Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-05-03

. AdJutant-General Logan has re-
, ceived instructions from The war de-
partment to employ the Iowa guards
men who refuse to take the federal
oath in home duties, such as guard
ing bridges, mills, factories and pub
lie buildings.
The Bank of Eliston. private in
stitution, has closed its doors with
the announcement that payments 20
depositors cannot be made at this
time, Notwithstanding the institution
has available resources to meet all
demands in full The bank is capital
lied at $4,000.
John Amodio, nine-year-old boy,
was run down and killed on the main
street of the village OF Marquisville
Tuesday afternoon by an automobile
driven by Robert Smiley of Boone.
The driver declared that the boy ran
in front of his car and it was impos-
sible to avoid the accident.
1t was announced at Sioux City
/ the first of the week that the Armour
! Packing Company would extend its
/
ent capacity, making the improve
ments during this year 1t is said
! that the expenditure for the proposed
| improvements will exceed $1,000
! 600. A plant for the manufacture
of oleomargerine is now under con-
struction by the Armour Packing Co.
at Sioux City, and will cost 100000.
| Rev. DR.. Thomas z. Fleming, for
over 40 years one of the leading min
listers of Upper Iowa conference
Methodist Episcopal church. dropped
dead of heart disease n Cedar Rapids
last Friday evening as he was walk
ing on street. DR.. Fleming's last
service in the conference was as SUI
perintendent of the Marshalltown dis
trict. He was 81 years of age and re-
Gently had retired from ministerial
duties and was assisting his son-in-
law in business enterprise.
AT the State University of Iowa the
faculties of the colleges of liberal
arts. engineering, pharmacy and
homeopathic medicine voted to re-
Spouse to student petitions to require
military training of all able-b bodied
men. This will affect 945 men in lib
eral arts, 237 in applied science, "a
n pharmacy, and 6 in homeopathic
medicine. While volunteer drill is
the order in other departments, the
students are ready. For instance,
25 out of 1873 students of the col
lege of law are drilling under their
own officers.
All sorts of stories have been told
in Melcher about a Herman Stein
back, butcher at Charlton, who was
born in Germany but who came to
this country a number of years ago.
Among the reports was that he had
not only raised German flag but
threatened to shoot the first Ameri-
can who passed mis- place of business
after war had been declared. One
would think from some of the talk
that he was a dangerous man but
the entire report is fake. Mr. Stein
back is a peaceful citizen who has
attended strictly to his own business
and has made no threats
With enough sugar in storage in
the city of Omaha to supply every
man. woman and child in that city
with 10 pounds of il, we are still in !
formed that there is great shortage
and that the price must continue to
climb. Piffle: that's the same kind of |
shortage that is making lot of other |
high prices. The stuff is stored and |
while people are busy talking war in |
stead of looking after their own af- |
fairs the highwaymen in the cities |
are robbing us blind by initiating the |
prices. Just as long as people will |
submit to the extortion they will be
"extorted." but not for long after
they get tired of it.
The secrecy which has been main
tanned about the Montgomery county |
grand jury proceedings, which was
already about as tight as ii could be |
made, was made more so Monday, as |
the time limit was expiring for the |
present grand jury II report was
made and an Indictment or indict-
ments returned, the fact is being
kept from the public no doubt for
reasons of policy. No arrests have
been made that are known and offic-
ials who We're approached had their
lips sealed tight 1t is conjectured |
that report has been made which.
to make public know would interfere
with the operation of the law, and
that 1t will not be given out until all |
danger of a miscarriage of justice
from premature publication of the
grand jury doings is past.
Wednesday of last week William
Slaven of Earlham was instantly kill
ed by Rock Island freight train in
the Earlham yards. Mr.. Slavens was 4
standing on freight car. when the 4
collision of two cars caused his fall i
to death under the wheels. He was
engaged in unloading coal at the time
of the accident. During the course H
of the switching the local westhound n
freight had moved the coal car in
which Mr.. Slavens was working to
the west end of the yards and he had Il
remained in the car, When the car
stopped at the west end of the yards
he must have climbed to high
position in the west end of the car
A string of cars coming from the
west bumped the lone coal car. and
he was thrown between them and
upon the rails Life passed ouickly