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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02
DUTCH HIT AT AMERICA
An Embargo on Tin, Quinine and
Kapok, Needed for War
Purposes.

Washington,y April 26.-Holland
has placed an embargo on the expor-
tation from the Dutch East Indies of
tin. tin ore, cinchona bark, quinine,
quinine salts and kapok, all of which
are needed in large quantities by the
United States for war purposes.
Official notification of the embargo,
effective April 22, was received today
and has caused much perturbation
Officials declined to indicate the
probable reasons; but in some quar-
tiers it was suggested the measure
was in retaliation for the American
requisi,ioning of Dutch ships. Else
where it was believed to have been
prompted by the critical situation in
which Holland finds herself with
Germany.
The embargo on tin and tin ore will
prove especially embarrassing to the
Unitol States. Supplies needed for
munitions and food preservation were
expected to come from the Dutc1,
East Indies, as the British are taking
the entire output of the Straits Set
Elements. About sixteen thousand
tons OF tin was bought by the United
States last year from the Dutch East
Indies and the amount probably |
would have been increased this year |
CincEona bark, ql,lline and quinine
salts are needed for medical purposes
by the army. kapok is vegetable
product used in making hammock
for the navy.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02
Snodgrass- Deffenbaugh.

John O. Snodgrass and Miss Mary
Della Deffenbaugh, repre- atives
OF two of Bates county's most wide
~ known and respected families, were
united i'll marriage Tuesday evening
at the parsonage OF the OHIO street
NJ L, church by the Re-. A. J..
Cutrcll.
Immediately after the ceremony the
happy. couple departed for Spruce,
near where they are now al home Oh
farm and where their friends wish
them many years OF welded happi-
ness.
Both OF these young people were
born in this county, the groom in
DeepWater township, near where they
have so1e to housekeeping and the
bride Il few miles southeast of the
city.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02
NO CHANGE OF POLICY.

With the current issue, The Butler
i Weekly Times absorbs The Bates
County Record: taking over that pub
LEGATION bodily, as the result of the
sale OF The Record to the publisher
OF The Times.
The absorption OF The Bates Co,n-
ty Record by The Times will in nc
manner affect either the politics or
the policies of The Times. For near
ly forty years The Times has, with
out fear or favor, fought the battles
and maintained the principles of De-
mocracy fearlessly and unselfishly in
the Sixth Congressional District and
our political attitude will remain I'M
changed.
Our policy. the fundamental basis
of which is fearless publicity, the EN-
dorsement of those things which are
for the public good and the condem
nation OF that which is or threatens to
be a public detriment, shall be relis
iously maintained in the future as in
the past
The name OF the paper will remain
unchanged and our readers and those
OF The Record will be given the same
conscientious service which has al
ways characterized The Times.
The absorption OF The Record
places The Times in class wholly to
itself in this section of the state as a
medium of service to the advertiser.
For years the leading publication in
the point of bonafide circulation
within its territory, the addition to
its readers of The Bates County
Records substantial list will permit
The Times to offer to the advertiser
a medium probably unequaled in the
country field in Missouri.
To those readers who come to us
with The Record we extend a cordial
invitation to at any and all times
utilize the services both public and
personal which The Times offers to
its friends and patrons, and we would
remind them that the latch string is
always hanging out at The Times.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02
fitted by training and experience for
the senatorial toga.

fitted by training and experience for
the senatorial toga.
While Judge Graves 'homefolks
were content to leave within his
hands the decision, they are proud
that he made it as he did, and while
they cannot subscribe to his implica-
ton that another might more eff
GENTLY serve in the National Senate
they glory in his decision, which
actuated as it was, elevates him in
their minds to pinnacle even beyond
the United States Senate.
Judge Graves may have deprived
Southwest Missouri OF United
States Senator, but he has shown us
we have something even finer,-a man
big enough to detlinc, because h
thought he should decline it. the
highest legislative office in the world
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02

A man driving an automobile bear
ing a Kansasslicense number tried to
drive his car over the guide post on
the southeast corner of the square
Friday. He succeeded in knocking
the post down, but could not drive
over it. OF course, Kansas is bone
dry state, but it looks mighty peeul-
lar when = man cannot see as promi-
nent object as that post.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02
HIS HOME FOLKS PROUD.

In declining to accept the appoint
ment to the United States Senate to
succeed Senator Stone, Judge Graves
vas moved by no personal considera-
ton, but because he believed that he
could more efficiently serve the peo-
PIE Of Missouri on the Supreme Bench
tban in the legislative halls. His
study of state craft, he says, has been
= casual one and he felt himself un-
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02
Why the Kaiser Wants Raids
Stopped.

