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Imperial Valley press., 1917-12-21
BUYERS N AMY At
CAPAY RANCHO

Resident Agent of the Famous Tract
in the Sacramento Valley Is One
of Party Which Makes Trip to the
Fertile RegiOn--River Runs Through
Tract for Five Miles.
C. R. Wheelock, we'll known to FL
Centre residents, returned a few days
ago from a trip to Capay Rancho IN
the Sacramento valley with C. L.
candy, resident agent for the Cali
fornia Farms Company, a corporation
in charge of the selling of the ia
nous oil grain property.
Recently Mr.. Wheelock rented his
ranch near the San Diego highway,
where he had farmed for nearly Ia
years, and has since been living in
San Diego.
So well pleased was he with the
Capay Rancho property that he pur-
chased eighty acres, and plans to Sc
cure ninety acres more as soon as he
can dispose of some of his Imperial
Valley holdings.
Visitors to this big Sacramento VAL
ley property that was recently placed
on the market are Immediately i'm
pressed with the efficient irrigation
systems being installed on each 30
acre tract. This consists of well,
tested, and equipped with an electric
turpine pump.
The ranch borders the high banks
of the Sacramento river for nearly
five miles, and is said to be para
disc for the sportsman, ducks, geese
and fish abounding.
Mr.. Bandy states that Mr.. Whee-
lock was so impressed with his first
inspection of the ranch that he imme-
diately returned to San Diego for
Mrs. Wheelock and on his second trip
selected what he believes will be his
,,Arp, a pop+ bop,o p1aca
Imperial Valley press., 1917-12-21
us. SUPREME
IN COMMERCE
OF THE WORLD
In Space of Three Years America
Steps to the Front in Finance and
Commerce, Easily Passing Every
Other Nation on Earth-Demand
Is Still Increasing.
(Rv Associated press)

NAN sAssOSioLSA- 'SSSt
Washington, Dec. 21.-Americas S
ascendancy to financial supremacy in
the world in the brief space of three
years gives every promise OF contln-
uing after peace comes, according to
the annual report of the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce.
1T is probable that the demand by
European countries" the reports says,
Especially Russia, France and Bel
gium, for building material, machin-
cry, railway equipment and other
construction and reconstruction mate
rial, will be larger than during the
war. Much of our new business in
South and Central America, Ausra-
ia and the Far East, as we'll as in
Africa, is expected to be permanent,
especially in view of our increased
purchases of raw materials and food
stuffs from these countries"
Since 1914 the flow of gold has been
steadily toward the United States in
payment for this country's goods, un-
til one-third of the worlds visible
supply of gold is held here. Net i'm
ports of gold have amounted in three
yearst $1,115,0O00 900 and in addi-
ton millions of dollars worth of
American securities held abroad have
hnnyn rot ,nI
merchandise. Millions also have been
invested in foreign securities and gov
eminent loans and the United States
has made loans to the Allied govern
ments amounting to $2,25O,O 100000 to
the close of the fiscal year 1917.
Three years ago the suggestion
that the United States would soon be
a creditor nation received scant re-
speet here or abroad" the report says.
Now speculation is turing on our fu-
ture rank among creditor nations"
The fiscal yea 1917 was the ma
tion's greatest year in foreign trade,
due almost ntirely to higher prices
and not to larger quantities.
"That higher prices are not con-
fined to the United States, but are
general throughout the world is prov
en- by the increases in the prices of i'm
ported articles" says the report.
Exports in 1917 were valued at the
unprecedented sum of $6,294, 100000
and imports were $2,660,OO0,0O0. The
exports showed an interesting feature
in the growth in sales of completed
amounting to $2,944,-
100000. The tendency to increase i'm
ports of raw materials and to de-
crease purchases of finished manufac-
tues made a striking contrast on the
other side of the ledger.
'There has been pronounced ten
dency," says the report, "to buy di-
rect from the original source of sup
ply instead of through middlemen as
heretofore
Most Of the exports went to Eu-
rope, consisting in the main Of army
supplies and foodstuffs, but tremen-
dous increases were made in COM
merce with Latin-American and the
Far East, and remote parts of the
world which formerly were customers
of European countries. 1t is this new
trade which the Buerau is organizing
TO aid American manufacturers to re-
tain after the war, and which Bur-
Imperial Valley press., 1917-12-21
PEACE PARLEY WITH
D RUSSIA ST|RS CROWDS
Continued From Page One)
mer commissioner at the Panama-Pa-
cific Exposition, is his assistant.
Reject Russ Terms?
(By Associated PreSS)

