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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
PUTS UP THE BARS
Government Places Livestock
Of Four Middle Western
States Under Quarantine.
CHICAGO STOCK YARDS HIT
Federal Agents Take Drastic Measure
to Stamp Out Foot and Mouth
Disease.

~Washington.-Federal quarantine tC
| check a dangerous outbreak of foot
and mouth disease among cattle in
the Middle West has been extended
by the department of agriculture to
include all Pennsylvania, Indiana
Michigan and Illinois, and virtually
placed Ohio under the same restric-
lions.
1t affects the Union stock yards of
Chicago, greatest cattle market of the
world, to the extent that no live cattle
may be shipped from there during the
duration of the quarantine, even to an
other infected area. Under the Off
cial Interpretation of the order, cattle
quarantine may be shipped to the Chi
cago yards, but they may leave there
only as dressed meat
Disease Spreads Rapidly.
This epidemic was not discovered
until October Is, when county quar-
antines were applied to check it. 1t
was found, however, that milk from
infected cattle had been sent to
diaries and the skim milk returned to
farmers and fed to hogs, transmitting
the disease. Hog shipments of that
character were sent to the Chicago
yards, and as sporadic cases of the
disease began to appear in various
sections of-the four states named, it's
origin was traced to stockers and
feeders sent out from the yards to be
fattened on farms.
Department officials say the disease
is so highly contagious that cattle
passing through pens and alleyways
where infected live stock have proceed
ed them acquire the infection. Drastic
measures in the way of cleansing and
all cars, pens and loading
docks have been ordered. So far, the
of cases. reported has been
comparatively small, but they are
scattered far apart, and since the Chi
cago yards form the hub of vast
wheel of cattle movements officials
ledI lHe OulDIedh IHdy NC WlucoPloo eau.
Kansas City Will Profit.
Kansas City.-The quarantine of the
Chicago stock yards because of the
prevalence of the foot and mouth dis
ease in northern Illinois and Indiana
will greatly increase the sales and re-
ceipts of cattle in the Kansas City
yards for time at least. That is the
consensus of opinion among operators
In the local market.
Idaho, Montana, Colorado and other
Western states, which have been send
ing cattle to Chicago, may be expected
to divert a larger part of their sales
to Kansas City.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
Sparrow Wrecks a raxl.cab.

sparrow Wrecks q Taxl-cAb.
A sparrow at Highham, near Glou-
cester. England. has been responsible
for q. serious taxicab accident. In
. ditch 2 feet deep were found .
wrecked taxi-cab and its dazed driver.
When able to speak the driver said
that all he could remember was re-
ceiving . severe blow in the eye.
Inquiries led to the discovery Of .
dead sparrow at the bottom Of the
steeringArm. and the only explanation
Of the accident 10 that the sparrow
dew into the drivers eye, rendee1ne
him insensfble, with tho result tAax
T. cab Uwefve1 ard EaA inte -.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
Killed Illinois Stock.

De Kalb, nl-Government repre-
sentatives have killed fifty.nine cat
Tie 300 sheep and 100 hogs. some Of
which were infected with the foot
and mouth disease, on the farm Of
George Dauburman. at Kanesville.
This IL the first case reported in Illi-
nois.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
Masked Bandits Rob. Hotel.

Sapulpa, Ok.-Two masked bandits
held up hotel in Sepulpa, ripped out
the telephones, took all the money in
sight, $3.50, and escaped on horseback.
A posse in automobiles searched the
CITY. but found no trace of the robbers.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
Saw okIahoman Had Three Wives,

Say OkIahoman Had Three Wives.
I Ardmore, Ok.-James Sugar was
bound over to the district court by
County Judge Freeman on a charge of
bigamy, having three wives without
any divorce. Two Of the women APP
peared In court against him.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
Gen. Chaffee Dies,

Los Angeles.-Lieut. Gen. Adna r.
Chaffee is dead here of typhoid pneu-
monia Gen. Chaffee was born in Or
we'll, Ohio, In 1872 He joined the
army as q private in 1861.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
Asks America for Relief,

VONo VusSssSA w "SUSss
London.-Albert, King Of the Bel
gians, has asked the American people,
through the American commission for
relief in Belgium, to help feed his
starving people during the coming WIN
ter.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
Big Shipment Of Canned Goods.

