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The Prescott daily news., 1914-03-03
MEASLES IN LITTLE ROCK

Little Rock, March 3.-There has been a considerable epidemic of meas les in the city during the last six weeks, but it has been of a mild form, with no fatalities, and no particular alarm has been felt on account of it. There have been several hundred cas- es and in some cases schools have al most been closed on account of so many people having the disease.
 ~>->~>~>~,->~>~>-~,~~~-~- >---~-~>,-->->>~,>>> to $456, ,485,0O, a tax on the people exceeding the total value of gold, iron copper and petroleum produced in the United States ln that year. The per capita fire loss of the United States IS five ti7.eS as great ae i any coun- try in Eur-Io. The loss due to the dcstructioo Of buildings anI contents in the Un;tef States mounted to $215,0S4, ,709, per capita oss of $251 against per capita loss in the six leading countries of Europe of 33 cents. In addition to this 1,449 were killed ana 5,654 injuied, and 50 per cent of these fire losses are pre- ventable.
 If reputable concern should offer to establish in this state an industry which would merely call for the in vestment of million dollars, the city and every business man personally in the state would be interested, ard would not only lend his moral sup port, but would give financial assis- tance to encourage the enterprise. The Arkansas Fire Prevention Asso- citation come to you offering, for your moral support and encouragement and the expenditure of a small amount of your time and energy, to save this state the enormous sum of over S2,- 100000 per year.
 We hope that the city of Prescott will not be found lacking in support and assistance of such a laudable and worthy work Nor should we fall be- hind the other cities which have been inspected, but like them should put our shoulders to the wheel and make this inspection success.
 After a thorough inspection of the city, the members of this association will meet with the property owners of the city tonight at the court house. at 500 o'clock. and will discuss the question of fire prevention from every side according to what they have found our needs to be. Every owner of property in the city should be on hand and exert his individual efforts to help in a work which really means more to us than any insurance com pany. Ladies are especially urged to be present
The Prescott daily news., 1914-03-03
SUNDAY SCHOOL
 TEACHERS MEETING

The following is the program for the teachers of the Methodist Sunday School at their meeting next Sunday morning at nine o'clock:
 1. How shall we encourage the children to own and study their own bibles ?-Mn Bush, Mrs Tavenner, and Mrs. Andrews.
 2. Some advantages and disadvan- tages of contests with other Sunday schools.-Mrs. Griffith, Mrs. Green and Miss Hale.
 3. Our opportunity to teach tenn perence.-G Discussion.
 1. Bro. Few's message to the tea chers.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-03-03
HOOK WORM COMMISSION
 HOLDS CONFERENCE

Little Rock, March. 3-Dr. C. w. Garrison left last night for Montgo- mery, Ala, to attend a conference of the directors of the Rockefeller Hook worm Commission The work is now being conducted in eleven states, and splendid results reported from all, in the eradication, not only of the disease but of the conditions that produce it.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-03-03
FIRE PREVENTION ASSOCIATION
Prescott to Have Rigid Inspection by Number of Visiting Insur-
 ance Men

