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The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-12
Correspondent Visits Laby-
 Hnth and Describes War
Sees Church Take Fire.

We turned our glasses on the other end of the village. A column of black smoke was rising where the church had caught fire.
 Where are the German trenches Y l asked the major, my guide.
 "Fll show you," he answered and or dered a soldier to telephone q message to seventy five" battery at our rear,
 The soldier disappeared. "Watchr' said the officer
 There were two sharp explosions be- hind us, two puffs of smoke out on the horizon before us, about a mile away.
 That's where they are," the officer said. Both shells went right in them.'
 Away to the right of the village, now reduced to ruins, was Neuville-St. Vaast, still occupied by both French and Germans, the former slowly retak- ing 1t, house by house. We were about half a mile away. We could see little, for In this business of house to house occupation most of the fighting is in the cellars.
 Suddenly 1 heard a tremendous ex- plosion and saw great mass of ma sorry and debris of all descriptions fly ing high i'll the air l knew just what had happened The French had ex- ploded mine Much of the debris saw flying through space had been German soldiers a few seconds before
 Hears Yell of Victory.
 Before the smoke died away we heard a savage yell. That was the French cry of victory Then we heard rapid cracking of rifes-the sign that the French had advanced across the space between the houses to finish the work their mine had left undone. A cry from a soldier warned us of q German aeroplane overhead A French aeropane appeared, and the German made off. They usually do, as the ma | iority of German aerOnauts carry only rifles; the French now all have mitrai | leuses X fight between them Is un equal, and the inequality is not easily overcome, for the German machines are too light for mitrailleuses. Four French machines were now cir cling above, and the German batteries opened fire on them. It was a beauti ful sight We could not hear the shells | explode. but we could see little feath cry white clouds suddenly appear as ii some giant invisible hand had just put them there high up in the sky. An other appeared and another. Ther( were several dozen little white clouds vividly outlined against the blue be fore the French machines. all un touched, turned back toward their owr lines
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-12
MANY MILLS CLOSE DOWN.

Shut Off From All the Worlds Markets,
 kaiser's War Chiefs Feel Anxiety
 Lest They May Not Be Able to Pro-
 vide Sufficient New Winter Uniforms
 For Their Armies.
 The problem of insuring future sup ply of uniforms for her great armies of fighters, while at the same time old men and the women and children, Is causing official Germany more real anxiety than the troublesome question of securing food supplies for all her people.
 Experts i'll the wool and cotton trade declare that since Germany has been cut off from the wool and cotton mar kets of the world by reason of the al lies blockade she faces the grave dan ger of inability to clothe her soldiers properly many months longer and may have great difficulty in prosecuting an- other winter campaign if the war lasts until the snow flies again
 Germany obtained the wool she used in her manufactures mainly from Aus tralia and New Zealand through the London markets and from South Amer lea, chiefly the Argentine Republic and Montevideo. The London market is now denied her of course, and she is cut off also from South American ports Some of her stocks came from Russia, but they consisted of carpet wool,' and the war stopped business in that direction. She obtained comparative ly small quantities of carpet wool from Turkey. but Turkey is in the war and the Turks need all their own wool
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-12
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION
 COMPLETES SURVEY

Little Rock, June 12.-The State Highway Commission has completed the survey of the proposed Russeville- Harrison highway, and is now work ing on the plans and prof1les. It will be one of the most important high ways of the state, as it will connect the Arkansas river valley with the rich country North of the Ozarks. The territory through which it passes, es- pecially Northern Pope and all of Newton county, presents some of the most serious problems of highway engineering in the state. The en- gineers, however, by following streams and defiles, have secured a survey of a road with maximum grade of 2 per cent. The citizens all along the route are deeply interested in the pro- position, and are pushing it to as spedy completion as possible.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-12
FIRST COTTON BLOOM
 IN LITTLE ROCK

Little Rock, June 12.-The first cot ton bloom of the season made it's ap- pearance on the Board of Trade We'd nesday. It was brought in from the Fletcher plantation, six miles East of Little Rock, by E. F. Harper, the man. ager. This is the earliest on record. The first in 1914 was on June 12, and in 1913 on June 19.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-12
In Midst of Battle.

