The Yale expositor., 1919-07-03
MiChig a n
Happenings

announcement of the Chamber OF Com
merce.
Bay City-Clemena Wenland, 32
years old, Saginaw, was drowned In
the Saginaw River when he fell from
a scow.
Bay City-Tne Roosevelt Highway,
the route planned from Portland, Me-,
to Portland, Ore. will pass through
Bay City.
Standish-Joseph Martin, cashier of
the Standish State Bank, was cut by
broken glass when a chicken few
against the windshield of his automo-
bile.
Bessemer-The city council, after
much argument, has submitted to the
voters the bonding of the city for Inn
provements on water works and trees
in the sum of $275,000.
Pinnebog-The three months old
child Of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Leneway
was strangled to death when 1t be-
came entangled in bed clothing while
its mother was in another room.
Battle Creek-The Michigan EN-
ployment Bureau has no applicants
for Jobs as farm hands at $50 a month
and board A Job of shoeing mules at
Camp Custer is also going begging.
Bay City-John Rodenbo, A years
old, Of Kingston, stumbled and fell.
discharging a gun he was carrying
while hunting crows. The charge en-
tered his body and he died almost I'M
mediately.
Coldwater-W. E. Goodnow, Sc
years old, we'll known as a travelling
salesman, was found dead on the
front porch of his homs here. He
Lad apparently ulel while reading a
newspaper.
Coldwater-The Chinese govern
ment has purchased 60 head of Shrop-
shire sheep from l.. S. Wing, of Cold
water. The price paid was $50 head
and 1t will cost $50 for each sheep to
send it to China.
Ottawa Beach-More than 500 cap
tains of invention and development
OF electricity and internal gas COM
bustion engines gathered here at the
convention Of the Automotive Engi-
neers' Society Of America.
Saginaw-Curt Bartsh was drowned
and two companions, Joseph Beiller
and F. Liberstein, had narrow escapes
when their launch caught fire from the
engine while cuising in the Saginaw
river near South Saginaw.
MISUNDERSTANDING touching
the wiring in fuse box In the Camp
bell Wyant and Cannon's foundry at
Muskegon Heights, Chester Lamer-
son, aged 10, OF Central Lake, Mich,
was instantly killed by the electrical
shock.
Port Huron-Mrs. Elmer May was
seriously injured when the automobile
in which she was riding was hit by
another machine and rolled down an
embankment into a ditch. A child
that occupied the car with her es-
capped injury.
Flint-R. N. Eldred, Al, proprietor
of a downtown Flint restaurant, was
killed in Chicago when he fell from
a speeding car on an amusement park
roller coaster. Park employees say he
stood up in the car just as it headed
down a steep incline.
Grand Rapids-H. s. Mankin, of
this city. known in vaudeville as "the
human fly" has left on an extended
tour of the world. He is accompanied
by his mother. The present trip will
take them to Buenos Aires, Argentina
and other South American places and
thence to the Orient.
Bay City-At a meeting of direc-
tors and players of the Bay City Base
Ball Club of the Michigan-Ontario
League, the players agreed to with
draw their request for release when
the directors promised to keep fans
off the field during games. The play
ers demanded their release as the re-
suit OF rowdyism at Sunday games.
Grand Rapids-Following action Of
the city commission ordering all Bell
phones out OF the city hall and pre-
parations to take the same course in
the county building, because of the
100 per cent raise in rates, the COM
pany has announced that these two
institutions would not be forced to pay
the new rates. This action is causing
storm Of protest from local business
houses.
Recommendation between state
constabulary members stationed on
the Wisconsin border here and
townspeople has resulted In an open
clash. When an autoist, who was ac-
companied by his wife and family, re-
fused to submit to search, five mount
ed state guards attempted to use force
and were stoned by a crowd that
quickly gathered. Two Of the guards
were thrown in the river and three
others retired from the field In bad
~ mauled condition.
Fenton-Mrs. Raymond Sumner and