Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-03-10

Henry PontornO, private banker or Chicago, whose bank next to a police station was robbed of $9,500 Feb. IF, was arrested on four warrants charg- ing larceny by bailee.
 John A. Brewer, blind, of Herrin, H., was sentenced in the federal court ot two years at Leavenworth on charge of using the mails to defraud. He admitted having sent bogus refer ences to mail order house.
 
 Ferdinand N. Batcher was killed by his alarm clock. Batcher was a re- tired mechanical engineer of Chicago. For some time he had been suffering from heart disease and the sudden awakening finished him.
 
 Cheng Hsu Henry Wang of Shan tung, junior in the academic class at Yale, won the Ten Eyck prize in pub lie speaking.
 The official figures show that Rob ert M. Sweitzer, candidate for the Democratic nomination for mayor of Chicago in the recent primary, de feated Mayor Carter H. Harrison by 79,186 votes.
 The crew of the trawler Sapphire, which struck mine in the North sea, was landed at Hull
 Mrs Russell Sage has distributed $5O,000 among six public institutions in Syracuse, the gifts being in mem ory of her mother.
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 The building of the new Italian su- perdreadnaught Marc Antonio Colon na was begun. The new ship will have normal displacement of 30,000 tons.
 
 More than $1,O00,000 has been spent at the exposition the first 10 days. The sum includes the purchase of season tickets.
 Woman suffrage and statewide prohibition will come before the vot- CTS of South Dakota at the general election in November, 1916.
 
 Following action determined upon several days ago in New York, a re ceivership for the Great Western rail road, a Gould line, was requested by the Equitable Trust company of New York before United States District Judge Van Fleet. O. ". Rarker, cashier of the John son City Qll.) National bank, and F. J. Froelich of Chicago pleaded not guilty in the federal court to indict ments charging them with wrecking the bank
 Bugs are the direct reason why 112 pupils in public school No. 12, at Pa terson, N. J., have been given a va cation. Winged insects infested. the school in such numbers this year that study became impossible.
 John Treadwell, formerly interest ed in mining on the Pacific coast who went into bankruptcy last No vember, with liabilities of more than $2,000,000 and assets of unknown value, has received discharge from the court.
 The Sawyer racing bill, creating 8 racing commission and legalizing Par Mutuel machines, was passed by the Arkansas legislature, 45 to 46 The bill now goes to the governor.
 Oswin J. O'Brien of Jersey City, N J., placed $125,000 fortune in trust for two years, after which time he must prove to the supreme court that he has been temperate. On this con dition his wife withdrew proceedings to have him declared incompetent
 Legislators freely express the opin- ion that bill intended to combine the two cities of St. Paul and Mime apolis will fail Jealousy between the two is thought to be the cause.
 President Wilson on the last day of congress was called upon to sign bills appropriating nearly S1,000,000,000.
 The Arkansas house passed the bill providing that state elections be held on the same date as national cleo tions, ending fight which has been waged for 10 years.
 Not content with adding to the high cost of Broadway's necessities, all 15- cent drinks have been advanced to cost 15 cents straight instead of two for quarter n New York.
 The American submarines C-3 and C-5 have been ordered from Cristobal to Balboa to work out certain defense problems in connection with the coast artillery relating to mine laying and target practice.