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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15
WOULD SCRAP ROAD LAW
Missouri Farers' Association Opens
Fight on Highway Plans.

Jefferson City, Dec. Io.--lt was
,nthoritativciy learned here today
that an effort will be made by lead
CTS of the Missouri Farmers Assocla
tion to have the new state highway
Improvement law passed by the re-
cent special session of the legi,la-
t,Ire submitted to a referendum vote
OF the people.
III the movement is success, the
law will be suspended until after the
November election ncXt year. the is-
sue Of 10 million dollars of the 60
million dollars. voted by the people
ior better highways, will also be sus-
pended and the great system OF high
ways improvements now beng
planned will be at Il standstil',
The determination OF the orsanza-
ton to fight the new law to finish
at the polls was reached at an execu-
tive meeting held in St. Louis Thurs
day OF this week. Twenty members
attended the meeting.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15
Mrs. cordia Ruddell Dead.


Mrs. Cordia Ruddell died suddenly
at the home of her sister, Mrs. Pick
ett Wiley, this city, Tuesday night,
December 9th, 1891.
Cordia Walls was born in Carlisle
Kentucky. March 5th, 1867, and
came with her parents to Bates coun-
ty, Missouri, in 1876. In 1902 she
was united in marriage with Fletcher
Ruddell. To this Union two children
we're born, both died in infancy.
In early life Mrs. Ruddell united
with the Methodist Church and re-
inained a steadfast member Of same
until her death. She is survived by
five brothers and three sisters, viz:
Dr.. ]. T. Walls and George H. Walls.
of Portland, Oregon; Mrs. Belt, of
Lane, Kansas; Mrs. John Cowdery.
of Seattle, Wash; /. w. Walls and
Mrs. Pickett, Wiley, of Adrian; Den
+. Walls, of near Butler and w. H.
Walls, of Pittsburg, Kansas.
Funeral services were held this
Thursday morning at the home OF
Mrs. WILEY conducted by the Rev.
w. S. Weir. Burial was made in
Oak Hill cemetery, Butler, Mo-
Adrian Journal.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15
Ieza Auto License Tags to be Brown

Jefferson City, Dec. Io.-Missouri's
1922 automobile license plate will be
in class by ITSELF
The new plate has background of
rich cholocate brown and white let
ters. The colors we're selected by
Eugene Stephens, chief clerk for Sec
retary of State Charles U. Becker,
who made an investigation and found
that no other state had the combina-
ton of colors.
The automobile department of the
secretary of states office has ordered
36s, 900 sets of plates for next year.
an increase of $4,000 over 1921. OF
this number $4,000 are for automo-
bile trucks. In addition the Depart
ment has ordered 1000 sets of plates
for official cars belonging to the
state. Each one of the state institu-
tions has from one to four automo-
bilcs and these will be equipped with
the plates without charge.
February I, is the date set fer the
issuance of the new plates, but Au-
tomobile Commissioner O. G. Stein
niger, announced that the new plates
will not be issued until after owners
certificates have been issued for al
automobiles in the state. AS soon as
the certificates are issued the plates
for 1922 will be sent out.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15
Baptist Church Fellowship Meeting.

Friday evening the members of tie
First baptist church OF the city held
a fellowship meeting, the primary
object Oh winch was to make the
members taken into the church dur
ing the recent revival and .riIng the
.pastoratc ol Kew. BraI!mer acQuaint-
ed with each other and the Older
members of the congregation The
pastors of the other churches iir the
city and their wives were Invited
guests.
All met in the assembly room at
about ZOO O'Clock, where a social
hour was spent and then the g'leS.s
wer~ invited to the gymnasium roonl
in the basement where tables filed
with all sorts of good things to eat
were spread. Covers were laid for
I7o. Everett Zwahlen, superintend-
ent of the Sunday school. pronounced
the invocation and the address OF
welcome was made by Rev. Bram-
mcr. Rev. Mitchell, of the Ohio
street Methodist church made short
talk. After the dinner. which was
greatly enjoyed by all, toasts and re-
sponscs were given by Rev. Biser,
Rev. CLYDE. ard others.
During the, evening there were
musical numbers and readings by the
best Butler talent and every one
spent most delightful evening.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15
Daugherty Urges g Laws to Remove
Existing Defects.

