Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-06-23
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Prof. j. B.. Davidson, founder OF
the first college department of agrl-
cultural engineering in the world,
which was founded at Iowa State col
lege and copied by great agricultural
schools over the country, is prepar-
ing to leave Ames with his family to
60 to Davis, Cal, to take the chair OF
agricultural engineering in the col.
1ege of agriculture, University 2of Cal
Ifornia a.S z i: 55$e &t2
I5@ The proposition to bond the city for
the purpose Of, raising 100000 for
the erection OF q new high school
building at Mason City was carried at
the special school election Consider
able interest was shown BY the voters
in the election and the proposition to
bond the district was carried by thir-
ty-five votes. :l X .2i. t3< s 4 4,
Frank ]. Bittner is the new mayor
{ Of Scion, appointed by the town coun-
Gil to serve until April, 1916, when an
election will be held in the town. Mr..
Bittnsr succeeds Chas, W. w OH, 3 re.
signed, who Is in the county jat!
awaiting developments following his
shooting OF Frank Krejci, editor Of
{ the Scion Economy Il ls;s
y ". Alderman, % years old, Of
I Waterloo, convicted Of perjury In CON
#nection with his Testimony in the
Scribner damage case against the Wa
terloo, Cedar. Falls & Northern rail
way, was sentenced = few days age
70 serve not to exceed ten years in
the reformatory. II 4 II 4
n One o. the most important conven
lions ever held In the state Of Iowa
D IL cheduled to. be held at Ames, when
over 300 prominent engineering edu
Gators from all parts of the country
will 60 there for the meeting of thu
Society for the Promotion OF Engtn
seering Education. l3ll slS n g 4 II
j53.s Fred Hupp. prominent farmer O
Hamilton county, Is under arres
charged with assault upon the wife o
Howard knight, = neighbor. Wher
knight returned from the fields hi
saw Hupp leaving his house and Or
/ entering his wife told her story
which led to the arrest. y. S &. Il ]
Relatives OF IS, NJ. Driscoll OF Del
Moines, whose body was found in thu
.@Des Moines river south OF the city
believe that he was murdered. a
large hole. resembling bullet wound
was discovered in the dead mans
4 side. 4. 5j} n; Il. /. ~ s 535
Mrs. Alice Gerlach has been ar
rested charged with burning the Pok
er Hill school, half mile from hel
home near Unionville. Bloodhound.
followed tracks found in the sof
ground near the burned building t.
1 her home. 751f s.s 4
Il Rev James Rees Of Marble Rocl
1 Is minus q tooth and his face looks
as though he had gone through the
Russian campaign, all because Of Z
neighborhood quarrel with Gus Ham
mel. K After the doctor patched him
up Rees had Hummel arrested. 81
The year old son Of Mr.. and Mrs
William Rapp Of Keokuk, accidental
u " swallowed q quantity of coal oil
and died from the effects three hours
4 later. The poison brought on con
7 vulsions. }}s I'M; 4
Jitney busses at Sioux City will
quit business fol- lowing the action OF
the city council IN passing an ordi
nance calling for q bond OF 50, 900 for
each machine. a license fee Of $25 q
year; and a schedule route Of trips. y
2 Julius Curley Of LeMars has been
arraigned on q serious charge, the al
legged victim being his daughter, Ju'
I liza, aged II. y (; He pleaded not guilty
and was held in Jail in default Of
I s., 1000 bonds Is .5.;$
N. The f1rst death from an epidemic
/ 81 typhoid fever that is raging in Jol
ley occurred when the eighteen year
odd son OF Sam s. Harris succumbed
to the disease. Four daughters OF the
family have been seriously i'll.
The D. i. Davis company, manufac
turers Of the only tire inflator on the
/ market that pumps a, tire with q
car in motion, closed its purchase OF
\ an eight acre tract Of land In Fort
u Madison as q factory site. $:5s /. n
-Four hundred dollars reward has
been offered for the arrest and con
ssviction Of the horse thieves who stole
the span OF - year old bay horses
!. from Z. L. stafford's barn, together
with q set OF harness, at Modale.
Adjutant Byron a. Beeson OF the
Iowa Soldiers home at Marshalltown
has rendered his resignation, to take
effect Sept. /. He retires because Of
4 old age. y, K: ;:., ~; il s. s5 ,
r. M. Varnum was found dead in
bed at the home of his son, James
varnum, near Centerville, s. D. He
was 80 years OF age. He homesteaded
northeast Of LeMars in 1870. (; =
Henry Hoist of Dubuque was chos.
en- department commander of the Iowa
Spanish war. veterans by vote OF %
to 20 over w. B. Emerson of Des
Moines. '4'u' ~ -. -.
James Davidson OF Allison has been
given twenty years in Fort Madison
for assault upon a little girl. Z
Bert Deeter, the electrician, who
4 disappeared from Mason City last jan
uary, and whose whereabouts were
eagerly sought, has been located at
Los Angeles, Cal. His wife, living at
Mason City, received word from him
for the first time since he disappear
! ed. .=ss,5 n ( + a , ~.
BY vote of $40 to 226 the voters
OF Forest City decided to issue $780,.
900 in bonds; to erect new school
building. School children forced to
hold school in a basement marched
to the polls carrying banners demand
ing better school house and this
did the business. III ~.
While the commencement exercises
OF the Iowa City high school were in
progress, huge chandelier hung from
the ceiling was loosened from its fas
Jennings and fell upon the crowd below
Lester Louis, II years Of age, received
the brunt of the blow and was seri
ously injured.
II The Ames chapter Of Phi Delta
Theta is planning this summer to builc