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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-04-05
LIBERTY BOND MEETINGS.


The various committees in charge Of
the Liberty Loan meetings throughout
the county have made some necessary
changes in the schedule given in the
Plain Dealer of last week. and now are
prepared to give more information con.
cerning dates and speakers.
Father Whalen Of Cresco and Frank
Harvard Of Elma. will assist the speak
ers from . distance. who are. F. J. Al
bers, - German by birth and Z splen-
\ did. .talker" and Attorney D. E. Voris,
Of Marion, Iowa, whom Keith Vswtsr
the Chautauqua man Of Cedar Rapids,
recommends highly. Accompanying
Mr.. Voris, il : wounded Canadian SOL
der, one Of several returned home for
recuperation from wounds, who will
tell his experiences. s, %
The largest and most attractive
meeting will be held at Cresco, Tues
day. April 9th, at 3 o'clock on the
Court House lawn. The big attraction
l. . Military Band from Camp Dodge
Of % pieces. Mr.. Voris and the Cans
dian soldier will be the speakers.
C-escoss big community chorus Of 80
voices will sing two patriotic songs
With band accompaniment.
Other meetings scheduled are as fol-
lows:
Lime Springs On Saturday. April 6,
At $3.50 o'clock sat the opera house.
Voris and the Canadian soldier will be
the speakers and the Lime Springs
band and the Cresco male quartette
will furnieh the music.
Chester-On Monday. April 9th. at 8
pm. Voris and the Canadian soldier
will speak, the Chester band will play
and vocal music will also be furnished.
Saratoga-On Wednesday. April 10th.
F. ]. Albers will speak at the hall and
music will be furnished probably by
the band and also vocal music. 5
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-04-05
Rural Schools Help.

During the week OH March $3.50 the
greatest proceeds received BY Rural
School Red Cross socials reported to
this Office were $l0400 by Howard 8.
Margaret Kennedy, teacher, and sos. :
90 by Howard 8. Margaret Healy,
teacher. The $4,000 reported last
week from Howard 10 should have
read from Howard 10 and Howard 2,
the two districts having given the So
cial together. .. 1@
The report of ". s. S. and Thrift
Stamps is rather indefinite ssEthe re-
ports do not all state the7week or the
date up to which the report was made.
Al nearly as we can tell the following
is correct for the past week, except
where other time is stated.
Albion, oil up to date, 2 w. S. S. and
81 Thrift Stamps. ..r.. d. 49,.
Nichols-2 w.. S. S. and 72 Thrift
Stamps. -.-l. -lqa ,,sse
Alton 2-1 w. s. s. and 20 Thrift
Stamps. s.>-s.,ts%
Alton 4-2 Thrift Stamps.
Alton 81 w. S. S. %
Chester Sc Thrift Stamps.
Forest City 3-24 Thrift Stamps.
Forest City 4-3 w. S. S. and, z
Thrift Stamps. sr
Howard Ill Thrift Stamps. ~, aS
Howard 1913 Thrift Stamps.
Howard Center GO w. S. S. and s
Thrift Stamps. Es
New Oregon 1-19 Thrift Stamps.
New Oregon 5-l w. s. S. and s
Thrift Stamps.
New Oregon SO w. s. s. and 8
Thrift Stamps.
New Oregon 9-42 Thrift Stamps.
New Oregon 11-2 w. S. S.
Protivin Parochial, during last month
"a w. S. S. and 6s Thrift Stamps.4
Oak Dale 2-6 W.. S. S: and 20 Thrift
Stamps. .
Oak Dale 8, up to date over $50 ia
w. S. s. and Thrift Stamps.
Paris 6, up to date, SIG. Is in w. S. s.
and Thrift Stamps.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-04-05
A CREsCO HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA, FRIDAY APRIL s. 1918

Acme On Thursday, April llth, at
8 p. M, at the hall, Father Whalen of
Cresco will speak and music will be
provided. a#% zs sfY Z
Schley--On Friday, April 18th, Frank
Howard of Elma, will speak and vocal
music will be furnished.
Lourdes-On Saturday, April 18th. at
8 p. m Father Whalen will be the
speaker and vocal music will be pro-
vided. ,-s~rtetts:s. z. a.R
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-04-05
Volunteer Enlistnelnts.

vOeS@SSSStADo.eOS~
Howard county was called upon tc
furnish nine men to be assigned as me.
chanics in the ssiation service, the
quota to be open to volunteer enlist
,ments If possible and in response to the
call the following men responded:
John A. Ruesink, Lime Springs.
Francis D. Elwood, Elms.
George o. Moses, Saratoga.
Lowell v. johnson, Vernon Springs.
John A. Malcomson, Chester. r.
Archie F. Winslow, Chester.
Gilbert o. johnson, Elma.
Ray 4. Malcomson, Oak Dale.
Edward G. Scharnwebsr, Cresco.
They will leave next Monday for
Madison, Wis, where they will be Civ
en- two months mechanical training at
the University Of Wisconsin, $prelimi-
nary to assignment for advanced train
ing in mechanics.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-04-05
Basket Social.

