The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 15, 1917, Page 6

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. TO PROBE H. 0. L. J. 11. Porter to M. C. Burns 120] President Ordered Trade C acres section 33 West Point $7,- sion to Investigate from 800.00. Every Angle. C. ©. Philbrick to Lillie +! Washi Feb. 10—A: cin A : 9 ashington, Feb. 10, sweep- HTS al acres seiton 22 fins eae eAtioh into thelmotet: esi $ H Philprick oy (6 ing cost of living with the view of Philbrick ‘160 pues section 23| Prosecutions was ordered by Presi- Osage $1.00 i dent Wilson this afternoon. It a. "C Burns to J. L. Porter 80 will he conducted by the federal acres aeollon 24 Spruce $800.00, |tfade commission in conjunetion / MISSOUR! [PACIFIC \ IRON \ MOUNTAIN NS oy pk me A Having sold my farm, I will sell at Public Auction at my residence 6 :miles west of Butler, on ymittee that another week prob- TIME TABLE +. (| with the department of agricul- ARE i NORTH Clarence Martin to J. S. Quic Aas ao) one A : i f No. 206 K. C. Papr............-+ 85 a. m1 11 acres section 8 Osage $1,050.00. Every phase of He problem will 9 : 9 24 No oI ©. & St Louis Deer clos pm| John H. Nutt to A. B Bartley he attacked by _ reid i d : sours 100-acres section 19 Elkhart $10,- and it is understood that evidence The following described property: No. 201 Joplin Passenger - | 000.00 adduced will at once be submitted BBB to the department of justice for No. 207 Joplin Pi er. 7 , , ale. . No. 906 Nevada | Pusseng: _T. Fred Butler to Ella F, Loe e ae bi 9 Head of Horses : INTERSTATE, ; wood undivided 1-8 interest nny Jee loctonnede Ghainninnanvals : pe ey Pasenger 110235 as m. | ITS RECESSES Ue, Se liam J. Harris of the commission, 2 five-year-old Percheron mares weight 1400, one in foal; bah ae i la ie ee ae Sivils to James'MeCul-| the President said : good family driving mare; 8-year-old horse weight 1350, good; span 4-year-old Oey r u eres 27 New Home| ‘Pursuant to the authority in-|| mules; span 2-year-old mules; 2-year-old horse. (Leave | loug raet sec oi Ne@ y : A Brie eaas! ; vested in me by the act creating ; No. oH Madison Local... 05 am. | 196,00, ORO A ae ».632 Madison Passenger... 1:30 p.m. |) "0" ; : » federa rade commission, I Aa ete fe pereeai ie ane Sad i, Ie, Stanley to J. W. Rook ‘lot the federal trade commission, 10 Head of Cattle at depot not later than 10:30 o'clock held for following 1 block 1 Thompson's addition to ! direct the commission within the jscope of its power to investigate 6-year-old cow giving 1% gallons of milk per day; 4-year-old cow, calf by side; m. or Will be jay’ rwarding. Wrelght for Inter- | } ay $300.00, ; * zi ‘J A day's forwarding. Freleht for Inter: on ee to EB. B, 72d report the facts relating to 2-year-old cow, calf by side; 4.year-old cow, fresh soon; 3-year-old cow, dry; 4 No freight billed morning, eights curry pas- fore § o'clock p, 1 for this train in Madison and loci sengors 1, HR. TWYMAN, Agent. “‘LEAK’’ SENSATION ‘‘BLEW UP” A Child's Dressed up Story Source of Mrs. Visconti’s Testimony Washinton, Feb. 8.--The gos- Fallin lots 5 to 13 block 132 Ist addition Rieh Hill $750.00, Stevil Long to W. Ti. Carney SO acres section 386 Mingo $6,200. Levi Collard to P. J. Doniger 40 Hacres section 26 New Home $2,500.00. x J. 1: Porter to G.. W. Wade 80 aeres section. 24 Spruce $500.00. J. G. Doolittle to H. T. Mullies Walnut $2,- facture, storage and distribution of food stuffs and products and hy products arising from or in connection with their. preparation and manufacture; to ascertain the facts bearing on alleged viola- tions of anti-trust acts and partic- warly on the question of whether by manipulation or control, trusts, combinations, conspiracies | the production, ownership, manu- |} China male. spring heifer calves; male calf, a good one. 7 Head of Hogs Implements, Feed and Household Goods 3 brood sows bred to farrow in April; 3 gilts bred to farrow in April: 1 Poland. | 31 Weber wagon, surtey, oid buggy, new Sayers & Scovilie rubber tired buggy, ieed wagon and | sip of the 12-year old daughter Pa sec wOn SEY or restraints of trade out of har-/] hay frame, 12 inch gang plow good as new, 12 inch walking plow, 6 shovel Busy Bee cultivator, com- W. W. Price, newspaper reporter, We We Silyratneth fin Abigal | mony with the law and publie in-!1 pined Moline corn planter, combined John Deere corn planter high wheeled, Champion 6 ft. drawbst was the source of the astounding charge that