One could not tell from the nearness of the artillery fire whether it was from friend or foe. I finally determin- ed that when a battery fired fast 1t was French, for the German fire is be- coming more intermittent every day.
 Late one afternoon, coming out of a trench int" q green meadow, l sudden ly found myself planted against q mud bank made of dirt taken from the trenches We were just at the crest of a hill In khaki clothes 1 was of the same color as the mud bank, so an of ficer told me l was in fairly safe po- sition.
 We hattened ourselves casually against our mud bank, carefully ad- justed our glasses, turned them toward the valley before us, whence came the sound of exploding shells, and calmly watched village developing into noth- ingness in the sunset.
 There was a loud explosion, a roll of dense black smoke, which was pene- trated quickly enough by the long, hor- Nontal rays of the descending sun to permit the sight of tumbling roofs and crumbling walls. After few seconds lntermiSSion there was another explo- Sion and what looked like public school in the main street sagged sud denly into a jagged pile of stones.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-12

Buy a hat while the Bankrupt Sale is on at Mrs Shankle's Millinery Store. Advt.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-12
WATCHES VILLAGE BLOWN UP

r,o,.tness Tells of Thrilling Scenes In Great Fight North of Arras s- De-
 s+ruction by Artillery and Mines, a
 sayonet Charge, Aeroplanes Soaring Throuqh Rain of Shrapnel.
 What the fighting is like in the laby- rinth that vast amazing stretch of al- most interminging trenches around .rras in northern France, the scene of ora of the fiercest series of battles in the history of the world. Is thrillingly described by Wythe Williams in dis match to the New York Times.
 cannot minutely describe the con aict. No one can do that at this stage, says the correspondent.
 Tn many places in this giant battle field it was impossible for me to say where were the Germans and where the French, so completely was I turn cd around on account of the constant zigzag of the trench lines. Sometimes when I thought I was safely going in the direction of the French l was haul ed back by officers, who told me l was heading into the German line.
 1 sometimes felt that the German lines were on three sides, and often was quite correct On the other hand the French lines often almost com pletely surrounded the German.
The Prescott daily news., 1915-06-12

For Auto service phone. 65.-S. Gautsche. Advt. 525
The state herald., 1915-11-19
Heating to Offer child labor Law.

Washington On the opening day
OF Congress. Senator owen Of okla.
homa and Representative kca,lnR ~
Colorado will introduce simultaneous.
~ nj the opposite ends OF the capitol
child labor bill which provides that
where II Ia shown that one child In
employed In violation of lts proyi.
alonn the entire product of the inu,i,
tuition ahall he considered tainted and
barred from interstate commerce pn,
III the concern purgea itself by re-.
moving the condition complained Of
The state herald., 1915-11-19
NEuTRALs' PEACE CONFERENCE,
Or. Jordan Asks President Wilson to
Join In Call for Meeting.

Washington.-David Starr Jordan,
chancellor OF Leland Stanford Uni
versity and head OF the International
Peace Congress recently held in San
Francisco. told President Wilson that
"A auasi-official meeting of neutral ma
tions probably will be held some
time before Christmas. either at The
Hague. Berne or Copenhagen, to at
tempt to bring about. peace in
Europe.
DR.. Jordan conveyed TO the Presi-
dent a resolution from the peace
congress urging him TO cooperate
with other neutrals In calling such a
conference and statement declar-
ing that rs n result of recent mis-.
sions to the governments OF the war
ring nations. Il could be stated that,
while the nations at war were not
willing themselves to begin negotia-
tions for peace. there Is neyerthe.
less abundant evidence that those
charged with the ndministi alton OF
the foreign policies OF these nations
would welcome or at least not op-
pose affirmative action by neutral
agency to bring about a peace based
ON international Justice"
The state herald., 1915-11-19
SERBS FIGHTING FIERcELY.
Allies Fear Greeks viii Strike from
Behind and Disarm Troops.


