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The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
ACE PENSION SUGGESTED
TAFT SENDS SPECIAL MESSAGE
TO CONGRESS.
Submits and Approves Report Of
Economy and Efficiency Commits.
sion--2etirement compulsory.

Washington, d. C.-Pensions for
all OWL employees of the government,
except in the District of Columbia,
with compu sorry retirement at 70
years of age by compulsory contribu-
tons from the employees salaries with
some government aid, are recommend
ed in a special message sent to con-
gress. The message approves and
submits the report of the economy
and efficiency commission, which
evolved the civil pension program.
immediate retirement of all govern
ment clerks who are now 70 years OF
age also is recommended, upon pen
siOns of one half of their annual sala-
ries-not to exceed $500 a year Pen
sions 10 these, the president recon-
mends, should be paid by the govern
ment That all clerks under 70 years
of age be required to contribute
enough of their salaries Not exceed
ing per cent, to bear interest at
per cent, toward the retirement fund
is recommended.
The plan would cost the government
1927, 900 for 90 years, the president
says, in excess of the Loss now sus-
tanned from superannuated clerks, but
in the succeeding Is years it is esti-
mated would save the government
more than the entire cost of inaugu.
rating the scheme.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
Stood Sixth With a Production
Worth S1,323,0OO and 7,
$4,000 Trees.
SECOND IN NUMBER PLANTED
Arkansas and Washington Are Devot.
ing More Attention to Apples
Than Other States.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Washington, d. C.-Arkansas ranks
high 2.mong the states in the number
of its apple trees, according to statis-
ties made public by the bureau of the
census of the department of commerce
and labor. In the number of fruit.
bearing trees, Arkansas ranks sixth.
the figures being as follows
Missouri, 14,360,000; New York, IL.
24s,000; Illinois, 1901 600; Ohio s.
5o5,000; Pennsylvania, 100000; Ark
ansas, 100000.
1t is noteworthy that while the num-
Der of fruit-bearing apple trees in the
United States, as a whole has de-
creased 1874 per cent in the nearly 10
years between June /, 1900, and April
Is, 1910, the number in Arkansas has
increased from 7,4S6,000 in 1900 to T.
$4,000 in 1910.
In the number Of trees too young to
bear fruit, Arkansas is second among
the states, with 100000. Washington
is first, with 1863 600. This shows
that the apple-raising industry is re.
ceiving greater attention in Arkan.
sas than in any other state save Wash.
ington
The number of apples produced in
Arkansas for the year 1909 was 3,
100000 bushels, valued at 1923 600,
an average if 57.62 cents bushel In
this regard, Arkansas ranks twentieth
among the states in the number OF
bushels OF apples produced in 1909
and twenty-seeond in the value of the
crop.
According to the statistics issued
there are 67,716 farms in Arkansas,
which reported having a total of e.
$4,000 apple trees of a bearing age.
an average of 113 fruit-bearing trees to
a farm There were 46,394 farms
which reported $4,000 apple trees
not of bearing age. an average of IS
nonbearing trees to the farm. On
June /, 1900, there were 74S6, 600 ap.
pie trees of bearing age in the state
The number of nonbearing trees was
not reported.
At the census of 1900, taken as Of
June /, there were reported POI. 194, 600
apple trees Of bearing age, as against
Isl, 1923, 900 trees in 1910 Census taken
as of April 80, decrease of 5O,471,.
600 trees. or 1874 per cent.
In 1910 there were 2,9S0,39S farms
reporting the growing OF apple trees,
or 46.S per cent of the total number OF
farms in the United States. The aver
age number of trees per farm report.
ing is given as 81. No report was re-
ceived in 1900 showing the number
of farms reporting.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
FIGHT PREClPITATED BY DETER
MlNATION OF ABOUT 500
TO END STRIKE.
FOREIGNERS GETTING ARMS
Scene of Encounter Is 30 Miles From
ST. Louis, at Shaft Of Superior
Company-lntense Excite
ment Caused.