A social will be given on Friday, April
5th, by the school children of Dist. No.
4, at the home of G. w. Church, two
and one.half miles southeast of Cresco.
Everyone welcome. Ladies bring
trimmed baskets. $50
ALTHEA STRAwN, Teacher.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-04-05
Mis-. Fe,,endep Reelected.

At the meeting of the presidents of
the various school districts Of the
county at the court house Tuesday af-
ternoon, Miss Fessenden, the present
incumbent, was reelected for q term
Of three years by vote Of eight to
five, the latter number being cast, for
Miss Elizabeth McAvoy, of Elma.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-04-05

Paris So w. s. S. and IL Thrift
Stamps. -.....- -#@ # ..s -..
Saratoga "a Thrift Stamps.
Vernon Springs IL w. S. S. and 8
Thrift Stamps. .-4 "a ss.c
Vernon Springs 2-3 Thrift Stamps.
u Vernon Springs 3+S Thrift Stamps.
III Vernon Springs 5-24 Thrift Stamps.
4b Vernon Springs z, up to date, 2 w.
s. S. and q Thrift Stamps.
Zina Fessenden, Co. Supr.
For SALE-A good surrey. Phone
18 1-3, Cresco. 33-tf
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-04-05
Solder Boy Married at Davenport

/ Soldier Boy Married at Davenport
+. The following item of news, clipped
from Davenport daily, was handed us
by Mrs. John Byrnes, mother Of the
groom: 49,. %|I
'tAt the Sacred Heart rectory at 6
o'clock p. m. on Tuesday, March 18th,
Very Rev. j. T. A. Flanagan officiat.
ing, were married Carl Steinmetz, q
soldier at the Rock Island arsenal, and
Miss Emma Mohs, of Cresco, Iowa.
The attendants were Mr.. John and Miss
Mary Steinmetz; of Cresco, brother
and sister of the groom.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-04-05
Feot Social.

Foot social and program in Dist. No.
5, Vernon Springs township, Friday
evening, April S. Benefit of Red
Cross. Ladies please bring untrimmed
baskets.
~ Louiae Salisburv. Teacher.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-04-05
Smart Coats and Suits
For The Woman Who Cares

These warm spring days should make you think of
that Coat Suit that you will purchase sooner
later this season. ~" s"...#." ~
The woman who makes her selection early this season
the who is going get the best garment for the
least money. ~# ..s. 80 ".. ~.
We want to show you beautiful line of Cloaks and
Suits 1t will be easy for you find your Coat or
Suit in our extensive showing of styles this
duplicated in other makes. -. Ill.,. -aa: 3. =.
Come in and try on few of those "Printzess" Gar
ments and Judge for yourself whether the above
statement is true. s'nm ~" #".s.. IN. !
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1918-04-05

Louise Salisbury, Teacher.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-16
Tenpins
Standing OF the Teams
COmiskey Is Against Any
Change in Baseball Rules

Chicago, ILL.,, Jan. 16.-"I suppose
If they want to monkey with the
baseball rules they will do so, but
they won't have my support" is the
comment of Charles A. Comiskey,
master of the White Sox. He emit
ted this sentiment when informed
that the National League in starting
movement which it hopes will
spread to the American, doing away
with the spitball, the use of slippery
elm ana such.
This yanking to pieces the rules
of baseball is all right for those who
do not have to develop ball players"
continued "Commy," that is why
they are so free with their sugges-
tions. l believe that every time a
smart pitcher goes to work and de-
velops some effective method of de-
livery, or some curve that the others
haven't got all the rest of the lea
que goes out to gang him, ne is
beckled and inspected and there is
agitation against him in the papers,
nobody seems to be willing to give
him credit for being smarter than
the rest of them, who haven't found
out what he knows. Maybe the fans
want more batting, but one of the
best ways of obtaining that is
for the ball players to try to hit and
quh trying not to strike out"
This is the opinion of the master
of the SoX and what Charles A.
Comiskey thinks the American Lea
que usually does.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-16
Elect Sherman Landers
to Lead Penn Track Team

