The Yale expositor., 1922-09-28

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Menhennit, deputy warden at the Mar
quette branch prison, who died as 6
result Of knife wounds alleged to have
been inflicted by them during the
fight in the prison chapel, Decembe'
II, 1921, will be petitioned for in cir
cult court
Suit for $4,000 has been started
against the Ionia Free Fair associa
tion by Ernest Thornton by his next
friend as result OF the fireworks eX
plosion in which he lost part of his
right hand, Thornton obtained fire
works from the grounds which he car
ried home. They exploded on the way
tearing his hand to pieces and hole
in his throat The throat has healed
but all that is left of the hand Is the
thumb and little finger,
Miss Minnie Mills, educated in
Olivet College and a missionary IN
Smyrna when that city recently was
destroyed by fire, escaped from that
port while hundreds of others were
being killed by the Turks, Word OF
her safety came In cablegram to her
sister, Mrs, Abbie Thomas, of Char
lotte, Miss Mills, the cablegram stat
ed, now Is quartered in Girls School
in Athens,
Unable to furnish $4,000 bail. Fred
Pug" Hamilton, charged with Grim
inal assault upon Rose Connolly, De
tToit girl, was lodged In the county
jail at Mt, Clemens, He waa arraigned
before Justice William ], Dusse,
waived examination end was bound
over to the next term OF circuit court,
Detroit authorities are aiding locel
officers In tracing Hamilton's police
record.
A warrant was issued In Justice
court charging Joseph Morrow, alder
man from the First Ward, with do
frauding the city Of Flint OF $50, Ac.
cording to the complaint, Morrow, Oh
July 1. sold gravel pit equipment
owned by the city for $500, received u
check for $3.50 and $50 In cash, /. Ia
alleged that he reported to the ooun.
Gil that the equipment brought only
$3.50.
Resumption Of service on the Sag.
inaw street car lines, which have been
idle moro than year, is asked In In
itiatory petitions circulated by the
Saginaw Auto Dealers association. It
asks that Otto Schupp, trustee, rep
resenting holders OF first mortgage
bonds, be permitted to operate the
lines at fare of 10 cents for single
ride, or 20 rides for a dollar.
When DR.. Ralph s. Jiroch of Sag
inaw saw flames in the basement Of the
home OF Miss Agnes b. Muir, an In
valid, he jumped from his automobile,
rushed into the house and carried
Miss Muir, who was one of his pat
tents, to a place of safety, before she
was overcome by the dense smoke.
Fireman were compelled to use gas
masks to fight the fire.
Word was received by the state pub
lie utilities commission that the Pere
Marquette railroad has petitioned the
interstate commerce commission to
reopen its abandonment cases affect
fnn Nhn White NIAtH
branches. The federal commission re-
Gently refused the road permission to
abandon the branches.
A broken arm and other injuries are
not preventing Swift Lathers, editor
of the Mears News, from publishing
his weekly newspaper. The news
paper is being edited from a room in
the Paulina Stearns Hospital at Lud-
ington, where Mr.. Lathers was taken
after the truck on which he was rid
ing upset.
River Rouge will soon be a signless
city. A resolution was passed by the
City VI lhB bhdI hO OllA-
boards could be erected and that
those already in use must be taken
down by January 1, 1923. The com
mission declared that the billboards
destroyed the beauty of the city.
T. M. O'Brien of Bay City was
named receiver for Meagher brothers,
In an action started before Judge s.
G.. Houghton by the stockholders, ask
ing dissolution of the corporation
The concern deals in ice, fuel and
butchers supplies.
William Ritchey, so, who escaped
from the Kalamazoo Hospital for the
Insane, later hanged himself on a tree
south OF the hospital grounds. A posse
was searching for him when his body
was discovered.
James Peterson, of Iron River, was
the victim of the first hunting acci
dent in this vicinity this season. The
accidental discharge of his compan