The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 16, 1916, Page 7

Official Vote of Bates County General Election, November 7; 1916! joining buildings. The Booth & Baughman loss was about $1,600, with $400 in- surance. Labenne restaurant, loss $500, with $225 insurance. Porter and Weddle, loss $400 to $500, with $200 insurance. Wheel- barger pool hall, loss about $200 covered by insurance. The Rich Hill Review says that the buildings will probably be re- built, but so far no plans have been made. At New Hope. On account of the meeting at Burdette on the fourth Sunday our services at Burdette will be held on the third Sunday as fol- lows: ‘Saturday night preaching and business meeting; Sunday and Sunday night services. Everybody welcome. All mem- bers of the church are urged to attend the business i nesting W. Keele. Delegate and visitors were present from. Nevada, Windsor, Harrisonville, Rich Hill, Hume, Amsterdam, Adrian, Archie, Kan- sas City, Versailles and other points. Four Soldiers Die Suddenly. Laredo, Tex., Nov. 13.—Army officers were investigating today the sudden deaths of four Unit- ed States soldiers here within the last 72 hours. - Private - Michael Headin of Troop I, Fourteenth Cavalry, was found yesterday in a camp roadway, dead, but. with- out any indication of what caused his demise. It is believed he may have been suffocated. Private Paul he of the Ninth Infantry’s Supply Company, was struck and killed by a train. Two other soldiers previously were killed by a comrade, who is be- lieved to have been demented. as he will then became the sen- ior justice. An opinion delivered by Judze R. F. Walker sustains the ruling of the state public service com- ARCA z mi | jes] = : 2 | Sieis| sla] Oo] +425 BE el ole] el. | ee VB S88] 81: (3 es ele l Fl Si: |: | BlSelelFale: > Si giv ml: | 8 Democratic & Republican |: |4| © |2| 2) #|: |$/8): (BE 4 Peale lbiealine ABUSE : a) Sig] 2: rg SAS dys PT TRrPR [BIBI SI OT: fs hs] i | STE Zee: Shs = Psion lines GY Abr oto : Resalteliee el rani tee oie wmlale fi iil: | elersyey. Mo hale |e Wee Candidates od? Is fe [tdi ps fe fs ded pg; eled: |i cc]: |. (BSB: j2j2 apo 6 | SP epee sf tf ds Tea ees Lore! sll a eetini= ; COU POM PRS lato Tea [oulg Ie Jhia ise iatel ioe celiac alley Hos estas lla ' Pada Ce Tale lgdiela on tt fect Woodrow Wilson, D... 189190)105)104[89/45/48/92/84151/284/229) 95/119)92/113;107/38|/32|76 9 143)3257| 660 G Cie E. Hughes, R..... | $/45}198/62) 55) 91)75/52/35/71/42/21/195)171| 78] 75/54|129), 61/36/21138/76|64/61/1- 145/39} -85|2597 . 8 Senator: i | James A. Reed, D.:..... 66|75|188/88)103}101/89|44:51 92/83)50/275/229 95}119/91 112'106/38!32 76|90|48/58} 90 98/51/176/220/57/139/3230| 588 Petal ag S. Dickey, R.. . . 180|45/199/64| 56) 96/75|53/35/72!43120/206)175) 80] 77)56|128' 62/37 21/38/77|65/60/125 121|711129)148)|40) 8812642 Vernor ; f | Fred D. Gardner, D..... etn 188'85|103) 93/87 273)217| 93)/111/90/103|105/35|31/74;89/48/57; 90 92.50:174 prales 128/3127| 476 Henry Lamm, R........ |78i47/207/67| 56|100175|52 204/174) 80| 79)55|127' 63/37/21/38)77|65/62}122 124.69/129)150)40| 78/2651 Lieutenant-Governor: | | : ' | ~ Wallace Crossley, D.. .. |68|74/191)88}103/102|89/45|50/92'84/51/275|229]. 96/120/91/113! 106'38/32/76191/49|57! 92. 97/53/181}221/58/145|3257| 647 Roy F. Britton, R...... .78|46|198/64| 56) 95/74|52)35|72|42|18/196)174| 80| 77/57/127| 62|37/21/38/76|64/62) 12:3 121/69|125/146/40| 85/2610 Seoretary of State: : | | a | John L, Sullivan, D.. . . . }68/74/184/88|103/102/89|4-4/48/88/82)43/275/231) 93)115/92|116:106/38}32)76|86|49/55) SS 93/50/179|212/57/139/3189] 568 ee Askin, R.. . . .