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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-10-11
NO TENEMGS CULPA.
NJ MIEDO.
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eSLauO Gle guerra, pteISAt"ii
do, contra toda la Verdad, &C
tos de hostilidad cOmetldos
pOr aviadores franceses en- te-
rritorio aleman, en- la region
del Eiffel y aun en- ell ferroca-
rTil de Calsuhe a Nuremberg.
He aqui la carta que me ha
remitido sObre la question:
"Senor presidente:
Las autoridades administra-
twas Y militares alemanes han
registrado cierto numero de
actos de hOstilidad cometidOs
eli terrritOrio aleman pOr avla-
dores militares franceSes. Al
gunos de estOs ultimOS han
violadO embellishments la
neutraIidad de Belgica, vo-
lando sObre el territOriO de
ese pals. Otro ha intentado
destruir las CONSTRUCTORS GER
ca de Vessel; OtrOs han sid0
vistos en- la region del Elffel
' OtrO ha lanzado bOmbaS en-
Ia Inca ferrea, cercG de
Carlsruhe Y de Nuremberg.
TengO el encargo Y el honor
de cOmunicar a Vuestra EX-
celencia que, en- presencia de
tales agresioneS al lmperio
aIeman, Sc considera en- esta-
dc de guerra con Francia.
Tengo, al propio tempo,
eI honor de poner en- conoci-
mient0 de Vuestra EXcelencia
lue las aU.oridades alemanaS
,atendran q los buques mer-
cantes franccseS surtoS en-
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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-10-11

destino para seguir siendo QUITO
ties; bora es va de que Unite a
Sancho.
CARLOS MARTINEZ ANDREA
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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-10-11

VENDESE IN elegant buggy, 4 per-
soma, por $1,000 cost6 $3.50 A. 6.
Zepeda, COZ Lopez St.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1914-10-11

Sc VENDE oo,., ,9 tes,, s'9 % o 5acso -
una casa de dos pisos bi-n yrnUiada. nueNa y mo-
derna. IieHe luz ~sl5ctrica y ba.o. coGeeciJn &c
gas. tuberia. te!Gfono y corredor. Toda alambrads.
Terccra parte al contsGo , 81 rcsco meRsGal
mcnte. como renta.
Dirijase a A. $. FLORES. No;ario PGbEco
l3 Gallon STREET
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F.-s1ss is peiiLos ac0mpanaGos
.es- .1pC-te a
TCNACE0 =. LOZANO.
Coz noIo-osa St---San Antonio, Tex.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-08-12
WESTON

WESTON. Aug. 1.-Two Hungari-
an walkers, James Singer and John
Kiss. were. here yesterday on their
way from New York to San Francisco.
They started from New York June IA,
and are due in San Francisco Febru-
airy 90. il they win $4,000 prize
which is offered them IL they COM
plete the journey in that time. They
started with three cents and were ac-
companied by black shepherd dog.
Company A. of the national guard,
Of this city, left today for Camp Cad
dell on the Cheat river, where the an
nual encampment of the West Vir-
ginia National Guards will be held
from August IL to %. 1t went on a
special train bearing the Sutton ana
Buckhannon companies, and was
Joined at Clarksburg. by the company
there.
An examination for the teachers
of the city schools was held Monday
and Tuesday at the High school
building The schools will open
September 8. Many Improvements
have been made this summer about
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lager and leading lady. The leading
man will be l.. Monta Bell.

+sss
No title for Leo DItrichstein's new
play from the Hungarian, in which
he will open at the Belasco, theater.
New York, in the fall, has yet been
announced.
Guy Bates Post, who was injured
by fall while playing in Omar
the Tent Maker" in Los Angeles,
may have to undergo an operation
and will not be able to play again
for several months.
John Bunny. who in the moving
picture field is popular comic idol,
is to return to the regular stage
and make world tour at the head
of big company OF entertainers OF
L. c. Wiswell and George Sidney.
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coar1rssrorrn,s Nvr1cr.,
THOMAS T. LTNviLLE.


