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The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-04

J. V. Bedford and wife have moved into the house owned by Mrs. A. D. Beaufort on Christian Ridge where they will reside.
 Mrs. c. R. Miller, of Hugo. Oklahoma, is expected to arrive this evening on No. 6 for a visit with her father, John Caldwell, :, and family.
 Agents Wanted-to sell Texas lands. No experience necessary Big money for travelling sales man. If you are Tive wire" write E. E. Clark, sales manager, Hamlin, Texas.
 Dr. C.E. Hayes, of Little Rock, superintendent of Home Mission work in this synod of the Pres byterian church, was in Prescott last night and this morning on business.
 Miss Mary White who has been quite ill. is improving and Miss Sands, the trained nurse who has been caring for her, will re- turn to her home in Little Rock this evening
 Miss Daisy McCready is quite ill with typhoid fever at her home on East Second street and Miss Louise Knoble, the trained nurse from Hope, arrived this morning to care for her.
 The board of stewards of the Methodist church will have their last regular meeting for this conference year, at the church, Monday night at 8 o'clock. Every mem mber of the board is urged to be present.
 Mrs. $. l. Lindsey, represent. ing the Woman's Board of Mis- sious of the Presbyterian church arrived in Prescott this after noon from Hope and will be pres ent and deliver an address at the Presbyterian services held at the First Baptist church tomorrow, both morning and evening.
 Miss Hettie Dunaway of Con- way is in St. Louis on a ten day engagement reading for the diff ferent club women of that city. She was the entertainer on the Arkansas on Wheels" train and left that train when it arrived in St. Louis. Miss Dunaway made a hit all along the line, but the people of Pittsbug and Colu mbus were so well pleased with her that she has a return engagement in December, at which time she will present My Lady of the Decoration" before the Chamber of Commerce in those cities.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-11-04
ANNOUNCEMENTS

COUNTY AND PROBATE JUDGE
 The News is authorized to announce R. O. We>tmoreland as D. candidate for County and Probate Judge of Nevada County. subject to the action of the Democratic primary.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23
AMBASSADOR HILL.
Diplomat Decries Statements of "PrS-
phets" That War Is Coming.

DR.. David Jayne Hill. United States
ambassador to Germany, is at present
in this country on leave Of absence de-
livering a series Of lectures upon the
question of international peace Or'
Hill is one of the foremost scholars IN
the diplomatic service.
DR.. Hill is a firm believer in natIona!
arbitration, and the keynote of his ad-
dresses is that war is absolutely unnec-
essary. He decries the statements OF
certain prophets who assert that war
is coming without justifying their as
sertiOnS.
There are prophets who cry out that
The Hague tribunal is a useless coun-
Gil of nations and that we are doomed
to certain warfare" said the ambassa-
dor, "but crises come and go and peace
is maintained Notwithstanding these
evil prophecies.
To-day we are a rational people, and
war is a barbaric, not a civilized Oc-
currence. Battles and skirmishes are
at most crude and cumbrOus method
of settling disputes and are not in &C
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23

with its masked driver, picks him up
to convey him to the hospital. where
every man dies, or direct to the funer-
al pyre.
The outbreak of the plague is at
tributed to the hunting of a species of
marmot, known locally as the tarba
gan and which resembles the prairie
dog or muskrat in it's habits. This ami
nal is sought after for its fur and is
found in great numbers. 1t is pecul-
iarly liable to attack by the plague
virus.
The malady spreads with great ra-
pidity. Characteristic of the epidemic
is the extreme virulence of the germ,
and very few people who are attacked
by it recover. Treatment is made more
difficult by the fat that the disease
cannot be detected in it's early stages.
The period of incubation is six or sew
Ell days, and in that time an infected
person may traaei far, carrying the
disease with him quite innocently.
Danger of It's Spread.
i ne DeSt dutuOF1lIeS 10 not nluk II
likely that the epidemic will spread to
distant countries. The danger would
be greater if the epidemic worked it's
way stage by stage. establishing cen
tiers that came gradually nearer The
season of the year, too. makes this less
probable, for, unlike cholera epidemics.
which flourish in the summer. great
epidemics of plague have always de-
veloped in the winter.
A diminution of an epidemic by the
return of warm weather does not nee
essarily mean its suppression, how
ever. 1t is found that in spite Of every
precaution plague does not entirely
disappear from a locality in which it
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23

