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The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29

heavy artillery of both the allies and the Americans was brought up and heavy shells thrown into the German lines the northeast of Ouchy echateau and beyond Fere en- Tardenois.
 The Germans using huge amount of sneeze gas against the allied troops, but it is having effect The hardest part for the allies get through the woods where the Germans in wait hiding In many instances it has been necessary for the artillery be brought forward and the woods literally off that the Huns would be exposed killed The Germans counterng at every inch before
 ALLfED DEFENSE CONTINUES
 WITH THE AMERICANS, July 2o.-The allied of fense has been somewhat slowed up by the large number of that the Germans have brought the front but 1t IS by means checked.
 The big forests along the banks of the Marne and along the western flank of the salient proving be great detrment the allied advance It is often impos sble to disodge the Huns without artillery.
 The Huns evidently under orders to hold at any cost, because they often die fighting rather than At point in very small 2,OOO German dead counted besides the large number of wounded
 YANKEES MAKE SATISFACTORY PROGRESS
 WASHINGTON, D. C., July 2o-Genera March told the house committee that the Americans the front had made very satisfactory advance large number of them engaged in helping the British and the French to push back the Germans in the Rheims Soissons salient No n formation concerning the casualties of the American forces given but 1t is assumed that the losses considerable
 HUNS GET ANNOUNCEMENTS
 PARIS, July 2o.-The Germans have reinforced their right flank in the Rheims pocket and desper atey attempting to stop the advance of the allied troops from the west The message Is from the army
 IMPORTANT POINTS CAPTURED
 PARIS, July 2o-The French have captured the towns of Vile Montoire and Ouc1y Chateau which very i'm dred machine guns taken as well as hundreds of prisoners.
 SALIENT MAY FALL. ANY TIME
 WITH THE FRENCH, July 2o.-The entire German position within the Marne salient may fall any result of the sharp allied forward movement Orders which have been found prisoners well the infona on brought in by scouts show that the Germans have been ordered to hold any cost while defensive positions being prepared for them.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
BRITISH STRIKERS ARE DEALT
 WITH IN A DRASTIC MANNER
 BY THE BRITISH WAR CABINET

LONDON, July 25.-1he British war cabinet has de- cided drastic measures with the aborers who striking the mntion factories If the strike continued the will be drafted into the army.
 During today the strike has spread slightly It in the Birmingham district, where about 100000 struck There is very little sympathy for the strikers it is considered that they have all that it possible for the government to give them.
 WANT EMBARGO REMOVED
 LEEDS, July 25-The delegates representing 100000 unition workers have decided strike Tuesday unless the embargo is removed. The have expressed their willingness to follow the delegates decision and the reply of the government the definite stand is awaited with great interest.
 18,OOO SKILLED MEN QUIT
 COVENTRY, England July 25.-Eighteen thousand of the skilled laboers of the muon factories in this vii cnity have left their jobs. So far there indications of others following.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
HUGE SUCCESS BY FRENCHMEN
 IN A|RPLANES
British Down Many German Planes Yesterday--French Losses Light Many Thrillers Take Place
 Great Damage Done

WASHINGTON, D. C., July 2o-During the first weeks of June the French amen did wonderful work, de sroyng about three of the enemy planes every that they lost The French had 2OOO combats, in which they destroyed 199 of the German planes and downed o others During these combats the French lost only 72 planes.
 Many of the combats thrilling, the pilots erng first for positions and then going through series of hair raising dives and turns The object in the first place is to rise higher than the opponent After the upper plane its dive the lower plane performs many spectacular eats in its effort disturb the aim of the descending chine The machine guns jam frequently and oil often causes the engines to stop.
 During the two weeks the airmen dropped GOO tons of high explosives the enemy trrence bilets, rail ways and intuition works.
 BRITISH DOWN MANY HUN PLANES
 LONDON, July Oficial-Air activities newed yesterday. The British in large numbers and drove the Germans to the protection of their anar craft guns behind their lines During the fighting the Brit ish lost fifteen machines, and the Germans had twenty-five destroyed, while six others forced down of trol Valuable information gathered by the British airmen.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
JAPAN WILL ACCEPT PROPOSALS
 FROM U. s. CONCERNING SIBERIA

