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In RAILWAY Business Now.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service I
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-The in
terstate commerce commissions in.
quiry into the Rock Island railways
affairs closed today. The last hours
we're devoted largely to testimony cal
culated to show that every effort is
being made now to operate the Rock
Island as a railway property and not
as the basis on which pyramid gigan-
tic financial schemes as earlker evil
dence appeared to show was the case
of the first financial control by the
tin plate crowd, Lee, Leeds and the
Moores. Henry U. Nudge. present
president, impressed persons at the
hearing today with the fact that he Is
real railway man and it appears
from his statement that he had right
to be. He began as section hand.
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RUSSIA

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PETRoGRAD, Feb. 27-Przasnysz
has becn recsptured by the Russians.
The cars troops have taken $500
German prisoners. The Germans are
retreating northward toward the Prus-
sian border in great disorder, hotIy
pursued by Russian cavalry. accord
ing to an official statement issued by
the war department today. Coupled
with success cf the Russians north Of
Warsaw, came official reports tonight
Of fresh victories along the Niemen
and Bobr rivers Russian artillery
fire practically annihilated an entire
German battalian on the Bobr.
The Austrians who were defeated
south Of stanisiau, have renewed their
attempt to take new offensive to-
wSrd Iemberg, through Rosenatow.
They have been beaten of with Sc
we're losses, the Russians taking f,261
prisoners and five cannon
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ATTACK suEz CANAL.
CHARGED With swlndle.

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PORTLAND, Ore. Feb. 27.-On al
legations that 1000 persons, scatter
ed all over the country had been
swindled out of approximately S1.250,-
900, federal grand jury today IN
dicted nine former officers and sales
men Of the United States Cashier
company. en- charges Of conspiracy
and misuse Of United States mails.
The officers indicted were Frank
Menafee. president: Thomas Bilyed.
director and inventor Of five money
changing and computing machines,
which the company was organized to
manufacturer, F. NJ. Lemon. sales
manager and Oscar Campbell, direc-
tor. The indictment also alleges that
the five so-called inventions which
were listed on the books Of the COM
panv as assets valued at 100000,
were not covered by patents as the
officers and statesmen are said to
have represented.
The company was organized In Sep
tember 1910 On January 81, 1914,
IL sold out to a Terre Haute, Ind,
firm.
It was alleged the company never
manufactured any. machines on a
commercial scale.
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All Outer Turkish Forts Guarding the Strait, are
Reported Silenced and Sutan's Capital
is in Near Panic.
FLEET bATTERS Down OPPOSITION
Trainloads of Wounded Have Been Taken to
Con.tantinople, While English and French
Warships Claim no Damage Received.

est fort on the European side of tn,
entrance.
Trailing her, came two other British
battleships. shelling Okhanteh and
Cape Helles on the European side
The British gunners hurled projectiles
with deadly accuracy, while the
Turkish reply was described as feebl3.
and ineffective The French, working
lin perfect harmony with the British
warships, opened fire on the forts on
the Asiatic side. The Gaulois began
|battering Kun Kalessi at long range.
Two hundred heavy guns from the
Turkish forts roared q reply but their
shells fell harmlessly about the
French battleship.
At 8 p. m. q French aviator brought
the information that the Gaulois'
shelis had been aimed with such ra.
mnrkable precision that the fort was
partially wrecked. The French bat
tleshfps Suffren and Charlemange
then approached to within 1000 yards
OF the fort. Steaming slowly by. they
directed heavy gun fire upon Kum
kalessi and at 5:15 avfators signallei
that the Turkish gunners were fleeing
and that the fortress had been leveled.
The allied fleet then withdrew. At
udyDIcdh luo lOtoWihR d0yS AAAo
sweepers were sent into the channel
under the protection Of cruiser ho-
tilla They did their work SO sue
cessfully that the Gaulois made her
way without danger past the entrances
and into the strait early yesterday.
directing her fire at the fortress
Dardanos, just outside the strait. She
was joined by the other French units.
which had engaged another Turkish
land defense when the last reports
were received at Athens.
The Inflexibie, after reducing Sedd-
El-Bahr, took UP position just inside
the entrance and continued shelling
the land Notifications inside the strait.
An Athens dispatch rerorted the light
house northeast Of Sedd-ElBahr -
be in flames. The admiralty tonight
officially designated the forts reducea
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Rura, Credits LEGISLATION.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Decisive
action generally admitted to inquire
rural credits legislation by congress
was taken up by the house late today.
Parliamentary moves forced a situa-
ton where the house will definitely
vote Monday on tacking on some sort
of rural credit bill as a ride to the
annual agricultural appropriation
bill Friends of rural credits were
jubilant tonight. They predicted it
will be up to President Wilson to &C
cept or veto rural credit plan of
some kind.
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M Hostile Action to be Taken Because Of the
Blowing up Of Two American Ships BY
Mines in European Waters
.REGRETTABLE, But not HOSTILE ACTS
Strict Neutrality Of President Wilson is Not to be
Changed Because Of the Loss Of the
Carib and Evelyn.