London.-The intimation of the
Greek government that any entente
allied troops seeking refuge In Greek
territory will be disarmed has been
the source OF considerable anxiety to
the entente powers, and consequently
Field Marshal Earl Kitchener's near
East visit gains added Importance.
According TO belated dispatches re-
eeiyed from Athens, Greece bases her
decision on international law, while
the entente ministers contend that
the right accorded troops to enter the
country through Saloniki permits them
10 retire by the same route. should
1t become necessary for them TO do So
The ministers are demanding that
Greece unequivocally define the atti
tude she will observe should such an
syentuality present itself.
In the district northwest OF Uskup
the serbians s,ill hold the Katchanily
defile. barring the Bulgarians from the
great plain OF Kosovo, while to the
southwest OF Uskup desperate strug
gle has taken place for the possession
Of Tetoyo, which has changed hands
several times.
The state herald., 1915-11-19
JAPAN RULER CROWNED
CEREMONY AMID SCENES OF
GORGEOUS sPLENDoR.
Guthrie Receives Gift from Emperor
Ancient Rites Observed.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Kioto.-For the first time in history
the people OF Japan and representa-.
tives of the people of foreign lands
were present at the coronation OF a
Mikado, when Yoshihito, son OF Nut
suhito, acceded to the throne Of Nip
pom. Emperor Yoshohito, in COM
memoration of the coronation, be-
slowed decorations on the ambassa-
dors and ministers to Japan-with tine
exception of the American and Swiss
representatives, who are prevented by
the laws Of their countries from ao-
cepting such decorations. In view of
this fact the Emperor presented to
Mrs Guthrie a golden lacquer box.
On account of lack of sufficient
space it was necessary to abandon the
plan of inviting the suites of the
American and other diplomatic repre-
sentatives. They attended the second
coronation ceremony. In Shishiiden
hall.
The United States cruiser Saratoga,
flagship of the Asiatic fleet, arrived
at Kobe and gave the salute.
Most OF the diplomats and special
ENJOYS were quartered at the Kioto
hotel. which had been refurnished
from cellar to roof. Every article
used was manufactured under the di-
rection of the imperial household,
constituting one Of the items in the
s5,OOO.0OO budget provided to pay the
expenses of the coronation.
The state herald., 1915-11-19
TEUTONIC ENVOY
BOMB PLOT HEAD
UNITED STATES OFFICERS TRACE
FIRES, FRAUDS AND BLASTS
TO DOOR OF EMBASSY.
LEADER BEYOND LAW"
FEDERAL ATTORNEY ADMITS HE
CAN'T TAKE ACTION AGAINST
MINISTER TERRORIST.
western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
New York.-A man beyond the
law is at the head of the bomb plots
and passport frauds recently un-
eaTthed by federal operatives, high
government official declared Monday.
He refused to name the master-plot-
ter but admitted the cause. of the
trouble was connected with either the
Austrian or German diplomatic corps.
Under the law, we cannot prose-
cute the diplomatic representative Of
4 foreign power" he said.
Robert Fay, selfstyled lieutenant in
,he German army, and by his own
confession head OF a gang of bomb
makers that sought TO disable or de-
stroy munition.laden ships sailing
from New York to the entente allies,
told the story of his life to Assistant
United States District Attorney Knox.
Fay talked freely, fully and of his
own yolition for five hours without in
terruption. What he said was not
made public, but at the conclusion of
the session Mr.. Knox announced that
all Fay wanted to do was to plead
guilty to the governments charge
against him and go to jail
"Five cases of this sort lead back
10 four sources" Mr.. Wood said.
They are the Fay case, the Buenz
sase and the three passport cases.
In none of the cases did the actual
defendants know what the defendants
In the other cases were doing. The
four sources, however directing these
five cases are very close together
Tery. 1t is my belief that these four
men all reported to and took their or
ders from the fifth man, who was the
director of all trouble of this sort in
the United States"
IF you could prove this" Mr.. Wood
was asked, would you or could you
prosecute this fifth MANI"
''All can say to that" he replied.
lis that. under the law, we cannot
prosecute any diplomatic representa-
i've OF foreign country"
The state herald., 1915-11-19
Ane,nn R,pnris confllo,.

Washington. italian and Austrian
official reports are In direct conflict
M TO the facts In the sinking OF the
lincr Ancona by mn Austrian sub
marine. or eleven Americans who
were on board tho Italian steamship
Ancona when she was sunk by n sub
marine off tho Tuniaian coast. only
two were saved. according to n state
ment issued by the Italian emigration
office,
The statement, also says that out ol
boT passengers aud crew Of the An
coma. only 300 were saved.
The state herald., 1915-11-19
promInsn, Negro Leader Is Dead.

Tuskcgee, Ala,-Booker I. Washing
ton. foremost teacher and leader OF
the negro race. died at his homo here,
near the Tuskegee Institute. OF which
he was founder and president. Hard.
ening OF the arteries following a ner.
yous breakdown caused death four
hours after DR.. Washington arrived
from New York
The state herald., 1915-11-19
France to Give ,iso.ooo.ooo Order.

