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Williams news., 1915-09-30

ReCeIVtl First publication Sept. 30, 1915 Second publication Oct. 7, 1915 Third publication Oct. IA, 1915 Fourth publication Oct. 21, 1915
Williams news., 1915-09-30

Write to: Chattanooga Medicine Go. L.d,es. Advisory Dept. Chattanooea. Tenns for Spec1G) <sstyHctionS on your case and 64-pa9e book. "m
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
The COmrade In White

Before the guns at Neuve Chapelle A gallant soldier fighting fell;
 Lost in the swrling tide. Woke from black dreams at dawn's gray
 light To find a comrade clothed in white Was kneeling at his side. With tender care each wound he bound And wrapt with clean, soft linen round, And oh. his zeal was such That all the horror. all the pain The soldier would have faced again To seel that gentle touch! From fire and shell the storm swept field Next morning no defense would yield When the new fight began The guns would start at break of day, What friend was this who dared to stay And tend a dying man? What friend was this? For where he
 knelt
 In silent prayer, the soldier felt Or did he dream anew? That on his hands and feet and side Were drops of blood and. starting. cried. But you are wounded tooi' Sad Were those mystic, wondrous eyes That watched another morning rise Over the scene of hate; Yet smilingly stopped to say, These are old, world old. wounds, but
 they
 Have troubled me of late" Harry Bowling in Los Angeles Times
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
ACCUSED OF MURDER IN 19O13
Wyoming Man Would Escape Death
 Because of Clerks Error

Because through an error of a court clerk he is charged with committing a murder 17,09S years fin the future. Grange Wilson White of Wyoming has appealed to the United States supreme court to save him from the hanging to which he has been sentenced
 White was convicted of killing one Anderson Coffee on or about the 12th day of August, 1913" That was the way the information should have read. but after he had been condemned to hang on June of this year Whites lawyers discovered that the official pa peis returned by the grand jury gave the date of the murder as Aug. 12. l9013."
 Because of that "0." which, it was alleged, made the information insuffi cient and defective White appealed to the Wyoming supreme court and be fore the day of the hanging arrived obtained q writ of supersedeas under which the case has been brought to the United States supreme court.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
ROBERTS WORKS IN LAUNDRY
Former Mayor of Terre Haute Com pIained of Way Clothes Were Washed.

When Dom NJ. Roberts, ex-mayor of Terre Haute. Ind, convicted of cleo ton frauds. was brought to the federal penitentlary the officials tried to show him all possible leniency by putting him at clerical work
 Roberts laundry was not done to suit him one day, and he went to the pris OH laundry to complain
 Do you think it could be done any better?' the superintendent asked.
 'l see no reason why it shouldn't" the eX-mayor replied. I'd think any body could do better work than this"
 "Wcll, then, you're just the man we want Get to work"
 EXMayor Roberts now washes pris- ouerS' clothes.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23

and most comprehensive investigates ever undertaken by insurance oV"f' nies.
 The comparison showed that amUD. .s. men who took more than two s'assI, of beer or one glass of whisky oi ' equivalent a day, but who did nos S '. never had used alcoholic beverages excess, the death rate was oo per . s., higher than that of the men who n' did exceed the amounts speclneu. '.
 Investigations have revealed 'la ,a.ne tai abstainers have mortality h,H working years of life of about onsI ea, n of that among those who use hiool If the extent of at least two gi"''~ whisky day.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
MODERATE DRINKING EVEN
 WILL HURRY ONE TO GRAVE.
Statistics Show That Two Drinks a
 Day Are Detrimental.

Two whisiies day or more than two glasses of beer boom the death rate, according to comparison of nor tality rates among insured persons who consume varying amounts of liquor.
 The comparison Is made by pr. s. s. Goldwater, commissioner of health, New York. and was given out at the eighth annual meeting of the Associa- ton of Life Insurance Presidents by Arthur Hunter, chairman of the bu- reau of medico-actuarial investigation. The comparison was taken from rec ords of about 100000 lives, covering a period of twenty-five yeaSs. made by forty three life insurance companies for
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23

uality. No two seem 10 be exactly alike. We continually improve our knowledge of them. Each torpedo has to be carefully studied and corrected for it's one voyage of destruction. Like the bee that stings, it gives up its life for one sting The ship it strikes sinks. The 200 pounds of guncotton in its warhead tears the ship so that 1t cannot escape. It is the most terrible weapon of warfare known to the world
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
ARRAS A HEAP OF DEBRIS;
 12O OF 26,OOO PEOPLE LEFT
Belgian Minister Describes Desolatlon
 of Historic City.

