The Des Moines Register from Des Moines, Iowa • Page 27

ister ewsletter for ranee DES MOLNES, IOWA, SUNDAY MOUSING, NOVKMHEIl 24. 1018. 71 lowa id oils WiX I ffll ITf O.AT.C. BARRACKS KlVlU. wLLLVNL and HOSPITAL Knee Skirts Too Much for Secretary at Fort Des Moines United War Work Campaign Goes Over Top With a Bang and actress on the bill volunteered to go, albeit they had to rush In the trip between performances in town.

They found the auditorium filled with expectant soldiers. The "Magazine Girls" danced out upon the stage intent on doing their best to cheer up the boys. Bins! Curtain! "We'll tolerate no such performance here," said the secretary In shocked tones. In vain the khaki clad audience clamored. The soldiers had tie content with "Senator" Murphy in a decorous, long tailed black coat and high, prim collar.

"Tho girls wore tht usual costumes they wear at-every pr-formance," stated "Doc" Baker, manager of the act. never had any complaint 6n it before." movies, baseball, books, magazines and newspapers provided by these merging organizations, they dived deep into their pneketbooks and did their share toward raising the $170,600,000 needed nationally. All of the fifteen districts into which the state was divided exceeded their original quotas. The banner districts were the Fort Dodge district, which went about 160 per cent, the Des Mo'nes and Dubuque districts which went approximately 136 per cent and the Council Bluffs district which followed closely with 135 per cent. Thirty-five 6f the counties of the state went 150 per cent and V.

C. nat'onul Catholic war council, Jewish welfare board, war camp community service, American Library association, and Salvation Army. Because of the fact that the openlr1? date of the big push for funds came on Nov. 11, the day that the armistice was signed, peace celebrations all over the tate Interfered during the first week with the money getting, CharleB Rawson, state' campaign, states. However, as soon as Iowa people realized that though the war was over it would take time to transport the soldiers home and that during their period of waiting they would be in need of the IM-im I I I III I I.

I I HEADQUARTERS ALTOONA BARRACKS M9t Des Ivtoinrfs Banner City in U. W. W. Drive Des Moines Is one of the banner cities in the United States In the unlled war work campaign. John R.

Mott In a wire sent to every state director in the country urged them to emulate the example pf six cities. Des Moines was Included in the list with Chicago, St. Paul, Denver, Memphis and Fort Wayne, Ind. BY01B TO PEACE CONFERENCE Des Moines Boy Given Signal Recognition. DES MOINES Carl Byoir of Des Moines will attend the peace conference to bo hold in Franco soon.

Word to this effect was received by his sister, Mrs. Mose Jacobs, 716 Forty-second street, Saturday by telegram, followed by a long distance telephone conversation Sunday. Mr. Byoir will be the only Des Moines man so honored. He has been assistant to George Creel on the government committee on public Information since America entered the war.

He Is a former West High school boy aud formerly worked on Des Moines papers. Later he went east and became affiliated with the Hearst Interests. He resigned his Job to take up one not nearly so remunerative with the government, but In which he has rendered splendid service as Is evidenced by his appointment to attend the peace conference. CELEBRATE THREE TIMES Winters People Save Best for the Last, However. WINTERSET The signing of the armistice was signalized by three different celebrations here.

On receipt of the fake news a week ago today the schools were dismissed, stores closed and a monster parade was held. Monday the city had a real celebration and the citizens finished with a big barbecue. Monday's celebration ran way into the night and ended with the destruction of the iron hitch racks around the public square and an all around fight about hitch racks and the stealing of automobiles. One man who had failed to subscribe to the fourth Liberty loan was conveyed on a rail about town and on the way out of it until lie took $600 worth. ATLANTIC MAN ESCAPES I'Yank Knotty (Vets Away From Villa Bandit.

ATLANTIC Frank Knotts at Atlantic has been released from Villa bandits, according to word received by his brother, T. H. Knotts, yesterday. Knotts, who Is connected with the Standard Life Insurance company, went to Mexico recently to secure his brother's release. No particulars of the release were given.

