The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 18, 1918, Page 8

prensa = RELEASE AN INNOCENT MAN _After Five Years in the. Penitentiary | Testimony Taken Tuesday. Sy St. Louisan Goes Free: Blair of Public Service Com- Jefferson City, Mo. April 10.—Af- mission Here! “ter having served five years of a life sentence for a murder of which it has been found he is inngcent, Floyd Taylor of St. Louis has been par- doned and was released from the state penitentiary today. The crime was committed at Pa- cific, Mo., and after a trial that was taken to the supreme court Taylor was named the guilty party. Since his imprisonment friends have sought his release. In a statement to authorities Tay- lor asserted “that his conviction was due to the efforts of a relative who, piqued at chis refusal to become a party to cause the arrest of an inno- vent man in order to collect the re- ward offered .for the murderer, turned against him and was instru- service Over certain lines in Blair of the State Public Commission. Thee J. F. Smit h and H. O. Maxey lines switching through the exchange. Silvers and Silvers peared tor the telephone company. The taking of testimony was begun ment of the issues at stake, witnesses tor the Telephone Company were heard. The evidence offered by the Tele- phone Company consisted of state- mental in his arrest. Upon f evi-| ments of the income and the cost of dence supplied by this relative, he]operation of the system, an inven- says, he was convicted, tory and appraisal of the value of the a plant by an expert employed for that To Be Called April 26th. purpose, testimony by telephone men and supply men of the value and con- The following registrants have]dition of the plant. been selected in answer to the call} A number of witnesses for the sub- Executive Officer of the sent to Camp Funston were called who tory service and scribers and the ¢ testified to unsati of the State draft, to be April 26th: to the great hardship and damage Liggett, Forest W., Hume. which would result from the discon- Wilcox, Walter Weldon, Butler Jtinuance of free telephone — service Bishop, Floyd, Butler throughout the county. Geo, R. Thompson, Charley Briggs, .\Itona Stewart, Roy Austin, Rockville Fahnestock, Clayton Rich Hill Drummond, Bert Leslie, Rockville Simpson, Charles Elliott, Adrian Player, chief of the ‘Telephone and Telegraph Division of the Public Service Commission testified that he had speut Sunday and Monday in making an examination of the plant. Seitz, John Jr, Rich Hill le stated that the magneto system Stott, Osear Franklin, Butler as used here was not considered effi- Klebe, Roy Reinhold Wm., Urich} ecient or economical where used by Cruzan, Jacob Lawrence, Rich Hill}over 600. subscribers, as here, or in MeKee, Vurl Watson, Butler a growing munity Ile stated Ward, Laverne, Butler thas the outside equipment was in Craig, Samuel Eph, Rich Hill Penny, Fred Edwin, Amoret Very poor condition and stated that an expenditure of $1500 to $3000 Murphy, John Wall Butler would be’ necessary to make the plant Catterlin, Ben H., Tulsa, Okla. efficient. tle also recommended. su- Morrow, Robert Leslie, Butler pervision of the operating rooms. Davall, Joe Ernest, Amsterdam Mr. Player testified that the valuation Spawn, Charles Frank, Amoret placed on the plant by the expert : —_— employed by Mr. Campbell was con- BATES COUNTY “OVER 'THE]servative and fa The matter of on whether or not TOP” rates will hinge nid ee a profit can be made on this valua- Chairman Duvall Says That the/tion at present rates. — ‘ At the conelusion of Mr, Player's County’s Quota Will be Over- t Dn a Subscribed, testimony, Silvers and Silvers on be- balf of their client read into the rec- hear 5 With several townships to ord a statement that upon assurance from Chairman Duvall at noon}that the rates asked for were grant- Wednesday said that the subserip-| ed, the recommendations of Mr. Pla tions for the Third Liberty Loan ex-]ey y ceeded $250,000 and that when the re- townships reported he was They rates be carried out. min the made a redu maiming 1 for toll service of from 15 cents to confident that it would be found the} yo9 cents. quota for the county, $281,700, would] “rye testimony submitted will be be more than subscribed, Z laid before the commission, and the Phe county was well organized’) .stomeys for the subseribers are giv- and the solicitors in the vatious town-] 6, 13 days to file briefs. Ten days ships did their work very thorough-| i diditional are allowed to the attor- ly and very few that were at all able refused to subseribe for the bonds. Nearly every township that has tar reported has exceeded its quota, for the company. present for telephones > business tion price for the two phones. proposed rates for residence Sr and business phones and abolish the combination rates so dir Prices of Farming Tools to be In- vestigated by U. S. Washington, April 13.