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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-06

Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Osborne and
family spent Sunday with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. S. Simpson near
Worland.
j.. w. Eggleson and family, and
Orland Eggleson and family of But
Ter spent Sunday with A. L. Porter
and family.
N. A. Barr butchered 400 pound
hog Monday.
Howard and Ruth Leonard expect
to move into their new house just
east of Mt. Carmel church Wednes-
day We are certainly glad to have
them move back as they can't be beat
for neighbors.
Henry Ison and family are moving
on their farm, which they purchased
from ]. E. Leonard.
Herbert Steele and family of But
Ter spent Sunday with Mrs. Steele's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Monroe Burk.
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Orchard Grove Sewing Club.

The Orchard Grove Girls Sewing
Club met Saturday, December I. with
8ix members and our leader present.
We had one visitor, Miss Bertha
H-"rer of Taherville. Our meeting
began by singing "Be Cheerful
Light"
Roll call was answered by quota
tions by each.
Minutes of previous meeting were
read. Our work for the afternoon
was making dustless dust rags and
dustless mops. That being complet-
ed, short review of our first lesson
was responded to readily by each
member. Instructions on the making
of laundry bag was given for uor
next meeting. We adjourned to meet
December 18th.
Cor. Sec.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-06

LAWRENCE, visited Sunday evening al
the J. r. Walters home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Griffin are the
proud parents of baby boy borr
Nov. 26. They have named him Edse
Harrison.
Mrs. Lotspcich is visiting at Mr.
evils Halls ------ -
Mr.. and. Mrs. VIM. Griffin spent
Sunday at w. A. Bakers.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. l.. Nafus have
moved to their home place. Mr.
Charles Potter moved back to Mi. Ell
lington's.
Mr.. John Terrell and family visited
Sunday at VIM. Nuckols.
Mrs. Walter Nafus is numbered
with the sick.
Mr.. Jeff Morgan shredded fodder
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Osborn and daughter, Edith,
of Fl. Scott, visited part of last
week with Dclbert Requa and sisters.
Mrs. Cora Bentley, Miss Mable
Padley and brother. Buford, visited
Sunday at Walter Nafus'. 49,
! Mr.. and Mrs. Vernie Ghere visited
Sunday with Mr.. Gheres parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Ghere.
Mrs. A. w. Padley and Mrs. Job
Utley visited Tuesday with Mrs. Wal
ter Nafus.
Ned Ecklcs lis numbered with the
sick
GYP.
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In And Around Maysburg.

The Red Cross Chapter of Mays
burg met at Mr.. Albert Edrington's
on their appointed day of last week
But the ladies' who were to come
from Butler failed to appear. A room
is being fitted. UP for the Chapter at
the home Of Mrs. Annie Miller.
Ermine thinner visited home folks
from Wednesday evening until Cum
day afternoon.
The Fidelis class of Cove Greek
Christian Sunday school had social
Thursday night at the home of their
teacher, Mrs. Pearle Simpson. There
were a number present and an en-
joyable time was had by all.
The Rev. Johnson filled his regular
appointment at the Cove Creek
Christian church.
Mr.. Sam Stayton and family OF
Archie, were at Cove Greek Sunday.
Mr.. Tan White and family and
Ray Farmer visited with Mr.. Nc
Coy's Sunday.
Little Thelma White has been sick
with la grippe, but is better at this
writing.
Ern,ine thinner, who returned to
Butler Sunday afternoon to resume
her work at the High School is quite
sick at the home of her grandmother,
Mrs. b. F. Richards.
A NEIGHBOR.
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Summit Happenings.