Frank Knotts had been a mine owner and operator In Chihuahua before being taken prisoner. Killed in Auto Plunge. GLIDDEN While driving home from Lake City. Robert Shaw of Glidden was killed when his auto left the grade and turned over. His lifeless body was found by passersby.

He was a farmer living north of Glidden. Kills Joy of Convalescents by Ringing Down Curtain on 'Magazine DES MOINES Because they wore short skirts reaching only to their knees, a Y. M. C. A.

secretary at Fort Des Moines refused to let "Doc" Baker and his "Magazine Girls" from the Empress theater entertain the overseas men at the fort Wednesday night. With all good Intent, "Senutor" Murphy appearing on the same bill at the Empress had asked for volunteers to go to tho big reconstruction hospital and give an entertainment for the men. Every generous hearted actor Waterloo Woman Has Seen Saddest Day and Gladdest Day WATERLOO Mrs. Nelson Hitchcock, who came to Waterloo In 1857. has seen the city's saddest and happiest days.

was the Imppiest day I have ever seen In Waterloo," she said. "The saddest was April 14, 1866, when President Lincoln was assassinated. Strong men wept. Ilka children when they received the news, "The demonstration here Monday surpassed anything I have ever seen of Its kind in the last sixty-one years. It eclipsed the celebration that followed receipt of the niHssnge, "Leo has NOOSE DANGLES IN SIGHT W.

M. Holtz of Maquoketa Escapes Hanging. MAQTOKETA W. M. Holt, wealthy farmer living near Maquoketa, who had a narrow rs-enpe from a lynching on the streets of Maotioketa on Victory day, Monday, has been taken to Dubuque, and action niay there be brought against him In federal court.

According lo eyewitnesses of the entire occurrence, Holt made the statement that (he "kaiser Is a batter man than Marshal Moore," referring to United States Marshal Moore of Dubuque, Marshal King and Deputy Haney of MuquokeU placed him under arrest. An elicited aud hooting crowd followed Holt and the officers down the street, and cries of "hang him" were heard. Hud It not been for the cool headedness and advice of a few citizena, especially Mayor Mordon of Maquoketa, residents of the town state there would have been a hanging in the town. YOUNGEST SOLON, CLAIM Will of Hardin County lalms that Title. IOWA FALLS Will L.

King, who was elected by the republicans of this county as representative at the recent election, claims to be the youngest representative ever elected in Iowa. Mr. King won the nomination over A. W. Mltterer, and Inter defeated William Schinedika at the polls.

Hardin's representative elect Is In the service and wns stationed at Camp Dodge until Nov. 1, when he entered an officers' training camp at Camp Grant, 111. INW00D MAN CONVICTED Postmaster Found fjullty of F.v tortlon. SIOCX CITY Davis Harms, postmaster at Inwnnd, was convicted In the District conrt at Rock Rapids late yesterday of a charge of attempting to extort money from an Inwnod man. Ho fsces another charge of the same kind, Sentence will be passed Thiw Venr In War; Killed.

ATLANTIC -'tr nenrlv three years' service in France rs a member of a Canadian ree'ment, Dan-ford Lewis, former Cik county ninn. was killed In ndlon Kent 2S. Lewis saw seventen months' front trench service and was twice wounded before meeting his death. Ots Horse Hhow. WATERLOO Waterloo Is to become the Belgian horse center of the United States, for this city Is to become the permanent home of the International Belgian Horse show, an event which will be held each year in connection with the dairy cattle congress.

YHrd'vtHitr Crtlhcl. MARSHALLTOWN As the result of being caught between a bulh'ing and the swinging door of a refrigerator car. W. M. Swann, 64 years old, yardmiister of tho Chicago Great Western ral'wayjn this city, died a few hours atftr he bad sustained his Injuries.

Shot, at Celebration. STANTON A peace celebration which had just reached its climax was suddenly brought to a close by the accidental shooting of Elhridge Boellert, 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Excitement of Peace Celebration Slows Up Drive, but Does Not Keep it From Success. Iowa hag "backed up ber boys" once more.

