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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-30

who is said 10 lave escaped. White
wounds are not believed TO be ser
Gus.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-30

Mrs. Abraham Asseline and her 8
year-old daughter, were burned 10
death and son, 6, fatally hurt in a
fira which destroyed their home at
Cheboygan, Mich.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-04-30
ANIMAL PARISH MEETING.
Trinity Congregation WIN Elect Yes
trymen Monday Night.

The annual business meeting of
Trinity Episcopal parish will be held
in the church Monday evening at 40
o'clock. At this meeting the report
of the treasurer of the parish ana
the treasurers of the various guilds
and organizations will be read. These
should cover the time between May
|, 1918. and May /, 1916.
Vestrymen for the ensuing year are
elected at the meeting. In this cleo
ton every baptized member of the
parish who has been connected with
the parish for period of six months
prior to this election is entitled 10 q
vote. provided he or she shalt have
attained the legal age, which is Il fo1
men and Is for women
other matters of importance arf
10 be discussed at this meeting, and
the attendance OF all members Is
being urged.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-12-19

the state department then took that there was some fnan cla immortality attaching to such proceeding and that virtu administration could not afford to be connected with it. even by implication.
 Before concluding the recent oan the Chicago bankers submitted the proposed contract to Secretary Lansing for scrutiny and before the document received letter from the secretary in which he gave his approval to the proceeding and added:
 1t is the policy of the department in the past to glve all proper diplomatic support and protection the leg mate enterprises abroad of American citizens"
 These last words satisfaction to the American capital sts who have invested their money Mexico though there stll oopholc Tn whatever interpretation the administration may put upon the words Legitimate enterprises"
 One Of the outstanding grievances of Americans who have undertaken the development of railroads and oil fields
 Mexico is that they have been denied the proper protection of ths government in their operations The Lansing letter. ac corngy affords ray of hope those unfortunate persons who have he wrapped up in enterprises south of the
 o Grand" and the expectation is that the letter. coupled with an apparent purpose to hold Carrza more strict c counablty may give chance for American investors o r coup the losses which they have sustained through the on saughts o Carranza and Villa and whoever else has power in Mexico
 The apparent change of heart which the administration has experienced IS no less gratifying than unlocked for
The Cordova daily times., 1916-12-19
EMBARGO AND HIGH PRICES.

Congressman Fitzgerald purpose press for embargo on food products will counter the president ideas but 1t IS not the first time that Mr. Wilson has found himself at outs with the Brooklyn leader If the embargo should be laid 1t would afford immediate and unmisakabe answer to the question: what the of high prices where the Wilson administration. Down east where bread is high they lay to the in Europe Mr. Fitzgerald thinks the lat ter the of a evidently if he can stop the
 on or 1oodStut overseas we all tell mighty quick whe er It IS the war time trade that the dig down so deep for the necessares.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-12-19
FEDERAL REGULATION DESIRED.

The railroads laying their emphasis the necessity for federal regulation they to prosper and to furnish the de- sired extensions and betteens which their properties require will be interesting to how the members of congress will divide this question if it reaches them concrete form The Republican platform of 1916 is explicit declaring for fed era regulation It the pronounced step in advance which that platform took Yet it scarcely commented upon during the campaign Newspapers and orators said nothing about It. The candidates 1t here in less than SIX weeks from the eeon the question upon in very active form.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-12-19
SQUARE DEAL HOPED FOR,

neflcanS who have investments in property and indus
 tres Tn Mexico still wondering whether the administration aS changed its attitude toward them and they are earnestly
 hopmg that has, They led to believe that change had he place when It was announced recently that the republic of China had borrowed $5000000 from the Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chcago and the state donar nent had approved the transaction This sum is not arGo s international loans go but the incident indicated that marked change had come the spirit of the administration since those early days of 1913 when the president compelled Amor can participants to withdrawn from their contempIaed share Ill much larger loan to be granted the Chinese ana known as the SIX power agreement The position which
The Cordova daily times., 1916-12-19

read m current newspaper article that the west de cared It's political independence the recent election As
 matter o' ac the west had no such thought It simply one o those unexpected eases of going hell bon without any special object in view.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-12-19

here IS the man fit to ATr. Wilson's mantle, 7, ' enough to consider that question when Mr Wilson show some sign of laying his mantle down.
The Cordova daily times., 1916-12-19

