The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 10, 1918, Page 7

WEVER BEFORE WA’ A BAILY REWSPAPEB MORE WECESSARY BOYS FROM HOME EUROPEAN FIELDS EVERY casualty list.,.con- tains the names of brave men from this and other States who have fallen in the cause of World Democ- racy. The heart at every hearth is filled with appre- hension for one or more men Somewhere in France. The St. Hovis Gimed The Grent Flid-Western Daily Has “orrespoidents With the American Army Everywhere The wires of the United Press ‘bring the news directly mato the office of THE TIM GS. The special i THE TIMES (3 tan cn plete newspaper printed Louis. rail cdittep of t t ¢om- in St. i i One mroryr Three months Six months One ye. bP. T | | QAD:R THE TIMES TODAY | K:tP_UP WITH TH: HEWS | The Times Prints a Full: Page oi Carefully Edited Markets. TIMES BUILDING ST. LOUIS, Order of Publication. State of Missouri, | ss Jsouri if cree of said court, declare the inter- est or apparent interest of the de- fendants therein, to be forever barred and to divest them and each of them of all apparent interest in and to the aforesaid Jand and vest the same in the plaintiffs, and, unless the said de- fendants appear at this court at the next term thereof, to be begun and held a O ho in the cit of Butler, in said county on the first Monday of February, 1918, and on or before the ‘first day of said term, ‘an- swer or plead to the petition of plain- tiffs, the same will be taken as con- | fessed and judgment rendered ac- cordingly. It is further ordered that a copy hereof be published in The Butler Weekly Times, a newspaper | published in the said county, for the) time and in the manner prescribed by law. H. O. MAXEY, Circuit Clerk. A true copy.of the record. Witness my hand and the seal of the Circuit Court of Bates County, Missouri, this 22nd day of December, 1917. H. O, MAXEY, Circuit, Clerk. (Seal) Order of Publication. State of Missouri, County of Bates. {| in the Circuit Court of Said County and State. lebruary, 1yid, Term. In Vacation December 31st, 1917. Herman Steiner, Plaintitf. vs. James HH, Hood, John Meador, John M. Price, Uream Beghtol, and the unknown consorts, heirs, devisees, donees, aliences and grantees of} James H. Hood, John Meador, John M. Price and Ureani Beghtol, De fendants, Now at this day comes the plaintiff herein by attorneys, and files his pe- tition under oath alieging, among oth- er things, that the defendants, James Hl, Hood, John “Meador, John M. Price and Uream Beghtol, are each !non-residents of the ptate. of Mis- living, and further alleging that he verily belives that there are persons interested in the subject mat-| ter of his petition whose names he} can not insert therein because they | are to him unknown, That such un-| {known persons, if any t are the unknown consorts, heirs, | Bates: In the Circuit Court of Bates Coun- ty, Missouri, February Term, 1918. In Vacation December 22nd, 1917. Luther E. Hyer and Louisa Hyer, Plaintiffs. vs. Mathew Hallam and the unknown consort, heirs, devisees, donees, alienees and grantecs of said Mathew Hallam, if he be deceased, and the unknown consorts, heirs, devisees, donees, alienees and grantees of Loring E,-Stone, de- eeased, and of John Hallam, de- ceased, and of Elija Kirtley, de- ceased, Defendants. 3 Now on this day come the plaintiffs herein, and file their petition under oath, alleging, among other things, that the defendant, Mathew Hallam, if living, is not a resident of the State of Missouri, and can not be served with the ordinary process of law of this state, and further alleging in said petition, that they verily believe that there are persons interested in the subject matter of their action whose games they can not insert therein, be- cause to them unknown, Such un- known persons being the consort, heirs, devisees, donees, alienees and ‘grantces, immediate, mesne or re- mote, voluntary or involuntary of Mathew Hallam, if he be deceased, and of Loring E, Stone, deceased, and of John Hallam, deceased, and of Elija Kirtley, deceased, because of facts set forth in their petition, to- wit: That the said Mathew Hallam ob- tained an interest in and to the real estate in Section eighteen (18), herein mentioned, by virtue of a deed dated November tst, 1878, and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Book “N” at Page 379, which interest was not well conveyed by him. That John Hallam became the own- er of the land herein described as be- ing in Section eighteen (18) by virtue of a deed which is of record in Book “T. 1” at Page 92, in the office afore- said, which interest, he cid nut con- vey in his life time. That Llija Kirtley obtained a deed conveying to him the land mentioned; herein as being Section eighteen (18), which deed is of record in Book “2’ at Page 184, in the office aforesaid, which interest he did not convey, ‘unless he did so in and by the name of Elijah Kirtley. That Loring E. Stone had an ap- parent interest in the real estate de- scribed as being~in Section nineteen (19), by virtue of two tax deeds each, dated