Charlevoix county herald., 1921-07-29

Pontiac-Mrs. Ray Colser, 43, was
probably fatally burned when she at
tempted to light kitchen range with
kerosene. She was covered with
burning oil.
Bay City-Captain Harold David
son, 3S, died at Mercy hospital from
cerebral meningitis due to ptomaine
poisoning which he contracted at
Buffalo week ago.
Pontiac-Aug4st Roberts, proprie-
tor of The Cottage, a resort hotel at
Cass lake, and John Rostan, waiter
in the place, are under arrest charged
with violating prohibition laws.
Port Huron - Although Charles
Jack, Detroit Edison employee, had
$500 volts of electricity pass through
his body, he will recover. He took
hold of live wire while working on
pole.
Adrian-Roscoe Swift, Of Adrian,
announced that he had accepted an
appointment rendered him through
Congressman Earl Kitchener of this
district, as postmaster Of the house OF
representatives.
Grand Rapids.-Because the force In
the internal revenue Office here is In
adequate. the Government is losing
vast amount of taxes, according to
Frank w. Hine, deputy collector. He
says the work of checking up accounts
two or three years old has not been
completed.
Lansing. The d. u. r. won the
Birmingham splitfare suit through an
opinion handed down by the supreme
court declaring Judge Frank l.. Covert,
of the Oakland circuit had no author
ity to issue an injunction setting
aside the straight two-cent rate estab-
lished by the company May A, 1920.
Petoskey-Henry Knifiin and Jo-
seph Burns, who escaped f:orn the
Emmett county jail recently, being re-
captured in swamp, were sentenced
to serve from / to 10 years in the
Ionia reformatory. Mrs. Austin, who
aided in the escape, was given to IL
months in the Detroit house of correc.
ton.
Kalamazoo - Officials Of three
states are looking for James Jaisek,
Kalamazoo man, who left Chicago on
his return trip to this city with $1,000
and has not been seen since. Jaisek
formerly lived at Chicago and went
to the Windy city week ago to
withdraw the $1,000, which he had
on deposit in a bank there.
Kalamazoo.-Men are about 80 times
as bad as women, according to the
annual report made to the board OF
supervisors by Sheriff Fred Putnam.
During the fiscal year ending June.
30, according to the report, S27 prison
ers were lodged in the Kalamazoo
county Jail. OF the S27, only q were
women, the proportion of men prison
ers being about 80 to one.
Saginaw.-Returns here showed
2 to / vote against the franting OF a
new 30-year franchise to the Saginaw
Bay City Railway company. The char
ter provided for a joint control of the
lines by company officials and the
city through a commissioners Of utili-
ties. It is thought a receiver will be
asked for the company, which, Off
Gals claim, has been operating at a
loss for some time.
Pontiac.-The G. r. Ferguson pri-
vate bank at Almont, Lapeer county,
has closed it's doors. No statement
has been made public as to the banks
situation and depositors have not un-
dertaken any action with regard to it.
The bank was founded in 1872, by
Charles Ferguson, and had an extern
sive business, somewhat curtailed,
however, since foundation of a state
bank there a few years ago.
Pontiac-On the ground that the
affidavits accompanying petitions for
a special election on the revision Of
Pontiac's new commission manager
charter so as to return to the alder
manic government were insufficient
under the state law, the city attorney
has recommended to the commission
that the petition be denied. The COM
missioners decided, however, to ask
the encouragement to rule on the
matter.
Cadillac-Mayor Perry F. Powers,
who was auditor general 20 years ago,
says during his term in Office the
supreme court made a decision deny
ing the right of the legislature to in
crease the salaries of state officials,
even though they are given extra
duties. Mr.. Powers cites that deci-
sion in support of Auditor General
Fuller's refusal to pay extra compen-
sation to members of the state ad-
ministrative board.
Grand Rapids-Pretty mermaids
who frequent the city swimming pools
and who refuse to leave at 8 p. m,
the closing hour, are causing the
guards considerable embarrassment,
Robert M. Teller, superintendent of
municipal recreation, says. The girls,
1t is charged, absolutely decline to
leave the pools and since the guards
are not permitted to use force to eject