The Yale expositor., 1921-09-15
STATE NEWS

Flint-Ambert Weller, farmer liv-
ing near Lennon, Genesee County,
found Thomas Coates, Is years old, of
Owosso, dead in the farm garage, his
throat cut with razor. Coates was
employed by Weller.
Grand Rapids-The Kent County
Jail is so crowded that prisoners now
have to sleep on the cold stone floors
and Sheriff Peter Viergever has
placed an order for more cots. There
are more than 60 prisoners in the jail.
Sault Ste. Marie-The steamer An
geline picked up A. Barber, Willard
Smith and Robert Bernicker, Michi-
gan College of Mines students, after
engine trouble left them adrift in
Lake Superior in an open boat.
Misunderstanding city council re-
jected the 10-cent rail fare request OF
the Michigan United Railway. An g.
cent fare with four tickets for 20 cents
was approved, on a temporary basis,
until the auditors investigate earnings
and set a permanent scale.
Pontiac-The American Forging &
Socket company announced resump-
ton of activity, seven days weekly,
with overtime, and doubling Of its out
put Of small forgings for automobiles.
Orders have been piling up since early
in Auguct, it was announced.
Sandusky-Fire that destroyed the
Mcdonald Garage, feed barn and a
frame dwelling adjoining, caused a
loss of about $4,000, with $4,000 in
surance. Five new automobiles and
a gravel truck were lost. The Nc
Donald Hotel nearby was saved.
Petoskey-Jesse Clark, summer
cottager at Harbor Point, and presi-
dent of the Union Central life insur-
ance company, Cincinnati, sank at
the waters edge at the Point bathing
beach as he left the water after a
swim. Paralysis seized him and he
is near death in this city.
Muskegon-Mrs. Mildred Harris
was granted the custody of her 49,
months-old baby, Eleanore, on a writ
of habeas corpus. The baby was held
by Mrs. Kate Howard, who was re-
Gently arrested on kidnapping charge.
Mrs. Harris charged that Mrs. How
ard held the child for board bill.
Lansing-The shortage Of feed for
livestock is forcing many farmers to
reduce their herds by marketing
choice animals, according to Verne H.
Church, of the Federal-State bureau
of farm crop estimates The droughts
and extremely hot weather during
part of the growing season are blamed
for the feed shortage.
Diamondale-Mrs. Thomas White,
of Scott, Mich, is dead here as the
result of injuries received when the
automobile she was driving to Deroit
turned turtle, pinning herself and
daughter beneath it. Mrs. White died
at the farm home of John Schwartz,
near where the accident occurred. The
daughter will recover.
Paw Paw-Sheriff Dwight Barker
and his deputies believe that, with the
arrest Of Clarence Miller, Gerald
Grant and Fay Vincent, all of South
Haven, and Earl Spiller, OF Bangor,
they have broken up the band which
has been responsible for numerous
robberies in all parts of the county
in the last few weeks.
Saginaw-A reward of 5000 was Of
fered by Saginaw County for informa-
ton regarding Howard L. Long, %
years old, who disappeared Aug. 2S,
after an automobile ride with his
brother-in-law, Clarence l.. Adams, "a,
In search Of wild grapes. Adams is
being held on suspicion that he may
know something about Longs disap-
| pearance.
Detroit-Dr. Theodore A. McGraw,
consulting surgeon at st. Mary's and
Harper hospitals, one of the founders
of the Detroit College of Medicine and
for long time its president, a Civil
War veteran and former lecturer at
the University of Michigan Medical
School, died of anemia after an illness
of two months. at his home, S162 JEFF
ferson avenue. He was 50 years old. y
Mt Clemens-A legal tangle looms
following the double tragedy at Utica
in which William Frailich is sup
posed to have murdered his wife and
later deliberately stepped in front Of
a Michigan Central train. Frailich
| leaves property valued at $4,000, and
unless it is proved that Mrs. Frailich
died first her parents threaten a con-
test in the disposition of the es-
tate.
Muskegon-Peter Dargis, 81 years
old, is under arrest awaiting the out
come of injuries received by Aloysius
Popoprowski. years old, who was
caught in Dargis' orchard. Dargis
is alleged to have shaken a tree
where the boy was found stealing ap-
pies, causing him to fall to the
ground, breaking a leg and causing
injuries to his head which doctors
say may prove fatal
Marquette-Misses Thelma Buzzo
and Constance Richards, Of Marquette