The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-04-12
STATE NEWS


years old, OF Buchanan, draft deserter
attempted to hang himself here In
his cell.
Detroit.-With two banners inscrib
ed Michigan Navy Volunteers
Back Us With Liberty Bonds" about
200 men, all volunteers, left for Great
Lakes naval training station at Great
Lakes, III
Flint.-Frederick Wilhelm Gustave
Ehlen, German army reservist, about
As years old, was taken from a de-
partment of justice operative here,
tarred and feathered, and returned to
the Genesee county Jail by a mob OF
citizens.
Ionia.-Mysteriou kilograms are be-
ing received in Ionia, asking for money
and purporting to come from Ionia
soldiers. AS the boys whose names
are signed to the kilograms are sup
posed to be in France, federal officials
are conducting an investigation.
Detroit-Eight million dollars worth
of three-inch guns for the United States
army will be manufactured by the
Chalkis Manufacturing company, SOS
Mack avenue, under a contract jus,
awarded by the war department. The
company was organized last Septem'
Der.
Melvin Hart, IA, were taken to their
homes in Onaway after spending
night and day in the county Jail. The
boys had paid their way to Pinconning
and were In search of work when
found by Deputy Mahoney. They had
set out to see the world.
Lansing.-Every township In the
United States is to have its honor roll
showing the names of subscribers to
the next Liberty loan, and each town.
ship exceeding Its quota, will receive
a third Liberty loan honor flag. award.
ed by the treasury department, accord.
Ing TO information received by the war
preparedness board.
Owosso.-The choir Of the Salems
Lutheran church here voted to discon.
tinue the use OF the German language
In It's meetings. Recently the church
adopted the plan of having one service
in English every Sunday instead of
monthly as in the past. The church
has the largest congregation Of any
German church In the county.
Monroe.-Monroe county will estab.
lish sign boards along the Dixie high
way, setting forth the legal speed for
motor vehicles as fixed by the state
and also will send circular letters tn
them that the law will be rigidly en-.
forced in Monroe county as means
of securing a better enforcement.
Camp Custer.-That the entire S5tn
division, made up of Michigan and
Wisconsin troops, will be out Of camp
by August 1, was the statement of one
of the staff officers. The impression
gained was that the entire division
would be moved late In the summer TO
France. This does not mean, he said,
that the camp would be vacant by that
time, as he expected the camp would
be filed up by selects.
Camp Custer.-Close companions in
life, Private Chas. ]. Hoefin and
George Heller, Detroiters, died at the
base hospital With ma few hours of
each other. Both men came to the
army at the same time and were as.
signed to the headquarters company.
330th field artillery They had ad.
joining hunks and both worked and
played together. Heller died from
and Hoeflin from empy.
erina.
Muskegon.-An Irish jury ousted
the Rev. Tony Oldenburger from the
parsonage of the First Neder Deutch
church. The trouble started three
months ago when a church officer
drove the pastor from the Pulpit and
sent the congregation home disap-
proving Cll.nburg gers teachings. The
pastor refused to leave the parsonage.
Aside from the SIX Irishmen serving
on the jury, all persons connected
with the case were Hollanders. un 49,
Caro--Andrew Anger, a farmer who
lives near Watrousville, Tuscola coun.
ty, whose pro-German utterances have
been resented, was called from his
home by a party of Americans, who
him to march barefcoted
for some distanced between the lines,
cheer the president, kiss the flag,
promise to donate to the Red Cross,
buy Liberty bonds and concluded by
shouting ITO h with the KAISER"
after which he was allowed to return
to his home. tt. ri'. 80 4
Camp Custer.-Loyal men OF Ger.
man or Austrian birth who have elect.
ed to stay in the national army, re.
port to division headquarters that they
are being threatened by aliens who
were discharged from the service
some weeks ago. A number of men
state that they have been repeatedly
with death unless they 70.
fuse to bear arms against the
Teutonic powers. Immediate attention
will be given every case Of this kind
and the probable result will be that
the DISCHARGED aliens responsible will