The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 16, 1917, Page 7

CORRECTED MAY 7, 1916 NORTH 26 K. C. ,. Pagr.. No. 208. K. C. & St. Lo No. 210 K, C. & St. Louis Pagr.10: SOUTH ‘No. 201 Joplin Passenger.... No. 207 Joplin Passenger. 3 No. 20 Nevada - Passenger.... 8: INTERSTATD (Arrive) No. 638: Butler Passen: No. 684 Local Freight. BBB BBB PEP No. @3 Madison No. 637 Madison Passenge! All freight for forwarding at depot not later shan 280 o'clock a.m, or will be held for following day’s forwarding. Freight for Inter- state Division must be delivered be- fore'6 o'clock p. m, No freight billed for train in the morning. mn and local freights carry pas- Claude L. Plain, Agent. - PROFESSIONAL CARDS —————S DE. H. E. MULKEY Mad! eengers, DR. J. T. HULL =. Dentist Entrance same that leads to Fox’s Studio. : North Side Square Butler, Missouri > B. FL JETER . "Attorney at Law Notary Public = East Bis Square Phone 186 “., BUTLER, MISSOURI ee the fitting " ef] ~ gplanaes, = BUTLER, MO. Side Square Phone 15 ORDER OF PUBLICATION. State of Missouri, } ,, County of Bates, ‘ In the Circuit Court, October Term, 1917. In Vacation August 8th, 1917, Lawrence McDaniel, Plaintiff. vB. Edith McDaniel, Defendant. Now at this day comes the plaintiff herein, by. hia attorney and files his petition and affidavit, alleging among other things that defendant without reasonable cause abandoned this plain- tiff more than one year prior to the filing of the petition herein and has re- mained away from this plaintiff and his home for more than one whole year and. is a non-resident of the State of Missouri ‘Whereupon, it is ordered by the Clerk in Vacation that said defendant notified by. publication that Plaintiff has commenced a suit ainst her jn this Court, the object and general na- ture of which is to obtain a judgment and decree of divorce from this defend- ant founded upon the foregoing among other allegations, and that unless the said defendant be and appear at this Court, at the next term thereof, to be begun. and holden at the Court House in the City of Butler, in-said county, on the first Monday of October, 1917, and on.or before the firat day of said Term answer or plead to the petition in said cause, the same will be taken as con- ft and. judgment will be rendered accordingly. j And it is further ordered, that a copy hereof be published, according to law, in The Butier Weekly Times, a new paper published in said . County of Bates, for four weeks successively, published at least once a week, the Jast insertion to be at least thirty days before the first day of said next Oc- tober Term of this oa Circuit A true copy from the Record. itness my hand, and'seal of (Beal) the~Circuit Court of Bates county, this day, 8th of Aug- ust, 1917. EY, Clerk. H. O, MAXEY, B-4t Circuit Clerk. —_—_—_—_— FUNERAL OF DR. BATES Young Officer Killed by Lightning at Ft. Riley Buried at Adrian ~ The’ funeral of Dr. Floyd S. Bates, lieutenant in’ the Second Missouri National Guard, who was killed by lightning at Ft. Riley last Tuesday, wag held at Adrian Sunday afternoon and was perhaps the largest attend- ed funeral ever held in the county. The funeral was held at the M. E. Church: in that “city at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon under the auspices of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows... H. O. Maxey made a splendid address in which he told of the virtues. of the deceasede the first of Bates county’s volunteers to lay! ‘down. his life in the service of his ‘country, i At -the conclusion of the services the: casket was: opened and an op- ity was given-his friends to a:last look at the body. Crescent Hill cemetery the burial ceremony of the with Wesley Den- -At my Bill Provides That Men Must Send $15 a Month to Dependents. # Washington, Aug. 10—Compul- sory thrift will be taught the Ameri can soldier if Secretary of the Trea ury McAdoo has his. way. The plan of the secretary, which provides for allotment of at least $15 a month by members: of the American army. for the benefit of dependents, has been officially approved by President Wil- son. «~ ; : The McAdoo. plan has been drafted into a bill by the president and was. introduced in the senate by Senator Simmons and in the house by Rep- resentative Alexander, . é It provides for a minimum allot- ment of $15 per: month by each sol- dier with $5 a month additional for children. ‘In addition to this allotment out of the soldiers’ pay, the government would ‘give allowances ranging from $5 to $50, according to the extent of the soldiers’ allotment and to -the number of children or dependent par- ents. A private making a $15 allot- ment would be further aided by an allowance of $32.50 per month from the government, making the _ total amount received by the dependent family $47.50. The allotments and the allowance scale upwards in pro- portion. -The plan also includes a compen- sation system in event of total dis- ability amounting to from $40 to $75 per