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Washington Evening Journal (Newspaper) - May 27, 1920, Washington, Iowa Your mate Hown dim tatar it in Long journal class fled coif evening journal or an Fri cd Miler Tim Tfir Row in Tim psf. I i Hix. Huntr what a finn or in i Fiji went and or nil poll pm. Volume 28 Washington. Iowa till i \ Kino Mav 2t, 120 number 87 Wilson veto Knox Bill advertise Ott at get details of postpone Clark the Sibyl be meet Washington i prominent at gain Piunti in Musca time my Creedy a death i funeral to sunday former resident of to Iii a Kmak Khz for Rio Tox Wom county wan Kim so in California acrid ext a await daughter arrival from California the Luneal City in Iowa j A Rte Reedy ban Juat received funeral a a Vloe for or. Ale made quite n showing at the Kaaha a letter giving particulars of the Mark who died at her Home in Hartne moot in Muscatine yesterday., Hia brother William j. Me Brighton yesterday morning will be the big party from tit in Community a Reedy known an a Jim Quot who waa held it today morning at 1g so in the did not in any degree fall to let the killed at Visalia Calif., on May 7 methodist Church at Brighton. Con Muse tone folks and visitor know and brought Back to Ainsworth for ducted by the Pastorky a. W 8. Where they Werf from and whenever burial on May 14. He was reared Gardner there was anything going on. Some a near Ainsworth and has numerous a daughter mra Bert Smith for a idling ton men were pretty sure friends in this county. Mealy of Washington left her Home to be connected with it in some j or. Mccreedy had been living in m irs Angeles for Brighton yester manner. A a a Washington s hand waa one of the Well known pleasant Plain Man is dead a avid Meal y of pleasant Plain died this morning at 11 30 o clock after a Long it nem. The cause of his death waa purely Sis from which he had been a sufferer for Many months. Or. Mealey waa prominent in the pleasant Plain and Brighton communities and was widely known. He conducted a drug store in pleasant Plain for forty years until his failing health made it necessary for Hlyn j to close Hia Afore and retire from a Active business. I five children survive Fred of Milton Oregon mule of Walla Waivia Washington Leonard of Richland mrs. C. A Klingaman of Liberty into Good Progress is death removes made h the Fields Frank Edworthy and mis. H. A. Shan non of Lee s Summit Missouri. A a a a a a no i and trick a Pihi tat Tui armr t r,.,. A California for ten years and was in Day and is expected to reach there of a i let 1 is til it Nicloy of the Han Jemez a cuff Sufun lev Nii it in Atni for the fun i in fat Fladiy off Moon at 2. U it a t r w. Viock fill he was 57 eral service. Of clock and interment will he in the Brighton cemetery. Or. Clow to attend Farmer taking advantage or Good weather to Oft Ckon planted Der Moines May 27�?"corn planting and preparation therefor made Good Progress except where interrupted by heavy Rains in the Northeast one fourth of the state and by wet soil in the Southern counties says the weekly weather and crop report issued by director c. A toed. Quot for the state As a whole approximately 70 per cent of the Corn Baa been planted. In Carroll Henna Vista Pocahontas and some territory in adjacent counties from 9� to More than 95 per cent of the com has been planted and the first planted in 2 inches High. Increased warmth and Sunshine benefited All vegetation. In nearly ail sections of the state there la complaint that Early planted Corn has rotted and replanting i sin program half Doxen present and received and Power company much favourable comment it led years of age. Mrs. Clark was on of the pro rain several Proe Taejon during the nay details of the Accident Are Given ent women of the Brighton Oommun-1 and was Given a place of prominence in the letter As follow fity where she had lived her whole by those i charge of the program j Jim was driving a Ford truck life flee was bom May 21, 1855,. Instruments South on a Road running Paul and was a daughter of Jackson la in intr. Fifth Vao Hington rat Flerx at with the \ Nulla electric railway towns lev and wife who a re Moony i 8� a Rifle do Jon it termed the meet and there were h Alrh runs Only a very few trains the Early net tiers of this county. Bennf Llyn from this town with a it v there we 3 men on the truck. On the is survived by her husband