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The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-24
SPRING BEDS FOR PRISONERS
 IN SING SING DEATH HOUSE
Warden Osborne Provides Mattresses
 For All Condemned Men.

Announcement has been made at Sing Sing prison that the twenty-one condemned men occupying cells in the death house had been provided with spring mattresses, so that they might be more comfortable in their last hours" The announcement caused a commotion ill the prison, for this IS the first time in the history of the pris- on that convicts awaiting death have been so favored.
 Heretofore, under various admins trations, spring mattresses were un- known in the death house because of the fear that the condemned men might wrench off the springs and con. vert them into formidable weapons with which either to escape or to com init suicide. Until now the condemned men slept on mattress lying on slats, and it was generally admitted among the prisoners that the sleeping was not good.
 The effect of the innovation. while it is appreciated by the condemned men themselves. has been to redouble the vigilance of the guards. whose duty it Is to watch the prisoners and see to 1t that they commit no net by which the ends of justice are defeated.
 The guards now will have to inspect each mattress daily to see that no springs are missing and that no ulte- rior advantage is taken of Warden Os- borne's kindness in providing for the comfort of the condemned men.
 AS for the prisoners themselves they agreed in saying that after the hard beds they have slept upon in the past the spring mattresses are . luxury 'uorfh dviUv for.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-24
l Wonder if My
 Santa Claus Will
 Sail Across the Sea?

wonder if my Santa Claus will sail across
 the sea With ships O pretty Christmas gifts for
 little kids like me? ] wonder If my Santa Claus will home
 ward turn in fright From soldier graves in Europe in the
 darkness O the night? l wonder if the Belgian kids will look for
 Santa. too, An hang their little stoclSin's up when he
 is passin' through? Wonder if my Santa'1l go where there Is Across the line in Mexico an countries near an far? Win French an German kids come out an
 gather round his sleigh An get their share O precious gifts this
 comin' Christmas day? I wonder If our Santa Claus will visit war
 rim zones To feed the hosts O hungry an hear the
 dyin groans? l wonder-yes. I wonder-if he'll bring
 back all the dead An the dyin In the trenches with water
 for their bed? 1 wonder if all the children OCT the wars
 immense domain Can have their fathers s- brothers too -
 brought back to them agaln2 l wonder if the fghtin' Turks an little
 Turklets. too. VIII get a sight O Santa Claus when he Is
 passin' through? Oh. I wonder if our Santa Claus In the
 warrin' lands away Will give out bread instead O lead this
 comin Christmas day?
 ROBERT IRWIN PATTERSON Poet Laureate. Department of Indiana, c. A. R.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-24

at each recurrence of the event there will ever be gentle hush pervade the whole Christian world which no heart but Gods can understand, and there will be a reverent thanksgiving that the eye of mother love saw the danger afar, and like the blessed Mary, gave birth to a redemption which, bound to the heart of Christ, will draw all peo- pie and lands and tongues unto it, and which by the power of Him who said {: Now is the judgment of this world come, and the Prince of the world shall be cast out"
 Jennie Carr-P -Pittman.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-24
ARK ANSAS WILL BE DRY
 AT MIDNIGHT JAN 31.

The Great Drouth is rapidly ap- preaching. It will strike Arkansas broad-side at midnight of Jan. 31. And everybody appears to be glad of 1t. For several months those that have been and are in the saloon busi- ness have been arranging their affairs to go into something else. Cities like Little Rock that have been in a large measure dependant upon saloon re- venue are looking elsewhere for funds with which to run the public business. In Little Rock Mayor Taylor's ad- ministration has hit upon the happy plan of levying special tax upon the mercantile interests of the city, equit- ably ranging from $5 to $400 year, according to the amount of stock car ried. The professional man who has nothing to sell naturally escapes, since it is not permitted under the constitu- tion to levy an occupation tax. But the proposed tax is meeting with all most unanimous approval, since the people realize that the efficiency of municipal departments must be main- tained.
 State, County, Township and city offifficials are united in the determina- tion to see that the law is enforced and they are not looking for any especial efforts to violate it. Public sentiment is with them, and the dealers are themselves lawabiding.
 Senator T. c. White, Supt. of the Anti-Saloon League, warns all engag- ed in the saloon business that their stocks must be removed from the state or be subject to seizure by the Woods appear harsh" says he, 'but we do want it distinctly understood that the Anti-Saloon League is going to seek to have the anti-liquor laws enforced to the letter. 1 am sure a great many people who own property or are agents for property rented for saloons do not know that violations of the Woods Nuisance Act by the dealers subject the property to closure for period of twelve months, and that the agent or owner cannot enter the building with out being label to Imprisonment in the county jail for period of not less than thirty days nor more than twelve months. The League has it's own de- tective force, and was never better or ganized and prepared for law enforce ment than now, and the people have never responded more liberally."
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-24
SAY KITCHENER WILL WED.
London Hsars Countess Of Minto Will
 Be War Ssoretary's Bride.