Ines" new dimes are lovely, but it is a pity they did nc cents worth of anything
The Cordova daily times., 1916-12-19

NO Wnded investigation is needed to demonstrate t the people of the United States that they are bone ,9o tor the feeding of the European and nition workers -M MlI1Amsn0M lPal GaZe1tn anL RnILnti1 -
The Cordova daily times., 1916-12-19

At the same time it scarcely will be claimed that the noo @ resident Wilson because they wish him to pm still another notch two on the high cost of Ii,no
The Cordova daily times., 1916-12-19

IL IS suggested from the press room that it would be ooo ' TOT resident Wilson to arrange of his celebrated pcac conferences with Senor Villa l
The Cordova daily times., 1916-12-19
LITTLE THRUsTs HERE AND THERE

The Louisville Courier Journal remarks that Hughes is the man who put ate'' in congratulate
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24
Harper -Earsom.

Last Wednesday, August 16
Miss Ladine Harper and Mr.. Earl
Carson surprised their many
friends in this city by quietly 60
ing to Kansas City and getting
married. They left Butler early
in the morning in an automobile
and went to Adrian where they
boarded the train for Kansas City,
where they We're married by Rev.
r. NJ. Talbert, of the Christian
church of this city, who accom-
panied them.
They returned to Butler on the
night train and for time will
make their home with the bride S
mother, Mrs. II. l.. Harper.
Mrs. Carson is the accom-
plished daughter of Mrs. T. l..
Harper of this city and was born
and reared in this county. She is
graduate of the Butler High
School and has attended the state
normal at Warrensburg.
Mr.. Earsom, who holds a good
position with The Walton Trust
Company, is Bates county boy.
having been raised on a farm
southeast of Butler. For several
years he was one of the city letter
carriers, resigning that position to
attend school. He first attended
the university at Lexington, Ky.
and afterwards a bushes college
at Springfield. Mo.
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24
HUGHES HAS SHOT BOLT,
MISSED MARK
Speaker Clark Defends Course of
Wilson Administration,
Praises President.

Brunswick, Me-, Aug. 49,
Champ Clark, Speaker of the
House of Representatives, paid
high tribute to President Wilson
and the National Democratic ad-
ministration, in a political speech
with which he opened his tour of
Maine here today.
Early in his speech Cladk sar-
castically referred to the present
stumping trip of Charles E.
Hughes, Republican candidate for
the presidency, saying:
Judge Hughes has made
enough speeches in this campaign
to enable intelligent persons to
form something aproximating a
correct Judgment of his opinion
on current issues. He has shot his
bolt, but failed to hit the bulls
eye.
Comparing his speeches since
he was nominated for President
with his strong Youngstown
speech of 1908, one is forced in
evitably to one of two conclus-
ions:
First, that his pen and tongue
have lost their cunning measur-
ably; or, second, that he has moth
ing worth while to urge against
Democratic accomplishments or
to propose as Republican policies,
should Republicans by some mir
acle win the House, the Senate
and the presidency. His speeches
may be not unfairly sized up as
'querulous carpings' at the splen-
did record of a Democratic Con-
gress, and a Democratic admins
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24
What Asserted in 1913 The Double Cross
Stand He Now Takes
1915,

| 1916.
In his message declining the
Progressive nomination for Prcsi-
dent, Colonel Roosevelt declared :
Our loyalty is to the fact n y
not merely to the name, and, least
Of all, to the party name.
"Yct it has become entirely evil
dent that the people under exist
ing conditions are not prepared to
accept new party
1.-THE Progressive national or
ganization no longer offers the
means whereby we can make
these convictions effective in our
national life. Under such circum-
stances, our duty is to do the most
we cam, and not to sulk because
our leadership is rejected.'
'l'ndcr existing conditions the
nomination of a third ticket
would, in my Judgment, be merely
a move in the interest of the elec-
tion of Mr.. Wilson. *** | shall
therefore strongly support Mr..
Hughes. *** cannot accept the
nomination of a third ticket. | do
not believe that there should be
a third ticket.'
Without any regard to what the
personal feelings of any of us may
be as regards the action of the Re-
publican Convention, | wish very
solemnly to ask the representa-
tives of the Progressive Party to
consider at this time only the well
fare of the people of the United
States" "
II earnestly bespeak from my
fellow Progressives their un-
grudging support of Mr..
Hughes. New York World.
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24
AFTER TEN YEARS
Butler Testimony Remains Un-
shaken.