st. Louis, Motive men were
wounded seriously in pitched battle
between two factions of coal miners
at mine in the outskirts OF Benld,
Ill, in Macoupin county, about 40
miles from ST Louis.
Two of the wounded are said to be
dying.
About 500 men took part in the fight
AID between rs and loo shots were ex-
changed.
The miners had been cat ON q strike
pending settlement of a wage dispute
between the miners and the operators
and about 800 of them had decided to
go back to work.
The battle occurred when about 500
fellow workmen gathered at the shaft
to prevent these men from going to
work.
The scene of the fight was the Su-
perior mine owned by the Superior
Coal company. 1t is the principal
mine in the vicinity of Bend. Bend
Is about two miles from Gillespie. H.
Most of the residents of the place are
coal miners.
The battle caused intense excite
ment and reports from Gillespie, H..
stated that further trouble was an
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
STATE AS A BUTTER RAISER
Produced 2o,e1e Pounds Of Butter In
the Year 1909.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington. - Arkansas produced
29,619 pounds of butter, valued at So
SS4 in 1909. according to a statement
issued by Director Durand of the cen.
sus bureau In the same report is
brought out the fact that 1920, 10000
pounds of butter, valued at s405, 0O0,'
900. was produced On the farms and
in the factories of the United States
the same year,
OF the grand total reported, the
quality produced on farms was 1885,
DOL, 900 pounds, valued at 1925 5440OO.
FaAories produced 624,765, 200 pounds,
valued at sJ79,5l0,000 Butter mani
featured by farmers cooperative
creameries is included in the figures
for factories.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
Nav LEGISLATURE Convened.

Little Rock.-lt is said that mem.
bers of the st. Francis Levee Boaru
will come to Little Rock within a snort
time and request Governor Donaghey
to call a special session of the genera
assembly to consider the matter OF a."
thorizing a new bond issue for tne
purpose OF securing money to repuiiu
the levees which were destroyed our
ing the recent rise In the Mississippi
river.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
ADVISED HOW To DIE POOR
HEIR TO MANY MILLIONS is OF
FERED ADVICE. -.
Young Astors Mail Loaded With Sug-
sestions for Spending His
s1o0,ooo,00o Estate.

New York-William Vincent AS
tor, principal heir 10 the late
Col John Jacob Astor's estate, of
about $100000,000, Will not be at a
loss for advice as how to spend his
money, for already his mail is filled
with suggestions for either thrift or
philanthropy.
One writer wanted him to send
$5.000000 right away to help the Chi
nese who are dying of famine. An
other wanted him to build plenty of
model homes on his city property that
would not only pay him good interest
on the investment, but would be of
great benefit to citizens in moderate
circumstances.
A woman wanted him to start suf
iTagette newspaper with a couple of
millions A New Jersey man sug
gested that he buy up the Hacken-
sack Meadows and have it thoroughly
drained and diked off so as to exter
inmate mosquitoes. which would make
it very suitable for factories and
homes.
A member of the Housewives COM
mittee suggested that be inaugurate
some free markets uptown near the
present center of the fashionable pop
uation, because the older markets
down town are too far for daily trips
for fruit and vegetables.
1t was said at the family residence,
No $40 Fifth avenue, that Vincent
Aston had not had time to answer
any of the suggestions.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
Dahlmsn Is Mayor Again.

Omaha, Neb-At 4 meeting of the
newly elected commissioners of Oma-
ha. Mayor James c. Dahlman was Sc
lected again to head the municipal
government with the title of mayor
and with immediate charge Of the de-
partment of public. affairs
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
CAVE-IA KILLS FOUR GIRLS
Parents Dig Out Bodies From Treach-
erous Sandbanks Where Chill
dren Were Piey'1g.

Appleton. Wis.-Four girls were
killed in a caye-in of a sandpit
near Black river, Is miles north of
here. information received here says.
The bodies were found by frantic par
ents. who dug into the treacherous
sandbanks where the children had
been playing The dead are: Mary
Barthed. s years old. Bertha Barth,
10; Louise Barth. u, sisters, and Cath
crime Rosenberg, 10.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
Bow Picks Up Diamond.

Fort Smith.-Mrs. f. c. Enoch ana
her six-year-old son, Edgar Of De-
Queen, have returned from Murfrees'
boro, where they visited relatives
While visiting the property of a min
ing company at Murfreesboro, the BOY
picked up the second largest diamond
ever found in the Pike county diamond
field The stone weighed three ana
one-fourth carats, and is valued al
$500.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
GOV. HARMON MAKES DENIAL
In Written Statement Declares That
Charge of William J. Bryan Made
at FindIay CO., Is False.

Columbus. O.-Governor Harmon,
arriving from Cincinnati late in
the afternoon, issued signed state
ment in reply TO the charge of Will
liam J. Bryan. made at Findlay The
governor said; II emphatically deny
that any one authorized to act in my
behalf or with my consent, offered to
purchase delegates in June, 1908, or
at any other time"
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
G. A. R. INVITATION ACCEPTED
Confederate Veterans to Help Cele-
brate Gettysburg Anniversary
in July, 1918.

Macon, Ga.-The committee on
resolutions of the United COnfeder-
ate Veterans. in report to the Con-
federate reunion here, advised the or
ganization to decline the invitation of
the Grand Army Of the Republic for
the veterans of the South to particI-
pate in the semi-certennial celebfa-
ton of the battle of Gettysburg, in
July. 1913.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
barrow Trial on Nav IS.

