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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-01
FORD'S PEACE ARK GROOMED
FOR VOYAGE TO EUROPE

NEW YORK, Dee. 1.-The final touches
nsfe peins added today to arrangements
Tor the sailing of Henry Ford's peace
snip Oscar ii, Saturday. ITO get the BOYS
ous OF the trenches on Christmas day"
rord himself, with his wife and son,
VII, WI, agrive in New York tomorrow and
WI WI mold final conferences with his lieu-
ssnah's William j, Bryan is expected to
coils mere from Miami. Fla, Friday 10
opeiate IN any way possible in tho
peace mission 10 Europe. He will moi
san on the peace ship, however
Inc Oscar ii was undergoing radical
s,,tslr el,Gr changes today to make it more
hsa.aDie tha. as an ark of peace. Every book
Dreathed militarism was uncere-
iWas1nn,lously yanked from the liners library.
xor, VIZ Fogany Niennese painter, set At
tIonS a tedeeorating the ship with instruc-
!" keep Mars out of the scenery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-01

when the erection of a building was
finally decided on there was a dispute
concerning it's location.
The school will accommodate at least
1900 pupils OF various grades 1t will be
used by both sexes. Indoor playrooms,
a large playground and lunChroom will
be among the ConvcnenCes
The cornerstone of an addition to the
I'aycttc School in Bustleton will be laid
on Saturday. The Improvement repre-
scnts a cost of $4,000. This school has
also been ovcrcrowded for several years.
Exercises viii be held in St Lukc's
Hall, Bustcton Among the speakers
will be Henry X. Edmunds, president of
the Board of Education; Simon GratZ,
wee president. and Thomas Shallcross.
a member of the board who used his
influence in behalf of the neighborhood.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-01
PENRosE TO OPPOSE DAVIS
Washington Hears Senator Will Fight
Confirmation of Revenue Collector

WASHINGTON. Dec. t.-Senator Pen
rose it was announced here today, would
oppose the confirmation in the Senate Of
Ben r. Davis, as Collector of Internal
Revenue for the 9Th District, with head
quarters at Lancaster. In the closing
days Of the last session, for some reason,
despite the fact that his nomination had
been before the Senate for months, Davis
was not confirmed
An exposure of alleged activity by him
in soliciting funds from office holders,
which is contrary to law, will give PEN
rose the excuse for fighting his conhrma-
tion, 1t is said.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-01
Intoxicated Driver Runs Down Child

A W, 'iiford, 25 years old, 25l0 North
cn isftean street, a driver for Morris &
hs,, ho, heeT packers. was held under $500
tsa n lor further hearing today to await
sr, sas outcome of injuries TO S-year-old Win
bn1. su hFoyer 1902 East Russell street. The
az ,L = N a serious condition at his home
as the result of being struck bv Gifford' $
team Yesterday at Kensington avenue and
SSstasSeil street, According TO the police
,,i-ora was intoxicated and driving his
sssln Ssai IN a reckless manner The boy is
~ cared for by DR.. l.. NJ Diemer as
a hospital '''''' ~
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-01

Phacphan lover has his suitcase all packed to
Ford his and the telegram
inviting him to board the Oscar II are shown.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-01
Notice

European war demands have caused
a shortage in the worlds supply of
materials used in the manufacture
of White Tread Tires,
The color Of Goodyear Tires may
ultimately be changed from White
to Black
Our supply of the required materials
assures the. greater portion OF our
1916 seasons output of tires being
furnished with White TreadS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-01

Fortieth and Market streets Business As
sociation. After remarking upon the ef-
nciency with which the Department of
city Transit has been conducted during
the term of the present administration,
he added:
IL would like very much to see D-
rector Taylor retained under the next
administration SO that he may complete
the great work which he has started so
well 90
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-01
PULP MILL WORKER KILLED
Another Seriously Injured by Explo
sion at Elkton

ELKToN, Md. Dec IA huge digester.
used in cooking wood into pulp at the
Badnor Pulp Mills in Ekton. exploded
this morning. Frank Vandergrift was
killed and Edward Morgan was so badly
injured that his recovery is doubtful.
None Of the other employees was in that
section of the mill when the explosion
occurred.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-01

Dies on Street Nniie Going to Work
John McKinuon >, years old died while
on his way to work today soon after he
loft his homo at 9-N South Front street.
Death MAS due TO natural causes ae.
rrrdip- 10 physicians i'm the Mount Sinai
Hospital
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04
LIGHT OF MODERN SCIENCE.