Mrs, Ruth Thomason Visconti that Price, as go between for the President's — seeretary, Joseph Tumulty, got $5,000 out of a “Yeak™ to Wall Street, and} Tamulty himself got many times! that. i Mrs. Viseonti, on the stand. to-/ day, was asked where she got her information whieh she gave Thomas W. Lawson. She asked | i Boone $950.00, Thormbrngh part bloek 8 Amster- dam $150.00, : a ©. EB. Griggin to Carrie E. Diek- erson part lot 3 Williams addition to Butler $1,500.00, " LL. R. Allen to Bettie C. Crowder lor 42, part lots 41 and 43° Gil hams addition to Adrian $450,00. S.F. Virden et al to C. O. Fen- ton 40° acres seetion 14 West to be allowed to write the name of | informant as she did not wish tol’ ruin a life, The name she wrote! ey Price already had testified he} reecived for giving Chieago brok- ers inside information. *Child- like she “had dressed up the amounts to sound well. i And thus the crowd that ex- pected a grand explosion when the mysterious Mrs, Viseonti took the stand were disappointed Tonight congressional interest in the inquiry had lasped almost to the point of apathy, and there was definite feeling in the com- and handed to the expectant eom-; W. T. Cole to Minerva King Carranza official here. mittecmen was that of a Htt}e/ part lot 1 block 2 Thompson’s! <The proclamation added that] : virl: ildition to Butler $600,00, foreigners would be given the WW F The child, it sees, had over-' LS a en ae ;Same protection as Nationals, but, McK] BBE N heard a conversation between her _Dbituary. yt they were ‘ robbed or were; e @ ° father and mother regarding mon- wounded during any fighting, Mr. Jolin Shannon was born in|they would be vietims of their/] Cols. C. E. Robbins, L. A. Poteet, Auctioneers. M. C. Wilcox, Clerk J.P. Milroy to C.F. Hurbugh section 7. 8. 17 and 18 50.00. Mingo $ Warren county, Iowa, Oct.’ 27, 1859, and died at his home four terest." Villa Tells U. 8, Citizens to Stay Out of Mexico. Juarez, Mexico, Feb, 10.—-Proc- lamations were posted on the dead walls and distributed on the strect Villa, warning ust traveling on passenger trains hetween Juarez and Chi- huahua City, and urging foreign- ers of all nations to keep out of Northern Mexico, according to a “oO every one own carelessness, Twenty-five persons were ar- and one-half miles west of Keller- ton, Towa, on Feb, 3, 1917, aged a7 three months and six days. He lived with his parents inj Warren county, Towa, until was sixteen years of age at which time the family moved to Kansas where he lived until he was eighteen years of age. At that time he moved to Harrison coun- years, he|! rested in Juarez following the dis- tribution of the handbills, it was said, including one prominent j merchant of the town, | The passenger train which left} re for Chihuahua City returned later and reported by armed men Villa followers. band of! here last night, signed by Francis- | that the train had been stopped} warned ‘against carrying food to; Os oe | iroti kettle, Old Trusty incubator, Lunch on Ground i \ CALIFORNIA ANGRY AT | WORKS Senator’s Attack on President Arouses Wrath of Los | i claiming to be! - Angles The crew was| Log Angles, California, Feb 8.— Resentment such as seldom if ever mower, 10 ft. Deering steel rake, 10 ft. steel harrow, ness, set surrey harness, set new single harness, set old single harness, steel fork saddle, 20 j TERMS:—All sums of $10 and under cash, over that amount a c able note with 8% interest from date. grindstone, Someé ¢lover hay, some timothy hay, some shock corn, about 150 bushels corn, 100 bushels oats. Banquet rangé good as new reservoir and warming closet, No. 16 Round Oak heater, 3 burner Per- fection oil stove with oveil,; oil heater, cream separator, folding bed, oak bed stead, brass bed stead, chase leather davenport, Steinway piano, some rocking chairs, some dining chairs, dresser, 3 stand. tables, library table, extension dining fable, kitchen cupboatd, kitchen cabinet good, Sunshine washing machine, 1 share telephone stock and other articles too numerous to mention, Sale to Begin at 10 o’clock Sharp U. 8S. WON'T JOIN ENTENTE To War, if Necessary, as Individ- ual Nation, Wilson’s Attitude. Washington,.Feb, 7.