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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18
SWEDEN.

Seals were more numerous than
usual this spring at the time of the
breaking up of the ice along the coast
Occasionally as many as a score might
be seen together on the edge of the
ice foes. Where the ice was strong
enough seamen would sometimes steal
upon the drowsy animals and club
them to death.
Miss Sofia Jonasson, a teacher at
Bjorstad, Hogsater parish. received
an unusual present on her 50th birth
day. Many of the farmers of the COM
munity brought number of fine logs
out of which they are going to build
house for her, SO that she may have
a home of her own when she becomes
too old to teach.
d. Sjostrand, a Swedish merchant
in Alexandrov, Russia. has been de-
ported to Siberia, in company with
his family. because he was suspected
of having had intercourse with the
enemies Of Russia.
A new smelter is to be put up at
| Domnarfvet which will be able to turn
out 10000 tons OF pig iron year.
The Swedish government has asked
| the riksdag for vote OF 100000
kroner for the army; 12.250,000 kroner
| for the navy and 100000 kroner for
fastening the construction OF destroy
ers and submarines The army ex
| penditure is proposed principally fol
| the heavy artillery, engineering and
supply services and for the equipment
of the landsturm.
The riksdag has voted $230,000 for
the purchase OF a site and for start
ing work on a new postoffice in Go
thenburg.
Ira Nelson Morris, American min
lister to Sweden, sailed for the United
States April 81 on two months leav,
of absence. Alexander R. Magruder
secretary of the legation at Copen
hagen, is the acting minister in Stock
holm. The departure Of Minister Nor
ris indicates that no crisis is pending
4 in international relations in Scan
dinavia.
The Jolani and Polaris Shipping
company of Helsingborg has declares
dividend of so per cent for the pas
year.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18
THE WORLD OVER

The car Of Russia has an income OF
$50 q minute.
Hair cutting was once Q crime IN
France.
An ounce of gold leaf will cover q
space four feet square.
During the year 1915 one person In
every 121 of New York states 10000
900 was convicted of some sort Of law
breaking, according to the annual re-
port on criminal statistics. the total
number Of convictions being $3.50.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18
FRIEND OF WAR CHILDREN

A young woman stood in a large
drawing room in Washington and
talked to a group of men and women
about a work for which she asked
their aid. She looked very girlish to
be deeply engrossed in a great inter
national welfare movement.
This young woman was Miss Caro-
line Dawes Appleton of Massachusetts
and New York and Paris, and she is
the founder of the international society
Of the Friends of Childhood, whose mis-
sion is to help those who have become
impoverished by the European war. As
the name betokens, children are the
chief object Of relief. but the welfare
of children In many cases involves
help for an entire family. Miss Apple
ton intends to make Washington the
permanent headquarters of her work.
Miss Appleton is the daughter of
the late Alanson Stewart Appleton, lit
terateur, editor and publisher, who
earned distinction for his work both
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18
Mexieans Raid Another Town.

Tucson, Arizona. Mexican bandits
are reported to have raided Polaris,
mining camp seven miles below
Lochiel. on the border. driving out
the Americans. who escaped to No
gales in automobiles, Colonel Sage.
eommandant at Nogales sent COM
pany of infantry and twenty cavalry
men to quad Lochiel. Washington
camp and other towns on the Ameri.
can side.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18
p. z. o. State Officers.

Newton.-Mrs. Cornelia Sawyer OF
Sioux City was elected president Of
the state association Of p. z. o. at the
closing session of their convention
held in this city,
Mrs. Louise Heneley, Grinnell, was
elected first vice president; Mrs. Fam
ME Carrier, Newton, second vice pres
ident: Mrs. Lucy Engelbeck. Des
Moines, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
May Franzen. Burlington. recording
secretary: Mrs. Carrie Buechele, Wa
terloo. treasurer, and Mrs. Myrtle Ar
mold. Waterloo, state organiser
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18

Cyprus has revived its former ma
tive tobacco industry, producing to-
baccos suitable for cigarettes OF Turk.
ish and Egyptian types.
The largest meteorite known to have
fallen to earth weighed 437 pounds.
Hamburg has an experimental plant
that obtains power from the ebb and
flow OF North sea tides.
The total product of the farms OF
the United States has amounted tc
more than that Of all the gold mines
in the world during the last six cen
turtles.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18

The arrest OF four Swedish officer
in Persia is reported in an Exchange
telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen.
1t is said Colonies Killander and Foze-
Illus and Captains Angman and Erick-
son have been made prisoner by Rus
slams near Shiraz.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18
Hog Cholera Under Control.

