The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-04-20
STATE NEWS

Ann or.-Applications In the
ordnance training course again are
open as the result Of an order from
Washington.
Charlotte.-Isaiah Kimmel, "A years
old. only local Confederate army veter'
an Of the Civil war. died at the home
OF his daughter in Grand Rapids.
Ann or.-Engineering students
in the University of Michigan have
proposed to shorten the summer vaca-
ton four weeks to haster their enlist
ment In active service.
Detroit.-Detroit and Michigan coal
dealers told State Fuel Administrator
Prudden, that they would go out OF
business rather than accept the $2.25
profit margin per ton allowed.
Harbor Beach.-This city is to have
lake shore park. A large piece of
land on the shore of the lake has been
set aside for the purpose and will be
made ready for use this spring.
Lapeer.-Charles w. Smith, former
speaker of the state house of represen.
tatives. has announced that he will not
be a candidate for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
because of the press of other duties.
| Monroe.--An automobile belonging
to George Mclaughlin, in which Car
Teton postoffice safe blowers escaped.
has been found in Toledo, where the
| same gang is believed to have blown
| a safe.
Traverse City. - Grand Traverse
county has given her fifth son to the
| cause. Elgin Lewis, of Central Lake,
| member Of the national army, died at
| Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. The body was
| sent here.
Hastings-Mr. and Mrs. Moses
| Horn, an aged couple, lost all their
belongings and their home when the.
building and contents were burned to
the ground on a small farm in Johns
town township.
Grand Rapids.-The 416th railroad
telegraph battalion, under command
of Haj N. ID. Ballantine. containing 80
western Michigan men, has arrived in
France, according to word from Capt.
James Bailey, of this city.
Houghton.-Maj. Harold Whiting
ham, Michigan College of Mines grad
uate in 1912, has been made German
prisoner, according to word received
from British officials, who returned a
letter addressed to Nottingham.
Grand Rapids.-Josera Walter Male
WITT, "a of Grand Rapids, is listed
among the II men reported missing
as the result off the collision between
the American Destroyer Manley ard q
British warship in European waters
recently.
Sault Ste. Marie.-Chase s. Osborn
former governor of Michigan and can
didate for the Republican nomination
for the United States senatorship al
the coming election, was inaugurated
as president of the Presbyterian Broth
erhood here.
Lansing.--The law passed by the
legislature in 1913, authorizing the
sterilization of mental detectives
maintained wholly or in part by public
expense in the public institutions OF
the state, has been declared uncon
stitutional by the supreme court.
Flint.-Police have decided that
Steve Williams, 80, found dead in
a poolroom here, died from an over
dose of bootleg" whiskey. which the
authorities say they found He and
Nick Tenor, who was made violently
i'll, had INDUCED. Teno.f recovered
after being taken to a hospital.
Lansing.--The supreme court has
upheld the conviction of Robert vii
liams, before Judge Jeffries in Detroit
Williams was arrested for carrying
concealed weapons. He had revol
yer which was not loaded. The
supreme court decided that conceal
ed weapons does not need to be load
ed to make violation of the state law
Grand Rapids.-Colonel Charles
Walbridge Calkins, aged rs, one Of the
Oldest lawyers in Grand Rapids, and
the city's Oldest native-born resident
is dead. He served through the Civil
war, advancing from private to regi
mental adjutant. After the war ne
engaged in railroad work and later in
the grocery business. He afterwards
became a lawyer.
| Detroit.-S. S. Kresge, by supreme
court decision, is exempted from pay
ing taxes to the city Of Detroit on a
s3,O0O,000 interest in the stock Of the
Kresge company. invested in FL states
other than Michigan. The supreme
court affirmed the decision of the
Wayne county circuit court, which
held In Krege's favor in the suit filed
against him by the city.
Port Huron.--The largest single
road contract ever awarded in St
Clair county has been given Detroit
concern. II calls for the expenditure
Of $236,393 for ten miles of concrete
road along the lake shore. north Of
this city. The road will be a part Of
the Dixie highway as well as the East
Michigan Shore pike. Five miles OF
road will be completed this summer
and Ave miles In 1919.