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The Prescott daily news., 1917-12-13
GENERAL CR0z|ER
 EXPLAINS DELAYS
Tells Why the Army Has Not Been Properly Equipped - General Inquiry Begun Into Conduct of the War. ..

Washington, Dec. 12.-Delays and deficiencies in supplying the war army with ordnance were explained today by Major General Crozier, chief of ordnance, to the Senate military committee at the beginning of the general inquiry planned by Congress into conduct of the war. The first hearing was public and will be con tinued tomorrow. Later executive sessions will be held for discussion of subjects involving military secrets.
 There is a shortage of ordnance at home for training purposes, General Crozier admitted, but he said there is no shortage Ion the other side" and will be none. It has been possible, he said. to purchase English and French artillery for use in Europe and he predicted that by next summer the principal ordnance shortages for train ing purposes will be met.
 Delays in supplying ordnance, Gen. eral Crozier said, have been due to several causes, including time taken for considering estimates and ap- propriatons before Congress and la- Dor difficulties in private plants. He said there is no shortage of skilled intuition labor in this country and told of plan to retain such labor which may be submitted to Congress.
 Contracts for ordnance let on the "cost plus a percentage profit" plan, the general declared, have been eco- nsmical for the government. Although detailed questioning of General Cro- zicr was deferred, several committee members inquired regarding prepara- tons made in anticipation of war last spring and appeared dissatisfied with what htey learned. General Crozier explained many advance preparations, including a census of munition manu- lecturers and said everything possi- ble was done.
 In further examination of General Crozcr and of other department heads including Secretary Baker, committee members plan to go fully into the question of clothing and ammunition as well as ordnance supplies and pre- diet lengthy inquiry.
 Investigation of the navy's war pre- parations and plans also is planned within a few weeks. Senator Swan son, who acts as chairman of the Sen ate naval affairs committee in Senator
The Prescott daily news., 1917-12-13
l226 ARE DEAD IN
 THE HALIFAX EXPLOSION

Halifax, Dec. 12.-The toll of death resulting from the explosion of the munitions ship Mont Blanc in Halifax harbor was officially fixed tonight at ,226, including identified and uniden- tified bodies, and the missing. The list of missing is steadily becoming smaller as relatives are reunited and refugees who left the city return. From 300 to 300 persons are totally or partly blind and 200 children have each lost both parents, according to the American and Canadian workers Investigating the situation. The Bos- ton relief ship Calvin Austin entered the harbor today.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-12-13
BIG PART 0F GAIN IS
 LOST IN ONE DAY

New York, Dec. 12.-The cotton market lost a good part of yesterdays advance during today's trading, with January selling off to 29.02c, or 83 points below yesterdays high record. That delivery closed at 29,06c, with the general list closing steady at net decline of 34 to 49 points.
 The market opened steady at an ad- vance of points to a decline of 2 points on overnight buying orders, and there was also little support from trade sources. Offerings in- creased right after the call, with the market soon turning easier under realizing by old longs and selling by spot houses with Southwestern con- |neetions.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-12-13

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The Prescott daily news., 1917-12-13
SERGEANT PUTS ONE
 OVER ON THE CHIEF

St. Louis, Dec. PA feeble old man, white whiskered and gray, called on Chief Young of the police depart ment to report burglary. The chief listened patiently to his squeaky voice and was about to turn him over to another officer to whom he could ann plify his complaint when the old man removed his white wig and whiskers and revealed himself as Sergeant Will liam Stinger, head of the gambling squad The chief admitted he was fooled"
The Prescott daily news., 1917-12-13
BOY PAGE MIR. HOOVER,
 THIS MAN IS CHEATING"

Dallas, Tex, Dec. PA little more sugar, please" customer asked a waiter in a Dallas hotel, when served but two cubes of sugar with his coffee.
 Sorry, but we can only serve two Jumps with each cup"
 Then give me another cup of coffee"
 And the customer took the addi- tional humps, sweetened the first cup of coffee to his satisfaction, and left the second cup untouched.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-12-13

on Tuesday, the enemy resumed his attack among the hills, and was re- warded by the capture of several posi- tions. Later, however, the Italians, in a counter attack, regained their lost ground, after which the artillery duels were resumed, but with less strength than previously had been shown.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-12-13

Tillman's absence, said today that after the holidays his committee plans to begin the naval inquiry.
 We propose to find out if every thing is going right and how the money is being and is to be spent" he said, adding, however, that there had not been so many reports regard ing difficulties affecting the naval branch.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-12-13
BOlSHEv|KI FORCES
 LOSE TWO BATTLES
Don COssacks Under Kaledines Reported Victorious in Clashes Radicals Are Rushing Peace Efforts.

