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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-06-03


in and see them. Black & Sons. 23-tt
VIM. Smith and Ben Plunliett Sat
urday drove two Buick cars down
from Kansas City for the Buick conf
pany.
Plant Sweet. Corn in the potatoes.
It's good for the potatoes and good
for you. u. ". Deacoh'
Mrs. Fannie Linendoll, who has
been visiting friends and relatives
near Butler has returned to her home
in Kansas City.
Take your motor troubles tc
Owens Motor Co. 34-2t
The Clinton Eye says that D. D..
Peeler, of near Appleton City, who
underwent all operation i'll the hes
pital at that place, is improving nlc-'
ly.
Plant Golden Bantam Sweet Corn
every 10 days and you will have
roasting ears all summer.
d. o. Deacon.
Mrs. M. A. Richardson, who has
been a guest at the home OF her
mother, Mrs. M. M. Kiersey, LETT
Monday for her home at Chico, Cali
fornia.
Arthur Morgan, many years ago
Butler drayman, was down from
Kansas City, where he now resides,
the first of the week. He was caller
at this office.
About 1890 Wednesday morning
the fire department was called to
West Butler to extinguish a small
blaze in the old freight depot. Little
damage was done.
Rebekah Carnation lodge l.. O. O..
i. at their regular meeting Thursday
night initiated eight candidates into,
the order. After the regular order Of
business delicious lunch was
served.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. II. Blood arrivc7t
Saturday from Wichita. Kansas, for
visit with Butler friends. MIR.
Blood is former Butlerite, at one
time being manager of the People
Elevator.
Mr.: and Mrs. Wick Ray left the
last of the week for independence,
where Mrs. Ray will spend the sum-
mer with relatives. From theere Mr.
Ray will go to Tuscon, Arizona,
where he will remain until the school
season opens this fall.
Decoration Day was regular
homecoming day for those who have
moved away from Butler and have
loved ones buried in Oak Hill. Many
old time citizens took occasion to
visit Butler at that time and many
old time friendships were renewed.
Just received good consignment Of
Burpees Tom Watson and Kleckley'
Sweets Water Melon in sealed one
pound packages, as you want them
from SC up in any quantity. Also
Rocky Ford Musk Melon.
D. o. Deacon.
II J. E. Spears, who is employed in
the shops of the Kansas City Rail.
ways company, spent Sunday and
Monday with his father, Uncle
JIMMY Spears, at his home in the
northeastern part of the county. he
was caller at this office Monday
and informs us that his father is not
enjoying the best of health.
A card from Prof. Stephen F.
Smith asks that the address on his
paper be changed from Taylorville'
illinois. to Warrensburg, where he is
a member of the summer. faculty OF
the Central teachers training school,
While at Taylorville Prof. Smith was
principal of the public schools of that
city.
Burpee's unequaled Sweet Corn,
Golden Bantam, Howling Mob, Early
Fordhook, Crossbies Early, Seymour's
Sweet Orange, Early Minnesota
Kendalrs Early Giant, Mammoth
Early, Golden Giant, Country Gent
leman, White Evergreen and Stow
ellis Evergreen, all 3oe pound. Have
some good home grown Stowell
Evergreen at zoc pound.
u D. o. Deacon.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-06-03

Quarantine against the European
corn borer, covering an infested area
IN western New York, has been ex-
tended to include Dunkirk township
said all announcement by the depart
.nent OF agriculture. Damage thus
far in the New York area has been
very slight. Small parts of New
Hampshire, Mass. and Pennsylvania
also are under quarantine i'll these
areas. particularly Massachusetts,
1t was said the insects are proving
more destructive.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-06-03
For Rail Anti-Strike Law.

