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The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-13
NATIONAL RAIL STRIKE MAY START SATURDAY
Will Present De- mands Again Thursday-E.m,, ''1 n1"Ves Say They Have Waited Long Enough.

Nav York. March 12.-Perslstent
 .r+s were current in railroad cir ,a. here today that countrywide M .slo would result if satisfactory s'. s..ooment is not reached at the con ss.once on the question of the eight s.ur working day to be held here Thnrsdav between the railroad man. aaors and representatives of the four Ibrotherhoods r of trainmen.
 + was learned that reports were .ort to the railroad presidents by .oonts of the managers, stating that nIons had been laid by the brother hoods to begin such strike Saturday r;cbt in the event their demands are not met at the conference.
 Inquiry at railroad headquarters failed to bring out the source of the ysnorts. although it was learned defi- nitelv that such information had been sent them.
 This information said the brother hood leaders consider they have wait ed reasonable time for the supreme court decision on the Adamson law
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-13
CAPTAIN A. B. SLOAN
 RETURNS TO OLD POST

Little Rock, March 12.-Capt. A. B. Sloan, who has for the past nine months served as lieutenant-colonel of the Second Arkansas, will leave the end of the week to join the Twenty second Infantry, in his old capacity as captain. Capt. Sloan hates to leave Arkansas, after his several years as the government inspecting officer, but the War Department declined to listen to Gov. Brough's plea, and he is now preparing to move his family to the country which is making heroes.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-13

At the close of business March 3, I9I1.
 RESOIRCES
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-13
GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL PRO-
 WONG TOWNSHIP ASSESSORS

Little Rock, March 13.-Gov c. H. Brough this morning signed the Allen Ash bill, which abolishes the county boards of equalization and provides for township assessors. This was an administration measure so Governor Brough did not tarry long on it when it was enrolled and presented for his signature.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-13

and they are going to begin hostili- ties in few days" as one railroad representative put it.
 The plans of the union leaders, the report said, called for progressive strike beginning Saturday night and looking to a complete tie-up by the following Wednesday night.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-13

tenth troops on the right bank of the Tigris pressed their advantage and drove back the Turks to within three miles of Bagdad. At the same time the troops on the Diala thrust the Turks back on the city, which was entered Sunday morning.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-13
100000
Other liabilities
$131,118.56
Resources
$131,118.56
ODD FELLOWS ATTENTION

Prescott Odd Fellows degree team is invited to Okolona to do degree work for that lodge next Monday night, March 19. All members are urged to be present at Odd Fellows hall next Tuesday (tomorrow) night for practice. J. H. Crow, sec.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-13

The March Ladies Home Journal contains several pages of the latest fads and fashions of spring. Call PA or 242 and have one delivered to your home.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-13

Seed Irish Potatoes Cabbage Onions Fresh Eggs Nice line Candy just re- ceived. Oliver Twist Baking Pow
 der. Silver Moon Coffees Basket finest Japan Teas
 just received. Richelieu whole wheat
 flour. Golden Egg Nooler Silver Moon Buckwheat
 Flour. Puffed Wheat and Rice Vegetable Soups Fig and Apple Jam Heinze's Prepared Mustard
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-13
WILLING TO TAKE HER
 MEDICINE.

No, darling, you musn't have any more pudding; you would be ill.,"
 Little Gertie (after due thought)- "Well, give me anuzzer piece-and send for the doctor. ."-London Opinion
The Prescott daily news., 1917-03-13
Report of the Condition of
 BANK OF PRESCOTT Prescott. Nevada Co.,. Ark.