April 5th, 1871, and recorded respectively in Book “V” at Page 423 and Book “\Y” at Page 301, in the office aforesaid, and did not convey the interest so acquired. Further stating that the interest of such unknown parties and whence the same is derived can not be more : peaeny described or set forth by them in their petition, except, that such interest, if any there be, is ad- verse and prejudicial to the title and claim of the plaintiffs in the real es- tate described in their petition as fol- lows: The Southeast quarter of Section eighteen (18) and the west half of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter and the south- east quarter of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section nineteen (19), all in Township thirty-eight (38) of Range twenty-nine (29) in Bates County, Missouri; The plaintiffs claiming the absolute . title in and to the aforesaid land. Whereupon, it is ordered by the clerk in vacation, that the defendants be notified by publication that plain- tiffs have commenced a suit against ‘them in this court, the object and]acted by the Forty-ninth General As- general nature of which is to secure . Ati terned after the old! ‘an order and judgment of the court, eae fee we Te tavses. 2 mis SE statesman who has the least concep ascertaining and determining the it, title, interest and claim of the tiffs and defendants, , in and to the above described estate and by the judgment Bates County, Missouri, in| .|men of the Central Empi jof a general pence, | pe AMERICA'S WAR AIMS OUTLINED pected Address to Con- gress on Subject. APPROVES THE BRITISH STAND Program of Fourteen Articles "Pre. sented to Which Germany Must Agree Before Peace Is Restored. With a statement of war aims, ap- proving the recent declaration of the British premier, Lloyd George, Presi- dent Wilson recently presented to Con- gress and the world a specific decla- ration Of America’s war aims and the terms on which it would be possible to make peace with Germany, An‘ Answer to Germany. The President spoke as follows: “Gentlemen of the Congress: Once more, as repeatedly before, the spokes- ires have in- the ob- sible basis dicated their desire to discu jects of the war and the p “Parleys have been in progress at atween Ru in repre wesentatives of the Central Powers, te which the atten tion of all the beligerents has beea invited, for the puinose of certain- ing whether it miy be pcs le ta} extend these parle into a general conference with regard to terms of perve and settlement. “The Russian 1 sented not only ontatives pre- yerfectly definite nent of the principles upon whi y would be willing to conclude , but also on nally definite pro- gram of the concrete application of thos principt fhe representatives of the Central , on their part, presented 1 of settlement which, if much stotrecs; aHerees; Ht remote, voluntary or grantees of said James H. Hood,! John Meador, John M. Price and Uream Beghtol, if they or either of them be deceased and would derive their respective claims by, through or under one or the other of the said named persons; further alleging that the interest of James H. Hood is dis- closed by a Quit Claim Deed recorded in Book 50 at Page 15 in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for Bates County, Missouri, in which said Hood appears as grantee; That John Meador acquired his apparent interest | in the real estate in the petition, here inatter described, by convey i the recofds aforesaid in book ; That John M. Price ac- $ apparent interest by deed ord- in Book “F-1£" at Vage 279 id records; That Uream Beghtol conveyance in Book “i:" at Page id, which in- terest acquired were not properly con- veyed out or released by the d named grantees but the nature, char- acter and extent of the interest of. the respective unknown defendants and from whence derived can not be more specifically described or set forth by | the plaintiff except that the sume ap pears to be adverse and prejudicial to the claim of the plaintiffin and to the | real estate described in his petition to-wit: involuntary | | {18 of the records afores jas follows, The East one-half (1) 1-2) of Lots five and six (5 6) of the | Northeast quarter (NE I-4) ot Section two (2), Township thirty- nine (39), Range thirty (jo) in Bates County, Misouri. Whereupon it is ordered by the clerk in vacation that said defendants be by publication, that the plaintiff has commenced a su! against them in this court the object and gen- eral nature of which is to try, asc tain and determine the i rights and interests of the nd the defendants herein named in and to the e above described Jand to obtain a judgment and decree of the court defining and declaring | the inierests of the parties in and to} said real estate respectively and sev-/| jerally thereto, the plaintiff claimi less the said defendants be and ap- pear at this court at the next term thereof to be begun and held at. the court house in the city of Butler in said county on the first Monday in February, 1918, and on or before the first day of said term answer or plead | to the’ petition in said cause the same will be taken as confessed ‘and, judg- ment rendered accordingly. It 1 further ordered that a copy hereof be, published according to law in The! Butler Weekly Times. H. O. MAXEY, Circuit Clerk. 