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Newport daily independent., 1914-09-01
The Importance of Vetches.

The vetches are important winter growing leguminous crops, that have not had much attention in Arkansas and the South. They should be includ- ed in the list of fall sown crops. Especially do they make fine combination with oats or rye. They benefit the land, afford pasture or hay if saved, and cut down the feed bill in either case. In my opinion the great est value of any of the fall sown crops is in the permanent improvement of the soil. The vetches add nitrogen to the soil and furnish great amount of humus for the next staple crops: It not only furnishes something to turn under in the spring, but protects the land dur ing the winter and affords an excellent winter pasture.
 The common vetch and hairy vetch are the most popular of the many varieties of vetch. Both are weak stemmed plants, both improve the soil, may be sown in the fall, both are best sown with oats or rye, to hold them up, both make good pas ture, hay or green manure as desired and both require inocu-
Newport daily independent., 1914-09-01

lation for the best success and
 in fact either the seed or the
 soil should be inoculated on the first trial of them.
 In my judgment hairy vetch is the best of the two for Ark
 ansas. It does not require as fertile soil as common vetch and in fact will do we'll on ordinary soil. Where red or crimson clover have been tried unsuc- cessfully, hairy vetch has been found to be fine substitute and is an excellent soil builder. The seed are higher than the seed for common vetch, but are more preferable. Hairy vetch will also stand more cold than con- mon vetch; neither will stand our hot weather. The best way to inoculate is to scatter about 400 pounds of sod per acre from an old vetch field over the plot for hairy or common vetch and harrow it in.
 The sod should be handled on some cloudy day. If the sod is not available, it is advisable to buy the pure inoculation culture with which to inoculate the seed before planting. The culture may be had from the U. s. De partment of Agriculture at Washington, D. C., or can be bought from the Earp-Thomas Co.,, Bloomfield, N. 1 J., or from the Homewood Nitro gen Co.,, 51 Liberty street, New York, N. Y. We have numerous failures with vetch, alfalfa, COW peas, clovers and like crops be- cause we fail to inoculate. It is
Newport daily independent., 1914-09-01

lions under a colonel or lieuten- ant-colonel.
 Brigade-2 or 3 regiments under brigadier-general (per- haps 10000 men, depending upon number of batallions and regi ments.( Division-2 or more brigades, under major-general.
 Army corps-2 or more brig ades, supplemented by cavalry, artillery, engineers, etc., under a major-general or lieutenant-gen- eral. Thus an army would be composed of not less than co., 900 infantry, 10000 or more cavalry, and perhaps 2,0OO artil- lery in actual battle line, not including engineers, commissa- ry, hospital corps, etc.
 CAVALRY.
 A section is 8 men under a corporal.
 Platoon-36 to 50 men under a lieutenant or junior captain.
 Troop-3 or 4 platoons, 125 to 150 men under a captain.
 Squadron-3 troops under senior captain, or a major.
 Regiment-4 to 6 squadrons under colonel.
 Brigade-3 regiments under a brigadier-general.
 Division-2 or 3 brigades un- der a major.
 ARTILLERY.
 A Battery is 130 to 180 men, with 4 to 6 guns under a cap- tain.
 Group or Batallion-3 or 4 batteries under a major. Regiment-3 or 4 groups or batallions under colonel.
Newport daily independent., 1914-09-01
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEEG.

W. A. OLDFIELD For Circuit Judge
 k. E. JEFFERY For Prosecuting Attorney
 HUGH WILLIAMSON For Representative
 w. M. SHAVER Tor County Judge
 w. D. McLAIN For Sheriff
 J. F. ACQUISITION For Circuit Clerk
 c. E. SMITH For County Clerk
 G. L. ROBINSON For Treasurer
 J. H. CAMP For Assessor
 w. M. TINS For Surveyor
 J. H. AITKENS For Coroner
 W. H. NOLEN For School Superintendent
 E. H. BOWMAN For Justices of Peace
 x M. BELL l.. R. HARRIS For Constable
 TERRY GUN For Road Overseer--
 w. F. HURLEY
Newport daily independent., 1914-09-01
Finest cron of All.

