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The Prescott daily news., 1916-01-13
SHERIFFS SALE.

Notice is hereby given that in pur- suance of the authority and directions contained in judgement order of the Nevada County Court of Common Pleas made and entered at the October 1915 term of said court in a certain cause then pending therein between W. w. Rice as plaintiff and A. B. kel- lersohn as defendant, the undersigned, as sheriff of Nevada county, Arkansas will offer for sale at public vendue to the highest bidder, at the north door of the court house in which said court is h. q. in Nevada county, Arkansas, within the hours for judicial sales, on the 5ih day of February, 1916, the fol- lowing described real esv7te, toWit: The northwest quarter of the north west quarter of section l9 township eleven south range 21 west in Nevada county, Arkansas.
 Terms of Sale: On A credit of three months, the purchaser being re- quired to execute a bond as required by law, with approved security, bear ing ten per cent interest per annum from date of sale until paid, and lien being retained on the lands sold to secure the payment of the purchase money.
 Given under my hand this Sth day of January, 1916.
 SAM F. MUNN,
 Sheriff of Nevada County, Arkansas.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-01-13
III. SOIL TIlLAGE.
By De F. Hungerford, Assistant Az ronomi3t, College of Agriculture University of Arkansas.

By De F. Hungerford, Assistant Az,
 ronom13t, College of Agriculture,
 University of Arkansas.
 By constant observation and exper. lmentatlon farmers have learned that certain practices are necessary for the production of high yields.
 Preparation of a Good Seed Bed Among those practices of foremost importance is the preparation of a good seed bed. The little roots Of the young seedlings are too tender to 1orce their way very far into hard ground in search of food. If com. pelled to do so the amount of soil rom which they can draw food and moisture is necessarily limited, and consequently the plant is likely to be stunted.
 A good seed bed is deep, but not 100 loose. Land broken in the fall and left in the furrow over winter can be prepared for seeding by a thorough dlsking followed by a har.
 "' @"N II q NONtI crop mas been grown 1t should be broken again AS early as possible in the spring. This Is especially true if the cover crop ;s pastured A roller seldom benefits heavy soils except when a large amount of organic matter such as ma. nure or a green crop has been turned under just a short time before seed. ing
 Storing and Conserving Moisture: The water which falls upon the soil In the form of rain may be lost by running off from the surface. by evan. oratlon from the soil, by transpiratIon through the leaves of weeds. or bv percolation into the lower strata be. low the reach of plant roots. Loss by the first three processes can be materially reduced by proper tillage
 When the land has been deeplv broken the rain enters into 1t readily and is held there. but when the soil Is hard and compact most of the wa. ter rnns off into the stream channels.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-01-13
Soils and Soil
 Fertility
Eight Studies in Fundamental
 Agriculture.
EDITORS NOTE.


 The Extension Division of the Uni versity of Arkansas. in cooperation wItn the United States Department of Agriculture. will offer this year. through this paper. free correspond ence course in Soils and Soil Fertil- ny, consisting of eight lessons or ar ticles Those who wish to take rhls course should write to the Director of Extension Work, Univer- sity or Arkansas. Fayetteville, stating name, age. occupation, and stating that ne tor she) proposes to carry the work enroush Tor the eight lessons. farm CTS bulletin will be sent to supple ,heht lesson No. 1. and later for each iesson 1T the question blank be return e1 TOT the preceding lesson. These Dlanks will be sent with each bulletin rrecedlng lessons will be sent on re- quest' The lessons on Soil and Soil Fer ndlity Will consist of the following: CD 0Tlslhs and Functions of Soil. CD How 6s T ianls Feed and Grow. (3) Tiliage, (4) Dr4lnage' @ Organic Matter. (6) Crop rotatlon' @ Barnyard Manure. (S) Commercial Fertilizers.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-01-13

