Charlevoix county herald., 1921-06-10
Michigan NeuUs
TerseIy Told

Armour Packing Co. here by a lire
which virtually Quilted the structure.
Blanchard-Gale Baldwin, 1S-year-
old son OF Mrs. Joe Baldwin, of Blanch-
ard, lost his life in Pine River, when
he slipped from a dock into the water.
Adrian-Ruth lott, ii months old,
drowned in five inches of water when
The fell in tub at the home of her
father, Bert lott, who lives west of
Deerfield.
Mcnroe-Charged with having driv-
en- an auto while under influence OF
liquor George Dickson, said to reside
In Toledo, was fined 500 and costs
here by Justice DAM.
Marquette-Four masked highway
men. armed with automatic pistols,
held up the Peninsula Transit Cos
motor bus at Eagle Mills and robbed
the driver and three passengers OF
$50 and gold watch.
Harbor Springs-Charles Cableman,
70 years old, was killed when the
brakes on his automobile failed to
operate as he entered the garage and
the car went through the building and
fell down 12-foot embankment.
Traverse City-Jesse Braddocl, 49,
year-old high school student, was
bound over to Circuit Court, charged
with the murder of Stephen Carol,
his stepfather, by Justice Charles
Hanslovsky at the end of Braddock's
hearing.
Mancelona-DickL Lee, lumberman,
was brought to a hospital here with
wounds said to have been inflicted by
his wife. Lee said he was working in
the woods when a bullet struck him
in the shoulder His wife accom-
panied him to the hospital and was
arrested.
Holland-The body of Stanley
Pleume, 10 years old, son of L. G.
Pleume, a Grand Rapids newspaper
man, was found hanging in a barn
here. He had been i'll for a year fol
lowing injuries received in a ball
game and is believed to have become
respondent.
Lansing-The Michigan Pioneer and
Historical society elected the follow
ing officers and trustees: A. l.. Saw
yer Of Menominee, president; Edward
jerks Of Port Huron, vice president;
Benjamin Davis Of Lansing, treasurer,
and George N. Fuller of Lansing, exc
cutive secretary.
Pontiac-Three department heads
of the Oakland Motor Car company
left the organization, the new man
ager, Charles II. Hannum, announced.
They are A. c. Hamilton, chief en-
gineer, w. H. Masten, sales manager
and ]. w. Young, assistant general
Benjamin Jerome, assistant
engineer, has been made chief.
Lansing-The primary scheduled for
June 7, to nominate a Republican can
didate to succeed the late Congress-
man William II. Frankhauser in the
Third congressional district, will not
be held as former Congressman j. M.
G. Smith Of Charlotte is the only can
didate. Howard w. Cavanagh, Battle
Creek Democrat, will oppose him.
Flint-A log placed across the
tracks of the roller coaster at Lake
side park, at the bottom of big dip
near the turn Of the device, was
pushed off the tracks with only slight
damage to the two-car train in which
four passengers were riding. They
escaped injury. No one has been
found who actually saw the obstruc-
ton placed on the track.
Albion-New members of the Albion
college student senate, the student
self-governing body, have been elected
as follows: Wilbur Harper, Calumet;
Lucille Woodward, Elsie; Ronald PAIL,
Albion; Edwin Quick, Muskegon;
Eldon Sanderson, Quincy; Wilma
Wooten, MARSHALL; Clarence Weaver
Albion; Catherine Sturtevant, Albion;
Dorothy Graves, Parma, and Lurene
Smith, Albion.
Pontiac-A decision reached by
Judge X. P. Rockwell and handed
down, two weeks after his death, de-
MED a divorce to Mrs. Eva Union
from Harry Union. They had been
twice married, once in 1915, divorced
in 1917, remarked in 1920 and sued
for divorce the same year. The wife
ia a burlesque actress. The decision
was found, signed, in the judges desk
and handed down by Judge Gillespie.
Owosso-Owosso and Corunna Of
fcials are trying to solve the problem
of what to do with the Michigan Rail-
way company which says it is finan-
cially unable to pave between its
tracks in the two cities. The state is
to pave three miles in the two cities,
the work to be started next month.
Corunna has decided that If the COM
pany will not bring it's tracks up to
the grade required by the state, and
gravel between, it will be asked to
take up its tracks and get out of the
city.
Detroit-Four million nine hundred
and ninety mine thousand nine hun
dred and ninety-nine Ford cars are