The Yale expositor., 1918-12-19

Albion-Despite the rehabilitation
of the Albion college student array
training corps, the college will keep
its band of 25 members.
Detroit-Her dress catching re
from matches with which she was
playing, S-year-old Stella Mastyk,
was recently burned to death.
Lansing-Through various free en-
ployment Offices of the state posi-.
tions were found for 9,027 men and
1888 women during November.
Rogers City-A movement is on
foot to Junk the names of Bismark
and Moltke, which have been be-
slowed upon townships Of Pressure
Isle.
Ovid-While Mrs. John Austin lay
dead, an influenza victim, an oil heat
er exploded in the upper part OF the
dwelling, which was almost complet-
ely destroyed.
Kalkaska-Harvey Potter, trapper.
paid a fine of $50 for killing a deer
out of season. A deputy warden track
ed Potter two miles, confscating
deer and weapons.
Charlotte-Without notice to their
patrons, the Consumers Power Co.
increased rates for electric current,
the new schedule having become eff
fective November 1.
Charlotte-Mrs. A. Mosher. or d.
mondale, has been notified that her
nephew, Howard Diehl, lost a leg
while fighting in France. Another
nephew, Leslie Harris, was killed IN
action.
Jonesville-Trap shooting which
has been enjoyed for many years by
crack shots of Hillsdale, Jackson.
Branch and Calhoun Counties on the
grounds of the Jonesville Rod and
Gun Club, has been abandoned.
Port Huron-The tug Walter F.
Pringle has been chartered by the
Diamond Crystal Salt company, st.
Clair, to keep channel open between
st. Clair and Courtwright, when the
ice begins to form in St. Clair river.
Washington-The supreme court
affirmed judgment of the Michigan
supreme court in uphoding the con-
viction of Harvey Waters for viola
ting the city ordinance of Munising
relating to peddling and soliciting Of
orders.
Manistee-Thin ice claimed its first
victim of the winter in Manistee. Har-
~ Olsweski, ii years old. leaped on
the ice at Clear lake, near here, and
broke through. A playmate. Theodore
Rokowski, narrowly escaped drowning
in attempting to rescue him.
Pontiac-Arthur Ladd, teller of the
American Savings Bank, claims that
when he cashed a check for $640 for
John Paulus, employed in local fac
tory, he handed Paulus a package of
$1,000, thinking it was $500. Paulus
says he received only $640 and not
$1,140.
Battle Creek-Eli John, a Serbian,
was induced by two men posing as
Red Cross solicitors, to place $3.50
and a Liberty Bond in a suitcase
which they showed him well filed
with cash He was permitted to take
charge OF the suitcase. and later
found 1t packed with wrapping paper.
Manistee-The first death among
the Manistee soldiers in Siberia has
been reported here. Private Stanley
l-Fhomas is dead of wounds received
fighting with the bolsheviki, accord.
ing to a war department message 10
his mother here. He was attached to
the One Hundred Twenty-sixth II.
fantry of the Eighty-fifth division.
Hillsdale-Colon Olmstead, 17-year.
old SON of Irving Olmstead, residing
near Frontier, Hillsdale county. was
killed while hunting rabbits with his
cousin, Ernest Brigle, OF Williams
county, Ohio In attempting to climb
over a wire fence Olmstead caught
his gun and the contents of both bar.
rels entered the back of his head
Lansing-Recent delays and failure
IO TeCelNe dilOlHeuLS anu allowance
checks from the war risk insurance
bureau are attributed to the influenza
epidemic in Washington There is an
Office force of 1900 employed by the
bureau and it has been so seriously
depleted by the epidemic that the
machinery in that department is
badly clogged
Acknowledgements from the
Chicago federal reserve district gives
Saginaw first place in the fourth LII.
berty loan drive for cities of 10000
population and over. This city 3ub.
scribed 1906 per cent of its quota
and led cities in Illinois, Wisconsin
and Iowa. Grand Rapids was fourth
with 117.34 and Detroit and Wayne
county subscribed 1000 per cent.
Lansing-Grain alcohol worth ST..
200, extracted from liquor seized py
state authorities, has just been re.
ceived by Fred l.. Woodwork. food
and drug commissioner, from the re.