The Yale expositor., January 28, 1915, Image 2

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THE YALE EXPOSITOR, THURSDAY, ' JANUARY 28, 1915.
SAYS THEORY OF
POLICE IS WRONG
DETROIT EXPERT THINKS LAUN
DRY GIRL WAS NOT BURNED
IN FURNACE.
HEAT WAS NOT SUFFICIENT
Saginaw Authorities Admit Evidence
Against Negro is Circum
stantial and That Girl
May Still Live.
Saginaw. The theory of the Sagi
naw police that Charles Kimbrough.
the Negro under arrest charged with
the murder of Rose Laundry, cremat
ed her body in the furnace of the fac
tory where he was employed, is un
tenable, according to Henry J. Stahl,
superintendent of the Detroit Cre
matorium. "In the first place," said Mr. Stahl,
nho haa had many years of exper
ience in the destruction of human
todies by heat, "the ordinary steam
furnace seldom develops a heat of
over 300 to 400 degrees. This would
be under favorable conditions and
after the fire had been kept briskly
burning for some time. This heat
would take hours to burn the bones
to a point where they could be crumb
led or broken up without the use of
a crucher.
"In our plant here, where we de
velop nearly 3.000 degrees of heat, wo
have forced drafts driven by electric
motors; fuel oil that is fanned to
while hot blaze, a sealed vault that
retains every degrees of heat and a
steady flame is forced on to the body
by the air pressure."
"We admit the possibility that Rose
Laundry is still alive," said the head
of the .Saginaw police force when told
of the statement.
"We have nothing but circumstantial
evidence in the matter. The child
disappeared near the factory. Kim
brough was In the factory when she
disappeared, the bones which an ex
pert says are human bones were found
In the furnace, and there you are.
You know as much about it as we do,
but the circumstances point to the
theory that the girl was burned. We
have run down every other clue, and
this is the only one that seems to
have any basis."
HUTCHINS TO BE RETAINED
Regents of University of Michigan
Will Reappoint President.
Ann Arbor Prof. Harry Burns
Hutchins will be reappointed presi
dent of the university when his five
year term expires June 29, 1915.
He will thus be able to carry for
ward a number of plans the regents
have formed which will advance Ann
Arbor still higher and farther among
the universities of the country pro
jects which will make it more widely
useful and stronger in all depart
ments. President Hutchins reappointment
will be effective for two years or
thereabouts. He will be 70 years old
April 8, 1917, and has often said he
would .retire from academic work
when he reached three score and ten.
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Gets Verdict for $6,000.
Kalamazoo. After being out 11
hours, the jury In the damage suit of
A. K. Edwards against the Lake
Shore, returned a verdict of 16,000
against the company.
Edwards sued for damages because
of injuries he sustained when his
motor car was struck at a crossing in
this city two years ago. Mrs. A. B.
Cornell was killed and Mrs. Edwards
seriously injured. Edwards Is crip
pled as a result of his injuries. He
sued for $25,000.
Kills Himself By Cradle.
Flint. In a room where his 18-month-old
baby lay in Its cradle, Otto
H. Doan, 29, formerly of Mt. Pleasant,
killed himself Saturday night while
his wife was visiting a neighbor.
She came home to find him lying
dead across the bed.
Trouble that led to his quitting his
Job in a local factory because of an
argument with a foreman, is blamed
for the suicide. He had held the place
five years.
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS
The state's share of the bill for
cattle killed during the fight against
the hoof and mouth disease last fall
is about $110,000. Claims for this
amount will be taken to Lansing for
official approval previous to payment
out of the state's general fund.
The midwinter meeting of the Michi
gan State Horticultural society will be
held In Muskegon Feb. 2 and 3.
The common council of Saginaw
has ordered a special election for
February 17, to submit the $750,000
bonding proposition for a municipal
lighting plant. The bid of the Sagi
naw Power Co. to furnish electricity
was received. It provides for reduc
tion about 31 per cent to the domes
tic consumers, and about 60 per cent
to the smaller power users, and the
cost of the street lights is reduced to
$10 per lamp.
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFS
Louis Kline, of Milan the oldest
Odd Fellow In the state, is dead at
the age of 94 years.
Deputy Sheriff Herman Relmer, of
Lowell, was acquitted in circuit court
Ionia on a charge of perjury.
Albion has been promised ' a new
theater in the spring or early summer,
by C. F. Beach, of Battle Creek.