New York, Dee. 12.-The Cossacks, under General Kaledines, and the Bol- sheviki forces are reported to have met in at least two fights, with the Cossacks victorious in both. The en- agreements occurred at Mohilev and lat Tamanovka, and the Bolsheviki losses are declared to have been heavy.
 The Bolshevik have dispersed the Senate, the highest Russian court, and all the other courts of Petrograd in keeping with the recent decree of the peoples commissaries, substitut- ing new revolutionary tribunals. Rev oluntionary courts will be established throughout the country December 20, to assist in carrying on the struggle of the Bolsheviki government against counter-revolution and to stop brigan- dage, sabotage and speculation. Mem bers of the courts will be revolution aries chosen by local councils of sol diers' and worgmen's delegates.
 In Moscow the Bolsheviki are hay ing trouble in feeding the population, and their own soldiers threaten re- volt. The Bolsheviki are attempting to control the constituent assembly and threaten to arrest any of their opponents who try to gain control.
 The assembly win be opened by rep resentatives of the national commits saries on the arrival in Petrograd of more than 400 members of the assem- bly,, according to a proclamation is- sued today from the Smolny Insti- ute. Although the eommissaries or dered all offices closed, arranged free matinees at the theateTs and proclaim ed tomorrow as day of general re- joicing in honor of the opening of the assembly, it appeared likely that postponement would be probable, perhaps only for few days. While Bolsheviki power in Russia is being menaced on many sides, the peace movement which the extremist government recently instituted, ap- parently is being pushed with all pos sible rapidity.
 The latest report on the progress of the exchanges with the Teutonic rep resentatives at the front comes from a German source. The semi-oficial Berlin news agency announces that Authorization has been given a new Russian commander to open peace ne- gotiations with Germany on the Rus sian front Rehabilitation of the Russian forces already has been be- gun, it is declared.
 On the Roumanan front an armis- tice for an indefinite period has been signed
The Prescott daily news., 1917-12-13
INCREASE SHOWN IN
 BRITISH SHIP LOSSES

London, Dec. PA slight increase in the losses of British merchantmen destroyed by mine or submarine in the past week was noted in the Ad- miralty statement tonight. Fourteen vessels of more than 1,6OO tons were sunk, as we'll as seven under that ton mage.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-12-13

When in Prescott we would be glad to have you come around to our office and see us. You will be welcome.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-12-13

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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-22
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1917-03-22

List Of letters rensia.ny uncalled
for in the Miller postoffice for the
week ending March 10, 1917.
Ino Smith.
G. w. Norwood.
p. b. Nelson.
Charles Horn.
Mrs. Otto s. Hanan,
John Duffy.
B. p. Benneth.
j. p. Brown.
George Brown.
Mrs. f. d. Miller.
These letters will be sent to the
dead letter Office on April End, 1917,
IL not delivered. Call for advertised"
giving date OF list. J. T. McChllsn.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-02-28
THREE AIDS TO BIG EGG-YIELD.

