South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-01-04

/ of the local unit at ? o'clock Fri
day afternoon.
MUSKEGON-Elias Inhart, a
well-to-do local Polish resident, is
! serving a 3O-day sentence at the
county Jail rather than pay a SO
I fine assessed against him on an as
sault and battery charge by JUS
tice Jerome Z. Turner
OWOSSO-Many OwossO mer-
/ chants have agreed to close their
stores at p. m. and open at a. m.
| to save fuel and electricity. The coal
shortage here remains acute. The
schools, which have been closed
three weeks, will open Monday.
LANSING orders from
| Washington. Adjt Gen. Bersey Is
instructing all local draft boards in
| the state not to induct any more
men into the aviation and quarter
masters departments. as the
branches ere temporarily closed to
! selected men.
MUSKEGON-This city's sugar
shortage seemed to be ended We'd
Eesday when dealers began selling
two-pound packages, an event not
occurring in Muskegon for weeks
past. The supply will steadily in
| crease from now on, dealers aver.
MUSKEGON - Claude Stark.
charged with resisting Herman
Vanderveen. the might patrol driver.
| and who bit off the end Of one Of
| the officers fingers when placed I'M
| der arrest, is held at the county jail
TO face trial in the circuit court dur
ing the coming term.
MUSKEGON-Tony Costa and
Adolph SerafinO, young local Ital-
ians, convicted Of forgeries in the
| local circuit court, were placed on
! probation. their friends having
made good their shortages
| SKEGON-Mistakin a can Of
I gasoline for kerosene oil. Mrs. John
| Burton, living in the eastern part
/ OF the city, in starting a fire was
/ horribly burned in the ensuing ex-
| plosion, her husband suffering ser
/ ious burns about the head, while
/ their six-year-old daughter was al
so badly burned The three were
/ taken to Hackley hospital, DR.. A.
r. Egan, city physician, attending
them.
EATON RAPIDS-The coal
/ shortage here is being partially sup
piled by the farmers from the sur
rounding rural districts bringing in
/ wood for fuel. II is estimated that
: more wood has been sold in Eaton
/ Rapids during the past three weeks
| than in any FIVE years previous TO
| the present fuel shortage. Coal is
again coming in small quantities.
] and the coal dealers are filling the
| orders of their customers as spar
| irgly and with as much haste as
/ possible.
TRAVERSE CITY-Fred Rice,
/ arrested on a charge OF defrauding
/ the Excelsior Wrapper Co. has been
a resident Of this city for several
years and until a few months ago,
when he went bankrupt. conducted
/ a garage and auto distributing COM
| pany here. Three replevin suits are
| row pending in circuit court, filed
against local automobile owners
who bought their cars from Rice,
who. IL is alleged, never turned in
I the money for them. Rices first
wife died several years ago, and he
= married Miss Ethel Palmer. popu-
! lar local society woman. who is
/ here now. Rice's father, c. II. Rice.
/ OF Chicago. said 70 be a wealthy
man. has refused 10 aid his son.
/ LANSING-There was a balance
Of SS27.75S.46 in the general fund
OF the state treasury at the begin
ming Of business Jan. ,. IL is suffi-
cient TO pay running expenses un-
\ til the January taxes are received.
/ The Michigan war loan fund con
tained S11S6.S9995. The total Of
all funds was s2.5s4.021.26.
MUSKEGON-To further con-
serve electric current IN this city
/ in order that the mammoth indus
tries OF Muskegon may continue
without interruption. fuel Admins
I traitor W NJ Lewis OF this county
has ordered all local stores TO OBJ
serve two lightless nights each
/ week. The saving in current brought
! about by this action. il is said. viii
run the largest factory in the city
. for "a hours