The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-02-22
STATE NEWS

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two hold-up men "a piece of her mind
whe nthey accosted her near her home,
they fed.
| Battle Creek-Sergt. Fred Lecucux,
16Oth depot brigade, suffered broken
leg and internal injuries when struck
by an automobile while riding on a mo-
torcycle.
Houghton-The body of Lloyd Har-
ris, Is years old, reached his home at
| TrimOuntain. Discharged for physical
disability, Harris died in Detroit of
pneumonia.
| Cadillac-This city Is the headquar-
ters for the medical advisory board
for the counties of Manistee, Mason,
Mecosta, Osceola. Lake and Wexford.
Five doctors and a dentist comprise
| the board.
Royal Oak-Fifty-six students and
teachers in the high school have been
made i'll by drinking city water. Doc
tors advise that all water be boiled
as surface water has contaminated the
drinking supply.
Saginaw-President John Crutch-
field, Of the Michigan miners district,
denied the right of Robert Gaffney,
Michigan representative on the nation
al board of miners, to order miners on
strike in Albion back to work.
Bad Axe-One new automobile was
wrecked and six others badly damaged
when the roof Of the Wagner Auto
Sales Co. caved in. Four feet of snow
which had accumulated on the roof
caused 1t to drop. No one was injured.
Lansing-Food Administrator Pres
colt has been informed that the COM
bination Of high priced substitutes and
the refusal of the government to per-
NIT increased prices for bread was
slowly driving the smaller bakery out
Of business.
Cadillac-Although there are many
thousands Of bushels of potatoes here
they are not moving owing to the scar
city Of cars. The prevailing price for
the spuds is 81 per cwt., or go cents
a bushel. Dealers are not buying them
owing to the lack Of shipping facili-
ties.
Muskegon-Explodin shells proba.
bly, saved the lives Of two small chill
dren of Patrick Craig. Older children
set the house on fire while playing
with matches. The two sleeping chill
dren were awakened when shells ex-
ploded with the heat The bed was
completely burned.
Ann Arbor-Harold MacGregor, with
one Of the U. of M. units in France,
has written his mother telling her of
the freedom rats are given in the
trenches. He says they vary in size
from kittens to puppies and that they
knaw through soldiers clothes at night
to get eatables in the pockets.
Port Huron-The city charter gives
away all rights to the Port Huron Gas
& Electric Co., and city officials see
little hope of successfully fighting the
increase in rates inaugurated recently
by the company. The 30year franchise
granted in 1901 left the city no power
to prevent exorbitant charges by the
corporation.
Camp Custer, Battle Creek-Officers
here are anxiously awaiting action on
the Communication bill now before con-
gress. The bill, II It passes. will pro.
vide allowances for quarters for all
officers in the field here or in France.
The allowances will vary from IS per
cent Of lieutenants pay to Is per
cent of colonel's.
Saginaw-The mother of Herbert G.
]. Behner, who was drowned when the
British transport Tuscania was sunk.
has been found in Buena Vista. Beh.
ner was drafted last fall while work
ing in Pontiac. He was sent from that
city to Camp Custer and from there
to Washington, where he was assigned
to the goth engineers.
railroad has issued a new set Of de-
murrage rules, providing for heavy
charges for consignees who hold
freight cars over the 48-hour free"
period. For each of the four days af-
ter the free period SO will be assessed,
the following three days, So each, and
any number of days thereafter, $40
per day.
Pontiac-Charging that some one
else drew $1,000 from his bank account
In the Pontiac Savings bank. Stef Vel
inoff, of this city, has made the bank
defendant in a suit to recover the
money. The bank contends that Vel.
inoff signed the receipt demanded by
the bank when the money was turned
over and that the entry was made in
his bank book.
Saginaw-In the sinking OF the Tus-
cania, the second of two Unionville
lads, lifelong chums, has probably
been claimed as result of the war.
Friedel Whitening and Victor II.
Spring enlisted In the inflrmary corps
at the 33d regiment, Michigan Nation
al Guard, in Saginaw, at the outbreak
Of the war. Whitening was on the
Tuscania and has not been accounted
for. Spring died following an opera
ton in Detroit last October.