The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-01-19

of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Harson, of
Pere Marquette township, Mason
county, was shot while huntir~.
Fred l.. Woodwork, Of CCsoville,
Huron county, was named % dairy
and food commissioner for the term
ending December 81, 1918.
Addison A. Keiser, of Ludirgton.
Mason county, was made member of
the Michigan railroad commission. for
the term ending January Is. 1923.
University of Michigan naval re-
serves were mustered into the United
States naval volunteers. Many disting-
uished naval officers were present
Harold Haslock, seventeen years
old, is in the Jail at Ann Arbor,
charged with the theft of horse and
carriage from Clyde Smith, Salem
farmer.
An autopsy showed blood clot on
the brain of Louis Tarcale, whose
charred body was found in a Kalama-
zoo tenement, adding to the mystery
of his death.
Joseph M. Trueman, a beaten fore
man in the Boehme & Rauch PAPER
mill, was fatally injured when caught
In belt and thrown against the CELL
ing at Monroe.
w. w. Garry, Toledo, Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern railroad con-
ductor, dropped dead while taking UP
tickets as his train was pulling out of
the yards at Jackson.
Vigo, fourteen year old son of ] w.
Hanson, Pere Marquette employee at
Ludington, was instantly killed by the
accidental discharge Of shotgun
which blew off his head.
The high school and Barnum school
at Birmingham were closed when it
was learned that Clarence Billet, SUI
perintendent Of schools, who had been
i'll a week, had smallpox.
Merle Stillwell, of South Haven, a
teamster and an inmate of Kalamazoo
State hospital, was killed when a
wagon he was driving ran over his
body in a runaway accident.
William M. Smith, of ST. Johns,
Clinton county, was appointed as a
member of the industrial accident
board, to succeed Claude S. Carney,
for the term ending August 81, 1922.
Cassius r. Benton, of Worthwhile,
Wayne county, was nominated as a
member of the state board OF tax
commissioners, for the term ending
the first Wednesday in January, 1928.
Phelps Ferris, of Big Rapids, Me-
;c ha of n
Mackinac Island state park commits
sion, to succeed Edwin o. Wood, re-
signed, for the term ending June 81,
1928.
The car ferry Chief Wawatam,
which was fast in the ice one mile
out from Mackinaw City has been re-
leased She had on board 800 passen-
gers including 200 teachers, bound
north.
Officers of Berrien county are
searching for fourteen year old Duane
Clauser of st. Joseph, who it is al
legged was kidnapped and taken to Chi
caigo by former roomer at the lads
home
Rev. Nelson, Cedar Rapids. pastor
of First Christian church, has re-
ceived unanimous call from the min
isters' committee and church board
OF the First Church of Christ in
Toronto, Ont.
Mrs. Charles e. Mahan, wife of the
former treasurer of Kalkaska county,
who disappeared about three weeks
ago and whose accounts were later
found to be $4,000 short, believes her
husband Is dead.
Thomas Murdoch, a retired farmer
of Corunna, has broken neck An
Ann A1bor railway box car in which
he was standing was struck by NOV
ing car and he was thrown to the
floor. He may recover, doctors say.
The Teal farm, three miles south.
east Of Mason, has been transferred
to the state of Michigan for $16,500, to
be used as state game refuge. There
are 1876 acres in the farm, which will
be for the propagation of ring-necked
pheasants.
The board of supervisors, by vote
of 32 to 4, decided that the charges
of misconduct and immortality
brought against Robert London, SUI
perintendent of the farm of Kent
county by Sheriff Berry, had rot been
substaDtiated.
During 1916 the mines Of the Lake
Superior copper district paid in wages
to employees approximately s18,000,-
600. This is the largest sum ever paid
to the men employed in the mines of
this district in the history Of Michi-
gan copper mining.
"Doc," brindle bull TERROR, priced
by the family of c. H. Fiske, of Albion,
is lost because of fondness for rid
ing on interurban cars. Last week
DOC" took a ride on a Jackson car
and has not been seen since despite
all efforts to find him.
Bert r. Schuert, prosecuted by the
Wells Fargo company for embezzle-
ment of funds while employed by the |
company at Ithaca, and who was &C
quilted by jury, has filed suit for
damages against the company, charg- |
ing malicious prosecution.
Bertha Phelps, of Kalamazoo, who |
more than week ago |
while on her way to school, was found
working as maid at the Young /
Woman's Christian association. The
girl on the day of her disappearance