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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-05-01
Mrs. J. NJ. Christy, who has been
visiting in Kansas City, has re-
turned home.

Mrs. {. A. Murray returned Mon
day fro ma visit to relatives and
friends at NNobetsvifte, indiana.
+ Sheriff Baker lost his lady board
er" Monday. She did not dig a hole
through the brick wall with hair
Pin" as the last woman prisoner in
the Bates county Jail Is said to have
done. but was taken to Kansas City
by Deputy United States Marshal
Hamilton. where she will appear be-
fore the Federal Grand Jury to testi-
~ in white slave case. -
Get Sudan, Cane. Seed, ,Kaffir
Seed, Seed Corn, and Millet at
Peoples Elevator Co.
]. W. Albin, of the west part of
the county, was in town Saturday to
see the tank and took advantage of
the opportunity to drop into The
Times office and have his name
placed on the mailing list of the
best paper in the county Mr.. AL
bin was formerly reader of the
paper and concluded that he would
do without it, but in a short time de-
cided that home was not what 1t
should be without the old standby.
Mrs Sarah Lowery, 6I years of
age. died at her home on North Main
street, this city, Saturday evening,
April 26, as the result of an attack
OF the pneumonia. Mrs. Lowery has
rs h, ,>,< $to
past IA years. Previous to that time
she was for many years resident of
Foster. Funeral services were held
at the home on North Main street
Tuesday and the remains taken to
Foster. where She lived previous to
coming to Butler for nterment.
In the list of marriage licenses
granted in Kansas City one day
last week appeared the name of Lon
Alkire, aged IS, and Hildred l. Mer-
rift. aged IS, of this city, and it is
supposed that they were married.
The bride is very small for her age
and looks scarcely over II years old.
She is partially paralyzed and is
compelled to drag one foot when she
walks. She is not strong mentally,
or physically and had no conception
OF the responsibilities of married
life There should be some law or
way to prevent marriages of this
kind.
Mr. and Mrs. G. w. Alexander, of
Bickleton Washington. are enjoying
a visit here at the home OF T. D.
Embree. Mrs. Alexander is an aunt
pi Mr. Embree and this is her first
visit here since "A years ago. The
are among the pioneer
families of Washington and have
made their home in that state since
shortly after the civil war. We &C
a pleasant call from Mr..
who is an interesting
talker and who is most loyal Wash
ingtonian. Before returning home
they expect to visit in Oklahoma and
to make trip to Mr.. Alexander's
old home, White Water, Wis.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-05-01
THE SOUL OF A STAR OF GOLD

THE SOUL OF A STAR OF GOLD.
am the soul of Star of Gold.
On sodden fields of France ! stand, a
sentry,
Guarding the sacred bit of mold
Where fell youth,
Strong in his manhood and his might
Sacred is my duty, for he loved the
truth;
Ceaseless my vigil. he died for Right.
He was soldier from a land afar.
The dangers of hidden foe he braved
AS leagues away from home he
sailed to war.
Nor feared his fate.
From enemy on land or wave.
He was Gods champion, for he
knew not hate;
A standard bearer, come to free the
slave.
Death lurked beside my hero ON the
sea.
But only eagerness to avenge the
wrongs
OF oft outraged humanity
Shone on his face,
Radiant in its frankness and appeal.
He was free man, born of Free
dom's race;
Come to free innocents from tyrant
From his brave lips songs you love
SO well.
Even while sounds of battle burst
Above his ears, there fell
His homage to his flag
Ills stripes and stars.
Proud of his country, though unwont
to brag,
Ready for death, rather than tyrant
prison bars.
My hero fought and died in France.
His resting place, already STEPPED
In blood of heroes may, perchance,
Not see again the sacrifice of life,
The scourge of foe.
He strove, to put an end to strife:
He went, that others might not have
to 60.
l am the soul of Star of Gold.
A message would add
To what l know his lips. now cold,
Would say to his motherland,
The home he knew:
Honor the blow he struck with his
brave hand:
Be true to him, as he was true to YOU
Finish the work my hero did SO we'll,
he and his comrades of the trench.
Finish the job for which they fell,
And, falling saved the day
And Victory for YOU.
Let no debt stand that you can pay.
j. NJ. w.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-05-01
Lieut.. w. o. Jackson, Jr., Detained
in France.

