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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-05-25
LINER TO BOTTOM IN FOG
Nearly 100 Believed Lost in Collision
Off French Coast.

! dccst. France. May 2I.-Nearly Que
hundred persons perished last night
when The Peninsular & Oriental line
steamer Egypt sank oil the Island of
C>fi4-. alter a collision with the
Fre1c!, freight steamer Seine
| The Egypt sailed from London for
Bombay Friday with thrty-eight pas
seugers and crew OF 200. Twenty
tTEFlt 0f 1ilc passengers have been ac-
co-r;ed ior the steamship. company
at;r.o.nceS.
The collision occurred i'll a dense
10; within twenty-five miles OF the
.ArTneu lighthouse. The dinner gong
Wa about 10 be sounded on beard
tie Egypt Many OF the passengers
/ AMI most OF the crew were on deck.
! The shock threw several into the
sea. 5;he-s jumped and many went
down with the ship. which sank in
twenty minutes, The Egypt was
ran.sa1ed aInidsllips on the port side.
| The Seine. badly damaged, reached
Brcs; today with twenty-eight, res
cuei passengers. more than two hull
| dEeL OF the crew. and several bodies.
The captain OF the Egypt was among
tn. saved.
When the collision occurred there
was : rolling sea. Some of those res
cued charge tina. the Indian sailors
on board the Egypt took to the life
boats Immediately after the vessels
crashed. so that a large number OF the
passengers and crew had to shift for
themselves.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-05-25
ASSERTS RUSSIA WILL CARRY
# OUT INTERNATIONAL
OBLIGATIONS
Trotsky Makes Promise Despite
Outcome of Genoa Conference.

Moscow, May 17.--Despite the out
come Of the Genoa conference, Russia
will carry out all the international
obligations to which she is commit
ted, Leon Trotsky, commissary tor
war in the soviet government, de-
clared Wednesday in an interview
He said Russia is anxious to enter
irto a commercial agreement with
the United States.
"It looks as though Genoa will re-
suit in failure" said the military
leader. "But regardless of the out
come, Russia viii carry out all the
international obligations to which she
is committed. Russia will assure
guarantees for private economic ini-
tiative.
"The Moscow government will
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-05-25
Six More File for Primaries.

Jefferson City, May 22.-Charles A.
Lee. superintendent of the public
schools at Butler. filed his declara-
tioa today with the secretary of state
as Democratic candidate for state
superintendent of public scools. He
is the only Democrat who so far has
flied for this office. 1t is said, how
ever. that W. N. Ackerson, superin-
seudent OF the Jefferson City public
schools and formerly connected with
the state department of education,
viii tile as a Democratic candidate
within the next few days.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-05-25

show American and European capi-
tai that the soviet republic is an es-
tablished fact and that this republic,
which is built i'll accordance with the
methods and principles OF its found
ers, must be reckoned with.
Asked if Americans would receive
special consideration in Siberia to
counteract Japanese activities in that
country, Trotsky answered:
In view of the large resources i'll
the United States, Russia is most in
terested in reaching an economic un-
derstanding with that country"
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-05-25
Iune Teachers Examination.

The regular June teachers examina-
ton will be held in the Butler High
School building, Friday and Satur-
day, June and 8, 1922. The exami-
nations will begin at s a. m. Paper
will be furnished.
Respectfully submitted,
A. c. Moreland,
County Superintendent of Schools,
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-05-25
BATES COUNTY MUST PAY
Judge Orders Attention to $42,6oo
Bill for Drainage.

Bates county will have to pay S42,-
600 to A. V. Wills and Sons, con-
tractors, for drainage work done in
that county prior to 1909, or appear
in federal court June to show cause
why the bill should be ignored.
An alternative mandamus was is
sued yesterday by Judge Arba S. Van
Valkenburgh ordering the county Of
flcials to pay the bill, which is court
judgment Of the court, of appeals
The mandamus provides that funds
now in the treasury shall be used and
if enough money is not OH hand spe-
c;al levy shall be made on the drain
age district-K. C. Times
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1922-05-25

