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Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-04
VICTIM OF INFLUENZA
(Frou1 Sundays paily)

The funeral services of Oscar Brown, young man of ? years, who died at Humboldt the first of the week, were held in the smelter city on Saturday afternoon, interment be- ing made in the cemetery there. Brown, who came to this county from Texas, contracted the influenza a week ago. the disease having later developed into pneumonia. Brown was among the young men called for the draft in Yavapai county several months ago. and while he was most anxious to enter the service, he was turned down by the examining physi- clans because of defective heart.
 IOurnal- Miner for fine ioh uort sh
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-04
MITCHELL LOST OVER
 HALF OF HIS SOLDIERS
(From Sundays Daily.1

Captain E. ]. Mitchell. who during the final days of the fighting between the Yankees and the Huns in the Ar gonne country. saw some bitter ser vice. has written brief but interesting letter to his mother,
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-04
AERIAL MAIL SERVICE

NEW YORK. Nov. ?. - Capt. Benj. B. Lipser, director of the Unit cd States aerial mail service, an nounccd today that the war depart mcnt had turned over to the use of the mail service Hundreds of aero planes"
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REALLY THAT'S TOO BAD

. LONDON, Nov. 2c.-The former
 German emperor is i'll of influenza. according to an Exchange Telegraph
 from Amsterdam.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-04

Arizona and others in this district. In all of these properties mentioned, the bodies of ore have grown richer and wider with depth attained and it is that the rule of still large CT and richer ore reserves will be with greater depth.
Weekly journal-miner., 1918-12-04

Jeurnal-Miner for fine job work. "
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-01
BROWN EYES.
Decision on Mrs. Busch's Plea to be
Made Soon.

Washington, D. C., July 2o.-De-
cision on the application of Mrs
Adolphus Busch, widow of the St
Louis brewer, for return of her prop
eIy valued at millions of dollars,
taken over by the Government as the
result of her stay of several years
with relatives IN Germany. as soon
to be made by Alien Property Gus
todian Palmer On Palmer's desk
today, upon his return from West
ern trip, was voluminous brief filed
by her attorney. Charles Nagel, for
mer Secretary of Commerce and
Labor, who is here for conferences
with Palmer.
The brief recites testimony given
at the hearings before the congress
sional committees is'to the intent of
the law with respect to the return of
seized property and contends that it
was the evident intent of Congress to
restore the property of American cit
liens upon their return to the United
States. Mrs. Busch's counsel insists
she is loyal citizen and merely was
visiting abroad.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-01
Mulberry and Western Bates,

Nando Williams one of our enter.
prising young farmers Of Western
Bates will read The Times for the
coming year.
Mrs. Lizzie Braden and daughter
Mrs. Welton, spent Wednesday af-
ternoon with Mrs. Jennie Porter.
L. r. Nichols delivered fat hogs
to Amoret Monday morning.
Miss Lottie Mayer was a Wednes.
day evening supper guest at the Por-
ter home.
Quite number of relatives, friends
and neighbors. drove over to Butler
Friday evening to bid the, boys, who
had been called to the eolors from
this vicinity, goodbye, wishing them
q safe trip and an early return home.
Clause Dykman and Bert Bohlken
were the two from near Mulberry
who were called in the last draft.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-01
Elkhart News.

The shower Sunday cooled the All
but helped the corn little.
Dave Landlord and Floyd Ewing
spent Sunday at Will Ragan's.
John Burton drove over from Blue
Mound, Kansas, Saturday for brici
visit at the Duffey home, John once
lived in Elkhart
&. |. Raglan and wife and George
Raglan and wife left Saturday for an
overland trip to Oklahoma.
\ Mrs. 1uttle of Kansas City is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. ]. +. Landlord.
Mr.. and Mrse. Joe-Cox entertained
a number OF friends Thursday night
in honor of the boys who left Friday
night.
Will Knapp and family of East
Lynne and Hal Chitwood and family
spent Sunday at Harry Duffeyy's.
A large crowd from around here
went to Butler Friday night to see
the boys again before they left. for
camp.
Elkhart Township Sunday School
Convention was held at Valley
Chapel Sunday, July rs
Jas. Maddy visited his brother,
Frank, in Kansas last week.
Frank Landlord and family and
Mrs. Cyrus Tuttle drove over to La
Cygne Sunday and spent the day with
an uncle of Mrs. Landlord and Mrs.
futile.
RPOWN EVES
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MerWin Items.