Washington. Dec. S.--Nine specific
legislative recommendations designed
to remove defects in existing federal
statutes, were brought to the atten-
ton OF congress Thursday in the
first annual report OF Attorney Cen
cral Daugherty.
The attorney generals recommer-
dations were:
/. Making it crime to kill fed
eral officer while engaged in execut
ing process.
?. Authorizing the presence OF
stcnoGraphers at grand jury ses-
sions.
z. A statute providing punishment
for single person who dcirauds or
attempts to dciraud the United
States.
a. Making it criminal to attempt
10 commit crime against the Unite
States.
s. Making it unlawful to send
threatening letters through the mail.
6. A statute to authorize liquida-
ton OF claims for damages to ves-
sells during the war.
:. Authorization OF the appoint
cmnt of rs additional federal Judges
to relieve congestion in federal
courts.
8. Extension OF statute of limi-
ta,ions in prosecutions under bank
ruptcy laws from one to three years.
Q. A law to permit appeal direct
to the court Of customs appeals on
questions of law involved in dec.s :
ions on appeals to rcappraisement ut
;mDortatious,
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15
Commercial Cub Notes.

At a meeting of the Butler Com
mercial Club. held at h. -adquarters
Tuesday evening, Dec. I3, the K.-S.
bridge soliciting committee report
cd tnat the bridge is now assu ed,
as more than half the necessary
amount of money has been sub
scribed and the County Court will
furnish remainder.
A communication IRON the Cham
bcr of Commerce OF Nevada. which
called attentions to an important road
meeting to be held i'll that city, on
tuesday, Dec. 20. was read and the
Club voted to send a delegation to
the meet Any persons who are
planning to go will please give their
names to the secretary, at an early
date, so that he may advise the Ne
yada committee just how many But
Ter people will be there. The meet
ing is called for 10 a. M, and 1t IS
hoped that Butler will send a large
delegation. Let's get busy and 90
our best to secure the carly construc-
tom of this hard surfaced north and
south road which extends from Kan
sas City to the Arkansas line.
A committee from the Club was
appointed to take up with the Coun.
tv Court and the Township Board
the matter of bridge on +. Mill
street.
Considerable dissatisfaction was
EXPRESSED becaue of the removal or
closing down of the downtown ex-
press office and the Club voted to
take up the matter with of.i:ials OF
the company. 1t is hoped that the
company may be induced to again
furnish the better service afforded by
the downtown Office, for Butler pa
irons of the office find-it very IN
convenient to transact their business
out at the depot.
Mayor Hull reported that the city
street lights are being installed and
will be in operation in short time.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15
TURKINS
A New Hybred Fowl the Result of a
Cross Between Turkey and
Chicken.

The Rural New Yorker says that
some time ago one Of its readers i'll
WASHINGTON sent in a newspaper
clipping stating that an Oregon man
had succeeded in making cross be-
tween turkey and chicken. Ihey
wrote to Prof. Lunn OF the Oregon
Agricultural college in regard TO the
matter and the following etter was
finally received from Z. T, Spencer,
of Belingham. Washington:
For the past two years have
been developing a new breed of fowls.
cross between large Red hen and
a turkey gobbler. The exact history
of these so far as | am able to trace
is this: Three years ago an cmigrant
from Holland arrived here, and
worked farm five miles out. They
brought over with them young hen
and cockerel OF this strange fowl.
He raised from these that year six
pullets and eight roosters. | ate one
of the roosters last Thanksgiving and
was forcihly struck with its looks,
turkey head and hen body. as well as
with the real turkey flavor OF the
meat. I decided to get these birds
and develop them into true strain to
put before the public. Il did secure
half the pullets and a cockere!. and
from these now have 50. AZ OF which
are the third generation. At first the
pullcts bred back to the common
chicks at the ratio of one to three. but
by careful selection Of my breeders
AVE reduced this to ope in eight.
The roosters have never bred back,
only the pullets. l want to say in
utter truth that these fowl are re-
markably valuable for three reasons:
First, the fine turkey-flavored meat;
second, their surprising egg-laying
capacity -(they lay more eggs by 20
ner cent than my White Leghorns or
Wyanndottes. a large brown egg sim
liar to the Plymouth Rocks), and,
third, they are absolutely at home in
pens as common chickens, cat no
more, but seem to desire more green
stuff which they dcvour eagerly. !
am therefore fully convinced that
they will become favorite fowl. es-
pecially for family use and for meat
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15
DEMOCRATS o. X. FUSION
TICKET FOR NEW STATE
CONSTITUTION
c. +. Yancey Announces His Party
Ready to Adopt Sugge.tons.

