The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 18, 1917, Page 3

— ae DUVALL-PERCIVAL TRUST CO. CAPITAL anf SURPLUS, $250,000 FARMERS BANK BUILDING, BUTLER, MO. We have money to loan on real estate at a low rate FARM LOANS of interest with privilege to pay at any time. mcg” We have a complete set of Abstract Books and will ABSTRACTS furnish abstracts to any real estate in Bates County and examine and perfect titles to same. We will loan your idle money for you, gecuring INVESTMENTS you reasonable interest on good security. We pay interest on time deposits. J. B. DUVALL, Vice-President, ‘ W. D. Yates, Title Examiner. W. F. DUVALL, President, Arthur Duvall, Treasurer. 1917= If you want SERVICE and a SAFE place for your funds, visit the & SHORT STORIES Of Local Interest—Clipped from Our Exchanges, The seven months old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lanning died at the parents home, at Amoret, Sunday, Jan..7, says the Leader. The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Worthington, in east Merwin, died, and was buried in West Point Cemetery Tuesday. —Amsterdam Enterprise. - Dr. Edgar T. Kim, dentist, har located.in Montrose, opening up an office in the rooms formerly occupied by Dr. Schowenbergt. over the Farmers and Merchants Bank—Montrose Recorder. Mrs Ben T. Haskins died at her home, three miles northwest, of Adrian, Friday evening, Jan- uary 5, 1917, after a lingering ill- ness, aged 55 years 9 months and 16 days.—Adrian Journal -On account of failing health J. R. Wyatt has retired from the eashiership of the Farmers Bank of Rockville says the Rockville Booster. E. C. Wilson formerly assistant cashier is his suecessor. On Sunday, January 7th, Mrs. Elizabeth Hall was 69 years old. One Man in Butler, Mo, Made Over $287.50 From 12 Hives of Bees in 1916. At the present price of honey bees are one of,the best side lines moncy makers that a farmer or a eity man with room in his back lot can handle. Tf you have proper hives _ bees are easy to care for. They in- erease very fast, one man in But- ler started last spring with 12 hives of bees and. now he has 25 hives and the increase all came from the original 12 hives in one season and besides: the increase in bees some of the hives made 60 pounds of honey, besides suffi- cient honey to feed the bees dur- ing the winter, Just think, one hive of bees making 60 pounds of honey that is selling now from 17 to 20¢ per pound, making a profit for the dwner of $10.40 besides putting out one new swarm of bees that is worth $2.50. makes a total of $12.50 from one hive of bees in one year. fpounds of salable . honey which netted him.at 17e per pound $255.00 and 13 hives of bees at $2.50 per hive, making a total of $287.50. Bees require no feeding and but This This Butler citizen’s profit from his 12 hives of bees in 1916, was 1500 | COMPANY B HOME AGAIN Bates County’s Soldiers Returned From a Seven Months Tour of Duty on the Mexi- can Border. | When the special train bring- ing Butler’s returning soldiers pulled into the depot at six o'clock Saturday night it was a happy crowd of mothers, sisters, sweethearts and friends that greeted the boys as they jumped off the train. It was soon learned that only half of the boys were on the train, the balance having stopped off in Kansas City, to have a good time before returning home. It had been planned to have the boys march up town be- hind the band, but as there was so- few of thein and as it was too cold for the hand the parade was abandoned. At the Woodman hall a supper had been prepared and at 8 o'clock about 20 of the boys as- sembled there and showed what they could do to a real home made supper after going for about six months on army rations, Addresses of weleome were made by James A, DeArmond and Rev, Talbert, which were re- pany by Capt. E. 8. Clarke. Linhart sponded to on behalf of the com- | Farmers Bank Of Bates County We have Mrs. Hall was born on the farm now owned by Emmet Hook and she was never out side the state except on a visit.