Reports are current in London that announcement will shortly be made of the engagement of Lord Kitchener. secretary of state for war, and the Countess of Minto.
 This Is not the first time that reports have gained currency that Lord Kitch- ener who is a bachelor, was to be mar ried. He is now sixty-four years old.
 The late Earl of Minto died on Feb 2S, 1914. He was viceroy of India and before that was governor general of Canada for six years.
 The countess is a daughter of the late General Charles Grey and first cousin of the present Earl Grey. She was married to the Earl of Minto in 1888 and has two sons and three daughters.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-24
DRINK AND ACCIDENTS.

The following report was sent by the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad company to the interstate commerce commission:
 Average number of employees Febru-
 ary lb, 1915, to September 1, 1915. .... .3, 3So Average number Water Wagon club
 members February 15 to September
 l. 1915 -. .5so Total number accidents causing em-
 ployees to lose three or more days
 uIhc ...... .................. Zzi Number of the 224 employees injured
 who are members of the club. ..... 4a Percentage of total number of mem
 bers injured .......,................... 6.62 Percentage of club members injured 2Ss not club members ........s........... s.ss Percentage of total club members to
 total number injured ......... .a
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-24
SOLDIERS NOISY DREAMERS.
Fight Battles In Sleep. Say Fsarsoms
 London Landladiss.

Landladies of lodging houses near the London railroad terminal are be- coming diffident about taking in sol diers just back from the front partic- ularly those who have participated in the recent fighting around Loos.
 The landladies say the poor soldiers fight the terrible battles over again in their sleep and the shrieks and hys teria are enough to shake the strong est nerves.
 Many of the men who took part in the engagement are afflicted with the most horrible of dreams and somnam. bulistically slash and kill the Germans to the terror of all the other lodgers.
 Figures are unobtaInable. but the cases of nervous breakdowns during the last few weeks have reached a high figure.
 Even officers have been affected. and men who have stood up under the strain since the early days of the war say that the sights during the recent offensive are too terrible for mention.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-24
FIVE REAeONs.

FIVE HEA0ONS.
 Dr. Henry Williams of New York, an eminent specialist in nervous and mental diseases. has summed up his investigation concerning alcohol in these words:
 T am bound to believe. on the evi. dence. that if you take alcohol habit. ually in any quantity whatever. it ts to some extent e menace to you. If you do this. am bound to believe in the light of what science has re- vealed:
 "1. That you are tangibly threaten. ing the physical structures of your stomach. your liver and kidneys, your heart. your blood vessels, your nerves. and brain:
 "2. That you are unequivocally de- creasing your capacity for working in any field. be 1t physical. intellectual. or artistic.
 a. That you are in some measure lowering the grade of your mind. dull ing your higher esthetic sense. and taking the finer edge off your morals.
 "4. That you are distinctly lessen ing your chances for maintaining health and attaining long life; and.
 "5. That you are entailing upon your descendants yet unborn . bond of incalculable misery"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-24
Announcement Fees.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
For Tax Assessor-

r UT n IN AsNVSStI--
 The News is authorized to announce Henry B. Allmand, of Albany town ship, as candidate for Tax Assessor of Nevada County, subject to the ac- tion of the Democratic primary.
 The News is authorized to announce Bob Meador as a candidate for Tax Assessor of Nevada County, subject to the action of the Democratic pri- mary.
 The News is authorized to announce A. A. (Gus.) Woodul of Albany town ship as a candidate for Tax Assessor of Nevada County, subject to the ac- tion of the Democratic primary.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-24
W. C. T. U. CHRISTMAS CRUSADE

