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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-15

A l3-year-old boy di dthe princi
pal work in giving word of the first
new7 of the destructive earthquake.
He hunted up railroad employee
ana persuaded him to man-up a tele-
graph instrument in freight car, tap
the wire, and send the news to Rome.
priest at Sora rushed beneath an
arch of rock at the first shock. Sev-
en- lives were saved by the arch hold.
ing up falling masonry The priests
acolytes, who did not run, were killed.
The toll of death and Injured In
the great earquake that has swept
over central ard southern Italy has
not yet been made up, but all ad-
vices reaching Rome indicate the
ever-growing extent of the disaster.
The estimates ran last night from
2j,OOO to $4,000 dead and injured.
and yet there are several sections
which undoubtedly felt the earth
quake in full measure from whica
no estimates can be obtained.
In the ancient territory of Marsi
which includes Avez2ano, the victims
are placed at 10000. In Sora. some
twenty-five miles to the southwest.
1000 lives were lost.
King Victor Emmanuel is on the
scene at Ayezzano and 10000 soldiers
have been dispatched to the various
centers where the force of the dis
turbance was greatest.
So far as is known, about twenty
towns have been absolutely leveled.
while an almost equal number suf.
fered serious damage. In all these
places persons were killed or injured.
Volunteers, work herolcally in the
ruins endeavoring to cxtricate the
wounded or rescue the bodies of the
dead. King Victor Emmanuel him
self directed the work at Avezzano.
where the piteous appeals of persons
caught beneath wreckage could be
heard plainly.
IL is estimated that in Avezzano
1000 persons are buried alive. some
of them school children in an insti-
tuition which collapsed. Only four
soldiers of the garrison of 400 in
the town escaped when the barracks
fell.
Sora. with its population of co.
600, was almost entirely destroyed
All the municipal and government
authorities perished. Four hundred
and fifty bodies already have been
taken from the ruins there, and
large number of injured are under
treatment
Trains arriving in Rome from the
east are bringing hundreds Of in
jured into Rome, where they are
being taken to hospitals and private
houses for treatment Surgeons and
nurses are being dispatched from all
directions.
Among the towns which are said
10 have been virtually destroyed are
Avezzano. Sora, Capelle, Magliano,
Marse, Massadalbe, Collarmel, Ger
chic Celano. Lelli, Paterno. San Fe-
limo. Giosamarsi, Scurcola, Capistrel-
10. Antrosano and Castronoyme,
while Pescina, ortonamarsi, Samtel-
imo, San Benedetto, Ortuschio. Cocul-
10, Bisegna Palsorano, Canistro. Civ
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-15

committee feels that it is more than
giving ne worth OF the price of
admission tO those who will attend.
Make your arrangements to attend
the performance right now. Call up
any of the Elis. and they will be
glad to furnish you with tickets. 1t
will be the event OF the year, and
you cannot afford to miss it.
At the opera house Wednesday.
Jan. 90.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-15
EFFICIENCY is INCREASED.
Russian Workmen Said to Be 30 to
so Per Cent More Efficient.

Petrograd, Jan. 15--An official an
nouncement estimates that the pro-
ductive efficiency of the Russian
workmen has increased thirty to
fifty per cent since the sale of al
cnhol was abolished.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-15
IMiNATlON is ALLEGED
Fort Worth and Dallas Complain that
Railroads Discriminate.

Washington, Jan. l5.-Fort Worth
and Dallas. Texas, business interests
have filed complaints with the. inter
state commerce commission that the
railroads unjustly discriminate
against these two cities in favor of
TeXarkana and Shreveport on carload
lots
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-15
jan Army Corps to Europe

