The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-06-01
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George Essig, born in Mt. Clemens
and resident until FIVE years ago,
died of pleuro pneumonia.
The casualty list of the Canadian
overseas force, just issued, included ],
Hill, Detroit, who died Of wounds.
Chippewa county supervisors voted
IN appropriation of $1,000 to purchase
seed for farmers, who are unable to
obtain seed.
Harry H. Soon, under arrest on q
charge of murder, made a complete
confession to killing Edward Barber
four years old, in vacant house.
Auditor General Fuller and his force
are rapidly paying off the claims for
back pay for the Spanish-American
war as provided for by the Legislature
just over.
While playing with fire in the yard
Of her home the fourteen year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Pal.
luconi was burned to death at Iron
Mountain.
An expert gardener has been en-
gagged by the board of education and
chamber of commerce in Port Huron
to instruct the children of the city in
plan ting gardens.
William Riley Of Muskegon, aged
forty-two, the result of drunken de-
bauch lasting over several days, was
found dead in one Of the rooms of a
negro liquor club.
Mrs. Ida J. Marsh, of Grand Rapids,
seventy-three years old, has been
missing for over two weeks and so
far the police have been unable to
get any trace of her.
The body of an unidentified man,
who is believed to be Joseph Reddy,
was found near the st. Clair township
line near Port Huron. Reddy dissap-
peared several days ago.
Michigan's war preparedness board,
with the $5,000,O00 war loan at it's dis
posal, announces that it will guaran.
tee the pay of Michigan national guard
up to full war strength.
Roswell Lee, a Marcellus farmer,
was totally blinded when he was acct
dentally shot by Flynn Day, a farm
hand. Both eyes were put out and part
of his face was torn away by the shot
The First National bank of Flint,
capitalized at 100000, has been au-
thorized to begin business. 1t is a
member of the federal reserve and the
only national bank in Genesee county
Elmer Lindgren, thirty-six years old,
for seventeen years employed as
switchman by the Chicago and North.
western Railway company, was killed
at Iron Mountain by being run over by
a train.
To stimulate planting Of potatoes.
w. X. Prudden, chairman of the state
food preparedness board, has con-
potatoes at harvest time at 81 a
bushel.
Mr.. e. buckles, federal farm agent
for Grand Traverse county. announced
that a survey of that county shows a
total increase of fifteen per cent in
planted.
Forest fires drove two cub bears to
the edge of Escanaba where they were
captured. The baby bears are being
fed on a bottle. The mother is be-
lieved to have been caught by the
flames.
Giving as his reason the fact that
he is within year of retirement age.
Colonel Walter Barlow, of the Thirty.
first Michigan infantry, handed his
resignation to Adjutant General John
S. Bersey.
Andrew J. Collins, thirtv-seven years
old. son of Curtis o. Collins, of near
Cadillac, who escaped from the Jack.
son prison farm, was arrested on
farm near Cadillac by Sheriff Andrew
Christofferson.
Two Grand Trunk freight trains
collided head-on at Birmingham. Four
cars were wrecked. The north bound
freight was standing still when the
southbound crashed into it. No per-
son was injured.
Rev. Thomas Rafter, pastor of st.
James' church for more than two
score years, died at the Bay City resi-.
dence after an illness of several
ihOhtISs iiC wac tnC lOuHUtI VI Tie
first Catholic high school in the state.
Detroit will be asked TO contribute
about 600 men to the eight Detroit
companies Of the Thirty-first Michigan
infantry, between now and July Is. to
recruit the regiment up to war
strength. The campaign to obtain
these men has started
Following advices from Washington
that all guard units are to be recruit.
ed TO war strength at once, two lir q
officers, a medical officer, one sergeant
and a corps of clerks were detailed
at once to fill the depleted ranks of
the Thirty-first infantry.
The international Joint commission
in session approved the proposed ship
canal through the st. Clair river near
Detroit and instructed the Canadian
and American engineers to begin work
on the project. The canal is to be built
from the mouth of Black river to the
St Clair river tunnel.
Durias Pringle, sixty years old, Of
Flint, received broken shoulder and
several severe gashes about the head
and Harvey Pringle, twenty-three
years old, his son, was internally in
jured shortly after noon, when the car