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bo Special One Way Colonist Fares —-To— California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Western Colorado, New Mexico, Western Texas, Arizona and the Pacific Northwest, —Via the-— DETERMINED TO STOP BOOT. LEGGING, Prosecuting Attorney Chastain Files Petition for Injunction Against Booze De-- i liveries, NEEDFUL KNOWLEDGE Butler People Should Learn to ney Disease. of kiduey The symptoms Disordered] trouble are many. Dstect the Approach of Kid- MISSOURI PACIFIC IRON MOUNTAIN Tickets on sale daily, March 25 to April 14, 1916 Fares from Butler to California and. the Pacific Northwest, $33.62. -Proportionally low fares to oth- er points in States named above. For full information, call on or address L.R. TWYMAN, Agent ES nnn ee EE A RAIDING ZEP DOWNED British Captured Crew, But Diri- gible Sank in Thames . Estuary. London, April 1. Nives Zeppelins that my dast night's raid One of participated Eneland on vas shot down by British anti-air- eralt guns and felboft the Thames sstuary, forty-five iniles east Fandon, early today, The ypelin’s crew surren dered when British patrol boats approached and were made pris- oners. The Zeppelin broke up immediately and sank, ft was officially announced this afternoon that the lost) Zeppelin was the [-15, Twenty-cight persons were killed and forty-four injured in uid, according tO) experiences freely and today. night's air ial’ figures given out fi owas the twenty-second raid. The five Zeppelins dropped seme ninety bombs. From unofti- dal sources. it is learned — that y of the bombs were dropped either into the sea or in places where no damage was done, The dirigibles came in over the voust early in the evening and sailing high, divided their forces. Those who saw them say they were larger than the dirigibles CC RTenmaAs 9 mage) FARMERS BANK of Bates County ~ Capital - $50,000.00 Earned Surplus $50,000.00 At this time of the year when you are busy at home, write us your needs. We can give you complete service by mail. the in of until j Steamers. jtons, and eight s (1.865 tons were sunk by enemy We Pay Interest on Savings 3 Bt Siesuatanmamal facture of paper. Missouri, since J two being the only towns of more than John Peters Dead. i a . 2 2500 inhabits a in nid County, one J | p } A] sO "OV isits They | plaintiff av that, by reason of saic John 4ers was born-in Alsaae. used on previous visits, — They} arent AO RINO Une fotmecInU itl ee one Ret $ uD ae in Alsaae, ; kept at such a height that they]or Bates County, deliveries of intoxi-](iermany, June 21, 1842, died q ! a - [cating liquor in’ said County to any ‘ 916 oa 7 Were ont of range of anti-aireratt [2t! ihe Gilaweal: ame) April 1, 1916, age-73 years, 7 fins as they passed inland, the, ants|inonths and 10 days. He came to The dirigible brought down. is Aner with his parents when believed to have been the one aga “ut five years of age, and they seem cover London dast night, such settled in Ohio. He served four iz 2 a } AER nC UT ieee eta Pi Gute aah vom tie Coin army ell Missouri State Bank to discharge their crowds The Intexiertings Mater in inatried to Miss Sarah Ves- adminaliy statement, reporting a pull EUs eS NG tata (NBs 1h “THE OLD RELIABLE.” the Zeppelin’s destruction, was wail eis erbee cember 28, 1873. To this union : srsons in said Co ; Hot specific on that point, raged in the ilegal} were born four daughters, Mrs. a ah ale and storing of intoxicating liauor, | Pyyyi9 Nieeloy of Batoe o : Londin Api tie Une Me aiadine wear and viske contany | ena Nigeloy of ates county, = wounded prisoners from the de-[te the Toca option law Mrs. Hattie Speaks, Crosby, Min- stroved Zeppelin 1-15 number cere ens uw nesota, Miss Lizzie who still lives seventeen, inelnuding their com. at home, and one having died at i } wane who wore the Tron Cross. the age of three years. Mr. a Peters came to Missouri in 1867 ow a es on wounded men were tured, vey reached a south ern imilitary center this morming. All of the prisoners are youth- ful in appearance and were cheer- Seve ist ful. Some of them related their said the verew drew lots to decide who}; should remain behind and blow up the Zeppelin when it was found the dirigible could fly no], further. The task fell to a junior officer, whose duty was to wait plement bad eft; then, on receiv. ing rnal, blow up the airship. t meant almost certain death for iimself. Lost 38 Ships in. March, London, April 1. trade's suummary of casualties to British shipping, reported) in March, shows — that nineteen ing 44,600 ager ships. Ten steamers of 13,- 7 tons were sunk by mines, One r of 2,131 tons was sunk either by an enemy warship or a mine, Forty-three lives were lost on jsteamers sunk by warships, and eighty-one on steamers mines. sunk by Asks An Embargo on Paper. Philadelphia, Aprit 1.