wrote asking him to remain in that
country. The city magistrates of Biz
mingham got up petition requesting
DR.. Jowett to stay in that city, and he
was overwhelmed with letters from
all over England, advancing reasons
why he should remain.
Born in Yorkshire, DR.. Jowett was
educated at Edinburgh university and
Mansfield college, Oxford. He was
pastor of the Newcastle-on-Tyne
church from 1889 until 1896. when he
accepted the call to succeed the cele-
brated DR.. Dale at Carr's Lane Con-
gregational church. While in Birming-
ham he started and supervised the
Digbeth institute. located in a poor
part of the city, and to aid in that
work his congregation responded to his
appeal with a donation of $125,00O.
Dr. Jowett in his new position will
preach to one of the wealthiest congre-
cations in the United States. and
among Presbyterian churches the
wealthiest. Last year the church gave
away $685.. SAT. Of this sum $41, 399
went to home missions, $11,055 to for
eign missions, S13,52S for church edi-
fees. $196, 494 to miscellaneous chart
ties, $53,978 to congregational ex-
penses, and the rest was divided
among other boards of the Presbyteri-
an church.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23

10 remodel the army he called into
council General Corbin, who was then
adjutant general. General Corbin di-
rected his assistant, General Carter, to
prepare the plan. Carter did it.
Carter is medal of honor man. That
means that he is one of the few men
In the country entitled to wear medal
given only to soldiers who have per
formed some conspicuous act of hero
asm under the fire of the enemy. 1t
Is the American equivalent of the Vic
toria cross. Carter got it out in Ari-
IONA in one Of the wars against the
Apaches when he went across bull
aet swept rayine and brought in bad
~ wounded negro private.
] Carter, however, is not the only med
al of honor man with the troops in
Texas. Brigadier General Mills wears
the medal. and so does Colonel Marion
p. Maus. Maus earned his medal in
the Geronimo campaign in Arizona in
1885, when he served under General
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23

cordance with the principles of mod
ern civilization. Why cannot the trou-
bles and disputes between nations be
settled by a court of arbitration rather
than by bloOdshed?
1T is a fact that all the powers col
lectively have not yet expended the
cost of a single battleship in promoting
the cause of international peace. To
tai disarmament is not yet in sight, nor
does it seem likely to be accomplished.
Until we get some guarantees of assur-
ance as to the prevention of wars by a
combina ton of the great powers we
must rely upon our armies and navies
to maintain peace. l hope that some
such tribunal will give US this assur-
ance in time"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23
AS SUPPLE AS A SNAKE.
In Newest Dance the Legs Are Ignored
and Arms Do the Work.

In Newest Dance the Legs Are Ignored
and Arms Do the Work.
SALARY Djeli is one of the sensations
of the present theatrical season in Lon
don. She is appearing there in Sc
ries of remarkable dances, and those
who have seen her are loud in praising
her grace and her alluring personality.
She and her manager have taken the
proper means to whet public curiosity
concerning her.
Beyond telling her name little has
been made public about her. She is
called La Femme Mysterieuse" Ghe
woman of mystery. She refuses to
tell of her early life, of her antecedents,
of her training. She is barely nine
teen years old. and dancing seems to
be the only way in which she gives ex-
preston to her life. Her manager has
told little about her, but in q brief
statement sent to the press he says:
1.-THE movements of her arms have
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23

being devoured. More than 1000 have
died there in four months
In one of the suspect houses the only
attendant is the cook. He has COW
ering for his face. even to the eyes,
with a lint sieve saturated in car
bOlic acid solution to breathe through.
Strangest of all is the case of the
doughty old style Chinese doctor. the
man whose system is chiefly to stick
needles into his patients This old
fellow has defed death and the plague
in one of the three segregation houses
ever since the epidemic began. They
say he gives medicine in spite of the
humiliation he suffers in losing ev-
cry patient whom he treats. He has
not thought of quitting, and he has
not a thought of fear His first intre-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23

breeding Of germs. If a man has a
special handkerchief pocket, in time
that pocket becomes infested with dan.
porous organisms. The handkerchief
IS stuffed into the pocket, and the or
gahlsms find home on the pocket lin
ing. 1t will be seen that a perfectly
clean handkerchief will become infect
ed the moment it is put into the pocket.
The only sensible and hygienjc gas
70 carry handkerchief is to %. {. uy
ones sleeve, or, rather, cuff Here
there is no cul-de-sac. The draft os air
caused by the wind or the swinging Of
the arm is sufficient to keep the sleeve
passably germ free. Persons who in
slSt on carrying handkerchiefs in their
pockets should at least protect them
serves by spraying their pocket Innings
frequently with an antiseptic. such az
eucalyptus dissolved in eau de cologne"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23