Philadelphia, Jan. 16.-Penn es-
tablished a precedent yesterday,
when Sherman Landers was elected
acting captain of the track team,
taking Howard Berry's place, who
at present is in training for a COM
mission at Camp Dix.
Heretofore it has been the custom
to elect only those men who have
run either one or two years on
the varsity team.
This year, however, with unusual
conditions and with anything but
settled times, the honor fell to Land
ers, who is a member of the sopho-
more class, having won his numerals
in freshman track last year, when he
was acknowledged among the best
pole vaulters in collegiate ranks.
Landers is a product of the Ore
gon High school, of Oregon, ILL.,,
where he established a worlds scho-
lastic record in the pole vault, going
over the bar at the height of IL feet
S15 inches.
More than twenty candidates for
the track team reported to Coach
Robertson yesterday, and the out
look for a representative team ap-
pears brighter and brighter.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-16
CAMP HILL TO
PLAY CARLISLE
Coach Dunkle Puts His Team
Through Hard Practice
This Week

The game scheduled for Saturday
night between Camp Hill High
school varsity FIVE and Carlisle High
five, at Carlisle, will be played at
the county seat on Friday afternoon,
according to an announcement made
by Prof. Fred Rockey, principal of
the Camp Hill school, to-day. The
team was put through a hard prac,
tice by Coach Dunkle this afternoon
in preparation for the contest. The
coach gave the team members a
lecture on how to keep up confidence
when playing on foreign floors.
Jinx Still Hangs On
amp Hill is unable to throw off
.ie "jinX" when clashing with teams
on foreign floors and thereby loose
out. Several new plays were worked
out by the team to-day which it is
hoped will help the members con-
siderably in the contest at Carlisle.
The cross river bunch made a good
showing against Carlisle in the con-
tests last year and hope to win out
in Fridays game.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-16
More Athletic Goods
For Soldiers in France

New York, Jan. 16.-American
soldiers in France soon will receive
from the Young Mems Christian AS
Association a shipment of S15O,000
nounced by the International War
Work Council of the association. The
goods ordered include 59,76O base
balls, 14,400 bats. 900 masks, $500
chest protectors, 5000 gloves, 4,S00
soccerballs, 2,400 basketballs, 5000
Rugby balls, which with other para
phernalia make the largest single
order for athletic goods ever placed,
it was said. About $3.50. 900 has al
ready been spent by the organization
for athletic goods for soldiers still
in the United States.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-16
PILLS READY TO
TALK BUSINESS
Plans For Season Come Up
Next Week; Meeting at
Washington

Philadelphia. Jan. 16.-There will
be an important conference at New
York on Thursday, when President
Baker, of the Phillies, meets with
Manager Moran and Business Man
ager Shettsline to complete arrange
ments for the southern trip.
tt has been decided that the team
Will leave about the middle of March,
but the exact date and the number
of players to be taken to st. Peters
burg has not been fixed. These mat
ters will be settled at the conference
on Thursday. Those players who de-
sire to leave from Philadelphia or
New York will go by boat to jack
sonVille and then by rail to st.
petersburg. 1t is quite possible that
the Mackmen and the Phillies will
go on the same boat, as both teams
expect to leave about the same
time.
Contracts Next Week
The clubs contracts will be sent
out next week. The blanks have just
been received from the National
Commission. The new contract diff
fers but slightly from the usual
form. The clause that referred to
the Players Fraternity and which
stated that because a player was a
member of the fraternity he would
in no way be Disseminated against,
has been eliminated, as the Players
Fraternity has ceased to exist.
The new contract also definitely
defines the playing season as being
that time included in the official
schedule. Heretofore the playing
season was considered to consist of
about six months. without any def
mite dates being fixed. Now it will
start with the first championship
game of the schedule and close with
the last scheduled game.
Conference at Washington, ID. @.
Otherwise the contracts remain
the same. There is no special war
clause inserted, as the old ten-day
clause is supposed to sufficiently
cover all emergencies that may arise.
The New York club did not consider
it necessary to wait for the new con-
tracts to be printed, but sent out
the old ones.
NeXa Monday there will be quite
a conference at Washington, d. c.,
when a delegation of the National
Leaguers will go there to get an Of
fetal ruling on the collection of the
war tax. 1t is proposed that all clubs
of a league shall adopt the same
system, and therefore the club own
ers are anxious that no mistake shall
be made in deciding upon the best
plan to follow. Bill Shettsline will
represent the Philadelphia club in
the party and Garry Hermann an
nounces that he will also be on hand,
together with Secretary Heydler, of
the league; John Foster, of the New
York club; Charles Ebbets, of
Brooklyn, and several others.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-16
TWO BIG GAMES
FOR HASSETTS
Girls Play Tonight on Cathe-
dral Hall Floor; Rosewood
Tomorrow Night