San Francisco.-1n three months
past Pacific Coast exports Of canned
fruits have been 7S9.093 cans. fifteen
times a. much % In the same time
last year, and Of salmon 596.SS7 cans,
nearly twice ~ much ~ year ago.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
Italian Cabinet Reslans,

New York.-A message from Rome
to the Tribune says that the cabinet
has resigned. and adds that the new
cabinet probably will at once decide
that 1t is time for Italy to join the
Allies
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-11-05
CHOOSE new CHIEF
Mexican Peace Conference
Elects EuIalio Gutierrez
Provisional President.
TO MEET LATER IN CAPITAL
Washington Undecided as to Recogni.
ton Of Conventions choice-Bel.
gian Minister Gets Passports.

Mexico City.-A dispatch receiv ed
here from Aguas Calientes says that
General Sulalio Gutierrez has been
elected provisional president of Mex
leo. The election is for period OF
twenty days only. The Aguas Cali
entes convention voted to meet in
Mexico City later.
General Gutierrez has been promi.
nently identified with the Mexican rev.
dictionary movement that resulted in
the expulsion of General Huerta from
the republic. HIS is close friend of
General Carranza and rose with Car
rama against Huerta in Carranzas ma
tive state of Coahuila.
The new provisional president comes
from the lower middle class. He for
merly was grower.
The convention did not end until
after midnight. Gutierrez received
lightweight votes. His nearest COM
petitor was General Juan Cabral, the
Sonora commander, for whom thirty
Of the delegates voted.
General Gutierrez is known through
out the Constituencies army as the
Tiger of Conception Deloro, from the
little town between Saltillo and San
Luis Potosi, where he made his home.
u. s. Still Undecided.
Government officials were keenly in
terested in the announcement that
Eulalio Gutierrez had been chosen pro-
visional president of Mexico by the
convention at Aguas Calientes. While
the attitude of Carranza toward the
conventions action was a matter of
some doubt they we're still confident
that civil war would be averted and a
compromise effected Recognition so
far as the United States is concerned
tons on the provisional president Sc
lected.
A New War Cloud.
Mexico City.-Paul May, Belgian
minister to Mexico, has been handed
his passports by Minister of Foreign
Affairs Fabella. Senior Fabella de-
clared he was compelled to take this
course because of certain aggressive
and disrespectful notes directed to
the Mexican government by the Bel
gian representative.
The minister of foreign affairs
would say nothing regarding the ma
ture of the correspondence. but it is
believed that the notes referred to
the operation by the Mexican govern
ment of the property of the Mexico
Tramways Company.
The tramways company is capital
lied at $G0,000,000 in gold and large
percentage of the stock is held by
Belgian capitalists. The Mexican gov
eminent took over the property on
October u, after the employees of the
road had struck demanding an in
crease in pay. 1t was understood at
the time that the roads would be
operated by the government for fif
teen days. but the government says a
much longer period will be necessary
before an adjustment can be accurate
ly made.
Belgian capital to the extent of $780,
000,0 also is interested because of
concessions given during the
regime.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-01-14
Consolidated Aug. 3, 1873.
s51. sUMTER s. c WEDNEsDAV 5aNnAPv M 7o74
WILL SUE SUGAR TRUST.
RUPTURE OF NEGOTIATIONS
WITH McREYNOLDS SUD-
DEN.
Unless Company Yields. Department
Of Justice Will Press Casc-HOpcs
OF Peaceful Settlement Slim.

Washington, Jan 9.-Negotiations
between the American Sugar Refining
company and the department OF JUS
tice have come to an abrupt halt, and
unless the socalled trust agrees to
meet demands for a reorganization,
the pending suit to dissolve it under
the Sherman antitrust act will be
pressed with vigor.
For the past week officials have
been hopeful that recent conferences
between Attorney General Mercy
nolds and Snowden Marshall, United
States district attorney at New York,
would result in a peaceful settlement
of the suit filed more than three years
ago. This hope was shattered VIII N
word today came from New YORK
that the negotiations had failed. EX-
act points which failed of adjustment
were not made pubic.
Although the department can do
nothing now except continue its pros
ccution, II is not denied that an about
face 10y the sugar company and de-
sire to meet government require
ments probably would lead to re-
opening Of negotiations.
In the bill filed against the socalled
trust the government held that it con-
trolled about ~ per cent OF the coun-
try's output of refined sugar, exclu-
sive of the beet sugar product, and
that it's percentage of the beet sugar
production was about Ga per cent OF
the total. The bill asked that the
American company, the National
Sugar Refining company OF New Jer-
sey and the Great Western Sugar
company be found unlawful monop-
olies and that the community Of stock
interest held to exist between them
be broken and enjoined.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-01-14
SOUTHERN TRUSTEES TO QUIT.
Morgan and Others Wish to Dissolve
NOriHS Trust Formed i'm 1902.