|78}46/199|64| 56] 95/75'52/37|72/43/21|196)171| 80 iy 129) 62)36/21/38)79|64)62/125 120)72/126|148)38| 86/2621 State Auditor: — G \ John P. Gordon, D.". . . .|63/74|188]88|103|102|89/44150'92|83/50'275|229) 96|120)89|111/106|38/32174188/50 57 89) 96152|176|220|57|140|3226| 604 Geo. E. Hackmann, R.. . |78/46/200/64) 56) 95|74'52)35/72!42/18/196|173) 80) 75|56/130, 62/36|22/39|78|64/62)125 121/70|127/149/38| 87|2622 State Treasurer: | ; | | | Geo. H. Middelkamp, D. .}68|74191/88)103/103/89}44/50)92/84/50/275|231) 96/120/91)113)106/38/32|76/91/50|57| 90, 97/52/182/222)58/140/3253] 644 L. D. Thompson, R:..... 78|46}198)64| 56) 94/74|52135172)42/18/200/170) 80] 75/53 123) 62|36|21/39/76/64|62/125 121\70)126|146|89) 87/2609 Attorney General: i j Frank W. McAllister, D.|68/74/190|88)103/104/89}45!50/92'84'50/275/231) 96]119|91/113/106)38]32)76/91/49|57) 90, 97152|182|223|58|144/3257| 635 James H. Mason, R.. ... |78/46/199|64| 56] 93/74/51(35'72/42'181208|172| 80! 77/56/129: 62/37/21/38/77/64)62/125 121/70/125|146/38] 86/2622 Judge Sup. Court. Div, 1: ete | ari. A.M, Woodson, D.... . . }68/73/189/88/103/103/89!45/49|92/83/50}277|230) 96/120)93/113:107/38/32/76|91|50|57| 90) 97/51|182|228/58|141|3254| 650 James M. Johnson, R.. . .|78/41/200'64) 56) 94/75151/36|72'42)18'200|173! 80] 75/53 128! 61 136/21/28/76/64/62/125 121/71)125)144)33] 86|2604 Judge Sup. Court, Div. 2 ; | \ Fred L, Williams, D... . .168/74|189/88/103]104/89/45/51/92/84'50/275/231| 96|119193|112:106,38'32'76/91149|57| 90. 97/521182}229158)144/3258) 639 Edward Higbee, R..... .|78|46)200)/64) 56) 94176!52'34/72|42\19'204!172| 80] 77/55)129) 62)37/21/38)/76|/64/62/125 121'70'125)144'38] 86/2619 Judge K. C. Court of Ap: .; | | | ey | Ewing C. Bland, D...... 67/74|188/88}101)104 1/82 48!281)229} 93)119/91)111/106 38/32/75/88/48)56) $9 97 52/182'218/56)143 3234) 607 Thad. B. Landon, R... . .|78/46|199)64) 56) 93 3:43;19 201/173) 81) 77/56/13) °62'37/21138/78/65/62/125 121 70/125'147/39) 87/2627 Rep. in Congress 6th Dist: | Lo i C. C. Dickinson, D...... 67 75)}191)88 51/92/84 52'282/236 100 120/93/114 106,38 33,77 :91/49)57) 8) 9949 200 2245814713303) 707 R. O. Crawford, R...... |77/45|198'66 '74'42'18/192'169) 77) 77/57/127) 62.37 21 37'77/64/62/126 121/73 124 144137, 342596) Judge Cir. Court 29th Dis | | | | | : Charles A. Calvird, D.. . |64/74|195)/86 ,239 212) 94} 2/109 106 387,29)75 88/48/57) 86 9949217225 58.142 3032) 423 Charles A. Denton, R... .[81/46/191)/67 21)246)193) 84) 31133 6138 26,39 80/65 61/128 12174117 146 87) 89 2749) Representative: paella ee | Jas. N. Sharp, D........ 68/75}190/89 53'242/204; 96/120,90)113 106,38 31,76 76/46152! 93 9757 1 571403176) 464 W. A. Searfus, Riv--478/45}199154 '232/196) 81) 78/60/1258) 62.37/24 38/89/67/67/121 123.711: (88; 91/2712) Judge Co. Court, N. Dist: | ; | (lew | | | | J. M. Reeder, D...... 7. |46/85/209]77|100| 98'82/45)52) 9/53 /282)224) 97 | ' | | fo |) 61S) S836) A. P. Crisswell, R.. .|$8/34/176/77| 57] 96/81/53'33|75/43)18|198)175} 80 | | | 12844 “Judge Co. Court, 8. Dist: | | | W. H. Lowder, D....... 120)92/112)106)39,31)/73)/88)49/54 83 85.42.17 57)142)1572) 177 F. A. Strickland, R..... 77/57/1291 62)36/23'41/76/65'65 132 135/80 138,152.38) 89.1395) Prosecuting Attorney: | : (eval tk aeal Lo W. B. Dawson, D....... 66)76)185|87| 96) 99/93)44151/91/83/53/292|243) 100/121/94)117, 120/47 /34/73)74/49/40) 90, 86)43/191 226 63 1423269, 605, John B, Bryant, R...... 79}44'203/64| 61/101/75|52/36;75/41)18/199) 157) 98) 77/55|124) 48 29/21137190/64 ieee 131 152 a 90/2664! Sheriff : x H | J. W. Baker, D.......