Los Angeles. Cal.-An effort to Sc
cure a postponement of the trial of
Clarence barrow, the Chicago attor
ney indicted for bribery of jurors in
the trial of James b. Mcnamara. will
be made when the case is called May
Is.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
Cave-ln Kills Four Girls.

Appleton, Wis.-Four girls we're
killed in a cave-in of sandpit near
Black river, The bodies were found
by frantic parents. who dug into the
treacherous sand banks where the
children had been playing.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
Asks Judae 70 Fine Him.

Chicago.-Charles c. Hess. a travel.
ing man, asked Judge Goodnow to find
him guilty OF abandoning his wife and
order him to pay her $50 a week so
she would quit annoying him. Tho
Judge did. tr.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
Troops Fire on Strikers.

Pottsville, Pam idle anthracite
miner was shot to death and two 9th
ers and woman critically wounded
by state troops while juelling mob
violence at Minersville All the vic,
;ims are foreigners.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

Des Moines policemen have been or
tered to take inebriated citizens to
their homes instead of to Jail No
longer will they be able to fall back
on the old excuse that they were
afraid to go home In the dark.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
AZ Dead in Earthquake.

Mexico City-This city was shaken
by a slight earthquake Forty-seven
persons are known 10 have been killed
In five towns and villages surround.
ing Col,ma Mountain in the earth,
quake.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
Goat" Committee Appointed,

New Brunswick, N. IA goat"
committee consisting Of Alderman Jo-
seph f. Easter, George Colin and
Clifton Mott. has been appointed to
capture eleven goats that have been
devouring lawns in this township.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
Tenor Sues Road for $4,000.

New York.-Allesandro Bonci, tho
tenor. has sued the New York Central
Railroad company for $4,000 dam.
ages, Bonci alleges that cold con
tracted on the train last January pre-
vented him from singing fer long
time.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
Panama Is RuYina Guns.

Washington. d. C-Panama is pre-
pairing for its approaching presiden-
tial election by negotiating with the
United States for the purchase Of a
supply of arms and ammunition. The
election is to take place on the first
Sunday in July.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
Freloht Strike Is GROWING,

Chicago Clerks in the freight
house of the Baltimore & Ohio have
struck in sympathy with the freight
handlers and. according 10 officers OF
the union, clerks employed by other
railroads probably will go out.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
% Killed in Attack.

Monterey, Mexico.-An uprising of
laborers employed on the plantation
owned by Charles Hamilton, an Amer
lean, in the State of Oaxaca, resulted
in "A of the attacking party being
killed, reports received here say.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
Women Cause Unhappy Homes.

Yonkers, y. Yin a lecture here.
Mrs. Rufus r. Reeder, aunt of Miss
Violet Edmands, former fiancee of the
Rev. Mr. Richeson, said that women
were responsible for most Of the un-
happy homes
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

In Los Angeles course In manners
has been made a part of the curricu
ium OF the high school. We suppose
Los Angeles boys and girls are being
taught to give their seats in street
cars to tired old people. even If they
10 not happen to wear jewelry.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
One Man Shot in Riot.

Scranton, Pa.-One man is known
to have been shot. another man and
woman are reported to have been
hit by flying bullets aud two city po-
licemen were injured in a riot of
mine workers and sympathizers in
North Scranton.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
Rhodes Examinations In June

Little Rock.-State Superinl =,
of Public instruction George d, w
received a letter from Judge Johu -.
Tillman, president of the ChiFe's,,,
of Arkansas, stating that the hsI'
qualifying examinations for the IN, NJ
es scholarships will be held AZ ~,
Cooks office in the new state eap''
October Is and 16.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
Insuroent Woodmen Lose.

Springfield, ul.-Insurgent Wood
men lost their Sight in the senate in
surance committee when, by the mar.
row margin of one vote, the commit
tee reported the Bonohue bill out with
the recommendation that it do not
pass.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
Woman, 100, Has Never Danced.

Wenham, Mass.-Mrs. Mary r.
Hodgson has just celebrated her one
hundredth birthday here She says
she has neevr attended dance, has
never ridden in an automobile and
does net believe in woman suffrage.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

Marion. Ohio. reports that a bapy
weighing only one pound was born
there the other day. Unfortunately II
was a boy, Otherwise II might have
grown up TO lead some strong man
around by the ear
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
Shipments Strike Put to Vote.

