The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-09-18


William Moon, an employs, was
killed and one of the six wheel mills
of the Western Powder company's
plant, Is 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 II to 16,
refused to prohibit pill smoking.
The French monoplanist E. Y. 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
8. 1914.
| One enlisted man was killed and
two injured in an explosion on the de-
J
yard, Philippine islands.
Mrs. Ruth Young Ward, "a years
old, wife Of Sibley L. Ward, and of
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
;. 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 Mr.. and Mrs. r
g wolfsohn were burned in their home
south of Lorette, Manitoba.
u A. Y. Anderson, deputy collector
u customs at Astoria, Ore, his bride
N a few weeks, his mother, Mrs. Maj
* garet Anderson, and a cousin, Aaro
Anderson, were killed when their al
tomobile was struck by train.
Italy has declared cotton contri
band of war, q Rome dispatch al
nt- William L. Moss, attorney-gener'
of Arkansas since 1912, is dead
heart disease. He was So years old.
as Francis Burton Harrison, governo
di- general of the Philippines, said in r
ply to ex-President William H. Taft
criticism that he attached no impo
lor lance to Taft's statements.
,rd
ds. AS a result of his infatuation I
ars Tillie Wheeler, 16 years old, Geor
,rd Webster of Philadelphia, 60 years o.
committed suicide by hanging hims'
in Jail cell.
ing . u.s,. =, phuode,nb;a
ted 81. .s,e =, tha Connt;os r.
III and Electric company, killed hims
on the eve of his wedding to Nj
Mary McCuliy.
a Four hundred employees OF
sne American Graphophone company
mes Bridgeport, Conn, voted to give
'ars company "a. hours notice that II
would strike unless a 20 per cent
crease in W. res was granted.
o. Mrs. Polly Anne Weed Strod
hing known as Marrying Polly" beca
ner, she had been married 13 times,
No dead at Evansville, Ind, at the
tne of SO years.
, an One hundred and twenty-eight
; nv dents of the Ecole des Beaux A
he Paris. have been killed in the war
N. to date. ..-'
.t An involuntary petition in bs
ruptcy against the Chicago. ST. Ia
E. Gulf Transportation Co., which
,ouri crates steamboats, between La ;
bicb / and Peru. H., and ST. Louis and
Gent Orleans, was filed in the limited 81
hers district court at Chicago, and
has ceiver was appointed. Decrease
ion traffic due to the Eastland disaste
take given by Michael Gesas, attorney
,ney. the petitioners, as one OF the CO.
of the troubles.
I"nA A German aeroplane, flying
~ great height, appeared over Cha
mes, France. The aviator droppt
'no" wreath which bore, the inscript
ITO Pegoud, who died like
From his adversary"
cele- - ,,.,,,l Ca,vo w
acihc arrived from Vera Cruz, brought
Spanish refugees from Mexico
left their homes because they I
birth ''
cniio Former Secretary Bryan's e
daughter, who is the wife OF
Reginald Owen of the British
IS Oh is preparing to go to Egypt {
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