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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-06-18
COURT LAW REVISERS
BEGIN THEIR WORK
''Spare No Expense to Benefit the PEG.
ple," Governor Major Says in
Welcome.

Jefferson City, Mo-, June Is. Gov
Elliott w. Major recently welcomed
the commission appointed by him II
suggest revision of the code o
court procedure in Missouri.
In a brief address he said he die
not desire to hamper the commission
by suggestions.
"This commission" he said, is
made up Of able lawyers, thoroughly
conversant with the deficiencies Of
our system of practice and fully
awake to the urgent necessity for
simplification of the same.
"You need not hesitate to expend
money in the consumma:ion of this
work. The people of Missouri, who
will be the beneficiaries of your la
bors, will see that all bills are paid. "
The commission met in the court
room of Division No. 2 of the Su-
preme Court. Judge Elijah Robin
son of Kansas City, was elected tenn
porary chairman and Breckenridge
Long of St. Louis, temporary secre-
tary.
Other members 4of'the commission
are: Judge David H. Harris Of Full
ton, Judge Hugo Muench Of St.
Louis, Edward j. White of Kansas
City, president of the Missouri State
Bar Association; Judge Alonzo D.
Burnes Of Platte City, James Will
amson of Kansas City, president of
the Bar Association of that city;
Judge William T. Ragland of Paris,
Frank G. Harris of Boone county,
John w. Halliburton of Carthage,
Judge A. D. Nortoni of the St. Louis
Court of Appeals, F. N. Judson of
St. Louis, Charles P. Williams, pres
ident st. Louis Bar Association; j.
Lionberger Davis of St. Louis and
Judge William M. Williams of Boom
vile.
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JUDGE FOR YOURSELF
Which is Better-Try an Experiment or
Profit by Butler Citizens
Experience.

Something new is an experiment.
Must be proved as represented.
The statement of manufacturer is
not convincing proof of merit.
But the endorsement of friends lis.
Now supposing you had bad back,
lame, weak or aching une, would
you experiment on it?
You will read of many so-called
cures, endorsed by strangers from
far-away places.
It's different when the endorse
ment comes from home. Easy to
prove local testimony.
Read this Butler case.
George Bailey, $40 N. Maple ST.,
Butler, Mo-, says: Il suffered two
years ago from severe attacks of kid
ney complaint. l had pains through
the small of my back that made me
weak and depressed, and was very
miserable in every way when began
using Doan's Kidney Pills. They
gave me prompt relief. Since then I
have used them and the results have
been satisfactory"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster-Mil Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
lake no other.-adv. 34-2t
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A Letter From Oregon

Hardman, Ore.
June, 1914.
Dear friends in Missouri:
We left Kansas City June LIST al
1890 in the morning. There was a
drizzling rain most all day. The corn
in Kansas did not look as we'll as the
} corn in Missouri. Most of it was
listed corn, very small. The grain
fields of Kansas did not look so at
tractive to the eye as the description
of them does on paper. The wheat
did not look as good as the wheat did
in Missouri. One Kansas lady who
got on our car at Ellsworth remarked
how fine the crops looked. She said
they had such failure last year they
looked fine to them. About daylight
Tuesday morning we came in sight
of the snow capped mountains near
Denver, Colo. The wraps we had
thrown aside the morning before in
Kansas City were our best friends
then. We changed cars at Denver
with only a-few minutes to wait for
Cheyenne, Wyoming. After leaving
Denver the country is very rough
and mountainous, not much vegeta-
ton, plenty of rocks, but near Greeley,
Colo. the land is very valuable, sell
ing for as much as $l75 an acre.
Their chief industry is raising beets
by irrigation. We could see Pixies
Peak in the distance, also the twin
mountains. We arrived in Cheyenne
about noon and had four hours wait
there which we surely enjoyed as the
chileren and l were tired of the train.
We had for company on our trip from
Denver, Mrs. D. L. Woods, an edit
or's wife from Falls City, Oregon.
Mr.. Woods edits the Falls City News.
At Cheyenne we visited the Industrial
Exhibit building near the depot,
which contains all kinds of grain and
other products, raised by the dry
farming method in the country around
Cheyenne, also the different minerals,
stones, coal, mounted birds and small
of every kind. Cheyenne is
a nice city. We left there at o clock.
The country from Cheyenne, Wyom-
ing, to Pocatello, Idaho, is very rough
and wild. We travelled for miles
without seeing any signs of life.
Sheep raising seems to be the chief
industry. Not far from Pocatello
was the American Falls. It was a
grand sight Charles says it was in
he Snake River and suppose it was;
he remembers better than l do. The
around Nampa, Idaho, is
beautiful It shows what irrigation
viii do. We arrived at UmatiIla,
IDAHO. at $50 Thursday morning. We
ladsto leave our train there and wait
lnt&the slow train came along at II
o'clock and took rs on to Heppner
where wechnaged cars for
1eppner, our destination. We left /:
here At 2 O'Clock but got stranded 8
niles from Heppner. Our mother, Il
Earring some serious accident had b.
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Sale Dates

