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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-28
Losses in Barnyard
Manure.

The nitrogen in barnyard man.
ure is easily worth 8 cents per
pound. In the course of II months
horse will produce Is tons of
manure and litter, containing in
round numbers 40 pounds Of nj
trogen with a value of 5000.
When this same basis of calcula-
ton is applied to each grown an
imal on the farm, it is easy to
know what the value of the win
ter's manure is if that manure be
gotten on to the land in such a
way that this nitrogen, together
with its other fertilizing ele-
meuts, is saved. The manure
should be COTTON on to the field
and worked into the soil as soon
as possible after its production.
However, if the manure must be
piled up from the barns, the more
compact the pile the less will be
the loss from teaching and burn
ing.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-28

1t means more ofhopeless poverty
and weakened vitality in the gem
erations vet to be.
PerhapS statesman will SOM
time learn that the only way Ia
have peace between nations as
between individuals is to cease
to prepare for war. They have
not learned this evident truth yet
aud l must say that just now the
prospect for the triumph of that
self-evident truth is not bright
1t may be, however, that the old
adage that the darkest hour is
just before the dawn applies in
this case. II may be that the
morning of universal peace is
nearly here and this war, If 1t
comes, will be the last.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-28

grow one ear of corn, so how
very essential is humus (manure)
in the soil to hold the water.
Every acre of cultivated land
should have clover or alfalfa at
frequent intervals to keep it in
the best condition, and that re-
quires a regular system of rota-
ton of crops.
The writer has his farm divid-
ed into four fields about equal in
size; each field is sown to oats or
wheat with clover the first year
and the following winter is COW
cred with manure, then the sec
ond year is used for pasture OF
hay, then the third and fourth
years the field is devoted to corn.
This completes four-year rota-
ton which is making my farm
richer and richer, proving very
profitable also.
In this way will cover the
whole farm with manure in four
years. When the supply is small
l spread it thin. When l have
more, l put it on thicker, but
make it reach over the whole
field each year. That is the
beauty of having a spreader.
can make the manure go as fal
as / please and still spread h
evenly.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-28
Buy your fertilizer of the Bax-
ter Mill and Elevator.

As the fall season approaches
every year there is always a cry
of car shortage and the markets
are seriously interfered with and
the farmers have difficulty in
disposing of their grain because
of congestion. 1t would seem a
curious problem in these latter
days that the farmer is the only
business man in this country who
is compelled to market his goods
at a certain season of the year
and ali of them at the same time.
The great food Of grain which
goes to market afterharvest both
wheat and corn crops is some
thing hard to understand BY one
who knows the prosperous coudi-
ton of the farmers. Either this
grain could be held so as to pre-
vent a congestion and low price
to the farmer, or it could be fed
on the farm and marketed in the
form of the finished product as
beef, pork or milk. The conges-
ton. too, comes at I time when
the roads are likely to be bad
and the travel Of the heavy load
ed wagons carrying REnn to
markets makes chem we're.
Farmers ere surely fosehanded
enough to coutrol de situatiOn
to their own advautaee.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-28
Prospect Of
European War.