VS.. In Chancery.
JOHN II. LINVILLE, EFT AL.
To Thomas T. Linville. John r. Lin
willie, Benjamin F. Linyille, Orlando IL.
LInyllle. George W. Linville, Charles w
Llnvlile. VIII =. Morris. Guardian al
litum OF Orlando X. Linville. an iiisara
nerson. and Of Ard.e Talkington. an ifis
FAINT. Zelma Talkington, an infant, HoWs
ard Talkington, an infant, Ada TaIlkinR-
ton, an infant. and Fora Taikington. IA
infant: F77l7
You and each of you are hereby ncfis
led that. the undersigned Commissioners
appointed by q decree OF the Cteruit
Court of Harrison County. West Nirs
ginia, made and entered into on the 18th
day of Niay. 1914. will. on the 18th day
CT August, 1914. go upon the lind mem
toned in said decree and will proceed 10.
partition same as set forth therein, a..
which time you and each OF you innyi
c. A. OSBORN,
A. L. H,rstead.
FILLMORE HAGGERTY. ~
Commissioners
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Detroit at Cleveland.
Washington at Philadelphia.
New York at Boston. :. :. -.
Chicago at st. Louis.
FEDERAL LEAGUE
Pittsburg at Chicago.
Brooklyn at st. Louis.
Buffalo at Indianapolis.
Lord Kitchener. the British consul
general for Egypt. purposes to con-
struct a comprehensive scheme of
in the delta of the Nile.
Eventually about 100000 acres win
be reclaimed
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-08-12

Chicago. ..... 600 600 ooo-o 8 2
Batteries: Seaton and Land. Hen
dirk and and Block.
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FEDERAL LEAGUE.
GAMES TODAY
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Cincinnati at Boston.
Chicago at Brooklyn.
st. Louis at New York.
Pittsburg at Philadelphia.
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THE THEATERs

THE Great Stroke" a five part
World" special feature, is the big
attraction today at the Orpheum the
alter. The play gives dandy plot.
showing a gang Of crooks who try to
secure possession Of box OF jewels.
and how, after an exciting chase,
capture was made by a keen detec-
tive. Don't miss this feature. It
will thrill. and is the kind you like.
The latest Mutual Weekly is also
shown.
Tomorrow is Mutual Girl day. The
twenty-eighth reel will be shown. and
as usual Norma Phillips will have
the lead. Ed. Coxen and Winifred
Greenwood will also be seen in high
class American. society drama called
The Broken Barrier" in two parts.
a millionaire cab driver is some
what novelty. Therefore the Selig
Polyscope Company is going to incor-
poratai a lively one in a film story.
The cab will convey a bunch of nota-
bles before the eyes Of the audience.
which will will be perplexed and puz-
zled to discover who's who and
what's what before the picture ends.
Director Thomas Santschi is put
ting on vivid drama which involves
a ship afire at sea. Bessie Hyton is
the lead in the thriller.
The odeon is showing Kalem en-
titled Wanted, an HER,. featuring.
Ruth Roland, Marshall Nielan and
John Brennan. how the millionaire
learns which of his relatives is
worthy of becoming his heir makes
this a laugh clear through), splen-
did two-part Selig feature entitled
Me and Bill" a big laughing COM
edy, and the latest Pathe Weekly. No.
AZ. showing all the latest events, in
Guiding the Elks' parade and conven-
tion in Denver, Colo. Friday THE
Million Dollar Mystery" Episode. No.
n, will be shown.
Robert Mantell's season in classic
plays under the direction Of William
A. Brady is to open in Atlantic City
early in October. The tour thence
proceeds to the principal cities of
Canada, New England and the Mid
die West. Mr.. Mantell will not visit
the Pacific coast this season.
So
Too Many Cooks" after having
been played for nearly 200 times in
New York, will have runs of at least
ten weeks each in Chicago, Boston
and Philadelphia. The five companies
which are to tour the various states
and Canada in this comedy, have
nearly completed their rehearsals.
The complete company to open the
regular season of William A. Brady's
playhouse in New York in the new
comedy, Sylvia Runs Away" con-
sists of Alice Brady. Geraldine
.O'Brien, Ned A. Sparks, Elmer Bootn,
Sidney Macy, Lowell Sherman,
Howard Pell Trenton, Albert Moore.
Charles Lothian, Charles Homer and,
Tom Mcmahon.
"John Halifax. Gentleman" a
famous novel of the last generation,
is to be dramatized.
Geraldine Farrar, the operate eng
err, who has been very i'll in Italy, is
recovering.
Henrietta Crosman is considering
going into vaudeville with a one
word-one-act playlet, by Frank c.
Egan, of Los Angeles.
Beerbohm Tree is going to produce
in London Louis n. Parkers play,
Drake" which is particularly appro-
pirate on account of its military char
acter and its great sea fight in the
story.
Alexandria. Va. has stock COM
pany with Bertha Matthews as man
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Brooklyn. 600 o2o 'o1o-s 5 o
Chicago. 80. 001 1913 000-5 12 2
Observation-Disclosures and Land.
johnson and Block.
Buffalo hA. .'..s 1000 600 2O1 o2O65 & s i i
Kansas City. 900 2O1 Ooo-3 6 3
Batteries: Schultz and Allen.
Stone. Adams and Brown.
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the high school property on Court
avenue. The colored school proper
ty on Center avenue has received az
general ovelShauling. The building
has been enlarged and remodeled
adding greatly to its usefulness and
appearance.
Word has been received from
Charleston that Prof. l.. o. Wilson,,
of this city. who is attending the
state convention of the colored
Knights of Pythias lodge at Charles
ton, was stricken with cart trouble
and was in a dangerous condition for
some time.
A reunion of the Woofter family
is to be held Sunday at the home Of
Uncle Perry Woofter near Church.
Vile. Their are said to be only two
persons outside Of this county bear
ing the name Of Woofter. and they
were originally from this community
| Jackson Wilson has returned from
Webster Springs, where he spent q
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. G. Heavier went
to Webster Springs Monday
Mrs. Olive Chidester and daughter
Miss Lucy Morris, will leave this
week for Redkey, nd. totifit reias
tives. q
Mrs. John Talbot and children, 6f
Bellaire. o.. are visiting relatives
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morton Hinzman
went to Grafton, Monday to locate
Mr.. Hinzman has a position with the
Consolidated Telephone Company In.
that city. q
Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson, aged 6sS.S
died at her home on. Stone Lick sat-
urday after an illness Of typhoid
fever. Funeral services were conE
Quoted at the home Sunday afternoon
and interment took place at Browns
Vile The funeral service was COM
Quoted by the Rev. Mr.. Strader. y
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-08-12