1t would appear from the above ar
ticle in the Kansas City Times that
the Judgment was against the county,
but such is not the case, as the judg-
The New York herald., 1922-11-05

at the races was a blouse-coat of BIZ
anchini's green velvet, the one which Is
printed in gold designs like the binding
of an old volume. worn with a plain
velvet skirt. and trimmed with i'm
mense collar and cuffs Of kolinsky,
worked in narrow bands. one beside the
other, In the new way Velvet is seen
as frequently as one thought it would
be.
Jenny's simple black velvet frocks
are ubiquitous. Velvet suits are legion
at each smart gathering; n delightful
tailleur was observed at Longchamp re-
Gently, which had a perfectly straight,
narrow three-quarter coat of black vel
vet, collared with a great soft collar of
gazelle in the natural shades of beige
and brown. This was worn over n
straight velvet frock, draped slightly
to the left hip, from which fell q long
panel bordered with deep band of the
gazelle.
The small hat was black and worn
with gazelle coloured veil. The veil
The New York herald., 1922-11-05

a straight narrow skirt. If we add the
silhouette which has godets either on
one hip or on both. we have enumerated
the silhouettes which are in favor in
the daytime At the moment. Line has
come into its own, and fashions are
built to reveal the natural beauty of
the figure while covering it from neck
to heels. Many of the new costumes
have high collars; 1t remains to be seen
whether this is q caprice of the first
wearers Of the new mode or whether
1t will endure.
At the races was three-quarter
beige velours de laine Costume, consist
ing Of high-necked gown, draped to
one hip, with a panel falling lower than
the hem of the narrow skirt from this
point. the panel being deeply banded
with beaver. The three-quarter coat
collared, cuffed, ana banded with beaver
Ifared very much and was worn open
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over the frock. This type Of gown Is
very we'll fitted and is a marvel of cut
ting, for 1t is as different from the old
scanned "princesse" frock as it Is from
the shapeless chemise gown. 1t gives
no hint of the oldfashioned corseted
figure, but some sort of a belt, boned
or not, is invariably worn under it. for
the lines of the figure, although they
are left flexible, must not bulge" in
any way. The ldisser dller effect of the
first years after the war is entirely at
an end; as matter of fact. the French
lady never allowed her clothes to look
sloppy; If she were not sufficiently slim
to dispense with the corset altogether,
she wore some sort of a belt as sub
stitute, and women of all classes in
variably wore the soutien gorge which
Frenchwoman adopts at the age oc
fifteen and never leaves off after that.
Another very handsome costume seen
The New York herald., 1922-11-05
Little Hat of Black Felt.

With this gorgeous costume, Miss
Dolly wore a little hat of black felt. In
the popular beehive shape, banded with
bright green. Her sister was clad in
perfectly straight, black broadcloth. with
an immense collar of brown fur and a
small black hat and brown lace veil
illustrating another silhouette of the
new season. straight and narrow as the
path OF virtue in contrast to the silhou-
cite which flares az the hem, and that
other favorite of the new season, tho
three-quarter coat, fitted in the body
part fiaring in the skirts and worn over
The New York herald., 1922-11-05
Material and Trimming
For More Formal Gowns

Copyright. 1922. BY Vogue. New York;
6952-Winter evening gowns are of
two types, either draped or very
full. All are long. the length
varying ccording to the type of
the dress. Golden brown velvet
brocadc is the material. a band
of two tone metal cloth goes
around the body of the waist and
shows in the deep V decollete In
front. Many of the newest mod
els are made in a superb bro
caded velvet reminiscent of the
fabrics printed in the time of the
italian Renaissance.
6931-Both decoration and line are
given this model, of brown twill,
by black braid, which trims the
bodice, skirt and hips. Although
the long waist line persists,
compromise is effected by the
double girdle shown in this
model. over which the bodice
blouses slightly. This charming
gown may be worn under a fur
coat. The skirt Is cut so as TO
give a slightly circular effect,
keeping the hips fiat, but allow
ing plenty of freedom for walk
ing,
6940-Many of the newest sleeves
are close at the wrist sand wider
above, the fulness losing itself in
the bodice, as in this simple crepe
de Chine gown. which could be
used for either morning or after
noon. A very slender line Is
given by the drapery which
molds the figure, giving an al
most princesse effect. The drap-
cry is the same on both sides
and is held in place by steel
ornament.
The New York herald., 1922-11-05

cade, it was banded at the hem with
cinnamon bear. which also made the
collar. There was bit of flare at the
hem of the skirt, which stopped Just
above the ankle, this flare accentuated
by the fur band
The New York herald., 1922-11-05

