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Pleasant Home Items.

Mr.. and Mrs. James Lawson and
son, Milburn, were Butler visitors
Friday afternoon.
Pete McCook, who has been in
overseas duty is visiting relatives and
friends of this vicinity.
Miss Ruth Gay spent Sunday at
ternoon with Miss Edna Gilmore.
Ray Mabry of the Ohio postoffice
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with his aunt and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ambrose Keen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Ewin and
daughter, Elizabeth, spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Newberry.
Miss Pearl Jones spent Sunday
with her friend, Miss Goldie Wigger.
Mrs. Everett Hill, Mrs. l. M. Kret-
Finger and daughter, Madge, and
Mrs. Chas. Rich were Montrose Wis
itors Saturday evening.
Everyone around here are planning
to attend the Fourth at Appleton
City Friday. The celebration is in
honor of the sailors and soldiers of
that county and other counties. Fire
works will be given at night and an
enjoyable time is being planned.
Misses Docia and Ruth Anderson,
of near Hudson spent Sunday with
Thelma Sargent.
The farmers OF the vicinity are all
busy cutting wheat and oats. 1t
sceems to be problem for some, for
the wheat has fallen and the ground
is so wet that it can not be cut with
the binder.
Mr. and Mrs. James Lawson and
son, Wilbur, spent Sunday at the A.
l.. Gilmore home.
We regret very much to hear of
the death of Senator Clark ,Wix.. .-.-
Miss Ellen Gay spent Sunday with
Florence Gragg.
ROE.
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Ballard Breezes.

Della Cowgirl, of Adrian, visited
her brother, Wallace, and family last
week.
Earl Corwine went to Adrian Fri.
day after plaster to finish his new
house.
A number of the neighbors were
invited to Sina Hooper's Friday night
to eat ice cream. All present had a
very enjoyable time. Mr.. Hooper's
have just recently moved into this
neighborhood.
Jim Crow had the misfortune. to
lose one of his work horses last
week from overheating.
]. N. Cole and Clarence Teeter left
for Kansas City Friday morning.
Aubrey Sargent visited with home
folks at Spruce Sunday.
b. B. Crook and family came up
from Montrose last Thursday to visit
Mrs. Crooks parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
George Evans. B. B. went back Fri
day morning to cut his wheat, leav-
ing his wife to visit with homefolks
for few days.
ODE Kiersey and family, George
Kiersey and family and Fred Kiersey
and wife spent Sunday with their
mother, Mrs. S. Kiersey, of Butler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fink and Mr.. and
Mrs. Ford visited their son and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Omer Fink
Sunday.
MIG.
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Country Happenings.

News is scarce as everyone is busy
in the harvest field.
Raymond James is reported on the
sick list.
Thelma Sargent spent Saturday
night with Docia Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Welliver and
children, and Mr.. and Mrs. J. E. Har-
vey motored to Rich Hill Sunday.
Mr.. Hays has been quite sick the
past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Lawson and son
spent Sunday at the A. L. Gilmore
home.
Miss Roxie West, who has been
visiting in this neighborhood, re-
turned to her home in Butler last
week.
Charley Pheasant cut wheat for
Harry Chitwood last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merl Sargent spent
Sunday at Bruce Odneal's.
Miss Maud Foster is visiting in APP
pleton City.
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Gas Most Humane Weapon.

Washington, June I8.-Consolida-
ton of the chemical warfare service
with the engineers corps was OPP
posed as impracticable by Maj. Gen.
William L. Sibert, director of chemi-
cal warfare, who appeared before the
Senate military committee today.
Orders for the consolidation, he said,
were issued May 70. but have not
yet been put in effect.
Gas, General Sibert said, was re-
sponsible for 80 per cent of the
American casualties in France, but
only 4 per cent of those affected died.
A survey showed, he said. that gas
left no bad effect upon those recov-
ering.
1T is . very effective, but rot a
cruel method, then? asked Senator
Chamberlain. Democrat, of Oregon.
Il look upon it as the most hui
name element in war;" replied Cen
eral Sibert.
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Romance Ends In the Divorce Court.

