Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-10-12

The fortieth annual state conven.
ton of the Iowa Equal Suffrage as.
ISOLATION will be held at Perry, Iowa.
October 10, IL and ~. The first
meeting will be held at 6:3O p. M.
October 10. The official call for the
meeting has just been issued by
Harriet Belvel Evans of Corydon
state president. All local suffrage
societies are entitled to three dele.
gates for the first ten members and
Zone additional delegate for each ad
ditional ten or fraction of ten mem.
bers.
Ed Ellis and Walter Nolan plead
ed guilty in the United States dis.
trict court at Davenport to charges
of being implicated in the operations
of the famous Mabray gang of swind
lers, and were fined 5000 each and
sentenced to three months in the
Polk County jail at Des Moines. Ell
lis Is the man said to have engineer.
ed the deal whereby John Cavanaugh
Of Davenport was swindled out of
$37,500 at New Orleans several
years ago.
Plans for the construction of an in
terurban railroad from Red Oak to
Des Moines are progressing, as evil
denced by the filing of a copy of the
articles of incorporation for the com.
pany with the secretary of state. The
company incorporated under the laws
OF Arizona. The paid up capital
stock is listed at $150,OO0.
A jury In Judge Brennan's court at
Des Moines has returned a verdict
of $4,000 against ]. NJ. Pierce, prop
rietor of the Homestead. in the per.
sonal injury suit brought against hin.
by Leonard T. Albrecht. The bo.
was struck by an automobile ownec
by Pierce and injured severely.
Jack Herman, manager for Zbysz
ko, the Polish wrestling champion.
was in Humboldt the past week and
had an interview with Frank Gotch
regarding match for the title dur
ing the coming season. Herman Of
fered Gotch $4,000 for his share, re-
CARELESS OF the result.
An investigation now being con
Quoted at Rock Rapids in the coun-
ty treasurers office by an expert ac-
countant is expected to reveal the
fact that Lyon county has been de-
frauded out of large sums of money.
The exact amount Is as yet undeter-
mined.
Articles of incorporation for the
Davenport Industrial Investment
company are being prepared for fl
ing with the secretary of state. The
booster organization is incorporated
for 100000, the stock being divided
into 5000 shares of $500 each.
Marguerite, the 19-months-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Han
lon of Des Moines. accidentally hung
herself with small hemp cord at
tached to the clothes line while at
play in the yard OF her home.
Mrs. Rebecea Keister, the Oldest
person in Washington county, died
at the age of "a years. She came
to Iowa from Pennsylvania and had
been resident of that county for
fifty-two years.
A robber broke into the Hillman
hardware store in Grand Junction.
smashing the plate glass window and
stealing a large quantity of revolv.
ers, shotguns. knives and other goods
of like nature.
Breaking heavy plate glass win.
dow Of the Frank Lebron's jewelry
store at Keokuk with a rock, a dar
ing thief cleaned out the display OF
watches, rings, ETC., worth $1,000
and escaped.
Carl o. Clancy. OF Unionville, Ia,
was elected captain OF che freshmen
football squad at Iowa City. Clancy
last year was captain OF the Des
MONIES college football team.
Two burglars entered number of
business places at Barnum, secured
considerable booty, and made their
escape before the thefts were discov-
cred.
Members or the board OF control
went to Marshalltown to make the
first visit of their semi-annual trip
of inspection of all Of the state in
situations. On October 18th the board
will leave Des Moines and will have
visited every one of the state insti.
tutions under their supervision be-
fore returning.
Following In the footsteps OF wrest-
Ter Muldoon of New York, Frank
Gotch, of Humboldt, Ia. champion
wrestler Of the world, is one of the
incorporates of a health farm to be
located near Chicago.
The United Mine Workers of the
Iowa district and the coal operators
association have agreed to refer the
dispute at the Excelsior mines at Al
bia to committee of two operators
and two miners. Both sides have
agreed to abide by the decision of
the committee.
Burglars broke into J. A. Wadding-
tons general store at Geneva and at
tempted to blow the safe, but were
unsuccessful. The sound of the ex-
piosion was heard by different part.
les. but they mistook 1t for some
thing else.