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The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-01
Anti. Military Riots Spreao'"S'

Stockholm. - Anti-mlli'af' .m,em1
STATIONS, which began i'll Tue '. BolI
mining district recently "" IND FOL
shevikism found excellent arer th(
propaganda, now have spr''u wv
whole Of northern NorWa!'
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-01
Lowest Score by Submarines.

London.-The sinking of British
merchantmen by submarines last week
reached thes next lowest level of any
week since Germany began her intens-
i've submarine campaign early in 1917.
Four vessels of more than 1900 tons,
two Of less than 1900 tons and two
fishing boats were sent to the bottom.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-01
c.o.na Glass Yarns Discreo''

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF s .", and
food, infection in court s,;sc,editI
poison IN drinking water a'' IN 4
ed BY Attorney General 'feE" - wjs|
letter to Representative Frear u
consin, made public sunday
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-01
stops Construction Of Postoffices.

Washington. The unprecedented
war demands on the nations financial
resources caused Secretary McAdo0 on
Saturday to withdraw from congress
his estimates for continuation of work
on new pOstoffices and other public
buildings in several thousand cities and
towns.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-01
French officer. to Rush Training.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. an extended
conference between Major General
Peyton C. March, acting chief of staff
of the American army, and General
vignal, military attache Of the French
embassy, request was cabled to the
French government by General vignal
asking that as many French officers
as possible he hurried to the United
States to speed up training at the ma
tional guard and national army canton
meutS.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-01
Twenty.three Americans Slain.

Washington.-Tw0 casualty lists
from the American expeditionary
forces issued Thursday by the war de-
partment contained the names Of 234
men killed, wounded or missing in ac-
ton and dead from wounds, accidents
and diseases. The list shows: Killed
in action, 23; died of wounds, 3; miss
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-01
Aote,s Nav Abolish Bar"

Characterization of the '''' fan.
hotels In the United States a"' ,,,aui
ada was forecast in an a''''" =. ~ th(
Friday by the executive c"o'""
American Hotel association
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-01
Asked to Dispense With Juries.

w. Va.-Governor John
/. Cornwell has written a letter to
Oh OF the circuit judges in West Vir-
MIA, calling on them to dispense with
ries during the spring terms of court
the interest Of food production.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-01
czernjn "a Make Declaration.

Copenhagen.-The foreign c'ln",''e
of the Austrian delegation mas WV
summoned to meet April 70 aeco'u
ing to Vienna dispatch to Inc ~"
tiken. Count Czernin will then h'"Ae
declaration on foreign and Interim -
fairs.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-01
Farmer Soldier Guilty of Espionage

Former Soldier Guilty OF Esp'o"ds''
Sioux Falls, s. D.-Hehr! iio"
a local grocer, pleaded guilty ~ ~
federal court here Saturday "i ~
ing the espionage act and was lm '..d
$1,000. Homan served in the w. ..
States army during the Spahisl''A"
can war.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-01
Cyclone Strikes Northern Texas.

Fort Worth. Tex.-A cyclone, which
struck north Texas Sunday night,
caused damage in several towns. As
far as could be learned, no lives were
St. At Boyd thirty buildings, incluti-
church and schoolhouse. were
Dwn down.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-01

Norman Okla. Thirty-three bodies,
burned and fcharred beyond recogni-
don, were taken from the ruined build
Ing that housed ward No. IA Of the
state hospital for the insane here,
ravaged By fire Saturday.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-01
Men In c,as. Two Escape Draft.

Observation-Disclosures making 1t
certain that no men of class 2 will be
drawn In the next general draft call
will be passed by the house. A fight
against this principle was beaten by a
vote Of pa to 118. An amendment
was adopted giving credits in the call
In proportion to men who volunteered
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-01
Limits Sale Of Dried Eruita.

Washington.-Special regulations for
|e sale Of Gsied fruits were Issued
Pril ID by the food administration.
p dried fruits may be sold before
hy l Of the year in which the new
|op fruits are to be grown or packed.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-01
Caution Advised by eishop.

Cork. -Ini the city churches Sunday
= letter from the Catholic bishop Of
Cork was read, advising the young
men OF Ireland to avoid playing into
the hands Of their enemies by Joining
q formal military rising.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-01
Canada Beoins Daylight saving.