One Of the reasons the kaiser IS
now so anxious to have raids on cities
in Germany discontinued under any
kind OF an agreement that the Allies
will sanction, is due to the fact that
he and lis six hopeful sons, whom lie
has repeatedly decorated for keeping
miles out of the way from danger, are
themselves in danger from these
raids Jefferson City Democrat-Tr;-
bune.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02
One of the Big German. Guns
DESTROYED.

Paris, April 2o.-One of three Ger
man long-range guns which have been
bombarding Paris has been de-
stroyed, according to Deputy Charles
Leboucq of the department OF the
Seine. The deputy said he had talked
with the general commanding the Sec
tor near Crepyen-L aonnois, where
the big guns are stationed. The enc
my, he declared, is construt ting new
emplacements.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02

Two persons are reported killed.
several families homeless and several
thousand dollars damage done by Il
tornado that swept across Crawford
county, Kansas, early Saturday. A
crippled coal miner was said to have
been crushed to death in a demolished
building near Mulberry and a child
killed at Ardath. A terrific wind
storm preceded a rain of 2.3I inches.
Car service of the Joplin & Pittsburg
Railway Company in Pittsburg and
the Pittsburg district was democrat
lied by fallen wires and poles.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02
Rich Hill Consolidating Their
Schools.

In order to reduce expenses Rich
Hill has decided to place all of the
grades. except the first and second in
south building and east building, in
the new High School building, thus
doing away with several teachers and
janitors, to say nothing Of the heat,
light and incidental bills that will be
saved by the consolidation.
Butler has q like scheme under
way which will be fully discussed at
the meeting of the Parent Teachers
association Thursday night.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02
A Correction.

In last weeks issue we gave the
amount given to the Red Cross
through the seed corn sale, but we
overlooked the corn of DR.. Christy,
who bid $500 per bushel on his own
corn and gave the proceeis to the
Red Cross. which materially in
creased the amount mentioned last
week.
Seed Cora Com
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02
CORN ROACH STRICKEN
Long Rest Recommended for Chair
man of State Tax Commission.

Jefferson City, April 25.-Cornelius
Roach, chairman of the state tax COM
mission. was stricken with illness al
his desk today and had to be ia ken
home at once and placed under the
care OF physician. lie is suffering
from acute indigestion. lie only re-
Gently recovered from a severe illness
which, left him very much weakened.
Ills physician has advised long rest.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02

Six men were killed ina collision Of
Burlington fast freight and wor!;
train in the outskirts of Bayard. Neb.
during a snowstorm. The work train
was standing on the main trac,; and
a flagman had been sent to stop the
freight. but SO heavy was the SNOW
fall that he was not seen.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02

THE United States can put 5000
900 men in France within three years.
if we are willing to take a chance
here and there, .Adjutant General
Mccain told the military affairs com
mit1ee of the house in testimony on
the military appropriation bill made
public last week.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02

Two leaders OF a erman-Russian
Mennonite colony, charged with at
tempting TO bride military authorities
to obtain the release OF II young
Mennontes, who were drafted into
the national army are being held At
Sioux City, Iowa, for appearance be
lore the next federal grand jury
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02
GENERAL NOTES

Kermit Roosevelt, who for some
time has been with the British forces
in Macedonia, has been made cap
tain in the national army.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02

Responding to appeals ior labor on
farms, Governor Stanley, of Ken
lucky, is parolng many convicts from
the state penitentiary, who are
charged with minor crimes on conul-
ton they work on farms. The men
are detailed on certain farms by the
governor.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02
c. c. Rhodes Appointed Enrolling
Agent for the Merchant Marine.

c. c. Rhodes the Butler druggist, of
20 w. Ohio ST., has been appointed
an enrolling agent for the L. S. Ship
ping Board, to enroll young Ameri-
cans, from FL to 80, forzserv:ce in the
Merchant Marine. He receiy ed notice
of his appointment Monday.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02

Five inches of snow iell II Denver
Friday night According to the Den
yer weather bureau snow and rain e>-
tended over Colorado, Western Ne
braska. South Dakota and part OF
Wyoming. While the, precipitation
will be beneficial to many crops, i.
will seriously retard planting, it was
said.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02

Guatemala, like the United States.
will maintain her belligerency until
stable peace, founded upon respect
for right and justice, can be estab-
lished. as guarantee to the nations"
This was the pledge of the latest ma
ton to enter the war, delivered
through Joaquin Mendez. The Guate-
malan minister, to Secretary OF State
Lansing.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02

I'cudalism in Kentucky is dead.
The feudalistic forces have been dcri-
mated by the war call. \ majority OF
those whose names became prominent
when encounters formerly occurred
are now fighting the Germans in Pic
ardy
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02

Every man aboard subscribed for
Liberty bonds; will take them up on
return" read wireless message re-
ceived at Seattle from the auxiliary
power schooner Belvedere far out on
the Pacific bound fror1 Seattle for
Siberia.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02
Notice.