Dr. T. Alexander MacNichol, in one of his addresses, says briefly: Fifty years ago men commonly believed that alcohol was food, tonic, and stim- ulant but they were excusable for ig- norance, as little was known of the psychology and chemistry of the blood and tissues the action of bacteria upon the functions and life of tissue cells was a sealed book. The inven- ton of instruments of precision and the application of more exact meth ods of examination has revolutionized our attitude toward alcohol. In the light of modern science alcohol is not a food, tonic. or stimulant. In a word, science has rated and classified alcohol as a universal protoplasmic poison to all forms of organic life.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04
Public Education in Arkansas
Eight Studies in Vital Agricultural
 Problems.
EDITORS NOTE.

The Extension Division of the Uni Vefslty of Arkansas in cooperation with the United States Department of Agriculture, will offer this year, through this paper, free correspond ence course in "Education in Arkan- sas, consisting of eight lessons, or ar tlcles edited by pr. J. R. Jewell, Uni vsrslty of Arkansas. These lessons Will appear in this paper at intervals of SIX weeks. Those who wish to take this course should write to the Direc- tor Of Extension Division of the Uni Vers1ty of Arkansas, at Fayetteville, statlng name, age, occupation, and a word about his Cor her) general edu- cation, and stating that he Cor she) proposes to carry the work through Tor the eight lessons. An educational bulletin will be sent to supplement lesson No. l, and later for each lesson 1T the question blank be returned for the preceding lesson. These question blanks will be sent with each bulletin. The additional lessons on Education Tn Arkansas" will be: Consolidation" The County Unit" Proper Taxation"
 Iralnlng of Teachers" The High school Problem" and Vocational Ed ucation' CD. Extra proof sheets of each lesson will be kept for those who may decide later to undertake the course-J. H. Miller, Director Cooper atlVe Extension Work.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04

course after all comes nearer fulfilling the mission of the newspaper, which IS to give a faithful portrait of the everyday life of the community. the State and the world The 'roaster' inclines to the mistaken view that al- most everything is bad and is grow ing worse, whereas the fact is that the world is growing better and brighter every day. Instead of asking the newspaper man to roast this or that person, or this and that state of af- fairs, how much better to call his at tention to some laudable enterprise, to something that merits praise 'And by so doing no doubt better re- suits are reached in the long run, and the very things may be accomplished that cannot be reached through mere fault-finding and roasting"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04
PROHIBITION BOUND TO COME.

It is only a question of time when Pennsylvania, Maryland. New Jersey and the other eastern states will align themselves on the side of prohibition, as have West Virginia. Georgia and other states. l want to say that it will be a happy day when this has been done Years of the past show that the liquor traffic has worked against the good of the country. It is an odd fact that no state in recent years, after adopting prohibition, has rescinded that vote. All of which goes to prove that it is prohibition that the country wants, and is bound to have within short term of years. Bishop Donohue of Wheeling.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04

During this month there will be a number of candidates for county and district offices who will announce. There is no benefits to be derived from waiting to let your friends know that you are a candidate. If you in tend to enter the race for an office and have not yet made up your mind, it would be we'll to wait a while lon- ger. But if you have thoroughly de- cided to be candidate, it will be greatly to your advantage to make your announcement at once Let the people know.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04
LIQUOR TRAFFIC GOING UNDER.

The Toledo Blade calls attention to the fact that every few days there is recorded some new step in the ulti- mate extermination of the liquor traf- fic It says: "A brewery or dis tillery goes out of business A manu- facturer of bar fixtures decides to man. ufacture something else. An indus trial plant announces that teetotalers will have first choice when jobs are distributed or promotions made. Rail- road companies tighten the applica- tion of the rule against drinking. The revenue from beer and whisky falls off and the secretary of the treas ury looks for new sources of income. And so, week after week and month after month, the forces against liquor increase in numbers, the territory wherein liquor selling is profitable be- comes more and more restricted"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04
ON THE iNsTALLMENT PLAN.

