The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-06-28

Grand RapldS.-BlShop M. j. Gal
lagher, this city, Is the new state
chaplain of the Ancient Order of HI
! bernians.
Kalamazoo.-A $50 Liberty bond
was presented to Kalamazoo college
by the senior class at the commence
ment exercises.
Ypsilanti.-Ypsilanti's war saving
stamp drive has reached $4,000, leav
ing only $4,000 to be subscribed to
reach the quota.
Battle Creek.-Milburn, Burns, OF
! Coldwater. was fatally injured when
a Michigan Central passenger train
! struck his motorcycle.
Inlay City.-John Zimmerman was
tarred and feathered by a crowd
which declared he had refused to sub.
scribe to the Red Cross.
Monroe.-Twenty-fou of the sur.
viving 60 veterans of the Seventh
Michigan Volunteer infantry held
their Thirty-second reunion here re,
Gently.
Royal Oak.-Former Supervisor AL.
bert w. Wilson has resigned lis pos.
ition as Royal Oak village commits.
sioner. His successor has not been
named.
Port Huron.-Port Huron high
school students will be employed In
making shells in Port Huron mum.
ton plants, according to arrange
ments recently made.
Beulah.-W. ]. Peight, SO years old,
Of Hart, was instantly killed when mis-
automobile skidded and turned over
an embankment His wife. 6-year-Old
son and sister-in-law escaped injury.
Monroe.-Arjew Detroit, 26 years
old, of Detroit, native of Holland,
is held here charged with making dis.
respectful remarks about President
Wilson and the uniform of the United
States army.
Eaton Rapids.-The thirty-third an.
nual 10 days meeting of the Michi.
gan State Holiness Camp Meeting as.
ISOLATION will be held at Riverside
park in this city Thursday, July rs,
to Sunday, August 4, inclusive.
Eaton Rapids.-Because Of the
drought the past three weeks the
strawberry crop has been shortened
so per cent and other fruit, as well as
the farm crops and war gardens, are
suffering much for want of rain.
Port Huron.-The chamber of com.
merce has appointed a committee to
investigate the possibilities of devel.
oping natural gas wells in this vicin.
ity. Several wells have been sunk by
private citizens and a good quality OF
gas secured.
Detroit-Minnie Denton has been
sent to the detention home by federal
officials for aiding her son, William r.
Denton, to escape the draft She ex.
plains she is not pro-German but simp.
ly conscientious" director. Her case
is being investigated.
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 $1,272 in payment for
the grain The case will be referred
to Washington.
Flint-Genesee county leads the en-.
tire central division of the Red Cross
in the number of nurses recruited dur
ing last two weeks, according to mes.
sage from headquarters. Forty nurses
had been reported when the message
was sent, but 10 more were enrolled
making SO in all
oldwater.-Crushed under a cyl
inder press in the Daily Reporter
Office when a roll of paper struck q
lever and started the machinery
Frank L. Parker, 38 years old, was
killed and Grant l. Smith, 40 years
old, was probably fatally injured. Par
ker's father, civil war veteran, wit
messed the accident.
Benton Harbor.-Thomas J. Rector
60 years Odd, former street commits
sioner, was burned to death by fire
starting from an open gas jet at night
The man was alone in the house
Neighbors heard the explosion and
found Rector unconscious. He died
soon after being taken to hospital
The lower floor of the residence was
wrecked.
Lansing.-The per capitas for La
peer and Wahjamega were fixed rec.
emily at meetings of the board of state
auditors with the representatives 81
the board of control of the two insti
buttons. The Lapeer per capita Is
fixed for the coming year at rs cents
an increase from &C cents. Wahpame
ha gets 95 cents, an increase from 81
cents. High cost of living Is respon.
sible for both increases.
Mt. Pleasant.-A carrier pigeon
ended it's journey from Somewhere
in America" when 1t persistently at
tempted to alight on James Sickles
a section hand at Weidman, 16 miles
northwest of here. The bird was cap
tured and brought to Mt. Pleasant
On the band. on it's left leg is "E. r
r. c. g." and the number IL enclosed