~. Z . j . . +
E The announcement in Saturdays
Kansas City papers that William l..
smith had been granted a divorce
from Kathleen Smith that day in the
Jackson county circuit court was
perhaps the last chapter in ro-
|daance that had its inception in this
|city last fall. CHI
Kathleen Stephens and party of
young folks from FL Dorado Springs
were en- route to Kansas City on q
pleasure trip and when near this city
the steering gear on their automobile
went wrong and the car overturned
and Miss Stephens was severely in
jured. She was brought to this city
and taken to the Southern hotel,
where she remained for some time.
"a brother in the west was notified
and he wired that no expense be
spared in caring for her and it is said
sent large sum of money to be used
for her immediate needs. Later she
was taken to the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewellyn Smith. About that
time the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Smith
returned from Jefferson Barracks
where he had served several months
in the army and his sympathy for the
charming invalid soon changed to a
warmer feeling and January 1st, be-
fore Miss Stephens had entirely re-
covered from the accident. she and
the young man were married. She
represented herself to be the heiress
to a large estate that had been left
by her mother and which she would
come into possession of some time
this year.
Later she and her husband went to
Kansas City, where he secured en-
ployment. After they had been in
Kansas City few months it was
found that she had husband living
in Chicago and that the story of the
big inheritance was fairy tale. She
was arrested for bigamy, but it is
likel' that in view of the divorce that
charge will never come r. trial,
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Two American citizens were saved
from execution at Hermosillo, Next
co, by the prompt action of Ameri-
can Consul Dyer of Nogales, Sonora.
Jose and Ramon Reyualdo. sons Of
Jose Reynolds, an Americas resident
OF Douglas, Ariz,, were ordered ex-
ecuted for alleged violation Of the
liquor laws Of Sonora. Mr.. Dyer
1e1fned Of their American eitisenship
IN t1ne 10 telegraph Gea. p. Elias
Cal1ea Ailitafy Governor, Who re-
lenoed de Anieficans iron eustody .
shorf tire before they were 10 have
beea exeeueed. -
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Homes for Boys Wanted.

We have on hand a very fine lot
of boys from four to eight years of
age. We are putting them out in
carefully selected homes. They are
placed on three months trial. All it
costs to get one is the transportation.
References required. For terms ad-
dress Rev. c. c. Stahmann, Mar
garetta and Newstead Avenues, St.
Louis, Mo-, State Superintendent of
The Children'se Home Society. 37-2t
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Menace of German Mailed Fist Re
moved After - Years, Clemen-
ceau Saws.

Paris, June Awe have waited
49, years for this moment" exclaimed
Premier Clemenceau, as he opened
the dispatch announcing that Ger
many would sign the treaty, at the
meeting of the Council of Three yes
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-07-03
Ghe @,,un7v<ck
.=An PhonOgraphs In one-=
When Selecting Your
.PA0N0GRAPH

Examine carefully the re-
producer and the tone ampli-
fier (or horny. Insist on an
all-record reproducer which
plays all records a. they
should be played-with the
proper diaphragm and need
lie, the correct position and
pressure on the record.
The tone amplifier should
be oval or round in shape
and made entirely Of wood,
like q fine violin.
The Brunswick Ultona all
record reproducer and the
new. Oval Atwood Tone
Amplifier plays all makes Of
records ut their best.
Let ~ prove this to you.
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Spruce News.

Mrs. Rilla Radford and children re-
turned to their home Friday after =
few days visit with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ. Price, Ruth
and Logan, from Butler spent Sum-
day with DR.. Fletcher and family.
Senator Clark Wix, who has been
i'll for some time, died at the St. Jo-
seph hospital in Kansas City Sunday
night at gao p. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Parker and
children spent Sunday at Mrs. Park
er's fathers.
Clay Compton, wife and children
motored to Mr.. Silvers', near Rich
Hill Sunday afternoon.
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:" For 40 years." he continued, "the
mailed fist of the retire German
trooper) who has governed Ger
many has menaced the world.
Whether the mans name was Bis
marck or William II, it was still the
same retire of the Middle Ages sur
rounded by soldiery and drunk with
pride.
BE careful; keep your powder dry.
Be careful. Remind the world that
it is living on barrel of that powder.
This reitre's dogma is that might
is right, that states only obliga-
ton is its own interest, that treaties
do not exist when they clash with
the interest of a state. and get rich
by any means. We know from wit
nesses who were at the side of Viii
liam II that when he learned of the
Sarajevo tragedy he who posed as
conservator of the peace, cried:
The hour has struck. Now we shall
see what an army is"
This story of how the French
Premier received the news was told
at dinner given by the Economic
Commission of the conference in
honor of the French delegation by
Etienne Clementel, former Minister
of Commerce and Agriculture, last
night. The Premier concluded his
speech with eulogy for the league
which was at present the worlds
hope"
. Toward this magnificent and ins-
pressive innovation" he said, Il ask
you to direct all your thoughts and
to uplift your hearts in this great
act of faith, hope and love-
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-13
us. ACCEPTS JAPAN,S
PLAN TO RESTORE RAIL
s4 =, -. -'-N-
i TRAFFIC I'm SIBERIA