At Cathedral Hall tomorrow
night the Hassett five will meet
Rosewood. This contest is an i'm
portant one in the local champion
ship series.
If the Hassetts succeed in captur-
ing this game it will place them one
step nearer the city championship.
Both teams are working hard in
preparation for the game and the
battle will, no doubt, be stilf one.
Regular Lineup
Hassett will use their regular line
up of El. Sourbier, Houston, for
wards; Ed. Sourbier, enter; Cough
and Bihl, guards. Rosewood will
probably use Killinger, Devine,
Jingle and Title, but just who the
fifth man will be has not been an
nounced.
The usual dance program will fol-
low the game. Music by Delone's
orchestra.
Tonight the Hassett girls will play
the Lebanon Valley Co-eds. This
game promises much interest. The
local lineup includes several young
women who have been playing a
star game. Miss Emanuel is one of
the best field goal shooters in Cen
trail Pennsylvania. A large dancing
program will follow the contest.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-16
ALEXANDER IS
DRAWN in DRAFT
Ready to Answer Call: If He
Goes to Army Deal May
Be Cancelled

Philadelphia, Jan. 16.-Grover
Cleveland Alexander has been draft
ed for government service, and the
deal between the Phillies and Chica-
go Cubs, which stirred the baseball
world, may be declared off, causing
the Philadelphia club to lose the bulk
of the $4,000 reported as the pur-
chase price for Alexander and Kill
efer. After being informed that AL
exander had been called in the draft,
an official of the Chicago club said
that Killefer would not be affected
by AleXander's case, as his was q
separate sale.
The news that he had been draft
ed was given out by Alexander, who
has been spending the winter months
in Omaha, Neb. In admitting the au-
thenticity of the report, Alexander
said he had received his card from
his home in ST. Paul, Neb., and that
he had been placed in the first class,
division A. He also said he had wired
President Weeghman, of Chicago, to
lind out how the drafting would af-
feet his standing in the deal.
"Alex." Is Willing
In commenting upon the news.
Alexander said the drafting would
make little difference to him, as he
did not intend to play with Chicago
unless he received a share of the pur-
chase money. When asked IL he was
ready to go with the troops, Alexan-
der replied, I'm no Stacker"
The articles of the sale OF Alex
ander provided that the deal was
off If he was drafted inside of thirty
days prior to the start of the regular
playing season, so that if he is un-
able to report, he will once more be-
come the property of the Phillies.
There is a chance, however, that, al
though he has been drafted, he may
not be called into active service for
some time, and in this case the sale
would stand, even If Alexander was
compelled to quit the Cubs after the
season started.
President Weeghman, of the Cubs,
was not at his office in Chicago when
the news reached there, but one of
the officials said that some new
agreement might be reached by the
Philadelphia and Chicago clubs. The
refusal of Alexander to report to the
Cubs would not have affected the
sale, as no conditions providing for
this was included in the agreement
between the two clubs, and it would
have been up to Weeghman to satisfy
Alexander regarding his being paid u
part of the purchase price.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-16
Eleven Football Games
on w. and J. Schedule

Washington, Jan. 16.-Ten games
comprise the 1918 Washington and
Jefferson football schedule as made
public yesterday, following ratif1ca-
tion by the athletic council. Notre
Dame University will be met again
in an intersectional contest, next
seasons game being scheduled for
South Bend. The schedule follows:
September 2s, Kiski, at Washing.
ton; October 8, Indiana (Pa.), Nor
NAL, at Washington; IL, Pennsylva-
mia State, at Washington; 10, West
minister at Washington; 26, Notre
Dame, at South Bend; November
2, Bethany, at Wheeling, w. Va; Q.
University of Pittsburgh, at Pitts
burgh; IS, Geneva, at Beaver Falls;
20, West Virginia Wesleyan, at
Washington (tentative); 28. West
Virginia University at Fairmont
w. Va.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-16
HASSETT GIRLS FIVE PLAY LEBANON VALLEY COLLEGE
RXY7ELLYU
y w CORNER