whore it Is Of no use 10 crops Not might have been used for future use. but the water running of the land washes away the richest part of the soil and causes gullios to form, thus rendering tillage operations more diff. hcult. After q rain the surface soil soon dries out by the evaporation of the water. If the soil Is compact, moisture is continually being drawn up from below by capillarity and evap- orated from the surface But if the top is stirred. a loose earth mulch Is formed which breaks up capillarity and reduces the loss.
 Weeds, however, cause the greatest loss of moisture from the soil. In the growth of one ton of weeds about four hundred tons of water Is used. which is equivalent to three and half inches of rainfall per acre. Weeds also take up the available plant food, thus robbng the crops and reducing the yield.
 Soil Ventilation: A thiid important benefit or thorough tillage results from the mixing of large amounts of air with the soil Air is needed by the beneficial soil organisms such as the nitrifying bacteria which makes the nitrogen of organic matter avail able, and it promotes the growth of those bacteria which make the nitro gen of the air available to plants.
 Fall vs. Spring Breaking: When time and weather conditions permit it is better to break the ground in the fall. This leaves 1t in a loose condi- tion ready to absorb the winter and spring rains and prevents washing and gullying. Where the land is rolling the furrows should run crosswise 10 the slope and should not be smoothed with harrow or drag unless a cover crop Is grown.
 Deep Breaking and Shallow Cultiva- tion As rule the soils of Arkansas are not broken deep enough to secure the best results Deep breaking re- quires the use of larger teams, but 1t pays because a larger amount of plant food is made available, and more moisture Is stored up for use in time of drought. An exception to this rule should be noted. however, in the case of light sandy soils. These are al- ready too loose and deep breaking is injurious. A good average depth for breaking Is six to seven inches for clay loans and clays. Very sandy soils should not be broken deeper than from three to four inches.
 After the ground has been broken deeply, shallow cultivation of titled crops such as corn. cotton, or potatoes is the best rule to follow Deep cuI. tivation destroys the fine feeding roots thus retarding the growth of the plants and destroying the beneficial effects of the deep breaking.
 Thousands are spent annually by nation, states and people in experi- ments to exterminate the chinch bug, Hessian fly and boil weevil Experts say that if one-half this annual out lay was expended in the propagation of birds that are known to be exter- minators of these pests better results would be obtained.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-01-13
s l F TIN G S
Farm and Ranch.

Some 5,000,000 are employed in the worlds mines, more than one third of them in the British empire.
 Guinea pigs are born with all their fur, their eyes open, and with suffi- cient teeth to enable them to eat solid food at once.
 Sugar exists not only in the cane, beet root and maple, but also in the sap of nearly 190 other plants and trees.
 A record in road d-making not unlike the old-fashioned barn and church raising contests has been achieved in the South, where 10 900 citizens turn cd to and in single day constructed 2 highway 150 miles long from Mem his, Tennessee, to Paducah, Kentuc-
 " The work ,Fas. of course, very 'o1Ph the e41tistiee e''o,,,irg that each '1"T v-''et ''~~c roAo -0 feet of road turing the hours o. work.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-01-13
THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST TU-
 BERCULOSIS.

Among the various phases of the public health movement in this coun- try of the last decade or two, the ef- fort toward the gradual radication of tuberculosis stands out prominently in its comprehensive planning and or ganzation. The field that, ten years ago, was almost barren of any organ zed machinery for the control of the disease, includes at present 1900 local antituberculosis organizations. 575 hospitals and sanatoriums, 45O special 1ispensaries, 1000 dispensary physi- ;lans, 1000 nurses and 400 open air schools. The total cost of creating and operating this machinery repre- sents an outlay of over $1OO,0O0,0OO of public and private funds.
 The results sc far achieved are shown in CD the steadily growing enlightenment of the people on the subject of tuberculosis, it's cause, methods of prevention and treatment: " NiS Sioduoiiy AdlliilS mortality from the disease Gin the registration area of 1902, the rate was 16.3 per 10000; in 1911, 13.2), and (3) the i'm petus given to the entire public health movement through concentration of public attention on a disease, the grad ual eradication of which is dependent on the realization of higher general health standards. The present lowee mortality marks the effect of the in- tensive educational campaign, of the steadily expanding system of institu- tlonal and home control of the disease and of the general improvement in the sanitary and economic conditions ty, bearing interest at the rate of 10 per cent per annum from date of sale until paid, and lien being re- tained on the premises sold to secure the payment of the purchase money. The purchaser may pay cost and avoid interest
 Given under my hand this 5th day of January, A. D. 1916.
 c. c. CALHOUN,
 Commissioner in Chancery
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-03-02
FORT WORTH, TEX, WOMAN
SAYS SHE KILLED MAN
Niece OF Senator Charles Culberson
Asserts She Shot Man Who
Wronged Her,

