Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-21

winch Attorney General Mcheynoldi
virtually ordered Interstate Commerce
Commissioner McChord and JOSEPH
w. Folk. solicitor of the commission
from his office in Washington, there
is war between the railroad regulating
body and the department of justice
over the investigation of the New Ha
ven scandal The commission an
nounced that it would continue its in
quiry.
It is believed that the senate al
Washington cannot reach a vote OF
the proposed repeal of the tolls ex
emption clause of the Panama cana
act for at least ten days or two weeks
The naval appropriation bill was re
ported to the senate at Washington by
the naval affairs committee, with an
increase Of s1,1S2,000 over the bill as
1t left the house. In all the bill car
ries $140,990,833, or $3,500,000 less
than the estimates for the coming
year.
A national board of mediation and
Cancellation to deal with all strikes
and lockouts that may involve the fed
eral government is provided in bill
prepared by the industrial relations
commission and made public at Wash
ington.
Contempt sentences imposed by the
District supreme court upon Samuel
Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank
Morrison, labor leaders, were set aside
on Monday by the United States Su
preme court at Washington for the
second time, as barred by the stat
ute of limitations. Justice Holmes
said that contempts we're not to be
treated as conspiracies.
President Wilson through the war
department at Washington instructed
Col James Lockett, commanding fed
eral troops In southern Colorado. to
permit no importation OF strike-break
ers and announced that time limit
would be set at once within which
delivery OF arms must be completed.
Personal
Nine. Lillian Nordica, the famous
opera singer, died at Batavia, Java
Mime. Nordica had been Ill since thu
steamer Tasman, on which she was 6
passenger, went ashore on Brambls
cay December 2S last. Nervous pros
tration was followed by pneumonia.
Domestic
Leuts. r. w. Benedict and 8. J
Lamme, of the Colorado Nationa
Guard, testified at the trial of Maj
Patrick ]. Hammock before the genera
court-martial near Golden. Colo. Ma
jor Hammock is being tried on charges
of murder, manslaughter, arson ant
larceny growing out of the battle be
tween strikers and state troops at Lud
low on April 20. The two officers
swore the battle was started by strik
srs.
Jewels worth $1,000,000, including
some that are world-famous, were dis
posed OF by Nine. Lillian Nordica, VIII,
died at Batavia, Java, in will made
on January l. Her husband. Georg'
w. Young, and three sisters, 1t is un
derstood, are the chief legatees.
Five strike-breakers were deportet
by the United States military authori
ties at Aguilar, Colo, when they ap
piled for work in the Royal mine.
The fire loss in st. Louis last yea
was $12,665,3S5, according to the re
port of Fire Chief Swingley. Insur
ance paid amounted to s12,561 .469.
John M. Cannon, Judge Advocate OF
Governor Blease's staff, was shot dea,
at Gray Court, 8. c.. by Joseph @
Sullivan, a political leader in his sec
ton. as a sequel to quarrel tina
arose during the trial OF Sullivan'i
brother in magistrates court. Sulli
van was placed In jail.
Two tanks, containing approximate
ly 10000 barrels of oil, the propert,
OF the Pierce Oil corporation nea
Tulsa. Okla. fred by lightning. arr
burning, and efforts to extinguisf
them have been abandoned The los
is estimated at $4,000.
Stretched across the graves of hi
two babies, the body of Anthony Nc
Kearn. aged sixty-six, retired rail
road engineer. was found in Hol!
Cross cemetery at Indianapolis. 4
bottle that had contained cartoii'
acid was lying beside him.
A resolution calling for an absolute
ly thorough probe of the coal strike b!
a committee named to complete 1T
work before the next general Assem-
bly, in Colorado In January was intro
duced by State Senator Barney Napier
Detectives attached to the distric
attorneys office of New York are con
Quoting an investigation to learr
whether Henry Siegel. against whom
there are IA indictments pending II
connection with the failure of his pr
vate bank, sailed for Europe.
Dispatches from all over southern
Wisconsin tell of the most disastroui
storm in years. The property loss will
total more than 100000, Four arr
dead. with dozen injured at various
points. Serious damage was also re
ported from Iowa. Indiana and Illinois