If the results of drinking were pure ly personal, the complaints of the vets that antiliquor forces are trying to in terfere with the personal liberty of drinkers might carry with some force, but drink is sold on the installment plan, The first payment Is made when you get the drink, the others when the drink gets you.-Maj. Dan Morgan Smith (Former Counsel for the liquor lnterests).
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04
THE COMING NATIONAL TICKET
FOR PRESIDENT, Woodrow Wilson. THE PLATFORM, America First.
ROAST HIM"

Under this caption the Burlington Hawkeye publishes a timely exposi- ton of the condition in which a num- Der of people think newspaper is published, and not only points out the error of the way of the one thus de- luded but guides thought into a more profitable exercise than knocking.
 "Never day passes" says the Hawkeye, that the newspaper man snOt stopped by some one who wants somebody or something roasted And always the newspaper man is expected to do the roasting on his own respon- Sbility. Always he is urged under no crumStances to use the name of the person who demands that the roast ing be done"
 This idea the Buckeye concludes was the result of a former school of jour nalstS who deemed it sacred duty to roast something in a community, and from whom the public gained the lOea that a newspapers official duty was to pile high the fuel upon the all tar Of destruction. That a number of readers still like this sort of stuff is evident, not only the Hawkeye, but to every other newspaper in the country. HOW much better are other ideas than "astlng, the Hawkeye concludes:
 It Is not the duty of the newspaper :" ue common scold, a perennial Ault finder; and after all, nothing is %cOmpllshed by being that. And u'eh Il Is ever so much more pleasant " De finding things to praise. And ua' IS easy. It is happy duty to record the pleasant events that at u'c' the attention of the news gather VI ana that make for the better things III lie' And he who follows this
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04
ODD FACTS.

Maintenance of prisons in England costs $2,800,0OO year.
 A shell weighing about 70 pounds eXplodes into shower of 12,OOO pieces.
 Turks drink coffee while it is boil ing, and swallow the grounds with the liquid.
 Researches into the principles of aerial navigation date back to the Fourteenth Century.
 Wealthy Russians are buried in glass coffins.
 A silver coin is usually in currency for about 27 years.
 Servia is especially the country of |centenarians. One man in every 226O has seen 100 years and, in all, Servia boasts 575 men of 100 years or over. Ireland ranks next, with one centena- rian in every 8130 of the population, or 578 in all. Out of every 43,OOO Spaniards one is a centenarian. Nor way numbers 23, or one in about 96,- 900. England Scotland, and Wales rank next with 192, or one in about |177,OO0. France has 213 centenarians or one in 180,75O. Sweden ranks seventh with 20 only, or one in 35O,- 900. Germany has IS, or one in 7O2,- 900. Denmark only claims two, or less than one to 100000 of it's pop ulation; and Switzerland, with all it's reputed healthiness, seems not to posses sa single centenarian.
 Spain has more sunshine than any other country in Europe.
 Turkeys area is about 695,00O square miles.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04
A WARNING.

The public at large should be famil- iarized with the fact that one of the threatening features of alcoholism IS depopulation not only quantitatiyely but qualitatively. It leads to degen- eration of both the individual and the species It produces a slow and pro gressive individual deterioration and an intellectual and physical sterility of the race-Dr. Alfred Gordon in the Journal of the American Medical Asso- citation.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04

county appointed by the county board of education.
 5. A county high school in each county of the state under the manage ment of the county board of education.
 G. The adaptation of the common school course of study to the needs of the children by the introduction of industrial courses.
 '. An Awakening to the fact that half the children of the state are al- ways out of school; eventually they will all vote.-B. w. Torreyson, Little Rock Arkansas.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04
EQUALITY FIRST" IS MOTTO
 OF FIRESTONE COMPANY

When President H. S. Firestone of was asked concerning the new addi- tions to the big plant at Akron, Ohio, he replied, "Our growth, no doubt, seems remarkable but more than any other force our rigid insistence on Quality First in everything connect ed with the manufacture of our tires is responsible for our vast volume of business.
 We make the very best tire we know how. The best brains, the finest ma terials, the most painstaking efforts and the utmost care are used in pro ducing Firestones. The one idea of Quality is uppermost both in the Fac tory and in the many places that offer Firestone Service.
 Naturally, the public is factor in stone and realize that Quality is their foremost feature. The result is more orders and the factory grows that it may keep up with this demand-a To- gical outcome, and one of which we are justly proud, for our plant is the worlds largest tire concern. Quanti- ty in production is excellent but when Quality goes hand in hand with Quan- tity, there is you ideal combination We feel very much gratified in feeling that we are in possession of that com bination."
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04
NOTICE!