LONDON, July 26.-Ofhcal-After much deliberaon
 the Japanese government has decided agree the pro posals of the United States for assisting the armies in Siberia The nature of the aid has not yet been announced but is presumed to be with both troops and supplies The Japanese government made very thor ough investigation of the existing conditions in Russia and have picked the the people who most likely succeed in the establishment of democracy which will be the only form of government that will suit the people of Russia.
 WILL NOT ANNOUNCE PLANS
 WASHINGTON, D. C., July 2o.-Ohcals declined to reveal the status of the negotiations which have been passing between the United States and Japan concerning the Am erican Japanese assistance to the Czecho Sovaks When the plans well started the will be made in fu but owing to foreign agents it is thought best keep secret what is being done
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
75,OO0 SOLDIERS
 FROM UKRAINE
 FIGHT GERMANS

LONDON, July 26.-Seventy-five thousand fairly efficient troops from Ukraine are advancing against the Germans with their officers and in structors at their head. The troops are for the most part peasants who have secured arms and are deter mined to throw off the hated yoke of the Huns. The advance has come rapidly after the breaking off of re- lations with the Bolsheviki and the COssacks of Crimea.
 In the face of the determined ad- vance of the Ukraine peasants many of the Germans have withdrawn to Kiev, the largest nearby city, and are preparing for the defense of the city.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
FISH .WARDENS BEING SENT TO
 ALASKA COAST

WASHINGTON. D. C.. July 26.--- Ten special fish wardens are being sent to the Alaska coast in response to complaints which have been made concerning the breaking of the fish laws. The government places a very high value on the future fishing pos. abilities of Alaska and Is deter mined that the laws shall be car ried out.
 Five of the special officers will be detailed to southeastern Alaska to be distributed among the most prom. inent fishing localities. The others will be sent to Copper and Boring rivers. Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
IN LESS THAN TWO
 YEARS, DECLARES HOOVER AT
 BANQUET GIVEN IN HIS HONOR

LONDON, July 2o.-At banquet given by the British government in his honor, H. C. Hoover United States food administrator declared that the allied nations of enough food for the period of the and that he thor oughy believes the will end in less than years with a splendid victory for the allies
 In his turn Lloyd George said that through Hoover America had trumphed greatly in securing the much needed food for the allied and neutral nations of Europe Millions of people, he said would have been in and starvation ii Hoover had not led the people of the United States in their splendid food saving campaign which spells victory for the allies He has fear that the people of the allied ons will starve because of the huge crops in the United States and the work of the Americans building huge fleet with which to ship supplies
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
UNION
 MEN INDICTED BY GRAND JURY

NEW YORK, July 26.-The federal grand jury has indicted the Western Union men who were charged with having sent telegrams by mail. The men were employees who received the messages at the regular offices and then sent them by fast mail to their destination, where other em- ployees in league with them received them and delivered the messages as if they had been transacted by wire.
 A large number of men have been arrested for carrying messages be- tween cities in their suit cases. These are yet to be dealt with by the gov ernment. They have not broken the postal laws and so are being dealt with separately.
 In many instances the officials of the company have been implicated, and for that reason the charge was in part made against the company.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
WILL
 CONTINUE TILL
 ABOUT SEPT. 1

WASHINGTON, D. C., July 26.- Secretary of War Newton Baker has decided that the work or fight regu- lations will not be applied to profess sional baseball players until Sep tember l. The men are not UT. gently needed now, and the loss to the club owners would be very great. consequently the additional period is allowed. Only five weeks will be left before the closing period of the major league season, and the losses will be much lighter.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
BRITISH ARMED
 CRUISER SUNK
 BY SUBMARINE

LONDON, July 26-A German sub- marine torpedoed and sunk the Brit ish armed cruiser Marmora last Tues day. Ten of the crew are missing, but there is still some hope for them.
 A torpedo boat destroyer ran ashore Wednesday and sank. AL though very near shore, it was i'm possible for the crew to reach it safely because of the breakers and rocks. Thirteen are reported as missing.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
MUNlTI0N MEN
 MUST START TO.
 WORK MONDAY

LONDON, July 26.-Premier Lloyd George has announced the decision of the war cabinet in regard to the striking intuition workers. They must go to work on Monday Those who are wilfully absent after Mon- day will lose their protection certifi- cates and become liable to the mili- tary service act.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
THE SIBERIANS BACK THE NEW
 GOVERNMENT

