The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1922-03-16
STATE NEWS !

land, first superintendent of the Trav-
erse City State hospital, died here
March Z.
Holland-Isaac Marsilje, 70 years
old, former representative in the state
legislature, died from heart disease
here March Z.
Allegan-Arthur T. stark an
nounces he is a candidate for the
state senate from Allegan and Van
Buren, counties of the Republican
ticket
Alpena-Because of the number OF
cases of influenza prevailing here the
schools were closed last week and
public gatherings are discouraged by
the health officials.
Iron Mountain-As the result of
taking a ride on a train, while re-
turning home from school, Harold
Swanson, Is years old, lies at the
point of death in local hospital, both
mis- legs and an arm severed.
Mt. Clemens-Sheriff John Spaller
is investigating the circumstances
of an infant in the roadside by school
children, near Warren. The mother
of the child is being sought.
Grand Rapids-Counsel for Frank
j. Cook, former cashier OF the Farm
ers and Merchants bank, convicted
of forging "a note, has filed motion
in superior court for a new trial. The
motion will be argued April 10.
Flint-Paul Szumowicz, grocery and
meat market dealer, whose store was
damaged by mysterious fire and eX-
plosion demanded a hearing when
arraigned in justice court on charge
Of arson. Bail was set at $1,000.
Port Huron-Erection in Pine
Grove Park of a building as me-
mortal to the soldier dead of st. Clair
county a community center and an
armory, has been proposed to the city
commission by the chamber of COM
merce armory committee.
Lawton-A $4,000 gallon tank at the
municipal waterworks exploded hurt
ling through the front wall OF brick
into the street. An automatic pres
sure gauge failed to work after the
employees of the plant had gone home
for the night. No one was injured.
| The building was wrecked.
Monroe-Great prospects are being
entertained by the F1shbone Mari x
Fertilizer Co, of Raisinville township,
in the production of fertilizer out or
mari. Christ Spohr is the president
of the company, and George Weilnau,
a former drain commissioner OF the
county secretary and treasurer.
Lansing-The securities commission
authorized the Michigan Canned Food
corporation, of Port Huron, TO issue
| $4,000 notes. The company began
| business last year 1t was represent
| ed that it needs money to carry
through its 1922 campaign, to COM
plete payments for materials pur-
! chased last year.
Port Huron-Residents of Port
! Huron and the Thumb district, on the
| Saginaw division of the Pere Mar
ouette Railroad, will not know wheth-
er they are to be given better train
service until June /, when the state
| Public Utilities Commission probably
will announce the result of the hear
! ing held in this city.
acknowledgements over the
death of "a brother, Erwin, last Au-
gust, and his inability to reach an
agreement with a third brother over
the price of the family estate which
he wished to purchase, Halle Cary, "a
years old, milk dealer, is said to have
committed suicide. His body was
found hanging in the barn at his home
here.
Monroe-Mark Redmon, % years
old, Pittsburg, styling himself the
worlds youngest building climber,
surprised a crowd here by scaling the
Monroe county court house, reaching
the flagstaff The feat required 80
minutes. He was blindfolded two
thirds of the way. Others have
climbed the building before but none
reached the Flagstaff.
Lansing-Colonel Roy c. Wander
COOK, director Oh puDllc SAFETY, dsheu
the administrative board to make an
appropriation to provide the state pc.
lice with wireless telephones at all
principal posts. The recent storm
which tore down all telephone and tel
egraph wires, and isolated a large Sec
ton of the northern part of the PENN
sula, showed the need for state
wireless system, Colonel Vandercook
says.
Kalamazoo Charles Curtis, one OF
the three men accused Of committing
the masked robbery, in which Mr.. and
Mrs Abram HILL an aged couple
were assaulted in their home in the
southern part of Kalamazoo county
last fall, was found guilty within an
hour after the jury retired. The
couple we're tortured to compel them
to reveal the hiding place of the large
amount of money the bandits be
lieved was concealed on the premises
Mr.. Hill died a few weeks after the
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