Mr.. Thurman Stuckey, of Kansa:
City spent Thanksgiving with Mrs
Golladay and family. He returned
home Sunday.
Mrs. Argenbright gave big tur-
KEY dinner to her neighbors Thanks
giving
Mr.. and Mrs. U. S. Ison and little
son, Ncwlin, spent Thanksgiving
with their son in Oklahoma City.
Orcn, who is in camp at Fort Sill,
joined them there.
Mrs. Golladay gave fine turkey
dinner Thanksgiving Those present
were Frank Jewett and family, John
Golladay and family, Robt. Sturgeon
and daughter, Ray Sturgeon and wife,
Homer Jewctt and Mr.. Stuckey.
Mrs. Everett Grant will entertain
the Club Thursday night.
Mr.. OF Radford of Bentonville,
Arkansas, and Mr.. Snodgrass and
family spent Sunday night with Lewis
Culbcrtson.
J. II. Thomas lost nice young
horse Monday.
Mrs. Newton treated her family to
a turkey dinner Thanksgiving.
John Hyatt and wife and daugh-
ter and w. O. Card. wife and daugh-
ter were Sunday visitors at Mr..
Prices.
Mrs. Raw Sturgeon is spending the
week in Kansas City.
Dodc Holland and wife were guests
of Ray Powell and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Howard gave
a dinner Thanksgiving for their chill
dren.
The Misses Gray Mrs. Argen-
bright's GIRL friends of Kansas CITY.
visited with her few days last
week
Mrs. ITavens ate THANKSGIVING din
ner with Mrs. Osborne il Butler.
Gee. Newton was refused any |
further hearing at present and will
have to 60 with the next call. We
sure would like to see the head man,
and only one left on the farm.
Oritc a few farmers have lost cat
tie and most all have vaccinated for
the rlaiady.
Cecil Sherman came home last
week.
SUNSHINE.
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Mt. Carmel News.

Jim Clark's team ran away in the
cornfield Friday and bruised Mr.
Clark Up pretty badly. The Wagon
was badly damaged too.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee M. Hardinger
Elmer and Arthur Hardinger spent
Friday in Rich Hill visiting at the
home of J, c. Crosswhite and family
Miss ain Cox spent from Thurs
'ay till Sunday with her sister, Mrs
James Taylor and family, at Adrian
Mrs. Albert Leonard of Kansas
City has been visiting friends and
relatives here.
% Alva Crosswhite of Rich Hill and
Charley Crosswtite of Camp Fun
ston, Kansas, spent Friday night with
Mr.. and Mrs. I ee M. Hardinger.
Charley is in training at Camp Fun
ston in the ambulance corps and likes
his work real we'll,
Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Martin and fam
lily of near Butler and Mr.. and Mrs.
Jas. Taylor and family of Adrian
spent Thanksgiving day at the home
of Z. w. Cox.
MIR. Stephen Drysda'e. of Eldon,
Mo-, spent few days the latter part
of the week with his nephew, Ever
cit Drysdale and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Hardinger
and daughter, Ruth. returned from
Kansas City Saturday. They went
I'D Wednesday and Tad Ruth's ton
sis and adnoids removed Thursday.
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Peru Items.
SUNSHINE.

The sound OF the shredder can nov
be heard in the ncighborhood.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. F.. sckles enter
tanned for dinner Sunday Mr.. ant
Mrs. Holl Harper, Mr. and Mrs. Kirl
Harper. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Thomp
son and son, Harold,
May McGinnis spent Friday nigh
with Ethel and Margaret Thomas.
The young folks who attended the
pie supper at Black school house re
port a fine time.
On last Wednesday night about q
hundred of Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Nc.
Ginnis' friends met and gave then
a pleasant surprise. A very enjoy
able evening was spent All depart
ed at 4 late hour wishing Mr.. Nc.
Ginnis and family success in their
new home.
Mr.. Henry Walters is building a
granary for E. T.. Eckles.
Harper Brothers lost two valuable
cows last week.
Mrs. Will .Harper's mother spent
Thanksgiving with her.
Mr.. Roy Thomas and family, Mr..
r. J. Lyle and family spent Thanks
giving with Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer
Hall.
A white shoat weighing about 80
pounds which he had recently pur-
chased has strayed from the premises
of F. T.. Dlankenbaker and so far he
has been unable to locate it.
The Sunda~ school of Peru will
have a Christmas program and tree
Christmas Eve.
The w. c. T. U. served lunch at
the sale at Will McGinnis' last
Wedne sday. They cleared about $I3
In the evening they completed sew
eral pillows which they have sent to
the soldier boys.
Rev. Honeycutt spent Monday
night at the home of F. L. Blanken-
baker and family.
The young people were again made
sad by the death OF Orville Steffen,
who was held in high esteem by all
who knew him. The Y. P. B. espe-
cial1y wish to express their love and
sympathy for his sister, Cecil, who
is one of their members.
BILLIE AND SUSIE.
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Desperate Surrounded.