Fort Worth. Tex, Feb. 2G.-Nrs
Katherine Vance Harrison, fifteen
yearOld bride Of Charles Harrison
nephew of United States Senator
Charles CulbcrsOn of Texas, was re-
leased with her husband after they
had given $500 bail each to answer
charges Of murder filed against them
The police said Mrs. Harrison had
confessed that she shot and killed
w. II. Warren, a hotel proprietor,
claiming that he had wronged her be.
fore her marriage.
Warrcn's body was found, riddled
with bullets, at the side of a country
road near here, December p. There
were few clues to the identity Of his
slayer
On Saturday an arrest was made in
the case and much excitement en-.
sued, which was succeeded by the
greater sensation caused by the pc,
lice announcement that Mrs, Harrison,
to clear the suspected man had ad
mitted in a signed statement that she
was responsible for Warrens death
She invited Warren into her auto.
mobile, introduced him to her hus.
band and drove into the country, the
police statement said. At an isolated
spot she asked Warren TO get out and
see if a tire was fiat When he walked
around the car she shot him, accord
ing to the alleged confession.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-03-02
1853 PERISH WHEN
LINER HITS MINE
British Ship MaIoja Sent to Bot
tom in Dover Straits.
$50 PASSENGERS ON BOARD
Majority Believed to Have Been saved
Another Vessel Attempting to
Aid Victims Is Also
Destroyed.

London, Feb. 29.-The Peninsular
and Oriental line steamship MaloJa'
l2,431 tons gross, carrying approx,
mately $50 passengers and crew OF
about 200, mostly Lascars, was sunk
in the Straits of Dover on Sunday, pre-
sumably by striking a mine.
A majority of the passengers, ac-
cording to an official announcement,
were saved. An unofficial report says
that about twenty-five bodies were
landed at Dover. No Americans are
believed to have been aboard the
Maloja.
A Central News dispatch from Dover
states that the death roll in the loss
OF the Maloja has reached 1863.
The steamship Empress OF Fort VIII
liam Of 2l7l tons gross, while at
tempting to rescue the survivors OF
the Maloja, struck another mine and
sank in less than a half hour. The
crew of the Empress was saved by
other boats in the vicinity.
Reports also were received Of the
sinking OF two ether ships probably
by mines. the abandonment Of steam
er afire at sea, and the sinking OF two
ships in the Mediterranean by sub.
marine.
The scene Of the disaster to the
Maloja was ten miles off the port of
Dover and the explosion was so VIC
lent that houses along the water front
were shaken.
Relief boats quickly put out from
the harbOr OF Dover and succeeded in
picking up a number Of the Maloja =
passengers when the liner went down.
The Maloja carried in the first-cass
cabin % men, % women and seven
children. Among the passengers was
Justice Odheld OF the India high
courts.
The Peninsula and Oriental line
steamship MalOja was an Australian
mail boat and a sister boat Of the Per
STA, which was torpcdOcd and sunk Off
the Island of crete December 30 last
with the loss of 336 lives.
The Maloia was last reported rs
having arrived at Marscillc5 January
81, bound for London from Sydney.
The steamship was $50 feet long, G2
feet beam and "a feet deep. 1t was
built at Belfast in 1911.
The steamship Bright also has been
sunk Seventeen survivors have been
landed.
The British steamship Sucyer, from
New York February II, for Ilayre, has
been abandoned attire at sea, according
to dispatch to Lloyds from Inlshtra-
hull, Ireland All members OF the
crew are reported to have been taken
off by another steamer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-03-02
TURK GENERAL IS KILLED
Nuri Bey Is Slain in Charge by Brit,
ish on Stronghold in
Egypt.

London, Feb. 29.-The war office
gives out this official statement from
Cairo:
Further details of the fight on Sat
urday with the enemy, commanded by
Nuri Bey brother of Enver Bey, with
Gaafer Bey as his principal subordi-
nate. show that the enemy was holding
a strong position 10 miles southeast
of Barani
General Peyton reports that the at
tack by South African infantry under
General Luliin was completely success
full.
The charge of the Dorsetshire Yeo
many was brilliant and most effective.
in the course of the charge Gaafar
Bey was wounded and taken prisoner
and NUri Bey was killed
The enemy lost 200 in killed and
wounded, including two other Turkish
officers"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-03-02
TWO KILLED IN AUTO CRASH.
Two OF Injured Are Expected to Die
as Result OF Collision With Car.

