The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-06-27

here that Noble Carroll, son OF
Thomas Carroll, has fallen on the
French battle fields. He was IS and
enlisted last spring.
Boyne City.-Clare Pierce, IL years
old, is bound over TO the circuit court
on the charge of manslaughter. he
accidentally shot and killed Bessie
Pierce, IA years old
Grand Rapids.-Rev. G. p. t. Ser
geant OF Grace Episcopal church was
elected president Of the Western
Michigan Episcopal diocese council
at the annual meeting here.
Port Huron William e. Strattan.
Detroit, architect, has submitted
plans to committee representing Port
Huron medical society for proposed
new hospital to cost 100000.
Pontiac.-James II. Lynch, mem
Der of the Democratic state central
committee. has resigned because he
does not approve OF the committees
apparent determination to conduct a
campaign in Michigan next fall.
Detroit-Notice has been received
through war department channels by
| Fred J. Robinson, assistant manager OF
his appointment to the position of dis
trict chief of ordnance for Michigan.
Grand Rapids.-F. w. Hinyan, pres
ident of the Michigan Potato Ship
pers' association, in a statement said
that practically the entire potato
crop of Michigan had been cleaned
up. Nearly 5000 cars had been
shipped up to June 1.
Muskegon-Both the Crosby Trans
portation company and the Goodrich
| Transit company vessels, plying be-
tween Muskegon and Milwaukee and
Chicago, are carrying capacity car
goes, the shipments both in and out
breaking all past records.
Grand Rapids.-The Michigan Rail-
way company have advanced the In
terurban fare from Kalamazoo TO
Grand Rapids from 81 cents % 81,
the rate from Grand Rapids to Ale
gan from IS to rs cents, and made
other advance in proportion.
Lansing.-The Lansing board OF
education following the lead OF other
cities, will drop German from the
schools. The classes already started
will be completed il any students ex-
press a desire to continue the study.
Spanish will be substituted.
Grand Rapids.-Private John q.
Smith, of Grand Rapids, with the One
Hundred and Twenty-fifth infantry
in France, is dead from appendicitis,
according to word received by his
brother A. B. Smith, of Grand Rap
ids. Smith was 81 years old and en-
listed at Bad Axe.
Monroe.-Kenneth Hodgins, and
Frank Hill, both IA years old, of Ypsi-
lanti, are in the detention home here.
The lads left Ypsilanti in a canoe fol.
lowing the Huron river to Lake Erie.
where the canoe capsized two miles
miles TO reach shore.
Flint-Cancellation of farm fur.
loughs from Camp Custer has made
critical the shortage of farm labor in
this county. The civic war bureau
Saturday issued a further appeal to
school boys, factory and store en-
ployes to plan to spend as much of
their time as possible on farms, help
ing not only with sugar beet crop, but
with other farm crops.
| MorOho1I-Mr and AT,o N
Church and son, and DR.. and Mrs. w.
H. Rowland, had a close call while
motoring to Detroit Sunday. In cross
ing the track at Parma, west-bound
Michigan Central train struck their
motor car and demolished the radiator,
carrying 1t 100 feet down the track.
The engine OF the auto went dead Just
as il reached the crossing. All escaped
injury.
Howard City.-A 400-poupd bear
that escaped from a circus near Ca
dillac, terrorized the farm district
one mile south OF town Thursday
night. Vern Thrall, young boy.
drove herd OF cows past the bear.
thinking it was large dog. Postmas.
ter Reynolds and local merchants
have organized bear hunt. Later
reports indicated that the bear had
been seen near the Porter Mills, 4 1-2
miles southwest Of town.
East Lansing-An effort to find en-
ployment in the country for Michigan
women ambitious to become farmer
cites" will be made this season by the
federal Office Of farm labor, located
here. I'VE are not making any special
appeal to women to enlist for work on
the farms, except in the fruit or.
chards," Director A. B. Cook declared
but II there are women who would
nevertheless like to try their skill in
agricultural pursuits we will endeavor
: to place them with willing employers. /"
Bay City-A large number of Bay
City Odd Fellows went to Caro- to par.
ticipate in the annual exer.