The Arkansas Fire Prevention As sociation will hold a meeting at the court house Tuesday, March 3rd at 8:00 p. m., and the citizens and pro perty owners of this city are request ed to attend
 The members of the association will inspect the business district, school houses and waterworks system of our city and make suggestions and rec concentrations for any needed im- provements. This Association has made inspections of all the larger cities and towns in the state, and have been accorded the heartiest sup port and assistance.
 Doubtless few of the residents of Prescott have ever devoted enough thought to the matter of fire preven- tion to realize just how much every individual in the town is interested in encouraging and assisting the work of the Fire Prevention Association.
 A. c. McCabe and Dan E. Wilson. of the Publicity committee of the As sociation, visited our city last week and, in company with F. E. Murrah, Insurance Agent. visited a number of our mercantile establishments and explained that one of the main ob- jects of this Association is the pre- vention of loss of life by fire as well as that of property.
 The Association is making a spe- cial effort in having fire drills taught in all of the schools in the state.
 The object of this association, stat ed in a nutshell, is to prove the truthfulness of the old adage that "an ounce of prevention is worth pound of cure" To be a little more expli- cit, the object briefly stated is this To lessen the enormous, appalling and unnecessary waste from fire; the i'm parting and disseminating of informa- tion on fire fighting methods; the lessening and removing of fire haz- ards; the encouraging of the passage of local laws pertaining to fire equip ment and protection adequate water service, building codes and strict reg ulations regarding the storage of powder, dynamite, gasoline and other volatile liquids and chemicals. But let it be thoroughly understood that the fire prevention association have no connection with fire insurance agen- cies, or the question of insurance rates other than these rates will be auto matically be lowered by precautions for fire prevention.
 The fire loss in the United States for the past twenty years is greater than the combined assets of all the banks in American, amounting to the almost unbelievable sum of $500 per minute of every day in the year. The total cost of fires in the United States in the year 1907 amounted to one half the sost Of new buildings con structed in the country for one year. The total cost of fires. excluding for est fires, and marine losses. amounted
The Prescott daily news., 1914-03-03

For Rent-After March 1st. House with all conveniences. 2 blocks from business center. Apply at News Of fee. Advt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
In che Path Of Napoleon Years Alter His Do1u,an

Mir. Morgan's story today is of the greatest of military tragedies, when, on his retreat from Moscow, Napoleon lost the remaining half of his 600,0o0, but not so much from the rigors of a Russian winter as from the lack of food and proper clothing. It is a tale of the frightful wreck of the greatest of modern armies, of the most sudden Teversals in fortunes, of the swiftest toboggan from the heights of glory.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
The Retreat From Moscow

DATES AND ENENTS-AGE 43 October IS. 1S12-Ruasians defeated Murat.
 october 10. 1S12-Napoleon retreated from Moscow
 October %. 1S12-Attempted to blow Up the kremlin.
 October 25, 1s12-Battie of Maloyar- oslavez.
 October 27. 1S12-The first frost. October s0 1S12-Bread and beef ex- lausted.
 November l, 1s12-The first cold weather.
 November 3, 1S12-The first snow. November 6. 1s12-Napoleon heard of attempting revolution in Paris. November IA, 1S12-Left Smolensk November IT, 1S12-Battle of Krasnoi. November 21, 1S12-Ney rejoined the army.
 November 27, 1s12-Napoleon crossed the Beresino.
 December 6, 1S12-Left the army. December 10. 1Sl2-At Warsaw December 13. 1S12-The army crossed the Niemen.
 December IA, 1s12-Napoleon at Dres- den.
 December IS. 1s12-In Paris. AJanuary 16, 1S13-Murat left the Rrmy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06
The Winter Not to Blame

the weather as perfect" Yet his armed force had dwindled to 55,000 men.
 The Winter Not to Blame
 When later Bonaparte, Napoleon III, invaded Russia by sea, the Czar Nicholas, brother of Alexander I, grimly boasted that General January and General Feb ruary would crush the invader. But the first Napoleon was not overwhelmed by the elements in his Russian campaign Neither the fires of Moscow nor the snows of the steppes undid him. On the con- trary, before ever he looked upon Mos COW and while advancing in summer half his army had melted away, while in a fortnight of a genial autumn he lost near ly half his retreating army.
 The weather was not to blame for the stupendcus disaster of 1872. The hosts of the 20 nations perished for the sim pie, undramatic reason that they did not have enough to eat Had they been housed at home in warm barracks they could not have lived on the food and drink they found in Russia. By the end of 10 days after the retreat began there was neither bread nor beef for the men.
 Truly an army moves on it's belly, and on coming to Russia Napoleon had vio- lated one of his own axioms, never make war on a desert" When, in a mad con- ceit, he marched more than 6OO,000 men into a poverty-stricken wilderness, where they could not live off the country and where the roads were so poor that the supply trains were stalled, he sealed their doom and his own. Neither General Jan uary nor General February nor yet Gen eral Kutusof was needed to fix his fate. For there was only a broken fragment of the army left when the first snow flake fell in the third week of the re- treat. Nor did Napoleon lose battle on Russian soil.
 Another disaster befel the remnant of the army from still another prosaic cause as the winter drew on. In the confident summer days when supplies were laid in. thought had not been taken of the pos- sibility of a winter campaign, and no calks were provided for the horses shoes. The horses of the cavalry, the hospital wagons the supply trains and the guns could not be sharp-shod, and when they slipped and fell on the ice, there was small chance of their finding the strength to get up again. For want of a little sharp-pointed piece of iron, therefore the army suffered worse than from some far more picturesque causes.
 Hunger and Cold
 With the coming of the snow, the sleet and the icy blasts of winter, the men not only had to struggle for food. but for shelter as. well. Even the ravens froze." To be sure, the temperature sell dom fell to zero and never approached the low levels to which American sol diers have been exposed in some Indian campaigns. But many of Napoeon's men were from the sunny lands of the Medi- terranean, and so i'll prepared for the un- accustomed severity of more rigorous climate that they were crazed by the bit- ing cold. After marching 12 and 15 miles day in the teeth of blizzard and with the snow up to their knees, the stronger pushed the weaker out of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06

