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The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-24
NEVADA INCLUDED
 IN TICK FABRICATION

Little Rock, Feb. 24.-The North west Arkansas Tick Eradication Dis trict, which has been enlarged by the passage of the Cazort bill, now con- tains 34 countless The counties of Chicot, Van Buren, Stone, Scott, Yell, Montgomery, Saline, Sevier, Grant, Arkansas, Marion, Searcy, Conway, Faulkner, Pulaski, Ouachita, Gle burne, Cleveland, Columbia, Drew, Lincoln, Union, Crawford, Sebastian, Franklin, Logan, Nevada, Pope, John son, Boone, White, Lonoke, Jefferson, and Prairie, and parts of Jackson. Independence and Monroe, A tax of 5 cents head for a term of five years is assessed on all cattle for the pur- pose of tick eradication.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-24
COTTON SLIPS DOWN
 IN NERVOUS MARKET
Bearish Advices From Europe Cause Staple to Register Striking De- cline. Closing Prices Lowest
 of the Day.

New York, Feb. 23.-There was g very sharp break in cotton here to- day, under more or less general li- quidation, which was attributed to ap- prehensions of some interference in the export movement through possi- be developments in the war zone or fear that cotton may be declared con traband. Closing prices were barely steady at a net decline of 23 to P points.
 The market opened steady at a de- cline of to points. Liverpool was relatively steady and there were some old buying orders on basis of Sc for October, which held prices here for time right after the call. General sentiment, however, appeared to be very much unsettled and the market soon weakened with March relatively easy, both here and in New Orleans.
 Only three March notices were is sued locally, but there was quite good deal of near month liquidation and the decline was encouraged dur ing the afternoon by reports of easier spot markets and the appearance of increased Southern selling orders here on a scale down.
 Closing prices were at practically the lowest of the day, and at no time during the session were there rallies of more than or points.
 The Revision Committee announced differences applying to the first March deliveries today, the only change being an increase of points in the discount on good ordinary.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-24
JUDGE KAVANAUGH
 BURIED TODAY

Little Rock, Feb. 24.-The funeral of the late Judge W. M. Kavanaugh was held this afternoon. It was one of the largest ever held in the city. Both Houses of the Legislature ad Journed at noon in order to permit the lawmakers to attend. Members of many organizations and fraterni- ties of which he was member at tended the funeral. There were also present representatives of the South ern Baseball Association and the Ma tional Baseball Commission.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-24
SFNATE GAME BILL
 HAD ROUGH SAILING
representatives of 36 Counties Sought to Exempt Them, Declaring That Constituents Were Opposed
 Speaker Objected.

1;+na Rcck. Feb. 24.-The Senate ,.oneral game bill had rough sailing = tbs house. Tuesday. The repre- .on+at,ves of 36 counties sought to ovonnt them, declaring that their constituents were opposed to it.. Sneaker Sawyer opposed the amend ments and analysed the bill in detail ,bowing that it would result in the conservation of the. game and fish and that the adoption of the amendments would practically kill the bill. The counties that were not permitted to exempt are as follows: Sharp, Grant, searcv, Little River, Bradley, St. Francis, Nevada, Sevier, Independence Pike, Stone, Baxter. Izard, Clark, Prairie Cleveland, Woodruff, Logan, Van Buren, Columbia, Lincoln, Scott Fulton, Randolph, Saline, Franklin, Calhoun, Ouachita, Lafayette, White, Crittendon, Marion, Carroll, Union, Madison, and Pope. The vote on the rejection of the amendment was 63 to 2S. Representatives Sulcer. Steed Love, Bland, Swepston, Jeter, Wallace and Bell, who had moved to exempt their counties, voted for the rejection of the amendments. A number of other amendments were rejected and a motion to make the bill special or der for this morning was defeated.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-24
w. C. T. II. MEETING

The Woman's Christian Temperance meeting will be held at the Park Ho- tel with Mrs. Colvin Thursday at , p. m.
 Let us all go to be welcomed by, and to welcome Mrs. Colvin who comes to us from a live Louisiana Union.
 There is a wealth of reform legis- lation now being made in the various states. Let us bring the latest.
 The program will be in charge of Mrs. Fannie H. Young-Secretar
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-24
STATE HOUSE NOTES