Pleasant Hill, Mo-, Dec. A ring
of 200 armed men this morning
formed around the woods on the
Thomas Collier farm, seven miles
west of here, and began closing in
on what is believed to be the hiding
place of the man who on Sunday
night murdered Waterman Nelson.
Monday evening the. hunted man
showed his desperation when he shot
Irwin Berkstresser. who went too
close to his hiding place.
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Double Branch Pick Ups.

Lee Settlers and Mrs. Cora Bentley
sold hogs to Mr.. Lewis at Rich Hill
and delivered them Tuesday.
Mr.. Mark Spain and Geo. Boehm
delivered hogs and calves on the But
Ter market Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Baker and
daughter. Ruth, of Rich Hill spent
Thanksgiving visiting friends and rel.
atives near Double Branch.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. c. Nafus and SON.
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Fair Mount News.

c. M. Rapp and daughter, Lydia.
were in Appleton City on business
Wednesday.
Rev. Heinke, Martin Rapp and their
families and Mr.. and Mrs. John Mar
quardt spent Thanksgiving day with
| the latter daughter. Mrs. Nick Rapp,
and family.
Frank Fix and family entertained
number of their relatives at dinner
Thanksgiving.
VIM. Bolte, c. NJ. and Frank Rapp
and wife motored to Appleton City
last Thursday afternoon on business
and called at the home OF Mrs. Kath-
crime Rapp.
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Vogt. jr, took
Thanksgiving dinner at the home OF
her parents, c. Nj. Rapp and family.
Mrs. Frank Rapp spent the day
Friday with Mrs. Heinke and chill
dren.
Fred, Albert and John Yoss, Leon
ard Heganour and their families and
Mr.. and Mrs. Crist Fox motored to
Horton, Mo-, last Thursday to take
Thanksgiving dinner with tie Yoss
sister, Mrs. Lena Yorick and family.
The entertainment and pie supper
at Rich Valley Friday night was well
given and attended. Everybody had
a good time and enjoyed themselves.
There was such large crowd there
wasn't standing room. Everything
certainly sold we'll. Cline Peeler got
the bar of soap for the dirtiest man
(although he wasn't the dirtiest man
there by long way). Miss Crook re-
ecived the cake for the most popuf7r
young lady and Miss Goldie Round
tree the box of cardv for the nrettie't
girl. Harvey Zwahlen was auc-
tioneer. They received $4,000.
Martin Rapp and part OF his family |
took dinner Sunday with Frank Rapp
and family. After dinner they went |
car riding and called on Henry
Bracher and family.
Frieda Bracher and Lydia Yoss
spent Sunday with Hilda Rapp.
Some few young folks visited Sun
day night with Lewis Fleischer.
Mesdames VIM. Bottle and Fred
Schmidt were shopping in Schell City
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Marquardt
called on Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Vogt,
jr.. one night last week
C. M. Rapp lost a valuable calf
Sunday.
Mrs. Lizzie Robinson and Mrs.
Kaufman. of near Taberville. wto
nave been visiting friends and rela-
ives here for a week and a half went
nome Saturday
Charley Schell from out west is in
his vicinity at present on business.
Frank Rapp and family, Fred Vogt
r., and wife and Charley eche'l
pent an enjoyable evening Sunday
it the c. NJ. Rapp home |
Nick Rapp and John Marquardt
md their wives motored north OF
Butler Sunday and took dinner with !
frank Dalton and family and they
lso called at Mr.. and Mrs. Herman's
nd daughter, Lulu, who is very poor
y as she was stricken with paralysis
week ago.
Nora Rapp went to stay with her =
randmother, Mrs. Katherine Rapp,
I Appleton City Saturday, for sew
raj weeks.
PRISCILLA.
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Missing in France.

William Middlen, of Deerfield, Yer
non county, is one of those who were
reported missing after recent battle
in France. Middlen was a member OF
a Canadian regiment.
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N. w. A. Notice.

