The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 1, 1917, Page 3

hagen Market. Seed. FRESH BULK CABBAGE AND TOMATO SEED Early Jersey Wakefield, Early Winningstadt, Burpee's All- . head Early, All seasons, Early Flat Dutch, Early Summer, Early - Stonehead, Early Drumhead, Enkhuizen Glory, Surehead, Danish Ballhead, Late Stonehead, Late Flat Dutch, Autumn King, Copen- FRESH BULK TOMATO SEED. Earliana, June Pink, Early June, Acme, Beauty, Favorite Paragon, Perfection, Dwarf Stone, New Stone, Trophy, Dwarf Champion, Dwarf Quarter Century, Success, Burpee’s Matchless, Golden Queen, Dwarf Giant, Chalk’s Early Jewell, True Giant Pondorosa, Yellow Plum, Yellow Pear, Peach, Red and Yellow Cherry, Red Plum, Husk or Ground Cherries. ; : Cauliflower, Pepper, Celery, Egg Plant, All Kinds. Lettuce Bulk Sweet Peas Burpee’s Fine Mixed Pansy Seed,.... .............. pkt. 5c Burpee’s Large German Pansy Seed. Burpee’s Giant Flowered Pansy Seed Salvia or Scarlet Sage... Ast, 1917, South Side Squ JUDGE F. M. STEELE DEAD. Prominent Citizen of Bates County Passes Away Sun- day Night at His Home in This City. Judge F. M. Steele, who has been a sufferer from cancer for several years, died at his home 312 West Pine street in this city Sunday night about 11 o’clock. Judge Steele was a native of| Missouri, having been’ born in Callaway county December 21, 1833. He came:of good old Ken- tucky stock, his parents having vome from that state and settled in Calloway county about the year 1827. He spent his boyhood m Jackson county, where he re- veived his education at a_ sub- seription school. In the spring of 1857 he came to Butler where he was united in marriage to Miss Rebecea W. Meyers December 12, 1858. He followed his trade, that of earpentering, in Butler until he was forced to leave on account of the civil war. After the war, im the fall of 1869, they returned 40 Bates county and located on a fine farm in Hudson township. He enjoyer the” confidence and esteem of his tieighbors to a marked degree and was honored by being elected to many town- ship offices and in 1880 he was elected a member of the county court. He fulfilled his duties on the bench with eredit to himself and to the satisfaction of his con- stituents. : Judge Steele was a man of ster- ling character. Early in life he anited with the Cumberland Pres- byterian church and lived_his_li according to the precepts of the ehureh. He. raised a family of five boys and lived to see them grow to useful men and be a credit to the training that they received in the home. He is survived by his widow, five sons, E. A. Steele, of Parker, Kansas; R. E. Steele, Piedmont, produce. Shirley Poppy Seed, Mixed: . Have all other kinds of Garden Seed. Kentucky Blue Grass, White Clover, Red Clover, Timothy, etc: Have a special low price on Kentucky Blue Grass in full Bags about 100 pounds, have sold eleven hundred pounds since Jan. papers. I have purchased the J. W. Mefadden Store -- at’ VIRGINIA Will keep the\store up to its former high Standard. Will carry atalltimesagoodline _ of Dry Goods, Groceries, etc., and am pre- pared to offer you the highest prices for your Come In and Let's Get Acquainted Burpee’s Improved White Burley Tobacco Seed, pkt. 10c. Some catalogue houses are quoting Peas and Beans by the pound, 35c per pound means 52c per quart, 10c for % poung means 60c per qt. now I sell them at qt. 40c, pt. 20c, % pint 10c, a quart of Peas or Beans weighs 1% pounds, figure it out yourself. v4 D, DEACON BUTLER, mo. Oklahoma; Bruce Steele, Lamar, Colorado; John H. Steele, Kansas City, Mo.; Arthur F. Steele, Ft. Larimie, Wyoming, and an adopt- ed daughter, Mrs. Albert Steele. Funeral services conducted by Rev. Geo. Scroggs, of the Presby- terian church, were held at the home Wednesday afternoon and interment made in Oak Hill cem- etery. Kaiser’s Hope in Sword. london, Jan. 27.—Telegraph- ing from the German headquar- ters to the Berlin Academy of Science, in reply to birthday anni- versary congratulations, Emperor William reiterated today the as- sertion the German people will obtain peace by the sword, says a Reuter dispatch from Amsterdam, which declares this information was obtained from German news- The emperor’s message, as quoted, read: “The unshakable will to vie- tory of the German people, who are prepared for every sacrifice of blood and treasure, will, I trust God, preserve the Fatherland from the ruin contemplated by its enemies and will, foree by the sword the peace necessary for the blessed development of the peo- ple.”” For Missouri