The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-05-25
STATE NEWS
In BRIEF

| sOaio oiu, sun Va ilubh NihCboi uCh'
died frem burns suffered when he fell
into tub of boiling water
Lansing Thrty-four per cent of the
wheat crop has been winter killed and
will be plowed up, according to the
state departments estimate.
Muskegon-The first person arrested
on drunk and disorderly charge in
Muskegon since Michigan went dry
was woman, Mrs. Norah Palmer.
Marshall-Teaching of German will
be discontinued in Marshall schools
next year except for students who
need another years instruction to com
plete their credits.
Bad Axe-In a damage suit brought
by Il. ID. Mcintyre against the town
ship OF Grant for personal injury
caused by defective highway, YER
dict was given, the plaintiff for $4,000
and costs. I)t
Lansing..Tbe state food administra-
ton closed the jamestown Co-opera-
tive Elevator Co. for one week for
selling wheat without substitutes and
for not having a license. Three hun
dred Ottawa county farmers are men,
bers of the firm.
Lansing deducting 100000
bushels of wheat used for seed and
home consumption, and including s.
100000 bushels, already. marketed, it is
estimated that approximately 100000
| hmShnlG IF loot aF'o x,,ha
is still in possession of the growers.
Albion-With classes in German cut
60 per cent, one instructor eliminated
and DIR. Dickie, president, stating that
the study of the enemy language will
be discouraged, the study of German
in Albion college, though not officially
abandoned, will have hard shedding
next year.
Escanaba-More than $50 cases of
beer and % gallons of whisky were
confiscated in Delta county in the first
of series of raids made on saloon
property. The biggest results were at
all Austrian boarding house. where SO
cases OF beer and 10 gallons of whisky
were conficated.
Allegan-Mrs. G. l.. Hicks, promi-
nent Allegan woman, died of heart
disease or apoplexy during fire
which damaged the third floor and roof
Of the John Hopkins hospital here. She
was not on the floor which burned.
All the other patients were quietly re-
moved to places OF safety.
Battle Creek-Clarence Everett
Brown, listed among the American
casualties as dying of pneumonia, Is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Brown,
of Emmett township. Calhoun county.
He entered Camp Custer September
10, and later was sent to Waco to
join the National Guard units.
Camp Custer.-Maj Potter of the
340th Infantry has received word that
younger brother who recently went
overseas In the aviation service has
been killed in action. Although ho
sailed but few weeks ago, the young
ster succeeded in bringing down one
enemy plane before being killed.
Flint.-Intimations that the One
Hundred and Twenty-fifth infantry,
formerly the Thirty-third Michigan,
has been in action in France are given
in notification received by John Fitz-
gerald of Flint that his son, John j..
Fitzgerald, Company G. One Hundred
and Twenty-ffth. has been wounded.
Utica--Adam Leese. 62 years old,
farmer, refused to register as an en-
envy alien He resisted arrest but was
finally brought to Jail here. Citizens
overpowered the marshal and ducked
Leese in the canal until he agreed to
register. He served in the German
army and told officers he would fight
with Germany IL he could get there.
Camp Custer-Because the privilege
has been abused and guests have been
entertained lac at night, an order
has been issued by the commanding
general that no civilians shall be al
lowed to visit barracks excepting by
authority OF the company commander,
and then only under the guidance of
non-commissioned officer of the orga-
nization.
Lansing-In an effort to defeat the
amendment initiated by the liquor in
terests, which would legalize the sale
of beer and light wines in Michigan,
the Michigan Anti-Saloon League pro-
poses to raise a campaign fund of
$780, 000 Additional workers will be
placed in the upper peninsula, where
II Is expected the beer and wine
amendment may appeal strongly to the
| foreign element.
Detroit-Harry Griffs, also known as
Sailor Scotty," whose freakish mus
cular control has puzzled many prom
inent surgeons and medical men, has
been accepted as a member of the De-
troit police force. Griffs, without APP
parent effort. can increase his height
more that six inches and reduce II
about, three inches. He can extend his
reach about one foot; by a series of
dislocations of the hip bones reduce
the size OF his legs. and produce many
uncanny physical contortions.
Camp Custer-Private Herbert f.
Atkins OF Detroit. member Of the 333th
Field hospital, 310th Sanitary train,
has been sentenced TO FIT. Leavenworth
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