Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-12-23
Iowa Mews Items

ourlington.-Leslie J. Brown. prom
thent young citizen OF Danyille. who
was charged with stealing at Mannt
! rieasant several days ago. was Vim
created of the charge ii a hearing
held in Burlington Saturday after
noon. when, after careful examipa
.ion' IT was discovered that his mind
was affected and he lsas sent TO
Knoxville for treatment Brown is an
| eN-soldier with a splendid war record
having served in Company A. 117th
infantry and was ever the TOP fiys
times In the battles in France. He
- also the proud owner OF a victory
medal with two battle clasps.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, Dubuqu G
county's new tuberculosis hospital.
quit at cost of approximately $3.50
OVo, has been completed by the con-
tractor and while not yet turned over
to the board of hospital trustees pre
partitions for furnishing the hospita
nave been going on apace and with
the coming of the new year plans for
opening the institution will be made.
entirely constructed of concrete and
interior mosaic thing. With walls fin
ished In white. the new structure IL
divided into three sections connected
at one end by wide corridor. The
new building will accommodate thir..
ty-hye patients.
Webster City.-Master John Huff.
the S-year- old son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Douglas Huff. Of Woodstock, met will,
an accident late Saturday afternoon
in which he had one leg broken
Mr. Huff and his son were delivering
calendars for the bank in which the
former.is employed when the accident
occurred. They We're driving in car,
had stopped, and the lad got out to
deliver n calendar. He went around
back of his own car and ran in front
OF a passing auto which he did not see
until IT was upon him. The auto was
going slowly and while the wheels of
the car did not pass over his body, his
leg was in some way fractured as the
C, went over him.
ostumwa.-Wapello county's first
tragedy of the hunting season oc-
Cured Saturday when Peter Polls,
living in Ottumwa. was instantly
killed when the trigger of shotgun
caught on the endgate and discharged
the weapon. The shot entered the
right side. He was dead when his
companion reached his side.
At the Farmers and Merchants
Bank he was listed as M. A. May and
at the American Savings Bank and
Trust Company he was entered as r.
b. Box At$the Iowa State Savings
bank he went under the name Of
Wing and at the Burlington bank, he
attempted his game under the name
of Smith.
Mason City-Few of the many
people who visited the Milwaukee
yards Sunday afternoon to see what
is credited with being the worlds
largest locomotive knew that its con
struction, at least a large portion or
it. was supervised by a former Mason
City man. He is F. H. Shepard, now
director of heavy transportation for
the Westinghouse Company. New
York City. The engine contains many
of the Inventions which have served
to place Shepard among the leaders
Of high standing among the brains
of the locomotive world. Mr.. Shepard,
a brother Of Hugh H. Shepard, Ma
son City abstracter, received his high
school education here, being gradu-
ated 1882 The class of SO also had
as one of it's members G.. 7. Dixie,
who is now head Of the engineering
depa rtment of the Chicago & North
western road.
Ida Grove-The citizenship papers
Of John Richard Groepper, of Schles-
wig have been revoked and his nat
uralization cancelled on request OF
the American Legion post. 1t is the
first case of the kind on record.
Groepper was naturaliZed in NoVem-
Der. 1919. He was born in SchlesWlg-
Holstein in 1888, and was registered
in the selective draft in Ida county.
But he claimed exemption as an
"alien enemy" and was exempted
from military service. When his pc
tition for naturalization came before
Judge Hutchinson he represented that
that he had not been exempted IRON
service, Leo +. Mcnamara posi- VI Us
American Legion was incensed by
the proceedings and on it's interVen-
ton the United States asked for the
reopening Of the Groepper case.
When Groepper appeared before
Judge Hutchinson in the reopened
case. he said he had not understood
the situation at the first hearing. The
court asked him if he had not known
he lied when ne said no claim for eX-
emption had been made.
Alqona.-Miss Blanche Andrews,
daughter OF DR.. and Mrs. Andrews,
accompanied by friend Miss Lillian
White. of Battle Creek, Mich, has
arrived here for visit during the
HOLIDAYS. This will be her first visit
home since in August, 1918. Most
young folks think it impossible to get
an education without financial aid
from someone But Miss Andrews
knows that it can be done without
1T: and she is a good example of what
can be done providing one has the
persistency, determination and stick
to -iveness to stay on the job. After
graduating from the local high school
in 1917 she accepted the position OF