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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-14
THE HAVOC ON THE BATTLE
LINES

The German attack on the French line
last Friday simply beggars description.
l asked myself, "Has the Almighty
turned the combattants over to self-de-
struction?" The. weather was fearfully
cold, snow, covering the wide eXpanse
which separated the soldiers of both
armies, and yet the commanders forced
their fighters across, and the slaughter
was so dreadful that the snow-covered
ground was also recovered with the gray
corpses which had been thrown out by
mine explosions, one estimate being TO-
Gee dead and mangled Germans as the
result of Fridays assault. And there
is more to come. The news Is sent out
that fresh army divisions are right now
ready to be hurled against the French
and English and Russian lines. The
word has passed that the Germans and
Austrians are never to stop until the
last man is sacrificed or the victory
won.
Wherefore is this destruction?
What for, this holocaust of human be-
ings? Has the world grown so wicked
that the children of men are turned over
to destruction? Is ambition SO strong
and human life so cheap that a few men
can drive those under them to mangled,
bloody carnage, with no eye to pity and
no hand to save?
<AllQ yet TIC 4flilNGu WI III " 4NlltooCS
this bloody sacrifice to vaulting ambi-
tion which would discount the Apache
Indian or the naked Congo tribes of be-
nighted Africa. 1t is not only merciless
slaughter for the enemy but merciless
slaughter of their own kith and kin.
Human life is too cheap TO be consid-
cred.
-. OF course these nations have forgot
ten God! They have tasted human
blood and they crave a surfeit of it.
They have no mercy on the old or the
helpless, pity for the innocent and
virtuous, nothing but n glut of human
gore is sought for, and these ambitious
rulers cry out, 1--WE are partners with
God in heaven for the overthrow of op-
posing Humankind
And 1t may come nearer to US, and
what them
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-03-14

This ends the first installment Of
The Red Circle" The second i'm
stallment will begin in the next is
sue.
Arizona republican., 1916-12-27
LUXE RESIGNS A5 CHAIRMAN AND PETERSON REIGN SFOR THREE DAYS

Frank Luke resigned as chairman of the board If supervisors yesterday although he will serve the remainder of his term which ends the first of the year. Warren Peterson 4ill sue ceed Mir. Luke as chairman
 MT. Luke stated last evening that no significance sfould be attltk ked to his action. Whether or not Mr. Peter- son is retained as chairman by tho new board was no concern of his. he stated. He declared that his action was based solely on the feeling of goodfcllowship, that MT. Peterson had cast his vote for him as chairman and he wished to return the com pliment.
 Ire supervisors held busy session yesterday and were unable to con. clude their work 90 that a special meeting has been called for nine thirty o'clock Saturday morning when the work will be checked up and a bid accepted for tho county printing and stationery
 The bids for tho annual supplies were opened in the morning session The Mesa Tribune bid was acecDsed for the county printing and publish ing, the bid being 12c. Other pTbIica- tons competing were the Gazette (dailyl 25c Gazette (weeklpl 1oc: the Messenger 12c for the fret in- sersion ana 10c for the second.
 The Hughes Market will furnish meals to the prisoners in tn county Jail-.wO a day at the rate of 17hc meal Tribolet made the e:tmo hid and third hid was entered by the
Arizona republican., 1916-12-27