AS this is written there is more
Likelihood of a general war in
Europe than there has been for
a century. Servia,S one of the
little powers engaged in the al
lied fight against Turkey, wants
an outlet on the Adriatic sea.
Austria does not intend that
Servia shall have it, says Mail
aud Breeze.
The war, if it comes, will open
between Servia and Austria.
Russia, which ever since the
time of Peter the great has been
seeking for a route to the ocean,
wants control of the Adriatic
and over and beyond that wants
control of Constantinople. For
that reason Russia will help
Servia.
Germany, determined that Rus
STA shall not gain what it desires,
is ready to help Austria. Great
Britain, fearing the domination
of Germany, has made an alliance
with Russia. France still bears
her old grudge against Germany
aud in event of a general war
will side with England and Rus
STA. Italy, on the other hand,
holds an old grudge against
France and wilr side with Ger
many and Austria. That in
wolves all the powers great and
small with the possible excep-
ton of Switzerland, Sweden and
Norway, and in case of a gener-
war it will be remarkable if even
these small nations do not be-
come involved.
The possibilities of such con-
test are almost too terrible to
contemplate. The very fact that
the result'of such a conflict will
be u terrible, furnishes about
the only hope that it may in
some way be averted. 1.-THE war
comes it means that all Europe
will be drenched with blood. 1t
means that every flo yer of the
young manhood of all the coun-
tries involved will be sacrificed.
It means that the burden of debt
already so enormous that there is
no possibility that it can ever be
lifted under present conditions
will be enormously increased. 1t
means the imposition of a still
greater load on the backs of
those who toll, backs already
bending under their intolersble
load. II means a still stronger
grip of the money powers Of the
world on productive industry.
The evils Of it win not Be con
fn,s q 90 Prsssni gspsTslipn
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-28
$40 REWARD

For evidence which will cOuvictthe
party or parties who have been
damaging the property Of the Baz'
ter Telephone Company, by break
ing glasa insulators or otherWfse.
r. W. now. Manager
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1912-11-28
What a
Manure Spreader did for
John M. Frazeur,
Fort Crook, Neb.

any uuueI OIuiuoi AoA"
(As told by himself }
In treating the question of soil
fertility, will tell the story OF
two fields lying side by side,
neither had ever had manure,
both we're in a rundown condi-
ton. The spring of 1907 field
No. 1 was planted to corn and
field No. 2 was sowu to oats and
clover. The following winter
field No. 2 was covered with
stable manure, put on with a
spreader, at the rate OF nine
loads per acre.
In 1908 field No. was sown to
oats, and from No. 2 two splen-
did crops of clover were taken.
In 1909 both fields were plant
ed to corn. The preparation OF
the ground and the cultivation
was much the same, and both
were kept quite free from weeds
Field No. / yielded twenty BUSH
els of corn per acre, and No. 2
fifty-fve; difference of thirty
five bushels, or at 90 cents a
bushel, would be $2l.OO per acre,
or Ss4O.O 90 difference between two
4O-acre corn fields; a sum GER
tainly worth working for, and
the only cost of this extra pro-
duction was the manure, and we
have enough increased fertility
left in the soil to pay for the
clover seed many times over, and
it took no more labor to raise one
crop than the other. Thus, nine
loads of manure brought a re-
turn of $2l.OO the first year, or
So. 80 1-3 per load.
We often hear men speak OF
land as worn out" This is a
mistake, for land in the middle
west on our deep clay subsoil
cannot be worn out in one gener'
alton when land in the old world
is fertile after thousands of years
of cropping.
Field. No. l is not worn out,
its fertility is only not available.
The Nebraska Experiment Sta
ton has just finished a series OF
experiments in which land farmed
thirty to forty years was ana
lived at different depths down to
the sixth foot and a similar anal
ysis made of prairie land, and
they found that the only ele-
ments of plant food lost in sufh-
Gent quantities to be detected
BY a chemical analysis was nj
trogen and humus or decaying
vegetation. Other elements were
present in sufficient quantities to
last for centuries.
Clover and alfalfa draw nitro
gen from the air, providing a
certain kind of bacteria in the
soil. Some way, we do not know
just how, these little organisms
cluster on the roots of clover
plants, and store up food for the
plants that come after. On very
poor land these bacteria are not
present, and clover will not
thrive. They are very numerous
in stable manure, however, and
when manure is spread on young
clover, they multiply very rap
idly and soon iuoculate a whole
field.
Besides the beneficial bacteria
and the plant food actually con-
tanned in decayiug vegetation, il
serves as a sponge to hold water
in the soil. One reason why
field No. 2 yielded so much more
corn than No. ! was because
August was very dry and No. ]
suffered greatly for water, while
No. 2 bad plenty.
Plant food must be dissol'ed
in water before it is Available, as
tie tiny roots can take nothing
e. -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-11-17
WJMAN MAY DROP
SW|NDL|NG CHARGE
IN RACE HORSE CASE
Mrs. Mayme French Is Pros
trated Over Notoriety of -.
Her Case in BALTIMORE ,
Continued from FIRST Page. \

