The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-06-27
MICHIGAN
BREVITIES

the shade were registered here sun
day.
Lapeer. - Andrew, 20-month-old
child OF Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Weir,
north and east OF Lapeer, fell into the
cistern and was drowned.
Bay City-Clarence Scram, reported
severely wounded overseas, is the son
of Mrs. Eliza Scram, this city. He is
20 years old and has been in service
more than a year.
Bay City.-George Wiedeman, OF
Midland, formerly employed at the
Dow Chemical company's plant, was
held to the United States grand jury
on a charge OF sedition.
Flint.-Former Au Sable and CISCO
da residents will conduct a reunion,
with games and races, followed by
dancing in the evening, at Thread
Lake park, Flint. June ~.
Houghton.-Capt. Ira NJ Hall, OF
Camp Custer has come to take com
mand OF the Michigan College or
Mines, which becomes a school for
the special instruction of soldiers.
Camp Custer, Battle Creek.-In con-
nection with the departure Of the Eigh-
ty-fifth division it is announced that
last farewells will be barred at Camp
Custer.
Bay City-John p. Tossel, 60 years
old, sheet metal contractor, was SER
l. m
by an automobile on the Munger road
about noon Sunday. He may not re-
cover.
Standish-The body of a three
weeks-old babe was found in a pond
near Standish at noon, Sunday, wrap
ped in the clothing of an older child.
The body had been in the water sew
eral hours.
Lansing-This statement was issued
by the United States food administra-
ton Sunday. The May shipments of
cereal foodstuffs to the Allies from
North America aggregate 700,27S tons,
as against S36,034 tons for April.
Lansing-Ray Newton. aged 80,
employed at a local factory, died a
few minutes after coming In contact
with high voltage wire. Newton
was returning to work and the wind
blew a wire against his shoulder.
Lansing-E. T. Cameron, of Mt.
Pleasant, has resigned as secretary
of the teachers retirement fund
board. His successor, appointed by
Superintendent Of Public Instruction
Fred l.. Keller, is George F. Rox-
burgh, OF Reed City.
Lansing-Food Administrator G. A.
Prescott has been asked by the Coun-
Gil of National defense to suggest 1.-The
cities and localities in Michigan in
which rural motor express can most
likely be of benefit this season, il such
lines are organized soon"
Saginaw.-William H. Reins, a
member of the city council, having
refused to buy Liberty bonds and only
under pressure contributed 81 a
month to the Red Cross war fund, is
facing recall Reins gets $4,000 year
from the city and is reputed to be
wealthy.
Lansing.-Walter B. Cady, Wash
tenaw county farmer, whose wheat
was confiscated and sold by the food
administration when Cady refused to
sell it, has returned the administra-
tons check for s1,272 in payment for
the grain. The case will be referred
| TO Washington.
Pontiac.-An audit OF Oakland
county road construction since May,
1913, to last April has been completed
and turned over to the board. II COM
mends the manner in which the ac-
counts have been handled and blames
the antiquated system of bookkeep.
ing for few errors.
Hancock.-Mrs. Arthur Henrickson,
OF Hancock, searching Thursday af-
ternoon along the banks of Portage
lake for her missing 4-year-old son,
found instead the body OF the 9.year.
old son of Otto Krellwitz, of Hancock,
missing since June 1. The Hendrick.
son child is still missing.
Lansing.-Adjutant- General John s.
Bersey has received orders from
Washington to induct for Immediate
service. 16 carpenters, IL cooks, %
railroad brakemen, 20 locomotive en-.
gineers, FIVE wooden bridge carpent.
ers, five telephone linemen, two rail.
road track foremen and 568 laborers.
Traverse City.-Sleuths by the hun.
dred will gum shoe socially in this
city for three days starting July 16
when sheriffs, police chiefs and prose.
cutting attorneys of Michigan will
meet for their annual convention.
Sheriff David r. Campbell, vice-presi
dent OF the organisation, is in charge
OF the program.
Detroit-Fighting island, in the De
troit river, opposite Wyandotte, has
been purchased from the Palms estate
by the Michigan Alkali Co. The is
land comprises about $500 acres, and
II will be used as dumping ground
by the concern. The island is in
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