Aises.-Judging from the present
light demand from Iowa farmers for
hog cholera serum, there is very it,
tie hog cholera In Iowa this year.
DR.. c. G. Cole. veterinarian in
charge of the Iowa biological labora-
tory, says the state plant is turning
out practically no serum this year.
A state college bulletin to be issued
soon win be devoted to exposing fake
cholera powders and serums.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18
ROBIN is FOND OF CHERRIES
BIuebird's Consumption Of Cultivated
Fruit 10 More Limited and Eating
Period Shorter.

The complaints against the robin
have dwelt on his fondness for cher
ries, strawberries, blackberries. rasp-
berries, pears, peaches, prunes, grapes,
and even olives in California.
The bluebird's consumption of cul-
tivated fruits seems more limited, be-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18
School Uhiidren Have Gardens.

Cedar Ra5ids.--More than $500 Ced-
ar Rapids school boys are making
gardens this spring on ground leased
by the board OF education for that pur-
pose. Prizes totalling above $500 are
offered by civic organizations to the
young gardeners, and they will have
booth at the city market once a
week. where they can sell their pro-
duce In competition with regular
truck gardeners.
School authorities say the plan has
practically eliminated hockey from
Cedar Rapids grade schools.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18
Effective Spraying.

In spraying. great care should be
taken to cover all parts of the tree.
shrub or plant. If q heavy rain i'm
mediately follows your application Of
q spray, the work should be done over.
Do not spray when the foliage is wet.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18

Belgium bestowng especial honos
publisher poygot journal existence
gifted daughter
the European countries speaking
difficult Serbian with fuency.
aid financially she transcribed and published OF the
before
passed voca from
one another.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18

ing practically confined to cherries,
raspberries, and blackberries, and its
fruit-eating period is very short, be-
ing only from late fall to early
spring, when the insects which it pre-
fers are scarce
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18


the first-class mail, parcels and bag
gage of the passengers.
The captain of the Danish steamer
Johanna was killed when the vessel
struck mine in the North sea.
Sharp rises In food prices in Dem
mark have alarmed the people. who
fear increases II the war continues,
say consular advices from Copenha-
gen. Foods and everyday necessities
are said to be up 80 per cent.
An employment bureau has been es-
tablished in Copenhagen for 20 large
factories in Germany. Contracts are
made for two months with travelling
and passport expenses. Wages are
about 35 cents an hour, the working
day usually consisting of from 10 to
IL hours. The bureau has already Sc
cured 400 workmen.
The German ambassador in Wash
ington, Count Won Bernstorff, comes
of an illustrious Danish line, and the
castle wherein the founders of his
race were Graded was that famous
chateau Bernstorff on the North sea
which was the birthplace of Queen
Alexandra and her sisters and broth
ers. the late king of Greece and the
dowager empress Of Russia among
them.
Old Fate plays the joker. A Rus
sian captive at Kar. on the island of
Ais which has belonged to Germany
since 1854, received letter from his
wife in Russia, stating that she had
two captives in her charge. By look
ing more closely at the details he
found that one of the captives men,
toned was the husband Of the woman
at whose home In Ais he was stopping,
: -
The government has suggested that
the tea and coffee parties be dis
pensed with during the balance of the
war This luxury takes too much
time and money.
.sS ?"
Potatoes are getting scarce In South
Jyiland belonging to Germany. For
months the people have had to put
up with beets. But they are poor
on account OF the mild winter. It was
officially announced that there was
plenty OF sugar, but as matter OF
fact a customer may have to go from
store to store, and then get only a
quarter of a pound.
A man at Haderslev boasted that
he had killed rs foxes in short
time. When pressed for an explana-
ton of his rare luck he gave away
his method. He tied fire crackers to
the tails of rats, set fire to the fuse
and sent the rats into the dens of the
foxes. The fuses were SO long that
the rats would have time to get close
to the foxes and the explosion would
generally scare the fox so badly that
he tried to get out as fast as he could.
The Aarhus Coal company has
turned 1000 barrels of coal over to
the police department for free dis
tribution among the poor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18
Sprav Your Trees,

