The Yale expositor., 1922-01-26

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF LnlS CITY
will vote upon the proposition TO is
sue $4,000 sewer construction bonds
at special election, Feb. 20.
Grand Rapids-Dates for the West
set for Sept. Is to %. Frank G.. Row
was elected president, succeeding l..
G. Lilly. The fair goes into the new
year with deficit of SS,52S.
Flint-When 0. H. Tobey was SOL
dering the gas tank Of an automobile,
the tank exploded. flaming gas burn
ed off his eyebrows and his hair. and
severely burned his face. He was
hurled 10 feet, fracturing his right
arm.
Lansing-The public utilities CON-
mission has begun an inquiry to learn
whether freight rates on farm prod
ucts are not too high. All Michigan
railroads are ordered TO enter an APP
pearance February Is, to show why
these rates should not be reduced.
Adrian.-Resolution calling for the
repeating of the Covert highway act
WSIt duOplSu ny TIC L0hdWSS pOaAu
of supervisors after several members
had voiced their criticism of the state
law under whose provisions highway
construction in this county had been
undertaken.
Saginaw-Though he is only s
years old. Jack Mason won a heros
laurels when he rescued from drown
ing in a cistern. Matthek Kwapis his
3-year-old playmate. Jack lay prone.
grasped the drowning childs arm,
when he came TO the surface. held
fast, and shouted for help
Onaway-Fred TruaXe, in charge OF
forest reserves near Onaway, was
burned seriously when he dropped
match into gasoline which had dripped
from an automobile, and exploded 40
pounds of dynamite. Two automobiles
and barn were destroyed. Truaxe
saved himself by plunging in snow
bank.
Houghton-Although resumption OF
mining operations by the Calumet &
Hecla, Ahmeek, Allouez ant Isle Roy
ale mines is Sc. for April /, men will
be taken on from time to time before
that date to get the properties in
shape for production. These mines
! have been shut down since April
last year.
Porland-Charles H. Maynard, 81,
| president Of the Maynard.Allen State
bank, died Jan. 16, of apoplexy. He
was born in Wayne county, New York
state, and came here in 1899, remain
ing a resident for so years. He own
ed the first grain elevator here and
founded the bank in 1872 with e. M.
Allen and j. B. Roe.
Grand Rapids-An United States
district court jury has returned a YER
dict of $2,0S6 against Scroll F. Pow
ers, Of Nashville. which is said to rep
resent the alleged amount of excess
wool profits made by Powers in 1918
as a dealer in fleece wool clips. The
excess is reported as one and one
half cents per pound.
Flint-Upon completion OF an ex-
animation Of the stomach of William
l.. Hoffman, 4S, steward for the Mich
| igan School for the Deaf, who was
found dead Jan. II. Coroner c. d.
Chapel declared that marked traces
| Of a quick-acting poison had been
found and that he would sign the
death certificate naming suicide as the
cause.
Grand Rapids-The city commits
sion has designated the Trades and
Labor council as clearing house.
through which local unemployed men
may obtain job, from the city. Let
ting of contracts for the years public
Improvements will begin Immediately
and by March is estimated work in
voytng an expenditure OF $1,000, 900
will be under way.
Corunna-Twenty days in the coun.
ty Jail is the sentence that Earl Mott,
Of Bancroft, earned by not being true
to his word. With two others, he was
caught three weeks ago hunting rab-
pits with a ferret. The other two
paid fine and Mott was to return
later and settle. He failed, and when
he was found, Miss Stella Potter, JUS
tice, gave him 20 days for IT,
Pontiac-William Nicolai, charged
with keeping a place where intoxicat-
Ing liquors were sold, was found
guilty by jury after two hours de-
liberation. Nicolai's arrest some weeks
ago led to much public interest. Off
GERS stated they had conflscated a
little red book" in which records of
sales to local citizens were recorded.
The book, however, was not produc-
ed in the case nor was any reference
! made to Il.
Muskegon-George Tarr, a bus
driver on the Muskegon Heights run.
which was recently put out of com.
mission by the action OF the local CITY
commission, was arrested Tuesday in
what is to be a test case OF the CITY
ordinance restricting the use OF buss-
es on the city streets. The fight will
be carried as test case to the su.
preme court, which will be asked 70
Daag for the first TINA oy, the ,,oisas.