Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-07

WeSteTu, uTeIudu, running Oh the
Iowa division, who is charged with
forging the name of his father, DR..
aterman of Ida Grove, Ia, to a
check for $1,000 and drawing $500
on the check from the Peoples Trust
and Savings bank of Clinton, after
securing Endorsement of Henry PAIL,
wealthy Clinton liquor dealer, who
is responsible for the money.
Officials at the state reformatory
at Anamosa have received a telegram
from Winnipeg, Canada, saying that
two men have been arrested there,
one of whom answers the description
of Charles Smitch, the escaped con-
vict. He gave the name of Jones and
wore suit of clothes purchased at
Cedar Rapids store. The two men
were arrested after shooting an Off
GER.
A telegram to Governor Carroll an
nounces the Iowa itinerary of the
president. The tentative schedule is:
Council Bluffs, Sept. 2S, 6:10 A. NJ,
leave 1920 A. NJ; arrive Fort Dodge.
11:05, leave, 1920; arrive Waterloo,
1:55 P. NJ, leave Sis P. NJ, for Des
Moines; leave Des Moines next
morning for Ottumwa, last stop in
Iowa.
Judge Lawrence DeGraff who
handed down the famous Injunction
which ended the Des Moines street
car strike has been flooded with
resolutions from labor organizations
all over the country thanking him
for his honorable action in bringing
about the settlement of the di--cul-
ties between labor and capital
Senator R. w. Thrill of Man
chester, who recently donated $780,
600 Riverside park to the city has
engaged the services Of a landscape
gardener from Germany to beautify
the park. In addition to donating the
park, Senator and Mrs. Thrill also
provided a permanent improvement
fund Of about $4,000.
Although in critical condition at
Mercy hospital as the result of the
amputation Of his left leg, injuries to
which were sustained, it is said,
while he was fleeing from arrest.
er for the Racine-Sattley company, is
under arrest on charge of passing
worthless checks.
Regular camp routine was in
stituted at the camp Of the Fifty
fourth regiment, !. N. G. at Ottumwa.
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the program, the three battalions of
the regiment being in command Of
Majors Ball, Hollowell, and Haines
dusing the maneuvers.
Mrs. Bert Bush, of Belle PLANE,
while driving home at night, was hit
by a strange touring car which kill
ed her horse, wrecked her buggy and
bruised her badly. The car never
stopped to find out the extent of the
damages.
The contract for the erection of a
modern fire station at Mason City
was let to the Bailey Marsh com.
pany of Minneapolis for $z1,000. The
building will cost when completed
$4,000 and will be built of Bedford
stone.
James II. Phillips of Boone, a con-
ductor on the Northwestern railway,
was injured at Carroll. While walk
ing on the platform, a bolt caught
him, throwing him under the train
in such q way that his arm was cut
OF.
DR.. J. w. Kline of Fort Dodge and
r. L. Blocklinger of Dubuque are
heading a movement to defeat Rep
resentative Charles Miller for re-elec-
ton to the legislature because of his
attacks on the medical profession.
Mrs. J. Quick, an invalid, was car
ried from her home in Creston by
citizens when flames surrounded
her. The house was destroyed but
some of the furniture was saved.
The Eagles at Council Bluffs have
let q contract for a $4,000 club
house. 1t will be LOG by 100 feet in
size with store rooms ON the ground
floor.
The attendance at the Johnson
county fair was 90 per cent larger
than last year, inslcatihg that the
farmers are more prosperous than
ever.
e. NJ. Hall. so years old. was killed
and George Harmon was injured
near Farnhamville when a threshing
machine ran over them.
A Des Moines, Iowa Falls C North
ern passenger train was wrecked
near Buckeye and Mail Clerk Lem
PIKE was injured.
Within 80 days the new station at
Burlington will be finished. 1t will
be a handsome structure, one of the
best in the state.
NJ. c. Bird filed suit against the
Hart-Parr Gasoline Traction Engine
company at Charles City for $4,000
for alleged injuries which he claims
crippled him for life received in De-
cember, 1909.
What was probably the last re-
union of the Twepty-fourth Iowa in
fantry, which saw gallant service
during the civil war was held at Mt.
Vernon this week.
George Shields, of Eldon, who was
injured Monday in runaway acct
dent, is still living and may recover.
His head was crushed.
An unknown man walked off the
rear platform of the Burlington train
on the st. Joe branch near Barnard
while the train was running 80 miles
an hour, and nothing has been seen
or heard of him since.
Brothers from Poweshiek county
identified the body Of the drawned
man found at Iowa City as Thomas
McCaw. and will take the body to