The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 23, 1917, Page 6

“SENATE PREPARES TO SWAT PACIFISTS ‘ Debate of La Follette Resolution is Expected to be Brief. Washington, Aug. 19.—The legis- “lative programme remaining for the extra session of congress has as- sumed such, definite form that lead- ers tonight “expressed hope for a va- cation about September 15, or no lat- er than October 1. Included in the programme for dis- posal within the next three or four weeks are: The $2,006,000,000 war tax bill. A new war budget authorizing about $7,500,000,000 in bonds, probab- ly at 4 per cent, for further loans t» the allies and to retire the $3,000,000,- ooo of 3 1+2 per cent bonds already authorized and providing for $2,000,- 000,000 worth of certificates of in- debtedness and a like amount of small denomination war savings cer- tificates, s ae A deficiency appropriation measure aggregating between $6,000,000,000 and $7,000,000,000, now being pre- pared by the house appropriations committee. The .administration the enemy bill, which passed house July 11. The administration measure insurance of. soldiers and sailors. The Webb export trade bill, peace resolutions in the senate, extension of the espionage act and several minor measures. Most of these measures, leaders believe, can be disposed of while the war tax is in conference. Should ob- structive opposition develop against the less important bills, some may be postponed until the congress re- assembles, Passage by: the senate this week of the war tax bill is expected by leaders of both parties, but many members believe it will go over into next week. Tomorrow the senate, having disposed of virtually all minor questions, will enter upon decisive and vigorous disputes over the in- come, war profits, publishers’ and consumption tax provisions. Senator La Follette plans a lengthy speech tomorrow in an effort to increase the income and profits rates, with sen- ate sentiments strong for a higher levy on war profits. Immediately after passage of the revenue measure, senate leaders plan to give a short time to peace debate on resolutions of Senator La Follette and others. Administration and some Republican leaders expect to overwhelmingly table pacifist pro- posals, probably in open session. In the house the “gentleman’s agreements,” under which business has been suspended for several weeks, will expire this week. Next Saturday the ways and means com- mittee will take up Secretary Mc- Adoo’s proposed new war budget and the house will reassemble the fol- lowing Monday, prepared to dispose promptly of both the bond issue and the new war appropriation measure under preparation. Confirmation of most of the 200 major and brigadier generals recently nominated, and of former Represen- tative Victor Murdock of Kansas to the federal trade commission also is expected during the week. trading with the for VILLA THREATENS TO REVEAL PLOT Bandit Says He Will Expose Mexi- can Plan to Attack United States. San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 17.—Stat- ing that unless the Carranza govern- ment gives out the names of the Car- Tanza army officers implicated in the plots of Germans to organize’a large force to attack and harass the Unit- ed States, he will make the conspir- acy public, Francisco Villa has had a note delivered to the Mexican cap- ital and copies sent to American con- suls formerly in Mexico. Villa adds: “With but slight assistance from the Americans I can equip an army of trained fighters that will drive the foreigners into the sea.” Farmers Bank BUTLER, MO. Surplus... 50,000.00 Undv. Prof. 10,000.00 MISSOURI NOTES. i Joseph Roscoe Bluck, of Nevada, a former University of Missouri foot ball star, has been commissioned a captain in the National Army. He attended the officers training camp at Ft. Logan H. Root. Four thousand three hundred acres of iron land in Butler and Wayne counties were transferred Thursday by A. T. Brewster of Ironton, to the Butler Iron Company, now operat- ing in Cape Girardeau county, the consideration being $17,000. Missouri children ‘of school age number this year 919,321, as against 925,504 for last year—a loss of 6,183. The loss is in rural districts, Kansas City and St. Louis reporting small gains. State school officials assiga no reason for the loss in school pop- ulation. Omar D. Gray, who became state |, inspector of oils last week removed the office from Hannibal, where it has been maintained for the past four years, to Jefferson City. This was done in deference to the policy of Governor Gardner to concentrate all state departments a tthe capitol. -A record yield on twelve, acres in Platte county is reported to the Lib- erty Tribune by Al A. Miller, whose plat of ground made him $4,150 rich- er in thirteen months, After taking off a crop of tobacco that sold for $3,100, Mr. Miller sowed the land to oats and harvested more than four hundred bushels. ‘Twelve and one-half cents an acre for a half section of Audrain county land was what Nathaniel H. Sutton paid, and it did not seem so much of a bargain either, for that was in 1885, and the transfer was made by the government. Mr. Sutton, 94 