Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1921-01-21

ment Dealers association held us an
nual convention here.
Owosso-The body of Corp. Cecil
Reid. who was killed at the battle of
Juviguy. was buried In Durand.
Albion-The body of Harry II.
Wendorf. who died in France, was
buried here with military honors.
Cadillac-Loring Austin, 70 years old,
Northern Michigan's best walker. Is
planning to walk to Pennsylvania
next spring.
Channing-Chippewa county resi-
dents will vote next April on the
bonding OF the county for $125.00O to
build trunk line roads.
Soo-Andrew Shumovich, "a, SEN
fenced to two years in the peniten'
tiary for wife beating, hanged himself
in the county jail, using his belt
White Cloud-James Wallace Deck.
er, 5, drowned In White river as his
mother. Mrs. F. e. Decker. failed in
attempts to cross the stream to rescue
him.
Corunna-Jacob Maurer, Corunna
liveryman, was fined $500 and asses
sed 500 costs with an alternative OF
four months in jail for violation OF
the liquor law.
ST. Clair-Marguerite, %, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. e. Williams, OF
Shower, Mich, died here from sleep
ing sickness, during which she was
in a coma 30 days.
Grand Rapids-Frederick w. Steph-
ems, of this city, has reached Pekin.
He has established headquarters there
as representative of the United States
in the Chinese consortium.
Lansing-An additional appropria
ton of $57,917.41 has been asked OF
the state auditors to take care OF SO
new veterans admitted to the Michi-
gan Soldiers home at Grand Rapids.
Holland-Rex Corbett, Fl years old,
walked two miles to hospital after
he accidentally shot himself in the
face with a shotgun. He is in a seri-
Gus condition, but Is expected to re-
cover.
Grand Rapids-School Superintend
ent w. A. Greeson has asked the
board of education to make the mini
mum pay of grade teachers $1,150 for
the first year with an increase OF 500
the second year.
Flint-Jack Ryan, alleged New
York gunman, and Owen Gleason OF
Detroit, pleaded guilty ia circuit court
to larceny from the Clio State bank
December %, when $4,000 cash and
$4,000 worth of bonds were stolen.
Kalamazoo-In the death of Jacob
Maus, 81 years old, Michigan lost its
Oldest Odd Fellow and its oldest past
chancellor of the Knights of Pythias
Maus died at the home of his son
here. He was Civil War veteran.
Ludington-Mrs. Blanche Motif,
convicted in circuit court here for the
killing of her husband, must serve
her life sentence in the Detroit house
of correction. Application for a new
trial was denied by Judge Hal Cutler
Pontiac-An enterprising burglar
with a penchant for clean lines per
petrated the most unusual robbery
ever recorded In police annals here.
when, during the absence of DR.. Will
lam H. Neff, the bathtub In the Neff
home was removed.
Lansing-Articles of incorporation
were filed with the secretary Of state
by the Detroit Jitney Service. Inc,
of Detroit. with an authorized capital
stock of $4,000. The objects listed
call for instituting a jitney bus ser
vice for transportation OF passengers.
Flint-After a lapse of two years
since he was convicted of violating
the local option law, John Berridge.
Flint druggist who appealed the case
to the supreme court and lost, was
ordered imprisoned In the county Jail
for 65 days, the original sentence and
in addition to pay a fine Of $500.
Marine City-william F. Wimpy,
first and only uniformed patrolman to
appear on the streets of Marine City.
has resigned and returned to Port
Huron. Marine City is now without
a police force. 1t is stated that
Wimpy cleaned up the city and there
was no further need for his services.
Kalamazoo-The first general wage
reduction In Kalamazoo was announc.
ed by the Michigan Railway company.
The reduction affects the employees
in the car barns and the track repair
men. 1t amounted to a cut of 10
cents an hour to As cents an hour and
was accompanied by a reduction in
working hours from 10 to eight, max.
ing a net daily wage reduction of
from $3.50 to $3.50.
Battle Creek-Lester G. Batdoff, of
Battle Creek, has accepted the posi-
ton of executive secretary of the
Michigan Real Estate association and
also as field representative of the De-
troit Real Estate board. His head
uarters will be at Lansing, with an
Office in Detroit. One purpose for
which the new Office has been created
Is to help the effort to secure a re-