The Yale expositor., 1919-04-24
State
Happenings

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Grand Rapids--Kent county's quota
for the Fifth Liberty loan will be ST.
100000. The city of Grand Rapids will
raise $5,000,000.
Port Huron-Port Huron's quota of
the coming Victory loan is estimated
at $850,000 and st. Clair county's
quota at $1,5OG.OOO.
Mt. Clemens-The city quota In the
| Victory loan drive has been fixed at
| $325,000 and Macomb county comes
In for a total of s1.235,000.
Kalkaska-Chas. Holley, convicted
| of serious crime In which a 13-year-
| old girl testified against him, has been
sentenced to Marquette prison for IL
years.
Mt. Clemens-The Macomb county
war board is planning a big dinner In
honor OF the soldiers OF the county
who served In the war. to be given on
Memorial day.
Pontiac-Oakland county dairy
farmers have formed an organization
under the auspices of the Oakland
county farm bureau to better dairy
ing conditions and regulate the price
of milk.
Bay City-The new council organic
ed with William II. Tomlinson as pres
| ident, Robert II. Lane was reappointod
city attorney, Henry Thompson city
engineer and William T. Luxtol
street commissioner.
Escanaba-The 3-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. David Lusardi lost
two fingers and a portion of her right
hand when she tripped and fell in
front of an elder brother, 8 years old,
t, who was choppine wood.
Kalkaska-Victory loan slackers are
few in this county. The second big
subscription announced by Chairman
Ed A. Nowack has been made by Il.
w. Smith, president of the Louis
Sands Salt G. Lumber company, Mr..
Smiths company will take $4,000
worth
Grand Rapids-Liquor shipments re-
ceived here by the American Railway
Express company have been tempered
with recently and special investigators
are conducting an inquiry. Shipments
were broken into and others removed
while federal agents were searching
for struggled booze.
Owosso-Grocers here declare that
they find il hard to keep raisins on
hand because of the big demand FOR
them for use in brewing beer and max
ing whisky in homes. 1t is said that
there are many of these home brew-
cries and distilleries running here, al
though the liquor is not sold.
Kalamazoo-Miss Elva Forncrook,
formerly of the faculty of the Western
State Normal School, sailed from New
York for France, where she will re-
main until conditions in Russia be-
come more stable. She will then go
to Russia as member Of a commits
sion of six American women named
by the Y. M. c. A.
acknowledgements Sleeper has re
ceiyed a letter from General John =.
Pershing in which the commander Of
the American expeditionary forces
stated that Ambulance Company No.
333. of the 30Sth sanitary train Eighty
fourth division, will sail for home May
Is. This organization was originally
the Knights Templar hospital unit, Or
ganized at Flint and equipped by the
grand commandery Knights Templar
of Michigan.
Traverse City-On the charge OF
murder in the first degree, Mrs.
Stanislaw Lipcrynsta was recently
bound over from the Leland justice
court to the May terms of circuit court
to face trial for the death OF Sister
Mary JAM (Johns), who disappeared
from the convent at Isadore IL years
ago. and whose bones were found
buried beneath the church at lsadore
recently. Circuit court convenes at
Leland, May ID.
Owosso-The Estey Manufacturing
company announced recently that 1t
would give it's men Saturday after
moons off with pay, or allow them to
work only nine hours daily with pay
for ten. The men will take Saturday
afternoons off during the summer and
work nine hours In the winter. This
company will also distribute bonus
under its profit-sharing plan. The
company is the third in the city to an
nounce shorter hours for its men, with
pay for full time.
l Ann Arbor-Suit for $4,000 dam
ages against the Detroit United rail-
way has been begun here by DR.. Harry
]. Herrick, one of the victims of the
Chelsea wreck last summer. Dr. Her
rick was seriously injured in the ac-
cident, was forced to undergo an oper-
alton TO recover his health. and alleges
that since that time he has lost knowl-
edge of the dental profession. Be-
fore he would be able to resume prac-