'No country, after all, produces any better crop than it's inhabitants. And as I trav1l onward like to think of these brave. temperate. industrious, GoG.lriendIy American people. have ro lear of tho country while so many of them are still to he found upop tne firms and ic the towns of this is.lG "--AIaaricau L4gazinA
Newport daily independent., 1914-09-01
eMa.tLna eacA

Mrs Hiram Offen-'T'm afraid yos: wunt 3o As uearly as I can find out, you have worked in Vix or seven places during the past year" Miss teradv--"WeH, an how nanny girls has herself hAa in the same toims2 10 less n fEisttiI.
Newport daily independent., 1914-09-01
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Newport daily independent., 1914-09-01
The Organization Of An Army.

The average reader knows but little of the component parts of an army and for this reason gains but the vaguest idea from news dispatches saying that so many batallions, regiments or brigades have done thus and so. Many we believe do not know whether a platoon or division is larger, though one contains up- wards of 50,000 men, and the other less than one hundred men.
 Memorize the following list and you will then be able to tell approximately how many men are engaged when you read of regiments, brigades or armies being advanced, checked or routed: .s
 INFANTRY.
 A squad of eight men under the command of a corporal. Section-16 men under the command of a sergeant.
 Platoon-50 to 75 men under a lieutenant.
 Company-3 platoons, 200 to 250 men, under a captain.
 Batallion-4 or more compan- ies (say 1000 men) under a major.
 Regiment-3 or more batal-
Evening star., 1914-09-26
DEMAND ENGLAND's CRUSHING
Hamburg Germans Declare Her Real
,Instipator of War.

LONDON. September ga copy Of a
memorial addressed by the Hamburg
section of the Pan-German League to
the German secretary Of the navy was
received here today from Hamburg. It
follows:
"The Germans are daily becoming
more and more convinced that England,
as the real originator OF this war that
has been conjured up in such infamous
manner, must be utterly vanquished at
whatever cost.
Here in Hamburg merchants, ship
pers and workrnen employed in the port
and on the docks feel that England's in
tention is to throttle German trade and
commerce. Every resident of Hamburg
knows that world trade and freedom Of
German as breathing. We therefore beg
your excellency to adopt all measures
REQUISITE for the creation of a feet that
shall gradually equal the naval strength
of our united opponents 30 that We may
vanquish the English, our deadly enemy,
and his accomplices. The German peo-
pie are resolved to make any sacrifices
to. attain this aim
Evening star., 1914-09-26
FRENCH TAKE. GERMAN
PORT IN WEST AFRICA
Capture Reported to Have Been Ell
fected by Unarmed Vessel Of
Only $50 Tons.

BORDEAUX. September 20 Q1:55
1.-The ministry of marine an
nounced today that the French gunboat
Surprise September 21 took possession
of Coco Beach. in Kamarun. the Ger
man colony in western equatorial
Africa.
Victor Augagneur. the minister of
marine announced the capture OF
Coco Beach at the cabinet meeting this
morning. He said that prior to land
ing her marines. who dislodged tho
German troops on shore. the Surprise,
which is small vessel of $50 tons. un-
armored and carrying ten small guns.
sunk two vessels belonging to the Ger
man auxiliary fleet. the Rhios and the
Italo. NJ. Augagneur said that this cap
ture was a brilliant exploit to the
credit of the Surprise.
Coco Beach is at the entrance of thu
NUM- river. which falls into the sea in
Corisco bay. This territory was ceded
to Germany as a result OF the Franco
German Kopgo agreement of 1911.
LONDON, September 26 (7:37 AMI -
Cape Town dispatch to Reuters Tele-
gram Company says that union de-
fense force occupied Luderitzbucht in
German Southwest Africa, September
10. Tne German garrison had previ-
ously retreated, blowing up the rail-
way and destroying the wireless in
stallation. but otherwise leaving the
place intact
Evening star., 1914-09-26
Discipline Maintained.
TREAcHERY CHARGE DENIED.
Cap Trafalgar Did Not Fire After
Lowering Flag, Sailors Saw.