The result of this most natural war
time desire persisted long in the mode,
an Indication, perhaps, of the pleasure
that the woman felt In this new attitude
OF men, and Of their desire for its con-
tinuancc. 1t is. significant that In this
year of grace we should have gone back
at last to the dignity of prc-war days,
that the Parisienne should once more
try TO represent herself as tho most gor-
geous and cultivated product Of civil
ization. mysterious. incomprehensible.
and difficult Of approach. She has given
UP eher rather pathetic desire 90 be con-
sidered the comrade OF man. and is MAX
ing another attempt 20 show herself
his ideal" Paris. unique in Offering,
in the clothes 1t creates. so true re-
fection of the psychology OF the time,
aids her In the introduction Of more
magnificent daytime mode.
At the opening of the Longchamp sea-
son, the weather. which has been a by
word in raris this summer, was again
unfavourable. Nevertheless several ex-
tremely rich costumes We're seen, as diff
ferent as possible from the bag tied
in the middle" which contented us for
several seasons. One was in heavy
black and green silk brocade. worn by
one of the Dolly sisters, and made prob
ably by Molyneux. A straight coat
dress, slightly drhped at the waist, tied
on the left hip with ends OF the bro
The New York herald., 1922-11-05
PARIS STYLES WINTER AT LJNCIEONS AND RACES

Is worn great deal, sometimes draped
over the hat and sometimes tied just
over the eyes. This. too. frequently
The New York herald., 1922-11-05

matches tho fur. A charming costume
consisted of one of Lanvin's black vel
Vet frocks. in which the high collar and
The New York herald., 1922-11-05

the short shoulder-yoke were made Of
rows and rows of white chenille, put on
flat
The New York herald., 1922-11-05
Women Dress to Represent
Mans Ideal,' Not His
pal
copyrigh,. 1929, by Vogue. New York.

copyrisht. 1922, by Vogue, New York
TnE salons OF the great conturiers
are always interesting. and at
a this season of the year paricu-
larly so, because the private client is
making her choice of the models shown
to the professional world OF clothes dur
ing the month of August. II IS very
smart, nowadays, TO prolong ones Jour-
ney away from Paris until well into
the autumn season. BiarritZ keeps Its
visitors later and later, and the life In
the great chateauN, where autumn is the
time for the pleasures of the chase,
claims a large part Of the smart popu-
lation of the capital Nevertheless. when
the days grow short and cold. we must
have something new TO wear. and en-
possdrt, between her trip 10 Biarritz and
her visit to friend in Touraine or Peri
CORD, the Parisienne has to stop over IN
Paris for the renewal of her wardrobe.
So II Is that the place of the profess
sional buyer is now taken by the woman
OF the world, critically appraising the
models as they pass in review before
her. not from the point of view Of their
general adaptability. but from the stan
dard of her own individual taste. We
have begun to see the winter clothes
worn at smart luncheons and tea places.
and at the first Partisan race-meets Of
the new season.
Dignity of line. richness OF material
and depth of colour are characteristic
OF the new mode for daytime wear. At
the opening of the Longchamp season,
on recent Sunday, several models in
sumptuous brocades and printed velvets
lent a note of luxury to the ensemble,
which has been absent from daytime
fashion for some time. The woman Of
1929 no longer desires TO look like a
good PAL" boyishly dressed in a short
and trim belted coat of practical ma
terials. That was the war ideal, when
the per-p,issionnd7ies, home for few
days from the agony of the front. de-
sired above all things to find a comrade
to share their respite from grim endur-
ance
The New York herald., 1922-05-07

