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Newport daily independent., 1914-07-28
Reason for Superiority.

The demestication OF animals aud
the utilization of plants does not go
very far except under civilized peo'
pie. Contrast the age OF Peru and
Mexico with that of Egypt. Babylonia
and China: and one reason for old
world superiority in the mastery OF
nature is plain
Newport daily independent., 1914-07-28
Work On Bridge Levee.

About thirty teams are now
engaged in hauling dirt for the
Lake Bridge levee, moving about
$50 yards daily. Since the rain
Saturday afternoon, the dirt
has been much easier to handle.
Newport daily independent., 1914-07-28
Steamboat Excursion.

We viii give another excur-
sion Tuesday evening, July %,
aboard the City of Muskogee,
leaving Newport at 8 o'clock for
a trip down the river. Music and
dancing. Round trip SO cents.
95d6. Captain F. L. Inman.
Newport daily independent., 1914-07-28
THE INDEPENDENT
PERCY 81. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
Front ST., NEWPORT, ARK.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

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Weekly-s1.00 per year, payable IN
advance ~,
Entered at the pnstofice, Newport,
Arkansas, as secoK' class mail mat
bar.
Newport daily independent., 1914-07-28

30 you love me. EsmeraIdaSS Aof
course love you. Since became 40
cuainted with you have really gotten
70 admire pom eyes."
Newport daily independent., 1914-07-28
Automobiles For Hire.

When you want to make a
quick and easy trip, telephone
81. Rates, So per hour. Day
or night service. l.. w. WAT
SON, Ford Motor Co. 85btf.
Newport daily independent., 1914-07-28

\ Observation-Disclosures E5Eg
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-17
BIG CELEBRATION
OF RED MEMS TRIBES
Adoption Degree Was Conferred on Class
Of ~ at Montpelier City Hall
Last Evening

4 large sssembapc Of Red Men from
Iro1uois tribe Of Barre, Wuchosen tribo
81 East Barrr Sioux tribe Of Montpelier
aud Apache tribe Of Waterbury was held
AZ the Montpelier city BAN last evening
t. witness the work Of the order and 70
attend a banquet A team Of men mn
der The direction of D. e.. Barrett "
Montpelier conferred the adoption degree
on class 0f n candidates during TIE
carly part Of tho evening in hall which
vas rrrttily decorated f0r tho purpose.
There Rere 25 trees of evergreen and b.
tween rneb pair Of trees a tent
Tha work wss witnessed bv Deputy
Grand lHeauhanee A. p Calder n Boa-
t0u. Grand ~aehem A. p Humphrey -
yu8entFHe. DauHtv senior saga uura
Aisk Ross 81 Harre Derutv Junior ~aga-
more D. g. Barnett oi Montpelier and
GmrE Keeper 81 Records y 81 O'shorna
81 Tasf nafrf. rast Grand >arlsem ~.
W Ea-stI of Barre netea as tnastnastsr
ri fla tan1uft. ui6eh uas attended ~
hsaut RH persons The hau1nat wns
-frrrf 81 ~ r Ktutou The Montrsii-r
Military hsrF r.stei srte-sf -slrrtions
SD HazHsars urra rsaas - aN fhe
EranI rEsrs rrfzerf aus several aths-s.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-17
BODY THAT OF SUICIDE.
Enos Crowningshield of Westport, N. Y,
Jumped Into Lake Champlain.

