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The Prescott daily news., 1915-03-15
PUBLICITY ACT HAS
 WON MANY FRIENDS
Changing Sentiment is Reflected by Votes Taken in House. Would Have Been VOtd Down Had
 Ii Came to Vote.
From Arkansas Gazette.

One of the striking developments of the recent legislature was the change ot sentiment manifested particularly Tn the house toward Act Mo- 3. the publicity act. Men who came to the legislature as radical opponents of the measure admit their views have been modified by the events of the session and by a more thorough un- derstanding of the law
 The vote taken on the measures af- fecting Act No. 3 at different stages of the session also reflect the mark ed change of sentiment in the house. When the Edmondson bill, relating t. the publication of cost of matter pub lished under Act. Mo- came up in the early part of the session, it received GA votes in the house. Only 26 mem bers voted against the bill. Debate over the measure indicated that it's support came almost entirely from men who were opposed to Act No. 3, and from a supposition that the pub licity law would be ruinous in cost and valueless to the public.
 When the Greenhouse bill, also af- fecting Act. No. and providing for a revision in the method of awarding the printing contracts hereunder. came to vote in the house during the final week, it received only F votes, with GA registered against it. In the Senate the bill had been passed largely by the same lineup as had the Edmondson bill and while it is but fair to say that in the house circum- stances entered that may have affect ed the vote to a degree, the loss of support for the Greenhouse bill was evidently due to a changing sentiment as to the merits of Act No. 3.
 Finally when the Edmondson bill to resubmit the publicity act to the peo- pie of the state, came before the house for disposition on the closing day of the session, the temper of the house unquestionably showed that the majority would be willing to let the bill go by the board, without vote just as it did go, when Mr. Beeson talked it to death." There is req
The Prescott daily news., 1915-03-15
cROp EXPERT WILL
 ATTEND MEETING
, D. McNair. Government Crop Ex , uert Will Leave this Week for Waxahatchie, Texas to Meet
 With : More Experts

Little Rock. March 15.-A. D. Me Nair government crop expert, will oave this week for WaXahatchie, Texas where he will meet with seven other government statisticians for a study of crop production cost in that vicinity. Mir. McNair has just re- turned to Little Rock from South Car cna where he spent two weeks with other government experts working out the cost of production there. It will require two weeks to complete the estimates in this one Texas county, after which other Southern states will be visited. Arkansas will not be reached this year, but is on the list for 1916.
 Crop expert McNair has done much of this work in Arkansas during the ~ost year however, and has recently completed compiling the cost of cotton production in Pope county, and has Chcot county about ready for the to- tals. Mr. McNair estimates the cost of producing cotton in Pope county at about l-2 cents per pound, and he figures that Chicot will run very little under this, if any. A short time ago MT. McNair announced the result of his labors in Faulkner county, where the cost was practically the same
 In the South Carolina estimates the experts decided that the proper way to reach the cost of production wa to allow the farmer for every work Ing day of the year. and charge it up agamSt the entire crop. instead of charging $l per day for every day he put In on his cotton The estimates prepared in South Carolina show that me cost of cotton production there is iz cents Der pound, which Mr. McNair considers to be strong argument agalnst the planting of cotton this year.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-03-15
HENS BEAR PROFIT.

Healthy hens are great profit bearers. Use Ross Dead Quick Spray about your poultry. It is the ''iust-right" chicken disin- fectant and insecticide. It keeps them free of mites, lice, and de- stroys germs that cause roup, cholera, etc.
 Sold in Prescott by Hesterly Drug Store.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-03-15
0rcI ARES MAJORITY
 UNCONSTITUTIONAL
,.oue Court Decides Bill Passed 'Dp po.ent Assembly Appropriatlng s,o 900 for Panama Pacific
 Exhibit is Irregular.

special to the News , little Rock, March l5.-The Stu
 an,e Court this morning declared phot p tbe Panama Exposition Bill, ap- ~ nonriating $40 100000, was not passed r., . constitutional majority.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-03-15
FORMER AMBASSADOR
 SAYS DIVERSITY
Major Clifton k. Breckenridge. Ft Smith, Enthusiast Advocate of More Than one Crep-Great
 Care is Needed.