Of New Jersey henceforth.
Assemblyman Donnelly has intro
duced bill making harem skirt wear
ing a "high misdemeanor," punishable
by Imprisonment in solitary confne-
ment for life.''
That's the only way to stop 'em
wearing 'em:" exclaimed Donnelly en-
Enthusiastically. IF nobody can see
'em they won't want to wear 'em.
see?'
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23

built from Rogers to Sloan Springs,
thirty-fve miles, a few years ago by
Mr.. Felker and was called the Arkan-
sas, Oklahoma and Western. Later the
road took on a new lease of life, and
new capital was brought into it and
the name changed to the Memphis and
Kansas City road. An extension is
now being made from Cave Springs to
TOntitown, and it is on this arm of the
road that Mr. Felker is working daily.
The road will be extended to Fayette-
vile and on over east until it reaches
Memphis.
Colonel FeIker came to Rogers from
CassviIIe, Mo, and in 1888 established
the Bank Of Rogers 1t is now the
leading banking institution in north
west Arkansas, occupying its own
home, which is one Of the most mod
ern and elegantly arranged buildings
in the state, having been built three
years ago at a cost Of 100000
When the Bank Of Rogers was eStaD-
hshed in those early days there were
only about dozen banks in the entire
state. He took his sons into the bank
a few years later, and they are looking
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23
labOrator,

germicide, the detention ward and the
microscope against the oldest pesti-
lence known to man.
Russia and Germany are guarding
the eastern gateway through which
comes the Transeurasian travel.
Great as would be the devastation
caused by an armed Asiatic horde into
Europe, it could be no greater than
the ruin wrought by a widespread ad-
vance of the bubonic or pneumonia
plague westward across the plains Of
Russia and up through Germany and
Austria to the Atlantic.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23

lew Pastor of One of United States
Wealthiest Congregations.


The Rev. DR.. John Henry Jowett,
who resigned the passionate of Carr's
Lane Congregational church at Biz
mingham, England, to fill the pulpit of
the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church,
New York, at salary Of $4,000.
comes to america with a record of
sincerity, eloquence. force and fearless
utterance.
The news that he was thinking of
leaving Carr's Lane Congregational
church created some excitement, not
only in Birmingham and the vicinity,
but all over England.
His work in connection with a seven
years pastorate at st. James church,
Newcastle-on-Tyne. and then his serv-
Ice at the Birmingham church since
1896, gained much admira ton from all
classes, and although known as the
greatest dissenting preacher in Eng
land bishops of the Established church
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23

to a dangerous
overflow Of men
this summer the
legislature of New
Jersey has under
taken solemnly to
make the wear
ing of the harem
skirt a crime.
A S. blym an
Cole has intro
duced a resolu-
tion prohibiting
the wearing Of
the Turkish gar
ment in the state
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23

BRIGADIER GENERAL A. u. MILLS.
Lawton, who by the way, also got
medal OF honor and was killed thirteen
years later by AguinaIdo's men in the
Philippines. General Albert Leopold
Mills was born in New York on May
Z. 1854. He was well known as the
superintendent of the United States
Military academy.
The story of General Mills rise is
unique in the history of the United
States army. He was graduated from
West Point in 1879 at the age of TWEEN
ty-five, and from that time promotions
came rapidly It was in 1898. after
he tad been four years on duty in the
cavalry and infantry school at Fort
Leavenworth, that he went to the
front in the Spanish war. After win
ming commentator for bravery at Las
Guasimas the lieutenant was shot
through the head at the battle of San
fiago The wound had resulted in the
loss of one of his eyes. 1t is said that
Theodore Roosevelt. who was near the
lieutenant when he was wounded, pri-
yateiy advised President Mckinley to
make the appointment to the West
Point post. Never before had heu-
tenant of cavalry received such an
honor.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23

q civil appointment from the District
of Columbia, where he was born. His
FIRST commission was as second lieu
tenant of the Twelfth infantry, Oct
3, 1873, and he was made first lieu
tenant in 1879. That rank he held for
fourteen years.
Major General William 81. Carter,
commanding the troops, is in the unique
position Of handling an army of his
own reconstruction. General Carter
is a Tennesseean and a West Pointer.
He became General COrbins assistant
April Is, 1902. and was a member OF
the first war college board. When
Elibu Root, secretary of war, planned
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23
POCKETS FULL OF GERMS.

