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The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-03
RUSSIAN POLICY.

We cannot make our fiscal pros perity dependent upon the destruction of the spiritual and economic powers of many of my subjects. and there fore 1t is necessary to direct our financial policy towards seeking gov ernment revenues from the unex- hausted sources of the country's wealth and from the creative toll of the people, to seek constantly, while preserving wise economy, to increase the productive powers of the country and to take care of the satisfaction of the peoples needs.
 Such must be the ends of the de- sired changes.
 l am fully convinced that they must succeed and that they are absolutely necessary for the good of my people, especially since both the Duma and the Imperial Council have turned their attention to these needs of the people by revising our alcohol laws.-Nich- olas, czar of Russia
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-03
MUST HAVE THE BOYS.

Recent investigations show that two-thirds of all the drunkards con- tract the drinking habit before they are twenty-one years old, nearly one. third before they are sixteen, and about seven per cent before they are twelve. The liquor dealers know this and for business reasons they must create appetite among our school boys. One family out of every five must furnish a recruit for the army of drunkards or the trade" must go under.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-03
MYSTERY OE THE AFR By JOE H. RANSOM.
By JOE H. RANSOM

He was little man. l could not make out whether he was old or
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-03

MATTER REQUIRED TO BE PUB
 LISHED BY ACT NO. ,. Synopsis of Laws of Legislature. General Orders of Railway Commission. Claims paid by County Court Changes in Assessments. Report of Commissioners oG Account Report of Improvement Districts in Mu- nicipalities.
 Financial Statements of Municipalities.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-03
scAouL ON DlsrlLLERY SITE.

Conducted by the National Woman's
 Christian Temperance Union)
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-03

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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-21

DIED.
BALI-Thamer, beloved wife of Will
liam and mother OF Florence and
Walter. at the residence. 467 Rade-
macher. Funeral Saturday at S:30
from the residence.
Tuberculosis Sanitarium. Frank !.
beloved son OF Epretta Elder Fu-
neral services Friday, Aug. IL. 1:30.
at residence. SIS Eighteenth-st. In
terment at Believilie. Saturday, 22.
KRAMER-August Is. 1914. Matthew.
thew Kramer. aged Is years. Fu-
neral from home at Kramerhof,
Crosse Pointe. Saturday morning at
o'clock and at ST. Gertrude church
at 8 o'clock by auto. Interment at
the late Joseph schneidsr, aged s.
years. Funeral from residence, 6e<
Morrell-st.. Friday at 8, and Sacred
Heart church ut .. Please omit
flowers.
TREDwAY--Arthur. at his home, We'd
nesdsy morning. husband Of Ceiestia
G. Tredway. Funeral from the family
residence l52 Cadillac-ave., Friday
afternoon at 3 o'clock.
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at Boston. Mass. Cabot Wickware.
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beloved mother OF Henry. Charles and
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-21
LABOR LISTENS
TO JOHN M'VICAR
MayoraI Candidate Given Fine
Reception by Detroit Fed
Grafton Delegates

Delegates to the Detroit Federation
OF Labor gave John McViear, who is
running against Mayor Marx for the
Republican nomination for mayor, an
enthusiastic reception, Wednesday
might, when he addressed the organiza.
ton In its regular meeting discussing
municipal ownership anu questions OF
trade unionism. Mr.. McVicar called
the attention OF the men to the fact
that this Is. to the best of his knowl.
edge, the frs time organized labor has
edge, the first time organized labor
has ever been given chance to vote
for candidate with a record OF So
years of active or honary trade union
affiliation
Mr. McVicar, who as a young man
was printer, formerly was at vari.
GUS times the president, secretary and
treasurer of the Detroit Typographical
union. He was Its delegate to the In.
ternational Typographical union in
Memphis. Tenn. In 1867; In Albany In
1853; In Boston IN 1875. and In Phila,
delphia In 1876. In the Philadelphia
convention, he was named president
of the I. T. u. and presided over its
convention the following year in Louis.
vile, KY.
An address of the Municipal Owner
ship committee to the public indorsing
Mr.. McVicar ana condemning Mayor
Marx. was read in the meeting and ap.
plalded, but In accordance with the
fixed policy of the organization was
not acted upon.
The federation refuses to place It.
self on record as fayoring any one
candidate over others. The organized
labor vote Of Detroit Is said to be be
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-21
AUSTRIAN GLAD
TO BE DEPORTED
Says It Will Give Him Opportun-
ity to Enlist in the
War

