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The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-03
lST ARKANSAS RE. GENES OFFICIAL ORDER
Ordered to Mobilize and Recruit to Maximum Strength, 104 Men-Several Officers Trans ferred to Reserves.

Little Rock, April 3.-The follow ing order was issued yesterday by Gen. Lloyd England, commanding the Arkansas National Guard:
 "All organizations First Arkansas hereby ordered mobilized, recruited to maximum strength 104 men, but not to war strength, pending action by Congress. Remain at home rem dezvous until further orders. Sub sistence for men must not exceed 25 cents per meal"
 The following officers were trans ferred to the reserve upon their own request: 1st Lieut.. F. B. T. Hollen- berg, Jr., Co. E, 1st Reg; 2nd Lieut.. Lafayette D. Petross, Jr., Go. A, 2nd Reg; Lieut.. James M. Brooks, Co. M, lst Inf; Lieut.. Ross F.. Thompson, Go. A, 1st Inf.
 Sergt. Harry o. Hough has been promoted to succeed Lieut.. Petross, Lieut.. Walter F. Powell has been pro- noted to succeed Lieut.. Hollenberg Lieut.. Ross K. Thompson has been succeeded by Lieut. George Kelley.
 The following second lieutenants have been appointed: Sergt. George A. Longstreth, vice Walter F. Powell; Sergt. Samuel c. Herrin, vice George Kelley; Sergt. John H. Steward, vice Lieut. Forrest Ward.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-03
CHAMP CLARK AGAIN
 SPEAKER OF HOUSE
Four Independents Voted With Democratic Representatives Five Republicans Refused to Support Candidate Mann.

Washington, April 2.-The Demo crats, with the aid of four or five in organized the House when the new Congress assembled today, re-electing Speaker Champ Clark of Missouri and sweeping into office with him all the other Demo- cratic caucus nominees.
 MT. Clark received PIT votes against 205 for Representative Mann, the Republican choice for speaker, who not only failed to receive an in dependent vote, but lost the support of five of his party colleagues.
 All the Democrats present voted for Mr. Clark and were joined by Representatives Sehall, Progressive, Minnesota; Martin, ProgressivePro- tectionist, Louisiana; London, Social ist, New York, and Randall, Prohi- publicans who did not support Mir. Mann were Gardner of Massachu- setts, who voted for Representative Lenroot of Wisconsin; Gray of New Jersey and Dalhnger of Massachu- setts, who voted for Representative Gillett of Massachusetts, and Haskell of New York and James of Michigan, who voted present" Representa- tive Fuller, Independent, of Massa- chusetts, voted for Representative Lenroot.
 To the surprise of the Republicans, Representative Schall placed MT. Clark in nomination. For a time it was thought that he had done so by inadvertence, but later it developed he had acted through encouragement with Democratic leaders.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-03
STATE BANK DEPOSITS
 SHOW GREAT INCREASE

Little Rock, April 3.-A statement prepared yesterday by the State Bank Commissioner shows the total indi- vidual deposits in the 389 banks of the state, exclusive of the nationals, were $47, ,2S0, ,436.20, as compared with $30 ,969,6 9,61S.70 one year ago, and S24,- 524, ,060.25 two years ago.
 The total resources of the banks reporting amounted to $95, ,566, ,62S.36, as compared with $69,919, ,207.43 one year ago, and a total of $61,9S9,- 094.69 two years ago. The high water mark for banking resources was reached last November, when the total was $104,19S,653.97, and the re- duction of less than nine million dol lars since that time is considered most gratifying by the commissioner.
 The total loans by the banks is S57 7,469.25, the cast and exchange is $2S,352, ,19216, and the reserve. is 2S per cent.
 The conditions are in all respects very fine, and show the state to be in an excellent financial condition.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-03
FIRST ARMED SHIP
 TO LEAVE AMERICA
 SUNK BY SUBMARINE
Steamer Aztec Sent Down Off the French Coast Vessel TOrpedOed at Night While Heavy Sea Running.
Paris, April "A French patrol picked up 19 of the crew of the Aztec. Twenty-eight men are reported miss ing.