Little Rock, March 15.-Maj. Cliff ton R. Breckenridge of Fort Smith, who was Ambassador to Russia dur ing President Cleyeland's last admin istration, and who was until recently President of the Arkansas Valley Trust Company, is most enthusias- tic advocate of diversified farming.
 Great care is needed" says Maj. Breckenridge, "for a beginner is apt, in the volume and newness of what he hears, either to give up trying to understand it, and in confusion and dispair stick to his old way exclusive ly, or else, with hopeful credulity, to attempt too much at the start. Of the two errors, the latter is the more serious, though it is a pity for him to fall into either of them.
 -Four years ago l began this up building policy on the same ground where I had begun planting forty years before, so l speak with the ex- perience of the old trying to assimi- late or take on the new I urge all beginners, first and foremost to deter mine what and how much of it he is going to undertake. Make a plan and the simpler and less pretentious it is the better. Having no standards of reel thoroughness and his efficiency to judge by, he will be astonished to find how much there is in even the most customary things when it comes to doing them we'll
 "The first year | changed from the plan Of renting to negroes to plant ing on half share and for wages The : second year I put in oats and peas for hay. The third year more attention was given to hogs The fourth year more attention was given to pastur- |age, and silo was put in At the end of the year, the ground was largely restored to its original fertility and other problems were solved.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-03-15

son to believe the bill would have been voted down had it come to a vote, as shown by the statement of members afterward. Some of these. who had been against the act and who earlier in the session would have insisted on a vote, quietly watched and endorsed the demise of the Edmondson bill.
 One house member admitted he pre- ferred to let the bill go as it did; that while he had opposed Act No. ,, he would have voted against the Edmond son bill if it had come to a vote. An other rom South Arkansos al the friends of Act No. 3 had convinced him that the publicity law had been Ia mu,h misunderstood measure and that while originally opposing it, he would have helped to vote down the resuhmission bill.
 Would Give if a Test
 The attitude of Representative R. A. Dowdy of Independence county, one of the house leaders and admittedly one of the forceful members of the legislature, is typical of many others and is particularly worthy of note, since MT. Dowdy was among the men who originally had no good word for Act No. 3 He opposed it during the campaign for it's enactment, and came to the legislature with his views lit tie changed. He left for his home yesterday with a new notion regard ing the publicity law.
 'I frankly confess" said Mr. Dow dy, that the events of the legislative session have materially modified my views on Act Mo- 3. The incidents and developments of the last 60 days have demonstrated the necessity of definite and specific information being disseminated among the people. They ought to have this in order to know about the actual administration of public affairs, and in getting this in formation to the public I m rurther- more convoinced that there is no me dium superior to the press.
 T have also been impressed wiet the willingness of the newspapers to publish the findings of the investigat- ing committees of the legislature. It shows a commendable spirit of CO., operation in getting the facts relating to public affairs before the people, ''
 Would you be willing to endorse Act No. 3 as measure of sufficient merit to be retained on the statutes ?'' Mr. Dowdy was asked
 'I do not know that I would be jus titied in making statement to that effect replied Mr. Dowdy, "because the law has not been in effect long enough to thoroughly demonstrate what it will do. But I will say that it would hardly be fair to the law to kill it without trial, after it has been enacted by the people, or before 1t has been given an opportunity to be tried out. While 1 opposed the act originally, am not a sticker for con sistency, when l have been shown that might have been wrong. l am will ing that Act No. be given a chance. l know that publicity is one of the greatest cures for our ills, both state and county, and my opinion in this regard is doubly emphasized by what has transpired since the Fortieth Gen
The Prescott daily news., 1915-03-15

l have several buyers for places ranging from 10 to 300 acres. If you have land to sell, see or write me at once.-Leslie Green, Prescott, Arkan- sas. Advt if.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-03-15

eral Assembly convened"
 There is also an admission on the part of many members that some state ments as to the cost of publica- tions under Act No. 3 have been grossly exaggerated and there has al- so been shown a more liberal spirit toward the rural press, as a benefac- tor of the community and deserving of consideration as such.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-03-15

