The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 29, 1912, Page 3

Se ( OSCAR UNDERWOOD. Alabama congressman, who has an- nounced his candidacy for the Demo- cratic nomination for president. Mr. Underwood is the Democratic leader on the floor of the house of representa- tives. CHINESE WARSHIPS TO JAVA REPUBLIC DEMANDS INDEMNITY FOR DEATH OF SAILORS. Bombardment of Batavia Threatened if Dutch Government Does Not Pay Promptly. San Francisco, Feb. 28.—Chinese warships have been ordered to the Island of Java under instructions to begin a bombardment of the port of} jacent.” Batavia if the Dutch government does the killing of Chinese, said to have been attacked by Dutch soldiers. In an ultimatum sent to the Dutch government, Provisional President Sun Yat Sen stated that an attack on Java would be-begun if the indemnity were not paid within a week. " This information has just been re- ceived here in a private dispatch from Dr. Sun’s private secretary. ee ay am indemnity demanded °° | SHOW UP STANDARD OIL HISTORY Dr. Sun declared in his ultimatum | that passports would be handed to the Dutch minister, who is said to be at Shanghai en route to Pekin, if the indemnity were not paid. The three cruisers which left Shanghai are the Hai Chan, the Hai Yuhe ahd Hai Sun. They were fully provided and equipped under orders of Wong Shung Woi, minister of war. Advices to Chinese here declare that the attack on the Chinese by Dutch soldiers, news of which was_re- ceived from Nankin, was made with- out provocation and that three Chi- nese were killed and many others ar- rested. China’s navy, at cluded only one first class last reports, in- modern cruiser and three second class cruis-| ers. The Dutch navy includes nine second class battle ships and seven first class cruisers. WOMAN BETRAYED TAX! ROBBERS Three Arrests Result From Jealousy —Police Have Others Under Surveilance. New York, Feb. 28.—A woman's love of finery which piqued to jealousy of a companion led to the arrest of the three men who are charged with having robbed two bank messengers of $25,000." Anna Hull, better known as “Swede Annie,” and Myrtle Hoyt are both held as material witnesses. Anna Hull recently returned from Albany wearing a new and expensive hat and a new dress. Myrtle was jealous, and she told the chamber- maid in a tenderloin dive that “Swede | Annie and her friend” had gone away on a taxicab ride to Albany. The chambermaid was a police matron in disguise. Then the trail became clear- ly evident. The police promptly ar- rested Anna Hull’s friend, Edward Kinsman and then arrested Jess Al- bruzzo, a truck man, and Geno Mon- tani, the driver of the taxicab in which the bank messengers were rid- ing. Another man was also arrested and others soon will be. HEALTH ALMANAC A TEXTBOOK Kansas Board of Health Requires That New Publication be Used : in Schools. Topeka, Feb. 28—The Kansas board of health almanac issued last month is to be used as a text book in every Kansas school, city and country. A copy of the almanac is being sent to every school teacher in the state and the instructions from the state board of health require that the book be used as a school text at. least one day every week. Dr. S. J. Crumbine, secretary of the board, believes the almanac ie the most valuable health bulletin the board has ever issued. Ex-Slave Died Wealthy. Binghamton, N. Y., Feb. 28—James Elliott, a negro, who settled in Bing- ton in 1860 and amassed a fortune dealing in real estate in the recon- at his home ENGLAND ADMITS AMERICA TO DO SO. Opposed Dispelled by Official "Statement. Washington, . Feb. 28.