The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 21, 1915, Page 6

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Charleston, Mo., Oct. 16—Ode and Steve Reeves, sons of Dave wealthy farmer © of Charleston, and Devoe Ross, are held in the Charleston jail with- out bond, accused of the murder) last night of lL. B. Pritchett, a farmer 20 years old, at Deventer, 12 miles southeast. When found Pritchett was ly- ing on his face with the head crushed. Owing to poor tele- phone connections, Sheriff King .was not notified until 2 o’clock this. morning, when two men walked into Charleston and told of the affair. The brothers admitted the kill- ing, but said Pritchett had been cireulating stories derogatory to the character of their sister. The killing was witnessed by Pritchett’s 14-year-old brother. After killing Pritchett the Reeves brothers went to the Justice of the Peace and swore out a war- rant against him for slander and sent it to the Constable ‘to serve. The Constable was then working on the murder case. The brothers stated that they did not- intend. to kill. Pritchett but only wanted to give him thrashing and “teach him a les- son: ig AD An ettort was made to. have them released.on bond, but upon arance before the Jus- this. afternoon She Changed Her Mind. | ‘Tuesday, Oct. 12, Mrs. Irene Hendrix was granted a divorce from Elugh Hendrix. Wednesday |she, accompanied by her former |husband, .appeared before Judge Calvird and announced that their marital difficulties had been ad- justed and asked that the decree of divorce be set aside which was accordingly done. The parties live on a farm southwest of Butler’ and list sum- mer, Mrs. Hendrix claiming that her husband would not support her came to town and secured employment at Mrs. Endres res- taurant walking from her home to town each morning and home at night after her days work was done. Hendrix, not liking this ar- rangement came to town one evening and demanded that she quit her job and go home and at- tempted to enforce his demands with a revolver. High was ar- rested and sentenced to three months in the county jail and while in jail his wife sued for a divorce which she secured an then exercised -her woman’s. per- ogative and changed her mind and it is to. be hoped that they will live happy ever after. Now Sten! Bridge’ st Drainage U. Ayers an ~ B: 8 Steuck have returned from a conference ‘held. at Butler..on Wi y, the 13th inst., by the members of @ drainage "poard Berlin, Oct. 14. —Woolwi senal one of the biggest in United Kingdom was violel shelled by Zeppelins last London, nounced here today by the Gi man admiralty. All raiding Zeé pelins returned safely. The statement says the | witch battery, London doe! Hampton waterworks and. ‘the Woolwitch arsenal were barded ang that many explosions | occurred and many fires were) started. e London, Oct: 14.—Heavy_ “ona | of life was caused by the Ze; lin raid last night the Admi: announcing 14 killed and 101 in- jured. Thirty-two of the dead, were killed in London proper. | The figures show the raid was t most damaging that has ever been made over London. Petrograd, Oct. 16. (via Lon- don).--British submarines oper- ating in the Baltic Sea, have sunk five German transports and| forced another ashore, according. | to a Russian official statement given out here tonight. Copenhagen, Oct. many was reported to be Concen.- | trating a naval force today pre- | sumably preparatory to an at-, tempt to clear the -Baltie of the: British submarines, merchant ships from the Baltic. London,- Oct. 16—The medical evidence at the inquest held to-' day on the eighteen victims in the London area of Zeppelin raid Wednesday night disclosed that the death of half of them, the-ma- jority of whom were women, was due to heart shock resulting from the terrifying aspect of the ex- ploding bombs and gunfire. Athens, Oct. 17.—The energet- | ic action of the Entente Allies and the opening of actual hostil- rities between Bulgaria and Ser- bia apparently is;rapidly modi- fying the attitude of the Greek anti war party. There is credi-| ble authority for the statement | that King Constantine is prepar- ually well informed that Greece will abandon her attitude of neu- trality as soon as the concentra- tion of troops is completed and army arrangements perfected. The impression prevails here that Roumania also will shortly ally herself with the Entente Powers. London, Oct. 18 (4:15 a. ma.). —A large German torpedo boat was run down and cut in two by a German steam ferry, which left; Trelleborg, Sweden, at 6 ,6’clock Friday night with all lights out, a Reuter Telegram Company dis- patch from Malmo, Sweden, says. Only five of the torpedo boat’s crew of forty-five were saved. ‘London, Oct. 18. (3:08 a. m.).