—If Ameri- ca goes to war against Germany it will be as an individual nation, and not as one of the Entente Al- 14 disk harrow, cider mill, 2 sets 1% work har- redit of 10 months time on bank 2% discount for cash. No Property removed until settled for. gallon should he their rewards of vic- tory. The administration believes that America should fight out her own quarrel only and not be used i by other enemies of Germany af- ter that settlement’ is made. That is the attitude’ expressed in the Senate this’afternoon by Senator Borah, who expressed the ably aveuld see its conelusion ty, Mo. where he resided until the State capital. A ‘efore in the history of the Gold-| lies. That is the attitude of Pres- hope that the United States would = —— about ten years ago whieh time| Villa troops were. reported — to/ vi. State swept California when/ ident Wilson as expressed’ to the| fight, if fight she must, for her- A Birthday Surprise. ihe moved to Bates county, .Mo,,; have been seen near Tierra! jpop citizens today read Senator] Cabinet, it is understood. self alone, and not for the ene- Ardy Gander had the surprise of his Hfe Thursday evening, Feb. Sth, when about fifty neighbors and friends walked in’ and— in- formed him that it was his birth- day. He was eating a luneh after a cold trip from town but his ap- petite suddenly left him. Howev- about eight miles northwest of Rich Hill, living there until about a year ago when he moved to Ringgold county, Lowa. THe was married ‘to Ellen Brower in Har- rison county, Mo.,° October 13, Issl. To this. union were born 11 children. The widow and 10 children are still living. About Blanca, 20 miles south of here. It was said the station agents at that point had fled for the border. A bridge was also reported to have been burned 40 miles south- west of Juarez on the Mexiean Northwestern Railroad, the tele- graph line to Casas Grandes cut and all movements of defacto Work’s speech yesterday, ~ in which he charges the United States and American citizens with being unneutral toward Germany, an at- titude which he said made the break with Germany inevitable. To Senator ‘Works adverse criticism of the President for the | severance of relations with Berlin, This Nation will not enter into any agreement with England, France, ‘Russia, Italy and Japan to remain in the fight until Ger- many is crushed and the Entente nations all get what they believe mies of Germany. Senator Stone touched: on the same ground when he decried the readiness of other nations to lire us into the war and to suggest our course once we were in. PUBLIC SALE “< er his nervousness passed away ‘ 4 ‘ troops into the district abandoned | (1); i 4 : “119 years ago he yielded his heart | troops int e et abandoned | Californians today hoisted the oy ue appetite game hack when to Christ anda short time before|>¥ American. troops have been Stars and Stripes from San Diego sateen Or iuh ae Soup Wa8l his death he told his loved ones| stopped. to Del Norte, and Los Angles to- ye tee ‘ he was ready to go. He had been RE, ae ight is decorated in th ti i : . ' The dessert consisted of straw- ie failing he Arend for the past Mrs. Foster Entertains the Fire ae in a fit pa Big ed 1 will sell at Public Auction at my residence onthe J. 1. Brown | ees <S berries, whipped cream and cake. : Boys. cnueacesae! : : farm, 3% miles south and 2% miles west of Adrian, 3 miles west The evening was pleasantly passed with music both vocal and instrumental, social chat, ete. All departed at a late hour wishing J. ho-manyomore such birthdays, ‘XX Sheriff’s Sale in Partition. James W. Harrison, Plaintiff, “against Richard Davis Bullock and Anna Maud McLeod, Defendants. In the Cireuit Court of Bates! County, Missouri. | By virtue aud authority of a decree and order of sale in parti- tion made by the said Court, in the above entitled cause, and of a certified copy thereof, dated February 7th, 1917, 1 will on Saturday, March 8rd, 1917 between the hours of nine o’clock in the forenoon and five o'clock in the afternoon of that, day, at hte front door of the Court House, in the city of Butler in Bates County, Missouri, sell at pubiie vendue, to the highest bid- der, the following described real estate, viz: The North half of the South East quarter of section six- teen (16) ‘Township forty- one (41) Range twenty-nine (29) in Bates County, Mis- souri. for cash in hand on approval of le by the Court. ead J. W. BAKER, 17-4t ‘ ——— Plungers Oaught Include the eighteen years, and passed peace- fully ‘away on Saturday morning at 6:30. The funeral services wore held Monday at 1 p. m. o’clock at the Mount Pleasant chureh in Harrison county, Mo., the sermon being preached by Rev. R. E. Mitchell of the M. E. church, Kel- lerton, Towa. Burial