the wreckage. Every physician in the little town of England has been called to the country to care for the injured
 Considerable alarm is felt here over the situation at the state convict farm at Tucker where there is said to have been q heavy death list. There are about 325 prisoners at the farm and it is feared that if the place was struck that some of the convicts might have escaped. Capt ]. R. Burkett, warden of the state penitentiary, left here to- night with endorsements for the guard at Tucker. Communication with the farm was cut off about 3 o'clock this afternoon.
 Passengers arriving here tonight on train that passed through the storm district described the scenes of de- structitn. They had no information on the number of lives lost.
 We saw furniture in the tops of trees and many other evidences of violent storm action" said one passen- ger. Wires were blown down, trees uprooted ard in some instances snapped off like straws. and the ground was covered with wrecllage. Several times our train was forced to stop while the men of the crew cleared the track.
 At one station a man brought some pine twigs aboard the train which he said must have been blown from pine woods 12 miles away.
 At Keo we heard a report that negro settlement near there had been wiped out and that r negroes were killed This could not be confirmed"
 The storm extended south to Pine Bluff No casualties were reported in that city,
Arizona republican., 1916-12-27
TORNADO HITS
 ARKANSAS AND
 MANY ARE LOST
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molished and his wife and two ohil- dren narrowly escaped. Four negroes living on the place were injured and one of them probably will die Tine property loss there is about $20,00O.
 According to reports the tornado first struck south of England, moved northeast for a distance of about so miles and finally spent itself near Des Are and Devall Bluff
 The storm followed period of un- usually warm weather in this section. Thermometers in this section regis tered as high as fifty-six degrees yesterday.
 Four are known to be dead at Eng land, 17 are reported killed at Keo and several are reported killed at the state convict farm at Tucker.
 me death of three persons and in- jury to five others is reported from Carlisle. 2S miles east of Little Rock The dead are three little girls. Choice Padgett, 10 years old; Allalee Padgett, years old, and Frances Snow, 9 years old. The parents of the Padgett chil- dren were severely injured when their home was wrecked by the tornado. A son also was hurt Mrs. w. s. Snow and Mrs Harold Snow were reported injured Several houses were blown down.
 All wires into the storm-swept dis trict are down and only meagre de- tails are available.
 The known dead are Albert l.. Swarts. q farmer living near England. and three negroes, one of whom lived two miles north of England, and two who lived two miles south. The Swarts home was picked up and carried about 100 yards. Mrs Swarts was believed fatally injured and an 1S-year- old daughter was badly hurt.
 The storm is said to nave swept a path about four miles wide and it is reported that several fires broke out in
Arizona republican., 1916-12-27
INDIAN SERVICE SUBMITS ,,, PLANS FUR TWo BRIDGES <
 ACROSS G|LA AT BUCKEYE

board will take action. The lower site. known as Richards Narrow, is being considered as the location of the bridge that will connect the big AjO mining district with the valley.
 Meeting Today
 More work in connection with the Gila river proposition will be done to- day when representatives of the In dians. the local Chamber of Commerce and the Arlington and Gila Bend dis tricts meet here The conference will be held at the Chamber of Commerce at 7 o'clock. Assistant Superintendent Ward of the Indian reservation will be in from Sacaton. Arlington will be rep resented by John Montgomery. Dr Richards will be here from Gila Bend.
 The local committee consists of l.. c. Norton, Dwight E. Heard, w L.. Pinney. c. w. Barrows, Warren Me Arthur and H. R. Tritle
Arizona republican., 1916-12-27
5NOWF ALL |S
 GENERAL OVER
 THE MOUNTAINS

A drop in the use Of water on both sides of the river, together with slight increase in the flow. halted the procession of slight daily losses in the reservoir, and yesterday, Was recorded the first ca'n since the September rains.
Arizona republican., 1916-12-27

over the Gila river was taken yester
 day when the board of supervisors re- ceived plans and estimates of the dam and bridge from the Indian service.
 Two plans were submitted. The one was concrete bridge of eighteen spans, the cost being si52,076; the other a steel bridge of eleven spans it's cost S119,44S. the county and Indian service to pay approximately for the struc ture. It is understood that the board will ask C. R. Oldberg, engineer of the southwestern division of the Indian service, and Harold Bargman. county engineer, to get together at an early date and look into the matter of plans. specifications and detailed costs and immediately upon their report the
Arizona republican., 1916-12-27
HUNTS ANTE
 TO BE RAISED
 COURT ORDER
Continued from Page one)

