Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-01-22
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Washington
Representative Stanley OF Kentucky,
after conference with President VIII
son at Washington, introduced an
amendment to the Sherman law which
would make illegal the monopolization
or restraint Of trade in any degree"
1t is designed to eliminate. the rule
of reason" laid down by the Supreme
court in the Standard OIL case.
A telegram signed by IA members
OF the Progressive party, including
several county committeeman, was
sent from Houghton, Mich, to Repre-
sentative w. j. Macdonald at Wash
ington. demanding that he retract the
statement attributed to him that the
constitutional rights of citizens and
laws are overthrow in this district"
hed cross omclalS at washington
telegraphed Governor Hatfield of West
Virginia to inquire If they can assist
In caring for the refugees in the food.
Senator Bacon of Georgia has Just
made the discovery that one of his ribs
was broken two weeks ago. He was
on duty in the senate at Washington,
despite the injury.
Government ownership of coal mines
is urged in the report which Senator
MARITIME Of New Jersey made to the
senate committee at Washington,
which investigated the strike In the
Cabin creek and Paint creek dis
tricts Of West Virginia.
Recent experiments conducted by
the post office department with view
to increasing the weight limit of the
parcel post have proved SO successful
that parcels weighing 100 pounds soon
may be shipped.
Because President Wilson has not
appointed a new Judge to the bench of
the supreme court of Hawaii, an ap-
peal was made to the Supreme court
of the United States to determine the
legality Of acts of the Hawaii court
since the commission of Justice An
tonea Terry expired on May 6, 1918.
A fine of $1,000 and one years i'm
prisonment is the penalty prescribed
for employers who issue threats, no
tees of warning" to their employees
In the matter of voting, set forth in
bill introduced in the house at Wash
ington.
The name of John Shelton Williams,
assistant secretary Of the treasury,
was sent to the senate at Washington
as comptroller of the currency by
President Wilson.
Domestic
Lady Scott placed on exhibition in
the British museum at London her
dead husbands journals on the second
anniversary OF his arrival at the south
pole.
Four hundred members of the Bust
ness Mems club, and their guests,
dined at the Hotel Chisca, Memphis,
Tenn, at the prosperity dinner Ad-
dresses predicting good times were
made.
With II persons dead In the cold
wave which is gripping New York, the
weather fell to FIVE degrees below zero
the lowest mark recorded in more
than fifteen years.
A car carrying Fl undesirable citi-
zens, ordered deported by federal au-
thorities, left San Francisco for New
York. Ten nationalities are repre-
sented
Attorneys for creditors OF the slegel
stores and depositors in the Siegel
bank met in New York and agreed to
program under which Henry Siegel
and Henry Vogel will have time to
reach basis for agreement.
Charles H. Meyer, president of the
Western Federation of Miners, was in.
dicted' for conspiracy with other Off
cials of the federation In connection
with the strike of the copper miners
In Michigan.
Three men were killed and three
others were probably fatally hurt
when cage, halfway down the shaft
OF mine No. z OF the Spencer-Newlin
Coal company at Mulberry, Kan, sud.
denly broke loose and shot to the bot
tom.
The widespread agitation against
interlocking directorates induced Mil
ton H, Smith. president OF the Louis
vile & Nashville railway, to resign as
director of the National Bank of
Commerce al, Louisville, Ky.
The Marion National bank Of Ma.
rion, Kan. has been placed In the
hands OF a national bank examiner, ac-
cording to word received at the office
Of the comptroller of the currency at
Washington.
In pistol fight with detectives
William Schmulzer. said to be one OF
the convicts who recently escaped
firm the state prison at indianapolis,
Ind, was shot and probably fatally
wounded at Pittsburgh, Pa.
Rolls of music that may be taken
home to put on the player-piano are
ready for circulation at the Kansas
City public library. and If the patrons
can get along without ragtime they
have 500 selections from which to
choose.