Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1918-10-02
EARLVIlLLE.

marching safely home.
4 Mrs. Mary 2. Everton another Of
the pioneer women Of this county
passed away at her home In this place
Friday. She was q resident Of Earl
Vile for more than sixty years and
esteemed by large circle of friends
She was native of Ohio and had at
tanned the age Of IS pears. She was
the widow Of William Eysrto1, Z pio-
neer jeweler who located in Earlville
inin 1857. She ia survived by three
\ children, Mrs. Ella Davey Of Earlville
George Of Upton and Hattie futile OF
Glend0ra, California. The funeral was
held at the NJ. e. Church Sunday after
noon conducted by the pastor, Rev. A.
NJ. Mcintosh. Burial was made In the
family lot in Fairview cemetery.
Friends Of the family extend SYM
pathy.
Harry Staehle, a member Of the
crew. Of squadron II, Sub Chaser No.
292, Base s, stationed at Bensonhurst,
Brooklyn, N. Y. arrived home on Q
short furlough to visit his family and
other relatives and departed Saturday
to rejoin his crew. When asked,
What is a submarine chaser the sail
or replied, "a submarine chaser is a
small boat Ito feet long and designed
to travel at a speed of 80 knots. They
carry 3-inch guns and supply of
depth bombs which will throw col
umn Of water abot four hundred feet
in the air. A chaser is equipped with
Listeners" which can detect a sub
marine anywhere within a radius Of
80 miles. Since a submarine must
come to the surface to charge her
storage batteries, the only one thing
to do Is to loiter about until they
come up and then sink her. The sub
chasers are the only boats carrying
listeners as they are of use only
where absolute quiet Is obtained. Sub
chasers are propelled by 1880 horse
power gasoline engines instead Of
steam as that when these engines are
stopped there is NO noise. The elect
rical equipment Is operated from q
storage battery. These boats while
the toughest riding boats in the Navy
can weather q heavier sea than a
Destroyer and stay out to sea when
Destroyers mnst turn hack. They are
speedy and altho small they are quite
effective since they travel in num-
bers instead OF singly and a submarine
has a poor chance when encountered
by fleet. The work of the submarine
chasers is largely done in transport
ing men and supplies safely across.
The reason no men are lost in trans
portation is because of the efficiency
Of the conveys. There are many Of
these boats in commission on the east
coast and great many more across
on the other side. Every time trans
port fleet leaves they are conveyed
by group of chasers and few Des-
troyers. The chasers 60 out many
miles and no submarine is, apt to get
through the line.
p. NJ Cloud moved his household
| to Manchester, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Todd of Edge
wood experienced miraculous escape
from death at the /. C. R. r. crossing
near the Tegeler farm east of town,
when their car was caught squarely
| in the back of the body and thrown
some distance, a complete wreck. Mr..
land Mrs. Todd jumped from the car
and escaped injury. A rescuing par
ty brought Mr.. and Mrs. Todd to Earl
willie and later took them home. On
Monday what remained OF the car was
loaded on truck and taken to Edge
wood
Frank Wheeler, ulti-millionaire
automobile manufacturer of Indian
apolis arrived Saturday to visit his
friend, John Werkmeister When a
youth, Mr.. Wheeler was employed in
Werkmeister's furniture store and
the friendship thus formed has remain
ed firm throughout many years.
A delegation of the Eastern Star
Lodge went to Delhi Thursday to at
tend the funeral of Dora Pulver, a
member of Acacia Chapter. The To-
cal chapter officiated at the grave.
A mass meeting of our citizens was
held in the Council rooms Friday eve
ming for the purpose Of gaining pub
lie expression of the method of pro-
ceedure with the Iowa Electric Com
pany who now ask for higher rates
for electric current furnished to the
town although bound by a contract.
to furnish the town with currency at
specified rates. The method decided
upon at this meeting to deal with the
company will be acted upon later.
A large number from this and neigh
boring towns went to Almoral Satur-
day to partake of the excellent dinner
served by the ladies Of the church.
Mrs. Ralph Schaller has returned |
from a visit with relatives at Mara