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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22
Rebekah's Masquerade.

One Of the jolliest affairs of the
season was the st. Patrick E
masquerade at the hall of Carna.
ton lodge Daughters of Rebekah
Friday evening of last week. All
sorts of characters were repre-.
sentcd, gypsies, darkeys, St. Pat.
ricks, and some that it would be
pretty hard to give a name to.
Prizes were awarded for the best
representation of St. Patrick and
for the most comical get up. Sam
Gosnell was awarded the prize as
the best representation of St.
Patrick and Mrs. V. L. johnson
for the most comical get up. AT
ter the unmasking lunch was
served and very enjoyable time
was had and the Rebekah 3 voted
it their big night. -a''-----------
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

equity ees's OF Of H1 nsfss IS.
| In the Circuit Court. February Term
1877. In Vacation March H. 1917.
Opal shinn. Plaintiff.
Arthur Shinn, Defendant.
Now at this day comes the plaintiff
herein, and files her petition under
defendant Arthur Shinn is non-resi-
dent of the State of Missouri.
Whereupon, it is ordered by the
Court that said defendant be notified
by publication that plaintiff has COM
menced suit against him in this
Court. the object and general natura
OF WHICH Is to be divorced from the de-
PENDANT on the grounds Of desertion
and abandonment for more than one
Who'll. whole year prior to the date of the
And that unless the said Arthur Shinn
be and appear at this court, at the
next term thereof, to be begun and
holden at the Court House in the City
Monday of May, 1917, and on or before
he first day Of said Term answer or
plead TO the petition in said cause, the
same will be taken as confessed and
Judgment will be rendered accordingly.
And 1t is further ordered that a copy
lereof be published, according to law.
II The Butler Weekly Times, news
paper published in said County of
5ateS for four weeks successfully, |
published at least once a week, the last |
Insertion to be at least thirty days be-
ore the first day of said next May |
FERN of this Court.
H. o. MAxEY,
Circuit Clerk.
! true copy from the Record.
Witness my hand, and seal Of
tSeaD the Circuit Court of Bates
County this 18th day of March.
1911
H. O. MAXEY,
at Circuit Clerk |
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22

to convey. to him said land. whioh con
aforesaid in Book =, at page. s7b, which
interest he did not convey IN his Ut
| ceased. who had a Tax Decd to said
real estate or some part thereof which
is Of record in the office aforesaid IN
Book at page 3o1, and the interest, II
he did not convey to anyone in his
life time, also alleging In the petition.
that the interests Of said unknown de-
PENDANTS can not be more specifically
except that such interests seem to be
adverse and pre5udieial to tho title and
claim of plaintiff In and to the real
estate, IN his petition and hereinafter
jest matter Of the action BY plaintiff.
Whereupon It Is ordered BY the clerk
Of this court in vacation, that the de-
fendants be notified by publication.
that plaintiff has commenced an action
and general nature Of which Is to try.
ascertain and determine the respective
rights and interests OF the plaintiff
and defendants In and to the follow
ing real estate. to-wit:
The North half. and the East half
the East two acres Of the North
half Of Lot IT,. Two, all in the North
Twenty-Five, in Bates County, Mis-
souri,.
to adjudge and define such interests,
and divest the defendants and each
and all Of them Of any and all such in
terest, or apparent interest they may
have in and to said real estate and vest
the same in plaintiff. and unless the
appear at this court at the
next term thereof to be begun and
held at the court house In the City of
in said county, on the Fourth
Monday of May, 1917, and then and
there answer or plead to the. petition
in said cause. the same will be taken |
as confessed and judgment entered !
1t is further ordered that a COPY here
If be published according to law in
The Butler Weekly Times. news
paper published in Bates County. Mis-
H. O. MAXEY,
Circuit Clerk.
\ true copy from the record.
Witness my hand, and the
lSeaD seal of said court, this 18th
day of March, 1917.
H. o. MAXEY,
Sat Circuit Clerk.
JOANNA MAXEY, d. C.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22
Downed 8 German Flias,,

Paris, March 1.-THE official
statement also says that nine
German airplanes were brought
down yesterday by the French.
Three Of these were destroyed BY
Captain Guynemer, bringing ND
the number Of airplanes account
ed for by this pilot to thirty-four.
The announcement adds:
Yesterday our pursuit air
planes were particularly active.
Numerous, engagements were
fought by our pilots and eight en-
envy airplanes were brought
down.. Lieutenant Doulin
brought down his twelfth air.
plane within our lines.
"The ninth enemy airplane was
shot down by the fire, Of cur
special cannon, falling to the
earth in the region Of Corbony.
in the Aisne.'s
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS,