—Any fear challenged and forced to arbitration under the provision of the pending Anglo-American arbitration treaty has been dispelled by a statement from formally ready has acknowledged that right. edgment was said to have been made but all doubt is now removed by a communication in writing from the late Secretary Hay to the senate, ex- planatory of the understanding he had reached with the British repre- sentatives when the Hay-Pauncefote treaty was being negotiated. Mr. Hay explained every step of the negotiations and when he came to the clause in the Clayton-Bulwer treaty prohibiting the fortification of the canal he offered the following statement of the reason that led him and Lord Pauncefote to omit that prohibition from the new treaty: “The whole theory of the treaty is that the canal is to be an_ entirely American canal, The enormous cost of constructing is to be borne by the United States alone. When con- structed it is to be exclusively the property of the United States and is to be managed, controlled and de- fended by it. Under these circum- stances and considering that now, by the new treaty, Great Britain is re- lieved of all the responsibilities and burden of maintaining its neutrality and security, it was thought entirely fair to omit the prohibition that ‘no fortification shall be erected com- manding the canal or the waters ad- Court Ruling in Waters-Pierce Case Permits Wider Scope of Inquiry. St. Louis, Feb, 28.—Judge Kinsey overruling a decision of Jesse Mc- Donald special commissioner, before whom depositions were being taken in the Waters-Pierce-Standard Oil legal battle, made it possible for the Pierce faction to go into the history | nection with the Waters-Pierce Oil company and into the business his- tory of the three men proposed by the Standard as directors for the Waters-Pierce. The court declared that a scope should be given in the inquiry and that the antecedents of the stock which the Standard voted at the an- nual meeting of the stockholders of the Waters-Pierce company could be shown. H ees. i | Boy the Best Speller. Rolla, Mo., Feb. 28.—In the elimina- tion spelling contest conducted by | John A. Mooney, superintendent of; | Phelps county, between the best | | spellers from eight of the rural | schools of the county, Tony Kitchen, | | a pupil of West Point school, in| | Spring Creek township, won first | | honors. Out of 200 words he spelled | 186 correctly. | i ich REE pen, AS | j Rebels Drove Out Americans, | Guadalajara, Mex., Feb. 28—@amuel | E. Magill, United States consul here, has been notified that five American | citizens interested in the San Miguel | Mining company, an Indianapolis—con-} cern, have been driven from the prop- | erty near Ebutla. No details as to the occurrence have reached here. The party was on a tour of inspec-| ton. aE Ce | Prohibition Not up This Year. Sedalia, Mo., Feb, 28.—There will! be no prohibition amendment to vote! on at the next election. That was| decided upon by the Constitutional Amendment association here of which Judge William H. Wallace of Kansas} City is president. The association resolved to submit the proposed bal- lot box amendment to the people in November, DAILY MARKET REPORT, Live Stock, City, Feb. 27.—Cattle—Steers, $4.75@8.25; heifers, $3.75@6.80; stockers, and feeders, $4.25@6.25. Hogs—Bulk of sales, $6.05@6.30. Sheep—Lambs, $5.25@ 6.40; fair to choice weathers, $4.00@4.35; ewes, $3.25@4.00. Chicago, Feb, 27.—Beef—Steers, $4.60@ 8.50; cows and heifers, $2.30@6.70; stock- ers and feeders, $4.00@6.30. Hogs—Bulk of sales, $6.30@6.45. Sheep—Lambs, $4.50 7.15. On Louls, Feb. 27.—Beef—Steers, $7.50 @8.50; stockers and feeders, $3.00@5.00; cows and. heifers, $2.75@4.00. Texas steers, $5.00@7.00. Hogs—Pigs and lights, $8.00@6.30. Sheep—Natives, $3.75@4.60; lambs, $5.00@6.50. Grain. Kansas City, Feb. 27.—Close: Wheat— May, 99c; July, 90%c; Sept., 89%c. Corn— May, 69c; July, 67%c; Sept., 66%c. Oats— May, 53%c; July, 48%c. Chi Board of Trade closed because of primary election in that city. St. Louis, Feb. 27.—Cash: Wheat— Steady; track No. 2 red, $1.00%; No. 2 hard, $1.01@1.10. Corn—Weak; track No. 3, 64@65c; No, 3 white, 64@65%c. Oats— Lower; track No. 2, 52c; No. 2 white, 58%c. Rye—Unchanged, 93c. Futures: Wheat—Steady; May, 99c; July, 93%c. Corn—Steady; May, 70%c; July, 69%@ 69%cc. Oats—Lower; May, 52%c; July, (%c. Produce. Kansas Mit FORTY PaMMA CAL'BFTT CONTROLS RIGHT oF | All Fear That Fortification Might be | that the right of’ the United States | to fortify the Penama canal might be | official sources that Great Britain al- | On several occasions this acknowl. | } of the Standard Oil company’s con-| low. wide; | two continents for him | ing heir to a $60,000,000 estate. TOPEKA PHONES i Independent Plant Bought by Missouri and Kansas Company, EXCHANGES TO BE CONSOLIDATED | Sale of Telephone Concerns in St. Joseph, Joplin, Springfield and | Elsewhere in Both States | Expect to Follow. | Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 28.