At the close of business March 3, 1917.
 RESOURCES Loans and Discounts. .... S2S2, ,S72.5O Loans on Real Estate .,,.. 58,47661 Loans on Cotton. ........ 93472 Unsecured .......... 1S5.94 Other Bonds and Securi l ties, including State War
 Scrip scrip '........ o'''' w 78,O8S.52 Furniture and Fixtures S,000.00 Banking House ......... 9,500.00 Items in Transit on Sundry
 Banks ............... Sfo.oo Due from Banks not Re
 serve Agents .......... 29,593.06 Cash Items . 50000 Cash and Due from Re
 serve Banks ........... 224,952.9l Other Resources .... 270.51 Total ....... .S6S9 ,2O9.S3
 LIABILITIES Capital Stock, paid up....S 100000 Surplus Fund, Certitied... 15,O00.00 Undivided Profits, Net.... l4,32l. Al Savings Accounts ........ llS,527SS Individual Deposits, lnclud-
 ing Public Funds. ....... 364,36SOS Due to Banks, not Reserve Agents ............. o'oo Time Certificates of deposit Al, ,l46.53 Cashiers Checks ......... 720.6l Other liabilities ......... llS.12 Total .... .S6s9 ,2O9.83 State of Arkansas, County of Ne vada. ss.-We, Thos. c. McRae, Presi- dent, and Thos. C. McRae, Jr., Cashier of the above named Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement IS true to the best of our knowledge and be- lief
 THOS. C. M'RAE, JR., Cashier. Attest: -
 E. L. COX,
 SAM T. WHITE,
 Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th day of March, 1917: My Commission expires March 23, 1917. oun (SEAL) WREN SCOTT. Notary Public.
The Washington times., 1917-06-07
Withholding Kultur

The vote Of the German impre-
sarios not to engage for five years
any German singer who accepts an
American engagement is not a
strafe. In fact it has no bearing on
the war. Count Won Seebach, direc-
tor Of the Dresden Court Theater,
who made the motion at the general
meeting of the German Stage Society
in Berlin, explained that the meas
ure was one of self-defense and self
preservation. He found it intolerable
that artists upon having received
their training in Germany should 20
to America for a term of years,
where they merely increased their
conceit.
To lovers Of opera this ban may
mean great deprivation. They will
do well to make the best Of it, how
ever, hoping that any benefit which
may arise from the action will be re-
ciprocal as between the two coun-
tries. It would have taken a bold
American to impute conceit to the
artists Of Germany, but since the i'm
peaehment is brought by the German
The Washington times., 1917-06-07
BrusfloH, Head of Armies,
Shapes Destiny of Russia
Brilliant Stegis Who Led Fight Last Year, Is Idol of
Both Soldier and Peasant

dressing troops. quick 70 recognize
the efforts OF those heroes of every
hour and minute, the officers Of the
lower grades, Brusiloff has an abso-
lutte ascendancy over the higher-grade
officers, exercising over them a sort
OF dictatorship that is tempered only
by the affection he inspires. II there
Is at times In his character a tend
ency toward what one might call
tyrannical will, so that any contra
diction frets and irritates him, a COM
plete change over Is soon wrought in
him by the swift working OF reason,
and he will recognize the value OF
disinterested advice or the oppor-
tuneness Of an objection. This Is so
much the case that in the long run
those he likes best are just those
who have the courage to say boldly
to his face what they think. In short,
Brusiloff stands for an intelligence
of q powerful and superior order, for
clear vision and sagacity: hence the
ease with which he has adapted him
self to the necessities OF modern war
fare. Ask those who come in touch
with him, and are around him, and
they will answer unanimously, "He
is a great chief"
Alexel A. Brussiloff was born at
Kutais, beyond the Caucasus noun
tains, Is intensely religious. and II
he were not so good a Russian he
represents q type that is very French.
The Washington times., 1917-06-07

masters of singing themselves the
modest course is to let it stand. II
the singers do not come here to cul-
tivate their conceit, the fault cannot
be found that they display it here.
In addition to this rather negative
advantage there may be a decidedly
positive one in the opportunity and
encouragement offered to native tai
ent. The ban may have the same
effect as a protective tariff. For a
few years past, the protectionists
had kept their trammels of works Of
art, with the beneficial result that
men of wealth have brought to these
shores treasures as great or vaster
in bulk than. Napoleon amassed at
the Louvre. Likewise, there has been
no ban to the admission Of artists.
There is another side to the situa-
ton. 1t is possible that the boycott
will disappoint its projectors. If the
German singers still find the call of
the dollar imperative they can re-
sign the idea of returning to Stuff
CART and Breslau and Bremerhaven.
In this event the American lovers Of
opera can still find ground for con-
ISOLATION.
The Washington times., 1917-06-07
The BOnd-Owning Habit

