The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-05-25
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on Lake Superior shows the first signs
of an actual break.
Mrs. E. G. Kitchens of Detroit, wife
of the stewart on the steamer e. L..
Pearce, died in the 500 hospital.
Sam Bailey, eighty-five, was struck
by a Michigan Central train at Battle
Creek and perhaps fatally injured.
John Shultz, thirty-eight years old,
ended his life by hanging In wood
shed at the home Of friend at jack
| son.
Only ten hogs out of fifty owned by
L. c. Bennett, living north OF Augusta,
have been saved in an epidemic Of hog
cholera.
Major Ralph L. Duff, private secre-
tary for Governor A. e. Sleeper. will
make the Memorial day address in
Port Huron.
Colonel George, M. Robertson, sew
enty-eight years old, former grand lee
turer of the Masonic order of Michi-
gan, died at his home at Mt. Clemens.
H. H. Haddox has reported to the
police that his son John, sixteen years
old, left Monroe suddenly May and
has not been heard of since.
Practically every cent of the $34S,-
900 contributed and pledged in Detroit
for the relief of starving Belgian chill
dren will be refunded the contributors,
Stepping in front Of a passenger
train near the station at Flint, Mrs.
Blanche Bellinger was struck and in
jured. 1t is expected she will re-
cover.
Public schools at Escanaba tried the
daylight saving plan one day, after
which the superintendent announced
the standard time would again be OBJ
served.
John M. Locke, seventyone years
old, veteran Of the civil war, was
killed by Wealthy-Taylor street car.
just inside the grounds of the Michi-
gan Soldiers home.
Edward p. Lott, Judge of probate
of Iron county, died, aged seventy
four years. He was born in Wisconsin,
but had resided in the Upper PENN
suit nearly all his life.
James d. Standish, secretary and
treasurer of Hammond, Standish &
Co., meat packers, and well known in
packing circles throughout the coun-
try, died at his home at Detroit.
The Detroit United Railway adver.
tised for women between the ages of
twenty-five and forty years, to work
as cashiers in car barns, to replace
men who have Joined the colors.
]. N. Klock, president of the Benton
Harbor Malleable Foundry company,
has purchased and given to the city
the lake front park, which has been
voted down by the city three times.
The use or sale of fireworks is pro-
hibited in Escanaba until after the
cessation of the present war. A new
city ordinance governing the use and
sale of fireworks will go into effect
in few days.
The steamer Pentecost Mitchell,
down bound with ore, collded with
the freighter Saxona, up bound, at the
mouth of st. Mary's river. Both steam
ers sank in forty feet of water. The
crews were saved.
The upper peninsula started a drive
for recruits to enlist the remaining
quota of 1853 men needed from the Es-
canada district for the regular army,
and to enable the first district to close
its recruiting office.
John Briske, thirty years old, an en-.
gineer at the power house of the Con.
sumers' Power company at Bay City,
was electrocuted. Briske had a steel
rule in his hand and touched a wire
carrying $4,000 volts.
Charles E. Tackett is being detain-
ed at the county jail and his wife,
Gladys. is being held at central police
station at Kalamazoo, pending an in
vestigation regarding the mysterious
death of their four months old babe.
William A. Dwyer, president of the
Art Stove company, of Detroit, was
reelected treasurer of the Stave
Founders Nat'oral association at the
annual meeting held in Chicago. 1t
was reported incorrectly that Mr..
Dwyer was elected president.
During the week June 10 to 16. the
marine corps will make a strong drive
iOi hCW thC pCliOu " NC
known as marine corps week" Cap
tain Victor l. Morrison, in charge of
the Detroit recruiting station, is work
ing out plans for the observance.
Governor Sleeper vetoed the bill to
repeal the presidential primary law,
which was passed at the last session
of the state legislature. 81 do not be-
lieve it good policy to take away the
presidential primary without substi-
tuting something in its place." said
Governor Sleeper
William Strong, sixty-two years old,
who walked into the barroom of the
Republic hotel at Bay City and ended
his life by sending. bullet through
his brain, was one of the best known
miners in the state. He was an able
economic writer and a contributor to
labor publications throughout the
country.
Minimum prices-s6 for beans, 81
fer corn and 81 for potatoes, guaran.
teed by the government-would enor-
mously increase Michigan farm pro-
duction, according to scores OF pro-
ducers. bankers and business men to