BUENOs AIRES. September 2s.-The
German steamer Cap Trafalgar, which
was sunk 800 miles OF Rio Janeiro,
Brazil. several days ago by the British
auxiliary cruiser Carmania. did not
fire on the boats Of the latter, as has
been reported. Such is the declaration
made BY some of the surviving mem
'bers OF the crew of the Cap Trafalgar
who arrived here Thursday on the
German steamer Waermann.
!. previous report said that when the
Cap Trafalgar lowered her flag, as il
to surrender. q yawl put out from the
Carmania to take possession Of the
German vessel. The latter suddenly
dred upon the ,yawl. sinking 1t, it is
added. and the sailors In the boat per-
ished.
Several of the survivors here assert
that when the Cap Trafalgar began to
sink her captain blew her up with dy-
mantle. Three officers and eleven rnem-
'bers Of the crew perished. The captain
and eight sailors were deyoured by
sharks. the survivors think. It 10 fur
ther asserted that q Are started on
hoard the Carmania and that abe had
to depart. hurriedlE
Evening star., 1914-09-26
LONE SCOTSMAN HALTED
ADVANCE OF GERMANS
Onerated Machine Gun Single Hand
ed Until He Fell, Riddled
With Bullets.

LONDON, September 2s-The Paris
correspondent of the Daily Mail
records a gallant feat performed by a
single Highlander in the fighting at
Scissors last week.
1t appears that $50 Highlanders who
had been detailed to hold a bridge over
the Aisne were threatened by an over
whelming force Of Germans. who grad
ually were approaching nearer the
Their Maxim gun had
fre, all of Its crew being killed
when the Highlander got up from
cover. lifted the Maxim on his back
and amid a storm of German bullets
carried 1t, tripod and all, at a run
across the bridge to the far side.
There he put the gun down and, the
Maxim being still charged. opened a
hail Of bullets upon the advancing
Germans, who wavered and then broke
and fed to cover, leaving scores Of
dead behind.
Al this moment the Highlander him.
self was killed. but he had checked the
German advance and. British reinforce
ments arriving. the Germans aban-
doned the attempt to capture the
bridge. Afterward 1t was found that
the Highlander's body had thirty
wounds.
Evening star., 1914-09-26
the strange gun so recently introduced

the strange gun SO recently introduced
into warfare.
Military experts are now specializing
whether turpinite will lend itself to
use in aeroplanes. Lyddite. il is said,
can be successfully employed by mill
tary aeroplanes aud .Zeppelins. As
Zeppelins are capable of carrying guns
of considerable size it is conceivable
they might utilizei turpinite. How
ever, in the present war military eN-
perts do not expect to see any Of
Frances enemies discover enough
about turpinite to initiate its gas or
duplicate the guns.
London Not Uneasy.
London is constantly hearing stories
of the terrible engines Of war Ger
many will send over the British. capi-
tai. and bombs containing horrible
gases are among the weapons it is pre-
dicted' the Germans may drop upon
darkened London streets. But such
stories cause little uneasiness. because
of the experience of Paris with Ger
man bombs.
A few persons were Killed there,
but the Parisians in a way enjoyed the
visits of the German airships. which
ordinarily sailed over the French capi-
tai about 5 o'clock in the afternoon
Great crowds thronged into the streets
to see the aerial visitors. and showed
little fear of the bombs dropped from
the sky.
Evening star., 1914-09-26