London, Dec. 21.-It is unofficially
reported that the Germans have re-
jected the Russian peace terms at
Brest Litovsk, according to Petro-
grad dispatch dated Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-12-21
NEGRO MAY Be MAN
Who BOMBED GOVERNOR
(By Associated 2ressl

(By ASsOclated SrcsS1
Sacramento, Dec. 21.-William Un-
derwood, a negro, has been arrested,
charged with reasonable utterances.
1t is alleged he remarked that the
governor ought to have been killed"
during discussion of the explosion.
Imperial Valley press., 1917-12-21
Russians Volunteer.
(By Associated Press)

(By AssOclated Fress1
With the American Army In
France, Dec. 20.-A number of Rus
sian army officers have volunteered
their services to the United States.
The Monett times., 1917-09-21
CAUSE FOR HOPE

The war, the ending of which no
man can now see, staggers the imag-
ination in the loss of life and in the
destruction of hard-earned capital
that its probable long continuance
must involve. When it came, it was
such shock and such disappoint-
ment that those who hoped for human
progress lost their faith. But as it
grows to be an older story, and we
bring our philosophy to bear on the
facts, we find occasion for hope in the
very suffering which, when the war
is over, will prompt the adoption of
some peaceable means of settling in
ternational disputes to prevent a re-
currence of such an awful catastrophe.
HI. Taft.
The Monett times., 1917-09-21
GENERAL EXAMINATIONS

There should be no objection to the
proposed plan of having all the draft
ed men examined soon. Such a course
would enable those who are physically
disqualified to obtain and hold better
positions, because employers
would be assured that they
would be permanent and It
would work no hardship to those listed
in the later quotas. Moreover, it
might disclose the fact that there are
not as able-bodied men in America be-
tween the ages Of 21 and 81 as had
been thought. If it is going to be
necessary to broaden the age zone to
get all the soldiers We want, it would
be good time to know it early. Con-
gress works slowly enough to make
eleventh-hour discoveries along this
line dangerous,-Joplin Globe.
The Monett times., 1917-09-21
CHURCH 1q1S IT
zSu,lnag Scianls
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Sunday, September 90.

! Subject, Daniel in the Lions Den
Daniel 6.
Golden Text: The angel of Jehovah
encampeth around them that fear him,
and delivereth them.
After the deliverance of the three
Hebrews from the fiery furnace, Ne
buchadnezzar had temporary insan-
ity. At his death he was succeeded by
his son, and then came several changes
on the throne. Nabonidos, who had
married a daughter of Nebuchadnez-
Ear, became king, and associated with
himself his son Belshazzar, but by
this time Cyrus was advancing to-
wards Babylon, and both Nabonidos
and Belshazzar were defeated and the
city captured. Thus in twenty-three
years after the death of Nebuchadnez-
Ear his great city passed into the
hands of a conquerer.
Cyrus took Babylon 539 B. c., and
this incident occurred some little time
afterwards.
The Monett times., 1917-09-21
w. B. GREEN'S HOUSE
ROBBED SATURDAY EVENING

Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Green started tt
town Saturday about eight o'clock p
m. After they got short distance
from home Mr.. Green said, 81 have
left my watch lat home and will &C
back and get it for some one might
come in and get it."
Mrs. Green went with him and she
took precaution, too, by getting her
rings that she was not in the habit of
wearing and placed them on her fin
gers.
They then went down town. When
they returned they found that their
fears of the house being burglarized
were well grounded. During their abb
sence robbers had cut a hole in the
screen so they could unhook the door.
Having obtained entrance to the house
they began to hunt for valuables.
They went through everything and
what they didn't want they threw on
the floor. They took a good tailor
made suit of Mrs. Green's, two silk
skirts, several other articles of cloth
ing and one dollar in money.
The officers were notified of the rob-
berry but no trace of the thieves has
been found.
SOCIAL
The Monett times., 1917-09-21
ARNHART

! Prayer meeting was well attended
Sunday night.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Jarvis visited Mrs
Jarvis, jr., and parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Steve Harris, the last of the week.
| Marvin Edwards has returned to
his home in Kansas, after an extended
visit with his brother Fred.
! Mrs. Sarah Marbut and Miss Mary
Roller visited Mrs. Sarah Call, Fri
day afternoon.
Those who visited Anna and Mabel
Marbut, Sunday, were Misses Lille
Myers and Bessie Shepherd.
Those who visited Mary and Tim
Roller, Sunday, were Mr.. and Mrs.
Poke Pervines, Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Mar
but.
Miss Ora Thomas visited Miss
Chlora Crabb Saturday night and Sum-
day. -rrrwITw
Miss Mayme Edwards and Orval
Prier visited Miss Myerl Grubb Sun
day afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adam Nall visited Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Nall, Sunday.
Mr.. Ertie Hughey, who has been
working in Picher Okla, returned
home, Sunday.
Mrs. Delmar Myers and baby visited
Mrs. Melvin Henson, Saturday night
and Sunday.
The Monett times., 1917-09-21
TRUSTEES SALE

Whereas, Cynthia Klngery and D.
B. Kingeryy her husband, by their GER
tain deed of trust, dated on the 24th
day of February, 1915, and which said
deed of trust is recorded in book 54,
at page 351, in the Office of the Re-
corder of Deeds of Barry County, Mis-
souri,, conveyed to the undersigned
trustee the following described real
estate lying and being situate in Bar
ry County, Missouri, to-wit: Lots
Numbered Three (3) and Four az, in
Block Two (2) in Gontens First Ad-
dition to Monett, Missouri, for the
purpose of securing the payment of a
certain promissory note in said deed
of trust described, and whereas, it is
provided in said deed of trust that is
default shall be made in the payment
of said note and the interest thereon,
then the undersigned trustee at the
request of the legal holder Of said
note, may sell the real estate in said
deed of trust described for the pur-
pose of discharging said Indebtedness,
and whereas, default has been made in
the payment of said note and the in
terest thereon.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby
given, that I, the undersigned trustee
in said trust deed described, will at
the request of the legal holder of said
note, on Tuesday the 25th day of Sep
tember, 1917, at the City Hall door,
in the City of Monet, Barry County,
Missouri, between the hours of 9
o'clock a. M, and 5 o'clock
p. M, sell for cash to the
highest bidder at public vendue, the
land herein above described, for the
purpose of satisfying the terms of
said deed of trust.
A. S. HAWKINS, Trustee.
First insertion, September 3,
The Monett times., 1917-09-21
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Matthews anc
family, Mrs. Harriet Matthews anc
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Mat
thews motored to Springfield, Sunday
and were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Guy Matthews. As it was Harry Mat
thews and Mrs. Harriet Matthews
birthday, a dinner was given in their
honor.
]. B. Harmon, mail clerk who is
on leave Of absence on his ranch near
Red Water, Mont, is ill with inflam-
matory rheumatism and may not be
able to return to work as soon as he
expected
This is good watermelon year and
the growers have realized satisfactory
profits in raising the melons. Will
Rausch, of north of town has an acre
of the melons from which he has sold
400 melons, receiving for them up to
this time 1923.
Charles Van Natter, of Altus, Okla,
who has been visiting his sister, Mrs.
George Feist went to Cuba, Monday,
to see about buying farm.
Miss Orpha Bayless, who went to
Colorado for her helath, and who was
obliged to undergo very serious OPP
Grafton, is reported improving nicely
and that she has recently gained four
rounds in weight.
The Monett times., 1917-09-21
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

