The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 25, 1917, Page 8

GERMANY FEARS BIG DRIVE THROUGH NEUTRAL _ NATIONS Believe Allies Will Cross Holland, Denmark or Switzerland. Berlin, Jan, 20.-—With the threatened offensive of the en- tente allies a matter soon to be reckoned with, the—eyes—ot—Ger- many are turning towards Hol- Jand, Switzerland and Denmark, for it is throigh one of those countries that the attack is ex- pected by many military experts. The extreme nature of the al- lied demands in’ their reply to President Wilson's peace note is yegarded in Berlin as indicating a feeling of desperation whieh might manifest itself in acts that might draw other nations into the war, Krom a theroeticat standpoint, it might be advantageous for the entente forces to land in Holland and strike either into the indus- trial section of tle Upper Rhine, or into Belgium, rolling up the fierman front. Another course open to them is through Switzerland from the French side, into‘Southern Alsace, which might result in a rolling up of the German lines in this posi- tion and clearing much of the provinees of Alsace and Lorraine. Still another possibility is that the allies will strike through Den- mark for a mareh into Central Germany, although this course would require a vast foree to car ry through successfully. News from the east front does not indicate a likelihood of a re- sumption of great activity. ‘The Russian railroads are dilapidated through overuse, whieh might al- soexplain the Russian failaves in Houmania. It is considered lik part of General Sarr will be withdrawn for a landing m Syria, This move might enable the enfente fo cut the Turkish railways and make the Mespot- amia campaign reasonably simple, that a : force Se | Costs $6 to Mail Letter From a Mexico. Portland, Ore. Jan, 20, ever may their value at future date to the stamp collect-| or, Mexiean stamps just now are worth so littl that it takes $6 worth of them to pay postage into the United States on a letter that would cost only 8 cents to send from here into Mexico, CaN. the Ca tion con; the oth requir one What- he some Cooper, general manager | stilloa Rubber Planta-, hy. reveived a letter Mexivo that; stamps vy fiom 2O-Cont siamp in Mexiean posta There! and | to bring it to his address MISSOURI NOTES. The biggest express package the Chillicothe Tribune ever has seen greeted its eyes the other morn- ing hen, a Burlington train pulled with an elephant in the baggage car. The elephant was being shipped by express from Chicago to St. Joseph GENERAL NOTES Congress was criticized by ex- President Taft in a speech at the National Press Club Friday night for wasting its time and the peo- ple'’s money on such activities as the so-called leak investigation. He predieted the entire episode would evaporate into thin air, J. M. Sheppard, 91 years old, The will of Sir Joseph Beecham who served two and a half years whose death occurred last Octo- her, was sworn for probate in Lon-j in Quantrell’s band in the Civil don Thursday. The — estate;-War, died at the home of his amounts to 5 million dollars, The| daughter, Mrs, O. Angel in Ne- testator left his American prop-| vada Saturday _ afternoon. He erty to -his son, Henry. Sir Jo-/ was a brother of George Sheppard seph Beecham amassed his for-| of Independence, Mo., who was a tune from a brand of pills—plus/lieuténant in Quantrell’s band, advertising, The Berlin municipality, Reuter’s Amsterdam correspond-/| ia, and when the certificate of ent, has announced that, notwith-| title was filed it showed that the standing the unfavorable condi-| present owners of the land, the tions of production, it will be pos-' Heine Safety Boiler company, de- sible for every citizen in Berlin} rived their title from Wm, Penn, to have one egg between January | who received it as a grant from 1 and January 31, but that noth-| {he crown in pre-revolution days. ing at present can be said regard- ; tt catia E ing the supply of eggs after this! A freak in the quail family is time ; reported to the Jameson (Mo.) | Gem by a neighbor