Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-08-15

Brig. Gen. Hanson E. Ely, formerly
OF Iowa City, has been decorated with
the French croix de guerre.
Corporal John e. Smith, Of Lyons,
Is prisoner at Darmstadt, Germany.
according 60 word received by rela.
tives.
over 1000 young men were arrested
In Davenport recently in a Stacker
roundup, all who did not have draft
registration cards being held.
Nurses in the hospital at Atlantic
are taking military drill under the di.
rection of Edward Mullins, student OF
the Shattuck Military Academy.
Lieut.. Col. Clark Elliott was killed
IN France by German machine gun
bullet while inspecting his front line
troops, according to word received in
West Liberty.
An interesting feature OF the state
fair will be an air fighting demon
stration by Brig. Gen. Charles F. Lee,
commanding the British aviation mis-
sion to this country, assisted by Capts.
j. ]. Hammone, ]. F. Morris, w. A.
Hannay and G. D. Hunter.
One Of the Sac county men in the
Sac county draft contingent to Camp
Gordon recently bore the plain name
of Bill James, yet he claimed to be
master of seven languages. He halls
from Monster, Macedonia, and speaks
Greek. Bulgarian, Serbian, Turkish,
Russian, Rumanian and English.
An excursion rate of fare and one
half for the round trip has been grant
ed by the railroads to state fair visit
ors this year, according to word. re-
iceived by A. R. Corey, secretary OF
the state fair board. Full details as
to this special rate will be announc-
ed later.
Another call has been sent out in
Sioux City for women to take mems
places at work. This time the Chica-
go, Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway
company is asking for women engine
wipers at its new shops at Riverside,
q suburb of Sioux City. Ten women
are asked for in this first call.
It is announced that Fort Des
Moines is to be enlarged to accomo-
date 1000 patients in the big hospi-
tai which the government is establish
ing there. Government construction
authorities have been looking over
the institution with view to making
recommendations for changes to the
department at Washington.
Max and Margery, children of Mr..
and Mrs. C. j. Miller, Of Clarion, have
spent their spare time this summer
selling vegetables and SO far have
earned $50. OF this amount one-half
was given to their mother and the
other half was used to purchase war
savings stamps. Both children are be-
tween the ages Of 10 and IL years.
No one will question the right of
Mrs. ]. D. Nelson, member Of the Iowa
Soldiers home, at. Marshalltown, from
Des Moines, to fly a service flag in the
window Of her apartments in the old
peoples building. Mrs. Nelson's serv-
ice flag is not Indicative of nephews
or second cousins in the service, but
Of four Of her five sons. The fifth
has tried to enlist, but was rejected.
Former Senator Edgar 3. Mack, GO
years old, was killed in an automobile
accident in Addison, Pa, recently, ac-
cording to word received by his son.
Guy E. Mack, county attorney. Mr..
Mack has been prominent in politics
for years. He was a member of the
republican state central committee in
1890 and served two terms as stals
senator from that district.
J. r. Deems, state food admins.
traitor, will not issue sugar cards to
prevent hoarders getting an unjust
share of sugar. The plan is too ex
pensive, he declared. After an in.
yestigation he discovered that the
cost Of printing the cards, alone
would be $4,000 per month, and adding
the envelopes, postage, ETC., the toto
cost to the state would approximate
$4,000 month.
Attention is being given the rura
education department of Iowa State
Teachers college in Cedar Falls by
educators in all parts of the United
States. A representative of the state
OF Maine recently visited the colleg,
on an inspection tour while mel
from the Country Gentleman and The
Webb Publishing company, the latte
of Minneapolis, were there for mater
ial for special articles.
Housewives will be given an or
portunity to learn much about foo
conservation at the state fair thi
year, the demonstrations In tn
Women and Children's Building b
the Iowa State College, home ect
nomic department, being devote
largely to those economies called 70
by the food administration Their
will be two demonstrations dali.
one at 10 a. m. and the other at 2 ]
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A number of Iowans have beer gi'
en- commissions in the reserve corr
and national army in the past fe'