Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-31
GRADUATE NURSES;
VEIL ORGANIZED
Iowa Association Undaunted
by Failure to Secure Boon
From State Legislature
WILL CONTINUE THE AGITATION
To Secure Provision For Registration
Of Graduate Nurses and Examina-
ton and certification by State Board
Of Medical Examiners - AcquittaI Of
William Thornbura.
Special to Times-fsepublican.


Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. May 31.-The report OF
the legislative committee to the Iowa
association of graduate nurses at the
annual meeting to be held in Daven-
port, commencing tomorrow will be
brief. Miss Morton, of this city, was
at the head of this committee, which
was appointed at meeting held last
winter before the legislature had met. A
bin was prepared and presented pro-
yiding for registration of graduate
nurses and for examination and GER
tification by the state board Of med:-
cal examiners. The legislature was
not ready for the innovation and moth
ing came of the measure. 1t is the in
tention of the nurses, however, to con-
tinue agitation in favor OF some legis-
lation Of the kind with view to hav-
ing future general assemblies take it
up. They now have we'll organized
quite active in the state The presi-
dent is Miss Estelle Campbell, of Des
Moines; vice presidents. Miss Clara
L. Craine, Davenport; and Mrs. C. NJ.
Metcalf. Cedar Rapids; secretary. Miss
M. A. Redlingshafer. Des Moines;
treasurer, Miss Jane Garrard, Daven-
port; auditor, Miss Mary e. James,
Davenport. Included in the program
for this weeks annual convention at
Davenport is presentation of the sub
ject OF the schools for nurses at the
state institutions of Iowa. 1t is not
generally known that at each OF our
state hospitals there is well organized
school for nurses and that each year
a number areA graduat9d from these
schools and given diplomas. Two forms
of diplomas are given, those for train
ed nurses and those for attendants.
The system has been found to work
most excellently, and the state is as
sisting in the education OF many good
nurses. A majority of them find places
at the state institutions where MAN.
are required and good ones are In de-
mand. In fact the state is using
larger number OF nurses now than ever
before, because Of the enlargement of
the hospitals for the insane, the growth
of the institution for feeble minded,
the growing demand for nurses at
the hospital for old soldiers at Mar
shalltown and the establishment Of a
hospital at vinton. A larger number
of female nurses and attendants at the
state hospitals is being used. for the
board Of control has, within the past
| t1n-0 do ootd do. h ,IHo
in that they have placed female nurses
in charge Of many Of the patients
where only male attendants were sup
posed to be fit, and the innovation has
proved a great success. A new hos
pital has been located at Vinton where
the blind people will receive treat
ment but this will not be opened for
a year.
One Of the most sensational murder
cases In this part of the state termi-
mated in court at Winterset In the
acquittal Of William Thornburg. who
had been indicted for murder in the
first degree for killing Fred Peacock.
The acquittal was on the ground of
self defense A family feud caused the
murder which occurred March last.
William Thornburg's wife had left him
and was living at the home of Will
lam Peacock. in Union township, Mad
ison county. She had kept conf
pany" with Fred Peacock, son of Will
lam, before she married Thornburg,
and there was bad feeling between the
men after she left her husband and
went to the Peacock home. On the
day Of the homicide, Thornburg had
gone to the Peacock home to see his
wife and he got into fight in the road
with William Peacock. He went away
but later In the day came back past
the place and both of the Peacocks
went out to the road and stopped him.
A general fight followed, in which
Thornburg was badly beaten and cut
about the head and Fred Peacock was
shot and killed, while William Peacock
received bullet wound In the neck.
William is still suffering greatly from
the wound and when on the stand n
this case, he lay upon a cot and spoke
with difficulty in giving his testimony.
Thornburg told a straight story. which
convinced the jury that he was not
the aggressor in the fight. 1t is believ
ed Thornburg will never be prosecuted
for wounding the elder Peacock.
Congressman Hull has at last dis
posed of the postoffice fight at Winter
set, and has named Editor Miller, of
the Reporter, to succeed Editor Smith,
of the Madisonian. Both are editors
of republican papers and both have
Loyalty supported the ticket. 1t was
difficult matter to choose between the
two men and the case has been hang
ing fire a long time and should have
been settled last winter. For time
it threatened to cause the congressman
some trouble over the delegation from
that county.
DIR. C. H. Hoffman, of this city, who
resigned from the position of dean of
the Drake medical department, rather
than show his diploma which he claims
to have, is now likely to be prosecuted
for practicing medicine without au-
thority. He is now connected with