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The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-08
Local News
Maple Nut Ice Cream today al Guthrie's Drug Store.

CuthrleS s Drug store.
 Read the advertisement on the sec ond page of today's paper.
 E. R. Williams was business wis itor to the city this morning. 1 A. J. Aston, of Blevins, was here last night attending to business. :! FOUND-Chapter Masons Mark Owner may secure same by seeing 9. H. Helbig. If
 Supreme auto oil, 40c a gallon in five gallon lots at Prescott Hardware Go. St II w. s. Martin, Rosston route num- Der three, was here today looking after business matters.
 R. o. Westmoreland, of Gale, was among the business visitors to the city this morning.
 Patrick Bryson, Prescott route number six, was attending to business here this afternoon.
 If you do not get your paper each afternoon call PAP or PA and one will be sent you.
 Buy a 25 gallon gasoline coupon book from Prescott Hardware Co.,. at 21c gallon. St l w. N. Mum, of Laneburg, was among the business visitors to Pres colt this morning..
 Isaac Cantley, Prescott route num- Der one, was attending to business matters in the city this morning.
 B. F. Jordan, Prescott route num- Der one, was attending to business matters in Prescott this afternoon.
 Leave your laundry at Buchanan Drug Store Little Rock basket every Tuesday. Phone 67. d3
 25 gallon gasoline coupon book sells for $5.25-21c gallon. Prescott Hardware Go. St 1 J. A. Hood, of Emmet, one of Ne vada's best citizens, came up this morning to attend to business mat ters.
 Mrs. Joe R. Hamilton arrived home yesterday evening from ten days visit with relatives and friends in Shreveport, Louisiana.
 If stock bothers you, call number } and Roy McCuller will place it in the city pen. Jno. T. Stubbliefield, City 1 Marshal
 We will send basket of laundry to Little Rock every Tuesday. Leave your packages at Buchanan Drug Store. Phone 67. d3
 MT. and Mrs. J. w. Hoyle, of Tu- pelo, Mississippi, on their return home from Colorado, are visiting Rev. and Mrs. N. c. Augustus.
 Parents Notice.-Chaperoned cars will be furnished for children who go without their parents on the trip around the world next Tuesday night. Children under F, 20c. d3
 The Nineteen Sixteen Club will meet Wednesday afternoon at i o'clock with Miss Beulah Hesterly at her home on East Elm and Sixth | streets
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-08
COMING THURSDAY! JOHN BARRYMORE
in comedy of romance and adventure
 NEARLY X KING"
CAST OF CHARACTERS

MT. and Mrs George Christopher are invited to attend the show at the Gem this evening as guests of the management.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-08

Still cutting hair and shaving at the West Side Barber Shop.-You are next Cragan & Cummins.-Advt.
 Greatest bargains in Grand, Up- right and Player Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines at A. Monson's Mu- sic Store.-Adv. If
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-08
Matinees Monday, "Wednesday,
 Thursday, Saturday.
Show Starts at 7:45 p. m.
 Telephone 294.
W. C. T. U.

An important meeting will be held Thursday afternoon at o'clock with Mrs. John M. Pittman to which every member will be expected to be pres ent.
 There is a real crisis in the work of the State Let every woman rally to the White Ribbon. Although we have no direct influence in legislation, let us use our indirect influence for all it is worth. A social hour will follow the meeting
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-08

How is it, Johnnie, that you have such a dislike for me?" said Johnnies sisters. caller. "I have never done anything to deserve it." "Yes, you have" replied the boy. When you come to see our Cora she always puts the clock back, and it makes me late for school"
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-08

"Why did Adam and Eve leave the garden after they had dressed them selves in fig leaves 2" ''I don't re- member" replied Mir. Growcher. But l have suspicion that Eve wanted to go somewhere to show off her new clothes. Washington Star.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-08
Get this weeks Saturday Evening Post from Jack Johnson. Jr. PAP.