Washington. May 28.-Favorablc
report was ordered today by the Sen-
ate interstate commerce committee
ON the Poindexter bill designed t.
prevent interruption of transporta-
ton by strikes of railroad employees.
The committee amended the meas
ure by attaching provisions similar
to the anti-strike clauses eliminated
from the railroad reorganization bill
after labor leaders had made strong
protests. Action on the Poindexter
bill is not expected until congress
rcconvenes after the national con-
yentions.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-06-03

Benjamin i. Workman, 10 years
old, arrested in connection with the
assault upon Sylvia Brown, I4-year-
old white girl of Mulberry. kas., by
Albert Evans, negro, who was
lynched by mob at Mulberry April
TO- was sentenced to the state pen
irrnriary Al lansing Tor term not
to exceed ten years by Judge A.. }.
Curran OF the district court. lie
pleaded guilty to charge of assault.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-06-03

Thoughts of boy hood days have
proven an irresistible lure for Ga-bc-
nah gwen,won 1870 year-old Indian
of Cass Lake, Mimi "Old John
Smith, as he is familiarly known.
yesterday packed his rods and lines
and with his family departed for the
Rainy River country, where he has
not visited for nearly lis years.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-06-03

Federal prohibition agents seized
$4,000 worth of liquor, shipped to
Chicago from Cincinnati. The ship
ment was made by the Federal Dis
tributing Agency OF Cincinnati and
consigned to Angelo Prozenzano q
Co. prozenzano is alleged to have
tried to obtain release of the ship
ment through a lake permit.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-06-03

General Obregon has sent a COM
munication to the Mexican senate
urging that justice of the supreme
court be appointed TO proceed i'm
mediately with an investigation into
the death of former President Car
rama, according to advices to the
state department. Francis Gonzales
and Manuel Amaya, former Car
rama officials. have been placed I'M
der arrest The chamber of deputies
has elected its members for the per-
manent commission of congress.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-06-03

Aviator Fronval OF Paris looped
the loop 9o2 times and established a
new worlds record. Completion OF
rhe feat took him 3 hours and s. min
utes. Following his descent he ar
nounccd that he would use the same
plane Thursday i'll an attempt to fly
from Paris to Madrid and return the
same day.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-06-03

Governor \llcn. OF Kansas. WHO
has himself been mentioned as
presidential possibility, has consent
cd TO place the name Oh Gen. Leon
ard Wood before the Republican ma
tional convention i'll Chicago next
month Tor nomination for the presl-
dency OF the United States.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-06-03

The federal grand jury has re-
turned indictments under the Lever
act against ten leaders in the recent
railroad strike in New jersey. They
are enlarged with conspiring to NJ
terfere with and obstruct interstate
commerce. Altogether twenty-seven
indictments were returned in con-
nection with the strike, it was stat
cd.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-06-03

Without record vote the house
adopted Saturday the conference re
port OH the Mccormick Good bill
providing for federal budget sys-
TEN. The bin now goes to the Pres
lNInt.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-06-03

Many people are not SO much in-
trested in the fact that the sun
climbs higher in the horizon daily as
that the ball teams are working
north
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-05
WHILE POLITICIANS TALK

TT is probable that the all important COM
4 munications conference.-the council Of
international representatives called In Wash
ington to discuss the future status Of the
telegraph cables--wil be moved before long
10 Paris to continue it's delibera tons under
the auspices Of the League Of Nations. Then
the United States will cease to have any but
an unofficial part in the general discussion.
To many people this mag not seem to
matter. But Il does matter, and it matters
greatly. If the United States is to be in a
way to understand other nations and IL other
nations are to understand us the cables will
have to be kept free from the sort Of control
that was established during the war for the
exclusive benefit Of governments that hap
pened to be In positions of advantage.
In the present state of the world something
like League of Nations is necessary to
maintain free speech and free expression
between peoples, and IL there Is to be only
half league the nations that remain on the
outside may in the future know only what
governments on the inside want them to
know.
During the war years the powers that con-
trolled the great cable lines did not hesitate
to disregard the rights of other nations and
individuals. News was held up on many
occasions and private messages were stopped.
1t was the desire of the United States Gov
ernment either to participate equally in the
control of old and new cable lines under a
new agreement or to establish a new inter-
national code that would make unfair use
of international telegraph systems impossible
in the future. For that reason the COM
munications conference was summoned If
the conference is moved to Paris and if we
continue to stay out of the League of
Nations we shall have to lay our own cables
or cover the earth with wireless towers
before we can feel sure of knowing all that
we may need to know in later emergencies.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-05
THE BEST OF THE YEAR