For the first time since the hoof
and mouth disease was discovered last
fall, Lenawee county is entirely free
of quarantine restrictions.
Felix Wagner, convicted of helping
two Chinese cross the border at Sault
Ste. Marie, has been sentenced to 18
months at Leavenworth prison.
While on the way to his sister's fu
neral. Rev. E. V. Armstrong, of Kala
mazoo, was stricken with apoplexy
and died in a Chicago hospital.
The jury at Jackson In the case of
Charles M. Jaquish, charged with at
tempting to slay his son, Percy, dis
agreed after being out six hours.
For the first time In the 35 years
she has been a teacher in Adrian
schools, Miss May B. Patch was ab
sent Monday. Illness was the cause.
The home of Matt Kelly at Strongs,
Chippewa county, was destroyed by
fire and his two children, aged 15
months and 5 years, were burned to
death.
The Frankfort Grain Co.'s mill
burned to the ground Saturday morn
ing. The loss is $10,000, partly in
sured. The origin of the fire is un
known. Live stock in Michigan is valued at
$184,913, according to figures compil
ed by C. F. Schneider, section direc
tor of the department of agriculture
at Grand Rapids.
Albion college sophomore team lost
in a debate with the sophomores from
Ueloit college at Albion Friday night
by a vote of two to one. The question
discussed was the government owner
ship of the telegraph and telephone.
President F. W. McXair, of Michi
gan College of Mines, Houghton Sat
urday announced that the legislature
would be asked for an appropriation
of $154,780 for maintenance and spec
ial purposes this year. For mainten
ance $64,345 is wanted.
The contract for four and a quarter
miles of concrete road connecting
Birmingham with the similar road
now laid on Woodward avenue from
Detroit through Royal Oak was let
Saturday afternoon by the Oakland
county road commissioners.
Fire starting from an overheated
stove in a room where cotton batting
is kept, on the third floor of Seitner
Bros.' building. Saginaw, spread over
two business blocks and three stores
and caused damage, mostly by water,
estimated at about $60,000 here Thurs
day afternoon.
Mrs. August Stange, of Vassar, was
bruised and Injured and scores of pas
sengers were imperiled when train
No. 208, on the Detroit-Bay City di
vision of the Michigan Central, crash
ed into the rear end of an extra
freight on a bridge 20 feet above Clin
ton river near Utica Wednesday.
William Sides, 63, a liveryman, re
siding near Elmire, who Inflicted fa
tal injuries upon his son during a
quarrel on November 22, Wednesday,
was found guilty of manslaughter by
a circuit court Jury at Gaylord. Evi
dence was Introduced regarding 111
feeling said to have existed between
father and son.
Fire Thursday night destroyed the
plant of the Metal Products Co., west
of Battle Creek with a probable loss
of $25,000. Although the plant was
outside city limits the motor equip
ment from the fire department went
to the scene, hut could only watch
the factory burn as there was no
available water.
Normal college representatives for
the state oratorical contest at Alma,
March 5, chosen at Ypsllantl Friday
night are: Eva R. Arent, Coloma, sub
JJect "The Sport of Kings," with Flor
ence Tennant, Carson City, alternate;
Glenn Smith, Ypsllantl, "The Public
and the Criminal," with Elwood Stan-
berry, Deerfield, alternate.
Carl Wlederhoft, an Augusta town
ship farmer, was run over by an ln-
terurban car in this city Saturday and
so badly Injury that he died at night
He had boarded the car, but when his
hat was blown off he leaped to the
ground to recover it. In trying to
board the car again after it had start'
ed he slipped and fell under the
wheels.
Driven out Into the cold by the
burning of their house, Mrs. Chris
Christenson and her three little chil
dren, living near Boon, had to walk a
mile through the snow clad only In
their night clothes with the thermo
meter at zero to reach the nearest
neighbor's house. The toes of two of
the children were frozen and all are
in a serious condition.
Alexander Gullbault has confessed
that he killed his aged uncle, Charles
Gullbault, of Lake Linden, during a
family row... The elder man declined
a drink offered by his nephew and
was shot four times, after which he
was carved up with an ax.
Albert N. Williams, of Charlotte, de
feated candidate for secretary of the
Michigan Mutual Tornado & Wind
storm Insurance Co., has filed an In
junction suit against the company, al
leging illegalities at the recent elec
tion. The hearing Is set for early Is
February.