Post from Jack Johnson, Jr. 242. The city council held its regular session at the city hall last evening and there was nothing unusual in the meeting Accounts were allowed and other regular business looked after.
 Don't forget that you get an Smile automobile ride and refreshments served free at each stop on the trip around the world, for 35c round trip.
 l have placed the impending of stock in the hands of Roy McCuller and if you are bothered with stock al any time call number 5 and some one will take care of your trouoles.-Jno. T. Stubblefield, City Marshal.
 The trials of a number of Nevada citizens charged with violation of the Fish Law was begun here this morn ing and the first one was acquitted. There are number of others who will be tried and the cases are being heard before Squire B'Shers.
 The Band boys will meet at the court house this evening in regular practice and it is des,red that every member be there promptly at 7:45. Besides the regular practice there is something else that makes it very necessary that each one be present.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-08

We have two scholarships in two good business colleges for safe. If you contemplate attending business college see us before you do so The News Printing Company, Prescott, Arkansas.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-08

You have never been in New York before, have you?" No. But I've been held up twice in Arizona. Life.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-08

Get the Saturday Evening Post and Country Gentleman from Jack John son, Jr. They will be ready for de- livery on Thursday morning. Call PAP or PA and one will be delivered to you-5 cents the copy.
The Prescott daily news., 1916-08-08

Call PAP and get this weeks Satur. day Evening Post.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-23
Newspaper EnterprIse Associationl

lNcNsPHpST SuteTDTise hssociutiOnJ
NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. %
Mrs. Margaret Blake, II. lives
in a dilapidated room in a tene-
ment house in Tchoupitoulas st
Mrs. Blake has known nothing
except hard work all her life.
Married at Is, mother of II
children, grandmother of four
she has been victim of society
since childhood.
But Mrs. Blake, who alone
in poverty now makes her
scant living by pushing
baby carriage about the
streets selling collar buttons,
candies and odds and ends,
has a heart, the same as the
most aristocratic woman In
the most fashionable world.
She knows what 1t is to cry, she
knows the pangs of death in the
family, and she knows the heart
aches in trying to make living
and has been fighting tooth and
toenail for the life of her IL
year-old grandson, Willie thinner,
save dtoday from the gallows.
AND SOCIETY NOW is
NEEDING THE PLEA OF
MRS. MARGARET BLAKE.
Women who wouldn't let
Margaret Blake touch them,
before. are rallying to her
side.
They have heard her story
of the life of the child slayer,
and are trying to make
amends for the conditions
which indirectly led to the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-23
WILL ASK
NEW LAW

The city of Tacoma and other
first-class cities of Washington
win endeavor to issue municipal
insurance. through special law
which the 1917 legislature will be
asked to pass
This was Commissioner Atkins
reply Saturday to Fire Marshal
Chambers statement that munich
pal insurance could not become a
reality under existing laws.
THE insurance men are already
squirming, as indicated by Chan
dlef's excited interview in which
he declared that the idea was all
bunk" declared Atkins. "We'll
show them whether it is bunk or
not"
Atkins suggests that, after the
new law has been passed, a thor
oughly experienced fire insurance
man be retained by the city to or
ganise municipal commission.
Insurance will be issued on the
assessment plan, by which limited
policies will be allowed to all
PROPERTY owners in the city.
1.-THE insurance companies show
by their own figures that II, costs
them 3S cents. for every dollars
worth of insurance, exclusive Of
the expense of obtaining the busi-
ness" said Atkins.
II predict that the city can
give fire insurance at extremely
low rates and still make a profit
of SO per cent"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-23
GRANDMOTHER HIS CHAMPION

! TENEMENT HOME?
While Mrs. Mary thinner raised
children and washed and cooked,
and while her husband worked
for $40 to $12 a week at most
anything" Willie thinner grew
up"
with this 12-year-old boy as
the subject of the laws unbend-
ing vengeance, even though il be
done in the name of justice, So
ciety has confessed its weakness
rather than shown its strength"
said Rev. A. j. Gearheard, pastor
of the Louisiana Avenue Metho-
dist Episcopal church, after a visit
to the prison to see the thinner
boy.
"Certanly civilization does
not have to resort to the gal
lows to save itself from q H.
year-old boy. One might as
well cut down q young
orange tree because IL grows
crooked"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-23
CHARGES
WILL BE
DROPPED

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NEW ORLEANS, La,
Sept. 23.-LittIe Willie Zim-
mer, 12, who shot his moth
err to death here July -, will
not he tried for murder.
Although he made no posi-
tive statement, Chandler G.
Lusenberg, district attorney,
minated today that the boy
neither would be sent to the
gail0w nor imprisoned for
life.
The plea of thousands OF
youngsters and club women In
nearly every state in the unior
has had its effect, and Willie will
be given a chance to begin life al
over again.
Willie killed his mother be
cause she tried to beat him with 6
broomstick. Willie's parents were
separated. On the day of the
killing he had been with his faith.
er. The father thrashed him for
some trivial offense so Willie
went to his mothers home fol-
comfort.
But Mrs. thinner was In nc
comforting mood. He offended
her and when she raised a stick
to him he fired a bullet into her
breast.
CONTINUED on Page Eighth
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killing of a mother by her

