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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-08-14
DAY over.
Picturesque South Sea islander
Is Disappearing.
Advent OF the White Man, With His
Civilization and HE Business
Ideas Too Much for Once
j. Dreaded Savage.

The Fill islander. whose cannibal-
istic practices long made him favor
lite with writer's Of fiction and humor,
is following the Malayan pirates and
the rowing pearl thief Of the South
seas into the realm of memory. A
turbaned half-caste Hindo0 Is replac-
ing the once bloodthirsty and always
picturesque native of the Fills.
It is the white mans civilization,
along with the white mans vices. and
the Fijian's utter dissemination to
work that are blotting out the race.
The Fijian Of today Is no longer war
like, no longer hunter and fisher
man. Instead he is lazy smoker Of
the white mans tobacco. lover Of the
white mans enlivening drinks and a
patron of the white mans moving pic
turc shows.
Time was when the war canoes OF
the Fijis piled the Southern. seas;
when the Fijian warrior was a dread
ed person who displayed no fear IN
battle and who enjoyed eating his slain
enemies once the conflict ended.
The Fijians. according to the early
travellers who came in contact with
them, were superlatively bad. The
very name Fiji became synonym for
whatever was barbarous. inhuman and
cannibalistic. It seems that the eat
ing of human flesh was both a mat
ter of religious rite and of enjoyment
with the Fijian. Great feasts Of this
sort were prepared, especially after
successful battle.
The bad reputation of the Fijians
kept traders and missionaries away
from the islands till long after other
peoples of that section Of the seas
were Christianized. Finally the white
man got a foothold in the islands.
Trade Of various sorts sprang up, for
the islands are wonderfully rich in
commercial possibilities. The Fijian
is a child who cannot grow up. He
has no sense of commercial values and
no liking for toll. The white man
found him a wretched worker and al
most unusable on the plantations that
were laid out in the islands.
That is the reason why the HindoO
coolie has been imported into Fiji and
why the Fijian is disappearing. The
native cannot stand the double strain
of softencd ways of living and of COM
peting with the work-hardened native
of India.
One notes as significant phase Of
the Europeans attitude toward the
changing conditions in Fiji. the recon.
mendations adopted at recent meet
ing of the district synod, Methodist
mission of Fiji. These recommended
tons approved the further coloniza-
ton of the islands by Hindoos and
suggested number Of regulations
which would better the Situation Of
these imported orientals. The i'm
pcrtation of women from India was
recommended. as 1t was stated that
women were disproportionately few in
the Fiji islands.
There has been some intermarriage
between the Fits and the Hindoos.
That, too, has helped bring about the
passing Of the Fijian. Samoans also
have gone to Fiji in considerable num-
bers and have thrived there.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-08-14
$1,000 for Best Single Name for All
English-Speaking People.

San Francisco, Aug. 11.-Can you
create the one word which will best
denote the United States and all
parts of Britannia? If so, you will
be paid at the rate of $1,000 word
The World Trade Club of San Fran
cisco has offered $1,000 to the person
who suggests the word which, in the
judgment of the clubs Metric Cam
paign Committee, is best adapted to
world wide use.
The competition is open to all
humankind. The money will be paid
to the winner at noon on the 18TH OF
May, 1920, by committee appointed
by President w. H. Hammer of the
World Trade Club.
Britain, 'Ambria, 'Ambrittica,
+Br-Am.' 'Sam-Bull,' are some words
thus far suggested. New names are
constantly coming. The World
Trade Club is offering this award
because in carrying on its present
campaign for the adoption of metric
units by all English speaking people
the United States, the British
Isles, Canada, Australia, New Zeal
and. Tasmania, United South Africa
and so ONT was hampered by the
lack of single short word which
would express all these.
The metric units of weights and
measure are now used by ali the
world except 'Brit-Am,' or 'Ambrit-
tica' or Sam Bull
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-08-14
ARMY MAY SELL CLOTHING
Baker Plans to Market Surplus
" Through the Postoffice.