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LETTER FROM
STATE CAPITOL
ANTI-CIGARETTE BILL INTRO
DUCED IN HOUSE BY REP
RESENTATIVE HULSE.
NEW HIGHWAY BILL OFFERED
Senate Out of Business All of Last
Week While Members Visit Var
ious State Institutions.
By Gurd M. Hayes.
Lansing No session of the legisla
ture would be considered complete
without the tintroduction of an antl
cigaret bill so Representative Charles
A. llulse, of St. Johns, presented a
measure Thursday afternoon, making
it unlawful to manufacture, sell or
give away the paper cubes within the
borders of the state.
It was believed that no one would
have the temority to come forward
with an anti-sigarette bill this Bession,
but the popular Clinton county repre
sentative did not hesitate to brave the
laughter of his collegues when he sent
th measure into the legislative hop
per. Before Heading Clark Ilayden had
finished the first reading of the bill
cigarettes were produced by members
in various parts of the room and In a
few minutes Representative liulse
was surrounded by a halo of tobacco
smoke.
Representative Hulse defends his
anti-cigarette bill by saying that he
has no objection to pipes and cigars
but that cigarettes stunt the growth
and mental development of young
men. However, the Hulse bill applies
not only to young lads but men of
mature years. Two years ago Repre
sentative Dunn, of Sanilac, introduced
a Blmilar measure and the chests of
the anti-cigarette adherents swelled
with pride when the bill passed the
house. However, their period of ex
altation was very short as the state
affairs committee in the senate er
fused to report the bill out. It is not
believed that the new anti-cigarette
bill will pass both houses, but it will
furnish plenty of fun for some of the
members when it comes up for consid
eration if it is ever reported out by
the state acairs committee of the
house.
A bill providing for the examination,
registration, regulation and licensing
of chiropodists was introduced by
Representative Charles Flowers of
Detroit. Under the provisions of this
bill the foot manicurist will be placed
under the jurisdiction of the state
board of health and will be licensed
the same as barbers. It is understood
that the bill will be amended later so
as to Include manicurists as well as
chiropodists.
An important amendment to the
highway laws of the state was Intro
duced by Representative Charles Cul
ver, of Detroit. It is Culver's Idea that
money for the construction of
good roads should be apportioned not
by the amount of good roads construct
ed but on the assessed valuation of
the county. It is said that this would
give the counties adequate return for
the amount they are forced to pay in
taxes.
Representative Schmidt of Reed
City, offered an amendment to the
tax laws so that taxes may be paid
on a one per cent basis as late as
February 10, whereon the one per
cent promptly begins January 10 at
the present time. He would also ex
tend the final day for the payment of
taxes from March 1 to March 10.
It Is Representative Schmidt's con
tention that the average man's fin
ance are at the lowest ebb immediate
ly following the holidays and he be
lieves that the business men as well
as the working men will be Interested
in having the time limit for paying
taxes extended a few days.
Under the present law police offi
cers and sheriffs are not permitted to
act as probation officers and Repre-'
sentative Warner of Balding intro
duced a bill amending the probation
law so that sheriffs and police officers
may serve in this capacity.
Fanners who work out their poll
tax will hereafter be credited with
2 per day Instead of $1 If the amend
ment offered by Representative Ly
man C. Root of Allegan, Is made a
part of the general law.
Representative D. H. Hlnkley, chair
man of the ways and means commit
tee of the -bouse introduced a bill at
the request of Auditor General Fuller
to reimburse the general fund for
money draw during the part two years
by the three prison boards. Marquette
prison has drawn $96,000, Ionia $126,
000 and Jackson $78,000.
Representative A. D, Edward of
Houghton offered a bill making an
aproprlatlon of $112,228.75 for the
Michigan Home and Training school at
Lapeer for the fiscal ""year ending
June 30, 1916, and $63,164.87 for the
following twelve months.
A petition "was presented to the
house signed by 150 tax payers of
Ionia county asking that the state tax
commission be abolished. The peti
tion was signed principally by tax
payers la Otlsco township and they
set forth that the tax commission did
not use good judgment In Assessing
their property. Tbey Insist that the
tax commission be abolished entirely
or steps taken to amend the law so
that the state 'commissioners cannot
raise valuations as established by lo
cal assessing officers.
