The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 13, 1916, Page 3

FROM GUARDS Those Who Have adent Rela- ~ tives May be - ls Washington, July 7.—All de- partment commanders have been authorized by, Secretary Baker to discharge all enlisted men of the ‘| national guard in the federal ser-| “A Swimming Pool for Butler. - H.S. Wyatt of the H. S. Wyatt Luniber Company, and several other prominent business men are planning the organization of an athletic association for this city. |The plan is to organize a stock company and sell 150 shares at $10 cach to raise money to build nd equip a swimming pool and vice, who have one or more de- pendent relatives. Ordera' to the department com: manders made public yesterday; > : ° e ‘ Herce’s a Vacation Tip? In the White River Country of Southwestern Missouri and Northern Arkansas, you'll get more of what you want in the way cf a real vacation than anywhere ycu cen go—even though you traveled three times the distance and it cost you ten times the price. Only a short ride away—easy to reach. Hotels, boarding-houses and camps everywhere—comfortable and inexpensive. : MISSOURI ‘PACIFIC “Pleasant Way to Pleasant Places” [ paciric Biter teatny oot all nerticulareohueever Nt t jiculare—whatever \ iver untry—gset all pai {IRON \ MOUNTAIN/ / MISSOUR! information you L. R. TWYMAN, Agent Butler, Mo. ‘ um | Qum : Ta Thi SS DR. R. R. GLOYD A graduate of one of the best veterinary colleges in the United States and am up to date in all branches of the veteri- nary science. This, together with two years experience places me in a position to serve my patrons in the best possible manner, i Am authorized by the state veterinary, Dr. Luckey, to do state work in this section of the country. Office at GARRETT’S BARN + Phones—Office 128 North of Missouri State Bank Residence 358 _39-4t . , Butler, Mo. Pees f % i Beat Foster Again. Sunday the bait ball en - »journeyed over to Foster an : oa ”~ = acho gael handed the Foster bunch another Health the Epidemic defeat. A week ago Sunday But- Still Grows ler defeated Foster in this city by ’ a score of 6 to 5. Despite the steps that have been} The boys from the west part of taken by the Board of Health to|the county thought they could curb the epidemic’ of infantile|trim the local boys if they could paralysis that has been raging in| get them over to Foster. Sunday New York for several days, the|the local boys showed the Foster new cases show a daily increase. |boys that they were mistaken. The last report shows that there|The score was Butler 7, Foster 6. had been 809 cases and 202] WHarl Orear pitched a fine game deaths in New York City and vi-|for Butler and the few fans that cinity. Chicago and Illinois, 17/saw the game pronounce it the cases and one death. In New]|best of the season. Jimmie Will- York state, outside New York) iams played a star game at short, City, 45 cases. There was one|starting ‘three double plays. case in Kansas which resulted fat-| Bloom, the new second baseman, ally. e took care of everything that came So far there have been no cases|his way. Sherman wore the mask in Missouri but the boards of|and protector and covered him- ‘ health of Kansas City and St.|self with glory. } Louis fear that unless the great- est care is taken those cities may be visited by this terrible scourge. . PY The figures show that the dis- ease is much more virulent than the 1907 epidemic. , INFANTILE PARALYSIS ; EPIDEMIC IN NEW YORK aS = Thee, eA NR Birthday Dinner. Sunday was the seventy-sixth birthday of.A: Zwahlen, one of (RSE een Hudson township’s most poet } ‘ citizens, and his neighbors j From Cotipaay 8. thought the occasion should be i Editor Times—Please to extend | fittingly celebrated. } , our thanks to the people of Bates} They notified his boys to be on county for their hospifality and| hand with their families and just liberality toward the. company.|before the noon hour about sev- For the motor truck and all the|enty-five of his neighbors with good things to eat which were/| well filled baskets appeared at the sent to the camp at Nevada, and|Zwahlen home and completely to assure them that their presence | surprised that gentleman. The in camp on visits were noticed|dinner was spread on a table in and appreciated as showing their|the yard and there was enough interest in the boys from Bates| good things to eat.to supply a eounty. 