Jefferson City, Dec. I2.-Chairnan
L. T.. iancey of the Democratic
state committee announced Monday
That the members OF the committee
were ready TO adopt the suggestion
that each state committee inuorse a
fusion ticket of candidates for dele
safes at-large to tile new state con-
stltutional convention. If the plan
fails it will be because Of dissention
III the ranks of the Republican state
committee.
inc New State Constitution Asso-
citation of Missouri made the sugges-
ton that each committee indorse
seven candidates for delegates-at-
large in order that politics will be
cnnlinated in the selection of the del
cgates. The plan is for the IA can-
dldates thus indorsed to select tie
fifteenth person as candidate for
delegate e-at-large who will hold the
balance of power.
Chairman L. b. Clements of the
Republican state committee, has been
(active in getting his organization to
agree to the plan. However, it has
been vigorously opposed by Repub-
lican Committeeman Jacob l.. Baker
ol St. Lofts and Fred Essen, Repub-
iican boss OF St. Louis county.
The meetings Of the two commit
tees were scheduled for Monday al
tcrnOOn.
Among the Democrats who have
been suggested for candidates as del
cgHtcs atlargc are,
Former Judge John J, Williamson
and Floyd Jacobs of Kansas City;
Joshua Alexandcr, Gall4tin, NJ. L.
Benton, Ncosho; George A. Mahan,
!Iannibal; jesse Mcdonald, St.
louis; *. H. Meredith. Poplar
Bluff, Mrs. Catherine Haltcrman.
Mount Vernon; Mrs. Emily Newell
Blair, Joplin; A. T. DUNN Jcficr
son City" Marion 6, Early. Daniel G.
lavlor, ST. Louis; II. +. Parker,
Walrensburg; Charles II. Mayer, St,
tosenh. and joins I. llallerburton,
Carthage.
Republicans under consideration
are: w. p Evans. Mrs. George Gel
horn, St Louis; Sherman +, Hous-
ton. Malta Bend; a. O. Speer, Jeffer-
son Civ: Charles Summer, Kansas
City: +. ansing Ray, ST Louis; !.
i. Hinton. 4lannibal,
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15
CAN'T PAY. GERMANY SAYS
Deposit of Paper Marks Offered in
Lieu Of December Gold.

Paris, Dec. Io.-Germany has
failed to pay 100 million gold mark;
due in the first two weeks OF Decem-
Der, under the scAedAe OF pay
ments, calling for 80 per cent OF her
exports and certain portions Of her
customs duties, it was learned today.
The German government has IN
formed the reparatlons commission
that the tremendous decrease in the
value of the mark makes Impossible
the conversion into gold MARKS o.
the fund of paper marks winch had
been accumulated to meet these pay
ments.
The schedule provides that Gel
any shall deposit sufficient 'iun.-
Der of paper marks with the guaran
tee committee OF the reparations
commission to meet these payments.
a total of 3 million paper marks has
been deposited with the co mittee.
This sum would have represented a
substantial amount of gold marks
except for the violent Adownwatd
movement in the price of the mark.
1t is und RS .ood the German gov
ernmcnt holds that in view of the
present value of the mark it should
not be required to convert paper
marks into gold to meet the pa9"
ments.
The reparations commission has
not yet taken any position or Ger
many's failure to meet these bills.
Observers here say therc is notbir's
to be done in view of the exchange
crisis in Germany.
Ninety million gold marks were
due December I. and 100 million arc
due December IS. but Germany al
ready has made known unofiitiaily
to the commission that she would be
totally unable to live up to her sche:-
dule. Meanwhile the paper marks al
ready deposited will be held By the
committee in the hope that their
value will be at least partially re-
stored
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15
U. S. Treasury Still Fights Passage
of Bonus Bill

ash,ng,on, Dec. The treas
ury department still is opposed to
the passage ut the soldier bonus bill.
Secretary Mellon " ednesday i'll
formed congress i'll his annual report.
Conditions. he said, have not
changed since President Harding
went before the senate and induced
it to send the bonus bill back to the
finance com ittcc.
"And the treasurys attitude re-
mains the same" Melon added.
lie gave no indication as to when
the treasury would deem il advis-
able to grant the bonus.
Even without any soldiers bonus
or adjusted compensation. the esti-
mates show that the federal govern
emnt will spent in the fiscal year,
1922. and again in the fiscal year.
1923, about S4so.ooo,ooO year for
the relief of veterans of the late wal"
Mellon said.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15
RADICALS STILL A MENACE
Russian Reds Seek Control Of u. s
Labor, Daugherty Reports