All parties indebted to the Citizens Bank & Trust Company will please take notice that settlement is desired at an early date. All notes that are past due we shall expect attended to in the next few days or satisfactory ar engagements made looking toward settlement. It is my desire to liqui- date the affairs of the bank just as soon as possible and without cost or suits in connection. All those who have not arranged to our satisfaction their debt will please call and do so on or before the maturity of the debt.
 Thos. c. McRae, Jr.,
 Special Deputy Bank Commissioner.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04
ABOUT BEER.

Beer is more prolific in producing certain organic diseases of the liver and kidneys perhaps than any other form of alcohol. The end of the beeI thinker is often a "hoh-nailed" cir rhosis of the liver or Brights disease. Its food value is hardly worth men, lioning.-William Edgar Darnall, M. D.. F. A. c. S, Atlantic City, N. J.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04

Annual Session Grand Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Arkansas, Little Rock, November 18th to 18th in elusive. For this occasion the St. L. I. M. & S. Ky. will sell tickets Pres colt to Little Rock and return for $3.90, tickets on sale November 14th to 18th inclusive, bear final return limit to reach original starting prior to midnight of November 21st, 1915.
 G. A. Hays, Agent.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04
WOOD FOR SALE

1 will take orders and have wood cut any length for heating or cooking purposes to be delivered in September and October.-Phone POP. Advt
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04

A large number of Nevada citizens have been mentioned as candidates for the various offices but as yet none of them have made formal announce ments. It may be considered early, but it is not for those who really in tend to run.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04

Orders taken for embroidered, crochted or hand made articles for Xmas. Lois Powers Deborde.-phone 323.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04

Let the Nevada citizen keep in mind the excellent exhibit we had at the Hampstead Union Fair. We can have a good fair here next year and should begin now-keep hammering away and see what we can do next fall.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04
The Prescott Daily News
 eUsLssHE0 5v rbe News Printing Go.

Entered as second class mail matter November 4th, 1905, at the postoffice ,t Prescott, Ark, under the act of Congress, March 3. 1879.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04

A full-grown sheep averages 152 pounds in weight.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04
Porter's Barber. Shop West Front Street
 Good Barbers i: Sharp RazOrs {; Clean Towels

We want to see you. If you let us shave you today you will be- come one of our regular cus- toners.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04

Maintenance of prisons in England costs $2,8O0,0OO year.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-11-04

Spain has more sunshine than an other country in Europe.
, 1915-02-18
University Notes.

By the will of the late Philo
Sherman Bennett, the University
some time ago received $500, the
interest of which Is annually used
as a prize for the best essay by an
undergraduate student of the Uni
versity on the subject of "Princi-
Piles of Free Government" This
prize has been offered each year
since 1906, and keen interest has
always been taken in it by the
students. Onty one student has
ever had the distinction of Win
ming the prize twice, that being
Miss Agnes Wright of Cheyenne.
The winner last year was Miss
Alice Downey of Laramie.
The annual trip through Colo
RADIO by the Univeriity basket ball
team started OF Friday, February
18th. Games with the University
, 1915-02-18

of Denver, University of Colorado,
the Colorado Agricultural College
and Colorado State Teachers Col
lege make up the scheule of the
trip. Though attempts have been
made to secure another tour,
which would be made later in the
season to Utah, nothing definite
has been decided, so it is now
thought probably that the Utah
trip will not be made. The best
baske ball team that the Univer-
sity has had in years is this year
representing the institution, and
it is expected that the team will
win a goodly number of the games
on the trip. In a game early in
the season Wyoming won from
Colorado by a close score.
, 1915-02-18

do more Khan to indicate the relative
positions of rooms and companion
ways
State what happened on the night
of Aug II and early morning of
Aug, u"
Il slept in the storeroom in the after
house. As it was very hot, l always
left the door open. The storeroom 1t.
self was II small room lined with
shelves and reached by a passageway.
The door was at the end of the pas
sage. | Weakened because of the heat
and found the door locked on the out
side. | lit u match and found / could
unscrew the lock with my knife. /
thought | had beer locked in as a Joke
by the crew While | was kneeling
some Il passed outside the door"
How did you know thatY'
II felt "a board rise under my knee
az If the other end had been trod on,
, 1915-02-18
CHAPTER XIII.
Oleson's Story.