Washington, Feb. 12.-Acting Sec
'retary Polk announced at the state
department today that the United
States had accepted formally the
proposal of the Japanese government
in regard to the plans for restoring
railway traffic in Siberia.
.'The purpose of the agreement" !"
Mr.. Polk said, ''is to assist the Rus.
slams in Siberia in regaining their
normal life and it has been reached
upon definite understanding that
the railways are to be operated for
the interests of the people of Siberia.
The United States and Siberia have
expressed their disinterested pur-
Under: the plan which already has
been put into effect the Siberian rail-
way system, which includes the Chi
nese Eastern railway, is to be, super
vised BY an inter-allied committee
with a. Russian as chairman. In addi-
tion to Russia, Japan, and the United
States, Great Briafn;' France, Italy
and China have been asked to be
represented. "a
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-13
COMMITTEE APPOINTED
TO LIOUIDATE AFFAIRS
OF YANKEES OVERSEAS
tBy the associated Press)

Washington, Feb. 12-Appoint-
ment OF "the United States liquida-
tion committee-war department" to
liquidate the business and financial
affairs Of the American army in Eng
land and France, was announced to-
day by Secretary Baker. Edwin B..
Parker Of Houston, Texas, is chair
man. !.
E In addition to the settlement Of all
claims ofsand against the associated
governments. the committee will be
to dispose of movable and
immovable properties IN France and
England used by the American fore
es and generally to liquidate the
business and financial affairs in
France and England 5of the American
forces. K. Headquarters will be main
tained in Paris.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-13
ILLINOIS LABOR
= C'H]llEl]::'F|''Tl'AIl]lNsC CHl ! + ! ! I | ! GIVES
OUT CORRECTION
Duncan ~ MacDo N ! Al Explains
Announcement Of Million
!: Dollar Fl Fund For League
!, State Bank. ~
&tBy the Asssc,ssed Press,

Chicago, Feb. 11..-Duncan Mac
Donald, president-elect of the ILL
nois Federation OF Labor, today gave
to the Associated Press at Spring
field the following statement: = 81.
Regarding the statement appear
ing in your report with reference to
the money on deposit in Chicago
banks, desire to make correction.
Governor Frazier of North Dako-
ia referred to the state-owned bank
of that state. Some person asked
the question, Will this not invite the
opposition OF bankers?'
''He said no doubt it would, as
they had been fighting the farmer
movement all along and it might be
necessary to call on the union in
Chicago for assistance in that event.
ED. Nockels, secretary of the
Chicago Federation Of Labor. stated
that as many Of the unions had mon-
ey in Chicago banks they would
probably be willing to help the farm
ers by depositfng their, funds in the
state bank OF North Dakota.
II made no reference to the de-
posit of money by any union any
where. and desire this correction
made" es.
The statement referred to the ac-
count of the conference Sunday and
Monday here between Governor
Frazier. representing the Nonparti-
san league, and various labor leaders,:
This account included quotatiohr
of Macdonald TO the effect that the
United States Nine Workers had one
million dollars on deposit in Chica-
go which might be available for de-
posit in North Dakota institutions.
.Mke Al! all facts.siyen in the story, 1t,
was taken from the; Official account
Of the proceedings furnished to the
Associated Press ON a letterhead or
the Chicago Labor party.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-13
LEAGUE NATIONS
PROJECT! c !! DISCUSSED !! J! s. ! J $
AT Mill CITY MEET
so Ii--.7 ~ " ~ -..--1- --7--- q. ~.
Harvard Il ! University President
\ and !. Other Of I Prominent %
J. Speaker. pea ' Appear: u. On D Pro. Pro !.
" gram. !. ...s. ~. y. ...3...
'FLi=i Az u. t.slE.3'l z &! q Ti.tt..- =.
(By the. Associated Press)