or a. W. Clow ban been invited Etel a there from nearby place a who on the a a wire Jinn and one one son. Will Clark of Washington to be one of the guests at a hotel due connected with local masonic a Hack with tools. They were look and throw daughters mrs will Weld i worthy Celebration that Grin Neil but Are a a probably not As great bodies. A apr it Washington Man ing for mime poles hat had been Ner of Washington. Mrs. Bert Smith College will have next saturday and that anally devastated by Cut wore a ribbon bearing the towns unloaded beside the Railroad track of los Angeles and mrs. John Jones sunday. Several of the beat known Quot Ort a Hhd a up to this time have motto Aud a re Banner proclaim Tey were talking along and All at of Brit ton. One sister mra. Ii f. Grim ii graduates in the it ate have in sported in Only one county i a a lines was Porcu thru Nutly one the pop and Jim turned Smith Liv s at Bakersfield Calif. Been no to con. Balt k Loti eur a Audubon. And Only in limited num. Tap a Ted off main Road into a Road Lead mrs. Clark was a member of the College and help observe founder s a class o. 2n4 candidates crossed Trig to some packing House and methodist Church and a Leader in Day the hot Sands and were received into tight onto the Irack. That congregation. The Clark fam-1 represent moves it the great East the shrine. More than to thou none of them thought to look by had beet known in Brighton and pm Colb Ges to which Grin Neil owes l�?o7v Quot for a per end when they Beard and al of in the Washington Community Iii origin will he uie guests of the which was declared by the Davenport Ntow it it was too late. The Man rid through their connections Here for College and Many of the leading by in by my n�?T1 Kyl pm instantly and Many yers. Or. And mrs. Clark a Nen of Iowa especially College pres Liest that Kaaha Temple has Ever Jit lived but a few hours. The spent the Winter in California re dents have been asked to attend. Run it f everybody jump turning a month ago. And mrs. Then will be a a Grunt showing the oof a. .111 a v jump�?o<1 Jupt the or hit them. Clark s last illness was of Short Dur founding of the College and ulus Elj re i Jjlia. A a throw 28 feet but not Hurt j action. Her death being due to a kid rating the Progress of the inst Ltd Lawrence a Tyr i Arl Jung Jim was caught under the truck and Ney ailment. Don up to the present time Bluth. Houter 8<�ph�f, p j Wallace. It dragged about so feet. He had his a t l. , will Harwood. re shoulder broken and three or % 0 a. Reis Erfour rib Aud a Cut in the Burk of i h if a tool Kwh i Ford Merklin Frank head and one in the forehead Thev Kurt and Bruce Cowdon. Others got a doctor from to kulaks near connected with Washington lodges there and he thought he would live who embraced Tho shrine included but the was too much for him or. W l. Alcorn of Ainsworth. Tad the Man who escaped said that a new Pricr and John Foi to of Brighton. Thoy had never seen a train on that was broken a met Heaney and George Thomas Lim. A forr it Aih for pc about 10 >0 of Columbus Junction George Tupp pm on the ear and at the packing Itken. Steal casing and. Tires from garage Bent there. Considerable blowing remains to be done in most sections. A Winter wheat has improved rapidly. Is stealing nicely and is 8 to 12 inches High in the Southern half of the state. Oats Are catching up rapidly and the Prospect is now Good. Spring wheat is improving and in fair condition Rye very Good and beginning to joint. A strawberries and other Small fruits Promise Well except that there waa Ermnie durable Winter kill contractor Wix known Cutti tfx hmm okd to Iii Moi eng Frank Edworthy passed peacefully away at Hia Home at Twenty role Tea after eleven this morning. This word will come As a Surprise and Shock to his Many friends because he was in his accustomed place at the Baptist Church sunday morning. The cause of his death was a slight Strok of paralysis from which he was not Able to rally. Frank Edworthy was born in Devonshire England july 20. 1837. Ife Cam to the United states to 1871 and located in Washington in 1876. His Home has been Here since that time. March 4, 1861, at Croydon. England. He was United in marriage to Mary Ann eds a. Who died in Washington March 9. 