The Yale expositor., 1922-11-23
STATE NEWS
In BRIEF

Battle Creek-Harry II. Warner, Al
years old, of the F. ]. Kellogg COM
pany, died following an operation for
appendicitis. He had just built
country home on the outskirts OF the
city.
Lansing-With thousands of pages
Of testimony and exhibits to be read
into the records, the hearing OF the
mandamus in the Michigan Telephone
company rate case, has began in the
for several weeks.
Flint-Pricked by a pin, an en-
broidered sofa cushion in the home
of Mrs. Bessie Pridgeon, 1901 Durant
street, spurted forth liquor say detec-
tives who made raid. The cushions
were rubber. Mrs. Pridgeon and her
husband were arrested.
Ludington-Arnold Bolstead, 81
years old, of Port Huron, died as the
result of injuries suffered when he
was hit by a car, driven by William
Thompson, Victory township farmer.
His jaw was fractured, his nose
broken and his skull cracked.
Flint-A temporary injunction was
granted in circuit court here before
President Judge T.. ID. Black, restrain
ing Alexander "Al' Werbe president
of the City Athletic club from further
operation of the club, which has been
hxy
Lansing-About 1000 Michigan cor
porations are delinquent in payment
of the corporation tax, Attorney-Gen-
eral Ora B. Fuller was told by the cor
poration division of the department
of state. More than $5,000,00 was
paid by the 1000 firms which COM
piled with the law, the announcement
said
Lansing-Sixteen employees of the
state department of agriculture have
been dismissed, and the administra-
ton board fixed the working day in
state departments at a minimum of
eight hours, with a half holiday on
Saturdays. Seven hours has been the
previous day. The new order took
effect November Is.
Lansing-Michigan ranks tenth in
wool production, according to 1922
figures completed by Verne II
Church, federal crop statistician, Of
Michigan. The reports show that this
state, in 1922, produced 7,S6S,O0O
pounds of wool. as compared with
7,714,OOO in 1921 S,3S5,OOO in 1920,
and 7,S36,OOO in 1919.
Ironwood-The award Of compensa.
Carl Arnsted, who was found killed
near Marenisco during the 1921 deer
hunting season, has been affirmed by
the State Department of Labor and In
dustry. At an arbitration hearing
here months ago the widow was
awarded $14 week for 300 weeks.
Kalamazoo-George II. Kline and
Mrs Louise Kline were divorced af-
ter 20 years of married life. Recently
they wed again, telling the marriage
license clerk, when applying for H.
cense to wed, that they had decided
their separation was a mistake when
their daughter became a mother a
few days ago. The Klines have FIVE
children
Mt. Clemens-When the post safe
at Selfridge field was opened follow
ing the $150,0O0 fire at Selfridge $780,
900 cash was found intact despite the
severe heat to which the safe had
been subjected Captain Dixon, act.
ing commanding officer, has appointed
Lieutenants Blackburn and Summers
to conduct an investigation into the
origin of the fire.
Pontiac-A tentative budget, ex-
ceeding by several thousand dollars
the limit of taxing in Pontiac, has
been presented to the city commits
sion by Manager Irving Brewer.
| Among other items, he restores in his
budget the 10 per cent cut off the
salaries of himself and other heads
| of departments some months ago.
Paving costs enter largely into the
total
Adrian-Gladys Gibson, 6-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William
Gibson, of Macon township, was
burned to death when an automobile
in which she was sitting caught fire
from an explosion of gasoline. The
father was putting gasoline into the
car by the aid of lantern, the flames
OF which ignited the gasoline. The
mother was slightly burned about the
ankles but escaped from the car with
another child.
Lansing-In an opinion transmitted
to Colonel Roy c. Vandercook, head
of the state department of public
safety, Attorney General Merlin Wiley
held that search and seizure of auto
mobiles and trucks where there is
reasonable ground for suspicion
that they are transporting liquor, is
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