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The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-30
A BIT OF HISTORY.

Experience has shown that the clos ing up of the saloons and the outlaw ing of the liquor traffic has always proved a great benefit to every legi- innate industry. A chapter in the history of Ireland furnishes a graphic illustration, During the years 1S09-10 and 1S13-14 the distilleries of Ireland were stopped on account of the fam inc, on the ground that these distil- leries wasted the grain that might otherwise be used by the people as food The results were surprising. The consumption of spirits fell off nearly one-half On the other hand, there was a tremendous increase in the demand for dry goods, blankets, cotton goods, sugar, hardware, crock cry, groceries and other necessities, thus showing that year of scarcity with prohibition is better than a year of plenty without it.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-30
Cupjd Versus Cash,

While making his midnight collec- tion a Wayne avenue letter carrier was greatly mystified recently when he discovered a new ten-dollar bill lying loose among the mail matter in the box. As even Santa Claus would hardly remember him in such an in formal fashion, the carrier turned in the money at the Chelten avenue post office the same night.
 Early next morning a greatly agi- tated young lady appeared at the of flee and explained that she had start ed out to mail a letter and pay the druggists monthly account the eve ming previous. On the corner she had met an acquaintance (here she blushed) and while engaged in con- versation had absent-mindedly mailed the banknote instead of her letter. Philadelphia Record.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-30
CHANGE NAMES OF STREETS
Frenchmen Find Time for Small Things in Midst of National
 Crisis.

The French are a curious compound of earnestness and lightness. No mat ter how imminent a crisis, or how threatening the ruin, they never fail to pay all due attention to the correct out ward form. In the present tremendous crisis of French affairs one would think that the last thing the Parisian author ities would concern themselves about would be the naming of streets. And yet, according to recent dispatches, the city council, upon hearing of the brave defense made at Liege, passed an ordinance changing the name of the Rue de Berlin to the Rue de Liege.
 This was more than duplicated in 1870. After the catastrophe of Sedan, the ruin of Napoleon ITS empire and the establishment of the infant repub- lie, the national assembly, sitting in Paris on matters for the safety of the country, while the Prussians were laundering down upon the city, con- cerned themselves largely with chang ing the names of things from "Imperi' al" and Royal to National" Among others, they passed, after heated de bate, decree changing the name of the royal Bengal tiger in the Paris zoo to that of the national Bengal tiger and instructed the custodians to see that the signs were changed at once.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-30
Rattle of Alma.

Sixty years ago soldiers of Britain and France, fighting side by side, achieved one of the most brilliant vic tories in the annals of war. Never has the valiant fighting spirit of the British troops been better shown than when, on September 20. 1854, they waded through the River Alma, amidst a shower of bullets. fought their way up the precipitous banks on the other side of the river and. hay ing burst through the dense under growth of vineyards, drove back the Russians, who were led by Prince Menschikoff.
 The British troops were led by Lord Raglan and the French by Marshal St. Arnaud. Three thousand three hundred of the allies were killed and wounded, a heavy loss when one con- siders that the British forces num- bered only about twenty-seven thou sand and the French thirty thousand.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-30
WHATL LIQUOR MONEY WOULD DO.

The American Grocer enumerates some of the benefits which might ac- crue to the citizens of this country if the annual drink bill. $1,724,607, ,519, were turned into legitimate channels, namely:
 Tt would pay interest and sinking fund on the amount necessary to buy comfortable homes for nearly nine million families.
 Tt would buy suit of clothes for every man and boy and a dress for every woman and girl in the United States, with enough left over to buy a pair of shoes for everybody.
 If the money spent for drink were spent for homes tenancy would disap- pear in the United States within one generation.
 "If 1t were spent for education every child in the country would receive a college education.
 If it were spent for automobiles, every family In the country would own a car before 1924
 ''If it were spent for religion, it would within less than decade carry the Gospel to every living creature.
 ''If it were spent for railroads, it would buy every mile of railroad in the United States in ten years
 'If it were spent for government, it would pay all the expenses of the United States, with enough left over to pay the bonded debt of all the states of the Union."
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-30
POLITENESS ON THE WIRE
Really Seems to Be Fact That Good Manners Are Forgotten by Tele-
 phone Users.