The poultryman who wishes to
have a profitable, laying flock for
the season just ahead, must do three
things NOW.
First, he must make his poultry
house ready for the laying flock.
This means that he must make it
perfectly weather tight, repairing
roof and windows if need be; that
he must clean it thoroughly and
either whitewash it or spray it with
kerosene and zenoleum or kreso;
that he must thoroughly renovate
roosts and nests; that he must refill
the Let with clean straw; provide
new sand and litter, hoppers for dry
mash, for grit, sho'ls, and charcoal,
a table or shelf for pans or crooks
for water and r'ilk, and a cheese
box of road rust or hard coal ashes.
needed as breeders or for family
He must determine the capacity
of his house in order that the laying
flock may not be crowded. Each
laying hen needs at least four square
feet of floor space. If an enclosed
scratching shed is included, this may
be considered in making calculations
Of the amount of floor space. If a
considerable number of old fowls is
to be kept over, 1t will be worth
while to divide the poultry house
proportionally between old and
young.
He must gather in all the young
chickens from brooder houses, coops,
boxes, trees and bushes, for a thor
ough culling of the flock. He must
give pullets, Matched in April and
May, a chance to make good. They
will lay in January and February II
properly housed and fed. He must
dispose of all old stock. except birds
desired as breeders; also old roost-
ers and cockerels. excepting those
needed as breeders or for family
consumption. Colony houses may
be utilized for cockerels and surplus
stock until they can be profitably
marketed,
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-02-28
DIES IN
WEST AT AGE OF 90
Jacob G., Marsh Was Last Survivor
of Seminole Indian War
OF 1897,

Lincoln, Neb.-Jacob C.. Marsh,
born in Hardin county, Kentucky,
last survivor of the Seminole Indian
War of 1887, died at his home in
Lincoln last week at the age Of SO
years and seven months. He was
sick only three days and on the Sun
day before his death he went to
Sunday School. His wife, Mrs.
Marsh, was a cousin of Daniel Boone
and likewise came from Kentucky.
Mrs. Marsh taught her husbaA how
to read and write.
A few months ago Mr.. Marsh as
tonished City Clerk Berg by coming
to the latter's office to be registered
as a voter. So active did he appear
that Mr.. Berg thought nothing of
the matter until he happened to no
tice "99" in the blank for the age
of the would-be voter.
what do you want to be voting
for at your age?" asked Mr.. Berg.
"Why quit now" laughed Marsh
I've been voting the Democratic
ticket for seventy-eight years and
don't want to quit yet"
Born in Kentucky in July, 1917
Mr.. Marsh's family later moved to
Missouri and sill later to Iowa and
Nebraska. In 1885 Mr.. Marsh par
ticipated in the short, but bitter
Seminole Indian War and was pen
stoned by the Government as a re-
suit. His death winds up the pen
sioners of the Seminole War. When
the Civil War broke out Mr.. Marsh
tried to enlist but was too old and
was refused because of being past
the age limit.
His mind was absolutely clear to
the very day of his death and he re-
membered events which happened In
Hardin and other Kentucky counties
nearly 100 years ago.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-02-28

water twice a day. Stir occasionally
until the sprouts start. When
9 or inches high, the sprouts
will be ready for use. Another
method suggested is to allow a quart
of oats to be soaked in a pail of wa
ter over night and the surplus water
poured off next morning. The oats
are then washed three times with
clear water to remove mold or smut
spores and spread one-quarter inch
deep on shallow traps. These traps,
which have wire mosquito netting
bottoms, are placed in a warm room
and the oats kept damp. In about
five days they are ready for feeding
and make an excellent midday food
for young chicks or mature fowls.
About a cubic inch a day of sprouted
oats is sufficient for a hen and half
the amount for a chick.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-02-28
WOMAN MURDERED BY son
LEAVES ESTATE OF S2O, OOO
Property Bequeathed To Slayer and
Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary.

Lagrange, Ky.-The will of Mrs.
Annie Wheeler, who was killed in
Louisville a week ago, was probated
in the County Court here. After
providing for her son, Gilbert, she
Wills her property to the Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary, of
Louisville. She expresses the desire
that in no event shall her half broth
er, Newton Button, have any part of
the estate. d. H. French is APP
pointed executor, and it is requested
that no inventory of the property be
made. The will is dated November
;, 1909, and J. r. Clark, w. 2. Rus
sci and I. T. Risley witnessed the
document.
Newton Button, the half brother
mentioned in the will, committed
suicide about a wear ago at his
home about four miles south of this
place. The act was supposed to
have been caused by brooding over
i'll health and intense suffering. The
estate of Mrs. Wheeler is estimated
at from $4,000 to $50, 900.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-02-28
It HAPPENED IN HARTFORD
And Is Happening To Hartford PEG
pie Every Week.