Anyone caught hunting or fishing
on my farm six miles south of But
Ter will be prosecuted to the full ex-
tent of the law.
28-2t% Richard Medley,
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02

One dollar and 10 cents a day. the
pay for bugler in the ;,5oth machine
gun battalion at Camp Grant is bare
ly "cigaret money for Sidney Kernal,
a half-breed Creek Indian from Mus
kogee, Okla, who at the end of each
II hours adds SLY to his bank ac-
count as income from oil land royal
ties. He is the richest man in his di
vision.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-05-02

indictments were returned late
Thursday against sixteen persons by
the grand jury which investigated the
lynching on April 5 OF Robert Paul
Prayer at Colinsville. Twelve indict-
ments were against civilians and
charged murder. while four were
against policemen and charged NAL
fcasancc in office.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
Numerous Announcements Of
 South s Industrial Progress

Southern developmental announce ments were numerous during the past week, including plans for establishing enterprises and for elllarging those already in existence. They are detailed in the Manufacturers Record, which also contains much other interesting in- formation regarding the utilization of southern industrial resources and time ly data relative to the great questions of the day, and especially those which concern the winning of the war. In North Carolina a $500,000 company has been chartered by Richmond, Va, and Newborn, N. C., investors, who will mine mari and manufacture fertilizer. Kaolin in North Carolina will be mined by $400,000 company, which has been incorporated.
 Other southern industrial news items include companies capitalized at $100,- coo and more, as follows:
 Virginia coal will be mined by the Floyd -Elkhorn Consolidated Collieries company, Bristol. Va, incorporated with $25o,o00 capital by Johnson City, Tenn, investors.
 Chemicals will be manufactured by the Plough Chemical company, Mem phis, Tenn.
 $225,O00 investment has been de- cided upon by the Boone Tire and Rub Der company, Chippewa Falls, Wis,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
Meridian Sawmills
 Rushed With Orders

A Meridian special to the American Dumbe-man reports that within the last week or two there has been a large vol- the mills and dealers in that vicinity. The mills are devoting practically their entire time to the handling of govern ment orders. Commercial trade seems to be considerably unsettled, as it seems that the shippers, wholesalers and dealers do not understand just what is expected of them by the price fixing board, espe- cially since the supplementary order was issued specifying that no mill shipments should be scld by any one to any one at prices in excess of maximum prices fixed by the board. and this condition will naturally operate against the handling of commercial business until all con- cerned can understand just what is ex- pected of them.
 week or two ago it was comparatively easy to secure cars for commercial lum- Der, but it seems that the railroads, while apparently not particularly short on equipment, have frightened down on their rules regarding the furnishing of cars for loading commercial orders. It has been the custom heretofore for railroads to furnish their system cars for loading lumber which was to be dressed and transferred in transit. but number of the roads have discontinued this custom and are placing only foreign cars for loading lumber, whether it is to be trans ferred at the planers on their lines or not
 The labor shortage continues to be very disturbing, and seems to grow more acute every day.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15

velop facilities for handling heavy traffic in large volume on the Warrlor river is another fact of far-reacnlhs moment. How much it means for rus caloosa Mobile and the entire BIT mingham district cannot be eVeresu- mated.
 While the industrial pay rolls m mineral Alabama have been larger all this year than ever before they VIII increase steadily from now on.
 The mining situation is beginning to show impi ovement The miners are manifesting disposition to respond to the governments appeal for more coal output, and it is believed that July will mark a considerably increased production as compared with June.
 If mine workers will only put in full time during the remainder of the year as they are urged to do, the second half of 1918 will witness an over-the- top record in Alabama's production for six-m month period Not only that, but it will bring the years average up to the point of exceeding by a very sub stantial tonnage Alabama's total out put in 1917 It should not be too much to expect a gain of 100000 tons.
 The industrial situation in the Muscle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
We'll known Cotton Authority Opposes Price Legislation

William B. Thompson of New Orleans in opposing government price fixing fol cotton, says in part:
 The Cotton States Bankers conven- tion, which convened at New Orleans on July ,, frightened by the outlook in< the cotton situation, adopted a resolution calling upon Congress to organize fed eral cotton corporation, which would be authorized to purchase, at price to be fixed by the President, all cotton for which another buyer was not available. In brief, the resolution calls for fixed minimum price for cotton. It is to De noted with satisfaction that the dele- gations frcm the states of Georgia ana Louisiana voted against this timorous, ill-considered and Hlischievous resolution.
 The futllity of such a movement at this time is apparent to all cotton people whose reasoning facilities are not para lyzed by the element of fear. No minl- mum price figure is suggested by the resolution or in the discussion, no dec larAtion IS made as to whether the fixed price shall apply to cotton as it runs or to middling cotton with additions and de- auctions for the several higher and lower STducS, anu Il lIle ldllGT dPPHCIlIOn IS meant, no consideration is given to the problem of how and by whom the grade differences may be established or where the government will find the several thousand cla sses necessary to pass upon the grades and staple of the bales of the alleged 100000 surplus which proponents of the resolution fearfully anticipate that the federal cotton corporation will have to buy in the near future. The resolution discloscs no intelligent conception of the cotton problem, but only d state of help lessness on the part of the proponents. l. is not rlan; it is merely whimper
 No attention would be paid to this humiliating appeal but for the possibility that this distress cry of eoterie of more or less hysterical bankers might, if not contradicted, be taken by Congress and the country at large as indicative of the attitude and condition of the great cot ton-produeing south and might, if not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15