iA1A I-dkS.l
sician. knru was arrested -rfn -r,StI
more yesterday it''tNe. EMERSON Hptet,,
AIRS. French. since the arrest, has
suffered change of mind In regard
to kurtz's guilt and It is believed BY
her friends that she will not prosecute
MIN II he makes restitution OF the 49,
100 which she believes he viii do
Mrs French. sent a letter this morning
to Mr.. kurta. 1t was read by Justice
McFaul sitting in the central district
police court Running through it all
was the regret expressed by The writer
that she had sworn out the warrant
Mrs. French stated yesterday that she
met kurtz in Kansas City, year ago
when tho races were being run In tina.
city. kurtz Is claimed 10 be a follower
of races and. according TO the story
told by Mrs French yesterday to Chief
OF Detectives McGovern In Baltimore,
he persuaded her that he had sys-
TEN for playing the races probably
Mrs. French believed what Kurtz told
her in regard TO the races and provided
him with funds for the campaign
against the bookmakera.. At various
tiWcs Mrs. French gave Kurtz sums of
money for playing the system until sh.&
had in all N3,eoa invcsted. =.
on the last day, of October Kurtz
wired Mrs. French that hr must have
100 or the system would fall down.
She gave him the money. but shortly
afterward became suspicious because
Kurtz failed to report the progress OF
the system and. hearing that he was
in Baltimore yesterday. she had him
arrested.
Kurtz stated yesterday that he had
gotten the money from Mrs French.
hut that he got II In a perfectly lcgi-
innate manner. He declared tina. as
security for the loan OF $4,000 he gave
Mrs. French an INSURANCE. poliCv for
$lI.5OO. Mrs. French stated Yesterday
that she had the insurance policy, but
II was worthless.
Kurtz was locked up In Baltimore
yesterday and will be held unfil tomor-
row. when he will be given n prelimi.
nary hearing. The specific charge
against him Is that or obtaining 81 00C
from Mrs. French under false pre-
lenses.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-11-17
GAVE SOUTH FORTUNE,
HONORED BY U. D. c.
Mrs. Trader, Pension Bureau En-
ploye, Hailed as Florence
Nightingale of South.

A long time Washington resident, for
years an cmployc of the Pension Blu
rcau, was wildly Chccred by the United
daughters of the Confederacy atthe New
Willard Yesterday. The woman Is Mrs.
Ella Newsnme Trader, who gave all OF
large fortune to found field hospitals for
the Southern armies during the war.
and n, rsClf served as "A nurse on the
battlehrIds Impoverished by her gem
crosby, Mrs. Trader was In difficult cir
cumstances after the war. Northern Of
tlccrs, leaning of the facts, then secured
her the place which she holds In the
Pension Bureau.
"Thc Florence. Nightingale of the
south" Mrs Walter Lamar, honorary
president of the Georgia division. called
Mrs Trader In introducing her, al
though unlike Florence Nightingale,
Mrs. Trader was not heaped with wealth
and honors by grateful government
a afterwards" added Mrs. Lamar
Mrs Trader Is growing deaf. and the
T. d. C.. viii give pension FUND toI
her in the absence of retirement fund
provision by the Government for It's
longtime employees in the civil service. r
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-11-17
WASHINGTON TIMES BUREAU.


