Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-01-01

| Congressman G. W. Ramseyer i
> endeavoring to obtain German wa
, trophy for Ottumwa
All soldiers in uniform have beer
extended privileges free at the Y. M
c. A. in Ottumwa for three months.s
Two hundred shop craft employs
at Sioux City paraded the streets re
Gently in favor of continued govern
ment ownership of railroads.
w. H. Stacy, who has acted a.
county agent OF Hamilton county
since the former incumbent went tt
war, has resigned so that the return
ing soldier may again take the posi-
ton.
A new U. S. destroyer to be launch
ed soon by the navy department vii
be named for Lieut.. Commander Wal
ter E. Reno, an Ottumwa man, who
was drowned in November while II
charge of the U. S. S. Chauncey.
Through action of the city. commits
sioners granting scent fare to ohse1
the increase in wages demanded by
the carmen, Ottumwa's street car
strike ended. The action Of the coun
Gil is in effect only compromise
and holds only until peace terms are
! signed. 49,
The state exchange of the Farmers
Union will be moved from Columbus
Junction to Des 'Moines early in jan
uary, with D. r. Ellis as manager.
| Members of the state board OF direct
| ors met at Columbus Junction and
raised sufficient funds to move the
exchange.
An overpowerins desire to become
an actress got the better Of 14-year-
old Pearl Lundy's Judgment and she
ran away from her home. on a farm
near Casey to try and locate theat-
rical troupe. She was found three
days later on farm home seven
miles west of Atlantic 10y Sheriff Nc
Kee.
A herdbook containing data relat-
ing to members Of the 3Sth general
assembly will not tell who are the
single men as has been the custom
in the past. Five assemblymen re-
fused to answer this question, and
rather than 60 to press with informa-
ton lacking it was decided to elimin-
ate the matrimonial answer.
A warm fight for the Iowa section
of the proposed United States mill
tary highway is developing between
the River-to-River road from Daven-
port to Council Bluffs, and the present
Lincoln Highway towns. In fact, on
the location of the military road which
will be hard surfaced highway will
depend almost entirely the future To-
cation of the Lincoln highway across
the state of Iowa.
An address on can Awakened Civ
ilization" by A. NJ. Deyoe, state super
intendent of public instruction, fea-
tured the session of the iowa State
Teachers association in Des Moines
recently. Governor w. l.. Harding,
and Representatives James B. Weav-
er and C. V. Finlay Of Fort Dodge
also made addresses.
The following Iowans have been re-
ported during the last week as killed
in action, or died of wounds or dis
ease: August w. Kottke, Gutenberg;
Charles Calhoun, LIE Mars; Andrew
De Graft, Hospers; George Schilling,
Little Rock; Henry A. Watland. Rud-
ger; Rex Strait, Rock Rapids; Clar-
ence v. Voltx, Dubuque; leon h
Courbot, Riceville; Ruby v. Harlem,
Missouri Valley; Edgar G. Davidson,
Brighton; Elmer V. Nord, Red Oak;
Maurice Freidsturn, Britt; Edward S.
Shipley, Birmingham; Harry A.
Smock, Des Moines; William r. Gun.
ningham, Fairfax; Walter ]. Lineban,
Davenport; Jesse c. Strong, Monda-
min; Charlie Nelson. Newell; Henry
W. Hutchinson, Jolley; Henry Miller,
Audubon; Louis Radlof, Dubuque;
John E, Reinig, Portsmouth; Homer j.
Hall, Charter Oak; Peter A. Hanson,
Soldier; Henry Klowe, Jr., Leeds;
Gerrit Tilstra, Hawarden; Lloyd T.
Smith, Defiance; Walter L. Mabeus,
Mount Pleasant; Frank D. Kellerman,
De Witt; Frank Anthony, Speck Fer
ry; Ed f. Mahanke, Parkersburg;
Clarence G. Scott, kanawha; Edward
T. Olsen, Missouri Valley; Einar l..
Fossum. Des Moines; Corp. Lou Ber-
ry, Des Moines; Ernest Bartlett,
Tripoli; John Albert Hartung; Hans
H. E. Olsen, Jessup; Sergt. William
G. Pegum, Victor; Corp. Frank Norris.
Gravity; John c. Russell. Milton;
Corp. Hale P. Fuller, Stacyville;
Corp. Edward F. Steinhauer, Burling-
ton; Arson Jones, Larrabee; Louis
Ames; William Schultz, Spirit Lake;
Moren Jorgenson, Battle Greek; Hen |
ry ]. Minter. Denison; Frank V. o.
Toole, Dubuque; Otto Achatz, Council |
Bluffs; Arthur Beike, Clarksville.
Riding across the continent by the |
same method his sires adopted when
they went on journeys, Chief Skin
hushu of the Yakima Indians, Toppen-
ish, Washington, writes Mayor ]. F.
Rail of Cedar Rapids that it is his in
tention to stop over in that city on
his way to Washington to see the
president. The chief will be accom-
panied by his cousin Black Hawk,
and it Is their intention to make the
long round trip by pony. He asks
Cedar Rapids to entertain him, furn-