The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 16, 1917, Page 8

NEW METHOD OF BUYING © Dealer Will Have to Submit His - Price, But the Government's ares Wijl Be Kept a Secret. Dealers, breeders and farmers who are capable and wish to negotiate with the government in the sale of horses and mules for war use will make transactions with the purchas- ing quartermaster by entirely new methods than heretofore. Prices for specified horses and niules that were made early in the year do not hold any longer. Orders from the quartermaster gen- eral to the éour purchasing zones in the United States give new prices. These prices are to be known by the inspection boards only and at yo time will they be given to the man making the sale. When a ‘dealer, breeder of farmer has at least a carload of specified horses or mules it will be necessary for him to communicate with the purchasing quartermaster in his re- spective remount zone, stating the number, kind and the price. It is the intention of the purchasing quarter- master to bargain with the dealers, breeders and farmers. The purchasing quartermaster for this zone, which includes Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Towa and Colorado, is Capt. J. M. Burroughs, with offices at 410 Scarritt Arcade, Kansas City. There are five inspection boards in this zone continuously, inspecting, buying and branding. Before an inspection board is sent for the inspection of a seller’s horses, the seller must have already sent in his price to the headquarters of the remount zone in which he intends to sell, The inspection board will not be sent when the prices wanted by the seller are higher than those al- lowed by the price list in the hands of the purchasing quartermaster for that particular kind of horses or mules, In such a case, however, the government price will not be made known. The = purchasing quartermasters will start buying under the new plan in their respective remount zones be- tween now and September 1. Orders as to the number of horses and mules to be purchased by the . quartermas- ters have not been given. Captain Burroughs said Monday his office has been flooded with let- ters from all parts of the remount zone with headquarters in Kansas City. In almost every letter the writer wishes to know the price for a certain kind of horse or mule that will be paid by the government. Prices cannot be made known, Cap- tain Burroughs said. — Since June 19 there have been five thousand horses and eight hundred mules bought by the government for war use in this remount zone of eight states. It is certain the num- ber to be bought in the future will be much larger than in the past. An al- most unavoidable delay is being made because the sellers of horses and mules do not know of the change in the methods of purchasing. They are awaiting prices to be quoted. [i they would state their own prices and these came within the allowance of the purchasing quartermaster, the in- spection boards would be sent out and the purchases made.—Kansas City Times. Christian Science Services. Christian Science services and Sun- day school will be held each Sunday morning in the new church at the corner of Ft. Scott and . Delaware streets. Subject, “Soul.” - * All are cordially invited to attend. LODGE DIRECTORY. of The World—Maple ‘Woodm ad call of the Sov- Camp m erign Co! Confederate Veterans rmaduke duke Camp, No. 616, meets at the call of the commander. A. R.—Bates Post, No. 68, meets fh ‘the City Hall_on the first Satur- @ay in each mo D. m. Yeoman Meets at the American call of the ao in the Knights of Pythias National "ae leeta second Monday night in each month at Woodman IL JAPAN PLEDGES LOYALTY “We Stand With You, Heart and Soul, in Your Lofty Purpose,” Viscount K. Ishii Declared in Western Address, A Pacific Port, Aug. 13.