—Negotia- | tlons which have been pending since ; Summer were completed here where- by the Missouri and Kansas Tele-| phone company—the Bell subsidiary | —acquired the property of the To-| peka Independent Telephone company | of Topeka, Kan. The exchanges will: | be consolidated at once. Theodore | | Gary, who acquired the controling in-| | terest in the Home company of this} | city Monday, was president of the} Topeka company. Independent com- | panies are protected in long distance connections by the terms of the sale, contract, | One System Plan. “It is simply a step in the plan to! give a one-system service all over }} the country,“ said E. D. Nims, vice-| president of the Bell company. “The! independent exchange had about 7,000 subscribers and the combined ex- change, after eliminating duplicates, | will have about 9,000. Every one of these can make long distance connec- ; tions with either the Home or the Bell system here, in Lawrence and the other independent exchanges. { Utilities Commission Consented. | | The sale of the Topeka company | was made with the consent and un-| | der the supervision of the Kansas | | utilities commission. It gave its ap-| proval of the terms at Topeka. The | Independent company was incorpo- | rated for $600,000 and bonded for a | !ke amount. Ee | The price paid by the Bell was about $800,000. A. A. Godard, for- | merly attorney general of Kansas, was vice-president of the Topeka com- pany and S, A. Hemphill, general | manager, | The consolidation of other ex- changes in St. Joseph, Springfield, Joplin and other cities near may fol- The Bell has negotiated with | them at different times but the deals were always dropped because the Home company here and other inde- pendents feared they would lose long | distance service. Largest in West. The Topeka Independent Telephone company was one of the largest in the West. It was organized about 12 years ago and has been a money maker, Two-thirds of the telephones in Topeka were independent. The Bell will abandon its own exchange and | | as soon as the cables can be relaid| and connected will conduct all of its} local business from the Independent) building facing the statehouse. The old Bell building will be used for storage and repair work. The new building of the Independent company Was erected three years ago and is a modern plant. CONVICT HEIR TO MILLIONS? In Joliet Prison Seven Years, Now Claims to be Man Sought by English Administrators. Chicago, Feb. 28.—For seven years a-convict, who claims blood relation- ship with members of the British nobility, has been breaking stones in the quarries of Joliet penitentiary while, he says, lawyers have searched | as the miss- Convict No. 5117 says he is Edgar N. Churchill, the grandson and sole heir to the estate of James Samuel Churchill, who died 24 years ago at St. Johns, Newfoundland, and for whose heirs long search has been made. More than 30,000 acres of Newfoundland land and nearly a score of ships will revert to the con-! vict if he can prove his claim. He! was sentenced for burglary. | CHILD SAVED BY SKIN GRAFTING, Ten Men Gave Strips of Cuticle in| Effort to Assist Recovery of Boy | Who Was Burned. | Goldfield, Ia., Feb. 28.—To save the| life of three-year-old Selmar Amosson | ten sturdy farmers bared their arms to the surgeon’s knife and gave strips of skin an inch wide and three or four inches long. The ‘little boy was burned six weeks ago and the only way to save his life, Dr. J. L. Pep- pers said, was to graft skin on the wound, which covered an area of) nearly 100 square inches. j The boy’s father, Amos Amosson, | was first to submit to the removal of | skin. Women at a Political Dinner. Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 28—Women wiil take part in a love feast of a/ political party here for the first time! in the state of Washington, according to B. W. Coiner, chairman of the Re- publican state central committee. Covers will be laid for 200. Fire at Butte, Mont. Kansas City, Feb. 27.—Eggs, 26c doz. 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