month, according to the size of family for the private soldier, up to $200 a month for officers. Partial disability compensation is worked out on a percentage basis. Pensions for dependents in the event of death are provided under the plan. | Secretary McAdoo figures a law providing these features would cost the government for the first year $176,150,000 and-$380,000,000° the. sec- ond year. Y Under this bill, soldiers, sailors and marines could obtain life insur- ance from one to ten thousand dol- lars during the war, the Government taking the risk, the men paying the premiums. The rate would be ap- proximately $8 per $1,000 insurance. Premiums would be payable by in- stallments out of pay. CONGRESS MAY TALK TO PEOPLE A Plan is for Members to Tour « Country and Lecture on the War. Washington, Aug. 9.—Congress may turn itself into a group of chau- tauqua speakers when it finishes its work here, to enlighten every section ofthe country on the need for prose- cuting. the war vigorously, not only as a war for world democracy, but as a fight for American rights and preservation. President Wilson himself, may “do his bit” in the same direction, possibly. by a speech on some occas- ion or by a letfer to- congressional leaders. ‘The latter were talking of asking every representative and sen- ator to go through his district dur- ing the recess, speaking on the part of the United States in the war and emphasizing that the United States is fighting for the future, not of the world, but of itself. Those who favor the plan point out the country is -hearing many agitat- ors who oppose the draft and parti- cipation in the war. They think fathers and mothers who-are giving sons to the colors should hear some- thing on the other side of the ques- tion and from official sources. i eel Frankfort on the Main Shelled by French Aeros in Reprisal Cam- paign. : Paris, Aug. 12—Two French aviat- ors yesterday. dropped bombs on Frankfort on the Main, one of the most important cities of the German Empire, Having #° populati8n off more than 300,000, A French officis statement announcing the raid says it was in retaliation’ for the German aerial bombardment of Nancy and the region north of: Paris. Both French machines returned undamaged. The text of the an- nouncement reads; “In reprisal for the German bom- bardments: of Nanty and the region north of Paris, two of our: machines, piloted by Lieut. Mezergues and Sub. Lieut. Beaumont, -yesterday droppe] bombs on Frankfort on the Main. Both machines returned: undamaged. “It is.confirmed that a German aviator was’ brought down August 9 on the Belgian ‘front. “Yesterday 4 ‘| German machine. was shot down by ce ir machine gun Sh Ne 4 eland, ,, Aug. to--Two half gf poisoned fire northeast of Vaux- court- by detectiv ‘atrest and b. the federal au ‘i@, an apartment}; an-Polish descent, an [GERMANY WILL NOT SHOOT MEN TAKEN BY U-BOAT. Four Members of Campani Crew will be Held Prisoners of War. Washington, August 13.—Germany will not shoot the captured members of the torpedoed oil tanker Campani if she follows precedent, They are members of the military forces of the United States. If they are treat- ed as are the gun crews taken from French and British armed merchant- men, they will be interned as prison- ers of war. Officials here today were very confident of that fact so far as the four United States sailors are concerned. They were not so certain, however, as to what the fate of Captain Oli- ver, commander of the tanker, will be- Germany has not indicated any line of policy toward such men. It is true Captain Fryatt, British mer- chant officer, who was shot as a pirate following @ court martial, com- manded an unarmed vessel which tried to ram an attacking submar- ine. t Whether the difference in that the Campania was armed will result in Captain Oliver being considered a prisoner of war if he and the others reach Germany, is a subject on which officials were silent. Their attitude was that Oliver was a prisoner of war under every pos- sible construction of international law and he will not be considered anything else by this government. It was emphasized today, however, that the government does not know whether Captain Oliver and the four men actually are in Germany, Bonds Set in Keet, Clement Pilot Cases Total $180,000. + Springfield, Mo., Aug. 12.—The seven prisoners held in jail at Marsh- field in connection with the kidnap- ping of the Keet baby and the Cle- ment abduction plot in Springfield must furnish bonds totaling $180,009 to obtain their release pending the calling of their trials in September. The, amounts of the bonds were fixed last night by I. L. Edmonds, Circuit Clerk of Webster County, to whom application for bonds had been made. Prosecuting Attorney Paul O'Day protested against Admitting the defendants to bail. Formal action on the application will be made to- morrow morning. = The bonds demanded are the larg- est ever fixed for any group of pris- Ozark region. Those of Claude Pier- sol, Taylor Adams and Cletus Adams are fixed at $40,000 each, $25,000 in the Keet kidnapping case and $15,- ooo each in the Clement plot case. The bonds of Mrs. Allie Adams, Maxie Adams, Dick Carter and Sam McGinnis, accused in the Clement case only, were decided upon at $15,- 000 each. PACKERS TRYING TO CORNER TOMATOES Large Chicago Firms Charged Di- rectly by Federal Trade Board. Washington, Aug. 10.