Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-08-29
/ Iowa State
a. News
E Late Incidents
~ Gathered from
Over the State

the Iowa City hospital unit COM
manded by Maj. Frank Love, has been
ordered indicted by the war depart
ment. 1t will be sent to Fort Riley,
kans.
Major Frank Lyman has been APP
pointed lieutenant colonel on Cover
nor Harding's military stan in appre-
citation of his work in handling the
draft in Iowa.
The department Of justice has pa
rolled George j. Homan, well known
Dubuque banker who was convicted
9 and sent to Leavenworth because Of
Irregularities Friends Of Homan in
terceded with the president and at
torney general In his behalf.
A modern laundry to cost about
$175,OOO will be installed imme diately
at Camp Dodge. A special power
house will be erected to operate the
laundry. The war department has de-
signated twenty-one camps at which
laundries are. to be built.
Some efforts are being made here
and there in Iowa on the part Of the
Nonpartisan League organizers to
perfect local organizations, according
to reports coming in to state Off
Gals. On the whole, however, no evil
dence has been given Of any especial
activity of the organizers at this time.
The service flag containing 700
stars, nine OF which were gold, re-
presenting the Buchanan county boys
who are or have been In the serySce
of their country, was dedicated re-
Gently. The dedication speech was
made by j. e. Bromwell of Marion.
John L. Brown, a well known farm
er living east Of Logan, and Mrs. Sar-
all Graybill went to St. Joe and were
united in marriage recently. Immedi-.
ately after the ceremony, they start
ed in the auto with two friends for
the wedding dinner, and in crossing
the track they we're struck by the in
terurban car and all four were killed.
Private James Esteu of Waterloo,
is being held by military authorities
at Camp Pike, Ark, with the probab-
fifty of white slavery charge being
preferred against him and Grace
Manning, who said her home was
Davenport, but whose husband lives
in Waterloo, is serving ninety day
isolation hospital sentence.
Geo. q. Ward, one Of the largest
landowners in northwestern Iowa and
a resident Of Sioux City owns a large
estate in England. On it is a man
sion Of forty-five rooms. Mr.. Ward
is going to England soon to make
arrangements to turn this mansion
and estate into recuperative hospi-
tai for Yankee soldiers.
Iowa is not supplying unskilled lab
or rapidly enough and greater activi-
ty in the state is necessary in order
I to meet the urgent demand for labor
in the east. This message from the
federal labor department was receiv.
ed by A. L. Urtck, state labor com.
missioner and director OF the United
States employment service.
When Private Lewis Rivens of
Sioux City, national army soldier
at Camp Dodge, made sighting re-
mark concerning the government,
several Montana selectives at the
camp got plumb hostile" They toss
ed Rivens up in a blanket as les
son. He is now nursing broken
arm.
Fred Boltz, brakeman, and two
stockmen, names unknown, we're kill.
ed shortly after midnight recently,
when the first section of double
header freight train on the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy railroad broke
loose and ran. wild down Troy hill,
near Charlton, colliding with the sec.
ton remaining at the foot of the hill.
Purchase of the DEVILS Backbone
in the northeast corner of Delaware
county for state park is being con-
sidered by the state executive council.
The DEVILS Backbone is pictures
que ridge and tract of woodland near
Manchester. A party Of state officials
recently took trip to inspect the
proposed park site.
During July. 10000 soldiers at
tended entertainments given. by the
Camp Dodge Army Y. M. C. A., c. A.
Bryan. camp social secretary, an
nounced. There were 3l5 entertain.
ments given, of which 1876 were moy-
{ ing picture shows and the other 1T
musical and dramatic programs,
wrestling and boxing matches ana
stunt" nights.
H. W. Quicker of near Wellman,
one OF the extensive farmers OF that
section, now has 800 sheep on his
place. Mr.. Quicker formerly had no
sheep but had an extensive herd OF
high grade cattle. He Is gradually
abandoning the cattle in favor of the
sheep and now has but two head OF
cows. He left recently for Omaha
where he expects to buy another L.
600 head OF sheep to put on his pas
lures and into his cornfields.
Not a single public school in Iowa
will offer German in It's courses of
study. this year, according to A. M.
Deyoe, state superintendent of public