who lives three British consular agents at Nor-! miles north of town, Among a folk, Va., gave credence to the re-. large flock of quail is noted one port of the captain of a Dutch; snow white, save for black spots steamer, that a German submarine | the size of a nickel on each wing. was sunk in the Atlantie ten days’ Several hunters in the neighbor- ago. The submarine, according to hood have seen the bird and noted A mortgage was executed in St. says | Louis on some land in Pennsylvan-J fa farmer hwrote to the police at took fwhen she deft home, pernment the report, had stopped the Duteh steamer when a patrol boat crept up and sank her. Only: those of the submarine’s crew who board- ed the steamer were saved, Congress would determine what extent sex influences ap- pointiments to government — jobs mnder a vesohition introduced by Representative Keating of Colo- rado. President Wilson is asked to report whether women in the} civil service are discriminated against and if sex is a determin-! ing factor in making appoint- ments and promotions to Through the letter “G"' tat tooed on her leg, James N. Smith, | near Angusta, WKas., hopes to find bis wife who has; disappeared. The letter is for her given name, Gertrnde. Smith Wichita, asking that his wile be located, | deseribing the tattoo mark and its position and saying he believes she is in Wichita. Mrs. Smith her two children with her Swiss Minisier Ritter, acting on instructions from his home goy- Friday issued ‘through Swiss consuls in America all reservists on conditional leave fo vetnumm home immediately. At was net room for stamps and ad- dress an thi velope, so the stamps were pasted | on the back. A long envelope had | to be used to aake room for them, | Mr. Cooper? weighed one velope anee its « nts and found it Would havecost him just S| cents fo mail it baek to Mexico, from here, demonstrating what} happens to depreciated Mexican | eurreney when it comes in con! tact with the gold standard of the] Mnited States same side of the en-| the outs ; Adopts Army Training Plan. | {the same time Minister Ritter was erdered te issue these instructions he received notification that three additional Swiss army corps are lized Jannary 24. Doe. said his government's fo he IK dispatch dechired Switzerland has no fear of any hostile move by either group of belligerents, ‘The new troops, he believes, are to be used to relieve part of the two gry corps now mobilized, he said. London reports have re- cently mentioned mas: of large German lorees on the fron- tor The plan to put military train-| Switzerland's neutrality might be aa M ingetato the high schools of Kan- sas City tinder the conditions of} the Hay Law was formally adopt-| ed at a meeting of the board of ed-} ueation last week. | By instruction from the board | the course in’ military training will be optional with the student. If he decides: upon taking it, how- ever, he will be compelled to sign a. written agreement to subject himself to the conditions imposed -upon.him and—.te...continue-the course through the year unless some serious difficulty should prevent. The student will be allowed to wear his uniform to and from school and in attendance at the other classes. violated, The Fourth Missouri Ordered Home. 3 troopers now on the Mex- ican border, were ordered home hy the war department Saturday. The fourth Missouri regiment. is among those listed to go home. The regiments relieved from duty were selected by Gen, Funston in the order_of their length of ser: vice on the border. BELGIANS ELUDE BORDER “Underground Railway’’ to Hol- land is Working Well Now. London, Jan. 23.—-The Belgian $750,000 Cargo Ship Sunk. New York, Jan. 20.—The Brit- ish steamship Toftwood, 1961 tons, carrying a cargo worth $750,000, was submarined and sunk on her voyage starting from New York on Christmas day, ac- cording to advices received here by the French . Which cleared the vessel. The Toftwood carried a general cargo which included machinery, steel and twine. She took no am- munition and no food shipments aeeording to French line officials. ine For Sale. improvements and good Sculley lease on 160 acres. Inquire of Wesley Denton. 