The Yale expositor., 1918-08-01
STATE NEWS
IN BRIEF

bottles of beer In his garage.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS given de-
ferred classification because OF depen-
dents must support their families or
be placed in Class /, according TO an
announcement, of the local draft board.
Muskegon-Edward A. Holbrook.
veteran railroad agent, 10 dead 1T
Hackley hospital OF paralysis, aged II
years. He was born at Hastings,
Mich, and for many years practiced
law there, having been a graduate OF
the University of Michigan.
Detroit-The Michigan Division OF
the Woman's Defense Committee will
participate in nationwide drive from
July 20 to August IL to obtain stu
dent nurse reserve of $4,000 women
Michigan's quota is 1900, and women
from 10 to IS years old win be re-
cruited.
Alma-AIthough the call for the
July quota from GratiCt county for
the national army is 100 men, the Ora
tiot draft board will not send that
many to Camp Custer after all avail
able men IN class are selected. The
board has just "a men that 1t can send
to camp. The men go July 20.
Funt-De Hull N. Travis, who re.
Gently gave up his law practice here
to take up war work as associate d.
rector OF Liberty theaters under the
war department commission on train
ing camp activities, has been made
director of the new department Of
public information for The commits
sion.
Flint-So as to help his neighbors
with the harvest, Joseph SteinhoL. OF
New LothrOp, north of here, slowed
his hay before 1t was thoroughly dry.
Spontaneous combustion caused a
blaze which destroyed the barn and
contents, with a loss of $1,000. while
Steinhoff and his help were working
on another farm.
Dowagiac-Mark McCray, Bell tele-
phone lineman, touched a 1,1OO volt
wire here, and dropped 80 feet from
a pole to his death. While Iorking
over the man with a pulmotor some
and sprayed caustic soda over half
dozen workers. City Engineer William
REYNOLDS received the full force OF
the blast in his face and is in a ser
ious condition.
Ann Arbor.-The regents Of the
University of Michigan Friday grant
cd an 18-month leave of absence TO
Professors II. b. Merrick, and q. o.
Carey and Instructor Hugh Brodie, of
the surveying section or the engineer
ing college, that they might become
members of an engineering staff to
survey the north end of the Grand
canal in China. 1t is expected they
will sail August Is
Owosso.-Mrs. Charles Mcnamara,
Jr.. 20 years old, and Miss Ellen Nc.
Namara, 9-year-old daughter OF Chas.
Mcnamara, ST., both if Shiawassee
township, near Corunna, we're drown
ed recently in the Shiawassee river
while bathing. Mrs. Mcnamara tried
| to swim across the river with the
child on her back and was evidently
overcome. The bodies of both vic
Tins were recovered.
Battle Creek.-Damage totaling 49,.
600 resulted from an explosion and
| fire at the Consumers Power COM
pany's Elm street plant. Employees
recharging a lightning arrester OF 40,-
| nho 10 oil
contents ignited and exploded, firing
the whole battery of arresters. 1t was
necessary to have high tension power
shut off at Albion, Otsego and Angus
ia before the firemen could work.
Flint.-Fhnt soldiers of units form
erly in the Michigan National Guard,
now on German soil, have come 10
grips with the enemy and acquitted
| themselves we'll, according to letters
from Captain Thomas Colladay, e
company, One Hundred and Twenty.
fifth, and Sergeant Ivan Smith, who.
with Lieutenant Vickstrom ana three
others not named in the letters, were
bravery.
Lansing-The state board Of agri-
culture has announced the appoint.
ment of Mrs. Ann Howard, of Olivet.
as adviser of women at the Michigan
Agricultural college and of Miss Mary
e. Edmonds as dean of home econom-
les. These two positions were orig.
inally filed by one person under the
| title of dean of women. Mrs. howard
and Miss Edmonds will take up The
duties relinquished by DIR. Georgia
l.. White who goes to Cornell.
Detroit-While working on a caf.
fold, 40 feet above ground, AL Proctor
and Daniel II. Brown. employees at ;ae
Solvay Process company's plant,
River Rouge, were hurled from the
platform by escaping steam and
killed. The platform had been erected
to make repairs to the pipe and the
men we're unaware that steam was
to be turned into IL, believing the
fact they were at work was known
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