++ 68}75)181|76) 103) 102}86!44 49 88 /83/52'235)183) 94)120/86 111/107)39/29 71/89|51/47| 89) 9451231 262'57,137/3190, 450 W. F. Jackson, R...... . 178)45/207/77| 54! 95'78/53/38)/76)42/18/254/219) 82) 83/65 132, 61/35/26/41/77/63!68) 12-4/126/69 100 12338) 93/2740) : | eT Stone: Di inverse 168)75/204/99/100| 98/89) 46)52}94/83|52/298)239) 88/122/90) 97/106)38/35/76/89/50/56) 91) 99/52)193)225)59'147/3310) 722 Oscar Harris, R. . . (78/44/184)55| 57] 97/77/51/34171/42/19/183/159} 88] 77/59/147; 62/36/21/38/79)64/64/124!121)71/120!146)36) idee i . hs clnisinatie D.. . .¢4/72/187/8|101)102/85/45/44/92'80/51/277/233| 95/119/82/115/106/38!30/77181/49/48] 88] 99/52/194 231/57 144 3226) 554 Fred Church, R.......- 48 46/200165| 56] 93 opae 73|43/20/202|169| 82| €2/66)/138, 62/37)23137/84)65/71/126 121 71/120 144.38) 87/2672) i ’ i pecs ! | Morb ue D. ond 68/76 190|91)101/106/90)45/52'92)/83/53'295/240) 98 Jose 39/:33|76/93/50158] 89/100 ath held le a ae 3329 ie ior ee M. D., D.... |68/76/190|91/101 Hao) 40 6) pelea stizce ate 98|121}93|116'108/39'33)/78/94/50157] 88] 99 52 205/239 60/146 3344 3344 oC mee fononmdtd 55|51]197|67| 96|113|50/39|51169|62/37 263255) 95| 88|77|109. 99!40/20/60/74/51'41] 74) 92; 2/49/140'3036) 1151 INGH Rien concen 58/45|124/73| 42] 46189/41/26|6051|17|110)103 "| 69|48) 62) 47)25/31/49131/32 1:2) 90) 92: 30) 47)1885) 2: | | cal ae fsehcenin 44150/15:|/39| 93] 94 45/36144'68/54/39/217/193! 92] 69\64| 74 60/59/47 59} 48) 70} 1192/41/119'2537! 197 NGM ie ra. ae 68'461167/103)44) 48199!41/32163'54'19|160|156| 66] 89/62) 85 144.39 41/123 111) 141 40) 62 2340 . ! a aa ed Erscaad 60'84286)73)1111124 gols7lealoneatat 302286 107] 94186|122: 98.49 75]111| 9750174177 44 176 3821 1149 “No... 65/33] 90!71\. cache Wale 62 ie 85) $3141150 35] 93}101/65/136 181/39 anata | | polkas : | lee ellen | The progressives cast 27 votes in the county, the Prohibitionists 109; the Socialists 125; Socialist Labor 10, The Pythian Convention. JUDGE GRAVES CHIEF Lansing President One Day if sl Tne Oe aig The t - ireonvantibncat JUSTICE Wilson Takes Oath March 5, ; he tenth annual conve wares : aoe ‘ S — puree alg wal the Knights of Pythias associa-| yygge Woodson Resigns as Chief genase Nox lise ee y y, ciation of the Eleventh Missouri Justice and Judge Graves is President, re-elected yesterday, Loss About $12,000. district, met in this city Thurs- Elected to oa Po- would, according to custom, take Saturday morning about 1:35|day of last week. The meetings sition. the oath of office Mareh 4, 1917, the building occupied by the La-|of the convention were held in : but that falls” on. Sunday, and benne restaurant and fruit store,|the rooms of the Masonic lodge} Jefferson City, Mo., Nov. 11.