Spray. prune, cultivate, but by all
means spray. No matter how large
and healthy your trees may be. nor
how highly colored your fruit, II it
has worms in it it is a failure from
the market standpoint.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18

coran d that the police
Dodd wired General
"Four thousand" washe elegraphic response
answering telegram OF captain
podd report Square garden on Sunday morning.
And did.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18
somethIno OF 4 surprlse.

The most astounding results OF the
past census reports are: "The great
agricultural centers are losing popula-
tion.'
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18
An Economist.

"The country is rolling in wealth"
exclaimed the gleeful citizen.
That's good" replied Mr.. Growch-
err; although | was hoping that we
would be obliged to economic suffi-
GENTLY to prevent wasting material
on sport shirts such as the boys wore
last summer"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18
scandinavian news
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENlNGS IN FAR OFF
NoRTHLAND.
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME

Resume Of the Most important Events
In Sweden, Norway and Denmark
OF Interest to the Scandinavians
In America.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18

Johns college Doctor Maaun months the United
1886
to England this time to study law He appointed 1898
the
physics
Technology to institute
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18
llIy 1lIHIE lLEMI[rILHQfIEI1T%
HEAD OF GREAT INSTITUTION

President Richard Cockburn Mac.
laurin, about whom the dedication ex-
ercises Of the new buildings of the
Massachusetts, Institute of Technology
on June II, Is and IA will center, has
the distinction which will be appre-
ciated by businesslike Americans that
he has financed the construction of the
new edifices. This means that he has
secured gifts of about nine million dol
lars and at the same time has carried
forward the educational program of
the institute without departure from
its high standards.
President Maclaurin was born In
Edinburgh in 1870. His early boyhood
was spent in New Zealand. whence he
returned to England to complete his
preliminary education. In 1892 he
entered the University Of Cambridge.
taking two degrees, B. A. and NJ. A.,
the thesis work for the latter being
most advanced mathematics. On grad.
- 4 ~ ~
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18
DENMARK.

The British took into port the Dan
fish steamer Gullfaks. bound from Ice
land for Denmark, and removed all
the first-class mail, parcels and bag
gage of the passengers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18

The captain of the Danish steamer
Johanna was killed when the vessel
struck mine In the North sea-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18

Sharp rises in food prices in Den
mark have alarmed the people. who
fear increases IL the war continues,
say consular advices from Copenha-
gen. Foods and everyday necessities
are said to be up 80 per cent.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-18

The Jolani and Polaris Shipping
company OF Helsingborg has declared
a dividend of so per cent for the past
year.
The Tomahawk., 1916-09-14

partment Of justice, was one Uf the
few men in the town who was awake
except those who had been guests OF
the banker and who had fingered to an
hour which was almost unprecedented
IN New Beaufort. They would have
gone home at eleven but the banker
insisted that they remain for further
entertainment on the part of his New
York musicians. One song called forth
another and the quality of the music
proved so much more pleasing than
that of their customary local talent
that they forgot the passing of time.
The special agent sat on a hill near
the Compton home and smoked a pipe.
1t was twelve o'clock before the
party inally broke up. Those of the
townspeople who had come in their au.
tomobiles were being tucked into the
tonneaus, and those who mad walked
up the gray macadam drive were just
setting out on foot when the clatter as
of a bunch of giant fire crackers called
their attention to the village below.
From the bank building was seen sud-
denly to burst cloud Of smoke while,
a moment later, skylight was broken
and tongue Of flame leaped forth.
Fire! Fice!" came the shout from
a dozen voices.
Gard had seen more than had the
guests Of the banker. AS he smoked
his pipe and watched the village be-
low, the lights in the windows of Stone
Crest, and the silent cottage Of Lor-
ance. the assistant cashier, he had
seen an automobile, with no lamp
showing, creep through the quiet back
street, purr stealthily into the alley
back of the bank and stop behind a
small building that shut off his view.
Half an hour passed and the darkened
machine reappeared from behind the
intervening building, turned into the
thoroughfare leading to the southeast
and disappeared In the distance at an
ever increasing rate of speed.
When the exploding cartridges in
the cashiers drawer at the bank gave
the first warning of the fire, the clamor
Of the alarm followed and pande-
monium broke out in the village. OF
the dispensing group on the hill, every
one ran for a nearer view Of the fire.
The musicians, the servants, the mas
ter Of the house himself, all hurried
into the village to make part of the ex-
element that prevailed. Stone Crest,
the lights of it's entertainment still
glowing, was left deserted.
Gard, the special agent, again acted
differently from his fellows by failing
to do the thing which others did. He
crossed over from the hill on which
The Tomahawk., 1916-09-14
Funny Ways Of loads.