1879. To this Union there Caine eight children three of whom Are urn. There Are my. C. J. Griffin of Indianola Iowa mrs. William r. Carton of Brooklyn new York and James Dwor thy of Des Moines Iowa. To married mrs. Ellen Oxley september 20, 1881, at Wayland. La. One child was born to them. Amy g Edworthy of Washington. Besides the son and daughters ten grandchildren and seven great grandchildren survive or. Worthy. Resolution of peace to meet a veto Knox Mhall of dfglarix4x War with Germany ended wont be Maxc Tionko miners reject flan convention of minors in Pennsylvania wont accept Bettl Corente a a in. H. Decline Armenia mandate six Iclal to the evening journal Washington d. Cd a May 27.�?-an announcement waa issued from the a Luff hons this morning to the a feet that premix let Wilson intends to veto the Knox Resolution when the Bill is presented to him. The Knox measure declared Tho War with Germany at an end. Chauncey Tapp Edwin Richards and Ai Morgan of Cotter and l. E. Bid Well of Wollmar. Others Wei Eardley Bell of Wellman and Roy House said at the inquest that the when the garage was opened this 1� of blackberries in Fayette con $411 of a Tew tue a i. A onto Tel Juro Sparta a re urus a Rew 3eais i rally Good. The second Spray is be left for senior Plav Ink a old in i1� Central and South Jern districts. A severe wind and Crawfordsville. May 27.�? a. T. Hall storm la and near Sidney fre the Fletcher and Crooks garage t tor a by h kcho�1 Mont a qty on Friday afternoon. A night and. A put he a a a or it 21>t have damaged fruits con oo<1m were bul lib Ere arc a Roll a few Good Side ably but definite reports Are seats left which May be secured at. Lacking. As this is the principal the door this evening. Commercial Apple Region of the into last Worth of goods loan Akim station Eltoh Frh Ino Morinan had Given warning before morning nothing was noticed unto al a i off halt a dre.si8tatp. R particular interest ids car bit Jim struck. The motor i Clarence Young wont to the Money 1 a went of no a tru k crop and gardens made u i 0ik, i a it # Lutu Tea Tufic a that he had whistled drawer for change Aud he noted it j a Ory manner. It is Good Progress Tho All Are unusually i Toro ii. Ruck i milk. The a h., in Cut not the j. A Quot Lance la Kwh cd thu of by of Washington. Turn and afterwards. He did t think Vest Gatlon was made and it was 1, an Ltd. J commercial sugar beets has been de a they would turn As the Road was found that an East window was of 1 Ulm by a rat prior Layel beyond the usual time. Only used to haul fruit to the pack pred up and a key had entered the Ftp Cha de tomorrow a pastures and Meadows made Jug houses. He and no Stop to Nike building that store Carek of Progress due to the increased until he got to the next Road one a display of tires in the front i a a a a a a a a al a i us of Dick warmth and Sunshine. The Condi fourth mile South this Man Tistl room had been torn Down and the c a j. Jorfor Niobe a not Lon of live Stock especially Young tied of much whistling just before Sav part re fake in a by then the f. Jj1&Quot Are Ift Rol it und no. 9�?Ts pigs improved appreciably. Local he heard the crash. The Railroad j her Yiirs had picked out the others night. J downpours of rain in Northern Ben about 150 inner tubes casings etc., were taken. No Trace of the burglars had a yet j Elded to establish Munmum of or existing Between the my nets and the operators. The action May lend to n general Nicks it i Belu Wedl for tame organisation in Kew Turnr to la a in Oney it a Tama. May 24 a Tama is in but. Pm Quot it a Quot a in. Rne Rau Road a a a a a a a my in Ter Slape than most towns and Cut company testified that the Motorman Bat they wanted in a these Tomca of Home building was a careful and coir hot Man difficulties by having one of the and this was Hia first Accident. The oldest building and loan associations Power company testified that Jim wet a Obj of the Best men in their employ and a Good careful been found. In the a tale. It was organized thirty one years ago and has just issued its thirty first annual statement. It is purely a co operative concern organized under the build a the it Law ing and loan Laws of the state has ballot must ult it of Braimi at least Washington been a chief Factor in the building three Days before Flection of the town and never lost a Dollar to no Futor nor proved a any of Ualifi voter of Iowa who to Borrower a and Ballder. In a. Rsi.,erod where la a marriage licenses were issued today at the office of the county clerk to Delbert m. Maxwell and Marie m. Blake of Crawford value and to Earl t. 8tmrnian and Maude v. Miller of j ton and Northwestern Linn counties the French envornm., i a Guion saturday 22nd, drowned several ded to enable a a museum of War la a it Quot s,0r,< inv Miona Wohleb were boart. To a and Ortw Quot a Quot co Quot cd the front during the great War and ,gt8 an 1 re . Which Wero i Strum Ninlin winning the decision for the allies. It is said that this institution will be of great settlement Plank rejected a twist to 1v�stun� journal wil1.kkbarrf, a May 27.