Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-07-01

Des Moines lost its fight TO secure
the 1916 convention of the Iowa Bank
ers' association. The convention vot.
ed to have its next session at Water
loo. Very nearly the entire member.
ship of the, organization was repre-.
scented at this meeting. There were
about $500 bankers registered. and
there are but 1850 members OF the
association. John Dinwiddie of Ce
dar Rapids was chosen member of the
executive committee Of the American
Bankers association, to succeed John
McHugh of Sioux City, who has re-
signed.
The government has started out
fitting the Iowa National guard artil,
lery at Clinton with horses, 1t is be.
= reved, as Captain R. S. Whitley OF
Battery A, !. N. G., has received or.
ders to secure suitable stable room
for the contingent of horses provided
for by congress in its last session. for
national guard batteries. An allot.
ment of thirty-six horses is made to
each battery. With the animals will
come five care takers.
AS a result of an indignation meet
ing recently held at Hamburg to pro.
test against some changes that were
proposed>by the Iowa Telephone com.
pany, the latter has agreed to rebuild
the lines running out of there into
northwestern Missouri. For time
legal complications seem to have
threatened to cut off Hamburg from
communication with Missouri points
Frank Stephenson, who has been
held to the grand jury for forging
several checks, pleaded guilty at OF
tumwa and was taken to Anamosa to
serve fifteen year sentence imposed
by Judge F. M. Hunter. George Bril-.
endine, an accomplish of Stephenson
was given ten years on the same
charge.
Sheriff M. D. Myers and o. o. Rock
OF Logan were informed by the many
sheriffs and town officers OF Iowa, Ne
braska and Dakota, where they were
in search of the stolen Stafford team
of Modale, that horse stealing had
become very active since the horse
markets had opened in large towns
for the European war use.
One hundred dollars and costs fell
to the lot of s. A. Myers, living north
west of Missouri Valley, charged With
INDUCING in a Joy ride, smashing the
carriage of John l. Rowe and Neglect
ing to stop and give his name, num-
Der and assistance to the Occupants
of the badly damaged carriage.
George w. Van Aatten, publisher OF
the Banner at Roral, whose automo-
bile accident nea- Spencer resulted in
the fracture Of mis- skull, which is con.
ssi6efed ffkefy to prove a fatal injury,
was formerly publisher of the Union
at West Union.
The extent of the movement Of lab,
oring men from the south to Iowa Is
indicated by the report of CANDLES
clothing store at Jefferson, which
keeps labor bureau with it's services
free to the people.
Glenn Hutchinson of Sioux City,
aged 16, is the first Fourth of July
victim in Iowa this year. With 9TH
er boys, he was making cannon
cracker out Of tin can and powder,
and the explosion sent piece of the
can into his eye.
Motorcycle Policeman Jas. Flack-
hart Of Boone, while trying his. new
100 miles an hour motorcycle at the
North Side driving park was serious.
" injured. A cow Jumped onto the
track and Flockhart turned out to
avoid collision.
Captain w. M. Greeley, president
Of the Union National bank of Ames
has contracted for $4,000 mauso-
leum to be built on his lot in the
Ames cemetery. Tie mausoleum will
be built Of the finest quality Barry
granite and lined with marble.
Louis Devries, instructor in mod
ern languages at Iowa State college
has been unable to get into Germany
for summers study at the Univer'
sity OF Greisswald, as he had plan
ned, and will return to Ames.
Adam Walker, who forty years age
began work for the Burlington rail
road at Ottumwa and who had been
continuously in the service, died as
the result of an accident in which he
lost both legs in the Creston yards.
Andrew panielson, wealthy retir.
ed farmer Of DEBORAH, committed sui.
eide on his farm about ten miles
north OF that city. He was about
town in the morning and about noon
went out to the farm.
Henry Wilson of Ames, aged seven
ty-four, who has occupied every posi.
tion in the municipal life of Ames
that 1t was possible to bestow upon
him, died at his home there.
Robert Wharton, SO, the Oldest &C.
tive Mason in Iowa, died at his home
at Bussey. He was a pioneer and
widely known.
The two men who are alleged to
have held up seven men in the Beach
pool hall at Charles City are now
lodged in the Floyd county jail at
that place. The bloodhounds follow
ed the trail through Floyd and Orch
ard on to Usage and when near Usage
Marshal TAFT OF Usage was telephon-
ed to watch out for the men.
According to the division officers OF
the Milwaukee at Perry over one hun
bred special trains will be run over
the Chicago. Milwaukee g. st. Paul
this summer, all of them carrying
fraternal and industrial organizations
to the exposition at San. Francisco.
Walter Hoover. a retired farmer
OF Harlan, was killed in an auto acct
dent about eight miles south of that