are in the collection which have
since been destroyed and the officials
frankly state that to hold any par
ticular nation responsible for the
mines that destroyed these American
vessels flying the stars and stripes,
lis an utter impossibility.
AS matter of fact, officials re-
ported for the governments attitude
toward the European belligerents
very plainly declare that President
Wilson has in no way changed his at
titude Of strictest neutrality be-
cause Of the loss of two American,
merchantmen.
These craft accepted the hazard of
navigating waters contiguous to the
scene Of hostilities and the admins
tration takes the view that their ioss
WAS "regrettable. but In no way on
account of hostility, .ss u
Naturally Germany wanted the Car.
goes OF the ships and would have
saved them II she could And the al.
lies had no interest In their cargUes,
which are absolutely guaranteed by
their own consular representatives as
non-contrAband.
Secretary Bryan in explaining to
night that 1t was impossible to make
public any details Of existing negotia-
tions with any belligerent powers,
took occasion to deny specifically that
Ambassador Page at London had been
told by the British foreign office that
England, after consulting with her
allies, had decided that 1t mist push
drastic reprisaas against Germany.
even to the extent Of declaring all
conditional ccntraband, actual con-
traband.
The secretary stated that he Eek.
pected. that some word would come
from England next week. He made 1t
very plain by his attitude. however.
that the British government had ex-
planned because Germany's submarine
blockade was directed equally against
France and England, that England
considered all matters in connection
with it, must be considered by all of
the British allies. Therefore there
might be even more delay before a
final decision can be reached. There
was little doubt in the minds of re-
sponsible officials of the state de-
partment, however, that none Of the
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when NIGHT FALLS IN AURORA,
WOMEN AND GIRLS ARE FEARFUL
TO GO OUTSIDE OF HOMES

were held. but the authorities admit
ted tonight they have nothing tang
tble which would point directly to any
terrorized this little city of lights
and made women and girls fearful to
go abroad from their. homes after
nightfall.
One faint, very slender thread, on
which all efforts centered tonight in
the man hunt, was the rough wooden
mitten found near the scene Of the
crime. The police today learned
where the mitten was purchased. A
clerk in Podolsky and Cohen's North
Broadway store, sold it. But he has
sold scores like it. Notwithstanding
this fact. detectives tonight secured
Little Hungary on the banks of the
Fox river in an effort TO match the
glove They found innumerable pairs
like it, but none of the hardy work
ers In that neighborhood had only
one mitten-
A coroner's jury today held the
usual inquest over the girls body.
After hearing witnesses tell of the
discovery Of the crime and how it was
committed, Mrs. Sophia Anderson.
Emma's mother. was called. She
could furnish no Information that
would throw light on the mystery. She
collapsed as she left the stand. The
inquest was concluded without find,
ings, it was announced. The body
will be taken to Chicago for inter
ment, probably Monday.
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RANCE
IBy Henry Wood, United Press Staff
Correspondents.

