Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-13

oenate aal Aouoe ca1cusee Of the
Thirty -eishth general assembly which
met yesterday and decided appoint
ments to positions In both houses OF
the legislature.
The irst OF this sentiment was
shown In the senate caucus when the
committee report named Capt, Thomas
Waters. Jr., now adjutant Of the 3s0th
ammunition train In France as secre-
tary Of the upper house, Captain
Thomas was secretary OF the senate In
the Thirty seventh general assembly
two years ago.
A. G. Gustafson was elected secre-
tary pro tenn pending an answer to a
cablegram which was sent to Captain
Datters Friday night by the committee
asking him to accept and stating that
the position would be held open for
him for thirty days.
Mrs. Mehenry Recognized.
Mrs. Lou McHcnry. mother OF Capt.
Harrison c. McHcnry, former COM
mandcr OF company Of the l6sth in
fantry, one of the first Des Moines
men to lose his life in France, was
elected postmistrcss by the senate
caucus.
Senator j. l.. Brookhart elected
chairman of the caucus, sounded the
general sentiment in short statement
before the committee report was sub
mitted. He pointed out the necessity
for united action and he appealed to
the members to stand "solidly to-
gether' for the good of the state as
the Iowa men in uniform had stood
together on the battle fields of France
fo- the good Of humanity.
Senate Appointments.
Other appointments were: Assistant
secretaries, Will J. Price and Walter
l.. Dean: enrolling clerk Florence r.
Nelson; ensrossinS clerk, Lieut.. Gerald
Miller: journal clerks, Ethel r. Hanna
and Ben S. Hartman; file clerk, G..
w. Morris: bill clerk, 0. f. Mathison;
assistant bill and filing clerks. S. /.
Zearfoss: sergeant at arms, L., G. stan
ley; chief door keeper. j. H. Doty:
assistant door keepers, J. Henelingcr,
A. c. Henderson, Levy Long, Warner
Turner. Freeman Stone. S. H. Wark, l..
l.. Cause, w. d. Masters and d. A..
Heisler: head janitor in the. cloakroom
VIII Tomlin'son. assistants. Homer
Jones, Ed Butler and William Thomp-
son
IN the house caucus four soldiers
were recognized and given positions.
House Positions.
After an all afternoon session the
committe reported the following ap-
pointments
Assistant clerk. Frank S. vetter, of
Grant Center; journal clerks. Miss
Lillian Leffert and Miss Mary Dahl
berg: cngrosing clerk, Miss Ora Greer,
of Des Moines; enrolling clerk; Miss
Mabel Ellwood Of Lime Springs; filing
sclerk. c. Merrill Drury: assistant fl
ing clerk, Earl Hanson, Of Des Moines.
both soldiers; bill clerk, Paul Conway,
OF Elma; assistant bill clerk, Donald
Winterrowd, Des Moines. also both so,-
diers; postmistress, Emily Oertel,
mother of Representative Oertel. Of
keokuk; sergeant at arms, Fl. Arm
strong. of Humboldt: chief doorkeep-
err, Joseph Deemer, of Des Moines. His
son county; Ed Moore of Jackson
county; Fl. A. Hoffman, of Butler couh-
ty; l.. L. Grouse, of Winneshiek coun-
ty: B. A. stowe. of Poweshiek county;
A. M. Lafferty, Of Wapello county;
Capt. ]. H. Mcfarland, G. \. r., OF
Lucas county; Clark Wilson. Of Audu7
bon county; Charles NJ. Staring, vi
Greene county; Thomas Pagdon, OF
Dickinson county; J. B. Anderson, OF
Madison county.
The pages are Richard Finn, Harold
EGarwood, Don F1enniSen, Stahley
Smith, William Causdale. Norman AN
derson. Harold Mathis, John Wilson
Jr., Ned Norris and Paul Hughes.
The chief janitor is Henry iMcCraven
Of Des Moines. The assistants are Ed
Butler, of Monroe; Jake Wilson, w. }.
Bell, Waterloo; F. +. iHackley, Sioux
City; William Given, Council Bluffs;
Pete Adams, Lucas.