Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-04-08

An indeterminate penitentiary SEN
tence, the maximum Of which is seven
years, was given Adam Kiefer, veter--
an Hazelton, Ia, banker in the dis
trict court at independence by. Judge
G. w. iMullan.s 4 Kiefer; was indicted
on thirty-one counts charged with OBJ.
tanning money on false pretense. He
was sentenced to the Fort Madison
penitentiry. ~ B, j 81 55s Il
Iowa college at Grinnellt will have
added 4. half million dollars to her
present end owment, If the present
ampaign5is successful u The campaign
started in 1910 when the board in
charge OF the Rockefeller Foundation
fund agreed to give 100000 to the
college on condition that the college
would raise $400,O 900. Less than $685..
900 remains to be collected. ID, i, rs
Wesley Greene, secretary OF the
Iowa Horticultural society, is sending
out inquiries to. fruit men in various
parts Of the state for reports upon
the conditions Of the fruit trees and
the. prospect for a crop this summer.
He declares that the winter has been
unusually favorable and that he knows
OF nothing that will prevent normal
crop OF all kinds Of fruit. I. 81
# The deaths Of three aged people oc-
Cured in the vicinity of New Hamp.
ton recently. They are: Mrs. William
Game of Williamson, aged 20, q ma
tive OF Ireland 81 Mrs. Campbell, aged
So, who died at Clarinda, and was
brought to Lawler for burial; Albert
Ristow of Ionia, aged 70. S,
For the first time in forty-hVe years
orders for the opening Of the naviga.
tion season at Keokuk do not say the
canal will be opened There being
nofmore government canal, the orders
now state simply that "the govern.
ment lock at Keokuk will be opened
n Dr. Bernard j. Lattimer OF Bancroft
has been appointed assistant state vet.
erinarian by Governor Clarke. He is a
graduate of A1nes' veterinary depart.
ment and was a member OF the foot.
ball team while attending that col
2lege. n; N ~ a 2385. .5s !; s#g}5 $3 n
John, the 7Bear:old son OF MI. and
Mrs. Meredith ,Rosenbaum, who live
near Westfield, was killed while rid
ing In an auto with two cousins and
two brothers. "a wheel came OF the
car while they were going down a
steep hill. s.. # .sss y H y3j ~
The annual meeting Of the Iowa Os.
teopathic association will be held in
Des Moines three days beginning May
20. The, program committee is plan.
ming to- bring to the convention at
that time several men prominent in
the osteopathic profession. 5,55 / /
The custom established last Sep.
TENDER by the sophomores and upper
classmen OF Ames Of & greeting the
green freshman with open arms in,
stead OF hazing him, will be continued
again this fall. s lss ri ssiS y :}
The Hahn Medical association
of Iowa will hold tits annual meeting
In Iowa City, May - to 81. DR.. De
Witt G. Il Wilcox of Boston, president
Of the American Institute Of Home.
opathy, will be the guest OF honor.
r. H. McQuillen, formerly member
OF. the board Of supervisors of Dubuque
county from Cascade, has announced
his candidacy for the Legislature. He
aspires to succeed the late M. p. Nc
Cullough, democrat III
In one year. the value Of one Boone
county farm almost doubled. Joseph
Herman, who purchased 1o1 acres Of
land for s.. 945 at that time has sold
It for $1O ,106. 81 II s. 1,
S Nomination papers have been issu.
ed by}l5sW s. FALLEN, secretary Of state,
to Fred w. Jones of Spirit Lake; for
representative and G.. E. Brosson of
Waterloo for representative.
Don "A. Preussner has been elected
captain OF Company D, Fifty-third
regiment I. & N. Gu at Manchester,ssto
succeed Captain Utley who was pro
noted to the rank of major n
4 Clark Mckee, charged at { Nevada
with larceny, waived arraignment,,
pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to
serve an indeterminate term Of ten
years in thereformatory at JAnamosa.
\ IA H. Zilmer of Waterloo has been,
appointed editor$of the Christadelphian
to succeed Thomas VIII.
liams, who died last fall. 4 The paper
was established at Waterloo in 1885.
The state convention Of the Iowa
Christian Missionary. society will
meet at Colfax July 1920. B. Nv. Gar
rett is now at work preparing the pro
gram. Z: e Z .l5
The town Of Cantril, Van Buren,.
county, has voted to issue $4,000 In
bonds for the erection of a new
schoolhouse, by a vote Of As to.S7.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Worrall recently
celebrated the sixty-tf1ird anniversary
Of their wedding at their country
home near West Liberty. \
F. C. Averill is appointed postmaster
at California, Harrison county; vice !.
N. Warrick, removed. d IL
Owen R. Lovejoy of New York City,
general secretary of the child labor
committee, will be at the State Uni
.versity of Iowa Tuesday, March 81, to
give addresses on child labor and re-
lated social problems.
The three days short course for
farmers, held at H. A. Baxter's farm
in Cedar township, three miles south
east of Sac City was a success. The
course was promoted by the local Y.
M. C. A. {,
Iowa postmasters just confirmed by
the senate are: E. F. Jockheck, Jr,
Durant; Cyrus L. Henney, mitchell.
vile; Albert H. Brouse, Prairie City
s Throwing two letters upon the floor.
Charles Kreiger swallowed carbolic
acid in pool hall at Council Bluffs.
The letters were addressed to a broth
er and to Mrs. Daisy Saunders OF that
city. '-5' ~
Mary Jane Jay, SO years old, a pio-
neer resident of Henry county, died
at her home last Friday. Mrs. Jay
emigrated to that county with her
husband in the early '40's.
Experiments by DR.. Neff among the
inmates of the prison at Anamosa
show that the majority of the prison
ORG have mentality enual to that Of