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The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-30
BAGDAD REGION IS BARREN.
 CHEERLESS SWAMP LAND
Armies Fighting In Far South Face s
 Dreary Campaign.

The country between Bagdad and Basra. on the Tigris, in which stretch of MeSopotamia the British expedition aries and the Turks have carried on n varying campaign for months, is as Cheerlcss as any that could be imagin ed, dreary. flat, sun glazed plains and vast deSolate swamps,' according to q statement on war geography just giv en out by the National Geographic so c!dty The Tis-is pursues lazy course through these tedious lowlands To the right and left stretch barren plains of baked clay as far as the eye can reach, offering no advantages for defense. The reed choked swamps lie in between, while the dull brown Arab villages struggle through plain and swamp alike, with indifferent impar tiality as to the disadvantages of both
 World wearied focks and occasion. al Arabs constitute the sole life of the lower Tigris plain. The shimmering heat frets the clay soil with deep cracks in every direction and makes the thick yellow river appear like a stream of molten metal This is the southern end of Mesopotamia, down to the junction of the Tigris and the Euphrates at Shat-el-Arab, whence mile after mile of dreary marsh takes the place of the dreary plains, Throughout the marsh country com. munication between villages is carried on by means of rush boats. In the springtime of Mesopotamia's history fl was all garden land, a country com. polling the strangers admiration for its fruitfulness and beauty.
 "Kut-el-Amara, well down the river, was, at least for this region, a thriving port before the war, and large ship. ments of grain were sent from here This surplus grain was grown in abun- dance somewhere on the apparently arid plains. which. if irrigated once more as in ancient times, might be an agricultural supply spot for the lead ing markets of the world. The old ca. nals which carried water to the plains have fallen into decay and in most cases their markings have been leveled by time beyond all recognition"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-30
FLETCHER HAS GOOD RECORD
Man Whom Wilson Wants to Send tc Mexico an Experienced Diplomat.


 Henry Prather Fletcher of Pennsyl- vania. who has been nominated to be the new American ambassador to Mex leo. will fill the post that was vacated when Henry Lane Wilson was recalled two years ago. when General Huerta was executive head of the Mexican government
 MT. Fletcher has been tho American ambassador to Chile since Oct 1, 1914. where he had been serving as minister since 1909. He is a lawyer by pro fession. served in the army in Cuba in 1898 and for two years as nrst lieu tenant and battalion adjutaM of the Fortieth infantry. His home is Cham bersburg. Pa.
 After more than a decade of service in the American foreign service Mir Fletcher is today regarded as being one of the able men of the corps. He began his diplomatic service in 1902 as second secretary of the legation at Ha- vana. was transferred to Picking as second secretary the following year and became secretary of the American legation at Lisbon in 1905. In 1907 he returned to Picking as secretary of le- gation and two years later was ap- pointed minister to Chile.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-30
One forty horse power boiler.
 One thirty horse power Atlas en

One forty horse power boiler. One thirty horse power Atlas en- zine.
 The duplex gang edger. Two cut off saws. Two rip tables. Two sixty inch circular saws. One thirty six inch top saw.
 And all belting, shafting, tools, fix lures, etc, belonging to said saw mill outfit. Being hardwood saw mill upr- chased by said l.. J. Farabee from Rheinboldt and Rheinboldt with addi- tions and replacements, in Nevada County, Arkansas.
 Terms of Sale:-On a credit till the 18th of March, 1916, the purchaser being required to execute bond as re- approved security, bearing interest at the rate of 10 per cent per annum from the date of sale until paid, and a lein being retained on thee premises sold to secure the paymnt of the pur- chase money.
 Givn under my hand this 7th day of December A. D. 1915. |12-9-4wks. c. c. CALHOUN, Commissioner in Chancery.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-30
REDUCED RATES

