The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-04-17

Gas masks will be sold by the
government ior souvenirs, according
to letter from the quartermaster S
department at Fort Sill, quoting a
letter from the director of chemical
warfare service.
John T. Hays, father OF Will H..
Hays, Republican national chairman,
died at his home at Sullivan, Ind,
shortly alter o'clock Thursday af-
ternoon from cerebral hemorrhages
which started last Saturday. -Anoth-
er son, llinklc T. Hays, and widow
survive.
An order issued last week by Post
master General Burleson grants al
most complete freedom from gov
eminent control to Glass ID" tele-
phone companies. about eight thou
sand of the smaller companies
throughout the country which do not
maintain trunk line service
There were only I25 cases OF to-
tai blindness and fewer than 1000
amputations in the American forces
engaged in the war, it was stated by
the bureau OF war risk insurance. OF
the 125 cases of total blindness cited,
it is stated. not all have been de-
clared as permanent by the medical
officers i'll charge.
A bill designed to permit the sale
OF light wines and beer after nation
al prohibition becomes effective was
introduced in the New York legis-
lature Thursday The measure
would define as Intoxicating bever-
ages wines containing more than IL
per cent alcohol, and malt liquors
with an alcoholic content exceeding
I per cent.
Mrs. Nancy Jane Bush, 20 years
old. was found guilty of murder in
the second degree by jury in dis
trict court at Montrose, Co... Thurs
day night She was tried on d
charge of killing her SON. John {. |
bush, with all AK and dIspo.lng OF |
the body by boiling it with lyc in a
soap VAT. The jury was out all hour
and forty-live minutes.
The first death as result OF
Tuesdays blizzard in southwestern
Kansas was reported Thursday,
when the frozen body OF l.. J.
Wathen was found partly buried in
the snow about two miles southwest
of Hugoton, Hans Several hundred
cattle were killed in the blizzard. ac-
cording to reports received here
from ranchers and cattlemen.
The Big Four" it was learned in
Paris last week, has decided to elm
mate the idea Of capital punishment
for the former kaiser, but will pro-
vide some means for bringing him
under Allied control. A decision
also has been reached to draw up a
strong indictment, pointing out the
moral responsibility of Wilhelm and
other German leaders for the war. II
The housewives of Chicago have
formed League of Rations and one
of the first acts of the new leagues
was to declare boycott on butter
and eggs, the boycott to remain in
force until the price of those products
are reduced to what the ladies think
they should be. There are more
than 10000 members already in the
League and more are joining every
day.
Governor Andres Ozuna and his
brother, Gregorio Ozuna, military
commander of Tamaulipas, were kid
mapped from the train on which
they were returning from a confer
ence Of governors and are held for
ransom, according to telegram re-
ceived by the Mexican authorities.
The telegram was signed by Marcelo
Caravo, Luis Caballero and Eulelio
Gutierrez.
The government will take out al
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