"I don't understand why anybody is impolite over the phone" remarked a woman visiting ill New York, unless he is cowardly or unless the phone, like wine, brings out the real charac- ter of people And l especially don't see why women should be impolite to women.
 The most provoking instance have had in many days occurred right here in New York. An old and dear friend of mine whom l had not seen in years had married and come to New York to live. Her married name was Blank leigh, let us say, but I did not know her husbands initials and l had no idea where she lived It was my first visit to New York and I wanted to see her.
 My only hope was that she was in the telephone book and to it 1 went. 1 found six Blankleighs, any one of whom might be she, but which one? It was for me to find out and I began with the first one.
 q asked for Mrs. Blankleigh and she came to the receiver. l apologized and explained why I had called and asked if she were my old friend. The way she snapped out that she wasn't and rang off was something awful.
 "The following three were variants of the first, not much better and not any worse. Only one of them was a man and he just laughed and said there wasn't any Mrs. Blankleigh in his house at present, but if land then I rang off.
 The fifth was the one I sought and l didn't have to seek any further. Now I am thinking whether or not to call up the sixth and see if she is any more polite and considerate than the others. And it would have been just as easy to have been polite and nice about it and tried to help me, wouldn't it?"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-30
INSURANCE OFFICIALS TESTIFY.

The medical directors of three great life insurance companies estimated that from to 43 per cent of acci- dents are due. directly or indirectly, to alcohol. Seven per cent of the rail. road acciaents, per cent of the street car accidents, 10 per cent of those caused by automobiles, 8 per cent of those due to vehicles and horses, 43 per cent of heat prostration and sun stroke, z per cent of the machinery accidents, 8 per cent of the accidents in mines and Quarries, 13 per cent of the drowning, and 10 per cent of the gunshot wounds are brought about, entirely or partially, by alcohol
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-30
TAX COLLECTORS NOTICE

Beginning Monday February 8, 1915 I will meet the property owners of Nevada County at the various plac- es below noted for the purpose of col lecting taxes for the year 1914. All tax payers are requested to bring their last tax receipt:
 Lackland Springs, Redland, Monday February s D. m.
 Bluff City, Union, Tuesday, Febru- ary a. m.
 Theo, Union Wednesday, February, 10 p. m.
 Hatley's Store, Jackson, Thursday, February II am.
 Blakeley's Store, Jackson, Thurs day, February, II p. m.
 Glenville, Leake, Friday, February
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-30
BUILD JAW OF SILVER WIRE
Philadelphia Surgeon Suggests Opera tion That Will Replace Loss of
 Bone.

Surgeons and medical students at Hospital discussed with great interest a remarkable operation suggested by leading surgeon at a clinic on Wednesday in which an artificial jaw made of silver wire, shall take the place of one whose entire removal IS made necessary because of infection or death to the bone.
 Removal of the jaw sometimes IS necessary if the life of a patient is to be saved. It always results in great ,disfigurement, as we'll as serious inter- ference with swallowing and speech. A surgeon attached to the hospital said the suggestion of using silver wire for building up an artificial jaw was an idea worth the most serious attention. He added:
 Under certain cirumstances we can remove the jaw, but leave the peri osteum and muscle attachments. This new idea is then to take silver wire, twist it into the proper shape, and cover 1t with the periosteum. Under good conditions I have no doubt that there soon will begin a process or bone growth from the periosteum, which will form over the silver wire model, which will act as scaffold for the new bone growth. After time we can begin to remove small sec tions of the silver wire as the new jaw grows stronger. The regenera- tion taking place from the periosteum should, according to all surgeons can surmise, form quite good new jaw. Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-30

ing, said that the vast audience rent the aid with their shouts. Another Chicago paper reported that the pro- peller Alaska was leaving port with a cargo of 10000 bushels of cats. A Buffalo paper, in describing the scene when Roosevelt took the oath of of fee as president, said it was a spec tacle never to be forgotten when Roosevelt, before the chief justice of Supreme court and a few witnesses, took his simple bath.-Philadelph Public Ledger.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-30

12 p. m. Davidson, Taylor, Saturday F., ruary 13 a. m. 'eo' Stockton, Taylor Saturday Febrr,. 13 p. m. Delta, Taylor, Monday, Februarr :. Willisville, Taylor, Tuesday. Fsh,. ary 16. ''u' Irma, Taylor, Wednesday, Febrn,,. IT a. m. Rosston, Caney, Wednesday, Febn ary IF p. m.
 Rosston, Caney, Thursday, Febru,,, IS p. m.
 Mt. Moriah, Caney, Thursday Fd ruary IS p. m.
 Gale, Caney, Friday, February 10 Morris, Georgia, Saturday, Febm ary 20 a. m.
 Brisbane, Parker, Monday, Febru ary 22 a. m.
 Whites Chapel, Parker, Monda, February 22 p. m.
 Nichols School House, Alabam, Tuesday, February 23 a. m.
 Falcon Alabama, Tuesday, Febr, ary 23 p. m.
 Falcon, Alabama, Wednesday, Feb. ruary "A.
 Fuller's Store, Parker, Thursday February 25 a. m.
 Bodcaw, Parker, Thursday, Febu. ary 25 p. m.
 Bodcaw, Parker, Friday, February 26 p. m.
 Old Clayton, Albany, Friday, Feb. ruary 26 p. m.
 Sutton, Albany, Saturday, February |27
 Laneburg, Albany, Monday, March Emmet, Emmet, Tuesday, March 9, Boughton, Boughton, "Wednesday. March 3. Prescott, Missouri, Thursday, March to Saturday April 10.
 After April 10th the books will pos lively be closed. All tax payers who do not pay their taxes on or before the above date will be compelled to pay the penalty as prescribed by law
 SAM E. MUNN, Sheriff and Collector.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-30
Done by the Types.