John Speer and ]. r. Baum, Jersey
cattle, at Round Barn Farm, Septem-
Der 1, 1914.
]. H. Baker, Big Bone Type Poland
China Hogs at Butler, No., October
"a, 1914
VIZ. Baker, Big Bone Type Pc
land China Hogs, at Rich Hill, Mis-
souri,, October q 1914.
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The best game of the season thus
far Witnessed on the home grounds,
was played Sunday afternoon when
the Butler team defeated Loeb's
Maroons by a score of 5 to2. It was
a 10 inning affair, and was very ex-
citing in the tenth, when two errors
by the Maroons allowed the visitors
8 scores, a lead which the home boys
could not overcome in their turn at
bat Brilliant fielding and good
pitching, on both sides, went to make
the game interesting. The score:
R. H. E.
MARQUIS 2 a a
Butl6e s 4 2
BelteFisE -Maroons, S. 'Wheelbar-
ger - Swope; Butl4r, Williams and
Estes6 Rich Hill Review.
MiGG1e Edna Harshaw and Mignon
Nnl~nNr~- 1870, - n,,s,>n~~ III
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Chicago, June 15.-Adlais e. Steven
son. vice president Of the United
States through the second Cleveland
administration, died here Saturday
morning at . hospital after an illness
OF several months. His three chill.
dren were ct his bedside when death
came. Mr.. Stevenson was born In
Christian county, Kentucky, In 1885.
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closest we got to our quarry. Tue Bristol was north of us and the Der | wick south. We called both by wire. less and ordered them to aid in the chase. The Berwick tried to cut off the Kron Prinz Wilhelm while the Bristol took a position to intercept the Karlsruhe. All afternoon we raced after the fleeing Germans. By , o'clock her smoke had disappeared.
 At 9 o'clock that night wireless from the Bristol said enemy in sight A few minutes later came the message we are engaging the enemy
 We had no fear of the result If the Germans stood up to the Bristol for we were all sure that our fellows could whip the Karlsruhe easily at close quarters, but we raced on for all we were worth
 "The Karlsruhe had the advantage of the Bristol. They were in action just about half an hour. For a few minutes the German stood up and the ships fought broadside to broadside After a few minutes, however, the Karlsruhe turned and ran. The Bris- tol chased her, firing her forward six inchers.
 Tt was pitch dark and the sea was heavy. Not one of the German shots landed, but our chaps think they got some shots aboard the Karlsruhe However, in long range fighting un der those conditions, it is pretty diff ficult to do much
 "The Suffolk, Berwick and Bristol cruised together for several days but could get no trace of the Karlsruhe or her consort and finally we heard she had put into Porto Rico for coal We got prize last Saturday morn ing off Bermuda, the German oil tanker Leda, which did not know wal had been declared. We put a prize crew aboard and conveyed her to Der | muda."
 Information was given out cere on the arrival of the Suffolk that in the past ten days the fourth cruiser squadron has made the North Atlantct safe for British shipping. Not hos tile ship is north of the West Indies now. she reported, and those that are
 south, it was said. are having diff
 culty in keeping the sea and procur
 ing supplies
 A big fleet of British cruisers is | guarding the trade routes. The frs
 of these ships, the Goodhope, will bs at Halifax tomorrow.
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London, Aug. 13-The hour of the great battle which will haze much to do with settling the future of Europe is appreciab,y nearer.
 Reports of engagements. which when the main armies meet, will be considered insignificant have been coming in all day, showing that the cavalry screens, some times accom- panied by infantry whose duty it is to find out what is going on behind, have come into contact in northern Belgium near Haelen and on tho French frontier near Othain.
 The meeting of these reconnoiter ing parties in force has resulted in some rather severe fighting, in which, according to the French and Belgian official accounts, the allies scored successes.
 The other side of the story is stiff to be told, for Berlin remains silent. In fact the German war office has had little to say since it reported the capture of the city of Liege. The position around that fortress is yelled in something of mystery. Tbe Germans have resumed their at tacks on the forts but how they are progressing has not been communi- cated to the outside world.
 Brussels had a report tonight that the forts had succeeded in silencing all the big German forces but this is given little credence. 1t may be that for the moment the invaders have stopped their onslaught either to rest or to adopt some new means of gaining their object.
 Lorraine, for the present. seems to have been left out of the fighting. while Alsace, like western France, is the scene of engagements between the advance guards of the main Ger man and French armies.
 The Austrian armies commenced to move on Russian Poland.
 No news has come from the Russo German frontier but much the same is going on there as in the other theaters of war.
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SUMMARY 0F WAR NEWS