VI - bhON''>A ~ hSA
boy.
A correspondent of The Times
found Mrs. Blake pushing her 60
cart, "Noah's Ark" about the
business section of New Orleans
In ragged clothes, but clean, she
was hobbling behind the cart.
Years ago, Mrs. Mary thinner
used that same cart for Willie
thinner ito show him" to the
tenement neighbors, interested in
her first-born.
While Mrs. Blake tries to ped
die her wares about she spends
much time in the neighborhood
of the killing, talking to folk
who, she thinks, might be good
witnesses to testify that Willie
"ain't no bad boy at heart"
WHAT MOTHER WOULD
HAVE A CHANCE - THREE
CHILDREN, FIVE, THREE AND
ONE YEARS OLD, AND THE
FAMILY DRUDGERY OF A
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-23
CONVICT
SHOT BY
GUARDS

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SALEM, Ore, Sept. 23.-
Guards today shot and kill
ell Earl Il. Love, a convict,
as he attempted to escape.
Love was being taken with
other prisoners i'm an auto
truck from the penitentiary
to work in the flax fields.
Near a bridge over Pud-
ding river, he jumped from
the machine and ran.
The guards were close be-
hind i'm another motor. They
opened fire.
Two bullets crashed through
the fugitive's body. He died a
few minutes later.
Leland 7. Murphy and P. G.
Heath were said to be the marks
men who fatally wounded Love.
He was hit while scrambling over
q fence.
Love was serving from three to
20 years for attacking girl, hav-
ing been committed from Nal
heur county.
Penitentiary authorities declare
Love tried to escape while in the
county Jail at Vale, Ore, by
throwing red pepper in his keep
er's eyes.
He was also accused of being
ringleader in recent plot where
by the whole of the flax gang of
the Oregon penitentiary was to
get away.
When that conspiracy was dis
covered Love was searched and a
dagger found in his possession.
1t was alleged he intended to
stab the chauffeur of the prison
motor truck just as it reached the
crest of a hill and make break
for liberty while the machine ran
away down grade.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-23
Talk O. the Times

! guess possessed most every
thing; he knew the algebra by
heart, and dabbed in most every
art; his poems had ready sale,
his songs we're grabbed up by the
bale: his sheep were countless az
the sands; he entertained with six
brass bands.
When Solomon a-wooing went
he took along a regiment: he
married all the girls in town, and
no one dared to turn him down.
Yet this same Solomon. I'm told.
wrote In book. when he was old.
i've seen all things beneath the
sun, I've had my little round OF
fun, and / would have all ages
know ais vanity and empty
showl The poor man seemed in
great distress. His stomach trou-
bled him, | guess.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-23


PARIS, Sept. 23. - Seven
French aviators took part in 56
air battles yesterday, bringing
down 10 ehemy flyers. 1t was Of
ficially announced today.
On perhaps no other day of the
war has there been such great
aerial activity.
Sergeant Baron dropped three
shells on the military work at
Ludwigshafen and three others on
the munition works at Mannheim,
causing bad fire.
On the Somme front, French
patrols which reached the south
ern edge of the town of Combles
in yesterdays fighting found nu-
merous German corpses and took
10 prisoners.
The Germans defended them
selves desperately in strongly
fortified houses on the outskirts
OF the town and from strong un-
derground defenses.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-23
RECOUNT JUDICIAL

lot unopposed.
The canvassing boards figures
show Saturday that Judges Chap
man, yesterday and Clifford will
have to make a run for their JOBS
and that the names of Dewitt NJ.
Evans, John ID. Fletcher and
Frank d. Nash will go on the jul
dicial ballot in November.
The reason for asking the re-
count, according to the board, Is
that in some of the precincts the
number. of ballots cast were not
certified on the poll books. Also,
in six precincts the poll books
were missing and the canvassing
board was forced to total the
number of votes cast in the party
| primaries and make an estimate.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-23
SOAKS CLOTHING WITH OIL

rational moments before sleep
overlook her, lighted match and
started the fires that burned her
almost beyond recognition, was
the conclusion reached by the in
vestigators.
The young. woman had been
suffering for some time from
nervousness, following an acct
dent which compelled her to give
up her position as stenographer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-23
SHIFTS in
LIBRARY