Newspaper compositors and men who edit copy, no matter how eagle eyed they may be, sometimes allow errors to get by that are either laugh able or humiliating. The Chicago Tribune. in reporting poiitica, meet
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-30
MUST STUDY TEMPERANCE.

A decree from Perus president makes temperance education compul- sorry in the public schools of that country.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-01-30
POISONERS GENERAL.

All who sell spirituous liquors in the common way to any that will buy are poisoners general.-John Wesley.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-22
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
WAS A REGULAR ANTI
Recent Issue of ''Woman's Protest,
Organ of the Anti-Sufs
Saws So.

The current issue of THE Protest." the
official organ Of the anti-suffragis
quotes from letters of Florence Nightin-
gale. England's famous heroine, to show
that she opposed suffrage for women.
1T makes me mad wrote Miss Night
inGale, ''the women's rights talk about
the want of a field for them. when /
know that would gladly give E5OO a year
for woman secretary. And two English
lady superintendent have told me the
same thing. And we can't get one.
They don't know the names of the cabi-
net ministers. They don't know the
offices at the Horse Guards. They don't
know who of the day is dead and who is
alive. They don't know which of the
churches has bishops and which not.
Now I'm sure ] did not know these
things when / went to the Crimea. l did
not know a colonel from corporal. But
there are such things as army lists and
almanacs. Yet ! never could find a
woman who, out of sympathy, would con-
suit one for my work. Women
crave for being loved, not for loving.
They scream out to you for sympathy
all day long: they are incapable of CIV
ing any in return, for they cannot re-
member your affairs long enough to do
so. They cannot state a fact ac-
Curately to another nor can that other
attend to IL accurately enough for it to
become information"
The Washington herald., 1915-01-22
0be Gown Crter

The Monroe Home School AssOcIa-
tion will meet this evening at 8
o'clock in the Monroe Building.
George +. uIIer, clerk In the Bureau
of the Census. has been promoted TO
be expert chief of division at 5000
a year.
Pupils of the first grade, Hubbard
School, will give a play, The San
dlewood Box" this afternoon in Will
son Normal School building.
st. Johns Lodge, No. IL, r. A. A. NJ.
will initiate five candidates for the
third degree tonight at Masonic Tenn
pie. Visiting brethren are invited to
attend.
VI. A. Leese will address the monthly
business meeting of opticians section
of the Retail Merchants Association
Monday night at o'clock on the sub
ject, Memory"
Vice President Marshall will speak
before the January meeting of the
Mississippi Society tomorrow night, In
Confederate Veterans Hall, 1892 YER
mont avenue northwest.
Assistant Secretary Louis r. Post, Of
the Department of Commerce. will ad-
dress the National Democratic Club
in New York on February s, on the
subject of a national bureau for the
unemployed.
Special revival services are In
progress at Mount Vernon Place
Methodist Church. the pastor, Rev.
Edward k. Hardin. preaching each
evening at o'clock. This is the
third week of the meetings.
The committee Of nifty IRymen, which
arranged for BILLY Sundays trip
here last Monday. will meet tonight
at the Y. NJ. c. 4. Building to con-
slider the advisability of inviting the
evangelist here for a series of re-
vivals.
The Audubon Society of the District
of Columbia will hold its annual
meeting Tuesday night in New Ma
tional Museum, Tenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue. An address,
The Musical Genius of Birds" is to
be delivered by Charles Crawford
Gorst. of Boston.
4 petition has been presented to the
Secretary of War urging the estab-
lishment of 4 speedway in East Poto-
mac Park. War Department officers
believe that this would not be possi-
BILE. because of existing laws, but have
referred the petition to Col w. w.
Harts. engineer officer, in charge OF
public buildings and grounds.
II. 4. Gore, of the Bureau of Chem
istry, delivered an address on Con
centration OF Apple Juice by Freez-
ing" at meeting of the Chemical
Society of Washington last night at
the Cosmos Club. Other papers were:
'Synthesis of Methyl-and Methylam-
ino-purines," c. o. Jones, of the Bu-
reau of Chemistry. and Alfalfa Lac
case" II. H. Bunzel, of the Bureau
of Plant Industry.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-22
Committee OF 100
PLANS PEACE Meeting
Big Gathering to Be Held at Poll S
Sunday Night to Talk
Neutrality.

