Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-09-15

plant, 15 miles west of Peoria, H., was wrecked by an explosion.
 The Russian steamer Dwinsk, from Archangel, reported being detained six days outside of Archangel while trawlers swept German mines from the channel
 Foes Of the cigarette lost notable battle in the Alabama legislature when the senate, by vote of IT to 16, refused to prohibit pill" smoking.
 The French monoplanist E. X. De mars has equaled the worlds altitude record of 221,59S feet, established by the German airman Otto Linnekogel in an aeroplane at Johannisthal July g, 1914.
 One enlisted man was killed and two injured in an explosion on the de stroyer Decatur at the Cavite navy yard, Philippine islands.
 Mrs. Ruth Young Ward, "A years old, wife of Sibley L. Ward, and of a prominent Little Rock family, was in- stantly killed when an automobile she was driving toppled over a steep en- bankment.
 The war office has announced that in the Zeppelin raids over England bombs were dropped on docks and other pier establishments in London and vicinity. The German airships returned safely.
 Miss Estells Lawton Lindsay the city's lone councilwoman, was acting mayor of the city recently This is the first time, so far as known, that a woman has acted as the head of mu- nicipality the size of Los Angeles.
 William Cullen Rudd, brother-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, is dead at his home in Cleveland, o.
 Four children of Mir. and Mrs. R. Wolfsohn were burned in their home south of Lorette, Manitoba.
 
 A. Y. Anderson, deputy collector of customs at Astoria, Ore, his bride of few weeks, his mother, Mrs Mar garet Anderson, and a cousin, Aaron Anderson, were killed when their au- tomobile was struck by a train.
 Italy has declared cotton contra band of war, Rome dispatch an nounces.
 William L. Moss, attorney-general of Arkansas since 1912, is dead of heart disease. He was 58 years old. Francis Burton Harrison, governor general of the Philippines, said in re- ply to ex-President William H. Taft's criticism that he attached no impor- tsnce to Taft's statements.
 As a result of his infatuation for Tillie Wheeler, 16 years old, George Webster of Philadelphia, 50 years old, committed suicide by hanging himself in jail cell.
 Robert Mudie of Philadelphia, 55 years old, cashier of the Counties Gas and Electric company, killed himself on the eve of his wedding to Miss Mary McCully
 Four hundred employees of the American Graphophone company at Bridgeport, Conn.,, voted to give the company "A hours notice that they would strike unless a 20 per cent in- crease in wages was granted.
 Mrs. Polly Anne Weed Strodes, known as Marrying Polly" because she had been married 13 times, is dead at Evansville, Ind, at the age of 69 years.
 One hundred and twenty-eight stu dents of the fcole des Beaux Arts. Paris, have been killed in the war LID to date.
 An involuntary petition in bank ruptcy against the Chicago, St. Louis & Gulf Transportation Co.,, which op- crates steamboats between La Sale and Peru, H., and St. Louis and New Orleans, was filed in the hnited States district court at Chicago, and a re- ceiver was appointed. Decrease in traffic due to the Eastland disaster is given by Michael Gesas, attorney for the petitioners, as one of the couses of the troubles.
 A German aeroplane, flying at great height, appeared over Chaven- nes, France. The aviator dropped a wreath which bore the inscription: ITO Pegoud, who died like a hero. From his adversary"
 The steamer Manuel Calvo. which arrived from Vera Cruz, brought 455 Spanish refugees from Mexico who left their homes because they faced starvation.
 Former Secretary Bryan's eldest