The case told below is not an UNI
common thing. The same occurs
frequently and will continue to hap
pen as long as folks have kidneys
and overtax the kidneys.
l.. p. Turner, farmer, Clay street.
Hartford. says: II am glad to rec
ommend Doan's Kidney Pills be-
cause they relieved me when my
kidneys and back troubled me. |
consider Doan's Kidney Pills a re-
liable kidney medicine and deserv-
ing of great praise
Price soc at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mr. Turner had. Foster-Mil-
burn Co.. Props, Buffalo, n. Y.
Advertisement.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-02-28
THE AVERAGE VOCABULARY
s Persons or Fair Education Can Con
troll From 10000 10
10000 Words.

The Chautauqua Magazine said q
few years ago: 1T is estimated
that an English farm hand has a
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-02-28
KILLED MAN; SENTENCED
TO 30 MINUTES IN JAIL

Mansfield, La.-Edgar L. Cal
houn, a business man here. served a
Jail sentence of thirty minutes for
manslaughter. Calhoun admitted on
the witness stand that he had killed
Green Columbus, but claimed Co
lumbus had insulted his daughter
The verdict was guilty as charged, y
but it included a recommendation
for extreme mercy" and the court
made the sentence an half hours
Imprisonment.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-02-28
Stiff, Sore Muscles Relieved.

Cramped muscles or soreness fol
lowing a cold or case of grippe are
eased and relieved by an application
of Sloan's Liniment. Does not stain
the skin or clog the pores like mussy
ointments or plasters and penetrates
quickly without rubbing. Timber up
your muscles after exercise, drive
out the pains and aches of rheuma-
tism, neuralgia, lumbago, strains,
sprains and bruises with Sloan's Lin
iment. Get bottle today. At all
druggists, 25c.-Advertisement.
Fordsville. Ky.-Ihe Hartford
Herald, Hartford, KY, Dear Sir
Enclosed find check for three dol
lars which will pay my subscription
until March, 1918.
Respectfully,
Mrs. T. +. BUTLER.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-02-28
PROMOTION IS WON
BY JOHN ]. PERSHING
Commander That Invaded Mexi-
co Selected For Important
Position.

Washington, ID. C.-Major Cen
eral John J. Pershing formally was
appointed commander of the South
ern Department succeeding Major
General Frederick Funston. The APP
pointment will take effect immedi-
ately and does not require confirma-
ton by the Senate.
Adjutant General Mccain was in
structed to make out the papers for
President Wilson's signature, and
since they cannot reach San Anton
10 for some days, Major General
Scott, Chief of Staff, informed Gen
eral Pershing by wire that he had
been named.
General Pershing, while in COM
mand of the expedition into Mexico,
was slated for comamnd of the de-
partment of New Mexico, which it
was proposed to create if military
operations on a large scale were un-
dertaken in Mexico. AS the plan
never was put into effect, General
Pershing was sent to command the
entire FL Paso district and the larg-
est concentration of troops on the
border when he returned from Next
co. After General Funston's death
he took over command of the South
ern Department automatically as
senior officer in the jurisdiction.
There is considerable speculation
as to who will be nominated Major
General to take the vacancy in that
grade in the line created by General
Funston's death. A process of Sc
lection is exercised in the promotion
Of army general officers, the senior
ity rule applying only to the grade
of Colonel and below. Brigadier
General Clarence r. Edwards, COM
manding the canal zone, is ranking
Brigadier General.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-02-28