Washington, Aug. Army sur
plus clothing and equipment, includ-
ing II million dollars worth of I'M
derclothes and 9 I-2 million dollars
worth of blankets, may be marketed
in the same way surplus food is be-
ing sold if present plans are success
full Secretary Baker stated to news
paper men today.
Total value OF all items classed as
clothing and equipment, including
cloth and leather, is $84,356,34I.
More than half of the $132,137,7oo
worth Of surplus food stocks held by
the War Department July 10, is inn
mediately available for sale, accord
ing to statement issued today by
the department. In addition to the
canned goods and bacon previously
announced as ready for sale, the list
includes 16 I-2 million dollars worth
Of frozen beef, $2,o73,ooo worth OF
fresh pork, $I,I36,ooo in frozen fresh
poultry and $I,47S,ooo in graduated
sugar, which, since has been sold to
the sugar equalization board.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-08-14
BISHOP ALONE SAW GHOST
Hoax clevsriy Carried Out By NofSo
Eeelsslastle 10 Recalled BY =
British Papsr. II

The great Bishop Wilberforcss 80
staying at great country house ~
he took his hostess down to dinner n
glanced behind him and saw i've scoar
pies following. and last Of all On ee
clesiastic In monks costume who
was strange to him. 500
He remarked to his hostess, Il ~
you are not superstitious about sitting
down thirteen to table,"
His hostess went deadly white, and
said, For heavens sake say nothing"
Sitting down. he noticed that only
twelve seats had been placed. and
moment after saw the supposed monk
standing behind the hosts chair. Il
was not long before he realized that
no one but he saw the figure. After
dinner the host explained that the
monk was an apparition which none
but the head of the family, In each
generation, had ever seen, and that Its
appearance always foretold disaster.
The next day the same figure ap,,
peared to the bishop in the garden and
explained that in life he had been con-
fessor to a pre-Refoamation head Of
the family and had been reading q
written confession from q penitent.
Being suddenly called away he had,
slipped the confession into the volume
Of the Fathers he was reading. He
had died suddenly and could not rest
for. fear It should be found and the
secrets of the confessional revealed.
He exhorted the bishop to find the
confession and burn it unread.
The bishop went to his host and
said, II do not know If you have. q
library. ! do not know If there is
volume of such and such Father
on the shelf l meme. Come and look"
They locked. found the book, found
in It an old manuscript, yellow with
age. and burnt 1t. The monk never
appeared again. Bishop Wherefore
told the story. But he was wag, and
among friends he never concealed the
fact that he himself had invented the
entire tale for the purpose Of seeing
what people would believe If told with
a sufficiently grave face.-Manchester
Guardian:
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-08-14
To Hold Hun Prisoners.

Paris, Aug. o-The disposition OF
prisoners held by American forces in
France was discussed yesterday by
the supreme council of the peace con-
ference and it was decided that it
was impossible to release such pris-
oners until three powers have rati-
fled the treaty with Germany. 1t
will be necessary, therefore, for the
United States to cooperate with
France in guarding the prisoners and
this probably will make it necessary
to retain some American soldiers in
France.
i Allied armies will be called upon
to give assistance in connection with
the restoration of French battle
fields with German labor. 1t was
decided that the various armies will
detail specialists to assist in devisipg
the best means of handling prob
lens which will arise.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-08-14
MAYES MAKES PLEA
FOR WHEAT PRODUCER
Farmer is Not a Profiteer, Says
Missouri Agriculture
Chief.

