The Yale expositor., 1918-04-18

in the medical school until last sum.
mer.
Camp Custer-Airdale dogs, to he
used in carrying messages through
the storm of battle will be trained at
Camp Custer.
Albion.-Three days of voluntary re-
gistration resulted in 9S per cent
record among the women, nearly 1000
| signing for war work.
Lansing-Isabella, Ingham, Jackson
and Genesee counties are the first in
the lower peninsula to oversubscribe
their third Liberty loan quota.
Grand Rapids-The annual conven.
ton of the fifth district, w. c. T. u,
comprising Allegan, Ionia, Kent, and
Ottawa counties, will be held here
April 80 and May /.
Benton Harbor-Henry Versaw, 80,
was struck and killed by an automo-
bile a few miles from here. He was
fixing a tire on his motorcycle when
the car struck him.
Camp Custer-The number OF
deaths occurring at Camp Custer re-
Gently has caused considerable con-
Germ on the part OF the medical staff
OF the camp. Most OF the deaths are
caused by pneumonia and empyema.
Pontiac.-Three hundred men are
being sought as deserters from the
draft in Oakland county. A list was
compiled after SO men responded to
the call for examination out OF about
400 who had previously failed to re-
port.
Algonac-In addition to oversub-
scribing the Liberty loan quota, Clay
township, in which this village is To-
Gated, has completed the raising of a
fund of $4,000 to be turned over to the
Red Cross when the big drive begins
in May.
Acknowledging strenuous efforts
on the part of Albion's war board OF
Is to smoke out" all financial slack
ers who would not contribute to the
monthly war fund, notice was served
that list of the noncontributors will
be published.
Lansing-A warning against pro
moters" OF banks has been issued by
Banking Commissioner Frank Merrick.
The warning came following reports
that a number of outside promoters
were preparing to enter Michigan and
reap harvest.
Detroit-Gas fumes from the home
of Mrs. Lillian Torrance. %, of 537 Ri
ward street, caused neighbors to break
into the house. They found the wo-
mans decomposed body in bed. The
coroner believes she had been dead for
at least two weeks.
Lansing-The Boston cafe, a Jack
for one week by the food administra-
ton. The proprietors Of this place.
Greeks, are said to have been wholly
forgetful OF all regulations pre-
scribed by Administrator Hoover.
Marquette.-Sheriff William II.
Krempal. of Luce county, was found
dead, a bullet hole in his right temple,
in his Office in the Newberry court
house at Newberry. His automatic
pistol lay at his feet and the pre-
sumption is that he took his own life.
Detroit-Mrs. Maude Koch, 80
years old and the mother OF five chill
dren, leaped into the Detroit river and
was drowned. She pushed her way
through a crowd of people boarding
ferry boat at the Woodward avenue
dock, and jumped into the water be-
fore she could be stopped.
Detroit.-Since the establishment OF
the bureau of delinquents 1880 slack,
ers have been rounded up In Detroit
and sent to Camp Custer The Amer
lean Protective league. the police and
federal officials have been the three
factors in rounding up the delinquents,
through visiting the hauhts where such
! men are likely to congreBate
Pontiac-Harold BOse, former clerk
| of the local draft board in Pontiac,
was sentenced to one year in the De-
troit house Of correction by Judge Kill
Its in the United States district court
He had been Indicted by the federal
grand jury on a charge of accepting
money from drafted men for aiding
them to escape military service, and
pleaded guilty when arraigned on that
charge.
Pontiac.-Four motorcycle patrol.
men will cover the roads OF Oakland
county this summer to enforce the
state automobile laws. The supervi-
sors authorized the employment OF
officers at $3.50 a month. and the pur-
chase of machines for them. Two
officers were employed last year. but
we're able TO watch only the main
roads to Detroit. Speeding has been
general on all improved roads in the
county.
Camp Custer-To keep in close con-
tact with all non-citizens in the divi-
sion, the intelligence section has set
in motion its plan to have records of
all such soldiers on file in its offices.
| xxyto,, orrivinO NON cffizens are asked