�? As a boy Back in England red Vuai Quot a a a the in a worthy Vul a Wesleyan but joined i a a in. A fax Sis the Baptist Church soon after com a i Emmit plan of settling ing to Washington. Frank Edworthy has bean known thru ail these years a a Man of great ability in Hia line of work that of builder and contractor and of outstanding integrity. A a husband and father his has been a rare character. As a Church member he was an Earnest Toro going Christian and always dependable in meeting his responsibility. He waa also a substantial reliable citizen a Tho Community. He was quiet and Unar Ming and had an aversion to anything that Savoured of Mere show. Because of this characteristic the request is going out that no Flowers be sent for Hia funeral. The funeral will be at the late residence saturday morning at eleven of clock and the service will Bufi conduct Quot by the Pomor. Rev. M. Regan. Intel in in Woodlawn cemetery. Senate decline mandate of Spectra to the re eng journal Mashlan ctn id. R., May 27.�? the Senate foreign relations commit to reported a Resolution today declining a United states Mandat for Armenia. Earned Only one per cent the first step toward putting Down the revolution in Hungary was value to the students in the various taken by prohibiting the Sale of 11-inllttary und naval institutions. Liquor. Red liquor and red flags Are Guji u Vonh re cuts and dogs dwell to said to have an Affinity. Thirty one years of in existence it necessary who through the nature has matured a Quarter of a million. ,. Dollars in Stock Tbs matured shares a s Ness ii a enl 01 expects paying $150 to the Holder. Series hot ahm it from his Homo county a a a a a which has just matured coat on ,>1, a it Voie by absent the investor $68.25 per share and i voters ballot prior to the Date of the Par Alue and Book value of election. $100, giving a profit of $31.75. Such Etc it tor to cast a ballot must More than 200 persons in Tara my application it the office of the have paid for Homes thru the local noun it auditor for an official ballot building and loan association. The a Biorck an fifteen nor loss than a mystery in the Garden plot injure by Var mob attacked by Hoos stunned by fall from horse Dewar Man narrowly escapes being devoured by Swine Cox facing torn from Bod it a neighbor discovers plight before seriously injured. A three Days prior to the Day of Elee average interest Cost to the borrow Roll upon pm it up of a. Or in a trifle Leas than 6 per cent. It tit and not More than Tea nor less la doubtful if there is an Asu Ocla than three Days prior to election the lion in the a to the with a better rec auditor shall mail or deliver the of Ord. C. H. Tanner resident agent facial ballot to the applicant not of the c. M. A St. P. Railway com More than ten or less than one Secu Pany is the Secretary and has a Erv Jar Day he for election Edas such almost since the organi f shall make and sub Talon of life Amoe ution. Tho pc Irlby ,0 Quot Quot he a Quot it re a it of rotary is the Only salaried officer Aud his salary is but nominal. Fleer authorized by Law to administer on the and in the presence of such officer and no other person Mark the ballot hut in such s manner that �?o1 ant always glad to receive Ani he officer can not know How the american Quot ites ident by it a it of Ger ballot is marked. The ballot then Many said in an interview a and shall lie folded and in the presence that despite the fact that your noun a he officer be deposited in an entry administered the hardest blow veloce and scaled. The envelope than we suffered during the War. Bui one u mailed by registered letter thing our children Are going to re auditor or if More Conven member is that even before the tent. Delivered in person. Peace was signed. America began supplying