years old,.died recently at the home of relatives in Farber. The average cost of producing one acre of wheat this-year, as estimated by several hundred Missouri farm- ers reporting to the state board of agriculture, is $9.98. At this year’s average yield, 15 bushels, this would make the average cost 67 cents per bushel. Farmers reporting to the state board who were asked what price should be fixed for the 1918 crop, sent in replies that averaged $2.16 per bushel, M. Swartzkopensky, a_ lecturer, who appeared in Missouri during spring and summer, has been shot as a German spy in England, according to advices received. Swartzkopensky claimed to be a former body guard of the ex-czar of Russia and that he was once a prisoner in Siberia. He lectured on conditions in Russia. .A week following his appearance in this state he was arrested in Chicago and send back to England, tried and exe- cuted, In the controversy over the poses- sion of the books and records of the Missouri Sanatorium for Consump- tives at Mount Vernon, State Auditor G. E. Hackmann instructed his spe- cial examiners on the ground to take up the matter with Prosecuting At- torney of Lawrence County. Audit- or Hackmann further announced that if the books and papers are not pro- duced he will proceed to Mount Vernon and take charge of the situa- tion. Dr. C. C. English, former su- perintendent, it is charged, has re- moved the books and records to Ar- kansas. Auditor Hackmann said he would ifistitute proceedings in the next 24 hours to bring about their return to this State. What is probably close to the long distance prison record is disclosed in the parole from the Missouri: Peni- tentiary a few days since of Frank H. Punchéon, He was-granted clem- ency by the State Prison-Board on account of his advanced age,_76 years, and his good prison record He is paroled to J. Bolimann of the Home for the Friendless at Kan- sas City. Puncheon’s total of prison service. is 53 years. This is made up of three terms, 26 years in the Wisconsin Penitentiary, two terms in the Illinois Penitentiary at Joliet to- taling 14 years and two terms in the Missouri Penitentiary, 13 years. All of his sentences were for burglaries. If he has any relatives living the fact does not appear on the prison records here.” Baltimore, Md., Aug. 15.—The Government has notified the Mary- land packers that it will take ap- proximately 18 per cent of their to- for No. 3s and $1.30 for No. 2s. packers say that this is largely tentative offer, ‘although most of oat orga tadgie Toe agi wa gremape re Sonne i een tr WOULD INCREASE WHEA‘ STATE Missouri Agricultural Board Gives Suggestions to Farmers om. :. fe Right Methods, : Columbia, Mo., Aug. 18.—In an: ef- fort, to increase the wheat produ: in Missouri next year the State Board’ of Agriculture is conducting an cational campaign: among farmers and has issued bulletins dealing with the essentials of wheat growing. Ac-. cording to ,statistics, collected by the board, the average yield of wheat fot the State from 1905 to 1914, Was 14.7 bushels an acre. Missouri corn, rather than a wheat state, bat’ the wheat production in 1915 was 34 000,000 bushels, This low yield can be increased with profit, says a bulletin issued by the board, by giving a little more at- tention to a few essentials in wheat production. Wheat growers should give careful attention to thorough seedbed preparation and to fertilizer. The effect of unfavorable seasons may be reduced somewhat by these means. Smut, hessian fly control and a good supply of plant food -al: should be looked after. The last important, says- the bulletin, as starved wheat can no more grow a good weight of prime food than starved and stunted live stock, Too much attention to seedbed preparation cannot be given, says the bulletin, since a poorly prepared seed- bed is often associated with winter killing. The land should be plowed as early as possible, especially when a'large amount of organic mater is to be turned under. In general, plow- ing should be done in July and cer- tainly not later than the middle of August. The proper depth to plow depends somewhat upon the time’ of plowing and on the amount of stubble, grass or weeds to be turned under. The ground should never be broken so deeply that it cannot be worked firmly down before seeding, A seed- bed, firm below, yet finely pulverized en top, should be the final result, As to fertilizers, either commercial fertilizer or barnyard manure will pay on all Missouri lands of average tertility, says the board's statement. A fertilizer treatment will result, not only in greater yield, but in severe seasons will reduce winter killing, The best method for applying fer- lilizer with wheat is to use a grain drill with a fertilizer attachment. This puts the material down in the moist soil, where the plant roots can come in contact with it. Fertilizer which is only on the surface, or mixed with the dry soil, is eut of reach of the plant and is not readily carried down by rain. Everything possible should be done to lessen the damage caused by the hessian fly, says the bulletin, and un- less careful consideration is given to this most serious wheat