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New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
Supreme Court Sets Date to Hear Question, Appealed by
 Government
MEASURE IN EFFECT
 FIRST DAY OF NEW YEAR
Interests of Employees Will Not Suffer as Both Sides Have Agreed to Sus- pend All Litigation Pending Final Decision-Railroads Must Keep . Strict Account of Wages Due to Re- imburse WorImen.

Washington, Dec. 11.-Arguments on the constitutionality of the Adam I son eight hour law were today set by the supreme court for January 8.
 The courts quickest decision on record was in 1905 in Harriman's suit to enjoin distribution of Union Pal cific stock by the Northern Securitiea company. This was argued March | and a decision given five days later1 For almost a century the court haa never given opinions except on Mon1 days. although precedent and not law or rule initiates against opinions on other days.
 Counsel for the government are Sol licitor General Davis, Assistant Attor1 news General G. Carroll Todd and E| Marvin Underwood and Special As1 sistant Frank Hagerman. Walker D| Hines. of New York, heads the rall1 road counsel. Arthur Miller reprd sents the Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf railroad.
 will Not Affect Either Side.
 Postponement of the courts deci] sion until after January should not according to attorneys interested, ma| terially affect interests of those in| volyed. The stipulation before th1 court signed by department of justic' and railroad representatives, sus pending all litigation over the Adana son law, pending a decision, require the railroads to keep special colnN of wages due employees under tlo law so they may be paid promptly ie is constitutionality is sustainel. Botl sides are pledged to expedite the tes cases, particularly as it is considerat that congress would consider ieBislA tion to meet the courts decision.
 Chief Justice White announced tn courts action on the motion presente last Monday by Solicitor Genera Davis, to advance the Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf railroad test fo early hearing.
 The case was ordered heard with dozen other important cases previous ly assigned for January s.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
Defenders May Decide to Make
 Stand on Line from ~ PlOeChti to Razue
TWO INVADING SQUADRONS
 ARE REPORTED VENTILATED
Russians May Be Able to Cut Supply .u Line if Able to Break Through - 4AustrO- Germans in Moidavia-Al-
 lies Resume Their Advance in Mace
 donia-Four German Airplanes
 Brought Down on Western Front.

Indication today point more strong ly.to the probability that the new de- fe-isive line of the Rumanians, fol- lowing their retreat from Bucharest will be drawn along the Bezeu river, forming the southern boundary of i their northern province of Moldavia. Additional reports from Petrograd indicate considerable measure of 1. success by the Rumanian northern |1&~Hy in holding up the Teutonic ad- vance. northeast along the railroad {from Ploechti north of Bucharest, to the town of Buzeu, located at about the center of the Buzeu river line, which stretches eastward to the lower reaches of the Danube.
 It is necessary to the apparent pur- pose of the Rumanians for them to here until the Rumanian forces fur ther south in eastern Wallachia, re- treating from the region between Bucharest and Tchernovoda, have T0dCneQ@ the boZou T1NGr line, unless, indeed, the Rumanian military au-
 thorities have decided to obtain a hold on more of eastern Wallachia than it now seems their purpose to defend. These Rumanian forces are threat i ened not only-by Field Marshal Won
 Mackensen's Danube army but by new contingents of Bulgarians, which k.haxe crossed the Danube between Sil-
 Eia and Tchernavoda.
 Meanwhile the Russians are ham
 mering away at the Austro- German Hines on the western frontier of Mol
 david and report making headway in the valleys running towards the west Their object apparently is not only to
 hold the Moldavian frontier safe but ,, possibly to achieve an eventual suc-
 cess in breaking we'll through into
 Hungary and cutting in behind the
 Austro-German supply lines 1eading g Rinto Rumania from the north
 There has been little fighting of an Important nature on the other fronts.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
VICTORY FOR PENNA. R. R.
Cannot Be Forced to Furnish Oil
 Tanks to Shippers.

Washington, Dec. 1.-The inter- state commerce commission, the su- preme court decided today, is without authority to compel railroads to fur nish oil tanks to shippers.
 An injunction issued by the Penn sylVania railroad against enforcement of an interstate commerce commission order requiring the carrier tC provide cars of such special type was upheld
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
SHOOTS UP NEW LONDON.
Negro Bound Over to Superior Court
 for Attempt to Kill.