Toronto. Canada started Sunday on
daylight saving in compliance with the
law passed By the dominion parlia-
ment. Official timepieces In virtually
every. city, town and village were ad-
vanced one hour at 2 o'clock Sunday
morning.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-01
win Lease oregon Land.

Washington.--As part Of the govern
ment's plan to encourage increased
production Of food the reclamation
service will lease $1,000 acres Of pub
lie lands in Lake Harvey, Malheur and
Grant counties, Oregon.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-01
RUSS powAoER EMPRESS eRok
Livinu at Crimean Bathing Resort In
Actual Destitution.

Actual Oestitutton.
Stockholm.-A parsonage In high
authority has requested American Min
lister Morris to endeavor to send money
and other relief to the dowager en-
press, Maria Feodorovna OF Russia
who is said to be living in actual des
titution at the Crlmean bathing resort
of Yalta. The empress Is reported te
be receiving not more than 100 rubles
monthly.
A number of other formerly promi
nent Russians also are living at Yalts
In needy circumstances. Minister Nor
ris will try to get money to the EN-
press through Americans now In Rus
sin.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-01
German v.eoat OF West Africa.

Washlngton-A German submarine
Of the largest seagoing type on April
10 appeared in the port of Monrovia,
the capital Of Liberia, on the west
coast of Africa and b0mbarded the
wireless and cable stations there.
The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-05-01

Miss Anne Martin Of Nevada, vice
chairman Of the National Woman's
party, who has announced her eandi.
dacy for the senate seat recently made
vacant by the death Of the late Sena.
tor NeWlands. Miss Martin was pradu.
ated from thu hlniMaesitx Of Nevada
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-23
A Call to Prayer.

In pursuance to the call OF the
President OF the United States, and
the call of the Governor of Missouri.
May 80 is designated as day of
prayer, fasting and humiliation, and
we, the members OF the Butler Min
isterial Alliance request that all the
citizens OF Butler and vicinity as
semble at the Christiann church at Q
O'Clock in the morning of May 80,
just before the forming of the parade
to the cemetery. to spend one hour in
earnest prayer for Gods direction and
help in this great war. We believe
that this call is opportune and should
be needed by every loyal American.
As your brethren and leaders we ask
your most hearty cooperation.
Signed.
Butler Ministerial Alliance.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-23
26-tf
WORK OR FIGHT
Every Man Between 18 and IS Should
Help Win the War.

Washington May 16.-Speaking in
the senate today for his resolution
calling on government departments
for information as to the extent OF
the nations industrial man power,
Senator Cummins of Iowa declared
that all energies of the country must
be called into action if the war is to
be won.
My proposition, he said, "is that
every able-bodied man in the country
between the ages of IS and 45-and
am not sure that a few years ought
to be added to the latter limit-must
work in useful way or fight. This
at least should be the policy until we
see clearly that there is surplus OF
civil energy that can be permitted to
go to waste in unnecessary labor or
lie dormant in idleness."
The resolution asks the depart.
ments to determine how many men
ca be Withdrawn from civil life for
the army without Gripping industry.
how many engaged in non-essential
tasks can be transferred to more inn
portant work and what legislation is
needed to accomplish the transfer. /.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-23
THE RED CROSS DRIVE
Bates County Had Her Part of the
$1oo, 900 Already on Hand,
so no Drive Will be
Necessary.

The Red Cross workers of the
county met at the court house Satur-
day afternoon to discuss the $Ioo,Ooo,-
900 drive that commenced Monday.
w. F. Duvall announced that Bates
county had oversubscribed its quota
in the former drive by $4,000 and it
was decided to apply that surplus to
this call, thus making a drive unnec-
essary. The money was telegraphed
to the headquarters of the southwest
division at St. Louis Saturday even
ing and it is very PROBABLE that Bates
was the first county that reported
with the full quota of money Be
sides it was reported that the Bates
County Chapter of the Red Cross had
sufficient funds on hand to continue
its work from now until next winter.
Since the United States little over
year ago declared that state Of
war existed between this country and
Germany, Bates county has been
among the foremost counties doing
everything possible to help win the
war quickly. She has supplied her
men without stint. 1t is probable
that more physicians volunteered for
service from Bates county than any
other county of like population in the
state. She has done her part in each
of the Liberty Loan drives: Calls
for mbney for the Red Cross have
been more than answered and her
loyal. big hearted women are working
hard that the boys 'over there" may
have all the attentions and comforts
possible amid the horrors of war. 1t
can never be said that the people of
Bates county failed to do their part
in the fight for liberty and democracy.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-23
MAY COMPEL MARRIAGE
Germans Are Alarmed by the Falling
Birth Rate.