T have jus, visited what remains of Arras and Solssons, along the Aisne scarpe. Of Arras, like also some of the first line trenches Newport and Ypres, our poor villages along the Yser, noth- ing remains but heap of debris" writes Emile Vandervelde the Belgian minister of state, to papers in the United States.
 The city hall, that gem of medieval architecture. has undergone the most grievous mutilation. Tn many streets not single house is intact
 "Arras had before the war 26.OOO in habitants. There are now 12O. In q small shop near the city hall found q little old man cheerfully selling funeral crowns and post cards depicting the ruins The bombardment continues daily. Most people are living in eel lars
 At SoiSsons l was entertained by general at tea and at breakfast in the cellar, Bombs continuously passed over SoiSsons in the direction of Arrns. The allied troops constantly are busy ex- tending and strengthening the trenches and barbed wire defenSes. Al certain places the hostile lines are within sixty feet of each other.
 When not exchanging shots and gre nades the soldiers enjoy the intervals of comparative calm, during which newspapers weighted with stones nre thrown from one trench to another
 One day dog crossed to the French lines bearing the message, Please tell Corporal Blank that his wife and chil- dren at Lens are well and send him love-"
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
ELEVEN CENT STAMP OUT.
Bears Head of Franklin and Is For
 Parcel Post Use

The new eleven cent postage stamp has appeared It bears the head of Franklin in profile. from Houdon's bust, and is printed in dark green ink It is the same shape and size as the ordinary stamps, series of 1911
 The new stamp is issued primarily for use in prepaying postage on par cels and postage and insurance fee on insured parcels amounting to II cents.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
Odd Happenings
 in the Days News

A lifer wiS pardoned In Maine on condition he join the Italian army.
 Invisible aeroplanes being used by Germany, the invisibility produced by newly invented transparent material covering the planes.
 Fireproof uniforms are to be worn by British soldiers as a result of Gin einnati mans invention of a liquid that protects from German fire shells"
 Two 'scarecrows' that climbed a ladder to n loft near Flushing, N. r., proved to be runaway boys who had borrowed their wardrobes from the ef- fgies in cornfeld.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23
BORROWED A WALLET.
And Went Over to the Eneny's ''e'"'
 es For 1t.

And Went o yer to the Enenys ''''"'
 es For 1t.
 One of our men in the trehcneS s.m. London paper, was ordered 'o lars mer in q post which supporteu so 'oua wire entanglements and had pee no loosened. Finding that there "as .oss hammer, the man coolly walked a., oua to the nearest trench of the enemy y. a' asked to be lent hammer or ineA sf Evidently surprised and please' ,he the courage of the man, one V. .,let German soldiers handed him nnA and the post having been stralsn't ~ the and fixed, the man walked back 'u ,,,,t German trench. returned the and calmly rejoined his companio'
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23

"Abaft there!' said q detective to man claiming to be sailor, arraigned in q New York court Can't abaft cause l got no pencil" replied the sailor who was held as an impostor.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-08-23

To fulfil deathbed wish. funeral of youth at Beacon, N. r.. went a mile out of Its way to pass fire house, of which he was q member. and the office where he worked
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
MEMPHIS WICKEDEST CITY
LEADS WORLD IN PERCENTAGE
OF MURDERS.
United States as a Whole Is Much
More Bloodthirsty Than
other Nations.

New York-The most murder
Gus" city in the world is Mem.
phis, Tenn, where 63.7 persons
out of every 100000 lost their lives
by violence, according to statistics for
the decade, 1904-1913, prepared by the
Spectator, an insurance journal.
The 80 cities, arranged in the order
Of killings" together with the rate
per 100000 of population, are: Mem
phis, 63,7; Charleston, s. c., 52.7;
Savannah, 4S.4; Atlanta, 26; New Or.
leans, 25.9; Nashville, 24.3; Louisville,
1866; st. Louis, 1873; San Francisco,
11.S; Cincinnati, IL; Chicago, 9.9;
Seattle, 81; Spokane, 7.S; Washing
ton, 7.5; Cleveland, 61; Manhattan
and the Bronx, New York, 6.1; Day
ton, O., 5,5; Pittsburg 5.3; Provi-
dence, So; Boston, 4S; Baltimore,
46; Brooklyn, AS; Philadelphia, Az;
Buffalo, 4; Minneapolis, 81; Reading,
Pa, 3.5; Rochester, N. Y, 3.3; Hart
ford, Conn, 8; Newark, N. j., 8; Mil
waukee, "a.
The number of murders in the Unit
ed States is about 100 to evern 13
committed in England and Wales, 80
in Austria, 81 in Prussia and Sc in
Italy.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
GERMANS PROTEST MASSACRE
Berlin Note to Ottoman Government
Made Public by American
Relief Official.

