The Yale expositor., 1922-04-20


Luft, New Hudson farmer, held in the
county Jail at Pontiac, charging him
with the murder of Jack Triggs, trap
per and motion picture cameraman,
at Kent lake. Luft still maintains his
innocence, and stoutly denies he was
near the island, with its group OF
cabins, where Triggs was shot with
shotgun and then dubbed to death
with the butt of the gun. Officers
have searched in vain for the gun
with which the crime was committed,
which Luft claims was stolen from
his home the night before the murder.
Fifteen minutes after his induction
into office DR.. Homer S. Carr, newly
elected mayor of Niles, issued sweep
ing orders to Chief of Police George
Francis, clamping down the lid on
punchboards, slot machines and 9th
er forms Of gambling One hour af-
ter Mayor Carr had taken the oath of
office, there was not slot machine
nor a punchboard to be found in the
city Mayor Carr, however, faces con-
siderable opposition in his forthcom
ing appointments. Opposed to the
mayor is council composed Of seven
Republicans, and one Democrat.
After waiting several days in the
hope Of receiving some word from
Fannie Harris, II years old, Battle
Creek, junior high school girl, De
tective Arthur Hessmer has signed a
complaint against Andrew Anderson.
40, farmer neighbor of the Harris
family, charging him with enticing
the girl away from home. The girl
left home and a search revealed the
fact that Anderson and his son also
were missing and that Anderson had
disposed of his property, police
charge
Frederick Allies, of Kalamazoo.
could not wait till he got a divorce
so he could marry the pretty Centre
vile schol teacher he was infatuated
with, his wife testified in her suit for
divorce, so he fixed the date for
their marriage for last Thanksgiving,
and went ahead with plans for the
wedding while still living with his
wife. Allies later filed a suit for d.
vorce. and his wife filed a crossbill.
A decree was granted to the wife by
Judge George Weimer.
The Owosso Kiwanis Club will seek
tho old of ayorv Ki,voris CIub 4, +bo
state in having Michigan placed in
Eastern Standard Time zone, thus
settling for all time the question of
fast or slow time in the state Owes
so voters defeated a proposal to adopt
fast time and now petitions are in
circulation asking the city commits
sion to adopt it in spite OF the vote.
Attorney John NJ. Durham, chair.
man of a special committee OF the
Kent county bar association, has fix.
ed April % as the date for the asso-
cations dinner in honor of John S.
Mcdonald, Grand Rapids, who recent
ly was appointed a justice of the
Michigan supreme court. His fellow
members in the states highest tri.
bunal will be guests of honor.
DR.. Leroy Dale has been selected as
director for the International health
resort, Battle Creek, TO succeed DR..
A. James Denike, who is moving to
Detroit to take up private practice.
DR.. Dale has been connected with Der.
mar MacFadden's health crusade for
the past 10 years.
The Harbor Springs Chamber of
! Commerce is arranging for recep.
! tion for the 200 tourists to arrive there
! from Detroit and other southern
Michigan points in 40 cars on July IT.
Entertainment will be furnished and
free dinner given the travellers.
An automobile truck stolen in Flint
from Fred Bailey early in 1918 and
sold seven times in four cities, was
recovered in Muskegon. Andrew
Ernest of Muskegon was arrested.
At the annual meeting of the Cal
houn county farm bureau at Marshall
Elmer e. Ball, secretary-treasurer, re.
ported that on April 1 there was on
hand a balance of $5,2O3.79.
Live stock may legally run at large
on the highways in Colfax township,
Wexford county, voters there having
defeated a proposal to prevent this
practice.
A Boy Scout hero medal was given
to Robert Bennett, of Kalamazoo, 10
years old, who last summer saved the
life OF William Guiding, at Whites
lake.
Plumbers of Menominee and Mar
inette, Wis, went on strike as the re-
suit of their failure to agree with en-
ployers on a new wage scale.
Major John G. Emery, Grand Rap
ids, has been appointed a member of