Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-17
GENERAL NEWS

I'm language as strong as politeness
would permit | told Secretary Bal
linger that his entire course had
tended to a Generalization Of the en-
tire service" This from Chief En-
gineer A. E. Davis, personal friend OF
President Taft, who testified before
the Ballinger investigating committee.
When Mr.. Taft, then president-elect'
decided to visit the canal zone early
In 1909 he called on Mr.. Davis to &C
company him as an adviser. Mr..
Davis said Mr.. Ballinger had directed
him to go slowly about restoring GER
tain power sites on public lands to the
public domain so as not to attract
public attention.
Business men of Philadelphia sent
a telegram to President Taft urging
that the commission for the founda-
ton of industrial peace should be sent
there to investigate conditions and
try to straighten matters out. The
president did not reply, as he had al
ready ordered Commissioner Neill to
20 to Philadelphia from Washington
at the request of the National Fedora
ton of Labor.
A hostile demonstration on the floor
Of the cotton exchange at Manchester.
England, and one directly contrasting
1t for friendliness on the corn ex-
change at Liverpool were met with by
James A. Patten, the Chicago wheat
and cotton operator In the first Mr..
Patten was mobbed and probably es-
capped injury only by being rescued
by the police; in the latter he was
greeted with cheering and other mani
testations of friendliness. Mr.. Patten
sailed from Liverpool later for New
York on board the Mauretania.
Orders for 10,100 steel cars, costing
s12.0O0.000. have been placed within
ten days among Pittsburg plants. One
hundred and twenty thousand tons Of
steel will be required. The orders
come from the Hartman lines.
The anti-American rioting at Bogota.
Colombia, has practically ceased. All
of the Americans are safe. The end
ing of the disorder was due chiefly to
the firmness and tact of Elliott North
colt, United States minister to Co
lombia.
It developed that during the trial OF
Or. B. C. Hyde. on charge of poison
Ing Col Thomas H. Swope, at
Kansas City. Mo-, the prose-
>cution will attempt to show that
following a suggestion made to her
Mrs. Hyde made a will bequeathing
all her property to her husband. I'm
der the will of Col. Swope. Mrs.
Hyde was beneficiary to the amount
Of more than 100000.
Representative James Brock Perkins
of Rochester. N. Y. died at Washing
ton. He had been Ill at the Garfield
hospital for several weeks and his re-
covery was not expected.
Judge Lands at Chicago sentenced
to prison Samuel Driesbach and Dan
lei Bortz, aids Of William Broadwell,
leader of the bogus butter "moonshin-
ers" on their plea of guilty in the
oleomargarine tax frauds committed
against the United States government.
Under the terms of bill which the
senate passed, veterinary corps will
be established in the army, doing away
with the contract surgeon system.
Jere F. Lillis. assaulted Sunday by
J. p. Cudahy in Kansas City, Mo-. is
recovering rapidly. Mr. and Mrs.
Cudahy still are estranged.
The American Tobacco Company
which is now fighting the federal suit
for its dissolution before the United
States supreme court, made public
Its annual report for 1909. which
showed that the so-called tobacco
trust earned 50h per cent. on its $40.
100000 common stock.
The senate committee which is ma
king an inquiry into the cost of liy
ing announce that the "Elgin Board !
which. II Is alleged. represents tn,
butter trust. must show why they ar
bitrarily fix the price of butter re
CARELESS of the law Of supply and de
mand.
The ninth annual convention of tn,
Federation OF Labor In session a
Newcastle. Pa. unanimously adopte,
q resolution asking that II arbitratio,
OF the Philadelphia strike fails tn
American Federation OF Labor call
nationwide strike Of organized an
unorganired workmen.