Battle Creek Moon-Journal from Battle Creek, Michigan • 2

1AGE TWO THE BATTLE CREEK MOON JOURNAL i SATURDAY JULY 2 1B21 LATEST NEWS MICHIGAN ATHER MICHIGAN BRIES 9 BREAKS DOWN into Suit is No Older Than of Orion Miss Irene McIntyre It Looks 3 3 WILL SPINK him to Master Cleaner and Dyer A Bath a Bay Keeps You it Every Way me orest township early ri Our Magic Cloth cleans your gold silver nickel and other Hobbs will metals and keeps them fit every way A Merited Rebuke LINT Plumbers 370 Main St Bell 3351 BBMD SERVICE IRST NO its the were moved by the COR ighlandsOntario AND SONS 48 Bartlett St 'KALAMAZOO PREPARES WE SAVE YOU MONEY Not Then Bell 1182 4450 Auto 4062 and his wife were separat the former had been fore attentions on the latter for days Wednesday night Higgins end his a law office here and appointed to the su He retired from that make some channels of to reports a Salvation Miss Me of the New Bell 741 ONE SAW ACCIDENT SUIT LOST BY WIDOW LENAWEE ORDERS SUIT OR LIQUOR CASE EES BUS DRIVERS' ASK INJUNCTION BUSH Ticket Agent Ry Station Battle Creek Mich Phones: Bell 359 Auto 4294 Ocean tickets on sale via all 61 Main Tile bddy will be Pontiac Saturday for the the con iron Hu at car threats braced steering wheel assailants suc sheriff picked he chairmen of committees here Accommodations MINUS 300 NAMES talk at Church TO DOCTOR IS SET REE Bay County armer Killed Bay City July 2 Bert Bryce i 45 farm worker died in the hos pital of a broken skull received when a Here Marquette trainstruck an automobile in which he ''was riding on Michigan avenue 35 was placed under his captors worked 15 rescue him from a Miss Irene McIntyre the Salva tion Army girl who helped win the war with her home made dough nuts soon will become the bride of Lieut Robert Walbridge of New York according The romance began in Army hut in rance father is head England district of the Salvation Army WERE READY TO MOVE LOSE ALL IN BIG IRE DECLARES MUTUAL AID HIGHEST SOCIAL LAW NAMES STATE HEAD PARK COMM lint Mich July 2 Due to low bids received by the board of education of the Washington and Civic park schools 20 room instead of 16 room buildings will be built Appropriations amounting to $250 000 for each building were made when the cost of materials and la bor were higher than at presentbut with the reduction in these items four more rooms will be constructed in each building and the cost will remain within the Orion Ball Player Killed Orion Mich July 2 Charles Read 26 star athlete was crushed to death and five oth er workmen had a narrow escape when' a loading bin under which they were working collapsed in the United uel company yards in Oxford riday Read was a member of the Orion baseball team and wasidentified with other athletic enterprises He leaves a widow a son about five weeks oldnd a aged 3 OUR DEAD IN STATE MISHAPS COL WILSON HITS RAID ON SOCIALISTS Two are Drowned Near Ben ton Harbor While Attempt ing to Swim River SAGINAW That they believe that the township of tBirch Run is required to pay more than its share of the state and county taxes is the basis of an appeal by John Scharrer and 130 others to the state tax commis sion Allegan Mich July 'to death" according to his bill of complaint Dr Howard VanNess President of the Kalamazoo Acad emy of Medicine an organization of physicians and surgeons of southwestern Michigan was grant ed a divorce after a hotly contest ed trial Mrs VanNess filed an answer to the complaint in which she pro tested she was devoted to her hus band and desired only to retain his love Dr VanNess produced witnesses to show his domestic unhappiness had brought him to a precarious state of health One of the mat ters over which the couple quar reled several witnesses testified was the refusal to permit his wife to wear silk'underwear Mrs VanNess was the stenographer and office assistant for a number of years prior to the death of his first wife 120 ARE HOMELESS IN $250000 BLAZE Dead Parent Says He Begged Murder Suspect to Stay Away lint Mich July In an effort to stave off enforcement of the new ordinance which re routes jitney busses off the streets on which trolley cars operate and forbids them to receive "donated" faresunder the free bus system which which they adopted several days ago jitney bus operators riday applied for an injunction against the city restraining officials from enforcing the