Approximately or 133 1-3 per cent of her original quota, was subscribed by Iowa to the united war work campaign, the nationwide drive for war work funds which wati conducted Nov. 11 to 20 by the Y. M. C. S.A.T.

C.UNITS TO STAY AT COLLEGES Status of Soldier-Students Unchanged by Signing of Armistice by Huns. 'JJNELL "Students' army training corps units will continue military and academic work without Interruption, regardless of armistice," states a telegram received at the Grinnell college students army training corps headquarters, signed by Colonel Rees, head of the war department's committee on education and special training. The telegram also states that plana for the future of the students army training corps, under conditions brought about by the armistice, have been prepared and will be sent to the college authorities as soon as authorized. Although no definite information in regard to the plans has been received it Is thought by college authorities that the Institutions at which students army training units have been established will receive government aid for the 1 entire year. A few days previous to the signing the armistice by the Germans, authorities In Washington stated that aufficlent funds "already have been appropriated to carry on the work of training officer material at various colleges of the country for the full year and that the signing of the armistice would not alter the plans.

It was aleo tacitly understood by college authorities at the time they entered into a contract with, the government that their facilities would be used by the war department for the entire year. If the men of the students army training corps are not demobilized, but are kept in the corps for the whole year It 1b thought that at the end of that time they will be placed In a military reserve and will be subject to the call of the government whenever the need for them arises. DENGLER WINS K1L0EE CUP Davenport Man Gets Prize for Butterfat Record. AMES Ernst Dengler of Davenport has been awarded the Kildee silver lovtng cup for for making the best average record for the year in the Iowa cow testing associations with a herd of grade cows. Dengler's herd of seventeen grade and two purebred Guernseys made a record of 333.2 pounds of butter-fat production a cow.

J. E. Hoge of Springvllle was second with an average of 316.9 pounds; In Cook of Marshalltown waa third with 308.1 pounds. Dengler, this year's winner, weighs his milk daily, feeds according to production and selects his herd according to their records. He waa one of the organizers of the Davenport Cow Testing association.

Bureau Proves Value. CHEROKEE The Immense amount of bnsiness transacted by the county farm bureau here Is indicated by the fact that there have been 4,008 callers registered at the office of County Agent Break-enridge since March 1. During the same time, In carrying on his work, Mr. Breakenridge has made 354 visits to farms of the county. Tama County Leads.

TRAER Tama county was the first on In the eighth district to report Its full quota subscribed for war service work. The exact amount has not yet been made public, but it is certain that the quota, which was $80,000, has been oversubscribed. Wounded. Not Killed. NEVADA Chester Heggern, former Story county boy, reported by a message to bis parents at Longmont, as having been killed In action on Oct.

3, is alive and at the time of his letter expected to be back on the front within thirty days. Fire Destroys lilockton Building. CLEARFIELD Blockton lost three of Us frame buildings by fire Monday night, the blaze starting In a millinery store. The telephone office and electric light office were destroyed. (Tear This $56,000 ON LINCOLN HIGHWAY Tama County Plans Extensive Road Improvements.

TAMA The Tama county board of supervisors this week nasaed unanimously a resolution asking to have the federal and state aid fund of $50,000 spent on the improvement of tho Lincoln highway In Tama county. The supervisors also adopted a resolution determining the official fntercounty road system, which consists of the Lincoln highway, east to west; the La Crosse-Tama-Kansas City trail, north and south, and the Traer Dysart Vinton road.e Since the Lincoln highway will receive this federal and state money it will automatically release several thousands of dollars in road taxes to be UBed on these other main arteries of traffic. In this way all parts of the county will be benefited. START MEMORIAL PROJECT Iowa Falls Citizens Wish tp Honor Men in Service. IOWA FALLS President E.

A. Westbury of the Iowa Falls Community club has started an agitation in behalf of the memorial building In this city to commemorate the service of the soldier and. sailor boys of Iowa Falls and adjacent territory. The suggestion Is well received In the community, and with the readjustment of affairs after the war It Is very proable some action will be taken looking to Its erection. BULL TRAVELS IN'STATE Animal Has New Home in Pennsylvania.