us with Twenty new name Are to be selected this year for the National Hall of Fame. The selection will lie made by 102 electors. Al Rudy 111 names have been proposed. Two nominations already rejected Are Iii Arafha and Barbara Frietchie women Silnes Are strongly urging the latter but the electors assert that Ghe la Only a literary character. The ballot will remain in Tho Cus Todya of the auditor until election Day. When it will be opened Aud counted by Tho precinct judges. To change party affiliation the voter must s it an affidavit properly subscribed to tin county auditor ten Days prior to the june primaries. The voters name then is entered on the alphabetical Urr of the party with which he becomes affiliated so As to avoid confusion and delay at Tho polls. Waterloo May 24.�?will Anderson a Young Farmer residing near dear had a miraculous escape from being devoured by hogs at his Home. He was Riding thru the pasture when he slipped from ills horse. He was stunned by the fall and within a Short time was surrounded by hogs. A neighbor saw the Accident and rushed to Andersons assistance but before he arrived the hogs had torn practically All the Many a clothing off and his body was badly lacerated. He is Able to be about but will be compelled to use crutches for some time. Or. And mrs. Anderson live alone of the farm and mrs. Anderson was confined to her Home by sickness. Inasmuch As Anderson was just starting on evenings work his absence would not have been noticed for some time and he would have been seriously injured if not killed if the neighbors had not come to his Rescue. There were eighty head of hogs in the lot. Railroads made i Oor a howling i not year according to Elliott Washington. My 5 a the National railroads earned Only one per cent on their property investments during Tine inst year the interstate Commerce commission was told Here interment will j at the opening of a hearing to fix a new freight rates. Thin statement was made by Howard Elliott chairman of the rate commission of the a association of the Railroad executives who began Tho argument in behalf of the roads for general freight increases totalling one billion and seventeen million dollars annually. Chairman Ell total presented the commission with to is statement showing the financial conditions of the roads for the year a Ding october 31, 1919. Property investment $20,616,573,-399. The six per cent return would have been $1,$30,9o4,4o2. The adjusted net operative income $219,217,407. The deficiency below the six per cent return $1,077,776,995. The total freight Revenue $3,653,-928,492, the total of All Revenue $5,230,-991,932. The new rate must be 27,85 per cent on the above basis if the Road Are to be Able to pay the six per cent on the property investment Elliott told the commission a dog tax of $25 has been made. Ing. / f i it 11 a Voll n a knights Columbus elect new officer Muscatine May 27.�?officer were chosen at the acute Cove Zuei of the Iowa knights of Colu Jihuo it a fusion Here As follows state Deputy Harry j. Mcfarland Davenport state Secretary Joe Mccormick Cedar rapids. State treasurer j. J. Hogan Corn by Tho Berlin government. Goes used to Lead the Blind Are exempt unless the Blind person is in Possession of an unusual income. Cat also would Lee taxed if there were enough in Berlin to make it Worth while but germans have always regarded the car As unhygienic and it is rarely met in German Homes France Lias made a list of 197 prohibited imports among which Are automobiles artificial hair precious stones and movie films. It is proposed by some half serious joker in the Brit Siah House of commons has a a resolved that England should free Ireland the House of commons should in turn a a resolved that the United states should free the philippine state advocate e. Obrien Obj Wein. State Warden to. B. Basssett Clin ton. Representatives to supreme cob mention J. Mcfarland Davenp ii and j. D. Devaney Cascade. Insurance representatives or 1 f. Thornton Waterloo p. H. Doc Ion Emmett Shugh and e. A do rec Del Wein. Associate representatives j. I Devitt Musette Fred w. Welt. Bur Lington Felix of a Tell Council Buffi f. A. Lluther Cresco and j. J. Btu Davenport. At a meeting of the fourth Degre members of the order it was vote it to hold an exemplification at de Moi neg on october 12,

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