ordinance Circuit Judge Brennan re fused to grant a temporary re straining order but ordered the city to show cause on July 5' why a permanent injunction should "vot be issued Members of the Jitney Bus asso ciation also are circulating peti tions for the recall of five aider men and announcing their inten tion of seeking the recall of Mayor Atwood and six other' aider men as soon as they have been in office 90 days which will be July H' A Morse Was Once Glas gow Council and Supreme Court Judge Escanaba Mich July 2 ire men from Manistique Escanaba and Gladstone last night had under control the fire which virtually de stroyed the lumber town of Mali ma 30 miles' from here with a loss that is expected to exceed $250000 Mahma is seat operations of the Bay Denoc Lum ber company 'As a result of the fire' which had been raging for the greater part of the day 120 men women and children are homeless Twenty five homes were burned to the ground as were the lumber company of fices hotel engine house St Soo railroad roundhouse and a $50000 clubhouse recently pre sented by the Bay Denoc firm to itg employes A Red Cross delegation from Es canaba carrying tents food cloth ing and other relief material was dispatched to Mahma late Thurs day Only the lumber yards and the mill which were filled to capacity were saved It is understood here that the Bay Denoc company is planning to rush men and material to Mahma to rebuild the structures destroyed in the fire Michigan Professor Starts on Geo logical Trip Around World Ann Arbor July 2 Prof Hobbs head of the department of geology in the University of Mich igan left last week on a geological expedition which will ertend over a period of fifteen months and which will mean girdling the globe The expedition which is financed by Chas Osborn of Sault Ste Marie former governor of Michi gan will be undertaken to ascer tain more about the origin and growth of continents In this mat ter Prof Hobbs does not agree with the majority of scientific geolo gists Vessels Donated for Trip Mine sweepers and other govern ment vessels have been placed at the disposal of Prof Hobbs for use during certain stages of the trip and the 'Chilean government has placed one of its vessels at his dis posal for the summer of 1922 when Prof Hobbs wants to investigations of the Chili During July Prof cruise about the south seas' the Hawaiian and coral islands mak ing a study of the coral reefs He will spend August in the Caroline islands in the central Pacific and the United States mine sweeper Bittern has been given him for the month of September when he will cruise in the waters southeast of the Philippine islands making a geological and oceano graphical study of the islands and the waters surrounding the group Winter in Europe Before Prof return he will visit New Zealand Australia the Dutch Indies and eastern Asia He will spend a part of next winter in some European university cen ter writing up his notes and during the second semester of the next uni versity year he will act as ex change geology professor in a Hol land university Next summer Prof Hobbs will spend in South America a large part of his time in the Andes witnesses testified switching engine ahnnt UtMUlVI Poll man dead I ADRIAN Harold Schryver of Chicago western representa tive of the New York Globe lost his new automobile seven miles north of Adrian Thursday when the force of a collision with an other machine knocked his car in to the ditch where it caught fire and was destroyed ALBION Miss Darleen Carr of Jonesville former teacher in Albion schools has become bride of George Schumacher nectcd wjth the Malleable Company' Miss Elizabeth bert who has been teaching Algonac was wedded to Don Hub bard if rbh i ilm twismi ni iMm ft a WjM Lansing Mich July 2 The new department of labor and industry which began to function riday promptly closed the office of the former department of labor here and discharged 35 employes The inspection work that has been done by the labor department will be handled by the inspection divi sion of the department of public safety The statistical work will be done at the office of the former industrial accident board which is also abolished to make way for the new department The Detroit office of the old la bor department and the free em ployment offices throughout the state have not been closed Some of the workers