New York-Flvc members OF the
French Industrial and Commercial
commiasion landed here from the
steamship Lafayette. and said they
came to arrange for the purchase. at
the conclusion OF the war. OF at least
si60.o000OO worth OF structural Iron
and steel machinery and industrial
supplies.
The state herald., 1915-11-19
Election Closes rIf,y.rwo Saloons.

Temple. Tex Bell County voted
"dry" In u local option election. The
total vote was 1884 for prohibition aud
s,aii against Three years ago tn.
county went wet by III majority
r'ifty.two saloons were abolished by
the election.
The state herald., 1915-11-19
Emperor Of Japan Thanrs presIden,

washington,-p Wilson re.
cciycd message from the emperor
OF Japan thanking him for his con.
gratulatioua ON the accession Of tho
emperor TO the throne and expressing
the hope TINT the good rotations be.
tween the two countries may con.
tinuc.
The state herald., 1915-11-19
Famine Grows; mea, 50 a Pound.

Copcnhagon.-A Danish journalist
who has just returned from Austro,
Hungary states that the civil popula.
tion In desperate owing to lack OF
food A pound OF mont, he says, costs
81. The overwhelming majority Of the
people iH near starvation. promi.
nont citizens have declared. openly.
that Austria does not want territory;
she wants peace.
The state herald., 1915-11-19
Healthy.

How is the climate out herey''
asked tho intending purchaser.
Great" exclaimed the real estate
agent Finest In the world. Why.
wo haven't had but one death hcre In
tho last ton years. and that was q
doctor who died OF starvation"
The state herald., 1915-11-19
NINA n,t,a,,d, p,eI.t,, o,ll,,

Douglas. ArlE Gen T.. Elias calloA
announced the receipt Of an official
dispatch stating that Gen. Francisco
urhaioio. commanding Villas Ynuui
indians. was defeated by Gen. Dicsuos
at Carlo, thirty miles north Of normo,
uilln
The state herald., 1915-11-19
lden,ltle. slayer of woodmsn official,

Wichita. Kan. - Arthur Houser.
brought here from indianapolis. was
identified by Miss Grace Slater as
being the slayer OF william H. Smith.
national secretary OF the woodmen OF
the World who was murdered IN
Omaha Oct. i6
The state herald., 1915-11-19
Grants partial lnatra.,.

Jefferson City. Mo.-Thr Missouri
public service commission granted the
railroads OF Missouri partial increases
IN freight and passenger rates.
The state herald., 1915-11-19
rah Favor. Roo, tot pr,.Ia,n,.

Chicago, ,-Eiihu Root, without quail.
fication. In tho opinion Of william
Howard Taft. Ia the one man of to.
day who answers the requirement for
prcaidont OF the United States
The state herald., 1915-11-19
Russian National Deb, ,s,s97. 400 .9ss

Potrograd.-Aooording 10 estimates
OF tho State Credit department. the
national debt In January. 1916. viii
amount to ss,3s7, ,is9,esb. or s3.lG0..
7li.l0b more than last year
The state herald., 1915-11-19
Wan, 10000 Troop. In sa., Africa,

cnpotown, The government recruit.
Ing committee has called for another
10000 men for service In tho German
East Africa
The state herald., 1915-11-19

Rome.-The Italian steamship Bos
mia has been sunk by n submarine
flying the Austrian flag. The pas
sengers and crew of the liner boarded
four lifeboats. Three of these craft
have landed, but the fate Of more
than score of persons in the fourth
boat is not known.
The state herald., 1915-11-19
us. TO PROBE WAR PLOT
GERMANS SPEND $3o,oo0,oo0 Tc
TERRoRlzE AMERICA.
Former British Admiralty Head Not
Willing to Cccept War Responsi.
biIity Unless Sharing IN Control.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, Nov. 13.- Published
charges, attributed to DR.. Joseph Gori
car, former Austro-Hungarian consul
at San Francisco, that Austrian con
suls in the United States, working un
der the direction of Consul General
Won Nuber and Count Won Bernstorff
the German ambassador, are active in
propaganda for destruction OF mum
tions factories and fomenting strikes
among the workers, will be referred
by the State Department to the depart
ment of justice for investigation.
The Austrian embassy here de
nounced Goricar's published statement
as untrue in every particular, and an
nounced 1t would try to find some way
to prosecute him for y. Goricar. the
embassy said, left his post on leave
and failed TO return.
DR.. Goricar's statement, in part, fol
lows:
THE United States is not awake to
the danger which threatens her from
the activities of German and Austrian
agents, who, since the beginning OF
the war, have spent from s30.000,000
to s4O,OO0,000 in this country in their
efforts to destroy life and property.
Il charge that the German ambassa-
dor, knowing that the Austrian con
Bulates have far more influence
among their people here than the
German consulates have among
theirs. has worked through former
Ambassador Dumba and Consul Gen
Won Nuber to cause every consulate
in the United States TO become a
center for intrigue OF the most crimi.
nal character"
The state herald., 1915-11-19
Booker Washington breaks Down.