The French people are the most
saving in the world. The old wooden
stocking; hidden in a far corner
of the bureau drawer, has become
famous in European finance. l. has
gained its fame through periodic
emergence and reorganization for the
purchase of government bonds. Not
merely France herself, but Russia,
Turkey, sundry Balkan governments,
various states, provinces and cities
all over the world have profted. The
French have become a bond-buying,
bond-owning people and the periodic
profits have reacted on the natural
disposition to save, greatly intensity
ing it.
This is one of the great reasons of
Frances financial soundness and eco
nomic strength After the war no
country will rebound more rapidly
into noEmal life and economic prog
ress. Temperament, character, will
have something to do with the re-
vival, but thrift and the individual
nest egg, which will often be larger
at the end than at the beginning of
the struggle, will have much to do in
rebuilding prosperity.
Now, here we have an opportunity
to take a valuable lesson from e
friend. Why should not the United
States become a bond-owning nation
not the banks or the bilhonaires or
even the comfortables, but the plain
people? The great $2,OOO,0OO, 900
Government loan gives an opening 70
all. The bonds can De bought from
$40 up. If the people, the poor peo-
pie, will only get the taste and the
habit of investment, the war may
prove a blessing in disguise even
from the point Of view of wealth, and
its end may find a more evenly dis
tributed welfare than the country has
ever known before.
The Washington times., 1917-06-07
PAID BY THE HOUR.

The candidate was giving the first
speech OF the campaign in a country
district The hall at first was pretty
well filled, but the audience was not
long in finding out that they did not
like the speakers style OF oratory and
began to leave. At last only one man
remained. Still. he represented one
vote. and, as he listened with close
attention. the candidate felt sncour-
aged to continue. At the end OF fif-
teen minutes the speaker stopped and
politely asked:
II beg your pardon. hope I am
not trespassing on your kindness.
shall have finished in ten minutes"
Ten minutes?" said the listener.
You can go on as long as you like,
for all l care, only don't forget that
you engaged me by the hour"
Then the candidate found that his
earnest audience was the cabman who
had driven him to the hall.-oakland
Inquirer.
The Washington times., 1917-06-07
Today's Calendar
WEATHER FORECAST.

For the District Of Columbia ana
Maryland-Partly overcast, with prob
ably thunder showers tonight and
Friday; continued mild Temperatures;
moderate south and southwest windA
For Virginia-Probably showers
and thunder storms tonight and FRI
day: slightly lower temperature IN
central portion tonight; moderate
southerly winds.
The storm that was central wednes-
day morning over Iowa is now central
over Wisconsin and slowly losing In
tensity. During the last twenty-four
hours II was attended by general
showers in the Middle Atlantic States.
Tennessee, the Ohio and upper Mis-
sissippi valleys, and the region Of the
Great Lakes. The weather was fair
In practically all other regionss
Moderate temperatures for the sea-
son prevail generally over the United
States.
The indications are that the weather
will be overcast. with probably show
ers tonight and Friday throughout
the Atlantic and east Gulf States. thu
upper Ohio valley, and the region Of
the Great Lakes.
No important temperature changes
are indicated for the eastern half Of
the country during the next thirty
six hours.
The winds along the New England
and Middle Atlantic coasts will be
fresh southerly; on the South Atlantic
and East Gulf coasts gentle to mod
crate variable.
Steamers departing today for Eu-
ropean ports will have fresh southeriy
winds and overcast, showery weather
to the Grand Banks.
The Washington times., 1917-06-07
The Men From Dixie

To the strains of Dixie" to
Maryland, Ny Maryland" to all the
old, old tunes, the veterans of the
Confederacy marched today in grand
review.
Their souls swelled with pride Of
conquest, the conquest of love. Their
steps quickened to heart beats of
gratitude, gratitude that in losing
they had won, for the country was
one country, and that one theirs.
There was not one of the gray
coated men but would have in the
sixties willingly given his life if his
cause might have been triumphant;
If the forces of Dixie might have
marched victorious up the Avenue.
But now, fifty years afterward, low
ing his cause as much as ever, no
less devoted to the Stars and Bars
than in the days gone by, he rejoiced
that after all the country was not
broken, that he was a citizen Of
united states and a part of united
people.
The Capital has never welcomed a
parade so unanimously. One con-
tinuous cheer rang from the Peace
Monument to the White House. The
rebel yell resounded from the Threats
of spectators thrilled by the wonder
full showing of the veterans. Great
roars of applause greeted every we'll
known officer, many of whom rode
bareheaded so continuous was the
demonstration.
Never before, never again in all
probability will the veterans of the
Confederacy march in the Capital,
but certainly every one of them will
remember the wonderful reception
that was given them and everyone
who saw them as they marched past
will cherish a new sensation Of Bu-
preme emotion and re-established OF
renewed affections.
Old men in Gray you made a noble
show. Hail, and farewell.
The Washington times., 1917-06-07
Motoring Seaward,