—Investiga- tion by the Federal Trade Commis- sion of the cause of high prices for farmers in a rate, REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS many articles used by producing foodstuffs, such as tools, Gob anenton in Graves. 0 implements, bags and leather, and to fi @ . : section 20 East Boone $200.00. determine whether any trade con- 4 = iraci now prevent ‘the farmer \. Johnson lot 7 spiracies now preve Pte ; ; Mircea Satna ion Rich Hill from securing fair prices for his pro- ducts, is proposed in a resolution in-]° troduced by Senator Thompson of INansas, i Gutty lot a 8 Glasges addition Rich Hill \. Johnson to By ig eea Ik. Elledge to I.-N. Satter! Had to Do It. block 27 Walton's 2d addition Lill $700.00. American Clothing House to C. A gan part lot 1 blo 2. Butler .009,00, ink Patrick to Arthur Burns 120 acres section 21 Spruce $1.00. J. W. Harper to W. S. Oates 39 acres section 26 East Boone $2450.00. R. D. Reeder to I. V.. Rhoads 160 acres section 3t and 31 Mingo $8000.00. H.C. Funk et al to F. H. White 80 acres section 10 Mt. Pleasant $8000. Farmers Bank (Urich) to .G. C. y part Rich “What did they do with that fellow that ditched a train, shot a woman I and brutally beat three children? Hang him? z “No; : he claimed his diplomatic y, he proved he'd blown up a shipyard and burned an elevator, and produced his spy certificates, so they had to intern him.”"—From Life. Testimony in the matter of the in- crease in rates, and toll charges, for ‘Bates county, was taken in this city Tues- day before Commissioner David E- Service was represented by Judge ap- peared for the patrons of the rural Butler ap- at 9 o'clock and after a brief state- TELEPHONE RATE HEARING|: GOVERNOR TO NAME NEW D. E. SENATOR sibilities for Stone’s Place. Washington, April Stone’s death came~so unexpectedly to the Missouri delegation here in Washington that there has been_vir- tually no discussion or comment on who his successor will be. Governor Gardner has the naming of Senator Stone's successor until the election next November when a new senator will be élected. Among names that Lhave been mentioned are: Speaker Champ Clark, David R. Francis, now ambassador to Russia; former’ Gov. Joseph W. Kolk, William T. Kemper, of Kansas City, Harry B. Hawes of St. Louis, former Gov. A. M. Dock- ery, now third assistant postmaster general, and Breckenridge Long of Louis, now third assistant secre- ary of state. Change a Senate Committee. Washington, April 14.—If, the rule tof seniority is followed Gilbert M. Hitchcock of Nebraska, will become chairman of the Senate foreign rela- tions committee in succession tc Senator Stone, and Senator John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, rank- ing member.. Senator Hitchcock is ranking member of the military com- mittee next to Chairman Chamber- lain and chairman of the Philippines committee. He probably will have to give up one of these committees when che becomes. ghairman of the foreign relations, the ranking com- mittee of the Senate, MARKETED A SLACKER’S WHEAT A “Cooling Committee” Used Part of Proceeds to Buy Liberty Bonds. Wichita, April 14.—A wealthy far- mer near Cherokee, Ok., refused to market his wheat or buy Liberty one or help the Red Cross. George W, Patridge, the county food administrator, before whom the far- | was taken, placed Lew White- | head of the “cooling committee” in! charge of the case and twenty-seven farmers, some of them German born, drove to the farm and loaded the wheat into their wagons and drove into Cherokee Saturday with John the lead mer Bahm. a German, driving team, “Our hearts across the sea, danin the pro stated the placard on Kahm's wagon, Others were as ap- propriate. Administrator Partridge, when thé grain had been sold, de- ducted four cents a bushel for each farmer's dinner and a feed for his hor. and with the first $300 bought Liberty Bonds which he turned over to the slacker. When all incum- brances had been cleared the rest was given to the farmer. ST. LOUIS NOT A GERMAN CITY Figures from the Chamber of Com- merce Deny Fatherland Allegiance. St. Louis, April 13.