The Yale expositor., 1917-04-05
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS

merce favoTing an increase OF passen'
ger rates by railroads Of northern
Michigan, on the theory that 1t VIII
mean better service.
resolution has been introduced
in the house of representatives asking
the governor to appoint commission
to arrange a celebration at Saginaw
September "a, 1919, the centennial an
niversary OF the signing OF the treaty
between Lewis Cass and Saginaw In
dams.
The American flag flies over the
campus of Hope college, at Holland,
the theological institution of the
Dutch Reformed church. Occupants
of Van Week hall, boys dormitory,
placed a flag on the long-neglected
pole. The wind blew it to shreds, but
a collection taken after chapel made
another emblem possible.
Lyle 1ioard, Leonard boy, prevent
ed serious accident on the P, o.
d N. railroad at Leonard when he
found a broken rail. A passenger
train was due, and young Hoard ran
70 a nearby house where he obtained
red sweater He returned just in
time to wave it frantically in front
of the approaching train causing it to
stop.
When the express wagon in which
she was coasting down hill left the
sidewalk, Louise, Z years old, daugh-
ter Of f. II. Dewey, of Marion. plunged
40 feet into a creek. Louise chung
to her express wagon, the handle OF
which caught against boulder in the
stream, preventing her from being
carried into a river She was rescued
unhurt.
Cornelius Dienboer, of Kalamazoo,
who shot and killed his wife because
she would not return to live with him,
was sentenced to a life term in Jack
son prison by Judge Weimer. A dis
agreement over what part Of their
South Burdick street home the stove
should be set up in was the cause
of the five months estrangement
which eliminated in the crime. Diem.
boer confessed.
Retail merchants of Flint, at get
together" meeting declared in favor Of
the proposed retail bureau Of the
Board CT Commerce.
Lansing soldiers, returning from the
border, brought so many souvenirs OF
their trip they had to buy 100 extra
trunks to carry them.
Marquette fire horses know the To-
cation of every box. When an a'arm
sounded. one of a team did not wait
to be harnessed but ruShed to the
lire.
All steamers belonging to the Ar
mt Id line in winter quarters In Che
boygan are being equipped with the
new sprinkler system for fire protec-
ton.
A fawn wandered into the streets
of Pickford and was unmolested for
several hours. Finally he was cap
tured and shipped to a state game
preserve.
Dearborn folks are worried over the
fact that gypsies are now wandering
about in automobiles. What do they
do now with the horses they stealT'
is the question.
Just when the weatherman thought
he had cleared Grand Haven harbor
of ice. the city dumped all the snow
off the streets into the bay and navi,
getion was tied W again.
BE an American, first, last and all
the time" are the words around IL
foot electric flag in Grand Rapids.
The word American" has always
been there, but under It, it used to
read Laundry"
Miss Alma Cronn, superintendent ct
nurses at Traverse City State hospi'
tai, announces that the hospital has
about 60 nurses who would be eligible
to go into the field and base hospitals
in case OF war.
Whether or not gelatine and starch
with Just enough juice OF the tomato
to make the mixture red, is real to
mato sauce" is a question Dairy and
Food Commissioner Fred l.. Wood.
worth asked the federal courts in De-
troit to decide. He conhscated a car
load of canned beans with tomato
sauce" shipped from Baltimore, Md,
to a Lansing wholesale grocer. after
his chemists had reported to him that
the sauce was practically without to
mato.
There VIII be no peace meetings
held in the new armory at Grand Rap.
ids. as long as Captain James Clark
is in charge Of that building. This
is an extraordinary time" said Cap
tain Clark, land not a proper time
to hold a peace meeting in an armory.
The country is on the verge OF war.
War may be declared any minute. II
these people want to hold peace
meeting, all right, but let them select
some other place than an armory. Al
some other time, II might be all right
to use the armory for peace meetings
but not now"