All that havoc was wrought before the end of the first week in November, when the weather was so unseasonably mild that it was remarked as gift from for tune to her longtime favorlte. Napoleon's bulletin likened it to ''the sun and the beautiful days of trip to Fontane- bleau." There was not even a serious frost the first week, and the tempera- ture did not fall below the freezing point until the army was 12 days out At the end of 16 days the Emperor still described the weather as perfect" Yet his armed force had dwindled to 55,000 men,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06

uins Of Moscow on an october morn ing in 1912 and began his long retreat from Russia. Moscow he announced, f'has ceased to exist" And when at T Distance of many leagues he heard the explosion of his mines under the krem- lin, he proclaimed the boast that this ancient citadel, the first palace of the Czars. is no more"
 The retreating mass had hardly Crowded past the gates of the city, when it's wagons began to stall and it's Fumptuous carriages which had been stolen from the stables of the nobility began to break down. When the Elm peror overlook it and pushed his way Through, 1t was already a disorganized rabble. He no longer commanded grand army. but was swept along help 1essly in the midst of the strangest harde that Europe had seen since the Goths and Vandals.
 The, confused and motely procession stretched it's length for miles and miles es it wound it's way over the illimit- able Russian steppes cursng and shouting in babel of langages All tho sick and wounded who had been able to struggle to their feet were riding in carriages and wagons, but 1900 com fades had been left behind in the hos pitals of Moscow.
 Plunder Poor
 If the men under arms numbered l0O,0Oo, hnd no one knows how many there really
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-09-06

having seen at last that he must abandon that
 pile of rub bish" marched his
 army out of the still smoking
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
In my power to maintain our 1ree
A marican in ctif,fiopc OVID 1ioyd *

