The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-04-03
GENERAL NOTES

While other employees Of the O.
Grove bank were at lunch at not
Thursday, Miss Bessie Frye, Il
cashier. was forced into the vault
robber, who escaped with appro
imately $8no----
Eugene V. Debs Thursday filed
the Supreme Court a petition for
rehearing. The court recently a
firmed Debs' conviction under Il
espionage law, under which he W;
sentenced to the federal penitentia1
for ten years.
Thousands OF Jews were slaugl
tered in 'pogrom' conducted i
Buenos Aires on January 9, ACCORD
ing to a statement issued by tn
Zionist organization of 4Americ;
quoting report it has received fror
the Argentine capital.
. Twelve soldiers, convicted of mil
itary offenses while serving il
France, were received at the fedora
prison at Leavenworth Thursday
Five begin life sentences for murder
while the remainder have sentence:
ranging from ten to twenty years.
DR.. Leroy y. Bundy, negro
dentist of East St. Louis, Illinois,
was last week convicted OF being
one of the ringleaders in the race
riots in East St. Louis last July in
which several lives we're lost and
much property destroyed. He was
sentenced to life imprisonment in
the penitentiary.
Federal Judge Lands Thursday
granted a twentyday extension to
Victor l.. Berger OF Milwaukee and
four other Socialist leaders convict
ed of violation OF the espionage law
and sentenced to twenty years i'm
prisonment in which to prepare the
bill of exceptions in the appeal OF
the case
The officers of the German army
stationed in captured French terri
tory, were a thrifty bunch whatever
else may be said of them. 1t now
develops THAT many OF them sent
home Tor their wives to help them
pacii The loot taken, from French
homes SO that it would arrive safely
in Germany.
CASUALTIES among American medi- Il
cal officers III France from the time
of the arrival OF the first units to
March 10, numbered Az. A War
Department statement shows 40
killed in action. - died of wounds,
IL died of accident and other causes;
IoI died OF disease; i lost at sea: 7
missing in action; 80 taken prisoner,
and 2I2 wounded in action.
According to the Los Angeles
Times. new industry has sprung
up in Southern California, that of
seeking the buried treasure of the
outlaw, Dale Jones, who was killed
some time ago by Los Angeles OIL
ficers. The Californians think that
about 100000 OF his ill gotten
treasure is buried somewhere in Los
Angeles.
One death and four cases of sleep
ing sickness were reported in Fort
Smith, Ark, to the Sebastian Coun-
y NASuiSoi AooAiCty, Which, Itlu u
special meeting to discuss the mall
ady. In two OF the cases reported,
cures have been effected, Gladys
Davis aged IL of Bokoshe, has been
with the disease for TWEEN
ty-ohe days in local hospital.
Former Emperor William of Ger
many, alarmed by the receipt of
threatening letters, intends to leave
Holland and seek refuge in Swtzer-
land, according to the newspaper La
Suisse. Swiss newspapers are print
ng many advertisements inserted by
members of the German and Aus
rial nobility who are seeking houses
II this country at moderate prices.
The national assembly is estab-
ishing a special court to try Gen. II
Ludendorff, former Chancellor Won
3ethmann-Hollweg, and other Of .
icials alleged to be responsible for =.
he war, dispatch from Weimar re- X,
'orted Thursday. An amendment to T.,
he permanent constitution makes -,
lational soviet the third legislative ~
hainber of the German republic.