For 2000 years, the world has re- hearsed the wonderful story of the birth of Christ, and yet it has lost none of it's thrilling interest to move the heart of earth's vast multitudes.
 The clod and critical intellect may tear into fragments the story of that wonderful birth, but at the return of each glad Christmas season, the heart of humanity will gather around this undying memory as thirsty men crowd around the cool refreshing waters flowing from an inexhaustive foun- tain.
 Over the war swept battle fields where fire and shell and the horrors of an inferno have left the appalling ruins of death and destruction: softly and peacefully there will be bound to come over the souls of the warning men, the holy hush of the tender spirit and deathless memories of the worlds divinest birth.
 As the message came in the long ago to the Shepherds by night. Be hold bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people, for unto you, this day is born, in the city of David, saviour which is Christ the Lord, and this shall be a sign, ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger," so a message came again to a waiting world, steeped in drunkenness, in the year 1873: Behold I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people, for unto you is born this day in the City of Hillsboro, Ohio, a saviour which is the Woman's Crusade and this shall be sign, ye shall find her wrapped in the spirit of the Mas ter, and kneeling in the saloon"
 Does this sound sacriligious Nay, verify. The risen Lord gave his first glad message to a woman, "Go tell my desciples," etc. and all through the ages she has done all that God and woman could do for the human race.
 One who was on the scene of action In those early days, United States Senator, Henry W. Blair, said of Mother Thompson, the one chosen to lead this heroic band: "Oh! Mother of the Woman's Crusade! But one other mother ever bore greater blessing to this heart-broken world-and the cru sade was the child of inspiration, too The crusade was a miracle" He goes on to say. "There is no precedent TOT 1t in history; and as I read of the account of it's birth and growth and career, l am impressed with the feel mg that 1t was supernatural. Here IS new force, or an old one operat- Ing under new conditions, impelled and guided by head and hand that wot not of. It has not been repeated. mere does not seem to be necessity TOT It's repetition, for out of it came he Woman's Christian Temperance onion, which is abroad in the land ana the temperance reform" The w.. V. l. U. is both religious and sec ular organization. It can do anything 0f which God will approve, within the powers of humanity, to accomplish its great end.
 The cold intellect may tear into nagments the story of that wonderful ..prising of women who had endured ."e ravages of drink until they felt VT tune there couId ha m cnra hui
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-24
FRENCH FORTS OF SUGAR.
Sand Lacking, Government Used 2.5o0
 Tons For Fortifications.

The sugar shortage in France was officially explained to be due to a Ger man surprise attack in the Soissons sector and the use of sugar to defend France from her enemies.
 Georges Clemenceau. making public the unusual reason for a dearth of sugar. said that when a surprise at tack developed north of Solssons the military authorities. lacking sand sacks to form trench payapets. seized 2,500 tons of sugar and used the bags of sugar.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-24
Hope For Hairless.

pr. Robert B. Clark of Monroe. Wis. insanity expert. says hairless domes indicate sanity. He said: "l have ex- amined several hundred patients as to their sanity. l have had the opportu- nitv of studying many hundreds of others. and in all my experience have vet. with a single exception, to see an insane man who was baldheaded."
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-24
For Coroner.

The News is authorized to announce pr. W. W. Rice of Missouri township as candidate for coroner of Nevada County, subject to the action of the Democratic party.
 The News is authorized to announce pr. c. F. Nelms of Albany township as candidate for Coroner of Nevada County, subject to the action of the Democratic primary.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-24
MAKE JAW FROM 4 RIB.
Remarkable Surgery Successful In
 Canadian Operation.


 Canadian Operation.
 Part of rib of Toronto soldier has become his new jaw. This surgery has just been wrought at Toronto upon one of the 800 injured who have recently returned from the Canadian army corps fighting in France. The subject, a private. had big section of the bone from the back portion of his lower jaw carried away by shell at Ypres.
 Reaching Toronto he was badly dis figured, as the cheek had fallen in. General hospital surgeons decided to operate, but they needed piece of bone to fill in the gap. So they remov- cd a piece of one of his own ribs and built it into his face where the jaw bone had been before.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-24
The Prescott Daily News
 euRLs1HEO av The News Printing Go.

Entered as second class mail matter November 4th, 1905, at the postoffice at Prescott, Ark, under the act of Congress, March 8. 1879.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-24
For City Marshal.