Annual Convention Arkan... :.
 Growers Association, Little S S''t Arkansas, January 11th to la.. A9 this occasion the St. L. I'M. SS will sell tickets Prescott to iig
 Rock and return for $s.9o. r.' a'u| on sale January 10th to 10th sAe's ;e sive. Going passage to comma,a ,uelu' date of sale and bear final . rs.. oA| limit to reach original startirc .s'u'n| prior to midnight of Januarn pvnS p1a 1916. 10th, Annual Convention Arkansas N... Teachers Association, Pine Blu8 s, ,0 ansas, December 2sth to sOth ,o,s s For this occasion the St. L. l. M W., Z s. Ky will sell tickets Prescott t' = . Pine Bluff and return for s4.sO T,s " cts on sale December 27th to 2ath = !; elusive 1915. Going passage to co. . mence on date of sale and bear ss. @ return limit to reach original st... M ing prior to midnight December s,' 1915. ''
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-30
thar looeel susp7cio1s and bore after

thar looked sIsPicious and b6fe after her.
 "ln the fog the old man must have misjudged her speed or ours. because we ran so close across her stern that her propeller beat against our side and our guns swept right over her poop.
 "Well. the gang on that ship will be taking nerve tonic for month. guess We couldn't pick her up again 1t was so thick. but we heard afterward that she was the same bloody ship we m. chored alongside in Progreso-the Zee lander or some name like that"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-30

S&ill cstting hAIr and shaving at the West 0IAs Bssbss SAsp.-ysv are nsvA-Ck10an . Osmnias Advt.
 For SAle-One setter bird dog. Ono automatic shot gun and extra barrell. See Thos. C. McRas Jr.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-30
Brain Against Brawn
G. A. Hays, Agent.

 The and methods while hn He possibly tell his FARM ally
  than third of
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-31
PAUL ARMSTRONG,
PLAYWRIGHT, DIES
Author of "Alias Jimmy Valen-
tine" and Other Dramas Vic
tim of Heart Disease

NEW YORK, Aug. Si-Funeral arrange
ments had not been made today FOR Paul
Armstrong, playwright. best known Tor
his Heir to the Hoorah," Alias Jimmy
Valentine" and "rhe Deep Purple, VINO
died very suddenly late yesterday from an
attack of heart disease.
please let me sleep" were the last
words Of Armstrong, as he expired III
his Park avenue apartment after being
stricken while taking his wife home from
a railway station in his automobile. she
had lust returned from Baltimore, where
the dramatist underwent treatment two
months ago in Johns Hopkins Hospital
for heart trouble. Armstrong, his family
and friends thought he was cured.
In 1913 Armstrong was divorced by his
wife, Mrs. Rella Armstrong, of Kansas
City, Mo, and shortly afterward he mar
rled Miss Katherine Calvert, who was
leading woman in "The Deep Purple,
and was expecting to play the leading
part in new play on which her husband
was working when he died They had one
child, Paul, a year old. The first Mrs.
Armstrong was awarded $4,000 a year ALI
mony for the support of herself and their
three daughters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-31
NORDICA'S DIAMOND TIARA
SET WITH PASTE JEWELS
Pearl Necklace, Given to Secure S1O.-
900 Loan, Is Genuine

ST LOUIS, Aug S1-Mme. Lillian Nor
dica three years ago, Just before starting
on concert tour of the world, called on
Mrs. Adolphus Busch, wife of the man
who then was the head of the Anheuser-
Busch Brewing Company here, and bor-
rowed $4,000 from her, giving as security
pearl necklace and a tiara supposed
to be set with diamonds.
Following the litigation in New York
over the estate of the singer, who died
at Batavia, Java, last year, an expert
examined the Jewels. which are in the
brewery safe mere, and announced that
the pearls are genuine and are worth
more than the amount Of the loan, but
that the stones in the tiara are paste
Mrs. Busch is now in Germany, ana
members OF the family refuse to discuss
the matter. II was stated they did not
wish TO give the impression that Mrs
Busch asked for the Jewels as security
as Nine. Nordica insisted on leaving them
with her.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-31
TW0-STEP GONE? NO!
FOX TROT RETAINS 1T
Modern Dance Falls Back on
Time-Honored Figures,
Expert Says

The death knell of the tango has been
sounded officially and finally.
Members of the Philadelphia Dancing
Masters Association, convening at ATTAIN
tic city. have consigned the tango TO the
grave, declared 1t to be obsolete. and have
issued an edict that the name never shall
be mentioned again.
Now comes an excellent Judge of danc-
ing In the role of a rank hereto who de-
clares that dancers are doing the tango
ana also the maxixe, and two-step, with
out knowing they are doing them He has
1ollowed the dances closely as danced I'm
Philadelphia society and asserts that
dancers use these obsolete and obsolescent
steps in foX-trotting
The critic is Uriel Davis, musical di-
rector of the Bellevue -Stratford who ar
ranges the music for innumerable society
functions.
There are no sharp. distinct lines SEN
arating the various Dances" said NIr
Davis today. IF you anaIyze the fox
trot you will see that II is made IN Of
steps from the tango, maXiXe and two
step. often instruct my orchestra 10
play tango music while a foX-trot is going
on The couples dance in perfect time
Dancers are doing more to rehabilitate
the old two-step-with more spirit and
snap, Of course-than all the dancing
masters in the country, because when
they toX-trot, they are, great deal of
the time, two-stepping."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-31
CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING
Bride of so Years Ago Recommends
Long "Courtships" as Guide
to Happiness