Boston, Mass.--The German gov
ernment on Aug. filed at Constan-
tinople protest against the Turkish
treatment of Armenians, according to
Or. James L. Barton, chairman of the
National Commission for American
and Servian Relief, who has made
public the text of the protest.
The German protest is given in
mart as follows:
"The German embassy regrets to
have to realize that, according to in
formation from impartial and reliable
sources, acts of violence. such as mas
sacres and plumbers, which could not
be justified by the aim that the i'm
perial government was pursuing, in
stead of being checked by the local
authorities, regularly followed the ex-
pulsion Of Armenians, so that most
Of them perished before reaching their
destination.
'Under such circumstances the
German embassy by order of its gov
ernment, is obliged to demonstrate
once more against these acts of
horror"
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
DON'T CARE FOR ROOSEVELT
Arizona Man Thinks Rough Riders
Name Was Mentioned as
Vote Lure.

New York.-The Roosevelt boom
for the Republican presidential
nomination has been shot through the
country by his ardent admirers to
see how it would take" in the opin-
ion of several Republican national
committeeman and party leaders here
to meet with National Chairman
Charles Hilles.
Committeeman Charles A. Spies of
New Mexico, who conferred with
Hilles said, fatty, he did not believe
the colonel had any thought of trying
for the Republican nomination. Com
mitteeman Ralph P. Cameron of Ari-
zona, said he believed some of the
colonels friends were trying to con-
vince him against his will that the
country was demanding he run.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
GERMANS TAKE SWEDISH SHIP
Arno In Collision With Torpedo Boat
Is Pursued and Taken as
Prize.

London, England.-The steamship
Argo has been taken into a German
port by prize crew, the Exchange
Telegraph's Copenhagen correspon-
dent says.
The Argo put into the Danish port
Of Aarhus after having been in col
ision with German torpedo boat,
which fired several shots in an at
tempt 20 stop her. The Argo sailed
from Aarhus on the following day.
The dispatch says two German torpe-
do boRts pursued her into Swedish
waters and boarded her, declaring her
q prize Of war. Ten men were put
on the Argo to take her to Germany.
The Argos cargo consists of tools
for Russia, manufactured In Denmark
The Swedish government. according
20 this account, has instructed its min
ister at Berlin to make an investiga-
dion.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
MIGHT MEAN U. S. DEFEAT
SHORTAGE OF NITRIC ACID FOR
ANN uNITIoN.
Or. L. H. 5aekeIand Tells Navy Board
We Would Have to Get Salt
petre From Chile.

New York.-Members Of the navy
consulting board are in session at the
New York navy yard, where all the
warships of New York division of the
Atlantic fleet are in port.
DIR. Leo Hendrick Baekeland, chair
man of the committee on food and
sanitation, at the meeting discussed
the prime importance of synthetic
acid in modern warfare and declared
that if Germany had not been able
to utilize the sources of nitrogen in
the air in the manufacture of muni-
tions she would be hopelessly para
lyzed since Great Britain has shut her
off from the general source of supply
of saltpetre in Chile.
The United States in case of war,
DR.. Baekeland declared, would be
whipped within year through short
age Of nitrogen unless the navy could
protect the Chilean saltpetre fields.
1t would take at least IL months, he
said, to develop the manufacture of
nitric acid from the air in sufficient
quantities to produce the requisite
amount of smokeless powder and ex-
plosives, although the process was
invented in the United States.
DR.. Baekeland declared the govern
ment should establish at once a plant
for the manufacture of nitric acid
from the air. This would not be a
losing venture, he believed, because
what was not required for military
purposes could be sold for agricul-
tural uses.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
Austria Nav Yield.

Berlin.-From highly competent
non-Austrian source in Vienna, pri-
vate adyices have been received by
a press agency, taking an optimistic
view of the Austro-American situa-
ton.
The Austrian government, It is de-
clared, appears to be actuated by a
sincere desire to preserve friendly
relations with the United States,
even at a considerable sacrifice, and
Ia endeavoring to formulate reply
to the second American note on the
Ancona which the United States may
deem satisfactory.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
U. s. WILL REJECT ANY PROF.
PosAL SEEKING FURTHER
INQUIRY.
AUSTRIA BELIEVED YIELDING
Sincere Desire to Preserve Friendly
Relations May Cause Dual Mon
arohy to Sacrifice Much In
Her Next Reply.