John Cesarz. a young Austrian, was
greatly pleased when told that he
would be deported "a an undesirable,
after he was discharged from a bur
glary charge in Judge Phelan's court.
Thursday.
The young man was released on q
technicality. Testimony showed that
the dwelling" of Joseph Kurcz, which
he was charged with burglarizing, is a
saloon and on that ground, Judge
Phelan had to order a verdict Of not
guilty. Then he notified the imml
grafton authorities that the young
man had been here only six months
and should be deported.
Cesarz hailed the decision with Joy,
declaring that he wanted to get back
to Austria, to enlist In the war.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-21
Clerks Rush From Stores, ALI
Business Ceases and Motor
Busses Stop
THERE 1T is" SHOUT
CROWDS IN STREETS
Why Work, I'm OF To Front
Tomorrow, Says Taxi Driv-
er To Fare
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMAS.
Stan COrresDOadenf limited Press

(StdH Correspondent United Press.)
PARIS, (By mail to New York;,
Aug. Goa est!
This was the cry which went up
from France. Saturday afternoon.
Aug. /, when the general mobilization
order for the French army and navy
was posted on the walls of Paris.
Ca est!"-"There II Isl"
l witnessed the posting OF the Sec
ond order. Ii was written by hand.
At the top II bore the words
Telegram: Extreme Urgence!"
And below came the command
which called under the colors every
able bodied male in France and the
colonies and every valid" French
male citizen In the world, between the
ages of 20 and 48.
The first order--tantamount to a
declaration Of war. since II was
known that France would not mobil-
fze unless she felt war absolutely IN
evitable--was written by hand and
posted at the headquarters Of the mil
itary governor OF Paris, This was
at 4:40 D. m. The second was glued
to the granite walls OF the bourse.
With q handful of brokers' clerks.
messenger boys and stragglers-a
handful which grew into an army as
II by magic--I saw the telegraph en-
ploye paste II up. 1t took minute.
the clerk was so nervous, and In that
minute the multitude formed. Then
came. the cry:
Ca est. C'est la mobilization
generate! vive la France! vive la
France
The cry was taken UP In every
part of the city, for shortly afterward
the order was posted simultaneously
on the walls OF all the public build
ings In the capital
Everywhere work stopped, par
alyzed. Stores emptied. Taxicabs
appeared, madden, swifter, and dead
lier than ever. They dashed like
lightning all about, stopping for no
one and nothing.
! tried to get one. The chauffeur
replied:
why work? / leave for the front
tomorrow"
And he sped away as IL bent on
Staying as many of the home folks
as possible before having to relin-
quish his machine. The auto busses,
as fast as they reached the garage at
the end OF the line, were ordered on
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-21

their runs and sent to report to the
war ONCE. They had been requisi-
toned and the mobilization order
served automatically on the auto-bus
company officials who had their In.
structions already in writing.
No time was lost. Roofs were
wrenched Off, the seats taken out OF
the vehicles and away went what now
might be called truck. towards the
German frontier. laden with supplies
for the boys.
The boulevards took on an entirely
different aspect. People never seen
on the bouleyards save on national
holidays appeared In droyes, there
were strange new types from the out
skirts of the city, who did not look
like Frenchmen at all, but who were,
Americans were TO be seen every
where-all looking for seats on the
cafe terraces, but not finding them
because both chairs and tables had
been removed by order OF the project
Anti-war demonstrations Were expect
ed and the iron tables make good
weapons--or bad ones, as you choose
to look at II.
Men and women literally besieged
the grocery stores. They were the
foresighted ones who realized war
would mean higher prices. A money
panic started. There was scarcity
Of small change. A run on the Bank
of France followed run for money
small enough to be spent for change
II was the strangest run ever wit
messed.
But through all the excitement. the
turmoil, the war feverishness, the
near panics, and runs and the leave
takings. Paris looked forward to the
conflict with never thought but OF
optimism for the success OF French
arms.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-21
BLAND FINDS
No COMBINE TO
BOOST PRICES
Assistant District Attorney Sat-
isfied That Law Isn't Vio-
lated in Detroit
THINKS PUBLIC TO
BLAME FOR INCREASES
Panic Stricken, Buys in Large
Quantities and Excessive De-
mand Is Created

