The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-12-21
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS

The Oakland County Patriotic league
has subscriptions totaling more thar
$4,000, says Secretary ID. Js More
land The funds Will be sucient K
meet the quotas for authorized soldier
welfare and Red Cross needs for sew
eral months.
Because their brother, Ray Hebert
IS years old, of Menominee, is held
captive by the Germans, Homer, Ear
and George Hebert of that city have
entered the service of the nation to
help liberate him. There is only one
more boy in the Hebert family, he be
ing rejected for service.
Citizens OF IS Michigan cities have
bought nearly 100000 pounds of fish
from the state game department since
James Baerd, warden, instituted his
plan to sell fish at cents above cost
from fishermen to cover Transports
ton. Whitefish have been sold al
about Is cents as compared with 81
at private markets. Trout have aver
aged 10 cents from the state and 20
from merchants.
Slightly more than IA per cent of
the $4,000 men who made up the last
increment to come to Custer, have
been rejected because Of physical dis
abilities. The examinations of all, in.
Guiding the stragglers and alternates,
has been completed. Exactly 1910
men were declared physically unfit. In
all 1872 men have been turned away
from this camp by the medical off,
GERS since Custer opened.
When the family home burned, the
four-year-old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Jameson, of Ontonagon, was
saved by John Garvin, former county
clerk Of Ontonagon county. The par
ents were away from home when the
fire was discovered. The presence Of
the baby in the house was not known
until the fire had made serious head
way. Garvin found the baby under
the bed, where 1t had crawled from
fright.
A limestone plant employing at least
500 men will be opened at Rogers
City next spring by the Kelley Island
Lime & Transport Co., of Cleveland.
The copany has purchased 1000 acres
has started clearing and excavation
work. The worlds largest limestone
plant is already located at Rogers City,
this being the Michigan Limestone IL
Chemical Co. plant which last year
shipped more than 100000 tons CT
stone.
o. o. Stanchfield, of Hillsdale, has
left for India, where he is leader In
Y. M. c. A. work.
The Lake Carriers association an
nounces that winter class for sailors
will be conducted at Marine City.
Fire starting from a torch used to
thaw water pipes did several thousand
dollars damage in the Baird & Gran
dali furniture store at Three Rivers.
George Lenhart, So years old, OF
Gladstone, was killed when a gun in
the hands of companion exploded as
the latter stumbled. Lenhart was hit
in the stomach and died in Hospital
at Escanaba.
Germans of Traverse City in their
annual meeting pledged Their last
dollar and last drop of blood" to
President Wilson to conquer the Cen
trail Empires and make the World
Safe for Democracy"
Coleman G. Vaughan, secretary Of
state, is taking the lead in agitation
for some official influence on boards
of education, with whom the power
rests, to eliminate all German instruc.
ton in graded schools.
Lansing coal dealers have pooled
their interests following a conference
with w. X. Prudden. All orders are
filed through central agency. Sew
eral Lansing factories donated coal
for use in the most needy homes.
University of Michigan officials pre-
dict that the enrolment will drop to
2 500 in the fall Of 1918. December 1
there were 5,076 students enrolled,
which was 1925 less than the total eft.
rollment of the previous year, exclu-
sive of the summer season. OF the
1919, 1895 are women and 1888 men.
OF the men, 1898 are of draft age, are
registered, and awaiting their call.
With a bullet from his own re-
volver, Sheriff o. H. p Green, OF Pom.
tiac, ended his life. No reason for the
act can be found.
John Rajesek, an employe OF the
Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co., at Gladstone,
was so badly burned that he died a
short time afterward when. a red hot
door from a retort at one of the fur
naces was blown on top Of him by Al
explosion of gas. He was terribly
burned as we'll as crushed and
bruised.
The family OF William Piggott, OF
Negaunee, can boast of being prob
IDLY the only entire family in the
United States in the service Of the
nation. Every member, including the
father, two sons and a daughter, are
now overseas in the service of Uncle
Sam. William Piggot, the father, be
ng an expert railroad man, is now In
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