The Yale expositor., 1922-01-19

Grand Rapids-The Citizens league
has ordered its secretary to investi-
gate the war record of Charles w.
Wagner, appointed housing inspector
last week
Marshall-The Gull Lake Country
Clubhouse, which burned at a loss of
$35, 900, will be replaced by better
structure, c. f. Gauss, of this city,
president OF the club, said.
Port Huron-As a result OF com
plants by students and parents over
poor light in schools in morning, the
board of education has ordered
schools to open half an hour later.
Kalamazoo--A jury returned a YER
dict of no cause for action in the
$4,000 suit brought by lsadore Gold
stein against Asa Doane. Goldstein
suffered a fractured leg when knocked
off his bicycle in collision with
Doan's automobile.
Port Huron-Maurice Laidlaw, vet
eran and electrician, was drowned in
Sarnia bay when he attempted to
save Miss Blanche Cults, who had
broken through the ice while skating.
Miss Cults held to the edge Of the
ice and was rescued.
Lansing-The hearing of the petit
tions before the Michigan public utili-
ties commission for reductions in
freight rates in this state, set for Jan.
8, has been continued until Feb. I, at
the request of the attorneys for the
Michigan Manufacturers association.
lansing b. Gilbert, principal OF
the Grand Rapids Union high school
and former superintendent Of schools
in Traverse City, has been appoint
ed superintendent of the School for
Deaf at Flint by Governor Groesbeck.
He succeeds Luther L. Wright, who
died Jan. TO-
Lansing Insurance Commits.
sioner, l.. T. Hands, announces that
J. b. Booth of the Detroit Fire Insur-
ance o., Detroit, and b. l.. Hewett OF
the Boston Insurance Co, Lansing,
have been chosen as Michigan mem'
bers Of the Michigan Fire Insurance
Inspection bureau.
Battle Creek-Farmers of the Bat
tie Creek district will meet with city
business men here Jan. 20, under au-
spices of the bureau of agricultural
development Of the Michigan Agri'
cultural college. An effort will be
made to foster business relationships
tho two grpunG
Lansing-The public utilities com
mission has completed the appraisal
OF all Michigan State Telephone COM
pany properties in the state outside
Of Detroit and the reports of its en-
gineers will be forwarded to the 80
municipalities affected as soon as
they come from the bookbinders.
Lansing Judge Leland W. Carr of
the Ingham county court denied two
petitions of the ID. u. h. to dissolve
the injunction now pending against
that company, prohibiting it from
charging higher fares than are per-
mitted by the Glaspie act, passed in
1921. The ID. u. X. will appeal the
injunction suit.
Pontiac-While 100 guests were at
dinner at birthday party for Gladys
Sherwood, 20, an invalid. at the home
of her father S. W. Sherwood, Sey-
mour Lake, fire broke out in the
dwelling. The guests carried out the
invalid hostess and the gifts she had
received. The flames, starting from
a defective flue, destroyed the home.
Adrian-Mrs. Matte Kirby, the Hud-
son temperance worker, who was con-
victed in circuit court of killing by
neglect an infant born to her daugh-
ter, Alice, July 4, made a formal APP
pearance before Circuit Judge Hart
here Jan. Z, and was told to come
into court again the second Monday
in March.
Escanaba-The murder charge
against Joseph sheridan, member of
the Michigan state police, was nolle
pressed in circuit court here. Sheri-
dan was charged with murder after he
is said to have killed saloonkeeper
in a saloon here, during battle while
the place was being raided. The case
was given to~a jury during the mid
die of last year, but the jury disagreed
and was discharged.
Escanaba-M oonshine liquor and
drunken brawl were given as the
cause leading to the death of John
Novallo, Delta county farmer, in Sep
TENDER, according to several wit
nesses who testified for the state in
the circuit court trial of John Lechti
on a first degree murder charge. 9th
er witnesses testified that after Lech-
ii felled his victim with grub hoe,
he continued striking him and for a
brief period was beating the dead
body.
Lansing-A 20 per cent increase in
telephone rates in Bay City, Saginaw
and Frankenmuth are essential to
consolidation of the telephone serv.
ices in the Saginaw valley, witnesses
for the Michigan State Telephone
Company and Valley Home Telephone