The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-11

bile.
A pipe line company Of Oklahoma
has announced that only those en-
ployes who can show that they are
saving their money will be considered
for promotion.
John Hornung, 81 years old, former
cashier of the Dresden National bank
of Dresden. o., is under arrest,
charged with embezzIement. He has
confessed.
An automobile bearing q party Of
eight young people left the road at
Skivington's Corner. N. Y, and was
wrecked against a tree. Two of the
occupants were killed.
Felix Poppenberg, widely known
German essayist and historian, Is
dead at his home in Berlin.
Walber Ortolph, a German, charged
with entering government reserva-
tons to obtain information regarding
national defenses, has been released.
Three German officers who escaped
from a prison camp near Denbigh,
Wales, and subsequently were recap
tured, were sentenced by a military
court to serve "a days each in prison.
Equal suffrage was defeated in Ala
bama when the senate rejected suf-
frage bill. q to 19.
At the funeral of Richard C. Fergu-
son his six brothers officiated as pail
| bearers. Ferguson died in San Fran
cisco, following an operation for ap-
pendicitis.
Mrs. Susan Givens, rs years old and
blind, stranglcd herself with a stock
inG in her home in st. Louis.
Former Senator Joseph Bailey at a
banquet given in his honor at Dallas
declared that he would not be a candi-
date for the office OF United States
senator from Texas.
| ben Bolt" carrier pigeon. has
established a new long-distance flight
record of approximately 1900 miles,
from Norwalk, o.. to Los Angeles,
Cal. 1t made the trip in five days.
nine hours and 81 minutes.
Some disorders still occur in Cape
Haitien, Haiti. Admiral Caperton re-
ported to the navy department
| United States Senator Boise Pen
rose has declared himself to be op-
posed to the short ballot.
Train service between Galveston
and the mainland has been re-estab-
lished
In order to save several school chill.
dren playing on a railroad track near
Ripley, Tenn, Lizzie Covington, 16
lost her own life when the train
crushed her as she showed the last
child out of the way
The Kentucky Democratic state con
vention endorsed President Wilson for
president in 1916.
Eighteen persons were slightly in.
jured when Chicago & Alton passen.
ger train was wrecked near Mexico
Mo.
Vanity boxes" are to be furnished
United States soldiers to carry ad
hesive plaster and powder for the
feet.
Dixie and revetment work on the
Missouri river between Kansas City
and st. Louis will cost $500, 900 and
give employment to 1000 men.
Many hundreds Of factory workers
at Bridgeport, Conn, who have been
on strike, recently returned to their
accustomed tasks, their differences
with employers having been adjusted
| Secretary Of the Navy Josephus
Daniels left on the U. 8. s. Dolphin to
make calls at various ports on the
coast
A large band of Mexicans has burnt
the railway bridges between Browns
Vile and San Benito. Tex. Cavalry
is reported to have them surrounded
l. HI. Cunningham, a convicted
banker of Midland, ARK, was pardon
de by Governor Hays as a result OF
the pleadings of Mrs. Cunningham.
Prof. Brogly, teacher of the high
school Of Muelhausen and member oi
the diet of Alsace-Lorraine, has beer
convicted of treason and sentenced tc
10 years Imprisonment.
American shipping for foreign trade
has increased 1888 gross tons ovel
1914. despite stories of decentralization
through untoward legislation.
Killing prairie dogs with chlorine
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