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PRICES OF NEARLY ALL COMMODITIES IN u. S. STILL SOAR;
NO CHANGE PROBABLE UNTIL WAR ENDS; DOLLAR DWINDLES

n1ately 400 per cent. The statement
reads rs follows In part.
THE shortage In ships that has led
to the remarkable Increase In rates
Is attributed to the following causes In
q letter TO the Committee on Merchant
Marine n Fisheries: l. The elimina-
ton Of merchant ships OF Germany ana
Austria-H Hungary: 2. The withdrawal of
merchant ships for military and naval
purposes; 3. The loss of ships through
submarine and mining operations
The letter was written to the comnit-
tee by DR.. r. r. Pratt. chief OF the Blu
reau Of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce. Continuing the statement reads:
In January. 1914, the rate on grain
from New York n Boston to Liver
pool was ~ cents "A bushel: one year
later the rate from New York to Liver
pool was 1873 cents and from Boston to
Liverpool l3.2 to 1b.2 cents a bushel.
In January. 1915. the ate from New
York to Liverpool was 1915 cents q
bushel and from Boston to Liverpool
34.5 to 86.5 cents a bushel. From these
data II appears that the rate on grain
from New York to Liverpool In January.
1915. was ten times rs high as in Ian
uary. 1914.
The advances in ratee from New Or.
leans to European ports rave been fully
as pronounced as the Increases from New
York to the same ports. At both New
York and New Orleans the rate on cot
ton shipments TO Liverpool has been In.
creased about 900 per cent. In the last
two years. but IL Is still far hea per a:
far as the ocean rate is concerned q
| ship cotton from New York In spite o.
lite congested condition than from New
| Orleans. on January 1. 1916. the rate
for each 100 pounds OF cotton was 81 81
from New York and So from New Or.
cans.
: The rate on sack -four from New
York to Liverpool Increased in the period
between January l. 1914, and January
I. 1916. from is cents 100 pounds &c
80 cents. whereas the rate on the same
Commodity from Seattle to Hongkonl
Increased during this period from >;
cents 100 pounds to IS cents. On Jan
uegv 1. 1914. the rate on -four from New
York to Liverpool was 10 cents 10,
rDunds cheaper than the rate from Seat.
tie to Hongkong, but on January |. 1916
the rate from New York TO Liverroo
was Is cents more for each 100 pounds
than the corresponding rate from Seattl,
10 Hongkong.'
The foregoing tables are simply ap
proximate price comparisons Of a few
OF the multitudtnous commodities in oul
markets. II would be almost irrpossibl,
to classify accurately and quote price
on the vast number of articles hough'
and sold In this country every year.
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PAPERS INCREASE IN
PRICE F. r SERIOUS

The newspapers OF the country. to say
nothing OF the magazines and the tech
meal m trade journals. are facing a
serious situation In the steady increase
In the component parts OF all kinds Of
paper. The scarcity OF labor. the in
crease In wages and the advance in the
price OF coal, as we'll rs the scarcity Of
ocean tonnage and the prevailing freight
congestion, all together aid In complicat-
ing the condition Of this market.
The cost OF labor In Canada. where
the bulk Of the wood pulp used in the
manufacture Of paper Is obtained. has
increased because of the scarcity ~
workers caused by the heavy enlistments
Of Capadians since the war began, The
cost OF pulp wood has Increased rom
s. to 50 a cord This in turn affects
the price OF paper from SO to 81 a ton.
Coal used by paper manufacturers
has Increased about 90 cents a ton and
his IN Increase in the cost OF
pa per from 81 Ia Sc A ton.
The increased demands OF paper labor
throws weight or the wrong side OF the
balance and helps to push up the price.
The follow ing table shows the per-
centage OF Increase N prices as Of 1914
and recent date
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.BREADSTUFFS, HIDES,
LEATHER AWAY UP