1 A true copy from the record. Witness my hand and _ the) (Seal) seal of the Circuit Clerk of! Bates County, Missouri, tis gist day of December, | 1917. H. O. MAXEY, Circuit Clerk. | 12-4t State Income Tax Now in Force;/ Returns Must be Made Before | March r. Jefferson City, Jan. 4—The State! tax on incomes is now in force. All! unmarried men and women of Mis- | souri who have an annual net income | of $4000 or more must make a return) under oath to the assessor of their | respective county or the City of st.! Louis on or before March 1. The State income tax law was en-/} one-half of 1 per cent upon all in- comes in excess of $3000 for single real|persons and in excess of $4000 for| of blood and treasure and de-|married persons. H ‘the absolute fee simple title and un-|: tess—ttetinite; liberal interpretition under their spe cific program of practical terms Ww added. E Germans Offered Nothing. “The German program -proposed no ns at all, either to sover a or to the prefer of ihe population with whose forte it dealt, but meant, in a word, that the Central Emy were to keep ev foot of territory their armed forces had oceupied—every province, every city, every point of vants¢ as a permanent addition to their ter- ritorie and their power, “Tt is q snable conjecture ‘th the general iples of settion which they at zd, oO nated with sta nen of Gern who have 1 the force of th own ought and pur- while the conerete terms of ac- t from the mili- tary leader ve no thought but to keep what they have got. The ne- Hions have been broken off, The ian representatives were sincere in earnest. ‘They cannot ente tual and German Pecpie Have No Voice. The vy hole incident is full of lu is also full of perp th whom are the Russinn repre- ives dealin or whom are the representitives + Central Empire speakin aking for the major- { ive parliaments or for the minor! that mili- and imper' y which o far dominated their whole pol- ind contreled the affairs of Tur- nd of the Palkan states which it obliged to become ther as- fui “Are they s in the true sp be eonferences they hay ng with the Teutonic and Tu staic } ant d, doo: and all the vorld has been audience to both unrecon- nd in open and hopele;s con: | n, These are very serious | iant questicns. Upon the an- riled all pit swer to them depends the peace of {the world. | | Challenge Answered With Candor. | a result of the par- | ley: whatever the | conclusions of counsel and of purpcse | in the utterances of the spokesmen of i the Central Empires, they have again attempted to acquaint the world with | their objects in the war and have again challenged their adversaries to , say what their objects are and what sort of settlement they would deem just and satisfactory. “There is no good reason why that challenge should not be responded to and responded to with the utmost candor. We did not wait for it. Not once, but again and again, we have laid our whole thought and purpose be- fore the world, not in general terms only, but each time with sufficient definition to make it clear what sort of definitive terms of settlenfent must | necessarily spring out of them. Germany Fears to Be Frank. “Within the last week Mr. Lloyd | George has spoken with admirable candor and in admirable spirit for the | pecple and government of Great Bri-| tain. There is no confusion of coun- sel among the adversaries of the Cen-; tral Powers, no uncertainty of prin-: ciple, no vagueness of detail. The only | secrecy of counsel, the only lack of fearless frankness, the only failure to, make definite statement of the ob jects of the war, lies with Germany and her allies. The issues of life and death hang upon these definitions. No tion of is responsibility ought for a moment to permit himself to continue this tragical and appalling outpouring unless he is sure beyond a peradventure that the | | more thrilling and more compelling men should be held within open, | ;, isenting to the peace ar objects of the vital sacrifice are part and parcel of the very life of society and that the people for whom he speaks think them right and impera- tive as he does, .Russia’s Voice Thrills the World. ‘ “There is, moreover, a voice calling for these definitions of principles and of purposes, which, it seems to me, common with all other free nations. No other single act will serve as this the naijons in the laws which have themselves set and determined ‘or the government of their relaticns with one another, ~Without this he i t tee whole structure and valid: ity of international law is forever 1 | Philadelphia, Jan. TO TAKE OVER MEAT will serve to restore confidence among: Federal Trade Board Member Proph- they | esies Federal Operation of Packing Houses. | The United | States government may take over the jmeat industry of the country in order with which the troubled air of the