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The Washington herald., 1914-08-10

try is infested with spies who make des-
perate efforts to reveal and frustrate
Belgian military plans.
In the German consulate and q Ger
man school. wireless telegraph appara-
tus has been discovered. Two sons Of
the principal Of the school who are
established over two years. have been
arrested. At q school Of aviation the
caretaker who is Of German nationality,
was discovered on Friday working the
wireless apparatus. He was arrested,
tried and condemned.
Nowhere in Belgium were the Germans
more at home than in Antwerp. When
quitting the city on Friday some Of them
exclaimed:
I'VE are going now but We will return
shortly, and escorted by troops"
The bitterness against Germany IN
Antwerp is intense. but German prison.
ers and the wounded are treated with
the utmost consideration The Flemish
population Of Belgium is making heroic
sacrifices. In the smiling suburbs of
Antwerp, the gardens. lawns and thick
cts of the luxurious villas are being dis
figured beyond recognition by military
strategists.
The owners look on with grim approval
at the destruction Of their cherished
property or its use as hospitals.
The Pandelblade says that six spies
have been shot at Antwerp and three at
Louvain. An automobile was stopped In
the main street OF Antwerp. containing
four men in Belgian uniforms who proved
to be spies. The uniforms had been
taken from the dead in battle
A Jesuit priests suspicious were
aroused by the false beard of q man
posing as a missionary. The priest
questioned the man in Latin and as he
was unable to respond. the priest gave
I'm in charge as a suspect.
report that the forts around Liege
were occupied by the Germans is denied
by a Belgian who arrived here last night.
He said:
Il left LIege Saturday morning. Liege
was still defending itself valiantly. One
fort was then in the hands OF the Ger
mans. An armistics Of three hours had
been agreed upon to bury the dead who
lay around"
The man who was evidently highly
wrought up after his terrible experience
declined to say any more. The Belgian
papers say that all the forts are holding
out and that the morale Of the Belgian
troops is unbroken-
The German prisoners who were cap
tured had very few. cartridges, from
which IL is assumed that the Germans
have had difficulty in bringing up their |
ammunition.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-10
R. F. D. CARRIERS COME
FOR CONVENTION HERE
Hundreds Arrive on Special Train for
Session Opening in Museum

A special Pullman train bearing hun
dreds Of delegates to the annual con-
vention OF the National Rural Letter
Carriers Association arrived here at 6
o'clock last evening from St Louis. The
convention will open tomorrow in the
auditorium of the National Museum and
continue until next Saturday.
About 1,5eO delegates will be present
Some already are here from as far West
as Idaho and from as far East as Maine.
Improvement OF dirt roads for rural de-
livery and improved methods of handling
parcel post on rural routes will be dis
cussed. Wednesday afternoon the dele
gates will take a Sightseeing trip around
the Capital. and on Friday they will 60
to Mount Vernon.
The officers of the association are:
President, L. n. Brockway, OF Clinton,
N. Y; vice president, George W. Kline,
willard, Mo-; secretary, L. H. Wilson,
Olivia, MINI; treasurer, I. P. Cammarn,
Upper Sandusky, Ohio.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-10
CLERGY FORCED TO EKE
OUT A PULPIT INCOME.
Vermont Minister Forced to Work az
AL Trades on the Side,
He Says.

Middlebury, Vt. Aug. 9-How q pastor,
in country church can raise a family
on a small salary was described by the
Rev. NJ. l. Cutler. OF East Janrey. n.
H, at a session OF the Rural Life Con-
ference in Middlebury College
For twenty-seven years" said Mr.,
Cutler. II have been pastor in a little,
country church. with a salary OF $50 o.
less. house rent to come out OF that. leay-'
ing a salary OF $50 with which to live.
and raise family.
financially the problem Is impossible,
or solution after the usual way. There
Iore. nave worked among workers, On
q citizen among other citizens. as farm
er' carpenter and Office holder, PA-sSSyi
oouoIng my income in this manner, edu-i
catlnS my children. winning the respect
and confidence Of others. really preach
ing through practice and succeeding In
the task
Boston-''Reliabls American lady would
ike 10 take home washIng.-C. A. y
Fabin street. Boston, Mass.
That advertisement in the Boston pa
pers revealed the plight of Mrs. John j.
Arnaud, sixty. whose husband Is a re-
tired Congregational minister, seventy
three years old
When her husband advertised for work
Mrs Arnaud also sought employment as
washerwoman. She is a graduate Of
enc OF the Oldest finishing schools in
Boston
The minister was graduated from the
theological department Of the New,
Hampton Institute at Fairfax, Va. A..
tcrward he studied at Andover Theolog-
ical Seminary. His last church was In
Needham.
He found that people demanded moro
than the old school sermons and he and
his wife went their way rather than
change their religious views. Now they
are living in one OF the poorest parts OF
the city.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-10
TOM GRANT HAS SOME
TROUBLES OF HIS OWN
Here Are Few Questions that the.
Secretary of Chamber of Com
merce Gets Every Day:

