Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-09-30

Cashier Geo. ]. Homan, Vice Presi.
dent j. H. Harrigan and Second Teller
Chas. S. Seige, of the Dubuque Ma
tional bank, have been placed under
arrest by Deputy United States Mar
shall Lietz, on charges preferred by
United States Attorney F. r. OCon-
nor, charged with embezzlement and
misapplication of the banks funds.
The shortage Is in the immediate vi.
entity Of $4,000 and was discovered
by National Bank Examiners Ellis,
Robb and Haugen. Holman and Harri.
gan have been released on bonds OF
10000 and Seige on bonds of $4,000.
Editor Charles Miller, of the Waiver.
ly Democrat, Bremen county's repre-.
sentative in the state legislature, lies
at the point Of death at his home Mr..
Miller has been prominent in demo
cratic state circles for many years,
and while in the legislature has d.
rected fight against what he termed
the medical trust" of Iowa. He fin
ally allowed himself to undergo an
operation in hopes OF overcoming the
disease, but hopes for his recovery
have been given UP by those at his
| bedside.
The two year old son OF Mr.. and
| Mrs. David Dempster of Arlington
died as the result of poisoning. An
| older child climbed to the cupboard
and taking down a box containing
MILLS that
stomach trouble fed them to the
younger child which was soon taken
violently i'll and died in about one
hour.
Fire Chief Will Burnett, of Des
Moines, was knocked down and badly
beaten by Sam Parks, former fire.
man. The assault is supposed to have
taken place because of the discharge
of Parks by the chief. Parks was at
one time pugilist of some ability.
Witnesses of the battle state that
Burnett lost two teeth and was badly
bruised about the face and head.
A profit of $4,000 on this years fair
will be shown by the Marshall County
Fair association. according to figures
compiled by Secretary w. NJ. Clark.
The association has debt of $4,000
from last year, but 1t will now be able
to pay this and still have small
profit to carry over to next year. The
receipts of the fair total s15,514S9,
exclusive of the $500 state aid.
Raymond Hartman, who gradual
ed from Grinnell in 1909, has been
awarded years scholarship in the
American School of Classical Studies
at Rome, Italy, and is now on his way
there despite the dangers of passage
occasioned by the European war.
The scholarship awarded him is one
of eight given to students of Amer
lean universities each year.
Mount Pleasant holds the distinc-
ton Of being the home of Mrs. Jane
Baugh, who with her sister, Mrs. Ra-
chel Hackenburg, holds the record OF
being the Oldest living twins in the
United States. The two venerable
women have Just celebrated their
eighty-fifth birthday anniversaries.
The infant son of Andy Maltzberger
of Yorktown is in a hospital for treat
ment, being the victim of peculiar
accident The mother said a rat had
climbed into the childs crib and eaten
the hair off its head and bitten the
scalp.
Corwith believes In doing things
unanimously. At their election to
vote bonds for lighting the city by
electricity 1913 men and women voted.
The sixty-six votes deposited by wom-
en- were unanimous for the bonds, and
only three men voted against
New Iowa postmasters have been
appointed as follows: Cumberland.
Theodore A. Berry; Brayton, Miss
Elva M. Nelson, vice Miss Vivian
Bartlett, removed; Oelwein, Fred H.
Jamison.
Franklin county is making fine
Roadway in the way of consolidated
| schools. New school buildings are
being completed as follows: At Han
sell, cost $4,000; at Chaplin. cost $780,
| 600: at Alexander, cost $4,000.
F. E. Dickey sold his twenty-six acre
farm south Of Grundy Center to d. e.
Longnecker for $4,000. This makes
the price about $3.50 an acre and sets
| new highwater mark for Grundy
county land values.
Albert Strict and John MCGEE, con-
| victs, escaped from the penitentiary
at FIT. Madison. making September,
as usual, the banner month for es-
capes.
Many farmers in the vicinity of
Eagle Grove think the corn crop is
hardly worth harvesting for the corn
and will leave 1t in the fields to be
cut for fodder when needed.
C. d. Duncan is under arrest at
Mason City charged with perjury. 1t
is charged he swore falsely to an af-
fidayit by which two young people
secured marriage license.
The Iowa City brewery is planning
to change the plant into an up to date
creamery, and others in the state may
follow the lead II it proves success.
Blank domestic money order forms
printed for the use of the postoffice
at Ollie, Iowa, have been reported
stolen.
Four and one-haf acres OF land adj
joining the town Of Newhall was sold
recently for $4,000, making an aver
age of $711.11 per acre.
The postoffice at Wayland will be-
come appointive Oct. and the sal
airy of the postmaster will be s1,100
per annum.
Miss Gladys Miller, who left her
home at GAINESVILLE some time ago
to make her own way in the world,
in preference to staying at home with