Time is the best test of truth.
Here is a story that has stood the
test of time. 1t is a story with a
point which will come straight
home to many of us.
j. G. Reavis, 315 s. High st.,
Butler, says: 81 had a constant
ache in my back along with rheu-
matte twinges all through my
body. Occasionally my sight
blurred and !. had a nagging pain
in the back Of my neck. I used
Doan's Kidney Pills, which I got
from Clay's Drug Store, and got
great benefit" Statement given
March 5, 1906.)
On April %, 1916, Mr.. Reavis
said: "Many people have been
helped by using Doan's Kidney
Pills because of my recommends
tion. I am always glad to tell
anyone what they have done for
me.'
Price so, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the
same that Mr.. Reavis has twice
publicly recommended. Foster
Milburn Co., Props, Buffalo, N.
Y. 44-2t
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24

tration.''
Turning to a discussion of the
measures enacted by Congress, the
speaker said:
Judge Hughes, with his tele-
scope, is hunting for spots on the
Democratic administration and
the Democratic Congress, but the
people realize that we have the
most unbounded prosperity that
has blessed the land since Chris
topher Columbus discovered
America and that Notwithstanding
the ancient and chronic sneer of
the Republicans that we possess
no power of constructive states
manship we have in three and
one-half years placed upon the
statute books more constructive
remedial legislation than the Re-
pub]icans did in twenty. years
laws which should have been
passed four decades ago. They
are likely to conclude to let well
enough alone and continue the
Democrats in power.
"The people seem to have abso-
lutte confidence in the pilot Of the
ship of state, Woodrow Wilson,,
and are not likely to drop him
overheard in mid-ocean while the
storm whips the water into fury"
continued the speaker.
DR.. j. w. Lowery left the last
of the week for Ell Dorado Springs
where he expects to stay some
time.
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24
Drainage Supervisors Meet.

U. G. Blankenship Of Bates
county, James H. McCulloh of
near Garden City, George S. App
of near Austin and J. H. Nowlin
and Frank Taylor Of near Lone
Tree, supervisors of the Grand
River Drainage District of Cass
and Bates Counties, Missouri, met
in regular monthly session in their
offices, in the directors rooms OF
the Bank of Harrisonville, Thurs
day of last week, attended by
Judge Allen Glenn Of the legal
firm, Allen Glenn and Son, attor-
neys for the drainage district,
George Bird engineer for the dis
trict, and C. L. vanSandt, secre-
tary.
Bills were audited, ordered
paid, and the usual routines Of
business transaeted.-Cas Coun-
ty DEMOCRAT.
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24
1913.

Speaking at a dinner rendered
by National ProgressiveS on the
eve Of his departure for South
America, October 3, 1913, in his
farewell address, Colonel Roosc-
welt declared:
"The party is solid and it is the
firm determination of the rank
and file, no less than the leaders
to preserve its political entity, its
solidity and integrity"
"Mcn and women, would con-
tinuc the fight, even if stood
entirely alone, ] shall continue
it with Il glad and proud heart,
because it is made in your COM
pany."
"Win or lose. whatever the
outcome. am with you, and am
for this cause to fight to the end.
We are dedicated in this great
war for righteousness, and while
life lasts. we cannot and will not
abandon IT,
"Thr men who believe that we
will ever betray these ideals or
abandon the task to which we
have set ourselves, do not know
us and cannot ever guess at the
faith that inspires us -
"ThiS movement will never go
back. and whatever may betidc
in the future, of one thing the
disciples of an easy opportunism
may rest aSsurcd--I will never
abandon the principles to which
we Progressives have pledged our
selves, and | will never abandon
the men and women who drew
around me to battle for those
principles.
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24
BROKE JAIL.
-Four Prisoners Escape From the
Bates County Jail. Two
Recaptured.

