The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-04
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The clocks in the Iron River district
have been set ahead one hour. Oct.
is the time set for changing back to
the REGULAR time.
For the seventeenth time in as many
years e. p. Radford of Hermansville.
has been elected chairman Of the
Menominee county board.
Darling in front of an interurban
car while at play near his home at
Flint, six year old Frank lies was
run over and instantly killed.
The body of Louis Noble, aged four.
who fell from a food wall into Grand
river at Grand Rapids nearly a month
ago. was found by a fisherman.
Samuel Rosenthal, seventy-five years
old. resident of Bay City forty-fve
years, during most of which time he
served as deputy sheriff, is dead.
Richard H. Fletcher, OF Bay City.
politically known as "Dick" Fletcher.
was formally appointed state labor
commissioner by Governor Sleeper.
George Katz. sixty-eight years old.
died at his home at Brighton Of
Brights disease. He had been In the
hardware business for the last forty
years.
secretary of state, indicate that the
entire Republican state ticket will
have majority of approximately
| 10000.
Edward Vinton, of Buffalo, well
known in vaudeville throughout the
country, dropped dead on the stage
of Detroit playhouse. He was born
here about fifty years ago.
Less than twenty-tour hours after
Mrs. w. A. Larcomb had been oper-
ated on at Nichols hospital, at Battle
Creek scarlet fever developed, caus-
ing her death within two days.
Outside of the larger cities, Cass
City is among the first in Michigan
to organize a Dollar-a-Month club to
aid Belgium children. The work is
under the supervision of the Woman's
Study club.
Fifty Iron River young men were
made members of Company L, Thirty
ed into the federal service on Satur-
day They will go into actual service
at Escanaba.
Standing before the mirror Of her
dressing table. Mrs. Samuel Fisher.
thirty-two years old. of Flint, fired a
shot through her brain. Dependency
over domestic troubles is given as the
cause of her act.
The faculty of the Michigan Agri-
cultural college, at special meeting,
changed the date for commencement
from June "a to June 1, so that all
college work will be closed by the
evening of May 81.
Mrs. Caroline Finney Parsball wife
Of James Parshall of Pontiac, died at
her residence from heart failure. She
was eighty-one years old and was a
native of BEDFORD She resided in
Michigan all her life.
Funeral services for Rev. George
Bullen, prominent pastor of the
Methodist Episcopal conference OF
Michigan, were held in Hastings. Mr..
Bullen died in Ann Arbor where he
had gone for treatment.
Twentv-six was the total enlistment
into federal service from Escanaba
alone on April 90 in addition to twelve
from the county. Fifty-seven men ar
rived that night from Iron River and
Munising and were accepted.
GAYLORD c. Cumming has been ap-
pointed city MANAGER of Grand Rapids
at salary of $4,000 year. He
served Dayton, o.. as city engineer for
several years. For the last two years
he has been city manager of Jackson.
Charles Hoffman. twenty years old,
Of Birmingham, was injured when he
was struck by an automobile driven
by unidentified parties who did not
stop. His jaws were broken. his scalp
badly torn and he is thought to have
concussion of the brain.
It has become known that the Gull
yer military bill, which passed the
state legislature last week. contained
provision which authorizes the gov
ernor to draft men for the Michiran
national guard when sufficient volun-
teers carrot be obtained.
The high price of seed, particularly
for beans and potatoes, threatens In
many sections of the state to deter
farmers from planting maximum acre.
age to these crops, in the opinion of
the farm crops department of the
Michigan Agricultural college.
The proposed amendment to the con-
stitut'on to increase the salary of the
state treasurer, auditor general ard
secretary Of state from $4,000 to
$4,000 per year, was badly beaten.
The majority against the salary in
crease amendment may reach $4,000.
The attorney generals department
has ruled, in answer to many Inquiries
that acts of the legislature which were
not given immediate effect become OPP
erative August 10, that being the ex.
piration of the ninety days from final
adjournment.
Stump lands of the upper peninsula,
most of which now lie idle, producing
little more than brush and mosquitoes,
can be made to provide Michigan with
a big part of its beef, in the opinion
of w. F. Raven. livestock extension
man for the Michigan Agricultural
college.
: Owners Of leading factories in
Cadillac agreed that IL farmers face