The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-16

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1t is reported that Nicholas Leninc
Russian bolsheviki premier, has been
arrested on orders from Leon Trot-
sky. foreign minister. That is the
first hopeful news from that country
for some time.
A credit OF :, IL million dollars in
favor Of Belgium was established
Friday by Secretary Glass. This
makes total of $256,l45,ooo in loans
for Belgium and a total for all the
Allies OF s., s7Ss - 7o2. ------------
"a Webster Davis. who was Assistant
: Secretary OF the Interior in the Cab
met OF President Mckinley. and at
one time Mayor Of Kansas City. has
purchased an interest in The sun
Bulletin at Mendoza. Ill. ----
Congressman elect Berger and
four co-dcfendants wcer-icund guilty
in Federal Judge Lands court at
Chicago last week OF violating the
espionage act The cases will be APP
pcaled to- higher court.
An enormous dividend was de
clared by the Ford Motor Company
last week. rs Jew motor cars have
been manufactured in the past year
or so there is suspicion III some
quarters that peaceful Henry
might have been benc fitting on war
contracts. much as he breads war.
Germany has fallen behind in the
last month in turning over material
required by the terms of the arnis-
tice. a checking to date. shows a
shortage OF hS5 heavy guns. 1000
machine guns. 1000 trench mortars,
600 airp!anes. 4.736 engines, 5000
motor lorrie, and 10000 railroad
cars.
Baron Allardt Won Dem b.
Mucnch. nephew OF the former Ger
man Amba sador. Count Won Bern
storii. was sentenced Thursday at
San Francisco to three months in the
county Jail for pcrpetrating fraud
upon the Government by attempting
to enter the country with a forged
passport.
There are now 100000 american
soldiers in Europe, it was said Fri
day by Captain Potter, aide to Cen
eral Riddle, commander of the
American troops in England Prac-.
tically all OF the American troops
now chartered in England will be
bound homeward before the first of
February.
The United States Supreme Court
sustained Kansas State Supreme
Court DEGREES denying Danciger
Bros, wholesale liquor dealers in
Kansas City. Mo-. the right to COL
lect from y. G.. Cooley, their agent
in Topeka. Kan. for Intoxicating
liquor shipped to customers in Kan
sas. which is dry"
Frank Wick, farmer near Oxford
Junction. Iowa. his wife and three
children, all sick with influenza, were
burned to death in fire which start
ed from an unknown cause and de-
stroyed their farm home at 1880
O'Clock Thursday afternoon. Neigh
bors attracted by the blaze arrived
too late to save their lives.
Notice OF the signing by President
Wilson in France of the first bill
sent to the White House by Con-
gress after the president sailed last
month, was cabled Friday to Secre-
tary Tumulty. 1t was the measure
authorizing the payment of trans
portation home of war workers
leaving the government service.
David X. Francis, the American
ambassador to Russia, who was OPP
Grated upon at London recently, IS
progressing we'll, it was reported by
Col. Hugh H. Young, of the Ameri-
can army. The ambassador was able
TO leave his bed two days ago. There
is no reason. it was said. why he
should not return to duty shortly.
Flying Cadet Henry Martin
Schleiper, whose mother. Mrs. Anna
Schleiper, lives at Pearl, ILL.,, was
killed at Fl. Worth. Friday. when he
collided in midair with Cadet Charles
r. Carl. Carl was uninjured.
Schlciper had only two and one-half
more miles to fly before he would
have received his commission and
discharge.
Without a roll call, the Indiana
state legislature. sitting in joint ses-
sion passed a resolution calling upon