with him. He openly taunted Bice with
this woman's name, telling her he had only
married her for her money. The bolder he
became the more Bice became devoted to
him. She obeyed her husband in even
most minute things. Then, just before
New Years Day, 1918, she disappeared.
Mesones went to her parents
Your daughter is heartless creature, +"
he said. "She has deserted me because L
am blind and has gone to America with
another"
He drew from his pocket a letter, writ
ten Enthusiastically by Bice and postmarked
Naples. The letter confirmed what he had
said. Later Lieut.. Barkero, friend Of
Mesones, who had been in Naples, told them
he had seen their daughter there in COM
pany with another man.
But the parents were haunted by the
thought all was not as reported in their
daughters disappearance. How could she
make such a fool of herself over Mesones
for seven years then leave him over
night?" they asked.
In July they succeeded in having Me-
sones taken before the police. He pro-
duced witnesses. Nothing could be proved
against him. But the Commentators still
was suspicious. He offered a reward of
10000 lire for information as to the where
abouts of his daughter. Nobody had in
formation to furnish.
1t was not until 1920 that young pri-
vate detective, Vittorio Pellegrini, while
sitting in the office of Emilio Benucci,
casual reference to Bice Simonetti.
Something in the way Benucci spoke was
suspicious, Pelligrini. who had been work.
ing for some time on the case, thought
deeply The next time he saw his friend
he suddenly produced photograph of
the young woman, whose body had been
found by the police as mentioned above.
The detective asked his acquaintance IL
he recognized in this portrait-the por-
trait of dead person--the face of the
missing girl.
ITS Bice Simonetti, without q doubt"
said Benucci off his guard. He confessed
that Maria de Angels, the woman in whom
Mesones was interested. had told him Me-
suucS Hui"cicu Ills Whef WhOih ho hdu III
some mysterious way disguised so that as
Maria Rotellini" she would not be identi-
fed as Bice.
That was enough for the police They
exhumed the body of the supposed suicide
and she was promptly identified as their
daughter ny the Simonettis. The police
then reversed their suicide verdict and de-
clared 1t probable Bice had been ulur-
dered where her body was discovered.
The letter signed Rotellini, found in the
handbag, was identified as being in Bice's
The New York herald., 1922-05-07
The Strange Murder Mystery Which Has Aroused All Rome

handwriting, as also was the letter from
Naples.
Bice had been murdered; that was
clear. But by whom? Mesones had been
totally blind many months How could a
blind man so expertly shoot woman in
the temple?
The police could not explain this, but
they took Mesones to prison A little later
they arrested Maria de Angels For two
years the authorities prepared their case
Now Mesones and Maria de Angels have
been brought into court, with Lieut.. Bar
bero and Benucci. suspected as accom-
plices.
Rome is intensely interested In the trial.
Many women who remember the gallant.
debonair Mesones Of other days sympathize
with him now that he is blind.
What could be more piquant, they ask,
to minds weary of melodramatic movies
than the romance Of Mesones? man of
the world, with the tang of the adventurer,
who went to Russia In 1909 and returned
with his pockets full of rubles and dia-
monds; a wizard at cards; a man who
could win any woman he pleased? Day
after day in the crowded court room they
see this man, who merely smiles at the
revelations against him, who is never cor
nered by the most convincing evidence nor
given pause by the most pitiless questions
And when the women meet outside the
court room they say
They'll never convict Mesones," and
there is hope in their voices. Hes too
fine and clever for them, and how can they
ever prove that blind man could shoot
with a revolver so unerringly7"
The men discuss the fine legal points OF
the trial
Across the broad stone corridor of the
Palazzo di Gusticia, where the trial is
held stretches double line of swanky,
blue clad soldiers. The little room soon Is
crowded and then none may pass the lines,
but the corridors are filed all day with
persons hoping to get in.
Mesones sits in cage In the court room
There is something oddly childlike In the
curve of his slight figure as he perches on
the broad canvas steps of his cage. His
sbaven and well shaped head is gray
In the corner Of the cage, with her back
to the audience, Maria sits. her head hud-
died into her furs. A most elaborate guard,
in vermilion and black, with a long saber,
keeps guard over these two interested lis
teners The fat procurator general sits
with his chin in his hands, his tasseled cap
jocularly to one side. The president OF the
court, who resembles somewhat a nervous
hawk, keeps the scarlet manteled clerk
dashing here and there to keep order.
Mesones has come into court with one
of the strongest cases possible against him,
and with only his blindness as a defense
The New York herald., 1922-05-07

