Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-22
Northern Io1Da Items

I II cooperation is secured, preparations
will be made to secure the meeting.
| Representatives Of labor bodies from
every part Of the state will visit
Waterloo II the convent ton is secured.
1t Is estimated that more than 200
delegates would attend.
Manchester.
The special election held in the In
dependent school district Of Man
chester Thursday afternoon to de-
termine the question Of whether the
| district should issue bonds In the sum
Of $35, 900 for the erection of two new
| school buildings was carried by a
vote Of five to one. Nine hundred and
| twenty votes were cast. OF this vote
| 431 were cast by the men and 4S9 by
| the women. For several weeks pre-
vious the members Of the Child Con-
servation League made a. thoro can
vass Of the local school situation and
districted the city into districts and
from each district automobiles were
| bringing the women to the polls during
| the afternoon.
Sioux City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph King. OF Morn.
ingside. rounded out sixty-four years
Of married life Tuesday. And the an
| niversary was made an occasion of re-
joicing. Their eight grandchildren and
| seven great grandchildren from vari-
GUS points In the northwest. together
| with q large number Of friends, gath
cred at their home and congratulated
the aged couple. Mr.. and Mrs. King
were married in England In 1852, and
| came to America two years later, first
L.
| veteran Of the civil war. having served
In an Ohio regiment. The couple came
to Sioux City in 1872.
Waterloo.
William Staley, $40 West Seventh
street, third trick operator at the
union depot departed Wednesday
night for Winnipeg Canada, to visit
his son, Reginald, aged 22. who re-
Gently enlisted in the signal corps OF
the British army for service In Europe.
He will sail on June 10. News OF young
Staley's enlistment reached the
parents two weeks ago, altho no def
mite Information was received until
Wednesday, when a letter came from
Staley saying that he had enlisted In
| the Canadian contingent for service In
Europe. Mr. Staley denied last night
| that he was going to Winnipeg to
secure his sons release, as announced
in an evening paper. ar, s ~
Sioux City.
The Interstate Transportation Com
pany will take an appeal from the de-
cision Of Justice d. G. Browning In
which 1t was ruled that the seizure OF
three dray-loads of liquor at the COM
pany's place of business few weeks
ago was entirely legal. The case In
volved many points. including the
constitutionality OF the legislation
providing for the enforcement Of the
l prohibition law. Following the Seizure
EofS tho liquor In a raid Il was stored
In d local warehouse. The company
| officials got II loaded onto drays, and
| obtaining writ OF rcplevin In dis
| trict court. spirited II across the line
into Nebraska before the city authors
ties knew what was transporting. The
liquor must not be returned to the
jurisdictions Of the police court. ofri-
GERS of the transportation company
are well known business men, The
company was organized following the
psssage OF the prohibition law. II was
heDFaseds largely n Transporting l,aaor
from, Jackson Neb, to Individual cons
sufners In Sioux City unass the inter-
state commerce. laws,