Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-10-16

Oh Inc NofLhWeeteFn. he Is SalQ TO
have been intoxicated, and he will ba
held to the grand jury TO testify as to
getting liquor at the joint
Former State Senator C. A. Car
penter is dead at his home in Co
lur1bus Junction, at the age Of 81
years, following an illness of typhoid
fever and malarial fever. He was
one Of the leading attorneys Of that
part of the state and for many years
has been prominent in political cir
cles.
Two important business changes
took place in McGregor. Anton
Huebsch, owner and editor Of the
North Iowa Times. the Oldest demo-
cratic paper In Clayton county. sue
ceeds l. N. Kramer as postmaster and
Ernest A. Bergman, manager Of the
Central meat market, succeeds George
Dickerson as proprietor Of Hotel Zlm-
norman.
In order to obviate eye strain the
East Waterloo schools are using yel-
low paper and the pupils in the West
Waterloo schools are using light
brown paper excluaively. All copy
paper, scrateh paper, spelling books
and marking paper now used In those
schools are in the chosen eolors, which
absorb the light instead Of rejecting
It as white paper does.
Charles Van Lehman, derrick engi-
neer, working st the starch WORDS,
was painfully injured whom the der
rick upset and both Of his arms were
broken The bones In the elbow Of
his left arm were broken and the wrist
Of his right arm ives broken. He was
riding on the derrick car, being pulled
up by . switch engine. Van Lehman
haA the brakes set On the ear, but as
the engine rounded curve the derrick
car tipped over.
Word has bsen received by the au-
thorities at Cedar Rapids that Joseph
Beran, en- route to Cedar Rapids from
Russia, is being held BY the immigra-
ton authorities at Halifax, Nova
Scotia, on the ground that he will be-
come q public charge # allowed to en-
ter the United States. Beran is a
brother Of Mrs.. L e. Gilman Of Cedar
Rapids. An effort is being made to
convince the authorities that Beran is
entitled to admission.
Fred Thompson, a young man who
was arrested at Mason City on a
charge Of white slavery under the
Mann law, pleaded guilty to the
charge when arraigned in the United
States court at Cedar Rapids. Thomp-
son Is addicted to the morphine habit,
and Is Of the opinion that term III
the federal penttentiary will cure
him Of the habit. He was arrested for
taking q young girl from Omaha to
Mason City for immoral purposes.
The new First Christian church at
Cedar RapidA, costing 100000, one Of
the handsosnsst church edifces in the
state, was dsdirated. The defcatory
sermon was delivered by Rev. Waite,
NJ. White, tbs pastor. At noon mem.
bers Of tho congregation entertained
out Of town guests with dinner pro
pared In the kitchens Of the new
church. In the afternoon came The
dedication ceremonies, attended by
! many prominent ministers. Mayor
Louis Roth delivered an address in be.
half Of the city.
i Chris Tschants Of Lowell township
is having serious trouble. Some
j, months ago he sold cattle for shipmen
to Kansas City. When the required
tests wero made, It developed that hi
herd was badly infected with tubercu
losis. Dr.. Russell Of Anamosa tool
the tests and put some Of the stock IL
quarantine. Soon afler Tschant:
broke the quarantine by letting tn
animals mingle with other herds. d.
Russell and the state veterinarian Wis
tied Tschants's place and found tn
above condition.
President Schmidt Of the street ca
company u Des Moines appeared be
fore the city council and rejected tn
franchise which Mayor Hanna ha
been working on for months Tn
state supreme court held some tim
ago the company had no rights to tn
streets and gave them two years !
get new raschise on get out
Schmidt says the proposed franchis
is all In favor Of the city and bitterl
objects 20 the company giving thu cit
the righr tabuy the plant after > 70,
1ySa1s. On Up Of this rejection Is
general cleanos that the franchis
dxlS The company too high . vslaa
! ton.
The largest verdict fos . persona
injury sver given Ay Jury in the dis
trict court Ct harshalltown va
awarded 10 Miles Ksllshs,, IA Oh
Iowa Ceas,1l engineer. Ths rswAr
was lll,5o0 The accident happene
in 1908, when . side rod broke, knock
ing OF . part u the snsiIs cab an
injuring tho engineer. Negligsnc
due to not having motive power u
shape was tho plaintiffs chief allega
ton. In October, 1911, jury award
ed Kelleher lla.6oo damages. tn
railroad company appealed and nov