Burlington, Dec 1.-THE mystery sur.
Irounding the body which, was seen by
! Captain White and members of his crew
"a the Ticonderoga docked Tuesday aft
ernoon was cleared up yesterday There
seems to be no doubt but that the body
now in the lake at Shepard 4 Morse's
dock is that of Enos Crowningshield of
Westport, n Y, and that he committed
suicide by jumping from the quarter
deck of the steamer while she was dock
4 ing
Early yesterday morning when deck
hand on the steamer had occasion to
20 to the quarter deck OF the steamer,
which surrounds the dining room on the
stern of the boat, he discovered a short
top coat, brown cap and sweater. In
the pockets were found a ticket of the
.Champlsin transportation company for
passage from Plattsburg to this city, an
lngersol watch, a letter addressed to
Crowningshield, a purse containing a
small amount OF change and a postal
card with a picture OF the bus of the
Withercll house taken at Plattsburg
dock In one pocket was pint bot
tie almost full OF liquor. Ii was re-
membered that Crowningshield was on
the steamer Tuesday afternoon and aft
er at FIRST wanting a ticket for Port
Kent had changed his mind and bought
one for this city.
The clothes were found on the port
eide Of the deck which would be the
side farthest from the dock as the boat
landed Tuesday. When seen by the men
De was not making any struggle and no
cutlery was heard. which led to the be-
lief Tuesday that the body was one
which had been drowned for some time
and was raised from the bottom by the
suction OF the paddle wheels. Il Is now
thought that the suction Of the wheels
kept the man afoat
Growningshield is a man about 65
wears Of age and has for a number Of
wears driven the Witherell house bus
~ plsttshurg He was discharged from
that position on December II for con
timed drinking. The men who saw him
1n the steamer Tuesday afternoon state
thst he was not under the influence Of
liquor le has a wife and stepson,
lau8r Gaincy. who make their home in
Westport where Gainev i- a rural mail
'urrier. II IL said CrovninCshield has .
lot hscd there for about three wears.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-17
Their Troops Have Been
Withdrawn from South
for Use on the Battlefields
West of Warsaw-Official
Statement from Vienna
Says Russians Are Re-
treating Along the Entire
Front

Germany's new plan for operation
against the Russian armies is unfolding
gradually. A Petrograd dispatch says
/ that Austro- German aanking operations
in the Carpathian mountains and on the
Vistula are being conducted ON large
| scale and threaten the Russian lines of
communication. Such Importance is at
tached to these maneuvers that appar-
emily the Germans are willing to risk in
vasion by Russian armies in the south,
withdrawing troops from that region for
use in the battlefields west of Warsaw.
One of the greatest victories of the war
was claimed to-day by Germany. A Ber-
lin official statement contains these
words: "The Russian offensive against
Silesia and Posen has completely broken
down. In the whole Of Poland the enemy
is pursued everywhere"
A semi-oficial statement from Berlin
speaks confidently of the situation in the
east and says the Austrians in western
Galicia appear 20 have achieved theiz
first actual successes against the Rus
slams during the last few days.
The great battle in the west, which is
being carried on fiercely in Belgium and
northwestern France, is the subject OF
conflicting claims. The German war Of
fee announces that the alnes have made
new attacks but have been beaten back
with heavy losses. The French state
ment says that several German trenches
in Belgium have been captured by infaa-
try assaults and that at other points to
the south and east the artillery of the al
lies has done effective work.
An official statement from Vienna says
that in Galicia and southern Poland the
Russians are retreating along the entire
front and are being pursued.
Russia's Caucasian army is having fire.
quent encounters with the Turks but the .
official statements are at such sharp vari- I
snce that il is difieult to form an opin-
ion as to what is happening. The Rus
sian general stat states that the Turks
assumed the offensive in the Van region
in Armenia but we're decisively beaten.
The Turkish statement says that these
battles resulted in "our favor"
The success Of the Germans in making
heir way past the line Of British war
hips and through the mine fields and in
escaping after a bomhardment Of Eng
ish coast towns yesterday leads England
% expect another sttaek. preparations
or which are under way. Berlin is elat-
q. and the newspapers hint that yestsr-
lays exploit may Be the prelude % grsst-
r events on the sea.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-17
OLD MEN PREPARING
TO FORM HOME GUARDS
Arrangements Made to Move lnhabi-
tantS of Other Towns Quickly in Case
of Another Attack-Hartlepool Sut-
fered the Most Yesterday