John NJ. Lippmann. author or
Martha Blythe Day." which will be
May Robinson's starring vehicle this
season, was for ten years private sec
rotary for Miss Helen Gould. Miss
Lippmann's literary output has COW
cred period OF several years.
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FILMoRE H.zdGERrY. u
Commissioners.
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.

First Fl a, Fsm se.... :. :; :;
Chicago. 100. 900 o1O 1o+-2 4 2
Cleveland. -. 600 900 1000 6 4
Batteries: Mitchell. Collamore and
o'Neil. Wolfgapg and Mayer.
Second game
Cleveland. -. 900 600 1000 3 2
Chicago. -. 100 O1O 0Os-2 3 o
Batteries: Morton. Coumbe and
Egan. Cicotte and schalk.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-08-12
BASEBALL In
- A NUTSHELL
YESTERDAYS RESULTS
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

At Philadelphia R.H.B.
Pittsburg: =. o1S 900 ooo-4 10 o
Philadelphia. O02 900 O3+-5 IL Il
Batteries: o'Toole, Councilman and.
Gibson, Alexander and Killifer.
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FEDERAL LEAGUE.

At St. Louis R.H.E.
Pittsburg. /. 900 900 110-2 8 i
st. Louis. /. 01O 2O1 O0s-4 10 L
Batteries: Barger and Berry:
Brown and Simon.
First game
At indianapolis R.H.E.
indianapolis. 3O1 900 12s-4 IL 4
Batteries: Quinn and Jacklitsch.
Kaiserling and Rariden.
Second game
Baltimore, -. 2o1 o1o o1o-5 S 2
indianapolis. 200 900 O20-4 8 S
Batteries: Connolly. Suggs and
Russell. Billiard, McConnaughey
and Warren.
First game
At Chica GO r. H. e.
Brooklyn. -. 900 600 o 11-2 s 6,
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At New York R.HB.
St. Louis. ........ 012 o0-3 i .
New York. ........ OIL 90 A 4
Called at end of fifth inning; rain.
Batteries: Doak. Greiner and Sny-
der. Mathewson. Denmaree and
Meyers.
At Brooklyn RHE
Chicago. ..... 200 900 600 8 8
Brooklyn. -. 900 21o 00*-3 8 6
Batteries: Humphries, Vaughn
and Bresnahan and Archer. Ragon
and Miller.
cia Ss ass5en- odoooooooooooRR: II z :
Boston. -. OOOOOo0OOOOoo-o S 2
Called end of thirteenth inning
darkness.
Batteries: Ames and Clark. Tyler
and Gowdy.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23
Row at Rich Hill

A painter of the name of Smith
who has been in the employ Of Hupp
&: Son for several weeks was so badly
beaten in fight with some unknown
parties at Rich Hill Monday evening
that grave fears are entertained. for
his recovery. He has lain uncon-
scious since Monday and it is feared
he will never regain consciousness.
The fracas took place in the Steuck
Saloon according to report, and sew
eral men are alleged. to have taken
part in the fight.
William Deacon, Allen wss NJ.
restedand brought to Butler Wednes-
day charged with completely in the
affair.
Smith home is in Jacksonville.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23