New York, Jan. 9.-Rumors cur
rent today that the Southern railway
voting trust soon is TO be dissolved
We're characterized in official quar-
ters as at least premature. A majority
of both classes Of Southern railway
stocks has been held by the trustees
j. =. Morgan, Geo. +. Baker and
Charles Laner-ever since the COM
rany's reorganization in 1902. Efforts
to terminate the uust were made sev-
eral years later, but these were sue
cessfully opposed by the important
Interests Since then the trustees sew
eral times have made known their de-
sire to retire, but have remGined at
the request of the interests which
voted their retention in 1907.
1t is known that the Morgan inter-
Csts and those allied with them re-
Gently have contemplated an early
Giss olution of the trust. and negotia-
tio n* to that end are understood TO
be in progress. The trustees feel that
ihelr mission has been accomplished
;dl1 that no reason nov exists for the
continuance OF the trusteeship. More
over, the termination OF the trust is
known TO he in keeping with the new
policy Of j. 7. Morgan q Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-01-14
SEES SISTER STOLEN.
Child. Bound, Watches Men Kihnap
Girl.

Baltimore, Jan. 9.-While bound to
bedpost in her home in East Balti-
more, Il years old Rosie Ranko saw
three men drug and kidnap her IL
year-old sister. Tinka Ranko, she saws.
and steal, $l.450, her fathers savings
of lifetime. Rosie was gagged to
prevent her crying out.
Several hours after the men had
left, Rosic's father found her. Ranko
said the kidnapcrs were Peter, Eli
and Spiro de Metro of Philadelphia.
This story was told today to Police
Magistrate Smith, who issued war
rants for the arrest of the men
named.
All the parties are gypsies and the
AFFAIR is reported to have occurred last
Thursday night. The father made ap-
plication to the police when he failed
to find his daughter in the gypsy set
Element here.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-01-14

IIuCrta Won't Resign Bat Nav
Shake up His Cabinet to Please
America.

Mexico City, Jan. 9.-Presdent
Huerta, it now is said, will not resign
but is willing to rearrange the per-
sonnel Of his cabinet or make almost
any concession calculated to improve
relations between Mexico and the
United States.
This is the latest report brought
from the presidents Office, and it is
said to have been President Huertas
intimation to Archbishop Mora and
others who have tried to induce him
to eliminate himself from the situa-
ton. Many persons, however, famil-
lar with the idiosyncracies Of the
president, declare his resignation at
any time would be no surprise to
them.
The announcement that American
Charge O'Shaughnessy would 3eturn
to the capital from Vera Cruz tomor-
row and the fact that he has had
long conversations with John Lind
have given rise to Il rumor that a
new message from President Wilson
~ to be delivered to President
Huerta.
Alarme" by the disappearance Of
gold coin, President Huerta has
agreed to issue a decree prohibiting
bankers from placing in circulation
any gold coin. For months gold has
been selling in limited quantities at
Il high premium. Despite the law
against the expectation Of both gold
and silver, large quantities have been
smuggled from tie country.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-01-14
FLAGNiH lVEhTS DISASTER,
STOPS DIXIE FLYER JUST BE-
HIND WRECK.
Boy and Two Negroes Lose Lives
in Crash on Georgia Southern &
Florida.

Macon, Ga, Jan. 9-Three lives
were lost and more than 255 persons
injured, six Of whom are seriously
hurt, in a wreck Of passenger train
SO. 3, on the Georgia Southern 6,
Florida railroad, 60 miles south Of
Macon this morning at 232 o'clock.
Trailing in the wake Of the wreck
ed train was the famous Dixie Flyer,
the Chicago-Jacksonvi train, south
bound, and doable disaster was only
averted ~ a heroic flaglnan.
The scene OF the wreck was on Gum
creek trestl After the locomotive
and bagga lrs passed over a brok-
en- rail, day coach appeared TO
nave J lifted skyward and thrown
over . embankment and heavy
Pr eS Il ploughed into the rear Of it.
.ly behind this came the private
=. OF Vice President ]. Z. Munson
, the Georgia Southern & Florida,
and this too, was carried down the
20-fcOt embankment into the swamp.
Pullman sleepers behind were only de-
rallied.
Above the cries Of the injured and
panic stricken passengers came the
shouts of Flagman T. CT. Warner Of
Macon, himself badly wounded
Lookout, the Dixie Flyer is right
behind us he shouted. Help me
out and I'll stop her.
7. y. Pearson, travelling representa-
tive of the Macon Telegraph, helped
Warner out of the telescoped day
coach and Warner, with blood stream
ing from his many wounds and one
arm crippled, ran back on the track
and placed fuses and stood there with
his lantern to signal the flyer TO stop.
He reached the place just in time,
passengers say.
Mr.. Munson personally directed the
removal of the injured, all Of whom
were taken to a Cordele hospital,
some being transferred TO Macon to-
night. The track will be blocked for
arother i2A hours and al, through.
trains are being detoured.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-01-14
DROPS FROM AIRCRAFT.
Parachute Arrangements Tested by
Young Woman.