H. T.. Mcclure to j. C. bosch
40 acres section 8. Charlotte 81 90
w. E. Hampton to Anna Nc.
Loed 80 acres section 16 Spruce
$1,000.
w. A. Kennedy to w. F. Me.
Kibben lots 8 and 4 block 16 Am.
sterdam $1,O25. 90.
j. e. Greathouse to 7. A.
Greathouse lots ! and 2 block 2
Fields addition Rockville $1,000.
Elizabeth Drake to Sarah An
derson tract section % Mt. Pleas
ant $125.OO.
Elmer F. Laughlin to A. II.
Lloyd block % and 10 part block
48 Foster ZOO
A. II. Flint to r. Juline SO
acres section Is West Point So.
10000.
w. R. Owens to O. G. Lawson
Sc Ia acres section S Pleasant
Gap 43,6080O.
a. r Quindsll to II. w. FRIES
$50 aefe sections 20 and Il
Prairie 41QN
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22
Summit Happenings.

Mr.. Norton is very poorly ant
has been for some time. Mrs
Norton has had round of sor,
throat but is better.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Golliday
have a new girl. They call hel
Helen Lucille. Mrs. Golliday's sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. Aims, of Rich
Hill, is staying with her.
Eulalia Sturgeon was out oil
school some two weeks with q
light attack of scarlet fever.
DR.. Norris daughter, Mrs.
Mona Mitchell, shipped her piano
home this week and she will come
soon to spend the summer with
her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. S. Milhorn are
located in Los Angeles, Calf,
their many friends may wish to
know.
Miss Sallie Kinney spent Satur.
day night and Sunday with the
Card and Cummings family.
Mr. and Mrs. Buckfy, who have
been visiting with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Hyatt left Monday for Ok
lahoma City to visit before re-
turning to their Kansas City
home.
Jim and Charles Thomas arc
blowing for corn on r. Stur-
geon' s farm.
We are glad to have, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lafevcr as neighbors. They
i've on j. R. Welch s farm.
DR.. J. NJ. Norris and wife and
Mrs. Price and daughter were
callers at J. T. Hyatt's.
Mary and Roy Culbertson are
mt of school for few days on
ccount of the scarlet fever scare.
Mrs. r. c. Jones is not improv-
ng very fast: 1t is to be hoped
he may get all right soon.
Mrs. Sewer is improving slow
V and is now able to be up some.
Winnie Smith is out of school
nth sore throat. +
Mr.. John Boards children have
he scarlet fever in very light !
Drln.
Sam Allen was taken sick at
ne farm Tuesday. DR.. ley was !
allied and took him to town.
SUNSHINE. a
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given. that letters
Catherine Sellers deceased, have been
granted to the undersigned by the Pro-
bate Court of Bates County, Missouri,
hearing date the 10th day of March,
1917.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to the undersigned for allowance
within six months after the date of
said letters. or they may be precluded
from any benefit of such estate; and
If such claims be not exhibited within
one year from the date of the last in
sertion of this publication, they shall
be forever barred
Date of last insertion. April 9Th. 1917
j. M CLARK,
o3-3tp Administrator
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22
LONG RESPITE FOR QUAIL
State Senate Passes Bill Provid-
ing for Five Year Closed
Season.

Farmer members Of the senate,
led by Senator John Baldwin of
the Bates county district, won a
victory in that body when they
put over over for final passage
the bill introduced by Baldwin
early in the session providing for
"closed" season of five years
on quail.
This was passed by vote Of 20
to II in spite Of the vigorous
speeches made against it by Sen
ator Mitchell and Senator Moore,
both of whom represent farming
districts. They both protested
that to enact such q law would be
to virtually do away with all
game protection as it would rem
der useless the present game de-
partment.
Senator Baldwin said the rea-
son why the farmers want a
closed season of five years on
"bob white" is that he is the
best friend and most useful ally
he has in the destruction Of in
sects that destroy crops.
Senator Yancey Of Cooper and
Stark Of Cass, who are farmers,
backed up the efforts Of Senator
Baldwin in demanding this con-
cession to the farmers of the
state.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22

The engine of aA-eastAeuaa
Missouri Pacific passenger train
backing down a "Y" at Marshall
Saturday afternoon, was derailed
and rolled down an embankment.
Engineer Grouscher of Jefferson
City was caught under the en-
CINE but escaped because the To-
connective bridged small ravine.
The fireman lcaped as the engine
went over.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22