The News is authorized to announce Jno. T. Stubblefeld as a candidate for Marshal of the City of Prescott, sub ject to the action of the Democratic primary.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-24
For County and Probate Clerk

The News is authorized to announce Fred Galloway, of Emmet township as a candidate for County and Pro- bate Clerk of Nevada County, subject to the action of the Democratic pri- mary.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-24
cieveiand Has Arniess Judge

An armless judge will sit on the bench in Cleveland. o. David Moylan, just elevated to a municipal judge ship, lost both arms eleven years ago. and studied law by turning the leaves with his toncue. Seven years ago he passed the state bar examination. rank ing in the first ten in class of 205
The Prescott daily news., 1915-12-24
Our Christmas Greeting

To each member of this community we extend the old, old wish that is new:
 Happy Christmas
 Prosperous New Year. The nations of the Old World are war torn; the hearts of their people are sad with sadness indescribable. But for us there is Peace.
 Let us therefore, mingle with our joy Prayer of Thanksgiving that of the Unit ed States have Peace and the hope that before another Christmas all the countries of the earth can celebrate
 Peace on Earth
 and
 Good Will Toward Men. Bank of Prescott
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-20

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Nir; rs
critics Of nv ,ctter on Walt Whitman
have expressed their dissent within the
bounds II courtesy. II Is certainly in
cumbent upon me TO keep "A civil tongue
ia my head They see In Whitman
halsamic forests, NiaEarls. IIima,ayns.
the sublime dark hcaviug sca, tho huge
and thoughtful night Whatever this
may mean IL IS evidently something
"b.g," so that We feel We ought to take
off our shoes, for the ground ia appar-
entity holy The power to impress poo-
pie SO, | admit rs something, although
one would wish that the impression wcr"
more definite and communicable A.
near rs ! can make out II Is something
vast, hllowy, illim.,ah'c. an "impalpa-
bic float" Ike that OF old Night and
Chaos before time was. yet holding the
seeds of time and all things, Very fine
and eloquent and moving. but
\ propos dcs bottles: sir James
Macintosh WAS dining with Mime de
Stadl Napoleon was not man, but
systcm,' said the impressive lady,
"NaguIticent" murmured STR James,
nahhcrEastcd. But what does she
mean" whispered Fat wittod young
man who was present, MASS | can
not tell" said STR James, in apt shake
spcarlau phrase &. q. II.
DoBy WALLS, Okla. April q.
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THIS BOMBARDED EARTH.
sixteen Million Star Shells q Day
Batter Its Atmosphere Armor.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS--Str: While
We are thinking OF the war across the
Atlantic we forget that our planet home
the earth. IL being bombarded all the
time day and night. with shooting
stars" IL has been estimated that in
every twenty-four hours sorne ls. 900. 900
OF these stars" are hurled against the
atmospheric armor Of our world but so
excellent n protection is that armor that
only infrequently does an aerolite tear
ts way through Il and violently strike
the ground
Travelling "a those aerolites do. from
twenty 20 forty miles n second, thirty
Ave 20 seventy times as fast as terres-
trial shot and shell. so fast indeed that
their friction with the atmosphere burns
thcm mp almost ins'artaneously and
coming ~ they do IN such numbers. we
should be In constant terror OF our lives
and property We're IL not for that pro-
tectirg atmosphere. hut perhaps we
should have hN-ore So accustomed 10
these aerol!te shells frequently crush
ing themselves TO powder before our
eyes or hury1ng themselves NJ our very
feet. that We should not pay the slight
est attention 20 them. as rule How
ever when one OF these sky shells hits
We or our home we should suddenly
awaken 20 their dangers. provided we
We're living after the aerolite shot struck
US
Tho Almighty Hand seems TO have
guarded us against flying perils from
outside OF the earth; but even IN this
twentieth century We are not protected
from war and famine
CHARLES MEYERS HOLMES
RosroN. April 10.
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THE CYLINDER OF CIVILIZA
TON.
Hail 10 the Stoyepipc. Foundation and
Crown Of Social Order,