world is filled. It is the voice of the Russian people, “They are prostrate and all but help- less, it would seem, before the grim power of Germany, which hag hither- to known no relenting and no pity, Their power, apparently, is shattered, And yet their soul is not subservient, ‘They will not yield either in princip‘e or-in action. “Their conception of what is right, of what is humane and honorable for them to accept, has been stated with a frankness, a largeness of, view, a generosity of sp! t and a univer human sympathy which must chal- lenge the adiniration of every friend of mankind; and they have refused to compound their ideals or desert others y may be safe, ay what it is that ; in what, if anything, our our spirit differ from theirs, America Should Answer. “And I “believe 1 the peeple of the United ‘States sould wish me to respon Wilh ou simplic. and ae their present ead 1 iM our heartfeit d or not, it is some way mnt y and ish of ul and purpose peace, when Le absolutely begun, d that t: under- of no’ secret kind, ‘The day indizer shall involve and’ t cove. | impaired, &. All French territory should be e nd the invaded portions ad ihe wrong done to Franc? ain 187 Aiaine, which has unsettled ce of the world for nearly fitty should be rigated, in order that peace once more Le made secure ia the inteiest of all, 9. A readjustment of the frontiers et Italy should he eftected along clear- ly rezsonable lines of nationality. 10, The peoples of Austria-Hun- gary, whose place ulmong the nations we wisa to be safezuarded and sured, should be accorded the freest opportunity of autonomous develop- ment. : Balkans to be Re-Established. 11, “Rumania, Se gro should itories restore and relat to one a and Montene- d, occupied t , and the an states rnuned by rically es anoth tered into. 12s The Bu present Ottore: ured of a sect the other nation under Tur jan undou of life utonomous develo; went, and tie pinanently © e to the ships and fous under inter- national guarantees. of eve ie AG fall For a Fice Poland, 138, An indepentent Po aut should be erecved which should intuce re.) in the matier of} rded free! absolutely unmolested opportuui.y of} j to comer ot the three pr patorecessi-— Hties of war sm i transportation. ‘his was plainly in- ic s sion of the Fed- on here, Sse }mission whi jmeat conditions here, proj ed that ‘the government intended to seize all {the hing and allied industries, and | Frane | witnesses, did not deny that the plan | s being considered in Washington. | J. Heney, who is examining wa The course the investigation is takiny is plain enough, said Mr. Heney. “Draw your own conclu- sion | must absolutely decline to be quoted in connec a with the mat- Iter, It is up to the Federal Trade | Commission. I have been ordered to Jc the investigation calong ue Nines taken, The government will do ‘What it sees fit.” SENGN ral government will as- sume control of the business through a re syship’ said am sr of the cominission, who disclosed the pur- pose of the country le ment invest cannot igation now in progress. “I The 1 is to the to con med be quoted are heen at long se a don oning ing ta illits » how ithe government could operate the Nwneat industry to keep down prices and conserve 1 that he had al- at the disposal sserted that fed- ld first be d 25 per upply of Maynes, who was subpoc d to avow now the objects it the peace o: vat any othe: hes im vy : Why America !s in the War. “We entered this war because fations of right hid oecurred which touched us to the ¢ and made the life of our own ceep'e impossible un- ess they wee ned and the world ured o iust their re- Ure uces 1€ orld be made afe to live in; and _particu- t it be made safe for every leving nation ar sence Wh, nine its own i of justice and fair cc w people of the i fi whi its OW titutions, be assu interest, see very cle be done done to us. for cur own to ly that ute; others it will not be Peace Only on This Casis. “The program of the wo therefore, is our program; program, the only, possible Ss we e it, is th 1, Qpen covenants of peace, open: ly arrived at, after which there shall be no private intornational stendings of any kind, but diplomacy shall procecd always and in the public view. 2. Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, to territorial waters .@ in ] and in war, cept ws the seas may be close whole or in part by iniernational ac interna, 's peac and that program nkly tion for the enforcement tional covenants. No More Economic Barriers. a. The at remova barrie. of an equal nong all the themselves for its 4. Adequate § at taken that national ar be reduced to the lov sistent with domestic s. 5. A free, open minded and abso- lutely impartial a stment of all colonial ciaimis based upon a strict observance of the principle that in determining all such questions of sov ereignty the interests of the popula- tions concerned must | equal weight with the equitable claims of the government whose title is to be determined. Must Restore Russian Lands. 