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Show LEGION CHAPLAIN SETS PACE lov.-a Department Official, Elected Sheriff, W:th Aid of Cuddies, Rounds Up Criminal!. When veterans of the World war !n f)cs Moines. Ia., elected Itev. V. E. y.'-4h-:"W- - X s"Z'f S ,, Kobb, chaplain of tilt Iow;i dopart- merit of the American Amer-ican Le;.r'on, tS tlie o lii e e of Sheriff of I' o 1 k county, tliey disregarded dis-regarded part y tines f:u- t lie good of the eoinnmnlty. The Legion chnp-1 chnp-1 a i n ran far alieud of his opponent op-ponent In the face of a landslide. .i-i.e. in; assumed his oflice, Sheriff Uobb set u pace that woke up the county. He seized more Illicit liquor and hoolJe'ers In the first CO days of his term than Ida predecessor obtained ob-tained In two years. His 21 deputies were almost ull members of the American Amer-ican T.e;;ion. Then he turned bis attention to an alleged graft ring composed of Des Moines police officials. He caused the demotion of the chief of police, bis as-slslmit as-slslmit and the chief of detectives. Chaplain Itebb was a theological student ut Drake university in Dea Moines when war was declared. In some inunner he succeeded In obtaining obtain-ing a commission as a chaplain In the army before he was ordained and went overseas with the One Hundred and Sixty-eighth Infantry. He served 18 months In France, was decorated with a D. S. C. for bravery under fire nnd was Idolized by the doughboys of his regiment. Uon his return he wrote and published pub-lished "The Price of Our Heritage," a book depicting the prominent part In j tht; World war taken by men of Iowa. |
