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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15
Harriet Annie Bell.

Harriet \. Bell was born in Hardin
county. Kentucky. August 8. IS49
Passed away at St. Mary's hospital
Sept 8. 1921 being at the time Of her
death IL years and | month OF age.
She moved with her parents and
brother from Kentucky to Cass coun-
ty, Mo. in 1903 and from there to
Bates county. and located on a farm
near Butler, later they moved to a
:; HI
where she resided until her death.
Sister Bell had three brothers and
enc sister all of whom have preceded
he in death. Besides two nieces anil
families. Mrs. Elmer Huff and Mrs.
]. l.. Hendrix of Ballard, she leaves
host of neighbors and friends who
Join in deep sympathy. She united
with the Butler Baptist church at the
age of o6 later moving her member
ship to the Fairview Baptist church,
where she remained a honored men,
Der until her death. She was a good
woman of an unwavcrlng christian
faith, her life and influence will be
felt not only in her own church and
but everywhere she has
lived. She was loved and respected
by all who knew her, having always
lived the christian spirit.
Funeral services were conducted at
the First Baptist Church in Butler.
Mo-, Friday September 9. 1921 by
Rev. L. w. Keele and body laid to
.est in Oak Hill cemetery.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15
3a5,ooo.ooo TAX INCREASE rs
n RECOMMENDED BY.
SECRETARY
Mellon suggests Change in House
Revenue Revision Bill

| Washington, Sept. ga taxation
increase Of $25 ,ooo, 900 over the levie.
| provided for in the revenue revision
bill, recently passed by the house, i.
recommended to the senate finance
committee by Secretary OF the Treas
ury Mellon.
Greater relief for business thar
heretofore had been suggested by the
administration is urged. He asked
that the excess profits tax repeal be
made retroactive; that income sur-
taxes be reduced to rs per cent effec-
tive January 1, 1922, instead of 81
per cent as provided in the house
measures, and proposed that the cap
ital stock tax be repealed. The sug-
gestion that the capital stock tax be
abolished had not been made before.
To make up for the loss of revenue
that would result from the proposed
repeals the secretary recommends on
ly one-half the transportation taxes
be repealed for the next calendar
year that corporation income taxes
be increased an additional I-2 per
cent and that other taxes repealed by
the house be reinstated.
Melons recommendations made
Thursday closely follow the taxation
program decided on at the recent
White House conference between
President Harding, Secretary Mellon
and Republican house leaders. All
features of that program that had
been overturned by the house should
be restored, Mellon told the senate
committee.
The changes in the taxation pro-
gram as contained in the house bill
recommended by Secretary Mellon
are:
Repeal of the excess profits tax as
of January I, 1921 instead of January
7, 1922.
Repeal of the present tax of cent
On. each $Ioo of capital stock over
$500, o,ooo, effective when the next tax
payent is due July I, 1922.
Reduction of income surtaxes to rs
per cent instead of 80 per cent effec-
tive January I. 1922. Existing sur
axes would stand for the present
year.
Increase in the corporation income
AK from the II 1-2 per cent levied in
he house bill to IS per cent
Retention of one-half of the trans
taxes for the year 1929 in
stead of their repeal altogether or
January 1922.
ogetter January I 1923.
Repeal of transportation taxes al
ogethcr January 1923.
Restoration Of the tax. on cosme-
les and proprietary medicines recon-
nended by the house ways and means
ommittee but repealed by the house.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15
Baptists to Ban Luxuries.

Nashville Tenn, Sept. o.-Southern
Baptists will give, lip all luxhries this
fall, eliminate many Of the common
necessities and wear old shoes and
patched clothes, if need be. to meet
their pledges to denominations in
terests, if they heed an appeal formu-
lated yesterday by the conservation
commission of the 75-million CAM
paign.
Members of the commission have
challenged the Baptists throughout
the South to meet them in sacrificing
personal comfort rather than fail to
meet their obligations to the general
causes of the denomination.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15
CONDITIONS MIGHT ARISE
CALLING FOR U. S.
BLOCKADE
League Of Nations Assembly De.
bates Status Of Non Member
Nations

Geneva Sept. o.-The suggestions
that conditions might arise which
would call blockade of the United
States as nonmember of the League
OF Nations was made in debate in the
league assembly meeting Friday af-
ternoon.
Lord Robert Cecil in discussing the
report of the committee on blockade,
charged that it completely lodged the
question of what the league would do
if the United States should send sup
plies to a nation. which the league
had decided to blockade.
M. Schanzer of Italy, chairman of
the special disarmament commission
replying to Lord Robert, said the
league either would have to make ar
rangements with America or blockade
the United States also.
The United States in its latest man.
date note to the allied powers, insists
that America shall have the same
rights in mandatory territoies as
members of the League of Nations,
it is learned here.
The text of the American note has
been received by the delegates of the
allied powers attending the assembly
meetings.
1t is understood that the American
note raises the following points:
7. America reasserts that the al
lies must consult her before dispos-
ing of the former German colonies.
2. America insists that she have
the same trade rights in mandate ter
ritories as members of the League OF
Nations.
3. No mandate shall be modified
without the consent of the United
States.
T. The American note meets the
allied argument that the United
States did not war on Turkey and
consequently has no voice in the dis
position of Turkish colonies by as
'erting that Turkey would not have
,een defeated if the United States
lad not fought Germany E.
5. The Am .f::,l note suggests
hat capitulations be maintained in
Syria, Palestine and Mesopotamia in
il effective govern..r .rnts can be es-
ablished in those countries.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15
Says Germany Plots Against U. S.
Prosperity.

New York. Sept. 7.-Declarihg tina,
Germany is as unregenerate and un-
repentant as ever, Francis P. Garvan,
former alien property custodian, now
head of the chemical foundation.
Wednesday warned the members OF
the American Chemical society that
attempts to restore German predom-
nance in the chemical field, If sue
cessful. will sresult in another war
"The situation is a. acute today as
il was in roI4 or 1917" said Garvan.
The war is over, but the situation
is the same. Do we think we are at
peace because congress has formulate
ed . treaty of peaces The war has
simply gone into another phase.
German sgents in America are once
aa6fe plotting against the health of
our very childreh,s be said.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15
TEXAS Is HARD HIT
Death and Destruction From Floods
Revealed In Many PARIS Of
the State.

Dallas, Tex, Sept. Io.-The "Lon,
Star" state tonight was recovering
from the most widespread floods il
its history.
Raging, murky waters that swept
away bridges, crops and farmhouses
did terrific toll of damage in the
outlying lowlands. Whole farms were
buried beneath water, resulting in
terrible loss of livestock and damage
tosproperty.
The flood loss throughout the state,
odtside San Antonio, was conserva-
lively estimated tonight at from S to
n million dollars. Estimates varied
continually as, further reports of the
damage poured into this city.
The greatest damage, outside San
Antonio. seemed to have been inflict-
ed upon Milan County, where the
loss was reported at I million dollars.
Crops were wiped out and rescue
parties are now searching for sur
vivors, fearing a heavy death toll
among farmers.
Great damage was also done in La
redo, Tex. Flood waters buried the
business sections under tons of rub
bish. The loss could not be estimat-
ed. It was believed all inhabitants,
fully warned of the impending dis
aster, were able to flee to safety.
The town of San Marcos is also
under water. Several houses were de-
stroyed, but meagre reports gave no
estimate of the damage. Railroad
tracks running into the town were
washed away while the flood drowned
out the power plant, leaving the city
in darkness tonight. The city is also
without drinking water, and pesti-
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15

One divorce to every five marriages
was the ratio in Cook County, Ills,
for the year ending September I, ac-
cording to the records of the marriage
license bureau and the superior court
made public last week. Nearly forty
thousand marriage licenses have been
issued since September I, 1920. In
the same period approximately eight
thousand DEGREES of divorce, separate
maintenance and annulments were
granted.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15
San Antonio Dead, aso7

San Antonio. Tex, Sept, 1o.-With
the known list of dead standing at
forty at 4 o'clock this afternoon po-
lice officials still believe an estimate
of $50 lives lost as result of the
disastrous flood which struck this
city early Saturday morning, to be a
conservative one. No attempt has
been made to estimate the property
damage, but it is certain to run into
millions of dollars.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15
lence is feared.

lence is feared.
At. Cameron. south of Waco, re-
ports from the surrounding country
side showed great damage to crops.
More than eleven inches, of rain
flooded that section. There was no
loss Of life. 5' D..
Authorities here declared Il might
take three or four days to make 4
definite estimate Of the damage.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15
ARBUcKLE TIGHT IN TOLLS
Comedian VIII be CHARGED Formally
Today With Murder.

San francisco. Sept. II.-Rosco,
| AtattyJ Arbucklc, next to Charli,
Chaplain the children's favorite film
comedian, but privately known to th,
gay motion picture colonies of Lol
Angeles and New York as a thorough
bohemian, occupies a cell in the GUY
jail, held without bail in connection
with the death of Miss Virginia
Rappe, beautiful film actress, which
followed the latest and probably thl
last OF the famous Arbuckle jollifi.
cations.
The party was held last Monday.
Miss Rappe was removed from Ar
buckles suite in the luxurious St.
francis hotel that afternoon, suffer-
ing agony. She died after lingering
tor days under treatment for alcohol
ism, an erroneous diagnosis. Her
death now proves to have been due
to an internal rupture which caused
peritonitis.
Arbuckle will be charged formally
III police court tomorrow with the
murder of Miss Rappe, Duncan
Mat1ewson, captain Of detectives,
said today. He is not held on war
rant because the papers cannot be
made out legally on Sunday. When
he came in" last night from Los
Angeles, however, Captain Mathew
son placed his hand on the comedians
shoulder and verbally charged him
with the murder
The police say they we're holding
Arbuckle "for taking a human life
while in the act of committing or at
tempting to commit felony" In ex-
planation of this term they said there
was evidence that Arbuckle either had
committed or attempted to commit
all attack on Miss Rappe.
Arbuckle arrived here in his famous
custom-built motor car
often compared to Pullman car,
from Los Angeles, where he had has
tened after Miss Rappes alarming
condition caused the dispersal of the
party" He wore a Norfolk jacket,
dark green golf brceches, woolen
and tan low cut shoes.
He was highly nervous. From an
ornate, gold-inlaid silver cigarette
,ase he took cigarettes, one after an
other, tapped each delicately on his
.iltlIlU-Hdll dHV SIuOkcu lHciH CHdll-
ashton, lighting a fresh one from the
'utt of the one before.
Roscoe Arbuckle, native of : Kan
'as, age "a; height feet ten inches,
omplelen ruddy, hair light brown,
Inclined to be stout" mumbled Tom
2egan, writing down Arbuckles de-
cription.
"Yes." Arbuckle permitted the
licker of a smile to tighten his dolor-
Ills expression. Yes, a little cor
ulcnt weight 26o."
Regaa did not subscribe to the
umor of this. He went on writing.
nd saying as he wrote: Charged
18th the murder of motion picture
ctrcss."
Arbuckle consented to pose for
ewspapA picture.
Look pleasant said the camera
IAN.
Not under the circumstances, Ar ;
uc'ile replied.
Then he was led to a cell, deepest |
election pictured in the droop OF ,
is head, the expression of his face.
is gait--the entire ensemble of .
Fatty Arbuckle, who was "the life
the party" last Monday. He sat
lent in the cell. his face averted.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1921-09-15
"Farmers On Wrong Track"

Washington, Sept. 8.-Farmers are
wasting time, money and effort in or
ganizing along political lines to Inn
prove their condition when they
would get better results by organic
ing combinations "of selling power"
to market their products advantage
ously in the opinion of Representative
Anderson of Minnesota. chairman Of
the joint commission Of agricultural
The McCarthy weekly news., 1921-09-17

This line was supposed to be losing $l00,000 a month and in a short time he showed a pro it of nearly that much and raised the wages of every laborer on that line until the poorest paid men were drawing $500 per day.
 Now comes the announcement that he has asked the Ohio pub lie utilities commission for per mission to reduce freight rates 20 per cent. This is be lieved to be the first instance in the history of the country that a public service corporation has asked permission to reduce rates for anything except special oc- casions, such as excursions etc.
 It is plainly evident that if President Wilson had intrusted Ford with the management of
The McCarthy weekly news., 1921-09-17
EGYPTIAN NABOB GOES
 HUNTING IN STYLE

Eighty packhorses loaded with portable baths, tents and luXur- ies, accompanied by a retinue of servants and a small army of Indian hunters, will form the outfit of Prince YouSsof Kamil of Cairo, Egypt, who came north on the Princess Royal to Petersburg to take a boat up the Stikine river for the Cass- far country on a hunting trip.
 He is a we'll known sports man. having hunted i'll British Columbia, South Africa and in many parts of the world.
 Time was when the Alaskan natives were the only hunters in this country, now the hunting is good enough to bring hunters from the other side of the world.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1921-09-17

the railroads under government supervision, instead of leaving them in the hands of the very men who had wrecked them at the beginningof the war and acknowledged their fncapacity, there would be another story to tell concerning government own ership and we would not be call ed upon today to furnish coup le of billion dollars on the pre- tense that their upKeep was neg lecteG.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1921-09-17
FORD REDUCES FREIGHT
 RATES
RATES

That there is something radio ally wrong in the management of the railroads of the United States, or in the reports being made.to the government concern ing their financial condition is evidenced by the showing being made by Henry Ford in the man agement of the Detroit, Toledo and 1rontown railroad which he purchased.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1921-09-17

Entered as second class matter Septem Der 11tl,, 1918 at the | Eost Office, at Mccarthy. Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
 Subscription Rates
 Single Copies 25 Three Months 1 .25 Six Months , 50 One Year 5,.OO
 Payable In Advance c. F. M. COLE. Manager NJ. NJ. COLE Editor Saturday Sept. 17th. 1921.
The McCarthy weekly news., 1921-09-17

There is every reason to be- lieve that the success of Henry Ford, in the face of the claims of the railroad management that they are losing money, can not De ignored by congress and that there may yet come to light the inside workings of the transportation systems which are Wrecking business and par alyzing almost every industry in the land.
 There are a lot of triggers" in the transportation Woodpile and God speed Ford in proving to the American people that such is the case and that Monte Carlo is a holy sanctuary com pared to the Wall street head quarters of our common Car riers. - (Exchange)
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-12-23
GAIN 9O,4O4
Total National Membership Now
3,93S,65

Chicago, Dec. 20.-Membership in
the Methodist Episcopal Church in
creased 90,404 during the year ended,
December l, 1921, according to stats
tics compiled and announced by DR..
Olivet S. Baketel, editor of the Meth
odist Yearbook of New York. This
increase was in communicates. The
membership is now 3,938,655 in the
United States, and 542,0S7 in foreign
lands.
Benevolent enterprises during the
year received $19,472 ,423.97. There
are 4O,198 Churches and parsonages
and $4,000 ministers and local preach
ers. The average yearly salary OF
the Methodist preacher in this country
IS $1,576.
Chicago, with a membership of
247, 004, showed q gain of 6,307; New
England, with a membership of AL
641, showed a gain of 49,; New York,
with a membership of 215,586, showed
a gain Of 2,153, and Philadelphia, with
a membership of 279,391, showed a
gain of $500.
The Washington area, with a men,
bership of 260,112, reported the larg-
est increase, 9,151. The cincinnati
area. which has more Church members
than any other, with 428,039, led in
the amount given benevolent enter
prises, 81 ,934,834.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-12-23
I. O @. f. FESTIVITIES

On Thursday evening, the members
Of Eden Lodge. l. 0. 0. F., and theS
wives. spent a most enjoyable ev6
ing in Odd Fellows hall, at vi
might be termed a "jolly get ~
gether' party.
In response to invitations extended
chem, about seventy ladies were pres
emit. About the same number of mem
5ers also attended.
A minstrel show was given by four
home talent minstrels, who caused
much merriment by their songs,
Jokes and local hits at the expense
Of the members or their wives.
The Odd Fellows orchestra, under
the leadership of T. Homer Leap, fur
nished music during the entertain
ment apd also for the dance.
Mr.. Henry Walbrand gave a reci-
tation entitled Soldier joe" and Miss
Errico recited "Christ in the Manger"
in a most pleasing manner.
After the entertainment, refresh
ments consisting Of ice cream and
cake, with cigars for the men, were
served.
The evenings fun was concluded by
an informal dance.
A regular meeting Of Eden Lodge
was held earlier in the evening and
officers nominated for the new year.
The @inccsa;ae Noble Grand announced
that he would hold social events, SINH
lar to that so much enjoyed on Thurs
day evening, at least once in three
months. NJ. w. NJ.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-12-23
SONG OF LIFE
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A traveller on a dusty road
StreWed acOTns on the lea;
And one took root and sprouted up,
And grew into a tree.
Love sought its shade at every-time,
To breathe its early VOWS;
And age was pleased, in heights Of
noon,
To bask beneath its boughs.
The dormouse loved its dangling tWigs,
The birds sweet music bore
1t stood a glory in its place,
A blessing ever more.
A little spring had lost its way
Amid the grass and fern;
A passing stranger scOoped a well
Where weary men might turn.
He walled it in and hung with are
A ladle en- the brink;
He thought not of the deed he did,
But judged that Toll might drink.
He passed again; and 10! the well,
By summer never dried,
Had cooled ten thousand parched
tongues,
And saved a life beside.
A nameIss man, amid the crowd,
That thronged the daily mart,
Let fall q word Of hope and love,
Unstudied from the heart
A whisper on The tumult thrown,
A transitory breath,
III raised q brother from the dust,
1t saved q soul from death.
o germ! Q foant' Q word Of love!
n +Lc771Lf Of and ca1+i
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The Penn's Grove record., 1921-12-23
Mullins Home Store
WILMINGTON

lis the season for kindling the
fire of hospitality in the hall, the
genial fire of charity in the heart
Washington Irving.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-12-23

VI It's llOCh dL d DdNhdSC patty given
by the Jewish Ladies Auxiliary of
Penns Grove, on December 18th, 1921,
in Zeebooker's Hall, "a North Broad
Street.
The hall, though very spacious,
would have been more appropriate II
it were twice as large. So great a
crowd as assembled was not expected.
Brilliantly lighted from entrance to
guest room, the hall presented a sight
which caused the faces of all the chill
dren to radiate with wonder and sur
prise. Even the countenanceS of the
parents lit up with approval of the
work the women of the Auxiliary per-
formed in a short while and of the
display of flags and bunting which
Mr.. |. Weinberg and Mr.. NJ. A. Zee
booker so beautifully arranged. Not
enough thanks can be given to the
men for decorating the walls and cell
ing of the reception ROOM, nor to the
women for their wonderful work in
setting the long and seemingly end
less tables which were bedecked with
vases Of flowers and, at a proportion
ate distance apart on each side, with
electric lamps in = riot of color. Nor
is it to be forgotten the dishes of
fruits and nuts, and pastries and
cakes in the making Of which there
was much rivalry. 1t is doubtful
whether kings in ancient or in modern
times ever sat before such a board.
So tempting were the dishes that
the crowd became impatient to hear
Mr.. l. L.. Goldman bid off the pack
ages which the women donated to the
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Weinberg, acting as chairman, kept
the ~as5emblage in good humor with
his witty and pointed remarks.
Long into the evening the auction
GERS voice coud still be heard above
the din Of the throng bidding over
each other for the packages, the con-
tents of many of which would have
done credit to a party on an April
Fool Day. Almost 100 packages We're
sold. Many were returned to be re-
sold. Many a curious n opened a
package amid the laughter Of equally
as curious ones. There We're many
iokers among the packages. The buy
ers expected that but did not care be
cause the money was spent for q good
cause.
The honor of auctianeering the cake
was bestowed upon Mr.. s. N. Abram-
oyittz. Not H8eh excitement was
witnessed at this sale. The Threats
of the buyers We're dry from previous
heated bidding and their mouths
watered for a bite Of appetizing cake
which after the sale was served with
coffee.
Every means to raise money was
ep,nIaza1 Na+ satisfied with the
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-12-23

Our own make Of Bran and Mid
dlings for sale by H. S. Justice & Co.,
Railroad and Pitman Street.-Adv.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-12-23

All kinds Of poultry, dairy and mill
feeds for sale by H. S. Justice d Co.,
Railroad and Pitman Streets.-Adv.
The Penn's Grove record., 1921-12-23

Nine-tenths of efficiency is pre-
paredness.-Dr. Frank Crane.