Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-24
GENERAL NEWS.

Bob Austin and Charles Richardson,
negroes, were lynched at Marion, Ark,
by a mob of 800 men. The victims
were charged with aiding and abet-
ting Jail delivery.
Half a million dollars, record
price for painting. was paid for the
celebrated portrait Of Franz Halls, the
Dutch painter, and his family, painted
by himself. The purchaser was Otto
Kahn, the banker.
Declaring that the administration
railroad bill contained a joker in the
provision preventing consolidation of
competing lines, Senator Cummins Of
Iowa made another attack on the rate
bill. He declared that the phrase "di-
rect competition" would prove so elias
tic that few mergers would come
within its prohibition. He intimated
that this phrase was very acceptable
to railroads now operating parallel
lines and that they would find no
hardships in it's enforcement.
The last word by the lawyers was
said on the constitutionality of the
corporation tax provisions of the
Payne-Aldrich tariff law, and the Su-
preme court Of the United States took
the Is cases in which the question un-
der consideration arose.
President Taft at Rochester, N. Y.
sounded a call to the Republican
party members Of congress to bury
their differences and proceed to the
enactment of laws promised In the
party's platform. The president g
plea was that congress should subor.
dinate and sacrifice individual opin-
ions in order that the measures he
had recommended in fulfillment of
party pledges shall be enacted into
law. He expressed the hope that the
party would show that 1t has "the
sense and the discipline" to meet its
responsibilities.
Peace In the Chicago railroad world
was given additional impetus when
the dispute between the Brotherhood
of Railroad Trainmen and the roads
was adjusted by the state board of ar.
bitration. The award Of the board
was accepted by both sides to the
controversy. The board decision
granted an increase Of wages of two
cents an hour and limited the working
day to ten hours.
Uncle Sans navy will gain two
more big battleships inside of three
weeks, for orders have been issued al
tho navy department to take over
from the contractors and commission
the Delaware and the North Dakota
sister ships of 10000 tons each.
After the hour for calling a strike
of $1,000 railroad employees had been
fixed w. s. Carter, president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemer
and Engineers. announced that the
railroad men would accept Commits
sioner Neill and Chairman Knapp al
mediators.
One Of the four confederate half dol
lars struck on at the United State,
mint at New Orleans in 1851, after 4
fell into the hands OF the confederat,
government, has been sold by a New
York coin dealer for $3.75O. The buy
err was q wealthy New York collector
whose name Is withheld.
Democrats. Republicans, "Wets.
-Drys." Socialists. Prohibitionists anc
Independent candidates rolled I'D tn,
heaviest registration In Chicago's his
tory. While many factors contribute,
to the result. 1t is conceded that tn,
enormous registration is due to the in
tense interest in the saloon question
Both operators and miners are con
sidering at Cincinnati a compromis,
measure which 1t is hoped will pre-
vent strike OF the United Min,
Workers, II is believed by many tina
this plan alone will avert the creates
Industrial walkout that the countr,
has ever seen