The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-04-27

| WOMEN the right 10 vote Tor preslden
tial electors.
Rev. A. 8. Niles. eighty-six years
old, retired Baptist pastor, is dead at
his home at Howell.
Hezekiah M. Gillett. sixty-five years
old, one of the leading lawyers of Bay
City. died at his home.
Miss Eta Nettleman, forty-four, was
burned to death at her home in Ore.
land. Ind. She lived alone.
Saginaw Academy of Music is ruined
as the result Of a spectacular FIRE. The
academy was built in 1884.
Valentine Bentuski, fifty years old.
was found dead in chair in a Bav
City saloon OF heart disease.
| Paul Revere's historical ride Anrii
IS. 1775. was initiated in Grand Ran.
Ids. only automobiles were substituted
for the horse.
Inc Hotel Charlevoix, the leading
all-the-year house at Charlevoix. was
damaged by fire. The upper floor and
roof were destroyed.
After killing the Wiley bill appro.
priating $4,000 for a scientific soil
survey, the senate reconsidered and
approved the measure.
Unrecognizable almost by its most
ardent admirers, the Torrens land
transfer bill passed the senate. %
to 8, but died in the house.
Despite his plea that he killed his
uncle Daniel Skinder in self defense.
Joseph Markovich was convicted of
first degree murder at Bay City.
Muskegon's vice district was formal
ly abolished by Judge James z. Sui.
Ivan, when he granted twelve injunc-
tons asked by Prosecuting Attorney
c. A. Brock.
A. c. Carton, secretary of the state
public domain commission, will turn
over to Michigan cities for garden
purposes all vacant lots owned by the
state, numbering over 1000.
BY unanimous vote the house com.
mittee on private corporations sound
ed the death knell of the Foster bill
to create board of public utilities out
OF the present railroad commission.
Francis Roe, twenty-five years old;
Sherman Roe. seventeen years old,
and Leslie Sharp, fifteen years old,
were drowned while fishing on Goose
lake near Climax, Kalamazoo county.
Nina Stafford, aged sixteen, of Hart,
was robbed of a husband and Cadil-
lac girl secured a name for her child
in the arrest at Hart of Clarence Fish,
a Cadillac boy, on his twentieth birth
day.
With the country at war, a large
crop of potatoes must be produced
this year in order that the army and
populace may be fed. according to
Michigan Agricultural College ex.
perts.
The fouryear-olG son of Jacob
Grabowski was riding a tricycle.
across the Pere Marquette tracks
when he was struck at Bay CITY.
His left foot was mangled and had to
be amputated.
DR.. Frank E. Ruggles, formerly
health officer of Bay City, a graduate
OF Hillsdale college. and of the medical
igan, died of pneumonia after an ill
ness of six days.
Because broken flag staff prevent
ed the hosting of the American flag
over the Richmond High school, 100
pupils walked out and refused to re-
turn until the board of education
raised the colors.
Land sharks in Detroit, Grand Rap
ids and other cities of this state are
taking advantage. of the campaign to
increase" the production of food
stuffs by selling worthless land to un.
specting city people.
With a waving of flags and to the
accompaniment Of stirring music by
G. A. r. veteran fife and drum corps
and the band Of the Industrial School
for Boys. the house passed Michigan's
$5.000,000 war loan bill.
While trying to adjust coupler be-
tween two fiat cars on the Michiran-
railways spur near the Graham g.
Morton wharf at Holland. Isaac Jap.
pinga, trucker at the freighthouse.
was almost instantly killed.
After the most spectacular career
experienced by any measure intro
duced at this session of the legisla.
ture. the BRYANT bill. prohibiting the
playing Of "The Star Spangled Fan
ner" in any public place as part of
was passed
Booted and spurred as was Paul Re-
we're on that famous dav 142 years ago
April IS a member of the Lansing bat. |
terry of artillery emulated the ride Of
the colonial patriot by riding from
Holt TO Lansing. Governor Sleeper
greeted the new Paul
The senate adopted the Nelson bill, |
passed by the house, providing for
the appointment of commission of |
three citizens by the governor to in.
quire into the question of railroad pas.
senger rates and report by Dec. on |
the necessity for increasing them.
Judging from the replies to tele. |
grams received by State Highway |
Frank F. Rogers. coun-
ty road commissioners throughout the |
state do not take kindly to the propo-
sition to stop road work as war
measure and put the labor on farms.
Professor j. A. Allen has asked all |
BOARDING. house keepers to cooperate