Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-01
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United States District Attorney c.
R. Porter, in response to request
from United States Marshal N. F.
Reed, holds that the migratory bird
law is valid and enforceable in Iowa.
He wrote Marshal Reed to that effect.
The question has been raised whether
1t should be enforced except on the
Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Mr.,
Porter holds that the season now is
closed on all interior points as we'll
and that the marshal will be justified
in enforcing it the same as any other
federal law. If
NJ Many experimental stations will be
established throughout the state by
the agricultural college at Ames, If
plans for the renting Of tracts of
twenty acres at each OF the state in
stitutions can be carried out. Profess
sor Stevens Of Ames placed the mat
ter before the board of control. In
addition to experimental work he
agreed that the college authorities will
assist in teaching the inmates at the
institutions the principles Of modern
farming. Eif. Il: a As
The explosion OF an acetylene gas
plant blew the house OF. w. H. Rich.
man at. Brooklyn to pieces. No one
was injured, The house was on the
main street OF the town and glass was
blown out of houses and stores. The
plant was making trouble and Mrs.
Richman left the house to find her
husband He and their little daughter
came toward the house and when they
were within fifty feet of it the tank
blew up. :zf3 N iss
A5newspaper notice of the issuance
OF q marriage license to Harry Collrt
and Miss Alice Parks, in Sioux City,
was, the first intimation their parents.
had that wedding was imminent. Il
was also the first notice the parents
had that the groom was % years old
and the bride was 18. They thought.
the boy was but II and the girl but
l6. i.tl ,.{$ tx,
The optometrists and jewelers. Of
Iowa will hold joint convention at
the Auditorium in Des Moines April
Is and 16. There will be a big exhibit
OF. diamosds and an exhibit Of moving
pictures Of one Of the big watch fac:
tories at local picture house. There
are about 1900 members OF the AS
ISOLATION ip Iowa, and the attendance
will be large. !, VI IS ..a 4. ~
In the business surveys Of repre-:
sentative cities in the state Of Iowa
which are being made by the Univer-.l
sity Of Iowa's extension division, spe-
cial attention is being paid to the:
problems of the average retail mer-s
chant and part of the material will be
used in bulletin on "Store Manage
ment" which will be published soon.s
Charles Schlecta, a prominent Mar
ion county farmer ind half owner Of
$50 900 worth of real estate within FIVE
miles of Knoxville. is in jail there on
q charge Of "pandering." During Feb
ruary, Schlecta visited at Fordyce,,
Ark. and on leaving there. is alleged
to have eloped with the II year old
wife of Arthur .Womack. ii ri.
Former State Senator o. B. Court.
right, an attorney, is defendant 3in a,
trial before Judge Plat at Waterloo.
In which William J. and Theodore NJ.
Graham seek to have set aside be-
quest in their sisters will by which
Mr.. COPYRIGHT was given $1,000. 1t is
alleged that undue influence was used.
8. ]. Rosenblat, vice president OF a
Chicago hospital, has announced that
he secured the donation OF $4,000 for
that institution from Abraham Slim.
mer, q we'll known Iowa philanthro-,
pist. This makes total OF 1874, 900.
Mr.. Simmer has donated to the In.
stitution.; n.
Fifteen Holstein-Freisian cows were
sold at Waterloo recently to the state
board OF control for state institutions
at Clapinda. Cherokee, Mount Pleas:
ant and Davenport. The registered
stock sold at an average OF $3.50 each.
The northeast Iowa convention Of
Christian churches will be held in Ce-
dar Falls May S to Z. The convention;
will bring ministers and laymen to
that city from more than $50 church
es in northeastern Iowa. $.3
The date for the annual University
of Iowa family" dinner has, been set
for Tuesday, March 81. On that ev-s
ening SOC students. faculty members,
and alumni Of the state university will
sit down to the banquet, D; I.
The Rev.; Theodore Wolfram, for
twenty-five years pastor OF the EN-
manuel Lutheran church at Water
loo, has asked his congregation to re-
lease him, that he may accept the pas
torate Of a church at Charter Oak.
With 600 members in attendance the
triennial state convention Of the
Royal Neighbors OF America met at
Davenport and transacted the usual
business and interspersed the time
with enjoyable festivities. 81 az
Wesley STAGE. 4S years old, who
was serving a thirty day sentence for
intoxication in tlAe county jail at In
dependence, committed suicide in his.
cell by hanging himself with a towel.
After waiting fifty years for a PEN
sion, John P. Wagner, aged ~, mem.
Der OF the soldiers home from Ottum-
wa, soon will be on the pay roll OF
Uncle Sam as d civil. war pensioner.
In 1864 Wagner failed to salute Cen
eral Anger. his superior officer, re-
sulolu6 III dtaAe1 uotuS INSTANTANEOUS
discharged from the army. T
David Krebiel. plaintiff in the case
OF Krebiel vs.. Henkle, on trial at Fort
Madison. occupied the witness stand
throughout an entire day. The suit
is for $4,000 for damages. claimed to
have accrued from the yongful suing
out OF a search warrant. 5.l7
An unidentified man was killed In.
stantly and his companion, Frank
Carlinski, a Pole, was seriously injur-
ed when they were struck by a Rock
Island train at the Chautauqua
crossing, east OF Council Bluffs. The
men were on the track, watching the
passing of a Milwaukee train on
nearby track, when run over.
B. O.. Aylesworth, state organizer