D. L. billiard is selling feed cheap for cash-Farmers Union Warehouse.
 Wanted private boarders-phone 115. Advt If.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-18

.carded when fraud charges were pre-
ferFed after the examination of Dec.
z, 1911.
The list of candidates for the
county job was thrown out in 1912
because it was alleged that the sue
cessfuI ones had been coached with
a list very much like the one used in
the final examination.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-18
JUDGE RULES AGAINST JUDGE IN
TRACTION CASE


Attorney John HeTTick and Presi-
dent L. A. Busby of the Chicago Sur
face Lines got a decision from Judge
Brentano yesterday which threw out
of superior court the suit of States
Atty Hoyne against the surface lines
"unifcatiOn Ordidance."
The surface lines are not RESPONSE
BILE to anybody anywhere for the way
they run their cars, has been the ar
gument of Hoyne's assistant, Glenn
Plumb. They have all rights and
privileges conferred on them by the
Unification ordinance as though they
are a corporation but they have new
er taken out corporation papers, have
no treasury, and can't be reached
with fines or pail sentences, accord
ing to Plumb.
After arguments were in, Judge
Brentano took less than two min
utes to speak these words throwing
the case out:
81 have little to asy in the matter.
But 1 have come to a decision that
the order of Judge Goodwin should
be vacated. 1 have so ordered"
Early in February Judge Goodwin
gave Hoyne leave to file information
in quo warranto proceedings. Judge
Brentano by his decision yesterday
goes straight against Judge Goodwin.
N0Vtn11-NI IJOS1TrH aIRC LI1r
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-18

to arrest and conviction of murderer
of George Prince, jeweler.
Atty Forest Smith to demand trial
board proceedings against Police OPP
orator John Dixon. QUarreled over
settled suit
one-third of $4,000 estate of
William Scar left to daughter, Mrs.
Louise Van Keuren, acquitted in 1913
of killing her husband.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-18
CHICAGO HAS LEPER

CHICAGO HAS IEPER
Chicago has another leper. This
time the city faces a hard problem
because the patient even if he is
proven leper cannot be deported.
Ignatz Kolakowsli, $40 Fay st., a
street sweeper, is the victim.
The patient because he has lived in
the city for Is years must be cared
for here.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-18
COUNTY HOSPITAL Al

A suit which if successful will
throw the whole attending staff of SO
physicians at the County hospital out
of their jobs was filed by DR.. Annie P.
Heineck It will go to trial Monday.
The bill viii demand reinstatement
Of the civil service list which was dis
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-18
LARoR RAPs MERIT. BODY


/; Charging that the efficiency divi7
sion of the civil service commission
created "onIy soft jobs for investiga-
tors" and is not worth $4,000 spent
on it yearly, the Chicago Federation
of Labor in letter to the mayor and
council took a rap at the Office. The
council was asked to abolish the dis
vision.
"Wen the city's annual budget was
made up" the letter continued, "the
representatives of this division got
very busy with their pencils and de-
vised ways and means to declare that
because of incompetency, ineficien-
,cN etc., mne should not get the wages
which have been appropriated for
them. It was also recommended that
there be demotion, or, as it is better
known, a reduction in pay.
eve do not believe that man who
has passed a civil service examination
and who, fortunately or unfortunate
ly, becomes a city employe becomes a
city loafer and that the city should be
put to the expense of watching him,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-18

DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT
''AIlies continue to gain in cham-
payne" reads a headline.
Wh-a-at? And they keep telling
us that they're suffering over there2
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-02
SUDDEN REDUCTION IN PRICES OF FLOUR Ranges From Twenty-Five to FOrty-five Cents Per
 Barrel