—A Japan- ese mission to the United States ar- rived here today and proclaimed, al- most at the moment of landing, that its members came officially “as com- rades in a gigantic struggle which in- volves the liberties and the sacred rights of mankind.” “We are here,” declared Viscount K. Ishii, ambassador extraordinary and plentipotentiary, responding to an address of welcome from the may- or, “as the representatives of Japan on a mission of friendship and good will. We come as allies in a common cause.” Tonight he adverted to this Na- tion's war panopoly and its meaning to Japan. “We are particularly glad to be here at this time,” he said, “when all America is showing such courage, patriotism, energy and wholehearted zeal. Not a sensible person in Japan sees anything in your preparations but great benefit to both countries in the future. “We always have had confidence in the fundamental justice, sound sense and broad vision of Americans. Weare glad of your preparations on land and sea because we believe they mean a nearlier peace: ‘I am particularly pleased to be; here because | have been to France and England since the war began and have had an_ opportunity to meet the great figures of the war in the field and in the council room, T have now a similar opportunity in America to meet many good friends and your great statesmen, soldiers and sailors, many of whom I have had the pleasure of meeting in Ja- pan. All of the gentlemen who ac- company me also consider themselves fortunate in this opportunity to re> new old friendships. “Certainly I feel as if I-had been transported to a land of Arabian Nights, so stupendous are the changes and’ so vast the scope of your contemplated undertakings.” Applause greeted each member of the mission as he was presented by the mayor to the people and bowed his acknowledgements, but when Vis- count Ishii made his declaration of alliance and friendship it rose to a TROOPS FROM MISSOURI WILL GO TO FRANCE; Missouri Field Battalion Troops Selected. Washington, D. C., Aug. “14—The Field Battalion signal troops of the Missouri National Guard are to be part of the first National Guard: di- vision to be sent to France for_ser- vice, the War Department announc- ed today. It will be known as the Forty-second Division, will consist of approximately 19,000 men, and will be commanded by Maj. Gen. William A. Mann, who is to relinquish his position as Chief of the Division of Militia Affairs of the War Depart- ment to- organize and_ intensively train the units in his new- command. The Forty-second Division will sail in the very near future, It is understood this division will not be sent into camp in this country, but will be organized and __ intensively. trained abroad. It will be a comhposit division made up of drafted National Guard units, covering the four points of the national compass. Troops in this division will range from Oregon and California to. New York and Pennsylvania guard units, and from Wisconsin to ‘Louisiana and Texas, 1as well as from the deep center of the country. While there was no official admission of the fact, it is believed that units were picked from widely scattered regions of the coun- try for certain psychological as well as for military reasons. 7 It is perhaps more than chance that some of those units come from Oregon, where there have been 1. W. W. disturbances, from California where there have been labor troubles, from Georgia and Oklahoma where threats of resistance against the draft law. From several sources it was ad- mitted that the manner of the forma- tion of this division was such as to arouse patriotic and popular interest in certain widely scattered sections of the country. When War Department officials were asked to what camp this divis- ion would be sent they replied that it would go to no camp. It was semiofficially admitted that . this would be the first National Guard di- vision sent to France. The forma- tion of the new Forty-second Divis- ion is in accordance with the provis- ions of the generaleorder which was issued last calling for the reorganiza- tion of the entire army to harmonize with the divisional organization of roar as the crowd caught the signifi- cance of his utterance and the vis- count, who had been reading in a moderate voice from his