discharged riday may be re employed if they have not found other work before the department of labor and industry completes me organization of work discharges bring the total ot persons removed from state pay roll by Governor Groes organization and consolida tion plan well above 300 LOWER COSTS GIVE LINT BIGGER SCHOOLS Lumber Sash and Doors Asphalt Roofing Lath Shingles Interior inish Wall Boaid Lille London Ont' and other guests of Owosso Micih July Shown a dispatch relating how a delegation of disabled war veterans in con vention at Detroit Wednesday in vaded the Socialist convention Tuesday and offered to fight those who advocated the Red flag Lieut Gol Guy Wilson state commander of the American Le gion here declared that had the veterans been members of the Le gion he would not have counte nanced the invasion of the Social ist meeting "Merely because one man makes a statement in a convention which is contrary to right or law the en tire convention should not be held declared Commander Wilson "In case the entire con vention was made responsible for the utterances' of any delegate the Democratic or Republican parties would be in a sad plight after one of their conventions" i Wilson scouted the idea that any of the minor organizations of veterans would ever compete with the American Legion IONIA JUDGE PASSES AWAY GIRDLES GLOBE TO SEEK ORIGIN CONTINENTS tCOTErrrEKrrKrrrrrECSErrrE Lime Cement Plaster and Plaster Board irebrick and ire Clay Brick Sewer Bay City Mich July 2 The I board of supervisors received a re 1 port from its equalisation commit 1 tee riday showing that property i valuation tnrougtiout the county shows an average decrease of 13 per cent for assessment purposes Bay assessed valuation is placed at $4816 30 GIRL TO WED OICER Benton Harbor' Mich 2'' Hannah Lawson and Rose berry pickers were drowned in the St Joseph river isouth of here' Thursday night The bodies have not been recovered It is supposed Rose attempted to swim across the river with the girl holding onto him as a 'and both went down PORT mayor of city officials will be Port Huron at centennial celebra tion July 5 The London delega tion also will attend the ball game London Port Huron on that day lint Mich July Not until flames were leaping up the side of their bed did Mr and Mrs Bauman know shortly that tbeir house was on fire and had just time enough in which to get their three children outside before the structure was a mass of flames When the fire was discovered by Mr Bauniaii he carried the two older children from the house re turning just in time to guide his wife and the youngster to safety The youngest child four months old suffered somewhat from inhal ing smoke The Baumans wh? in tended to move riday lost every thing Origin of the fire is not known ALBION The paving of West Cass street one ot the biggest municipal improvements planned for the year has been abandoned by the city council at the request of many tax payers who claimed that the depression would make payment ot assessments a hard ship at the present time STANDISH The Chautauqua which opens July 15 at Maple Ridge and closes July will bring several prominent educators to Arenac county Johnson state superintendent of public in struction rank A Gause super intendent Bay City schools 'and Dr Goodrich of Albion col lege will give addresses ALBION The Epworth League institute here has outgrown every auditorium in Albion and at the evening sessions held al the large Methodist church scores are turned away The registration of delegates taking class room work has passed the 1100 mark In or der to divide the crowd Sunday Bishop Theodore Henderson will speak at the first Presbyterian Church and Dr Hannan of Drew Theological seminary will the irst Methodist STANDISH Burglars broke the Bernthal store early riday Stealing over $400 worth of cloth ing ST Mrs O' Hilton for 40 years a' resident of this city and th wife of a former promi nent business man here is dead at the age of S4 taken to burial WELLS BROS yuaniy Always Ionia Mich July Allen Morse 82 former justice of the supreme court of Michigan and United States consul at Glasgow (Scotland died here at 10 riday following a sudden heart attack He suffered an attack Tuesday but apparently was much Improved riday morning when his physician visited him Mr Morse was a native of Ionia county He attended Michigan