at Mount! Pleasant cemetery. i A Friend. GERMANS LOSE 200 SUB. MARINES Deutschland, Says Dr. Nicholas Butler. Some time ago the Foster hotel, netir the depot caught fire and on- ly by prompt work on the part of the fire department was it saved from a total loss. In appreciation of the work of the fire boys Mrs. Foster, the proprietress, last Wednesday night prepared a fine cight..o/clock. dinner.and_invited the boys to come and see if they could do as good a job of eating as they could fire fighting and they abundantly proved that they could. Fourteen of the fire boys, and This afternoon the city council here by unanimous vote, de- nounced Senator Works for his at- titude, and characterized his at- tack upon the President as‘‘un- called for and-untimely and at variance with -the spirit of true Americanism.’’, The resolution assured-the President that ~ Los’ Angles ‘and all California ‘‘thoro- ly, dissent from the unpatriotic opinions of the ‘senator.’’ Furth- er, the President was assured by the couneil ‘‘of our hearty sup- representatives of the press, sat down to a dinner that one would have to go far to equal. It was a most enjoyable oecasion and one Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 10.—‘Ger- many’s new subinarine campaign despite the fact that its launching brought the German empire to the verge of war with the United States, was doomed to failure be- fore it started.’’ This was the declaration here today of Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia uni- versity, who declared he had in- formation that probably 200 Ger- man submarines have been cap- tured and destroyed. He stated his informant saw 85 captured German submarines in one Eng- lish port, including the merchant submarine: Deutschland. He ex- pressed: the belief that. the. daily sinking of vessels will dwindle to almost nothing as the protective Sheriff. | measures become more efficient. | with Germany.” thoroughly enjoyed by the fire boys, and it goes without saying the newspaper boys as well. German Paper Changes Name. New York, Feb. 7.—The Fath- erland, the German-American American propagandist weekly edited by George Sylvester Vier- eck, has joined German-America “America First’? movement and will appear under the name ‘‘The New World’’ Friday. “The change of name empha- sizes no change of heart,’’ Mr. Viereck will say. ‘“‘The Father- land always has emphasized it is an American publication. We cannot champion Germany’s cause if our country is at war port of his policy.’’ The resolu- tion was adopted without com- ment , but after its passage cheers rang thru the council chambers. Jefferson City, February 9— Judge James Cowgill, chairman of. the Democratic state com- mittee, appointed today the fol- lowing excutive committee to look after party organization and finances: .Ben M. Neal, Greenfield: Drake Watson,New London: - John.F. Morton, Richmond; William E. Spratt; St. Joseph; Emmett O’MaHey, . Kansas City; J. E. Doges,: Columbia; Michael Kin- ney, St.Louis; W. J. Flemming, Monet; C. H. ee Alva. A meeting for this committee has been called in this city Feb- raary 16. : and 1% miles north of Passaic. 3 miles east and mile so Elkhart, on foal. giving milk, be fresh in spring; register. 5-gallon cream can. bushels oats, some corn in crib. to mention. Monday, February 19, 1917 SALE BEGINS AF 10 O'CLOCK 40--Head of Live Stock--40. ; HORSES Bay mare 9 years old; black mare & years old; gray horse 3 years old; 2 coming 2-year-old fillies: spring filly; blind mare, in d ” CATTLE Two Jersey cows giving milk, be fresh in spring; six red cows red cow, be fresh in spring; 2-yr. old heifer, will be fresh in spring; 8 calves, 6 heifers and 2 steers. HOGS. . 3 sows, will farrow in spring; 7 gilts, to tarrow in spring; 6 shoats, weight about 80 ibs.; Poland-China male hog, eligible to IMPLEMENTS Farm wagon, low wagon, buggy, J. I. Case riding plow, 14 inch walking plow, Economy 14-16 disc, corn planter, 80 rds. check row wire, 3 section harrow, 2 section harrow, double shoe plow, garden plow, two 6-shovel cultivators, 4 corn sheller. Dain safety corn sled, 3 single harness, 30 gation iron kettle, walking cultivator, sets of work harness, set DeLaval cream separator, GRAIN and HAY:— About 20 tons of timothy hay baled, about 100 Household and Kitchen Farniture and other articles too numerous Cols. Robbins, Poteet, McCombs, Auct. Grant Weife, Clerk Lunch Served by Ladies of Adrian M. B. S. S. Class W6, T-