Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1916-03-16


Leo vaidas. %. Of Newaygo, lock-
ed himself I'm his granary and blew
out his brains with shotgun.
Calumet was chosen as the place for
the Superior conference OF the Angus
tana synod at its dosing session.
Mrs. N. c. Emerson, an old resident.
Is dead at Standish. She was born
in 1Sf3. Her husband and two chill
dren survive her.
III. Rogers, Saline, so, stock buyer,
for Sheriff RI. G. Underestimate, com
mitted suicide by shooting himself
through the heart
II is generally anticipated at Calu-
met there will be much earlier rush
than usual at the opening OF naviga'
ton of coal laden ships.
OF a dozen blind pig" cases in the
Iron county court but one was &C.
quilted. The cases are disposed of at
the rate of two each day.
The body of c. NJ. Graves, Jackson.
was found on the floor OF his home by
neighbors. Indications are that he had
died from coal gas asphyxiatiqp.
Temporarily insane, Bert Coffin, for
ty-five years old, a prosperous farmer
Z committed suicide by shooting him
self in the mouth with a shotgun.
Members OF the board of educa-
ton at Battle Creek have ordered
free MONDAY luncheon for poor
children attending open air schools.
oh, so
anniversary reunion of the Michigan
Colleges of Mines alumni selected
August $40 as the dates for the re-,
union.
A. Bosker Kalamazoo. was convict
ed OF dismissing Lambert Deiterman. 2
member of the state militia. because
he attended the encampmenl last
summer.
Della Taylor. milliner, and W. T..
Baker. president OF the Peoples say.
ings bank. were burned to death in a
! FIRE which destroyed block OF bust
ness buildings at Midland.
Charles Fuller. a well known citizen.
county agent of corrections and char
tiles. dropped dead in front OF the
courthouse at Bad Axe at ! O'Clock
In the morning
There are rumors TO the effect
that Oneco. Oiibway Seneca. Gratoil
/ Gin, Tremont-Deyon apd many others
| of the old copper prospects will re-
sumo development work.
Eight trade union men OF Albion
representing every trade union in the
/ city have voted 10 boycott all persons
in the city using other than organized
labor i'm building operations
What is said to be the largest real
estate deal ever closed in Oakland
county went through when Detroit
reality men purchased the c. l.. Rock
well farm of $50 acres for $l76.OOO.
Albert McCaskey's S-year-eld son,
living south OF Morenci. was fatally
burned and the other members OF the
family narrowly escaped death when
their farm home was destroyed by
FIRE.
With few potatoes saved from the
summer all that was standing be
tween them and starvation, Charles
Peterson and his family Of eight mem
bers were discovered by authorities
in Laird township.
A. Johnson. OF Norway, on his way
home form Iron Mountain, tried to
board a North Western freight train
at Quinnessc, but lost control OF his
hold and was thrown under the
wheels. He was instantly killed.
Funerals of three pioneers OF Eater
Rapids took place within three days
Jacob Bahney. ninety eight; william
A. Hall. eighty-four. and Stanley A
Freeman. seventy -one, had all resided
in Eaton Rapids more than my years
II. wissinton. sAult Ste Marie. wh'
pleaded guilty to murder In the secont
degree In the shooting OF Edna Ben
nett and John Plaunt. was sentenced
to from fifteen to thirty years in Jack
son prison by Circuit Judge Louis II
Fead.
The court has dismissed the charge
against Ira b. Gage. one OF the OF
ficers of the City bank, OF Dowagiac
the closing OF which caused a hnAn
cial crisis in southwestern Michigan
eight years old The action followed
a ruling OF the supreme court.
At recent basketball gam
held at Baldwin two school boy
were SO intoxicated that one had q
be dismissed from the hall. AS a re
suit, Louis Berticci, local Italian, wa
bound over to circuit court on
charge OF furnishing liquor TO minors
Marian McNeal, teacher in one Of tn
districts about Crystal Falls, was Al
: tackled while passing along a lionel
road from her school To her boardin
, place. The asssilant came upon he
! from behind and struck her blo'
: on the head with club that repdere
her unconscious.
That he had posed in the mud
4 with Byron Wagner, eighteen year
: old. on ''the spur of the moment an
! that IT didn't occur to him that h
! shouldn't have done it until aftel
! wards was the sole defense of Primo
pal l.. s. Reihm. OF the Sherman hig
). school, who was found guilty by tn
3 Wexford county school examiners
y charges of immortality preferred b
8 the Sherman board OF education.
a Ruling that Circuit Judge Widdi
S order to the Iosco supervisors to al
= prove his $94 law book bill was Il
violation of the principles of Amer