New London, Dec. 11.-Williafr White, negro, who rlred five shot, at David Sparrow, on the street Sat, urday night, two of which took eff. feet was bound over to the superiol court this morning under bonds oi $2,5O0, on a charge of assault with intent to kill.
 Sparrow is in a hospital, but it is expected to recover.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
MARINE INSURANCE INCREASES
Presence of German Warship in At
 Iantic Given As Explanation.

New York Dec. 11-Marine under writers received word today that war risk insurance in London had been advanced from five to ten per cent for transatlantic and Cape of Good Hope trade due to the announcement of a German raider was at large. It was said the New York rates would probably follow the London lead
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
IMMUNITY UPHELD.
Billiard, Skinner and Elton Win Fight
 in Supreme Court.

Washington, Dec. 11-Appeals from New York federal court rulings grant ing immunity to John l.. Billiard, Will jam Skinner and James s. Elton in the New Haven railroad prosecution were dismissed today in the supreme court by the department of justice.
 The government contended they were not entitled to immunity by hav- ing testified in the interstate com merce commission investiga tion.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
Macedonian Offensive Futile.

Berlin, Dec. II, (By wireless to Sayvil1e) Entente troops on tha Macedonian front launched a very Considerable attack with forces of ar tillery and infantry on Sunday, says atoday's German official statement. The attack met severe failure.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
Allies Press Forward in Macedonia

Sa1oniki, Sunday, Dec. 10, via Lon don, l2:50 D. m.--An advance by the Entente forces on one sector of the front northeast of Monastir is an- nounced in a Serbian official state ment issued today.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
DOCUMENTS TO SHOW
 GERMAN CONSUL'S PLOT
Government Has Telegrams and Letters Directing De-
 structiOn of Munitions.

San Francisco, Dec. 11.-Letters an original copies of telegrams alleg
 ed to have been written by some of the defendants in the case of Franz Bopp, German consul general here,
 and six others charged with having
 violated the neutrality of the United
 States by conspiring to destroy com
 merce and munitions at the opening of the second week of the trial.
 Federal prosecutors said they hoped by the admission of the com-
 munications 10 prove that orders for 1 the destruction of bridges and tunnels in Canada and the explosion of d dynamite barge in Seattle harbor last year came direct from German con- 1 sular officials here.
 i Louis J.. Smith. a defendant in the
 case .who is said to have revealed de- l tails of the conspiracy to governm ent ] officials, and C. c. Crowley, a dctec- l tive. are the two men the government ] alleges attempted to carry out tho conspiracy of hampering. traffic ill munitions consigned to the entente allies. Smith has since become the governments chief witness. When
 the government placed him on the stand last Thursday the defense pro- tested that Smith was a felon. con- victed by court martial. of offenses committed in the army and that he
 served a term in Leavenworth prison
 Admissability of Smiths testimony
 was to be decided today by Judge
 Hunt. In the meantime papers restor-
 ing Smith to citizenship have been
 forwarded from Washington. The
 restoration papers, it was said. will
 in effect. operate as a presidential
 pardon and qualify Smith as a wit
 ness.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
REP. HILL TIRED OUT
Connecticut SOlOn Confined to Wash ington Apartments by Illness Caused By Over exertiOn.

Washington, Dec. 11.-Representa- tive Ebenezer J. Hill of NorWalk, Conn, one of the veteran members or the house, was confined to his apart ments here today as a result, his phy- sicians say of over -exertlon. He prob ably will be able to resume his work in a few days.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
DECLINES TO SAVE BOY.

Albany, Dec. Ex-Governor Whit man declined today to interfere with the execution of the death sentence imposed on Stanley J. Millste1n, an 1S' year old boy of Utica, convicted or the murder of Policeman John l.. Creddon at Utica last February lie is under sentence to die the week or December 1S
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
HARPER INAUGURATION HEAD.

Washington, Dec. 11.-Oficial an- nouncement was made today of the appointment of Robert N. Harper, a local bank president, as chairman of the inauguration committee to have charge of the ceremonies March 4, in connection with the re-installation of President Wilson
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
WILSON IN KENTTTCKV

Frankfort, Ky, Dec. 11.-President Wilson's plurality in Kentucky at the November election was 28,136, ac- cording to the official canvass of the vote announced today
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
State Dept. At Washington Calls Breach of Faith 0n bcr|in'S Part ''C|ear Cut in Public Statement
FULL INFORMATION
 IS NOW AT HAND
No Action to Be Taken Until United States Has Completed Inquiry Re- garding Arabia Case-New Note In~ Interpreta ton of Promise in Sussex Case.