Saturday morning about $3.50
Sheriff johnson heard some lnys-
terious sounds outside the Jail and
on investigation found that four
Of his boarders had escaped and
that the noise that he heard was
their feet striking the ground as
they dropped from a hole that
they had made in the west side of
the Jail.
The four prisoners, Roy White
and Lonnie Straight, charged with
holding up trains on the Kansas
City Southern railroad, George
Smith, charged with robbing a
store at Rockville, and Roy Lee,
who last week drove 3S head of
cattle out of the Thompson and
Mckee pasture and sold them to
cattle buyers at Adrian, were con-
fined in the cage in the center of
the second floor, the door of
which is locked with heavy Yale
locks, which the men had in some
manner broken and made their
way into the corridor. They took
parts of their cots and broke put
the bricks and mortar and made a
hole about Is inches square
through the wall. Then they
made rope with their blankets
and they must have thought that
they were in the third story, as
they used about twice as many
blankets as were necessary, down
which they climbed to the ground.
They must have started east as
people on East Ft. Scott street
were awakened by men running
through the alley at about that
time in the morning.
Sheriff johnson soon gathered
a small posse and started in pur-
suit. Soon parties from Butler
and posses from the Central Pro-
:ective Association were search
ing the country IN the vicinity of
the city.
The first clue to their where
abouts was secured from Mrs. j.
r. Baum, who said that early in
the morning she had seen four
men going down the road past her
home north Of town, and when
the men saw her they ran. The
alarm was given and soon field
in which they were supposed to be
was surrounded and about noon
Straight and White were discov-
cred by County Highway En-
gineer Joe Flammang, who was a
member of the posse. Joe gave
chase and the men were soon cap
t'lred and brought back to But
Ter and placed in Jail. So far no
trace has been found of Lee and
Smith.
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24

+. \ thousand-ton building float
ing down the bay, was the unique
spectacle San E'ransicianS saw
Thursday. when the structure
which officially represented Ohio
at the Panama-Pacific Exposition
was moved to San Carlos, % miles
south. The building, 13l feet
long. and so feet wide, was pur-
chased by the Peninsula Country
Club of San Carlos for a club
house. 1t was lifted bodily on
bargcS and towed south.
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24

This is what each American
soldier on the border consumes in
one day: Fresh beef, Is ounces ;
baking powder, .0S ounce; beans,
"a ounces: potatoes, 20 ounces :;
pr,mes, 1.2S ounces; coffee, LIP
ounces: sugar, 30 ounces: pepper,
.04 ounce, cinnamon, OLA ounce
lard, ga ounce; butter 5 ounces
sirup. 80 gills: flavoring extracts,
.O14 ounce. In one day a horse
eats - pounds of oats and IA
pounds of hay.
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24

Corp. James Clement. G. Com
pany, Second Virginia Regiment
was shot and killed at Browns
vile. Texas, Thursday night, and
Sofia Valdez. a Mexican girl
probably was wounded fatally by
another Corporal assigned to the
Quartermaster''s Corps Of the reg
ular army. A Corporal who gave
his name as Dunches later was
chased by a posse two miles and
his trail lest. Later he appeared
at the County Jail and surren-
dered.
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24

Eight deaths from sickness
among the regular and National
Guard troops on the border dur
ing the Week ending August u,
are disclosed in statistics made
public at the War Department.
Medical officers regard the death
rate as exceptionally low since it
covers total force of approxi-
mately 100000 in field camps.
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24

Thousands of dollars worth of
watermelons a+c rotting in the
railroad wards at ChikaSha. Okla,
because ears cannot be obtained to
haul them. The melons are piled
10 to Is feet high on the Sidings.
Three days exposure to the sun
and wind makes them unfit for
shipment.
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24

The biggest practice stunt Of
the National Guard has been
planned by Gen. Funston and his
staff, divisional "hikc' of all
the 10000 guardsmen ,encamped
at San Antonio. Texas. Tentative
plans call for march to the State
Capital, Austin, so miles away.
about September I.
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24
Notice.

Plainview Lodge No. 80. G. P.
A. will meet in special session at
the usual place of meeting Satur-
day, August 26, at 2 p. M, for the
transaction Of such business as
may come before it. All members
requested to be present.
w. G. Dillon, President,
j. s. Brown, Secretary.
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24

Private Peter r. Penniman
Company /, Second Massachusetts
Infantry, was shot and seriously
wounded early Thursday at Col
nmbus, N. NJ. presumably by a
Mexican. Penniman was walking
his post at the rifle range, six
miles from town, when a bullet
fired from a point near the bor-
der ploughed through his left
lung.
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24

Philandcr c. Knox, jr., son of
the former Secretary of State, has
been in Reno, New, since the last
of March. Young Knox while a
student at Mount Morris Prepar.
atory School in New York, mar
ried Miss May Boiler, who was
employed in a store. For while
the young couple lived in Phila-
delphia, but afterward separated.
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24

