The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-01-09
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LATE WAR DEVELOPMENTS.

LATE WAR DEVELOPMENTS.
No American cruiser ever threat
ened to lombard the port of Tripoli,
Syria, according to cable to Secre-
tsry Of the Navy Daniels from Capt.
Oman, commander of the United
States cruiser North Carolina, off
Beirut
England claims that the Cuxhaven
aeropIane raid was success, and is
highly elsted thereover. In view OF
the fact that the English lost four out
Of seven Of the attacking airships and
has no accurate knowledge of damage
done, the venture does seem to scintI-
late with victory.
The Russian forces, even after los
ing a battle to the Austrians in Ga
Iicia, took heart again and split the
enemy's army into fractions. No juno
ture has as yet been accomplished.
EngIand's insistence on the right of
search as applied to American and
vessels Of other neutral nations has at
last got on the nerves of the admins
tration and they are demanding prac-
tice be stopped and fixed rules be es-
tabIished.
Woman suffragists who called on
Representative Henry, chairman of
the house rules committee, learned
hot hn
tional amendment probably will be
voted upon in the house Jan. II.
1t is rumored In diplomatic circles
in Rome that the kaiser has suf-
ferred a relapse and that his condi-
ton is now most serious.
Captain Castellui, a Spanish army
aviator, while flying in biplane over
the aerodrome at Madrid, fell from a
height of 400 feet and was killed.
Preparations for the evacuation of
Naco, Sonora, were begun by Gen.
Benjamin Hill, who plans to take his
force to Aqua Prieta, opposite Doug
las, Ariz.
Champ Clark dashed cold water on
the report printed in a New York Re-
publican newspaper that the speaker
proposes to oppose Woodrow Wilson
for denomination two years hence.
American farms during 1914
eclipsed all records for combined
value of their products. with a total
of almost $10,00O,Oo0,O 1000.
The European war is drawing the
nations Of the new world closer to-
gether and they are thinking of
peace. universal and perpetual, Sec
rotary William j. Bryan of the state
department said in an address be-
fore the New Jersey School Teachers
association.
DR.. George c. Grille, noted professor
Of clinical surgery in Western Re-
serve university, Cleveland, Ohio, and
a staff Of IL nurses and assistants,
sailed on the Lusitania to join the
American ambulance in Paris.
Ahoiiy -. ilCCI vi ItUChlOTu, Ill,
recent Progressive candidate for con-
gressman-at-large, announced that he
\ would go back to the fold of the Re-
N2ublicans.
Mother-teachers Of New York will
be required by the board Of education
to take two years leave of absence
until the child is 2 years of age.
All the saloons in Des Moines must
close after Feb. Is, 1915, as the re-
suit Of decree of the city council
y. that all the licenses expire at that
lime. Eighty-six saloons are affected
That the earth is 100 ,OOO.O 900 years
old is one of the deductions of George
F. Becker Of the United States Geo
logical society presented In a paper
read at meeting of the Geological
Society of America.
Capt. Franks is in Jail at Benton
Vile, Ark. He was captured at Bon
ham, Tex, by Deputy Sheriff sgd
Jackson on a charge of having killed
Fred Croker. near Sulphur Springs,
10 years ago.
Gov. Blease of South Carolina
signed pardons for A penitentiary and
chain gang prisoners, bringing the to-
tai number Of cases of legislative |
clemency during his two terms to |
1883.
The speaker and Mrs. Clark an
nounced the engagement of their
daughter Genevieve to James M.
Thomson Of New Orleans. The wed.
ding Is to take place at Bowling \
Green, Mo-, next spring or early sum.
mer
Forty-six men were arrested at
Terre Haute. Ind. by United States
marshals on indictments returned by
the federal grand jury in Indianap-
oils charging election frauds. All the
men were released on $500 bonds
each.
Instructions have been sent to the
Italian cruiser Calabria, now at Bel.
rut Syria, to assist the United States
cruiser North Carolina II the ne
cessity should arise as the result OF
further demonstrations against tho