New York-Dr, Booker T. Wash.
nElon principal OF Tuskogcc lnati,
tutr. In confined 10 local hospital.
suffering from nervous breakdown.
The state herald., 1915-11-19

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Great Bend, Kan.-The death oil
Mrs. Marion Johnson increased to
eight the list of deaths resulting from
the tornado here.
Great Bend, Kansas, Nov. IL
Six persons were killed and more
than 100 injured, many seriously, in
cyclone which swept through the
residence section OF Great Bend at
1880 o'clock Wednesday night.
The property loss is estimated at
100000. Half of the town was de-
molished. Many persons were i'm
prisoned in the debris. The city wa
ter plant, laundry, three Touring
mills, the Santa Fe depot and fifty
residences were demolished.
Several thousand sheep were killed,
the animals being hurled into the air
as the cyclone struck their feeding
pens The city last night was in to-
tai darkness and without water sup
ply.
Great damage was done in the
country southwest OF here from which
direction the cyclone approached
without warning.
Santa Fe passenger train No 5 mar
rowly escaped the path OF the twister.
which swept through the southern
part Of the city.
Many of those injured were caught
beneath their homes, which we're
picked up from their foundations and
twisted and crushed into a mass of
debris.
Fire broke out in several of the
residences, and, as the city was with
out fire protection, they burned to
the ground.
Walnut Creek. Moses Brothers and
the Hume Companies were the three
flouring mills destroyed. In these
structures several men working
night shifts were killed.
A long string of freight cars were
overturned by the cyclone when the
Santa Fe depot crashed in.
A path three-quarters of mile
long and several blocks in width was
cut through the residence district.
Here the heaviest toll OF life was ex-
acted.
The people of the town immedi-
ately responded as voluntary rescu-
ers and the work OF searching the
ruins progressed In a steady down
pour of rain that followed the cy-
clone.
Moro than forty OF the injured
were being attended in St Roses hos
pital. Physicians from Great Bend
and surrounding towns were sum
moned.
The tornado is reported to have
struck first a house on the Moses
ranch eight miles south OF Great
Bend. The Riverside steam laundry
near the bridge over the Arkansas
river was the first building struck
when the tornado hit the town. II
was completely destroyed.
Wichita. Kan. Ncv. ll.-ono Mexi'
can section hand was killed, seven
others were injured and property val.
ued at about $4,000 destroyed by u
tornado which struck Derby, n small
town eleven miles south OF Wichita.
The twlster travelled along the banks
OF the Arkansas river. A dozen farm
homes. the Santa Fe railroad station.
one store building and score OF bunk
cars occupied by the Mexican labor.
ers were demolished.
Omaha. Neb.. Nov II. High winds.
rain and snow swept over Nebraska.
South Dakota. Iowa and Kansas last
night. Four persons were injured ut
Hartford. S. d.. which was visited
twice by the same tornado.
Among the towns In which build.
ings were reported destroyed were
Clafin. Hoisington. Larnod, Kan, aud
/ Hartford, s. ID.
/ Famine Grows; Meat So a Pound.
I Copcnhagon.-A Danish Journalist
whn Inns inst returnnd from Auat,n
The state herald., 1915-11-19

London. Nov. 13.-lt is officially an
nounced that Winston Spencer
Churchill. chancellor OF the duchy OF
Lancaster. has resigned from the cab
met and will join the army In France
Mr.. Churchill. In his letter OF resigna
ton. explains that he agrees In the
formation OF a small war council. and
appreciates the intention which Pre-
mier Asquith expressed to include him
among its members.
Rumors had been current for some
time that Mr.. Churchill would resign
his seat In the cabinet and 20 out on
active service at the front.
He is major in the oxford Yeo
manry. Mr.. Churchill was serving as
first lord OF the admiralty when the
war began and filled that office until
the formation OF the coalition cabinet