Although Detroit attaches OF the
department of Justice have been con
ducting thorough. though quiet
probe of the reasons for the increase
In food prices In Detroit. no evidence
OF any combination or conspiracy OF
local retailers to boost prices has been
Hound. according to q statement made
by Assistant District Attorney Bland
Thursday.
II have been looking into this thing
pretty thoroughly" said Mr.. Bland
10 The Times. "and have failed to
find any evidence of violation OF the
sherman law.
Il am still soliciting information,
both from the public and from retail.
ers. but have about reached the con-
|clusion that the people themselves are
pretty much to blame for increase In
prices.
Il have learned OF many cases, and
q believe them to be more or less typi-
|cal, OF men and women who became
scared at the outbreak OF war, and
bought In large quantities. In order to
avert the possibility Of having to go
without later ON. In their frenzy they
have brought on exactly the thing
they feared. The retailers were forced
ito make extraordinary and immediate
demands upon the wholesalers, the
wholesalers In turn upon the manufac-
turer. The manufacturer couldn't sup.
|ply the stun fast enough. and. conse-
|Quently, there was q greater demand
than supply and prices went up.
in short time, I believe, things
Twill resume their normal tone. OF
course there are certain things for
which We are absolutely dependent
upon Europe, but these things are few
|and will not. believe. work much dis
comfort even should the entire supply
| be cut of.
This is certain. however, there Is
no combination OF Detroit dealers to
raise prices.
There may have been cases In
(which greedy dealers took advantage
|of the public's excitement to jump
things up little, but there has been
mo general action along this line as
far as ! have been able to find out"
Mr.. Bland declared that unless
some more important piece OF evil
.dence than he now possesses turns up
'soon. he VIII not recommend that ape
|cial investigators be sent to Detroit
from the department headquarters.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-21
DEMOCRATS WILL
TRY TO FILL GAPS
Candidates For Vacant Places
May be Chosen in Smoker,
Saturday Night

Another attempt to secure candi-
dates to I'LL the gaps In the city and
county tickets of the Democratic
party will be made In smoker which
will be held Saturday night In the
German Salesmens hall. No. 81 Mon
roe-ave. The affair will be held un-
der the auspices of the city and coun.
ty committees. On the recent Demo
cratic boat ride numerous speeches
were made by candidates and party
leaders, but no decision was reached
as to filling the places still vacant on
the party tickets.
Friends Of John Faust and John A.
Gerhard are urging them to run for
prosecuting attorney and city treas.
urer, respectively. They are allied
with the progressive wing OF the
party.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-21
HELP wANTED-.AGALE

sARBER.stsady Job 4ss Mapis-avs.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-21

The Eskimo pays his doctor his fee
as soon as he arrives. II the patient
RECEIVERS 1t Ia kept, II not 1t 10 returned.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-21

Job Printing Done Right. TIN
Printing Co.. ID John R.-st
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-21
MOTHER OF 10
SEEKS PENSION
Mrs. Joseph Delikta. 4s Years
Old, Makes Application
to Relief Fund

Mothers pension investigators
gasped, Thursday morning. when Mrs.
Joseph Delikta, of NO. 1914 Joseph
Campau-aye.. applied for relief. rhe
woman Is only 43 years old. but has
been the mother CO 10 children. This
is the record In the history OF the
court. The woman. broken In health,
Is now a widow. She has two chill
dren. one IL and one Ave years old,
at home. and four married. The other
13 have died She will undoubtedly
be given relief.
Another woman with eight children.
all living and all under IA years OF
age. applied for pension. She
brought them all to court and the
crowd looked like Sunday school
class picnic. AS there are no twins
In the group they made a perfect
stairs, with Baby Marion. one year
old. as the frst. and William. 13 years
old. at the top.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-21
oil Drops Again.

