The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 12, 1916, Page 6

Prepesed Amendments to the Constitution of Missouri FIRsT CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND- MENT. A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE. The Old Iron Blook, on East Da- _ kota Street, Entirely De- stroyed W V4 Night—Loss About $15,000: - Butler Public Schools, _.. Every ward school shows a loss in enrollment this year and the total loss is fifty-one. Each year shows a slight decrease in enu- SUBMARINE U.8. Rumors of Teutonic Base in: West- ern Hemisphere. 4 GERMAN WAR . VISITS We extend tothe ped, sowrserrnt resolution _anh- ie qualified voters of the state amendment to the Con- thereef, concerning pensions to bliad, Be tt resvived by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring therein: That at the general election to be held en Tuestay following the first Monday iu November, 1916. there shall be submitted wo the qualiied voters of Missouri, for adop- the following conatitu- to-wit; article 1V of the Con- by addin, “Provided further, weotat ive in this Constitution contained ‘onstrued as prohibiting the gen- mbly from granting, or authoriz- ing ‘the granting of, pensions to the de- serving bind, as may be provided and regulated by law.” SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND- MENT. Proposed by Initiative Petition. Te empower the Legislature of Missouri! te create, by special law, = State Land Bask with pewer to loan money secured by deed of trast on agricultural lands to issue bonds, and authorizing * prepriation of One lien Doll: ($1,- | 000,000.00) out ef the State Treasury for ae . . that purpess, aad to exempt the capital ii on fire at one time, and bonds of said bank from taxation, and valldating any legislation heretofore enacted for auch purposes. MISSOURI STATE LAND BANK AMEND- MENT TO THE CONSTITUTION. Proposed by legal voters by Initiative Petitions under the Initiative and Refer- endum Provisions of the Constitution, empowering the General Assembly to en- act a special law cresting a corporation to be known as the Missouri State Land Bank, with powers to mo! y and liquidize farm eredita, to approp: stute moneys as ® loan In aid thereof, and exempting from state, county and municipal taxes all of the assets of sald bank, also debenture bonds issued by it, and providing for the law enacted by the Gen- validating 0} erat Asser ordance herewith, Be it en people of the State of Missouri t titution be so amended @: to provide as Section 1. The General Assembly is here- by empowered to enact a special law to create a corporation to be known as the Missouri State Land Rank, with power to make lo ecured by deeds of sricultural lands, | onds against the | le and incidental other special’ laws rat other sessions of | y to amend and im- pply omissiona | herein. out of Section hereby Assembly is npowered to en- | upting from state, axes the assets of | 1 Bank and all de- | authe law 3 county and sald Missouri benture by it. v heretofore enacted | mbly in aecordance tions 1, 2 and 3 hereof shali be deemed valid from and after the adoption hereof. THIBD GONSTITUTIONAL AMEND- | MENT, Proposed by Initiative Petition. Prohibiting after July firet, 1917, the manufacture of, the introduction into, and | the giving, exchanging, bartering, selling or disposing of intoxicating liquors in the State of Missouri, except wine for gacra- | meatal purposes, prescribing a penuity | for the violu ereof and repealing all ution, Statutes aad Mu- ict therewith, Proposed amendment to the Constitution of Missouri, to be submitted to the legal voters of the State of Missouri for their approval or rejection at the regular wen- eral election to be held on the seventh day of November, A. 1D. 1916, prohibiting the mautfacture of, the Introduction into, aud the giving, exchanging, bartering, selling, or disposing tng liquors in the ept wine for sacra- rribing a penalty for perling all part of the Stat. Constitu@c State and M Ainiee dpal Luws ih coufilct therewith, Be st enacted by the people of the State of rit From and after July first, ting Hquor or liquors, except wine cramental purposes, shall be manu red in or introduced into the State of Missourl under any pretense. Hvery person who sells, exchanges, gives, barters, or disposes of intoxteating liquor wf any kind to any person in the State of Missourl, or who manufactures, or intro- duces Inte, or attempts to introduce into Missourt, Intoxicating liquor except wine as aforesald for * aforesaid; shall be guilty of a r xud upon conviction shall be punished by a te of not less than three hundred dollars nor more than one thou- saud dollars, or by imprisonment in the sousty all Bot less than six months nor an twelve months, or by bi fine and imprisonn ype eaek All parts of the laws of the State x the State of any ki the purpe misdemen te Constitution, and municipalities there- in. conflicting with the provisions of this wection, are hereby repealed. STATE OF MISSOURI, Department ¢ . 