manuscript, continued in vigorous tones: This, perhaps, is neither the time nor the place for a detailed expres- sion of the plans and hopes which have inspired our mission,” he said, “It is sufficient that you see in our presence here this afternoon Japan's pledge of loyalty to the principles | for which America has thrown down the gauge of battle. We shall pro- ceed to Washington carrying to your great President and to the American people a message of fraternity, confi- dence and cheer. It is our ambition— if that were necessary—to impress once more on the American people that Japan stands with you,” heart and soul, in‘ your lofty purpose to make this world the abiding place of liberty, justice and fair play. “In this crisis of the world’s affairs, we are proud to call ourselves the allies of the great American republic and we are honored by your- trust and good will. “I can only add that this splendid demonstration at the moment of plac- ing our feet’ on your hospitable shores fills our hearts with gratitude and inspires every member: of this commission with the conviction that the objects of our visit to America already are guaranteed.” BUTLER BOYS GET COMMISSIONS Warren Duvall, Wm. H. Allen and J. W. Allen Lieutenants in Offi. ~ cers Reserve. Three Butler boys, Warren Duvall, William H. Allen and Jatob Wood Allen, have received appointments as Second Lieutenants in the Officers Reserve Corps. The young men were all commissioned after a three months’ course of training at the Ft. Riley Officers Training*Camp which has just closed. Warren Duvail is theeson of W. F. Duvall, president of the Farmers Bank of this city, and Wm. H. and Jacob Allen are sons of J. D. Allen, the former publisher of The Times, now Clerk of the Missouri Supreme | Court. While it is not defi ty known where the young officers will be as- signed, it is probable that they vill be attached to the regular army as provisional lieutenants. : 2 the forces of America’s Allies on the western front, There is no cavalry in the division, nor is there any aero squadron, as with the old divisions. The aircraft units are to be provided for other- wise in the army's plans. KANSAS CITY WALKING Strike of the Motormen and Con- ductors of the Street Railway Still On. The employees of the Kansas City} street railways that went on a strike | The} about a week ago, are still out. principal difference between the men and the company seems to be wheth- er the service shall be unionized or not. The wages and hours of em- ployment seem to be a matter and so far no dgreement is in sight. The latter part of last week large numbers of strike breakers from somewhere in the east were brought in but the first cars out were at- tacked by sympathizers of the strik- ers and the crews~ roughly handled and cars destroyed. The police, who were ordered to protect the strikebreakers then went on a strike and refused to ride ou the cars with them, which further complicated the situation. The strikebreakers were finally driven from town. ‘ The taxies, jitneys and automobiles of all kinds are reaping a_ harvest and many business men, who sym- pathize with the strikers, are bring- ing loads of people to work in their cars in the mornings and taking loads home at night. The big packing con- cerns have placed seats on _ their trucks and are hauling their employ- ees back and forth every day, be- sides anyone.else that wants to ride with them and find a place to hang on. Montgomery & Ward also have a truck service in operation to get their 2,500 employees to and from work, So far the deadlock seems to be complete, Several conferences have | 5, taken place between the heads of the| company and committees of the men, but they seem to be as they were in the b One hundred more men were called before the ees County Exemption ~/MORE MEN C Exemption. Board Examining — ~ 100 Additional. ‘Board ai edisiination Wednesday and Thursday in order to assure Bates County filling her first call quota for the. new Na- tional army. While the exemptions are_not running nearly so