The designations of Miss Agnes
F. p. Greer, head of the lending
department, and Miss Louise
Smith, librarian at Lincoln Park
high school, were received by the
library board at its meeting Fri
day.
Mrs. Jennie G.. Engell and Miss
Mildred Pope were appointed to
the vacancies.
Other appointments we're those
of Miss Ruth Davis and Miss Har-
riet Smith to new work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-23
BALLOTS

Taking these estimates and ad-
ding them to $4,000 certified
votes. the figures show 27,290 as
a total number of ballots.
Thus. as things stand now, it
takes 1855 votes to elect.
Judge Card received 14,796, as
surfing his election. Chapman re-
ceived 12,761, yesterday 1902
and Clifford 1926.
In order to get by, Chapman
will have to pick up SS4 in the
recount; yesterday 943 and Cliff
ford 1880.
The recount will be only of the
total number of ballots cast, and
will have no effect ON the mum
Der of votes each candidate re-
ceived.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-23

Ballot boxes will be OPEN
ed and a recount made of the
total votes cast i'm the nom
partisan judicial primaries.
Superior Judges Chapman,
Clifford and yesterday, with
all other candidates for the
county bench and the county
canvassing board, Joined in a
petition Saturday asking that
the count be made in order
to get certified statement
of how the vote stands.
The petition will be granted
Saturday afternoon by Judge
Card, who is the only one Of the
present judges whose name il
sure to go on. the November bal
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-23
HUGHES IN
GOOD TRIM

,(ppited Press Leased wire.)
LAPORTE, Ind, Sept. 23.--Re-
fresLed from q nights rest off
the train, Charles Il. Hughes
started his wind-iip of the Indiana
campaign today, with voice con-
siderabiy clearer than yesterday.
and with the firm conviction that
Indiana's rs votes will be IN the
republican column in November.
No. presidential candidates ever
worked harder TO obtain these Is.
Today was d comparatively easy
schedule for the nominee only
seven speeches.
Nowhere IN his campaign has
the candidate been GroefQd nv
such crowds ~ have chGefod h|G
progress fhxoufA In6Ian1
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-23
Great Battles Being
Fought Out In Skies
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LONDON, Sept. 23.-For the
third time within a fortnight,
British aviators made raid this
moning on the German aerodrome
at st. Denis-Westrem in Belgium.
An official statement from the
admiralty indicated that the =, id
was the most effect -ade.
Considerable dame vas done
and there we're heavy German
casualties. The aeredromes at
Ghistelles and Handzaeme also
we're heavily bombarded.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-23
terday by surveyors in a

terday by surveyors in
lonely field near the Seattle
Country club.
Evidence was obtained showing
that she had made arrangements
for taking her life and cremating
her own body on July 4.
The woman took a sleeping po-
ton after reading favorite pass
ages in her Bible and pouring oil
on her body and clothes, and in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-23
MICHIGAN BOY OLDER
THAN GRANDMOTHER

Tiemen schepel. of Hol-
land. Mich, has the distinc-
ton of being one year older
than HIS grandmother,
SchepePs grandfather, Thos.
sVandenbosch, took out q IL
cense to wed Miss Gertrude
Myboer.
Vandenbosch Is az years
old and his bride h 10.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-23
Small Girl, In
Battle With a
Burglar, Wins

tVhIted ITCH teesed Wfrfl
PORTLAND. Ore. Sept. 23--
Bertha Wolfman, 16 years OF ase.
early today gave battle to a bsir-
slar who seized her arm As she
lay in bed. !.
She shrieked for help and final
~ drove the prowler out HI
dove through window and fled
abandoning his BICYCLE. which vol
confiscateq BY the police.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-23
Students Can't
Hop, Smoke, or
Stay Out Late
united Press Leased Wire,

SALEM, Ore. Sept. 23.--Will-
annette university students today
found themselves forbidden to
dance, smoke cigarets, drink,
make mid-week dates or stay out
late at night, and discovered eight
absences from chapel would con-
stitute grounds for expulsion from
school. The new faculty rules
are the strictest on record.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-23
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UNITED Press Leased Wire)
SEATTLE, Sept. 23.-The
strangest suicide i'm local an
nails was cleared up today
when the coroner and detec-
tives unraveled the circum-
stances connected with the
death of Miss Jennie Il. PEN
dleton, % years of age, 1922
Interlake avenue, whose
charred body was found yes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-23
LEGISLATURE WILL BE
ASKED TO REQUEST THAT
TRAINER" BE ABOLISHED

