Iowa
Old Press
The Evening Courier and Reporter
Waterloo, Black Hawk county, Iowa
January 8, 1923
McClenahan Gives Up Fight for Office; Lets Miss Francis
In
Des Moines, Jan 8 - The war of superintendents ended
today. P.E. McClenahan surrendered the office of superintendent
of public instruction to Miss May Francis, elected in November,
and who successfully disputed with McClenahan his right to hold
the job until July 1. Following the ruling of the Polk county
district court that the term expired Jan. 1, McClenahan decided
not to appeal to the supreme court.
Find Yeggs' Tools and Nitro Under Culvert
Orange City, Ia., Jan 8 - Three guns, three bottles of
nitroglycerine, burglar tools, dynamite caps and a length of fuse
were found under a culvert southeast of Ireton, Ia., Sunday and
identified as the equipment of the five men now held in the
Orange county jail for the attempt to rob the Maurice State bank
and the shooting of two officers and a doctor who surprised them.
Officers believe the man giving the name of Guy E. Brooks, is
Dick Graves, Council Bluffs, Ia. They do not know the fifth man,
who calls himself Frank Olsen, Chicago. When the men were
stripped and searched, it was found that Olsen had been wounded
in the chest, but not seriously.
Wolf Hide Robe Stolen
L.E. Glaza, 318 Williston avenue, was added to the list
of auto thief victims Sunday evening when somebody purloined a
valuable wolfhide robe from his car while it was parked on lower
Jefferson street. The O.B. Beckwith police dogs followed a trail,
but no arrests were made.
Eberle Shooting Hearing Postponed
Oskaloosa, Ia., Jan. 8 - The preliminary hearing of Mrs.
Paul L. Eberle, charged with killing her husband in their
automobile near here last Tuesday afternoon, scheduled for today,
was postponed indefinitely because of the accused woman's
physical condition.
Mrs. Eberle has been confined in a local hospital suffering from
nervous collapse since the shooting. Physicians say she is
recovering.
The special grand jury hearing the case is expected to make known
its findings late today or tomorrow. Among the grand jury
witnesses to be called today is State Agent W. B. Griffin, who is
reported tohave unearthed considerable new evidence at Ottumwa.
Mrs. Eberle says she shot her husband in self defense.
One Killed on Railroad Crossing
Clinton, Ia. - Yengel Proth, 30, was instantly killed
and his father-in-law, Henry Powe, 70, was perhaps fatally
injured late this morning when their auto was struck by a
Milwaukee passenger train at Dixon, Ia., and hurled from the
right of way.
Sioux City Police Raid Still
Sioux City, Ia, Jan 8 - After tramping for several miles
over hills and thru timber along the Big Sioux river, local
police Sunday were rewarded by locating a 100-gallon still and
several gallons of mash in a cave two miles north of Stone Park,
about eight miles out of the city proper. A tip to one of the
patrolmen led to the raid. The police smashed up the still, upset
the mash and liquor and set fire to the timbers in the cave. No
one was at the cave at the time of the raid.
Fort Dodge Hunter Killed
Fort Dodge, Ia., Jan 8 - Sam Broad, 43 years old, was
instantly killed Sunday afternoon when accidentally shot thru the
head by a companion while on a hunting trip. The accident
happened when Broad suddenly stepped in front of his companion's
gun as the latter fired at a rabbit. Broad's companion is not
being held on the shooting. A coroner's inquest will take place
tonight.
[transcribed by S.F., January 2017]