The following telegram was re-
ceived Tuesday morning by w. O..
Jackson, concerning his son, Lieut..
W.. o. Jackson, Jr., from Capt.
Corey, commanding Company B:
Camp Stuart, va, April 20.
w. O. Jackson, Butler, Mo.
Your son was detained in France
on account OF transportation facili-
ties. He will come over later on first
ship that has accommodations All
home boys are we'll and feeling fine.
We leave Wednesday for Camp
Funston, and will 500 nbe home.
Captain Corey.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-05-01
Big Egg Production.

4. A. Miller was in Tuesday
morning and told The Journal man
that they sold $3.50 worth of eggs the
past month. the product of 400
White Leghorn hens. Besides what
they sold they used a large number
in their incubators and for home
use. The Millers have several hun
dred young chicks and are going to
increase their flock to several thou
sand hens-Adrian Journal.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-05-01
Bankers win Help.

The bankers of Bates County held
meeting in this city Friday even1
ing AID decided to help those who
were DESTROYS of purchasing Liberty
bonds but were holding back owing
to a lack of ready cash. They win
carry the bonds, on which q payment
of 10 per cent has been made, for
four months at six per cent interest.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-05-01

Slug Shot kills Bugs" Sold b,
D. o. Deacon.
A. c. Stuckey has purchased the
Childs property on Ohio street. 49,
The ladies are busting their rose
bushes with slug shot. 1t kills the
insects. Sold by D. o. Deacon.
Oliver Wishner, Of Osceola, is Wis.
iting at the home of his sister, Mrs
N. Z. Dixon and Mr.. Dixon, north
west of town.
Use Slug Shot for cabbage worms
tomato slugs, insects on cucumber
and melon vines, potato vines. Sold
by D. o. Deacon.
Save money by trading at Black &
Sons al lt1iis year. Start today.
Ira Sutton, Evelyn Smiser and
Charles Thomas attended the Odd
Fellows Centennial. celebration at
Sedalia last week. ,
4 Z. M. Cole went to Kansas City
Sunday, where he met Mrs. Cole
who was returning from a visit to
relatives in Kansas.
Get Sudan. Cane Seed, Kafiir
Seed, Seed Corn, and Millet at
Peoples Elevator Co.
Miss Winifred Pharis arrived home
from Kansas City the first OF the
week where she has been attending
a conservatory of music.
w. O. Atkeson went to Clinton tie
first OF the week and is distributing
the recently published history Of
Henry county to the Subscribers.
Some of my watermelon CUSTOM
ers take out a package OF Slug Shot
when they buy their seed. 1t saves
the vines. Sold by D. o. Deacon.
Mrs. +. H. Cox, one of The Times
staunch friends Of Lone Oak town
ship, was in Butler Wednesday on
business and made us a pleasant cali
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Mcconnell,
who have been visiting in this city
at the home of MIR. and Mrs. ]. i.
LudWick, returned home the last o;
the week. They were accompanied
by Mrs. Ludwick.
Green Stockings the Senior
class play of the Butler High Sehool
made its second appearance at the
Fisk Opera House Thursday night
OF last week and scored, if anything.
bigger hit than on its first appear
ance.
Mrs. J. F. Doubenmier OF indie
pendence spent several days here the
first OF the week visiting friends and
looking after business matters. We
acknowledge a pleasant call from
Mrs: Doubenmier, who is one of the
Times staunch friends.
Mrs. F. E. McCurdy was called to
Narrensburg Friday Of last week 10
lttend the funeral of her son,
Dwight, who died in California ard
vas brought to that place, for burial.
he was at one time a resident of this
'ity. where he has many friends.
William j. Catron, Missouri bank
= and Confederate veteran, died at
he Research hospital in Kansas City
friday of last week. He was a
'rother of the late r. S. Catron, and
ad visited in this city several times.
lis home was in Carthage, Missouri.
Mrs. Enola MeGooking, an en-
Joyce Of the Council laundry, was
everely injured Tuesday morning
,hen her left hand in some manner
aught in the machine which She was
pekating and was carried under the
OF roll and badly smashed in addi-1
on to Being burned.
John Colladay,. i.oae Of Summit
,ynship's most progressive farmers
d esbstantial citixens, was caller
q this office while in the city one
" the firlf Of the week. Like the
lAjority offarmefs Mr.. Colladay is
AZ asiastic about TIE prospects for
p4 wheat crop u this county
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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-05-01
MEDALS TO LOYAL WORKERS.