legislature will be asked to make official request on
Washington the Rainier be longer
piled the mountain and the national park IN which 1t STANDS
and that the correct aboriginal name be substituted
Senator Walter Davis republican nominee is going to nitro
that effect and advocate its
Today The Times by mall is asking each Pierce county oloer
each Pierce nominee for both houses it he Will
this
Following is the text of the editors letters
in this city recently MIR b o
United Satesde in
ppHcat O
bestowed lin Honor of enemy
he atty favored aborgi
the
memorial by h
The
hewMi nroduc d
The Timesw
enyote for ii, IL
ioryo 1.-The peoILo of the
be lifted Here is the simple direct of
solid delegation to back the
movement?
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Greetings, have you sent
that postcard back east?

Strange, what a simple thing
is for judges to get a recount Il
election ballots. Especially II
candidates with judicial tempera-
ments are out after their jobs.
IF A MAN is INCLINED TO
LEAD A FAST LIFE HE
SHOULD LEAD 1T TO A HITCH
ING POST AND TIE 1T.
These musicians aren't stuck
ON themselves at all. Their lat
est is to ride around the streets
footing their horns in shake
down rubber-neck truck plaster
ed with the sign:
CIVILIZATION
Now. Playing!
The editor says he thinks
there's more hot air In one Of
Hughes speeches than in tn
office radltor. He hns ~
cartoonists can caricaturo VIII
SONS protrudine chin. But he
ioesn't ~ 70 hide Il
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FLASHES
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PORTLAND, Me.-Two hun
dred and fifty persons, mostly
lumbermen going into the Maine
woods, were thrown into a panic
early today when the steamer Bay
State, bound for Portland from
Boston, ran aground five miles
below Cape Elizabeth in heavy
Wa. ~
IONS.
CLEVELAND, o. - Charley
White and Freddie Welsh are be-
ing matched for s0-round light
weight championship battle to be
fought at Tijuana, Mexico,
Thanksgiving day, Nate Lewis,
manager of White, announces.
CHICAGO, Sept. 23.-Wheat
closed strong on light northwest
reports and favorable cables.
September wheat was up sc at
SI53%; December up rs at
S1.55ss, and May up ssc at
$1.55 ~.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-09-23
That
Essential
Quality

While this bank
adopts every desira-
BILE method of modern
banking, it never loses
sight of that essential
quality, ABSOLUTE
SAFETY.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-21
TAMA COUNTY VETERANS.
Big Time Being Planned For Reunion
to Be Held July 10 and ID.

Special to Times Republican
Toledo, June 21.-Practically all de-
tails for the annual reunion of Tama
county civil war veterans, which is to
be held in Toledo Thursday and FRI
day. July 13 and IA, have been made.
and the event promises to be one of
the most enjoyable that has been held.
Indications are that the attendance
will surpass all records as many let
ters are being received from former
Tama county residents, stating that
they are planning to come back for
the big occasion.
A number of prominent speakers
have been obtained for the program.
Among those engaged are Col. David
Palmer, FORMER commander in chief
of the National G.. "A. R.: Attorney
Francis l.. Head. of Cedar Rapids, and
Prof. Ralph Dennis, of Northwestern
University. Chicago. On the camp
fire program will appear J. w. Willett,
former state commander; "Tama Jim"
Wilson; Hon. H. J. Stiger, and other
speakers Of like ability. z. I.
Meredith. democratic nominee for gov
ernor; and W. L. Harding, candidate
on the republican ticket. have been
invited to speak but as yet no definite
reply has been received from either.
A big feature of the reunion will be
the unveling of large electric flag.
dedicated to the G. a. r., as the clos
ing event on the first day. The flag
is to be erected on the south face of
the court house tower and will pre-
sent waving appearance. 1t will be
a permanent feature and lighted with
out charge by the Iowa Railway and
Light Company.
Of special interest will be the music
for the two days program. Three
bands, the Toledo Concert Band, Tama
Military Band, and Mesquakie Indian
Band have been engaged, and nego-
tiations are being made for another
high class organization. A drum corps
picked from the Iowa division CT civil
war musicians will be one of the chief
musical attractions. \ mixed chorus
of about fifty voices is being organized
to assist with the musical part Of the
program. ..."
TWO hundred automobile owners
have already promised to enter their
cars in the automobile parade. Three
prizes SIS, $40 and S. are offered for
the three best decorated cars. Attrac-
tons of various kinds are being
planned for the younger people.