1, Cornelius of the State of that the foreg plete y af resolution of sembly of the posed amen the State of amendments t by initiative the qualitied v at the gen Secretary of State purl, hereby certify full, true and com- pustitution proposed . to be submitted ta of the State of Missourt to be held on Tues- November, 1916, w . | hereunto set ixed the Great Seal of the pe A es i Cissy in the efferson, Ubis 5t! a, le ber, . D.INe. - pti OL a) SECRETARY OF STATE Prominent Rich Hill Woman Dies of Apoplexy. Mrs. D. E. Smalley, Sr., passed away at her home on West Pine '#1,500 insurance, -!and varnishes, with no insurance. sury, the “e a ihe : . working that he The most destructive fire that has visited Butler in many years oceurred Wednesday night of last week when the , building known as the iron Block, on East Dakota street, was entirely de- stroyed. When the fire was dis- thereto | covered, about 8:30, the entire in- terior of the building was in flames, and while the fire depart- ment made a quick response to the alarm, they could do nothing to save the buildings or any of their contents, but devoted them- selves to saving the adjoining property. The roof of the Logan- Moore lumber yard on the north, and the dwelling house oceupied by Wm. Caldwell on the south be- Watch- men were posted on the buildings on the east side of the square to put out sparks of fire that fell on them. It took tlie most stren- uous work on the part of the fire- men to save the residence of Dr. E: Crabtree, on the east, and the Brown feed lot on the north, and had the wind, which had been blowing for several days, not died down that evening every building in that part of the city would have been consumed, The east part of the building was occupied by the Legg car- riage shop on the lower floor and B. F. Rosamond’s paint. shop on the second floor. The Legg shop was valued at about $3,000 with Mr. Rosamond had on-hand $300 worth of paints Besides there were two carriages and which were still-in the shop. The center building which was owned by J. M. Catterlin, was worth about $2,000 and fully in- sured, There was some baled hay stored on the lower floor which was not insured. The west build- ing was owned by the Bennett- Wheeler Mercantile Company and used as a storehouse. In it were stored a large lot of farm imple- nents, wagons ete. The loss was for customer: Hneration: When came city the enumeration was 960 and this year it is 678. If you know of any children who should be in school and are not, I shall be glad - Our High School enrollment shows a decided gain due to the increased number of non-resi- dents. Last year at the end of the first month we had enrolled 223 and at the end of the first month this year we had enrolled. 240. Last year we enrolled 106 non- residents and this year we have already enrolled 120. “I do not think any high school in the state will have a larger number of non- residents and I am sure that no high school will have a larger per cent, % We have eight new teachers this year, six in the High School and {wo in the grades and they have all done excellent work. I think that the Board was fortunate in securing each one of them. The old teachers have done their work with great efficiency: The sue- cess of the first month leads me to believe that Butler will have one of the most successful years of school work that she has ever had.. Mr. Gorrell now has the High School well organized. Under his direction the classes have elected the members of the Student Sen- ate, monitors have heen eleeted to take charge of the study hall, the classes have organized and elected their officers and the en- tire student body organized and elected officers. The literary so- cieties have,had one meeting and if you will report them to me.’ | Newport, RK. 1, Oct. 7— German submarine U-53—17 days out from Wilhelmshaven—arrived in Newport harbor this afternoon, ‘At 5:17 the war craft weighed an- chor and sailed from the harbor. Her mission, besides delivering mail for Ambassador Bernstorff, is not yet known. The U-53, in command of Capt. Hans Rose, appeared spick and span upon her arrival. She looked as if she had been out only for maneuvers. . Her commander re- ported that he had not sighted any hostile craft on his voyage over, adding that the boat was plentifully supplied with provis- ions and fuel and that nothing would be taken aboard here. - Shortly after the submersible came in Commander Rose paid an official call upon Rear Admiral Austin M. Knight, commandant of the Narragansett Bay naval sta- tion, to whom he stated that he was preparing to leave port to- night. The submarine anchored in the outer harbor, two miles down the bay. No one came ashore, but a representative of the Associated Press was allowed to go aboard and learn the vessel’s story. The J-53 will go outside the harbor for anchorage during the night. The newspaperman who board- ed the submarine was asked to take ashore a large batch of of- ficial mail for Count von Bern- storff, the German ambassador, and this was forwarded this af-| ternoon, While not disposed to | discuss the details of his voyage, | Commander Rose said that he had TEACHERS AND PUPILS of our schools a most cordial invitation to make good use of the many accommodations of this bank. . Missouri State Bank “THE OLD RELIABLE" : A Shipment of Fine Calves, Friday morning Loeb Bros. shipped out 21 head. of Hereford and Polled Angus calves to F. G. Egger banker and stock dealer of Appleton City, Mo. made several weeks ago of this sale for October delivery. It was ja fine bunch of young stick. In 14x20 Mention was —_—K—KFK—eeellllllSessS driving the stock from the Loeb ranch west of the city to the rail- way stock yards Friday morning a 10 month old bull calf became... unmanageable and sing -wild, became overheated, it is believed, and dropped dead on West Wal- nut street. The animal was val- ued at from $75 to $100.—Rich Hill Review. a good program was rendered. Most of the new” students have joined one of the societies. A hall, which is now being seated, has been rented for ath- leties. In addition to ‘the old players we have some new stud- ents who look like good material. They have had experience and they have the weight. Mr. Gorrell will have charge of the athletics. Miss Rice will have charge of the girls’ basket~ball team. In order about $10,000, with about $7,500 insurance. Two telephone poles on the south side of the buildings were burned off and the big tele- phone eable had to be cut, putting all the phones in the east part of town out of commission for sev- eral days. The fire department was badly hampered by poor water pressure during the first part of the fire, and after the pressure was im- proved the hose bursted, causing some delay taking out the-broken pieces. The word was telephoned to Rich Hill that the whole east side of the square was burning and be- fore the fire was put out there were several automobile loads from that town here to see the big fire. Nevada Citizens the Victims of Confidence Men. According to a dispatch in last Friday’s Kansas City Post several eredulous citizens of Nevada have been relieved of their rolls lately by several smooth confidence men of Denver, Colorado. The time-worn expedient of the '!*‘take prize fight’’ was used by the ‘‘con’’ men to separate their victims from the cash drawn from the bank for the entirely mythical ‘land deal.’ Strangely enough, midway in each of these fights which were pulled in an old barn near Edge- water, Denver, the ‘‘champion”’ on whom the ‘‘sucker’’ had wag- ered his money, sank to the floor while a quantity of blood (con- tained in a pouch held by a Sec- ond, the detectives say) poured over his head and face. ‘*He’s dead!’’ was the cry that followed this denouement. ‘‘ We'd better get out of here before the street in Rich Hill Monday morn- ing at about 5 o’clock from a stroke of apoplexy, says the Rich Hill Review. Mrs. Smalley was apparently in the best of health when she was stricken Thursday morning and she never gained consciousness. Her death comes as a great shock and a source of sorrow to the relatives and many friends. She was a ye ofl ag a loving and patient wife an mother, and was loved by all who knew her. Her life was an active ome, active in her church, the police arrive!”’ That was the signal for the vic- tim to be hurried into an automo- bile and raced to a train for home, minus, of course, his.money. *‘ Jack Hull of Nevada is declared by the detectives on the case to be the latest victim of the band com- posed of three men, all well known in Kansas City where one of them, an ex-prize fighter called “‘Spike,’’ worked in a pool hall. Hall contributed $5,000 to the cof- fers of the ‘‘get-rich-quick-and- easy-men,’’ the police say. to put the athletics on a safer basis the pupils are selling season tickets. “I believe that the ath- letic organization is worthy of your support and I hope that you will buy a season ticket. Mr. Gibson is organizing a de- bating club. This movement has my heartiest commendation. — It is my opinion that no training that a young man obtains in school is more valuable than learn- ing to stand before an audience and present his ideas in a clear and logical manner, He can ac- quire this ability no where else so well as he can in debating club, Miss Adams has organized an orchestra in the High School. A need for this kind of an organiza- tion has long been felt, and we wish them unbounded success. At the first meeting of the orches- tra there were ten members pres- ent. All of them are able to play some instrument well. Under Miss Adams we are sure that this organization will succeed. The senior class of 1916 left us the net proceeds of their com- mencement fund, which amounted to $115. It was their request that this be used for the benefit of the library. There was also a_ bal- ance of-about $12 from the com- mencement fund of 1915. We re- cently placed an order for $152 worth of books, and most of them have been received. ‘Two new book cases were purchased of Ed Culver. This new equipment and the new books will greatly in- erease the usefulness of the’ li- brary. a sufficient supply of food aboard | to last for three months. \ Besides the commander, the vessel carries four officers and 33 men, The U-53 was eseorted in the harbor by the United States submarine D-2. | Commander Ross explained that | the submarine, which is a regnlar war vessel and equipped with wireless, had put in here only to! deliver official mail for the Ger- man Ambassador. He declined to say whether he had been ordered to American waters to search for the German merchant submarine Bremen, long overdue on this side. The Culver Furniture Company ~Into New Quarters. Some time ago the Culver Fur- niture Company purchased the building on North Main street, formerly occupied by the G. A. Vanhall bottling works, and re- inodeled it to suit the needs of their business, and last week moved in. The front down stairs is the of- fice. It is newly painted and dec- orated and presents a very pleas- ing appearance. Just back of that is two rooms, one is a show room for furniture and pictures and the other is a work room used exclusively for picture framing. Back of that is the main, work room, presided over by the junior member of the firm, E. C. Culver, who is a workman second to none in his line, that of fine cabinet work, picture framing and repair work. From the office a stair- way in natural oak leads to the second floor where there is one of the finest display rooms for cof- fins and caskets in this part of the country. The room is appro- priately decorated apd along the sides. are show cases brilliantly lighted by electricity in which are shown a fine up-to-date line of caskets and funéral equipment. The Culvers are better equipped than ever to do good work and in- Recently the different classes donated about fifteen dollars with which to purchase magazines and an order has been placed for as many as this will purchase. We have not yet all that we need and if you are taking a good magazine and do not wish to keep it after you have read it we be glad to have it in our reading room. Mothers’ clubs have heen or- ganized at each of the ward build- ings. ‘These afford an exéellent opportunity for teachers and pa- trons to discuss matters of mu- tual interest. The Citizen-Teach- ers’ Association will meet once a month to ‘discuss questions p:r- taining to the welfare of ovr vite all their old’ friends to call and inspect their new quarters. : Chester Leroy Smith. Chester LL. Smith was born near Nyhart, Mo., June 10, 1887 and died near Virginia, Mo., October 5, 1916, age 29 years, 3 months and 25 days. i August 23, 1909, to Miss Sarah Moore. To this union were born two children who with the bereft wife are left to mourn the loss o! a kind husband and father. © Funeral services were held from the New Hope church at 11 o’clock Friday, October 6, by Rev. L. W. le and the remains laid OVAL FRAMES Oval and Convex Glass - complete ready to hang ~ $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 At CULVER’S (U. S. Government License 32) Vaccinate Your Hogs FRANK E. WALKER Rep. Standard Serum Co. - Tel. 564 Butler 306 w. Mil References furnished on request. Ask for booklet at Peoples Bank. reach. Here’s a Vacation Tip’ In the White River Country of Arkansas, you'll get more of what want in the way ofa real vacation and it cost you ten times the price. rgd a rt away—easy to inexpensi . MIssouRI PActeic and of