london Dec H. 1926 m-Brsting with wrath and resent
Germanys attack forted towns England was astlr
to-day before since declared In London plans
to organize guard old too old for military service
under way Although the British mind raid on London
Yesterdays drove home the realities OF war
as nothing else could
ARRANGEMENTS were made at to expedite the
civilian population in of attack These meas
railroads and horoughfares which might impede military move
ment . -, : ~, -.
appearance except in the beeaved homes and hospitals
where the wounded are quartered m -,
The belief general that the Germans in this expedition had the
able spies The remarkable with which the
shown by the fact that not single vessel
east coast port German ship prior to their sudden
appearance .
killed and 20 wounded at Scarborough and two killed
and two injured at Whitby making total of 70 killed and 3
An official statement Of the raid general given
follows.
their fastest ships employed for this pur
pose, and they remained about an hour the coast
the of the reported British paong squad
vessels the Germans speed favored by the
succeeded in making good their escape
onsrations this against unfored
cal ports although not difficult to accomplish provided that
certain amount of risk accepted devoid of military sig
nifcance
They loss Of life the civil population
and damage to private property which is much to be
greted but they must not in any be allowed o
The official press bureau late last night issued the following
the office regarding the German raid:
a
8:15 they commenced bombardment These ships
peard be two battle cruisers and anored cruiser The
land batteries replied
the firing ceased and the enemy steamed away Nine
Of touched One shell fell in the royal engineers
lines and several in the lines of the 18th service battalion of the
Durham light infantry.
1.-THE casualties the amounted to killed and
Ia wounded.
damage the the gas works were
fire.
During the bombardment especially in West Hartlepoo
people crowded in the streets and approximately p killed
and so wounded.
AT the time battle cruiser and ap
off Scarborough and fired about so shots which
considerable damage, and 13 casualties reported.
AT Whby battle cruisers fired shots doing
buildings and the following casualties reported:
Two killed, two wounded.
AT all three places there entire absence Of panic
the demeano Of the people everything that could be desired
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-17
FEAR BARRE MAN WAS
KILLED IN THE WAR
Fairly Authentic Advices Seem to lndi'
cate That Claude Druge Lost Life
When He Received Bullet in Side
As He Was Fighting For France,

From fairly authentic sources comes
the information that Claude Druge, the
Barre tailor, who went TO France as "A
rcseryist at the outbreak of the Europ-
can war, has been killed on the firing
line. Anton Drugc, Chelsea farmer and
an uncle OF the tailor, is in receipt of a
communication from the French Red
Cross, saying that man said to be Claude
Druge, was shot in the side in the Bel
gian campaign and that he died in uni
form Il few moments after he was re-
moved to the rear. Papers found in his
belt directed the military authorities to
communicate with his brothers and sis
ters living in France and with an uncle
in the United States. Before going to
the front apparently, Druge had made
arrangements for the disposition of what
little personal property he left behind
him in Barre.
While there are good many for
eign born Americans in Barre who have
relatives in the thick Of the fighting, and
while there are doubtless former Barre
men who are under arms in Europe. Druge
seems to have been the only one to leave
this city for the express purpose OF en-
listing. Early in AugusS the tailor re-
ceived call TO service from the French
consul on Bridge street in New York.
France had gone to war and the gov
ernment was straining every effort to
assemble her reserve troops in every
quarter of the globe. Druge had but one
answer when friend asked him if he
would answer the call to the color. His
tailor shop was located over The Times
Office in the L. NJ. AveriIl building and
the night after he got the letter he was
storing his tailoring accessories in antici-
patton Of his departure.
Before he came to America Druge be-
longed to provincial regiment near Bor
deaux and had a service record. Conse-
quently he belonged to the third class of
reseryists and was, therefore, liable to
service at any time, even though he was
given permission to emigrate to America
at the expiration of his enlistment. The
tailor was in the first group OF French
American reseTvists to cross the Allan
tic in early August. He bade adieu to
his friends in Barre Aug. and sailed
from New York few days later. Citi- /
zen sodiery OF France went into the I
light at the heels OF the regular army /
Probably the tailor met his fate some /
where along the Ypres, as the dispatch |
indicates that he died sometime in No |
7ember
The fighting tailor was 80 years old or
.hereabouts and had sisters and brothers
n the land of the tri-color. He came TO
America around seven years ago and
worked for time on his uncle's farm in
chelsea Afterward he came to Barre
md finished his apprenticeship in the
3oyea tailor shop. He was employed by
,ther clothing men in town until last
pring, when he established himself in
business in the Averill block. His uncle
will look after the mans effects in Barre.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-17
JOLLY SET OF MEN.
Attended Hedding Brotherhood Get-to-
gether Last Evening.

