The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-05-31
STATE NEWS

| uOtte, dBcu 10, u seCLlOu manu- Oh the
d. u. R. was killed May 20, by a south.
bound express car.
Bay City.-The Day City-Saginaw
Railroad Co. has granted motormen
and conductors a wage increase Of
two cents an hour, effective June 1.
East Lansing.-War service has cut
the graduating class of the Michigan
Agricultural college this year from a
junior class Of $50 to senior class of
14O.
Fremont.-William Jennings Bryan,
former secretary of state in President
Wilson's cabinet, will be the headliner
Of the high school lecture course dur
ing the 1888 season here.
Ann Arbor.-Since the United States
entered the war II students from the
University of Michigan have either
been killed, died of wounds or disease
in the military service of this country.
Monroe-William Green, aged so, a
LaSalle township farmer, was almost
instantly killed May 20 when Ford
automobile, in which he was riding,
collided with a Cadillac car, near
Albian road.
Kalamazoo.-The Michigan Paper
Mills Traffic association has protested
to the interstate commerce commits
sion that eastern mills are being
shown illegal discrimination by spe-
cial commodity rates.
| Grand Rapids.-Fire of undeter-
mined origin destroyed huge pile Of
straw at the American Box Board COM
pany. The loss is estimated at nearly
$4,000. The straw pile was 800 feet
long, 70 feet wide and 60 feet high.
Lansing.-Dr. George w. Dunphy,
state veterinarian, sees no difficulty
In producing brayless mules for army
service. A simple operation, the re-
moval Of the vocal cords, would turn
the trick with no decrease in the
ability Of the animals, says DR.. Dun
| ply.
| Lansing.-Federal Food Administra-
tor Prescott has stated that unless the
situation as pertains to wheat, -four
and sugar shows marked improvement
during the next two or three months,
the use Of these staples will positively
be prohibited to concessionaires in
dispensing refreshments this year at
fairs.
| Port Huron.-The angle in the state
game and fish law which prevented
st. Clair river fishermen from market
ing their catch of wall-eyed pike, COM
monty known as pickerel, was cleared
May 81, when Game Warden John
Baird notified Deputy Game Warden
Henry Radiki, not to interfere with
fishermen, but to permit them to
market their catch.
Battle Creek-Gov. Sleeper in an
address before the Rotary club here
said that Michigan was not only send
Ing men and food to France, but is
also furnishing iron ore and copper
vitality needed by the allies, shipping
automobiles and trucks in large num-
bers. furnishing salt and doing some
other things that should materially
help in winning the war.
| Lansing.-Registratio cards to be
filed out June S, by young men who
have attained FL since the registra-
ton one year ago, have been received
by Adjutant-General-C Colonel John s.
Bersey, and are being distributed to
| local boards. With one or two minor
changes, the registration cards are
similar to those used at the general
registration a year ago.
Ann Arbor.-Miss Helen Fraser, Of
England, speaking here on What wo-
men must do to help win the war;"
said that more than 100000 women
In England we're doing war work. One
third of them had never worked be-
! fore. She declared that women In
many instances ran war plants, max
ing airships, dreadraughts and NUM-
tons with little aid from men.
| Lansing-The saving for food of at
least three per cent of the total wheat
ordinarily lost in threshing, is to be
attempted by special threshing divi-
sion of the federal food administra-
| ton. Under the general direction of
Capt. Kenneth d. Hequembourg, u. s.
R., with headquarters in New York,
county organizations will be main
tanned to aid and advise farmers.
More careful methods and better mech
anical conditions will be used to effect
the saving.
| Alma.-Albert Eichorn, May 81
started on life term at Marquette
prison for the murder here last Sep
TENDER of pretty IT. year-old Beatrice
Epler, Of Alma, who was found dead
| in a road in front Of her home, having
been strangled to death by Eichorn
during struggle for her honor In
house of Ill repute, where, the state
charges, she was lured by Mrs. Inez
Johnson, Eichorn and Joseph Brennan.
a Flint actor. Two hours and fifteen
minutes the jury was in session be-
fore reporting.
Owosso.-Dr A. M. Hume, of
Owosso, president Of the Michigan
ot.ta Medfcal aOciety saws that ga