The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-02-23
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| class hotel, was destroyed by FIRE.
Mrs. M. F. Burkhead, seventy nine.
a pioneer citizen of Alma, is dead.
Mrs. Sarah B. Stimson, eighty years
old, resident of Hillsdale for forty
years. is dead.
Milo G. Dunn. who was injured in a
boiler explosion at the Burdick hotel
at Kalamazoo is dead.
Hans p. Larson, sixty-four years old.
a pioneer of Ravenna, dropped dead
at his home after a short illness.
Company 1. Thirty-first Michigan in
fantry, was inspected by Major Weidt,
OF the United States army, to deter
mine its fitness for war.
Plans for cooperative selling of
their product are now being consider
ed by the members of the Kalama-
zoo Celery Growers association.
Miss Edna Carris, of Traverse City,
took her own life on her twentieth
birthday, by taking acid. Too much
study is given as the reason for her
suicide.
The Grand Army post and Woman's
Relief corps at Eaton Rapids gave a
dinner in honor of the fiftieth wedding
anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac
Shaull, of that city.
George H. Williams, forty-two, sales
manager of the American Motor CON-
pany, and one of the best known
young business men of Battle Creek.
is dead of scarlet fever.
Colonel Louis G.. Covell, of Grand
Rapids, commander of the Thirty-sec.
ond Michigan infantry, is now general
of the Michigan brigade. General John
p. Kirk has formally retired.
Kate e. Newark, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. A. w. Newark and a Cadil-
lac society girl, was married at Cadil-
lie to d. Raymond Linsley, a promi-
nent Grand Rapids automobile dealer.
James Hopcraft, wealthy pioneer
of Tompkins township, dropped dead
of heart disease at his home southeast
of Eaton Rapids. He had lived sixty.
two years on the farm where he died
His casket draped In the stars and
stripes and former members of Com.
pany A acting as honorary pail bear
ers, the body of Sergeant Lloyd Yor.
ton. was buried with military honors
at Flint.
Miss Mary Lavinner, twenty-six
years old, was arrested at Bay City on
a charge of assault with intent to kill
John Jones and Frank CHASER, who she
sought with a gun at their place of
employment
Delegates from Kalamazoo county
to the annual meeting of the Michigan
Supervisors association will introduce
| a. recommendation to have probate
judges compensated on salary basis
rather than by fees
Miss Helen Dow, daughter of Her
bert H. Dow, manager of the Dow
Chemical company at Midland, be-
came the bride of DR.. William ]. Hale,
associate professor of chemistry at the
University of Michigan.
Two more weeks will elapse, legis-
lative leaders estimated, before the
house CT representatives will start the
ball rolling on the legislation needed
to put into effect the constitutional
amendment for statewide prohibition.
The fuel famine, feared for many
weeks, arrived with the coolest wealth
er of the year. Hundreds of dealers at
Detroit reported they had not a
single pound of coal in their yards.
Railroad officials could promise no
| relief.
Sixteen prisoners awaiting trial and
nearly 100 others serving sentences
in the Detroit house of correction, will
be freed as a result of decision by
Circuit Judge Murphy, who declared
Detroit's lettering" act unconstitu-
tional
Violet Dockstater, eight years old,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Dock.
slater, of Battle Creek, was instantly
killed when struck by westbound
passenger train on the Michigan Cen.
| trail. The little girl was returning home
from school.
Anniversary clinics" form a new
feature added to the activities of the
state board of health tuberculosis sur
vey. One year after the date when a
county tuberculosis survey is held the
| physicians Of the county are encour-
aged to hold free examinations to
celebrate the anniversary.
Battle Greek shivered in the coolest
weather in five years Monday. The Of
fetal temperature was eighteen below
zero. 1t has only been surpassed once
in eighteen years. Coupled with the
severe cold, the city has a coal short.
| age that is serious. Many of the deal
| ers have been unable to get coal for
| a week.
Tribal Indians may have the right
| to vote In this state If the house
agrees to the senate amendments to
the absent voters law. Members of
the senate who heretofore have stead.
| lily opposed any constitutional amend
ment extending the suffrage to wom-
en- supported the plan to place the
ballot in the hands of the red skins.
Lawrence Price of Lansing, presi.
dent of the Lansing Automobile Body
company and Democratic candidate
for the United States senate last No
vember, died suddenly at Mount
Clemens. He had gone there for treat
ment for neurosis. He was accompan.
fed by Mrs. Price. Mr.. Price was one
of Lansing's foremost citizens. He was