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 20.-Pennsyl
vania, New Castle. Mercer Black and
Cabell each dropped five cents, and
Corning, Somerset and Ragland two
cents in the fifth drop In Pennsylvania
oil prices since the beginning of the
war.
Pennsylvania was quoted at $1.45.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-21

PHONE ORDERS for flowers promptly
211ed. CorsAge bouquets and funeral
designs speciality. Mrs. u. Rush
florist 7Ss MichiCan-ovs West ff7G
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-08-21

lob Printing Done Right. Times
Printing Co.. 10 John R-st
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-26
Queer Bits of HitOry

! BY CHAMP CLARK

under his control and took after the re-
treating natives a. hard a. he could 20.
Young Wellesley caught the bride of the
horse of the first native he came up with
and turned him around. reasoning cor
rectly that his wild steed would 90 peace
fully back To the British in company with
the natives horse, which he did. Ii hap
pened happily for the future conqueror of
Napoleon. that his prisoner was the gen
eral in chief Of the native army. The re-
port spread through the army that Welle~-
ley knew that and rushed after him oil
purpose To capture him. Wellesley knew
enough not 10 contradict that flattering
which he had received across his head.
rendered him n popular hero and brought
him rapid promotion.
II l. interesting to recall how Napoleon
and Wellington diagnosed their ease on
the morning of Waterloo. In response to
a query from one Of his officers ~ "a the
prospects, Napoleon said very %gravcly
"The Duke Of Wellington J. 4 good and
seasoned soldier. Ii will be- nm exceedingly
hard battle When the duke was inter
rogated a. to how he thought the fight
would 90. he responded with c~ocksure-
ness: "T1l give Bony the damnedest lick
ing he ever got :" and 50 he did.
| am reasonably certain that most per-
sons who read this will be astoni.hcd Ia
know that when the duke was premier. fif-
teen years after the battle Ut Waterloo. n,
fought a bloodlcsS duel with Lord Win
chelsea about the Catholic emancipation
bill. 10 which the duke a~~ented. though n,
had formerly opposed it.
III any person j. curious To study ths
evanescence of human popularity. let hin
ponder the fact that Wellington, upor
whom the English people showered wealth
and honors and whom the Prince of IN,
Netherlands made Prince OF Waterloo. wa,
attacked by a mob on the streets Of Lon.
don, on June is. 1882, and the windows N
ms carriage smashed. Think Of that. ~
the anniversary Of Watcrlool VI zoe.
without saying that he faced the mol
with the serene courage which ~ had *.
hibitcd IN a hundred bloody battlefield~.
The IRON Duke" was not q voluble con.
vcrsationaliSt. and yet in answer To 1
lady's question at a great dinner. he CAV,
the hest and briete~t account of the battl,
OF Waterloo extant. Here it j. verbatim
I'VE pounded the French: the FrcncI
pounded ~ and We ~outpoundcd III,
French"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-26

Napoleon in speaking of Sir Sidney
Smith always said: THAT man caused me
to miss my DeStiny"-which was undoubt-
Asiatic potentate rather than a European
emperor, for by holding st. Joan D'Acre
against General Bonapart, Sir Sidney eff
f~ectually cut him off from initiating and
duplicating the exploits and conquests of
Alexander the Great in Asia.
One Of the q~ueerest bits Of history that
| kno grew out Of the siege of st.
Jean D'Acre BY Napoleon, which siege
lasted through sixty days Of bloody fight
inc and cnacl in the retreat of the French
army back into Egypt.
Napoleon invited all the Christians in
the Ottoman empire to rise, throw off the
Turkish yoke and join him. To counter
balance the effect of that invitation, the
Turkish commander, Achmet Djezzar
Pa~ha, who was acting in conjunction with
Sir Sidney, wrote letters into the French
camp. urging the soldiers 10 mutiny and
desertion, offering free transportation and
safe conduct To France. Sir Sidney also
issued a proclamation to the Christians at
Syria urging them to trust to 'the faith
of IA Christian knight rather than To that
of an unprincipled renegade" These per-
formances 50 nettled Napoleon that he put
forth a counterblast, charging that ON ac-
count of the heat and the climate and the
excitement of war, Sir Sidney had gone
mad.
This insulting reflection on hiS sanity q
enraged the English commodore that he
challenged Napoleon Ia fight Il duel, where
upon Napoleon sent him the following sar-
castle answer: "If Sir Sidney will send
Marlborough from his grave to meet me.
will think of it. In the meantime il the
gallant commodore wishes to display hi
personal prowess, ! will neutralizc a few
yards of beach and send a tall g~renadiel
with whom ne can run a tilt"
OF course, il j. a far cry from Napoleon
to James j. Corbett, but when "Gentlemar
Jim" haughtily told Bob Fitz~immonS, who
was Fostering him for 4 heavyweight
championship fight. "to 20 and get a repu-
t%ation.' he was tresely reproducing tn,
leading thought in Napoleon's pompou.
and egotistical letter To Sir Sidney Smith
But there i a great truth in the old adagc
''he who laughs last laughs best Sil
Sidney had his revenge when the immorta
Corsican raised the siege and retreate,
from st. Jean D'Acre, Just a. '.Rubv Rob.
crt' had hi o century later at Carson Git,
when he won the worlds heavyweight
championship from ''~Pompadour Jim Will
a sledge hammer blow 10 the solar pIcxus
To both Napoleon and Corbctt was nd.
plicable the ancient proverb, pride goetl
before a fall
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-26
SMALL PROSPECTS OF PEACE.