Here's an idea Of some OF the ques-
tions received by Tom Grant, secretary
Of the Washington Chamber Of Com
merce. in the mail OF one morning OhIy
From New York comes thu queries:
Who were the Senators from Maine in
lsoS-7, What is the proportion cS -
age coffee to bulk coffee used II
ington? What brands OF packas
are sold?''
Here's one from Vermont: "U
pictures Of George and Martha
ington in your city? Have two
old"
Cincinnati hands in this one:
coming out 10 the Commercial,
taries' convention in September?
bring your racket and play tn, s
land Chamber OF Commerce ma
son Havens. He just beat Us
big convention and we want you to trim
him on the court with a racket"
The last comes from Boy Scout Head,
quarters, New York City: Present of
camping outfit for best design, for Cham
Der Of Commerce efficiency badge for
scouts
The Washington herald., 1914-08-10
DRUGS AND LIQUOR LEGISLATION
BY EDAyARp HUNTINGToN WuLIAMs, n.

Every few months the country Il
startled By reports OF wholesale mur
ders In the South. Nine men ki1et
on one occasion in, Mississippi last year
i've IN North Carolina; three in Ten
nessee; with shootings and slashing OF
minor importance TOO numerous TO re
cord In some parts OF the South the
lower classes seem to have become sud
denly inoculated with homicidal mania
Hitherto peaceful persons commit sud
den and unproVoked assaults upon ON
GERS and bystanders- Timid negroes be-
come bold ana attack brass-buttoned Of
ncers in q manner quita unknown In the
cid days, thus completely reversing the
natural order OF precedence below the
line.
An examination of existing conditions
show that the men who commit these
crimes are maddened by drugs. And the
particular drug that maddens them Is
cocaine.
II Is peculiarly significant that q large
proportion Of these assaults occur in
Mississippi. Tennessee. Alabama and
Georgia. with the two Carolinas showing
as strong seeonds-States which now
have, or have had recently. ONE pro-
hibitiye form Of legislation. And natural
", the question has been raised as TO
whether this form Of legislation is In any
way responsible for the prevalence OF
drug-taking. The Mohammedans, we
know. abstain from liquor because OF q
divine command; but they take narcotic
drugs-which are infinitely more harmful.
Possibly the negro, deprived Of liquor by
legal command, Is going the way Of the
Mohammedan. Certainly his escapades
when he runs amuck are strikingly like
those OF the Oriental
But whatever the indirect cause Of
the epidemic Of drug-madness, or what
ever the significance, II Is q matter OF
record that there Is q very high per-
centage Of insane drug-tAkers in States
having prohIbitive legislation. Thus, III
We compare the record Of New York
State where drug-tnlring Is said TO flour |
ish, with any one OF the prohibition
States, from Maine to Kansas, the differ !
ence is very apparent New York State |
has one insane drug-taker in her asylums |
for every Sss other patients Maine has
one for every seventy-six; Kansas, one TO /
Georgia, one to forty-elKht; |
North Carolina, one to eighty-four; Ten |
nessee, one to seventy-four; the Mlssis- |
sippi State Hospital one to tventy-three. |
and Oklahoma, one to nine. In other |
words, these prohibition States have
from four to forty times as many drug
dends as New York State One of them, /
Oklahoma. apparently holds the worlds
record, and, according to her own Of
fetal report, is growing worse steadily.
These figures are peculiarly sugges-
i've as showing that the Northern. as
we'll as the Southern. States. are az
The Washington herald., 1914-08-10
LOCATION OF GERMAN
CRUISERS A MYSTERY
Three. in Dire Need of Coal, Are
Somewhere in the North
Atlantic Ocean.