"A long courtship is the safest guide
to happy marriage"
This rule was given by Mrs. William
d. Troupe, hostess to 100 guests TODAY.
the 5Oth anniversary of her marriage, as
she sat with her husband on their
veranda at 6230 Woodland avenue.
Among the guests were their four sur
wing children, 10 grandchildren and
seven great grandchildren.
The guests began to gather this morn
ing for the cutting of the wedding cake,
a l5-pound confection.
The eldest child is Mrs. Ella Wilson,
Of Somers Point, n. j.; the eldest grand
child, Thomas ID. Willard, 2227 South
FELTON, street, and the eldest great-grand-
child Leonard Frame, 5 years old, 6245
Renhart street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Troupe were married in
church at blst street and Woodland
avenue, then a rural section
All their married life they have lived
ia the neighborhood and watched the
city gradually grow out to their home
and then beyond 1t. The bridegroom was
1 years old and his bride was II. Mr..
Troupe is carpenter at the Brill car
works and is veteran OF the Civil War,
having fought in Al battles In Company
OF the Second Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-31

TN 1914 the women's Directory Of Phiia-
| delphia began a course Of instruction 70
mothers on child welfare work. Both
white ana colored people were invited
but Il was the Afro Americans VINO took
practicai hold Of the thought Inc re-
suit was that when Mrs. Clara Jones'
of the Zoar Methodist Episcopal Church
told the Women's Directory how anxious
Tho women OF her race were TO quality
themselves to instruct children regarding
vital truths Of life. arrangements were
made TO give instruction in any chureh
applying for II. -.
There are already i've churches which
have established child welfare leagues
and others churches are on the waiting
list. The instruction is supplemented by
work outside the churches. This OUTSIDE
work has been carried on from the hrst
week of June all through the summer
concluding with September, In a weekly
series of doorstep meetings, member
of the league providing the doorstep,
A transparency with the name OF the
church to which the welfare league pc
longs quickly attracts the children OF tho
neighborhood to that particular doorstep
where the meeting Is to be held.
only once during the summer was there
any trouble, and that was August ~,
when the meeting was at 1923 North 2Sd
street, a neighborhood where there are
as many white people as colored' A group
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-31
DOORSTEP MISSION WORKERS.;
WHAT THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED
Mothers Clubs in Afro-Amercan Churches Have Founded
Welfare Leagues for Outdoor instruction During
Summer Months

OF white boys, between the ages ., T..
and IS, seemed determined TO nrevore a. ~
voice Of the speaker from being beard ne
policeman had TO restore order b,,t -. =
Of the workers remarked 70 DR.. Char,,.aee vne
Abbey, superintendent OF the Ws..e Wor,,..e
Directory: III you had not been hera ~
we had tried TO protest against ,n.,.,.
there would have been trouble. snS
anyone had been injured. the blame ,,o,,,.
have been placped on the negroes nv
best kind Of white people don't know ~ ne
we differ from the class to s,hich nv
white boys belong. It Is zach uht,se
who are ready to become Iynchers,"
The concluding meetings Of the door.,..
workers will be held September ; s,ss 's
p. m., at the Union Baptist Church 49,
on September at the same hour ~ Nv
Union Methodist Episcopal Church tn
meetings are free to ali, and one OF az
most significant facts about them is thas
there Is no tax or collection of anv kinS
The propagation is entirely free srn,-
financial obligations. w"
DIR. Charlotte Abbey is among the n,o..
inent speakers who will preside M 'thaa-
meetings. The following quotation ia tsIsv
from the pamphlet on the subject Of ch,,ss
welfare: Through living the kind sss
useful life we become obedient 10 IN. p al
vine law, upheld as the greatest OF M sn
laws, and through this obedience ere., -,
up into strong Christlike man or woms, "
woman"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-31
Little Benny's Note Book

