Charlevoix county herald., 1921-04-08
Michigan NeuUs
Tersely Told

last week Oh 91oV,VOO mONluS pic
ture theater here 1t will have a seat
ing capacity Of 1000.
Grand Rapids-The appointment by
Pope Benedict of Monsignor Thomas
Flannery, of Grand Rapids, as his do
nestle prelate was announced in a
dispatch from Rome.
South Lyon-Ten thousand five hun
dred dollars is the price paid by Mus
self brothers, well known South Lyon
stock men, for the three-year-old Hol-
stein bull auctioned off by J. Zigler.
Kalamazoo-Mrs. William G. Love-
land, wife of the president of the
Watervliet Paper Co., has been given
a divorce. She charged that her hus-
band swore at her and had an "in-
herited bad disposition"
Belding-Harold Crane, 81 years
old, of Portland, teacher in the Hop
POUCH School, near here, is believed
to have been drowned in the river
here when he went for a canoe ride.
His overturned canoe was found.
Escanaba-A glass door at the Es-
canada National bank was broken in
rush by 200 school children, eager
to place their deposits in the bank.
Automatic receiving tellers were
placed in the schools for thrift week.
Muskegon-High rents in Chicago
are expected to bring big crowds to
ha harn
summer. Requests for accommoda-
tions already are being received. Sew
eral new cottages are being built at
White Lake.
der, postmistress here for the last
four years, has resigned to rejoin her
husband on his farm near Weber
Vile. Miss Nora Walls, assistant
postmistress, has been appointed tenn
porary successor.
Adrian-Abram Whitbeck, 70, vet
eran of the Civil war, and Mrs. Eliza
beth Anderson, 65, both of this city,
were married at the home of Mrs.
Anderson's daughter, Mrs. F. ]. De-
Good. Mr.. Whitbeck has been res
ident of Adrian for so years.
Flint-Failing to take advantage of
a chance given him by Judge F. w.
Brennan last September, when he
was placed on probation for larceny,
John Rob, II, was sentenced to three
to IA years at Ionia. Rob had neglect
ed to report to the probation officer.
Mt. Pleasant-Charles Gulf, 81
years old, ended his domestic troubles
by cutting his throat with razor on
on the street in this city. Cuff had
trouble with his wife and, when re-
fused admittance> to the house where
she was staying, ended his life in
front of the house.
Iron Mountain-The Iron Mountain
Daily News will make it's first appear
ance April IL. Frank ]. Russell of
Marquette will have charge Of the
editorial department and William F.
Russell of Marquette will have charge
of the business department. The Daily
News will replace the Press ano
Undergraduates A. Royce, SUI
perintendent of construction for the
Consumers Power Co., refused to al
low workmen to repair broken in
sulator believing it too dangerous, but
started the work himself A few min
utes later he touched liye wire and
fell 40 feet to the cement below He
died five minutes later.
Ludington - Fred G. Adams, of
Scottville, foreman Of the jury which
last October convicted Mrs. Stella
Blanche Motif of poisoning her hus-
band, was arrested by Deputy Sheliff
Andrew Anderson on charge of per-
Jury. The complaint was made by
William S. Paxton, father of Mrs.
Mottl, who is serving a life term in
the Detroit house of correction.
Ionia-A fallen telephone pole in
the prison enclosure served as
scaling ladder by means Of which Joe
Cooper and Frank Staley, alias Cor
don, went over the wall OF the Michi-
gan reformatory. The men were
trusted inmates and served in the
kitchen. Staley was sent up from
Shiawassee county January %, 1921,
for burglary. Cooper formerly lived
at Flint and Federman.
Dowagiac-A petition to Attorney
General Merlin Wiley to reopen the
investigation into the death of her
husband, Sidney Ben Butler, billiard
room proprietor, killed during a liquor
party" March IL, is being circulated
here by his widow, Mrs. Katherine
Butler. The widow has expressed
dissatisfaction with the handling of
the case which resulted in the ex-
oneration of Buffers three compan-
ions by coroner's jury. Mrs. Butler
said she had obtained 80 signers.
Acknowledgements in his own de-
tense In circuit court, Byron G..
Coryell, Chesaning banker, accused of
larceny of more than $4,000 while
Chesaning treasurer, testified he
handled the funds according to his
best judgment and that every cent he