Jefferson City, Aug. Sin rela-
ton to the important question of re-
ducing the present high cost of liv-
ing, Jewell Mayes OF the Missouri
state board of agriculture asks the
question why Make the Wheat
Raiser the Goat?"
THE 1919 wheat yield is a disap-
pointment," says Secretary Mayes.
"A host of farmers are losing money.
Because the outlook now is that
wheat will sell at little premium
there are those who would seal UP
the spigot with a cork of radium
while the economic barrel is flooding
at the bung. The nation owes it to
the farmer to keep faith on wheat.
The farmer is not and has not been
a profiteer. :.
THE average citizen is eating six
bushels of wheat per year. If milled
at IS per cent, six bushels make 40
pounds Of flour. At present the av-
erage at the farm price of wheat is
Sc. YOU are eating only $r2 worth OF
wheat per year-less than 4 cents per
day, or only fraction over cent
under meal! A pair of first class
shoes sell for as much as farmer
gets for one persons food supply of
wheat for a whole year.
made into IS per cent flour a
bushel of wheat CAS- pounds of flour
retails today at the rate of about
$6.75 per hundred or $3.o4. Made
into 50 leaves of Io-cent bread, q
bushels of wheat retails as bread for
$500. Made into breakfast food, es-
timated at zoo packages, weighing
four ounces, at IS cents each
bushel of wheat (less IL per cent for
moisture, or SIG pounds metz retails
at the grocery store at $1,000. Wheat
breakfast food served at 20 cents per
individual dish Qess five cents for
cream) sells at first class hotel or
restaurant at $2I6.3o for a bushel of
wheat. The farmer receives an aver
age of So per bushel at the farm to-
day.
"Why make the wheat raiser the
goat? Perhaps it is because the
farmers are unorganized"
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-08-14

after ten months and less than twelve
months; and 80 per cent after twelve
months.
The maximum tax in all instances
is 80 per cent of the selling price. In
the case of veal this maximum ap-
plies after eight months, in. the case
Of lamb or kid, poultry or game and
fish the maximum applies after ten
months and in the case of pork, eggs,
butter and sheep or goats the maxi
mum is levied after twelve months
in storage.
Representative Welty says he in
tends to push this bill to the utmost
and he is securing a good many con-
verts to his plan in the hohse.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-08-14
Rubber.seed Oil.

The Journal Of Industrial and En-
cheering Chemistry calls attention to
Z report Of the agriculture department
Of the Federated Malay states on the
oil from the seeds Of rubber trees a.
. substitute for liuseed on. The oil Il
Of high quality. requires but little re-
6ning. and comes from q waste prod.
net that u available 10 great quantity.
and. that b easy to collect, transport
and store ana easy to crush. Expert.
ments with . consignment Of 81 tons
Of seeds sent to England resulted 10 .
Yield a $40 ton for tI,e,o On and ~
Z ton for the residual cakA Linseed
"a at lat time WAS selling q go .
tn.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-08-14
soapy Pear.

Little Jeanne was tremendously in
terested IN the patriotic songs she
heard at the community. singing to
which her mother had taken her.
A few evenings later sne was play
ing close BY % her mother practiced
at the plano. Mother" she asked.
sean you play that piece about the
soapy pearr I IKE that one best Of
air.
Her mother. knowing the child had
confessd some words, played various
melodies 1he remembered hearing at
IL eoanmuniU singins and 6nally dis
eos1esa through this method. that e
Wa the soog sovse Thersr Jeanne
re6srss1 to. Ths reclaim. 80 prepare.
= pfspares- was tAs one vhich .
~ ears. had ssundsd lks -soapy,
pas.s
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-08-14

Uaaatneal Nee1releG
~TAs9 en- gfvs Co. su44aco an
~ paeesa. but there = - uatu%
N 11onele - ~ eel11Ao vst61.
l1 0eeo
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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-08-14

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-12
At the Spencer.

