Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-12-12

=. returned overseas soldier IN ward
at Fort Des Moines hospital, one of
the Red Cross men at the army hos
pital there says. Hon. etc, was
Greek soldier of the American expe-
dictionary forces. 1t is understood
Anastacias was answering roll call
when gas she'll burst nearby and
he tried to finish pronouncing his
name before putting on his gas mask.
He was badly gassed
Seven Camp Dodge soldiers have
been found guilty of resisting the.
draft and have been sentenced to
from Is to 80 years at Fort SLeaven-
worth, Kansas The men sentenced
are Guy H. Little, Oskaloosa. 30
years. William c. Sandborg. Mime
apolis, % years. Stem s. iBrandborg,
Henning, Mimi, 25 years. Walter w.
Oliver, Selma, Ia, Is years. Paul Gill
dea, % years. dngmar Iverson, Madt-
son, IS. D., 20 years John Lagerquist,
Is years.
Iowa's coming session Of the state
legislature will begin on the thir-
teenth day of January, this date being
only one day earlier than the latest
possible under the law. The statutes
provide that the legislature shall con-
vene on the second Monday in Janu-
airy. Governor Harding's message to
the legislature will probably be deliv-
cred on Tuesday, January 14th, and
his re-inauguration will take place
probably on Thursday, January 10th.
The county councils of defense, as
well as employment bureaus, are
asked to assist in finding employment
for discharged soldiers. A telegram
was received from the National Coun-
Gil of Defense recently by III. j. Met
calf, secretary of the State Council,
asking that bureaus be formed in
every community for assisting dis
charged soldiers, and that mayors To-
cal councils and commercial organi-
cations cooperate in the work.
The 3Sth Assembly may yet have to
deal with the question of legalizing
the State Council of Defense The
National Council recently passed
resolution that the council organiza-
ton be continued in order to assist in
the Rehabilitation of soldiers State
legislatures are asked to amend any
legalizing act, so as permit council
to take up this work.
Governor Harding recently ordered
| Communication of the life sentence
of l.. r. Van Tassel, a young school
tcochor in Chicko cou cnIInty Who in
1896 was committed to the peniten-
tiary at Fl Madison on conviction of
having murdered his wife by poison
| ing. The Communication from life to
| fifty-five years made by the governor
| now places him on parole basis.
The seining of Twin Lakes near
| Manson which has been going on for
the past two months will be finished
with the next big haul This seining
| is done under the supervision of the
| government All the fish but the
carp and buffalo are PIT. back in the
lakes
The Nurses Alumnae association
of the University of Iowa has pre-.
scented to the nurses home in iowa
| City a service flag with forty seven
/ stars, representing the young women
| who have entered the service. Que
gold star is for Miss Ella Noring,
who died at Camp Merritt,
Fifteen thousand dollars in gold
and $4,000 in supplies was the ransom
! paid to Mexican bandits by t. H.
Knots of Des Moines, to obtain the
release of his brother. Frank Knots,
formerly Of Atlantic, and row q mine
owner and operator of Chihuahua,
Mexico. This was learned upon the
return Of T. H Knots to Dies Moines
Sugar for the curing of meats win
be available to all farmers who need
| it. w. 7. McElroy, head OF the sugar
division for the state food admins
1 tration. has announced that farmers
who require sugar for this purpose
can secure it by applying to their
local food administrators
The cost of living advanced from
rs to 100 per cent in the biennial per
iod which closed July 1st OF this year
as compared to the previous biennial
period the state board OF control sets
forth in its report just fled with Gov.
(, Harding.
A grand review of The troops Of the
| Nineteenth Division was held az
| Camp Dodge recently in honor of tue
| French and British military missions.
These foreign officers have been at
the camp as instructors and are now
leaving for home.
Information contained in letters re-
ceived in Des Moines leads to the
belief that the SSth division, which
left Camp Dodge in August, saw on
ly ten days in the first line trenches.
The high school boys OF Sioux City
did not feel their Thanksgiving va
cation was long enough and called a
strike in protest. One hundred girls
struck in sympathy. They were later
permitted to return by renouncing
their various societies.
/ Expenditures for draft boards paid
out during the month of November
by Major Smell, disbursing officer for
the draft in Iowa, totaied $51, 1892
as against S74,1a6.67 in October, and
$29.1S2.S2 i'll September. These ex-
penditures include the pay Of draft
board members, clerks and help as
we'll as rent and incidental expenses,
| About fifty percent OF the insurance
companies have Withdrawn or mod
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