ly,' unused his honor yesterday. It seems to me that if this matter Is to ! te drawn out to its legal. if not ing- lcal conclusion. that it will be d | mighty costly thing
 Judge T. W. Nealon. the courts in
 spectpr, who Is officiating for both the boards of inspectors. and who "ill take a like interest in the work of tEe third board. said vesterdav that tle inspectors of the first group had made a record when they looked over 2l40 ballots in tie eight hour working day. at 4:2j yesterday after noon. 2,042 ballots had been passed on. ard he estimated that another hundred would pass through the hands of the board before putting time.
 Tt will take just day and a half mere to finish Maricopa county" said Judge Nealon.
 It is not decided yet which county will be taken up next.
 Board No. ,, consisting of Mark Dunbar and Howard Cllflm waded through ballots of Graham county yesterda- and finished that subdiyi- sion by the time the inaudible and hypothetical whistle blew at rfv,. o'clock. The unofficial. and possibly pre)udlced report was that the ln- spection of Graham county had shown a net gain of n for the goverhur The gains were numerous and smali. 1 and participated in by both can didates, but the incumbent benefited to the extent, according to informa ton given out late yesterday after noon.
 ''The cost of the inspection is nov running about $500 a day" said Judge Stanford, when seen in his cham CTS yesterday afternoon. Tt is increasing. 1 too. It is a very grave question in my mind If the county can afford to l continue the work, if it passes the ! inspection stage. I understand that it will require about ten days more to 1 inspect the ballots of the state Al 1900 q day that makes $3.0O0. but the eost may be much more. That does not take into consideration what has already been done"
 An estimate on the cost of the in spection. based on entirely unofficial figures last night. made it reasonable that the bond of ss60O of Governor Hunt will be meant to cover just about what the matter will entail in costs.
 The figures are aDout as follows:
Arizona republican., 1916-12-27
Snowfall Figures

Reports on the snowstorm Of Sun day and Monday reached the local office of the weather bureau yester- day, indicating that all predictions Tor the odd storm had been justified and that all over the state. there had fallen enough moisture, both liquid and congealed to insure the greenness of the cattle and sheep ranges, and water in all the drinking tanks
 Flagstaff bore the palm for the highest figure on snowfall. with 22 inches. Pinetop a station where ordinarily there is a heavy fall. cama m with but half foot, but it is still showing in that region, and by the time the report is read, the fall will be notable.
 A prediction made by the fore caster yesterday was that today would probably be fair Note thc probably:
 There was specll of rain on the coast yesterday, but no indications that t wolld move htherward in the immediate future The tsorm belt for Christmas day covered the entire middle of the United States, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf and from the Mississippi far west into the Rocky mountains. A sort of tongue stretched southW est and practically covered the state of Ari- zona.
 At the water users association yes terday. it was stated that there was little possibility of the reservoirs failing to fill again within fort night or so after the spring thaws. or earlier, if warm rains hit the snow on the watershed.
Arizona republican., 1916-12-27
STATES IN WEST
 IN GRASP OF
 COLD WEATHER
(Continued from Page One)

ing was seriously interfering with railroad traffic Trains from the west were reported ten hours late. Some interruption of wire communication was reported. The local district weather bureau announced that it's re- ports from various mountain districts were being delayed on account of blz- gard conditions.
 Arizona temperatures generally were quite low. Phoenix this morning had 2 temperature of 2S; Tucson one of 26 and Yuma one of 32. Roswell, N. NJ, a. while Santa Fe N. M. had a ten, perature of s. Flagstaff, Ariz., had one of IA
 The cold wave, the weather bureau said was I~or-'rp oa~-
 In South Dakota
 SIOUX FALLS, $. D., Dec. 26.-The
Arizona republican., 1916-12-27

SIOUX MALLS. s. D., Dec. 26.--The
Arizona republican., 1916-12-27

Garden City restaurant at 14hc F. A. Joslyn will have the care of the court house clock, his services cost ing the county s100.
 County Engineer Harold Bergman. Frank HeatwOle and C. H. Tinker were appointed road viewers fOr d road in the Glendale district and De- cember 29 Wes set for the hearing of two road petitions in the Mesa sec tiOn
Arizona republican., 1916-12-27
 THE ELKS ENTERTAl NM ENT

Sweet Phyllis said to Jack. as she Went with him to the show, Dear John, why can't I join the
 lodge,
 And we together go?' Jack looked at her with plying eve. Then said "The reasons clear: You could not be great big elk, Cause you're a little dear.
Arizona republican., 1916-12-27

worst storm in years is raging over the western and central part of the state tonight, according to reports here. A heavy gale is drifting the snow which fell early today, and railroad traffic is badly crippled. Aberdeen, $. D., reported a fall of twelve inches of snow yesterday which has demoralized train service in that section.
Arizona republican., 1916-12-27
figures are aDout ag follows.