for the enemy's reception the infantry
hnrriedly retreated to the opposite bank,
where they pretended to set fire to the
bridge as though intending to cut of
the enemy's advance.
THE Austrian troops, seeing before
them a small body Of Russians, blindly
charged. The enemy's infantry, with
shouts of victory. approached the bridge,
while their cavalry dashed through the
river. e.
Suddenly a terrific explosion was heard
and the bridge. which was crowded with
massed Austrian columns, was blown to
pieces while on the opposite bank the
Russian guns and quick drers scattered
death among the advancing Austrians un-
til the river was choked with bodies
"Panic-stricken. the foe attempted to
nee. throwing away their weapons, but
the Cossacks consummated the work Of
demolition. fording the stream and pur-
suing the enemy with yells Of triumph
"Half an hour later 1t was all over.
and several Austrian battalions had ceased
to exist"
Evening star., 1914-09-26
AUSTRIAN FORCE LED TO DEATH
-l.s3.#~ BY CLEVER .RUSE: OF RUSSIANS

PETRoGRAD, sSyfa london, September
2s.-The Russkes, sloyo has obtained from
wounded soldiers 1t mates. a description
of a clever rusesWbereby small Russian
detachment in .aaMcia virtually wiped
ont a large. austrian force, In ITS
according to a. <prearranged plan sew
eral sqnadrons of Sossacks and artillery
men, Stimulating. retreat. began to fall
back rapidly undert cover of the infan-
try. .,%@1
.'rhe kustrians rose to the bait. and
emesged from their trenches in pursuit
in the; direction Of a small river where
companies of Russian infantry checked
the furious Austrian onslaught: Cossacks
and artillery. crossing by bridge. began
to intrench themselves on the opposite
bank, posting several machine guns
while the artillery hid their guns In
trenches under the bushes unperceived
by the enemy. -
'When the preparations were complete
Evening star., 1914-09-26
OSTEND. PROTESTS. TO WILSON
AGAINST BOMBS OF GERMANS
Burgomaster Tells American Consul Raid
Was Unjusti6able Violation of
Rights Of the People,

LONDON, September 2S, s:45 am
The correspondent of the Times at Os-
tend, telegraphing under dEte Of Fri
day, says:
.The burgomaster has addressed.
through the American consul here. to
President Wilson. an energetic protest
against the German action In dropping
bombs on Ostend, which is described as
an unjustiaable violation of the rights
of the people. -.
THE consul is telegraphing the pro-
test tonight
A dispatch to the Reuter- Telegram
Company from Boulogne says: "
"About midday German aeroplane
few over Boulogne at a great height
and the aviator threw a bomb into a
shipbuiiding yard. - No one was injured
and slight damage was done. The
aeroplane continued it's flight in .
southerly direction
Four Bombs We're Dropped.
It was discovered today that the op-
orators Of the Zeppelin airship, who
flew over Ostend yesterday and drop
ped bombs, threw down four of the ex-
plosives instead of three. as was sup
posed at first, according to dispatch
from Ostend to the Reater Telegram
Company.
One of the bombs fell in the harbor.
another on the outskirts of the town
and the third in the fish market. The
one dropped in the fish market badly
damaged houses near where 1t struck
Today it was found that a fourth bomb
had been dropped near the railway de-
pot. It fell between two. steel rails.
each weighing f1fty-two Kilograms Ola
pounds). Such was the force of the
explosion that the rails were broken
to pieces, some of the fragments being
hurled a distance of over 500 feet.
Duel in the Air.
; A duel in the air over Brussels be-
tween a Belgian biplane, which was
making reconnaissance, and German
machine, which was in pursuit of the
hiplane, is described briefly by a cor
respondent of the Exchange Telegraph
Company. who witnessed the contest.
: The two machines ascended to a great
altitude and after a swift flight the
aviators exchanged shots at short
range. Suddenly the German turned
turtle and fel1.. and the Belgian BIZ
plane returned toward Antwerp.
Evening star., 1914-09-26
FUNDS ARE SOUGHT HERE.
Miss II. G. Redfern Designated to
Collect Money for Paris Hospital,