New York. Aug. s-The whereabouts of
the three German cruisers, which are
known to be In the North Atlantic, Is
causing much speculation by American
shipping and naval men. The last heard
Of either the Strassburg. Karlsruhe, or
Dresden was when the latter applied for
coal at Havana a week ago, and was re-
fused.
These vessels, especially when they are
apt to be called upon to battle at any
moment, must have coal. Where they
will get IL and how Is the question that
Is being asked
The sailing OF the Adriatic on Saturday
and the Olympic today also has occa-
stoned considerable talk The Adriatic
is not fast enough to outstrip either OF
the three hostile cruisers. Neither are
the British cruisers Berwick and Essex,
which have been conveying such Of
Great Britain's liners as have ventured
across the ocean.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-10
ARMAGEDDON Is NEAR,
WARNS BIBLE SPEAKER
Prof. S. M. Butler Tells American
Federation of Patriotic Societies
of Approaching Crisis.

At meeting Of the American Fedora
ton Of Patriotic Societies last night at
Pythian Temple, Prof. S. NJ Butler, Bible
Instructor at Washington Missionary
College. spoke on the topic ''Is the Pres
ent European Conflict the Beginning of
the Great War of Armageddon?" He
said that victory by the Triple Entente
would bring Arma ageddon nearer.
Prof. Henry De Fluiter and his chorus
from the Gospel Tent at First and RAN
dolph streets northwest furnished the
music. Mr.. De Fluiter spoke on What
saw and heard in Denver when Rev
Otis L Spurgeon. the organizer of the
Knights Of Luther. was denied free
speech and was mobbed by bigoted re-
ligionicts." Prof. De Fluiter will re-
peat his talk at the next meeting Of the
federation Saturday evening.
Evangelist R. z. Harter win speak on
"sptritualism In Relation to the Battle
OF Armageddon" next Saturday evening.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-10
"HIKERs" TRAMP FIVE MILES.
Big Party Skirts Geological Park,
but Makes No Stops.

Starting at Sixteenth street and Colurn-
bia road yesterday afternoon, the comun-
ity hikers tramped through Rock Creek
Park to me intersection OF Connecticut
avenue and Albemarle street By walking
along winding roads they covered about
fiye miles.
Portions OF the Geological Park were
touched but no stops were made. he en-
tire walk was shady and there was spring
water in abundance. Walter Paige led
the hIkers
Arrangements are being made for night
hikes in the near future. hese walks have
proved popular among the wanderlusters.
as there are many desirable features
about them. The night hikes are under
charge OF W. Palmer Hall and George s.
Rossom.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-10
GERMANS LOSE 100 IN CAVALRY
FIGHT. RUSSIANS REPORT

st. Petersburg. Aug. 9-More than loo
Germans were killed. one ofiicer and six
men captured. and many wounded were
left on the railway line as the result
CT a two days engagement between Rus
sian and German cavalry near Eidtkuh-
nen. East Prussia, according to an Of
fetal statement issued at army head
quarters today. The Russians encount-
cred the Germans near the town, but
the latter fed before the fire OF tho
Russian artillery.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-10
FAMOUS CONFEDERATE DEAD.

last survivinE sIEner OF south
Carolina secession Dies.
SPECIAL TO The wsshingtoa Herald.
Walhalia. s. c.. Aug. a-coL Robert
Anderson Thompson. the last surviving
signer Of the South Carolina ordinance.
OF secession. was buried here today. his
funeral was attended by hundreds
Col. Thompson was eighty-seven years
old. His death occurred Friday morning
from infrmities OF old age. He was one
OF the delegates which. in 1880. passed
ana signed the ordinance severing South
Carolina's connection with the Union. He
was the last OF the distinguished body
or 100 men, He was n lawyer and news
paperman. For forty-five years he was
publisher OF the Keowee Courier. one Of
the Oldest newspapers in the South. He
served throushout the civil war as q Con-
federate officer.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-10
OLYMPIC SAILS FOR ENGLAND
DARK AND HEAVILY C0ALED

New York. Aug. a.-The White Star
liner Olympic. which was held un On
the eve Of sailing yesterday, left port
shortly before noon today under sealed
orders, but ostensibly for an English
port The vessel carried no passengers.
but was heavily coaIed. The liners su-
perstructure had been painted black.
like her hull. and dark canvas covered
her port holes
The Washington herald., 1914-08-10

High speeds have been attained in
transmission by wireless telegraphy.
A recent test resulted in sending las
words minute. The record for writ
ing on q typewriter is 11s-, words .
minute.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-10
Special c.bl. to Tn. wa.Ai.sto. Herald.


few dipOporony large number of compared p
owing Among the officers
advisabiy rendering marks of
Belgian government expeng Germans although the en-
The Washington herald., 1914-08-10

PREMIER AsoUIH chief officer of English Cabinet
latest Of Ensands aerial fighting machines This picture shows the
ing out Of Iapid-6re gun mounted the air craft
The Washington herald., 1914-08-10
BRIGHT UNIFORMS FATAL
To BELGIAN OFFICER {
Comparatively Few Pryates Disabled In Fighting and
War Minister'S Considering Advisabiity of Making
Outward Marks of Rank Less Noticeable.
By DR.. EJ. DuLoN.