—-St. Louis has a smaller percentage of German born idents than many other large of the United States, despite a prevaling opinion to the contrary, according to. statistics compiled by the Chamber of Commerce. Instead of “The most German city” in America the Chamber of Com- mere calls it the most American city Some of the Men Regarded as Pos- 14.—Senator 33 MEN TO GO SOON May roth. Two calls, aggregating thirty-three selective service men to, be sent to training camps by the Local Board of Bates County have been received within the past-week.—_——— May 26th is the date set for the first call in 20 white registrants one negro registrant will be sent to Jefferson Barracks. The second call which is for twelve Kansas, has be€n set for May toth. None of the white registrants for either call have yet been selected, but James .Mizner, a negro. regis- trant of this city has presented him- self for voluntary induction and will be taken. Col. J. H. McCord, Executive Of- ficer S. S, L. has informed the Lo- cal Board that numerous calls for men will be made from now on, Held Physical Examinations. Forty registrants were given physi- cal examination by the Local Board Wednesday, aminations were conducted by Dr. T. W. Foster and Lieut. C. J. Allen. This concludes the regular physi- cal examination for Class 1 regis- trants, although it is expected that special examinations will have to be held for registrants who, for some cause or another, were not examined. Government Opposed to Willard- Fulton Fight While War is on. Washington, April 13.—Jess Wil lard of Lawrence, Kar , may have to wait before his $100,000 fistic bat- heavy. weight championship of the world. . While the government has no authority to prevent lights, the matter being up to state uthorities, it is known that high of- cials here do not believe it good policy for such a fight to be staged | during the war, When everyone is called to make sacrifices, it doesn't look well for} two prizefighters to be splitting a se of $100,000, They take the tion there is plenty of opportun- ity for fighting in the big arena in} i > if a prizefighter must be, : 1. England and France took ! similar attitudes, They encouraged, | as the United States is doing, boxing | in the camps, but shut down on the | prizefighting, Carpentier, the French | champion was recently Wounded on! the battle field. the DROP FIVE TONS OF | EXPLOSIVES | More Than 359 Air Expeditions Made | Behind German Lines. W vantage of tions allied a ington, April 15.—Taking ad- cellent weather condi-; ators made more than] thr hundred and fifty expeditions | over the enemy lines yesterday and} engaged in 120 comba oO al dis- patches reported today. Eight ene- my planes were reported downed and twenty-three driven down within | their own lines. hostile —bal-} loons were burned and five forced to] descend after being riddled with bul- lets. : Nearly one hundred thousand pounds of projectiles were dropped Five in the country.” According to the figures St. Louis foreign born comprises only 18 per cent of the population as compared with 33 per cent in Detro 34 in Cleveland, 35 in Chicago and 35 in Boston, The percentage of German born in St. Louis is 6.9, Chicago&, Cleveland 7. Detroit 8, Milwaukee 17, Buffalo to and Cincinnati 7, TO ARREST STATE G-A HEAD. A Warrant Issued for Dr, Weinsberg of St. Louis. St. Louis, Mo. April 13—A_ war- rant was issued this afternoon, under the federal espionage act, against Dr. Ireland 40 acres section 15 Spruce $2500.00. Volunteered for Service in the Army as Mechanics. CHICKEN coors 8 1.dD They are 24. inches long, 18 inches wide and 18 inches high. Made of good, solid lumber, and built with a double roof, first solid sheeting, then covered with rubber roofing. This makes a warm coop in The local board was notified by the adjutant general last week that the cotinty was expected to furnish five general mechanics for service in the national army. The board sent out a call for volunteers and four responded. They are: Ray Denning, Butler; Clyde Porter Goodrum, Fos- ter; John ‘Wright, Commerce, Okla- hilly weather, and the homa; and Dwight