At all the Protestant churches in Alex
andria today special reference was made
by their pastors to home mission week.
which will be only partially observed
here this year, but which promises to
become an annual feature OF the church
work In this city II was at first planned
to devote the entire week from Novem-
Der II to "a to a series of conferences
to be held in the various churches of the
city, at which time different phases Of
domestic missions. would be discussed,
have been conducted In three churches
during the past two weeks, 1t was de-
cided to abandon the plan this year.
The Rev. John L. Allison, D. D., pas
tor OF the Second Presbyterian Church.
who is the leader In the movement to
observe home mission week. preached
this morning on the subject OF missions
and will have the same subject for dis
cussion tonight.
andria pastors will again take up the
question of home missions and in the
afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock there will
be a public conference on the subject
at the Fifth Baptist Church.
At a meeting of Alexandria Dodge OF
Elks. which will be .held tomorrow
night, plans will be made for the an
nual Christmas festivities of the lodge
which will be unusually elaborate this
year. The distribution of Christmas
baskets to the poor Of Alexandria Will
be made as usual, with the following
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-11-17
MCDONNELL
AYERS SOCIALISM
IS DECE|XING POOR
Brands Red Peril as Men,
ace to the Church, the
State, and the Home.
T-.

Branding Socialism as @ menace 10
the church. the state. and the home.
and urgrig+ the. necessity of checking
the progress. Of the red petit" the. Rev.
Eugene Del. Mcdonnell S. j., presi-
dent of Gonzago College and rector OF
St. Aloysius' Church, this morning fired
the opening shot in a campaign to be
conducted by the Washington Truth
Society and the A,oysius Club.
Father McDonnell's words were ad-
dressed to 1000 men Of the Third Sun
day Brigade. who attended the o'clock
mass and received Holy Communion in
a body.
Socialism IL tho most important CON
sidcratlon of the day said Father Nc
Donnell. with the snread of religious
indircrcntism throughout the world the
doctrine Of Socialism has taken root
and is constantly growing stronger.
ITS leaders are deceiving the poor by
holding out false hopes OF relieving
their sufferings by the application of
soCalistlc methods of Recommendations
which, If really applied. would only
serve to intensity human suffering. 1t
Is the duty of you men zealousiy to set
to work toward exposing the fallaCies
of Socialism.
ITO listen to the words Of the leaders
of Socialism is to listen to the poison
GUS ins!nuations OF the enemies of, the
church, the state and the home.
Father Mcdonnell urged the support
of The Live Issue" publication
adopted by the Truth Society and the
Aloyslus Club as their official organ in
the movement against Socialism.
The mass for the Third Sunday Bri-
gadc was celebrated by the Rev.
Charles J. Muilaly. :. ]. In the CIV
Ing OF Communion Father Mcdonnell
was assisted by the Rev. william r.
cannon. S. j.. the Rev. William ].
I BROOKS $. j., and the Rev. James Ca
hill. s. j. . O.
,nysi,Is'. the Rev. Charles J. Mullaly,
s. j.. supplemented Father. Mcdonnell :
address with another severe arralsh'
| mcnt Of Socialism,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-11-17
CHARGE CORRUPT|ION
ON. THOSE LEADING
OHIO REPUBLICANS
Grand Jury Is Ready to.
Probe Reports of Bartering
in Jefferson County. F.,

