The Yale expositor., 1916-12-28
MICHIGAN news BRIEFS

Stanley Papp, 81 years old, OF
Grand Rapids was killed when he tried
to crawl between two cars at the gas
plant.
BY a vote of TO l, the Housewives
league of Ann Arbor decided to boy
colt butter and eggs for three weeks
beginning Thursday.
Park Woodward and Angus Sharlow
were shot while watching fight at
an Italian fruit stand In Muskegon.
Rolly Catizona is under arrest.
The state accident fund declared a
10 per- cent dividend at its annual
meeting. The fund has assets or
S141, ,157 and liabilities of $110,169.
Charles II. Whittum of Eaton Rap
ids will resign as state inheritance
tax examiner, January l. Mr. Whit
tum has held the position IA years.
Examinations at the Michigan Agri-
cultural college have been started, fol-
lowing which fully $4,000 students will
depart for their home on December
| 22
Dr. H. A. Haynes, superintendent OF
the Michigan Home and Training
school at Lapeer has made elaborate
plans for entertaining the 1900 in
mates Christmas day.
Secret and honorary societies of the
University of Michigan have given
$50 toward the university Good Eel
! low" movement for the benefit of the
Christmas fund for poor children.
Domino Deblosoa, %, pressman at
! a Monroe paper mill, while cleaning
a press, was squeezed in the machin-
cry. Physicians could find no exter-
ior injuries but knee wound. He
died.
Oscar +. Owens was killed and six
other workmen were seriously injur-
ed when a steel fywheel burst in the
Harrow Spring Co.'S plant at Kalama-
ZOO August Stimac received internal
injuries which will probably cause his
death.
Fearful that Pontiaos water supply
will give out because Of the inability
Of the plant with its present equip
ment to pump enough water to supply
the city, the city commission has is
sued an order that the supply be con-
served and that no water be used
needlessly.
Henry Otto, 16 years old, is accus.
ed of shooting William Clouture, %,
who may die as the result OF being
shot in the back while riding in an
automobile north of Pinconning. The
boy was shooting rabbits and other
boys say he lust took shot at the
automobile for no particular reason"
Pontiac physicians have added TO
the high cost of living by adopting a
new scale of fees. For day calls they
will charge 50, for night calls, SO, and
so cents a mile for travel out OF the
city. Vaccinations will cost 81 here
after, and telephone queries, formerly
free, will be charged as office calls al
81 each. This is about 25 per cent
increase.
Flint milk producers are rallying
together preparatory to making
formal demand upon local milk deal
ers for substantial boost per hun
dredweight on local milk quotations
Dealers are now paying 1925 a hun
dred but 1t is expected that they vii
be asked to pay $3.50. Poor crops
and high cost of feeds are given as
the cause for asking better milk quo
tations.
Chester White, IL years old, formel
inmate of the Industrial School fol
BOYS at Lapeer, was arrested here OF
suspicion of knowing something OF thu
. killing of Alexander Samogi, a foreign
merchant and banker, here on th'
night of June 9 and in the presence o
newspaper men che boy confessed Il
the murder OF the storekeeper and i'm
plicated two other boys whom police
; are now hunting.
, Following the trip OF Mayor jane
: B. Balch, of Kalamazoo, to Flint, pc
, liticians here are discussing the pos
: sibiIity OF Mr.. Balch running for gov
, ernor on the Democratic ticket u
q 1918. Political spectators believ
, that the Kalamazoo mayors drastt
. and far-reaching measures in solvin
the coal and fuel situation in Michigal
is believed to be creating genera
public feeling in his favor.
r State supreme court at Lansing d'
:. MED writ of mandamus against Aud
i tor-General o. B. Fuller to force hir
4 to record a plat of land at Railroa
o avenue and Mt Elliott avenue, Han
r tramck, owned by William Klug. Th
y board OF auditors of Wayne count
n refused to approve a record OF tn
r plat because streets were planned eas
|. and west in opposition to the geners
direction of streets in Hamtramck.
e Judge Clarence w. Sessions, of tn
q United States district court at Gran
4 Rapids, held invalid the will of TO
Il mer Mayor John Torrent, of Musk
O gon. The will provided that the e
g tate. valued at nearly 100000, shoul
" be held in trust for Fl years, the "
" dow receiving $1,000 a year from tn
a-oon.o ood oonh of FIVE QOno SR00