Shelton, Butler. Soule Toor iakics a-cool The fifth man, Wm. Goodrum, of Foster, was chosen from the draft coop in hot weather. They are well ventilat- ed, convenient doors. Detachable bottoms, that are easily cleaned. Don’t let your chickens drown, chill, or be killed by vermin after going to the expense and trouble >of hatching them. This is the description of only one of our several size coops. Call and in- spect them. You will be pleased with their con- list. They left Friday night for training schools for army mechanics where it is supposed that they will undergo a course of training as mo- tor mechanics. Lady School Board Members. Recently when two members of the school board of the Harmony school district, in. Shawnee township, re- signed County Superintendent of Schools A,‘ C. Moreland promptly ap- pointed two ladies, Mrs. C. A. Webb, and Mrs. Elmer Huff, to fill the va- cancy. The law permitting women to serve on school boards in Missouri went into effect last year and Mrs. Webb and Mrs. Huff have the honor of being the first ladies in the county to serve. in that capacity. i Charles H. Weinsberg of St. Louis, president of the Missouri branch of the German-American Alliance. The action was based on an alleged decla- ration by Doctor Weinsberg in a will end in six months with Germany as a victor. Assistant United States District Attorney White, who issued the war- rant, said he was proceeding under section 3 of the act which forbids the making of any statement with intent to create disloyalty or instubordina- tion in the military or naval forees of the United States. . Judge Owen County Food 3 Administrator. “Judge A. B. Owen, of this city, has been appointed Food Administrator of Bates county, vice J. E. Harper, who resigned on account of pressing private business. Mr. Harper has made a very efficient official, but in order to properly attend to the duties of the office it was necessary to de- vote several hours per day to it and it was impossible for him to spare the time from his business. ~The appointment of Judge Owens is a good one, as he possesses the necessary executive ability and ener- gy to make a first class official. There is no salary connected with the position and the duties are many and perplexing and will be more compli- cated from this time on. eggs have been alone since the regulation was put in ditions brought about an_ earlier hatching and laying period than an- ticipated, allowing the ban to be set. ing their birds to glutting the about heavy loss from, spoilage. prohibiting dealing in live or freshly killed hens between- February 11 and April ‘30 has been amended to end at night, April 19, a telegram from the United States Food Administration this morning announced. the market with the ending of the “closed season” on hens, as too many fowls on the niarket may result in food losses. sold gradually. Detter markets if they avoid glutting them. Universal marketing of fowls may react on prices as well as cause spoilage of dressel poultry. foom house. 26-2t on railway depots, t and canton- ments_back of the enemy lines, prin- cipally in the regions of Jussy, Roye. vesle and Noyon» Many fires and explosions resulted, + CHOPPING BLOCK FOR HENS Restrictions Against Their Sale Lift- ed by Food Administration. Washington, April 12.—Hens are to enjoy immunity from the chop- ping block only a week longer, as the Food Administration announced today that restrictions against their sale would be lifted April 20. . It is estimated that at least 3 1-4 million of hens capable of producing saved from New York, Chicago and Boston markets force on February 23. Weather con- raised ten days earlier than the time Farmers are warned against rush- market thereby market and bringing May Kill Hens After Friday. Columbia, Mo., April 13—The rule licensed dealers from mid- Farmers are warned not to glut Poultry stock should be Farmers will have Wanted. Married man for farm work. x A yeat’s job. «Address Drafts to be Made April. a6th and) and | men to be sent to Camp Funston,} RING BATTLE IS FROWNED ON} tle with Fred Fulton is pulled off for | prize-! House. =, Seed it approved by some member of mittee. : let us know. of which will be found in another OF TESTED , WE WILL OFFER FOR SALE IN BUTLER, MISSOURI, Saturday, Apr. 20 1000 BUSHELS OF TESTED ‘ SEED CORN If you have good Seed Corn for sale bring it along. .The only ,cost will be the charges for handling. If you use your own test, get Bates county has thousands of bushels of good Seed Corn that ought to be on the market at once. Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Kansas is very scarce. need good corn do not fail to attend this sale. . 10 BUSHELS FOR RED CROSS If you have a bushel you cap spare for the Red Cross please The sale will be held under the direction of the Seed Corn Com- mittee of the Butler Commercial Club and the Bates County Farmers’ ‘Association. If possible bring an exhibit of'your test, For approval of test see the Seed Corn Committeeman from your township, a list A. C. Rosier, Jesse E, Smith,) « L. W. Keele, Prof. Gorrell, Corn ON the Bates County Seed Corn Com- Seed corn in the north part of If you column, Committee. _ DOWN are many good JONES’ things. We call your attention to these few. Hotchkiss glass jar Strawberries, 35c or.. Hotchkiss glas jar Login Berries Cadet blackberries, 25c or....... Lee's Red Raspberries, 35c or... Summer Girl Blackberries, 30c or Lee’s Sliced Peaches, 35c or........ Lee's Sliced Pineapple .. Lee’s Cherries, 5 oz Bliss Cherry Preserves, 8 oz. bottle Summer Girl Black Raspberry Preserves, 14 oz Summer Girl Red Raspberry Preserves, 14 0z.. Summer Girl Strawberry Preserves Summer Girl Peach Preserves Marigold Apple Jelly, 14 oz . Pickwick Jellies, Blackberry, Quince and Grape, 6 oz 23 oz. Pure Strained Honey ..2 for 65¢ ..2 for 55¢ .2 for 45¢ .2 for 65¢ +2 for 35¢ ...2 for 65¢ + +30 15¢ 20¢ 3oc + +30C 3oc +. 30C ++ 15C 15c ++35C 30¢, or.. Buy a Lunch Basket Full of Union Leader Tobacco All Kinds of Fresh and Cured Meats JONES’ GROCERY PHONE 30° & MEAT MARKET ‘NORTH MAIN STREET . SS_ TONNAGE SENT TO EUROPE INCREASES . Twenty Per Cent ‘Gain Made in April—Will Go Still Higher. Washington, April 15.—An __ in- crease of 20 per cent in the amount of tonnage shipped across the At- lantic in March was gained through close co-operation of the ship con- trol committee, the shipping board and the war department in directing the movement of the traffic, Offi- cials confidently predicted today that the efficiency in © handling was growing and would mean a gain of 30 per cent in tonnage during April. The strength of the non-righting fleet which the United States has contributed to the aid of the allies became known today for the first time. A total of 390 vessels now are in the trans-Atlantic trade with a tonnage of 2,762,605. Of these 322 fly the American flag, while sixty- eight are chartered ships of neutral nationals.. The American, ships have a carrying capacity of 2,365,344 tons. Senate Again for $2.50 Wheat. Washington, April 12—In the con- troversy over increase of the govern- .ment minimum guarantee price for wheat to $2.50 per bushel, the Senate late today again recortled itself in favor of the increase. question now awaits the -The wheat vote of the South House. : & Representative Lever of Carolina, chairman of the House Ag- ticulture committee, conferred with President Wilson: late today and said afterward the Senate . amendment would be vigorously ‘opposed in the, Missouri a Banner ‘Corn State. Missouri grew more corn in 1917 than all the combined corn crops of 26 states—as much corn as all the total crops of Maine, New Hamp- shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Florida, Michigan, Wiscon- sin, North Dakota, Montana, Wyom- ing,eColorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Washington, and California, ~ Missouri was third in number. of bushels and valuation in 1917 corn, with 252,000,000 bushels, third only to Illinois and lowa.—Exchange, No Training Camp ‘Graduates,’ Washington, April 11.—There will be no graduates from the third and subsequent officers’ training camps, and the men given training will go back into their organizations as pri- vates and non-commissioned officers to await commissions as their ser- vices are needed, The men, trained, the War De- partment announced today, will wear. white: arm bands to distinguish them from their fellows. They will be known as eligible, and will be classi- fied according to the grades they made training: . Notice, — f Notice is hereby given to all. Per- sons having hedge along the public highways of Mt. Pleasant township to cut the hedge and’ burn the brush according to law. This the 17th day‘ of April, John Strange, Overseer... 1918,