4 ea 3. small army. The afternoon’ was Very sincerely, spent in visitinig and having a gen- The Boys of Co. B. - | eral good time. ‘| VETERINARY SURGEON ; tarmers and breeders of Bates and in- In order that the: 41French Republic. higher, consequently, than two 9 give them full power to consider applications and direct that dis- charge be granted where the cir- cumstances warrant. They also provide that recruiting and mus- tering ‘officers shall be instructed not’ to accept recruits with fam- ilies dependent upon them for support. Secretary Baker and his ad- visers at the war department de- cided that this step was impera- tive to meet appeals that have been flooding the department, whose families have been left destitute by the president’s call upon the state forces for service on the Mexican border. Buy Horses for U. S. Now. The activity of the early days of the European war have re- turned to thé horse market, but this time the United States gov- ernment is the buyer. The quar- termaster’s board, stationed at Kansas City, is buying its part of an erder for 65,000 horses. The horses are being rushed to der, and because of the peculiar climate conditions in Mexico, Western horses of the cow pony type are being accepted. The country’s surplus horses went to Europe to mount the armies of Kitchener and the Prices are years ago. - Miss Hattie Deacon Stricken With Paralysis. Friday afternoon just as Miss Hattie Deacon, who was on her way to the office of Dr. Chastain, had reached the top of the stairs in the American Clothing House building she reeled and fell to the floor. Mr. Bowman and his stenographer, who witnessed -the fall went to her assistance and she was taken to the office of Dr. Chastain, where she was given emergency treatment and later taken to her home where she is in a very serious condition, her en- tire right side being paralyzed. Miss Deacon is one of the best known and respected women in Butler and she has a_ host of friends who hope for her early restoration to health. Gov. Johnson for the Senate. San Francisco. July 8.—Gov- ernor Johnson, in an address to California Progressives in con- vention here late this afternoon, virtually announced . his candi- dacy for the United. States sena- | torship. ; He said: -*T don’t want to be a candidate for the Senate, but if it’s neces- sary to keép alive this movement, if it be my duty to go forward, I am ready to-do the best. that lies in me for success.’’ Johnson urged the Progressives within the Republican and Demo- eratic parties to bring those two to the principles on which the Progressive party was founded. Beaty-Fix. | Homer Beaty, a prominent resi- dent of Drexel, Mo., and ex-post- master of that place, Elizabeth C. Fix,.a charming! young lady of Rockville, were| united in marriage at Nevada/ Monday afternoon by Rev. J. E. TROOPS LEAVE CAMP CLARK McDonald at the Centenary par-! — sonage. After the ceremony Mr. Third Regiment, from Kansas Beaty and bride excercised the | best of jodgment by motoring to El Dorado Sp honeymoon. They expect to re-} main here until the latter part of | the week, when they will go to Drexel, where. they will be . at| home to their numerous friends. Mr. Beaty is no stranger to El Dorado, having resided here for some time about nineteen years |ago, and he has made numerous rings to spend their | the remount stations on the bor-}. and Miss August ist, 1916. | the quartermaster’s corps, bath. |. W. F. Duvall, president of the [Farmers Bank, has offered the free use of a lot he owns on Ft. Scott and Water streets. The lot was formerly a stone quarry and very little excavating. would be required to make a fine pool. It is to be hoped the. plan will go through as Butler has long needed a place of this kind. Mexicans Turn on Carranza. Douglas, Ariz, July 7.—Anti- Carranza sentiment is- becoming apparent among Mexicans _resi- dents in portions of Sonora, as a result of the friendly tone of the last note-sent to Washington, ac- cording to Mexicans reaching here today from Nacozari, seven- ty-five miles south of the border. Nacozari, they said, was crowded with refugees'from the United States and from the interior of the state. These Mexicans confirmed” re- ports previously received from Fronteras and Cabullona that the Mexican soldiers at these points, as well as civilians, have been placed on limited rations. “‘Drys’’ to Nominate Ford. Chicago, July 8.—Eugene W. Chafin, twice nominee of the Pro- hibition party for President, an- nounced on his arrival here today that he will work for the nomina- tion of Henry Ford for President at the Prohibition national con- tion at St. Paul week after next. V. G, Hinshaw, chairman of the Prohibition’ national committee, has had_an interview with Mr. |. Ford and announced that Mr. Ford's views on the liquor ques- tion were satisfactory to the na- tional committee, That Mr. Ford would accept the nomination was taken as a fore- | gone conclusion by Mr. Chafin. Mexican Flag Hauled Down. Chickasha, Ok., July 6.