TIC accompanying cut represents
the medals which the United States IL
to present to the workers who have
been active and faithful in helping
the Government to finance the war.
The medals are being made from
melted cannon captured from the Ger
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-05-01
Victory Liberty Loan Campaign Finds
People In Excellent Shape 70
Subscribe Literally.

The Victory. Liberty Loan campaign
will be started April Fl and it will
find Americans in all walks of life in
excellent shape to participate largely.
The record of business failures in
the United States for the year 1918
shows that American business men
are in condition financially to make
large subscriptions to the Loan. ,
In the twelve months of 1918 there
were only 1882 failures in the United
States as compared with 1855 in
1917, 1898 in 1916, and 22,165 in
1915. This shows for 1918 q IS per
cent decrease. The total is the small.
est since 1899 when there were 1887
failures. By reason Of the great in.
crease in the number of business
houses in the country since 1899, the
1918 failures are relatively even much
smaller than then.
And it is worth while to 'know that
the Tenth Federal Reserve District
was next to the bottom of the list OF
twelve districts, having the lowest
Per cent Of failures.
Farmers everywhere are making the
greatest returns in history. Wheat is
pegged at 1925 and the Government
- also practically guaranteeing the
price of hogs and corn.
Among wage earners, despite the
high cost of living, there is marked
general prosperity. The average year.
ly wage of the United States Steel
Company employee is now 1854
against $905 in 1918. and 1868 in 1902,
. 120 per cent increase. The increase
in the last five years is "A per cent.
Common labor, receiving $500 day
before the war. now gets from $3.50
to $500. Skilled men now get on an
average of from Sc to $50 a day and
. few get as much as SIS day. In
the Seattle shipyards men are getting
$18 day. Il
Railway wages have been advanced
$700,0OO,0O0 per annum in the last
year. following $1OO,O0O,000 advance
given by the Adamson law. The fol.
lowing table shows the relative pay
In 1914 and now. and may be taken as
q minimum of advances in nearly all
fields NJ emnloymonf.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-05-01

; or 4 tons fine baied timothy Ray.
so-It' L S. Paddock.
Evening star., 1919-03-16
Bob Burman's Record.
IN a German Gar. Had
Stood-for Eight Years.
Auto Racing for the
Sheer Love Of IA
r.
Case of Nerves. !:

eight years since Burman rode those
sands to fame. The more recent years.
with their stress Of war. have Qufck
ened that Development. Two OF the
products Of it are better distribution
of weight. insuring a more even rid
ing quality and higher speed. These
were in my favor. Another great fac-<
tor working for me was the perfec Z,
ton of streamltne design brought
about by the airplans engineering OK
perience OF the war. Head resistance
was cut to the vanishing point. and
the great retarding factor. vacuum
drag at the back Of the car. was re.
duced to the minimum.
"Burman didn't live and race in the
day Of these perfections, aud as I re,
fected on his wonderful mark Of
ll172 miles per hour, and thought ol
the wonder OF his achievement grew o1
me. II was really a most remarkable
triumph. 1 gave lot of my thought
imme mediately before the race and durf
TX it. too. to Wild Bob Burman. He
and | were intimate friends. often piti
ted against each other on the speeds
ways, and l remembef him with afa
fection and esteem. But l gaye some
thought. too. TO the fact that Bob
made the record In product that
was made in Germany. the .Bittsen
CONTINUED on Tenth eageo
Evening star., 1919-03-16
The Celebrated Sbeed
King Tells of His Sem
sat;ons as He Fitted
Along the Florida
Sands to a Ne,U w Wor1d
Record of $50 Miles an
Hour.
Nv JACK HUGHES.

::: T: !: =, : : =: :::: :: t. :::
af man who made it az II Is
interesting to know how he made it;
aud where science daring. sports
manship and skill comprise the basic
elements of the achievement. the task
of perusal is readily transformed into
privilege favored with virtue ana
delight. An all-American car ana
daring automobile driver have played
the leading role IL, the latest chapter
OF world thrills.
For nearly eight years wild BOD
Burman's name bore the flying start
records of the measured mile and XII
ometar distances for automobile
speeding. and the figures OF 2o:4o
seconds for, the mile and 1888 for the
ktlometer had stood up under the
challenge of every contender since
that redoubtable driver crowned HIM
self with those victories on Daytpna
Reach In a "Blitzen" Benz on April %.
1911. Racing cars have been smashed
and their wreckage removed from the
course. lives have been CHANGED and
lost and thousands upon thousands OF
dollars have gone In fruitless efforts
to lower these marks. the energies
Evening star., 1919-03-16