--The shortage of material entering in- ito the manufacture of paper is uming proportions that are re- garded by the Typothetac of Philadelphia, composed of master |i | printers iffecting the print- ing industry. [Tt was announced today that at a recent meeting of that body resolutions were adopt= led requesting Congress to place fan embargo on the ¢ manufactured. papers sport of all and all mi ials that. enter into the manu- Bad Accounts an Notes Collected by an entirely new system. No charge if no collection. handled by bonded attorneys. lars free. Address All business Particu- Commercial Reliance Ass‘n, . P. O. Box 438, Kansas City, Missouri. cap- |. the remainder of: the com-})\" The hoard of |i iline vessels of |i The practice, indulged in by some persons of going to Kansas City or elsewhere, and coming back with suit cases or bags load- ed with whisky or beer on which they become — intoxicated has reached such proportions and be- come such a, nuisance that Prose- cuting Attorney Chastain has de- termined to put a stop to it. Thursday he filed in the office of the circuit. clerk a petition asking that an injunetion be is- sned against’ the receivers of the Missouri Pacifie and the Missouri, Wansas and Texas railway eom- panies, and the Friseo and the Kansas City Southern railways and the Wells Fargo, American and the Southern Express Com- panies, prohibiting them from de- livering intoxicating | liquors to certain persons or permitting any- one in an intoxicated condition from riding on their trains. Following is a full text of the petition, which will be taken up at the May term of the cireuit court: The plaintiff avers that the law. commonly called the Local Option Law has been in foree in Bates County, Missouri, for many years and been in for yuri, for many yea e in Rich Hill, . 1916, the last | ating and promot sale and that the same. is tutes a public nuisan Plaintiff state V ( . by reason of the | ¢ deanken and dis 1s ff t ial “1 ¢ tions miblie n that it noand that and constitute states o various nd store liquor deli pati delivering: who sell for other ile: 1 - acts of t in cuech unr criminate manner | nuisance and of- |! ns of said County; ntly endants @ vined and have become a publi ive to the citi at plaintiff is freq mmitte doby yp f intoxicati by reason f the under the in- 1 z liquor and that | s of the defend-| J] betting and te of the law, the} tl sounty are be- 1h t has no ade- nd to the end at da quate reme f that plaintiff may be relie of the burdens and pe afo ‘id and the nuis inbefore eom- 1, the plain- dants be en- m maing de- quors to any > in said county and defendants be ined © from a h i n all de liveries th it st the defendants from delive to persons for any other than. th personal use, and ne until such] @ pe pers not p or di it not add ’ intoxicating liquor and t s not to he sold, stored or delivered in violation of the law, but is for the I wr famil f such person, | w a a ing rad ch other relief as to the seem just in the premis D. C. CHASTATD Ch) Prosecuting Attorney, li court may and settled on the farm where he vears. fae ee tat ietod hy the derendarta (the Butler Presbyterian churel ns call their sta-1 for thirty-five years. The reeord around t n intox eens : of his life stands as_a monument for his manhood, The funeral, condueted by Rev. George R. of Nevoges, pastor of the Butler TE Presbyterian church, was held Psi delive from his residence, and the Bethel feo iain | Methodist church, three miles cast of the home in which eeme- bers of his chureh, ‘as exports and previous month in the country’s HORSES ARE COMING BACK A Rapid Increase in Horses Has try some of our fine animals, there figures flesh over unfeeling