The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-05-30
STATE NEWS
in BRIEF

Monroe.-Geo. Palencher, farmer
residing near Flat Rock, was arrested
by Deputy Sheriff Sparkling, charged
with a serious offense against a 10.
year-old girl.
Cheboygan.-The Walkers point
coastguard station is to have telephone
connection with Cheboygan this sea-
son. A submarine cable Is being laid
between the station and Lighthouse
point on the main land.
Albion.-Maj. r. ]. Bennett of the
Canadian army, who was given peF-
mission last fall to come to Albion
college and take charge OF the mill
tary training, has completed his work
and will now go into active service.
Port Huron.-The Port Huron draft
board is receiving many requests for
passports from young men of other
cities desiring to enter Canada. 1t is
necessary to have permission Of the
draft board In their home cities be-
fore passports can be issued.
Cadillac.-Sheriff Christoffersen and
Deputy Paquette discovered a cache
OF "a barrels of bottled beer belonging
to number of Toledo parties, which
was slowed in a club house on Slagle
creek The officers spent nearly day
pulling off the caps OF 2,400 pints and
pouring the brew into the creek.
Traverse City.-New legislation to
do away with the dog nuisance was
advocated by the Northwestern Mich-
igan Bankers association recently in
convention here, in view of the CON-
ing of great sheep interests. The dog
law enacted last year by legislature
was branded a failure to cope with
new conditions.
Lansing-John B. Matthews, secre-
tary of the board OF state auditors and
one of the best known men in state
official circles, died at his home Sun
day morning. Death was due prim-
Rrily to heart trouble, brought on by
cold contracted several days ago
while trout fishing in the northern
part OF the state.
Traverse City.-Martha Rice, IS, Of
Bingham. has been missing from home
for two months. Following a quarrel
with her sweetheart, she came 10
Traverse City and told her friends
they would never see her again. She
then disappeared. 1t is thought she
may have attempted to cross Carp
lake on the thin ice and was drowned.
Detroit.-Detroit and Michigan rats
will have an opportunity to eat wheat
-four even if you do have to serve war
iread on your own table. David r.
Heineman. food administrator, grant
ID permission to a manufacturer to
'se 100 pounds OF wheat -four a week
,or rat food-but as It is a poisoned
susy.
Saginaw-Jerome T. Van Auken,
tho was killed at the aviation field
Ct Wichita Falls, Tex, Saturday morn
ing. was the son of Mrs. Florence j.
Van Auken OF this city, being one Of
three sons enlisted in the service of
the United States. Van Auken was
about 20 years old and a native OF
Saginaw, having attended both high
schools here.
Houghton.-The jury investigating
the death OF Mrs. Absolom Earry,
whose body was found a week ago
after she had been missing for four
months, returned a verdict that death
came from a broken leg and exposure.
This virtually exonerates the husband,
wealthy farmer and land owner, now
In Jail charged with her murder. He
has been admitted to $4,000 bail
Ann Arbor-John c. Brown, % years
old, of Erie, Pa, junior literary stu
dent in the University of Michigan,
was drowned in Huron river Sunday.
After the recovery OF Browns body
friends worked over him with a pull
moter for an hour without any sue
cess. II was found Brown had been
caught in a bed OF weeds, which had
tangled about his feet and legs, hold
ing him powerless.
Ypsilanti-Fire of unknown origin
destroyed the large barn and dwelling
house on the Hammond farm, two
miles south of Ypsilanti, owned by
George Slaughter of Detroit, and oc-
cupied by Miles Oliver. A large guam
tity of hay and grain, and most of the
household goods of Oliver were de-
stroyed. The loss is estimated at
$4,000. The barn was 200 feet long,
one of the largest in this part of the
state.
Benton Harbor.-The Anderson Eng
lish case. heard in circuit court at a
cost to the county of 5000. was COM
pleted, the Jury returning a verdict of
6 cents damage against ID. English
proprietor of the Harbor lunch room
here. Attorney Anderson, OF Detroit,
representing the West Publishing com.
pany, sued English for $1,000 for
malicious persecution. the case being
the outcome OF the arrest of Anderson
on the charge of larceny. following an
alteration over dime.
Muskegon.-As the result of quar-
rel with her husband in which he at
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