TNHE incredible greens and purples that
l. glorify cranberry hogs in the autumn are
beginning to dazzle travellers in New Jersey,
and everywhere the woods seen from afar
lo"h 1ik" smo'dering fire.
Some one with a mind for statistics said
the other day that the human drift is toward
the cities and away from the land because
the average farmer can make only little
less than $40 a week through his invaluable
toll. That Is appalling news. Yet the open
country has other compensatons which seem
to have been provided by a wise Providence
in order that a misguided age may not have
to go hungry through the depopulation of
the farms and the utter neglect of forests.
October Is one of them. And so long as the
days come as they are coming now it seems
even little better than May.
Within few weeks the sunlit roads OF
the country hereabouts will be rooted with
what looks like stained glass of a partic-
uarly beautiful variety. The regions in New
Jersey that adjoin the pine forests will seem
like strange new world. Cloth of gold and
tapestries Of vermilion and scarlet might be
the materials out Of which the vestments Of
the trees are made. And up Burlington
county way or In the Pennsylvania regions
where farming is practiced with a skill as
great as that which makes Jersey what it Is
the land reaches run out in exquisite pat =
terms like miles Of glorious brocade unrolled
out of ancient treasure chests.
No country in the world-not Belgium
or France or Holland, where the land Is
rich and the people who live upon it are
artists in their way-provides lovelier pros =
poets than any one may find within an
hours journey from Philadelphia in October.
There are vistas in Pennsylvania and New
Jersey that would be talked Of all over the
earth If they were in any other land The
great arch at Valley Forge, white against q
background of flaming woods and visible for
miles, or the marvellous cathedral at Bryn
| Athyn are things that people less hurried
and distracted than Americans would gladly
travel for weeks to see.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-05
HOOVER WELL CAST AGAIN

TNCONS1DERABLE public notice was
L taken of the assumption by Herbert
Hoover of active duties in the American
Commission for the Relief of Belgium.
Proof of the significance of his role waited
upon accomplishment. Mr.. Hoover is
difficult man to press agent. He thrives
not so much on advance notices as on his
tory.
But in view Of his record it is permissible
to touch upon the possibilities involved in
his latest part-that of consulting mining
engineer in a movement capable. perhaps. of
utterly Transforming industrial and trans
portation conditions on the Atlantic sea
board and hinter!and.
The Eastern Industrial Region Super
power Survey with which Mr.. Hoover will
be associated. Is to assist the government in
developing plans of n vast "superpower"
designed to supply electrical force to rail-
roads. public utilities and private industry
in that territory.
The most efficient, economical and compre-
hensive means Of utilizing water power is
naturally the chief object of the work. which
is under the auspices of the geological survey
Of the Department Of the Interior. The i'm
mcnsity of the opportunities suggested is
rather breath taking. The nation, for all
its progress. is only in the primary stage in
the development of its natural motive assets
Valuable lessons can be learned in Sweden
and elsewhere. Innumerable agencies of
force in the Atlantic and Appalachian sys-
TEN Have as yet been but imperfectly
realized.
1t will doubtless take years to bring am
bilious plans to fruition and to turn engas-
ing theories into realities. Many schemes
which seem impractical now are. however,
certain to take definite shape later, and the
Department of the Interior is. hence, keenly
alive to it's responsibilities by sowing seeds
| of activity in a comparatively untitled field.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-05
THE WAY FROM UNDER

TTTHEN, not long ago. county Prosecutor
" Wolverton sent flock Of patrol wagons
through Camden ard raidcd hundreds Of
saloons in which liquor was being sod openly
news of the event reverherated loudly within
a radius of at least POO miles. There were
Imaginative people who believed that local
authorities who took the Volstead law into
their own hands after the federal agents ad-
mitted their own helplessness were really
showing a way by which the dignity Of
national statutes might be maintained
The prisoners of Mr.. Wolverton's raid
were arraigned in court yesterday and sem
fenced. They were sentenced to pay fncs
that ranged variously between 500 and
$1,000. They were warned by the court that
a second conviction would bring "a heavier
fine" in each case.
The punishment may seem adequate
enough--to any one who does not know any
thing of the Illicit whisky traffic. A fine Of
$1,000 may seem pretty large If you do not
know that men who have been Systematically
violating the Volstead act often make that
much money or even more in a single day.
The dry law has been widely discussed and
criticized, and for what it omits as well as
for what 1t contains it may be said to be
imperfect in various ways. But the greatest
fault of all is apparent in incidents like the
one that has just been closed in Camden.
The Volstead act will be Intellectual until it
provides punishment worthy of the crime for
people who deliberately and for profit an :
tagonize the federal authority and openly
faunt the laws of the United States.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-05
HELP THE POLICE FUND

