The Yale expositor., 1922-12-28

other mystery was opened by the
announcement that Mrs. Zelda Nor
gan, Rollins pretty widow and Men.
dells sweetheart, was ready to come
to her lovers rescue.
Six Flint Boy Scouts, engaged in
gathering food to aid in the Christ
mas Good Cheer" of the Scouts in
providing dinners for the needy, were
able to add another good deed to
their list for the year when they dis
covered the roof of the home of Mrs.
Josephine Steele, crippled widow,
in flames. The boys secured a lad.
der, formed bucket brigade and ex-
tinguished the flames before the ar.
rival of the fire department, which
they had called.
Five persons were found overcome
by coal gas in the home of David
Crosby at Flint by Miss Mera Kmies-
ka, a nurse, who was attracted by
groans from the house as she was
hurrying to st. Josephs Hospital.
The victims were Crosby, his wife,
his baby son, Harold, and two room
ers, Robert Balderston and Mrs. An
nabelle Watson. All were unconscious
except Balderston. Physicians said
they would recover.
Suit for 100000 damages was filed
by Attorney Adrian F. Cooper, of Al
bion, representing the Advance Rum
ley company, of Battle Creek, doing
business as the Franklin Iron and
Metal company. The declaration al
leges that, during a period of 10 or
II years, Franklin has knowingly In
voiced cars Of scrap iron to the Ad-
vance Rumley company at a greater
tonnage than the cars actually con-
tanned.
Carol, 3-year-old daughter Of Chas.
Sterns, Pere Marquette Township
farmer, near Ludington, was burned
to death A piece of paper she put
into the kitchen stove burned off all
her clothes except her shoes. The
body was charred beyond recognition.
Her sister, Lois, made an heroic at
tempt to save her by driving her with
a poker to the snow outside, but
Carol fell at the door and soon died.
John Wagner, 16 years old, con-
fessed to the theft of five Battle
Creek automobiles. Wagner was
take into custody as he was returning
to his home from a ride in a sedan
owned by R. l.. Bowen, high school
teacher. According to Deland Davis,
county truant officer, he will be re-
turned to the state Industrial school
at Lansing for violating his parole.
City Attorney B. j. Vincent has ad.
vised the Saginaw council that it
would be unwise to proceed with
custer proceedings in federal court
at Bay City to remove the Saginaw
Bay City Street Railway company
tracks in Saginaw until the courts
have passed on the legality of the
votes cast in the street car election,
November 7.
Five alleged communists who have
been held in the county jail since the
raid on their convention at Bridgman
Mich, in August, were freed for
Christmas. Their bonds were reduc-
ed to $4,000 each, which they were
able to furnish. Fifteen others TAX
en- in the raid have already been re.
leased under $4,000 each.
An increase of 1877 in the population
of state institutions in November, is
shown in a report by Mari T. Murray
state welfare commissioner. The
population Nov. l was 1910 as com
pared with 1927 at the end of the
month.
A 10-story building, to cost ap
proximately $1,00O,00O, will be erected
in Grand Rapids next summer by the
Professional Operating company, and
will be occupied, exclusively, by ply
sicians, surgeons and dentists.
A circuit Judge for Macomb county
will be chosen at the April election
and Judge James G.. Tucker, who has
been incapacitated for more than q
year owing to sickness, will not be
a candidate for reelection.
Cheboygan harbor above State
bridge is frozen over solid as far as
the locks at the paper mill. Solid
ice came much earlier than usual.
Richard McCann, Charlevoix, jump
ed from his automobile just before
It hurled over a 50-foot embankment
by Round Lake here.
Aviation officers at Selfridge Field
near Mt. Clemens, have completed
construction of an ice rink covering
several acres, to be placed at the dis