—The feder- al trade commission today directly charged Chicago packers with try- ing to corner the tomato crop of the country for canning purposes. These firms are Morris & Co., Libby, Mc- Neill & Libby and Armour & Co. A report by agents of the commis- sion specified that these firms had ac- quired practically the entire Califor- nia pack of 2,000,000 cases. To cor- ner this pack, it was pointed out by the commission these firms bid the price up from 92 1-2 cents to $1.30 per dozen cans, The commission’s reports show that the country’s tomato pack this year will approximate 25,000,000 cases as against a normal pack of about 12,000,000 cases. The investigation discloses that no reason, therefore, for prices as high as $1.30 per dozen cans. PERSHING IN HISTORIC HOME ‘The Residence Used by General in Paris Dates to First Empire. Paris, July 20 (by mail).—General Pershing’s residence in Paris is one of the handsomest of the artistocratic Faubourg Saint-Germain. It is on the Rue de Varenne, one. of the most impressive streets of this old world quarter and was generally known as the Hotel Gortchakof. It was built under the First Empire by the Mar- quis de Semonville, who was one of the Tew dignitaries of the imperial court to adhere to the old aristocrat- ie quarter of the capital. It was sold during his life time to the Duchess ‘of Montebello and later for 1 million’ francs to the’ Princess Stourda ,whose riame’is famous in the annals of the struggle for independence of Mold- ayia‘and Valachia against Hungary. ‘The daughter of the Princess Stour- ga, who inherited the property, mar- a Russian noble, Prince Gort- of, who carefully preserved the -years before the war the. sinto the hands of an who had the whole house and equipped with modero hy enie In the front part of oners in the criminal history of the, KANSAS CITY BUSINESS MEN IN BUTLER Young Men’s Division of the Cham- ber of Commerce Were Guests of the Butler Commercial Club. ; Friday afternodn about thirty mem- bers of the Young Men’s Division of the Kansas City Chamber of Com- merce who were on an automgbite tour of eastern Kansas and western Missouri arrived in Butler and_ were met by a committee of the Butler Commercial Club and escorted to The Inn where a dinner had been prepared for them. A short talk was made by A. H, Culver, secretary of the local club, who introduced each member of the Butler club, who was presented to the visitors. Several members of the Kansas City contingent made brief talké_ telling what they thought of Butler and Bates county and they really seemed to think that we had some country. = The principal address was made by E. B. Silvers Who told the gentle- men from Kansas City just what kind of a country we had, the pro- ductiveness of the soil, the energetic, up-to-date class of our farmers and business men, our good roads, good schools and many other things that goes to make Bates county one of the best on the map. He received a let- ter from a member of the party Tues- day morning saying that his speech certainly was an eye opener to them. The party which was made up of representative business men of Kan- sas City, left home Friday morning, going south through the eastern part of Kansas to Ft. Scott, where they came over into Missouri and started north, passing through Nevada, Rich Hill and Butler. The object of the trip was to get the commercial clubs to form an in- ter-community league, so that when any project that was of interest to any part of the country or to-the country as a whole, came up the com- mercial clubs or the different organ- izations could get behind it and all push together. J, B. Walton, E. B. Silvers and W. F. Duvall were ap- painted a committee from the Butler club to meet with others and perfect some sort of an organization if the scheme was deemed practicable. The party left town at nine o'clock and went up to Harrisonville, where they were met by Mayor Spicer and a committee. After a short stop they proceeded on to Kansas City. ASK FARMERS TO RAISE A BILLION BUSHELS OF WHEAT That Amount Required to Save Us and Allies From Famine. Washington, D. C., Aug. 11—One billion bushels of wheat. must be pro- duced in the United States in 1918 to guarantee sufficient foodstuffs to this country and her allies through another year of war. To provide this volume of grain, assuming a yield per acre equal to the average for the past ten years, the winter wheat acreage of the coun- try must be increased 18 per cent. Practically no increase may be ex- pected in the acreage of spring wheat for next year’s