TT is disquieting to reflect that the most
4 popular morality is often the most mex
pensive. This conclusion, however, Is not
easy to avoid in connection with the pub!ic's
latitude upon the Police Pension Fund.
The peddling of tickets for the annual
earnivals undoubtedly fostered unsavory
politics. Many members Of the force dis
liked their duties" ms agents. and the pub
lie rightly resented its implied obligation to
subscribe. After years of protest the method
was abandoned under orders from Director
Cortelyou. There was popular rejoicing that
an abuse was ended, that virtue and fair
practice had triumphed.
Something more than this, however, Is
necessary to justify the enthusiasm and
feeling of moral victory. Obviously, citizens
who 80 strongly favored the voluntary sys-
tenn ought to perform their part under it.
But nothing like this, at least in any large
measure. has been done. The sale of pension
tickets at the police stations and elsewhere
including the Office of this newspaper, has
been indefensibly small. Last year S5T 900
was realized Up to date this fall subscrip-
tions amounting only to about $500 have
been received.
A very much better showing is necessary
In order to establish the fact that the public
zeal for the reform was grounded IN con-
alterations of principle rather than purse.
With the carnival but four days of speed is
q consideration of the implied contract.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-05
"CATCh 'EM YOUNG"

HUNTING the ny in embryo has this ad-
- vantage Of the most vigorously con-
Quoted chase Of the adult: success Is certain.
Doctor Furbush, outlining the campaign
which the state of Pennsylvania starts to
wage today. stresses the need for "swatting
the alternating places" In stables where
the tiny tiyworms or pupae are most likely
to winter borax solution effects extcrmina-
ton. At home cleanliness is the chief war
arm and the removal Of backyard rubbish
is a valuable auxiliary.
Operations of this kind thoroughly con
Quoted are far more fatal to the fly pest than
the frenzed summer swatting, which so often
misses fire. The decrease Of stables in the
gasoline age renders the October campaign
one in which the responsibility is concen-
trated. Stable proprietors, literally apply
ing borax, can accomplish the most good, and
the householder can second the movement.
The fly plague in a present day city is a
sign Of defective civilization. 1t smacks OF
Damascus and Bagdad, of the careless, un
informed, insanitary Orient. The heartiest
co separation in the October offensive agains,
the pest breeding places Is a public duty.
pertinent watchword is catch 'em young
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-05
D. /. ANDERSON
On Golf as a Health Builder

uOW to be healthy and happy in old age
IL sent Ponce de Leon all the way across
the Atlantic in the sixteenth century, but
one needs go only to the nearest golf links
nowadays to find what de Leon sought. says
D. T.. Anderson. a director of the Union
League and a well known golhng enthusiast.
Golf" says Mr.. Anderson, "is a
splendid tonic for both the old and the
young, but especially the old. ....
81 can safely say that one Of the chief
concerns of men who are reaching mature
years is how to continue in good health or
how to regain good health when it has been
lost.
"Some go to California in the belief the
elixir Of life Is there; others try other
methods, some good and some worthless. II
they would only try golf they would discover
how easy 1t IL to keep as young as possible
and young as long as possible.
Let me tell this story: A man well
known here, successful in helping to build
up two of the largest business houses in
Philadelphia, a hard worker who knew no
eight hour day, who worked harder on Sun
day in religious institutional work than dur
ing the week, became prematurely old,
broken down and nervous as the result Of
his all work and no play program.
"He went twice to Europe, searching for
nerve cures which he failed to find. He was
about to 90 on his third trip when he called
upon the late Dr. =. NeT MITCHELL, tne
great nerve specialist.
Golf Brought Him Youth
doctor Mitchell Mt once saw his caller
was worn to frazzle. He told him to get
out in the open air. play golf, more golf and
still more golf The nervous wreck took
Doctor Mitchell's advice. Result: man
old at fifty is young today at past
seventy. Golf did 1t
"What golf has done for this man it has
done for many men. I feel 1t is a real
privilege to be able to encourage men to take
up the game, especially as ! am associated
with so many men who need 1t in club Of
more than 5000 members.
Sunshine Is a great tonic, and golf takes
one out into the sunshine. Let the business
or professional man who thinks he has no
time for golf try to escape for an hour or
more from his desk.
"Let him go out to some golf links twice
a week or oftener If he can possibly do SO.
The time so spent will surely prove worth
while.
''And how good the shower bath feels after
play is ended Watch the average golfer
and notice how strong, healthy and good
natured he is. He is the best company in
the world. His disposition is the finest
There was a friend OF mine who was
successful in business,> but only after the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-05
When a Line Dropped Out

The EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER regrets
that by the accidental omission of a line In
it's composing room a sentence in the inter
view with Mr.. George w. Norris, printed
in this column on Friday last, was made to
convey n moanir" The oDpostr of thnt which
Mr.. Norris had expressed. The sentence as
printed read: 1T is confusing cause with
effect, however. to imagine that this has
been because the reserves Of the Reserve
Banks were too low and were going lower. ="
1t should have read: 1T is confusing cause
with effect, however, to imagine that this
has been for the purpose of forcing general
liquidation or reducing prices. 1t has been
because the reserves of the Reserve Banks
were too low and were going lower.".
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-05
ApATHY-SAFE BUT ABSURD

yTYTRE there anything approximating a
wv balance Of national political parties in
Philadelphia, It Is unlikely that some 300, 900
voters would have neglected the opportunity
~ cualify for the November election.
W As Il IA, the certainty OF Republican VIC
tsry here, while welcome to the community,
n not conducive to the healthiest political
~~tiyity.' Thousands Of women, entitled to
~-~i.ter. have failed to sign up, and 1t is
indicated that the male registration will fall
fsr below last years total.
The intensity with which the mayoralty
nomination contest was wased In 1913 then
svoaged the ordinarily somnoent vote.
Electors with Ware or anti-Vare leanings
obviously could not afford to throw away
their ballots. Apathy was perilous. That
a IL. 80 far as practical results are con-
Earned. harmless enough this fall, is none
M !. lass a wrctched excuse for lodging the
sesoonsibilities Of citizenship.
4 NJ IN n nJelnhis 10 proud of Its Republicanism,
- ~. cliinsn eontsnt TO Let what he knows
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-05
Another PresIden entIaI Problem

From the Los Angeles Times.
Although Germany hasn't had much or.
perience as republic, there is already a
national query as to what shall be done
with the ex presidents. N0ske is urging n
suitable pension, but as the value of The
German coinage is changing rapidly it is
Eberts salary sounds impressive enough
but at the rate the German mark is held in
exchange his pay means about $500 a yeor'
He hasn't saved anything up and his old
job as harness maker is gone and so when
he stops presidenting they may have to take
some quiet place where they have pinocble
game every afternoon. 1t seems funny that
a country that hardly knows what n Jo
with its ex-kaisers should also be concerned
with the welfare of its retired presidents
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-10-05

the meantime the issue will be considered on
its merits so far as that Is possible with an
issue which has been made the playthins OF
politics when IL seemed possible to make
political capital out Of il.
So far as there Is partisan division Of the
subject the Republicans, rather than the
Democrats, have for years been the advo-
Gates Of an association Of nations similar to
that provided in the covenant. They are
still advocating IL. Their desire that they
should have the credit for fixing the terms
under which the United States shall enter
the association Is understandable.
Under all the circumstances Mr.. Wilson is
pathetic figure today. He 10 talking Of n
solemn referendum on matter that he does
not seem to understand is already settled,
and he Is ignored so completely by his own
party that In order to maintain his self
respect he has to disregard It in his appeal to
the voters