The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-11-03


serving black bear meat considerably
under the price of pork. Bear sand.
wiches are In demand.
Escanaba- Attorney Joseph f. Cud-
/ dy, 60, died here of heart disease.
For 20 years he has been prominent
in legal circles OF the upper PENN
sula.
Sault Ste. Marie-In a frenzy or
! pain from stomach trouble, John Wier,
So years old, slashed his stomach with
butcher knife. inflicting wounds
from which he died.
Battle Creek-Ralph Day, chief OF
police, has prepared papers asking the
secretary of state to revoke eight auto.
mobile drivers licenses convicted of
driving while intoxicated.
Ann .Arbor-A strip CT land. two
feet wide and 32 feet wide said to be
worth, $25 is the basis of civil suit
in circuit court here. Five lawyers
are participating in the action.
Adrian-Former service men OF
Lenawee county. having claims
against the government. are present
ing them before the cleanup squad.
The board goes to Monroe from
here.
Battle Creek-Henry B. Hall, pho.
neer, came here 70 years ago. He
is SO. He was born in Calhoun coun-
ty. Mr.. Hall, recolnting old days,
says he hunted deer on the outskirts
of this city,
Pontiac-A sack or first-class mail
was stolen from the Pere Marquette
depot at Highland by burglars who
broke into the depot. There is no
way of telling whether it contained
much OF value.
Cadillac-Foul play is suspected by
officers investigating the death OF
Joseph Wittmer, So, farmer, whose
body was found in the woods near
here. Death was due to shotgun
wound in the head.
Lansinf-Governor Alex J. Groes-
beck has appointed Wade Mills, De-
troit, to the board of commissioners
for the promotion of uniformity of
legislation in the United States. He
succeeds George Bates, Detroit.
Marshall - Harry Ringleberg, who
returned to Battle Creek from Chicago
go to get his soldier bonus, was ar
rested for deserving his wife and five
children, and Circuit Judge North sent
him to Jackson prison for three
years.
Battle Creek-Prosecutor James
Cleary authorized a warrant charging
E. j. Foster with manslaughter. Fos-
ter drove the car that plunged into
another resulting in the death of Miss
Bernadine Tanning and the injury of
six others.
Kalamazoo-The supreme court de-
MED the petition Of Abraham Verhage
of this city for peremptory writ of
mandamus to compel the city COM
mission to resubmit to the electors
the revised city charter which was
defeated at a specia, election Octo
Der 4.
Grand Rapids-While F. r. Cross,
of Chicago, was appealing to the po-
lice to locate his son, 16 years old
who left home October 10, the boy
was locked in cell almost under his
investigation of the theft Of an auto
mobile.
Bay City-Mrs. Leonore Trudell
was sentenced to serve six months
in the Detroit house of correction in
circuit court here. This is the thir.
teenth time she has been before courts
on charges of violating the dry laws.
Her husband recently served six
months at Ionia.
Lansing state Administrative
Board authorized an emergency ex.
penditure of $4,000 for the construc
ton of an additional dormitory at the
Michigan Home and Training School
at Lapeer for the housing of 408 pa
tients who have been on the waiting
list for the last two years.
ushegon-Muskegon County OF.
fcers discovered the center of opera.
tons Of moonsh.ners, when they Wis
tied an island seven miles up Mus.
kegon River. Five stills, the largest
ever seized in this county, and more
than rs barrels were found. Omcers
say the moonshiners had established
elaborate quarters.
Lansng-The Blaney Land and Cat.
tie company, which is looked upon by
members of the state department of
agriculture as the forerunner of many
similar organizations that are to de-
velop the grazing and feeding possibil.
tiles of northern Michigan in a new
way, was authorized by the securities
commission to sell $4,000 of stock
The remainder of the $150,000 issue
is being subscribed by the promoters.
Ann Arbor-Chester Covell, 20-year.
old Manchester youth who tried to
poison his father-in-law, George Bow.
er, was sentenced to spe rmofdnwofH
er, was sentenced to spend from IL to