Milwaukee, Feb 29.-Two were
killed two fatally hurt, another seri-
ously injured and two others less Sc
riously injured on Sunday when an au-
tomobilc driven by Or. e. L. Essen, a
dentist and member OF the Marquette
university faculty struck a street car
in the aristocratic East side district
The dead Doctor Essen Hans Strci-
der The injured, Elizabeth Eisen,
aged eight, may die; Edwin Essen
aged six, may die; Mrs Essen. coudi
ton critical, Henrietta Eiscn, aged
eleven, bruised; Jane Whitney Madi-
son, badly bruised.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-03-02
HENRY JAMES is DEAD
FAMOUS NOVELIST SUCCUMBS IN
LONDON TO PNEUMONIA.
Author, Who Was Born in the United
States, Became a British
Subject.

London, Feb. 29.-Henry James, the
novelist, died after an Illness of more
than two months with pneumonia.
Although he was born in New York
in 1913, he took the oath of allegiance
to Great Britain July &c, 1915.
Occupying unique place in English
literature, Henry James created for
himself his own public and won over
to himself some Of the ablest of critics,
However, in recent years he was heard
of and from less and less often. He
won renown as the international novel
list because, born an American. he
early hurried to England, resided
there, met Americans there, wrote Of
them there. and in many of his books
cast the deadly parallel between the
Yankee and his foreign brother He
became a British subject last July. In
taking this action a year after the be.
ginning of the present war he ex-
pressed his deep devotion to the cause
of the allies
He was born in New York April Is,
1913, the son of Rev. Henry AZ Mary
X. Walsh James. His father was a
Swedenborgian disciple and writer,
and Henry James doubtless inherited
genius from him. His brother, Will
liam, was for years one Of the cele-
brated psychologists of the country
and an eminent member of the faculty
of Harvard university.
Mr.. James was educated in France
and Switzerland and in Har yard Law
school receiving in 1911 TIE degree
of L. Fl, d. fsom Harvard university.
He was a member of the American
Academy Of Arts and Letters.
He was prolific writer, turaing out
novel or two each year and also
contributing short stories and i'm.
pressions" or critiques. Some Of his
later books are: Julia Bride" 'Iral-
ian Hours" American Scene" The
Better Sort" "Ths Wings CT the
Dove" The Sacred .Fount." The
Soft Side" THE Awkward Age" The
Bostonians," Tales of Three Cities"
and many others.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-03-02
CELEBRATE DURAzZO'S FALL
Great Rejoicing at Vienna Over Cap.
ture of Albanian Port-Many
Prisoners-Taken.

Vienna, Feb. 29-The Austrian war
office announced that in the occupation
had captured many prisoners and large
quantities of supplies and ammunition
The city is celebrating the fall of the
Albanian port, the capture of which
gives the Austro-Hungarians complete
control of all of northern Albania. Be
fore the city was taken several Italian
steamers in the harbor were sunk, but
some were found undamaGed
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-03-02
BIG MAIL ROBBERY
100000 STOLEN FROM POUCHES
IN THE EAST.
New Yerk Post offiGe inspectors on
Trail Of Robbers-Arrest Is
Expected Soon.

New York, Feb. 29.-Post office in
spectors admitted that an arrest is
momentarily expected as the result Of
the theft here of four pouches con-
tanning registered mail of an estimated
value of 100000.
In many respects the theft has
proved one of the most mysterious
the postal authorities have had to
contend with in many years Com
mitted early Saturday morning, it
was kept quiet until now pending a
thorough investigation.
The essential details as outlined by
the authorities are as follows:
Baltimore e. Ohio train No. $40 left
Washington Friday night at eight
O'Clock, arriving at Jersey City at 5;36
o'clock Saturday morning.
On board were six registered mail
pouches in charge of j. II. Mccall of
Baltimore Three pouches contained
Baltimore mall three contained
Washington mail.
In checking out the six registered
pouches at the new post office the loss
of four of the pouches was discovered
for the first time. They disappeared
while the truck was en- route from
Jersey City to this place of final
checking
The two most important pouches,
one from the Riggs bank in Washing
ton and the other from the treasury
department, were not taken. Unoffi-
cial sources estimate that these two
pouches contained mail valued at ST.
100000
Asked to estimate the loss, lnspec-
tor James Stevenson, who is making
the investigation at the Manhattan
end, said;
1T may be s., or it may be $3.50
600. 1t might go far beyond this
amount. There is no way Of estimat-
ing the exact loss at this time
He said however, that he did not
believe the loss would reach half a
million dollars, the amount estimated
by persons in other departments Of
the pos. office.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-03-02
BERLIN REFUSEST TO
CHANGE: SEA DECREE
Pledges to U. S. Renewed II
LuStania Case.
ARMED CRAFT APE WARSHlPS
German Document Asserts Agreement
With America Does Not Apply to
Vessels Carrying Guns-shps
Will Be Sunk.
ARMED CRAFT APE WARSHlPS