Los Angeles. Cal. Jan. 9.-One of
two women passengers today. carried
today by Glenn Martin, the aNiatOr
stepped from his machine when it
W;# so feet i'm the air. Shc reached
the ground safely and demonstrated
t" Martins satisfaction the practical
hiIity of Il new aerial life prcscrVer.
RroadWick, fall - feet lik" Il shot.
Then a parachute attachment ON hcr
shoulders unluldcd and she descend
ed gradually and with mo apparent
effort at balance.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-01-14
HORSES BURNED vt CLEMSON
Nineteen Animals Perish While
Twelve Carriages and Buggics Are
Destroyed by Flames.

Clemson College. Jan. S.-Ninetecn
horses. II carriages and buggies, an
automobile with a supply of food
stuffs and harness were destroyed here
this morning at 1925 o'clock when
CroWtherS was burned. The loss is
estimated at $4,000 with no insur-
ancc. The flames ate up the building
in fast time although the Clemson col
leSc cadets were bdsy with the hose.
y negro sleeping in the building
barely escaped with his life.
The building was practically new,
taking the place Of Il stable burned
ON the same spot two years ago.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-01-14
REQUISITION REFUSED.
Georgia Man Charged With Larceny
Turned LCCsc

Columbia, Jan 9.-It is understood
that Gov. Bleasc refused to honor
rcqulSition papers from Governor
Slaton, of Georgia. this afternoon, for
f.. NJ. Grubbs, charged with horse
stealing. or simple larceny under
Georgia laws.
Grubbs was arrested at Ellenton
ana was taken to Aiken. His release
was ordered this afternoon it is stat
ed
Charles Carroll Simms candidate
Tor governor, appeared for Grubbs
Mr.. SimmS stated that Grubbs was a
cotton mill boy and rented the horse
and buggy Christmas Eve from a
liNcrNman in Augusta, with the under
standing that if he used it LONGER than
It certain period II" MAS to pay foe
the difference. H., started To Parn-
well, his old home. said Mr.. SinmS
ANA was arrested en- route and charged
with horse stealing
Mr.. SimmS appcIlcd To- Governor
Rl"as" and stated this Afternoon that
tn" request not to honor the rcuuiYi-
tiou had been granted and that the"
hoy IS rcl"as" h9d been ordered
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-01-14
TO WAE ON BOIL WEEVIL.
Georgia CottOnSccd Crllslicrs Plan
Campaign.

Atlanta, Jan. "a systematic cam
paign against the boil weevil in which
1t IS planned To cnlict the coopera-
ton Of planters, dealers. manufacture
ers and others who are directly inter-
csted in the cotton industry today was
launched at meeting here { the
CottonSeed CrusherS' association of
Georgia. More than 100 members uf
'hc association and many planters
from throughout the State were pres
cnt at the meeting.
Members were appointed from mo
association to the joint rommit,c.
which is to be in charge of the cam
paisn. This committee is To he COM
pleted by appointments from the
Georgia Chamber Of Commerce and
the Georgia Farmers union. Repre-
SentatirrS IF the state department of
agriculture ais" viii be asked 10 CO.
operate with The committee
Resolutions adopted AT the meeting
lod"> ur-rd as steps towards thc Grad
icHti"n Of TN" holl weeNil. introduc-
ton "i desirable seed Tor planting.
o'sa, m.nau"n 90 information with
use "i hiGh Sradr fertilizers and other
agencies 1" bring cotton to maturity
'1i"rc 'he h"ll Wee>il Develops
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-01-14
RACE WAR IN AFRICA.


Cape Town, South Africa, Jan. 10.
-Forty-three natives were killed anu
Injured and twelve Europeans were
badly hurt in a fierce battle today at
Jagcrsfontein between railway strik
ers and their sympathiZers and whites.
The natives, heavily armed, broke
from their compound and attack ed
the whites. There has been heavy
property loss and reign of terro!
prevails.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-01-14
HEbERT BARES HIS SIDE.
CASE GOES, TO JURY AND WEIR.
DICT IS EXPECTED SATUR-
DAY.
Says That out of Commissions He Did
not Get but $4,000 i'm Cash-Gayc
up Rest of $4,000 to HIS Assistants
-EXplains his Work.