Although the requirements of
her role in Come Out of the Kitch-
en-" her latest Paramount photo
play, which will be displayed at
the Spencer Square theatre to-
night, tomorrow and Saturday, de-
mands that she be ignorant of the
art of cooking. Marguerite Clark is
a past mistress of the science of
cuisine, as all who have enjoyed
collations prepared by her dainty
hands have substantial reason to
know.
Miss Clark has a splendid1y
equipped kitchen in her New York
home, and when she is busy with
some gastronomic chief d'oeuvra
it is highly indiscreet to ask her to
come out Of the kitchen until her
work is done. But in Come Out
Of the Kitchen" Miss Clark is seen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-12
NOT TO REDEEM
CARDS IN Cash

In again calling attention to the
fact that effective July l, the rate
of postage on all mail matter of
the first class will be reduced TO 2
cents for letters, and l cent for pos
tai cards, Postmaster Simpson this
morning gave out some instructions
from the department relative to
prices on other postal supplies.
Postmasters for instance. are or
dered to discontinue the sale of No.
9. 2-cent single domestic. and No.
10. domestic, reply postal cards,
and Scent stamped envelopes at the
close of business June 80, but are
authorized to redeem from the pub
lie all unused and unchanged No. 8
and No. 10 2-cent cards, and Scent
stamped envelopes. printed or I'M
printed, at full value, provided they
are convinced such cards and en-
velopes are presented by the orig
inal purchasers. Redemption, how
ever. are not to be made in cash,
but are to be exchanged for other
stamped paper to be selected by
the owner. One month is allowed
for the redemption period.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-12
7 HEAT E

leaves Charlie destitute, of which
fact he is ignorant Lola is in
formed of the news by her dom
ineering sister, and knowing that
she can now rebuild his character.
accepts his proposal of marriage.
Mr.. Cox had died in his sleep
the preceding night, and Charlie,
completely overcome by the news,
proclaims Lola his golden bride.
She states the contents OF the new
will to him, and exclaims, You
are not Million Dollar Charlie any
more, but my own Charlie with his
chance to come"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-12

the crime. but returned few min
utes after and gave himself up to
the police. The trial was started a
week ago Monday in circuit court,
before Judge W. T. Church. Six
days were required to select the
jury. Only three days time was
needed to go through the evidence
and for the jury to reach its YER
dict.
Mrs. Woods had been in Rock
Island less than a year. She came
here from the lower end of the
county. She was twice married.
her first husband being named
Morehead. She was married later
to Whitley" Woods. She had con-
Quoted the restaurant in Rock Is
land practically all the time she
lived here, and Cook had been en-
ployed by her.
Cecil Nesbit was a Davenport
man. a barber by trade. He en-
tered Mrs. Woods place about Is
minutes to 9 on the fateful even
ing. and after placing his order,
went into a rear room where MIS-
Woods was seated and sat down to
a table with her.
No Sentenced Pronounced
Cooks premature end will save
Judge w. T. Church the trouble of
going through the formality OF
pronouncing the death sentence.
The judge stated this morning that
he will only be required to enter
on the records the verdict of the
coroner's jury, certifying to the
mans death, and that the death
sentence will never be pronounced-
COrOner's Inquest
At the inquest conducted by Cor
oner John F. Maberry in the O'Mal-
ley undertaking parlors this morn
ing, the jury returned the follow
ing verdict:
We. the undersigned jurors,
sworn TO inquire into the death of
Robert Cook, on oath do find that
he came to his death by jumping
from the third story window at the
southwest corner of the Rock Is
land county court house, with sui
cidal intent, at 1920 p. m, June
IL, 1918"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-12

Continued from Page one)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-12
At the Majestic

The most remarkable college ro-
nance ever unfolded in truth or fic-
ton is that on which is based THE
Third Degree" Vitagraph's big pro-
duction starring Alice Joyce, which
will be seen at the Majestic theatre
tonight and Friday. The picture is
adapted from the famous stage sue
cess Of the same name written by
the late Charles Klein and gives
Miss Joyce one OF Der most appeal
ing and forceful roles. Tom Ter
riss directed the picture and in the
supporting cast are GLADDEN. James,
Anders Randolf, Miss Hedda Hop
per, Herbert Evans, George Backus,
J. T. Wade, L. Rogers Lytton and
Edward Mcclure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-12

as an aristocratic Virginia girl
who finds it necessary To assume
the role of a cook, but while her
accomplishments in this line are
nil, she manages to win the love
of a rich northerner, which, after
all, proved the best thing she could
have done.
The story of the photoplay Is a
delightful one and it was written
by Alice Duer Miller and pictur-
lied by Clara Beranger. Eugene
OBrien heads a capable cast Of
supporting players.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-12
TRIAL FREE.