WATERLOO Financial Sensation, the $60,000 Jersey bull bred In Waterloo by the Waterloo Jersey farm, is now at his new home at West Chester, Pa. A half interest in the animal was bought In the early autumn by the Grej stone Jersey Farm company of that city. Financial Sensation is 1 year old. The trip to Pennsylvania was made in a lower berth in an express car and consumed three days and three nights. The animal traveled like a king.

He will make the same Journey twice a year during his life. FRENCH POPULAR TALK Demand for Language Increases at Cornell. MOUNT VERNON Everybody wants to know French. The effect of the war on the popularity of French is seen in a comparison of the enrollment for the past three yea.ru: 1916, in beginning French, 57; 1917. in beginning French, 116; 1918, In beginning French, 224.

Accidentally Shot. VAIL Clair, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Brockelsby of Vail, is In a hospital In a serious condition from a rifle wound.

While hunting with some companions, one of the young men accidentally shot Clair, the ball from a rifle, of the long mushroom kind, hit him in the back and penetrated the liver. Griswold Jeweler Dies, ATLANTIC -El wood Cleaver, en-paged In the jewelry business at Griswold, is dead at a Red Oak hospital of tuberculosis of the brain brought on by an attack of the influenza. He was 33 years old, and was in partnership with his father. 't Lola They are all members of the local high school and took advantage of the influenza vacation to help in the fields. According to reports they did excellent work PLAYED ABOUT DAD'S BODY Three.

Year-Old Didn't Know Father Was Dead, HAMBURG A 3-year-old boy Played about an automobile more than three hoars, his child ish mind filled with wonder that his father, who" sat dead Inthe machine, did not respond to his repeated appeals. Hay Brown, living near Hamburg, J3 years old, had been a victim of the flu. He had recovered, or believed at least that he had. and with his boy drove in his machine to visit an uncle. Jim Brown, Apparently he died as the car was ascending a bill.

The car rolled backward and finally went off the road where It stopped upright. Quite a number of people passed during the more than three hours the machine stood there with the lifeless body of Brown in the seat and the baby playing In the car, but no one stopped to Investigate until D. E. Findley. near whose home the.

car had" stopped, went over. TWOHiFfiETciTED Lieut. Col. Emery J. Pike Honored Posthumously, DES MOINES In Monday' list of officers awarded the distinguished service cross by General I'ershlng for acts of extraordinary heroism appear the names Of two lowans, aa follows: "a J.

Lloyd D. Ross, On a Hundred falxty-eighth infantry. For acts of extraordinary heroism In action. Major Ro is awarded a bronze oak leaf, to be wtirn on tha distinguished service cross awarded him March 25, 191g Lieut. Col.

Emery J. pike (deceased), division machine gun officer. Eighty-second division. For extraordinary heroism In action France' 15-J918. Having gone forward to re- organlte forces which had become disorganized, Colonel pike was mortally wounded, but he remained on tho, Bpot and, even though helpless, continued with great courage and fortitude to direct the reorganization until it "nd the positions held.

Next of kin: Martha Agues ike, daughter, 1806 Tenth street, Des Moines, la. lieut7k7lled by tkaln Officer Kails Under Wheels at Grimes. DES MOLVES-A board of officers nt Camp Dodge will be appointed to Investigate the death or Mrst Lieutenant Bruce p. R0b-iiiKon of Indianapolis, who was lulled under the wheels of a Milwaukee train at Grimes, la vts-lerday. Recording to reports to dm military authorities tho officer, who wns 26 years old, was mentally unbalanced.

Reports from Grimes say the officer threw himself tinder the wheels of the train. Lieutenant Robinson graduated from the first officers' training camp at Fort Benjamin Harrison more than a year ago. At ono time he was private secretary to Congressman Merrill Moores of Indianapolis. Gives Tp Consulship. TRAER Traer friends hava been notified that Consul Ralph U.

Dennis has resigned his position and will not return to Russia planned, but wll take up his old work In the Cumnock School of Oratory at Northwestern university, Evanston. the first of next mouth. Boxes for Men Whosa Labels Did Not Come The Red Cross will Issue labels to mothers or nearest relatives of all nien in overseas service, who have not sent a Christmas package coupon home, Nov. 25. The labels cannot be secured before Nov.