Plans have been perfected by citizens
committee of one hundred to hold mass
meeting at Polls Theater Sunday night
al s o'clock i'll the interest of neutrality
and To create such sentiment for neu-
trality by this country as will expedite
movements on the part of the belliger-
cnts for peace.
T. ". Baker, former United States dis
trict attorney. will preside at the meet
ing. and speakers who have already ac-
cepted invitations to appear and address
the meeting include Representative
William H. Stafford. of Wisconsin; Rep
resentativc W. !. Carey. Of Wisconsin
Representative Alphonse G.. Koeble. Of
New York and John Dewey. editor of the
Gaelic American. Of New York.
The opening address will be made by
Chairman Baker. who will outline the
purpose OF the meeting.
It is expected that resolutions will be
offered =; the meeting approving bills
which have l,ecn introduced in Congress
prohibiting the exporting of arms and
ammunition or munitions OF war TO any
OF the bsIlEcrent countries. The citizens
committee o; one hundred which has
charge o. tine meeting will also probably
introduce resolutions protesting against
III. interference with our commerce on
The high seas.
Sin!ilar mass meetings have been held
in all tile large cities of the country. but
il is believed that one held here viii! do
much L. rrea.r sentiment in the interest
% !cutralit". Following is the executive
committee that is arranging the details
o. tn" r,asS meeting:
D. ". Baker. james !. Parsons, jr..
William +. Guide John Henderson, jr..
T. T. 2!c-cn. Charles j.. WorthinGton, Q.
l. Harding, Thomas II. Melton. Henry
Note. John r. Webster. Charles W.
E:nnG. Thornton 2. Boland. Albert Leu
per. Jnhr ,-aIdnan George +. walker
I, r Iorss, Rev PAUL u. I.eddin, William
=. Rollins. Joe Rice. John I. Wright,
led Inhof. =. :. = Graf. John Manson,
L SnrI,s md Cnn.- W. G. Cook.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-22
LAKE sUsPENDS REvoLTERs.
Army and Navy Union Head Pun
ishes Election Opponents.

Explosions and. suspension have been
meted out by National Commander IL.
Oden Lake, of this city. to members OF
the Army and Navy Union, who have
started a revolt and put up a candidate
in opposition to him for national COM
mander.
Commander Lake recently suspended
Capt. Otto II. Kurtz. of St Louis, senior
vice national commander, for violating
the laws of the order by promulSating
certain literature objectionable to nationel
headquarters and the commander" Capt
Kurtz joined with insurgCrt New York
members.
Capt Kurtz and Charles W. Brown,
commander of the department Of New
York. were expelled. FOrdyc- Garrison,
Of St Louis. has been suspended. as has
the cnire department of New York. The
garriSonS there have been attached
to national headquarters. Commander
Brown has announced himself candidate
fer Mr.. Lakes position.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-22
rEMrERAruREs IN OTHER CITIES.
WILL OIL INQUIRY WHEELS.
Committee Expected to Provide for
Excise Board Probe.

Authorization to subpoena wit
nesses, administer Oaths, require the
production of books and papers, and
mako necessary expenditures from
the contingent fund of the Senate for
s:enographers, ,and other assistance is
expected to he granted the special
committee appointed to investigate
the excise hoard following a meeting
this morning of the Senate Committee
on Audit and Control.
Chairman Sheppard said yesterday
he expected these powers to be rec
commended Gy the committee 1T this
mornings meeting. If the Senate
confirms the favorable report of the
committee. the prchers will start in
immed iatclN.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-22
RAILROAD TO SELL LAND.
Pennsylvania Announces II VIII
Save ON Tax Expenses.