The snowstorm tied UP basketball
practice yesterday at the Harrisburg
Academy. Students were unable to
get to the Academy in time and this
brought extra hard work to-day.
Academy is scheduled to meet
Haverford Academy team on Sat-
urday and hard work is necessary
to assure victory.
On Saturday night the Greystock
five will be the attraction at Chest
nut Street Auditorium. Joe Fogerty,
the veteran star, will make his final
appearance in this game. He Is go
ing to retire from the game. accord
ing to reports.
Manager Muggsy McGraw, in his
contract for housing the Giants dur
ing the southern training trip, in
sists on good food for his players.
He may take q chef along with him
from New York. McGraw says good
food is very essential in the proper
training of a baseball team"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-16
New Cumberland Gun Club
to Hold Annual Meeting

ELECTION of officers and planning
work for the year 1918 will take
place at meeting of the New Cum
berland Gun Club to be held in Sam
uel Crowelrs sporting goods store,
tomorrow evening at o'clock.
Harry Dell, who is at present the
president of the organization, will
preside at the meeting. Efforts will
be made by officers of the club to
increase the membership during the
membership in the club are request
ed to submit their names previous
to the meeting
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-16

suggests the drawingroom rather
than the stage. Its theatrical fea-
lures are SO .cleverly concealed that
the show delights without seeming
10 make an effort to do so. Its come
dy is smart and allurIng, its music,
by Jerome Korb, contains a score OF
IL scinatinS melodies, it's staging and
costuming are i'll keeping with its
Swagger style, its chorus Girls are the
most refreshing seen in long time.
and its splendid New York cast in
cludes Denman Maley, George Mack,
Harry Meyers, HeIen Raymond. Flor
ence Earle. Theodore Warfield, La
yinla Winn, Harry Linkey. kean De-
Briac, Elaine Ford. Ralph o'Brien ana
thirty others. The sale of seats opens
Friday at 8 a. m.
To-days and to-morrow's attrac-
ton at the Victoria Theater, featur-
Herbert RawIinson Rawlinson, pre-
In "COme Through" sents one of the
picture pIovs shown m most tb,s unusual unusual
theater for many months. Think of
being compelled to marry a girl you
mad never seen before in all your life
at the point OF a pistol. And the man
who forces the marriage is a great
Dig westerner, so that the choice in
the matter is either marriage or
death. The man who was married
had previously been q crook, and it
was while he was plying his profess
sion that he was forced into marriage
with very beautiful young woman.
After the marriage she makes him
promise to make q man of himself.
There's the situation as the master
novelist ana playwright, George Bron-
son How ard, conceived it, and which
proves to be one of the most exciting
and interesting films of many months.
Tomorrow the Victoria will also
show another part of "The Venge-
ance and the Woman"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-16

Vic Emanuel, a Harrisburg ath-
lete, is in France. His parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry J. Emanuel, received
postcard to-day announcing his
safe arrival. Emanuel was with the
Allentown Ambulance Corps and
while training was prominent in all
sports. He is champion swimmer,
track star and won fame as q foot
ball and basketball player.
Announcement that Emanuel has
reached France is taken as an indi-
cation that other former Tech ath-
letes are there also. The Usaacs in
cluded many former college stars.
Beck from Penn-State and Emanuel
at Gettysburg. Both starred with
Tech.
Interesting basketball games are
scheduled for tonight and to-mor-
row night at Cathedral Hall floor.
The Lebanon Valley girls meet
the Hassett Co-eds tonight and to-
morrow Rosewood and the Hassett
varsity five will battle. Both games
are of importance.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-16
President Farrell Says
State League Will Start

Wilkes Barre, Jan. 16.-John II.
Farrell, president of the New York
State League, just back from the
Cincinnati meeting, does not believe
that the minor baseball clubs will be
put out of business this year. He
intimates that an effort will be made
to open the state league. Farrell
points out that no meeting has been
called in the state league, but he
said there is a chance of the state
league and many minor organiza-
tions opening as in other years. He
calls attention to war conditions and
says that it will be possible for tn
minors to make a start. IL they
along short time and find that the
war has taken the edge off, the sport
operations may be suspended and
the territorial rights and rights to
service of players will be protected
the same as if the season were fin
ished
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-16
Outlook For Boxing in
New York State Is Poor

Albany, Jan. 16.--t is said that a
Democratic Assemblyman is prepar-
ing a bill to legali2e boxing in the
state of New York, also that he has
received announcement from both
branches of the Legislature. Poll
ticians at Albany seem to think,
however, that there is no chance
for this measure so long as Cover
nor Whitman is opposed to the ring
game. If a bill having the Cover
nor's Endorsement should be made a
party measure by the Republican
lawmakers, 1t probably would pass.
But the efforts of a Tammany leg
islator to revive the sport, under the
circumstances, are not regarded
seriously.