Washington, Dec. 8.-The move
ment launched by the third Or COM
munist internationale at Moscow to
gain control of the trade and indus
trial unions throughout the world lis
meeting with marked success II, so
far as it relates to syndicalist unions
i'll the limited States" says the first
annual report today OF Attorney Cen
eral Daugherty.
Communist parties in this coun-
try, Mr.. Daugherty says, have united
to more effectively carry on pfopa-
ganda, and the policy is to endeavor
to gain control of the labor organiza-
tions throuh the control of the exec
utive committees or other governing
bodies therein.
"Many of the leaders of this move
ment are American citizens, he
says, Though they are subject to or
ders from Moscow as to their action
and activities in the United States.
The attorney general says there
has been noticeable effort upon
the part of various so-called defense
societies to propagate and carry on
agitation i'll benalf of the ultra radi-
Gals in the United States"
Foreign propagandlsts still arc
flociing to the united States, accord
ing to the report, which notes that
427 OF them arrived i'll the last fiscal
year.
In the last fiscal year. the re-
port continues, The activities OF tor
eign propagandists in the United
States have been particularly notice
able and careful attention has been
given to this pcrnicious form OF work
within this country. 1t is impossible
to accurately estimate The vast
amount OF money spent i'll the United
..tates by the foreign agents engaged
in exploiting the American people
and in creating interest in support
Tor movements and schemes entirely
foreign to the interests OF the Amer
lean people.
The attorney general observes that
"there has been no decrease III the
number Of illicit distilling cases
since the enactment Of the prohlbl-
ton laws and that the court cal
cndar in some jurisdictions have
been overtaxed by this class ol
cases.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15
Col. Harry Mitchell Dies TUESDAY
Morning.

Col. Harry Mitchell. well known
throughout southwest Mi souri, cleo
suud. .nly at $3.50 clock tnis, iues-
dav morning at his home, Nortn
W. Washington street, Nevada. Col.
M,,rheIi suffered an attack OF acute
indigo estion Thursday last but appat,,
emil, was getting along very wen
until early this Tuesday morning
when he was discovered in a dying
condition, a phy,i>ian being sum-
moned. but he failed to rally.
CoI Mitchell was ve-eran OF TWO
v,rs-the vii war and the Spanish
American war. He was 70 years olu'
Surviving are the wife and one son.
Harry Mitchell, Jr., OF chicago'
Rur;ai will be made in Nevada.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15
Text Of Proposed Formulation
Treaty % Guarantee Of Peace
in Pacific.

Washington, Dec. Io.-The text OF
the treaty as announced by Senator
Lodge follows: =.
The United States Of America. the
british empire, france and japan
With view to the preservation OF
the general peace and the mainte-
vance Of their rights in relation to
their insular possessions ana insuiar
dominions in the regions OF the pa
cific Ocean
Have determined to conclude a
treaty to this effect and have appoint
ed as their plenipotentiariies:
The President of the United otates
of America,
His majesty, the king of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire
land and of the British dominions be-
yond the seas, emperor of India, and
for the dominion Of Canada. for the
commonwealth of Australia, tor the
dominion of New Zealand, and tor
India.
The president of the French re.
pubic, His Majesty, the emperor OF
Japan, .o, +..;r
fullT powers, found i'll good and due
form. have agreed as follows;
Article l..
The high contracting parties agree
as between themselves to respect
their rights in relation to their insuiar
possessions and insular dominions IN
thc regions Of the Pacific ocean.
If there should develop between
-, ,f the high contracting parties a
controversy arising out OF any paclliS; !;
nuestion and involving their saio
r;ohts which is not satisfactorily
settled by diplomacy and is like'y W
affect the harmonious accoro ~"
happily subssting between theni'
they shall invite the high contract
ing parties to joint conference "
which the whole subject Will oe re-
ferred for consideration and ADJUST
ment.
Article 2.
If the said rights are threatened Dy
+he aggressive action of any otner
oower. the high contracting parties
shall communicate with one anoaneI
fnIlv and frankly in order to arrlve
At an understanding as to the mos
sff;c;ent measures to be taken, JOINT
l., ,nd senarately, to meet the exig-
enc;es of the particular situation
Article 3.
This agreement shall remain ain. y, :,
force for ten years from the time ~
.hall take effect and after the ex-
niration of said period it shall con, on
time to be in force, subject to the
r;pht Of any of the high contractins
months notice.
Article 4.
This agreement shall be ratified as a.
soon as possible in accordance With S!at,
the constitutional methods OF the ns'l
contracting parties and shall take ei- c
feet on the deposit OF rat,iicat'ons' INC as;nn
which shall take place al was.hs was. rs
ton. and thereupon the agreement pc
tween Great Britain and Japan, which
vas concluded at London on July 49,
roIr shall terminate.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15
Dies From Injuries Received From
Accidental Shooting.

