The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-04-17
Seen and Heard
in Michigan


Standish-W Work on the East Michi-
gan pike has been resumed here and
is progressing repidly
Kalamazoo-Fireb believed 60 have
been started by the incendiary who
last week set fire to the Angle Steel
Sled company damaged the George
Frain residence.
Lexington George Wintermute,
while lifting his fish nets found a
body, believed to be that of sailor
from one of the boats lost in the big
storm of November 8, 1913.
Caro-Tuscola county's first annual
boys conference elected Frank Dodge,
Cass City, president; Herbert Bush.
Caro-, vice-president, and Frederick
Pinney, secretary-treasurer
Mt. Clemens-Christoph p. Cairns,
25 years old, farmer on the Quinn
route, south OF Mt Clemens, shot and
killed himself in a fit of dependency
He leaves a widow and one child.
AlbiOn-Albion's most distinguished
voter was Mrs. Juliet Calhoun Blake
ley, who cast her vote in the Fourth
ward She was brought to the polls
by auto. She will be 101 years old
May Is.
Pull an-Harold, S-year-old son of
Oscar Stevens, prosperous farmer
living three miles west, was kicked in
tho haad NV N nn,la v,bila Mo vino IN,
the barn. His skull was fractured and
he may die.
Monroe-Confscated whisky esti.
mated at 20,999 quarts stored in the
basement of the court house here win
be shipped 10 Lansing. Ii was put up
in cartons by food inspectors, and is
worth upwards Of 100000.
MISREPRESENTATION police are
seeking relatives of Seaman Isle B
Seeley, the American mystery gob,"
who was found unconscious and near.
ly nude on street in London near the
Curzon hotel Seeley spent some time
here and made scores of friends who
may know his family connections.
Cheboygan-The city council has ar
ranged for what is to be known as the
Cheboygan county memorial park
wherein maybe placed monuments to
the memory of departed soldiers. 1t
is urging the planting of memorial
trees honoring men who were killed
in the late war or previous American
wars.
Monroe-The authorities have been
unable to secure any trace of the band
its who, blew the outer door of the
vault in the Peoples bank in Ottawa
Lake. The yeggmen were unable 10
gain access to the safe but rifled the
safety deposit boxes, securing Liberty
bonds and valuable papers The bank
lost no cash.
Detroit-Erection of a large audi
forum, corresponding to those already
in successful operation at the naval
training station at River Rouge and at
Fort Wayne, will be started by the
Knights of Columbus at United States
Army General Hospital No. SO, as soon
as consent to the project is obtained
from Washington.
Grand Rapds-The diplomatic satus
of the estate OF Telestor Kobelinski,
q returned soldier, who died suddenly.
According to law, the consul must be
notified 60 days before general ad
ministrator of an estate of foreigner
can be appointed. The estate amounts
to 100000. A Russian consul can not
serve. according to Probate Judge
Higbee, since America has recognized
the independence of Poland.
Lansing Michigan's bond issue for
road purposes will probably pay be-
tween 4 IL and per cent interest
according to John DePrato, chairman
of the house, roads and bridges com
mittee, the body from which will cone
some of the legislation made neces
sary by popular adoption of the 500,
100000 bond issue. The first duty OF
the legislature will be to pass an en-
abling act, providing for the issuance
of the bonds, fixing the amount of in
terest they will draw and other de.
tails.
The report of the Jackson prison
committee, which took
several weeks to prepare, was read
in both houses. 1t scored the lack OF |
discipline at the prison and the pre-
valence there of gambling among con-
victs, as well as the allowing of prac- |
tical liberty to TRUSTEES and to convicts
in the farm camps. II also declared |
that Jackson, Marquette and Ionia
prisons have been violating the Law |
against contract labor. AS a sequel |
to the report a bill has been intro
duced in each house for the abolition |
OF the present boards of control OF the |
three prisons and the creation OF a
single board OF control for all of them. !
The board would have four members
who would be paid $4,000 year each
and be required to devote their entire |
time to looking after the prisons.