The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-03-15

Ionia.-Burglars secured 80 cents
when they took two cash registers
from @. e. Wilkinson's news stand.
They missed $3.50 in a safe under one
of the registers.
Mt. Pleasant.-Three masked band
its robbed Walter d. Edmunds, farm
er, of SIT while he was en- route from
serving on a jury which convicted
Frank Purdy and his pal, Moore, of
burglary.
st. Joseph.-R. e. Truax, principal,
and Paul Rood, instructor, In the high
school, were declared not guilty OF as
sault and battery ON Donald Quinn, a
student. Quinn had been whipped
when he refused to pick up reel OF
fire hose from the school floor on the
night of basket ball game.
Port Huron.-Pro-German efforts to
discredit sale of thrift stamps have
been nipped in the bud by Postmaster
Wittliff. The rumor spread that
stamps were not valid in case the own
er died, and several persons called at
the postoffice to cash them. Death
does not affect the value of the stamps.
Bay City.-Robert Schroeder, 3S, was
killed and John Thompson, 40, severely
injured, as the result Of an accident in
Wolverine mine No. 2. The two men
had placed their shot for blasting coal
and after hearing report went back
to their working room. 1t was another
shot they had heard and just as they
got in their blast went off above them.
Flint.-Eight members of three diff
ferent families occupying flats above
North Saginaw street bakery were
overcome by gas fumes and were un-
conscious when found. Prompt and
vigorous action by several doctors,
however, resulted in their resuscita-
ton and all have recovered. 1t is be-
lieved the gas came from coke oven
in the bakery below.
Authorization miners have resum-
ed work at an increase Of 30 cents
ton, which makes a total wage OF $1.30
q ton and puts the y. s. X. Mining Co.
of Albion practically under the Wash
ington agreement. The miners won
all their demands except the dating
back of the increase to November 1.
This question was referred to the ma
tional fuel administrator.
Detroit.-Personal injury suits for
$4,000 each have been started In cir
cult court against the Northern Navi-
cation Co. by Lucy and Eliza Thurs
ton of Detroit, sisters. They charge
they were seriously injured in carri-
age collision in Duluth, a feature of an
excursion given by the steamship COM
pany The company denies having any
thing to do with the tallyho in which
the plaintiffs rode.
Pontiac.-Mrs. Charles Halk, 55,
wife of farmer living just north of
this city on Perry street, was brutality
murdered. 1t is alleged that her son,
Joseph Halk, %, struck her over the
head with a Ratchet. The woman was
instantly killed. The son Is said to
have just returned from Columbus,
Ohio, where he went to enlist in the
army and was rejected for "a mental
trouble.
Flint.-Although it is only two
months since blizzard and fuel famine,
Flint people seem to have forgotten
their experience already. Mayor Geo.
C. Kellar, who is also fuel administra-
tor, reported 5000 tons of coal on
tracks in Flint awaiting purchasers to
lay In supply for next winter. Quantity
has already been diverted to other
cities and more may be sent away In
order to release cars.
Lansing. Reorganization Of county
war boards which are to attend to the
war activities of their respective dis
tricts, with particular reference to the
raising of money, was accomplished
here at a meeting Of the executive ad-
visory committee appointed recently
by Governor Sleeper. Plans for con-
ferences in each county and the grad
ual establishment of co-ordinated col
lections for all campaigns were adopt
ed.
Port Huron.-The city commission
mas Hldu6 d6ICClhOht Will tuO
Trunk to place an iron bridge over
Black river in the vicinity Of the fibre
works. Recent dredging operations
necessitated the removal of the span
and it was never replaced. The city
will have a walk built over the span.
Employees of the plant who used the
bridge have been crossing on the ice
during the winter. A few days ago
Peter G. Relkin went into an air hole
and was drowned.
Lansing.-The state war board has
$4,000 to buy sheep for
farmers. Purchasers in large lots will
be made by ]. A. Halliday, state live |
stock commissioner. The state will |
act as a distributing agent, but at the |
same time win give farmers the ad-
of purchasing at price OBJ
tanned only In buying large shipments.
In upper Michigan many farmers de-
sire to start In the sheep raising bust |
ness on a small scale and have sum- |