II -
Correspondent.l
PARIS, Feb. 27.-7y . series Of bril-.
.Ilant bayonet charges, the French
gained new victories In the Cham
pagne region, II was announced in the
OFFICIAL communicate from the war Of
flee tonight. North Of Mesnil-L-Hur-
Ius, the Germans were driven from a
serie, Of trenches, the French ad-
vancina nearly 600 yards Two ma
chine guns, q cannon and 100 prison
ers were taken by the French.
Fighting has been resumed along
the sand dunes near the Belgian sea
coast. A French patrol captured a
German trench near Lombaertzyde,
annihiiating its occupants. Vigorous
French assaults near st. Mihtel and
to the north, in the region between
the Argonne and the Meuse, reported
in tonieht's dispatches, presaged a
concerted attempt TO lift the pressure
upon the fortress Of Verdun,
For the first time In several weeks
the French have renewed their efforts
TO cut OF the German force that oc-
cupies the west bank Of the Meuse at
st. MihieI or force Ito retirement. AZ
rapidly az the Germans pontoon the
river at this point, French artillery
wrecks the temporary bridges and
drives the German engineers back
from the river bank.
North of Verdun, the crown
princes army 10 strongly entrenched.
Excepting the fighting in the Cham
paune, the main French attacks OF
the last four days have been directed
against the German trenches In this
locality.
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AUSTRIA

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
VIENNA, (via Amsterdam), Feb. 27.
There 10 bitter close fighting south
Of TsucIa and around the Wysxkow
pass region In the carpathians, Il was
announced In official statement at mid
night. The enemy has been heavily
repulsed, the ninth Finish regiment
losing 500 killed and 800 wounded and
76O prisoners. In eastern Galicia,
fighting around Stanislau continues
with Russians resisting the Austrian
advance.
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THE WEATHER

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-Fore.
cast:
Illinois-Cloudy in north; probably
rain or snow in south portion Sunday
and Monday.
Missouri Cloudy Sunday; probably
snow or rain south and central por-
tons; Monday cloudy.
Iowa-Generally fair sunday and
Monday.
Local Observations.
Feb. Bar. Their. Wind With r
81 a. M. 30.3G 81 NE CFds
27 p. M 1898 "a NEPt Cid.
River stage, Z a. m. 12.S.
Change in past "a hours. rise a.
Mean temperature. 81; highest, Sc;
lowest, 81. Lowest Friday night, q.
FRED z. GOSEWISCH,
Observer.
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Only One Glue to the Fiend
Who Murdered Emma Pet
!. erson on the
Street.
DOPE FIENDS ARE HELD
Little Hungary Secured in
Search of Man With
Only One
.. Mitten.
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United Press Leased Wire Service. !
AURORA. ILL.,, Feb. z7.-The man
who crushed in the skull of Emma
Peterson Thursday night, was tonight
as far from the clutches Of the law,
as the murderer of Theresa Holland
er slain here in February! 1914, and
Jennie Miller, who was clubbed 20
death here last. fall. dozen clues
that held promise today. tonight had
been run to earth without avail.
Ten suspects, all dope f1ends, still
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TURKEY

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coNsTANriNoPLE, via Athens,
FEB. 27.-The Turkish war office to-
day admitted that the outer forts Of
the DardaneIles were damaged under
heavy bombardment by the allied
fleet On Wednesday. The Turkish
casualties were five killed and four
teen wounded. The borbardment
was resumed on Thursday, the enemy
retiring out Of range Thursday after
noon.
An ofrcial statement from the
French admiralty this afternoon said
the outer forts on the Asiatic side Of
the DardaneiIes were silenced at 5:15
o. m. Thursday. The British admiralty
statenent tonight indicated that forts
on the European side were put out Of
action Thursday afternoon and de-
stroyed on Friday.
ATTACK sUEZ CANAL.
BERLIN, (via wireless to Sayville,
L. ~, Feb. 27.-Turks operating
against the suez canal, have brought
up number of heavy guns In the FL
kantara region to the north, accord
ina to dispatches from Italian sources
received here tonight.
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Blaze Was Fierce and Threat
ened to Spread to
Heart Of the
City.
LOSS OF ABOUT $4oo, 900
High Wind Sent Sparks Two
Blocks and Several
Buildings Caught
Fire.