= In the
the and vewDot
Newport daily independent., 1914-06-02

and in the absence of such a
newspaper, publication shall be
made in a weekly newspaper
published in said county.
Section 13. Every person
who shall fail to comply with the
provisions of this Act shall be
fined in any sum not exceeding
one thousand dollars.
Section "A. All laws and
parts of laws in conflict here
with are hereby repealed, and
this Act shall take effect and be
in force from and after its pas
sage.
Newport daily independent., 1914-06-02
THE PUBLICITY BILL.

IAN act to reduce the ex-
pense of publishing measures
submitted under the authority
of amendment No. 10 to the con-
stitution; providing for the
publication of all general acts of
the general assembly; for CIV
ing publicity to the orders of
certain boards and the expendi-
ture of public money, and for
other purposes"
Be it Enacted by the People of
the State of Arkansas:
Section THAT not later
than the first Monday of the
third month before any regular
general election at which any
proposed law, part of an act or
Amendment to the Constitution
or measure referred is to be
submitted to the people, the Sec
rotary of State shall cause to be
published in one newspaper in
each county, for twenty days, a
Newport daily independent., 1914-06-02
Mar.<Inn Arrival of Ace.

When l get to be cid I amt goin'
to find 1t out by oountin' up to see.
nor by my whiskers, nor by my gums,
nor none OF them signs. They'll all
fool you. No, sir! But one Of these
times I'll get throwed down, and I
won't bounce back. Then I'll know
tit all over. When q man gets that
way. he's old. Old. seer It don't
make any difference how much longer
he lives after that. he don't ever get
any older.-"Billy Fortune"
Newport daily independent., 1914-06-02
CLARKE FORCES
CONTROL CONVENTION
Continued from page one.]

Continued from page one.]
to the Governor naming the
temporary officers, as has been
the custom in the past, but Gov.
Hays has steadfastly declined to
make any comments for publica.
ton.
The Senatorial contest is the
biggest thing that has been
pulled off in a state convention
since the Inauguration of the di-
rect primary system. Judge
Kirby will make a strong fight,
but Senator Clarke does not feel
in the least uneasy.
Newport daily independent., 1914-06-02
DEMOCRATIC NoMINEEa.

For Congress
w. A. oLDFTELD
For Circuit Judge
r. e. JEFFERY
For Prosecuting Attorney
HUGH WILLIAMSON
For Representative
w. M. SHAVER
FOR County Judge
w. D. McLAIN
For Sheriff
J. F. INCLUSION
For Circuit Clerk
G. E. SMITH
For County Clerk
G. L. ROBINSON
For Treasurer
]. Fl. CAMP
For Assessor
w. M. TINS
For Surveyor
j. I'll. ATHENS
For Coroner
w. H. NOLEN
FOR School Superintendent
e. Ell. BOWMAN
Yer Justices of Peace
J. nj. BELL
L. B. HARRIS
FOR Constable
TERRY GUN
For Road Overseer-
w. F. HURLEY
Newport daily independent., 1914-06-02
PUBLICITY LAW
TO BE INITIATED
Measure Has Required Number
OF Petitioners and Will Be
Submitted to Voters i'm
September Election.

Following is the full text of
the proposed publicity law which
will be voted upon at the Sep
TENDER election. Read the bill
carefully in order that you may
be able to vote intelligently up
on it when you make out your
ballot in the state election.
Newport daily independent., 1914-06-02