—A reg- iment of the New York militia, which passed through here last night on way to border, hauled down a Mexican flag and put to rout a band of 20° Mexicans 20 miles north of here in the after- noon. | The Mexicans were at work on| the railroad. They hoisted a Mex- ican flag on their tent and cried, | ‘*Viva la Mexicana!’ as the troop | train drew in at the station. This! ers were massacred: by langered the , soldier boys who| | : rushed from the train | the Mexicans out into the.country | | | caney, GENERAL NOTES Great Britain is now making 9,000,000 pairs of boots for the|- Russian yovernment, they are to be stamped ‘‘Made in England”’ in Russian characters. Decision not to report the res- olution urging President Wilson Roger Casement was reached Sat- urday by the senate foreign rela- tions committee. Nearly 40,000 women in Great Britain have been made widows by the war. Asa result of the re- cent naval battle 1,550 ‘widows were added to the list of women receiving pensions. Miss Jeannette Rankin, of Missoula, Mont., a suffragist, an- nounced herself Saturday as a candidate for Congress on the Re- publican ticket. She is the first woman in the state to run for the office, -New York city’s population is 5,334,000 according to figures is- sued by the census bureau. There are eight cities of more than 500,000 inhabitants; 10 with more than 300,000, but less than 500,- 000, and-43 with between 100,000 and 300,000. The Vorwaerts reports that in Chemnitz, Germany, a ‘‘song of hatred’? on Lord Kitchener’s death is being publicly distribut- ed and sung in musie halls. The composer is a member of the staff of one of the most esteemed Chem- nitz newspapers. Four cases of infantile paraly- ;sis were discovered in Standard, Putnam county, Illinois, and steps were taken immediately by the state board of health to avert an epidemie of the disease. An in- vestigation was started to trace the source of infection. “Kid’’ MeCoy, the well known heavy weight pugilist, a member of the New York national guard now in camp at MeAllen, has been promoted. He has been assigned to the staff of Brig. Gen. G. R. | Dyer as an orderly and today as- sumed his official position, President Wilson is expected to look to an Eastern state, probably New York, for the new associate justice of the supreme court. to be chosen to fill the Hughes va- The fitness of ex-Seere- tary of War Garrison for the po- sition has been discussed by some Democratic leaders in Washing- ton, From two to three hundred Car- ranza soldiers and camp follow- Broneho Yaquis early last week in lower i and tore! Sonora, according to stories told down the Mexican flag and chased | py arrivals in Nogales Ariz., from Those of the that part of Mexico. 'several miles. |de facto detachment not killed by | Guernica: | Storms Caused Great Damage. Atlanta, Ga., July 8.—A series | ‘of storms, rains and tornadoes fol- | lowing in the wake of the tropical hurricane caused damage to prop- erty, crops and roads estimated at | between three and five million dollars in Alabama, Georgia and | Mississippi and caused six deaths and injured scores of persons. All| the ‘dead are negroes except one man, an engineer whose engine turned over in a washout near Bond, Miss. | For Sale. 3 houses and lots. in’ Butler, Mo., and my picture show. Will sell at a bargain if taken before J. M. Rosier. committee of the gressive party at Detroit, Friday afternoon, the action of the na- tional: committee in Charles E. Hughes was repudiat- ed. The committee declared for the perpetuation of the party and the entering of complete state and local tickets in the eoming cam- paign. gun fire, it is said, were burned S lat the stake. A. meeting of the state central national Pro- CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAM —July 26 to 31. : Wednesday, July 26 Afternoon—The Musical Art Brilli Musical 4 entertain- ganization. Concert ment. Night—The Musical Art Quar- tette. Concert Prelude. Hon. Jos. G. Camp, of Georgia, the South’s Most Finished Orator. Thursday, July 27 Afternoon—The Pilgrim Girls and Hannah Gove, of Boston. Entertainment. Orchestra. In a Versatile Program. J Night—The Pilgrim Girls and Hannah Gove, Concert. Orches- tral Numbers, Musical Sketches, Novelties. Prof. Wm. B. Patty, Scientist, Marvelous Demonstra- tions with Wireless, Radium and Liquid Air. i Friday, July 28 Afternoon—The Westminster Concert Entertainers. Prelude. Hon. Alf Taylor, of Tennessee, Statesman and Orator. Night—The Westminster Con- cert Entertainers. Character Songs, Sketches, Music, Imper- sonations. Dr. D .F. Fox, Fam- ous Preacher-Lecturer, ‘‘The Phil- osophy of Common Sense.’’ Saturday, July 29 Afternoon— Arcadian Sym- phony Sextette, in Concert. The Chautauqua’s Foremost Wood- wind Organization. Chas, T. Howe, leader. Night—Arcadian Symphony Sextette, playing some of the World’s Noblest Music. Hon. Granville Jones, Orator-Humorist- Philosopher. . Sunday, July 30 Afternoon—The Alpine. Yod- lers, Seven Wonderful Singers. Grand Concert Entertainment. Hon. Granville Jones. Night—The Alpine Yodlers, Coneert. Prelude. Lulu Tyler Gates, Famous Reader of Plays. Monday, July 31 Afternoon—The Ojibway In- dian Players, Indian Life, Folk Lore and Legends, introduced by Dr. Robt. A. George. Prof. J. W. Henceroth, Seientifie Farming Lecture Demonstration, ‘‘Science and the Soil.”’ Night—The Ojibway Indian Players, presenting Longfellow’s Indian Passion Play, ‘‘Hia- watha.”’ Pleasant Gap Rural Home Makers Meet, The Club met at the home of Mrs. R. B, Campbell Tuy 5th, 1916. The following program was car- ried out: Roll Call—Quotations — from rural life. Song—Club, & The Advantages of Rural Life Over City Life—Miss Dolla Rains. Ways and Means of Rural Im- provement—Mrs. Jesse Brooks. A Talk of Rural Amusements— Mrs. Seth Wix. 2 General discussion, Should We indorsing While rummaging through ‘the effects of the late Mrs. Alpheus Michaels, an Morgantown, W. Va., thought penniless, Mrs. F. L. V. Marsden; .her neice, of Albright, found a ‘‘pot of gold" totaling $5,500. The jar gold was among a lot of other jars filled with fruit. and labeled ‘‘Blackberry Jam.’’ woman of who was aged eontaining the Tt was sealed An embargo on the exporta- City, the Last to Go. tion of print paper, paper pulp After three weeks of military activity, the government reserva- tion at Camp Clark is practically deserted, the last unit of the Mis- souri national guard, the regiment, having entrained Sat- urday night for Laredo, Tex., only charge-of Major A. V. Adams, be- ing left at the camp. : It_required two trains to car the Third regiment, consisting o! about 900 troops. The trains were routed over the M. K. & T., the first leaving at 12:10 Saturday the railroad equipment dy for the men to get their ‘aboard. : hibitiv. soldiers broke camp after! mill will not but it was several hours) sacks for handling grain. i Power s9tt ) and pulp produets to any foreign country was proposed in a bill introduced in the house Saturday by Representative Dillon of South Third | Dakota as a means of meeting the searcity of paper inthis country. The bill would authorize the pres- jn|ident'to’raise the embargo by proclamation when the price of paper products to the consumer ry in the United States is ‘‘fair, reas- f|onable and just.”’ Notice to Farmers. Owing to the impossibility ef sacks as well as the pro- price the elevators and be able to furnish Futaiec temtce Co. Cannon Hlevater. Buy Luxuries on Borowed Capi- tal—Leader, Mrs. W. G. Mehaffey. Recitation—Miss Pearl Tharp. The following were present: Mrs. Ben Wix, Mrs. Seth Wix, Mrs. Lem Sargent, Mrs. Milburn Tharp, Mrs. R. B. Campbell, Mrs. Ed Moore, Miss Ada Rains, Marie Smith, Fern Moore, Wardie Wix, Floyd Sargent, Raymond Camp- bell, Donald Campbell, and one visitor, Miss Effie Rains. After the business hour the hostess served a delicious lunch to which all did justice. Adjourned to meet August 2nd, with Mrs. W. G. Mehaffey. Cor. See. Find House 5,000 Years Old. Field Headquarters, Mexico, July 3, (by courier to Columbus, N. M.,) July 7.—Ameriean sol- diers unwittingly became arch- aeologists today while digging a rifle trench, by ungovering an In- dian house believed to be at least five thousand years old. The site is said by authorities among the expeditionary forces to have been the dwelling place of a prehistoric race, forerunners of the Aztecs. The population of the ancient city, it is believed, con- sisted possibly of several thous- and pérsons. © There will be an ice cream sup- per at the Double Branch Church on the evening of July 20th, 1916. Everybody is urged to keep thi date open, and come to spend.a pleasant evening and to keep cool. a At Butler, Missouri, for Six Days Following is the program for the Chautauqua to be held at But- ler July 26-31: ce