The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1922-01-12

llSu a SeCOuu udlly newspaper Al hdld-
mazoo has failed. That city entered on
the New Year with but one paper, the
Kalamazoo Star having announced its
suspension Dec. 81
Evart-The Trojan Motor Co. is the
name OF the new company organized
here to manufacture drop forging as
well as to make a small motor truck.
Samuel c. Allen, formerly OF the Hud-
son Motor Co., of Detroit, is presi-
dent.
Lansing.-More than $4,000 bonus
es have been paid to Michigan world
war veterans. Compensation of this
number OF ex-service men and women
represents an outlay by the state OF
about $25.0OO,O0O. The bonus checks
averaged 5000.
Birch Run-Mrs. Anna LetteTman,
SO, resident OF Birch Run township
for 90 years, died recently, leaving
113 direct descendants. They were
eight children, AZ grandchildren, 81
great grandchildren and two great
great grandchildren.
Ann Arbor-Razing of the old en-
cheering building on the University
of Michigan campus to furnish site
for the new Clements Memorial Lii
brary has been started. The library
the gift of w. L. Clements, of Bay
City, will cost 100000.
Monroe. - Impressive ceremonies
were enacted Jan. l, at the convent
chapel OF st. Mary's academy here
where A young women united with
the order as sisters and servants OF
the Immaculate Heart OF Mary Of
which the Monroe institution Is the
mother home.
Escanaba.-Trial OF Joseph M. Sher-
idan, Michigan state trooper. charged
with manslaughter, is scheduled in the
circuit court here. Sheridan is charg-
ed with shooting John Kotick in the
Fall of 1919, Will raiding a saloon In
search of liquor. The jury disagreed
in the first trial.
Monroe-Charles Gauss, wholesale
tobacco dealer of Detroit and dlrec-
tor of the Lutheran Old Folks home
here, remembered that institution
with a check for $1,000. This gift is
to be used in the construction Of &
$3.50 chapel for the home. More
funds are to be raised.
Kalamazoo.-Using a saw, which
had been smuggled to him by Frank
Rooney, sheriffs officers say Laverne
Keefer cut his way out OF the county
jail here by saving through the bars
of his cell window. He Is still at
large Rooney is now serving time
for forgery in Jackson prison.
Lansing. Groesbeck has
paroled John Mathieson, who was
sentenced January %, 1918, to serve
five years for taking $500 from the
Farmers State bank Of Deckerville, OF
which he was cashier and manager.
The judge, prosecutor and bank Of
ficials recommended the parole.
Holland-D. E. Felt, wealthy Chi
cagoan, who purchased a large tract
of resort property on the Lake Mich
igan front southwest OF Holland, will
experiment with the manufacture OF
maple syrup. He is building a sap
house on his property and has 200
maple trees from which he will eX-
tract the sap.
Cheboygan.-John e. Virgins, VOL
VERNE state bank cashier, who pleaded
guilty to making false entries in books
of the bank to cover misjudgment re-
garding loan securities, was placed on
probation until next July. HE is
technically guilty, but not criminal"
declared Judge Frank Shepperd in dis
posing Of the case.
Grand Rapids-Elmer Matthews
was sentenced by Superior Judge Dun
ham TO serve life Imprisonment in
Marquette for numbering James Min
nema, 81, December Is. Minnema
was killed with potato masher in
his room in an Ottawa avenue room
ing house, robbery being the motive.
Matthews admitted the crime.
Ann Arbor-Carl Lehman, former
prosecuting attorney for Washtenaw
County. was shot in the left hip and
leg by his 13-year-olG son, Cornelius,
who discharged the gun filed with
buck shot in firing a salute to the ad-
vent Of the New Year. Physicians
believe that the leg, which is shatter-
ed may have to be removed at the
! hip
Lonsing-The average monthly
wa =, including board, paid farm labor
dr.. * 1921 was $34 compared with
an average of $51 for 1920, according
to lerne H. Church, agricultural sta
tistician. The average monthly wage
without board for 1921 was SOL as
compared with SIS for 1920. Harvest
labor by the day with board, dropped
from $40 in 1920 to $3.50 in 1921
Common day labor dropped from $3.50
with board to $2.10.
Battle Creek.-Jitneys were barred
from atreata having trolley car linas