Washington.-An impasse, in the
opinion of officials here, may soon
be reached in the negotiations be-
tween the United States and Austria
Hungary over the Ancona affair, il
the dual monarchy, as reported in
press dispatch, is to ask that the Is
sues be submitted to an international
court Of arbitration.
President Wilson refused in all Of
the German submarine cases to arbi-
trate questions involving the ruthless
destruction of American lives. He has
consented to arbitrate only matters OF
indemnity. 1t is not believed here that
he will yield more to Austria-Hungary
in this regard than he did to Germany
According to dispatches from Wen
ma, Baron Zwiedinek, the Austrian
charge d'affaires here, last week,
sought to learn from Secretary OF
State Lansing how the administration
would regard an arbitration proposal.
Secretary lansing is said 10 have
told the Austrian diplomat that this
government could not consent to ar.
bitrate the primary issues. To do so,
1t is asserted here, would be to admit
that there might be some doubt as to
the right of a submarine commander
to fire upon an unresisting merchant
ship carrying American passengers.
Austria can appeal to arbitration
With greater propriety than did Ger
many in the submarine controversy
last summer, for there is convention
Of arbitration between the United
States and that country, which was
concluded in 1909.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
catawIssa Bank Fails.

Bank Commissioner J. T. Mitchell
was last week forced to take charge
of a small private bank at Catawissa,
in Franklin county. Through loans
the institution had become involved
to such an extent that liquidation was
necessary, No fraud has been dis
covered or alleged, and the depositors
will probably be paid in full. The in
stitution may be reorganized.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
MISSOURI RANKS MUCH BETTER
THAN MOST STATES THAT
MAKE REPORT.
ANNUAL PERCENTAGE IS 1873
High Rate Of Mortality Amongst Ne
aroes Keeps Our Record
Down-Makes improve
ment Every Year.
Jefferson CITY.

JGuBISOl NlLys
That the inhabitants of Missouri
are healthier and stronger than most
of the states of the union is suggested
by vital statistics which show that the
death rate in 1914 was only 1913 per
thousand as compared with 1874 per
thousand, the average mortality for
the Union, when all the states are
considered together, announces a bu-
reau Of labor statistics bulletin.
Included in the Missouri figures is
the mortality for negroes, which is
twice as great as that of white men
and women. While no statistics are
available to show the mortality of ne
groes, taking the state as a whole,
in st. Louis in 1914 it amounted to
26.6, a difference which raised the
general death rate there from 14.2
for the Caucasian race to Is per thou
sand for all, based upon an estimated
population Of 734, ,667 men, women and
children, consisting of 6S7,038 whites
and 1890 blacks.
In the Union there are 25 states
which have an adequate death regis
tration system, and Missouri excels
all these, with the exception of Colo
rado, Kansas, Minnesota, Montana!
Utah and Wisconsin, and is only out
classed by these few for the reason
that in proportion to their 1914 popu-
lation, they had fewer colored inhab-
itants. States which Missouri out
ranks when it comes to the lowness
of its 1914 mortality are: California,
Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Ma
ryland, Maine, Massachusetts,, Michi-
gan, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, North Carolina, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
and Virginia.
In 1914, on an estimated population
of S,372,SS6, 41,356 died. The death
rate per thousand was an improve
ment over that of 1913 when it aver
aged 12.4, and over 1912 when it was
1876 In other words there were 30
less deaths in 1914 per hundred thou
sand than in 1912 and 10 less than in
1918.
That Missouri has death rate low
er than most of the other states not
enumerated there is no doubt, since
their large cities surpass our metro
politan centers in this respect. But
all states have not the same mortality
law for the registration of births and
deaths as exists in the 25 states men
toned in this article. South Carolina,
Florida and Illinois have adopted the
same system in use here, and will
hereafter have at the close each year
statistics which can be used as ba-
sis for compaison.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
No Reply Before New Year.

London, misunderstanding to the
Zurich correspondent of the Exchange
Telegraph Company dispatches from
Vienna report that Austrian official
circles are gratified at the compare
tive moderation of the American note
on the Ancona. No reply, it is stat
ed, is likely to be made before the
new year The situation is regarded
as less acute.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
Bond Issue Authorized.