London, May 1.-THE German
commission appointed to examine the
decline in birth rate in Germany has
reported recommendation for the
compulsory marriage of Germans be-
fore their twentieth year is passed, ac-
cording to dispatch to the Daily
Express from Amsterdam.
Financial assistant would be grant
ed by the state, according to this
plan, which provides penalties for
those failing to comply. Provision
also is made for the punishment Of
married couples who remain child,
less.
A report compiled by the local gov
ernment board based on information
from German Sources shows a fall in
the birth rate in Germany during the
three years 1o15-17 inclusive equival-
ent to the loss of million infants.
Forty per cent fewer births occurred
in 1916 than in 1913. These figures
are compared with decrease OF 10
per cent in the birth rate in England
and Wales.
The infantile death rate in Germany
has been kept well down, but never
the less the report shows, is 50 per
cent higher than in England and
Wales. This fact has led to large
extension of infant welfare work in
Germany,
The records in England and Wales
do not show an abnormal mortality
among infants during the early
months of the war. -,---
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-23
I. w. w. Tried to Tie Up Shipping in
Sabotage Plot

Chicago, ILL.,, May I7.-To James
Phillips, secretary of the Marine
Transport Branch of the Industrial
Workers of the World, was assigned
the duty of tying up Atlantic and
Gulf Coast shipping last summer un-
less public opposition to members
ceased, according to evidence pre-
sented today in the trial of liz lead
ers of the organization.
Incensed over the lynching OF
Frank Little in Montana, Phillips
called mass meeting in Boston
August 6 last and wired President
Wilson threatening to call general
strike in shipping yards unless these
things STOP"
So we'll did Phillips have the situa-
ton in hand, according to his person.
al correspondence with William d.
Haywood, who directed his work,
that on July IS he advised the men,
bership, through Solidarity, an Off
cial organ, that officers on l. w. w.
controlled boats" were forced to
treat the men with respect.
"Once on the I. w. w. blacklist
they may as we'll quit the sea, as
cats (sabotage) in these parts are
awful wild" he wrote.
Soon after the declaration of war
on Germany, Phillips wrote Haywood
that "the shipping companies threaten
us with Government interference.
But we are ready to enforce our
union laws, no matter who inter-
feres."
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-23
Decoration Day.

Decoration Day will be observed
in Butler this year with about the
usual program. The parade, COM
posed of the soldiers of the Civil war,
both those who wore the Blue and
those who wore the Gray, soldiers of
the Spanish-American war, lodges
and societies of the city. children
composing a flower brigade and boy
scouts will form on the square and
headed by the Butler band will
march to the cemetery, where the
graves will be decorated. Rev. Geo.
Scroggs. Of the Presbyterian church,
will deliver a prayer and Rev. S. B.
Moore, of the Christian church, viii
make a short talk. The boy scouts
will fire the salute.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-23

useless.
In Canada, according to E. j.
Sevatkin OF Brooklyn, Japanese have
closed the market to United States
goods because of their lower prices.
Sunder Doniger testified that Ger
mans were being employed in Japan
as managerial experts in the trade.
A sample of an artery forcep made
in Japan was shoVn by Harry w.
Lentz Of Philadelphia. Japanese
firms, he said. laid them down in
Philadelphia for $4.2o dozen, while
the American product cost S11.4o a
dozen. He said Japanese were sup
plying South America by way of New
York.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-23
Surgical Instrument Makers Sa,
Japan is Cutting Into Market.

New York, May 17.-Complaints OF
Japanese competition were made by
American manufacturers today at the
Tariff Commission inquiry into the
surgical instrument industry.
Camille L. Carload of Newark, n.
J., who makes surgical scissors, en-
pressed fear that he would be unable
to compete with Germans and Japan
ese after the war because of the
greater labor cost here. He expects
that much of his machinery will be
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-23
HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI
Meeting Held in the Elks Club
Rooms Monday Night. 1918
Class Initiated.