bulletlike racer had heaved to the
sand. owing to its marvelously con-
toured system of design. and there
never was anything like the jumping
and skipping experienced by Burman
while making his record In the
Bitten Benz,
Tribute to his car was the first
thing that De Palma uttered. then to
the memory of the famous rival who
set up the record he was taking down
with every feeting second, and to the
veteran associates with whom he had
grown to fame in many hard
fought race on every kind of course
Evening star., 1919-03-16

in America. These were uppermost
In Ralph De Palma's mind during and
Immediately after the record-break-
ing run on the sands of Daytona
Beach.
Il went to the starting point with
all confidence" he said, because in
previous tests was satisfied that
the airplane motored car would do
at least $50 miles an hour. The beach
was soft. but still fair enough for
fast travelling; the timing device was
working like charm: Fred Wagner
was welding the hag-this was the
hour for new worlds record.
In my mind at the moment was
an account Of Bob Burmans ex-
perisncs in the Bitten Benz. when
he set the worlds record that hao
lasted for eight years and lived arter
poor Bob had gone himself. He was
quoted as saying that he bumped and
leaped and jumped and battered his
way along the sands in rea"y har-
raising experience.
well, to go Immediately to tho mn
;sh. I rode as IL in a limousine ON
boulevard. Here and there, for frac-
tion of a second. would be an interval
of side swaying that probably looked
terrible to the spectators but 1t
wasn't so bad from the inside OF the
car. In trout Of me and around me
was the high. teuuous. humm'ng
sound of the beautiful working twelve
cylinders. Behind me was the ma
chine-gun roar Of tho exhaust Down
the glittering beach the yellowing
course leaped toward the front
wheels and disappeared alongside me
with something OF motion picture un-
reality in its disappearance.
"The ease with which the car rode
the unfailing performance OF its
mighty power plant. reminded me OF
the development In autom0tive en-
gineering that has come within the
Evening star., 1919-03-16

X X
Ralph DE Palma. the intrepid Ital-,
ian driver. had participated in the
long series of exhibitions, but stalk
ing, as he did fortune. life and repu-
tation. neither himself nor any of his
colleagues had attained the goal when
he donned the uniform of Uncle Sam
and marched off for war. Meanwhile
wild" Bob. who was idolized in the
world OF automobile sports in his day.
had met with racing accident out,
west and left the world behind. But
he went to his grave with the salts
faction OF knowing In his last hours
that his colors sttll were flying and
his name lived as the undefeated king
OF his time.
When Ralph DE Palma was mus
tered out of the service he started i'm
mediately upon new line of me-
chanical ideas. and within Few
months he had crowned himself with
these victories over the same course
whore Burman established his:
One mile. flying start. .24.s2 seconds
XIII meter. flying start. 1856 seconds
Thus the news was flashed through
the world Of new speed king hav-
ing ascended the last round of the
ladder of all speeddom on Daytona
beach on February ~, 1919
The intensifying speed at which
De Palma was travelling when he
made these records approximated $50
miles an hour. This meant that for
every second consumed while cover
ing that mile the driver was actually
going over al6.6o feet of ground. Sc
At the epd of the hair-raising
dashes he Palma was overcome by
emotion as his friends jammed around
his car to offer congratulations. The
Evening star., 1919-03-16

finally eliminating In cessation OF
all great sporting events with the
United States and Germany some two
years ago
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1919-07-18
DEMOCRACY

Democracy is being made a joke of
in this country by the Utopers and
the Imareds and the various agita-
tors and advocators of "a new era of
freedom for the wage slave"
Everything is demanded in the name
of democracy; high wages, public
ownership, the 44-hour week., the s.
day week, the six-hour day, prole-
tariat dictatorship and the soviet;
withdrawal of our troops from Rus
STA; food for our enemies; one big
union; the reorganization of the A. F.
of L.; freedom of Mooney and other
"capitalistic victims;" paternalism;
l. w. W.-ism, bolshevism and nom
partisan rule; freedom of speech and
the press; women suffrage; national
izatiion of women and equal pay;
prohibition and pa per cent beer.
1t is about time somebody defined
democracy.
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FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS

An undertaking launched this week
by the Washington tuberculosis AS
ISOLATION in the form of travelling
Clinic and Exhibit is bound to be OF
immense Importance to this commu-
nifty and the whole state from an
economic and public health aspect.
The Clinic will visit practically
every populous community in the
state on its four months tour, cover
ing a distance of approximately two
thousand miles.
There were 1880 deaths from tu-
berculosis in this state during 1918,
and 387 for the first three months of
1919, an economic liability far heav-
Ter than should have been the case in
so favorable locality, both gegraph-
ically and climatically. The total loss
to the state from this disease in 1918
is estimated at s10,000,000 by public
health statisticians.
That tuberculosis is preventable is
now no longer disputed, but that the
public has not fully awakened to this
fact is apparent from the unneces-
sarily high death rate shown above
1t will be the object of the Clinic to
teach by means of illustrated lectures
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dreds of inland cities and towns, for
the first time in their history, will get
a fair deal from the transportation
companies. The bill passed the SEN
in the House owing to the pressure of
war matters and the congestion which
developed during the closing weeks
1t Is believed, however, that large
majority of the members favor its
adoption.
In an interview today, Major Cen
eral William NJ. Black said:
1.-THE Poindexter bill is a long step
in the right direction. The abuses
connected with railway freight rates
first attracted my attention in connec-
ton with army work. In fact, there
ia no question but what the present
railroad tariffs constitute one of the
grossest impositions ever practiced
In this country.
1.-THE tariffs for freight are still
based upon the old principle of charg-
ing all that the traffic will bear, a
relic of the days of unreguated mo-
nopoly. The railroads have practical
" driven water transportation out Of
business in many parts of the coun-
try. by making low cut rates at com
netitive points where water carriers
were trying to do business. Then
they made up the losses by overcharg-
ing in other localities where there was
no such competition. The system was
a distinctly selfish one devised for the
greater prosperity of the railroads
and involved the exercise of autocratic
mowers which do not rightfuIly belong
to common carriers of goods.
"Water transportation can be re-
vived in many parts of the United
States as a result Of proper regulation
of railway freight charges. There
are many classes of freight which
might profitably he sent by water TO
the benefit of the railroads them
selves"
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CONGRESS TO PROTECT
OUR MERCHANT FLEET
Mail SubventiOn to be Provided in
Sufficient Amount to Cover Diff
ference in Labor Cost

Congress will shortly enact a law
Winch will amply protect the mer-
chant marine of the United States
against the competition of foreign
labor and foreign production, so that
| it may start on an even keel with
other nations in what is regarded
here as certain to be the greatest
struggle for commerce yet known in
history.
1t is thot likely by senators and
representatives, as we'll as by trade
experts in the government, that the
next two years will witness a period
of readjustment, but that hereafter
will come the tremendous revival of
industry. For this republicans now
in control of congress intend to pre-
pare. England is already doing so,
with an immense preponderance of
ships at her disposal. Japan, with
ships greatly augmented during the
war and without losses, is already full
ly prepared. France, too, is seeking
to recuperate in this way. The United
States, it is held, cannot compete I'M
less the protective principle is APP
piled not only to thetariff but to the
merchant marine.
To this end and as the first pre-
liminary the ways and means commit
tee will prepare general tariff bill
to cover the vast difference between
the cost of production at home and
abroad, and especially to give Ameri-
can labor breathing spell in getting
ready for the world wide competition
soon to come. Chairman Fordney
takes the view that allies in the fight
against Germany are not allies of the
dollar, which has no patriotism, and
that Americas best friend is herself,
and that she alone should be depended
upon to protect herself. The protec-
tiff tariff thus made will be high
enough to keep out an intimidation of
foreign goods on both coasts.
The second step will be the report
ing of a bill from the senate COM
merce committee and from the house
committee on merchant marine and
fisheries to not only encourage but
give full support to the merchant
marine. A mail subvention to cover
the difference in labor cost will be es-
tablished on certain regular routes to
the Orient, South America and Eu-
rope;; that is, the United States will
by this legislation maintain mail
roues at sufficient government ex-
pense to cover the higher labor cost
which the ship owner has to pay in
this country over what he has to pay
under cheaper living conditions in
England and Japan. Both committees
have been making a study of the
problem and have come to the con-
clusion that this is the sole solution
, of it.