true copy of the title and text
!of each measure to be submit
tied, with the number and form
i'm which the ballot title thereof
will be printed on the official
ballot.
! Section 2. After ninety days
from the final adjournment of
each session of the General AS
sembly, the Secretary of State
shall cause to be published in
one paper in each county of the
state a synopsis of all general
laws enacted by such General
Assembly, except those upon
which the referendum has been
invoked. Such synopsis to be
prepared by the Attorney Gener-
al. Such publication shall be
for ten days, the first not la
ter than one hundred days from
the final adjournment Of the
General Assembly.
Section 8. The Secretary of
the Arkansas Railroad Commits
sion shall cause to be published
Ione time, in one paper in each
county in the state, all general
orders of the Commission.
Section 4. Immediately af-
ter the adjournment of the
County Board Of Equalization
each year, the County Clerk
shall cause to be published one
time in one newspaper published
in such county a summary of the
proceedings of the Board, Civ
ing a description of all property
upon which the assessment was
increased or decreased, the
name of the owner of such prop
erty, the amount which was re-
turned by the assessor and the
assessments thereon as fixed by
the Board; also, list of all
property placed upon the tax
books by the Board. And imme-
diately after the adjournment
of the October term of the
County Court each year, the
clerk thereof shall cause to be
published one time, in one news
paper published in such county,
. summary of the orders of the
County Court in all cases where
the court changes the assess
ments as fixed by the Board Of
Equalization, giving the name
of the owner of the property,
the amount of assessment as
fixed by the Board and the
amount as fixed by the County
Court.
Section 5. Immediately after
the close of each regular and
special term of the County
Court, the clerk thereof shall
cause to be published one time,
in one paper published in such
county, a list of all claims al
lowed against the county and
the road districts thereof, to
whom allowed, and for what
purpose, and the amount.
Section 6. All County Clerks
who are not on a salary shall re-
ceive ten cents per hundred
words for the services required
under Sections A and 5.
Section Z. The County Com
missioners of Accounts" shall
Newport daily independent., 1914-06-02
THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY 81. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
Hront St., NEWPORT, ARK.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

Daily-Singie copy, 5 cents: per
week, 10 cents; per month 40 cents;
par year, $3.50 in advance, by carrier
n city, by mail in country.
Weekly-S1.00 per year, payable in
advance
Entered at the pestoffiee, Newport,
Arkansas, as secoK ] class mail mat
tAr
Newport daily independent., 1914-06-02
SIxiru Him Tn.

When you call the average young
man honest he Is likely to feel mild
sort Of qualification. When you call
him competent his chest begins to
bulge When you call him heart
breaker ne slaps you on the shoulder
and gives you to understand that he
considers you a person of remarkable
perception and unerring Judgment
Newport daily independent., 1914-06-02

cause TO De puDllSHeQ one Clmcy
in one paper in the county,
copy of all the report which they
are required to make to the Cir
cult Court.
Section 5. All annual reports
of the commissioners of special
improvement districts shall be
published one time in one news
paper published in the munich
patty in which the district ex-
lists.
Section 9. The fees allowed
for the publication provided for
in this act shall not exceed one
half of the legal rate provided
for by law for the publication of
legal notices, except in cases of
newspapers having sworn
circulation of more than five
thousand when full legal rates
shall be paid. All accounts for
publication required by Sections
/ and 2 of this Act, when ap-
proved by the Governor, Audi
tor and Secretary of State, con-
shutting the State Printing
Board, shall be paid by the state;
oil accounts under Section 3
shall be paid by the state when
approved by the Railway Com
mission; all accounts for pub
locations required by Sections A,
IS and z shall be paid by the
county in which such publica-
tions are made, when the same
are approved by the County
Court, and the respective Levy
ing Courts" are hereby author
lied to make appropriations for
that purpose; all accounts for
publication under Section s
shall be paid by the improve
ment districts making the pub
Ilications, when the same have
been approved by the commits
sioners of the districts.
Section 10. The council of
every municipal corporation in
this state shall cause to be pub
IHshed one time, in the months
of January and July, in one pa
per published in the municipal
ity, a full financial report of the
affairs Of the municipality, Civ
ing q detailed statement of all
funds received and from what
source; of all money expended,
to whom paid, and for what pur-
pose during the preceding six
months; such statement shall
Ialso show the amount of all in
Idebtedness. If there is no paper
published in the municipality,
the publication shall be made in
ia paper published nearest to
Isuch municipality. Where a mu-
Inicipality is governed by
q commission, the publica-
tions shall be made by them. All
accounts for publication requir-
ed by this section shall be ap-
proved by the council or COM
missioners and paid by the mu-
lnicipality.
Section II. The officials who
are required by this Act to cause
Il the publications to be made may
cause, the same to be made in
more than one paper when pos
sible to secure more general
publicity without additional ex-
pense.
Section 70. In all counties in
which there are cities of the
frst-class, the publication here
in provided for shall be made in
one established daily newspap-
'er of general circulation, pro-
vided such a newspaper exists, |