Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-05-08
Domestic

While helping Roy H. Francis to
start his hydroaeroplane for a test
over the bay at Oakland, CAL, Her
mann J. Jansen, Los Angeles aviator
lost his balance and fell forward into
the whirling propeller Of the machine
He was killed instantly, his head be
ing cut of by the blades of the pro
peller.
Oficials of the Brotherhood of Rail.
way Trainmen and of the Order OF
Railway Conductors have ordered the
taking of a strike vote on the 81 rail-
roads east of Chicago. The action fol
lows the refusal of the railroads to
grant the demands made or to arbi-
trate the points at issue.
=Charles S. Mellen, president Of the
New Haven railroad system, explain
ing the apparent profit made by him
of s102 900 by sale Of New Haven
stock In 1904, told the interstate COM
merce commission at Boston that the
money had been paid to him to REIN,
burse him for contributions to the Re
publican campaign fund of that year.
Murder with an automobile" was
the verdict rendered by jury In Chi
cago in the case OF Lawrence Lind
bloom. who ran over and killed Joseph
Weis, cigar manufacturer. The pen
atty was fixed at IA years In the peni
Tertiary. So far as records show this
is the first conviction of the kind In
the United States.
Noah Stroup was shot and killed
and Everett Skinner fatally wounded
by Wallace Demory, who then killed
himself at Kirkville, Mo. The affair
was the result of quarrel over q
strip of land.
Governor Suffers state direct pri
mary bill was defeated by the Assem-,
bly, at Albany after long debate
by vote OF AZ yeas to SO nays. The
bill was previously defeated in the
senate.
A lone robber who boarded Kansas
City Southern passenger train at the
depot in Kansas City, Mo-. lined up
and robbed the passengers soon after
the train left the station. securing
about $500 in money and iewelry
Jesse q. Short of Joplin, Mo-, one OF
the passengers and millionaire, fired
A. - ad sim
bandit then wounded Short.
A petition In bankruptcy was filed
by creditors against the Folies Ber-
gere restaurant on Broadway, New
York. Counsel for the petitioners
said that the liabilities were $4,000,
the assets about $4,000. Mayor Gay
nor's turkey trot" edict, which cut
on aftermidnight festivities, was
given as the reason for the failure.
Two white men and 20 negroes were
drowned when the steamer Concordia.
engaged in rescue work In the upper
Louisiana food district, struck a rail
road bridge at Clayton. La and sank.
There were 100 food refugees aboard
when the Concordia went down.
Miss Violet Edmands, daughter Of
Moses Grant Edmands Of Brookline,
Mass, TO marry whom Rev. Clarence
v. T. Richeson murdered Miss Avis
Linnell, his former fiancee, is now In
Japan doing missionary work.
The entire silk industry OF the coun-
try was tied up when 2,400 weavers in
the silk mills of West Hoboken, Union
Hill and Jersey City Heights, N. j.,
went on strike and demanded an eight
hour day and a 20 per cent. increase in
wages.
Twepty-three men were trapped In
q fire that destroyed the Helping Hand
annex, mission lodging house, in
Kansas City. Mo. Two are known to
be dead. Five others are missing and
their bodies are believed to be buried
In the debris.