Breadstuffs rave advanced during the
last veal by reason Of late buying move
ments in the fall. plus tho fact that ex-
port orders have pressed the mills until
they are working at capacity and just
about meeting the domestic demand. At
one time during the winter Independent
fiour dealers and small bakers In New
York were living a hand to mouth ex-
istenc because Of the inability Of the
-four mills TO grind UP the grain which
flooded in upon them when the overdue
movement began late In the season.
Large quantities OF export grain and
flour are stored in the vicinity Of New
York awaiting shipment in the vessels
which s~pasmodically make this port. The
lack OF adequate ocean tonnage has been
the chief cause for the enormous rise In
ocean freight rates on grain and -four
and has been the prime cause OF the
transportation problem which has been
taxing the powers OF railroad. Govern
ment and State ofIcials during recent
months.
Hides and leather prices have ad-
vanced because Of the European war.
The accompanying table gives the ap-
proximate prices OF breadstuffs and hides
and leather as OF August. 1914. and re-
cent quotations
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d y LEATHER.
ALL OILS ADVANCE:
GASOLINE LEADING

The petroleum industry is In al ex-
traordinary a situation as any other
commodity market In this instance II
Is only fair to state. however,. that the
causes are related TO domestic rather
than to foreign conditions. The fact
during 1915 the United States exported
10. oNs 900 gallons less Of gasolene than
during the preceding year.
A gradual petering out OF the nelde
producing crude oils OF high gasolene
content, plus a sudden and IN
crease in the demand. u the explanation
Tor the increased price. The gasoiene re-
qu,rements Of this country increased dur
ing tho last, year about IS per cent over
those of a year ago.
Crude petroleum production. however.
showed but q slight increase over the
preceding year. and this Increase was
no. In the fields producing the high grade
crudes from which gasolene is retined
In fact, the Cushing field In Oklahoma.
which formerly produced 100000 bar
rels OF crude oil daily. had dwindled IN
January this year TO approximately ~.
900 barrels a day The Gushing neld
crudes Welded about 80 per cent. gaso-
lene. and the loss due 20 the decrease In
production in this pool helped materially
10 weaken the supply. The loss In crude
oils was more than made up In the other
fields. but as they DO not produce a high
gasolene content oil the loss In gasolene
was not made up.
Secretary Lane OF the Interior De
partment. who has Issued a repor, on the
gasolene situation, does. not give much
encouragement to expect the supply OF
gasolene TO keep pace with the demand
in the future. according to an article
published in the April circular OF the
National City Bank. The article reads
in part:
Secretary Lane has summed up the
| situation as follows: \. The consump-
| ton OF gasolene Is rapidly increasing
.. The production OF crude has been gen.
| orally regarded as near Its maximum
'Hi. report shows that for q NUMBER
| OF years the production Of crude oil has
not kept pace with the demand for saso'
lene. but the supply Of the latter hal
been kept up by Increased extraction.
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COSTS MORE TO BUILD
THAN TWO YEARS AGO

The enormous advances In the price Of
building materials since the beginning OF
the world wal are shown In the whole
sale market prices, but they do not
show what tho ultimate consumer, Mr..
Home or Mr.. Office or Mr.. Factory
Builder. has to pay for them.
A story is told In the commodity trade
which fts into the situation. A man who
has plenty OF money decided that tie
would have a steam yacht designed and
built to suit his fancy. Accordingly he
called In a marine architect and builder
and an agreement was made that the
vessel should he constructed at a cost
Of not more than S250.o00.
The ARCHITECT n builder drew the
plans for the yacht, submitted thep to
the prospective owner and then esti-
mated the cost Of the boa His figures
we're we'll within the s250,0o0 mark. hut
when he went to the different markets
to verify his prices he found that II
would he impossible TO launch a craft
for less than S45o,Ooo. The yacht wac
not built.
The following table OF Approximate
prices gives a comparison az the two
years 1914 and 1915;
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CRUDE OH.
LICENSED