LONDON, July 26.-The people of Siberia have assured the Omsk pro- visional government supreme author ity and will back it in fighting the enemies of their liberty. The new government has proclaimed the inde- pendence of Siberia and has annuled the decree of the Bolsheviki, re.es- tablishing the duma.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
GERMAN NOBLE
 GETS SURPRISE

PARIS, July 26.-The nephew of Prince von Buelow has been captured in the Aisne battle. He is astounded to hear of the large number of Am ericans who are in France. Infor- nation concerning the huge number of Americans actually landed is not sent to the German leaders in the field unless they are very high in command.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
R. R. MANDIES
 AT SEATTLE

SEATTLE. July 26.-C. A. Good now, prominent railroad engineer, died today, his death being caused by acute indigestion. During his very active career he performed a number of wonderful engineering feats, his last and perhaps greatest feat being the identification of the Chicago, Milwaukee. St. Paul & Pu- get Sound line across the Rocky mountains.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
MAIL BOATS ARE
 UNREASONABLE

SEATTLE, July 26.-The govern ment postal officials have rejected the proposals of the southeastern and southwestern Alaska boats for carrying mail and have declared that they were unreasonable.
 After July 31 the mail will be shipped as freight or express in-
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
BIG INCREASES IN US. EXPORT
 TRADE TO s. A.

WASHINGTON, D. C., July 26.- American exports to South America have taken an enormous jump dur ing the past fiscal year which ended July 1. The figures which have just been compiled show an increase of $55, 100000 in the value of the pro- ducts which, were sent to the south ern republics.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
RUMANlA HAS
 MARTIAL LAW

LONDON. July 26.--Amsterdam dis patches state that the king of Ru- mania has established martial law throughout all of the territory be- longing to Rumania. The significance of the action Is unknown, and every possible effort is being made to find what 1t means.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
Baseball Results
NATIONAL LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE Louis o. At Brooklyn-Brooklyn 4, Pittsburg 5. At Philadelphia--Philadelphia 3, Chi cago 2. At Boston--Boston 11-12, Cincinnati 6-3.
 AMERICAN LEAGUE At Chicago-Chicago 2, Boston 2. At Cleveland-Cleveland 8, New York 8. At Detroit-Detroit 2, Philadelphia 1.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29
BABY BOY ARRIVES TO
 BRIGHTEN NORDBY HOME

Shortly after midnight Thursday bouncing baby boy arrived at the home of Mir and Mrs. John Nordby of Garden Island. The newcomer weighed nine and three-quarters pounds. Both mother and son are doing well.
The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-07-29

stead of being classed as mail and consequently receiving special care. The postal clerks on six steamers will lose their positions when the new system goes into effect.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-18
PERMIT EXPORTS TO MEXICO
Corn, Agricultural Machinery and
Foodstuffs Win Be Sent.

Washington, July Io.-In giving
Concrete expression" to the friend.
ly sentiments" for Mexico, expressed
by President Wilson to Mexican ed.
itors at the White House recently
the State Department announced to-
day it had arranged for the exporta-
ton to Mexico of I IL million BUSH
els of corn, manufactured articles of
iron, steel, zinc and copper, agricul-
tural machinery and certain food
ties will be granted freely, it was an
stuffs.
Export licenses for the con,mod;-
nouneed subject only to the restric-
lions inpossd BY the laws and reeu.l
latious of tie United States respect
ing trading with the epemy.
Affielee foe the exploitation Of
min - glining maekinefy win s.
s4po ~ tzraagemeats are beiaS
~ p H1nse for export I euusjis
efsble a6fzt ~ saitvsy eqsipsnest>
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-18
MEAT 81 LIB. IN AUSTRIA.
Daily Rations Shows Alarming State
of Food Situation.

Amsterdam, July 1.-THE alarm
ing state OF the food situation in vi
emma is described in a dispatch to the
Berlin Tageblatt from its Vienna cor
respondent who says:
The daily rations per head are
fixed at approximately three ounces
of bread and flour substitutes, one
ounce of meat. less than a quarter OF
an ounce of fat, two and a half ounces
of potatoes, three quarters of an
OUNCE of jam and a quarter of an
ounte of war coffee, making the total
daily allowances seven and three
quarter ounces"
Flour can be secured by paying the
equivalent of from $3.50 to S. a
pound, meat at from $s.75 to 81 and
horse flesh at $3.50 a pound. Meals
at the middle class restaurants cost
$3.50.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-18
Austria Ready to Break?