A Socialist leader at Spring.
field, No. announced that So.
cialists would be called upon ev.
erywhere to discourage in every
way possible the enlistment OF
men in the navy. and that posters
would be printed and put up
alongside every cali issued by the
navy for men. Should this So
cialist program be carried out the
men engaged in it should be Ar-
rested under the, seditions act
and sent to prison for a good
long term. Under war conditions
such an act would be punished
by death.-Glasgow Missonrian.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22

Several months ago a man
named Stephens fell on a defect.
i've sidewalk in Ell Dorado
Springs and injured his hand. He
sued the city and recovered judg-
ment in the sum. Of $4,000. A
special election had to, be called
to issue bonds to. pay the judg-
ment and the costs. The PROPOSE
ton to issue bonds carried by a
big majority at an election last
week. Wouldn't it have been
better to have fixed the side
waikiki
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22

The funeral Of G.. w.. Mutt, 81
years old, was held at Clinton
Friday. Last July he celebrated
his sevcnty-second wedding ami
versary. His widow survives.
They were the parents of twelve
children, six surviving; also six
ty-two grandchildren, fifty-two
great-grandchildren, and two
MISREPRESENTATION, max
ing 122 living descendants and
five generations.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22
Insurance ought to |

Insurance ought to be taken
out OH the life of Hardin hen
which lays two eggs each time it
cackles. The first time the hen
laid an tsg, inside of which was
a smaller perfectly formed egg,
with the exception of a soft shell,
the performance was put down as
absent mindedness.. But the hen
has been repeating every other
day for the last three months.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22

Mrs. Frances Joiner, charged
with the murder of Harry Joiner
her brother-in-law, was acquitted
Saturday afternoon by a jury at
Trenton, after it had deliberated
fifteen minutes. Mrs. Joiner
shot and killed her brother-in-
law in front of a bank building
at Spickard, Mo. She stated he
made an insulting remark.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22

Billy Sunday has cancelled his
revival plans for St. Louis, stat
ing that people there are mot
right y, and the proper advance
enthusiasm is not shown.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22

While his companion went for
help, wolves attacked, killed and
partly ate wood chopper pinned
under a fallen tree in western
Butler county.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22

Mrs. A. G. James, 80 years DID,
died at Monroe City, Saturday.
She was born in Gaines County,
kentucky. Her husband, nine
children, forty-six grandchildren,
and twelve great-grandchildren
survive,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22

W. A. Maxwell of Pickering
sold to George Swaney-a hog
weighing 620 pounds for $14 a
hundred. The hog brought
$500.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22
SHORT STORIES
Of Local Interest Clipped from
Our Exchanges.

/ -
Our Exchanges.
| All the rural mail carriers GU
Of Appleton City except one max,
their trips with "tin lizzies. 4
With the approach Of summer
the plan to build an ice plant u
Montrose is again being agitated
Several citizens promise to take
stock in it and it looks as though
it would go through.
Evangelist John A. Davis, OF
Binghampton, N. Y, was here last
week, visiting Mayor Billings
and looking after business mat
tiers connected with the Ideal
Coal & Mining Company.-Hume
Telephone.
DR.. w. A. Robinson came down
from the city Monday morning
for a visit with his parents, Df.
and Mrs. T. G. Robinson. DR.. w.
A. takes charge of Neal Institute
the fifteenth as manager and
physician. Enter
prise.
The Adrian Baptist church
called Rev. V. H. Hoffman, of st.
Joe, last week to be their pastor.
they received a letter
from him accepting the call and
he will begin his pastoral services
about the second Sunday in April.
Journal.
The contract for the drilling Of
1 city well on the property near
he light plant was let to Ben
Brown a few days ago and the
work of drilling will be COM
nenced right away. Here's hop
ng that strong flow of water
will be found and that we shall
ways be provided against an
Their shortage for use at the i,
ght plant.-Appleton City
ournal. Il
Monday morning, I. S. Koontz
no lives in the Ballard neigh
orhood, lost his garage and \
ord car by fire. We learn that b
rly i'll the morning one of the S
'ys went to get the car out for a
me purpose and as it was dark T
carried lantern, and while G.
lttmg gasoline into the tank the q
lid caught fire from the lantern Ct
TIL the above result. The Fates r
We surely been unkind- to Mr.. W
'ontz the last few months
ich Herald.
The work has already begun y.
the new Bates county road w
nth of this city and the pros :. "a
IT'S look very favorable for :"
I'd road between this city and
ckville. The Bates county ", w.
lrt has agreed to put a 20 #. ~,
el span across the old lake H.
ich the road crosses, and there a aa
J been considerable money va
scd in Rockville and Schell
Y for the purpose of grading ~
road and fill in the lake Z.
ich forms the approach to the -.
n. The work of grading up m ~"
approaches is almost finished nv, nv
| will soon be ready for the 80
Il span.-Schell City News. ~ ~,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22

Missouri women have more
than all even chance of getting
through the legislature bill CIV
ing them the right to vote for
presidential electors and munich
pal officials. The house passed
that bill by a vote of "a to 81.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22
MISSOURI NOTES.

