The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-05-08

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Abandoning efforts to raise the F-4
with pontoons, Admiral Moore report
ed from Honolulu that an air hose
was to be run from the cruiser Mary
land into the submarine in hopes Of
replacing the water in The vessel with
air and thus bringing the craft to the
surface.
Clarence A. Blain has invented a
submarine which he insists in unsink-
able because of certain suitable air
ducts.
l.. s. Scurlock, travelling agent for
ly killed at his home near Edmond
son, Mo-. by his son Bedford, IS years
old. The elder man was attacking his
wife with razor when the boy fired
the fatal shot
The Orton district levee on the Red
river, in Arkansas, has broken, re-
sulting in the flooding of 10000 acres.
Theodore Brink, a blacksmith Of
Dioxn, ILL.,. who was charged with
making counterfeit money, was sem
fenced to Is years 7S90s.. 123456 z
fenced to Is months at Leavenworth,
Kan.
Eli e. Gregory, president of the de-
funct bank of Central City, KY. has
been indicted on 10 counts.
President Wilson took another step
in rejuvenating the diplomatic serv-
ice by signing an executive order
which will bar men more than 35
years old from the so-called civil serv.
ice portion Of the corps. which in
cludes secretaries and clerks.
The trawler Union was held up in
the North sea by a German torpedo
boat and forced to surrender 76 bas-
! kets of fish, result of three days
work. The trawler was then released.
Persistent reports that parts of sub
marines have been shipped from the
United States into Canada are still
under investigation.
Chicago policemen are to wear
wrist watches-if they care to. The
chief said he believed they would be
more convenient for uniformed men.
Fred Ellwanger, sole survivor Of the
Mariana mine disaster of Nov. 2S
1909, in which about 200 men were
killed, Is dead in a Washington hos
pital.
Mrs. Thomas Lewis of New Lexing
ton, o., who cited as one cause she
should be granted divorce is that her
husband made her curry and take
care of his horses, was granted the
horses as alimony.
Cleveland's record April heat wave
caused the death of 13 babies, health
department officials say.
The admiralty court announced it.
decision in the Empress of Ireland
Storstad collision in the st. Lawrenc,
river May 20, 1914, holding the collier
responsible for the accident. Nor,
than 1000 lives were lost in the col
lision.
Two roomers have not been located
in fire in Louis Goldman's roominl
house at st. Paul, MINI.
A determined but futile fight in tn
assembly on the bill designed to rails
the cost of liquor business one-fourtl
/. throughout New York state delaye,
adjournment of the legislature for
day. The measure was passed. 81 t,
48.
, The consolidation of the Merchants
, National bank and the Illinois Stat
bank has been announced at Peoria
The new bank will be known as tn
Merchants and Illinois National bank
II Italy enters the war she will b
confronted right from the outset b.
, frst-line German troops. Reliable ad
vices say that the Trentino authoritie
already have prepared quarters 70
3 5000 German troops now en- route.
: J. w. Swires of Virden, ILL.,, cor
tractor and carpenter, has invented
machine to kill chinch bugs.
Q The Sofia correspondent Of Reuter-
: Telegram company says that Yam
Sandausky. the Macedonian brigan
leader, who gained notoriety in 100
| through the kidnapping of Miss Ellie
> Stone, he's been slain by unknow,
persons.
James Pooley Of Evansville, Ind
who was alleged to have shot an
killed Frank Stein in a saloon her
April / while trying to play an Apr
fool joke. was indicted by the gran
jury on a charge of manslaughter.
r A decision Of Judge Paul Little 4
!, the circuit court at Fort Smith. Ark
3 is expected to result in the perms
a nent closing of all saloons in For
Smith on Aug. 1.