The 3Ist annual meeting and re-
union OF the alumni OF the Butler
High School was held Monday night
in the rooms of the Elks club i'll the
American building.
At the roll call which opened the
meeting, many of the graduates OF
former years responded. The annual
election was held and the following
officers elected: President, James
Williams; first vice-president, Mar
guerite Snider; end vice-president,
Maurine Chambers; secretary, Nellie
Austin Henry; treasurer, Paul Shell
ton.
At the conclusion of the business
meeting several musical numbers
were rendered by members OF the
alumni. after which the members OF
the class OF Is were iniated and be-
came full fledged members.
Resolutions on the death OF three
members who had died since the last
meeting. Cora Drysdale, John Dyke
man and Elliott Walker, were adopt
ed. The following resolutions con-
cerning the thirty members OF the
association who are now in the mill
tary service OF their country were
adopted:
Resolved by the members of the
Butler High School Alumni Associa
tion--
That we are proud OF Our gallant
boys i'll the military service OF our
country;
That we have full confidence in
their lofty patriotism and intrepid
spirit, and feel assured that in their
high devotion to duty they will re-
fleet credit and glory on themselves,
on this association and on our coun-
try:
That we pledge to them our loyal
support in every field OF endeavor
that opportunity may open.
\ lunch consisting of ice cream,
cake and mints was served.
Six binders were set up by one
Merwin firm last week. Getting
ready for that big wheat crop.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-23
Surgeon With. Lumpy Jaw Commits
Suicide.

La Crosse, Wis, May 17.-Suffer-
ing from lumpy jaw, which he con-
tracted while treating cattle, Lerhuel
H. Jones, veterinary surgeon, of Mel
rose, committed suicide and cremated
himself on his farm on French Island
across the river from here, last night.
He left a note explaining his reason
for taking his life.
Jones sold his automobile yester-
day, informed his friends he was 60
ing to La Crosse for, an operation,
but went to the island. There he dug
pit 6x6 feet wide and 4 feet deep.
This he filled with alternate layers .of
wood and coal and started = fire. At
midnight he shot out his brains with
. shotgun. toppled over into the pit
and was burned to . crisp. The re-
rnAins were found this morning.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-23
FOR LIBERTY ! BILLION
About II Million Persons Answered
the Governments Call and Gave
$1,17o,o1e,65o More Than
the Billion Asked.

Washington, May 1.-THE total o.
the third Liberty Loan is $4,I7o,oI9,-
$50, an oversubscription of 80 per cent
above the billion minimum sought.
The number of subscribers was about
II million. Every federal reserve dis
trict oversubscribed, the Minneapolis
district going to 172 per cent, the
highest, and the New York district
to 124 per cent, the lowest.
In announcing these figures today,
! nearly two weeks after the campaign
closed, the treasury explained that the
total may be changed slightly by lat
er reports from federal reserve
banks which have been at work for
a week tabulating the great number
of subscriptions which came in during
the last days of the campaign.
This is the most successful loan
the United States has offered, both in
number of subscribers and in the
amount realized" said Secretary Nc
Adoo in a statement. Every sub
scription was made with the full
knowledge that allotment in full was
to be expected, unlike the first loan
when allotments were limited to 2
billion dollars, and the second loan
when allotments were limited to one
half the oversubscriptions. con-
gratulate the country on this wonder
full result which is irrefutable evil
dence of the strength, patriotism and
determination of the American peo-
pie"
Total subscriptions to the second
loan were 4o16 million dollars, and
the amount accepted was 3.SoS million
dollars. Pledges to the first loan ran
above 3 billion dollars, but the loan
was limited to billion dollars. Sub
scribers to the second loan numbered
about 1-2 million, and to the first
loan about I-2 million. The feat of
the Atlanta district standing. fourth in
the final percentage list was the
topic of favorable comment about the
treasury today.
The New York district, the largest
contributor, with $1,II4,o3o,7oo, more
than fourth Of the total held to,
bottom position ON the percentage
table, because big business interests
and banking institutions failed to sub
scribe heavily to the loan, owing to
imminence of federal tax paying time.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-23
Can He Do 1t?

The Urich Herald says that if that
Oregon ''hoss" doctor who is going
to take the bray out OF the mule busi-
ness and thinks he can do the same
for a man the people of the country
will give him an all summers job
with the United States senate.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-23

Six binders were set up by one
Merwin firm last week. Getting
ready for that big wheat crop.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-23
BIG DRAFT LIST
Sixty-Four Men to Be Sent From
Bates County, May 2o.