Agricultural college and was a student in the law department of the University of Michigan when the Civil war broke out He enlist ed as a private and soon was pro moted to first lieutenant and later became adjutant on the staff of Colonel Sheridan in Sher division He lost an arm at Missionary Ridge and was sent to his home He opened in 1880 was preme court high position in 1892 to become Democratic candidate for governor but was defeated Soon afterwards hd was appointed by President Cleveland United States counsul at Glasgow where he served four years ollowing his return Mr Morse served as state Senator from this district as mayor' of lonja and was prosecuting attor ney of Ionia county He retired fifteen years ago following a se vere illness which affected his mental alertness and has lived in seclusion ever since Mr Morse was a member of the local post of the A and of the Detroit chapter Sons of the American Revolution He is sur i vived by his widow and two daughters Mrs Lee Yates of Ionia and Mrs Davis of Grand Rapids uneral services will be held Tuesday Colon Mich 'July 2 Pursued gby a posse of farmers led by Sher JifL Goodrich of St Joseph county leant jrrest after vminutes to quagmire Teadt employed in a co opera five grain elevator here was want ed for failing to appear in court on the day fixed for his hearingon a charge ot having operated tWo automobiles with a single set of plates When he saw the officers coming Teadt picked up a bar aiid swung it at Under sheriff Vernon Whitford Teadt sprang into his machine which was quickly surrounded by a group ot rarmers Besieged in Ins Teadt muttering himself against the He stood oft his £essfully until the up a long pole and began battering ribs The' prodding was too much and the motorist bound cd out of the machine and ran across hills and over fields toward the swamp He fell into a hole and was slowly sinking to his 'death when his pursuers reached his side in time to rescue him Teadt will be given a hearing in justice court at Centerville July 7 And it will look good as new if you care for it properly for 1 a long lime Our Dry Cleaning will preserve and prolong the life ot your clothes and keep you spic and span The Wide Purely Beautiful Canadian Resort Districts North of Toronto resh captivating healthful restful Rendezvous of the successful Beautiful Muskoka and Kawartha Lakes charming Lake of Bays District Algonquin Provincial Park Timagami Nipissing rench River and Georgian Bay country Names to conjure with Golf courses well kept and sporty big and little hotels rustic camps tele graph andtelephones special Grand Trunk railway and steamer service and Special Round Trip Summer Tourist ares ishing hunting photography camping canoeing motor boating tailing and bathing xnuiau guides vr maps lur tuacpruacat pApwauvu Canada fain no sense a foreign country but it provides just enough change to give your outing zest and pleasant memories Half be told in an ad Write for Gran 1 Trunk cu de books wita maps rate a Adrian Mich July 2 The pros ecuting attorney ot Lenawee coun ty has been directed in a resolu tion adopted by the board of su pervisors to institute legal pro ceedings against red Nutten for mer sheriff to require him to re fund to the county approximately $800 which board members say he collected in costs in liquor cases and retained The supervisors concede that while the money may belong to the sheriff and his deputies he should obtain his pay in the usual manner by filing a claim with the county clerk Bay City Mich July 2 Paul Posh 35 was arrested riday aft ernoon when he went to the office of Prosecuting Attorney A Col lins to apply for a warrant for the arrest of his brother in law An thony Poplawski 30 who had pre viously made a complaint against Posh for assault with intent to do great bodily harm Poplawski is in Mercy hospital suffering from bullet wounds in the arm and leg severe scalp wounds the result of a quarrel be tween the two men at their home Mr day Posh cd and mg his several Posh broke into the housg and at tacked his wife it is declared Last night her brother' decided to stay in the house with her and the chil dren and when he came out early ip today Posh is alleged to have at tacked him Poplawski fired a shot gun at Posh a number ot buckshot taking effect in the abdomen Posh got the shotgun but his wife held him while