According 10 the Washington corre- spondent of the Baltimore Manufactur- CTS Recsrd, Harvey s. AIudd of the bu- reau of mines, who is also member of the war minerals committee, said that no particular pressure had been brought to bear upon the members of that com nittee to continue the importation of Cor eign graphites. That a prejudice in favor of foreign graphtes exists among the crucible makers, however, he said was a wcll-known fact. At the same time, although many crucible manufacturers insist on using the Ceylon graphite alto gether, quite few are now using 9 per cent of domestic graphite in their out put.
 As the situation now stands, there Is an entire lack of agreement as to the amount of domestic graphite that may be successfully used. MT. Mudd said that when the Alabama product Is carefully prepared it serves most purposes very well. The main difficulty thus far has been the lack of uniform quality. MT. Mudd thinks that the domestic product is susceptible of general use, combined in certain proportions with the foreign graphites, and that in many ways it can be used alone As is generally known, the flake graphite is almost exclusively used in the manufacture of crucibleS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15


 The most import Ttant announcement in industrial circles hereabouts dur ing the past week was that made hy the Sloss-Sheffield company relative to the construction of a by-products plant in the Birmingham district to cost $5,000.000 or more Negotiations between the government and the com pany have been pending for sometime and now that an agreement has been reached by which the latter will sup ply in capital and the former will buy the war-essential products, no time will be lost in breaking ground. It is understood that the exact location of the plant will be announced within the next few days.
 The Sheffield statement fol- lowing close upon the purchase of 50 odd acres inside the city by large interests for the purpose of erecting a steel fabricating plant to furnish plates and other material for govern ment ships. naturally stimulates op- timism in all lines of business.
 The governments decision to de-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15

for building manufacturing plant at Waco, Tex. This plant will be the first unit with daily capacity of 750 tires and 750 tubes for automobiles. compo- sition soles and heels for shoes, solid tires for baby carriages, etc.
 An oil refinery will be built by the, Liquid State Oil and Refining company, Oklahoma City, incorporated with $2o0,- 900 capital
 A mill with daily capacity of 50 bar rels of flour will be operated by the Lindsey Robinson company, Vinton, Ala, incorporated with s200,000 capital
 Lumber will be manufactured by the Hutton Lumber company. Pensacola, Fla, incorporated with s150,000 by Ala bama, Oklahoma and Indiana investors.
 Mines will be operated by the l X l. Mining company, Tulsa, Okla, incor- porated with $100,000 capital.
 Lumber will be manufactured by the Warren-Cleveland Lumber company, Houston, Tex, incorporated with $10o,- GOO capital.
 Coal will be mined by the Crittenden Mining company. Marion, Ky, incorpor- ated with s100,000 capital.
 Coal will be mined by the New Sebree Mining company. Sebree. Ky, incorpor- ated with $100,oO0 capital by Sebree and Birmingham investors.
 Textile products will be manufac- tured by the Brevard Manufacturing company, Brevard, N. C., incorporated with sf00,000 capital
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-15
THE HUM OF INDUSTRY IN THE SOUTH
Bureau of Mines Conducts
 Investigation Of Graphite

while the lower grades find place in the manufacture of facings, lubricants, paints and various other minor ways. According to MT. Mudd, the domestic milling capacity is ample as to quantity for meeting all local demands, and the quantity now in sight is in excess of the amount that is called for by the mar ket He pointed out that, although the demand had been greatly increased since the outbreak of the war, there had been couaterbalancing factor created through the more extended use of electric furnaces in the manufacture of high grade steels, in connection with which there had been a considerable elimina- tion Of the use of graphite in the pro- cesses employed. To what extent :nis change iu methods might be expected to affect the future of the domestic graphite industry Mir Mudd said his bureau was not prepa red to say, although study of the situation is now being made.
 The pursau of mines is now conducting investigations of the graphite industry One of it's mining engineers, George D. Dub, recently visited the Alabama fields, and is now making the circuit of the Pennsylvania and New York graphite de- posits While on the present trip he will confer with the principal crucible manu- lecturers and importers in an effort to find out just what they can do with the domestic graphite, and will report the re- suits of his investigations upon his re- turn to Washington within the next week or two,