Washington, Feb. 29.-Germany.
through Ambassador Won BernstorH'
formally notified the United States
that there is no such thing as a mer-
chairman armed for defensive pur-
poses.
Germany's position. very frankly
stated at a conference between the
ambassador and the secretary OF state,
was that armament Of any character
is offensive armament sc far as mer-
chant vessels are concerned. AS re-
suit of the conference, the submarine
situation is materially graver, al
though there is still possibility
that the material points Of difference
will be subject to further diplomatic
negotiation.
Stand Governs Vienna.
The ambassador came to the state
department on an appointment made
at his own request Previously he had
conferred with Baron Erich Zwiedinek,
the Austrian charge. The latter had
received instructions from Vienna that
the orders sent to the German ambas'
sador were to govern him in his nego-
tiations with the United States. AS
result, the statement OF Count Won
Bernstorff represented the joint posi-
ton of the Teutonic powers.
AS soon as Ambassador Won Bern
storff left the state department Sec
rotary Lansing sent out word that he
had left memorandum. He did not
state what the contents were. but an
nounced that it will be submitted to
the president.
Holds Promise Not Violated.
The German ambassador very frank
ly told Secretary Lansing that there
could be no reason to assume that the
promises previously made by Germany
that the rules OF international law
would be strictly observed were
abridged by the determination to sink
armed merchantmen on sight and with
out warning. Peaceful ships would
have every protection, he said, but Ger
many cannot assume that any armed
vessel, no matter where her guns are
carried, is a peaceful ship. And he
insisted that secret orders of the Brit
ish admiralty have absolutely abridged
and nullified the pledges previously
given by Ambassador Spring Rice in
August, 1914, that British merchant
men would not use their guns except
in defense.
Charges Impress President.
The future action of the United
States in the present submarine con-
troversy with Germany may hinge en-
tirely on the proof that Germany has
presented to the state department that
British merchant vessels must resist
all hostile submarines. 1t was learned
that President Wilson and Secretary
| Lansing are materially impressed with
the charges that the allies themselves
violated international law in ordering
captains of merchant vessels to attack
submarines on sight.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-03-02

London.-A dispatch to the Ex-
change Telegraph from Zurich says:
"The failure of an important bank at
Essen, Germany, Is announced. 1t IL
believed that many OF the men in the
Krupp works have lost their saw
ings."
Dahlone, Ga.-Revenue officers cut
down moonshine still They Let the
brew pour into well Charles Cad
dis and Jack and Homer Wehunt tri-
cd to dip the liquor out and all slip
ped into the well and drowned in the
intoxicant.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-03-02
SHEA MAY GET CHILE POST
Indiana Supreme Court Justice Men,
toned to Succeed Ambassador
Henry p. Fletcher.

seph II. Shea of the Indiana supreme
court probably will be the next am
bassador to Chile, it is reported about
the White House Senator Kern and
Representative Dixon Of Indiana urged
his candidacy to President Wilson, and
inasmuch as the post Is understood to
have been promised to Indiana. Justice
Shea's appointment is considered rea.
sonably certain. The post in Chile was
formerly made vacant last week with
the confirmation of Henry p Fletcher,
who has been there. as ambassador to
Mexico.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1916-03-02
WILL TRY TO HOLD AVLONA
Rome Says Evacuation Of Durazzo by
Italians In Accordance With
Plans Long Prepared.

Rome, Feb. 29.-The evacuation Of
the port of Durazzo in Albania, is said
by the Italian press to have been in
accordance with plans long prepared,
as it had served it's purpose as base for
rescuing the remainder of the Serbian
army. Italian military efforts on that
side of the Adriatic will, it is declared,
be now directed to the safeguarding Of
Aylona, tho port which lies about
eighty miles south OF Durazzo and
which has a strategic value of the
greatest Importance