Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-10-17
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interesting Items Of News Xxx
Gathered From all Parts ofIowa


The following Iowan's have been re.
ported as killed in action or died OF
wounds during the last week: Charles
E. Hartshorn, Farragut; Alva G. Grov
Yer. Council Bluffs; Stanley M. Krell,
Winterset; Vernice E. Watson, Hszle-
ton; Rennie E. Henry, Villisca; San.
ford A. Severson, Kanawha; Fred L.
| Wild, Carbon; Arthur H. Berges, Bur
lington; Laurence F. Cooper. Clarin-
! da; Romeo Petty, Council Bluffs; Au-
| gust Van Oyen, Fairfield; Leslie w.
| Darling, Shenandoah; Louis Weiss,
Woodbine; Elmer Grove. Laddsdale:
| Edward Haul, Davenport; Hugo D.
Shultz, Davenport; Hilmer w. Stellar,
Buckeye; Clyde B. Kilgour,. Council
Bluffs; Garland B. Teel, Columbus
Junction; Paul Paulsen. Council
Bluffs.
\ Des Moines is quarantined Church
| es. schools, moving picture houses,
theaters, dance halls and amusement
places, closed. Club MEETINGS. parties.
| private dances and meetings Of what
ever sort were asked to be Scaled
OFF" by the city FLU" committee.
| Street car riders. motormen, and con-
| ductors will be asked as q war meas
ure to wear face masks This recon-
mendation will be made to- the Des
| Mohes City Railway Co, with
further request that no car be loaded
beyond seating capacity.
| Chris Georgeff, of Waterloo, Bull.
garian who has consumption and
fears he will die IL indicted into tho
American army. chooses to be deport-
ed, if necessary, rather than put him
self in line for call to military duty.
Georgeff's wife and 8-year-old son live
in Bulgaria and he longs to get back
| to his native land, there to spend the
few months that may be left to him
to live. He took out his first papers
for citizenship here five years ago.
A special call for men in the chem
ical warfare service OF the United
States army, which gives a chance
for commissions, has just been issued
by the Iowa Military Training Camps
association. Applicants must be be-
tween 80 and 40 years old, possessed
of energy, executive ability. courtesy
and good character. college education
preferred, and have had some military
training and some knowledge of
chemistry.
Three Ellsworth. Mimi, men were
killed in an automobile accident, two
ne Do MI
They are Michael Nagel. Jack Dons-
hue and Fred Hodson Dona1lue and
Hodson were employed ON Nageps
fern. They were former residents of
Lyons county, Iowa Their bodies
and the automobile were consumed in
fire, following the accident
| Ten years in the state penitentiary
at hard labor was the sentence melted
out In District court to DR. c. Allen
Snyder, Dubuque physician who was
recently convicted of murder in the
second degree. DR.. Snyder was held
responsible for the death OF Mrs.
Grace Wolfe Of Lansing, who died fol-
lowing an alleged illegal operation
said to have been performed
o. w. Whitman, prominent lawyer
Of Greenfield, who was recently In
dicted by the federal grand jury in
session in Creston, has given bond of
$4,000 for his appearance in court for
trial, which has been set for the
/ March term Of court Witharn, who
was formerly county attorney of
Adair county, is accused of activities
In securing deferred classitications for
draft registrants.
Among sixteen more victims Of the
influenza epidemic at Camp Pike
whose deaths were announced at the
base hospital were three Iowans
George Tull of Waterloo, Byrl Basher
OF Deyer, and Coert L. .Bunger OF Sells
burg. The camp quarantine has been
broadened and now officers cannot
leave camp.
Forty thousand Iowa automobile
owners are enjoying immunity from
cording to reports at the state house
So far the list has not been cent out
to county attorneys for action, 1t is
said, though the license tax should
have been paid by May !
Attorney Frank Lingenfelder. bis
son, Frank NJ. lingenfelder, and Wal
ter Lingenfelder of Charles City have
cast Off all connections with theil
Teutonic origin, and have mad the1l
names changed to Linnell. The Ling
enfelders have been lawyers there
for years.
Iowa received draft call from
Washington recently for entertainment
of $500 white men. qualified for gen
eral military service. in the five day
period beginning October 81. Twenty
five hundred are to go to Camp Nc
Clelland, Admission, Ala, and 1.400 tt
Fort Macarthur. Cal
Delaware county subscribed 60 pc
!. cent OF its quota on the fourth libert,
loan without solicitation. Centrall,
located places throughout the town
ships We're open all day and most o
the peODle came and. mada their sub