Roads, $339,440. Washington, Jan. 25—Appor- tionment of 10 million dollars to aid the states in the construction of rural post roads, the second an- nual distribution in accordance with the Federal Aid Road Law, s announced today by Seere- tary Ifoustdn of the Department of Agriculture. The funds are the apportionment for the fiseal year ending June 30, 1918. Among the apportionments are: Arkansas, $165,468; Kansas, $286,414; Missouri, $339,440; Nebraska, 213,541; Oklahoma, $230,278. i GENERAL NOTES Eighteen persons were killed and fifty injured in a collision be- tween the Bourges-Paris Express and a freight train at Chateau- neuf, The Rev. Billy Sunday-will-not|##ining title to valuable lands in go into the movies. His manager last week announced that he had turned down an offer of $1,000,- 000, to appear before the camera. President Wilson has accepted the resignation of Bernard N. Baker, of Baltimore, as a member of the new federal shipping board, it was announced this af- ternoon. Saturday formal President Wilson cabled Emperor William congratulations on the eighth anniversary of the kaiser’s birth, as is the custom on the birthdays of all foreign sover- eigns. Secretary Lansing and his three chief assistants Jeft their congratulations at the German embassy. Fifty natives were killed and two hundred others were injured in an earthquake on the island of Bali, in the Malay Archipelago, according to a dispatch from Am- sterdam to the Central News. More than a thousand houses and factories and the native temples were destroyed. The governor’s palace: was damaged greatky. The movement to abolish the government sub-treasuries in Bos- ton, New York, Philadelphia, Bal- timore, St. Louis, Cincinnati, New Orleans, Chicago and San Fran- cisco was beaten in the senate Friday afternoon when the mo- tion to strike out the $463,000 ap- propriation for the subtreasuries’ expenses for the next year, was voted down, 45 to. 15. ‘ Patriot What appeared to be an ordi- nary wagon, with the usual camp- er’s family along, was discovered Saturday, night by Hodge Baily, Sheriff, of Chiekasha, Okla., to be a-saleon on wheels. A stock of whisky, wines and beer, valued at over $10,000 was found stored in the mattress and in various nooks and crannies of the wagon. The owner was arrested and his wagon and team confiscated for bringing liquor in, the Indian Ter- ritory. President Wilson has definitely rejected the proposal of the ‘big four’? railroad brotherhoods that he abardon his compuulsory- mediation plan to end strikes and aceept their plan of a joint com- mission to mediate without power | of enforcing its rulings. He is determined, it was learned at the White House today, to press his! original railroad program on con- | gress as long as there is the slight-! est chance that it can be through. | What is hailed'as one of the} important discoveries of the year}of Ballard. 46 s made public in Milwaukee | iy when it became . Willy Wolff, perfected a formula whieh, it is | said, produces dyes equal in bril- | lianey and permanency to the; famous dyes of Germany. Wolff’s process consists in ‘‘de- veloping’? dyes, like a photo- graphic film is developed. This process oxidizes the color and makes it permanent, it is said. Ww fifty- | put }° | Dr. 1 mile to two good stores. debate in the house pointed ref- erence was made to the activities of aliens in the United States in attempting to bring about viola- tions of the neutrality of this country, Representative MeMul- lin declared the main purpose of the bill is to prevent Japanese Idaho, The vote was unanimous. Three snowslides near Juneau, Alaska, Friday, caused the loss of two lives and property damage amounting to thousands of dol- lars. The men were caught under the seeond avalanche while on their way to repair the water power flume of the Alaska Elec- trie Light and Power Company, which had been torn by the first slide, One body has been recov- ered, Owing to the destruction of power lines through — slides which operate compressors and air machines at the Alaska-Gas- tinau mine, the mine has laid off three hundred men. , officials of Chieago were recently accused of employing only pretty teach- ers, and they surprised their ac- cusers by pleading guilty. They said that it is only human that school officials, who are men, should consider these qualities in the woman, amd besides they say that if a woman has a_ pleasing personality she is going to get along well with her pupils and the other teachers. At a meeting of Kansas school teachers some time ayo it was found that