This was one of the reasons why
the legislature extended the Bcope of
operations and widened the powers of
the state tax commission. It was con
tended that local assessing officers In
the past have been too susceptible to
local political Influences.
While the other members of the
senate have been out visiting the var
ious state institution during the past
week, Senator Robert Walter, of Trav
erse City, has been sitting at his
desk adjoining the senate from day to
day and compiling figures tending to
show that the senate's plan of visiting
the various institutions before passing
appropriation bills is a real gpod busi
ness proposition.
In 1913 the expense of sending the
senate committees to visit the state
Institutions was $7,706.03, while the
house members spent $1,593.53 mak
ing a total of $3,299.56. The senators
object to the use of the word junket
in connection with their trips to the
state institutions as they claim that
the days of the junket have passed.
Years ago the members of the junket
ing committee not only received ten
cents per mile while on the trips and
at the same time had passes from the
railroads, but some one generally fur
nished meals and entertainment.
These days are forever gone. When a
member of the legislature goes on a
trip now he received nothing from the
state but actual traveling expenses.
Senator Walter says that any good
business man would be willing to ex
pend $3,500 to look over a proposition
involving the expenditure of $12,000,
000, the approximately amount of the
appropriations by the legislature two
years ago.
It is said that the fire at the Michi
gan School for the Deaf at Flint,
which cost the state $300,000, might
have been prevented, had the entire
legislature committee visited the In
stitution and followed the recommen
dations of the board of control. Only
a few of the committee attended and
the things needed to afford better pro
tection against fire were stricken from
the bill.
Senator Welter says that the cost
of that fire would be sufficient to pay
the expenses of trips to all state in
stitutions by all the committees for a
period of 180 years.
Wednesday's house session was de
voted chiefly to the Introduction of
bills and the passing of resolutions
for the purpose of completing the ma
chinery for weekend adjournment.
The house was in session less than
half an hour, and the firlst of new
bills Introduced totalled sixteen.
At the suggestion of the Labor de
partrwnt, Representative William
Jones, of Wayne, put in a bill calling
for the employment of a boiler inspec
tor by the state at a cost of $10 a
day, whose duty It shall be to Inspect
all boilers in churches, school houses,
theatres, public halls, etc. Represen
tative Flowers, of Detroit, was spon
sor for a bill to define partnerships
and provide for dissolution and wind
ing up of partnerships. He explained
it was one of the list of uniform leg
islation Pleasures and asked that it be
referred to the Judiciary committee.
Representative L. J. Lewis, of Van
Buren county, Introduced an Import
ant bill designed to amend the fish
laws relating to the licensing of non
resident anglers. It provides that
where a non-resident owns property
In Michigan netting $5 or more In
taxes, he is exempt from the license
fee. He must take out his license,
however, as before, but is relieved of
the obligation of paying the fee. His
other fish bill was a local measure
with a referendum to repeal a law
prohibiting spearing In certain' Van
Buren county lakes and lifers.
The Wolcott bill, one of the first Im
portant measures from the dry side
of the legislature which extends the
period between submission of the lo
cal option question from two to four
years was put In by the Calhoun coun
ty man Wednesday.
Captain Charles Tofts of Ludington,
Is author of a bill given him by the
Ludington board of trade which pro
vides that every man .woman and
child in all incorporated cities and
villages must be registered and that
the clerk shall have a fee of fifteen
cents for each registry. The measure
was Introduced Wednesday. Repre
sentative Tufts Bays It is designed to
keep tab on itinerants. Wayne coun
ty members took an Interest In the
fifteen cent fee proposition and began
figuring with the result that they
found It would mean about $99,000 In
fees for the Detroit city clerk, while
the second city members performed
some multiplication problems with the
result that the Grand Rapids city clerk
was found to be benefited by the meas
ure to the extent of some $19r000.
Representative Tnfts also Intro
duced a bill for an increase of the
salary of the circuit court stenogra
pher In the Nineteenth Judicial circuit
to $2,400 per annum.
Representative Deprate, of Dickin
son, who is god father to most of the
Italians In the Iron country put In a
bill bringing construction gangs un
der the supervision of the state labor
department and designed to secure
suitable places of habitation for them
and sanitary living conditions.
Representative C. G. Olmsted of Mid
land's bill, provides for a separate
board of control oi six members ap
pointed by the governor for the man
agement of the new Central Michigan
Sanatorium. This is now under con
trol of the board for the Howell Institution.
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