Rome, Thursday, July 11.-"Aus-
tria is about to crumble away" is the
opinion of political and military OBJ
servers here after the publication of
the latest reports from Albania and
the Balkans, where the Entente Al
lies have succeeded in perfecting
single front, extending from the Adri-
attic Sea to Saloniki, on the Aegean
Sea, a distance of some two hundred
miles.
Washington, July 12-An Austrian
peace envoy representing the Pacifist
party Of Doctor ~Lammasch, has ar
rived in Geneva, according to dis
patches from the Journal De Geneva
today. The commissary, according
to the cable, presented himself at sew
eral allied legations and was refused
an audience by the Entente envoy.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-18
ST. LOUIS BREWERS HIT
Coal Order May Close Every Plan
Except Anheuser Busch

St. Louis, July I1.-Federal Fuel
Administrator Garfield's order deny
ing fuel to the breweries will close
every brewery in St. Louis in a short
time, except possibly the Anheuser
Busch plant, which has large guam
tity stored and may be able to run
for six months.
There are eighteen breweries and
one Weiss beer plant affected by the
order. Norman Jones, secretary of
the St. Louis Brewing Association,
stated today that sixty thousand per-
sons would be affected, ten thousand
actually employed by the brewers and
the remainder in affiliated industries.
The value of the plants is 80 million
dollars and the pay roll amounts to
8 million dollars annually. Much
stock OF raw materials now on hand
would be loss to the brewers, it was
said, if the order is immediately en-
forced
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-18
State Beer Consumption Drops
1000, 900 Gallons

Jefferson City, Mo-, July lo-The
consumption of beer in Missouri dur.
ing the last year fell off almost 7,oo6,
600 gallons, according to figures COM
piled today by State Beer Inspector
Mosby.
There was a correspondingly large
decrease in the receipts of the State
Beer Department.. the revenue failing
to meet that of last year by nearly
10000.
The department during the year
ending July 1 inspected 63,I77,6s8 gal
Ions Of beer, while during the prev
ious year 7oo4I,i7s gallons were in
spected. The consumption of the
beverage is gagged by the inspec-
tions of the department.
The receipts of the beer depart
ment during the year ending July I,
1917, amounted to ,$%46,443, while dur
ing the last year the receipts fell off
to $soo,5ss. @
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-18
LUXURIES TO PAY HEAVY
TAX XIV
House Committee Asked to Double
Taxes on Tobacco, Liquor and
Many Other Articles.

/ Washington Iuly 1n-Membefs-
the house ways and means commit
tee today studied the list of luxurie:
taxations suggested by the treasury
department, and some committeeman
regarded many of the proposals as
impracticable The committee will
take up the list item by item when it
begins framing the new war revenue
bill Meyer d. Rothschild and Rob
ert B. Steele. both of New York, at
the hearing declared the proposed 50
per cent retail tax on jewelry was
ruinous and would force so many
concerns out of business that the gov
eminent would not derive as much
revenue from this source as it would
under the 10 per cent tax.
William II. Hill, of Detroit, Mich,
who appeared before the committee
to represent the patent medicine in
dustry. proposed the Canadian plan
of fixing government stamp on
patent medicines, the amount of the
tax to be added to the selling price.
While Mr.. Hill was on the stand
Representative Fordney of Michi-
gan, ranking republican members OF
the committee, said the governments
actual war expenses this year, after
deducting $4,000, 100000 loaned to the
allies, would be $4,000, ooo,o 900. The
SC, ooo, 900. 900 which it is proposed to
raise by taxation, he said, represent
ed 40 per cent of the total actual ex-
pense and added he did not think that
amount should be raised by taxation.
Besides doubling present taxes on
liquors and tobaccos. quadrupling
soft drink levies and making general
increases in other existing rates, the
treasury suggestions include taxes OF
so per cent on retail prices of jewelry
watches and clocks, except those sold
to army or navy men; 20 per cent on
bicycles, musical instru-
ments, etc; 10 cents gallon on gas
oline, to be paid by the wholesaler;
10 per cent on hotel bills for rooms
over $3.50 day or American plan =,
over SIS; 10 per cent on air cafe or !;
restaurant bills and taxes of unstated !;
ctl llICII SultS SCllulk lOI L..
more than $50, women's suits over :,
$40 and coats over $50; mems hats -
over 81; shirts. over So; pajamas over i
e; hosiery over IS cents; shoes over
S; gloves over Sc: underwear over
81; all neckwear and canes; women's Fl
lresses over SIS; skirts over SIS; hats b
'ver $40; shoes over Sc; lingerie over L
S: corsets over SIS; and all furs, fans HI
tc,, children's clothing, including p
uits, over SIS; purses and toilet ar +,
icles over Sc. A
In addition to all these taxes, which
you'd be levied directly upon the
onsumer, the list proposes doubling hi
he present motion picture admission If
AK and imposing tax of 5 per cent II
N moving picture theater rentals b
nth the present film tax eliminated IL
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-18
Notice of Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given to ali cred
itors and others interested in the es-
tate of Catherine Sellers, deceased,
that l, J. M. Clark, Administrator of
said estate, intend to make final set
Element thereof, at the next term of
the Bates County Probate Court, in
Bates County, State of Missouri, to
be held at Butler, Missouri, COM
mencing on the 18th day of August,
1918. XII.
J. M. CLARK,
3S-4t Administrator.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-18
Medical Officer Sent to Prison TO,
Carelessness.