Hence Doctor Says Handkerchiefs
Should Be Stuffed In Sleeves.
Still another old fashioned and al
most universal practice among men
has been condemned by the remorse-
less medical mantle simple act of
putting ones handkerchief into ones
pockets.
'Handkerchiefs should never be put
into pockets" says Dr. Eugene Tourlet
Of Paris. They should be stuffed in
stead, army fashion, into the coat
sleeve. The practice of carrying a
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23
THE TRkMPs' SIGN.


vides himself with a lump of carpen-
ter's chalk, and as fast as he finds IN
marked property he proceeds to post it.
Here is the explanation Of the strange
marks:
A simple circle means no charity is
dispensed.
A circle with a figure similar to the
teeth Of a crosscut saw in the center
Of it indicates an unfriendly dog.
A circle with wedge inside of it
shows the housekeeper gave pie to the
artist who made the sign.
The likeness Of an inverted comb in
circle gives warning that work on
trashy yard may be offered.
Six little circles inclosed in a large
one is tip for the tramp to sob out
his tale
A single arrow drawn horizontally
through a circle makes it known that
cash may be obtained for the asking,
A series of lines drawn so as to sno-
gest'bars is warning to beware of the
police.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23

OO@10%N140 VI ~ S'
after the business of the institution
road.
Colonel Felker is we'll known through
out the southwest. 1t is said that
while working on the road Colonel Eel
ker sits about the works at the noon
hour and eats his meals with the hired
men and cracks jokes with 'the boys"
and when time comes for labor he rolls
up his sleeves and does as much Of the
hard work as any one on the crew. 3
Besides the Bank Of Rogers, Colonel
Felker owns a big ranch of over IT'S
sections in Texas and much valuable
real estate in Rogers.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23

Pest Fighting In ManChuria
Seeking to ArresttheP|dgue
oSo@o9oeo0oeoeoGoGo@oOoec

has once been seriously epidemic, as,
in the case of bubOnic plague, has been
seen in India and in Egypt.
The principal method Of resistance
to the infection that is being employed
in Manchuria is a double incubation
with bacili that have been subjected
to intense heat.
The attending doctors are giving
their lives to their work for salaries
not exceeding $1,000 a year. To all
who have gone to the front the Chi
nese government pays 300 taels a
month-Iess than $2OO-with no allow
ance for expense.
Without exception these men are
turning into the mission treasures ev
cry tael in excess of their actual ex-
penses They are. in other words,
risking their lives in making this gal
liant fight for humanity without sin
gle farthing of remuneration for them
selves. Even to one who is not pro-
missionary this seems very complete
answer to the many aspersions upon
these transformations workers which
from time to time have been cast by
persons having no personal knowledge
of the facts.
Whole World Alert.
The whole world is watching the
plague stricken area. Every aid is be-
ing given the affected regions in the
fight to isolate the sufferers and the
possible, sDreadcrs of disease. An in
ternational committee Of physicians
has been named to conduct 4 bacteria
logical investigation of the plague. DR..
Reginald FarTar. whose picture is re
produced herewith, is the British men,
Der of the committee.
Japanese authorities are pessimistic
regarding the situation. The island
empire is preparing to withstand such
a plague this summer as it never yet
has known The ignorant coolies are
muttering that the foreign doctors
have let loose the plague devils in the
land, and they are refusing and re-
senting any help that is offered.
Whole cities become plague stricken
by reason of the panics that take
place in outlying villages.
Guarding Americas Ports.
Meanwhile every ship that touches
American docks is a source of peril
and possible contagiOn. Rats escape
from vessels and wander through
city, infesting other rodents with their
deadly bubonic vermin. The war
against the plague, if it ever comes to
America. will be a conflict fought out
in the alleyways, dark cellars and on
laboratory tables. 1t will be the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23