\ saving on tax expenses is 10 be
effected by the Pennsylvania Railroad
by the sale OF all it's real estate
throughout the country which is not
necessary for transportation purposes.
according 10 announcement yesterday.
The property to be put on the mar
ket in Washington is extensive. II is
confined for the most part to the
southwestern section of the city. \
large part of the land formerly Occu-
pied by the old Pennsylvania railroad
station at Sixth and streets and
several parcels of butting property are
to be sold. Between Sixth and Sew
enth streets on 3 southwest and on
Seventh street some of the land is
improved by small dwellings.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-22
LOCAL MENTION

Norway mackereI, sc and IOc; lbs
buckwheat. csc; IL lbs. white meal. CSC
Pen Mar syrup, 10c; navy beans, &C lb.
lima beans. Sc: hominy. 2kc; white po-
tatoes, Ice PIX: sweet potatoes, 40c;
3 grape fruit, 10c; Cal oranges, 90
lemons. l2c; wonder conee, zoe; large
cans corn, Csc; Peerless milk, small
. for 10c: large, 7hc; cans aspara-
gus. soc; large cans peaches, 12Hc;
con, 19c: shoulders. 12Hc; borax soap,
25c; SKIS salt 10c: lb. cans cocoa, CSC:
Gold Seal baking powder, 1Oc: Gold
Medal oats, &c; corn fakes, sc. 1888 NJ
Stores.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-22
PROTEST INSURANCE COMBINES
Retail GrOcers' Association Takes
Action mt Annual Meeting.

Believing the amalgamatiOn Of property
insurance associations into boards and
councils is a violation of the Sherman
antitrust law. the Retail GrOcers' Pro-
tective Association adopted a protest
against the action Of such insurance
companies within the District at its an.
nual meeting Wednesday night in the
Jolly Fat Mems Club.
The following officers were reelected
J. II. Goodrich. president; G. Z. Bohan-
non. first vice president; c. V, Sparrow
second vice president; E. c. Schmidt,
treasurer: Perry P. Patrick, secretary
Charles F. Diggs, counsel. Directors: J.
II. Goodrich, C. +. Bohannon, C. V. Spar
row. E. C. Schmidt, NJ. J. Whelan, F. A.
Dodge. G. W. Slafr. ]. Brayshaw, jr.. H.
s. Haight. II. T Gober. L. F. Lusby. J.
L. Diggle. II. c. Robertson, r. Z. ROber-
son and E. W. Schmidt.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-22

vIoIets, Gardenias, Orchids, and all
other choice flowers. Shafrer, 900 I4th.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-22

BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES,.
Woodward & Lothrop. C. 3. White,
ladies' and mems shoes; F. Z. Mack.
domestics. blankets. and linens: J. NJ.
Buzzell, dress goods and Innings. 334
Fourth Avenue.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-22
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

For MaryIand-Fsir Friday except in the noun
tSins SATURDAY snow: gentle to moderate winds
becoming north and northeast.
For the District of COIumbia-Fair Friday. Satur
winds beClming north and northeast
For Virginia-Fair Friday. Saturday snow IN
north and west SHOW or rain in southeast portion
gentle to moderate north and northeast Winda
Local Temperature Midnight. %: a. m, -;
A. m. q: s a. m. g; a. m. 3; 10 a. m, p; /
noon. 81 , p. m. 35; T. m, y; 6 y. m. 81 S p.
NJ %: 10 y. m, "a Highest 53; lowest, y.
Relative humidity-s a. m, 81; . p. m, IS; p.
m. 81
Rainfall IS D. m. TO 9. M. o. Hours Of sun
shine 50. Ter cent of possible sunshine, 100.
Temperature date last year-Highest. 10; low
est q.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-22
Thaw Mandate Sent to New York.

The mandate of the Supreme Court in
the case of Harry Kendall Thaw, involv-
ing his extradition to the State of New
York to answer the charge of conspiracy
to break out of Matteawan, was mailed
yesterday afternoon by the clerk of the
court to Franklin Kennedy, assistant at
torney general of the state of New York.
The mandate follows the decision OF the
Supreme Court reversing the Judgment of
the Federal District Court of New Hamp-
shire. which granted a writ of habeas
corpus to Thaw to prevent his extradition
to New York.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-22
BILLIE BURKE WELL AGAIN.
Completely Recovered She Appeared
Last Night at National.

caused the cancellation of her perform
ance in Jerry at the National Thea
ter Wednesday night, was found to be
less serious than was expected at first
and she was able TO appear last night as
scheduled. There will be no interference
with Miss Burke's performance during
the remainder Of the week
1t was explained yesterday that Miss
Burke's illness, which appeared in the
form of a severe chill after dinner
Wednesday night. was merely shOrtlived.
and her failure to appear in the evening
was a precautionary measure advised by
her physician.
The Washington herald., 1915-01-22
New York Hotel Arrivals.

New York. Jan. 21.-WashinEtOnians
registered at New York hotels today
The Washington herald., 1915-01-22

Best business lunch I'm WashInEtoB-
Eckstein's. Ladies and gentlemen. 14Is
New York Ave. 35c. LIST and I'd floors.