THE number Of automobiles given -
for the first of each year.
.In addition 10 the enormous growth
~ the demand for sasolcne for auto
mobiles thus indicated. Secretary Lane
calls attention TO other noteworthy
channels Of consumption:
"'Or July l, 1915, there were approx
mately 800, 900 motor boats in the United
states on January 1. 1918, there We're
approximately $1,000 motor trucks in
the United States on January 1. 1915,
there we're approximately 10000 farm
tractors In the United States
"Secretary Lane bases his verdict, that
production Of crudes has been gem
"rallv re- 'rdod ms near it's maximum
on his estimate of the percentage of
exhaustion Of the principal oil fields.
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HOW HIGH PRICES HIT
HOUSEWIVES IN u. S.

Tho average housewife complains that
her weekly or monthly allowance fails
to stretch over the same ground II COW
cred in 1914. but the table Of provision
and grocery prices shows why.
There Is scarcely q thing that man
consumes that has not increaeel in
price during h last year and . half.
Even tho boo.blacks have to pay more
for their materials. The cheaper grades
OF shoelaces have one up. They were
formerly $3.50 to $3.50 a gross. Now
they cost from s275 I o - q gross.
OF course some Of the increases In the
provision and grocery markets are YEA
sonabfe advances. but the general UP.
ward jump Is not a seasonable one. II
10 the result Of easy money and credit
and will doubtless continue until the
basic causes for the advances in all OF
our commodities are removed.
Tn following table gives a few com
PARSONS AZ approximate prices In the
grocery and provision markets:
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CHEMICALS AND DRUGS
SCARCE AND II

In the market for chemicals and
drugs spectacular advances in prices
have been the rule during the last year
and a half This is due TO the war and
to the other unsettling factors caused
by the war. the most important OF
which IL the cutting on OF German and
Austrian markets and the serious ham,
per!ng OF carriers from other foreign
sources.
Some Of the moro costly drugs OBJ
tained In normal times from European
markets can be got q only after tho
most e%xhausting methods are resorted
TO and some drugs and chemicals can
not be obtained in spite Of the efforts OF
the trade In this country. In regard TO
a number OF rare chemicals and drugs
the United States Is slowly consuming
the supply this market had on hand
when the war began.
The following table shows ap-
proNlmatN comparatiye prtces
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. pound. and the Indications are that
higher figures will be reached. In fact
q few isolated cases have been reported
where quick deliveries have been made at
more than 80 cent?.
The other metals have also advanced
during tho las, year and a half. PROM
ably the most spectacular rise was re-
corded by quicksilver. which Just after
the beginning OF the war sold for $so a
70 pound flask. Early In this year
quicksilver prices were quoted IN this
market 1t around $500 a mask The
price has now dropped back to approx
imatsly SIs6 . flask.
All metal manufactures have Increased
n price. Umbrellas cost more. women.s
handbags are higher. kitchen utensils
have advanced. tool steel has had q
phsnomAnal rise. all kinds OF pins
safety. hair. straight n the multi
tudinous others-cost more. and buckles.
metal edgings and the vast number OF
ether metal manufactures v all gone
-.
Supplies imperative to tho operation
and maintenance Of railroads rave ad-
vancsd something like 50 per cent. In
price during the last year. and r~estric-
tions In purchases are the rule In the
purchasing departments OF q majority OF
the roads.
According to q circular recently sent
out to department heads by the receiver
o. one big railroad In this country
thirty-six classes OF articles have ad-
vanced from so to 100 per cent. In price
during ire last year. Seventy other
elassea ~ materials used by the o
have advanced from 10 TO so per cent
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for which He gave His life. This ,ho,.,.
~ entirely additional TO anything in ny
Iewish Passover type. There IL no No me
timation that any Of the HOUSEHOLDS ~. IN
TO partako of the blood OF th" .ets
lamb: Nevertheless we who now san
blood and lay down our lives VIII u IL
IN defehce OF. the Truth, thereby MI ~ u
ourselves as elder brothers In tho Umaih
hold OF Faith. members of tbn EyWuasse
Dorns with our Lord, our Redeemar .s
Us prospeotlvely the Royal p-rios,hooSf n'
"As We Are tnieaveucd..
The Apostle Paul points or, ,,,..
TENS to which we have called a,t.s,
re says tnat the Lords ConsrcIat,9 f,t
,,Wers are counted AS members rf ~.
BODY OF Christ. the Church. under Ms
the Head. He indicates tia, liz br pgs
loat represents primarily our Lar3 ne1
VINO was broken for us and ina, US W.
@puar'iy II represents the Church of
yield themselves. FOR the SAKE o, ~.
Lords Cause. He also points oSt ,tn-
the cup of Christ's blood. OF 'nst
are invited TO partakc. sigrlf. IN W.
sanIi,pc,,no,noh ghl9n IN The suffering. ana
therefore whoever intelligentIv n,r
takes OF the Memorial super IN. ,pe1ni,,
indicates two things: 90 nj. f,it,' ,-
Jesus as the Passover Lamb. and mn
nppr,ciation n participtnon IN tEs
faith and go his, N nbcr,hIp t, ,b..
Body OF Christ, ali the nembor. w.
which agree. to be broken-mtmbsr.h,
IN that little nock" whose fa.ihfyf,oonn
ter's cup.-.shsring with. HIN in Ills AZ
rtiice, suffering with HIN In order -
2 Timothy 2:i1. IL. '
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MAYOR TO TELL OF HIS WORK.
Annual AccOuutinG VIII he Made
NJ Astor Dinner on May 2.