Little Rock, Feb, 24.-The Van Buren Abstract Company has changed its name to the Crawford County Ab- stract Company.
 The J. Stephenson Lumber Com pany of Nashville, has surrendered its charter to the state.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-24
BILL PASSES BOTH HOUSES

Little Rock, Feb. 24.-Both Houses of the General Assembly have passed a bill legalizing and regulating reel procal or inter-insurance. It is in tended primarily to assist the manu featuring and lumber concerns of the state in the organization of mutual insurance companies for the reduction of rates. There was no opposition to the measure on the part of the old line companies
The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-24
Our Idea of Luck

Washington Post.
 At the same time, the prospects of deportation from Mexico ought to make almost any envoy feel better
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-17
Chronic Sleeplessmess Now
Recognized as Due TO q
Mental Habit Rather
Gham p hy cal
Dis G q S G.

ing any given case Of insomnia may be- treat
mcnt by suggestion will always worE cure.
provided no organic disease is present, and
nrovided also that care is taken, whenever
necessary. to institute hygienlc changes IN the
daily habits Often, in fact 1t IS quite enough
by SUGGESTIONS administered in hypnosis IN
the normal waking state. or IN the borderand
state midway between sleeping and waking-to
inDsrt convincingy the assurance that sleep
will come again. Once this assurance IS fully
accepted. the fixed idea of sleeplessness soon
dsintesrates. and sleep does come.
To he sure there sometimes arc singular
mental complications which make IT difficult
for the patient to accept and act on these cura-
tive suggestions however skilfuly given they
may be- / recall one extraordinary case sue
ccssfully treated by the great French neurolo-
aist and medical psychologist, Pierre Janet, in
which the patient when she first came under
Dr. Jancts care, claimed that she had not
slept wink for two years.
Janets own observation of her tended to
bear out this seemingly incredible statement
Drugs failed to induce sleep, and the employ
nent of hypnotism was equally inefficacious.
1t mattered not how strongly one suggested
20 her the idea that she would sleep; she did
not sleep. At most she would occasionally
lapse into a drowsy condition
Dr. Janet noticed that she never remained
i'm this condition more than few minutes at
time and always passed from it into complete
wakefulness with start Of terror. One day.
lust after she had become drowsy, he asked
her:
is there anything that troubles you so that
you cannot 90 to sleep?
Yes. yes was her reply. 1T is the face OF
my dead child. / always see it in my sleep
always-and it terrihes me
The next instant she was wide awake, with
no memory for what she had been saying. In
answer to Janets questions, however, she told
him that shortly after the death Of her child
she had bad attack Of typhoid fever, and dur
ing convalescence was greatly troubled by
visions of her lost little one as it looked in its
last moments II was Immediately after this
that her insomnia set in, the result, Janet felt
certain. of her having developed subconscious
dread that if she went to sleep she would un-
failingy have the same tcrror-inspring dreams
C. her dead child.
On this theory he now bent his efforts TO
banishing all unpleasant memories Of the child
from her mind; and succeeding by hypnotic
suggestion in doing this, the poor woman found
herself freed at the same time from her in
scmnia
Other instances are on record OF sleepless-
ness originating from subconscious dread Of
experiencing in sleep repetition Of some IN
usually distressing dream. The patient with
out knowing it. is in such fear of this dream
that he or she prefers to keep awake. Neurol-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-17

