The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-05-11
Michigan
Happenings

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The Rev. Henry Brockman, pastor
of the German Lutheran church in
Stambaugh, near Iron River, shot and
killed himself in his home May l. A
deputy sheriff was waiting in a down
stairs room to take the Rev. Mr..
Brockman to Marquette on federal
warrant charging violation of the
Mann white slave act The pastor
asked to be excused for minute while
he got something to eat Going to his
room, he sent a bullet through his
right temple. The officer, rushing up
sairs, found the pastor dead
Edward Vanevera, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John r. Vanevera, wealthy mine
owners of Marquette, was drowned
when he went over the Upper Falls in
the Sturgeon river in a canoe, a drop
of 20 feet. His companion, Wing
Agne, also the son of a wealthy Mar
quette lumberman, was with Vane-
vera in the canoe. He was saved by
being washed ashore The two were
on a fishing expedition. Vaneyera
and Agne were seniors in the Michi-
gan College of Mines in Houghton
Hezekiah H. Duff, secretary of the
Michigan securities commission, is
sued warning to prospective buyers
against a food of Texas oil stock lit
erature which is being sent INTO the
state. Duff declares that the oil stock
promoters are trying to get ahead of
the new blue sky" law now pending
in the federal congress which when
passed, will stop the mailing Of litera-
tured dealing with "wild cat" promo
tions.
The solemn conservation of Msgr
Joseph Gabriel Pinten, vicar-general
of the Roman Catholic Diocese of
Marquette, as bishop of Superior,
took place at st. Peter's Cathedral at
Marquette May g. Members of the
Catholic hierarchy, priests from the
Diocese of Marquette and the Diocese
of Superior and from other parts of
the country came in large numbers to
participate in the ceremonies.
Frances Ames, of Lansing, a junior
literary student of the University of
Michigan, was elected president of the
Ann Arbor Women's league. BY vir-
er Of the full-blooded Persian kitten
with a pedigree something less than
a yard long, which the Boosters club
of the campus recently purchased, to
be given to the president.
The Rev. Charles D. Brokenshire.
of Alma, while driving recently
purchased automobile through Green
vile, became excited and brushed the
side of another auto. His machine
then went over the curb and into the
plate glass window of Ericksons
grocery. The minister was badly cut
by flying glass.
The new model, all-aluminum aero
plane, being tested at Selfridge field
near Mt. Clemens, by Pilot Simmons,
crashed about half a mile from the
field. The pilot was not injured, as
he was barely 100 feet in the air
when the mishap occurred.
State Senator Albert J. Engel has
announced his candidacy for the
United States house of representa-
tives, to succeed James c. McLaugh-
lin. who has held the seat since 1907.
Engel is an attorney at Lake City and
is world war veteran.
A complaint charging W. w. Lewis,
Lansing insurance agent, with over
insuring household goods, was filed
with the State Insurance department
Of public safety. 1t is alleged Lewis
insured household goods worth about
5000 for $4,000.
IOuJldC CITY COmIulSSlOU mas QTdII-
ed an ordinance which will entirely
prohibit card playing in billiard halls
or adjacent rooms. No form of card.
game is allowable under the ordinance
Muskegon voters decided to adopt
daylight saving time, by vote Of two
to one. A bond issue of $275,000 for
construction Of storm sewers was de-
feated by narrow margin.
The state securities commission has
approved application of the Hudson
Motor Car Company, of Detroit, for
permission to recapitalize and absorb
the Essex Motor Company.
Circuit Judge Harry Dingeman, of
Detroit, refused to dismiss the liquor
case broupht apafuaf Pan a. nruUoIa