been described as the coiling and I'M
coiling of snakes. Snakes are, in fact,
her passion. She sits for whole day
with a snake coiled round her, and her
greatest amusement consists of visiting
the geological gardens wherever she
goes She is absolutely fearless and
has said that as child she used to
play with a tiger and that it loved
her."
AS will be seen by the picture above,
the poses assumed by Nile. Mystic
reuse are ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS star
Ting. Her dancing consists more of
nndulations of the body and move
ments of the arms and hands than Of
using the lower limbs.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23

handkerchief in a
pocket is obvi-
ously unhygionic.
Hundreds of men
have contracted
severe colds and
pos sibly worse
ailments through
the habit.
I'm the first
place, a pocket is
a place of dark
ness and warmth,
the favorite con-
dit1ons for the
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23

lAGUE stricken
Name huria l.
faced by a foe
m ore terrible
than an army.
L b e ravenous
scourge is per-
haps worst in
Fuchiadien. the
native part of
Hardin, and it
s G e N S certain
that the entire
population of
10000 is gradu-
ally but surely
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23
aaA@eeO o Q . . Q Q q Q Q q
Banker
Helps Build
Railroad
oeseooe@ q o 0 ssespe 90

TIL dinner pail III
his hand, Colo
mel W. R. Felker,
banker and rail
road promoter Of
R o gers, Ark,
goes every day
to the front" Of
the extension OF
the Memphis and
Kansas City raft
road and helps to
build the road he
is promoting
This road was
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23
100000 30 0oo . . e0e 6
: Officers ::
: In Texas :
: With Troops :
. U

[LY one of the OF
fcers of high
rank with the
Z nit e d States
troops on the
Mexican border
is not a graduate
of the United
States Military
a c a d e m Y at
West Point. The
single exception
is Brigadier Gen
eral Ramsay D
POTTS. His was
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23
JAIL FOR THE HAREM SKIRTED

New Jersey Legislator Would Sentence
Wearers to Life imprisonment.
Lest the board walks of Asbury
Park and Atlantic City be subjected
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23

pidity may have been through igno-
rance, but he has seen enough death
now to make his pertinacity bravery.
Elaborate precautions are being TAX
en- to prevent the spread of the pest,
while obviously everything possible is
being done to save doctors and SAM
quences that might ensue from their
pursuit of their heroic duty. Doctors
and officials alike wear the nose and
mouth wrappings saturated in carbolic
acid so that they can breathe through
this only and thus be sure that they do
not inhale plague bacili. Their white
clothes can be boiled and fumigated
with ease.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23
SIGNS OF SPRING.

Surest of All Are Those Made With
Carpenters Chalk by Tramps.
The chirp of the robin, the slap of
the carpet beaten, the swat of the
baseball and the cluck of the motherly
hen are considered dependable signs Of
spring. Yet sometimes they fail.
There is one sign, however, that is
as dependable as time. This is the
tramps' sign. 1t is made with chalk
and in this open weather may be found
on your back fence, barn, doorstep or
wood house.
On his start of a summers house to
house canvass the veteran tramp pro-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-23
Wholesale Cremation.

A very short time ago the Chinese
were opposed to cremation. Now the
government realizes that under the
present circumstance it is absolutely
necessary and have ordered it. On
one day sixteen piles of 100 collins
and two pits full of bodies and collins
were cremated.
In the streets things have come to
such a pass that father now stands
against son, brother against brother.
into the street by his own people, who
hope to evade detection and arrest as
contacts" In the streets he is shun-
ned by passersby until the plague cart.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-09-28
Exhibits Wanted.

It is the desire of the represen'
tatives of the Kansas Agricul'
tural College, who will conduct
a farmers institute here on We'd
nesday, Oct. 4, that a fine ex'
hibit be made of the products OF
the farm. Everything in the
way of grain, grasses, fruits,
dairy products and other things
from the farm are desired to be
shown and lectured on.
The college wants to make
this institute a success in every
way, and desire it to be of in.
tense interest and benefit to the
farmer. Inasmuch as it requires
only a little effort on the part of
the farmer to receive a lot OF
benefit we sincerely hope and
trust he will do all he can to
make the affair a success. For
if it is a success, other institutes
will be held from time to time.