The rain we had Monday night set
tied the dust and frightened up tn,
dead grass.
W. |. Lewis made business trip tt
Drcxcl Saturday.
Joe ENNIS and wife came dowr
from Kansas City Saturday to WISH
with his father. Frank ENNIS
Friday evening Mr.. and Mrs. En-.
mis- and daughter, Byrd were driv.
ing west of town when a car driver
by Geo. Witter ran against the horst
which ran away, tearing up the buggy
and throwing Mr.. ENNIS out. injrr.
ing him severely. Mrs. ENNIS and
baby jumped and were not hurt. Mr.
Witter had no lights and says he
did not see them.
Frank Marsh came down from
Kansas City Sunday to visit his
mother, Mrs. Mary Marsh.
Thelma Foster went to Drcxel Sat
urday to visit relatives.
Miss Cleota Ytell came down from
Kansas City for visit with home
folks last week. returning Sunday
Another runaway accident oc-
Cured Monday morning when the
horse which Mr. and Mrs. w. R.
Monroe were driving became fright
ened at broken wagon by the road
side and ran. Mrs. Monroe jumped
and escaped with slight injuries,
while Mr.. Monroe was thrown out,
rendering him unconscious and caus-
ing large wound in his head. They
are getting along nicely.
Mrs. James Reed. and Edna Quick
spent last week in Kansas City,.
Mary kelso of Amsterdam visited
Esther Ritchey last week.
Georgia Marsh has the measles.
Sheriff Johnson was over from
Butler Saturday on business.
Mrs. JAMES Reed returned from
Kansas City Saturday.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-01

Tor wheat, and 22o pounds for oats.
The 1919 cost of Irvine per acre at
"a cents per pound is 81 cents for
wheat and 50 cents for oats. To tie
the entire 1918 wheat crop of Mis-
souri, on this basis cost $1,458,o41,
and for the 1913 oats crop the Irvine
bill is $784,4oo.
The Missouri state penitentiary has
factory capacity to manufacture all of
the twine for our farmers and dealers
for 1910 in spite of the war labor
shortage.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-01
Cortland.

Bill and Virgil Morrison, Clark an
Joe Smith of this neighborlood wer
among the boys that left Frida,
night for Camp Funston. Ever.
family in the neighborhood was rep
resented in the crowd that saw then
off.
Elmer Soderstrom left Wednesda,
morning for Kansas City, where HI
had to report to Uncle Sam for ser
vice in the navy.
Ray Morrison and Virgil Lockard
were examined for the army Tues
day.
Sylvia Vaughn is entertaining her
grandfather and grandmother
Vaughn OF Perry, Oklahoma, her
great aunt, Mrs. Serena Jasper, OF
Burlington. Kansas. her uncle, F..
Vaughn and daughter, Olive, OF
GODFREY, Colorado They made the
trip from Perry, Oklahoma in Ford.
Three OF the party are past 70 years
OF age
Cyrus and John Rhea and families
Of DrcNcl and Miss Hester Eby of
-acygne, Kansas, were Sunday visit
ors with their cousin, p |. Turner,
and family.
Eight cars and buggy were
parked on the bank of the Marias de
~ygnes river Sunday afternoon while
The occupants enjoyed the water.
Miss Francis Calvin, of Foster is
visiting in this neighborhood
Miss Maudc Morgan is visiting in
he Peru ncighborhood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orland Eggleson and
laughter Anna Laura, of Butler,
pent Sunday at Matt Simpsons.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-01
Missouri's Irvine Bill,

The state-federal crop and statisti-
cal service of Missouri has been max.
ing an investigation in each county to
establish the actual amount of bind
ing Irvine used per acre, and the acre
cost Of twne, as we'll as the total cost
and amount of Irvine used, and the
finding 81, per acre for wheat, 2.11
pounds, and for oats 2.1o pounds.
The average amount of Irvine per
acre for I; term of years is I.S8 pounds
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-01
Virginia.