Butler Camp No. 24s8 meets Thurs
day night, December 9th. Lunch will
be served. All members urged to at
tend.
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A recruiting officer approached a
simple fellow milking q COW near
Forest City, says . corner store item
in the Fairfax Forum. Young
man." said the officer, why don't you
70 to the frontr There amt any
milk At that end" was the simple
ones reply. !.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-06

State of Missouri,
County OF Bates, %
= In the Circuit Court OF said county
and state. February, 1918, Term. In
Vacation, December 4, 1917.
Joseph +. Bcdinger, Plaintiff.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-05
Our Growing Trade
With Latin America

Trade between the United States and
its Latin American neighbors will ag-
gregate about s1,5OO,OOO,OO0 in the fis-
cal year which ends with next month.
according to the National City Bank OF
New York. For the nine months ended
March, 1917. the imports into the
United States from all Latin America
amounted TO $3.50 100000. and the ex-
ports thereto 10 $4,000, 600. or to-
tai of 81 ,070, 100000 for the nine-month
period, suggesting that the grand total
for the full fiscal year, which ends
June 30, will approximate Sl,500,000,-
600. These figures show marked in
crease over earlier years. the total
imports of the nine months Of last
year having been but 1904. 100000. and
the exports thereto 1924 100000. max
ing for the nine-month period but
S79s 900. 900, as against, the Sl.070. 0O0. =
600 in the nine months Of this year
while for the nine months ended with
March. 1914 all OF which preceded tho
war. the total imports and exports com
bined were but 1854. 100000. suggest
ing that our trade with the Latin
America countries in the fiscal year
1917 will be nearly three times as
great as that Immediately preceding
the war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-05

April seems to have marked the
turning point in railroad earnings,
Judging from the reports of seventy
Glass / roads now available. Rev.
enues per mile for that month
amounted to S1,573, against S1,396
in April, 1916, and this gain was
more than sufficient to Offset the in
crease of S1S2, or 10 per cent in ex-
penses, with the result that net reve-
nues per mile averaged $443, against
S49S a year before. The showing
for the month was not uniformly IA
vorable, however. Net in the South
ern district gained $2S per mile, or
8.3 per cent, and in the Western dis
trict S26, or 10 per cent. In the
Eastern district, however, an in
crease of 1921 per mile in gross was
more than wiped out by higher ex-
penses, so that net decreased $40, or
7 per cent, to S652 per mile. The
Eastern roads are the emily ones
which can make out good case for
higher pay on the basis Of earnings.
Even in that district the returns
compare favorably with most years
preceding 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-05
United Shoe Machinery
Merger Held In Allowance.

Newark. y. j., June 4.-Nice-Chancel-
Tor Merritt Lane to-day dismissed the
application for an Injunction to re-
strain the merger of the United Shoe
Machinery Company with the United
Shoe Machinery Corporation. AT the
same time the vice-chancellor enJoined
the merger until such time as Julian
c. Harrison, counsel for the DIRECTORS
to the merger. shall have time to con-
suit with his clients and determine
whether or not the case shall be car
ried into the Court of Errors and APP
peals. The shareholders were to have
met in Paterson on Wednesday to pass
upon the merger as determined upon
by the directors of the two concerns.
This meeting cannot be held until the
vice-chancellor withdraws his inhibi-
ton.
The directors claim the merger is In
the interest of econmy. It is said that
between seventy and eighty thousand
dollars will be saved on the one item
of taxes il the merger goes through.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-05
Doubles Shipping
Profits, Despite
U-Boat Ravages
International Mercantile
Marine Earns $5l a
Share in 1916

Despite heavy losses Of tonnage as the
result Of German submarine activities,
the International Mercantile Marine
Company last year nearly doubled its
net profits. A report on operations for
1916 submitted at the annual meeting
of stockholders held yesterday showed
gross earnings, after payment of the
British excess profits tax, of S67,967,-
5G4, compared with SCI ,669,167 in 1915,
while the net profits were s26, 1893, $50,
or S5l23 a share on the preferred
stock, compared with s13,5S1 $50, or
S26.27 a share on the same stock, in
1915. In 1914 there was a deficit Of
$314,52s.
The biggest tonnage losses sustained
by the company during the year, ac-
cording to the president, p. A. S. Frank
lin, were the steamships Britannia,
Arabic, Cymbric. Minnewaska, Mime
apolis, Afric and George. All these
ships, be said, were fully covered by
marine war risk insurance. The COM
pany is doing it's best TO replace the
tonnage lost with the destruction of
the ships named, together with num-
Der of others, and at the present time
has several ships under construction.
one of which will be about $4,000 tons
register.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-05
Dividends

