Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-11-23

damages by e. G. Lewis against the
government In st. Louis.
In order to maintain the parity Of
the postal savings bonds, trustees Of
the postal savings banks at Washing
ton announced that they would pur-
chase these securities at par.
The board of education OF Superior,
Wis, has decided to engage an In
structor to teach horticulture and
Horticulture to school children during
the summer.
Indictments returned by the federal
grand jury at New York against three
prominent Baltimore Ohio and Le-
high railroad officials and seven busi-
ness men with important connections
with New York city And Chicago for
giving and receiving rebates on freight
revealed government investigation
of common carriers that may involve
many other roads.
What It is said will be the largest
pecan orchard in the world will be
planted few miles east OF Americas,
Ga. This grove is to consist Of 5000
acres.
Wisconsin supreme court sustained
the constitutionality Of the workmen's
compensation law enacted at the last
session Of the legislature.
The International Harvester Com
pany Of America is ousted from Mis-
souri, and fined $4,000 as an unlaw-
full combine In restraint of trade.
The supreme court Of Missouri. In
issuing writ of custer. says that II
the company pays the fine and shows
to the court that 1t will obey the
laws In the future. It may be permit
ted to continue to do business in the
state.
President Taft is criticised and At
torney General Wickersham accused
Of collusion by Gov. Hawley Of Idaho
in statement condemning the par
doning by the president Of Clarence
w. Robnett. former bookkeeper in the
Lewiston National bank of Lewiston.
Idaho.
Five thousand La Crosse (Wis.)
school children are to be enlisted in
the fight upon tuberculosis. according
to plans Of the La Crosse anti-tubercu-
| losis committee. The associations
work is maintained through sale OF
Christmas stamps. This year La
Crosse children will sell them.
Clarence v. T. Richeson, the Cam
bridge (Mass.) preacher. will be placed
on trial January Is. 1912. on the
charge of numbering Miss Avis Lin
nell. This date was set when Richie
SON was arraigned. Without emotion
and In clear voice the preacher
pleaded mot guilty"
Foreign
An earthquake was felt In a wide
area throughout central Europe, most
seriously affecting Switzerland and
the German provinces along the
Rhine. The shock was the most Sc
we're in Switzerland in fifty years. 1t
was most violent In the central Alps.
People spent the night outdoors, fear
ing that the mountains would fall
upon them. There was no loss OF life.
Danger of another well-organized
and formidable revolutionary move
ment in Mexico has caused the suspen-
sion of the return to their home sta
lions of the American troops sent into
the border country during the Madero
revolution. The attitude of the United
States is one of apprehension of fur.
Their trouble. against which every pre-
caution is to be taken to insure the
strictest neutrality.
Yuan Sha /Kai is dictator OF China,
he having accepted the premiership
after persistently declining the posi-
ton for more than a week. He will
assume the duties OF his ONCE imme-
diately.
Yuan Shi Kai. the strong man of
China" has been offered the presi-
dency Of the republic Of China. The
offer has come from the rebel general,
Ii Yuen-Heng. and. in a way, Offsets
the government overtures that he
take the monarchical premiership
The Thames Iron Works. Shipbuiid.
ing and Engineering company (Lim-
ited). appeared in the London bank
ruptcy court and q receiver was ap-
pointed. The company is Just complet-
ing the British dreadnought Thundsrsr.
Personal
Henry W. Taft's automobile was
wrecked in a smashup with a taxicab
In front of the Metropolitan opera
house. New York. In the automobile
was William Howard Taft, son OF
Henry w. and nephew of the presi-
dent. He was unframed.
DR.. Eugene Wasdin. well-known
surgeon in the United States marine
hospital service. who operated on
President Mckinley when the late
chief executive was sho. In Buffalo,
died in sanitarium at Gladwynne,
suburb of Philadelphia. He was fifty
three years old