The above table takes into consid- eration only the actual cost of the inspection machinery and leaves out of accoun: the attorneys and courts fees, the cost of transcripts, etc. r. is understood that F. $. Ives. counsel for tie contestant is to receive 5000. win. lose or dra.
Arizona republican., 1916-12-27
Also in North Dakota

BISMARCK, N. h, Dec. 26.-One of the worst blizZards in North Dakota history gripped the central part of the state today with a snowfall of r inches in "A hours. breaking the record for the fall during the great blizzard twenty years ago last November A train on a branch of the Minneapolis, St. Paul X Sault Ste. Marie railroad, due here at 5:50 D. m. yesterday, is snowbound at Washburn, while two snow blows are fighting to release it. All trains on the branch were sus- pended temporarily In the wake of the 36 mile gale carrying the blizzard is a zero wave. Warnings have been sent to stockmen and farmers.
Arizona republican., 1916-12-27

Willie Smith was professional at the Mexican Country Club for a number of years. He won the American open championship at the Baltimore Coun try Club ir 1899, and played in the open championshi-> tournament of Great Britain and St. Andrews, Scot land in 1910.
Arizona republican., 1916-12-27
NOTED GOLFER DIES
Republican A. p. Leased Wire1

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 2C.-Willie Smith, golf professional at the Mex ican Country Club and formerly na tional open golf champion of America, died here today of pneumonia.
Arizona republican., 1916-12-27

Hire a little salesman at The Re- publican office. \ Want Ad will sec more customers than you can.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-01-11

Cana, was the first to shake hands
with the president and Mrs Wilson.
The efforts OF the president to bring
about closer relations between the ma
tions of the Western hemisphere were
in the minds OF the South and Central
Am rican diplomats and many Of them
as they passed congratulated me pres
ident on his policy.
Members Of the cabinet did not re-
main in the line, but their wives, ar
RANGED in the order Of the rank of
their husbands, remained to the right
Of Mrs Wilson.
Eduardo Saurez-Mujica, ambassador
from Chile and president of the con-
gress, was among the first few to be
received and soon afterwards Speaker
Clark, Representative Mann, minority
leader of the house; Chief Justice
White of the supreme court and many
other notable men passed down the
line
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-01-11

your and our county board of asses
sors on your property has not been
raised. Why should ours e, en- if it is
a bank? Our money is invested in its
stock and it is unfair and unjust to
have an arbitrary board assess our
property as they see fit-as the state
tax commission has done-while your
property remains as it was assessed by
the county board OF assessors. We
appeal to YOU as fair-minded men to
right this wrong perpetrated on US and
again ask that you support such
measure as that suggested above.
We go further and urge that you
also support an act repeating the act
creating the state tax commission for
the reason that the commission under
the terms of the act creating it are
clothed with arbitrary powers; from
their action there is no appeal and no
three men On earth in any state should
have the power in the matter of taxa
tion tnat is given to the tax commits
sion.
I'VE shall watch with great interest
your attitude toward such measures
as those referred to herein.
(Signed) --"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-01-11
MAGIC OF IRRIGATION.
ltory of the Rice Fields of Southern
louisiana.

1tory of the Rice Fields of Southern
Louisiana.
In 1888 lowlandS in southern Louisi-
ana near the bayous suitable for grow
inc sugar cane. corn and cotton could
be purchased for $3.50 an acre, and
the prairie lands back from the bayous
could be bought for 81 an acre. With
almost the first crop under irrigation,
however. the values showed Il marked
rise and have continued 10 increase
In the first five years the value Of the
best rice lands rose to $40 an acre. and
soon after that it rose 10 $50 and even
$50 an acre.
The first people 10 plant rice in south
ern Louisiana. according to the Unit
ed States geological survey, were the
AcadianS. who. after their expulsion
from Nova Scotia by the English IN
100. settled in considerable numbers
in Louisiana Their cultivation Of rice,
almost primitive i'll its methods, was
confined TO the lowlands along the
bayOuS. the prairieS afOrdnS paStur'
ace for the AcadianS herds Of cattle.
Few of the lowland areas admitted or
satisfactory drainage. and they were
too small for profitable cultivation.
The crops frequently failed in years OF
deficient rainfall. Attempts were made
to create additional water supplies by
building levees across low says or
coulees at points higher than the cul-
tivated areas, but generally either the
rainfall proved deficient or the reser-
voirs were too small.
Little advance was made over the
Acadian methods until recent years
Experiments in unusually wet years
had shown that the soils Of the prairies
were adapted to the growth OF rice II
sufficient water was at hand. This led
to the trial Of pumps as a means OF
raising water from the bayous to the
rice fields SO successful was the test
that pumps were at once installed at
many points, and in few years tens
of thousands of acres Of previously al
most useless land, lying ten to seventy
feet above the bayous, were put under
cr1tivation. The first large pump was
installed in 1894 on the Bayou Plaque
mine, in Acadia parish, near Crowley.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-01-11
SWAMP ROOT SAVES
KIDNEY SUFFERERS

You naturally feel secure when you
know that Dr.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver and Bladder
remedy, is absolutely pure and con-
tains no harmful or habit producing
drugs.
The same standard of purity, strength
and excellence, prescribed by DR.. Kill
ner many years ago, is maintained in
every bottle of Swamp-Root.
Swamp Root is scientifically COM
pounded from vegetable herbs. 1t is
not a stimulant and is taken in tea
spoonful doses. 1t is not recommend
ed for everything. According to veri-
fed testimony it is natures great help
ar in relieving and overcoming kidney,
liver and bladder troubles.
If you suffer, don't delay another
day. Go to your nearest druggist now
and get a bottle. All drug stores sell
it in two sizes-ffty cents and one
dollar. However, if you wish first to
try this great preparation send ten
cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamp-
ton, n. Y, for a sample bottle. When
writing be sure and mention the New
berry Semi-weekly Herald and News.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-01-11
NO DRY BATTERIES.
Thes Al Contain Moisture or They
Would Be Useless.
(Signed)

They Az Contain Moisture or They
Would Be Useless.
So called dry batteries are in common
use for small electric call bell systems
and private telephone lines and were
used extensively for ignition on earlier
makes of automobiles. Applying the
word dry to the battery is mislead-
ing, for there is no such thing as a
dry" battery. There never was, nor
will there ever be.
If it We're dry no current would
generate, as it requires moisture to pro-
duce chemico-electric activity when
the circuit is completed from the plus
to the minus elements.
The so called dry battery is really an
Enclosed wet battery" which retains
its moisture to its limit Of life, wheth-
er in service or not. The limit Of life
depends on the stored capacity, how
frequently the circuit is applied to it,
evaporation due to age and deteriora
ton of the conducting elements.
The battery consists Of zinc cyiin-
der case containing a carbon in the
center, the intervening space filed in
with a paste compound Of one part
zinc oxide, one part sal ammoniac.
three parts plaster Of paris and two
parts water. The quantities are great
er as the capacity of the battery is in
creased.
AS soon as a circuit is completed a
chemical combination is started, and
the current flows from the internal
part Of the zinc to the carbon, then
out from the carbon to the appliance
and returns to the1zinc. The external
terminals Of the battery are the re-
verse of the internal
When the battery is exhausted it can
be recharged by sending current into
it from a close circuit battery, such as
a nitric or sulphuric acid cell. Pour
ing water through a small hole at the
top of the battery is an aid to the re-
turn Of it's life. but neither this nor
the former will restore the battery to
it's original efficiency. = New York
World.