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PEORIA. ILL.,, Feb. 27.-Entailing a
loss estimated at 100000, fre which
negan at five p. M. today, destroyed
ehe German Fire Insurance building.
On North Jefferson avenue, the Ham
IN building, adjoining 1t, ana
threatened for time to spread into
me heart Of the retail district.
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TURKS IN PANlCy-DACIA IS SEIZED
ENGLAND
[By Ed. L. Keen, United Prose star
Correopondent.1

IBy Ed. L. Keen, United Prose stan
Correspondent.
LONDON, Feb. 27.-Ten big battle
ships Including tho powerful dread
naught Queen elizabeth and at least
thirty smaller warshlps formed the
Ansio-French fleet that reduced tho
outer forts Of the Dardaneiies, the ad-
nrIraIty announced tonight. Landing
parties Of marines executed , success-
fol rear attack on the fortresses. The
Asememnon, ritishB battisship, suffer
ed the most severe damage. She was
engaged at close range with the forts
Of sedd-El-Bahr. A shell burst on her
Geek, killing three men and woundtng
five.
The allied fleet, preceded by mine
sweepers, has entered the channel and
with the aid Of the marines 10 making
determined attack upon the Turkish
forts inside the entrance. The fort
ress Of Dardanos already has suffered
severely from the warships' shell hre.
Mine sweepers today swept the chan
mel free OF floating explosives for a
distance Of -four miles.
The admraIty's OFFICIAL statement
tonight gave the marines full credit
for their work in aiding In the redue-
tion Of the forts and supplied impor-
tant details, Indicating that tho
strength Of the allied fleet 10 much
greater than was unoffbcially reported.
The marines, the admiralty announ-
ced, did particularly effective work on
the Asiatic side Of the DardaneIies en-
trance. They attacked fort kum-kaIe
from the rear, while the French war
ships were battering her front, forced
the, Turkish garrison to flee and pur-
sued them across the Mendere bridge.
The marines lost one man killed and
three wounded In yesterdays fighting.
The battIeshlp Triumph, which was
engaged In the bonnbardment OF Ger
man forts at Tsinq Tao last October,
has joined the allied fleet and partici-
pated In the bombardment Of the outer
forts. Other British vessels engaged
on Thureday Msee the dreadnau0ht
Queen Etlzabsth, the prs-1fSa dnau0is
lsA0A Aifsemnor and the battisshlpS irrse
tlble, Vengeance, Albion ana Cornwall
lie, az we'll as Vice Admiral Gardens
flagship, the Inflexibls. Besides these,
the French warshIps Gaulois, Char
lemangs and suffren and number OF
smaller vessels were In action. The
outer forts wore siIeneed In Thurs
days bombardment. The marines
completed the work Of destruction yes
terday. =.
WILL ORDER BLOCKADE.
LONDON, Feb. 27.-The allies have
come to a virtual agreement that q
blockade must be decreed against
Germany and her allies In retaliation
for submarine attacks upon merchant
vessels. AZ preliminary step, a
note will be addressed to the neutraIs
early next week, notifying them Of
such step. Notification came from
high authority tonight that Premier
Asquith will make public Monday
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Staff Correspondent

[By John Edwin Nevin, United Press
Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Feb. 27.-
there will be no hostile action by the
United States because of the loss or
the steamers Carib and Evelyn. High
officials in close touch with Presi-
dent Wilson asserted this tonight.
There is not the slightest doubt that
both vessels. were sunk by mines.
Whether the mines were German,
sBrltlsh or French. cannot be ascer-
tanned. Commander Gheradi, United
States naval attache at Berlin, re-
ported today that the Evelyn was
sunk in shoal water in latitude SO
degrees. So minutes north; longitude
: degrees. minutes east, or in the
language of the layman,. some TWEEN.
fy-hve miles off the Dutch coast.
ihis Is in the safety zone indicated
by the German admiralty, through
which neutral shipping might pass
ana within those boundaries all ship
ping should be safe.
But it was pointed out at both the
navy and state departments that
scores of mines have floated ashore
along the Dutch and Scandinavian
coasts and that ships Of all nations
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WAS AN ENGLISH NINE.
MAKES JoFFRE MAD.