Minneapolis Feb. 12.-Dr. A.
Lawrence Lowell, president OF Har-
ward university; Herbert s. Houston,
Of New York, and Henry Morgen-
thau, former ambassador to Turkey,
were the leading speakers at the
opening session of the Congress for
a League of Nations here today. A
large audience at the Auditorium
greeted the speakers,
"The plain necessity Of a league of
nations" was the subject discussed
by prominent speakers.
Former President William H. Taft
and several other noted members
Of a league to enforce peace, who ar
rived on special train from Chicago,
will deliver addresses at later ses-
|sions. Mr.. Taft spoke in st. Paul
at noon today. .. o, .5;..
Mr.. Morgenthau, in his address,
declared four formerly great nations
of Europe will disappear from the
map. So ,aSs'
Russia, Germany, Austria and
Turkey are disintegrating," he said.
They will permanently disappear
from the face of the map. Turkey is
for the first. time since the invasion of
Asia Minor deprived of the possess
sion Of the great posts upon which
she rests, Bagdad, Damascus. Jerusa-
lem and Constantinople. All are In
possession of the British. All Europe
will have to struggle for a decade to
regain its normal status ~.
Mr.. Lowell discussed the purposes
of the league of nations. He said
the three problems are the preven-
ton Of war, the methods for preven-
ton ofswar and the reason. Why stbe
United States should participate. -
'The past three years have shown
that the q E. old j policy is no longer ten
able"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-13
R ROYLAlN!CE|. ] n ] !, PLAN | !!
IS EsAP'P'RODVEDBY ] !
TAX COMMITTEE
0ne-Man Commission O Is Civ
.n en r P'owerl; !! y ! Seize i ., and Ex-
/. anime Book. E|..1 By y. Amend l''y!'l'
ment. jit ::ts'- l''-5 s','ars Y I.
3s.r:..s..slsE:v t,.ss.s3, ~ itlt.

Bismarck, Nd, Feb. 12.-(Spe-
cial } The Joint committee on taxes
and tax laws. with Rep. Ed. T.
|O'Connor, q member of the minority,
absent Tuesday morning voted to
approve Prof. w. G. Roylance's. one
man tax commission idea under
which George 3. Wallace, now chair
man of the tax board, would be the
commission at salary Of $4,000 per
annum. There was q divided vote on
the question:, and a minority report
may be made when the bill is re-
ported out. u, Il es@,elN. 3.
Prof. sRoylance, at the instance OF
the tax commission, also had insert
ed an amendment giving the tax
commissioner power to seize and ex-
anime the books Of any individual or
corporation whom he may suspect
with holding outson himself or the
state. Another amendment offers a
reward to anyone who shall ferret
out and report to the tax commits
sion unpaid taxes.
The appointing power in the bill
as amended is vested in the governor
by and with the consent of the sem
ate. It is provided that the governor
may remove the tax commissioner at
will, with or without cause. s X
"In all cases where the tax COM
missioner shall have reasonable
ground for belief that fraudulent
return has been made to avoid pay
ment OF taxes or any duties imposed
by the tax laws, the tax commission
er is empowered in3 person or by a
duly authorizxdhgant to examine all
or any books, records, documents or
accounts that In any way may relate
to payment Of such@tax, or the dis
charge of such dlty,f reads the Roy
lance. amendment, which also gives
the tax commissioned power to sum
mon Witnesses and compel their 1Ir. at t
senator Jacoab,asgnn,, 81, 4 minort,ty,
member Of the committee, objected
to the i creation Of separate fund
for the tax commissioner. who by the
provisions, of. the Roylance bill need
mott be- included in the budget and
who shall have the privilege of ex-y
pending as he may see fit any bal
ance which may remain in his ap-
preparation at the end end Of any
fiscal year. \ Jacobsen insisted this.
meant the breaking down of the
budget system. #%, -
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-13
! .R0OSE|'V J ] / I ! GRE| ( EAT | !. !
4. REP PUBIlCA SAYS
GEN. LEO ONARDl + / WOOD D
II. 5. Officer Ell ols;nie. Late i,
Sold der -Statesman & iat Me-
! mieTiliial Serviic Sunday.