Paris, April 2.-The American steamer Aztec has been sunk by a submarine near an island off Brest. Some of the crew were rescued and are being brought into Brest. A number of the men are missing and little hope is held that they can be saved, as the steamer was torpedoed at night while heavy sea was run ming.
 William Graves Sharp, the Ameri- can ambassador, was informed this afternoon by the French government of the torpedoing of the Aztec and immediately cabled the State De- partment.
 Representative of the American government will proceed to Brest to take the dispositions of survivors of the disaster.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-03
I FCyILAR MEETING
 OF CITY COUNCIL
o,,ostior of OiIing Streets De- sId Isypd Until They Have Been p%onaired De- - Gravel Ordered Committees Appointed.

Tho ci+v council met in regular ses- ;.n ot the city hall Monday night, .ho following members being present: Mayor Randolph Hamby, Recorder rhss. Tompkins, Aldermen Arnold, plakelv. Beidelman, Buchanan, Davis, Todford Sykes and Moore.
 Mayor Hamby appointed the fol- ,owing city board of health: Dr. A.. . Buchanan, Dr. Jacob Hesterly, Dan p;ttman. p. S. Harrell and w. ". Tompkins. which appointments were snproved by the council.
 The street committee was instruct ad to purchase ten car loads of gravel ;mmedately and have the streets of ,he city graded and repaired.
 Mayor Hamby announced the ap- rontment of a new street committee as follows: Aldermen Davis, Beidel- man. and Arnold. The retiring com mittee was Aldermen Beidelman, Davis and Blakely. The appointment of other committees will be announc- ed later.
 An ordinance prohibiting the run ming at large of chickens and pre- eribing penalties was introduced, read the first time and on motion re- ferred to the ordinance committee for investigation and probable amend ments
 An ordinance prohibiting the defac- ing of property in the city park and prohibiting the killing of birds in the park was read the first time, amend ed and laid on the table until the next meeting.
 Alderman Sykes was appointed as 2 committee of one by Mayor Hamby N see about securing title to prop erty adjacent the sewer plant.
 The regular monthly bills were read, discussed and approved and or dered paid
 The question of oiling the streets was discussed at length and the council finally decided to take no ac- ton in that respect until the streets are repaired and that oiling of the streets will begin about May 1st.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-03
CONGRESS CHEERS
 PRESIDENT WHEN HE
 URGES WAR MEASURE
Galleries Join in Enthusiastic Reception to EXecutive-Su- preme Court Attended Joint Session of Congress.

Washington, April 2.-President Wilson tonight urged Congress, as- sembled in joint session, to declare a state of war existing between the United States and Germany.
 In a dispassionate but unmeasured denunciation of the course of the im- perial German government, which he characterized as challenge to all mankind and a warfare against all nations, the president declared that neutrality no longer was feasible or desirable where the peace of the world was involved; that armed neu- trality had become intellectual enough at best and was likely to produce what it was meant to prevent, and urged that Congress accept the gauge of battle with all the resources of the nation.
 ''I advise that the Congress declare the recent course of the imperial German government to be in fact nothing less than war against the government and people of the United States" said the president; that it formally accept the status of bellig erent which has thus been thrust up- on it and that it take steps not only to put the country in more thor ough state of defense, but also to exert all it's power and employ all it's resources to bring the government of the German empire to terms and end the war"
 When the president had finished speaking, resolutions to declare a state of war existing were introduced in both houses of Congress, referred to appropriate committees and will be debated tomorrow. There is no doubt of their passage.
 Message Sent to Germany. The objects of the United States in entering the war. the president said, were to vindicate the principles of peace and justice agalhst SelpSh ana autocratic power" Without selfish ends, for conquest or dominion, seek ing no indemnities or material com pensations for the sacrifices it shall make, the United States must enter the war, the president said, to make the world safe for democracy, as only one of the champions of the rights of mankind, and would be satisfied when those rights were as secure as the faith and freedom of nations could make them.
 The presidents address was sent in full to Germany by a German ofil- cial news agency for publication in
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-03
COMMISSION
 PERFECT ORG ANIMATION