Bird-winged almost, we skim and
spurn
With swift resilient soles the tarry
road;
We lunge and leap and 10, we burn
Into the winds heart, bitter as q
goad.
The sun-slash-I highway halves the
slopes
And purringIy, we pry out hidden
Another hill to lure our hopes;
Another windshare that plows
through the haze.
Edged with sharp wet hints OF sea
affair,
Then puffs come charging at us,
line on line,
While you and ]. Love, in the car
Are scattering kisses to blot out
the brine.
PIERRE LOVING.
The Washington times., 1917-06-07
REAL PENALTY.

'T have come here" said the angry
man to the superintendent OF the
street car line, ''to get justice: Justice.
sir. Yesterday. as my wife was get
ting on one OF your cars, the condue-
totr stepped on her dress and tore .
yard of frillinE of the skirt"
The superintendent remained cool.
We'll. sir" he said, Il don't know
that we are to blame for that. What
do you expect us to do? Get her a
new dress?"
NO, sir. do not intend to let you
OF so easily as that" the other man
replied gruffy. He brandished in his
hight hand a small piece OF silk.
What l propose to have you do"
he said. "is to match this silk."-New
York Times.
The Washington times., 1917-06-07
BURNING COAL FORMS BRICK
Fires Turn shaIe and Sandstone
Into Stag.

Many coal beds in the great coal
fields OF the Western States have at
some time taken fire and burned
along their outcrops. baking and red
dening the everything strata so that
they have become q kind of natural
brick or terra Gotta
The fires were in places hot enough
to fuse and recrystallize the everything
shale and sandstone SO a. to form
natural Stag. At some places this
Stag resembles true igneous rock; at
others IT consists largely of rare min
erals. The chimney-shaped masses OF
Stag are harder than the surrounding
baked rock. and after that has wealth
cred away form the curious pinnacles
that surmount many clinker bluffs or
buttes in the West
Some OF the coal beds, especially
those exposed on the higher hills.
were perhaps ignited by lightning.
others, according to well authentica-
ted reports, were ignited by praiiie
fires or camp fires; but as burning on
the outcrop has been so common as 10
affect most of the coal beds in an
area Of more than 100000 square
miles much of II has probably been
Coal beds are now burning at or
near the surface at many places IN
the West, where the burning OF the
bed is disclosed by the smoke and
fumes that rise from It and by the
heat at the surface OF the earth near
the outcrop or above the bed-heat
so intense that Il kills all vegetation.
As the coal burns out the everything
rock or earth generally caves In so
as to form large assures In the
ground As the burning works back
from the outcrop the heat acts on the
everything rocks, but finally combus-
ton is smothered for the lack Of
oxygen.
II IL difficult to say how far back
from the outcrop the burning may ex-
tend. Field studies made by the
United States Geological Survey, De-
partment OF the Interior. indicate that
bed lying beneath twenty feet or
less of cover may burn otu completely
under large areas, and even where the
cover Is several hundred feet thick the
burning may extend 500 feet back
from the outcrop.
The Washington times., 1917-06-07
Mr.. Roots Adventure