Wan To the finish seems indeed 70 be- the
only prospect ahead of the W. ring nations
OF Europe at present. The PRAYER Of the
entire United States for the restorntio, i,
peace appears to nave availcd nauobt
against the tide of angry passion which
has finns those nations into this stupen-
dons conflict, and there appears to he
nothing To he done further than to mao,
The untoward conditions resulting from
the war as best we may and use our best
enieavors TO prevent any serious disaster
10 other countries than those involved Il
possible. IL may be- the purpose Of the
Almighty to further. through this terrible
war, the final establishment Of peace u,
earth by teaching the world the danoers
OF monarchy, which can without = mo-
'aents warning thus convulse an entire
continent with war and sacrifice hundreds
Oh thousands OF human lives, merely TO
satisfy Its lust of power and a-yerandize-
ment.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-26
Improving Conditions.

News from New York and other money
markets 10 the effect that the present IL
.nancial situation i looscning up n bit
.onghi to bring good cheer to the people of
of the tight money market than for any
other reason. When there Is a relaxation
in New York, 1T can be expected in turn
that there will be a relaxation elsewhere
and consequently a general betterment Of
business conditions. We should under
these circumstance be- more hopeful than
we have been. A little optimism in our
business affairs will do much to assist H.
IN getting ont Of our present financial
straits.-Aust Statesman.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-26
George and Frederick.

In modern history there i no duplica :
ion of the Bonepartc-S Smith near duel
among those occupying the seats Of the
mighty except when George III Of England
challenged his first cousin, Frederick the
Great 10 mortal combat. William Make
peace Thackcry ia his lectures On ''Thc
-Four Georges" one of the most delightful
books IN our %vcrnacular. gives this interest
inc account of that amazing episode. 'But
dapper little George had a famous tongh
spirit of his own, and fought like n Tro-
Jan. lie called ont his brother of Prussia
with sword and pistol; and | wish for the
interest Of romanceS in general that the
famous duel could have taken place. The
two sovercigns hated each other with m
their might their seconds were appointed.
the place Of meeting settled. and the duel
was only prevented by strong representa-
tons made to the two, of the European
laughter which would have been caused by
such a transaction"
That George II was the last English
king tn be IN a battle IS another queer hit
- hh''iN ~ -'HtIdliN knOMf. I'm Tact.
he was m several battles, among them were
ondenarde and Malplauquct, when MARI
borough and Eugene brought the towering
pride Of Louis XIV 10 the very dnSt
Thackcry testified to the bravery Of the
last warrior English king: whenever We
hear Of dapper George M war. il i Ger
tain he demeaned himself like n man of
little valor. AT D%ctinyen his horse ran
away with him and with difficulty was
stopped from carrying him into the enemy's
lines. The king dismounted from the fiery
uadruped and said b~ravely, Now. | know
! shall not run away and placed himself
al the head of the foot. drew his sword.
hrandi>hing il AT the whole French army
and calling out to hi own men IN bad Eng
lish. but with the most famous pluck and
-pirit.
'On public festivals he always appeared
the hat and coat he wore on the lannon's
Jay of Oudenarde. and the people laughed.
kindly. at the old garment, for bravery
never goes out of fashion"