about the same condition prevailed in that state. The High school William J. Burns, head of a detective agency bearing _ his name, was convieted Friday night of examining papers in’ the law offices of Seymour & Seymour, New York attorneys, and was fined $100. Martin Egan, public- ity agent for J. P. Morgan and company, who was on trial with 3urns, was acquitted. The papers related to information regarding munition contracts stolen from the offiees of J. P. Morgan and company. The trial grew out of the famous ‘wire tapping’’ inci- dent which stirred New York a fey months ago. The trial trip of the United 1States torpedo boat destroyer Sampson No. 63, ended in a col- lision Saturday with the French hark Quevilly. The destroyer’s forward mast and the wireless ap- paratus were lost and her forward gun carriage, gun sights, search- lights and starboard — torpedo tubes were damaged. The Quevilly left without showing a distress signal. The Sampson, ‘one of the latest type of United States torpedo craft, was commis- sioned about six months ago. She left the Brooklyn Navy Yard for a trial run. She is now in the yard for repairs i Farm for Sale. 1-2 mile north and 1-2 mile west acres, 4 room house in very good condition, a known; barn with shed 20 by 10 feet om chemist, had) west, good water, well never was iry, hen house, smoke, house, rehard, 1-8 mile to good school, 1-8 mile to church, on mail route, For | terms write or phone,’ | 15-tf Mrs. Lee Reese, j Spruce, Mo. _ Under the Federal-aid road act, within the next five years $160,- The house Friday took the for-| 990,000 will be spent by Federal mal action necessary for the count of the vote of presidential! and vice presidential electors on February 14. lution’ for “a joint-session -of-eon- gress on that day. The vice pres- ident will preside. Speaker Clark appointed as house tellers Rep- resentatives’ Mapes of Michigan and Rucker of Missouri. The house passed a bill appropriating $35,000 to defray the expenses of vongress at the inauguration cere- monies. Loren Meadows, 13-year-old son of George Meadows, a grocer of Lawton, Okla., was killed and Ross Hinkle, 11-year-old compan- ion, had a leg blown off when an army shrapnel shell they were hammering upon exploded late Friday afternoon on the Fort Sill Military Reservation. The boys were endeavoring to strip the brass from the wiexploded shell which they had found where it had been shot by an army cannon in practice. The Hinkle boy 1s not expected to recover. A bill, patterned after Califor- nia’s law, excluding Japanese from holding land, passed the Idaho house and is ready for con- sideration by the senate. In the 6 It adopted a reso-' and State Governments in im- | proving rural roads. | PROTEST GERMAN FOOD “RULES. | System of Rationing and Short- age Criticised by Socialists. Amsterdam, Jan. 27 (via Lon- don).—Socialist members of the municipal council of Muekoelln, Berlin’s most important suburb, made a vigorous demand some efforts be made to relieve the food shortage at a recent meeting of the eouncil. according to a Berlin dispatch. The Socialists criticised the system of rationing, especially in regard to potatoes, further reduction in the appor- tionment of which is imminent. They complained also of the scar- city and poor quality of bread and the disappearance of fish from the markets, while piles of sea food, they said, were rotting in the ports. ; The president of the council admitted the allotment of food was insufficient and blames the state grganizations. He said that the municipality would soon be unable to continue the soup kiteh- ens if the state did not suupply the necessary foodstuffs. Save Your Money By Phoning 77 every morning instead of having a man come to your house to take your Grocery Order, which is bound to cost you from 5 to 10 cents each time they call. You can get a quart of Peanuts for 5 cents or a quart of sweet cider for 10 cents. 1 i) Beans for............. 10c 2 Ibs Cracked Hominy for 10c 1% ths Good Rice for...... 10c 1 Can Baking Powder for.10c :1 Jar Jam for.............. 10c You can also get 1 pkg. Macaroni for....... 10e 2 ths Flake Hominy for... 10c 2 Bars Good Soap for. 1 Bottle Bluing 1 Jar Mustard for And don't forget the Coffee with the Dish, the BEST Coffee ever sold for 30c. Peaches are cheaper than they have been in years and Kraut is higher. Why not eat Peaches instead of Kraut? You can get it all by Phoning 77. GOSNELL’S GROCERY SHORT STORIES | office at the yard Monday morn- Of Local Interest—Clipped from Our Exchanges, The Farmers & Merchants Bank, of Montrose, earned 26 1-2 per cent on the capital stock dur- ing the last year says the Record- er, Mrs. J. B. Jones, sister of Mrs. Sol Kahn, and well known to Montrose people, died at her home in Deepwater Tuesday evening.