— {‘Along the Russian front,’’ the ‘Morning Post Petrograd corre- spondent says, ‘‘the Germans ev- erywhere have begun prepara- tions for winter. It is believed their warfare will take on a pure- ly defensive character as.soon as the fighting for Dvinsk is decid- ed.’ : Paris, Oct. 17.—The ebaneil of ministers presided over by Presi- dent Poincare announced at noon today that a state of war. existed ing of October 16. Paris, Oct. 18 (3 a. m.).—Sev- enty-one persons lost their lives when the French steamship -Ad- miral Hamelin was torpedoed and. sunk by a submarine. London, Oct. . 6 (by. mail) — British 16.—Ger- | which have ppractically driven the German ing to go to Saloniki in the near, future, and it is said in circles us-| between France and Bulgaria}; dating from 6 o’clock the morn- |j of the Treasury McAddo, Unit |Governor Major . and Congress- man Hensley and Russell of the 'Thirteenth: and Fonrteenth ee) tricts respectively. There wi bom. big. barbecue at. which "7,000 | Democrats fed to their wate sat | isfaction. Outside of “national ’ “ieueh, which consumed ‘much of the time of all the speakers except |Governor Major, the latter made | quite an inroad on the many fairy tales. the Republican mewspapers | have been telling the public’ the | past’ six months. The Governor ‘reviewed the present administra- ltion. He told how it had paid joff debts contracted under Gov- lernor’ Hadley’s.’ administration jand successfully met the public demand for a law abolishing’ the contract system of working con- viets, and all without increasing ‘taxation. The next big gathering of the kind will be held at Nevada Oct. 123. 'Miss Bowman Wins Prize for Good Roads Tssay. . Miss Mona Bowman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Bowman, (won the first prize, $5 in gold of- tered by the Commercial Club for the best essay on the subject of (Good Roads written, by;a gram- mar school pupil. Miss Bowman, who is 15 years old, isa pupil in the eighth grade of the Washington school. : The second prize, a gold ring, was awarded to Miss Irene Lusk | daughter of Dr. and Mrs. C. .A. | Lusk and is a pupil of the Vir- |ginia publie school. Both essays were exceptionally \well written and advance many good reasons why we should have ibetter roads in Bates county. The Canal Tie-up is Costly. New York, Oct. “12.—Shipping |f }| interests here were not greatly’ surprised today by the announce- ment from Panama that Maj. Gen. G. W. Goethals had with- drawn the tentative date, No- vember 1, which had been set for the reopening of the Panama Canal following the great slide of September 20. Many New ¥ork steamship companies al- ready had made arrangements to have their steamers proceed to their destination by way of the Straits of Magellan. . It was stated today that in all about 111 vessels have been de- layed by the closing of the canal and the loss to each was estimat- ed at $1,500 a day. Folk to be be Made Ambassador to Mexican Capital. ‘Washington, Oct. 14.—Joseph W. Folk former Governor of, Mis- ‘gouri, and now chief counselor. of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, will be the new Am- passador to Mexico, it was }Jedrned on reliable authority this afternoon. His appointment, it wes said, will be announced: soon The sp feakers were. Sreriay . States Senators Lewis of Hlinois, | and Stone and Reed of Missouri, , after the ‘official recognition of ss Carranza, which it was believed, will soon be announced. - ‘Recognition, it is said, will be in the form of.a proclamation: ad-, to the various nations of Current Loans $8,000,000.00 YOUR MONEY 15 NOT SAPE'UNLESS IT 15 IN THE BANK. OUR BANK HAS. STRONG LocKS AND THICK WALLS THAT FIRE OR BURGLAR S CANNOT ENTER.. ‘< MONEY THAT. YoU HIDE IS NoT ‘DOING You oR THE COMMUNITY ANY GooD. IT IS DEAD-MONEY. AND MAY BE ‘‘LOST’’ MONEY. THE NEWSPAPERS TELL US DAILY OF PEO- PLE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR MONEY BY HID- ING IT. THERE ARELOTS OF GooD REASONSS- WHY YOUR MONEY SHOULD BE IN THE BANK. BANK WITH US Missouri State Bank ‘THE OLD RELIABLE.” Low Rates on We are in a position to make farm loans at a low rate of interest on either 5, 7 or 10 years. time, with privilege of making partial payments on interest paying dates. All pay- ments of principal and interest pay- able at our office. We make ab- stracts to all real estate in Bates county at reasonable rates. ‘The Walton Trust Co. BUTLER, MISSOURI