Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-04-10
Northern Io1ua Items

ito. The other offices, which were
filed by new members Of the asscia-
ton by unanimous votes, follows:
Vice president, County Supt. Fred D.
Gran, Mason City; chairman executive
committee, A. T. Hukill, Waterloo;
secretary, Miss Lillian Lamber, i S. L
c., Cedar Falls; member on resolutions
committee. County Superintendent Carl
Becker, Elkader; member on appro-
priations committee, County Superin-
tendent F. E. Palmer, Mason CITY
legislative committee, Superintendent
S. w. Johnson, Oelweih.
correctionville.
The third liberty loan drive was
started with two patriotic rallies. one
was held in the opera house Saturday
evening. the address being delivered
by Judge Samis. of Sioux City. The
ether was held at the Methodist church
Sunday evening and was addressed by
President Craig Of Morningside college.
An organization of -four minute men
has been affected. j. F. Mumford, NJ
E. Patterson and Bert Hall, chairman
of the townships centering here have
their work well organized and con-
fidently expect their quotas to be
oversubscribed
Waterloo.
Lloyd Ellis aged 20. was found dead
in a dressing room at the Waterloo
theater when the janitor went in to
sweep at noon Monday. He had been
dead several hours in the Judgment OF
physicians. Ellis was last seen be-
tween $3.50 and p. m. Sunday by A
J. Busby, manager of the Waterloo,
and at that time going toward the
theater. 1t is believed that he went to
the dressing room at that time and
died shortly after. He had been en-
ployed as stage hand at the Waterloo
at different times. He was son OF
Mrs. Pearl Ellis, 500 Walnut street
Surviving him are his mother, three
sisrers, and two brothers.
Manchester.
The case of the state of Iowa VS..
Perry e. Littlefield, charged with NAL
icious injury to the animal of another
was concluded Friday. The evidence
tended to show that Littlefeld sold the
hide Of a red heifer to q dealer IN
Anamosa on the same day that the
carcass Of red heifer belonging to the
James M. Beal estate was found IN a
cornfield. The same night Littleheld
left the county for visit, as ne
claimed, to relatives in Kansas. He
admitted selling two hides in Anamosa
but claimed he purchased them from
peddler. The case was given to the
jury shortly after o'clock and before
4 o'clock they returned the verdict
.t,o To-, no irdiNf mont W
Littlefield's attorneys have filed a mo-
ton for new trial and, If it is refused,
the prisoner will be given his sentence
by Judge c. w. Mullan Thursday.
vinton.
y The yellow painters were busy in
Vinton last week. They painted one
house which was given good coat OF
yellow. The owner Of the house was
Ed Henkle. He is accused OF many
disloyal statements against the gov
eminent. The trouble started IN
Fenicles grocery store when Henklc
was purchasing some foodStuffs, in
Guiding flour. He began to criticise
the administration, it Is said, because
he did not like the idea of buying half
rye flour. In the argument Fenicie
ordered Henkle out Of the store and
when he refused to go he threw him
out Henkie then, went to the mayor
to have Fenicle placed under arrest,
but after-a conversation with him de-
cided not to inforce the law. Fenicle
reported Henkle's action to Marshal
Healy at Cedar Rapids and he was or
dred to report at Cedar Rapids. On
Henkle's return home after the trial
a party of boys and men went to his
house and painted it yellow. It Is
said Henkle was so frightened that he
remained in the house. HenNe y q
native born German,