State of Missouri, County of Barry, SIS
In the Circuit Court, November
Term, 1917.
Esther F. Haynes, plaintiff, VS.,
Clyde E. Haynes, defendant.
The State of Missouri, to the above
named Defendants, Greetings:
You are hereby notified that an ac-
tion has been commenced against you
in the Circuit court of the County of
Barry, in the State of Missouri, for
the purpose of obtaining a decree dis
solving the bonds of matrimony here
tofore contracted between the plaint-
iff and defendant, plaintiff having
filed an affidavit alleging that the de-
fendant is nonresident of the State
of Missouri, and cannot be served in
the manner prescribed in Chapter 81,
Article A, of the revised Statutes of
Missouri for the year 1909, which said
action is returnable on the first day
of the next term of said court, to be
begun and held at the court house in
the city of Cassville, in the county of
Barry and state of Missouri, on the
18th day of November next, when and
where you may appear to defend such
action; otherwise plaintiffs petition
will be taken as confessed and judg-
ment rendered accordingly.
And it is further ordered that a.
copy hereof be published, according to
law, in the Monett Times, a weekly
published in Barry county,
Missouri.
J. L. vANHoRN,
Circuit Clerk,
D. S. MAYHEM,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
First insertion, September ID.
The Monett times., 1917-09-21
PRINCIPAL OF AURORA
HIGH SCHOOL MARRIES

Prof. E. R. Gray, superintendent of
the Aurora High school, and Miss Ag-
mes 10y have been married for two
months, but none of their friends
knew it until the couple visited
Springfield Saturday. They were mar
ried at Branson while they were on a
vacation trip to Lake Taneycomo.
The secret was closely guarded, and
the couple did not intend to tell, but
they finally did. Mrs. Gray is pop
ular Aurora girl. This is Prof. Gray's
second term in the Aurora schools.
The Monett times., 1917-09-21
D. S. MAYHEM.

ACVuIIVy IUT FIdIIIIII.
First insertion, September Ia.
The Monett times., 1917-09-21
BASE BALL

The baseball team of st. Joseph's IS
school which played at Peirce City,
Saturday won by a score of 7 to 2.
1t was good game all the way
through, the score being to 2 up to
the 8th inning. The Monett boys
were playing much larger boys and
each player certainly did his share.
Walner's pitching and hitting and
"Red" Moore's fielding were the fea-
lures of the game but were not fast
enough for the Monett boys.
The lineup was as follows:
The Monett times., 1917-09-21
DIR. ALVA JONES
Physician and Surgeon

Specially'prepared to treat diseases oftthe' eye
nose and throat
Eyes scientifically examined and glasses accur-
ately fitted.
Prepared to.treatall diseases of the air passages
Hay Fever Asthma.E EfBronchitis, Catarrh and
Pulmonary tuberculosis,
The Monett times., 1917-09-21
DON'T FORGET

That Clayton & Snider pay the
highest cash price for good second
hand furniture. Phone GAO. 56tf
The Monett times., 1917-09-21

OUR NEW BLOUSES must be seen
to, be appreciated. Crepe de Chine
and Georgette waists, all charming
new effects in collars and sleeves in
the daintiest of fabrics. Jacques Mil
linery. soft
The Monett times., 1917-09-21

Ladies Shoes in gray, brown, fawn,
pearl, taupe and black kid can be
bought at Gulicks. 62tf
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-27
FA|RMONT ATE
BREAKFAST BY
CANDLE LIGHT
Storm Tore Down High Ten
sion Feed Wires This
Morning.
FACTORIES STARTED late
Was Eight O'clock or After
Before They Got
Power.