Last evening at the Hedding church
about seventy men gathered under the
auspices of the Brotherhood and had a
most enjoyable time There was short
business meeting at 1880, At the close of
which, in order TO give John Sowles. the
fish chowder man, little more oppor-
tunitv to prepare his appetiHng dishes,
the pastor of the church read a selection
entitled; How Micah Broke Away" The
company then proceeded TO the dining
room where the aforesaid SoWles. and
Dodge, the cofe man, and Mills. the
chieftain of Jokes new and old, and help
ers galore had made ready a feast tt
tor a king.
At the close OF the supper the Jokes
from pats Joke Jar" were opened up
and many a laugh went round d. !.
Morse. the president Of the Brotherhood,
then called on Alvin Gates, who had
attended the great Methodist convention
at Boston. 20 give a report Of what he
saw and heard there. Mr.. Gates gave
very full and interesting report Of
one of the greatest gatherings held in
recent years in New England. At the
close OF the report, a. the hour was
somewhat late the rest Of Pats Jokes
were laid one side for future use and
the pastor, after a few words, relating
to the work Of the church, urging unity
OF effort. brought TO a close a most suc-
cessful evening with the meu OF the He'd
ding church.
Great credit tor its successful is-uc is
due the president ot The Brotherhood ID.
y Motse and vice president Mills, WHO.
for weeks haz rcd IL On their minds Mr.
Sowles, Mr. Dodge who knows tle hap
lY ART OF kitchen work the boy- who
know how 70 make attractive poster
and who have stood behind the guns. tie .
men glad 70 come. and sN who gladly /
spent the evening together
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-17
SCARBOROUGH HOTELS
WERE GOOD TARGETS
Large Structures in Summer Resort
Towns Were Badly Battered ard
say1nEs Bsnk Was Knooksd
10 pierrr

London Har 17-Thr Press nssocia.
tone Scarborough correspondent says
q ths sttaak ~ tiat t0au % German
nHrst4
Hafpe bas been urplieft throir hrrt
fhis toum Tee Grand iwtst Nns
tnllEfrr r.errlr5 1n thr cir bad urs
ons 81 the ma5n tFrFfts Ets saaHErd
frunt wss partially demolished There
s-s 3 iaH t1zsn hf.les n 80 san Tie
pirtuvt raIa1 nfrt aaur was tsfv sam-
nvrl ard ~ cir f~uuunr azst-drsd
nRs rnf1f sn8 81 tie trwr hsm as TIE
siH Has t5arn ~ arf e-rr ~ ths
Fcval hotf8 ussr fhs tsuEs asntft. vas
Hz-rfeH swer
-Ths Fasmuaf tsft r sh.I
N-u-rt 80 Ts srvsrs H1rt wts
1HrsazstrE rr e. r1rssrts e e. as-
tnrr h wr sattf-rE -tr ttf
s-est a uu rtera rr-s
sansS
Tus rr-mFr sf-s uue utr haF
ETa anw dsstt
ss rt - a ts raes-s
nes
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-17
wHrrBY ABBEY STRUCK
Stsns Also Tors q The Pavsmsnts Of
tht TCuu.