Authority was granted by the state
public service commission to the Kan
sas City Connecting Railway Co. to
issue $1,OOO,OOO of stock and $1,000
900 of bonds. 1t is stipulated that the
bonds must realize not less than 80
per cent of their face value. They
are to bear per cent interest and
to mature in 80 years.
w. R. Collett, president of the COM
pany, testified that the bond issue
would be based on property having
an assessed value of $1,402,633.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
Woman May Be ParoIed.

Mrs. Aggie Myers of Kansas City,
a life prisoner at the state prison, is
fatally i'll, and will be released under
a sick parole if anyone can be found
who will take care of her. She and
Frank Hoffman, young farmer of
Lafayette county, murdered her hus-
band, a printer, in Kansas City, for
which crime both were sentenced to
hang. Gov. Folk interfered in April,
1907, after the scaffold had been erect
ed upon which the woman was to be
executed. Hottman's sentence was
also commuted to life Imprisonment.
The woman has been i'll for more than
two years.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
Farmers Week at Columbia.

Farmers week at the state univers-
ity this year. under the auspices of
the state board Of agriculture and the
college of agriculture, will be so COM
prehensive in the scope of its program
as to be in reality state farm con-
gress. Missouri farmers week will
open January and close January z.
Twenty-four state wide agricultural
and live stock organizations have is
sued calls for meetings in Columbia
during the Farmers week. Call for
a state convention on market condi-
tions has been issued for January s.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
eIrI to peslan A. 3. c. Medals.

Washington. - Designing of the
three gold medals to be presented
by the United States to Ambassadors
Naon of Argentina, Da Cana of
Brazil and Suarez of Chile, popularity
known as the A. B. c. mediators, was
awarded by Secretary Lansing to Miss
Jeanette Scudder of New York.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
DROP BOMBS ON VILLAGE WITH.
IN THREE MILES OF
SALoNIKl.
GRECIAN PEOPLE ARE UNEASY
Possibility Of WarIike Operations on
Greek Territory Dlsturbs Public
and Officials Alike-To
Muzzle Press.

Paris, France.--An Austrian aero
plane flew to within three miles Of
Baloniki and dropped bombs near a
village in the vicinity, according to
reports from Saloniki forwarded by
the Havas correspondent at Athens.
Another unconfirmed report from the
same source was to the effect that a
Zeppelin had been seen flying over
Northern Greek territory.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
Stock plvIdends Tanahle.

Washington.-Stoc dividends paid
from net earnings, surplus or undivid.
ed profits of corporations, joint stock
companies, associations and insurance
companies were held by the treasury
department to be income taxable uns
der the law.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
5o.oOo PeopIe. a.aso phonea.

Topeka, Kan.-FIfty more tele-
phones installed here would make one
telephone for every five persons in
this city. Topeka has a population
of $4,000 and there are $3.50 tele-
phones in the city.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
Aviator FaIls.

Guatemala Citys Jerwan, an
American aviator. who was injured
while making flight from the avia-
tion school here, is In the military
hospital and is improving. Jerwan
fell while testing a new aeropiane.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
counle Dc of Pnennnnla.

Lawrence, Kan. After passing
through life together for nearly half
a century, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Hyett
of Leeompton died within few hours
of each other. Each had been III a
short time with pneumonia.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
Not preeIsentlaI Asnlrant

Minneapolis. MINI. Elihu Root In
letter to the Republican State Cen
tral Committee said Il am not
candidate FOR the presidency If my
name is put on the ballot / shall be
compelled to insist upon It's being
withdrawn.r
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
Wells Wins Suit.

Under recent ruling Of the su-
preme court the circuit court Of st.
Louis is ordered give control of the
building at Broadway and Olive SITS.
to Rolla Wells, who is the real owner
Of the ground upon which the struc-
ture stands. The lessees have vio-
lated many provisions Of the instru-
ment under which they have CON
trolled the property.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
U.Roat Sinks Liner.

Rome.-Port Said, an Italian liner,
has been sunk in the Mediterranean
by q submarine flying the colors Of
Austria. Seven passengers and one
member Of the crew were drowned.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-12-30
out Of one; Into Another.

Edward Smith Of Lewis county who
has served IL years Of 25-year term
at the Missouri penitentiary for bur
glary and larceny, was recently re-
leased by the governor under COM
mutation of sentence. He was imme-
diately arrested and turned over to
the authorities of Illinois, where he is
wanted for violation Of parole.