# Kansas City, Mo, Feb ! (. 80 -'. IIis
did more than any, other president to
make the world realize ], what the
United States stands for and what .
republican form of government
means..' declared Major General
Leonard Wood. In delivering ani;ad-
h dress at the memorial services in
honor Of Colonel Theod dore Roose-
velt here yesterday afternoon.
General Wood declared thar
Roosevelt,s broad vision, wide
knowledge Of world. affairs AM:
sound Judgment were never more
needed than today. 34,S i'I.
'sIt. was impossible for him to be
neutral III the face of wrong. He be-
lieved In free press and free speech
and understood that a democracy re-
senting criticism, smothering the
/ press and hampering publicity, is q
democracy in danger Of not democ-
racy dying. ..ss5
esAiong the fighting line in France
ana Flanders, there were more in-
quiries concerning Colonel Roose'
velt's opinion, his views, his probable
line of action, than concerning all
other Americans combined. ~"
,s General Wood declared that the
soldier-statesman realized that lea
CUES .of nations could only be en-
during when. they are based upon
community OF interest and Of areas
and above all community Of morals
and ideals" He never believed nor
for amoment tolerated the idea that
we should enter into any league that
would deprive us Of the right Of tree
action within ours oRh sphersS OF inr
fluence. or put US In q position of
unpreparedness to do what was be-
lieved to be right, or IN 9 condition
which would render us unable t6 de-
fend our own tnterests In case Of
need. l. 81; s$.isSS Ss{39sS 5ys is.
'He believed An avoid ding entangl-;
ing alliances, *sbut realized that AM ~
erica must play her part when civil:
:i1afioA and the fiShts .of mankind
s1ses SdanGersss.. u .lhSodo ore R06ss-
vslt opihiG q No tho ef1tes
ssrviee SO tfe limit sof his g hility.
whether insaalaaf or peace. ID s'fitato be
aclEd1eA. u # ~ ;f.'' sf. 1: 81 w
theodore Roosevelt was the most
Inspiring and the most dominant
figure In American life since Abra-
ham Lincoln. y y "A *a:.s =. &. Il
"We must pick up the torch where:
he edropped 1t and carry itson. This
Ii vital to our country and to man
kind. i'sit s.sts .tss
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-02-13
RUSSIAN EPIDEMIC.
ALARMING, L! MAJOR
REIFENDER SAYS
twenty-five
Thousand Cases Of Typhus
In Ekate'rinburg, ate in Chelia-
binsk and Omsk.
tBy the Associated Press)

~Ss'I
vladivostok, Jan. 12-(Corres-
pondent' of Associated Press) -
There are approximately $4,000
cases of typhus in Ekaterinburg,
Cheliabinsk and Omsk, according to
Major Jack" Reifenider, who has
returned from trip in charge of a
Red Cross relief train. Russian
authorities, as well as the American
Red Cross, are exertfng every effort
to check the spread Of the disease. ].
n Diseases. starvation and rigorous
climate, besides the sparodic fighting
along the western front. pile up the
dead faster than they can be disposed
Of. Grave digging in frozen ground
;s Impossible. The bodies are loaded
into care and hauled onto the lire for.
such disposition apparently as oc-
ours to the railway officials.
A 46O bed hospital established by
the Red Cross In Tiumen is filled and
is doing . great service to the aflict-.
ed population. !.
a Russian 81 typhus hospital In
EketsrtnburE contains hundreds Of
patients with prs etirAlly no sanitary
arrangements for caring. for them.
Patients lay In rews on . hlthy: 6oor
in ,an nnyentilatsa room which il
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JAMESTOWN co, H AND
OTHER NORTH DAKOTA
! TROOPS ENR|Olj)IllE, HOME

Eeat1 Aaile. = = is ~. ~. III ,5s'
u eafcumst lAsss lasaA' snrrDn adtAg this
sfodrl.y.' ars seo&asN NWlhslt xK46lue. The
dispse etch & = s. a Skla iibeni Assp}
ciated PRESS 8 mSl alisjl 81 ana Was pysrs
2looksa entirely Ey.3 the & ssociated
Pres cor.arresspxA Aaept II FARGO. As; !
rsssait tic story, Z W. ], y ! not t played .up''
;ins a any nesRspap thEoag ghopt the
s1t1te and Was not even forward
sd q ths lsrt xhieh 4 sd a 4 snb''ef
ol ~ ssociatsd Pfssds. 4 s, 81 Ss h
s his fsct VS. die covered ~, the
Abort 1T this 3 aftsrno6n md 1n IN
Syestiga Hon start "a. Al 4 rSsult the
flaet ST. finally sstab bllllsd that
General Pershiny pl4elally ~.
noun that q - # Dak1ta
4, ! 4 = H. : 1. u 81 sss