Vitality Eng Bea a. A. far as eaf
. ssoa-tainsa two gera1ns vet kIlss
aud two uouulel ir tie bsuharannrri
- this town - tvo garnrn lattIf r-u.
sH-s FestardaT
altr1thar tts ffrnus F-sd afrs
lE shels rts tte tr9t end several
fuuaes werr a Ta si
statiau $50 FIRST afta-fsd arf g s.aaf
ruafa ub1 wat sttrdaar usar8v uns
dsar.tatsd 4 frarnsr ut1 ass rass-
rr 81 rns ka5 fr raH q stH
utsf f~rrt-str5 - -hesf Tee 1rrar
r srts uhr w-r asssfr d rst
~ mn
Taf f - r-s -a-E de-
t~ wtE Hetf tf et-
urE pns fr - frs -f -. szHs-as f-s
r HHhrr aa sr @
trs uH H A rrrs n-s e
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-17
BURIAL IN BARRE CEMETERY.
Dr. Jason c. Briggs Former Resident
Died at Somer1lle, Mass.

D.. Jason G. Rriggs. a former resident
~ Barre and for many years . practiciug
dentist IN this city. passed away az his
horne in Somerville. Mass. Yesterday aft
r-upau death following a short illness af
rneamonia. Tho remains wiil b. brought
h Barre saturday morning and funeral
asryi-rs viii b. heI3 IN the He8ling
Methodist church Sc ~ O'Clock u tho
forenoon iuteruenf wiii b. made IN ihs
tmjv ~ at Emw0oa crmrtery REv
Thomas Latte pastor 8f the Franrslieal
rimr-h u Montus fr uiu probably oa-
rate ard thf assisting clergyman vH
b. Eft & d. Newell
Taa faezse8 Is surtIrrI hr his
ard fre daughters Hlazf- N nifrnd ard
-rsr H-rE a tti- dauF ier. Miss
Mlt Msrs end
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hlral fmw
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ago Hs
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-17
POSTMAN BEHEADED
DELIVERING MAIL
Hartlepool Received Worst Shelling and
Raiders Evidently Had Accurate
Plans of the Town.

London, Dec. IA dispatch from
Stockton-on-Tess to the Exchange Tele,
graph company says:
The effect Of the bombardment at
Hartlepool was that thirty persons were
killed and one hundred injured, At West
Hartiepool twenty persons were killed
and many injured.
shells passed through the Baptist
church of Hartlepool and other churches
were damaged
"The first shots were directed on the
heights, but they failed to hit their
mark. The cruisers then turned their
attention to the electric light works and
the gas tanks, evidently having accurate
plans of the town. They failed, however,
to destroy these, although they damaged
the buildings in the vicinity eonsidera-
bly,.
"Doorkeeper Woods of the Electric
company and his men both were hit and
slightly wounded
Both my son and myself said Mr.
Woods, were standing near a butcher
shop IN the vicinity OF our home when
a shell burst overhead 1t took off the
roof of the butcher shop. got my wife
and boy into our cellar and then gather
ed together few belongings in order
TO get away from the place.
"Soon after the bombardment began
the guns on Castle hill made reply. The
Balmoral and Royal hotels were struck
and many houses along the water front
We're riddled
"The bodies of the dead were taken to
the mortuary and the wounded to hos
pitals the work being carried on amid
the falling OF shells.
AT various places in the city it is
difficult to force a passage through the
streets on account Of the debris. Post
man Beale had his head blown off while
he was delivering letters
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-17
LEAVES YOUNG WIPE
George c. kinr Of North FeuisburE Died
Yesterday.