mechanical outrageous immensity. it is true, may contract distemper, kidneys often exerete. a thick, clondy, offensive urine, full of sediment, irregular of passage or attended by a sensation of seald- ing. The back may ache, head- aches and dizzy spells may occur and the victim is often weighted | down by a feeling of languor and fatigue. Neglect these warnings and there is danger, Delay often proves fatal. You can use no better endorsed kidney remedy than Doan’s Kid- ney Pills. Here’s Butler proof of their merit. Nathan Bailey, 813 W. Pine St., 3utler, says: ‘I suffered from a dull, heavy pain in my baek and the passages of the kidney seere- tions were too frequent. Being advised to try Doan’s Kidney Pills 1 did and they cured me of the attack in a short time. Since then, whenever I have felt in need of a kidney medicine, I have tak- en Doan’s Kidney Pills and they have benefited me.”’ Price 50¢ at all dealers, Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy— get Doan’s Kidney — Pills—the me that Mr. Bailey had. Fost- er-Milburn Co.,- Props., Buffalo, Nae 24-2t Just look at this picture and do a little “think: ing. Then you will bank your money. BANK WITH US. ived for more than forty-nine He leaves behind him his vife, three daughters, nine grand- ‘hildren, and a very large circle ft friends, Tle was a member. of ery his body was laid to rest. The musie was rendered by Mrs. i, P, Wyatt, Mrs. Fred Williams nd Mr. Clarence Morris, all mem- Another High Trade Record. Washington, April 1.-—Ameri- imports were reater in February than in any istory. Figures assembled — to- n the bureau of foreign and i¢ commerce shows ex- of a total value of $409,- », exceeding hy 50 million ollars the previous record last Jecember, — Imports were 194 nillion dollars Farm Loans Weare in a position to make farm loans at a low rate of interest on either 5, 7 or 10 years time, with privilege of making partial payments on interest paying dates. All pay- } ments of principal and interest pay- able at our office. We make ab- Stracts to all real estate in Bates county at reasonable rates. The Walton Trust Co. "BUTLER, MISSOURI irrent Loans $8,000,000.00 Been Very Noticeable in the Past Year. Even though the great war broad has taken from this coun- as been an inerease in Missouri nd Kansas of over 11,000 horses nd mules in the p re convincive of the su- eriority and capability of hoyse ppliances. A truck may have an accident vhich will make a repair bill of A_ horse r perchance, a case of colie, but ke advanced science of submar- What do You Say? and be one of the EASY family, small in- yestment, big income, the EASY is. the only way to iron. What these People say the rest of the family will stand by. and like it fine—MABLE DICKISON, Spruce, Missouri, 8 labor eaver.—MRS, WILL EADS, R. AEE Gatti | Penamberah gia eter souri, RB. F, D. No. 3i. hie! R. ¥' DANO 1. Bates ‘ame Cc Cc. SMITH, scot Rencosentasts 6m—30t-14¢ Hadn't you better get an IMPROVED EASY IRON My Gasoline Iron, I bought of Mr, Smith is entirely ertiefactory,-and quite Have used the IRON about 2 months | Spruce, Mo. elephone No. 1 on 14 Pleasant Gap Fair. ines and flying machines, Dr. ‘ Gatchell, in his years of painstak- The officers of the Pleasant]ing and careful research, has Gap Fair are making prepara-| struck the deadly foe square in y y r y tions for a big time this year. The] the face and put before the public SEE ; fair will be held at Pleasant Gap|a preparation which is reducing ‘ Aug. 28 and 24. the casualties for these common H The following are the officers:]ailments to a minimum. It is sold en On- 0 ema Loan and Title Co Aug. Fisher, president: E. E.|by dealers, under the trade name EE 8 Morilla, vice president; Chas. T.]G & G Colie and Distemper Rem- —=—_—aoaoamaph === . Kisner, 2nd vice president: B.] edy. ? M. Wi treasure secretary; Alex Moore, hoard of directors. | th Aug. Fisher, E. E. Morilla, Chas. T. Kisner, Alex Moore, Ben F. Wix, Carl Witte, Conrad Kugler, Claude Baker and Clifford J. Kane. free one 50c¢ bottle of Dr. Gateh- ell’s Liniment, with one purchase of G & G Colic and Distemper Remedy. macy, Butler, Mo. Free Offer—Our dealer is au- horized to give you -absolutely Sold by Rhodes Phar- : 25-1 FOR : FARM LOANS and ABSTRACTS ' BUTLER, MO.