The Yale expositor., 1916-10-12
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS

which will take place the latter part
of October.
Bendert Leesema, former superin-
tendent OF the Vernon schools, has
withdrawn his suit for 500 against
the school district.
George Patterson, of Detroit, al
legged gambler, was arrested for steal
ing 5000 camera from Prof Brodie.
of the University of Michigan.
Paul Spaniola, years old, of
Muskegon, was killed when he pulled
slot machine over on him in the
fruit store of his father, Peter
Spaniola.
The Ann Arbor water commission
has asked the city for $4,000 to ex-
tend and improve the water supply,
saying the present situation is in need
of alienation.
The safe in the Peoples Savings
bank in Ottawa Lake was blown
open. Bank officers report that ST.
200 was stolen. The craftsmen es-
capped in an automobile.
The largest gathering OF farmers
of western Michigan is expected in
Whitehall Oct. II, when the Cleaners
OF the Muskegon district meet in the
new opera house in this village.
L. w. Versey, son of Rev. ]. II.
Versey, was accidentally shot in the
abdomen, when examining a shot
gun with friends in a farm house
near Reese. He is expected to re-
cover.
After an illness OF nearly four
months, Francis b. Egan, former
deputy secretary of state, member
of the state Legislature, and pro-
minent Michigan Republican, died at
his home in Detroit at the age of 20.
The body of an unidentified man
was found on the Ann Arbor railroad
tracks at Cadillac. The body was
badly mangled and it is feared will
never be identified. 1t is thought
that the man was riding on a freight
! train.
That Miss Lelah Harrison, the mis-
| sing Portage township school teacher,
has either met with foul play, or
been lured away, is now the belief
OF her father and brother, of Mem.
phis, Mich, and officers who are in
vestigating the case.
William E. Trout, trailer conduc-
| tor on a Detroit Woodward-Depo
street car train, accepted the in
vitation of Tony Gollica to step off
his car and fight Tuesday morning,
and as a result is in Receiving
hospital with a bullet in his back.
One of the most battling jewel rob.
berries with which Detroit police have
had to contend was committed Mon.
| day, when a lone robber nysteriously
removed tray containing 10 dia.
mond rings, valued at $4,000, from a
case in the Morris Friedberg jewelry
store.
Women students of the NJ. A. c.
have been forbidden to leave the cam
pus except upon written permission
of their parents. This edict followed
a food of objections to colds attend
ing Lansing dancing parties on the
excuse that they were visiting friends
in that city.
Stanley Casebeer, who claimed to
have inherited $10,000,000 from an
uncle residing in Texas, was SEN
fenced to from one and a half to
three years in Jackson prison. Case
beer recently pleaded guilty to as
saulting F. w. Mcqueen, a grocer, of
Kalamazoo, with intent to rob.
More than $4,000 was pledged to
the endowment fund Of Alma college,
by members of the alumni association
at a reunion banquet in Detroit The
banquet marked the launching of a
campaign to raise 100000 for the
college and alumni in all parts of the
country have already pledged 100000
The Flint city charter stands in
the way of a municipal coal yard
planned by the city, according to
City Attorney Farley. The charter
also will prevent the proposed in
crease in the salaries of competent
election inspectors and clerks to COM
pete with the salaries paid by local
factories.
Following the discovery of the
eleventh case of infantile paralysis,
at Battle Creek, the victim being a
pupil of the junior high school, DR..
Eugene Miller, health officer, ordered
Superintendent w. G. Coburn to close
the schools for week at least. Chill
dren will be barred from attending
the theaters.
Jack s. Jefferys, Fl years old, of
Lansing, was accidentally shot and
killed while returning from hunting
Perry. He was with a party
of men in an automobile when some
rabbits were seen. The automobile
was brought to a stop and as the