15-1t ‘underground railway’? is work- ing so well and the deportations from Belgium have caused so much alarm that efforts to cross the border into Holland are now more numerous than at any pre- vious time since the Germans oc- Belgians | cupied the country. who recently escaped on canal is little difficulty in reaching the Duteh border, even from points as far distant as the French fron-; tier. Once on the Dutch border, their real troubles begin, and to} cross the frontier. into Holland it} is neecessary to use any means at hand, even to the killing of sen- tries. tugs and.made their way to Lon-!1 don, where they enrolled in the! * % Belgian army, report that there {5-4 jits peenliar marking. of | The management the Bis- marck hotel, Wansas -City, has iasked for an investigation of the disappearance from the hotel of Joe Ingram, Clinton, Mo., a pri- vate in the Second Missouri In- ‘fantry. Ingram. came to Kansas City a week ago and registered @t the hotel. Ile said he was on a furlough. THe left the hotel and did not retum for his suitease and belongings. Prof. Horace IL Weltmer, son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Weltmer of Nevada and a member of the faculty of the Nevada high school, has resigned his position there and will leave soon for South America where he has acepted a lucrative position with the Chile Explora- tion Co., which is said to be acked by the Guggenheim inter- ests of New York. A deal was closed last week whereby Dr. t, N. Stebbins Cline fon, becomes owner of the Vernon Sanitarium, located tis The consideration 7.000. I will sell at public sale at my place knowri as the H. H. Harshaw place. 2 miles northwest of Spruce, Thursday, Feb. 8, 1917 The following described property: J7 HEAD OF LIVE STOCK 8 Head Horses and Mules 1 span 7 year old mules 16% hands high, 1 span coming 4 year old mules. 16 hands high, 7 year old mule 16 hands high, these mules are extra good work- ers. 7 year old driving mare good single driver, 2 coming yearling colts, one horse and one mare. 4. Head of Cattle Seven year old cow with calf at side extra good milker; fresh 6 year old Jersey cow; red cow 4 years old will be fresh soon. 25 Head of H Brood sow; 24 head shoats weight about 80 pounds. Farm Implements, Harness, Hay, Gorn, Household Goods 4 farm wagons, 2 Peter Schuttler 3% inch wagons one good as new, 3%. inch Studebaker wagon good as new, 3% inch Mitchell wagon, 2 top buggies one good as new, 7-foot Deering binder a good one, 5-foot Deering mower, 12-foot Deering race, bull rake, hay bailer, John Deere corn planter, disc harrow, 3 section harrow, 2 Goodenough 16 inch Sulkey plows, 16 inch walking plow, 14 inch walk- ing plow, 2 riding cultivators, Janesville disc cultivator. walkfng cultivator, endgate seeder double wing, 2 hay frames, 2 King scoop boards, 2 buggy poles, set heavy breeching work harness, 2 sets heavy work harness, 2 sets double driving harness, 2 sets single bugyy harness. About 20 tons extra - good baled hay, about 400 bushels good corn and 20 bushels good seed corn, a stack of straw, a good cook stove, 2 good coal heating stoves, good dresser, 2 new iron bedsteads and other things too nu- merous to menlion. ( Ladies Aid of M. E. Church of Spruce will serve lunch ogs Sale to begin at 10 o’clock sharp TERMS:— All sums of $10 and under cash, over that amount a credit of 9 months time on bank able note with 8% interest from date. 2% discount for cash. No property removed until settled for. Lee and Ford Turpin ..... M. E. Fulbright, Clerk Col. J. A. Beard. Auctioneer 7 The sanitarinm was established ty UD i WE Nino ater, AWW. 10), Williams, the latter being the} chief surgeon of the Missouri Na-| tional Guard, who died suddenly | from sunstroke while on duty at! the camp at Nevada just before | the guards went to the border, 1 Brigham Young Wed Five Women at a Time. Kansas City, Mo. Jan, 20.