Pop was setting avn the frunt stems
smoaking this aftirnoon and was setting
thare watching him and thinking, and
aftlr a vile 1 sed, Hav Pop.
Hays for horses, sed pop.
Do you no Of eny way OF taking stanes
out Of pants, / sed,
You don't meen TO say you wunt to no
Tor yure own eddihcayshin. sed pop.
Yes sir. | sed
the werld must be coming 70 an end.
ANYWAYS had an ideer yure motto was
tho moar stanes the merrier
NO sir, do you no Of eny way OF get
ting them out, ] sed
Well, Il awl depends avn the stanes.
wat partickkler kind OF stanes wood YOU
like 10 exterminate, sed pop.
Ink stanes, l sed.
That's a nice kind, sed pop. hum. lets
see, ] no thares sum way OF diskurride-
ing ink stanes. l red II wunts avn the
womans page, lets see, | think you ferst
ruD the stanes well with coal oil and
Denzeen and then apply a lighted candil
or perhaps II wood be quickir TO iest
apply the candii without wateing TO rub
avn the Oil or bleeye a good old fash
ioned way is 10 smeer the stanes with
mullassiz and LET the files bite them out
but howeyvir and be that as ii NAV
wunt To ixpreas my Approximation oI
ynre good intenshlns. and avn the prin.
sipii that ackshins speek Ioudir thar
werds. heers penny.
And he gave me sent. saying, Wich
pare Of pants WAS Il.
lufe gray Wuns, / sed
Give me back that aent and folio me
Wich 1 ala.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-31

Ladies and gentlemen, step up one al
time and shake hands with the Oyster
He is just about to return to the table.
of Philadelphia and other places after
four months vacation, and he is booked
right through for eight months.
If you will gaze closely at the calendar
tomorrow, provided you keep it up 10
date. you will find that there is a iIttls
letter ''r' in the spelling of Septenber
This proves that there is nothing wrong
with the oyster.
Pat him on the back with impunity.
Greet him with effusiveness. Welcome
him warmly-unless you like him on the
half shell or in a coclxtail-and eat him
with salt and pepper.
Consider, as some one has said the
oyster. He is boon to mankind. True.
he is rather a clammy visitor If Slipped
down the back of ones neck shy his
shell, but II he is sent through the
right channel he is delicious
This year he is plentiful The oyster
men you read about who shanghai men
o'S.oiS rum lHeir nappy
homes at the bottom of the coves, bays
and other places where oysters have
happy homes already are coming up the
river with tons of him-the oyster. To-
morrow he will make his debut
And then there is the matter of pearls.
Did you ever find a pearl in an oyster?
No? Well they have been found, and
that's why Some people will not eat the
beasts any way but on the half shell. The
danger of this method is that most per-
sons who find pearls in oysters break
tooth or two so doing. 1t takes all the
profit from the pearl to have the tooth
fixed, but there's the satisfaction Of It,
anyway.
Note: The author of the above wins
the free trip TO Ypres by discussing
oysters without calling them succulent
bivalves.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-31
NEWEST FALL BLOUSES WILL
MATCH THE TAILORED SUITS
NEWEST

HEORGETTE, of Bordeaux, gave us
VI the transparent blouse, and its nu-
merous successors and imitators are still
with us. FAN styles in blouses are to
be seen in all the shops, Of course, and
one more or less authoritative fashion
writer says that the rage for colored
blouses TO harmonize or contrast with the
tailored costume, will be the thing for
Informal wear. She also continues that
transparent blouses of silk net. flesh
tinted crepe de chine and chiffon crepe
will still be in favor. This is easily be-
lieved, because the soft lace and net
blouses are always charming, and 1 can
not believe that women will give up so
becoming a style very quickly, IN spite
Of a fashionable edict.
a Partisan designer gives us the little
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-31
BIDDLE BIBLE CLASSES
TOBE CHRISTIAN ARMY
FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE
Military Training Planned "for
Peace Purposes Rather Than
for War"-Affects $4,000
in Thirty States
$4,000 ARE GED

