The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-04-20

ofu, ulcd at Lapeer or drOpsy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Therry cele-
brated their golden wedding at Har-
Dor Springs.
John Drune. who fell on street
car track at Royal Oak two weeks ago
and lost one of his legs, died at Pom
tiac.
| The large barn on the Harvey White
farm. three miles northwest of Eaton
Rapids. was destroyed by fire with its
contents.
Saginaw gave the naval reserves a
coyal send-on when they departed for
Detroit to join other divisions called
to the colors.
BY a vote OF 20 to 8 the senate
passed the Planck bill creating q
state boxing commission to supervise
all glove contests in this state.
Port Huron granted thirty-dve retail
liquor licenses and four Wholesale IL
censes. This is two less retail liquor
licenses than were granted last year.
Twenty Kalamazoo young men, Of
Holland parentage. are attempting to
organize a volunteer company among
naturalized Holland men there.
Members of the Bay County Medical
society have voted to give their ssrv-
ices free to the families of all Bay
City men who enlist for the war.
BY vote of to the house com.
mittee on elections reported out Sen
| ator Damon's bill giving, women the
right to vote for presidential electors.
Stanley Szybak, twenty-three years
old, was instantly killed at Sturgis
when thrown from the side car Of a
motorcycle ridden by Martin Gaspre.
Owners of two Greek clubs, Nick
Koromis and Joe Galmiris. were ar
rested by Sheriff Carl A. Stauffer on
charges of selling liquor without H.
cense.
A proclamation YVES issued by the
governor urging authorities to take
steps to protect municipal property
without calling upon the state for as.
sistance.
The state board of agriculture has
recommended to the athletic commit
tee at M. A. c. that all intercollegiate
athletics be abandoned because OF
the war"
The senate committee on elections
reported out Representative Flowers
| proposed amendment to the constitu-
ito" ing women right to vote on all
pro- s'tions.
William Neil, seventy years old,
was burned to death when children
playing with matches set fire to the
home of Merle Wyant, with whom the
old man lived at Jackson.
III since last November, William B.
Herpolsheimer, of the Herpolsheimer
company, the largest department
store in western Michigan. died of
heart disease at Grand Rapids
The United States was represent
ed by DR.. J. B. Newton of the United
States bureau of animal industry at a
meeting of the stock men and farmers
of northern Michigan in Petoskey.
Using the campus for a drilling
place and former United States sol.
der, Harry ]. Pattison, as the officer
in charge, Albion college students to
the number Of more than $50 have
started daily military drilling.
The fourth division Michigan naval
militia left on special train wednes-
day for Detroit. They met Hancock,
Houghton and Traverse City divisions
in Ohio Thursday morning and depart
ed on the B. and o. for Philadelphia.
A war food committee to further
"war acres" and war gardens" in
Manistee county and city has been or
ganized. The first step will be to list
every available lot in Manistee End
to make certain that each will be cul-
tivated.
Morsignor Frank A. O'Brien, one of
Michigan's foremost churchmen, is he.
ginning on his fortieth year as a mem
Der of the Catholic clergy of Kalama.
zoo. He was ordained at Sandwich,
Ont, April 7, 1878, and came to Kala.
mazoo in 1882.
ing agriculturists and manufacturers
of the state conferred with Governor
Sleeper and the other members of the
war preparedness board in an effort to
devise ways and means of increasing
the food production of Michigan this
year.
Investigation of charges and rumors
made in connection with the conduct
of the I. o. o. f. state home at Jack
son are to be made by the grand lodge
officials of the state and the home
board April 10, according to state
ment made by Thomas Scuppolm,
grand master.
Michigan proposes to be in shape to
handle her own affairs while the state
troops are in the federal service, and
to that end arrangements are about
completed for the organization OF a
home guard to take the place Of the
Michigan national guard while the lat.
ter is away in government service.
Formal organization of Michigan's
war preparedness board, composed of
Governor Sleeper and five officers,
took place. Col. Roy C.. Vandercook,
former adjutant general of the Michi.
gan National Guard, was elected Sec
rotary OF the board and will act as the
governors personal military advisor
and aide.
Detroit residents of German nation.
atty will be unable to take out final
United States naturalization papers as
the result of ruling by the bureau