Washington, Dec. 1.-Announce- ment was made at the state depart ment today that complete information now at hand covering the case of the British horse ship Marina torpedoed with a loss of six Americans makes it appear to be a "clear cut'' violation of Germany's pledge.
 Full information on the case of the Arabia will be awaited before the next move is made, which Is expected to take the form of a new note intended to clear up what appears to be differ ences of interpretation on what Ger manys pledges in the Sussex case actually were
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11
Four German Airpianes Ragged.

a;,,x,1ar,as ,Daxo h,.o,,n1o+ a
 yesterday, two of them on the Yer
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11

Washington, Dec. 1.-The papers signed by President Wilson to quail fly Louis J. Smith as a government witness in the neutrality trial in San Francisco restores Smiths citizenship by executive order.
New Britain herald., 1916-12-11

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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27
Two Injured by Falls on Ice

While walking from the post
office to his home a block away,
Mr.. Pierce Hackett slipped and
falling heavily to the ground,
broke one of the ribs in his
right side. ": Il. juiirnsun and
Mr.. Gray assisted the injured man
in getting to his home where he
received a Doctors attention. Mr..
Hackett says his side is very sore
and painful but he hopes to be
able to be out in short time.
Grandpa Penny met with a
very painful accident on last Fri
day by falling and breaking his
hip. Mr.. Penny had just stepped
outside the door when he slipped
and fell. He was picked up by
members of the family and DR..
Smith was called and the old gen.
tleman was soon made as comfort
able as possible. At this writing
Mr.. Penny is getting along nicely
and his many friends hope to see
him out soon again.-Amoret
Leader.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27
Charles H. Phelps to Wed

Carthage, Mo-, Jan. 90
Charles H. Phelps of Carthage,
brother of Col. w. H. Phelps,
State Senator of this district, will
be married Wednesday to Miss
Lola H Smith, daughter Of Bap-
fist minister at Garden City, Mo.
The wedding is to be at the home
of j. l.. Smith, brother of Miss
Smith, in Kansas City. The cere-
mony will be performed by Miss
Smiths father. Rev. J. A. Smith.
Mr. Phelps is in the loan and
real estate business with offices
in Carthage.
Miss Smith, who is a charming
young lady, is niece of T. J.
Smith of this city and has fire.
quently visited here.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27
Black e. Arnold Clothing Co.

Drop head sewing machines at
Murray s this week only $3.50.
Corduroys and duck coats to
close out, Black & Arnold.
Mrs. Wesley Black assisted in a
concert given by Rudolph King in
Kansas City Friday of last week.
Mrs. H. G. Cook visited rela-
tives and friends in Rich Hill the
first of the week.
A few more overcoats and
mackinaws to close out, Black &
Arnold.
Major Sam Walls Of Adrian was
a Butler visitor Monday after
noon.
Sheriff johnson made a bust
ness trip to Amsterdam and Rich
Hill Friday.
Winfield Steele of Adrian spent
a few days the last of the week
visiting relatives in this city :
For sale-Eighty acres Of land
S miles southwest Of Butler on
Butler and Rich Hill road. For
particulars write j. A. Carpenter,
Brewster, Kans., R. l.. 4tf
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27
Rivers on Rampage.

As result Of the heavy rain
the last of the week, both the
Marais DIES Cygnes and the Miami
rivers went out of their banks.
The Marais DIES Cygnes still COW
ers the bottoms as we 60 to press,
but the Miami has gotten back in
to her banks except at the mouth
of the stream where it is backed
up by the Marais DIES Cygnes.
The drainage bitches art carry
ing a great volume of water and
are expected to carry off the sur
plus water of the bottoms within
the next two or three days.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27
Christian Church.

The regular services will be
held at the Christian church next
Sunday. The pastor will be at
home and will conduct worship at
II a. m. and I 30 p. IN.
The Bible school and Endeavor
societies meet at the usual hours.
All the church members are re-
quested to attend the various SER
vices Sunday and all visitors will
be heartily welcomed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27
First National Bank of Adrian
Elects Officers.