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-12
TWAS NEVER LIKE
THAT-FRANCE HAS
20 RAINLESS DAYS

Paris, June 12.-France has been
virtually without rain for 20 days
past, the prolonged drought caus-
ing the drying up of crops, vegeta-
bles and fruits, and causing a
sharp advance in prices.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-12
At the Black Hawk.

Alice Brady will appear in Her
Great Chance" at the Black Hawk
theatre tonight. The story con-
Germs Lola Gray. a hard-working
girl. who is in love with Charlie
Cox. Broadway's "Million-DolIar
Kid"
Lola's home environments are
not the most attractive part of her
life, and one evening. following the
usual course, she goes out in Char
lies car. They stop at a cafe Cd
the Palisades, and Charlie, a little
ligbt-headed from over-indulgence
in Champagne, asks Lola to marry
him, but she heroically refuses for
his own benefit. Then he goes
wild.
The next morning the papers are
replete with the news OF another
Cox escapade. and the proprietor
of the restaurant collects a bill for
damages. Cox. senior, interviews
his lawyer, who dictates the result
to Ida Bell. Lola's sister.
The result is a new will which
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-12
At Brotman's Rialto.

Sycamore boasts a real, live con-
stable. But you can't know much
about Sycamore, mucn less the con-
stable, if you haven't seen "a Per-
feet Lady," Rose Stahl's stage sue
cess by Charming Pollock and Rem
mold Wolf. Goldwyn has picturiz-
ed this most delightful of comedy
dramas, with piquant Madge Ken
nedy as the start, and the screen
version comes to Brotman's Rialto
theatre today. Picturesque Syca-
more and its even more pictur-
esQue constable are sights no lover
Of screen humor can afford to
miss.
The town guardian sees a bill
poster decorating a big board on
the main street with pictures an
the coming of the Merry
Models Burlesquers. Monarch OF
all he surveys, the constable Or
ders him to stop, but is directed
by the bill-poster to lodge his COM
plant with the manager, whom he
points out as an individual stand
ing close by, with a cigar in his
mouth and his hat cooked at a rak-
ish angle. The constable ap-
proaches him with a who be YER
air. After some conversation the
minion of the law is informed by
the manager that no country con-
stable can interfere with him or
his business. The Official, all het
up, warns the burlesque impress
sario he will stop the show.
And stop it he does. Thanked by
the morals committee in a box at
the opera house, the constable, at
signal from one of the members,
jumps on the stage and orders the
curtain dropped, the while belabor-
ed by score of chorus girls.
Yes, the clever constable of Syc.
amore is a parsonage well worth
seeing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-12
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The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1919-10-08
NOT READY
FOR BUSINESS
THE VARIOUS GROUPS o.
LABOR, CAPITAL AM
THE PUBLIC HAVE NOTE
ING TO PRESENT TO TIL
CONFERENCE AS =
WHOLE. LANE TELL
THEM TO GET TOGETHEF

Washington, Oct. S-None of tn
groups at the industrial peace cor
ference were ready to present any
work to the full conference, and s.
there was an adjournment this
morning. Secretary Lane called o.
the members to get together and no.
to separate themselves into groups
They did so and pretty soon farm
ers, fnanciers and 1aboring meu
were talking together and discuss
ing matters among themselves
Tried to Wreck Plant
Pittsburgh, Oct. 8-An attempt
was made this morning to wreck the
plant of the American Steel and Til
Plate Company at McKeesport when
a bomb was thrown on the roof OF
the factory. The bomb exploded
and tore a hole in the roof of tn
building.