There are few creatures so gencrHl-
~ disliked as the toad. This is prob.
ably because it is so misunderstood,
The toad is really very interesting
little gentleman. It can be easii3
tanned, and makes an interesting ped
it's intelligence being of high orde-.
Perhaps the legend that the toad il
venomous has something to do witt
it's unpopularity. The toad certainly
has gland which exudcs q milky,
poisonous liquid. 1t is placed behind
the eye, and is marked on the sk:u by
a dark line round it's lower edge. It
is believed, however, that the toad only
exudes this liquid when hurt in sonia
way, and even then it is not injurious
to human beings, unless it falls upon
some tender or unprotected part, such
as the lips or eyes, when it may cause
much pain and discomfort.
This liquid and the power Of inilat.
ing itself until 1t is twice it's norr.al
size are the toad's sole defenscs
against an enemy. The toad's chief
enemy is the snake. When the snnie
advances the toad promptly puffs itse..:
out and becomes so much bigger that II
Is difficult for the snake to seize AMI
swallow him, for the imitation does not
yield to pressure of the snakes jaws.
The Tomahawk., 1916-09-14

| the methods Of the sleuths OF the de-
partment Of justice. Gard had come
to New Beaufort with but a suspicion
that Torrance, the assistant cashier,
was playing the market on the funds
of the bank. torrance was known to
be placing orders with Wall street
broker.
At the boarding house Gard learned
that torrance lived modestly in cot.
tage with his wife and babies, had not
been seen to make any display OF
money, was of sturdy farmer stock. On
the other hand the investigator imme-
diately picked up the facts that the
cashier, Compton, maintained an ex-
pensive establishment, entertained law
ishly, was often absent from town,
was nervous, highstrung, in bad
health.
All these facts led him to watch the
cashier rather than his assistant. They
led him, also, to some experimental
testing of the condition of the banks
| accounts. He knew that dishonest
employee Of bank, in appropr1atlng
money, had to charge it to some &C.
count to make the books balance. The
large, inactive accounts offer a most
| tempting opportunity Of this sort; but
these were found to be intact by his
ruse of inducing the depositors to call
| for their balances.
It was to get better line on the
business Of the community, and par
| ticularly upon the accounts OF Comp
ton, that the special agent secured a
position as bookkeeper in joys
grocery store. Here he found, in the
first place, that the buying for the
Compton home was most prof1igate
and evidently wasteful. He found,
further, that the bills were always
paid without question and by check.
knowing Of an old trick that has
brought many a cashier to ruin, Gard
sought way to test these personal
checks to determine whether or not
they actually found their way to the
personal account Of the cashier.
The cashier of bank is usually the
Individual who opens the mail, and
many of these have been known to
cash personal checks and destroy them
when they came in for collection,
charging the amount to some account
where it might temporarily be hidden.
To determine whether or not these
personal checks were being juggled by
the cashier Gard, as the grocer's book
keeper, found pretext to send to the
bank for a record of some personal
checks of Compton's which he had
handled a few days earlier. The call
was made while Compton was out to
The Tomahawk., 1916-09-14
AN ODD ITEM OF SLANG
Why Is a Person Of Dubious Men,
taIity Referred To as
"Nut2"