The directors of the First Ma
tional Bank met Friday and elect
ed the officers of the bank for the
current year. The following per-
sons were elected: j. G. Smith,
president; S. l.. Bates, vice presi-
dent; l.. r. Allen, cashier; Frank
Mathers, assistant cashier.
They added $500 to the sur
plus fund of the bank.-Adrian
Journal.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27
List of Letters

Remaining uncallcd for at the
Post Office at Butler, Mo-, for the
week ending Jan. 25th, 1916:
Webber Hollis, ID. c. Moore,
Miss Estelle Floyd. Miss Effie
Garrison, Mrs. Mary Kite. N
These letters will be sent TO tll9
dead letter office February 8th,s
1916 if not delivered before In
calling for the above, please say
!" Advertised' giving date of list.
J. f. Williams, Postmaster.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27

Misses Bessie jackson and
Aileene Beauchamp spent Satur-
day in Kansas City.
Come in and get the benefit of
the prices we are making, Black
& Arnold.
We will buy or trade for your
old furniture, G. A. Murray, South
Side Furniture Store.
Why do without sewing ma
chine when you can buy good
one for $3.50 at Murray's.
G. r. Long came in from Tulsa,
Okla, Saturday for short visit
with home folks.
re Mr.. and Mrs r.. j. Smith made
a combined business and pleasure
trip to Kansas City the last Of the
week. H
!. Mr.eand Mrs. j. 7. McElroy left
the last of the week for Neosho,
Mo-, where they visited with their
son, George McEtroy and family.
N. E. Young of La Plata, Mo-,
arrived in the city Saturday and
spent Sunday with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. R. Young.
Petitions for nomination. fer the
presidency of the United States
have been filed in behalf of Hen
ry Ford in Michigan.
Did you think it was cold last
weekly Richardson, Alaska, re-
ported 80 degrees below zero Sat
urday.
Mrs. Len Barber, who under
went an operation in Kansas City
about three weeks ago, returned
home Friday.
Squire D. A. Bean Of the west
part of the county, who has been
seriously sick with pneumonia is
reported better.
Mrs. Simon Meyer Of Omaha,
Neb., was in the city last week,
the guest of her brother-in-law,
Joe Meyer.
Mrs. H. H. Wells returned Sun
day from Kansas City where she
had been for several weeks in
hospital convalescing from a Sc
we're surgical operation.
Warrensburg is getting in the
metropolitan class. They have dis
carded horse drawn fire, appar-
atus and purchased new motor
truck. . ~ -.
Mrs. John Yaple, who was
called to this city by the illness
and death Of her mother, Mrs. F.
g. Smith, has returned to her
nome in Horton, Kas.
j.. b. Baskerville, q prominent
young farmer and stockraiser. Of
township was q BUSH
less visitor. Wednesday. The
,oads were 50 muddy he walked
o APPLETON, City and game the rest
# the way. on the train. II,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank White ar
lived in the city the last Of. the
week from Ouray, Colorado and !
Re now Waiting Mr.. Whites
bother, Mn. n. G. White, and sis
er, Mrk. William Stanley.
II: s. Wyatt Of H. s. Wyatt 1
.uz4ber Company, left Tuesday !
az y 6usG6 / GitT where he = at
I'D & = s. - - 8 Of the South
pqstesn AsAh el1nen 3 Ass0cia,
ne Nm 7eapsraaee Union
= 81 - No. e! I : y. Liss = /.
s NJ; q; |; /
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27