In my power to maintain our rree
American institutions, and I yield to
no man in readiness to preserve in.
violate the fundamental and essential
liberties Of our country, and no man.
no one of my opponents, will so, farth-
er in defense of them than I will.
"As al American, I believe in our
free public school system. Just the
other day I vas invited to speak to
the high-school students in a city in
southern Iowa. AS l gazed out at
their bright and enthusiastic faces,
they recalled my own ~high-school days
and the thought impressed itself on
me that here is the American melt
ing pot where the children of differ
ent nationalities, the sons and daugh-
ers Of rich and poor alike are fused
and welded together into a homogen-
eous whole. Here is the cradle and
crucible of our citizenship. From
this crucible will emerge the Ameri.
canism of tomorrow. Therefore, i be-
lieve in our free public school. sys.
tenn as an essential basic element in
the fabric of our democracy. / am,
moreover, as an American citizen un-
alterably opposed to any movement
at any time looking toward the union
Of the United States OF America with
any sect, denomination or church. .
my friends, you can almost tell
BY looking into a mans face and OBJ
serving his department whether or
not he is a genuine American and
really loves the flag of our country.
And that flag is big and broad, kind.
and liberal, Christian and civilized
only to the extent that our citizen
ship has these attributes. Thus we
ourselves create the prestige and DOW
Ter of, the flag according to our own
| worth and the standard OF our own
citizenship. And the power and glory
and strength of our flag today is not
It's message of success In wars, but
that it floats over a people who gen
timely love peace and who are guided
by a President and Secretary of State
who in turn find their guidance in the
principles Of the Prince of Peace.
AT n time having in mind to
BpcCldllL6 Ill C6ELd1u WORK, l
as a student the old English univers-
ity OF Oxford, and following up this
course I went later to the old German
University at Heidelberg. Some of
these old student friends are mem
bers Of Parliament or the Reichstag,
many of them r now fighting under
King George or the Kaiser. Several
at this moment perhaps are lying on
blood-soaked battlefields. As the
nag of their country passes by they
rise to greet it, thrilled by national
pride and sentiment. But above the
smoke of battle, above their emblems,
above the flag Of every other nation,
! see and you see the Stars and
Stripes formed by the stars of the
night, the red OF the cum, the white
Of the clouds and the blue of the sky.
And seeing it we hail it from our
heart of hearts as the one great flag
of all the universe unfurling with it's
folds freedom and justice and
equality.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
TRUE BLUE PATRIOT
Congressman Connolly in His
Public Speeches Places
Himself on Record.
is THOROUGHLY AMERICAN
Candidate For High Position Shows
His Fitness For Same When He
Expresses His Ideal OF The Duties
OF The Individual.

From a recent address delivered by
Maurice Connolly, democratic candi'
date for United States Senator to
crcceed Senator Cummins we clip the
following extracts which are models
OF expression of the duties Of an
American citizen.
Some broad.minded republicans
have suggested that this country owes
much to Woodrow Wilson for his
wise and patient treatment Of the
Japanese question, OF the Mexican
situation, and his general foreign
policy, and indicate that this is a
time when patriotism should rise
above partisanship! Now patriotism
and love of country are confined to
no particular class or section Of this
country. Patriotism is largely the
result Of early training. AS for my
self, the sentiment Of love of country
was inculcated into my youthful mind
at the knees of a dear old mother
who came to Iowa in the pioneer
days OF the State.
"Her hair is whitened by time and
she is walking sweetly and gently in
to the setting sun OF life. Whatever
of high principles or pure ideals l
may aspire to, emanate from her early
teachings and the inspiration Of her
loving guidance. She was born in
Massachusetts upon soil consecrated
by the blood of the forefatners,-one
might say, in the shadow of Bunker
Hill. cannot conceive Of a more
fervid and intense love for the land
of her nativity than is hers.
And so in the hours of childhood
when I could first assimilate the mes
sage, when my ears were first attun-
ed to the sound and significance of
the human voice, l was taught to love
my country, to reverence and vener-
ate the stars and stripes, to appre-
ciate the sacred duties of American
citizenship. As a native of Iowa and
under such an influence, I am first,
last and all the time an American
with a keen appreciation of the basic
of our country and fired
with a wholesome ambition to do all
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
sustained and advanced the plans of

| sustained and advanced the plans of
the party and speak out my adVoca-
cy OF his claim for reelection. But, OF
course, can not do that; and with
so clear a record 10 member of Con-
gress needs a spokesman. What he
has done speaks for itself. II it be
a mere question OF political fortunes,
l believe the immediate future Of the
party to be as certain as the past
is secure.
The Democratic party is now in
fact the only instrument ready to
the country's hand by which anything
can be accomplished. 1t is united, as
the republican party is not; it is
strong and full Of the zest Of sober
achievement, and has been rendered
confident by carrying out a great
e~ party has attempted; it is abb
solutely free from the entangling al
liances which made the republican
party, even before its rupture; Ut
terly unserviceable as an instrument
Of reform; it's thought, its ambition,
it's plans are Of the vital present and
the hopeful future. A practical ma
ton is not likely to reject such a.
team, full of the spirit of public ser.
vice, and substitute, in the midst OF
great tasks, either a party upon
which a deep Generalization has
fallen or a party which has not
grown to the stature that would war
rant its assuming the, responsible
burdens of state. Every thoughttul
man sees that a change of parties
made just now would set the clocE
back, not forward. I have a very
complete and very confident belief in
the practical sagacity Of 1.-THE Amerl-
can people.
With sincere regard and admira-
ton.
Faithfully yours,
WOODROW WILSON, ~,
Hon. Oscar Underwood, .5>s
House Of Representatives. ) -.
Washington. D., c.. ...5, , w.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
Pebble Industry.