That battle impending the British French Belgian
  long lines along the French  That the advance
  lac Earl Kitchener British secretary British publication naval and military infringement 
  Austrian summoned home at Paris, St. Petersburg, London
    frontier and large number soldiers Belgium although their nationality  
  Austrian Soka, Galica The American will embassy London, the Austrian ambassador
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Belqians' Great Fight.

London, Aug. 14-3:05 a. m.-The Daily Mails Brussels correspondent describes the engagement at the Haelen as showing that the Belgials have passed another good test He says intermittent booming of heavy guns was audible all morning. This was punctuated about II o'clock oy sharp detonations as the Belgiahs blew up bridges over the river Het'e just in time. They were under shrapnel fire and the German cav airy was ready to cross.
 With the bridges destroyed the fight resolved itself into an artillery duel.
 In the meantime, squadron ol Mecklenburg dragoons with reduced effectiveness endeayored to penetrate the town of Diest at gallop About a mile from tlie town they dashsu Into q barricade of wagons. The
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Belgians Confident.

London, Aug. 1l-2:00 a. m.-The Post correspondent with the Belgian army sends the following.
 The success of the Belgian arms has been astonishing. Everywhere along the line of outposts the Ger mans met with baffling checks. Like an angry dog faced by porcupine, the vaunted Prussian army stands puzzed.
 ''I do not wish to eXaggerate facts or to pretend the Belgans are win ming series of important battles. Their success so far is intrinsically small. but they are making a habit of success All dread of the Prus- sians is gone The Liege forts Ire not closely invested
 "The Belgians jokingIy wonder when the German military skill will begin to show itself. The audacity of the Uhlan raids seems nothing more than the audacity of bewllder- ment. In contact with the Belgian cavalry the Uhans show inferiority. Neither the artillery nor infantry has shown brilliancy.
 As an actual fact, the attitude of the Germans today is almost defen- siye. Certainty it is not offensive in any spirited sen1-.
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GERMAN CRUISER
 REFUSES ID FIGHT
KARL RLsRuHE LARGEST CRUISER, SHOWS HEELS BRITISH
 IN NEUTRAL PORT.