Judge c. A. Denton left Mon
day for Lexington, Mo-, on bust
ness trip.
Joe Cox, mechanic at the Nor
fleet & Ream garage, spent Sun
day in Carthage visiting friends.
Wesley Denton, cashier Of the
Peoples Bank was a business WIS.,
itor to Kansas City one day the
first of the week.
You have always wanted to see
that great actor, Wilton Lackaye.
You can see him next Monday,
matinee and night at the Electric
Theatre.
President Arthur Bonner of
| Morrisville College was represent
ing the school and visiting Rev. r.
K. Wolfe on Tuesday.
Grover Argenbright was a bust
ness visitor to Cass county the lat
ter part of the week. He returned
Saturday afternoon and reports
the roads almost impossible.
The Border Telephone says the
taxpayers Of that town have paid
out enough in increased INSURANCE
rates in the last 30 years to put
in an up to date water works
plant.
Singer, New Home, Goodrich,
and many other makes of good
sewing machines only $3.50.
Needles and repairs. G. A. Muir
ray, South Side Furniture Store.
January and February are usu-
ally dull business months. You
can make these our best ones if
you will do all your trading with
us, Black & Arnold.
DR.. and Mrs. j. w. Choate and
son, Leslie, attended the funeral
of Mrs. Choate's father, Judge
John Il. jackson, which took place
in Jacksonville Saturday.
Next Monday the Electric
Theatre will present that fore
most American actor, Wilton
Lackaye in big five act produe-
ton entitled, 1.-The Man of
Shame
The mail order houses believe in
advertising. More than seven
large sacks filled with catalogs,
addressed to the patrons Of the
rural routes out of Butler, We're
received at the postoffice in one
day recently.
If your bread is dark and sog-
gy, it is because you are using a
low grade Of flour. Try a sack Of
Dur high grade Red Star Flour"
and get good results. Every sack
fully Guaranteed. 15-4t
Cannon. Elevator.
The Butler Reds Basket Ball
team went up to, Garden City
Of last week and played +
The team. at that city. The score
vas Butler 80, Garden City 9.d'
Courtney Of Adrian was. referee
M. A. Earl Of Harrison town
hip who was in Nevada Saturday +
'ays the high waters caused much ,
in that vicinity. John
3oIer lost five head of horses and
ION Trusket p number. of cattle
md fifty or sixty feet of the Kan-
as City Southern railroad track J
vas washed out Nevada Mail.
The heavy rains of last Thursl
Nv and Thursday night caused = /
apid and Dangerous rise in theis
lF1inete ditch and the Marai4
les g Senes riyer. The floating
IS added ~ tie danger. Of theEl
rid he Miss6ari Pacifie
81 IA = lefee ~ men with I 4
200 1 - kennmer at thlkl
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27
Attends a Meeting of the Farm
Mortgage Association Of
America. -

J. B. Walton. vice president of
the Missouri State Bank and The
Walton Trust Company left Mon
day for Chicago where he attend
ed meeting of the board of gov
errors, of which he is a member,
of the Mortgage Bank Association
of America.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-27

County Engineer Joseph Flam.
mang returned Saturday from
Cairo, Ills, where he attended y
meeting of the National Drainage
Congress. He reports very in.
teresting meeting with about 400
engineers present.
Why that strange, pleased smile
everybody is wearingY Just
thinking of the fun we are all go.
ing to have paying up our bills
during National Pay-Up Week,
February 21-26.-"Passing Pros
perity Around" as it were.
Rev. R. M. Talbert of the Chris
tian church who is in the Wesley
hospital at Kansas City, where he
underwent surgical operation
for an affection of the throat
writes that he expects to be home
the latter part of the week and
will occupy his pulpit Sunday.
| February 21-26 will probably
live long in the history of this
community. That's the week,
you know, when we are all going
to pay up so the other fellow can
pay up, too. Thousands of dol
lars will be paid on old. accounts,
old notes, etc, locally.
Henry Ford says he will go to
Europe again if someone will con-
vince him that he could do auy
good there. He could have saves
himself lot of trouble and cx-
pense by waiting for some one to
convince him that he could do
some good before he went the
first time.
f. j. johnson, the deputy Unit
ed States marshal, who had charge
of the self confessed German spy,
l. T. T. Lincoln, when he escaped
from custody in New York last
week has been dismissed from the
service by direction of Attorney
General Gregory.
C. w. Hess last week sold his
drug store on the north side to c.
c. Rhodes Of Kansas City. Both
Mr.. and Mrs. Rhodes are regis
tered pharmacists and have been
for some years in charge of a drug
store in Kansas City. Mr.. Rhodes
contemplates remodeling the
store and adding new fixtures.
Notwithstanding the almost i'm
passable condition of the roads
a large number Of rural
school teachers were in town
Saturday attending the class be-
ing conducted by Prof. c. a.
Phillips of the Extension depart
ment of the Warrepsburg State
Normal. All teachers taking .his
course are allowed credit on Il reg
ular course at the State Normal.
There is "Stitch and Chatter
Club" in Butler. The name well
explains the purpose of the club,
but we are wondering il they
don't advocate that "a stitch in
time saves nine" while they
chatter all the time Now, we
nave plenty of clubs like that in
Clinton, but, however, they 60 un-
Ter q better disguised name
Clinton Eye.
"A well attended drainage meet
ng was held in Schell City Sat
,rday, January %, for the pur-
lose of organizing q cooperative
irainage district under the new
y revised drainage laws of Mis-
Iouri. for the reclamation of the |
,verflow bottoms Of the Usage
md Mannaton bottoms. Fred
dans, Of Schell City, was electsd Il
Hartman of the meeting and the |
Project was discussed from vari-
ms angles. Another meeting will |
- M - - n. $500 IL, - IN