Toxic, Jan. 15.-The Japanese volun-
teer movement, backed by private cit
izens. announces that it intends TO
send an army corps to Europe. They
are expecting the money for the ex-
pedition to be subscribed Independent
of the government.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-15

itellandantino, Castellafiuma, Pagli-
otra and Sorba are damaged badly.
From many other places come re-
ports of slighter damage to property
and minor casualties.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-15
TWENTY THOUSAND DEAD AND
FORTY THOUSAND INJURED

rodays Estimate of Earthquake in Italy Gives these Fig
ures-Hundreds and Possibly Thousands of Victims
Still Buried Alive in Wreckage of their Homes
Heaviest Loss of Life About Two Towns of Avezza-
and SOra in the Same District-King of Italy AS
ssts in Caring for Victims-Th Thirteen ear-Od Boy
Did Principal Work in Giving Word of First News
of the Earthquake to ROme-Injured Man at Avez-
zanO Says that Shock Gave Him Sensation as of
Someone Forcing Him to Dance-Priest Saved Sew
Ell Lives by Holding up Masonry.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-15
Seized Vessels Under Bond.

Washington, ID. c., Jan. 15.-It is an
nOunced that hereafter a ship detain-
cd for the British prize courts, will be
released under bonds in the discretion
of the prize court Judge
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-15

Rome, Jan. 15.--A Reuter- dispatch
from Teheran says, the Turkish in
yaders in Tabriz are pushing to the in
terror of Persia. The governors of
three Persian towns have been shot
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-15
Stole BaptismaI Trousers.

Dallas. Tex, Jan. 15.-Burglars last
night stole the rubber baptismal
trousers of DR.. Henry Afford, pastor
of the CASTOR Avenue Baptist church
here They took nothing else
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-15
GERMAN OFFICIAL STATEMENT
SAYS PROCRESSBY EITHER SIDE

Although Heavy Fighting is Reported at Many Points
Along the Line in France, no Marked Progress Was
Made-Paris Reports that the British Sunday
Stormed the German Position Near Labasse Ad-
vancing One Mile, With Small British Losses and
Heavy Losses on the Part of the Germans-Rus-
slams Say Germans are Concentrating Large Num-
Der of Men in Northern Hungary Near the Russian
Lines, and Attack on Russians There is Expected
Governors of Three Towns in Persia Shot by the
Turks.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-15
Naval Officer Dead.

London, Jan. 15.-The death Of
Vice-Admiral Sir George S. Mares of
the royal navy, retired. is announced
He was a famous Arctic explorer.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-15
Nav Wheat Broke TODAY.

Chicago. H., Jan. 15.-In the first
minute of trading May wheat broke
on the war records today, reaching
81 As 5-S.
Wheat later rose to s1ilLs.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-15
Allied Gains in Belgium.

PARIS JAM 15-A French official statement barely
mentions the great battle at Sossons today saying the
Germans captured village near there and then the
French drove them out. Allies successes reported
at several small Belgian points. The French have cap
tured some trenches in the Vosges
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-15
Germans Massing for Attack

PETROGRAD, Jan. 15.-The Russian general staff
believes that the Germans preparing for general
attack west and southwest of Warsaw Large bodies of
German troops are being massed in northern Hungary
within striking distance of the Russian lines.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-15
Heavy German Losses Claimed.

PARIS, Jan. 15.-The Havas agency says that last
Sunday the British stormed the important strategic po
sition near Labasse advancing one mile. The British
losses were small but the Germans lost heavily in dead
and prisoners.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-01-15

BERLIN, JAN ia German official statement re-
cords heavy fighting at many points along the French
front without marked advantage by either side.
Reports indicate that the fighting is much more ex-
tensive than it was few days ago. r
Near Warsaw the Germans made -9'0Fea Society
turing five hundred Russians.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04
CHAPTER 1.
Ia Search of Gold.