Columbia, Jan. 9.-The case of c.
j. Hebert, charged with conspiracy
and obtaining money under false pre-
tences in connection with the affairs
of the defunct Seminole Securities
Company, was given TO the jury at
$50 this afternoon. The judge in
structed the jury to return q sealed
verdict, which will be read tomorrow
morning if the jury can agree
He was the sole witness for the de-
fence. Hebert explained in detail the
transactions leading up to and in
Guiding the sale of the stock his
commissions and all matters pertain
ing to the two companies about which
he was asked on the stand. He
claimed that of the s97,050 he rcceiv-
cd in commissions for negotiating the
sale, he got only a little over $6,-
600 in cash
Hebert denied that he had any
agreement with w. 4. Clark, OF Co.
lumbia, trustee Of the Seminole Com
pany, and John y. Darlington, its
president, as to commissions he was
to receive. He said the deal made was
clean and above board.
He explained the proposition made
through him TO the Seminole Com
rany for the sale of controlling inter-
est in the Southern Life Insurance
Company, Of Greensboro, y. c. One
hundred thousand dollars of the stock
was to be sold for 100000, or two
for one; $4,000 Of the stock at 125,
and the remainder, tC the amount Of
100000 in stock, at 3 for l.
He was questioned by r. II. Welch,
his counsel, as TO the financial condi-
tion Of the Southern Life and said that
the statement thereon Of the insur-
ance commissioner Of North Carolina
was submitted to the directors of the
Seminole, and that he himself
made no other statement thereon
se,&aept data called for. He denied con-
cealing his identity before the board
of directors and said he read the prop
OsitiOn Of the Southern Life to the
Seminole directors, and that DR..
league was present and read the let
ter containing the proposition submit
ted.
AS to his commissions Hebcrt said
he gave OF the approximately $12,500
he received in cash, $4,000 to two
men who were assisting him, netting
him $1,000 in cash. That he was
given certificates Of deposit to the
amount of $4,000, and that later
when the Seminole was being inVcsti-
gated and he sought to have this pa
per discounted he got only $4,000 net.
so that he received only $500 in
cash altogether. he said The re-
mainder Of the $97, 800 he got in notes
which he Il year ago turned over to
the receivers of the Seminole Securi-
ties Company, and he had realized
nothing on the notes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-01-14
PRESIDENTS VACATION ENDS
Gives Farewell Reception 10 Friends
in Pass Christian.

Pass Christian, Jan. 1O.-President
and Mrs. Wilson rendered a farewell
reception to the towns people at the
winter White House" last night.
This was the only distiCtivc social af-
fair Of the presidents vacation. The
presidential party leaves tomorrow
night for Washington. Numerous in
vitations from southern cities have
been rcgrctfully declined.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-01-14
INVESTIGATE ATLANTA PRISON


Washington. Jan. 12.-Dr. Nickel
way, detailed To investigate charges
against the federal prison at At
lanta, arrived at the department of
justice this morning. He made Il
verbal report. which will be made in
writing this afternoon. Its purport
Is unknown, but it is learned that
Congressman Howard is displeascd at
its tenor. Howard will insist on a
congressional probe.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-01-14

who would have done So under other
conditions from importing Il few good
beef cattle and beginning breeding ON
"a reasonable scale. Clemson college.
through the demonstration depart
mcnt, headed lay Prof. W. w. Long, is
bending earnest efforts To incrcasine
the raising of live stock i'm South car
olina. but it is not doing any live stock
work at present, except in the coun-
Ties which have been freed of the fever
uck. realizing that labor expended to-
ward this end would he half wasted
since the industry can never thrive
uI "a UCk-ridcu section
Those who are experienced i'm tick
graduation work prepare To be unani-
m"uSly ot tn" opiuion that the most
important and necessary tool is cu-op-
Grafton. II Will Ice necessary for all the
S'"'N owners ut - section To- set 80
H"thcr aud ~tH> together "u the uuos.-
t'"n, "r vcrv littlc can Lc accumpliSh-
eel. IT half The men iu Il county d"
not frc" their cattle of tick il is point
"d out TN" cartlc IT their uci.hbora.
o." matter how many times the tick is.
driven "ut VIII ,onlinually hc rein
lcCted.