Halifax, N. S., Aug. 13.-For hall an hour Thursday night II. M. S Bristol, the smallest British warshir m the North Atlantic, fought q long range duel with the Karlsrupe, the largest and fastest of the German cruisers, which have been trying tc intercept British shipping on the North Atlantic
 Fleeing from the British cruiser Suffolk, which interrupted the Karl supe coaling at sea from the North German Lloyd steamer Kron Prinz Wilhelm, the German cruiser was in. tercepted at night by the Bristol southwest of Bermuda, and for hall an hour a long range running fight took place in the darkness.
 Conditions for actual gunnery were so unfayorable the vessels broad sides did little damage. Although the
 3ristops cOnsorts were at least one hundred miles astern. the Germans would not stand and fight. according to the British participants. but drew , away from the Bristol, and after half an hour was out of range, making off south toward San Juan, where she put in for coal some days ago.
 Details of this action. the frs; 1 single ship fight ia which a British warship has engaged in this waters in q hundred years, were brought tc fnhn k.r e Fg.lI- the flagship of Rear Admiral Grad | dock, commanding the fourth cruiser squadron.
 We were steaming north Thursday morning last and the crew had just been ordered to general stations when from the foremast head came the call enemy on port bow" said the flag captain of the Suffolk in ar official statement today. "The order clear ship for action was given. "Off the port bow, eleven or twelve miles away. we could see the Karl | sruhe and the Kron Prinz Wilhelm The Karlsruhe had her bows out coal ing on the North German Lloyd shiT and as we hurried down toward hei I was in the hope she would run SC short in her bunkers we could catcl | her.
 AS soon as the Germans sighted
 us they took to their heels. Tht | Kar' r'sruhe did not even stop to piel up her boats. Her men clamboret aboard as best they could and sh'
 hastened to the northward w!life ih' 1 Kron Prinz Wilhelm steered to ths
 east
 Nineteen thousand yards was thu
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Belgians behind the barricade opened murderous fire and all the dragons either were kilcd or taken prisoners. The only living things to surmount tEe barrier were several riderless horses.
 The Germans then tried to reduce resistance at this point by a cross ire from a battery, but after an in- teryal ceased firing owing to similar repulses on other positions on their front, withdrew in disorder, accord ing to some accounts, to the other side of the Gette. Only two Bel gians were wounded. In front of the barricade the Germans lay like a hedge. The frontal attacks of the Germans apparently are contributing to the loss of morale among their troops. This is believed to be the reason why individual Beleians nave been able to receive the surrender of so many of their adversaries. At Diest on Wednesday a non-commis- stoned Belgian officer took ten.
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London, Aug. 1S.-Germans an. sagad iG the battle of Haelen, ac. tording to late details to the Ex- change Telegraph Company from Brussels, numbered more than 10000, comprising cavalry. artillery and a small force of infantry The Belgian forces numbered about 1000.
 Ut is believed" said the dispatch, that the object of the Germans was to take a position north of the Saint Trond road at Trlemont. from which they could execute turning movement against the Belgian army.
 Through efficient cava.ry recon naisance the Belgian commander i3. tained accurate information of the movement of the attacking force To reach Dest. the Germans had to cross the river at Haelen and before this place the Belsians took up their principal position, erecting barri- cades, building entrenchments and placing guns where they could be most effectively employed.
 The Germans came in sight at about l o'clock in the morning and socn the artillery on both sides came into action. The German fire had little effect. The Belgian fire was deadly, even at a range of 2000 metres. and played havoc with the German cavalry, which, notwith- standing, continued to advance.
 The cavalry repeatedly charged, but owing to hedges and hillocka, could attack ony in small groups The Germans again and again hurled themselves at the barricades, only to be shot down by the deadly Bel gian fire.
 "The attack on the bridges span hing the river was equally fierce. Herman officers urged their men t) the attack, to meet almost certain death from the Belgian guns. Men and horses fell like flies until, when almost shattered, the order for re treat was given at 6 o'clock in tho evening.
 The German defeat was complete, their loss amounting to more than one thousand, and they retired in the greatest disorder. At nightfall they were making their journey toward Tongres."
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DECISIVE DEFEAT OF GERMANS IN BELGIUM