—A Kansas City man has a copy of a Salt Lake newspaper printed in 1876, whieh contains the follow- ing wedding notice: Married in Salt Lake, Utah, on the tenth inst., in the presence of the Saints, Elder Brigham Young to Mrs. J. R. Martin, Miss L. M. R M._Jenick- | PUBLIC SALE Having decided to quit farming, I will sell at public auction at my resi- dence, 3% miles north and 34% miles west of Butler, or 3 miles west and % mile south of Passaic, Mo., on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 17 The following described property: 14 Head of Live Stock | Susie P. Cleveland and ss Emily P. Martin all of Berk- shire, England. H Fire in West Butler. . About nine o0’elock Sunday | night one of the rooms on the sec- (ond floor of the Foster hotel near the Missouri Pacific depot, was ‘found to be on fire. The alarm | Was turned in and the fire depart- ‘ment made a record run and in ‘a short time had the fire under ‘control. ~ Mrs.” Foster estimates her loss to be about $200.00. NOTICE OF FI ETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given to all credit- ors and others interested in the estate ; of Porter M. Allison, deceased, that I, | Millie Allison, Administratrix of said lestate, intend to Make final settle- ment thereof, at the next term of the ; Bates County Probate Court, in Bates ; County, State of Missouri, to be held }at Butler, Missouri, commencing on the 26th day of February, 1917, } MILLIE. ALLISON, | 15-40 Administratrix. | | NOTICE OF FIN! ETTLEMENT i | Notice is hereby given to all credit- |ors and others interested in the estate !of Wellington Riter, deecased, that I, janes 8S. Horn, Administrator of said estate. intend to make final settlement thereof, at the next term of the Bates Cou Probate Court, in Bates Coun- | ty, State of Missouri, to be held at); Butler, Missouri commencing on the | ay of February, 1917. 3 H MILES S. HORN, | Administrator. NOTIC DF FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given to all credit- rs and others interested in the estate o that I, of Hannah Line, deceased, William Line, Administrator of said estate, intend to make final settlement thereof at the next term of the Bates County Probate Court, in Bates Coun- ty,e State of Missouri, to be held at Butler, Missouri, commencing on the %th day of February, 1917. WILLIAM LINE, 15-4t Administrator. 6 Head of Horses and Mules — Span of black mares 5 and 7 years old weight about 2500, both in foal by jack; coming 3-year old filly, an extra good one; coming 4-year old horse mule 16 hands high, well broke; coming 2-year old gelding; 5-year old spotted pony, extra good driver and a good saddle horse. ; 7 Head of Cattle Roan cow 4 years old, with calf by side; red cow 3 years old, giving milk; red cow 2 years old, will be fresh in a short time; 2 yearling heifers; one summer heifer calf. Choice Red Gilt to Farrow in Spring Implements ~Good Mitchell wagon; top ‘buggy; Moline 4-horse disc good as 4 i Goodenough Sulkey plow; Black’ Hawk corn planter, Busy Bee Hiaing ‘Gaiaeeien , double shovel; harrow; hay frame, scoop; end-gate; buggy-pole, set work harness; set single harness; some extra collars. i Grain About 100 bushels Red Texas seed oats; some corn and 70 rods of 26 in. hog wire; 80 rods of barb wire and eomve fence foans soe 5-barrel galvanized water tank. Household Goods Quality range, 3-burner coal oil stove with oven, Hot-Blast heater, ki i cupboard, 8-ft. dining table, 6 dining chairs, high chair, 2 rockers; Axannene ‘ma. Brussels rug, each 9 x 12, folding bed, sanitary couch, iron bed and springs, mat- tresses, dresser, stand-table, 8-day Seth Thomas clock, some canned fruit meat and | lard, dishes, cooking utensils and other things too numerous to mention. — Ladies Aid of Mt. Vernon Will Serve Luach Sale to begin at 10 O’clock a. m. sharp TERMS:— On ali sums of $10 and under cash, over that amount a credit of 9 months Purchaser to give bankable note bearing interest at the rate of 8 property to be removed until settled fore re cane: J.D. ECKERT — Col. C. E. Robbins, 1. L. A, Poteet, M. C. Wileox, Clerk time will be given. 2% discount for cash No } Auctioneers