The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-08-09
STATE NEWS

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Hastings-"Cy" Stafford has been
sentenced to work so days on a farm.
He is the first person convicted OF
drunkenness In Barry county since
May 1.
Saginaw-Light frosts were report
| ed recently in various low sections
OF the county, but no great damage
resulted. The low temperature was
45 degrees.
Ypsilanti-Two hundred and one
students received diplomas Thursday
at the summer term convocation ex.
ercises held at the Michigan State
Normal college.
Standish-Albert Hagley, jr., SON Of
prominent farmer near this city.
was pinned between q barn and q
traction engine and killed. He ex-
pected to go to camp in the next draft
call.
Mt. Pleasant-In the August gradu-
ating class there were IS graduates.
Central Normal was the only normal
In Michigan to have an increased at
| tendance at the summer session just
closed.
Benton Acknowledgements Of
Fire Chief L. w. Sheffield and Frank
Stevens, a driver, have been demand
ed by the city council following the
mems refusal to contribute to patrio-
tic funds.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at the trial
staying her husband, testified that
Sanasace tried to exonerate his wife
as he lay dying of bullet wounds she
had inflicted.
Ann Arbor-Forty-sev men of the
army mechanics training unit at the
u. Of M. were naturalized Wednes-
day. Thirty-five of the men were citiz-
ems of Great Britain, eight Of Russia.
two of Sweden and one of France.
Petoskey-Mrs. William Curtis, 70
years old, widow Of the late William
l.. Curtis, founder of the First Ma
tional Bank of Petoskey, is dead after
an illness of several months. She was
active in community welfare organi-
cations.
Hillsdale-The Junior department
of the Presbyterian Sunday school
turned over for shipment to France
rs pairs of children's shoes donated
by Hillsdale citizens. They go to Mrs.
Eugene Frisbie of this place, who Is
doing work for the children over
there.
Hillsdale-When the steering gear
of his automobile went wrong, the
machine turned a complete somer-
sault and landed right side up In a
ditch, throwing Files Potter and his
wife, of Osseo, out. They escaped
with slight bruises, but the machine
was wrecked.
Lansing-Unless Michigan stores
discontinue burning advertising lights
most Of the night on the nonlightless
nights 1t Is possible further restric-
tions on the use of lights may be or
! dered, w. X. Prudden, state fuel ad-
ministrator, has indicated in COM
menting on the observance Of the new
conservation order.
Lansing-Michigan veterinarians
have petitioned the State Board Of
Agriculture for the removal Of DR.. r..
p. Lyman, dean OF veterinary medi.
cine at the Michigan Agricultural Col
lege. Lack of cooperation with veter.
mary organizations and failure to de.
velop his department satisfactorily
are charged in the petition.
Lansing-Governor Sleeper has
been advised by the United States
employment service that Micligan's
first quota of common labor Is 1880
men. The state advisory board will
subdivide this quota and the men will
be distributed among the various
plants by the local community boards.
The second quota will be announced
August Is.
Bay City-Nine army men who have
been doing work as chemists at the
Dow plant in Midland, and who have
been gassed, passed through Bay City
recently on their way to the base
hospital at Camp Custer. They were
in charge of their captain and lieut..
enant, both of whom also suffered
slightly from the same cause.
Hillsdale-By a temporary injunc.
ton issued in circuit court, the First
National bank here Is restrained
from the collection of an attachment
for $1,000 against the Hillsdale Hard
ware company. The defendant claims
George N. Smith, one Of the principal
stockholders should be the principal
in the case and not the corporation
itself. A bond of $4,000 has been
filed, pending determination Of the in
junction.
Kalamazoo-Harry Freeman, secre
tary of the Kalamazoo Chamber of
Commerce has been named city man
ager by the city commission. The only
other candidate considered was Clar
ence L. Miller, acting city manager
rreeman engineered the election In