high as was at first thought, it was considered advisable to make the additional call. Following are the men examined Wednesday and Thursday: I171—1275 172—— 711 173—1022 ‘174— 8qr 175— 638 176—1032 177— 623 178— 269 || 179— 685 180—1141 181—1314 182—r1016 183— 335 184—1430 185— 493 186—1358 187— 923 188—1305 189— 341 190—1007 1g1— gor 192—1366 193— 353 194— 970 195— 637 196— 360 197—1657- 198—1217 199— 571 203— 488 20I—1543 202— 704 203—* 72 204— 356 20§5— 112 206—1067 207— 128 , 208— 679 209— 805 210— 21 21I— 900 212—1617 213— 363 214—1287 215—1142 a16— 6 217— 327 218— 664 219— 93 220—1448 Barseit, Bertley Irvin, Spruce, Mo. Biggs, Glenn, Hume, Mo. McCall, Jesse Fred, Butler, Mo. Ricklefs, Henry H., Rich Hill, Mo. McClendon, Harry, Appleton City, Mo. Waring, James Price, Amoret, Mo. Snow, Charley Lee, Butler, Mo, Westhoff, Carl Lester, Archie, Mo. Dudney, Carl, Butler, Mo. Middleton, Roy Bernice, Urich, Mo. Witter, Fred Earl, Merwin, Mo. Shelton, James Roscoe, Butler, Mo. Welliver, Clyde Estal, Butler, Mo. King, Ira Nuten, Butler, Mo. Downey, Don D., Amoret, Mo. Raney, Wm. Thomas, Amoret, Mo. Graves, Frank Elmer, -Rich Hill, Mo. Mulkey, John Adelbert, Spruce, Mo. Arbogast, Dee Lee, Foster, Mo. Wolf, Theodore Wilson, Butler, Mo. Hedger, John Ellis, Amoret, Mo, Norman, Jim, Amsterdam, Mo. Dykman, John Jurgen, Amsterdam; Mo. Burris, Emest Everett, Adrian, Mo. Campbell, Elmer James, Butler, Mo. Schantz, Frank Leonard, Butler, Mo. Gault, Clyde, Sprague, Mo. Lowe, Wm. Harvey; Altona, Mo. Porter, Preston Ray, Amsterdam, Mo. Cutshall, Judge Estell, Merwin, Mo. Rogers, Floyd, Adrian, Mo. Meekins, Archie A., Rockville, Mo. \ Hough, Elmer Ernest, Rich Hill, Mo. ‘Taylor, Walter Stephen, Butler, Mo. Potts, Wm. Harrison, Butler, Mo. Houtaling, Frank A., Pleasanton, Kas. Newlon, George Keeble, Butler, Mo. Borhmian, Lucien Banks, Adrian, Mo. Smiser, Fred Walls, Butler, Mo. Staton, Novel Eroy, Hume, Mo. Schork, Arthur Henry, Rich Hill, Mo. Thornbrugh, Ray H., Amsterdam, Mo. Farrell, Thomas Amos, Worland, Mo. Butler, Martin Jay, Butler, Mo. Sutherland, Wm. Jewell, Montrose, Mo. Boyer, Frank, Rich Hill, Mo. Garner, Fred Lewis, Butler, Mo. Rich, Orville, Rich Hill, Mo. Oyler, Clarence Edman, Adrian, Mo. Allen, James Free, Amsterdam, Mo. aaI— 957 222-1557 223—1112 224— 345 225—1595 226—1355 227— 103 228—1585 229—1221 230—1102 231—1625 239— 556 233-1565 234— 154 235—1281 236— 51 237— 717 238—1057 239—1256 240—1073 241—- 30 242— 199 243— 388 244—1423 245— 773 246— 608 247— 406 248— 519 249— 25 250— 392 251— 889 252— 383 253—1166 254— 588 255— 856 256— 705 257—1346 258— 576 259— 944 260— 122 261— 642 26a— 939 263—1639 264— 222 265— 906 266—1337 267— 700 268—1250 269—1105 270—— 297 Monhress, Thos. F., Rich Hill, Mo.. White, Isaac O., Butler, Mo. Reeder, Harrison, Adrian, Mo. Klumpp, Jos. Phillip, Rich Hill, Mo. Thomas, John Earl, Rich Hill, Mo. Jackson, Samuel Harrison, Butler, Mo. Liggett, Forest W., Hume, Mo. Christie, Walter Thurman, Altona, Mo. Ricketts, John Cecil, Adrian, Mo. Black, Orville, Adrian, Mo. - Wilcox, Walton Weldon, Butler, Mo. Stuart, Charles Howard, Drexel, Mo, Hirni, Albert, Rockville, Mo. Piepmeier, Wilber D., Appleton City, Mo, Cameron, Alexander, Butler, Mo. Bishop, Floyd, Butler, Mo, Fisher, Walter Cline, Spruce, Mo. Allen, Clyde Sims, Rich Hill, Mo. Kershner, Boyd M., Amsterdam, Mo. Thompson, Charley Briggs, Altona, Mo. Kornhaus, Christian, Adrian, Mo. Kirk, Horace Allen, Amoret, Mo. Fix, Jennings Edgar, Rockville, Mo. Muatard, Aca, Butler, Mo. Stewart, Roy Austin, Rich Hill, Mo. Page, Dimner Bell, Urich, Mo. Beaman, Harry G., Merwin, Mo. Trout, Francis Wayne, Hume, Mo. Biggerstaff, Benj. A., Spruce, Mo. Pulliam, Leonard Augustus, Adrian, Mo. - Hammer, Wm. Leonard, Rockville, Mo. Barnett, Chas. Mason, Rich Hill, Mo. Hill, Ira Julian, Montrose, Mo. Houseworth, John F., Adrian, Mo, Fahnestock, Clayton Geo., Rich Hill, Mo. Meyer, Leslie Everett, Rockville, Mo. - Hegnauer, Leonard 8., Rockville, Mo. Hupp, Joe C., Butler, Mo. Bruner, Fred, Butler, Mo. Tuttle, Edgar George, Butler, Mo. Cowgill, Fred Leroy, Altona, Mo. Lehmann, ‘Ernest, Rockville, Mo. Ganther, Charles Frederick, Adrian, Mo. » Claud Osborne, Butler, Mo. Altea, Wm. Henry, Adrian; Mo. ‘ Stoughton, Robert Wesley, Amoret, Mo, Preston, Lester, Rockville, Mo, Ward, Frank Henry, Aaron, Mo. Kline, Charley Robert, Rich Hill, Mo. Ralph, Ernest Alexander, Rich Hill, Mo. secondary | =llllESESaSESESSSSSSS M’ALLISTER FLAYS COAL MEN People Are Being Exploited, Attor- ney General Maintains. Paris, Mo., Aug. 13.