County Clerk Holland, clerk OF II
Bates County Exemption Board, h
received orders to be prepared to e
train o. men from Class one of IL
selective draft for Camp Dodg
Iowa.
The following men have been no,
fitd to report in Butler .Wednesda
May 20.
Houseworth. John Frederick
.Wyrick, William Henry
Cherry, Wesley Arnold
Morris, Dell
Heckadon, John Lloyd
Morrell, Ward Dewitt
Sunderwirth. Clarence Henry
Sanders, Sailor Sanford
Roster, Jacob Lloyd
Ayers, Arthur
Brandon, Jerome Truman
Deller, John David '.
Duvall, John Walter
Mccall, Hubert Earl
Seifert. Calvin August
Hukel, Robert Stephen
Morrell, Marion Monroe
Bearce, Gary
Bearce, Guss
Diehl, walter Albert
Boutwell,, William Alexander
McQuerry, John Howard
Johnson, Lester Daniel
Chick, Oscar Lee
kamm, Robert John
Deffenbaugh. John Cyrus
-Merrett, George |. --------
Hudson, Dudley Wiley
1Iupp, Fred Jay
Swarens. Jim John
Moore. Clark
Potter, John Calvin
Culver. Ralph Loren
Mcbride, Ralph James
Heyle, Frederick Fay
Yarrick, Fred John
Brayton. Lawson Wonnet
Garner, John Fl.
Pipes, Ralph Upton
Tuttle. Ellis Franklin
Clark, James Jackson
Stubblefield. Charles Robert
Schwamb. Edwin Otto
Buckles, Charley Fay
White. Carl Burton
Edwards. Charley
Hornbuckle. Warren Clarence
McCombs. Leroy
Martin. Leo Ludwick
Cox. Lewis Leonard
Poison. Delbert L.
Mills. Frank Trinlble
Edwards. Claude B.
Kelly. Timothy Joseph
Neptune, Leo Vincent
Cox. Henry Taylor
Conrad, Oscar Robert
Rurriss, Arthur Lewis
Center. Jesse Leroy
Byrd. Mathew Lee
Withrow. James Andrew
Moore. Clarence Eugene
Lynn. Charles
Harmon, Cecil Henry
Jarrett. Roy Davis
Christman. Ernest William
Alternates:
Spraker, Ralph F.
Harris. Archie l..
Niemann. William Carl Fred
Long, Ernest w.
Lutz. Vernie Sage
Blow. Glenn Clarence
Simpson. benjamin Franklin
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-23
Tested Seed Corn for Sale.

Boone County White and St.
Charles White. Each ear tested and
nothing sold except that showing One
Hundred per cent test.
w. F. Duvall,.
26-tf Butler, Mo,
Mansfield mirror., 1918-08-01
Vote for Boehm

Republican voters, remember
next Tuesday is election day.
Vote for Gus H. Bochm, of Ava,
Douglas County, for State Sup.
erintendent of Public Schools.
He is an Ozark man--one who is
familiar with school conditions
and one amply qualified in every
particular. He is 40 years OF
age aud has been teaching half
of that time, in rural schools,
grade schools, high schools, and
as superintendent and school
commissioner. His experience
in the various branches OF school
work will prove invaluable. He
is a native MissOurian and 10y
al and patriot. American and a
citizen of whom the Ozarks are
proud. He visited Mansfield
yesterday and reports receiving
splendid encouragement throm.
ghout the state. Stand by Prof.
Boehm and the Ozarks when you
vote next Tuesday.
Mansfield mirror., 1918-08-01
To the Voters of Wright t
County

w. Fl. Brake heartily solicits
the support Of the voters at the
primary next Tuesday in his
race for the Republican nomina-
tion for collector of the revenue,
Your vote will be appreciated,
and if nominated and elected he
agrees, ON his part, to serve you
to the very best of his ability. He
is a business man, is making the
Campaign on his merits and is
thoroughly qualified to discharge
the duties Of the Office. He is
making a special effort to see ev-
cry voter in the county. and so
if he does not call on you it is be.
cause he has found it impossible
to do so. He is worthy and capa-
bic and if elected the people of
the county may rest assured that
he will perform the duties of the
Office in a careful and efficient
manner adv.