An early morning storm broke and
tore down the high tension wires
feeding the lighting system of the
city at Eogemont about five O'Clock
this morning. Immediately forces
of Traction company electricians
were routed from their beds and yet
TO work repairing the damage.
Although the men worked with all
possible dispatch, the lines were not
up until nearly eight O'Clock. As a
result the citizens Of Fairmont were
forced to dress and eat in the dark,
or grope about with lamps and can
dies. In manufacturing establish
ments, newspaper offices, ETC., where
electric power is relied upon, work
was delayed from an hour to an hour
and half.
The lines which were dismantled
were only those which supply the
lighting systems of the city. The i'm
portant power lines were uninjured.
permitting the operation on schedule
Of street cars and down the river
mines.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-27
OFFICERS CHOSEN
FOR THE HOSPITAL
Stockholders Held Meeting
at Temporary Quarters
Yesterday.

A board of directors was named at
meeting of the stockholders of
Cook hospital held yesterday after
noon at the temporary hospital quar-
tiers.
The board named is as follows:
]. NJ. Hartley, R. NJ. Hite, Carl Riggs,
Frank B. Pryor, 2. F. Davis, Simon
D. Goodman, ]. c. Miller, E. B.
Moore, w. A. Hustead, j. F. Shaffer-
man, ]. NJ. Jacobs, Frank C. Hay
mond, w, ]. Wiegel, R. A Watts, H.
]. Ross, o. S. Mckinney, A. Brooks
Fleming, Jr., and Rev. h. G. Stoetzer.
The board OF directors organized
by naming the following officers:
President, j. NJ. Hartley; first vice
president, ]. NJ. Jacobs; second vice
president, r. NJ. Hite; treasurer, q.
F. Davis; secretary, NJ. r. Frantz.
The members present inspected
the repairs now being made to the
hospital made necessary by the fire
which damaged the building recently.
The work is progressing slowly at
this time, owing to the fact that the
work is somewhat retarded by the
failure of the Otis Elevator company,
OF Pittsburgh, to complete the work
on the elevator which was put out of
commission by the fire.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-27
Ten Americans Lost
Lives on Laconia
CBy Associated Press)

LONDON, Fem. 27.-Eight Ameri-
can negroes, members of the crew of
the Laconia, died of exposure accord
ing to Central news dispatch from
Queenstown.
United States Counsel Frost at
Queenstown has telegraphed Ameri.
can embassy here that Mrs. Hoy and
her daughter, passengers on the La
coma, died of exposure and that their
bodies were buried at sea. Consul
Frost's message read:
Mrs. Mary Hoy and Miss Eliza,
beth Hoy, passengers on Laconia, died
from exposure, Their bodies buried
at sea-"
AS far as the embassy knows these
two were the only Americans lost on
Laconia.
The embassy said the list of Ameri.
can passenger survivors is as follows:
E. P. Gibbons, Chicago Tribune; Mrs.
S. E. Harris, wife of Colonel Harris,
U. S. A; A. T. Kirby, New York, and
Rev. Joseph wareing, Baltimore.
A later telegram from Consul Frost
gave the total number OF persons land
ed from the Laconia as 2S1 out OF
294 on board.
OF the 10 lost, five were drowned
and eight died from exposure and were
buried at sea.
Six persons are in hospitals at
Queenstown, the telegram said. Their
condition is not serious.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-27
BRITISH ALMOST At
GATES OF BAPAUME
No Indication Yet Where
-Retreating Germans
Will Stand.