Mayor Mitchel's accounting ~ Ms
stewardship for the last year viii be
rendered at a public Dime In his honor
in the Hotel Aston on May . instead
Of at the Aliine Club. where a similar
ceremony took place a year ago. About
500 persons have asked for reservations
The committee in charge includes
Nathan 4. Smyth. Charles G. Burling-
ham. Charles l.. Ee-nhe!mer, Edward "
Bassett. Henry dc Forest Baldwin. WILL
lam Hamlin Childs. John Henry Ham,
moni. Job r. Hedges. Norman Hapgood.
Jacob c. klinck. Walter Lindner. WILL
lam Loeb. Jr.. Richard w. Lawrence.
George w. Perkins. Joseph NJ. Price
and Henry /. Stimson.
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Car and engine holsters have advanced
IN price &s.6 per cent. car forgings 40
per cent. steel castings 39.c per cent. /:
chains $50 per cent common iron bars
rs per cent. pig and sheet lead S5 per
cent. wire nails OF all sizes S&5 per
oent lead pipe IS per cent. headlt; ut
refectoe 1871 per cent. miscellaneous
steel IS per cent. and galvanized wire
50 per cent. Miscellaneous materials
and supplies not included IN the 100
classes which range between 10 and 700
Der cent. show an average price advance
Of 42.S per cent
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where In France and the skins are not
being cut.
Knit goods, such as underwear and
hosiery. are being exported by the
United States In great quantities, and
students OF the textile markets say that
tho brunt OF the allied and American
manufacturing In his line will fall or
the shoulders Of the United States. while
such famous textile centres a. Roubaix,
ST. Quentin and Lisle remain In the hands
OF Germany.
Changes II Textile Prices.
Tho following table Of textile prices
gives an Approximate comparison Of the
situation as Of August. 1914. and recent
quotations Of his year:
Aus. Recent.
1914. 1915.
Cotton. middling. pound. ......... .So.0s 10.iis
Cotton. sheetings. Southern. yard 81 .0'b
standard sheetings, Boeton, yard. OB .Os2
0lnghams Amosk. staple. Boston.
pfin. cio,h:. s.s. Boston. ,ard.... 3 .Ssss
wool. Eastern. washed. Boston.
Wool, Texas. super. secured. pound "a %
Manila. hemp. pound ............. .0,b .tG
Jute. average OF grsdes, pound. .o66 ..M6
SIR. oes No, /, pound. ........... go tS
Flax. New Zkland. spot. pound .WT los
flax. Russian, pound ............No auotationi
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RE SALES