To, ,,,>o - r,,uy ,o,e-,,ot,u
.' wv n..,,.
.epor's or corrup ION an" H"'e u''' Ter
ing at tho recent election III JeHerson
county, Prosecutor ). Paisley, of
SteuhapvilI, ,oa,v urcrhiscd ATTORNEY
,or,,,, r., 49,, ,,,,:, ro-onnr,tion
'eia' hoEah' MS '''''' -. -, . wa
IN sweeping grand JURY prone that
may uncover election ro,tenness ap-
preaching that revealed IN Adams coun-
~ tp,o ,,oars e..
Ho,,o,,.,. - ., r,.,,,co with paIs
'.oNl"E hf' COM n.o,,,
leS' Attorney GeneraI li'N'" a'iou'Neu
that he has assigned Assistant Attorney
GeneraI Iosenb NcCher. and Special
Counsel po.er Douosev to-" assist the
tottorst,, ,,,,,. ,mosocu,or and thai
JEFFERSON county pr"S'' nc
the grand jury will begin Ns, 'h'estiea-
ton in Steubenville, De"otnDer
Attorney General Hogan announced
49,. Ill., ,,, oe,Ico T., reff.r-
son county Will be cafe" oei"re NV
grand Jury and asked tn t"s'l1F con
corning his campaign expenditures.
..rha, ,.n, on he hoard rcgardless of
,,ha .es VII ~. =. an l,rI,rnd The gates
VIII WIZ gets M, nv ro ono. viii he
vii VIII De opened, "In rc,, n corription
h9p' OUT EY.FE w. Hho,,,r, y
VIII De prooed 10 IN" "o..' ,"a, oo,a,-
In general the 'harSes ere .a"' n Sanu
dates hagrantiy violated lns hi,l'Di ,
corrupt practices act ny Hrea'lY sACe gu
ing the statutory limits FOR Ghnpa'sn
expenditures. Much direct evidence 10
At hand to support these charges &C
cording to Prosecutor Paisley.
That large amounts u the money
spen& by candidates were given to ward
workers. professional politicians. and
notorlous boodlers for corrupt purposes
is also charged PROSECUTOR Paisley has
avjdan,. canrarninp succifc Instances.
e Rvsasrsement between Attorney Gen
n2y' ti ,,t, pr"scruor Paisley, the
re, Iios"n "n'I ,j"rtion hoard will be
SemGnSon 'o to -sfrsc 10 issue election
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-11-17
Saengerbund Plans
Concert Tonight

Tie second concert OF tho Washington
Saengerbund will be held this evening
in Saengerbund Hall at s o'clock under
the direction Of Prof. Gumprecht
The program for the evening follows:
Male chorus, Dir Etnsiedler an die
Nacht." F. A. Kern; alto solor, "Schwer
iiest mir an Her2en," Miss Pollard;
piano solo, "Valse de Concert" Miss
CIarine Mccarthy; soprano solo Elsa q
Traum," from "Lohongrin." Miss Edna
J, Sheehy; duo. fiute and French horn,
"Serenade," Messrs. Celfor and Min
rick; baritone solo, "rhree for Jack"
Newton p. Hammer; quartet. Mine"
and The Rosary, Washington Concert
Schlactenlied, Washington Saenger-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-11-17
BENJAMIN F. WARDER,

Bsnjanfin Franklin N1rd"r. long
tims resident Of Wasting, n. lied at his
home, Quincy place. ~, morning, fol-
lowing an illness whit had been serious
for about a month. llcal' disease COM
pllctted with other Ills caused ,ht death
OF Mr. Wardcr.
Mr.. Warder was horn MAY lG, 1855 in
Alexandria. lie rrmoyod To- this CITY
early in life. Mr.. WIrd,r. who had
beef wtdowcr more tl.ln tNIrty wears
is survived by son, JOa.rh Wardcr, an
archittctprdmin~nt IN Mu.onr circles,
and by dauEnt'r. wso was Miss Susan
Warder and who is II" viii. Of Georrn
Lash.
The funSral will ta+" place at tn.
residence ar II o'rl"r, Tuesday. Burial
will be in Bethel Cemetery, Alexandria,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-11-17