BERLIN, (via sayviIie) Feb. ~
General Joffre, French commander,
Is becoming exasperated because 81
many French machine guns are fall
Ing into the hands Of the Germans,
according to communication to the
war office today.
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BY I'd. L. Keen, United Press Stan
CnrreapQrient.


Correspondent.
LONDON, Feb. 27.-Trainloads OF
wounded Turks are arriving in Con-
stantinople as the allied feet con-
tinues its methodicaY battering Of the
Dardanelles fcrts. Seven Anglo
French warships have penetrated the
strait and are training 12-inch guns
upon Turkish land defenses.
This was the information here to-
night from Sofia and Athens. SOFA
advices asserted that GOO wounded
Turks were carried into the Ottoman
capital. following destruction of the
outer forts and that their arrival
created a near panic in the sultan's
capital
A detailed story of the fighting, re-
ceived at Athens. was relayed here
tonight from Paris. 1t contradicted
previous stories from Athens and de-
clared that none Of the allied war
ships had been damaged by the Turk
ish gunners.
Vice Admiral Gardens flag ship,
the Inflexible, led the assault that
resulted in the final destruction OF the
outer Turkish forts guarding the
strait. Steaming in close, the 1nfex-
fble opened fire with her eight twelve
inch guns on Sedd-El-Bahr, the strong
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. "A French prize court In all prob Z
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Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-13

Messrs. Erganbright and North addressed the Clear water people Saturday night on wheat growing.
 Mrs Mary Grissom has return ed from Melbourne, where she was called on account of the death of her brother.
 Messrs. Donnell, Spence and Brooks were in Searcy Thursday selling cotton.
 Pete Miller and his sons Artie and Cara and Roy Waller motor ed to Pleasant Plains Sunday af ternoon.
 Racene.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-13
Which Shall It Be?

Do you intend to continue laboring. burning valuable fuel and destroying high priced food with that old wornout cook stove? You know that old stove eats up a lot of fuel each year. You know you have trouble getting it to bake just right. in fact, spoil batch of bread every once in whie-you know it costs considerable in yearly repairs. Stop and think and figure. Wouldn't 1t pay you to buy a good range-a range with reputation
 The Great Majestic, .malleable and charcoal iron, range.
 You make DO mistake in buying the Great Majestic-its the range with reputation ask your neighbors Then too, it's made just right andof the right kind of materials Malleable and Char coal Iron riveted together practically air tight-lined with pure asbestos parts being malleable can't break has movable reservoir and an oven that don't warp-that's why the Majes- tic uses so little fuel. bakes just rIgnt every day of the year, browns bread all ever without turning, heats 5 gale Ions of water while breakfast is cook= ing, properly handled lasts a life time. and costs practically nothing for re- pairs.
Judsonia weekly advance., 1915-10-13

Dr. Cleveland of Bald Knob, was in town a few hours Tuesday. Mrs. and Mrs. A. P. Moody of Bald knob visited relatives here Sunday afternoon.
 Miss Josie Forbes left Sunday for months visit with relatives in San Antonio, Texas.
 A fine line of school books and other school supplies at Little's Drug Store.
 Attorney H. P. Cleveland is in Searcy this week attending Chancery Court.
 J. B. Spicer of Cotton Plant was a guest at the home of R. l.. Goad last Sunday and Monday.
 Dr. J. s. Eastland returned last Saturday from a visit with rela- tives in Wisconsin.
 Miss Jessie Woodward returned Tuesday to Philadelphia toresume her studies at Ouachita College.
 Have you tried Salvet for your stock?
 Little's Drug Store.
 Mayor s. T. Hughes has been attending Chancery Court at Searcy this week.
 Mrs. M. J. Walker and Mrs. G. Holmes attended the meeting of the Caroline Baptist Associa- ton at England the past week.
 Mrs. M. A. Powell, mother of R. E. Powell of this city, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Whltlow at Bradford, Tuesday night, October 5th. She was bur- led at Denmark last Thursday.