Ty Cobb, ball player and one of
the greatest Strike' experts in
the country, Friday conferred
briefly with President Wilson on
how to hit the ball in a pinch
After he got through he said he
thought the President knew more
about the strike business than he
did,
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24

Hazel Spindle, the 14-year-old
son of +. f. Spindle, at Ponca
City, Okla, dived twenty-five feet
from tree Sunday towards the
water in the natatorium at Ponca
City but missed it and his head
striking the concrete. he was
killed.
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24

Things are made different in
the will of Lima Matherny of
New York. Precedent has
it, that the servant in the
house usually is remembered
in the will of the employer. But
the $4,000 estate which Lima
Matherny saved through her years
of skimping is given to her en-
ployer, DR.. Emanuel Baruch.
Her relatives were unkind, she
said, giving that as reason for
cutting them off. She had been
in DR.. Baruch's employ 30 years.
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24

Andrew jackson, a % year old
negro, ran amuck" in Joliet,
Illinois, the other day seriously
wounding nine negroes and one
negress. jackson used a sawed
off shotgun in his attack and liter
ally .raked the street with shot.
Henry French, a Bowling Green,
Mo-, negro was the most seriously
injured. More than 200 shot en-
tered his body. He may die. Don
aid Smith, a 6-year-old boy, was
shot through the stomach and
two men lost their Gght in one
eye. Police in every city in the
State have been notified to watch
for jackson.
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24
For Sale.

Driving mare, sound and safe
for ladies or children to drive.
Also one second hand road wag-
on, surry, phaeton and two sets
single harness.
See Harry Wyatt,
43-tf at Wyatt's Lumber Yard.
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24

Spaniard named Fernandez, pre-
surnahly for japanese interests,
WIS v t45 ordered Monday \. e+Hay by Secretary
Lansing. Mr.. Lansing refused to
discuss the report in detail, but
it was considered significant that
the department should commence
the action.
The Butler weekly times., 1916-08-24
GENERAL NOTES.

- A4nt Aa44-- AeIe+esS+ es+ ee Of Dan Dan
Vile. His. 90 years old. whose six
teenth child was married last
spring, is learning to read. Il We
always wanted to read,' said the
aged woman, but until now I've
never had time
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-01-28
TO REPEAL FREE SUGAR

Senator .Broussard of Louisiana
on January introduced the follow
ing joint resolution, No. 81, which
was read twice and referred to tho
committee ON finances
"JoINT RESOLUTION To sus-
pend the final proviso Of paragraphs
enc hundred and; scventy4seycn,
Schedule +, of the Act Of October
third, nineteen hundred and thir;
teen. a.
Resolved by the Senate aud
House Of Representatives Of the
United States Of America in Con,
gross assembled, That the 6nal
proviso of paragraph one hundred
aud seventy.seven, Schedule II Of
the Act Of October third, nineteen
hundred and thirteen, entitled An
Act to- reduce tariff duties and to
provide revenue for the Govern
ment, and for other purposes (conl-
monty known as the Underwood
bilD, and reading,as follows; Pro
vided further, That on and after
the first day Of May, nineteen hum
bred and sixteen, the articles heFe-
! inbefore enumerated In this para
graph shall be admitted free Of
duty, be, and the same is hereby,
suspended. ~.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-01-28
Barrels Replacing Bags

The shortage of iute burlaps and
bagging is more serious on the main
land than here, and many industries
are, turning to. other foi ms of contain
ers, both for handling and marketing
their products. Barrels are beingused
more extensively than for many years,
the. mainland trade papers state,
1t has even ben s'lggesiea that raw
sugars may again be shipped from
Porto Rico and Cuba In hogsheads in
stead Of in hurlaps, while tue retiners,
the Louisiana factories making direct
consumption white SUGARS, and the do
nestle best sugar mills are all using
barrels and boxes more extensively
than ever before Letter ,adviees frsm
the Orient state that, large supplies are
Offering in the indian mari cts. The
difficulty is to get ships to carry tn
freight to market. The question OF
getting the l2,G0o.000 or more new
bags necded for llawaii's lRl7 sugar
coffee and rice cop will soon be ia en-
up in earnest by the agencies, Mosl
Of them have all they need for 1916.