Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-01-12

chopped to pieces before the powe
could be shut of.
Engineer John Shields. Fireman
M. Earn and Brakeman w. T. Liza
were killed when passenger train Nc
Is on the Santa Fe railroad wa
wrecked on a curve a mile and q hal
south OF Mulvane, Kan. Three bag
gage and mail cars were burned.
Chairman Crumpacker OF the hous'
committee on census presented hi
reapportionment bill based on the las
census returns. II provides for hous,
membership Of 433. or AZ more thar
at present.
| Two thousand soldiers, accounted
| for relief work, were rushed into tn,
] earthquake stricken territory O
Semiryetchensk, Turkestan, Thurs
day, where fully 1000 are reported :,
have been killed or wounded in tn,
terrific and devastating earth shocks
Practically 1000 square miles of ter
ritory are said to have been shaker
and whole towns wiped out.
Endorsement Of the Democrat,
caucus for United States senator wa
given to Lieut.. Gov-elect Atlee Pome
rene Of Canton, Stark county, o
When the legislature meets in join
session he will be elected to succee,
the Republican senator. Charles Dick
| The Long Island railroad has issue,
an order compelling persons travelling
on passes to make known their iden
tity II the train is crowded and give NJ
their seats to the fare-paying passen
gers.
With the temperature Is degrees be
low zero 40 students In st. Joseph,
| college, a Roman Catholic institution
| at CRANKY, Que, were routed from
their beds shortly before midnight by
a fire which destroyed the main build
ing of the college.
Tobacco corporations against dissolu
ton by decree of the Supreme court
| of the United States under the Sher
man antitrust law was begun wher
their attorneys advanced fusilladt
Of arguments in behalf of their cause
AhCdbuICo d6dlubt DOof
rule" and for popular control of gov
eminent, such as direct nominations
the recall and the initiative and ref
erendum, were advocated by Gov
Eugene N. Foss of Massachusetts, ir
his inaugural address.
over forty recommendations cover
ing a wide range Of questions was
contained In the first message to the
Michigan legislature by Gov. Chase
s. Osborn. Among his recommenda
tons were state control of the express
companies. mining, royalty and in
come tax, the initiative, referendum
and recall.
Two masked bandits entered the
mall car on the Northern Pacific rail
road just as the train was leaving the
King street depot. Seattle. AS soor
as the first robber got In the door
he shot Mail Clerk Harry o. Clark In
the mouth. as
Peru has agreed to submit its
boundary dispute with Ecuador to the
arbitration of The Hague tribunal
This is in compliance with the sugges
ton Of the United States. Brazil and
Argentina. rs 0'
Expulsion of Senator d. W. Hoist
law, self confessed bribe taker, from
the senate Of Illinois, was the feature
Of the converting of that body. Thii
action is expected to go far in the pre-
I GLIDING Of an extended investigation
by the senate OF the Lorimer scandal
In which Senator Holstlaw confessed
he received $500 for his vote.
Twelve years at hard labor In the
| prison; "and thence until the cost OF
prosecution is paid" was the sentence
pronounced on James ]. Gallagher
who shot Mayor Gaynor, in the court
of oyer and terminer in Jersey City.
The federal government brought
suit in the United States circuit court
at New York under the Sherman anti
trust law against 43 OF the principal
transatlantic steamer lines, which are
estimated to control 80 per cent. Of the
steerage traffic, worth to them s55.
100000 year. Twelve officers Of the
defendant companies, all residents in
America, are named as co-defendants
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger
has been advised that an approximate
addition of $500 day has been made
to the governments revenue from the
lease of Indian oil lands in Oklahoma
and Kansas, through the advance in
the price of crude oil.
Deputy sheriffs arrested Chill Rossi
In Seattle just as he reached for a
decoy money package placed under
the Spokane avenue bridge In answer
to letters demanding $4,000 from Fred
Marine. prosperous Georgetown
Italian.
The first human remains from the
old battleship Maine were brought to
the surface in Havana harbor by q
dredge. They consisted of two ribs
and some small bones. apparently
bones Of the hand.
c. C. McChord of Kentucky and X
II. Meyer Of Wisconsin, the newly-ap.
pointed members of the interstate
| commerce commission. took the oath
OF office at the Offices Of the commits.
sion. ....
With the administration of oaths OF
| office as members Of the Supreme
court to Associate Justices Willis Van
Devanter and Joseph r. Lamar, the
tribunal at last has its ranks complete
| for the first time in 10 months.
The awarding Of reparation by nc
means necessarily follows the reduc
ton of rate. whether by voluntary
action Of the carriers or by order OF
the interstate commerce commission
The principle was laid down by the
commission to govern proceedings In
reparation cases.
The grand jury in the Los Angeles
(Cal) Times explosion case returned
22 indictments. II is not likely that
the names OF any of the indicted will
ha mada nuhlic until aftar arraats