The Yale expositor., 1918-08-08

Lansing f. Hill. a machin
list aged As, is dead and his wife SER
iously injured and in the hospital as a
result of Hills auto being struck by a
fast moving city street car on Michi-
gan avenue, Saturday.
Cadillac-Only one contest has de-
veloped for county Offices in Wexford
at the primary. That is between C. G.
Daugherty OF Cadillac and A. G. Fes-
sender of Boon for the Republican
nomination as county treasurer.
Eaton Rapids-PracricaIl al grow
Ing crops in this section are being
hit hard by the hot. dry weather,
few more days OF the drought will
make the results serious, particularly
for corn. late potatoes and garden
truck.
Hillsdale-Roy Housinger ana Will
lam Simpson of Jackson are held here
on the charge of bringing liquor into
dry state. The men with two others
were in wreck near Targets Corners
Sunday night, thei- auto going into
ditch when one wheel came off.
Ann Arbor-Alrs. John r. Rood. wife
of Prof Rood of the University OF
Michigan. and Prof. Thomas Vogle
were injured MoL1ay evening when
the automobile in which they were
riding turned turtle. Prof. Rood,
who was driving the car and Mrs.
VOpla we're nnh1ri
Ludington-Afterh his barn had been
painted yellow, Rev. ii. Gieschen,
pastor of the Bachelor German Luth-
eran church. attempted to defend his
actions in the public press by quot
ing Bible references. After an inter
view with department OF justice
agents he has left town.
Muskegon--Tw more Muskegon
county service stars became golden
Thursday, word having been received
that Corporal James W. Sherman. Of
Revenna. and Alfred e. Lying, of
Muskegon. had met their Gea,h in re-
cent advances on the German lines
Both men were killed in action.
Lansing-Willard N. Sweeney has
rendered his resignation as secretary
of the state railroad commission to
take effect August /, when he will
accept position with Lansing con-
Germ. Sweeney has been secretary
OF the railroad commission since
January l, 1911. He was formerly
county clerk of Bay county.
Lansing-Enough signatures are at
tached to the petitions filed with the
department. of state to assure that
Chase S. Osborn's name will go on
the primary ballots on the Republican
ticket for United States senator
Count of all the petitions for Henry
Ford's name to be placed on the Demo
cratic ballot shows there were enough.
Grand Rapids--Charles H. Locke, 60,
proprietor of paint shop on Division
avenue. South Grand Rapids, shot and
killed himself Sunday at his home, the
result of brooding over his physical
condition. He had been ill three
weeks. Locke came here eight years
ago from IOnia, where for 10 years he
had been a deputy sheriff and for two
years chief of police.
Detroit-Frank Young, was instant.
ly killed when he lost his balance and
fell 10 feet from the frame of gas
holder being erected for the Detroit
City Gas company by the Rider Con-
ley company at fireman street and
the Pere Marquette railroad. Young
v-fu In
tricate a fouled rivet he lost bal
ance and fell backwards, landing in
side the gas tank far below.
Detroit Michigan enkiieers are to
be modified and registered with the
United States employm III service.
Chicago branch, according to resolu
tions adopted at a meeting OF Detroit
Engineering societ, in Board of Com
merce. Secretaries of al city and
state societies will: act as a commit
tee To take a census of engineers and
classify them according 70 their tai
ents, thus enabling the war depart
ment to call for special men as needed
Grand Rapids-Owing to light ira
vel to the Northern Michigan resorts
material curtainment of service is I'm
der consideration by both the Grand
Rapids &c Indiana and Pere Marquette
railroads. The light travel 10 Ittri
buted largely to war conditions. The
many demands on the pocketbooB
for the Thrift stamps. Liberty bonds
and the war charities makes diff
ference in the travel also and the In
creased railroad fares has an in.
fiuence.
East Lansing-A disease known az
the barley leaf stripe" is reported by
plant Psychologists of Michigan Agri
culture college to be causing apprecl
able loss to Michigan farmers. II
has, in most Instances. been traceable
to seed imported from Wisconsin The
effect OF the disease is to produce
stunted blasted heads land not
blasted grain. while the leaves are
striped so that they look like ribbon
grass. The most effective method for