IN FORECLOSURE -slp-c-r 0og-
County OF New York The BARK - 5,
ines In the City Of Ser N1r., 'a.7'-
against Walton e. Al'lluse ar :'sH
Defendants, Clerks Fie 10 s0.t N"'
1915: Cadvslader. Wick"-sha~- g Ia"
Plaintiffs Attorneys. a. Wal S,resi NtF
York.
Judgnen, entered March e.'h. ''f 80
suant TO said Judgment 't. 'n- go
Will sell a. public sIyt'0" a. b. SO
Salesrooua. tpS 14.Ib t-s.H
Borough ~ Manhat'aH. CIV - 'r ''t
4, T. O'clock noon. on Alr' '
JOSEPH T. DAY, Auction
gagged premises dIrcCt"i hy a. 7-T
10 No sod. situated pN tfe t.-.
Greene street. IN said B,ro.gr ,
100 feet south ~ me s0'''.ts. .- " y
said street and Ne No.f' ta -
tending south 80 feet Tn w. FL 'Hr 80
rear by 100 feet In d'p'h sr'' H"'
BIS. street Nns lE sud l"o ., "Hf 3d.
H. ll-L-L- -------
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OCEAN FREIGHT RATES
SHOWED A A p RISE

The Department OF Commerce, Bu-
reau Of Foreign and Domestic Com.
merce. IN a recently issued statement
drew attention to the fac, tina ocean
freight rates ave greatly increased dur
ing the last year ard a half. The state
ment discloses hat the increase in grain
rates from New York TO Liverpool has
been about 800 per cent. and four rates
abou 500 per cent. while the ate on
provisions shows an Increase during the
last two years amounting to approx
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-17

The New York
City Temple Con-
gregation met last
evening TO COM
memotate the an
nive OF our
Lords Last supper.
According to Jewish
time. II was the very
night In which
Jesus met with His
disciples more than
eighteen
ago to celebrate the
Jewish Passover.
Pastor Russell con-
Quoted the service.
following the simple
but impressive order
OF the Memorial
Supper instituted by
- m $500
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Tn 1909 the volume Of crude produced
was more than fourteen times as great
as that of gasolene, In 1918 the ratio
~ crude over gasolene production was
only Sla to /. In considering these hg-
ures .fthe years given are the only ones
for which Secretary Lane finds gasolene
figures available) It IL Interesting to
note the growth In the automobile IN
dustry at the same time.
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Passover in Type
and in Antifype
OF ISRAEL A TYPE or THE CHURCH
OF THE FlRST-BORNS.

Only First-Bons in Danger Of the Destroying Angel Passing
Over Of A~ntitypical First-BornsF Full Of Meaning for the World
-First.Bons the Blessers Of Their Br~ethren-Eatins the
Lamb With Bitter Herbs Jesus Our Passover Lamb-He
Instituted a New Feature Not Shown in the Type-Partakins
Of Jesus Blood-Church to Be Broken. to Shed Their Blood.
With Christ
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and congestion caused by the war In
Europe are the reasons for the advance |:
Recent. Aug.
1916. 1914.
Connellsvihc coke. abort ton.
Southern coke Chattanooga, ton 6@ 40
Anthracite stove coal IN. ". ton bB b25
bltuninous tPittsburg). Z. o. b.
Chicago), ton .............. AZ abs
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DwIuduns Of OIL Fields.

