The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1920-03-25
MiChig a n
Happenings

WOlVerlne-Only ~ VOJeS were cast
at the Wolverine village election.
Battle Creek-While Fred Rector,
telephone company collector, was
seated In the Elks' Temple, a revolver
fell from his pocket discharged. and
the bullet entered his right ankle.
Bay City-Casimir Wozeniak, a,
his daughter Victoria, IA. are dead as
a result OF a high-tension Au Sable
wire coming in contact with a city
service wire leading into the Woze-
MAX home.
Detroit-The largest Illicit still out
at yet found in the state was raided
at 14S Rivard street by city and fed
eral officials. Three 50-gallon stills,
1000 gallons Of corn mash and aces
SORES were seized.
Menominee-The body OF Otto Carl
Beyersdorf. the first Menominee man
who died overseas, in the war, has
arrived here from Cordu, Greece. He
died in August, 1918, Of pneumonia,
while serving in the Navy.
Flint-A rise OF three feet in Flint
river in few hours led authorities TO
take steps to prevent possible flood.
Dynamite was used in several places
TO break the ice jams which had form
ed against railroad trestles.
Port Huron-Rolling Of the "bones"
and the whirr of slot machines is
again heard in Port Huron as the re-
suit OF action by the city commission
in permitting pool-room proprietors
to install these gaming devices.
Grand Haven-Zeeland City, this
county, will issue bonds for $25,000 TO
erect a memorial to its soldiers and
a community house combined. 1t will
require $50 900 and the other $4,000
will be raised through subscriptions.
Kalamazoo-Every girl in Kalama-
zoo may become a member OF the Y.
w. c. A. of the city without payment
OF a membership fee, the board of
managers having voted TO make the
"Y" a community house for all girls
OF the city.
Grand Rapids-Clothing prices are
not due to drop, in the opinion OF
members Of the Retail Clothiers' asso-
citation who recently held a convention
here. The organization has decided
TO meet propaganda charging CLOTHES
with profiteering with an educational
campaign. They will act today
Detroit-Resumptio of three-cent
postage, if necessary, to increase sal
aries of postal employees is suggested
in a letter addressed TO Senator
Townsend by Detroit letter carriers.
The letter states that Detroit now has
O smaller force of letter carriers than
when the population was only $4,000.
Detroit-The Great I1akes-St. Law
renee Tidewater association will meet
in convention in Detroit June TO ..
Governors and congressional repre-
sentatives of the IA states interested
in the lakes-to-ocean project will be
invited to attend the convention which
will be addressed by numerous engin-
GERS and experts Of national fame.
Niles.-Congressma Il. l.. Hamilton
has announced his intention to retire,
at the expiration OF his present term
as representative from the Fourth
congressional district, comprising Ber-
rien, Cass, Van Buren,, Allegan, Barry
and st. Joseph counties This is Con-
gresham Hamilton's twelfth consecu-
tive term, due to expire March 4,
1921.
Lansing-Baptists of Michigan will
be asked to pledge S3,372,00 as their
share in furtherance of the New
World movement for which the North
ern Baptist convention is campaign
ing to raise $l00,000,0O0 to prosecute
their work at home and abroad during
the next five years. This announce
ment is made by Grant M. Hudson,
state director.
Grand Rapids-The Michigan Retail
Dry Goods association, at the final
business session OF its semiannual
convention here, adopted resolutions
for affiliation with movement being
launched in this state to form tenn
porary federation of the various retail
associations operated for the purpose
Of protecting the public against the
enactment OF adverse legislation"
Watson-Andy Thompson and John
Bloom. are dead after drinking moon
shine whisky said to have contained
wood alcohol. The men were lumber
jacks and their death followed a
drunken orgy which was participated
in by number of men in the camp
after two men appeared with a guam
tity of moonshine liquor which they
sold for $40 quart and then disap-
peared.
Lansing-Following a conference
here between traffic managers repre-
senting the chambers of commerce of
FIVE Michigan cities and the public
utilities commission, IL was decided
that Commissioners Earl X Stewart
would appear before the interstate
commerce commission in Washington
to attempt to obtain ultimately more
equitable freight rate schedule for
Michigan as compared with surround
ing states.