25. Each person desiring one of tho extra coupons must go to Christmas package headquarters and sign an affidavit to the effect that no package hag been sent to the man In question. If It le found that two packages arrive In France for one man, ono of them will be given to a soldier who would not otherwise get a package. Time for sending packages has been extended to Nov. 30 because ships need not cross the ocean by devious routes.

i ITUJLD large residence nearby used as a hospital. In all there are accommodations for about 300 men. More than 225 men have been already Inducted, and It Is expected that the quota will rapidly fill up under the new provisions for accepting qualified men, even If they have not the technical number ut required units. The story of the readjustment of the curriculum Is a similar story. With a loyal faculty, recourses were changed iuforced for the emergency, courses were changed, cropped, added and adapted, until Cornell Is giving every war crturse scheduled, under able Instructors In standard sections, and all departments are working smoothly.

Breaks His Leg Three Times in Same Place MARSHALLTOWN Lowell Tapliti, 6 years old, son of Fred A. Taplin, a merchant of Zeaiing, has established a local hospital record for fractures. Within eight months his right leg has been broken three times at the same place. Last May he fell while playing and broke tho leg. An improper union necessitated the rebreaking and setting.

Yesterday the lnd slipped on the floor and fell against a chair, breaking the leg again. HONOR FOR RAINBOW BOYS Francis Webster and Hollis Page Honored at Service. CENTRAL CITY Memorial services were held at the Baptist church here this morning In honor of Francis Webster of the. One Hundred Sixty-eighth infantry, one oT the last lowa hoys lo ho killed in Fiance. The church was draped with flaps and decorated with great white chrysanthemums.

E. P. Mitchell of lies' Moines delivered the address. The service was concluded with the sounding of taps. Included In the service was a tribute to Hollis Page, another member of the Rainbow division, the news of whose death waa received Saturday evening.

GIRLS DOUBLE QUOTA Cherokee Higli Hchool Pupils Do Their Klinre. CHEROKEE The girls of the Cherokee Hitrh school completed their united war work fund drive by almost doubling their quota. The quota was $2i0, while the girls pledged $500. A feature of the campaign was the pledging at over 1480 in one-half hour. Thirty-six Bushel Com Yield, Iowa's corn crop will average thlrty-slx bushels per acre of 96 per cent quality corn.

Frank S. Plnney, field agent for tho department of agriculture, estimates. Iowa's total yield Is estimated at 387,612.000 bushels us compared with 410,700.000 bushels last year. Cummins Would Let All Honorably Discharged Soldiers Keep Uniforms WASHINGTON. D.

Senator Cummins of Iowa Introduced a resolution providing that every honorably discharged soldier or sailor be permitted to keep the uniform he wore at the time of demobilization. cg.AT.C. HOSPITAL. rapidly that on Oct. 1, the day Bet for the induction of the students into the army, the men slept in their own barracks, ate at their own mess, and attended all their classes, and have continued without a break since.

In this case, Instead of appropriating the women's dormitories or gymnasium, two hotels and a lai'Ku rooming house, all adjoining, were secured. Tho larger building above was a modern hotel, steam heated, electric lighted, and with hot and cold water throughout. Tho old Guild hall was quickly remodelled and the same modern improvements installed. The old Gigantic, or Blm-wood, received the same treatment. The fourth building is a PLAN TRACTOR CITY TRAIL Route Will Run From Des Moines to Charles City.

CHARLES CTV For severul weeks the local chamber of commerce has been working to obtain more and better auto routes from Charles City to points over the state. In addition to (he present routrs through the city the good roads bureau of the chamber of commerce has been working on a dilnctly Charles City route to Marshalltown and Des Moines. The Tractor City trail will run from Des Moines east over the Rlver-to-River route to Newton and then north through Marshall-town to Charles City, where it will Join the Red Ball route to the Twin cities. It has been suggested at the meeting recently held In regard to the route that It be extended north through Rochester, to the Twin cities. This may be done in tho spring.