It is expected in Jefferson City that
something will "break" in the stone
controversy between the Capitol
Building Commission and Contractor
Gill by the middle of next month. X.
F. Gill, managing director of the con-
tracing company, is not there, but
David T. Aronberg, his manager, con-
ferred Thursday with former Judge
w. M. Williams Of Boonville, who
was here on Supreme Court business.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23

About four years ago Mrs. Chas.
Jones accidently dropped quart bot
tie of cream in we'll at her home
north of town. Recently they were
compelled to clean the we'll out and
took out the bottle of cream that had
been there for four years. Upon
examination it was found that the
bottle was partly full of the purest of
butter. What caused the change we
are not able to tell. Queen City
Leader.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23
Real Estate Transfers

W A LETTERS to S J Henville lots
Is, IA, Is blk Is Rockville -.
Al Boatright to w F Young und
q int 1872 secs II, q Rock
vile ...................
Ed H Rapps to w H Rapps lots
80, 81, 81, So blk 9 Papinville..
+ w Silvers to C A Sleeth pit
blk 9 Butler. ..................
CT Sells to F Y Orear 80 a sec
II, IA Charlotte ...............
Mary A Marstellar to G. J Mar
stellar lot Z blk l Atkisons add
Butler ............
I ! Jsnkin1 n f 4 PAXTON, blk IS
lsSs blie j, IcUU II u 7sS5lr N Amofet III /,
~ Jenkins to J w Payton blk 2
Am0ret ............
F Y Orear etal to F A Arfman
80 a sec II, IA Charlotte 49,.
F A Arfman to w D Yates lot 16
blk 10 w Side add Butler. 49,. 1C
NJ Mudd to J w Fuller 10 a sec
20 East Boone ................ 4
C B Lane to A r Dix lots 3, 4, pit
lots l, 2 blk 20 Rockville 80.
H E Sheppard "a John McComb
40 q sec % Osage ~. ....... II
] W Higgins to Ida Mcbride lot
9 hlk 70 Rich Hill
B w Hale to is Crozier l60 a SC
"a East Boone. ..'.............. Sc
w F Parman to H G Raney 1853 q
sec 81 West Boone ..... ...... 15$
BIC Pigg to Nellie Valentine trct
sec q Mt Pleasant ............ 10
Daisy s Mahan to DeWittWhigh
lots 70, n Adrian \. ........... II
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23
: Four Warrensburp men, c.

Four Warrensburg men, c. A.
Harrison, c. D. Middleton, ]. Ed
Ridge and James B. Millar, have pur-
chased the Knobnoster Brick and Tile
Works for $4,000. The plant, one
of the largest in the State, has 1876
acres Of coal land. II is a large ship
per of brick and tile to Kansas City
and St. Louis.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23

For committing street hold-up, lin
which he obtained s., a jury in the
criminal court At Springfield, assessed
Thomas Kilbride's punishment at IL
years in the State Penitentiary.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23

The Ozark State Trust Company,
organized in Springfield six months
ago, has obtained the approval of the
State Banking Commissioner of an
increase in capital stock from 500. 600
to $500, 600. The stockholders will
vote on the increase June 10. The
company will have the largest capital
of any financial institution in this part
of the State.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23
General News of the Week

j. Parker Whitney, younger son
of an old and wealthy California
family. pleaded guilty to charge
brought against him under the Mann
act by Genevieve Hannah of New
York and was fined 81, 500 by United
States Judge Dooling.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23

The Chinese team from Hawaii de-
feated the Kemper Military School in
a hard-fought game of base ball at
Boonville on Kemper's new athletic
field April Is, by a score Of 8 to 8.
This makes twenty-six out OF thirty
four games the Chinese have won so
farm universities in this country.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23

Contracts for the construction OF
three roads in the Columbia Special
Road District were let April is to j.
D. Lyon. His bid was $l9, 4l4.8 80, or
about 81, 800 mile. The three roads
made up little more than seven
miles
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23

to Germany's desire to counteract the
effect of Col. Roosevelt's presence
there. He adds that the raising of
the United States Legation in Argen-
tina to the rank Of an embassy is
another episode in American and
German rivalry. eS4 4,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23

C. C. Starr, farmer living nine
miles south of Dexter, was shot from
ambush Sunday night. He had
fenced up settlement road used by
neighbors and was guarding the bar
rier. He may recover. His son was
shot and killed on the farm last year.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23