Attorney Gregoriachi, for the State, is con
tinually referring to Mesones's statements
in jail. These are damaging.
On February 4, 1920, he said to one OF
the prison authorities:
Il felt toward Bice as If she were my
sister, but for Maria 1 had great passion
l wished to go away with her. but 1 had
squandered my money. So l decided to
marry Bice, who had promised me half her
inheritance"
year later he said, the police declare:
"It is true that killed Bice with a re-
volver on the Lungotevere Marzio the night
of January 8. While she was at my side I
shot her through the temple. felt her
slipping to the ground. l heard carriage
coming. l threw beside her the revolver
and her purse. which I had in my hands
Then ran away. All the time felt that
/ was doing the most natural thing In the
world. was completely blind at the time,
but did this without the help of any one"
There were other damaging statements.
Confronted by them Mesones merely smiles
and produces witnesses who say that he
underwent periods of insanity in the prison
in which he did not recognize his mother
or his lawyer. He also has witnesses to
testify that at least one confession" was
wrenched from him because he believed his
mother had been arrested and would be con-
victed unless he could clear her. He even
has letters written in prison to his mother
on strips of cardboard to show how much
he cared for her.
IL Mesones's testimony has produced
complication within complication, he has at
least cleared up one mystery. He has ex-
planned how 1t was that Bice assumed the
disguise as Maria Rotellini which kept him
out of jail for two years after her murder.
This revelation was one of the most star
tling of the whole trial.
He testified that Bice knew many women
we're enamored of him. This knowledge
Mesones played upon He finally persuaded
Bice that Maria, at least, must be killed
and that since he was blind she must COM
NIT the crime. He arranged with her the
elaborate Rotellini disguise, which in
volved going about for three days from one
cheap Rome hotel to another, that she
might be seen In her disguise. He even
persuaded her to turn over to him the legal
administration of her affairs--"in case of
accident"
At the very time the gently born Bice
began her strange masquerade Maria was
enjoying the Riviera.
Maria de Angels was a sorry witness
when she came out Of her cage, with bent
head to the witness stand. From the time
she was 13 she had been an adventures.
Her only redeeming feature seemed to be
her love for her little son Giacomino. She
was compelled to admit she had slapped
The New York herald., 1922-05-07

Restaurant Romoletto New Years Eve
they went to Mesones's house for some
thing to drink and missed Bice Georgette
said she thought il was strange for her
friend to go away without saying farewell
to anybody, but she believed Mesoness
declaration that Bice had disappeared.
Later she confessed to accepting some of
Bics's clothes as present from Mesones.
even white fox fur, of which Bice had
been very fond.
Everybody leaned forward when Georg-
ette described going to the station with
Mesones and Barbero, when the latter was
leaving for his homo in Sicily Mesones
gave Barbero a letter to post In Naples.
but Georgette declared that she did not
know its contents. The State declares this
was the letter supposed to have been mailed
by Bice. She held out stoutly against at
tempts of the prosecution to wiring from
her the names of her father and mother.
She would only say what was apparent.
that her family was of the nobility.
Then the prosecution played a strong
card. II produced a man who was be-
lieved to have been almost an eyewitness
to the murder on the Lungotevere Marzio
This man, Andrea Buratti testified that he
had seen girl walking toward the Tiber
the night of January 3, and that soon after
she turned the corner he heard pistol
shot. He rushed to the spot, saw the body
lying on the ground and two men and a
woman running up the steps from the river,
Nhnwv 1.wlxN
ambush OF the river wall, and were escap-
ing.
Then the defense produced physicians
reports to show that this witness was
eplleptic.
Most Of the evidence sheers away from
Mesones's bent head in the same startling
way. He himself cheerfuly winds up the
mazes into even worse knots. One day he
will say that his theory Of the case is that
Bice shot herself because she was desper-
ately Jealous of Maria. The next he amazes
his audience by declaring solemnly:
Sometimes think that Bice is not dead
at all. I believe this is all plot against
me. How can I, blind man, know that
Rotelini was really my wife7" And as the
audience shivers, he repeats, mo. Some
times I think Bice will come back and
show us that this whole trial is silly
Rome has not had such an interesting
or dramatic murder mystery in many
years. There pass In review during each
day so many phases Of the mysterious life
Of the "other half" with its loves and
iealousies and beautiful women. Rome
loves the very memory Of the little wife
whose specter inhabits the court room day
after day-yet so many Of the women of
Rome secretly hope Nesones will 60 tree.