Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-22

Ue uSeu on the AmeSsBo0ne turn
around" and one big, new, all steel
coach sixty feet long, and one foot
wider than the cars now in service
will be used for interurban passenger
service.
The contract has just been let by
Grinnell College for two more dormi.
tory buildings to be completed before
September. These two buildings will
cost over $4,000, and will make it
possible to extend dormitory privi.
leges to over three hundred college
women. The new buildings will be
built directly north of the ones un.
der construction and will be connect.
ed with them by a loggia or covered
walk that in its entirety will be near.
ly two blocks long.
An organized gang is said to exist
at Council Bluffs which has for its
object the victimizing of young WON.
en- by fake marriages. Sensational
disclosures have been made. Two girls
are known to have been victims of the
organization. Each has been here
there searching the public records for
evidence of her marriage. No license
or certificate was found and the young
women sought advice resulting in the
discovery of positive evidence of the
fake ceremonies.
Eight tramps put into the city jail
at Missouri Valley on being released
with orders to leave town, refused
to do so until they had been given
something to eat. The eight men
threw the officer down and one of the
men secured the officers gun, and
demanded something to eat. AS a
compromise the mayor and the chief
of police took the erring strangers to
a restaurant and furnished them with
hot coffee and sandwiches.
G. A. Perry Of Knoxville claims to
be owner of the largest yearling hog
in Iowa. The animal weighed sos
pounds the day he was year old and
is Of the big type Poland China breed
The animal stands three feet high
measures five feet around the chest
and five feet one and three-fourths
inches at the flank. Mr.. Perry pro.
poses to make him weigh 800 pounds
by October.
Three burglars hurled bricks
through the plate glass window OF the
Josephs Sons Jewelry store at Wa.
terloo, where diamonds and other Jew.
elry was on display. They grabbed
one handful of diamonds valued at
$500, but before they could secure
more, police, who heard the crash,
arrived and running revolver battle
took place, the robbers escaping with
their loot.
The death knell was sounded at
Cedar RAPIDS for the notorious Burns
gang of car thieves, when Judge Reed
of the federal court fixed their punish
ment Saturday. Terms in prison rang
ing from three months to ten years
were imposed. The operation of the
gang have covered two years and
have resulted in great losses for the
railroad companies.
James Blezek, farmer, living five
miles north of Tama, was instantly
killed when the team which he was
driving became frightened and ran
away. The wagon struck a rut and
Mr.. Blezek was thrown out. Doctors
examination showed that his neck
was broken.
George Sharon and Earl Welsh, al
legged dope fiends, have been taken to
Fort Dodge, where they will be ar
raigned in federal court and asked to
tell what they know of violation OF
the federal drug law. 1t is claimed
they secured drugs by mail from Co.
Oar Rapids and sold them.
The Clinton Saddlery company re-
ceived second war order for harness
and saddles, the combined orders
amounting to 100000. The first order
has just been completed. The name
of the purchasing government is I'M
known, owing to the roundabout man.
ner of ordering.
Unable to clear up the mystery
surrounding the death of Mrs. Nellie
Schaeffler of Davenport, owing to
mass of conflicting testimony, the cor
oners jury returned an open verdict.
The woman was found dying with car
bolic acid burns upon her body and
with finger marks upon her throat.
Frank Slicket of Donnellson was
crushed to death by the engine and
well drill which he was riding, break
ing through the Fox river bridge near
Mount Sterling. The young man was
the engine.
Announcement of the erection of an
emergency hospital for the use of en-
ployes of the Lehigh Cement company
was made recently, and the excava-
tions for the foundations Of the new
building will probably be started in
the course of few weeks.
Ross B. Johnson of Mason City,
section foreman, who confessed to
throwing the switch derailing a Rock
Island train, was adjudged insane and
was taken to Cherokee.
Deputy United States Marshall
Healy seized 5,S0S cans of baked
beans at Cedar Rapids recently. The
beans are alleged to be unfit for food.
The water works at Red Oak which
is owned and operated by the city,
has been a paying investment of pub
lie funds. This last year there was
quite a little improvement made in
the system and quite few extensions
were made. In spite of this fact the
water works showed a nice balance
in the treasury after the expense Of