The marking of the route is to be black and white and will he completed this fall. Sells 12,000 Pounds of Popcorn, Raised on Four Acres, for Nearly $2,000 WATERLOO Twelve thousand pounds of popcorn from four acres which sold In Chicago for a total of 11.920, is the record of F. B. Harmon along one line of his Intensified farming program, according to word which has come to W. F.

Parrott, county food administrator. Mr. Harmon lives at the southern edge of Black Hawk county. He hoed the plants once, cultivated them seven times and removed the surkerB four times. He allowed only three clean stalks to grow in a hill.

The yield was Dearly sixty-three bushels an acre and the corn sold for 16 cents a pound. Shot In Accident. CLEAR LAKE Lloyd Sut-cliffe narrowly missed losing his right leg Friday, Nov. 15. when a shotgun was accidentally discharged In a local drug store.

The charge entered Sutcllffe's leg midway between the ankle and knee, and cleanly tore a big chunk of flebh out. Had It been a little deeper it would have shattered the bone and amputation would have been necessary. Celebrate With Hij? Feed. ATLANTIC Fourteen thousand sandwiches were served with forty-eight boilers of coffee, three barrels of plckcls and 200 pounds of cheese at a peace celebration here. The supply of food was exhausted In three hours and an additional 900 loaves of bread and 1,600 pounds of beef were procured and served.

rp ELMWOOD DARRACK3 MOUNT VERNON The American college has added new laurels this fall. In keeping with the American youth, It has demonstrated its versatility and re-souicBluIness, two terms which are simply other ways of spelling Americanism. On a few weeks' notice the colleges of America were iisked to transform themselves into military camps. Gymnasiums, dormitories, class halls, chapels, changed as If by magic into barracks and mess rooms. Cornell college at Mount Vernon is typical of all such colleKes.

It arose to the emergency, and through the untiring activity of President Flint, adapted its resources for the assimilation of the student army training corps bo Huge Eagle Is Bagged by Youthful Hunters CHEROKEE Several large eagles have been killed near this city this fall, but the largest one was shot by Murl Nelson, living just north of the city, recently. The bird was evidently of tho common species, but was au elegant sample of Hb breed. When the wings were spread out It measured fully eight feet from tip to tip. The eagle could easily have car-rind off a small hos with its great talons, which were considerably larger than a child's hands. PREACHERlOLFfolEAVE Defense Council Orders Low-den Man Out of County.

CEDAR RAPIDS The Cedar county defense council has ordered the Rev. John Relctiart of Lpwden, to leave the county Reichard, who hud promised a delegation of Cedar county business men and soldiers Monday that he would leave in forty-Pight hours, again assumed a belligerent attitude when another delegation called on him, refused to go and demanded that the sheriff protect him. The sheriff took him to Tipton, where the council said he must live. FREE LAWYER SERVICE Charles Clly Men Ut Serve Soldiers and Sailors Gratis. CHARLES CITV A comml'tcc known as the lawyers committee on war service has been formed here for the purncse of rendering free service to Foidiers and sailors and their dependents in accordance with a resolution pnssed at the last meeting of the State liar association.

All matters In regard to war risk insurance, allotments and compensation la taken care of by the home service committee of the Floyd county Red Cross chapter. Modern Liberty Bell. FONTANELLE Fontanelle has a cracked Liberty bell all her own. In the peace celebration here the fire bell waa rung so vigorously that It broke from its place in the tower and fell to the remeut walk, being cracked so that it is henceforth useless as a fire hell. It is suggested that it be preserved as a community momento.

Fred Townsend Dead. ALBIA Former State Senator Fred Townsend died Tuesday night from the Spanish Influenza which developed Into pneumonia. He was sick only a few days. He was a prominent democratic worker of this county and had served as county attorney and represented this district In tho state senate several years ago. GIRLS TRY CORN SHUCKING 1.2 Bernlce Christianson, Eleanor Bosserman, Gladys Jewett, Thompson, Vera McQuatters and Florence Sanders.

NORTH WOOD Shucking corn in regulation unionalls is the way-six young women have been doing their bit. Page Out and Enclose It in Your Next Letter to the Boys "Over There".