The Yale expositor., 1920-04-29


about 40 passenger trains throughout
the state.
Muskegon--Doctors have raised fees
to So for day call, IS for night call
and a minimum of $25 for each OBJ
stectric case.
Detroit-The ID. u. r. has notified
the street railway commission that 1t
will finish five extensions and expend
$2,50O,00 for new cars.
Observation-Disclosures voted 1000
for a new school. When bids were
opened it was Sound necessary to raise
$4,000 more for the job.
Kalamazoo-The Court House was
placed on Eastern Time by the county
board of supervisors. The city already
is operating on Eastern Time.
. Cheboygan-The proposition to bond
Cheboygan County for $4,000 to aid
in the construction of the trunk line
in this county has been approved
Detroit-Thomas ]. Burns, superin-
tendent of the Michigan Central rail-
road company's rolling stock, and one
OF the best known railroad men in the
United States, is dead.
Grand Rapids-When a Pere Mar
quette gas tank on which he was play
ing exploded. Clifford Lowell, IA. son
OF James Lowell, q laborer, was thrown
30 feet in the air and fatally injured.
misunderstanding swine breed
ers of Hillsdale County have organic
cd. The plan of organizing pig, calf
and lamb clubs among the boys and
girls Of the county is being advocated.
Bay City-The Bay City Housing
Corporation has been formed and will
BIO capitalized at $4,000. Work will
begin at once on. the erection Of 20
houses. 1t is planned to build 100 dur
ing the year
Mt. Clemens-Hundreds of Macomb
County cattle are being sold to Detroit
packers because of the switchmen's
strike. Many farmers also are sell
ing their milk cows, it is said, because
OF the drop IN milk prices.
Enthusiastically every church
in Michigan has signifled its intention
of joining in the nationwide plan of
observing May as Salvation Army
Sunday in compliance with a request
from Evangeline Booth, commander OF
the Army.
Grand Rapids-To spread some of
the education he has acquired In
America and to impart the doctrines
of the Adventist church Jonas Free
man, Abyssinian Negro, a porter at
the Peninsular club, has decided to
return to his native land.
Grand Rapids-Alleging that his son,
Crocifissa Russo, Z, is not receiving
proper education and training in Italy
under the protection of the boys
grandfather, Giuvan Russo has filed a
petition in probate court for the APP
pointment of himself as guardian.
Lansing-A boy hunting squirrels or
a friendly dog are blamed by DR..
George w. Dunphy, state veterinarian,
for an outbreak of hog cholera on the
farm of Paul Jury, near Meridian. The
statesh has vaccinated 225 hogs in the
vicinity Of the Jury farm In an effort
to stop the disease.
Benton Harbor-Albert Baushke,
one of the leading business men OF
this city and leader of the House OF
David cult, is dead He was once
head of a wealthy family of wagon
makers here, but turned his wealth
over to Benjamin and Mary upon the
establishment of their colony.
Ludington-The first court house
built for Mason county, a brick veneer
structure built in 1873 and abandoned
as a court house in 1894. is being raz-
ed. The excellent lumber used in the
building erected here when lumber
was plentiful and cheap, makes all
such buildings desirable for salvage.
Port Huron-Henry Binkel, who en-
tered a plea of guilty in Circuit Court
at Bad Axe to charges Of embezzle-
ment and incorporation of funds,
was sentenced to serve from to 10
years in the Michigan State Prison at
Jackson. Binkel was cashier of Har.
Dor Beach bank when a shortage of
$4,000 was discovered.
Detroit-More comprehensive leg
islation for handling cases of invol-
untary manslaughter growing out of
automobile accidents will be sought
by the Committee of Public Safety
Out of several hundred cases in the
last five years in which death resulted
from motor car accidents there have
been fewer than 10 convictions.
Lansing-Roy Price was found dead
In a rooming house with two empty
bottles that had contained IL ounces
of toilet water and one six-ounce bot
tie with part of the contents gone. The
label said the toilet water contained
76 per cent alcohol. A roommate
said he and Price had been drinking
wood alcohol and then obtained the
toilet water. -