Little Rock, April 3.-At a meeting of the penitentiary commission yes terday afternoon, Judge Coker was elected chairman and Capt. Burkett secretary. The following appoint ments were made at the walls: Capt. Burkett in charge; F. w. Brodnax, warden; Stone Madded, chief clerk; Stacy Toole, assistant chief clerk; F.. B. Pipkin, chaplain; E. H. Demp- sey, electrician. Rev. Pipkin was chaplain of the House.
 The following appointments were made at the farms
 Tucker-Judge Coker in charge; Horton, warden; Luther Castling, commissary clerk; Dr. R. B. Corney, physician.
 Cummins-J. T. McQuistion in charge; L. D. Bailey, warden; A. G. Moser, commissary clerk; Dr. Col quit, physician.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-03

Little Rock, April 3.-W. T. Key holds, who yesterday assumed his office of state comptroller, resigned as a member of the State Board of Accountancy, and Gov. Brough ap- pointed Chas. H. Orto of Little Rock as his successor MT Orto is 36 years old. and has been an accountant 12 years He is a graduate of the University, and is a member of the American Institute of Accountancy.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-03
GOVERNOR PARDONED HENRY
 WOOLBRIGHT ACCT. ILLNESS

Little Rock, April 3.-The gover- nor yesterday pardoned Henry Wool bright of Cross county, a white man, who had served fourteen months of i've years sentence for assault to kill, having been convicted March 21, 1916 The pardon was granted on recom- mendation of the penitentiary physi- elan, on account of the critical illness of Woolbright, with a cancer.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-03
LITTLE ROCK Is HOLDING
 REGULAR CITY ELECTION

Little Rock, April 3.-The regular cty election is being held here today, TOT the election of eight aldermen ana the municipal judges. There is no opposition to the regular Demo- cratic nominees.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-04-03

that country. The text also went to England, and summary of its con- tents was sent around the world to other nations.
 To carry on an effective warfare against the German government, which he characterized as natural foe to liberty" the president recom- mended
 Utmost practical cooperation in counsel and action with the govern ments already at war with Germany.
 Extension of liberal financial cred it's to those governments. so that the resources of America may be added so far as possible to theirs.
 Organization and mobilization of all the material resources of the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-14
Planning to Cooperate.

While tho Department Of Agriculture
Is intrusted primarily with the plans
for increased production. the national
aspect of the issue Is recognized. so
that the Department Of Labor. the De,
partment Of Commerce.. tho United
States bureau Of education. the food
administration and other agencies OF
the government are seeking to cor
relate their work with that OF tho
Agricultural Department.
Some Of the handicapS Tor even q
normal production next year, az OUT
lined today by Carl vrocman. assistant
secretary Of agriculture. are:
Farmers now face q shortage OK
labor. which itself Is one of the most
serious problems with which agricul-
ture ever has had to contend.
It is possible that farmers may have
to deal with a shortage In machinery
and farm implements.
It Is likely that farmers will have
difficulty in getting sufficient fertilizer.
and unless careful plans are laid at
once there may not be enough seed to
meet the demands.
All these factors throw on tho farm
or a strain which go far to Offset q
season when, for the first time In the
country's history. adequate prices were
paid the farmer for his product Mr..
Vrooman said.
ITO Offset these conditions a first step
Is to bring about q realisation upon the
part of the people that the farmer Is
not q proflteer, and they must be made
to realize their interdependence with
him"
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SHRAPNEL
Sidelights on the War
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

The University of Edinburgh soon
will bestow the degree bachelor OF
commerce" on graduates of certain
school. After the war trade conditions
will demand commercial experts, 1t is
declared.
ARCHES" is the slang name applied
to anti-aircraft guns.
It is the custom of German royalty
to accumulate large debts. They re-
and hand them over to solicitors Tor
bargaining. The kaiser follows this
practice.
When a British offensive is on In
France or Flanders 1000 tons of NUM-
lions daily pass over one railway In
southern England. bound for the battle
front.
The original Dreadnaught was built
by England about ten years ago. II
was Of $4,000 tons. Superdreadnaught
is the name given to the larger war
ships Of today. The term, originally
English, now is applied to the largest
battleships of all countries.
Germans recently produced Shake
speare's The Merry Wives of Windsor
as 1.-The Merry Wives of Coburg."
frudging up a slope on the shell-torn
battlefield behind the present British
lines in the general region Of CouIce-
lette was a man who had thrilled an
audience of 5000 soldiers with rollick-
ing. care-free song a few moments
previous. He finally reached a spot
marked by little slab. upon which he
read an inscription. Here was the grave
Of this fathers fondest hopes.
The singer knelt down, later threw
his arms over the little mound and his
body shook with grief. When the storm
had spent itself. he prayed:
20 God. that I could have but one re-
quest 1t would be that I might en-
brace my laddie just this once. and
thank him for what he has done for
his country and humanity"
The singer. the father. was Harry
Lauder.
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CLERKS PAY EQUAL1zED.
System Adopted to Correct linus.
tees at Navy Yards.