places. but evidently no one is interested in
seeing it enforced Miss Kellor continued.
This is fortunate at least for the thousands
of men who can find no other shelter. In in
vesdgating some OF the Bowery saloon back
rooms one night recently we found some of
them so crowded there was not room for the
men to sit or lie down, and they stood packed
together the whole night Some OF these
Bowery saloonkeepers take the problem OF the
unemployed more to heart than the average
business man does.
Zone old Irish saloonkeeper had all sorts OF
ideas about caring for these men. He believes
that the armories should be opened to them
Immediately, and, in fact most of these men
say that is the most practical emergency step.
II is suggested too, that the school easements,
where heat is supplied in any case, and church
Easements be utilized as emergency shelters.
Cleaning and fumigating in the morning would
be necessary but the unemployed themselves
could do this work.
This saoonkeeper, who each night shelters
a hundred men, seemed very much interested
in the plight of women who are without homes.
He advocated a lodging house, not connected
with the Police Board or the Board of Char
tiles, where women could go for the night with
out being questioned They all feel that there
is too much red tape connected with insttu-
tons for the shelterless and resent the fact
that the municipal lodging house is under po-
lice control.
"As matter OF fact, a man who comes TO
the municipal lodging house for more than
three consecutive nights in any one month is
arrested as a vagrant Most people believe that
the municipal lodging house furnishes perma-
nent shelter to those without homes. 1t does
not however, hll this great need. Men that
are out OF work this winter stand very little
chance OF getting it, and they are allowed but
three days by the law to find Jobs. If they
don't get work in that length OF time they do
not dare return to the municipal lodging house.
There remain the cheap lodging places
scattered throughout the city and the missions.
/ have visited many OF these so-called cheap
bunk houses and have found they are not 50
cheap after all Most OF them charge twenty
or twenty-five cents night and feel quite
sure the men do not get their moneys worth.
There are some ten and fifteen cent flop
houses and these are overcrowded now
The missions with the Come Unto Ne and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-17

the 'Inasmuch signs painted over them are nu-
merous. They do not give free shelter how
ever, as the homeless ones find when they
awake next morning. They must either pay
or chop wood three or four hours in the morn
ing These are the very hours when men
should be looking for work, too
How do the unemployed spend their day?
Where may they stop in the daytime to get
sufficiently dry or sufficiently thawed out to go
on hunting the job?
Miss Kellor finds the answer to this question
almost as interesting as the solution OF the
night time shelter problems. There are few
crowded missions one reading room and the
saloons" she answered. THE public libraries.
too. are crowded on cold days with unemployed
men and women, but these are the more pros
porous looking ones. men and women whose
coats are not rags pinned up to hide the worse
rags underneath and whose shoes are not rem
nants of water-logged leather The real down
and out does not attempt to pass the imposing
looking guardian at the door of the public Ii
brary He may 60 TO the missions, where, as
one SNUG Superintendent told me. We try to
discourage them from coming back day after
Y.
Exactly what is the city doing to furnish
work to these unemployed" Miss Kellor was
asked
we have city employment bureau, but of
what use is it?" she retorted. They have
something like FIVE jobs for FIVE thousand ap-
plcants for work. There is simply no demand
for labor. 1t has been suggested that the city
turn over its contracts for public Improvements
so that the unemployed may be set to work.
There is always the criticism, however, that
this IS expensive labor and it is pointed out
that the men who were put to work shovel
ling snow last winter were physically unable
to do the work. 1t is true that after a man has
been walking the streets for days. half frozen
and half starved. he will go to pieces when he
is put to hard work. The city officials should
determine what funds are available for public
works, what public Improvements are feasible
and how public work for the unemployed may
he guarded that it is done under normal
industrial standards and at normal cost. These
things need to be established by competent
authority, and then acted upon
Miss Kellor believes employers should help
solve this tremendous problem of the unem-
poyed by running their industries at the maxi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-17

ogists have also found patients whose insom-
MA is the result OF subconscious anxiety re-
earding happenings of the remote past-hap-
penings concerning which they no longer have
conscious recollection, but which have been
revived in the depths OF Jheir minds by some
recent occurrence and have disturbed them as
much as. or more than, any conscious worry
would. IN such cases the hidden cause OF
anxiety has to be ascertained and removed by
specific suggestions before the insomnia can
Re completely and permanently cured.
But instances like these are comparatively
rare Usually all that has to be overcome is
the fixed idea of inability to sleep. Once this
is done, and any slcep-dsturbinG factor in the
mode Of life corrected, regular and sound sleep
follows as a matter of course. Frequently
moreover. cure is brought about with seem
inely miraculous suddenness, especially when
the suggestive treatment is administered under
conditions tending strongly to arouse conf
dence, courage and hope
Nothing. indeed, testihes more impressively
to the dominant influence of the state Of the
mind in most cases OF insomnia than the sue
cess with which this malady has been treated
the past few years in the clinic connected with
Emmanuel Church. in Boston
The director of this clinic, Dr.. Samuel Nc
Comb is clergyman, not physician. He is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-17