6. The evacuation of all Russia ter- ritory and such a settlement of all questions affecting Russia as will se- cure the best and freest co-operation of the nations of the world in obtain- ing for her an unhampered and un- embarrassed opportunity for the in- dependent determination of her own political development and national | policy and assure her of a sincere wel- come into the society of free nations under institutions of her own cltgos- ing; and, more than a welcome, as- sistance of every kind that she may need and may herself desire. The treatment accorded Russia by her sis- ter nations in the months to come will be the acid test of their good will of their comprehension of her needs and distinguished from their own in- terests, and of their intelligent an¢ unselfish sympathy. For a Belgium Free and Restored. 7. Belgium, the whole world wil. agree, must be evacuate! an! re stored, without any atiemp. to hv the sovereignty which she enjoys is vio- | like our | life, deter- | under- he—territ trod atispir- ably Pol Dy al integrity should be aranteed by international covenant, | a free and secure acecss | ea, and \1 ose politi ad | peninee and territor | 14, A general as: ;miust be formed u for the jvartners of all | peoples associated j the imperialists. {| “We cannot be separated in inter est or divided in purpose. We stand | togeiher until the end, ) “For ‘such arra lent | nants we are willing to fight and | continue to fight until they are ach Jieved; but only because we wish te j right to prevail and desire a just and , Stable peace, such as can be sc 1 only by removing the ch | tions to war, which this } remove, Germans Equal, but Not wasters. “We have no jealousy German ' greatness and the | program that impai {her no achievement learning or of p as hi made her record ve and very enviable “We do not wish to injure to block in any way her legitimate in : fluence of power. i light- her either sand cove provoca rogram does of it. We grulge her or ho arms or wit of trade, il » herseld with us and the the world im cove Jaw and fair dealing. “We wish Germ only io eecce place of equality among the peoples of the world—the new world in ws | we now live—instead of a place ace loving 3 of justice and sary, we must frankly say, and neces ry as a preliminary to any intelli- § t dealings with her on our part, \that we should know for whom her | spokesmen speak when they speak to us, whether for the Reichstag major ity or for the mijitary party, and the tion, “These Terms Can’t Be Misunder- stood.” “We have spoken now, surely, in terms too concrete to admit of any further doubt or question. “An evident principle ruus through the whole program I have outlined. It is the principle of justice to all peo- ples and nationalities, and their right to live on equal terms of liberty and safety with one another, whether they be strong or weak. “Unless this principle be made its | foundation, no part of the structure of | international justice can stand, “The people of the United States could act upon no other principle, and to the vindication of this principle they are ready to devote their lives, their honor and everyting ‘that they Possess. “The moral climax of this, the cul- minating and final war for human lib- erty, has come, and they are ready to put the!r strength, their own highest purpose, ifeir own integrity and de votions to the test.” ions, which shouid | to> nothing in this | do not wish to | men whose creed is imperial domina- en pass eras destruv federal , offal of which only opping fected with tubercular ng the between islation f mnt ew May.” Mrs. Laura Ray Dead, y, on city, of pneumonia Howas born via, April tes county when in ago where she when she has she May, ty, where Christmas. condition » Was en at any Sons, and an ry, of ohn Powell, 1 swell, of Anna 1 Mrs. Win ndo, and ducted street ions at | \ } PAL MN, 1 Mite can © Hill cem for Poor Men M —The Stone it believed it chad all putting than with less and those s4 vorer men starte da storm They appealed from the i id have to go ecause they were poor remain 1 others nd the home be- |cause tlrey were well-to-do, | Theyboard explained that the poor iimen sQl could provide for their fam- jilies as well from their wages as sol- \diers as they now do. Tlie appeal board at Jefferson City, jhowever, ruled that the classification must be made regardless, of the jamount ‘of income and all married |men will be put in class 4 unless it is ‘shown they do not support their fam- ilies. List of Letters Remaining uncalled for in the Post Office at Butler, Mo., for the week ending Jan. 8 1918: Mr. A. H. Anderson, Mr. M. C. Buseses, Mr. F, L. Grason, A. Hibbs, - Herrell, Mr. P. C. Jenson, Mr. . Jenkins, Mr. Orie H. Me- Guire, MceAby & Sons, Jno. B. Sims, Mr. Samuel Tooten (2), Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Wilson, Miss Mary Derdy, Mrs. Clara Hamilton, Mrs. Estella Jones, Mrs. Edw. Moutray, Miss Lochie E, Sperry, Mrs. Oma Shubert. These letters will be sent to the dead letter office Jan. 22, 1918, if not delivered before. Tr for the — please ce of list. J. E. Williams, Postmasier. , ing Nt: