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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15
U. Sherman Treaty 0. K.

Washington, Sept. ALI informa-
ton in the hands of the Harding ad-
ministration indicates that the treaty
recently signed between the United
States and Germany is entirely salts
factory to the governments of the
principal allied and associated pow
ers, it was said today.
The statement was called forth by
reports from Paris to the effect that
the allied governments are in guam
Diary as to the effect upon their in
tcrests of the ratification of the re-
Gently negotiated treaty.
AS matttr Of diplomatic courtesy,
it unexplained, the official represen-
tatives Of the American government
at various allied capitals were in
structed to communicate the text of
the German treaty to the various al
lied foreign offices and to make clear
the intent of treaty. This has been
done. with the result that Secretary
of State Hughes has been informed
that the terms of the German treaty
are regarded as highly satisfactory in
British, Belgian and Italian official
circles.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15
Sheriff's Sale in Partition.

Mignon Coleman Sheppard, Plaintiff
VS..
Anna Covey. Mary Goodwin and Kate
Barth, Defendants.
In the Circuit Court of Bates Coun-
ty, Missouri.
By virtue and authority of decree
and order Of sale in partition made by
the said Court, il, the above entitled
cause, and of certified copy thereof
dated July 49, 1921, l will on
Saturday, the 9Th day of October,
1927 between the hours of nine
o'clock il; the forenoon, and five
o'clock in the afternoon of that day,
at the East front door of the Court
House II the City of Butter in Bates
County, Missouri. sell at public ven
due to the highest bidder the follow
ing described real estate, viz:
The Southeast quarter of the
Northeast quarter of Section
Thirty three $50 in Township
Forty-two (42) of Range TWEEN
ty-nine (2o), Bates County, Mis-
souri,. =.
Terms of sale as follows, viz:
Cash in hand.
I. A. PETTY,
-to-4t Sheriff.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15
Fair Mount News.

Mrs. Frank Rapp and daughter
liilda, spent Wednesday with Mrs
c. M. Rapp,
Mr.. and Mrs. Julius Sunderwirtll
and Mr. and Mrs. Boyed called at the
{. NJ. Raip home Wednesday night.
Martin Eapp filled his silo Wednes-
dav.
Mrs. Nick Rapp helped her sister
Mrs. Martin Rapp, cook for silo fill
ers Wednesday.
Quite few from around here at
tended the Appleton fair and had to
stay all night on account of the rain.
Fred Vogt and family and VIM
Vogt and wife visited at the c. M.
Rapp home Friday night.
Josephine Bracher stayed with Mrs.
Heinke the latter part of last week.
We had an awful rain and electro
cal storm Thursday night and Sunday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theo! Marquardt, Of
near Butler visited from Saturday till
Monday with Mrs. John Marquardt
and attended mission festival at the
Lutheran church Sunday.
Grandma Rapp of Appleton City
came down Sunday morning to attend
mission festival and visited . few
days with relatives. :
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Married Sixty-Six Years.

Mexico, Mo-, Sept. 4.-Mr. and
Mrs. Pete Morris, thought to be the
oldest married couple in Audrairl
county and this section of the state
celebrated their sixty-sixth wedding
anniversary here today.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morris have lived in
this city all their lives. Mr.. Morris
was the first white baby born in
Mexico after the towns founding.
He was born in 1887. Mrs. Morris
was formerly Miss Cynthia Ann Nc
lntyre, sister of d. IL. Mcintyre,
former state Acknowledgement.
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Hesren Happenings.

Misses Sylvia and Irene Seelinges
have returned from an extended visit
with relatives in Clarinda, Iowa.
Helen Clark spent the week end
with home folks
There was .. large attendance at Mr..
Cummings sale and things brought .
good price. The Herrell w. c. T. u.
served lunch and very nice sum
was realized.
r. B. Clark. an official of the Mo.
Pacific depot At ST. Louis, Mo-. Wis
tied his brother, J. G. Clark and fam
lily over Snnday. -.
Miss Mable Gard is cierking Ia the
Variety Store IN Buffer this week
Mrs. Ashby Wsyiand spent Tues
day afternoon a. her mothers.
Mrs Orea Ison visited It the Way
lard home one day 1est week.
Mfs1 Thefua ;Spillusaa u attoudina
High School q Passsie.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

Corp. Alexander c. Hazelton, u.
S. A. airman who was the only one
of five 10 escape death when the Mar
tin bomber in which they were flying
fro IN Charleston to Langley field,
Va. crashed at Twenty Mile creek
last Saturday will recover, the attend
ing physician said Thursday.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

Carl Johnson one of the four per-
sons killed at Bloomington, Ills, ap-
parently had three wives according to
information obtained by local police.
Mrs. Carl Johnson, Kansas City, has
wired local police she is Johnson's
widow. Maude Mcknight of Sioux,
City, Ia, also claim Johnson married
her under the same name he used
when he married Theta kietzman of
Buxton, la. last August. The latter
is in the hospital here.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

A bumper corn crop, one of the
largest i'll the history of the country,
will be raised by American farmers
this year. The wheat crop will be one
OF the smallest since 1915. These
were outstanding features of the de-
partment OF agriculturc's estimate OF
crop conditions Thursday.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

Between twenty-five and thirty per-
sons were drowned or crushed to
death and more than score of others
injured at Chester, Pa, Saturday
night when the footpath of the Third
street bridge over Chester River col
lapsed. The dead and injured were
part of crowd of approximately sew
enty-five persons that gathered on
the structure to watch the efforts OF
police in graphing for the body of
5-year-old boy, who was drowned a
half hour before. Many of the dead
are women and children
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

Suits aggregating 10 million dollars
will be filed by the Ku Klux Klan
against newspapers throughout the
United States carrying a series of ar
ticles compiled by the New York
World exposing" the order, accord
ing to statement issued by E. Y.
Clark, imperial eagle of the khan.
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When John Jobe Of California, No,
who was killed in, action in France
% 1915. was finalle buried in his Own.
home town his widow, who L nov;
Also bic step-mothef, was chief moarz
nef. He was married % her when 70
joined the eOlorS d 1917, nd j feu7
months ago his fsllr decled IT,
bis eonA tlste III ee,ls 5eseell lent 60
made DE jdaw sii N 10 s.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15
Thursday, September IS. 1921

Food drafts for relief of starving
persons in Russia will be sold in the
United States as part of the general
relief program it was learned at Sec
rotary Hoover's office Wednesday.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

Oklahomas greatest accident failed
to happen Thursday. A street car
hit truckload of dynamite but there
was no explosion. A wheel was torn
from the truck. The collision &C.
Cured near busy corner in the bust
ness section
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

The kirksvil!e gas company has
applied to the Public Service Comis-
sion for permission to reduce the rate
Tor gas 20 per cent. 1t is presumed
that the Commission will have to
grant the permission asked, but It
will certainly go mighty against the
grain for that body to be a party to
reducing rates.-Henry County DEM
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

Drenching rains which have sus-
pended harvesting and threshing oper-
atoms in practically every district in
Saskatchewan, wit. wintry weather
and snow in several areas, were re-
ported Saturday throughout the prov
ince causing great damage to stand
ing and cut crops.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

Joseph Naqoli confessed that he
had committed three murders for $50
each, the New York police an
nounced. He was arrested in Detroit
and brought to New York recently on
charges OF killing Rosario Briganti
He refused information as to the 9TH
err two victims, detectives said.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15
MISSOURI NOTES

A Nevada garage owner connected
a seat in his garage with the cleo
trio light circuit and had a lot Of
fun turning it On when some one
occupied the seat. The other day he
tried it on a man who couldn't see
the joke and brought silt slit FOR $4,000 SIS
damages
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

Establishment of Federal agency
to direct all Federal work in finding
employment for the $4,000 men
now estimated to be jobless is expect
ed to result from President Harding S
conference on employment Secre-
tary of Commerce Hoover is pre-
pared to make such recommended
ton to the conference.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

Twenty-Five persons are reported to
have been killed and sixty injured
when an express train running from
Strasbourg to Lyons, France, was de-
rallied near Lyons while running at
the rate of fifty miles an hour.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

The arrival of little daughter at
the home of the editor of the Hume
Telephone is given as a reason for a
shortage of Yin that iper last
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

The Dallas County Bank, at Buf-
falo, was closed last week by a state
bank examiner.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

For Sale-83 piece set gold band
Haviland China; so pieces Sterling
silver. Both practically unused.
Choice ferns: Mrs. J. H. Funk. 10Y
South Main Street. Ao-1t
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

The pocketbook of the average
American held 50 cents less in August
Than in July, according to the month
" circulation statement issued by the
treasury. August the per capita
circulation on an estimated popula-
ton of Io8, 236ooo persons was SIS,
which mad dropped September to
$sz4I ON the basis of IN estimated
popuiatioa Of ro8, 36s0co persons.
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fully ia million. Bad weather cut
the attendance down. All of Ire biIis
VIII pc In and ready TO report kefore
the close Of the month.

A reduction of approximately 8
per cent m wages of common labor 1t
al plants Of the Bethlehem Steel
Co4pany, effective September Is
waS announced Monday. A CORE.
spondmg equitable adiutments also
WI! De made N other wages and piece
ana tonnage rates. the announc6 s6enf
SAID, bringing the wages approxiina -
Y 70 the sale = effect Nay rorzs
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

Japan has forwarded to Pekin a
proposal for the settlement of the
Shantung controversy, according to
statements published in Toxic papers
Thursday. The papers said that the
approval of the proposal by Secre-
tary Of State Hughes Of the United
States had been obtained by japanese
Ambassador Shidehara before It was
forwarded to Pekin.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

Lucindah Hinkle, oe. ex-slave, died
at the St. Francois Hospital in Cape
Girardeau recently. Lucindah had
BEEN with the family Of Louis Hinklc
for rs years and remained with them
even after the emancipation procla-
nation. S
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

Eleven former members Of Guam
trelPs band held their 24th annual.
reunion on the Wallace farm near
Independence, Thursday and Friday
of last week.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

at used to be bottled in bond. Bnt
now, signs the Pleasant Hill Times,
nobody knows where it is bottled
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

Dudley Burnett. cashier of the
defunet Bank Of Hafrisonvilie WAS
on his trial acquitted at WarrensburK
of the charge of receiving deposits
when the bank was insolvent.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15
For Sale.

Wanted-A good fresh milk COW.
4o-1t* Real Value Store.
Butler, Mo. West Side SQUARE
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

For Sale-Large modern house with
two acre lot.
48-tf Alice R. Mains.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

For Sale-Fordson tractor, practi-
cally new, plow and tandem disc.
]. F. Ireland,
Inquire at Handy Kitchen. 48-2tA
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Oliver pillow for Fordson tractor
good as new, Price $1,000.
"a. L. Fox.
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Wanted to Buy.

Good driving horse.
48-tf VIM. Hardinger,
Butter. Mo. Rt. 6. Phone Virginia
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Pure Kaured Seed Wheat. Yielded
IS 1-2 bushels per acre this year.
$3.50 per bushel.
H. J. Scribner,
Hume. Mo.
Foster Tel. Exchange. Rt. 2. 48-3t
The New York herald., 1921-09-25
Manhattan-East Side
SEVENTEEN ROOMS


Park Ave, e70
EIGHTEEN ROOMS
Park Ave, $40. baths. $4,000.
Douglas L. Gilman Co.. 10 Z. 49th 81.
TWENTY-FIVE ROOMS
Park Ave-, 800. baths, $4,000.
Pease Gilman. 3au Madison Ave.
TWENTY-EICHT ROOMS
9th Ave-. 9o7. $37. 500.
Pease Gilman. $40 Madison Ave.
Bronx
rWo ROOMS
Grand concourse. 2034.
Superintendent on premises.
THREE ROOMS
163d ST., Teller Ave.
Niewerhaus Co.. SIG e. 16ist st.
Concourse and t7sth st.
Apply premises.
Grand Conccurse. 2034.
Agent on premises.
Grand Concourse. 2295.
Agent on premises.
Kingsbridge Road and Sedgwick Ave.
Apply premises.
Norris Ave. and Fordham Road.
Agent on premises.
Morris Ave-, 203s. $40.
Porter Co.. 100 w. 12Sth st.
Morris Ave-. 2O42. $75.
Porter Co., 159 w. 125th st.
University Ave. and 8. w. cor. 1soth st.
Agent on promises.
Walton Ave. and 167th 81.
ADDly premises.
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FOUR ROOMS

163d St., Teller Ave.
Niewenhaus Co.. 816 e. 161st St.
Conoourso and 178th st.
Apply premises.
Grand Concourse, 2206.
Agent premises.
Grand Concourse. 2516. tT6.
G. NJ. Setlow. on premises.
Grand Concourse. 2034.
Apply premises.
Grand Concourse, 2515-25.
Agent on premises.
Kingsbridge Road and Sedgwick Ave.
Apply premises.
Morris Ave. and Fordham Road.
Apply premises.
Norris Ave-. 203s. $3.50.
Porter Co.. 159 w. 125th St.
Morris Ave, 2042. 81 .032.
Porter Co., 159 w. 12oth St.
Montgomery. 1859.
NehrinE Bros. 1441 st. Nicholas Ave.
University Ave. and S. w. cor. 1soth ST.
Agent on premises.
Walton Ave. and 167th St.
Apply premises.
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| University Ave. and S. w. cor. 1soth St.
Agent on premises
Walton Ave. and 167th St.
Apply premises.
FIVE ROOMS
! 163d st. and Teller Ave.
Niewenhaus Co.. 316 ii. 161st st.
Conoourse and 17Sth St..
Apply premises.
Grand Concourse, 1896.
Agent premises.
Kingsbridge Road and Sedgwick Ave.
.pply premises.
Montgomery Ave-. 1863.
Nehring Bros. 1441 st. Nicholas Ave.
Norris Ave-. 203s. 81 $50.
Porter & Co.. 159 w. 125th st.
University Ave. and S. w. cor. 1s0th 81.
Agent on premises.
University Ave-. 1494. $S5.
Shaw. Rockwell 4 Sanford. w. 125th ST..
Walton Ave. and 167th st.
Apply premises.
Walton Ave. and 17sth st.
Apply premises.
SIX ROOMS
1884 sse@slsas. s.: sas Ts,sf cs. sis Avi E. ,s. St.
Grand Concourse. 964. SIS. .as
Apply premises.
Grand Concourse. 22s5
Agent prernises. rss
Holland Av., 2726. Q blocks Allerton Av. Sub.
Jacobs Emil Leitner. S32 Westchester Ave.
SEVEN ROOMS
f6sd st. and Teller Ave.
Niewenhaus Co.. 31S =. 161st St,
Brooklyn
ONE ROOM.
Rents sb5-$f5. Inquire on premises.
TWO ROOMS
62d St., cor. Ridge Boulevard. Premises or
Rockwell Bldg. Corp, 78s Rogers Ave.
Columbia Heights, 202. Bath.
Howard O. Pyle. 2o1 Montague st.
Garden Place. bath. $50.
Nicola. 174 State st. Main 1e76-W.
Pierrepont St.. bath, kitchenette. $50.
Nicola, 174 State St. Main 1975-W.
Pineapple ST.. 10o-1o2, Brooklyn Heights.
Rents $55-$75. Inquire on premises.
THREE ROOMS
Pineapple ST.. 1oo-1o2. Rents S55-$75.
Inquire on premises.
Rockwell Bldg. Corp. 78s Rogers Ave.
FOUR ROOMS
Montague st.. 100.
Clinton Trading Corp. 1s6 Remsen 81.
FIVE ROOMS
Joralemon ST.. bath, kitchenette. S125.
Nicola. 17A State St. Main i975-W.
Remsen St, bath. kitchenette. s125.
Nicola, ia State st. Main 1975-w.
SIX ROOMS
Henry ST., bath, kitchenette. sf35.
Nicola. 174 State St. Main 1g75w.
SEVEN ROOMS
Henry St.. bath. kitchenette: $3.50.
Nicola. 174 State st. Main 1D75-W.
State ST. bath. kitchenete. Ss0-S1OO
Nicola. 174 State ST. Main i975-W.
TEN ROOMS
Columbia Heights. 4 baths.
Phone Main 2241.
Long Island
TWO ROOMS
Fe5s,s sssn HIS II Gardens Ess. as 4 /, On DreS'
THREE ROOMS
Forest Hills Gardens. L. ]. on premises or
Guyon l.. 9. Earle. 35s 5th Ave-. N. Y.
FOUR ROOMS
Guyon l.. G. Earle. 3os 9th Ave-, N. Y.
FIVE ROOMS
lForest Hills Gardens. l.. I. On premises or
Guyon l.. G. Earle. 35s 9th Ave-. N. Y.
SIX ROOMS
Forest Hills Gardens, l.. I. On premises or
Guyon l.. G. Earle. 35s 9th Ave, ". Y.
Yonkers, N. Y.
Belfort. rooms. $1,000 Yonkers Realty
Exchange, $50 South B'way. Yonkers. ~. \.
Belfort. rooms. $500. Yonkers Realty
Exchange. $50 South B'way. Yonkers. N. X.
Beifort, rooms & 2 baths. 81 800. Yonksrs
healty Exchange. $50 8. B'way. Yonkers.
New Jersey
East Orange Apartments.
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TWELVE ROOMS
THIRTEEN ROOMS

TIN Ave. snd 5Sth ST.. Alwyn Court.
Douglas Edbbons Co.. 8 70. 18th St
yth Ave. and bsth St Alwyn Court.
Douglas Gibbons Co.. z. 48th st.
gsth ST.. IA r. baths. st2, 500. fst
Pease a Gilman. $40 Madison Ave.
n on Park Ave. baths, $f2, 900.
Peass a x'lilman. $40 Madison Ave.
Park Ave-, -2T0.
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Manhattan-East Side
SEVEN ROOMS

Douglas L. Gilman 4 Co.. 15.E. 49th ST.
Park Ave., 800. n -s-s4l.
Douglas L. Gilman & Co., Is Z. 49th ST.
Park Ave-, $40. 3 baths. $1,000.
Douglas l.. Elliman & Co., is e. 49th st.
Park Ave-, o4O. baths. $1,000.
Apply premises.
Park Ave, S15.
Apply premises.
Park Ave, 500.
N. A. Berwin. 103 Park Ave.
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East Orange Apartments.
Ridgewood Co, East Orange. ". J.
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REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION.
REAL ESTATE AT AUCTION.

Send for the Joseph p Day Plan
HOW TO HAVE YOUR LOTS COST YOU NOTHING
through Tax Exemption
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-25
HARD TO FIND JURY
TO TRY RALPH Davis
(By Associated Pressl

RENSSELAER,, Ind. April 25.-
Difficulty in obtaining jury were en-
countered today at the opening of the
trial Of Ralph Davis, farmer. charged
with the murder Of his parents, whose
charred bodies were found in the ruins
of the farm house near Enos last Jan
uary.
Because several men called for jury
service were discharged after stating
they would not favor the death penal
ty on circumstantial evidence, Judge
Williams, ordered the jury commits
sioner to select a special venire of so
men Attorneys in the case said they
did not expect to complete the jury
before late Wednesday. Davis, who
was secretary Of the Newton county
farm bureau was arrested in Chicago
last January, on a charge of embez-
cling $1,400 of the organizations funds
and afterward it developed that the in
dictment charging him with murder
of his parents had been returned in
the court here.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-25
Short News Of CITY

Hear Book Review-The evangelis-
tic committee of the Ministerial asso-
citation is to be in charge of the pro-
gram for the meeting to be held in
the Y NJ. G. A., next Monday morn
ing. A book review by the Rev. F. A.
Dressed, pastor of the First English
Lutheran church, was the feature Of
meeting this week.
Presbyterian School Entertainment
Members of the Sunday school Of
the First Presbyterian church will be
entertained with a social at the church
next Thursday evening at 7:15 o'clock.
All friends and members of the con-
gregation are cordially invited.
May Festival Rehearsal-The May
Festival chorus and the orchestra will
hold a joint rehearsal at the Coliseum
at 1870 o'clock Monday evening. This
will be the first rehearsal of the two
In conjunction. A full attendance is
requested. Only three more chorus
rehearsals remain
Hostess to Webster Club-Mrs Dan
Tfce will be hostess to the Webster
NJ E. Aid society at her home We'd
nesday, April q. All members are
asked to be present. =
Kelsey Leaves City.-William B.
Kelsey, song leader of the national
community service organization. and
who was in Richmond for about one
week, in the interest of the local com.
munity service body, left for LaPorte
Monday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-25
France May Lift
Oil Trade Checks

fBy Associated PreSsl
PARIS. April 25.-Restrictions on
the petroleum trade would be re-
moved and freedom Of imports with
cut governmental supervision would
be restored by bill introduced in the
chamber Of deputies here. The mea-
sure, if passed by parliament, would
be effective on May l.
Several conditions must be fulfilled
by petroleum importers under the
terms of the bill. The importer must
upon the arrival of the oil at a Gus
toms house accept delivery from gov
eminent stocks of like quantity. He
must pay tax of 10 francs per hec-
tolitre of imported petroleum to the
government in order to make compen-
sation for the drop in the price of
government stocks as result of i'm
portation.
Importers must at all times have at
the disposal of the state a reserve
stock equivalent to one-fourth the
quantity brought into the country dur.
ing the previous II months. They
must allow consumers the benefit of
all price decreases accepted by the
state. taking into account the Is francs
tax mentioned above.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-04-25
ELLIOTT, new YORK,
TO SPEAK TUESDAY

T. C. Elliott. of New York, inter
national Y. NJ. c. A. worker, will
talk to the Rotary club at noon Tues
day on Business Relations Between
the United States and China" Mr..
Elliott is to address the high school
chapel Tuesday morning. d.
Rotarians observe Ladies Night"
Wednesday night. 1t is to be cele-
brated by mock school room scene
to be presented in the Murrette thea
tire. The film showing is that of
Cha les Ray in The Old Swimmin'
Hole from the poem by James Whit
comb Riley. 1t is the purpose Of the
club to enter into the spirit of the
production and promote attendance of
persons to see the picture. Rotarians
are to come into action about 500
o'clock Wednesday night.
A. J. Brookbank is to portray the
old school master, and it is reported
that Phillip Twigg will take the part
of the mischievous boy. William w.
Keller is slated for a genuine school
recitation, it is said. While all of the
members will not have parts in the
school scene. most Of them are plan
ming TO be present