Georgr Seymour. the nine-year-ol'
son of .tr. and Mrs. Seymour of thi
vicinity is seriously ILL
Herman Englehardt has been Wis
ting at Springfield. Mo.
Mrs. l.. l.. Judy and daughter, Una
were called Thursday of last week to
Kansas City by the illness of Mr.
Judy there. Mrs. Judy returned
home Friday, while Miss Una re-
NAMED until Sunday.
Mrs. Mary V. Morrison and Misses
Winnie Wheeler and Florence Ayrcs
left one day last week for Bondur-
ant, Iowa, for an extended visit with
the. formers granddaughter. Mrs.
Walter Henderson and family.
The topic for League next Sunday
night will be. All for Christ: My
Pleasures" | Cor. 1923; 24:3I-33:
II:I.
Joe Wolfe, who was injured last
week b. a mules Kick in the face is
thought to be slightly improving.
Mrs. l.. l., Judy has purchased a
new Rriscoe car
Grant Garner has begun the cree
ton of new barn
The w. {. T. U. met in an all day |
session with Mrs. Greenup last
Thursday. AborJ Is comfort kits
were completed and filled and a very
enjoyable meeting was held. The
union will meet next Thursday after
noon with Mrs. w, NJ. Hardnger
Reverend Jones. Mrs Carrie Hen
derson, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hendcr-
son, Misses Clara Rruncr. Ola Ayres
and Rosa Nightwine took idnncr with
Grant Garner Sunday. {
Mrs. W. NJ Davis and daughters, q
Hazel and Bcrnice, from Harrison 4
vile. visited a few days last week at t
the l.. {. Werner home.
Mrs. Lewis Radford. of Benton
Vile, Arkansas, visited last week with
Mr. and Mrs. l.. S Paddock ]
Miss Vida Barton is visiting with II
her aunt. Mrs. Rome Morris. near
S
A horse belonging to lack Grims. al
cy wa, killed by lightning Sunday
hight a,
A very good shower irll here Sun F
lay night. h;
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-01

THIRTY YEARS AGO.
August I, 1888.

AT the congressional convention a
Carthage last week w. J. Stone wa.
rcnominatcd without opposition Fl,
was placed i'll nomination by S. p
Francisco, of this city.
q. d. Arnold, of Summit township
left the first OF the week for Kansa.
City, where he is spending a few
days.
Chas. Lewis. Gutter b. has struck
a fine vein of water in his new well
at his home on Ohio street.
Sunday was the hottest day of the
year, SO far. The thermometers reg
istering 100 in the shade.
A bill to open the Oklahoma coun-
try to settlement was before congress
Saturday.
Gen. ]. O. Shelby was a city visitor
Saturday. The-.general is an enthusi-
astic supporter of David r. Francis
ior governor.
Prof. L. B. Allison wishes us to
state That he will open select private
school in the second floor of the
Opera House block about the first of
September
w. J. Aldridge. and Miss L. J. Nc
Connell were united in marriage Sum.
day evening at the home of the groom
in the east part of the city. Squire
D. G. Newsome officiated.
Washington dispatches state that
the president has sent the name of G.
c. Duke to the senate for confirma-
ton as Buffers postmaster, vice N.
A. Wade, RESIGNED.
F. M. Crumley is now established IN
his new location on the west side OF
the square with fine line of drugs
and sundries.
County Clerk T. L. Harper has re-
ceived from the state the enumera-
ton list and apportionment of schoo;
monies by counties. Outside of
Buchanan, Jackson and St. Louis
Bates county leads the van with TO-
B6e children of school age and with
an apportioninent of $o8a34o.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-01
Fair Mount News.

