillac.-One schoolteacher, Miss
Ethel Park, is Ill with diphtheria. In
the same home five other teachers
are quarantined. There are two 9th.
or cases OF diphtheria, both children,
in the same home. AS result of the
new outbreak, schools may again be
closed by health officers. They were
reopened after one month on the ad.
vice of DR.. s. c. Slemmons, sent here
by the state board of health. School
attendance has greatly decreased. as
parents fear to send their children To
school. Physicians and nurses ex.
amined every school child's throat.
Jackson.-At the concluding session
OF the Michigan conference. Woman's
Home Missionary society, resolution
was adopted urging the members to
cooperate In the prohibition campaign
in Michigan. Grand Rapids was So
lected for the 1916 meeting. Oficers
elected were: First vice-president,
Mrs. Il. L Barnes, Petoskey; second
vice-president. Mrs. Alma Smith,
Ionia: department secretaries. young
peoples. Mrs. Maude Hildreth, Lans.
ing; children's work. Mrs. Mary q.
Brockway. Mason: mite boxes. Miss
Nellie Chase. Grand Rapids: supplies
Mrs. G. L. Gardner. Lansing; litera,
ture. Mrs. Bertha B. Greene, Albion;
temperance. Mrs. F. b. Rich. Holland /:
Christian stewardship and evangelism
Mrs. Carrie Godfrey. Grand Rapids.
Hillsdale.--An order for 2,000, 0O(
pairs Of shoes for the Russians was OF
fered to the Hillsdale Shoe Manufac
turing company.