1TRANGE things breed in the
 deserts of southern California | some of them beautiful, J some of them symbolic of
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04

camp? l think I'll sec" So be wrap. ped himself in bis blanket again, but his eyes were open and turned on his partner.
 A few moments later Gallon came to camp, heavy footed, as if half asleep. dropped his hammer and kicked the fire to a blaze.
 If l had proper partner there would be coffee for me-" be said in to tone loud enough to reach the sleeper.
 "What's the matter, old pal?" asked Wilkerson, apparently drowsy.
 "Oh. nothing." said Gallon. "I just thought you might have left some cof- fee"
 Did not find anything. did you. part nerW asked Wilkerson.
 "Nopey nothing doing. Guess those Indians did not give me the right bunch"
 Wilkerson turned over as if once more going to sleep, but his eyes were open. and he saw Gallon marking down some notes on piece of paper. Did you say the Indians did not
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Not an Honorable Ancestry.
Worcester Telegram.

Worcester Telegram.
 Hundreds of thousands of people in this country can trace their ancestry back to ancient pirates sturdy and wicked tramps of the oceans, and they are not ashamed of that origin. Pi- rates murdered and otherwise mal- treated victims for gain and the jolli- fications they enjoyed. There is no record of any of them having mur- dered mothers and infants for the sake of sinking the wealth which surround ed them. This world will be changed radically before any people will sur vive the next three generations and point back with pride of having been the descendants of the modern pirates who caused the sinking of the Lusi- tania. There is nothing in words to express glory in that useless slaugh- ter.
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sionals was at the Empire Theaters Z the dressingrooms there were all on the right of the stage with the excep- tion of one in remote corner, which was given me.
 "1 had been told that in a regular company the actors were notified at the half hour, the quarter hour, and the overture; but, as it happened, there was no overture on that occa- sion. l didn't want to go on without being called, and seem to be an anna teur, and they forgot all about me un- til l was missing from the scene, and l was sent for in what might be mild ly termed a hurry. It was a very hot afternoon in May, and I was sitting made up with my hat on and neg lige instead of dress. Distractedly throwing on skirt and seizing fea- ther boa and jacket, I dashed for the stage and entered-through the lake, much to the amusement of the au- dience and the consternation of the manager, who told me what he thought of me; and I was ill. for week with modification, and decided to abandon forever a profession fraught with such perils."
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04
HOW FRENCH PEOPLE
 CURE STOMACH TROUBLE

A household remedy of the French ppgSaSantry, consisting of pu.e vegetable 3n' and said to possess wonderful merit m 'ne treatment of stomach, liver and ;"'estinal troubles, has been introduced H s uls country by George II. Mayr, who io' twenty years has been one of the Sad'ng downtown druggists of Chi vaso and who himself was cured by its ,, gse. So quick and effective IS its action h blat a single dose Is usually enough to o'lhg pronounced relief in the most %Suooorn cases. and many people who o nave tired 1t declare they never heard rs ra anything to produce such remarkable eSS,S ,s lu so short time. It is known Ss M2yrs Wonderful Remedy and can iVW It De had at all leading drug stores. n IS sold with the positive understand ms that your money will be refunded hh!hout question or bubble if ONE te.e tSoa!e iails to give you absolute satis-
 TOT Sale by Hesterly Drug Store.
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l4-1J some of them symbolic of endless and terrible thirst
 There are three thirsts in this world: That for wealth; the one for life; great est of all, tue thirst for love-
 The first and the last expression of cur civilization is the locked door, and from the time the primal carpenter laid down his tools and went within his rude house the door has stood for all time defense and an opportunity. In the long vista of life we find many locked doors and gates-doors to hap piness. to life and to love.
 Fancy to yourselves thirsty men knocking with scared knuckles on these doors. Then realize that sooner or later experience tells them that they cannot enter without a key. "Who holds the master key to all these lock ed doors?" we cry.
 This was the silent question in the hearts of two men, wearily struggling through the sage brush toward the sharp ridges of the San Jacinto noun lHlIlS III Stuliltl II 1tillul
 'I wonder" said Thomas Gallon, fin gering his prospector's guide, whether we will find that gold-the gold the Indians told us about Yes. 1 must find that gold"
 You don't seem to realize that you have a partner" snarled Wilkerson. You are always talking about Ill Haven't got a share in this? !? Haven't I dug up money? And yet you don't seem to think that I've any concern in this matter"
 Excuse me, partner" said the other man. fixing his dim gaze on the noun. tain. "Fm always thinking of that girl of mine You know she's in school. and she's got to have a good education, and I've got to work to pay for it. Excuse me. partner; you know l did not mean 1t that way, but when I remember her mother"- He broke off abruptly, and both men stopped.
 "Her mother" asked Wikerson.
 "Yes, her mother" choked Gallon. "Tbe girl deserves the best there Is in this world. I'm all she's got, and. by heavens"-he shook hls fist toward the distant blue hills~"she shall have 1t If have to tear that mountain apart with my finger nails"
 Well" said Wilkerson impatiently. "let's camp I'm thirsty"
 They stopped in the shade of the fal- low plume of the Yucca and made their little fire for coffee, but before the blaze was we'll started Wilkerson picked up the water bag and took a long drink His companion suddenly dashed in anger.
 Say. partner," he said sternly, that water has to last us clear to the noun tains"
 Wilkerson flung his head back and laughed "Why worry2 Don't you see the snow there on San Jacinto peak? That means creeks down every ravine and gulch."
 Instantly Gallons eyes dulled He seemed to once more subside into dream
 "There's where they said the gold was" he muttered -ln one of them gulches up there. Goldl Gold! Say, Wilkerson. we'll get that gold. but we must save the water l didn't mean my harm. partner for calling you down for drinking that water. but I've got to get that gold"
 Wikerson once more reached for the water and took a long draft.
 "i guess this will last till we reach those foothills" he said But his com. panion paid no attention to him, stol idly preparing their slender meal of coffee and beans.
 When they had eaten Gallon brusque- ly- motioned to Wllkerson to clean up
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MY MANURE SHED
By Ellsworth Brown.