There was sudden drop in local flour quotations Monday, the market closing from 20 to 45 cents per barrel off. Michi- gan flour is quoted on the opening this morning at $50; Tennessee flour at S.6o, and spring wheat flour at $S. The suc- cesses of the allied fleet on the Dardan- elies is given as the reason for the re- action in wheat market, which resulted ir the drop in flour quotations here. It Is hoped by the allies that the channel connecting the Black sea with the Medi- ttfranean will soon be opened to navi- gation. when the immense granaries of Russia will be available to the French and English. This would naturally re- suit in marked dimunition of Amer ica's foreign wheat demand, and the mar ket is beginning to react to the new in- fluence.
 Other markets are practically un- changed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-02
CHINA WILL HAVE
 UNIFORM SCHOOLS
System Is to Be Modern and Patterned After Vest
 ern Ideas

Picking, February 15.-tCorrespondenco Of the Associated Press.)--A presidential mandate has been issued instructing the minister of education to prepare the way for uniform system of public schools to be established throughout China The sehocls. according to the plan. are to be modern. patterned after western ideas to a large degree. but not to the extent Of discarding the best teachings of china's ancient sages. "to whom the culture of the nation is due.''
 The following passages appear in the mandate. which Is long and explanatory. in the usual style of the mandates Issued by President Yuan Shi-kai.
 "rhe prosperity or decay. and the strength or weakness of nation are chiefly determined by the morality in- tellisence and physical strentoh of the people: and if we desire to increase the standard of these three virtues our nrst attention should be paid to the ed ucstion of the people
 In the foreign countries numerous scholars devote thelr time to tho writ Ing of works on special branches of science. and from so to % per cent Of the population can read and write. But in this country books are mere reproduce tions. Original works are as few as the vsning stars in early morning.
 If we recall tho days of the Chow dynasty we find that every individual was scholar. but such days are past and we have them no more. IL is mors than 20o0 years since tho days of the Chin and Han dynasties and tho an cient civilization has fallen into decay.
 Now we aim at universal education. enabling every citizen of the country to be capable of government and to bs rid of the old habit Of depedeace."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-02
UNEASY MARKET
 AT NEW ORLEANS Conflicting War Rumors Keep Cotton Excited
 and Unsteady

New Orleans, March 1.-Conflicting rue mors regarding the intentions of the allies toward cotton kept the market for cotton futures uneasy today and caused quick and nervous fluctuations both above and below the level of last weeks close. Trad ing was most active in the early afternoon when it was reported that nothing would be done to restrict cotton exports to Ger many. On this the market spurted to the highest levels of the day, to points over Saturdays final figures
 Soon after another report was circu- lated, stating that the allies would put all commodities on the contrahand list. This sent prices to the lowest levels of tho day, where they were at a net loss of to points. Toward the end of the session the market was nervous and un- steady. Closing prices were to 6 points under Saturdays last quotations.
 In the early trading shorts were aggres- sive and much was made over the un- certainties surrounding first March de- liveries under the new federal law. After the first decline of 3 to points the mar ket met good buying on which 1t recov- cred and went a point or two over Sat urday's close. In the early afternoon the undertone was firm because of large shipments. Foreign clearances for the day were 90,833 bales as against receipts of 4S,011 Tn addition 3O,795 bales were cleared coastwise.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-02
EACHTOMMYS SHOULD
 HAVE MOUTH ORGAN
No Music Like That to Hearten Him in the
 Trenches

