Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-07-15

drowned July at Cross Village while
swimming. His body was recovered.
Albion-Pastors and laymen of AL
bion's six leading churches have form
ed an association for the putting into
effect of the Gary system OF weekday
religious education.
Ionia-Former Chief Justice Allan
B. Morse died at his home here, age
81. He was u. 8. consul to Glasgow
four years, appointed In 1891. Judge
Morse served four years in the Civil
war.
Ann Arbor-Mrs Mary o. Wolfe
died In Bayer Memorial hospital,
Ypsilanti, after taking gas In an at
tempt to end her life. Ypsilanti police
say she was respondent over love
affair.
Kalamazoo-John Lochey is In the
hospital and his neighbor, Louis
Berkey, is in jail as the result OF q
shooting ARRAY which followed quar-
rel over a boundary between their
properties.
Battle Creek-When bumblebee
few into the sedan In which a party
of Battle Creek persons were touring
to Payne, O., the driver. Mrs. Arthur
Paul, lost control of the machine
which went over q 30-foot embank-
ment, near that village.
Observation-Disclosures broke In the
Pere Marquette depot here and after
emptying the ticket till. they opened
trunk in the baggage room and
lugged off all the nice wearing ap
parel 1t contained, belonging to Helen
VOORHEES,, who had come here to
visit relatives.
Alma-A stay Of proceedings until
August IL was granted by Judge
Hart of Midland, In the case against
Alfred F. Crawford, former cashier OF
the First State Savings bank Of
Breckenridge, who was convicted Of
embezzlement Of funds from the
bank. The defense will appeal to the
supreme court.
Olivet-A large car belonging to
Jay Anderson of Kalamazoo over
turned near Olivet pinning the five
passengers under the car. No one
was hurt, but the clothing of the pas
sengers was badly torn and the top
of the car was entirely broken. The
accident was caused by the car strik-
ing loose gravel at curve.
Adrian-The prosecuting attorney
Of Lenawee county has been directed
In a resolution adopted by the board
of supervisors to institute legal pro-
ceedings against Fred Nutten, former
sheriff, to require him to refund to
the country approximately $500, which
board members say he collected In
costs In liquor cases and retained.
Adrian-James Powers, Fairfield
township farmer, whose land extends
into Fulton county, Ohio, didn't move
quite fast enough from one state to
the other when Ohio deputies confis-
Gated his still and a quantity of mash,
while Lenawee county officers, on the
other side of the line, waited for him
to come across, where they placed him
under arrest.
Howell-LiQuor, dripping from an
auto aroused the suspicion of two
Howell boys Wednesday and resulted
In the arrest of A. G. Kaiser and Gil
bert Van Meter, both of Detroit, on
charge of transporting liquor. The
boys notified Sheriff Teeple. The two
men were caught in Fowlerville after
chase by the sheriff. Fifty quarts
Of whisky wss conflscated.
Colon-Fred Teadt, escaping from
officers who sought to arrest him,
fed into swamp where he fell into
quagmire and was rapidly sinking
in the soft ooze when rescued by pur-
suers. 1t required the efforts of
several Is minutes to extricate him
from the engulfing mire. Teadt Is
charged with driving two automobiles
with but one set Of license plates.
Kalamazoo-Harry Knowles, under
arrest here charged with attempted
blackmail, confessed, the sheriff says,
that he wrote letter to A. H. Pratt,
president Of the King Paper Co., de-
manding $4,000 or Pratt's life. Off,
GERS placed a dummy package where
the $4,000 was to be left They say
Knowles was arrested as he crept out
Of a clump Of bushes to seize the
package.
Monroe-By an unanimous vote.
board of supervisors opposed the
action of the state board of agricul-
ture in discharging Monroe county
agent, M. G. Thomas. II was also re-
quested in the resolution that Mr..
Thomas be re-instated as county
agricultural agent until such time
when the board of agriculture will
grant Thomas and the Monroe county
farm bureau hearing.
Sault Ste. Marie-Harry p. Lines
and Herbert M. Knight, two of the
Soo's best known citizens, met death
after unsuccessful attempts to rescue
young girl from drowning in st.
Mary's river. Both were excellent
swimmers but the efforts exerted I'm