— Montrose’ Recorder. | On last Sunday night Mrs. El- len Feeback, after an illness of some two weeks, passed away at her home in Amoret of cerebral hemorrhage.—Amoret Leader. 1 Jack Franeis and son, Herbert, | and wife left Wednesday —after- noon for Colorado where they will visit their cousins Zelma and Pauline Thomason before going on to LeGrande, Oregon, to make their home.--Amsterdam — Enter- prise, | Several weeks ago Mrs. J. W.| Moberly suffered a severe stroke of paralysis. She has ever since} been in a dangerous condition, | gradually growing * worse until death relieved her suffering about 4:30 0’elock Tuesday afternoon of | this week.—Urich Herald. | Some five or six years ago some of the prog ive citizens of Am- oret and vieinity organized a com-,; pany and put in a conerete tile, | building and silo block factory. | ing they found that some party or parties had robbed the safe some time between Saturday night and Monday morning, The combination on the safe had been worked and between $6 and $7 in silver was taken, which was in a money sack. The robber over- |looked a check for $6 and a $5 bill which was in another till in the safe. In this drawer was a card with the combination of the safe written on it. It is supposed that this card was used in un- locking the safe, if not unlocked by a professional—Adrian Jour- nal. U. 8. WILL BUILD PROJEC- TILE AND ARMOR PLANTS Daniels Still Determined to Fight High Prices of Steel Interests. Washington, Jan. 27.—-Charles M. Sehwab’s efforts. to bring about a truce in the administra- tion’s warfare on the Bethlehem Steel company collapsed late yes- terday. The steel magnate’s peace mission to Secretary Daniels only brought forth an official an- nouncement that the government will build a projectile plant as well as an armor plate plant, re- gardless of prices bid at this time for shells and armor plate by pri- vate manufacturers. The secre- tary declared that no awards Will go to any firm unless the prices are very much lower. Seeretary The plant when ready for ope tion represented an outlay of cash | of something like $2000, Satur- | day it was sold at public auction | for about $700.—Amoret Leader. | The body of Orville Bradley, | was shipped from Bakersfield, | California, arriving at Sprague.| Thursday afternoon. He was a} son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Briad-| ley, and met his death in an auto-| mobile accident. There were six oceupants of the car two of whom were killed in the crash. He was! 27 years old and unmarried. He) left hisamother $10,000 life insur- | ance, —-Hluume Telephone. i | i Eddie, the 12-year-old son of! Mr. and Mrs. George L. Long, fell | out of a hay loft, Saturday, break ing his left arm just above the} wrist. It is a bad fracture and is eiving him considerable | trouble. While shingling a new} barn for W. J. Heekman, over in| Kansas last week, Wm. Miller and Emerson Johnson fell from a scaffold a distance of 16 feet to, the ground breaking the former’s | hip and badly shaking up John- son. Mr. Miller is in a critical condition. —Hume Telephone, _ When the employers of the} Farmers Lumber Yard opened the | Daniels, after his talk with Mr. Schwab, said : “The Bethlehem — company promised to deliver — $8,000,000 worth of 14 and 16-inch armor piereing projectiles in 30 months if awarded the contract. In 30 months we will have our own plant in operation, At least a part of these shells will be made by the government, | have decid- ad. And unless prices are mater- ially reduced we will make all of them.”’ e The Hen That Lays Is the hen that pays. If she does not lay,-kill her, but before you kill her give her B, A. Thomas’ Poultry Remedy twice a day for a week, and then you will not kill her for she will be paying you a profit. Tt not only makes hens ay but it is a remedy for Cholera, Roup and Gapes. We guarantee it to cure or we refund your money. ©. ©. Rhodes Pharmacy, 16-Im O. K. M. Butler, Mo. Renew your subscription for the Kansas City Post with Chris Black, Agent. Terms: 45¢ per month: 6 months $2.50; one-year $4.50. SS FTER thirty-six ‘e, years of faithful, sat- isfactory service to our many patrons, we are better prepared than ever to care for your wants in every line of banking. We want your account this year. Missouri State Bank Reliable The Old ee ee