Washington, D. c., April 20. -Peti-
tons against nationwide prohibition,
SO huge in bulk that two trunks were
OCCURRED to transport them, were filed
with the House Committee on the
on the Judiciary by State Senator N.
j. Cassidy Of 81. Louis and John +.
Smith Of Kansas City. here today.
Cassidy and Smith called on Repre-
sentative Igoe Of St Louis, whointro-
duced them to Chairman Clayton d
the committee. Mr.. Clayton promis-
ed to notify the Missouriansi Il future
Hearings on the prohibitIon resolution
are allowed. The pettiops contained
protests fEom webs. in 81 paris d
Missouri. ,gsl 81 1 49, s. e .f
N ~
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23

The Secretary of the Treasury has
selected for the site of the public
building in Centralia, Mo-, the south.
west corner of Speed and Rollins
streets. The price paid for the prop
erty was S., 600.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23

That mutual insurance is doing
much for the farmer from financial
standpoint is we'll set forth in the re-
port of the fifteenth annual conven-
ton of the Farmers Mutual Fire
Insurance Companies, now being dis
tributed by State Secretary F. c. Bet,
teridge Of Bunceton, Mo-, and W. l..
Shouse, president, Of Shelbina. One
hundred companies made reports.
The total insurance in force is $173,-
095, 500, an increase of SIS, 1872, 100
over the report for the year previous.
The losses for the last year amounted
to $446,01l.6l, an increase of $74,-
1880 The average loss for the
year on each 81, 600 insurance was
$2.56. There are thirty-three COM
panies, with more than $4,000, 600 Of
insurance. ~
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23

A wildcat, weighing about seventy
five pounds, is supposed to be loiter-
ing in or near Kansas City. The ami
NAL, one of three shipped in separate
crates from Texas and consigned to a
local menagerie, escaped Friday at
the union depot. The animal was in
the crate at o'clock, but two hours
later, when an employee of an express
company wentto feed it, he discov-
cred a board sprung and the crate
empty.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23
Missouri News in Brief

i xx00O0A i 4 -
j. M. Patterson, an ad setter the
Democrat-News of Marshall celebrat
ed his seventy-seventh birthday Apr
20. He started in the printing trad
in Lexington. Mo-, in 1852.
Irwin Swi.zler, after nearly twent.
years. service as registrar of the Uni
versity of Missouri, resigned Apri
Is. Mr.. Switzler is known intimatel,
to every student who attended th'
university since 1885.
Petitions are being circulated by thu
Women's Suffrage League in Sedalis
and adjoining towns, asking for
suffrage amendment to the State Con
stitution to be voted on at the Novem'
Der election. Five hundred sigma.
lures are necessary in Pettis County.
The Board of Prison Inspectors al
Jefferson City voted to award the
labor of forty convicts to Messrs.
lawson and Adams, representing the
County Court of Livingston County,
for work on public roads.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
selected for the site of the public
building in Centralia, No., the south
west corner of Speed and Rollins
streets. The price paid for the prop
ertywas Sc, 600.
Contracts for the construction of
three roads in the Columbia Special
Road District were let April l6 to j.
D. Lyon. His bid was $l9, 4l4.8O, or
about 81, 800 mile The three roads
made up little more than seven
miles.
C. C. Starr, a farmer living nine
miles south of Dexter, was shot from
ambush Sunday night. He had
fenced up settlement road used by
neighbors and was guarding the bar
rier. He may recover. His son was
shot and killed on the farm last year.
Joseph A. Prince, 10 years old,
convicted last October of murder in
the first degree and given life SEN
tence, April IS married Miss Clara
Ethel Hanson. Miss Hanson was his
fiancee before he committed the
murder and has stood by him since.
Prince is in Jail pending his appeal.
Should there be war with Mexico
Missouri could in forty-eight hours
mobilize at a concentration camp a
brigade Of well-drilled National
of more than 5000 men. I
The 5000 men and officers constitut-
ing the brigade are drilled, efficient
and could be on the Rio Grande ready
for service in five days.
What is believed to be a record
price paid for a hog in Southwest Mis-
souri, was established in the sale of a
half interest in Rightmire's Model,
owned by w. H. Burks of Boliver; to
B. F. Fielder and r. H. McElhaney,
two Greene County breeders of Po-
land China hogs. The consideration
was $500. The hog is the largest
ever seen in this part of the country, |
tipping the scales now at l,O2l
pounds. The boar has won many
ribbons at livestock shows. sas
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-04-23

The Board of Prison Inspectors at
Jefferson City voted to award the
labor Of forty convicts to Messrs.
lawson and Adams, representing the
County Court of Livingston County,
for work on public roads.