Mrs. A. M. Thackara. wife of the
American consul general at Paris. who
is chairman Of a special relief commit
tee Of the American Ambulance of
Paris, military branch Of the American
Hospital at Neuilly. has written to Miss
M. C. Redfern of 1923 6 street north
west, designating her to receive money
donations to the work Of Mrs. Thack-
ara's organization for the sick and
wounded of all nations at present in
the French city.
In her letter to Miss Redfern. Mrs.
Thackara says: Europe being con-
yuised BY the greatest conflict ever ex-
perienced, we, as neutrals, have UNDER
tsken the equipment and maintenance
of a large hospital for the wounded Of
every nation
Evening star., 1914-09-26
SEVEN NURSES KILLED
BY SHELLS IN RHEIMS

PARIS. September e6.-The French So
ciety for the Assistance of the Wound
ed announces the killing of seven nurses
and the wounding OF two others while
on hospital duty during the shelling of
Rheims. The FIVE of those killed were
members Of a religious order, the others
were young graduate nurses.
Every day announcements are made by
one or another of the Red Cross So
cieties of women falling while caring
for the wounded within the battle zone
Evening star., 1914-09-26
BERNsToRFF UNPERTuRBED.
Expects Latest French Charges o
~. Atrocities to Be Qisproyed.

NEW YORK, September 26-Count
Won. Bernstorf, German ambassador to
the United States. stated last night.
regarding the documents accusing the
German soldiers of atrocities filed
with the State Department by the
French ambassador:
Till now every charge of atrocities
against the German army has been
proven false, and the same is undoubt-
edly true of the charges made today
through the French embassy"
Evening star., 1914-09-26
ALtEGE SLUR
Embassy Says Cablegrams From
China Are Colored, to Discredit
Mikado's Army.

Charges that cablegrams from China
are colored. designed to cast a slur
on the reputation Of the Japanese SOL
diers," are made in a statement issued
by the japanese embassy. based on
oficial reports from Toxic. as follows:'
Recent cablegrams from China can
only be credited with q grain of salt.
There are sinister efforts now being
used in China, as elsewhere. to give
color to domestic Newspaper reports
and kilograms going abroad. Ground
less reports designed to cast a slur on
the reputation of the japanese soldiers
are thus more or less disseminated. !
Calls It Malicious Canard.
.'rhe alleged ruthless conduct of
Japanese troops in Shantung said to be
contained in a letter coming from
Tai .hau is nothing more than q ma
ticious canard.
"A dispatch addressed to the shans-
hal Mercury. by q foreigner living in
Pinetu.. says. in part: ''The rigid dis
cipline Of the japanese army and the
decorum Of the rank and nle are sim
ply laudable. After the landing OF
Japanese troops the cttizens are at
ease and markets are calm. Az to
Oninese women the japanese are TAX
! bag sceupulous, caresAqt t:tor.az1eYrthem
Evening star., 1914-09-26
SPAIN TRIES FOR PEACE.
King Alfonso Offers Cooperation to
the State DEPARTMENT.

