The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1917-12-14
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS

when hard coal stove exploded. TIL
damage is estimated at $4,000.
Disappointed by his rejection a
Camp Custer for physical disability
Abram Byrd. 30 years old, killed him
self at his home In Vermontsville
Byrd had served seven years In tn
army and wanted to re-enlist.
William Altman and sons. Ben an,
Tyler Altman, Of Grand Rapids, eacl
paid fines of $50 In Justice Cresswellt
court for feeding hogs and chicken
on the carcasses of horses at thei
slaughter house, south OF the city.
Kenneth Slime of Altoona, near BIZ
Rapids, while bringing home the cattl,
after he had been hunting, struck {
calf with the but Of his. gun, the cal
kicked and discharged the gun. The
bullet went through Stine's left hand
Though seriously injured when thei
automobile got out of their contro
and plunged over a 90-foot embank
ment, Ralph Case, wealthy former
lumberman, and r. H. Meyers, banker
both of Kinsley, near Traverse City
will live. The machine was smashed.
Mrs. William Scott was suffocatce
and her husband died of burns as the
result of fire which swept their home
at Saginaw. Scott was carrying c
kerosene lamp, which is thought tc
have exploded, enveloping him ir
flames. He ran from the house ant
a passerby extinguished the flames
His wife was unable to escape from
the house, co quickly dbl the fire
spread.
Fred Agrivo, 81 years old, was
drowned at Negaunee when he broke
through the ice while crissing Tea
lake.
Scarcity Of pennies has led to an
announcement by Pontiac bank that
it will give 81 credit on a savings &C.
count for 80 pennies.
William Daley, 20, and Robert
Witty 10, of Newberry, were drowned
in Tahquemonon river, when they
broke through the ice into 40 feet O.
water.
Mt. Clemens council has passed o
curfew ordinance requiring all children
not more than II years old to be OF
the streets before 8 o'clock In the
evening.
Ten dollars ton for sugar beets lie
expected to be the price which will
be set at the annual meeting Of the
Michigan State Beet Growers associa'
ton In Saginaw January 6.
John Baird, state game and fish
warden, has asked the domain commits
sion for permission to place nets in tn.
Saginaw river to catch fish to be sod
at cost, not to exceed six cents Q
pound.
Altzee Bergsma, 35, committed 70
Kalamazoo state hospital for the in
sane from Grand Rapids about year
ago, escaped from the institution
The following day his mangled r.,
mains were found on the Michigan
Central railroad tracks.
A school for efficiency" where
creamery men, buttermakers aid
cheesemakers will be shown how to
make appetizing food products out OF
what has been factory waste in many
establishments, will be conducted by
M. A. c., December 1922.
Anthony Stork, of Moore's Junction
near Standish, Is dead as the result OF
injuries received while attempting tc
stop a runaway horse attached to q
carriage in which his two young
daughters were riding. The girls were
thrown out and badly hurt.
Mrs. Hanna Leetch, of Durand, prin.
cipal in tragedy 20 years ago, Is
dead. She was the widow of Layton
Leetch, killed by a man named Sulli
van. Sullivan was later iynched by a
mob. Mrs. Leetoh was shot by 6ullt
van but was not serious hurt.
Disbarred from practice In the fed.
fined $500, Maurice Sugar, Detroit
attorney who opposed the draft, has
been taken to the Detroit house OF
where he will stay for the
next IL months. He pleaded guilty &c
a charge of failing to register and OBJ
structing the draft when he appeared
before Federal Judge futile.
The national society Daughters OF
the American Revolution is already
planning for the third Liberty loan
bond issue, according to Mrs. w. II
Matt Of Ann Arbor, state regent, and
chairman Of the publicity committee
of the national organization. The M
tional society is asking each member
of the D. A. r. to contribute 81, and
the total sum collected will go to buy
a 100000 bond OF the third issue 70,
the national society.
Because the entire city of Grand
Rapids has been made a barred zone
farmers in Kent county and In ada
cent districts, who visit Grand Rapids
will beforced to obtain a permit ia
enter the city unless they are citizens
of this country. The same rule will
apply to travelling men and others
whose stay in the city may be limited
to a few hours only. 1t is estimated