The trial of George Hickman,
the new state auditor, on the
charge of making false affidavits
will be held in Warren county in
April.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-22

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-23
Gle DlnIl eddcQ

state on the Lehigh Valley Railroad
have given place to women and the
Lehigh is also giving them prefer
ence in filing office vacancies. Wom-
en- are also being used in the Lehigh
shops as car cleaners, in which ca
pacity their work is proving better
than that of the men previously en-
ployed, Lehigh officials said -yester-
day.
1--WE are planning to put women at
work in the shops operating light
machinery and in other capacities, as
soon as it becomes necessary" said
E. E. LOOMS, president of the Lehigh
Valley.
..There is undoubtedly a lot of work
they can do as well as men,
The New York Central, the Penn
sylvania and the Lackawanna are all
replacing men 10y women in office work
at every opportunity, although they
are discharging no men to make way
for women. Officials of those roads
said yesterday they wereprepared to
put women in the shops as soon as it
became necessary.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-23
Won't Avail Slackers
To Go Over to Canada

Plattsburg Training Camp, N. T.,
May 23-White it was against orders
for any of the st,1dent-o officers to enter
Canada over the weekend number
Of them journeyed to Rouse's Point,
this state, which lies within a mile of
the border, and is reached by several
railroads. There the population is as
cognizant with Canadian as they are
American affairs and their sympathies
are aboue evenly divided.
While at Rouses Point the troopers
were told that many young Americans
were crossing over into Canada. The
natives criticised this general exodus
as unpatriotic and did not refrain
from terning them slackers. Further
more, upon questioning. the natives
said they believed that those crossing
over into Canada did SO, not at their
own initiative, but upon the advice
and sanction Of their parents.
This attempt, it is said, will. in the
end, proved fruitless, as it is under
stood an agreement has been made
between Canada and the United States
whereby Americans, who leave the
United States to escape draft, may be
called upon for military service in
Canada. and vice versa. Only few
days ago the Canadian Parliament
PISSED a CONSUMPTION bill calling upon
the young men between 18 and Is
years for military duty.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-23
WOMEN TAKE UP
MEMS WORK ON
ABROAD LINES
Feminine "Army" Rapidly
Developing AS Result of
War Conditions.

New York, May 23-The day of the
"fagwomen'' at the railroad crossing
has come-and she's only one of a
small army Of feminine workers that
is rapidly being recruited to help run
the railroads of the country.
Women are fast replacing men, as
a war measure, in the railroad offices
in and near New York city. At out
of-town points they are working in
shops, guarding crossings and acting
as station agents. Within a short
time, according to the plans of local
railroad officials, women will be OPP
Grating drill presses, 1athes and 9TH
er light machinery in the local rail-
road shops. This is work that has
always before been done by men.
The Baltimore & Ohio and the Erie
railroads have in the last few days
put women to work at manual labor
in several of their shops. Dozens
Of women have replaced men in vari-
GUS branches of work in local rail-
road offices. AS soon as military
service begins to call any considera-
BILE number of men from the Erie
shops in Jersey City they will be re-
placed by women, officers of that
road said yesterday.
Eleven women went to work yes
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-23
GUARD AGAINST
FURTHER USE OF.
ANCIENT SHELLS
Ammunition Made Before
1900 to Be Put in Scrap
Heap.

