Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-11-26

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News has reached Venice that part
OF Cracow is ablaze. Cracow Is invest.
ed on the north and is expected to
fall Immediately. The inhabitants are
| fleeing.
Belgians worked around to the south
Of Dixmude and cut another dixie.
which flooded the German position to
an impossible depth. NARROWING the
occupants of the town. Supporting
columns of German infantry and ma
chine gun detachments were driven
back to the westward by the flood, and
thousands of lives were lost in the
withdrawal.
Foreign
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, president
OF the Canadian Pacific Railway com.
pany, announced at Montreal the res.
ignation of David McNicoll. vice-presi-
dent Of the company. because Of Ill
health. George Bury will be McNic.
OILS successor.
The American cruiser Tennessee,
which anchored at Vurla. in Asia
Minor. endeavored to enter the Bay
Of Smyrna to arrange with the au.
thorities for the cruiser to enter the
harbor. The forts opened fire on the
American launch and forced II to re-
turn to the ship.
Domestic
J. M. Studebaker. ST., millionaire
manufacturer of South Bend, Ind, re-
ceived painful injuries which may
prove serious. when the Studebaker
limousine crashed into another auto
mobile in driving snowstorm.
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John Lind, personal representative
of President Wilson in Mexico during
the Huerta administration. made a
plea at Chicago for a warmer and
kindlier spirit on the part of Ameri-
cans toward the Mexican people. He
spoke before the Industrial club at a
banquet in the Congress hotel.
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The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
railway will not be sold at public auc.
ton on November "a, as ordered by
the federal district court. The circuit
court of appeals at New York reversed
the lower courts order.
One man Is killed every 16 minutes
and four are injured every minute in
the industries of America, according
to a report made at the convention
of the Western Economic society at
Chicago A tenth of those killed are
employees or trespassers on the rail.
road property.
Personal
Field Marshal Lord Roberts Of Eng.
land was laid at rest in st. Paul's ca.
thedral in London with a public fu-
neral that was extremely impressive.
His body lies beside that Of the duke
of Wellington and many other heroes
of Great Britain's wars. King George
attended the services.
DIR. Robert ]. Burdette, preacher, au-
thor and humorist. died at his home
at Pasadena. Cal. He had been Ill for
two years. He became famous the
country over as "The Burlington
Hawkeye Man"
DIR. Anna Howard Shaw was re-elect.
ed by large majority as president Of
the National American Woman Suf.
frage association In the final session
of its annual convention at Nashville.
Mexican War
Discovery of plot to deliver the
Aguas Calientes convention into the
power Of Carranza, alleged to have
been made by Villa agents. has led to
making President Gutierrez q prisoner.
according to Carranxista advices re.
ceived In Ell Paso, Tex.
General Villas march on Mexico
City continues unobstructed. Two
thousand Carranza troops changed
their allegiance in a renewal OF the
Villa advance at Leon.
The government OF Carranza has
moved from Mexico City to Orizaba.
Six persons-three men and three
women-were wounded by stray bull
let's on the American side Of the inter
national boundary during the renewed
attack on Naco, Sonora, by the forces
of Jose Maytorena