To THE EDITOR or THE SvS-Str. Tho
frat day % real spring. sunday The
first good chanre for an Easter parade
and tho top hat, MT redlv.vus. nor ram
pant, defiant. fragrant. !rrefragahle. in
cluctahle' Glory he 20 the revival Of
the cult Those who refuse 20 join II
are incapable az the little sacrifice neocs-
sarv to save the money for buying the
icouoctas's. unable or unNilling to dis
tineuish between archaism and righteous
Prominence who NJ any Institution that
shows rs head or any head that dares
10 exhibit respect FOR institutions.
For the high hat. worn on proper oc-
casions. - the glory, the sign capital.
tho ultimate shibho'e'h, the oriNamme.
tire voucher, the supreme emblem Of
Convention. And Convention IL the
foundation o, social order. of scientific
restraint, ~ achieved stability. Of per-
sonal and intellectual SECURITY Of re-
'ir!cus authority and moral control II
: that decent resrcc, FOR the opinion
% mankind that inspired the Immortal
Document
We are far from the day when we
can embark on socicte lihre on anar
ch.sm Of fashion or government. Let Us
then he glad that the worship OF Con
vcNtion persists and that tho plug hat
finds dcVotecs who refuse 20 dip Il Mt
tho dictate Of vandallsti', bohemian.
heterodox Gessiers. hosting shapccss
or m.sshnpen chapcau lihrc as the
crown for defcrcrre RANCnoFrrR.
New YORK. April 10.
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turned to her countrymen lighting in
France. II occurred to him that he
might prove his gratitude to the lady
Of his dreams by contributing n
months nay to the war relief fund
in England
"All the suffering that I have endured
in the expedition ever since discharging
my duty toward my country has given
me an overwhelming sympathy toward
the bereaved families Of the dead SOL
diers and those disabled. Even II the
least member OF a family Of a disabled
or dead soldier could be helped through
this small contribution no JOY could be
greater to me than this. I bow my head
respectfully TO bid you eood-by."
LAFcADIo HEAaN would have tUld
us that TEIzABuRo NADIA was like a
great many other japanese soldiers
in the ranks. for HEARN has written
Of the rural districts:
Here every one has been taught
every one knows how to write and speak
beautifully, how to compose poetry. how
to behave politely"
The superior West will have to ad.
NIT that rare would be the European
or American soldier capable Of writ.
ing n letter Of such delicate sentiment
as accompanied the gift Of TErzABuRo
MAZDA.
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II Senator ELoN II. Brown had
been capable Of discarding his parti-
sanshlp for moment, his exposition
Of the States financial condition pub
lIshed yesterday would have been a
far more valuable document than It
Is. Yet even his ineradicable devo-
tion to party first could not rob II en-
tirely of Importance. II constitutes
an indictment not OF any political or
ganlzation but Of a citizenship too
lazy or too shallow To protect It's In.
tercsts. stupidity turning the stone for
every plausible chap with an axe to
grind. and fatuously opening its peck
cts to support every suggested scheme
whose authors were astute enough To
devise n pretty label.
1t Is fact that when the state has
relieved its subdivisions of expense.
as in the case Of the insane. the tax
payers have generally failed TO profit
thereby. Instead Of recognizing that
the cost Of the service taken over by
pockets. they have acted as though
they were rid of II entirely, and have
spent their money for other purposes.
They have accepted without question
the assertion that the State would
do the work economically, utterly
disrcgardlng the fact that in not one
single lonely department has the
| State ever shown the remoteSt con.
ception Of economy.
The cost OF choosing public officers
has become monsfrous 10 taxpayers
and to candidates, and the success
/ full candidates get back IN one way
or another from the taxpayers what
/ they spend, even II the unsuccessful
do not. This situation has been
performers" with personal ends to
serve or vanlties 10 exercise. and they
have had the hearty support Of poll
| ticlans who saw their opportunities
in the horde Of johholdcrs who must
he appointed, and the rich printing
contracts that must he let.
There Is scarcely an activity Of hui
manty that the taxpayers have not
consented To regulate, or to attempt
to regulate, through the agency of
the State or it's subdivisions with the
aid of well paid place holders, and
they have greedlly sucked mp ridicu-
lous arguments put forward by pro-
moters based on the declaration that
the more money the State spends tho
less the individuals who constitute Il
need TO take from their pockets.
Moreover, all Of these enterprises i'm
pose on individuals n heavy toll that
does not figure in the tax levy, hut
which must be and Is distributed
over the citizenship generally.
Senator Brown asserts that II the