! We had another nice rain Sunda
; night. We need it.
Rosie Rapp spent one y day has
week with her friend. Mabel Seider.
Walter and Hilda Rapp. Arthu
and Fila Bottle made business tril
to Appleton City Wednesday.
Mrs. .idolplr Fischer and little sot
ni ST. ouis. came last. Wednesda,
Il. visit her brother, William Bolte
and family, and others.
An ice cream supper was given III
the Prairie City park Wednesday
night in honor OF the boys that left
Friday Tor Camp Funston. We GER
tainly hate to see all those nice boys
so, but wish them good tine and
lots OF good luck.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fix's daughter.
] izzie. OF Drexel, visiting at their
home. before her brother. Jennings.
left. as he had enlisted.
A number of people from around
here went to. Butler Friday to see the
IVY = lCdNC loI TANNING.
Martin Rapp and family enter
tanned at dinner Sunday her parents,
Mr. and Mrs John Marquardt and
sister, Mrs. Nick Rapp and family.
Henry FleiScher. Joe Brachcr and
Joe Flcischer and their families and
Clarence cBarce enjoyed ice cream
at the Lewis Fleischer home Sunday
afternoon. it being Mrs. Flcischer's
birthday
Miss Elsie Bracfcr and Lydia Rapp
md Otto Io,s took dinner Sunday
With Mis-, Lena and Martin Bohm
Miss Lena is noted for her splendid
cooking So the eats were simply fine
nd SO were the good old water
lelonS Hurrah. all had splendid )
inc.
Frank Rapp lost valuable heiicr I
unday.
John stoll and family called on r
ohm Fischer and family Sunday c
light.
Fred Vogt. ir., and family dined Il
unday with her parents. c. NJ Rapp Ii
I'd family. Y
The real bunch enjoyed ice cream
I'd cake and cookies at the Lewis "
leischcr home Sunday night and d
I'd real good time
Miss Lena BONN stayed with her g
tnl Miss Lydia Rapp Sunday night, '
Mrs. august -tbtOff1m and daUgtt1tcT- z
sic, who spent the past month Wis Is
ng relatives in st. Louis. returned V
me Sunday. &
Mrs. Adolph Fischer and little son tr
st. Louis and Mrs. oBlte and I
lighter Ella, and Mrs. Johnnie OF
arquardt and children and Grand
A Fischer spent the, day Monday OF
tn John Ioss and family. l.;
Mrs. Frank Rapp spent last or
ednesday with Mrs. Henry Bracher ar
d Mrs. Fred Sclliidknecht and
ildren. who were visiting there the pa
ter returning to her home in St. {,
',;is Saturday. tn
Rev. Heinkc and family visited at
. Frank Rapp home Monday. vi
PRISCILLA.
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Bert Jones, neighbor boy south of
Mulberry was in the draft also.

Bert Jones, neighbor boy south O
Mulberry was in the draft also.
Sunday was Miss Marie William
birthday. She invited seven littl
girls OF her music class to spend til,
day with her. Those present wer.
Helen Crawford. Mae -Hennon-s Ver;
and Cletis Bowersox, Glessner, Aim.
and Alene Clark. They all enjoyed
good dinner and nice social time
ttii- the afternoon.
Mrs. Jake Booi and Mrs. Yves
Rodger spent Monday at the Ed oBo,
home.
Mrs. Luke Booi and little daughter,
Essic, spent Saturday afternoon with
her mother, Mrs. Lamar.
Mrs. Lizzie Braden, daughter, Mrs.
Weton. son, Mac, were Sunday Wis
itors at Mrs. Ella Morewood's in
Amsterdam.
Frank Stilwell, wife, son, Willie.
visited at the Marley Green home in
West Point township Sunday driving
up in their new ALLEN"
James Porter spent Saturday night
and Sunday with his cousin, Perry
Ewbank
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Wilson.
Beula, and son, Lester, OF
Amoret visited at Lee Nichols Satur-
day night and Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Andy Street drover over in their new
Ford Sunday morning and spent the
lay also.
Leo Altman from across the state
inc spent Sunday with his cousin.
herman Booi.
RAMBLER JR.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-01
Pershing to Rush Letters Telling oil
Death of Men.

Washington, July Alt is an
nouneed here that Gen, Pershing has
ordered that special attention BE
given to the forwarding of letters
from chaplains. members of the Red
Cross and others to families of
American soldiers killed overseas,
telling the circumstances under
which the men. ,died. The letters will
be marked with . ymsll cross so they
can be forwarded Immediately to the
Adiutant Generals office il France.
Aft<f verificatioa- Of the deaths BY
the casualty section. they will be for
warded 70 the addresses.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-08-01