King Alfonso of Spain has made dip
lomatic representations to the State De-
partment Offering his cooperation to
bring about peace in Europe. and sug-
gesting appeal to other neutral ma
tions. particularly Italy. Denmark and
Switzerland, according to official an
nouncement by Acting Secretary Lam
sing.
This movement, ii is believed, will
lead to direct negotiations with the
powers to secure their approval of the
project.
Evening star., 1914-09-26
DEADLY GAS SHOT
IN new FRENCH GUN
i
Novel Engine Of War Produces
instantaneous and Painless.
Death, It IS Said.
WEAPON AND AMMUNITION
sHROUDED IN MYSTERY
Entire Lines of German Soldiers
Found Dead in Trenches
From Its Effect.
Correspondence Of the Associated Press.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
LONDON. September 17.-Remarkable
tales Of novel engines of war are ap-
pearing in all parts Of Europe, but
nothing has yet equaled the reports
circulated concerning new guns used by
the French. which fire turpinite. a sub
stance said to produce instantaneous
and painless death for every living be-
Ing within its reach.
Although it is SO deadly in its work,
turpinite cannot be objected to on the
ground that it violates humane princi-
pies of war. Ip fact, it is so humane
that it must not be confused with
lyddite and. other explosives which
have deadly fumes.
English correspondents have reported
that entire. lines of German soldiers
stood dead in their trenches as result
Of the fumes from the mysterious tur-
pinite discharged by the French in en-
gagements along the Marine. The dead
Germans are reported to have main
tanned standing posture and retained
their rifles in their hands, SO sudden
and unusual was the effect of the new
weapon. Instantaneous paralysis Is
said to have been caused by turpinite.
Evening star., 1914-09-26
Russian Naval Victory Denied.

LONDON, September 26.-Telegraph-
ing from Berlin the Amsterdam corre-
spondent Of the Reuter- Telegram Com
pany says that . telegram received
there denies on competent authority
that the Russian cruiser Bayan sank
German cruiser and two torpedo boats
duc t664EwftfA - go
Evening star., 1914-09-26
MORE HELP IS NEEDED
FROM THE RED CROSS
Inability to Care for French and
English Sick and Wounded
Is Manifesting Itself.
American Official Who Travelled Be-
hind Their Lines Saw Men With
Wounds Rotting From Neglect.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press
LONDON. September 17-InabiIity to
take prompt care Of the sick and
wounded soldiers in the field is mani
Testing itself to an alarming degree In
the rear Of the French and English
lines.
An American official who was close
behind the allies for several days,
within 100 miles of Paris. said he found
200 soldiers in one emergency camp
who had been for two days without
food and water, and had no surgical
attention. although some of them were
badly injured and their wounds were
foul from neglect. In many other
places he found scores Of wounded men
who had not been picked up by the
ambulance corps
Paris Hospitals Adequate.
At Paris hospital facilities are ade-
quite. and good care is taken OF the
injured there, but the first aid to the
injured" work is not thoroughly or
ganized. and adequate provisions have
not been made for picking up the In
jured promptly and affording them
speedy treatment and transportation to
a base hospital
The plain truth about the present
situation Is that Germans, French and
English alike are SO engrossed with
the mighty task Of making war that
they have no time nor strength left to
care for the sick and wounded" said
the American official.
Here Is the opportunity for the
United States to play the good Samari-
tan in a way which will be thoroughly
appreciated by the entire world.
More Help Needed From q. s.
Instead of sending a few surgeons
and nurses to each of the belligerent
countries sufficient funds might be sub
scribed in the United States to enable
the American Red Cross to send twen-
ty surgeons and one hundred nurses
with complete field hospital equipment
into every one of the countries where
fighting Is now going on. There is i'm
perative need for immediate help from
neutrals. The belligerents cannot do
justice to their sick and wounded with
out the assistance of outsiders. I'm
the wounded it Is impossible to con-
ceive Of the magnitude Of this con-
flict
'sThe Red Cross hospital ship sent by
the Americans will be of great use. but
trained surgeons and nurses to go into
the field are needed more than ships or
base hospitals. And the surgeons and
will be needed throughout the war.
Modern science has proven how vital
the immediate treatment of all wounds
is. saw men lying on battlehelds in
France whose wounds were actually
rotting through neglect" |
Evening star., 1914-09-26
Gun shrouded in Mystery.

The French gun for the use Of turpi-
mite Is shrouded in as great mystery
as turpinite itself. Experts are re-
quired. 1t is said, for the use of the new
ammunition and the manipulation. Of