In the field of submarine activity
Berlin further announces the sinking
of the British transport steamer, A 10.
No indications of the tonnage of the
vessel or loss of life, If any. is given.
Military operations of high impor.
lance are in progress on the Somme
front, in northern France where the
British continue to push forward after
the retiring Germans.
General Haig's outposts at last &C.
counts were but three miles from the
German stronghold of Bapaume and
there is apparently yet no indication
as to how far TIE Germans intend to
retreat before taking up their new
line of defense.
Elsewhere except on the Tigris
where the British are pushing the
Turks west after capturing Kut-el-
Amara military activities do not ap-
pear to have been of major importance
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-27
.LUSITANIA CASE
ALL OVER AGAIN
SAYU.S.OFF|C|ALS
President Will Leave the
Matter Up to Congress
For Time Being.
10 AMERICANS KILLED
No Extra Session Will be
Called If 1t Can Be
Avoided.
10 AMERICANS KILLED
cBy Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 81
Official dispatches confirming reports
OF the death Of Americans on the La
coma, torpedoed without warning, es-
tablished the case as "the overt act"
The situation, however, was un.
changed form where the President left
It yesterday when he asked Congress
for authority to deal with the subma-
rine peril. President Wilson and
State department officials took the
position that no further step would
be taken until Congress has had an
opportunity to act on the Presidents
request.
The view prevails that the sinking
of the Laconia should hasten action
by Congress.
The first step of the government, 1t
is indicated, will be to furnish Ameri-
can ships with guns and gunners for
defensive purposes and insure them
in the government war risk bureau.
On the basis OF the official report
the sinking Of the Laconia is regarded
as another Lusitania case in principle,
even though fewer lives were lost. 2
President Wilson, 1t was said to-
day, is,opposed to calling an extra ses-
sion OF Congress unless absolutely
necessary.
Word had been conveyed to him that
the Republicans may filibuster in an
effort to force an extra session but he
is hopeful that this intention will not
be carried out.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-27
Their Clever Scheme
Did Not Work Out

Cal Hooks, colored. and Ed Taber.
both of Annabelle, were before Squire
NJ. R. Musgrove yesterday afternoon,
Hooks on charge of forgery and Ia.
Der for attempting to get money on
false pretense. 1t seems Taber and
Hooks decided to send to Spear and
Company, Pittsburgh, for a kitchen
cabinet They paid $3.50 down on It.
He left the state. Hooks z i'd the ex.
press charges and forged Taber's name
for the cabinet, securing 1t and saying
no more concerning it. AS soon as
the cabinet was thought to be secure
ly hid Taber notified the railroad COM
pany that q cabinet had been shipped
him and he had not received It, and de-
sired the amount Of the cost of the
cabinet. The Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road detectives and claim agents
worked their rubber heels overtime
and landed both Taber and Hooks be-
fore the justice OF the peace. Justice
Musgrove dismissed the charges
against the men when they announced
their intent to square themselves with
the railroad company and with each
other.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-02-27
DESTRUCTION OF LINER LACOMZA WAS THE OVERT ACT b
CONGRESS HESI7ATES TO GIVE PRESIDENT WILSON POWER
His Suit Case Bank
Bad as Other Kind
WHILE NICK cRAvIs WAS AWAY
HIS PAL STOLE HIS
SAVINGS.

1t was regular spring day yester-
day and Nick Cravis' boarding pal,
name being temporarily withheld,
did not care to go to work. He was
sadly afflicted with what is known as
spring fever or hookworm. However,
Nick's pal got 5000 for his day OFF. He
got 1t out Of Nicks suitcase.
Nick wanted to make all the money
he could and he worked yesterday.
He worked in the Grant Town mine.
His pal when working was also a
miner. The county officers are search
ing for the thief.
Nick told the officers he did not
care to put his money in bank. as
he lost $500 in the Citizens Dollar
Savings blowup. and he took chances
on suitcase, which he now claims is
still safer than bank, for the bank
Got him for S3Oe more than the pal
did.
Nick is assisting in the search. The
reason given for Withholding the
pals name is that 1t is absolutely I'M
pronounceable.