The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-08-16

Battle Creek-The food administra-
ton is holding a car of smutted wheat
owned by the King Seed Co., of this
city.
Hastings-George Vandewalker, OF
Kalamazoo, paid a fine of $685. for
using a set line in fishing in lower
Crooked Lake.
Petoskey-Sugar card regulations
are openly violated here. ]. e. Balm,
county food administrator, has written
Lansing for instructions.
Flint-Corp. Lynn c. Fitzgerald, Of
this city. wounded at the Marine with
the Marine Corps, was previously
wounded at Chateau-Thierry.
Observation-Disclosures Galibiewak, 8
years old, was crushed to death by an
ice wagon while trying to pick up q
stray piece from the road.
heboygan-Floyd Bonnie, of Flint,
was caught breaking into Black Lake
cottages. He ran away from home and
will be returned to that city.
Kalamazoo-A. P. L. workers, State
Constabulary and local and county Of
ficials rounded up $50 men of draft
age who could not show draft cards.
Manistee-9 volunteers will leave
Manistee August IA to enter mechani-
cal training schools, a result of the
limited service call which was issued
by the local draft board.
Albion-The Albion Vigilance corps
has taken up plan proposed by fac.
tory men, for every laboring man in
the city to work Labor day and give
the proceeds to the Red Cross.
Flint-Fred Kavesky, of Flint, re-
ported severely wounded In action, has
been sought by the local draft board
as draft delinquent. The board did
not know Kavesky was In service.
Albion-The village of Springport
turned out over 1000 strong for the
towns annual picnic at Duck Lake
Friday. Capt. w. B. Pullinger, for two
years on the French front, spoke.
Grand Rapids-Governor Sleeper, to
fix war fund quotas, has appointed e.
J. Bullard, Detroit; Otto S. Sovereign,
Bay City; w. G. ovill, Coldwater; Carl
Young, Muskegon; Felix Flynn, Cadil-
lac; ]. H. Rice, Houghton; Charles H.
Bender. Grand Rapids.
Reed City-Reed City has had three
fires In less than four days. The din.
ing quarters of the Seventh Day AID.
ventists camp burned to the ground.
Boys using matches set the Evangeli-
Cal sheds on fire and then the Dell
Watkins lumber mill suffered loss.
Coldwater-Fire started by an ex-
ploding lantern destroyed big grain
barn on the Shoemaker farm near
Coldwater with all the summers crops
and much farm machinery. The farm
was occupied by HI. b. Clouse, who
loses all the proceeds Of his summers
work.
Iron Mountain-William Osterberg,
10 years old. Of Norway. was drowned
In Hamilton lake while bathing. He
dove from a raft and his head became
stuck in the mud and he failed to
come to the surface. Two friends tried
to rescue him. one nearly meeting a
like fate.
Benton Harbor-After preparing hia
bath at the Hotel Benton, L. H. Nc
Daniel, Of Chicago, ILL.,, a representa-
tive Of the White Motor Company, of
Cleveland, Ohio, dropped dead Of
apoplexy. Mcdaniel had just returned
from the city hall, where he addressed
the council on FIRE equipment.
Pontiac-Walter Syzenkerak, former
Detroit saloonkeeper arrested near
Now for having supply OF liquor,
will have an examination in justice
court August 20. He was released on
$500 bail. The wine, liquor and beer
conflscated In q raid on his house is
valued at $4,000. 1t will be dumped
into the sewer.
Big Rapids-Leutenant E. w. Min.
ter, Of the One Hundred and Twenty
sixth infantry, is home on a seven. day
furlough. He has been with Company
d of Ionia most of the time while in
France. He spent 81 days in the
trenches and was In two attacks, one
of gas and one of high explosives. He
10 en- route to Fort Sheridan to help
train soldier.
Port Huron-The Foundation COM
pany, Port Huron, shipyard, incorpor-
ated, has begun preparations for the
construction Of 10 steel seagoing
tugs, each $50 feet long, 81 feet beam
and 16 feet deep, for the United
States shipping board emergency feet
corporation. The boats will be finish
ed by the middle OF April. Six hun.
dred more employees are needed at
once for this government contract.
Muskegon - With FIVE children,
three sons and two daughters, enlisted
In the United States service, and a
sixth, a son. employed in an aeroplane
factory where he is engaged in turn
ing out parts for aircrafts, Mrs. Louis
H. Kanitz, of this city, is the cham.
pion war mother Of Muskegon. Two
sons are in the navy, one In the
aviation service, and the two daugh.
tiers are in the naval reserve as YEP
manettes.
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