—Rockville Booster. ‘ The citizens of Amsterdam were awakened midnight Sunday night by some young fellows pulling off a wild west stunt on the street of Sergeant Haynes and did not come with the rest of the company but arrived Sunday night about six | o’elock with Lady Butler, the automobile that was presented to the company by very little attention, just a little looking after during the swarm- ing and honey flowing season, such as putting on extra suppers for the honey and putting them in a sheltered place during the win- ter months. Although loose snow over the hives will not do any harm, inelting and freezing snow may fill up the entrance and the June. While the boys of the regiment the. citizens of the county when | they were ealled to the border last | $50,000.00 Capital Stock $50,000.00 Earned Surplus » $10,000.00 Undivided Profits Always Ready to Accommodate ROCKED JERSEY SIDE |while others pushed baby carri- j ages, Fire and Explosion Near Passaic Rained Shells on Suburbs Three Hours, But Killed No One. New York, Jan. 11.—The plant of the Canadian and Foundry Company, one-half mile east of Kingsland, N. J., a suburb of Passaic, in which were stored New York had its first seare be- |cause of its proximity to big mu- nitions plants July 30, 1916, when a series of explosions of ammuni- tion awaiting shipment to the Entente Allies and stored on Black Tom’s Island, in the upper bay, caused property loss of 20 hundred of thousands of 3-inch| million dollars, the death of sev- shells destined for the Russian]enty people and the severe injury goverment, was destroyed late) of thirty five. doday by fire and a series of ex- plosions which continued three} Pederal Agents Into Butter and hours. i Egg Board Files. So far as could be learned to-j cae ap | night no one was killed or injuri-| ( itaae0, Bau ee All i ce ed, although 17 workmen were | Pooks, records and files of the Chieago butter and egg board missing. No estimate of the loss is ob- tainable, but it was said it might reach 4 million dollars. Approx- mately 1400 men were employed m the plant, which comprised for- ty and fifty buildings and cover- ed about eighty acres of ground. No munitions were manufactured at Kingsland, but the plant was used for the filling of shells, the chief constituent used being trini- trotoluol, one of the most power- ful explosives known. While it was estimated that nearly 1-2 million shells exploded, priming fuses or caps had not been attached to them, and con- sequently their detonation did not cause the havoc that. follows their explosion when used on the uropean battle fronts. The roar of the shells, which sounded like a cannonade from heavy guUDS,! Athens correspondent says. was heard for miles, however, and|" ‘The allied demands on Greece ‘the if dudmiomoce s paBace shook -buildings | ineinded-the~removal-of—all-the within a wide radius of the plant. Greek royalist troops in Thessaly, Two big magizines in which | Northeastern Greece, to the Pelo- were stored trinitrotoluol, nitric] jonnesus, the extreme. southern acid, picrie acid, and” powder! ay; the turning over to the Al- were not reached by the flames,!jicg of part of the Greek supply wore at bee believed tonight it was} (¢ artillery ammunition and other EO EUBCe . | war supplies; public apology for The fire, which led to the dis-| the otaek by Greek Ps on the aster, started in what was known | marines and soldiers of the En- as building No. 40, where shells) tonte in Piraeus and Athens, and were being cleaned with dena-| fy) reparation for those acts. tured alcohol. The most generally accepted theory is that ciectric wires on the ceiling became cross- ed and a piece of blazing insula- tion fell in the alcohol. There was a literal reign of terror throughout Union Town- ‘ship, in which the plant is situat- ed. Sheriffs, deputies and police from Kingsland, Lyndhurst ,Ruth- erferd and east Rutherford and other places surrounded the special were seized, today by of jus- agents of the department tice and they are being inv gated by a large number of clerk tonight in an effort to learn if there has been any-violation of an injunction issued in 1914 by Judge Landis, preventing the fix- ing of prices. The recent big increase in the price of eggs caused the records to be seized by Robert W. Childs, special assistant to the attormey general, who is conducting a food and coal investigation here. Greece Gives in to Allies. London, Jan. 11 (5:10 a. m.).