iutelV unknoWn uuanuty. on' ohiy
knew, a respectable woman could rely
her services" .. ,-.. :,
al Know somebody VINO might 49, Ho
Trevor. and she used to be my sisters
and ! fancy has a hard time to make
both ends meet, The only trouble ID
that she is so considerations that she
in anything she did not consider per-
fectly honorable and above board. If I
told her that she was to chaperon .
young lady whom the police we're look
Ing for she would be so indignant that
doubt II she ever spoke to me again"
1T doesn't seem decent to inveisIo
her by false representa- lions into TAX
ins a position which she would never
truth" " s " ''' MIC" '"'
"a will pay her 1900 a year as long
as she ilvGs III she Will look after
Miss Prentice till this trouble Is over
Even n the worst happened and the
plead Ignorance OF the Iatter's identi.
ty." urged cyril
True. and goo a year Is good pay.
on the whole 1 think I am Justified
IN accepting the offer for her. hut
now We must consider that fairy. tale
IT." . D'A
YEARLY.
imagination giving out or conscience
awakening? which is ~" asked Guy.
Don't chafY!'
Sorry, old man: but, Joking aside,
we must realty decide what we are to
tell Miss Trevor. You can NO longer
pose as Miss Prentice's husband"
why not?" Interrupted Cyril. chsrp-
':what possible excuse have you for
doing SO. now that she 10 to leave the
doctors carer
81 am sure Il would have q very bad
effect ON Miss prentice's health n I
were to tell her that she il not my
wife"
"H-mi h-m!" Campbell REGARDED HIS
friend auisxically.
REMEMBER. she is completely cut on
neither friend nor relation 10 cling to.
/ am the one person In tho world she
believes she has a claim on I can't un-
deceive her besides, the doctors orders
are that she shall not be In any way
aEitated.'
We'll. that settles that question.
Now. what explanation will you give
Miss Trevor for not living with your
wifeT'
Il shall say that her state OF health
renders II tnadvisable for the present"
what snail she be caledT asked
SamPoeH. -.
mink We mao better SUCK 70
Inompklns. She 70 accustomed 10 thaI
Cny we VIII spel II Ioinkyns ana
cnanse the !hrntian name 70 raul
! Du' "on she coniue Mna' sue %
r raes 20 pe ner real name 10 H'se
~ nj rn' H,s om ~, s.,
Win her ~ So my shs hs. nc ga, u ,Ssa
WISH ntn 70 uo so. 5ho mas srea' ioea
VII. iausSaS G,r Era, ~ ,,r,,,~
i which 70 few real wives nossess INV ~
seems pity II shmnS he wasted on n
B. mn.t decide nm thsH res, ~ss mi ,%o
best time for transferring Mics Prentice
| TO the hotel"
Unless something unexpected occurs
! to change our plans. / think abe rad
better be moved the day after tomor-
row. advise your starting as early
as possible before the world is well
awake. But / leave all details to you.
lHou are quite capable OF managing the
lowed: fhst Is all l Ask"
don't expect We shall be, but II
, we are : MINK ! can promise to outwit
"eh' InpoeiI assured MIN.
doing Tor me Guy.
.st h'o"u'heHt ,cotnInemoratlng my
NITtueA ana my ROXY. now | must be
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-11-17
Try to Steal Eggs
And Lose Baskets

Two unidentified colored men attenpt-
ed to steal crate Of eggs last night
from James Andrews. a storekeeper at
First and Indiana avenue northwest.
and as result each OF them lost
market basket. One basket contained
groceries
Andrews was closing up at midnight
when the colpred men grabbed a crate
OF eggs and started to run. Andrews
pursued them. 80 did several other
too hot the colored men deposited their
burdens Of eggs and baskets on tho
sidewalk. and made a last sprint that
carried them from the danger zone.
They have not been arrested.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-11-17
Pickrell Is Named
q" For New York Office

Eugene r. PiCkrell, metailurgical
chemist and assaysr in the appraters
office in New York. has succeeded Sam
uel F. Ball as acting chemist In charge
of the customs laboratory In New York,
Secretary MacVeagh announcing the
motion, of Mr.. Pickrell. Mr., Ball re-
lar laboratory stan,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-11-17
FREDERICK H. COOPER

FEsderIclI Hamilton Cooper formerly
q resident OF. WashmgtOu, died in cedar
Rapids, iowa.. las "WdncsIay. MIR
Cooper came to Wa~h.nrton in 1900 as a
clerk in the Census lIIr,.au and later
accepted a position viii, "a local concern.
In 1906 Mr. CooE'I Was appointed to
the~posltion ,of federal meat Inspector.
With headGnartefs I'm CEDAR Rapids. He
Bethune. dnughtrI VI Nr. and Mrs.
James a. l'ethunc, "f tnik city, who
with a son. survives hIrI.