The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-12-16
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Flint.-Mrs. Elizabeth Sutherland
ninety-fou years old, the Oldest resi-
dent of Genesee county. died at her
home here after an illness of nearly a
year.
Eaton Rapids,-In the municipal
election here L. ]. Smith was elected'
commissioner; William ID. Wagner, as,
SCISSOR, and Wallace Ii. Bunker, consta-
BILE. l.. j. Smith, the new commissions
er, is brother of Congressman j. M
| @. Smith.
KalamazoO.-Figures announced by,
Secretary Towne of the Chamber OF
Commerce showed the wage increase in
Kalamazoo the last year had been
more than $4,50O,000. and that this
city's plants were paying their work.
men 17,500,000 annually.
Port Huron.-J. M. Young. proprie-
tor of the st. Clair hotel, at Sarnia.,
was sentenced to pay fine of 5000
and costs or spend four months in Jail
for having liquor in his hotel. Several
| gallons of whisky were found In
Young's room In his hotel.
| Lansing.-F. Carew Martindale and
David ii. Crowley, assistant attorneys
general, will not be members of the
states legal department after the first
Of the year. Martindale plans to leave
the department this month, and Crow
ley says he will engage in private prac-
| tiee either in Detroit or Lansing after
January l.
Kalamazoo.-A conference of BUSH
ness men with Mayor J. Ii. Balch and
city officials was held to discuss the
high cost of coal and to devise plan
for alleviating sufferings among the
poor. Goal will be sold at not to exceed
cost to the needy" said Mayor Balch,
following the meeting. "We are going
ahead with the original plan to ope-
rate coal dock"
Grand Rapids.-Two men walked
into the saloon of w. A. Hamelchie, or
their quarter on the bar. Joseph Hops,
the bartender, turned his back to draw
the beer and when he turned around
again looked into the muzzle of re-
volver. While one of the men kept him
covered with the revolver the other
took $6S from the cash register. Both
escaped.
Mount Clemens.-Mrs Emil Petit
was sentenced by Judge Tucker In
circuit court to from ten to twenty
years in jackson prison with recon-
mendation of ten years, for killing her
husband, Ray Petit, a clerk in local
hotel. Mrs. Petit pleaded guilty to
the charge of second-degree murder
two weeks ago, but sentence had been
postponed pending an examination
into her sanity.
Grand Rapids.-Mrs. Johannes Ba-
rendse, fifty-one years DID, was burned
to death when her clothing caught fire
at kitchen stove. Her dead body was
found by her husband when he entered
the kitchen for his breakfast. A kerO-
sene oil-can was found near the body.
which leads to the belief that the wOm-
an was using oil to start the fire and
that she tainted, Three children were
asleep in an upstairs ROOM
Muskegon.--To compel its supplying
agency, the BeaH Tool company of
East Alton, ILL.,, to supply it with either
steel forgings or steel, according to
contract, the Linderman Machine COM
pany brought suits in circuit court
against the Beall company and its
surety, the National Surety company
of New York, for $225,0O0 damages.
Steel Is out of the market and the
Linderman company is employing this
method to secure materials to fulfill
it's contracts.
Sault Ste. Marie.-Although strike
of 20 fremen was averted here by the
appointment Of Frank Bassett as fire
chief, thrOng of enraged citizens
crowded the council chamber and city
officials were frequently insulted be-
cause the council made the appOint-
ment in a star chamber conference.
The citizens say they were not given
chance to voice their sentiments Id
ward Campbell and Glenn Teeter were
the men slated for the position, bnt the
Council was deadlocked and then de-
cided on Bassett,>
st. Joseph.-FTink Rainey of Hills
dale, the man who robbed the Eau
| Claire bank of $4,000 on the afternoon
Of November 1, was committed to the
Ionia state hospital for the insane by
Circuit Judge Bridgman shortly after
a detective and several other citizens
Of Flint had identified Rainey as the
man who had been seen In the neigh
bOrhood of the Office Of Neal ]. Ber-
ston, wealthy Flint real estate MAD.
about the time Berston was murdered
on the afternoon Of October 8. The
Flint party was positive that Rainey
killed Berston, although that belief is
admitted to rest largely on circumstan-
tial evidence, such as the Identification
Of Rainey as the stranger" seen near
Berston's Office before and after. the
crime.
Hillsdale.-An automobile driven BY
Wilbur Duryea ran into William ].
Boyd, proprietor Of the Boyd hotel.
Mrs. Phoebe Schick and Mrs. May
Whitehead while they were standing In
the street Boyd's knee was injured.
| Mrs Whitehead was bruised and Mira