— Greece’s reply ateepting the terms of the ultimatum of the En- terite Allies was delivered Wednesday evening, Reuter’s Five Mentioned for Missouri Warden. Jefferson City, Jan. 13.—Specu- lation over who will be the new warden at Missouri’s Peniten- tiary is occupying much time here. Although Governor Gard- ner has not made a decision, many names are being talked. Among new names under consideration plant and gradually spread ont|are J. Kelly Pool of Centralia and for a distance of two miles in all] Omar D. Gray of Sturgeon. For- directions, warning the residents} mer Lieutenant Governor Painter of their peril. also has been proposed. Others Within an hour after the fire|who have been discussed are the fire started the highways were| Judge James Cowgill and Lester filled with refugees, men, women /| Parker, the latter the present su- and children. Many of the wo-|perintendent of industries in the men carried babies in their arms, | prison. -| ton the burg. For the ‘‘peace of all concerned’ the Enterprise hopes it will not happen again. E.S. Fuller, of Grand River township, has recently lost three! of his best horses and another one is quite sick. It is not known Just what caused’ the deaths, but presumably it is due to foddet poisoning.—Adrian Journal Martha Aun O'Callahan depart- ed this life at the liomme of her son, John O’Callahan, 4 miles west of Hume, January 8, 1917, at the advanced age of 87 years, 10 months and 22 days. Burial was made in the Prescott cemetery, Thursday -—Ilime Telephone At the meeting of the school board Tuesday night of this week, the last $500 bond of the $7090 issued twenty years ago, was eall- ed-for payment. When this — is paid the district will be free from debt. Arrangements will be made in the near future for some sort of a celebration and bond burning. ~Montrose Recorder, Twelve sacks of mail order house catologues, all) from one firm, was received at the Hume post office, Wednesday. The con.) signment weighed over a halt a . Yet we have mcn who are supposed to be in the business here who say it does not pay to advertise-—Hume Telephone Mrs, Lewis Lozier, after a short iNness with lobar pneumonia, de- parted this life at the family home, southwest of Hume, Jan. 3, 1917. The funeral was conducted from the M. EB. chureh, Friday afternoon, by Rev. C. H. Ochel- tree and burial was made in the Hume — cemetery—Heme—~TFele- phone. At ten o'clock Sunday mornig January 7, occured the marriage of Miss Lyda M. Murray of Springfield and Mr. C. E. Heyle of Rockville. The cermony was performed at the home of — the bride’s parents, Rev. John W. Bacon “of Springfield” Presbyter: ian church officiating. The eer- emony was witnessed by Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hevle and son Alvin, and Mr, and Mrs. Murray.—Rocek- ville Booster. ORA LEWIS TO HANG “* FEBRUARY 9 Brother, Who Helped Kill Officer Gets Life Sentence. 10.—Ora Otis St. Louis, Jan. -| Lewis was sentenced in the crim- inal court this afternoon to be hanged February 9 for the mur- der of the motor cycle policeman, McKenna, last April. Roy Joe Lewis, a brother convicted as an accomplice in the same crime, was sentenced to life imprisonment. Roy Joe Lewis was arrested in St. Louis soon after the murder of McKenna. Ora Lewis was ar- rested several months later in Kansas City. Dillon, a patrolman, went to a garage in search of the Lewis boys immediately after the murder of McKenna. Dillon was killed and two days later his body was found under a culvert several miles from town. and the postage se a to} bees will suffer, To make the best success with bees you should lave an hive or two, and a convenient source of supplies close at- hand, to supply the thrifty farmers and city men who are interested in Logan-Moore Lbr. Co. has complete supply of bee neces sat their yatd in 3utler, Rockville and = Schell City, so it is not necessary any more for the bee man to invest in bee supplies months in ad- vance of the time he is expecting bees. heen keeping rural qrerecl post. noviee in the bee business Logan- Moore will be glad to loan you books telling you just how to start and make the greatest suc- cess with hees. They will be glad to take you to the man’s place in Butler that made the $287.50 on jhees Jast year and you ean sce itor yourself how they are taken peare of Y ) A hive or two of bees is all you ved to make a start in this most cofitable business, the bees will do the rest. Republican-Moose Split Wide as Ever—Perkins. New York, Jan, 15.