Washington, D. c., July IL
Charged with having contributed to
the death of soldier through gross
neglect of duty, Lieut.. Joseph C..
Robinson of the Medical Reserve
Corps, has been sentenced to be dis
missed from the army and to serve
one years Imprisonment at hard la
Dor, the War Department announced.
Lieut.. Robinson's trial grew out of
the death of WardeH c. Van Tassel, a
recruit at Camp Dix, NJ, last Janu-
airy. 1t was charged the medical off
Ger made careless diagnosis of Van
Tassers ailment and failed to furnish
proper medical relief.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-07-18

In the Circuit Court of Bates Coun
ty. Missouri, October Term, 1918
May 27, 1918. I'd
Rufus X. Goodwin, Plaintiff
| VS..
The unknown consorts, heirs, .devi.
sees, donees, direct, mesne, or re-
| mote grantees of Flemming H,
Mitchell, Defendants.
The State of Missouri to the above
named defendants:
You are hereby notified that the
plaintiff has filed his petition in the
Circuit Court OF Bates County, Mis-
souri,, returnable to the October
Term, 1913, of this Court, wherein he
alleges that he is in fact the owner of,
and has the legal title to, the East
half of the Southeast quarter of Sec
ton Thirty-six (36), Township For
ty-two (42), of Range Twenty-Five
(2o), in Bates County, Missouri,
claiming title thereto, under and by
virtue of certain deed made by
William S. Hughes and wife, Julia A.
and James D. Mitchell, and wife,
Mary K, to c. F. .McCuan and c. F.
Goodwin, of date November IL, 1867.
recorded in the office of the Record
er of Deeds, in Bates County, Mis-
souri,, in Book 81" at page SIC; and
that the names of the grantees are
unknown but that they do, Or might
claim some interest in said real es-
tate under and by virtue of an entry
of said real estate made by Fleming
H. Mitchell, of date November 4,
1854, to whom patent was issued
bearing date 18th day of January,
1856, and who derived whatever in
terest they may have in this action
BY inheritance from Flemming H. |
Mitchell, and that plaintiffs and those
under whom they claim title to said
real estate have been in the open,
exclusive and adverse
possession of said real estate for
more than forty years last past, pay
ng all taxes against said land during
which time none of the defendants
lave been in the possession of said
cal estate or paid any taxes thereon.
Wherefore, it is by the court or
Tered that the defendants herein be
lotified by publication of the bring.
ng of this action, and that unless
hey be and appear in this court at
he October Term, 1918, thereof, to
e begun and heard on the first Mon
ay of October, 1918, and answer or
lead to said petition on or before
he first day thereof, said petition
ill be taken as confessed and judg-
tent rendered accordingly.
It. is further ordered that copy of
his order be published IN The But
r Weekly Times for four succes-
i've issues, the last insertion Of
hitch shall be more than thirty days
efore the first day Of this term of
ourt.
H. o. MAXEY,
Circuit Clerk.
true copy from the record.
Witness my hand and the
(Seal) seal Of this court, this 2zth
day Of May, 1878.
II. o. NAXEY,
-4t Circuit Clerk