washington, May 23-That most
OF the ammunition furnished to armed
American merchantmen apparently
was manufactured during or just after
the Spanish American War-at any
rate prior to f900-was an outstand-
ing feature Of a report made to Sec
rotary Daniels yesterday by Rear Ad-
miral Earle, Chief Of Ordnance of the
navy.
Because Of the premature bursting
of such shells on armed liners, it Is
probable that all the reserve an1nu-
milton made before 1900 will be
'scrapped" at once.
naval expert estimated last night
the number of shells manufactured
before 1900 and now in naval maya
zines at 1000 or less. The loss to
the government through scrapping
this ammunition would be only a few
thousand dollars.
Other features brought out in
Earle's report ON defective ammuni-
ton ON liners, made as result of
the killing OF two Red Cross nurses
on the Mongolia, were these.
EAll ammunition distributed to liners
was thoroughly tested at the naval
proving grounds. It was assembled
1a1t 91eoemher accordine to standard
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-23

terday at mems jobs in the Erie shops
at Cleveland. Most of them will
serve as engine wipers and cleaners,
out others will be set to operating
nsht machinery as soon as more men
are obliged to leave.
New Albany, Ind, has the honor
of claiming the first "fagwoman" in
the United States, according to w. H.
Averill, general manager of the Bal
tlmore & Ohio, whose office is at 205
Broadway. She is Miss Marie Tray
ers, who was hired in Cincinnati and
sent to New Albany to replace man
as guardian Of a busy crossing.
She has already given a feminine
touch to the little shanty where she
waits between trains turing her IL
hours on duty She has washed the
dingy windows and put up curtains,
planted trailing vines to cover the
rough pine boards, and has even be-
gun to cultivate a tiny garden outside
her door.
In and about New York we are
going to put women to work as cross
ing watchmen, hagmen and car clean
ers," said Mr.. Averill yesterday. 1--WE
have arranged with many of our men
that when they are called for military
service we will give their jobs te
their wives or daughters wherever
possible. If the mans particular
work is not suitable we will try to
find other employment for his wom-
en- folk. We have already replaced
about so men by women in our vari-
Gus local Offices
Among the positions now held by
women in the locomotive and car re-
pair shops of the Baltimore & Ohio
at Lorain are oil house superinten-
dent, blacksmiths helper, yard clean
er, clerk in the shop office and assert
er of small supplies and scrap ma.
terials.
A considerable number of mer
ticket agents and telegraph operator!
on the Erie have already been re
placed by women.
Five station agents in towns up
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-23
he Read Co
methods.
Asstkiafisde AsQ

a.
The Guns nIacaa ~ +has
wera IF +ta bas+ 49, - es s's1s
80 49,, ah.o,,-s.1.! = "il0 iliosl
A. 1a.s+ 80 ~, He ~.
fror,, +ba $50 a. 2 ~. .aA A
golia 1vbieh s.h,a,ro !, anu s MOI
"a ct,,rad r,rior,+o 1ono Wa" ianu
VI po.n voyages maze by the st.
SAeHs eApiooeo prematurely,
solne .nsioe the guns ana premature
eApiosions happened IN nr1ng from
the 81. raul ana mongolia
Aomlral Earle states that the rigid
inquiry which followed the premature
explosion OF shells on the st. Louis
and 81. Paul failed to show that the
smells mad been tempered with.
IN most instances the supposedly
oeIective ammunition, when subject
49,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-23
BUILDING PERMITS
REACH LOWEST LEVEL
IN SEVERAL WEEKS

Building permits issued at city hall
yesterday, and total value SIX. $50,
were as follows: Lis HI 9e-S5Sg El14L
Frame addition to factory 5a5
Union avenue, for Emma J. Hocken-
berger.
Addition to store. 32s Pine street,
for Morris Szol1oey.
Garage, 385 Ridgefie1d avenue, for
Michael Marso.
Cement block garage. 81 Booth
street, for F. Granella-
Two-family house, south side Put
nam street, for I. Hoboyd.
Rear porch and stairs, north side
Kingsbury road, for Adolph Meyer
Addition, 121 Atlantic street, for L.
G. Garanad.
Addition. north side Sylvan avenue
for A. Krijak, ct al.
Garage. 174 East avenue, for Felix
Za1eski.
Addition for bathroom, / Second
street, for William Cooper.
Addition, 1892 Madison avenue, for
Joseph Gordon.
for Mrs. J.. H. Kelly.
Rear porch, 81 Naplewood avenue,
for A. ZroIkowski.
Storage shed, west side Bostwick
avenue, for Barnum estate.
Garage. east side Caroline street. for
Anna Halspire.
Garage, $40 Carroll avenue, for
Mrs. Michael Comlish.
Two cattages. east side Beechwood
avenue, for NJ Marcus.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-05-23
ORDER SPEEDING UP
ON U. =. CONTRACTS.

Orders have been received. in this
city for the speeding up of all gov
eminent construction work on boats
and naval supplies. Plants doing
work of that kind are preparing to
employ such additional men as are
skilled in the various mechanical
branches needed.