Who can expound the philosophy of
slang? Why, for instance, is person
of dubious mentality referred to as a
mutt" Nuts are good. There is moth
ing, probably, more enjoyable than nut
ting. It is the autumn's one greatest
happiness.
Hereabouts there are two chief nuts,
and two lesser nuts and one least nut,
observes the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The chief nuts are the hickory nut and
the chestnut. The hickory nut is COM
monest and it is good nut, despite it's
rugged exterior and it's propensity to
hide it's sweetness in difficult woody
crannies and labyrinths. The house
wife desires hickory nuts for her cakes.
The small boy likes hickory nuts for
the pleasure Of calculating their mys-
teries with hammer and fatiron. They
are worth gathering.
The chestnut is Of more apparent
virtue. It is all meat. It may be used
for turkey dressing and it is used
abundantly by dark-skinned Syrian
genii who preside over magic braziers
in the odd crannies of our busiest
streets. Everyone probably more or
less likes the chestnut. 1t is easy to
eat and 80 per cent nourishment.
The lesser nuts are the walnut and
the butternut. These are fewer in
number than the chief nuts and they
have horrific rinds which must be pene-
trated with caution. The reward, too,
is meager, scarcely worth the peril Of
stained and smashed fingers.
The least nut is the beechnut. 1t is
a pretty little nut, and there are beech
nut brands Of this or that comestible,
but no one ever seriously goes out to
The Tomahawk., 1916-09-14

he had smoked and hastily entered the
bankers house. Arriving, he seemed
to know exactly what he wanted. He
hurried through the rooms Of the
house, swapping on still more lights
until he found that apartment which
seemed to be the personal retreat OF
the owner. Here he evidently had
business. Standing in the middle Of the
floor he looked about. Thrown care
lessly into a window seat ne saw two
heavy books Of the appearance Of led
gers. These ne secured and placed on
a table in the middle Of the room with
out even examining them. Next he
began further exploration. When he
found the bankers bedroom tie seemed
satisfied. On the back of chair was
a coat, evidently that which Compton
had worn until he dressed for the eve
ming. Gard thrust his hand into the
inside pocket Of his coat and pulled
out a batch Of letters through which
he ran rapidly. He selected two or
three, thrust them into his pocket. re-
turned for the Iedgers, tucked these
under his arm and left the house.
On the way to his lodgings he filed
a telegram to the department at Wash
ington which read as follows:
Compton, cashier in First National
bank case, guilty. torrance probably
not implicated. Bank burned tonight
by accomplices of Compton. Case COM
pfete. GARD.
The manner In which these conclu-
sions were reached are but typical OF
The Tomahawk., 1916-09-14

he worked, made several deposits, and,
upon one pretext and another, sent to
the assistant cashier of the bank for
the record Of them in the absence OF
Compton. They did not show on the
account of the grocery store and the
matter was passed over as misun-
derstanding. But so was a second ave-
nue. Of Misrepresentation discovered.
Thus was the special agent able
from the outside to get very good
leads into the condition of the bank
and to determine the manner of its
looting when the facts might not have
been obtainable by an expert working
from the inside.
Cards case was about completed
and the department was ready to act
when the dramatic denouement came.
Arson, suicide and flight are the three
events most to be expected when the
funds of bank have been misappro-
priated. The young special agent was
watching for any Of these at the time
of the anniversary party given by the
banker. 1t was in preparation for
either that he watched so late on that
occasion.
On the afternoon which preceded
tho entertainment Gard was working
over his books at the store and at the
same time keeping an eye on the
bank. An hour after closing time at
the bank he saw Compton come out
of the side door with two books of the
institution under his arm. He could
make out that one was loans and dis
counts. He surmised that they might
be records that were to be destroyed
probably the books that showed his
guilt.
When from the hillside Gard that
night saw the silent car stop back of
the bank and the flames subsequently
break out, he knew what had hap
pened. These were accomplices of the
cashier who had probably looted the
bank of any remaining funds and, &C