Pittsburgh. Fort Wayne & Chicago.-Reg
ular quarterly dividend OF ia per cent on
the guaranteed stock, payable July TO stock
of record June II. and l2l per cent on the
special guaranteed stock. payable July . 10
stock of record June II.
Albany & Susquehanna Railroad.-Regu-
lar semi-annual dividend of Az per cent.
payable July l.
New York & Harlem r. R.-Reguar semi
annual dividends Of pa per cent on both the
common and preferred stocks, both payable
July to stock Of record June -.
New York, Lackawanna & Western Rail-
way.-Reguar quarterly dividend of IL per
cent, payable July to stock of record
June 10.
Dayton Power & Light.-Regular quarter
ly dividend of liz per cent on the preferred
stock. payable July to stock of record
June 20.
Union Traction. - Regular semi-annual
dividend of 3 per cent. payable July 2 TO
stock of record June Q.
United Engineering & Foundry.-Extra
dividend of per cent on the common stock,
payable June II to stock of record June 9.
Beech Creek Railroad.-Reguar quarterly
dividend of 1 per cent. payable July to
stock Of record June 90.
Rensselaer, & Saratoga r. R.-Regular
semi-annual dividend OF per cent. payable
July !.
Detroit & Mackinac r. R.-Regular semi
annual dividend of 2la per cent on the pre-
ferred stock. payable July to stock Of rec
ord June 10.
Pan-American Petroleum & Transport
Regular quarterly dividend Of Ia per cent
on the preferred stock. payable July 10
stock of record June 10.
Union Passenger RaiIway.-Regular semi
annual dividend Of 9le per cent. payable
July . to stock Of record June 10.
Cumberland Producing & Refining. Initial
dividend Of | per cent. payable June 10 TO
stock OF record June /.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-05

The market for new municipal Sc
curities is even more stagnant than
the general bond market. Records
of "The Daily Bond Buyer" show
that sales of permanent state and
municipal bonds in May reached
only $2O,372,439, the smallest total
for that month, with the exception of
May, 1910, in the last ten years.
There was great activity in this de-
partment Of finance during the
earlier months Of the year, however,
and the aggregate sale in the five
months from January ] to May 81,
were $3.50, 1888, S06, the largest total
for any like period in n decade or
more. Once the Liberty Loan is
completed, II Is expected that NUM-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-06-05
Government Upheld
In Santa Fe Suit
Supreme Court Decides Acct
dents Do Not Affect
Service Law

Washington, June Among the de-
cisions announced to-day by the Su-
preme Court were the following:
Sustaining Montana DEGREES uphold
ing the legality of the sale of the Par
rott Silver and Copper Company to the
Anaconda Copper Mining Company by
Henry II. Rogers and associates. The
decision was in the suit brought by
stockholders of the former company
to prevent the sale on the ground OF
fraud.
Extending the operation OF the hours
Of service act as IL affects railroad
trainmen. DEGREES holding that I'M
avoidable accidents cannot be used as
an excuse by "A railroad for violating
the laW where it Is possible TO relieve a
train crew from duty before the end OF
the customary run is reached were sus-
tanned. The decision was IN the SUIT
of the government to recover penalties
from the Santa Fe.
Deciding that in construction OF rail-
roads across Federal forest reserves
Federal permits must be secured and
regulations complied with. The court
affirmed q judgment for S68,000 against
the St. Paul road for damage TO the
Cpur d'Alene, Idaho. forest reserva-
ton during construction of its Puget
Sound extension in 1907.
UNFOLDING as constitutional Cali
fornia laws which enforce excise taxes
on foreign corporations for doing in
trastate business. The taxes, based
upon corporate stock, the court decided,
are applicable to foreign corporations
engaged in interstate commerce.
Annulling as unconstitutional the
Georgia "blow post" law, requiring To-
comotives to blow their whistles and
check their speed on approaching pub
lie crossings. The Seaboard Air Line
contended that the law burdens inter-
state commerce, appealing from a
Georgia decision sustaining it as a
valid state exercise of "polce powers"