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

H. c. McNeal of Sioux City was
elected commander of the Iowa chap
ter Of the Loyal Legion at the meeting
held in Des Moines. Other officers
elected were: J. D. Patrick of Des
Moines, senior vice commander; ]. F.
Merry Of Manchester, junior vice COM
mander; E. D, Hadley of Des Moines,
recorder; L. w. Harwood of Cedar
Rapids, registrar; Craig E. Wright of
Des Moines, treasurer; Charles w.
Fracker of Des Moines, chancellor;
Byron c. Ward of Des Moiles, chap
lain; DR.. Lewis Schooler, ]. r. Prime,
Jacob Lichty, w. T. Clark and ]. B.
Weaver, members Of council.
The Fort Dodge, Des Moines G.
Southern Interurban company is MAX
ing strong bid for electric light
franchises in the smaller towns ada
cent to its lines, which have no plants
OF their own. They are just now con-
sidering the matter of the extension
of a high tension power line from their
big plant at Frazier to Jewell, dis
lance of some forty miles. Residents
In Jewell, Stanhope, Stratford aid
Dayton are behind the movement for
an extension of the line.
The case of Bierie VS.. Parks, which
has received its share OF notoriety be-
cause Of the recent tragedy at Fred
ericksburg in which Mrs. John Bierie
and JEFF Parks both took their own
lives, is up for trial at New Hamp-
ton. In this case Bierie accused Parks
of the alienation of his wife's affec-
tions, and asked for $4,000. Although
the Parks estate is liable for the claim
II the case is proven, Bierie has sig
nified his willingness to drop the
case.
Up to the present time all efforts
to locate X. B. Russell, editor of the
Mystic Register, have proven futile
and no information has been received
concerning him since his mysterious
disappearance on May e. The Rev. r.
Q. Russell, pastor of the M. =. church
at Mystic. and father of the editor,
has expressed the belief that his son
has, become mentally deranged, and all
efforts are being made to place him In
communication with his son.
The seizure at Ottumwa OF $40 gal
Ions of whisky consigned to number
OF persons in Ottumwa Is believed to
be one of the biggest ever made In
the state under the Webb-Kenyon
law. The consignment consisted of
seventy crates of three boxes each and
two large moving vans were needed
to move the liquor from the Burling-
ton freight house to the court house.
The Iowa State Sunday School ash
ISOLATION will hold its annual conven.
ttiSssHs u y recommending June
~. From 400 to GOD delegates are to
De entertained. The visitors will be
augmented materially by teachers call
' by the county school superintend-
I, who has fixed that date for the
unity institute. Many notable speak
win be present.
hen smoke and flames suddenly
Hoped the radiator and front Of
ach at Council Bluffs. Mr. Matlach,
who was holding their 6-year-old son
in his lap, threw the lad out, as he
hoped, clear Of the machine and dam
ger, but some projection hit the boy
and he has since been In a serious
condition.
When the tire OF his automobile ex-
ploded while going down grade near
Laurel, Marshall county, DR.. G. o. Cal
Hson, physician of Laurel. was pain
fully injured The car turned turtle
and was damaged extensively. DR..
Callison was picked up unconscious,
taken to Laurel and later was removed
to his mothers home in Kellogg. His
injuries include fractured nose.
William Campbell, farmer living
near Sidney, was badly hurt in rum
away. Mr.. Campbell, accompanied by
his wife and daughter, was riding
in a carriage, when his team became
frightened by an auto and ran away.
The carriage was demolished. Mr..
Campbell was severely bruised and
his face was badly cut in a barb wire
fence.
F. Z. Bulzloff Of Charlotte was
elected chairman Of Group s, Iowa
Bankers association, at the annual
were adopted indorsing Lyman ]. Ed
wards of Burlington, as president of
the Iowa Bankers association, and -
III. Furrow Of Cedar Rapids, as treas
urer.
Harris Watson, a Boone boy, is
wireless operator on the destroyer
Perry, which until recently was sta,
toned at San Diego, California. On
April 20 the boat was ordered to Join
the feet in Mexican waters.
Clyde, the 11-year.old son of L. B.
Bradley, living on a farm north of
Numa, was killed by bolt of light
ming.
The department OF Iowa, Spanish
American war veterans. viii hold its
encampment In Council Bluffs this
summer. probably next month. At the
same time the Fifty-frst Iowa infan-
try, Iowa's contribution to the army
in the Philippines, will hold reunion
in conjunction with the Spanish war
veterans.
The Independent, a weekly newspa-
per formerly owned by Attorney L. w.
Laughlin OF Mt. Ayr, has been leased
10 Sheriff H. w. Terrell, who will pub
lish It, Mr. Terrell is now in the race
for sheriff of Ringgold county for the
fifth time.
The first county suffrage organiZa-
ton In the state has been perfected at
0skaloosa under the supervision of
Miss Flora Dunlap, president of the
state organization. Already seventy
six gcrkers, fifteen of them men, have
been enrolled for the Mahaska cam
pafgn.
The son of J. o'Connel was found
two and one-half miles from his home
at Hopkinton. He had been missing
for two days and three nights. Four
or Ave hundred people searched day
and night with bloodhounds The
child was found walking along a high |
bluff overlooking the Maquoketa river.