Coy Stephens at California has re-
prieved Thos. J. Mooney, sentenced
to be hanged for murder in conncc-
ton with the preparedness parade
bomb outrage in San Francisco III
1916. A stay OF execution until De
cember l3 was granted.
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from the moment that the Huns Of
Europe began goosestepping toward
Paris
Neither the civil authorities nor the
military authorities have any respect
for this class of aliens. In the lingo
of the law, they are described as dan
gerous." Fort Oglethorpe, mainly, is the
place of their Imprisonment. They are
living under military regulations and
to break and run Bankers are among
them; and merchants and manufacture
ers. They are the offscouring of the
whole nation. and, like rubbish, have
been swept out of cities and villages
and piled up in Georgia and elsewhere
and made harmless for the time being.
Any man, regardless of his circum-
stances, whether of Prussian or Aus
trian birth and blood who. in the view
of the authorities. has done or may
do injury to this country. openly or tp-
directly. is taken into custody and sent
to prison, to be kept there during the
whole course of the war, unless re-
leased by the order of the President
Broadly. men coming under this de-
scription constitute the third class Of
aliens now confined at military posts.
In the words of the lawyers, an
arrested alien is. at first, detained. Ell
lis Island. in the harbor of New York,
is a place of detention. A county Jail
porarily. another. The fate, of the
alien then depends on a further in
vestigation of his case. Two weeks,
or longer, may be spent on his record.
All that he Is supposed to have said
is sifted. His acts are disclosed. Rel
atives, friends and associates are cross
examined. No word reaches the public
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laws and are properly humble. Some
of them have entered into plots and
others have destroyed the machinery
in their ships, on orders from Berlin,
but they never claimed to he Ameri-
cans and they were not. getting their
bread and butter nor their shelter in
this country. And they were punished,
in many instances.
In the third class are the Germans,
who. unwilling to live under the tyr
rany of the Prussians. came to the
United States. pushed themselves into
business or profitable employment, be-
came extensively active in their at
tempts to change the customs of this
country and who. it is believed. began
blowing up munition factories, placing
bombs on vessels in port and organic
ing strikes. either in person or through
agents hired with their money. almost
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was out of commission. They must
have been short of small arms am
munition and bombs, because on that
last straffng they cleared out and
stayed.
After the row was over we counted
noses and found four dead and three
slightly wounded. including Mr.. May:
l detailed two men to take the wounded
and Mr.. May back. That left four
of US to consolidate the position. MI.
May promised to return with relief
AS it turned out, he was worse than
he thought and he didn't get back.
l turned to and inspected the posi-
ton. 1t was pretty hopeless. There
really wasn't much to consolidate. The
whole works was knocked about and
was only fit for a temporary defense.
There were about a dozen German
dead and We searched them. but found
nothing of value. So We strengthened
our cross-trench barricade and waited
for the relief. 1t never came.
When it began to get light the pace
looked even more discouraging. There
was little or no cover. We knew that
unless we got some sort of conceal
ment the airplanes would spot US
and that We would get a she'll or two.
So we got out the intrenching tools
and dug into the side of the best part
of the shallow traverse. We finally
got a slight overhang scraped out.
We didn't dare go very far urder for
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The Safety Badge.

e IR FREDERICK SMITH at dinner
~ in New York joked a. stan officer
from Toronto numerically.
I'm the trenches" he said. they call
all that red on your hat the red badge
of safety Not bad. what?
Two chaps were wading about .
muddy trench one day in Flanders
when a lordly being with a rcd hat
strol1ed haughtily by.
"Who's that there! said The ArsG
chap.
STAFF officer said tho other.
"what? A staff officer? Out here
in a front-line trench?
Sure 's-~r-
my stars said the nrst chap. has
peace been declared"
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pieces and was now five or six shell
craters connected by the ruined trav-
erses- At no point was it more than
waist high and in some places only
knee high. We swarmed into what
there was left Of the trench and after
the Heinies.
There must have been forty of them
and it didn't take them long to find
out that we were only a dozen. Then
they came back at US. We got into a
crooked bit of traverse that was in
relatively good shape and threw up a
barricade of sandbags. There was any
amount of them lying about
The Germans gave US bomb or two
and considerable rifle fire. and we beat
it around the corner of the bay. Then
we had it back and forthA a regular
see-saw same. We would chase them
back from the barricade and then they
would rush US and back we would go.
After We had lost three men and Mr..
May had got slight wound we got
desperate and got out of the trench
and rushed them for further orders.
We fairly showered them and follow
ed up regardless of danger to our
selves. All through . this scrap they
hadn't done anything with the machine
guns. One was in our end of the
trench and we found that the other
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Demand on Demand.

se~r> HE war is demanding great things
of US. but it's a holy war. and We
don't mind"
The speaker was a representative He
continued -.
mo, we don't mind-on tho contrary.
were glad-but the wars demands some
how remind me of Smithers
''Smithers entered a hatters and pso-
duced a very dirty checque for $50 vhidh
he asked the halter to cash for him
Cant do it. Mr.. Smithere' said ~
halter. I couldn't possibly do IT.
..Au right said SmithegA 1xna %
durn thing for me, them