Fred Filbert, aged about twenty
three years, 4 resident OF Mystic, was
accidentally shot Monday evening
witn nigh power rille by John
Lombardo, and died later at St. Jo-
seph hospital in Deadwood. of his
INJURIES. Lombardo was showing the
rifle to Gilbert, who was thinking OF
purchasing II. when 1t accidentally
exploded the shell. Gilberts thumb
was shot off and his right leg badly
laccratcd Just above the knee. 1t is
thought by the surgeon i'll attendance
that some of the clot,ed blood which
accumulated at the wounnd was
transferred to the lungs and that this
with consequent loss OF vitality
caused his death.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15
Red Cross Seal Sale.

County Superintendent Of Schools
A. c. Morcland is making arrange.
ments for the annual Red Gross Seal
sale. This year the sales will be
largely made through the school
teachers and pupils of the county.
This is a most worthy cause and
should not be overlooked as the
money realized from the sale Of the
seals is used to fight that dread dis
ease tuberculosis.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15
Rich Hill Telephone Exchange Sod

A. ]. Erhart, owner of the Butler
and Rich Hill Telephone Exchange,
has disposed of the Rich Hill ex-
change to Dan Kern, of near Rock.
VILE. In exchange for the E.ch Hill
plant Mr.. Kern gives his 44o acre
farm situated one mile from KocS-
Vile and known as the ]. c. t-aughiin
farm. The exchange will be made
Dec. IS. when Albert Erhart. mansH-
er of the Rich Hill plant, will take
possession of the farm. which he ex-
.pects to make his future home.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15

The ex-kaiscr of Germany sus-
tanned a severe scalp wound while
chopping wood when heavy chip
struck him on the head, said dis
patch from Doorn Friday. Two doc
tors were summoned. After dressing
the wound they said they did not ex-
meet any complications. Wood chop
ping is the chief recreation of the for
mer German war lord ON his Dutch
estate.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15

Both the soviet government and
Jap-n are buying wheat for Russia.
de former in this country. the latter
Is Australia, in addition to the unus-
uaily heavy purchased being made by
yapSn for her own consumption, ac-
cpr1ing 20 officials of the depart
ment Of agriculture.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15

The young man above referred to
in South Dakota paper, was
nephew OF Fred GilLe.t, formerly
ot this county and was well known
here. In 1910. when he was IL years
old. he won the boy fiddler 5 contest
held in the Opera House,
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15
Democratic Ccnstitut onal District
Convention.

a Senatorial District Convention
will be he'd at III Dorado Spri..gs Oil
Wedne sday, Dec. 2S.h. for the pur-
pose OF nominating a Democi attic
member of the otale Constitutional
Convention to represent the Six
tcenth Senatorial District.
TOWNSHIP conventions will be held
at the usual voting places OF such
other point selected by the Township
Committeeman on Saturday, Dec.
18th, at 200 p. m, to elect de egates
to the county convention to be held
at Butler on. Wednesday, De-. 2Ist,
at 100 p. H.. when delega.es from
Bates County to the strict con> en-
lion will be seected.
TO the County Convention each
township will be entitled to one dele
gate for each twenty-five votes or
major fraction thereof cast for the
Democratic nominee for Pre- sid mt in
1920
w. G.. Dillon. Chairman.
A. +. Burlington, Secretary.
Townships are emitted to follow
ing number Of delegates:
Mingo, 4
Grand River, a ..
Deer Creek, I3
East Boone,
West Boone, 8
West Point. 6
E.lkhart, 4
Mound. E
Shawnee, S
Spruce. e
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15

For good goods and new goods. at
the lowest prices. cal and we will
convince you this is the pace to buy.
Black & Sons.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-12-15
Mems Holiday GIFTS.

For useful sensible and beautiful
Sifts for the men and boys, buy them
from 4 Mans Store. Black & Sons.