NORTH Farristura ner 1T--fte0rrr q
King local station agent far the Rutland
raErrB3 died safir YESTERDAY morning at
bis iIafue lr this village. Do bad fafr
suffering fer -one time With diseased
is1na fr ore De hH fi- arnf#fiar hnr
taau sush tEat tH ues at'e 90 attar t1
80 fataas 81 tire rsi'rsad ststf0H utt5i fH
dars Her. srrrf Hhtah t.ue hH bed i-afr
confined tH shF haasf. tir Tua-aav HEt
an operation uHs rHrtr-ufl d IF r.
sHrr 81 nnesar ard ~ o. a. fsHr
of tfis rIerr
Tar atr rua r tatH Wts
asfti- rrarra M k-l fn
Na-t- Fe--5slH-g f-rH fatrf afr
IS aau nrr nrH fs# f~ t fnHt fFr
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T5f was rar n8 Bs I1st tg @
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-17
CASUALTIES AT SCARBOROUGH
Include Several Prominent Peaple-
Church Congregation Calm.

Scarborough, Eng, Dec II, via London
The casualties in Scarborough as re-
suit of the attack by German warships
yesterday morning include among the
Silled John Hall, prominent alderman;
Alfred Bealo, a postmaster; Mrs Ben.
net and two children; Mrs Merryweath.
cr and Miss Trow, all we'll known resi-
dents of the city; two unidentified wom-
en-, house maid, a young woman named
Maclntyre and a baby belonging to a
family Of the working class
Organist Musgrove Of st. Martins
church says communion was being OBJ
served by Archdeacon Mackarness when
two shells struck the edifce, but that
the congregation remained calm.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-17
ENGLIsHMEN STIRRED TO ANGER.
over the Policy that Permits Shelling Of
Undefended Towns.

London. Dec IA wave Of intense
anger spread over England because OF
I the German naval attack and bitter de.
uuncistion is heard everywhere OF a pol.
I ioy which permits the shelling OF undr.
tended towns. The fortress at the mouth
ot the Tees is supposed TO give some
| protection 10 the important shipping
base Of Hartlepool but Mhitby and scar.
borough are a. open 10 the enemy a. is
Atlantic City. on The New Jersey coast.
How the Germans eYaded an TIE mines
and patrols remains somewhat of p fnvs-
terry. although experts recall that in ma
u0euvres British ships performed the
same feat In the comparatively small
space between England and to ScIHv
stands which, however. pa4 not mined
The Admiralty report announces that
-aeh demonstrations are not difficult 10
accomplish. but the population generally
cherish - great e o1nlfrnee in she pro-
tectirn hv the British navy that the ir-
bah'taHts ~ the rpast towns made 20
serious preparations t0 meet bomba-3-
ment
Ercept fer the working people. tte
EnrIirh are srt e. - late rarrs 4u4ry
The short winter DAYS TIE l.or.tsrd
maut hy tht German rrusssrs oaeaffrs
istuesn eigtt ard rlus ociask aud n.arr
people wfrt 81 breakfast others wrr -
ttsr wnv - wCrk ~ wsra ersr 1r fh-r
hlrs
Thf ho1mra - hary runs oT 49,
tFae fnwns frru Euntrzs r
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e HfTman rif hrt utHr sts
r-ast.nF oFeF ther haaas and rta
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sas1trr 90 shore ths ea-uar rurs ga
~fs uvk tts Festss alnsaF fasssszft-
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10 etsr ethsFs russ
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-17
FLEEING GERMAN SHIPS
LEFT 2O7 CASUALTIES

themselves harmlcssly in the sand along
the shore,
Some shells fell in Ruswarp, q small
village a mile inland and at Meadowiield
one hit schoohouse Just as the school
children We're assembling for the morn,
ing session The children were injured.
The German ships approached to with.
in mile OF the town before opening fire,
The first shot lodged in the clif. A
small company of intrepid persons gath
cred on the clitI to watch the lombard
ment, which lasted for a quarter OF an
hour.
As soon as The warships disappeared
the people resumed their normal occu.
pations.