crop, but an ef- fort will be made to keep it at this yéar's figures of 19,000,000 acres. Under favorable conditions this would give a harvest of 350,000,000 bushels. The department of agriculture is sending to each state estimates of the acreage that must be planted to wheat this fall if we are to meet next year’s demand for grain. State ag- ricultural bodies are to be enlisted in the campaign to win the fullest pos- sible co-operation of farmers. Missouri is asked to plant 2,400,- -000 acres to winter wheat, an increase of § per .cent over last -year’s figure, which was 2,227,000. Bold Thieves. Some time Saturday night thieves pried open the door to the garage of H. L. Clinkenbeard and helped them- selves to a new tire. When Mr. Clin- kenbeard went out to the garage Sunday morning he noticed that the door. was standing open and on in- vestigation that the jack was under the left front axle and that the tire on that wheel, together with the de- tachable rim had been removed. On looking further he found that all his tools were goge as was the tire pump. It’ looked as though the work had been done by some one familiar with the premises, as some of the tools were taken from a little box in an- other part of the garage. Mr. Clink- enbeard estimates his loss at about $50. So far there has been no trace of the thieves. Sudden Death of Robert Beatty. Robert Beatty, who was a resident of this county many years ago, died of-heast failure one day last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hoover, the parents of Mrs. Beatty, north- east of Johnstown. : Mr. Beatty got up in the morning and was himself when the attack struck him and he fell to the 23 KILLED IN AIR RAIDS ON ENGLISH TOWNS 9 Women, 6 Children Die; 50 Are Injured When Kaiser’s Airmen Hurl Shells. London,’ Aug. 12—Twenty-three persons, including nine women and six children, were killed and 50 per- sons were injured at South End, in Essex, 40 miles east of London, by bombs dropped from German raiders today, says an official statement is- sued tonight. Considerable damage to property was caused at the South End by the nearly 40 bombs dropped upon the town, . About 20 German airplanes were in the raid. ‘ An official statement says that some bombs were dropped in the vi- cinity of South ‘End, 4o miles east of London, and on the seashore re- sort of Margate, 80 miles southeast of the capital. British aviators pursued the raid- ers out to sea. The text of the official statement says: : “About 5:15 o'clock this afternoon a squadron of about 20 enemy air- planes were reported off Felixstowe (in Suffolk), They skirted the coast to Clacton (Essex), where they ap- parently divided, a part going south to Margate (in Kent). “The remainder crossed the coast and went southwest toward Wick- ford, near which place they turned southeast and dropped bombs in the neighborhood of South End (in Es- sex), Some bombs also were dropped on Margate. “Our own aircraft were very quick- ly in the air and they pursued the en- emy out to sea.” REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Annie Axelson to Blanch Wilson block 5 Burdette $200.00. M..E. Jones to Phillip Banner 44 3-4 acres section 20 Deer Creek $2,- 800.00. Allen Haworth to John Marx 8 acres section 24 Osage $2,800.00, Maggie Jobe to C. W. Edwards lots 5 and 6 block 110 1st addition to Rich Hill $80.00. J. H. Frederick to Wm. McChan- less 320 aeres section 29 Mound $1. W. F, McKibben to B. K. Yager 120 acres section 22 Charlotte $9,- 000,00. J. F. Vandruff to M. A. Hax 80 acres section 36 Mt. Pleasant $8,009. Susan H. Close et al to E, M, White 65 acres section 19 Mt. Pleas- ant $1,950.00. A. E. Covey to Alonzo Ray part lot 6 block 5 Williams addition to Butler $1,000.00. Kittie Fouts to W. M. Rice lots 5 and 6 Conklin’s addition to Passaic $450.00, M. E. Sweeney to L. M. Fairbanks 1257 acres sections 5 and 1 New Home $30,000.00. C. A. Burris to J. J. Mudd lot 1 block 5 Burdette $250.00. D. D. Kirkpatrick to E. V. Bed- ford 40 acres section 13 Grand River $400.00, ‘| Who Composed The Star Spangled Banner. Washington, Aug. 13.—Does any- one know who composed the music of “The Star Spangled Banner?” The hymn “Anacreon in Heaven,” composed by John Smith, an English- man, about 1770, is the original music of our national anthem, according to a recruiting official of the United States Marine Corps. Anacreon was an ancient Greek poet, a sycophant and a great drunk- ard. The young Maryland lawyer, Francis Scott Key, set the words of his masterpiece to the tune of Smith’s hymnal inspiration. Card of Thanks. We wish to take this opportunity for thanking our neighbors and friends. for the kindness rendered during the sickness and death of our loved wife and sister. W. I. Cooper, Mrs, Jeff Nickel. CLOTHES DOCTORS - For practical cleaning and pressing. We positively clean everything_but_a guilty con- science. Hats Cleaned and Blocked > All work guaranteed and prices reasonable. Goods Called for and Delivered.