kkF HERE are no jobs IN New York
and there will be none for
q months"
In this terse sentence Miss
Frances A. Kellor managing director of the
North American Civic League, sums up the
problem facing New York's unemployed army
Miss Kelor, who was formerly head OF the
New York State Bureau of Industries and I'm
migration, knows more about the unemployed
than any one else in the country She finds
conditions so per cent worse than in former
years and wants to know what New York
is going to do about it.
There is a constantly increasing army OF
thousands OF unemployed men and women
tramping the streets Of this city, doggedy
hunting for work and knowing in their hearts
there is no work for them Miss Kellor stated
How much does the average citizen who is
still holding a job know about what is happen
ing to the men and women that have lost
theirs?" she demanded.
The jobcss women OF New York do not
haunt the free soup kitchens and the bread
lines. They do not seek shelter for the night
in the back rooms of saloons and flop houses
Neither do they 90 TO the limited quarters re-
served for women at the municipal lodging
house
WOMEN ARE STILL THE SHELTERED
CLASS"
All Of which goes to show that women are
still the sheltered class"
Even in homes where direst poverty exists"
Miss Kellor stated, there is found some means
OF keeping the unemployed woman off the
streets and out Of the bread line. The men
will give up their places to women relatives
and friends out Of work. That is why the
quarters for fifty women at the municipal
lodging house are never crowded.
Our greatest problem. then, concerns the
homeless. jobless men Does anybody know
where the homeless OF New York are sleep
ing2 Where you will find at night the clerks
the stenogrsphers end the statesmen to whom
the average municipal lodging house is i'll
adapted
The saloons. the municipal lodging house,
cheap lodging places and flop houses and
few missions shelter New York's homeless
thousands, according to Miss Kellors investi-
cations.
There is law closing saloons as lodging
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-17

aizing that this chronic state Of mental ten
sion was alone sufficient to account for her
inability to sleep. Dr. McComo had no hesita-
ton in saying to her:
Your insomnia can easily be cured. can
promise you that. In fact. you are going to
fall asleep within the next few minutes
How absurd" was her skeptical exclama-
ton.
DR.. McComb pointed to deep, comfortable
armchair in his Office.
You see that chair?' he asked There IS
nothing magical about it. yet it is strange
thing that every sufferer from insomnia who
has sat in that chair has enjoyed refreshing
sleep before leaving it, You may be the first
one not tc do So I do not know. But. if you
arc. | shall be very much surprised, and will
look upon you as indeed a curiosity Please
sit in it, and let us see what will happen
Now, thanks to the experiments OF the med
ical psychologists, it is known to-day that,
chief among the fundamental conditions for
bringing on sleep are limitation OF voluntary
movement. Limitation Of consciousness and
monotony of impression. These conditions DR..
McComb secured by exhortng his patient to
close her eyes, to sit quietly and to think OF
nothing in particular. At the same time, to
secure monotony of impression, ne started
metronome ticking He then began talking to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-17
DUTY OF STATE, CITY AND CITIZEN TO JOBLEsS