Inequalities in grading and pay of
clerks and draughtsmen at navy yards
and stations have been corrected. IT Is
declared. by a new system adopted by
the Navy Department.
Instead Of differences in pay between
grades amounting even to as little as
cents q day. with promotion running
all the way from 8 cents to 4s cents.
the new scale creates a difrerential OF
4s cents between grades in the high
branches. with promotions to be made
in tncrements Of 48 cents a day. In the
lower branches the diffe1 entail will he
"a cents. and promotions will be made
in increments Of "a cents.
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Report Of Steps Taken.

Of communication direct with tho de-
partment
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Meeting the Labor Problem.

Already there is evidence that they
have done SO. Planting of wheat this
fall was done under the most difficult
and trying conditions. In some sec
OF potatoes have been rotting and
freezing on ground where wheat would
have been planted had there been labor
to harvest the potatoes and plant the
wheat. But with the help Of the De-
partment OF Labor the labor for wheat
and against the 659.000.o00 bushels Of
wheat garnered this year 1t is predict
ed. on the basis of early acreage re-
ports. that crop Of billion bushels
next year will be the harvest. II condi-
tions are at all favorable.
The labor shortage on farms existed
even before the war. It became acute
this season. Unless strenuous meas
ures are taken 1t will end in disas-
trous results next year. in the opinion
of Mr.. Vrooman.
Beside the treatment of farm labor
on a genuinely selective basis instead
of haphazard one, under the draft
regulations of October %. the govern
ment is seeking to round up the un-
employed and unemployed labor IN
this effort the Department Of Labor is
cooperating. But such labor is only
small fraction of the need One Of
the most important steps has been the
appointment OF a farm-help specialist
in every state. and similar specialists
in every county and community These
work under the bureau of farm man
agement. They should not be con-
fused with the state. county and city
agents. working under the states re-
la,L ms service: Through these two
culture has established a line Of com
munication direct to every farmer in
the country. and. what is more i'm
portant. every farmer has a channel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-14
$50 FOR "DISLOYALY SPEECH.
Prof. Scott Nearing Pleads Guilty Of
Disorderly Conduct.

DULUTH. Mimi. November IA
Scott Nearing. former professor Of po-
1itical economy at the University Of
Pennsylvania, was arrested Monday
night while making an alleged anti
war speech here. He was arraigned
in police court late yesterday. pleaded
guilty to disorderly conduct and was
fined $50. Four others arrested with
him were held on a charge Of vagrancy.
Prof. Nearing left last night for New
York via Chicago. saying he had can
celed his western speaking tour be-
cause of his arrest.
The police were debating on what
course to pursue when. after sixteen
hours Incarceration in the city jail
without bail having been set. Nearing
offered to plead guilty to a charge of
disorderly conduct.
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gram must be effected where the soil is
titled in winter or early spring.
only with such exertions can labor
needs be met" said Mr.. vrooman.
without such effort not only will there
be q smaller yield. which will be disas-
trous to the nation. but the farmer will
suffer financially and the increased
acreage put out in crops that the coun-
try needs will be wasted"
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To utilize Vacation Periods.

