Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-07-25

Iowa woman suffrage leaders are
highly pleased with the action Of the
state republican convention in adopt
ing suffrage plank in the platform.
Captain Andrew G. Wright, COM
mandant OF the cadet corps at the
Iowa State University died recently
as the result OF hemorrhage Of the
brain.
Sixty-ave per cent Of the young
men registered June 5 and liable for
military service in Plymouth county,
have waived all claim for exemption
OF any kind and notified the draft
board to this effect.
Adjutant General Guy e. Logan has
been commissioned major in the ad-i
jutant generals department and as
signed to Camp Taylor, Louisville,
Ky, according to advices from Wash
ington.
Infantile paralysis has appeared In
another Iowa community. Minden
township in Pottawattamie county,
is the latest place to report case of
the baby plague to the state board
of health.
The three-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Hazen, residing In
Meadow township near LeMars, had
both feet cut of by a mower and may
die. The child was playing in the
yard where her father was cutting
some weeds.
Henry G. Wallace, recruiting for
the army 7. M. G. A. in Iowa, states
that out of 1000 men accepted for
overseas service in June, forty-tive
of them came from Iowa. An at
tempt is being made to secure 1000
men during July, and Mr.. Wallace al
ready has twenty applications.
Lieut.. Chas. T. Merrick, OF Eldora,
destroyed German biplane north Of
Flirey, sending the machine to the
ground in flames. Lieutenant Mer-
rick is the son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin
Merrick, Of Eldora. He is graduate
of the Iowa state college in June 1917,
and is "a years old.
Smooth talking stock statesmen
have been swarming over Iowa late
~, selling their often worthless stock
IN exchange for Liberty bonds. The
state and county councils Of defense
are waging war on this type and ey-
eryone is urged to be on the watch
for them.
Good homes on Iowa farms for
young girls is the appeal Of Miss
3Sybil Campbell, director Of girls pro-
tective work in Des Moines Miss
Campbell would like to hear from
farmers who feel able to place the
girls in homes where there are young
children and no young men.
State secret service agents arrest
ed man at Leon who was distribut-
ing Pastor Russell literature which
the government some time ago ord
cred suppressed. The man gave his
name as A. H. Kernt and gave his
home address On telephoning to the
place named, however, no one could
be found who knew such a man.
A general epidemic Of infantiile par
alysis following the outbreak at Du-
buque is not anticipated by DR.. John
H. Hamilton, state epidemiologist and
Instructor In preventive medicine at
theState University Of Iowa. He would
discourage unnecessary travel, howev
er, for the disease spreads along lines
of travel.
Maquoketa, the county seat Of Jack
son county, will hereafter display the
flags Of the allied countries in hel
patriotic parades, as fund has beer
raised for the purchase OF six flags to
represent America, France, England
Belbium, Italy and Japan. The flag
will be 8 by feet, and will hang Of
horizontal bar twenty feet long.
Recruit Albert Christ Of Minneap
oils, Mimi, member OF the depo
brigade at Camp Dodge was tried b.
general court martial and sentences
to fifteen years at hard labor in tn
United States disciplinary barrack
at Fort Leavenworth. He refused t.
put on a uniform stating, Il won
fight for the United States agains
Germany because am part German.
Iowa's 1918 corn crop will excee
that OF last year by 1S,S16,000 bush
els, according to estimates made b
Frank s. Pinney of Council Bluf1e
field agent for the q. s. department
of agriculture. The report is base
upon reports received from all section
OF Iowa up to July 1. Gains OF 5000
600 bushels in both winter and sprin
wheat production are also predicted.
Mrs. L. ]. Lynch received a car
from her nephew, Clifford Paxton
that the Ames hospital unit that ha
been at Allentown, Pa, since Ma,
1917, had arrived safely overseas
They sailed June IL from an Atlanti
port The unit numbered thirty-eight
all from Ames College student rank
and had been held at Allentown a.
the time. They have been sent t
Italy to render service with the allie.
Johannes Jensen, a farmer livin
near Elkhorn, whose place has be
come somewhat noted for the cor