The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1920-01-22

enness, after telling the court he
drank quantity of toilet water pur-
chased in a local drug store.
Ludington--Thieves broke the back
window or the X. l.. Asbbacker cloth
ing store in this city and stole goods
worth more than $1,000. Clothing was
chosen from certain sizes.
Cadillac-Perry Il. Powers, former
auditor general, qualihed as mayor Of
Cadillac. the first civic office he has
ever held in his long public career.
He was elected unanimously.
Ann Arbor-Funeral services for
James O'Kane one of the four original
letter carriers appointed here 33 years
ago. were held. In all these years he
had never lost a day because OF sick
ness.
Pontiac-The County Road commits
sion is circulating a etition in Orion
asking Improvement of Flint, Wash
ington and Main streets and the ter
ritorial road to the east boundary
Of the village.
Kalamazoo-The fire department es-
tablished a new record when 1t an
swered two calls from the plant Of the
Harrow Spring Co. within ar hour.
! The last resulted in several hund-
! red dollars damage in the Office rooms.
Birmingham-H. II. WilDraham, rs,
! 2693 Northlawn boulevard, Detroit, re-
ceived fractured skull when his
automobile was struck by a d. L. r.
car two miles south of Birmingham.
| He was taken to Providence hospital,
Detroit.
Coldwater-Three months before the
new plant of the Homer Furnace Co.
here was stipulated under contract TO
begin operations the new factory be-
gan business. The plant has been
building since early last summer. 1t
moved 10 Coldwater from Homer
Grand Rapids-Sheriff Peter Vierg
ever is bemoaning the increased cost
Of foodstuffs which has boosted the
average cost OF the prisoners meals
TO 1921 cents. But he possesses a
certain amount Of pride in the records
which show that the average prison
err gains 2-1O pounds while in Jail.
Flint--A $4,000 addition to the
Genesee county Jail, to make it es-
cape proof, if possible. is planned by
a special supervisors committee, APP
pointed to investigate Jail conditions.
John S. Chestnut, sheriff, appealed to
the board for a new building after six
deliveries, in which % prisoners es-
capped.
Lansing-Five OF the 10 persons
whose drivers licenses should be sus-
pended according to recommendations
of Police Commissioner Inches, De-
troit. have no licenses, records OF the
department of state show. Indications
are that licenses have been loaned"
to them by others, Deputy Secretary
Frank ID. Fitzgerald says.
Kalamazoo-Wes street. one of the
main streets in Kalamazoo. will be
named Westnedge avenue in honor OF
Gel. Joseph Westnedge, commander Of
the 126th Infantry. The regiment,
composed of former Western Michigan
National Guards. saw service at Cha
teau-Thierry, Argonne Forest, the
Mouse and at Sedan. Col. Westnedge
died at Nantes, France. Nov. 20, 1918
Port HuIon-C. Harold Wills Of De-
troit, Of the Wills-Lee corporation,
which is carrying on the construc-
ton enterprise at Marysville, Is to
l - da
the lakes. Contract for building the
craft has been let to a Marine City
shipbuilder and call for a boat cap.
able of making better than 60 miles
an hour. It's builders claim it will
travel between Detroit and Marysville
in 45 minutes.
Grand Rapids--Claiming that the
order will practically paralyze carload
shipments from Grand Rapids and
western Michigan, the Grand Rapids
Association of Commerce has sent a
protest to Congressman Carl +. Mapes
against the order of A. T. Hart, of
New York, regional director for rail-
roads, that all empty box cars, except
those for perishable freight or for
less than carload merchandise, be for
warded to Chicago
Iron Mountain-Joo Mirell, pneu-
monia patient in ST. Georges hospital
here, heard the doctor tell the nurse
to give him a "shot" of vaccine Joe
didn't know what vaccine was. but the
word shot conjured up visions of the
cold gray dawn and rifles pointing at
his breast. He decided to beat it, and
: when the nurse left the ward, hurried
ly left the hospital, clad only in his
pajamas. He gave the hospital attend
ants a good run before he was recap
tured.
Bay City--In a report to be trans
mitted to the council, Frank A. Gauze
superintendent Of schools, will point
out that the cost OF operating schools
: in 1890, is al per cent higher thar
: in 1915. An expenditure Of $1,000 dur
9 ing the year for school gardens, re
suited in the raising of $4,000 worth
of vepeta h1ps nv the school children