Gathering flint pebbles on the coast
near Havre, France, for shipment to
foreign countries, particularly the
United States, for use in the manufac,
ture of porcelain and in grinding oper-
atoms, has assumed important proper
tons in recent years. Approximately
10000 tons are exported each year to
the United States from Havre.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28

A short time ago the head of a
Chicago mail order house died leav-
ing an estate valued at SIT, 000, 900.
And about the same time several
men t:ed, who had been doing all of
their trading at mail order houses,
and they didn't levae any estates at
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
Very sincerely,
(Signcd) A. s. BURLESON.

NO MAN THAT EVER RAN FOR
PUBLIC OFFICE IN THE STATE
OF IOWA EVER HAD THE EN-.
PHATic ENDORSEMENT OF THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, THE SECRETARY OF
OF STATE AND THE PoSTMAS-
TER GENERAL OF THE UNITED
STATES.
NEVER WAS SUCH AN AP.
PEAL MADE TO THE PEOPLE
OF THE STATE IN BEHALF OF
ANY MAN.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
Faithfully yours,
WOODROW WILSON,
Hon. Oscar Underwood, ~
House of Representatives. -
Washington, D., c. ..,t' IT,

The voters of Iowa should not for
get that the candidates on the demo-
cratic ticket are pledged to lgeisla-
ton that will provide for the pension
ing Of teachers and the extension OF
the pubil"' school system.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
Volcano ERUPTION Near zuluiand.

A volcano which has been extinct
probably for centuries has broken out
into active eruption neal Hlabfsa, Zu-
luland. News has been received from
a British official resident in the local
ity that flames and smoke are being
emitted from the mountain. A fort
night ago a sharp shock Of earthquake
was experienced in the neighborhood.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28

Literary Works Now Available.
Literature in Turkey has Responded
to the liberty that followed the revolu
ton. Large numbers Of translation'
and adaptations of European scientific
and literary works and books of a pop
ular nature are now available.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
She Filled It.

Miss Lovely" said he earnestly.
you have noticed these missing word
contests in Fun, I know. Well. I
have n that I want you to help me
with. The sentence is, Will you be
-? Can you supply the missing
word, dear one?" YES" said she,
meaningly; "~tsister.'"> i
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
Hint on PaperHanalna.

A good hint for those who do their
own paper-hanging is to apply the
paste to the wall instead of to the pa
per. Amateurs will find 1t much easier
to match the pattern. and the paper ia
less liable to tear by following this
method, besides saving time and trou.
BILE.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
DISCOURAGED,

Don't you dancer" NO." repliet
Mr.. Meekton. Haven't you tried tt
learn" Eyes. The lady I employed
was a very competent instructor. Bu'
I can't see any sense in a mans pay
ing a woman to find fault with him."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
But He Said ".

"she ought to drop dead for the
awful lies she's telling" said the
plaintiff excitedly, listening to the
witness for the defense. Don't say
that" admonished the Judge. "She
ought repeated the plaintiff. Don't
say that again." repeated the Judge.
well. I won't, but she ought
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-10-28
II Couldn't Hurt Her,

Mama-"Keep quiet, Edna. Yor
hear me cry when my hair is be
ing combed." Small Edna-"Y-yes, but
a lot of your h-hair hain't h-hitched to
your h-head."