The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1920-01-31
DOMESTIC.

Thirty-five acts OF heroism were
recognized by the Carnegie Hero
Fund Commission at its sixteenth an
nual meeting held at Pittsburg. Two
silver medals and 33 bronze medals
were awarded.
Whipping of women at the city
stockade was discontinued entirely by
the prison committee of the Atlanta
city council after public hearing of
charges brought by the Atlanta HUI
name Society that women had been
strapped to a contrivance resembling
a chair and logged.
Influenza in mild form continue to
sweep through Chicago at the rate of
100 new cases every "a hours. All
available trained nurses were being
mobilized by the Health Department TO
help combat the epidemic.
The government will fix railroad
employees wages by competent and
impartial tribunal as well as prescrib-
ing what freight rates shall be charged
according to the prediction of Senator
Hoke Smith of Georgia.
The army transport Powhattan. with
500 persons aboard, sent word by radio
to Boston that she was in distress
about 500 miles east of New York
The National Board of Directors of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians de-
cided to hold its next biennial conven-
ton in Detroit on the third Tuesday
in July, 1921.
No newspapers ere published at
Winnipeg on account Of news print
paper shortage. News bulletins will
be displayed at the post office until
the papers reappear.
While the thermometer lowered near
the zero mark, 35 Chicago families
we're driven to the street when fiie,
believed to have been Of incendiary
origin, destroyed an apartment house.
Merger of the northern and southern
branches under a new constitution and
assuming the name Of the Methodist
Episcopal Churches at Louisville, Ky.
Evidence of widespread Stacking by
the large industrial army employed in
the construction of the Muscle Shoals
Nitrate plant piled up at the hearing
conducted at Florence, Ala, by the
House war expenditures committee.
Chicago school teachers, who ap-
pealed to the Board Of Education for
a go per cent wage increase, will re-
ceive blanket raise of $500 to $500
a year, George p. Arnold, chairman Of
the board, announced.
Routing of six trunk lines of the
Illinois bond issue hard roads through
Central Illinois was arranged at a
meeting held at Bloomington.
The traditions of the sawdust arena
will be carried out in the rearing of
Patricia McGinnis. baby of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles McGinnis. Mrs. Thesssa-
liza Lesher, a former circus rider, of
Chicago, announced she would adopt
Patricia.
Abolition of the excess profits tax
and substitution therefor of a tax of
/ per cent on all purchases exceeding
81. to be paid by the purchaser, was
advocated by Otto H. Kahn, New York
banker, in an address before the AS
sociation of Credit Men.
w. ]. Bryan was named by Frank
]. Hagenbarth as responsible for the
high cost of living. Hagenbarth, pres.
ident of the American Wool Growers
Association, told its convention at Salt
Lake City that Bryan and free trade
were responsible for high prices.
Private adyices from Mexico report
that Ell Democratic, Carranza's official
organ, in Mexico City, had announced
the suppression of the Spanish Herald
a newspaper published in the interests
of General Alvarado, former Governor
VI Yucatan.