The first organized religious movement
in the United States to provide a ma
tional defense organization ready to
answer the country's call should foe
attempt an invasion will be launched in
this city this week, when the directors
of the Drexel Biddle Bible Glasses an
nounce their plans for training their
members along military lines.
The idea, according to Anthony j.
DreXel Biddle, who is the father of the
movement is to form the military or
ganization for peace purposes rather
than for war, and it will cover $4,000
members of the Bible Glasses in 30 States
of the Union.
Forty speakers, directors in the Bible
Glasses. are putting the idea before the
churchgong people of these States, and
with the aid of many assistants, they
will speak i'm hundreds of churches
throughout the country on Sunday.
Thousands of pledges have been dis
uibuted among the church people. which
read as follows:
We. the undersigned, are American
citizens. We promise our God to pro-
tect the flag and the honor of the
United States Of America with our
lives.
More than 2OOO signatures have been
obtained by Mr.. Biddle personally, and
he said that fully 10000 more were in the
nhnus OF tne otner speakers.
1--WE have just been feeling public opin-
ion out on this matter" he said, "and we
find that the church people as a whole
stand against preparation for war. We
are rot preparing for war, but for peace
We place peace above everything else
but we realize that in order to preserve
II a body of reserve citizens must be
trained along military lines. The fact of
being adequately prepared to defend our
hnTnnG In 1Rna - a...v
most FACTOR of peace
I'VE believe with General Leonard
Wood, who is one of our counselors. in
me Plattsburg idea, and II is our inten-
ton to follow out many features that
nave been brought out there. We know
that war is against the teachings of
christ but We also believe that pre-
paredness for war insures peace"
Mr.. Biddle pointed out that the major
Try OF church people who advocate ma
tional disarmament come from remote
sections OF the country where they wouId
not at the outset be subject TO land or
sea attacks. The people along the sea
coasts and borders, however, were moi
Immune to the ravages of an Invading
foe, and consequently the idea of hav-
ing body of men always prenared
would insure peace by warning the Zoe
to keep out.
Just what form the organization voulA
take was not disclosed by Mr.. Biddle
That II would be military in its charac-
Ter was admitted, but the method OF
training the men and the Organization OF
battalions and companies is left 10 the
discretion Of the board OF directors of
the Bible Classes. who will announce
their plans when the campaign closes on
sunday.
Mr.. Biddle said that many members az
the classes were also members OF National
Guard or other military organizations'
and they were enthusiastically Endorsing
the idea.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-31

net blouse shown in todays illustration.
It is simple TO a degree, but the truly
French characteristics are noticeable in
every line of the creation. The fichu
effect at the neck is entirely novel, 1t
has been suggested in various ways by
designers before, but I venture to say
that this is one of the earliest styles
which daringly displays the old-fash-
ioned mode i'm ali its simplicity, unre-
lieved by any touches of modernty.
The body of the blouse is entirely
plated, being joined here and there in
striped style. with bands of hemstitch-
ing. The "blousy" looseness of the
whole thing is continuation of last
seasons modes, although the long sleeves
and double cuff is new. Cherry coored
buttons are seen on the front of the
blouse and on the sleeves. II is really
eNquisitely dainty, and would be a tri-
umph for the woman who sews.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-31

scattered crumbs over the grass-oh, the
park was fine place for Bluey!
Billy and Tommy flew straight to the
| SPOT where they had last played with
Biuey' pretty little nook at the side
OF the lagoon This is where l saw
I MN last said Tomrly; maybe he will
come around near here soon-that is. II
he is in the park"
But though they looked and looked, no
Bluey turned up TO greet them.
peneVe we had better fly around a
pit, suggested Billy Robin. so they few
across the lagoon to the beach on the
other side.
Ihere, Just around the curve OF the
shore, they saw Bluey and what do yo1
suppose he was doing? Billy and Tommy
crahed their necks to see, but they could
not quite make out what II was. So they
fully.
Bluey had something white which he
uipped In the water. Then he took Il out
ana ana pecked at IL, and then dropped II In
tne water again. Looks to me like
bread, said Billy. but OF course, he
wouldn't dip bread In the lake!"
Just then, when their curiosity was get
ting unbearable, Bluey spied them.
Hello there. friends" he called cor
daily. Want a piece2'
billy and Tommy few quickly towards
piuey. or course we do" said Tommy,
pleased TO have Bluey welcome him. "But
what is it?"
ITS bread the children have left" ex-
pialned Bluey, "andsI soak II In water
70 make II soft. Here. help yourself"
ed,'i An1 ne new aside so Billy and Tommy
oOpVr'Oht-oIOrO Ingram Judson.