pest, the returns from the wheat crop will be uncertain, The basis of control covers in gen- eral four points: 1. Destroy the natural. home of the fly by plowing early and deep. 2. Keep down all volunteer wheat between plowing time and _ seeding date. 3. Delay wheat seeding until after the fly-free date. Some Corn. John Wallace has a field of corn in the Marmiaton bottoms, near the Pump House bridge, says the Nevada Post, which is proving itself a won- der. Last fall a peddler came through here selling a variety of corn which he claimed would bear six to nine ears to the stalk. Mr. Wallace thought that it sounded too good to be true, but as the price was reason- able, he took a chance on a peck of the seed. A Post man _ walked through the field Sunday afternoon. It was much higher and more vigor- ous looking than some Boone county white, which was growing next to it. The stand was regular and the usual ber of ears to the stalk was three. A great many stalks were bearing four ears from six to Seven. The writer failed to find any with nine but would not ey were in the field. The ears are about the size of the Hickory King and seemed to be fill- ing well. A Pig in Every Family. Washington, Aug. 18—You may and a large number had] Our schools, will open September, 3, 1917.. We hope that each child will enter school the first day, and that he will come every day pnless prevented by sickness or ‘some oth unavoidable cause, Irregular attend- the greatest. single cause of in our schools. Last year twenty-three children failed because they did not attend regularly. This is unfair. to the: chil- dren because it makes them spend an extra year jn school. Many of them WS! Will become discouraged and quit school: It is an injustice to the dis- trict for the: district. must furnish a teacher for nine years at least in- stead of eight: Enough children have failed because ‘of irregular. at- tendance to, necessitate. an extra teacher for them. I hope that this year each parent will make a resolu- tion to keep his child in school every day. The board of ddncton has changed one rule. If the child will be six years of age before the first of January, it is requested that he start to school at the beginning of the term on Sept. 3. If he will not be six years of age till after the first of January, please do not start him till the following year. No tuition will be charged for the. child who enters school before he is six years old. : The High School pupils will enroll the week before school opens as they did last year. The freshmen will en- roll from 8:30 a. m. till 4 p. m. on Monday, Augpst 27. The sopho- mores will enroll from 8:30 a, m, till 4 p.m, on Tuesday, August 28. The juniors will enroll from 8 a, m. till 12 m. on Wednesday, August 29. The seniors will enroll on Friday afternoon from 1-p. m. till 4.p.m I hope that every pupil who can pos- sibly make arrangements to do so will enroll at the times mentioned ove, for it will greatly facilitate work the first week, Yours truly, John O. Henderson, Supt. of Schools. Former Senator Kern of Indiana Succumbs. Asheville, N, C., Aug. Senator John W. Kern of Indiana and democratic nominee for vice president in 1908, died here tonight. He was 68 years old. Mr. Kern, who came here a week ago to recuperate, died of uraemic poisoning. With him at the time of his death were Mrs. Kern and Mrs. George B. Lawson, a daughter, of Roanoke, Va. Funeral arrangements have not been made, but the body will be tak- én tomorrow to Hollis, Va., the sum- mer home of the late senator. Up to the time of his retirement from the senate in March last, Mr. Kern was majority floor leader and chairman of the democratic conference commit- tee. He was a native of Indiana, having been born in Alto, Howard county, December 20, 1849. 17.—Former Rescue U. S. Missionaries Held by Chinese Bandits, Pekin, Thursday, Aug. 16.—Twelve American missionaries and a dozen other foreigners, mostly women and children, who were besieged by Chin- ése bandits at Tabul, a town about 160 miles northwest of Pekin, have been rescued by officers of the Unit- ed States Marine Corps. Capt. Calvin B, Matthews and Lieut. Thomas M. Luby of the Ma- rine Corps who were attached to the Pekin Legatiop, Jeft Kalgan early this month accompanied by a de- tachment of Chinese soldiers to bring ‘out-the besieged missionaries. Word was received here today that the American officers and the mission- aries had arrived at Kalgan from Tabul. Kalgan is about half way between Pekin and Tabul. Sugar for Army and Navy. New York, Aug. 20.