her brother got away iJhenPosh it is alleged gave his pztd' father in law a beating ft IAIRE STOPS LIGHT p' COURT UGITIVE Charlotte Mich Julv 2 Dr i Paul Voelker president of Oli vet conece in in nnnroca I 1 rita Mtirurv ntnn rv but there Darwin theory and the social law A PER CENT CUT IN VALUATIONS IN BAY noining to go to tne jury Immediately upon getting I intimation Mrs Pollman's i nejs entereu a in the hope of getting further proof that will bring not only better and bringing the case on again la intent to one but to ter Mrs Misery loves company you know Mrs Not always mv dear i vnn npvpr hart nn Bishop Burt of Buffalo administer 1 ed a merited rebuke to a visiting English novelist the other day It was at a Buffalo dinner party and the English novelist after a number ot witticisms of shocking if not almost blasphemous kind turned to the guest of honor and said flippantly: what do you think of God Bishop Burt answered the only thing that really matters Is what God thinks of Pontiac Mich July 2 Autos are not the only ones that hit and get away Railroads sometimes do it too Wednesday Mary A Poll man living north of Royal Oak on the Rochester road failed in her suit for $50000 in Pontiac against the Michigan Central rail way based on the death of her husband in a freight car accident on a switch near the Burroughs in Detroit May 19 1920 becatse Her attorneys were unable to prove I tnat tne cars company One of the that he heard on the switch i before he found and that he talked with Pollman auout uiai tong Delore I i me dvuuenc set forth in a recent hnnV a i theory that mutual aid was the this highest social law "Competition attor i and I'n nnnrBtinn A 4 1 (5 voluntary nonsuit declared Dr Voelker "in a union Hansing Mich July 2 Govern or Groesbeck riday appointed Burt Cady chairman of the Re publican state central committee as a member ot the Mackinac Is land State Park commission The: appointment was confirmed by the! Senate This commission is the! only one of its kind not abolished when the ne conservation depart iVAJl rtiLJUkD irnanr xvnw erMTrill It hoc 1 irrrn OR BIG CONVENTION! amount of work before it in retain 1 i ing control of lands on the island Kalamazoo Mich July 2 PIans Uat haVe been by s3uatters tor tne annual state convention of tle American Legion which will be held in Kalamazoo September and 7 were laid aj a ineeting of the convention i riday evening guess ViU be DOVid fff'lit Juinc whan cd for 1200 to lTOfi viKitnpft Hua bihvcu iinue hioilhi day period Minneapolis Journal 1 Corunna Mich July 2 Probably the most dramatic scenes of the trial of orrest Higgins charged with murdering Lucy Wittum on March 30 were enacted riday when Asa Wittum father of the dead girl took the witness stand Repeatedly he broke down and once' it was necessary to adjourn court to give hita time to regain his composure At almost every mention ot name he broke into tears and his body shook with sobs Dur ing his testimony the court room was as still as death an one juror Was seen wiping tears from his eyes Wittum testified ihat orrest Higgins came to his house last June and atsked Wittum if he thought Lucy would go with him Wittum said he called Lucy out ot the house and orrest made an appointment with her Im the fall Wittum said he asked Higgins to stay away from Lucy "orrest came over one night while Lucy was away with her Mr Wittum said "When Lucy came home she and Higgins talked a while at the side of the house She later went into the i house and he started home I call ASKS ARREST ed him back and begged leave Lucy alone" IS HIMSEL TAKEN Wittum declared that rrrLvn him his nroniise to attentions but that Higgins broke faith and frequently met Lucy at tbeir favorite trysting place under a tree in a nearby field In the letters matrimony is dis cussed and orrest spoke ot buy ing a place across the road from his home In the first letter he says that he is looking for a whom he can love devotedly and re that her financial condition made no difference to him because and devotion is everything to ip 9K Ml T' 1 fl Kli pS Ln f'fl OW knl Aj a tL Nil 1 8 Pi I I 05 gSIg I XI A la ss 14 I A rA it Jh A Jr 'f Nf 'i a 3 0 S3 11 i Bl VW HIM si I 1 1 4 1 9 is 1' fll KJ 1 I 1 it ly Is 1 Wk' 3 ifr IO' Bln i iOg 1 1 flu I Jij i 'rauBBwMB Wsawsssrirw yA 4 nnuiHimmi mm timtnni wn xi tiri'i" I Hi S' G' 4 A Sit A I if 8 89.