The Yale expositor., 1918-03-28

Hastings.-Ray White, 10 years old,
of Freeport, stole corn to keep his
colt from starving, and then he was
compelled TO sell the colt to obtain
funds with which to pay court costs
for stealing the corn.
Muskegon.-The only big financial
campaign by Muskegon residents dur.
ing the present war is to be started
in May, when the war chest associa-
ton will arrange for the raising If
$25O,O00 annually by subscription, all
for war relief work.
Holland.-Mrs. William Braskamp,
aged SO. of this city, is the champion
Red Cross worker of the state, her
friends claim. She has made 339
articles, half OF which she knitted and
the remainder she sewed. She gives
4S hours week to Red Cross work.
Lansing-The state board of agricul-
ture. in session at the Michigan Agrl-
cultural college, elected William II.
Wallace, OF Saginaw, a member OF the
public domain commission in place OF
A. ]. Doherty of Clare. Mr.. Doherty
presented his resignation some months
ago.
Bay City.-Efforts to release the ice
jam at the Henry street bridge with
| dynamite resulted in wrecking the
24-inch water main from the west side
water works and as result the west
ern portion OF the city was without
water. until temporary connections
could be made.
Camp Custer.-Camp Custer is being
covered with a network of sidewalks.
In the machine gun battalion area &C.
ment walks are being built. The long
est walk in camp is that constructed
by the 310th Engineers from division
headquarters to the home of Maj. Gen.
Kennedy, about half mile.
Grand Rapids.-George Willemsen,
son of Dirk Willemsen of Grand Rap.
ids, with a machine gun battalion in
France. is the first Grand Rapids boy
to be killed in France. Death was
accidental according to word received
| by the parents. Willemsen enlisted
in 1916, in the South Dakota National
Guard and served through the Mexican
trouble.
Albion.-After having tried the war
intensive program, with classes six
| days each week so as to close college
in early May, the trustees and facul-
ty of Albion college have agreed that
the plan has serious drawbacks and
have voted to go back next year to the
former plan of classes only five days
week. This will give more time to
athletics.
Ann Arbor-Professor J. c. Parker,
head of the electrical engineering fac
ulty of the college of engineering in
the University of Michigan, favors a
deliberate artificial tax burden on the
price of coal, based on the general OBJ
servation that when things are cheap,
people use them carelessly, and that
as the price goes up the average citi-
zen economies.
Detroit.-Carpenters and unskilled
laborers are needed by the United
States government for construction
work at Washington. The government
will pay 81 1-2 cents an. hour for car.
penters and 35 cents All hour for un-
skilled laborers, on a shift of eight
hours a day. Time and one-half will
be paid for overtime on a ten-hour
shift Free transportation will be al
lowed.
Flint.-Laverne HERMAN, aged 8,
hn hx II N int
urban car while walking on track south
of Flint, died of fractured skull. The
boy Is said to have boarded a car for
Detroit and when the conductor found
he had no money to pay his fare, he
was put off at Atlas, the first station
south of Flint He started out to
walk and was struck by car from
south.
Mason.-Rev. Frank Gates Elicit,
of this city, has announced he will be
candidate for the nomination FOR
United States senator. Mr.. Elicit
says that the reconstruction work re.
CURED after the war, politically, So
cially, economically and industrially,
will cause bitter rivalry and that a
seat in the United States senate will
offer possibly the best opportunities
for unselfsh service to the world.
Lansing .-The license of E. Chapple
Co., operating a -four mill and elevator
at Bedding, has been revoked for three
weeks, by Geo. A. Prescott, state food
administrator. II. l.. Ousterhout was
called here to answer charges that the
mill sold -four without substitutes,
sold wheat for chicken feed and took
higher prices than the government
has fixed. The announcement that the
license had been revoked was made
Immediately after the close of the
conference.
Detroit.-John Des Champs, cadet
aviator, the third Detroit flyer In the
service of the United States to lose
his life within week, died at Wichi
Falls, Tex, as the result of internal
injuries suffered when his airplane