Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-04-18

A. NJ Deyoe, state superintendent
Of public instruction, has decided that
German should be abolished from the
schools at once. Supt. Deyoe will send
letter to each Institution of learning
| in Iowa, soon, recommending that
| German be dropped from the curricu-
lum en- May /, and that the time now
| used for this language, be devoted
| during the remainder of the school
| year, to a study of war problems, and
the various patriotic movements being
taught in the schools, such as the Red
Cross, Liberty Bonds, Thrift Stamps,
etc. In addition to disseminating the
teaching of German in schools until
the end of the war, Supt. Deyoe be.
lieves that Germans in America
should give up their old custom of liv-
ing in communities and preaching in
German.
After celebrating for more than a
year as to whom he owed the greatest
debt, his country or his family, Arth
UT F. Wilson of Waterloo, reached the
conclusion that if his family was not
worth fighting for it was not worth
very much. He left for Jefferson Bar
racks to enlist in the coast artillery.
Mr.. Wilson is past 81 years Ole He
has wife and six children. Mrs. Viii.
son signed waiver stating she and
the children are not wholly dependent.
By being economical, she says, she
and the children can live we'll on the
fruits Of their labor.
1t is doubtful if there is a prouder,
happier boy in Iowa, or anywhere in
the United States, for that matter.
than 10-year-old Raymond Downing
Of Wayerly. In January the youngs,
ter's teacher asked the pupils in her
room to write to someone whom they
knew" in France. Master Downing de-
cided to write to General John J..
Pershing. He didn't really know him,
of course, but he would like to be a
friend to the famous general. General
Pershing not only received the letter,
but answered it.
Alex Smith, a veteran OF the Somme,
and former Muscatine boy, is visit
ing his sister, Mrs. E. H. Vaupel.
Smith served with the Canadian army
three years. He lost limb when
struck by piece of shrapnel as his
regiment charged the German trench
es He also carries the scars of a
bayonet encounter with Boche. He
was wounded in the hip and left hand
by thrusts. Smith is wearing the
gold ring of his adversary. He does
not say what became of the man. He
simply shows the ring.
Carl F. Baumgartner of Burlington,
was found dead in the bathtub at his
parents home recently. The valve
of a gas jet was found party open and
the ordor of gas was strong, but was
not believed strong enough to cause
asphyxiation. The young man attempt
ed to enlist last summer, but was re-
,jected for minor physical defects. He
was so keenly disap pointed that he re-
fused to leave the house for severar
days after his return from Des Moines.
Mrs. Hawker, the aged mother of
Frank Hawker, who lives few miles
southeast of Manchester, was found
drowned in a large watering tank on
her sons farm recently. When mem
bers of the family returned from work
in the fields, she was discovered lying
face downward in the tank. Apparent
~ she had fallen in and had not the
strength to pull herself out
Aid for Iowa farmers whose sons
have been called into the military.
service at Camp Dodge is assured in
an order received at division head
quarters from the war department,
directing that furloughs be granted
to all enlisted men under the grade
of first sergeant who are needed at
home to help with the rush of spring
work
Another name, that of Sammy, has
been added to the long death list in
the Casey family of Valley Junction.
OF the ten persons who were in the
family two weeks ago, now only four
remain. All four are in the hospital,
ill with pneumonia, the same disease
that cost the lives of the other six
members of the family.
Every farmer knows how his boys
like to eat Mothers fried chicken
and apple dumplings and pumpkin
pies haven't chance in the world
when the boys sit down at table. Lots
of farmers boys are in France and
the farmer doesn't want them to go
hungry over there. Liberty bonds buy
food for them.
Frank Humphreys, years old.
climbed the guy wires to a pole and
grabbed 1000 volt wire from the
Keokuk dam power house. The pow
er was cut off at once and the boy res
cued. He has only minor burns to
show for his experience.
The people of the state are respond
ing to the request to cut wood even
more readily than was expected. G..
B. Macdonald, professor of forestry
at Ames, who has been engaged in