—George W. Perkins, chairman of the national progressive party, issued a state- ment here tonight in] which he declared that ‘‘the several ae- tions taken this afternoon,’? by the executive committee of the re- publican national committee qver the protest of Chairman Wilcox und other members of the commit- tee, had failed to heal the breach between the republican and pro- eressive parties. This, he added, left no doubt that the split between the repub- 'livan and progressive parties was as wide open as ever. Mr. Perkins and other progres- sive leaders failed to attend a din- ner given tonight by Chairman Wileox of the republican nation- al committee to which had been linvited the committeemen and jsuech of the progressive party }inembers who served on the re- jeent republican campaign as could be located. |Gets Five Years on 28 Liquor Charges. | Fort Smith, Ark., January 13.— | Louis Perretti of Bonanza was sentenced to five years in the Penitentiary at Greenwood Thurs- day on his plea of guilty entered in five of the twenty-eight indict- ments against him for selling liquor. This is the heaviest sen- tence imposed on a liquor seller in this state since the passage of the state-wide law, which made the selling of liquor a felony. tti entered his plea on an agréément that his wife should not be prosecuted on the indict- wénts pending against her for the Same offense, but that they should be held in abeyance while she re- frained from any connection with the sale of liquor. | | | extra to use them, for he knows that he van get whatever he may need by just telephoning the Logan-Moore people and the make a specialty of sending whatever their custom- ers need in the bee siipplies by If you are a did not participate in any fight- for they volunteered’ for service in Mexico and had the exigencies of war called them into aetion they would have given a good ae- count of themselves and made Bates County proud of They have had some that have boys they say het that if the country should need them they will volunteer to aman to again put on the O, D's, shoulder a rifle and go to front. ing last June, Captain, Ed S. Clarke, Kirst) Lieutenant, Lloyd W. ! Brooks, Seeond Lieutenant, Harry E. | Ellis, | First) Sergeant, Thomas J, | burner, | Moss Sergeant. Riehard hh. Haynes, Supply Sergeant, Willian B. Linhart, Sergeants, Harry C. Crow, Liat- verne Ward, Lee Bright, Alfred Hllis, Charles B. Yates, Corporals, Clark Nicolay, Floyd ‘eeser, Lewis H. Barker, William T. Grout, John K. Mansfield, War- old W. Jenkins. Mechanic, Pearl Wells, Bugler, Raymond W. Biser, » Cooks, Sam Lemasters and EIl- mer L. Seheurich, Privates, First-class, William R. Abbott, Vernon Corum, Will- iam C. Henry, Orla Huddleson, Patrick Roach, James Gerby, Le- land Crow, Lester C. Smith and Delbert R. Quails, Privates, Howard Rt. Ains- worth, Clyde B. Butler, Leslie R. Choate, Emmet W. Hays, John Dubbs, Fred Newman, — Earl Meyers, Clarence L. Welch, John W. Walters, Alfred Walters, Ormy Wiser, Claud Wiser. Wat- ter Walton. As the old) Armory has been converted into a garage by the owners, the company had no home to go to, temporary quarters be- ing secured on North Main in the building formerly occupied by the Culvé* Furniture and Undertak- ing Company. Editors Must Finance Mills. St. Paul, Minn., Jan, 15.—Min- nesota editors may be forced part- ly to finance the project recently launched by the Minnesota Edi- torial Association for the estab- lishment of paper mills on State property, according to an opin- ion announced today by Attor- ney General Lindon A. Smith. According to Mr. Smith the State may acquire the needed water powers and lease them and the timber tracts to a co-op- erative organization of publish- ers, but, as far as he is able to as- certain, is without authority to use state funds in the erection of paper mills or to engage in paper making. | | ing. they should “have full eredit. : | | military }and not two-thirds of