"The Lima-lndisna neld, ne hnds, 10
% peg cent exhausted the Appalachian.
"A per cent. the Gulf coast and Colo.
rado, ~ per cent, each tho Illinois.
40 per cent the MID inent Exam
eas and nklahoms), 50 par cent north
vest Louisiana, ~ per cent, north
Texas, 40 per cent, California. "a per
cent.
- 'hese three ields which still have
more than 80 per cent, OF their petroleum
supply untouched, California, with a pro
huction Of S9,500,0 900 barrels In 1915. Y
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far the most important tnorth Texas
and northwest Louisiana did not pro-
duce one-thlrd OF this amount), and the
average gasolenc content of California
crude IL given as only 2is per cent.
THE high prices now ruling for gaso-
lene and crude oil ave naturally stimu-
lated great activity In every known held.
but the results as yet are not very salts
factory.
I'm January and February OF last
veal 1.S62 wells were In operation and
1859 were being drilled, and the new
production derived from this work TO-
tailed 2Ss.351 barrels. In January and
February Of his year 3.341 wells were
In operation and 4.4s9 were being drilled
but they only showed n new production
Of 273,342 barrels. The average daily
production from all fields In January
and February. 1916. was about s0o.0oO
barrels a day. as compared with $4,000
barrels a day In tho same months OF
1915.
New Carbureter Would Help.
Immediate relief would b given by
an Improvement upon the carbureter
that would make practicable the use OF
kerosene as q fuel for automobiles. Or
binary crude oil furnishes at least two
and often three gallons OF kerosene &c
| every gallon OF gasolene."
The accompanying table gives approx.
innate comparative prices for 1914 and
1915
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Jump In Prices Of Metals.

The following table gives the approx
mate prices of metals for comparison as
Of August. 1914. and recent 1915 quota
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N Paste Russeus Svndcnsd Nmo appear GekV IN approximately ndeer huNnfd#
1 oNrpopos IN the Unaed States dndA, 0ren Britain. South ttn, Australia nd Sdn II
e dndrd, In four languages Metropolitan cities are not controlled V ne Syndicate. nen0#
q wed,sp wmMedo publish these na,udss s"monst IN The IedAne n1cspapes pdymeM
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-17

For a merely nominal s1n Won MAJ,
have n copy of Pastor Russci's booi
entitled THE New Creation IN vlI1S
- given a complete anf mot satl,
factory explanation OF t.. me.rirs =,
the Lords supper. add esA Br06Ityr
Tabernacle. Brook yn. y y "
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In addition TO the above woollen and
cotton felts have increased Is per e n
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Aus. cent,
iai4. 1918.
Brick. Hudson River. hard NJ, Sg $3.50
Cement. domestic, Portland, spor,
bbl 1s t1
Lame. Eastern common, Dbl gee. % lts
Nails. wire, from store, base
price, key $50 40
Glass, window, l0xl5, box, 80 80.
II, ........g.,. s,...'...'s.'.,.. aN I'm
Timber, hemlock. Penn. random.
Timber. Eastern, spruce, wide
random. M.,|,..""-"."":.., o4o %n
Pine. yellow, IL inches and under.
NJ. ......"..~--..,..",".,,,,, 900 1oo
COAL AND COKE UP
WITH REST OE' LIST
Tho following table shows tho rise In
| the price OF coal and coke during the
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Advance Of 30 20 roo Per Cent.

Among the materials which have ad-
vanced between so and 700 per cent. are
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-20
Hadley III, Goes Back to New
Mexico Ranch.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. IT,
Herbert S. Hadley, candidate for
the Republican nomination for
United States Senator, left here
today for his 5O-acre ranch near
Roswell, N. NJ, for his health.
Mrs. Hadley ACCOMPANIED him.
Hadley left on advice of his
physicians. If he makes an i'm
mediate improvement, he will be
back to Kansas City in April. If
his condition does not become
more satisfactory, he may with
draw from the race for senator
ship.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-01-20
Progressive Convention in
Chicago June il

Chicago, Jan. 1.-THE Pro-
gressive party will hold its ma
tiUnaf convention June I in Chi
cago, concurrently with the ma
tional convention Of the Republi-
can party, in the hope that both
may agree on the same candidate
for president. This action was
decided upon today by the nation
al committee of the Progressive
party. Forty-seven of the forty
eight states were represented at
the meeting.
A message was read from Colo
mel Theodore Roosevelt urging
the necessity for adequate pre-
paredness.