When Mr.. Root left for Russia rosy
hopes for the sudden rising of a new
state there still tinged the spectacles
Of the unperspicacious. There was
then some idea that Russia was in
such mental contact with US that it
might make a difference whether we
sent a conservative or a radical.
Possibly if America had been able
to place Immediately on Russian soil
corps Of Socialist agents, without
danger of having them work, in the
normal Socialist way, for the Ger
man interest, they might have effect
ed something. Now it is too late.
The Russians have spun enough po-
litical notions in the past month to
reach from terra firma beyond the
outermost waste Of the intellectual
armament and still leave them
enough to tangle themselves up in.
They have progressed to a point
where even anarchism must look to
them quite fat and demoded. It
would be necessary to scour the
asylums to find representatives
among US to meet them on their nat
ural plane.
The Root party will doubtless
make as bizarre an impression on
crazy Russia as the coming delega-
ton of some two-score persons Of
both sexes under Prof. Bakhmeteff
seems likely to make on America.
But it is to be remembered that
party headed by La Toilette, Berger,
or Bryan would appear just as out
landish to the infinitely removed
mentality of the Russian revolution
aSy. From merely fraternizing with
the enemy in the trenches and fos-
terinR insubordination and desertion
us matter Of principle, that engag-
Ping character has now come to doubt
ing which of the various assemblies
and councils is the real governing
authority, if any, and whether Rus
STA is today one country, or a num-
Der of small democracies, or a set of
governments by syndicates of vari-
Gus trades and callings, coexEting in
the same territory.
In spite Of the sublimated flight
ness of all this epidemic of notions,
Russia gives no plain present sign Of
having any striking new idea back of
her vsgaries. The French revolution
was a formidable and persistent
process because of its significant "a
tional basis. The Russian revolution
is after all weak in the head, and
therefore weak all over. It may on
this very account be that a strong
understanding and a firm will can
call it back to reason.
Here is Mr.. Roots opportunity:
not in that he is a conservative, since
that makes no difference to the wild
eyed Russ; but in that his official DO
sition gives him the necessary head
above the crowd, and the immunity
to talk sanity firmly. There is one
chance in hundred that they might
seriously listen to him.
The Washington times., 1917-06-07
A CHARACTER.

General Manager Hedlel, OF the
New York Railways Company, said to
a reporter. apropos of an averted
strike:
"a strike averted Is a blessing re-
ceived, for strikes always mean trou-
BILE.
YES. strikes have a bad character.
a recognized bad character. They're
like Jones.
Jones. one paw night. didn't come
home His wife waited Till II o'clock
and then went to the police station.
Sergeant she said, lis John
here?
"'No, Mrs. Jones' said the sergeant,
noddinE pleasantly toward a chair.
'Rut sit down. We're expecting h. m
every minute New York Times.
The Washington times., 1917-06-07
Don Marquis
Column
The ThouEhts Of HermIone.

I've always said there was a gen
uine Art Impulse in America, II It
could only find Expression.
And now it is finding Expression
more and more, don't you think?
Expression! Expression! What Is
so wonderful as Expression?
Everything, you know, is the E-S-
preston of something else.
That's what makes Political Econ
omy such a perfectly fascinating
subject to take up-and we've been
taking it up lately, our Little Group
OF Serious Thinkers, you know-the
thought that every form OF govern
ment is an Expression OF something.
We thought we would have to take
II up in connection with our study
OF world politics.
We've been giving considerable
world-it would be unpatriotic II we
didn't, don't you think?
We have to show that we are pre-
pared.
Some of my little group used to be
pacifists.
But pacifism is going out
Spy hunting is coming in.
A good many of US are hunting
spies, now.
Hunting spies is fascinating after
you get into IL. You suspect people,
and talk them over, and the 1rst
thing you know the most remarkable
number of circumstances point to-
ward their actually being spies!
One girl ! knew was going to do
her bit by planting a vegetable gar
den, but she didn't know how. And
none OF the servants would do 1T
they said they weren't hired for that
sort OF thing.
So she engaged a man who said he
was a gardener. and he spaded uD
part of the lawn and planted and
planted rows and rows of vegetables.
Or, at least, he pretended to be
planting things.
But nothing ever came up,
And now she is positive he was q
German spy!
No doubt thousands and thousands
of German agents have gone around
the country that way, Fothergil
Finch says, representing themselves
to be gardeners, and deliberately
planting things that would never
come up!
The Washington times., 1917-06-07
WHATS THE UsE7

My dear" said Mr.. Scadson, these
reckless expenditures OF yours must
cease"
ITO what do you refer7' asked Mrs.
Scadson.
We'll. for instance, that fur coat
you are wearing. According to this
bill It cost $500"
Men never do appreciate what
women do for them" replied Mrs.
Scadson, on the verge OF tears. For
whole week fought the temptation
to buy another coat l liked better,
priced $3.50, and finally took this one
because I wanted to save you mon
ey."-Exchange.
The Washington times., 1917-06-07
WHY A 6UTToN7

There had been a missionary ser
mnn and collection at a certain
church. and a little girl who accom-
panied her father to the service
seemed perplexed and meditative.
When she -eached home she asked
her mother whether the natives OF
Africa. OF whom they had heard, wore
any clothes.
NO" replied the mother they
don't"
Then retorted the observant
young lady. what was the use OF the
button that father gave to the collec-
tom