all experience and while many of the [votes cast at the annual meeting. had | The Legis! enough of military glory, all of jhas placed an interpretation upon them are glad that they have had {this provision of the Constitution, the experience, and it is a safe land in 1911. provided as follows: | the |, \ The following is a roster of the; jas to loave Decision in Hume Consolidated School District Case. Following is the text of the de- cision of Judge ©. A. Calvird in the case of Eugene Franktin vs. Hume Consolidated School Dis- trict which the court has had ua- der advisement since the October term of the Bates county Cirenit Court. Eugene, Franklin, Plaintiff, vs. Hume Consolidated School trict et al, Defendants. This action seeks to enjoin any further proeceding in relation to an issue of bonds voted at the an- nual sehool meeting of said dis- trict in April 1916, At such elec- tion there were cast for directors 210 votes, and upon the proposi- tion to issue the bonds 204 votes. There were 136 votes in favor of the loan and 68 votes against the loan, The only serious question in this ease is as to whether or not the issue of the bonds — re- ceived the assent of two-thirds of the voters of the district voting at an election held for that purpose within the meaning of the Con- stitution of the state. The Constitution follows: “No county, city, town, township, school district » or other political subdivision of the state shall be allowed to become indebted in any man- ner or for any purpose to an amount exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided for such year with- out the assent of two-thirds of the voters thereof voting at an election te be held. Seetion 12.77 The Supreme Courts of other States interpreting identical pro- visions in their constitutions have held that in order to vali- Dis- provides as there is no one doubts but that|date the bouds in only requires the assent of two-thirds of the voters of the distriet: voting on them. | the proposition to issue the bonds, the ature of our own state “The qualified voters at said election shall a by ballot. Those votingSin favor of the lown-shall have written or printed on their tickets, “For the Loans" those vot- company, many of them being |* ing a st the loan, the from other towns and were at-} words, ‘* Against the TLoan;’’ tached to the company by reernit- | and if two-thirds of the vote cast on the proposition shall befor the loan’ the distriet hoard shall be vested with y to borrow money.” mm Acts 111, pag » Act But Lan Ked to hold this ofethe Legislature invalid as in conflict with the provision of the Constitution above set out Be fore a cont, especially a lower court, should deel n Act of the Legislature invalid as in con Niet the Constitution such conflict ought to be so apparent no room for serious jdoubt. Then there is in the law a familiar rule of interpretation jto the ¢ ‘ty that before a Statute of the State is held unconstitu- | | tional every intendnient must be indulged in favor of its validity. The court is of the opinion that in order to anthorize the issue of the bonds it only required the assent of two-thirds of the voters of the distriet voting upon the proposi- tion, and not two-thirds of all the votes cast at the annual meeting Finding and judgment for de fendants, CAL CALVIRD, Judge. Smith & Chastain? represented the plaintiff and Silvers & Daw- son and 4. UE Bryant the defense. “He Died to Save Others. lola, Kan. Jan. 12.—Richard> ina grave covered over with flow. ers which is soon to be marked with a monument carrying the inseription, ‘* Richard Moore, he- ro, who sacrificed his life Janu- ary 10, 1917, to prevent the wrecking of a train.” Traveling men who. read of the fricndless section hand, killed while attempting to remove tim- bers from in front of an on-com- ing train, telegraphed money to provide a final home for him outside the potters field and an- nounced subscriptions had been started for a monument to tiie man who .laid down his life to save others. Christian Science Services. Christian Science Services and Sunday school will be held each Sunday in the church, corner of Ft. Scott and Delaware streets. Subject, ‘‘Life.’’ All are cordially invited to at- tend. ?