Six per cent interest is received an nually on 5000 spent for wo-story manure shed, dimensions 26x37 feet, erected on my farm in Mercer County Pennsylvania, in the summer of 1914. The building shed and place for the pigs to exercise. The second story is used to store hay, straw, and corn fod- der.
 The manure shed is attached to the barn. This lessens the expense in handling the manure. The lower story on the building is 10 feet high. The manure, carrier track extends over head both in the COW stable and the horse stable. The COW manure and the horse manure are easily mixed. This prevents the manure from fire Tagging.
 When the weather is such that the manure can be hauled onto the field when fresh, the manure spreader is placed beneath the carrier track. The manure then is dumped from the car rier into the spreader. When the weather is inclement the manure is stored in piles in the manure shed.
 The manure shed is painted. It has windows in both stories. Doors 12 feet wide are placed near one end on opposite sides These doors will ad init three horses in one door and out the other one. This makes it pleas ant to load manure in the spreader on a cold day. The doors can be closed to prevent tho horses from getting cold while the manure is being loaded into the spreader.
 A cement floor is not needed in' a manure shed. Little fertility soaks into the ground because there is not any excess of moisture in the manure.
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the camp and then silently started up the gulch
 "l never heard of finding gold by moonlight" bis partner muttered to himself. Let the old man dig around if he wants to-" And immediately once more he yielded to his physical desires, this time for sleep.
 Gallon steadily trudged around the bluff. following the stream as best he could until he knew that he was abso lutely alone. Chance, the master of us all, delights in strange freaks. Now at this moment, when he felt hatred in his heart for his partner. when he knew that he had come on his final quest with d weakling to coddle along, Mis- tress Chance laid her quick finger on him and whispered, "Herer
 He heard that light whisper and dropped his gaze to the ground A mo- ment later he was furiously hammer. ing at the outcropping of rock that threw it's sharp shadow down the hill.
 Wiikerson turned sluggishly in his sleep
 ''I wonder where the old man is," he muttered to himself. Hes always prowling round O nights"
 What was that figure sinking around the bluff? Something in his partners attitude as be stopped directly in the full sheen of the moonlight made him pause.
 Hes got something," he thought Why does he not come down to
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DISAPPEAR AT ONCE

