Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-05-02

soldiers of the nation in the opera
ton of the new rifle used by the
American forces Maj. Smith w.
Brookhart Of Washington, has been
selected as chief instructor at the
Camp Perry (Ohio) rifle school, as
chief aide to Colonel Mumma, and
the following Iowa rifle experts have
been selected as instructors: Capt
Don A. Krussler, Manchester; Capt.
Edmund IS. Geist and Lieut.. H. Dur.
chenwald, Waterloo; Lieut. Cedric
"A. Barnes, GrinnelQ, and Lieut. Carl
e. Loos, Iowa City.
C. w. Brown and T. w. McMillen,
arrested at Jefferson, and charged
with preaching against the Liberty
loan, were arraigned in Dies Moines
before United States Commissioner
Piper in federal court. Both men,
through their attorney, Judge
Charles Hutchinson, entered pleas
of not guilty. They were released on
each furnishing bond in the sum Of
$4,000.
A bold daylight bank robbery was
staged at Valera. Two armed auto
bandits got away with $4,000 in gold
silver and bills. Authorities in every
county in central Iowa are on the
lookout for the two bandits. The
men made their escape in high
powered auto. Valeria is about
twenty-five miles northeast of Des
Moines
Eight hundred striking day labor.
ers' in Des Moines have accepted the
terms offered by contractors and
master builders and agreed to re-
turn to work. They Will receive 40
cents an hour on a nine hour day
schedule with time and a half for ov-
ertime, double time Sundays and
holidays and a half holiday on Sat-
urday.
The travelling mems bureau of the
Ottumwa Commercial club passed
resolutions indorsing the movement
in the county for the total abstinence
from wheat until the harvest and
pledged its members to use their in
duence with hotels and, restaurants
throughout the state to reduce the
home consumption of wheat in order
to supply the army and allies.
Ninety-seyen candidates recently
took the examination for trained
nurses in the office of the state
board OF health. Amony these can
didates was one sole and lonesome
male, who has received his training
at the Iowa sanitarium located at
Nevada, where only male nurses are
employed
ALL passenger stations in Sioux
City are to be abandoned except the
Northw station, which will be-
come a terminal for all passenger
trains entering and leaving Sioux
City. The plan will be placed into
effect after May 10. All city ticket
offices will be consolidated.
John Kruger, an employe at the
fllinois Central shops, was dismissed
after visit from j. e. Dempster,
United States commissioner. Krue.
fer is alleged to have said that the
Naiser was fine man and just about
as good as President Wilson.
!: Not a single application has been
made for furlough under the recent
ruling of the department allowing
soldiers passes to return to their
Zones and help with the rush OF
spring planting, staff officers at Camp
Dodge declare.
Charles H. Hall, mayor of Nevada,
wants to quit, his job, but can't He
has been mayor five years and still
has one year to serve on his unex-.
pired term. He has rendered his res
fgnation to the council, but the docu-
ment has been tabled.
8 Willard Wing of Clinton has ac.
'cepted a positions of state city work
secretary for Iowa for the Y. M. CT
"a. His headquarters will be ait Ced.
pr Rapids. Mr.. Wing has been gen.
;eral secretary of the Clinton Y. M.
&c. A. for ten years.
Rev. Theodore Storck, OF Geneva.
Franklin county, has been reported
TO the state defense council for his
refusal to preach in English. There
is siderable feeding over the mat.
ter in that vicinity, the reports de.
Glare.
/. Grinnen is assured Of a new hos
pita1 costing about $4,000 by the ac-
tion OF 30 citizens who have incorpor.
:ated under the title OF the "Grinnesl
Community Hospital Association"
with capital of $4,000.
I; A night school for drafted men has
been started at Charles City with an
enrolment OF eighty three men, some
who come from twenty-five miles
away.
Convalescent soldiers at Camp
Dodge when released from the base
hospital are to hereafter be placed
IN what is termed convaQescent
company, under a new plan recer.,y
adopted at the big camp. These men
will be given light training and win
be under especial observations since