Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1921-04-13
RAM FACES SERIOUS CHARGE.
The readers of the Democrat will

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The readers of the Democrat will
no doubt be much surprised to know
that Editor H. L. Ram, who for some
time past has been at the head o.
Manchester School Of Auto Engineer
ing Ltd.) will in all probability have
to be taken before the grand jury
at its next session to answer to the
grave charges of responsibility ant
gross negligence in his work as ar
instructor, and pawning off his wares
on gullible public, unless he car
straighten out the tangle he has just
been guilty of getting into. The Demo
Gratis policy of exposing graft in the
past must be fully adhered to in
this instance, and while we appreciate
the fact that Editor Ram has long
held high place in the esteem OF
this office, yet We are in duty bound
to expose his scurrilious work at this
time in order that unsuspecting pupils
OF the Manchester Auto School can
"get wise" and save their time and
money before it is everlastingly too
late.
The real ground on which Mr.. Ram
may be indicted is summed up in the
following episode in which the said
Grand Chief High Instructor figured
so conspiciously, and which took place
recently while on trip to Dubuque.
G. G. H. I. Ram, accompanied by
his wife, Miss Blanche Robinson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Killing, left Man
chester last Monday afternoon in the
formers Cadillac on a pleasure trip
to the Key City, having thrown all
care to the wind, and with an extra
rs cents in their pockets with which
to have regular heck of time. OF
course the said Mr.. Ram sat at the
wheel Ia fac smile Of an italic lower
case "s') and just as they were in
the act of rounding Vimy Ridge a
sudden explosion took place which
would put to shame any gun fire by
the enemy during the recent great
conflict. Ram ducked his head in or
der to save his anatomy from further
target, and the rest of the occupants
Of the car managed to send out the
as. O. S." The driver as soon as he
recovered his senses and managed to
quiet his nerves with pull at cork
tip, got the car under control and
brought it to standstill. After es-
tablishing an outpost and signal sta
ton, the accommodating party finally
discovered that one of the tires (Which
had only run 14,50S miles by the
stop watch) had great ugly hole
in it's side, due to the careless hand
ling of the car by the interrogation
point of driver. After much pers-
piration on the point Of the said driver
(and some hard work on the part
Of Mr.. Kling) a new tire was put
on and the party again .sook the road
for the city. How. he ever managed
to get through the network of street
car tracks and jitney drivers to the
rivers edge may never be known, un-
less the people in the back seat were
able to concentrate their minds on the
steering of the car and using the
mental telepathy method through the
said driver. At any rate no further ac-
cident occurred while in the city to
mar their pleasure, but another story
is connected with the return trip.
The people who were travelling with
Mr.. Ram tried to prevail upon him
to secure another new tire before
leaving for home. but he firmly as
sured them that two blowouts on a
Cadillac while on the same trip had
never been known to man. and to
rest peacefully in the thought that
nothing further would happen. Act
ing on this theory, they were discuss
ing general topics Gncluding the new
spring suits and bonnets they had
seen in the Key City, when all at
once, bing, bang, biff, out went another
tire. Out gets Mr.. Ram and (taking
two draws at tailor made) called
on the mechanic, Mr. Killing, to see
what could be done. AS the blowout
was beyond repair. and having moth
ing with which to replace it, Mr.. Ram
was compelled to beat it back along
the lone country road to farm house
about mile distant, to telephone the
Cadillac service station in Dubuque
to send out a new tire and man to
put it on. After a long wait and the
parting with the last Of the Is cents,
the party at last managed to get un-
der way and reached home about
1880, tired and dusty from their
narrowing experiences. Especially
was the driver worn out and haggard
as the result of the hard work he was
called on to do, and he failed to
show up for office work the next
day until such a late hour that the
office force grew uneasy of his non
appearance and telephoned the house
to find the cause of delay.
When it comes to real bone-head
work, gross negligence and utter
carlessness in handling car, Mr..
Ram, will surely take the belt, and
if not exposed at this time he will
be able to smooth it over and still
conduct his school of instruction with
out molestation. Therefore we rise to
point of order and think it is time
to call halt on his unprincipled work
uru NDVT