Iowa
Old Press
The Telegraph-Herald
Dubuque, Dubuque co. Iowa
Tuesday, November 28, 1922
Miss Francis Will Take Office Jan. 2 - Attorney General's
Office Rules - Fight is Not Yet Ended, However
Des Moines, Ia., Nov. 28 - P.E. McClenahan's term of
office as state superintendent of public instruction will expire
January 2, 1923, and he will be succeeded on that date by Miss
May E. Francis, superintendent-elect, according to an opinion
prepared by Bruce J. Flick, assistant attorney general, and
approved by Attorney General Ben J. Gibson.
The opinion will form the basis upon which the executive council
will act when sitting as a board of canvassers to issue a
certificate of election to Miss Francis. Official count of the
vote on that office has not been completed, but by tomorrow or
Thursday all totals will have been tabulated and Miss Francis
will be issued a certificate for a term from January 2, 1923, to
January 2, 1927.
Superintendent McClenahan announced today that he had no comment
to make on his probable course of action. Members of Mr.
McClenahan's official staff declared, however, that there was no
necessity for him to contest for his seat as he holds a
certificate of election showing that his term expires July 1,
1923 and that if Miss Francis expects to assume the position to
which she was elected prior to that date, it will be up to her to
show her right to the office.
Des Moines Boy is Head of Swimmers
Iowa City, Ia., Nov. 28 - Wayne W. Chambers of Des
Moines has been elected captain of the freshman swimming team at
the University of Iowa. Chambers was individual point winner in
the novice swimming meet here last week. He is an all around
swimmer but specializes in the dash and breast strokes.
Shurtz Murder Case To Jury Wednesday
Burlington, Ia., Nov. 28 - The defense rested in the
Shurtz murder case this morning, following introduction of
rebuttal testimony by Mrs. Kate Shurtz, her son, Junior Shurtz,
and Roy Spees, who confessed to the actual murder. The testimony
this morning bought out no new facts. This afternoon County
Attorney W.E. Jackson made the opening argument. The remainder of
the arguments will be made tomorrow morning following which the
case will go to the jury, four women and eight men.
Aged Iowan Sucides As Wife Is Dying
Marshalltown, Ia., Nov. 28 - While N.M. Davis, aged 92,
of Ferguson, this county, is lying at the point of death due to
his attempted suicide Friday night by drinking lye, his wife,
also 92 died last night. Davis attempted to kill himself because
he thought his wife was going to die and he did not want to be
left alone.
[transcribed by S.F., January 2017]