state department by the Morgan firm as to whether the Notation of such a loan would be regarded as a viola tiOn of neutrality. Secretary Bryan discussed the subject with the presi- dent, who is studying it carefully be- fore returning a final answer.
 Besides ] P. Morgan X Company it is understood, another banking house loan for Austria, but the state de- partment has not yet been approach ed so far as could be learned tonight, with any formal inquiry as to ques- tions of neutrality involved.
 While there is no provision in the American neutrality status against leaning money to foreign countries and no neutrality agreement forbids the presidents judgment is that if it were permitted serious misunderstood ing might easue in Europe as to the real attitude of the American govern ment and people toward the warning nations. A loan was floated for Jap anese during the Russo-Japanese war, but notwithstanding the precedent, it is President Wilson's beief that the influence of the American govern ment ought to be exerted so far as possible toward reducing the length of the strife rather than aiding ele. ments for it's prolongation He like wise is opposed to sending a large quantity of gold from the United States at a time when domestic finan- cia needs are paramount.
 The possibility of stirring up i'll. feeling among the numerous citizens in the United States with parental sympathies in the European war is regarded by the president as a potent reason for discouraging the floating of loans. By preserving strict neu.
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Washington, Aug. 12.-President Wilson was confronted today with the problem of whether American bankers shall be permitted to float loans in the United States for any of the coun- tries engaged in the European war.
 Though the president has not reach ed a final decision, he is strongly op- posed to the idea. The question arose through the desire of J P. Morgan & Company to float loan of several hundred million dollars for the French government Inquiry was made of the
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The Russian and German cavalry are busy trying to discover what the main armies are doing.
 The British navy now virtually has cleared the trade routes of German and Austrian ships, or has at least got them so closeiy watched that the admiralty advises ship owners tt send out their vessels as usual. Ships from all parts of the world arrived at English ports today and, what is more important, steamers With provisions are coming from Scandinavian ports.
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SEALING THE WIRELESS.

San Francisco, Aug. 13.-Orders 10 seaI amateur radio stations on the Pacific coast and to silence wireless apparatus aboard ships of belliger- ent nations in Pacific coast ports were received today by Rear Ad- miral Charles Pond. supervisor of the Twelfth naval district.
 Commercial radio stations are un- der strict censorship.
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Woman Catches Spy.

Brussels Aug 13.--A woman who caught a German spy on the train from Antwerp in the act of releasing carrier pigeons, seized and held him until other passengers came to her assistance. The man was handed to the military authorities. He was tried by courtmartial and shot.
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UNITED STATES WILL TAKE NEG. EssARY PRECAUTIONS IN MAT.
 TER OF WAR MESSAGES.
TO PRESERVE NEUTRALITY
government Orders Close Restrictions Tn the Matter of Messages Between the Warning Countries of Europe Companies Object.

Washington, Aug. 13.-Presldent
 Wilson and Secretary Bryan today
 discussed at length a pran ro applv
 at all cable offices in the United
 states the same censorship which re.
 gently had been placed on wireless
 stations to prevent neutral territory
 rom being used as a base TOT the
 transmission of military or naval in-
 formation to European countries. At the conclusion of the conference
 1t became known that the president
 and MT. Bryan virtually were agreed that partial enforcement of neutral. ity would require ce1soring of cables
 as well as wireless.
 new phase was called to their
 attention, however. which has delayed final decision until tomorrow's cahi net meeting. This is the ease with which Great Britain could avoid the censor by having her messages sent
 over the Canadian border for trans mission through Canadian cables. Although the German government
 has protested against the unrestrict- ed use of the cable by England from the United States while German own. ed wireless companies cannot send code messages, the elimination of all forms of censorship in the United States on either cable or wireless
 said to be the wish of the German 1 government as well as the commercial companies concerned.
 The question of the governments authority over cable companies has
 received careful study at the state de- partment il connection with the sub iect of neutraizing systems. Officials
 have satisfied themselves the govern
 ment Is within it's rights in exercising
 any measure of control it may deem
 necessary to preserve impartiality
 during the present war
 Strong representations have been
 made to the state department not only by belligerent powers but also by the
 great commercial interests against
 any attempt to control either the
 wireless system or cables.
 The German government made such representations in behalf of the Ger,
 nsan station at Sayville. l.. l., and Tuckerton, N. J., and the Marconi Company, the British concern, has
 protested against interference of the workings of it's station.
 They point to Article VIII of the Hague convention to justify their contention that the United States is guilty of unwarrantable interference
 in establishing a censorship. This ar ticle reads:
 "A neutral power is not called upon to forbid or restrict the use on behalf of the belligerelts of telegraph or telephone cables or of wireless tele-
 graphy apparatus belonging to it or
 to companies or private individuals . Another article of the Hague con
 vention forbids belligerents "to erect on the territory of a neutral power a wire ess telegraphy station or other apparatus for the purpose of com , municating with belligerent forces on land or sea; or to use any installa- tion of this kind established by them before the war on the territory of a neutral power for purely military
 purposes and which has not been
 opened to the service of public mes sages.'