mum time and force that its consumption and
output will stand. She believes. too, that every
industry should carry every possible means of
relief for its own unemployed workmen and
that the relief should be so systematized and
SO administered that each man would get his
share and none would be overlooked
HE DISCHARGES 400 MEN; HE SENDS
$1,000 TO THE BELGIANS.
Much Of the surplus or resources of indus
tries with unemployed men is being sent
abroad in relief funds One day one employ
er sent to Belgium a check for 81 900 and the
next day discharged 400 employees. 1t seems
to me that the amount sent away is dspropor-
tonate to the relief being given the unem-
ployed at home. A dispatch has just come III
from one of the mining towns Of Pennsylvania
which says that 700 people have been subsist
ing for weeks on barks and roots, and tina,
many have been reduced to mere skeletons.
These 700 people represent the workmen and
their families of one OF the big coal mining
companies. They would have starved unless
the officials of the coal company had come to
their rescue Meanwhile the citizens of a
nelghDorlnS city mad Deen ColcCtlng ana cnu-
ing carload OF foodstuffs to the suffering Bel
gians Such instances paralleled right here
in New York"
Detroit has taken some remarkable measures
to aid its unemployed, according to Miss Kel-
lor The Mayor of the city has been personal
ly interested in this problem, and some of the
industries there are giving practical assistance.
There they have established fund OF S25,-
600 from which any person can obtain assist
ance if he presents card showing that he has
been employed by Detroit firm during the
last year. The fund is thus an employment
measure and has not the color OF charity. The
Ford factory has turned over its hospitals as
shelter for its homeless and jobless men,
Miss Kellor suggests that associations rep
resenting business men and industries assume
their responsibility by finding out and main
tanning opportunities for work. In short, in
dustry should have an advisory board to keep
track of the situation In several cities boards
OF commerce making general surveys OF
private contracts, just city officials are sur
veying the possibilities in city contracts with
reference TO the unemployed.
Private citizens, too, should do their share
toward solving the problem of the unemployed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-17

a clergyman however, of uncommon knowl-
edge in the domain of medical psychology, and,
so Gar as the treatment of insomnia is con-
corncd he has drawn far more than the aver
age physician on the resources made available
by those medical psychologists who have re-
Gently determined through repeated expert
ments, the conditions governing the onset OF
sleep. But | can most readily make clear DR..
McCombs methods-which, to my mind, are
the best possible for the average insomnia
by citing typical case from his everyday
practice.
Rather more than year ago there came TO
him young woman. an artist, who complained
that for upward Of six months she had scarcely
slept So far as she could tell, there was no
sscertainable cause for her seeplcssness. She
had consulted several physicians, all OF whom
had pronounced her free of any organic dis
case that might have insomnia as one OF its
symptoms; she had suffered no severe shock,
and she had nothing particular about which to
worry. Nevertheless. despite the fact that she
had made liberal use OF drugs. she could not
sleep as she had formerly been able to do.
Questioned closely She recalled that her
seeplessness had begun after a somewhat
strenuous working period 1t further appeared
that she was of an intensely active mentality
7nd was forever thinking about her work. Re
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-17

(IT HERE are no jobs in New York
and there will be none for
Il months
In this terse sentence Miss
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-25
MIDvALE ABSoRBS BIG PLANT.
Poole Engineering Co., with sI7.-
OOO.OOO Contract, Taken In.

BALTIMORE, Dec. 2A.-All n. pre-
lim!naries have been practically COM
pleted for the absorption of the Poole
Engineering Company by the Nidvale
steel Company.
Information available az to the deal IS
that a large and powerful syndicate In
New York. composed OF several OF the
biggest steel ami banking men in the
United states. secured some days ago an
option on Poole stock, The belief is tina
the stock amounts to ST. O0. 900 and Is
controlled by President ). Proctor Brady
of the Poo company n associates.
The remaining 81. 900. 900 of the stock
was underwritten three weeks ago and
sold to local investors. saw a good sized
block, which went to a New York syndi-
cate.
The option has been exercised. 1t IL
understood, and the control OF the big
nov at work on ST. 900. 900
worth Of wal orders. will pass into new
hands.
As a result OF tho deal the new stock
of the company. which was issued about
three weeks ago NJ %. went up to-day on
the Baltimore exchange 10 1877 and on the
curb to $50. Ii IL at the latter figure
that President Brady Is said to have
disposed OF his interests.
The company has had a rapid growth
800 men TO one now having 3 500 en-
ployees. all OF whom have received as a
Christmas Gift a bonus OF 7 per cent.