Still another source Of recruiting for
farms is looked to in the city, factory
and commercial workers who viii be
urged to go to the farms during their
vacation periods. These vacations
average two weeks. The emergency
period for which they are needed
covers a span Of twelve weeks. There
fore the government is going to seek
to put the equivalent of one-sixth the
full time man power Of these workers
to serving their nation on the farms
next summer. Nothing they could DO
in their vacations is counted of more
personal benefit nor of greater pa
triotic service than to respond to this
call.
One group which also may be counted
upon to a larger degree than hereto,
fore is to be found in the towns and
small cities around highly productive
districts In the present year the har-
vesting season in the far west found
bankers and business men whose sala-
ries were $4,000 or SO year working
for a time on farms at 81 per day.
Such an effort would have saved the
potato crop from going to waste and
would have planted the acres thus oc-
cupied in wheat. in Pennsylvania and
other sections where labor could not
be obtained.
Towns and cities so located will be
urged to turn their entire populations
into the fields, so far as possible. to
help the farmer in his busy season.
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Appeal to Secretary Wilson.

HOUSTON. Tex. November 1.-THE
striking oil workers Of the Texas
Louisiana nelds have appealed to Will
liam B. Wilson, Secretary of Labor, to
come to Houston and endeavor to ad-
Just tho differences existing between
them and the operating companies.
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HAND|CAPS FACED
IN NATIONS CRISIS
Shortage Of Labor One Of
Chief Hindrances to Food
Production.
VIEWS OF CARL VR0OMAN

Serious handicaps. brought about
partly by war conditions. face one OF
tho most vital factors in sustaining the
the country in q prolonged drive upon
the mailed fist Of Germany.
These handciaps are those which will
work against adequate food production
next year. in she face Of demand not
only for our own armies. but to help
feed our allies. while neutrals also are
looking to us for succor since their
own sources Of supply have been cut
OF.
Already the government is making
every effort to regulate distribution OF
foods among its own people and among
foreign nations. but no amount of reg
ulation will make food go around when
there is serious shortage. Therefore,
government officials have under consY.-
Grafton measures to accomplish this es
sential measure for a longtime war
preparation, that of insuring produce
ton enough in the United States to
meet our own national needs and those
Of our armies, and to supply our allies
as far as possible.
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War Declared
on Rats by u. S. Govt

The government at WASHINGTON Is pre-
pairing q campaign that should be effective
IN killing the rats that destructive
both to lives and property. conservative
estimate places the loss of foodstu1s from
annually. and. in the present scarcity Of
food. this loss must be prevented. The most
efncicnt way to XIII the Rat" is by the
use Of Stsarns' Paste. and thousands of dol
lars worth have been bought by the govern
ment- Every housekeeper troubled with rats.
mice, reaches or waterbugs should buy Q
amau box Of this reliable exterminator for
thirty-dvs cents and stop further loss Of
food In her homs-Advsrtissment
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Captain to Report Immoral Centers

NEWPORT. r. l.. November IA
Capt. Henry F. Brown. commandant Of
the second naval district, has an
nounced that he could get no help from
either the state of Rhode Island or the
city OF Newport in cleaning up alleged
centers of immortality outside the naval
station here. and that he would report
the situation to Secretary Daniels.
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able. and with the use of all men who
might otherwise be assigned to the
Army, the shortage still would be ex-
tremely threatening.
roll tens Of thousands Of teachers In
schools and colleges. who are free from
June to September, and hundreds Of
thousands more of college and high
school Students in the work OF the soil
next summer This effort is not new,
but 1t will be carried out on scale
hitherto not attempted.
In this country It is estimated there
also are hundreds of thousands OF re-
tired farmers, either of middle ago or
not far past it, who still are available
as potential farm workers. To these
the country will make a special ap.
peal, as sort of reserve army OF
trained soldiers Of the burrows, to per-
form a patriotic task when needed to
aid in planting and harvesting crops
and in filling the soil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-14

During the week ending November
10 these state agents met In ST. Louis.
and department representatives just re-
turned from there have brought back
to be taken to supply the farmer with
help next year. 1t was brought out
at this conference that with all the
unemployed, mis-employed labor avail
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-11-14
Organization Necessary

Such measures Of farm mobilization
only can be accomplished with the ut
most effort and organization This CAM
Spouse viii not be necessary in many
northern states until the spring. even
now. in the south. a part of the pro-
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SPECIAL NOTICES

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PERPETUAL
building Association. at 11th and . sts. n.w.
- MONDAY. November 10. 1911. at 1850 Pm
~ order Of u beard Of directors.