Bedbugs, ants, fleas, chicken mites, lice, potato and cabbage bugs, also mosquitoes, disappear almost at once when you fight them with Ross "Dead Quick" Spray. It is the fastest bug kill Ter in existence. Spray carpets before sweeping to keep down dust and kill moths. Sold in Prescott by Hesterly Drug Store
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04
DIsEASES OF THE SOIL

For the better part of a generation,
 - have been hearing of the exhaus-
 ,:s, w of the soil in this country. Aban
 1 .od farms in New England had to bo oiven up because they returned
 .uch poor crops that their further cul- .;,otion was not worth while. Impor- .,nt clements for plant life and growth ~ ~,oro said to have been ruthlessly talk au from them by wasteful farming and never restored, and it was pro- ahosied that the same thing would tonnen to our great farming lands in inc middle and Far West. The popu-
 or impression existed that the earth honaath our feet was "an inanimate mixing bowl out of which plants ate as cattle feed from the trough. What was not put in could obviously not be taken out and since chemical analy
 ss proved that plants do absorb min eral plant food elements, the bowl must quite as obviously run empty un- less we pour back as much as the crops took out" This seemed as eminently satisfactory theory. When the United States Bureau of Soils undertook an investigation, however, it found no basis for the general deterioration of the soil thus suggested. It did find that properly cultivated soil increased in fertility in the course of time, but that certain changes in the soil, which might we'll be called diseases" were responsible for the lessening of the crops; further, these diseases could be treated rather readily, once they were recognized. The whole story has many analogies with certain theo- ries of human diseases and with many medical problems. Out of this inves- tigation has come the interesting con- clusion that the soil is not dead set of minerals in a mixing bowl, but an organism having hitherto unpreceived likenesses to the body of man. Culti- vation seems to be to the rop-bear- ing earth what exercise and air are to human beings, and there are prob ably laws of hygiene and sanitation quite as applicable to the control of the soils health as to that of mankind.
 A generation ago, chemistry and physics were everywhere invading the blOlogic domain and apparently oust- ing biology from her place as mistress of the household and making it clear that living processes were due only to physical causes and effects. Now biology Is vindicating her claims not only in her own proper field, but also In borderlands where physics and chemistry were thought to hold ab- sOlutely ndisputable sway. The vital forces, in addition to retaining their own, says The Journal of The Ameri- can Medical Association, are extending their realm. This latest recognition Of the soil itself as strikingly like a livlng organism is not only scientifi- cally valuable but also eminently sug- gestlve of the trend of modern science.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04
famous Actress Describes Her First
 Blunder.

In the June American Magazine Margaret Anglin writes highly en- 'ertalamg article entitled, "The Ambi- 'lohs Of an Actress" It is a narrative ol her personal adventures on the stage and includes her account of many experiences with celebrities. In 'ne Following extract taken from her srtlcle Miss Anglin describes her first appearance on the stage and the dreadful blunder she made.
 My first experience with profes-
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ruE DAYS QUOTATIONS

:, Comn has had its day of song; '', The sword, the bayonet, the plume, ,,no crowded out of rhyme too long 'T The blow, the anvil and the loom!
 -Mackay.
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A check for $200 as a reward for the arrest of the men who robbed the Bank of Gillham has been turned over to the bank by the Aetna Acci dent and Liability Insurance Company to be paid to the men who made the capture.
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The Prescott Daily News
 eusLIsHED 6y -.. News Printing Go.

,,.ared as second class mail matter :, .nber 4th, 1905, at the postoffice No,e p.oscott Ark, under the act of rongress, z, March 3, 1879.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-04

Aunt-Has anybody been at these preserves? (Dead silence.) Have you touched them, Jimmy?
 Jimmy-Pa never lows me to talk at the Woman's Journal.
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DISTRIBUTING FOOD

Washington, D. C., June 3.-The distribution of the American Red Cross relief supplies was begun this morning in Monterey.