SAoiy
ET1ENRIETTA SLOANE was call.
your manner"
- Henrietta Sloane"
"Are you marriedY'
"a widow"
when and where were you bornr'
isle of Man, Dec. IL, 1872"
"How long have you lived III the
United States?'
"Since / was two"
"Your position on the yacht EIlaT'
"Stewardess."
Before that7"
"On the Baltic. between Liverpool
and New York. That was how l met
Mrs. Turner"
where was your room on the
yacht EllaY'
"Off the chart ROOM"
"Will you indicate It on this dia.
gram
sit was there" Pointing.l
The diagram was shown to the jury.
There are two hunks In this room
Which was yoursP"
THE one at the side. The one Cd
posite the door was Karen's."
"Tell what happened on the night
Of Aug. II and morning of the 18th"
81 went to bed early. Karen Han
sen had not come down by midnight.
When | opened the door 1 saw why.
Mr. Turner and Mr.. Singleton were
there drinking"
The defense objected to this, but
was overruled by the court.
"Mr. Vail was trying to persuade
the mate to go on deck before the
captain came down"
did he goY'
mo
what did Mr.. Singleton
maker"
HE said he hoped the captain
would come. He wanted a chance to
get at him"
What happened after thatT'
THE captain came down and order.
ed the mate on deck. MI. Vail and
, 1915-02-18

"AlI right" he said. IAN hour or
so won't make much difference Il
you'll be free today, all right, all
right. And don't let them bluff you,
boy. If the police get funny tackle
'em and throw 'em overheard, one by
one. You can do it."
He made an insulting gesture at the
police, picked up his oars and rowed
away into the mist.
But | was not free hat day, nor for
many days. AS ! had expected. Tur
ner, his family, Mrs. Johns and the
~stewardess were released after ex-
animation. The rest of us were taken
to jail-SingIeton as a suspect, the
others to make sure of their presence
at the trial.
The murders took place on the
morning OF Aug. IL. The grand jury
met ate in September and found an
Indictment against Singleton. The
trial began on the 10th of November.
The confinement was terrible. Ac
customed to regular exercise as ] was,
! suffered mentally and physically. !
heard nothing from Elsa Lee, and |
missed McWhirter. who had got his
hospital appointment and who wrote
me cheering letters on pages torn
from order books or OIL prescription
blanks. He was in Boston.
He got lea re of absence for the
trial. and. as | explained. the follow
ing notes are his. not mine. The case
was tried in the United States court
before Circuit Judge Willard and Dis
trict Judge Mcdowell. The United
States was represented by a district
attorney and two assistant attorneys.
Singleton had retained n lawyer nam,
ed Goldstein, a clever young Jew.
] was called first, ss hsving found
the bodies.
"Your manner"
Ralph Leslie"
"Your age?"
"Twenty-four
"whan and whore were Won bornf"
"Nov. Is, 1887, in Columbus, o."
when did you ship on the yacht
Ella 2"
ION July 81"
when did you sail?"
July Is"
LII you u ouliol ny CGupdLiOhE
mo; i am a graduate of a medical
college"
what were your duties on the
ship?"
''They were not well defined. I-had
been Ill and was not strong. l was a
sort of deck steward, ! suppose. | also
served u few meals in the cabin of the
after house when the butler was inca
pacitated."
Where were you q~uartered?"
'In the ~forecastle with the crew I'm
til a day or so before the murders
Then | moved into the after house and
slept in a storeroom there"
"Why did you make the changer"
MRS. Johns, a guest, asked me to do
80. She said she was nervous"
who slept in the after house2"
"Mr. and Mrs. Turner, Miss Lee, Mrs.
Johns and Mr.. Vail. The stewardess,
Mrs. Sloane, and Karen Hansen. a
maid, also slept there. but their room
opened from the chart room"
A diagram of the after house was
here submitted to the jury. For the
benefit of the reader | reproduce 1t
roughly. have made no attempt to
, 1915-02-18

Miss Clara Purvis left Saturday
morning for Idaho where she goes to
take charge OF a school at Gooding.