vocabulary limited to 800 words.
An American workman who reads
the newspapers may command from
700 to 1000 words. Five thousand
Is a large number, even for an edu-
Gated reader or speaker This diff
fers considerably from the state
ment published in a recently COM
piled English encyclopedia, which
states that ut has been reckoned
that the agricultural laborer uses
about 1900 words, but this is prob
ably an overestimate. Intelligent
artisans have a vocabulary of 1000
words, while educated persons are
familiar with. If they-do not use,
5000 to 10000 words" This is a
step forward all along the line, but
it is a long distance from DR.. Jo-
seph Jacobs's discoveries. In re-
cent review DR.. Jacobs said Chat
the average well-educated American
Englishman can control from 3d.
900 to $4,000 Words But given
an individual with a vocabulary of
10000 primitive words, it is a SIM
pie matter for him to increase his
stock of words by the use Of pre-
fixes and suffixes. From four to six
derivatives may be formed by the
use of these from nearly every prim-
tive word. If proper names be add
ed to either of these totals 100000
to 100000 they might yield total
of $4,000 to 10000 terms.
The foregoing facts seem to war
rant these general conclusions: Ev-
cry well-read person of fair ability
and education will be able to define
or to understand as used nearly or
quite, perhaps, more than $4,000
words. And the same person in con-
versation and writing will command
not fewer than $1,000 to 10000,
and can add 5000 to 10000 to
these numbers if he be literary in
clined. The plain people, as Lincoln
liked to call them, used or read un-
derstandingly from 5000 to 10000
words, according to their general in
telligence, and conversational power.
-[New York Times.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-02-28
RABBIT RACES TRAIN.

AS pretty a race as any sports
man would like to see took place on
the outskirts of Canaan yesterday
between a jack rabbit and a freight
train run by two locomotives on the
Central New England Railroad.
First the rabbit led, then the
train, but after crossing the Housa-
tonic river on the ice the rabbit
sprang ahead and kept the lead with
the mile dash. Measurements in the
snow showed that the victor cleared
IL feet with every jump going down
grade.-[Winsted Conn Cor. New
York Herald
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-02-28
Winter Brings Colds 10 Children

A child rarely goes through the
whole winter without a cold. and ev-
cry mother should have a reliable
remedy handy. Fever, sore throat,
tight chest and croupy coughs are
sure symptoms. A dose of DR.. Bells
Pine Tar Honey will loosen the
phlegm, relieve the congested lungs
and stop the cough. its aRtiseptie
pine balsams heal ana soothe. For
Group. whooping cough and chronic
bronchial troubles try Dr.. Bells
Pine Tar Honey. At all druggists.
Observation-Disclosures
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-02-28
HOW TO SPROUT OATS
FOR CHICKENS

To tighten the grain ration 70,
chickens and to keep them in good
condition, green food such as
sprouted oats is satisfactory, Soak
the oats over night in a pail Of wa
ter to which has been added a tea
spoonful Of formelin, TO prevent
mold. Spread the oats cut an iHch
thick on a tray which is proyid II
with drainage. Sprinkle with warm
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-02-28
State Of Ohio. City of Toledo.

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
Is senior partner of the firm of +. ].
Cheney &c Co., doing business in the City
of Toledo. County and State aforesaid.
and that said firm will pay the sum of
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CATARREI
MEDICINE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9th day of December,
A. D. 1886. A. w. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken in
ternally and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send
for testimonials. free.
F. ]. CHENEY &c CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by all druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-02-28
"RECORD PRESS" GOES
INTO HANDS OF RECEIVER

w. b. Lennon. one of the publish
ers of the Record Press, Hardins'
burg, filed suit in the breckenridge
Circuit Court against his partner. J.
w. Willis. asking that a receiver be
appointed to take charge of the bus
mess. He says that the firm owes
over $4,000 and that he and Willis
do not agree as to the conduct OF
the business and are unable to con-
tinue it. He. therefore, prays for a
receiver to take charge of 1t.
Judge Layman named Master
Commissioner. Lee Walls, as re-
ceiver-[ Cloverport News.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-02-28

FL Paso, TeX.-General Pershins
plans to leave here for San Antonio,
where he will take charge of the de-
partment of which he has been in
temporary command since the death
of General Funston.
While no announcement has yet
been made it is expected here that
Brigadier General George Bell. Jr.,
will resume command of the Ell Paso
patrol district.
In his telegram announcing his
appointment General Scott also sent
his personal congratulations to Gen
eral Pershing upon his appointment.