London. February 2o.-,Speci,,l.) .)--Who- ever Is responsible for the equipment of the British troops has made one serious these are all they should be. But in ev- cry soldiers lSnapsack. besides his field msrshars baton. there should have been a mouth organ.
 Lying in his cold trench. listening to the monotonous scream and roar of the shells overhead Tommy wants music 10 hearten him. And as he will tell you. there is no music like the music of the mouth organ.
 It Is a soul-stirring instrument, produc- ins in the mouth of the expert a melody SC mething between that of a narmon.um and a bagpipe. Every regiment has it's mouth organ virtuoso. who leads the camp singing on his instrument. Usually he announces beforehand what he Is go- ing to play, so that there shall be no mistake.
 The way of tho expert Is not easily acquired. First. he gives the organ q rub along his trousers, then mostens it for action.
 Little Gray Home in the West" he says. Sitting down he lunches his should CTS. puts the instrument to his lips. stares S'iaibh III iipht ti iiith Niin tNtS ttidt see nothing and blows. How he blows. At intervals in the music he wraps his left hand round the organ by way of sounding board or taps it's end lightly with his fingers to give II that melodious swell and rhythm that only the expert can produce.
 Maybe he stamps one foot to the time of 1t while his cheeks expand and col lapse, his eyes start from his head and he goes pink behind the ears while the Germans in the opposite trenches listen enthral llad
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-02
Port Cafton Movement

New Orleans: Middling. 775c: receipts. 2G0l; exports. 14.000; sales. e265; stock, 415,503
 Galveston: Middling s25c; receipts, 17.471; exports, 3l.166; sales, 1913; stock, 52T.N6
 Mobile: Middling, 7.5ec: receipts, 642; sales, 175: stock, 5S, ,S36.
 Savannah: Middling, sc receipts, 71s7; exports. 1S739 sales, 2S76 stock. .4S3. Chareston: Middling 7%c; receipts, 149o; stock, 112 459.
 Wilmington Middling, 7%c: receipts. siS1. exports. 2S90 stock, 55,S45
 Norfolk: Middling, 775c; receipts, 3474; sales 1297; stock, 76,7i1.
 Baltimore. Stock, S565.
 Boston: Middling, S.35c; receipts, 2s6; stock, 12O00.
 Philadelphia: Midding, s.5oc; receipts. 90: stock, 56S3
 New York: Middling, S.25c; receipts 664; exports, 14.123; stock. 120,541.
 Minor ports: Receipts, 9915; exports. 9S15; stock 103,5sS
 Total today: Receipts 4S,o11; exports. 90S39; stock. 1,g2l, ,790.
 Total for week: Receipts, 1oo14s ex- ports. 1S3,S ,S9S
 Total for season: Receipts, S.O64.O96; exports. 5,s65,94.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-02
A Domestic Disturbance


 The trouble began with a tea fight. The milk was sour, the cake cut up. and the sugar fell out with the tongs- The spoons elashed and the table grcaned. The fringes on the doilies snarled. and the crackers snapped. The sofa and easy chairs were soon up in arms, and even the clocks did not agree, but waro at sixes and sevens. Small wonder that the doors were unhinged,
 Things were no better In the kitchen. The pitchers were all set by the ears and stuck out their lips, while tho tea pot and kettle poked their noses int.s everything. The range was red hot. which made the saucepan look black and finally boil over The bells started janA:- ling, all the pickles and preserves in tlae cupboard were Jared, and there were any number of scraps in the refrigera- tor and meat safe. Naturally. when the mistress of the house reached the scona of disorder the cook was put out
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-03-02
Hubbard Bros. & Co.'S Letter

New York, March 1.-(Special.)--A fort night ago it was rumored that Great Britain would soon prevent the shipment of all goods to Germany as an answer to the instructions to submarines to de- stroy all ships bound to Great Britain, whether nuetrals or not, given by Ger many. At the opening of his speech this afternoon, MT. Asquith did not mention this intention and the market advanced, but at the close he stated the purpose of Great Britain. This first caused an advance of 10 points and then a quick decline of some 20 points, the market closing points lower than Saturday, awaiting the effect upon holders in the south.
 It seems probable that the English fleet will secn open the Dardanelles, which would give Russia chance to buy cot ton and export her grain, and assure Ms nchester that the traffic to India and the east. through the Suex canal, was open to the distribution of her manufac- turers.
 IL is estimated that each shot from tho 16-inch guns of the Queen Elizabeth uses up one bale of cotton In the charge of smokeless powder.
 The market thinks that tho action Of Great Britain will cause holders in the south to sell. Meanwhile the exports are much heavier than any early estl- mate.