Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-09-18
Summary Of
Most Important
News Events
Washington

Washington
AS the climax of the vigorous Re
publican condemnation of Democratic
legislative methods which has marked
the currency debate, Representative
Sidney Anderson Of Minnesota, Repub
lican, resigned as member of the
powerful ways and means committees
of the house as Washington.
The senate at Washington passed q
bill authorizing the free entrance into
this country of exhibits for the Pana'
ma Pacific exposition In San Francis.
cd in 1915. The bill has passed the
house.
Day and night sessions of the house
at Washington viii be held for general
debate on the money bill. Chairman
Glass presented the bill as a positive
cure for the financial ills Of the coun-
try. Representative Murdoch criticised
the measure as "halting, timid. half
way, compromising"
Thomas Fox was confirmed by the
senate at Washington as postmaster
at Sacramento, Cal, by vote OF
81 to IL. The senate also confirmed
the nomination of Joseph e. Willard
as ambassador to Spain, Thomas H.
Birch as minister to Portugal, John
Ewing as minister to Honduras and
George w. Buckner as minister to
Liberia.
BY Vote of A to 81 the senate at
Washington passed the Underwood
Simmons tariff bill. Senators Thorn
ton and Ransdell of Louisiana were
the only Democrats to vote against
the bill, while Senator Poindexter,
Progressive, and Senator La Toilette,
Republican, voted for the measure.
Senator Lewis was paired with Sen
ator Gronna, but announced that he
intended to vote for the bill anyway,
and did so. The bill now will go to
the house.
Sensational losses In corn, record
yield of wheat and the third largest
crop of oats were features Of the gov
eminent September corn report Issued
by The department of agriculture. The
aggregate OF the five leading grain
crops is 4,374, 100000 bushels, loss
from last years final returns Of 1.159.'
100000 bushels, or 20 per cent The
loss in the corn crop alone IL rs per
cent.
United States officials at Washing
ton ordered the cruiser Des Moines
to hurry from Guantanamo to Puerto
Plata, Santo Domingo, and arranged
to have the revenue cutter steam TO
Mona Passage to act as wireless re-
lay station In consequence OF the re-
ceipt OF news that Dominican gun
boats were Smelling Puerta Plata, en-
dangering American lives and prop
erty.
Lack Of a quorum prevented the
passage of the urgent deficiency ap-
preparation bill by the house at Wash.
ington; after considerable debate a
provision abclishing the commerce
court was written into the bill.
Domestic
Mayor Gaynor's sudden death com
pletely overturns the municipal polit-
ical situation in New York. 1t re.
moves from the field candidate for
mayor who was expected to cut heav.
lily into the vote of the fusion nominee,
John Purroy Mitchell, and leaves only
the tickets nominated by the Demo
Gratis and the fusionists. The former
is headed by Edward e. Mccall, for.
mer chairman of the public service
commission.
The center OF operations in the
case was shifted to Colebrooke, N. H.,
when Harry X. Thaw, following his
unexpected deportation by the Cana
dian immigration authorities and an
aimless flight by automobile from
Norton Mills, VT, was arrested here
by Sheriff Drew of Coos county.
Sheriff Drew received a telegram
from Attorney General Carmody Of
New York, asking that Thaw be held
until the arrival of officers with ex-
tradition papers.
Watson B. Woodward, a wealthy
dentist, who died In New York recent
ly, left an endowment for the dental
school of Tulane university at New
Orleans that eventually viii reach
$4,000. This sum goes to the school
upon the death OF several relatives, for
whose benefit II now forms a trust
fund.
Heavy rain has ended the drought
In Kansas. From one to four inches OF
rain has fallen In the state. The mois-
ture was welcomed by the farmers as
II sets fall crops growing for winter
forage and relieves stock water con-
ditions.
Mrs. Edgar Blame Of Louisville. Ky.
found in the Union depot at Indianap-
oils unconscious, and removed to the
city hospital, was found TO have 81
Os7 and diamonds valued at about 81
600. when searched. She was suffer
ing from tetanus.
Four auto bandits pounced on a mes
senger for the Garfield Park State
Savings bank OF Chicago during the
busiest part OF the day seized satch-
eli containing $4,000 in money and
checks and escaped.
Watching his chance when only one
man was in the once, robber en-
tered the car barn ONCE Of trolley
company at Wilmington. Del. and
stole 1888 which was In satchel.
The man held up the night clerk at
the point OF a revolver.
The schooner Agnes @. Donahue,
famous as sealer. is total loss on
the shores of Digby cape. During Mon