—The country's sugar industry was pledged here to- ‘day “to. supply the requirements of ‘the navy and army during 1917 and}! '1918, estimated at one hundred thou- sand tons of sugar per annum, at a [price to be fixed by the food admin-| istration” by a commission appointed from wpreneniatieds of sugar refin- ers, beet sugar producers and plant- ers from Cuba and elsewhere. | These “keep the pig in the parlor” or any-}} where else around the -place, and please the Department of Agricul- i ture. Pork is so high, the department an-[/ nounced today, and hog feed so ex- pensive, that a shortage threatens, All householders, wherever péssible, are urged to keep at least one pig. The department does not say its re- quest’ extends to ‘people living in |}, The| apartment ‘houses. »It is announced, however, if every American house- holder will train a pet pig to gobb up household garbage-and grow fa bn haaleatal a It you have not aivene ‘otitied us 7“ the ammount of ‘the Loan you will take, do it new. a We are listing the names of those who, by adding teats” , subscription: are planning to do their part toward making.” the loan an overmnelming success. Ba Missouri ‘State Bank ‘“THE OLD RELIABLE” EX-CZAR TO RASPUTIN'’S: TOWN Nicholas Has Been Sent to Tobolsk Where Mystic Monk Lived. Petrograd,. Aug. 19—It was offi- cially announced today for the first time that the new residence of Nich- olas Romanoff, the deposed Russian emperor, is at Tobolsk, a Western Siberian town which recently achieved a dubious publicity in revo- lutionary, Russia as the birthplace of Gregory Rasputin, the mystic monk, who wielded a remarkable influence over the former emperor’s family up to the time of the priest’s assassina- tion in Petrograd last December. The official announcement says: “Owing to reasons of state, the government decided to transfer to a .new residence the former emperor and former empress, who are de- tained under guard. The place select- ed was Tollsk,’ where they were taken after requisite measures to in- sure their safety. With them went of their own free will their children and certain of their entourage.” According to some newspapers, the family will reside permanently in the former governor’s palace at Tobolsk, which is a large house without mod- ern improvements, built in the Eigh- teenth Century for a local speculator. Other newspapers say the former em-: peror will stay at the palace only one week and then will be sent to the Apalatsk Monastery in a forest twen- ty miles outside the town. Wilson Writes Foreword for Soldiers’ Bibles. - Washington, D. C., Aug. 15.— Bibles for American soldiers and sailors, to be given by the Scripture Gift Mission of Philadelphia, will carry a foreword by President Wil- son urging troops to diligently read the Scriptures. The President has written this inscription: “The Bible is the word of life. I beg that you will read it and find this out for “yourselves—read, not little snatches here and there, but long passages that will really be the road to the heart of it. “You will find it full of real men and women not only, but ‘also of things you have wondered about and been troubled about all your life, as men have been always, and the more you read the more it will become plain to you what things are worth while and what are hot; what things Calf make men happy—loyalty, right deal- ings, speaking the truth, readiness to give everything for wi they think their duty, and, most of all, the wish - that they may have the real approval of Christ, who gave everything for them—and things that are guaranteed to make men unhappy—sselfishness, cowardice, greed and everything that is low and ‘mean. “When you read the Bible you will know that it is the word of God, be- cause you will have found it the key to your own heart, your own happi- hess and your own duty.” © “Woodrow Wilson.” Pension Advocates Oppose Soldiers” Insurance Bill. ~ Washington, D. C., Aug. 17.—Con- gressional opposition to the Govern- ment’s plan for insuring the lives of soldiers and sailors because it would upset the pension system was pre- dicted today at a hearing before the House Commerce Committee, where the administration/insurance bill discussed. Chairman Adamson said he had been warned by a pension system ad- vocate that the new plan would upset pensions for a, hundred years. Rep- resentative Montague of Virginia, an- — other member of the committee, also predicted opposition. Secretary McAdoo, Samuel Gomp- ers, president of the American Fed- eration of Labor, and Judge Julian: Mack of Chicago, who drafted the in- surance bill, denounced the pension system and declared one of the pri- mary purposes of the insurance meas- ,|ure was to forever wipe it out of ex- istence. Farm Loans. If you desire freedom from the bur- dens of everlasting debt, it will. pay you to let us show you a plan where- by it can be done. It means low cost, with the most liberal pre-pay- ment. privileges. No renewals, with the attending cost, that come peri- odically, and some times raise in rates. It costs nothing to investi- gate, \your own interest should prompt you do the best that you can. We invite a full investigation. Canterburys, 36-tf Butler, Mo. A High Art suit will wear from three to five years. To be convinced try one, Black & Sons. 43-tf Club Excelient chance to get'a Wisconsin, high grade, holstein heifer calf. “The bank on which you can. always bank" is organizing a holstein heifer calf club which all the boys and girls of Bates county, not over eighteen years of age, may join. One year is given in which to pay for a call. Calves may. be gold at pul sale, arranged by the bank. and the owners take the profits, or if the owners desire to keep them, they will be No boy or to bid them in ‘accepted Member after Sept. lat.