Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-12-26

G. r. Struble, So years old OF Cedar
Rapids, formerly representative from
lama county, and at one time speaker
of the lower house Of the Iowa assem-,
bly,, died at Tama recently.
The first negro church In Iowa
was built in Keokuk, in 1847, a few
months after Iowa became state,
Recently the quarterly session OF the
executive board Of the Iowa Negro
Baptist association met in the church
In memory of the early days Of pho.
neers.
Osher Iosel Yarowich, OF Sioux City,
has applied for passport to return
to Russia to search for his wife and
child. During the revolution Of; Rus
STA, where he left them at Sarato,
he lost all trace Of them. Now he Is
trying to make arrangements to
search for them in Manchuria and in
Russia.
/ DR.. Edward A. Steiner, professor OF
applied Christianity at Grinnell col
lege, has been appointed to serve on
Ia government commission Of immi
grafton and leaves at once for New
I York, City. The commission will in
vestigate the immigration laws now
pending in congress and will make
recommendations concerning them.
Sponsors Of the national guard
throughout the United States are pre-
pairing to insure the return Of soldiers
formerly Of the national guard to their
status prior to the present emer-
gency. according to Mai. Edwin E.
Lucas, adjutant general Of Iowa. who
has returned from a meeting OF adju-.
tant generals held recently at St.
Paul. MINI. ss.
Charles 3. Cameron president OF
the Iowa state fair. expects to prove
that President Woodrow Wilson Is
not the only one who can have sue
cess with the hoodoo "13" to contend
with. Mr.. Cameron was elected to
the presidency OF the state fair for
the thirteenth time and he expects
that this will exceed in every way,
any year since he has been the head
Of the big show
Many OF the 1000 S. A. T. C. men
at the University Of Iowa will keep
up the $4,000 insurance policies
taken out during the war, It
is believed. The policies are now
annual and renewable. and cover
death and total disability. The
law provides that NOT later than
five years after the termination OF
/ the war the terms Of, the insurance
shall be converted into the ordinary
form. as requested by the soldier.
Another attempt to amend the pri-
mary lave Of Iowa will probably be
made by the coming general assem-
bly,. Except for the prompt execu-
ton OF the presidential preference
primary, which was almost unani-
mously thrown into the discard after
its drst and only tryout in the spring
OF 1915, no other changes were made
in the primary law by the last legis-
iature. There was every indication
during the. earlier part of the session
that important changes would be
made, but divergence Of opinion
killed action.
The following Iowans have been re-
/ ported during the last week as killed
in action or died OF wounds or dis
/ ease: Lieut.. Mathew ID. Eckerman,
Des Moines; James r. Boothe, Prairie
4 City; Frank p. Stecketberg. Hanson:
/ James N. DUNCAN, Logan; Tom %
! Dvorak, Cresco; Charles A. L. Clarke,
Melrose: Clarence L. Hughes, Iowa
City; Burney A. Demuth, Bloomfield;
Ernest B. Peterson, Dayton; Corp.
Frank Marcheck, Mystic; Carl Her.
man Kroneger, New AEbdn: Fred
MIKE, Rockwell City; Harry e. r
Otto, Mapleton; Matthias Werner, Nc.
Intyre; Arthur Anderson. Patten; Lee
Brannon, birmingham; James c.
Ware, Centerville; James o. Thorp
Knoxville; Leo ]. James, Burton;
Corp. Clyde L. Moulger. Troy; An
drew w. Marshback, Worthtngton;
John H. Reylts, Hull; Louis d. Thro
Dubuque; Serg. Horace S. Marshall
Des Moines; Chester w. Desilya, Des
Moines; Carl 8. McConkey, Dei
Moines: Corp. John u. Moss, Missouri
Valley; John C. Knutson, fertile;
4 Gtlbert II Powelka, Oxford Junction;
IrYan 3. Lyons, CHARTER Oak: Freeley
4 81. Golly. West -OelMein; Lewis ii
Ehlers. Boone; Joseph ]. chrsitoph
erson, Remsen; Clayton ~. lElinetob
Allison: Fred McGraph, Manly; Mar
tin Hill. Gilman: Joel A. Parson
Webb; Roy 3. Pickel, Oakley; Jess,
Galen. TT. Dodge; William p. Bane
burlington; Fred T. Bruning. Breda;
Walter H. Jacobson, Lake Park; Cor
nelius B. McCabe, Oskaloosa; Gle1
D. Ruby. Oskaloosa; Adolph III. Schul
or, Atkins; Edwin L. Lowin, Gluten
berg; Walter Davenport, Glidden
4 The $4,000 monument honoring civil
war heroes erected in the Clear LAX.
cemetery has lust been coymn1afai