The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1919-06-12

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ing with a broken jaw as the result
of being kicked by horse.
Hancock-While attempting to force
q shell from a shotgun, Emil Koski,
IL, had the top of his head blown off
when it exploded.
Ann Arbor-Incensed by brutal haz-
ing the student council has adopted
resolutions intended to prevent haz'
ing of freshmen next fall.
Bay City-John Kosenacz, convict
ed OF having an illicit still in his pos
session, was sentenced to six months
in the Detroit House of Correction
and to pay fine of $500.
Charlottesville playing ball with
the Dimondale team, Carol Lewis
suffered a fracture of the ankle when
another player attempted to slide 60
the base which he was guarding.
Welton-Wesle Norwood, SO years
old, farmer, was found in the woods
with the top of his head blown of
with a shotgun. He left home To
shoot crows. Death was accidental.
Corunna-Six rural school districts
of three townships in ShiawassCe
County plan consolidation and the
erection of a 100000 school building
TO supplant the little red school
houses.
Ionia-While planting corn, Samuel
Raby dropped dead in the field. He
was 60 years old and had always lived
on the Orleans Township farm which
his father had received from the Gov.
eminent.
Owosso-County Y. NJ. c. A. Sec
retaries from Clinton, Gratiot and
Shiawassee have arranged for a sum-
mer camp for boys from the three
counties at Crystal Lake from June
q to July z.
Oshtemo-George Bushnell, rural
mail carrier, died from injuries re-
ceived when his wagon was struck by
a NJ. c. train at Brighton crossing. A
small quality of mail was destroyed
in the accident.
Detroit-George Harnick, held up
by a highwayman on the Eight.Mile
road west of Woodward avenue, wrest.
ed the gun from his assailant and dis
charged it in the air. The man fed.
Harnick was walking home with his
wife and two children.
Administrations being circulated
by the w. C. 7. U. ask that all places
of amusement and recreation be clos.
ed on Sundays. The Rev. f. A. Perry.
pastor of Plymouth Church, staunch-
iy champions Sunday motion pictures
as amusement for the poor who dc
not own automobiles, he says, like
those who would have them closed.
Bay City-"God never made a bad
boy. The so-called badness is simply
misdirected entirely which if properly
directed and under the proper environ
men will be developed into the spirit
and pep that will make him leader of
men" declared Floyd Starr, of the
Starr Commonwealth for Boys at AL
bian, in an address before the Board
Of Commerce.
Muskegon-After terrorizing the
families of farmers of Laketon town
ship for several days, Mark jackson,
crazed Negro, from Chicago, was
finally captured by members of the
local sheriff's forces. Jackson drew e
revolver on the officers but they over
came him. He has several pocket
books, two Liberty bonds. and the
deed Of some property in Laketon
township.
Ann Arbor-Emil Staebler, 81, of
River Raisin, who in a fit of despon-
dency shot himself at his farm home
died in a local hospital here after
lowering between life and death for
two weeks with a bullet in his head.
One son had died in France. This
grief together with worry over the
fact that he was not naturalized and
was fearful Of deportation unbalanced
his mind.
South Haven-When an auto driven
Dy his father turned over three miles
north of this city. Wayne Dressed, 8
WdO OAuohC4 NuC lldClllHt duu
killed. The father, Fred Dressed, re
turned from Ann Arbor two days be
fore where he had his arm amputated
as the result of an injury received
when he was struck by Pere Mar
quette train at Pullman. Another son
CPL Everett Dressed, was killed in &C
ton in France last October.
Bay City-Lieutenant-Col Colonel Angus
tus II. Gannser, of Bay City, won CT
tation for conspicuous bravery in &C
ton. The following has just beer
made public: Citation for distin
guished and exceptional gallantry al
Gesnes on October 30. 1918. in opera
tion of the American Expeditionary
Forces. In testimony thereof, and as
an expression of appreciation of MS
vaIor ! award him this citation. Johr
]. Pershing, commander In chief, A. K
r. Awarded, March q, 1919"
Camp Custer Battle Creek.--It II
stated at camp headduarters that an