The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02

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GENERAL NOTES
Kermit Roosevelt, who for som
time has been with the British force
in Macedonia, has been made car
tain in the national army
Eeudalism in Kentucky is deaf
The feudalistic forces have been deci
mated by the war call. \ majority O
those whose names became prominen
when encounters formerly occurre;
are now fighting the Germans in Pic
ardy.
Every man aboard subscribed TO
Liberty bonds; will take them up o,
return" read wireless message re
ceived at Seattle from the auNliar,
power schooner Belvedere far out OF
the Pacific bound fror1 Seattle fol
Siberia.
Responding to appeals ior labor or
farms, Governor Stanley, of Ken
lucky is paroling many convicts iron
the state penitentiary, who are
charged with minor crimes on conoi-
ton they work on farms. The men
are detailed on certain farms by the
governor.
The United States can put 5000
900 men in France within three years.
if we are willing to take a chance
here and there" 4Adjutant General
Mccain told the military affairs com
mit,ee Of the house in testimony on
the military appropriation bill made
public last week.
Six men were killed ina &C llision Of
a Burlington fast freight and wor!;
train in the outskirts of Bayard. Neb.
during a silowstorm. The work train
was standing on the main traca; and
4 flagman had been sent to stop the
freight. but so heavy was the SNOW
fall that he was not seen.
Two leaders OF German Russian
Mennonite colony, charged with at
to bride military authorities
to obtain the release OF II young
Mennonites, who were drafted into
the national army are being held ut
Sioux City, Iowa, for appearance be
lore the next federal grand jury.
Five inches of snow fell II Denver
Friday night. According to the Den
yer weather bureau snow and rain eN-
ended over Colorado, Western Ne
oraska. South Dakota and part OF
" yoming While the, precipitation
will be beneficial to many crops. i.
viii seriously retard planting, it was
,aid.
Indictments were returned late !
Thursday against sixteen persons by
he grand jury which investigated the
on April 5 of Robert Paul
'rager at Collinsville Twelve indict- |
nents were against civilians and
harged murder. while four were
sainst policemen and charged NAL
easance in office
One dollar and 10 cents day, the
ay for bugler in the ,,5oth machine
un battalion at Camp Grant is bare
' "cigaret money" for Sidney Kernal.
half-breed Creek Indian from Mus
ogee, Okla, who at the end of each
1 hours adds SLY to- his bank ac-
cunt as income from oil land royal
es. He is the richest man in his di
Ision. |,
Guatemala. like the United States.
i'll maintain her belligerency until a
able peace, founded upon respect
n right and justice, can be estab-
shed, as guarantee to the nations"
his was the pledge of the latest ma
on to enter the war, delivered
rough Joaquin Mendez. The Guate- ,
alan minister, to Secretary OF State
ansing. {
Two persons are reported killed
,veral families homeless and several
ousand dollars damage done by Il {
rnado that swept across Crawford
'unty, Kansas, early Saturday. A
ippled coal miner was said to have
zen crushed to death in a demolished Z
Hiding near Mulberry and a child Z
lied at Ardath. A terrific wind +
orm preceded a rain of 2.3I inches. {
ar service of the Joplin & Pittsburg