—In an inter- view here today Attorney General McAllister declared that the maxi- mum coal price fixed by the Pea- body committee at Washington was extortionate and outrageous and add- ed that there was little hope of im- mediate relief from, the Federal Trade Commission, as months of ex- haustive investigation would ‘be re- quired beforehand. In the meantime, he said, coal operators would make good use of their opportunities, and if some method of stopping them was not ‘found they would rob. the people of ‘millions of dollars. He declared that operators, wholesalers, jobbers, aad retailers were all one in the big combine and that most companies were fixing their prices to cover. the profit pf all. In every city, he said, inner cir- cles and groups were being organ- ized toe exploit the people and that-at the same time coal contracts were being made with railroads and other consumers at ~ a ton at the mimes. Soft doal, he declared, is selling at from $1.50 to $2.50 a ion more-at the mines than-in 191s, with nothing to justify the raise. Thein-|. creased cost of production dig not exceed thirty-five cents a ton’at the highest and the mines xt able“to a third more og tbeolate: tin-pie of a shortage Be ig bearing ‘Kaiser Wilson’ Flag’ Torn Down. Washington, Aug., 11,—Led by gov- ernment clerks from the state, war and navy departments, together with a number of soldiers and sailors, a mob of several hundred people tore down two “Kajser Wilson” banners in front of the White House this af- ternoon. The banner was held aloft by Miss Lucy Burns, of New York; Miss Madeline Watson, of Chicago; Miss Elizabeth Stuyvesant, of New York, and Miss Natalie Gray, of Colorado Springs, Colo. The militant suffra- gists were forced against the iron fence and were bruised in the melee. Police charged the crowd. and cleared the sidewalk. No arrests were made, benno raeceamwinn cme, be “Bisbee in State of Anarchy.” Bisbee, Ariz., Aug. t1.—“Bisbee in particular and.the Warren district in general is. a hotbed of anarchiy.” That was‘the statement. of Atty. Gen. Wil€y E. Jones at a meeting of all local unions in the Warren dis trict here last night. “This district is in a state of anar- chy,” he said; “and I am going to endeavor to restore a republic form of government here. . “Orders and ‘requests of the gov- ernor andthe state authorities have been ignored,” he added, “and_they will continue to ‘be “until federal. troops and martial law oxy been in- ‘stalled here.” Gov. Thomas E. Campbell attend- ed the: meeting. was settled by President ee, GENERAL CLARK - HOLDS HIS RANK - President Wilson Appointed Him a@ Brigadier General Tuesday. Col. Donnelly Also Ap- pointed. . When the National Guard of the different states were called into the Federal service there was a consid- erable speculation as to the stand- - ing of the brigadier generals. This Wilson Tuesday when he sent to the senate for confirmation the names of 40 brigadier generals ‘of - the national guard to be brigadier generals in the mew army. -Well up in the list were the-‘names of Harvey C. Clark and Arthur B. Donnelly, of Missouri. Thirty-seven new major generals | were created for the duration of the ar, all but two of them, Generals ' "Ryan, of New York; and Clements ‘of Pennsylvania, were from. Hie fegu- lar army. ‘ Marines, Buy French Bonds. _ ‘ * American ‘Field Headquarters, Aug. 10—A golden stream began flowing today straight from the ‘American training camp to the French treasury. The marines have purchased worth of § per cent French bonds and co decided to. buy more ; each mon’