Kansas City.-Strike ballots have
been sent to $4,000 members of the
Federation Of Shopmen to determine
whether the snopmen employed on Al
railroads west and south Of Chicago
shall strike.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
Steamer Sinks BARGE Of Coal.

Pearl, Ill.-The steamer {. P. Mar
tn. with three barges of coal, ran into
a pier of the Chicago 4 Alton bridge.
sinking a barge of coal and doing
slight damage to the other barges
and the pier.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

Chicago now has an all night the
alter. II is being largely patronized by
those who are afraid TO so home eth
er through fear of being held up on
the way or being detected tiptoeing
upstairs
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

A beautiful young actress has hid
den herself because she received
threatening letters. At the proper mo-
ment her press agent will proceed to
find her.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

Little boy. work hard. study we'll be
good. and you may grow up TO be i'm
portant enough to be selected to pitch
the first ball at the opening game OF
the season.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

The feet of the Chinese women will
never be bound again. This time
they have put their feet down good
and hard, once and for ALL
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

The legislator who proposes TO
make 1t unnecessary for women to tell
how old they are when they have bust
ness In the courts makes II appear
that chiyalry has not become obso-
lete
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

Still. II the hobble skirt should as
Sist in ushering in the era OF the low
street car step 1t might rank as a
blessing in disguise.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

A scientific experimenter is seeking
a way of making aerial travel safe.
There seems TO be at present but one
recipe for that fact: Don't go up
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

Chinese officials OF the new govern.
ment have not only cut on their
cues. but some OF them have also
to wearing high silk hats Could
-Mmph OF the Occident over the
De more fifty illustrated than
u Gaping OF the climax?
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

A New York court has ruled that It
ID libelous to call man "a dead one"
In other words. speak only good of the
living dead.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
Grocer Sues Vanderbilt

New York-Alegging that William
K. Vanderbilt Jr.. owes him $G42 %
fer groceries furnished for his per-
sonal use from April % until Sept. "a,
1907. Albert Klenk brought suit
against the millionaire.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17
Children Tell Mayor of Mosquitoes

Chicago.-Mayor Harrison received
large bundle OF letters from chill
dren of the elementary schools, telling
of the habits OF mosquitoes and what
the city should do about them.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

No girl is quite so eager to find the
Hrst freckle of the season as the first
dandelion.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

A Yale student has deserted the for
estry class to marry an actress. How
aver she may yet send him back to
the woods.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

The newly discovered deposit OF
iron ore In Pennsylvania is said to be
O mother lode" Fathers load was
discovered by him long ago.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

A New York woman says that moth
ers should teach their daughters to
fiirt. What a cherries girlhood that
woman must have had,
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

A liner has arrived in Boston with
1900 tons of Irish potatoes, but think
OF the rejoicing II they had been
beans.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

Teachers in a Switzerland town are
considered too old to teach at thirty.
This age limit makes the Osler one
quite antediluvian.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

The Cleveland youth who drew pay
from one firm under thirty-fiye differ
ent names would be a valuable poll
teal asset in close election.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

Someone puts forth the theory that
the operation for appendicitis removes
q mans temper. He certainly loses
It when the bill comes In.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

A New York woman found chunk
Of dynamite in her coal. thus reduc-
ing her visible supply by one lump.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

To a street car conductor the real
progressive Is the man who moves up
IN front when he Is told to do SO.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

Almost time to dig up and polish
the ancient jests about the highlander
who runs the summer hotel.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

Baseball results are as We'll worth
worrying about as most other trou.
bles
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

How time does fly! The Philadel-
phia Press has an editorial on THE
Simple Graduation Gown"
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

Any householder can get his mus
cles ready for lawn mower operation
by raking up around the place.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

Sowing seeds of kindness is all
right, and sowing grass seed is also
good.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

Polar exploration may be pleasant
pastime, but the average man prefers
beef to dog meat.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

Reports that the peach crop has
been destroyed must have been de-
1ayed In transmission.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-17

Bolt Destroys Conway (Ark.l Church.
Conway. Ark.-St. Marcus Episco
pal church was struck by lightning
and burned TO the ground
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-11-05

Estimates differ as to the hour
when the results on the presidential
contest may be known tonight. Po.
Utica! leaders figuring on Iandsides
say the result would be known by 9
O'clock while others are inclined to
the belief that it will be midnight
HEAVY VOTES IN NORTH.
New York, Nov. 5.-Reports to ma
tionaI political headquarters coming
from the confidential agents of the
three principal parties, bore out the
press accounts of heavy voting
throughout the northern, central and
western states. Chairman McCombs
at Wilson headquarters, said he saw
no reason to change his earlier pre-
diction that Governor Wilson would
be the victor. The only central
state conceded to be in doubt was