Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-03

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Fer oetSs.
ono OF the events Of the new year
which comes In the way Of = surprise
and not q very pleasant one either. ~
the announcement Of the rcaiGnauon
from the Office Of auditor OF webster
county Of James l. Hanrahan. HIS re-
quest for release has been placed IN
tho hands OF the boas1 Of supervisors
and tho question Of apnontmsns OF
successor In the ofKice will . settled
by that official body. Mr.. Hanrshan
was re- elected 70 the Office In Novc'n-
Der and his resignation was onereo
prior to the beginning Of the two-year
term no was elected for.
Yorktown.
The bronze plates have arrived Tor
the Brummett bridge over the Noda-
way east OF Clarinda. Each plate "a
Il by 30 inches. neatly engraved Win
the United States arms At the top anu
at the bottom the insignia OF France
win the wording between--"Brummet
bridge, named IN honor OF the hrst
Page county boy to fall In France. F'r"d
c. Brummett. Company +, One Hun
dred and Sixty eighth United states
infantry. A. IL F.. who died OF wounds
received in action March ~. 1918, For
bravery no was decorated with the
cro.x do guerre." This memorial cost
$4,000, and Is an unusually fine
bridge.
Waterloo.
w. N. Law. former sheriff Of Black
Hawk county Is dead. He was down
town Sunday and retired sunday night
apparently In the best Of spirits. When
his daughter. Mrs. II. W. Parrot. ~
Second street East. with whom he
made his home. went in to call him
Mondy morning. she found him dead.
ABOUT fivc weeks ago Mr.. law SUI.
fered an attack of pneumonia aho
was for the first time in his life bed
fast. Aitho he had recovered, he often
complained Of not regaining mas
strength. His physician had cautioned
him against r-sxertion because OF
his heart. which had been greatly
weakened by his recent illness.
Ottumwa.
Norman Allen, n former Ottumwan,
and a member of the Creston company
of the 1SSth infantry. who was severe
~ wounded late in August in France
passed thru Ottumwa accompanied oy
his father Superintendent y. i. Allen
of Omaha, former Burlington train
master here and later superintendent
of the Creston division. Norman had
pretty well recovered from some oil
his wounds. but his right arm, In
which the bone was shattered. will be
operated on at Fort Des Hoines and
the bone OF one of his legs will be
split to supply bone for the injured
arm. The soldier has many friends in
Ottumwa, having attended school here
when the family resided in ottumwa
severa, years ago.
Dubuque.
Russell Smith. ago 10 years. was ar
rested Tuesday afternoon by Detective
Pat Fury and charged with stealing
Salvation Army Christmas donation
boxes from nearly a score OF local.
business houses. He admitted TO the
police that he had stolen some of the
boxes In all twenty-four OF these
boxes are reported missing by Saliva
ton Army officers. The lad could not
give the accurate amount obtained in
the boxes he stole. but stated that 1t
was nearly SIS. His scheme is original
and was developed and perpetrated by
himself. He famiiiarized himself with
the workings Of the Salvation Army.
1t is. said, and when he thought the
time was ripe started on HIS harvest.
Equipped with a note. stating that the
bearer was representative Of the
Salvation Army to quiet any squalms
that business men might have about
turning the donations over to him, he
started on his trip. In many places he
was not even called upon to produce
credentials, II is said and the result
was that many of the small boxes that
had been placed in the stores for
Christmas offerings were easily "ob-
tanned.
Cedar Rapids.
When the new Y. NJ c. A. build
ing at the corner Of First avenue and
Fifth street is ready for occupancy.
Cedar Rapids will have "Y" building
which is one of the largest in the CEN
trail west. and which is said to com
pare favorably with, and in many
ways superior to similar buildings in
Chicago. 1t was planned after much
consultation among a number of In
ternational architects of the associa
ton and older general secretaries in
the country. to meet the new ideas of
and demands upon the Y. NJ. G :.
Everywhere it is being promulgated in
Y. NJ. G. A. circles that building Of
this kind should be something more
than n clubhouse and should be used