—/ residents of Washington are won- on Park avenue, in Rich Hill, was| and at six o’clock a banquet was} At a session of the supreme court dering whether the ceremony will discovered to be on fire, and in a}served to the visitors in the Oddjen hance this afternoon Judge A.) be held on March 3 or Mareh 5: short time the flames had spread | Fellows rooms, and in the even-|M. Woodson.resigned as chief jus-| The two recorded precedents to the Booth & Baughman under-|ing a large class of candidates] tice and Judge W. W. Graves was|show that Rutherford B. Hayes taking rooms on the west and to| were initiated into the mysteries! elected in his place. was inaugurated on March 3-and the Porter & Weddle clothes|of the order. Judge Woodson would have au-| Zachary Taylor on March 5. cleaning shop and the Wheelbar-| While the Knights were, hold-| tomatically retired as chief jus-| | Apparently it is a matter for ger pool hall on the east. The fire|ing their meeting in the Masonic! tice January 1, as then he will he-) the successful candidate to settle had gained such headway before| lodge room the Pythian sisters of | come the junior justice of the|for himself. Secretary of State being discovered that little could|the district were meeting in the) court at the beginning of his new Lansing will act as president from be done except to save the ad-|Hall of Blue Flag Lodge on the/ term of ten years, and Judze|/noon March 4, to noon, March 5, south side of the square. Graves would have succeeded him|if President Wilson takes the oath March 5. Death of D. B. Sweezy. “D. B. Sweezy, a pioneer citizen mission that grain shipped from|of the Round Prairje neighbor- Missouri points to Kansas City is| hood, died at his home Sunday intrastate and railroads cannot/ evening of last week after an ex- charge interstate rates. City against the railroads center- ing there on the grounds that the roads were discriminating against the city by imposing the inter- state rates, which are higher than the maximum freight rate law of Missouri allows. City of St. Louis Votes Big School Bonds. By a vote of 72,286 to 21,106 the city of St. Louis Tuesday voted a $3,000,000 bond issue for the purpose of building new school houses. tended illness says the Appleton - The proceeding was instituted! City Journal. The funeral _ ser- by the board of trade of Kansas] vice was held at the Baptist ehurch in that vicinity Wednes- day morning, after which inter- ment was made in the nearby cem- etery. Notice. ‘ After this date all notices of pie suppers, box suppers, church and school entertainments at which an admission fee is charged cards of thanks and similar no- tices, printed in this paper, will be charged for at the regular com- mercial rates. 5-4t —Jabout 22 per cent of the country’s ‘the late O. D. Austin and there is GENERAL NOTES, Of 5,549 votes cast in 25 Alaska towns, ‘at the election last week, 3,512 were for prohibition and 2,- 037 against. Of 5,549 votes cast in 25 towns for Congress, Sulzer (Dem.) has 8,001, Wickersham, (Rep.) 2,946. : Lieutenant Luther Hill, 21 years old, of Huntington, member of Company D Arkansas national guards, accidentally killed him- self while at target practice with his company at Deming, N. M., Saturday according to a telegram to his mother at Huntington. Fines totaling more than $171,- 000 were ‘assessed by Federal Judge Landis Saturday against Swift & Co., packers, and a num- ber of railroads, convicted of vio- lating the interstate 'commeree act. In most cases the charges were rebating or in shipping less than ¢arload shipments at carload rates. Oregon has adopted the abso- lute prohibition amendment. . The majority of 9,775 votes against the absolute prohibition amend- ment in Mulnomah county has been wiped out. The women’s vote decided it. The measure ab- solutely prohibits the shipment of any kind of liquor into Oregon. The old law allowed individuals a limited amount each year but barred saloons? “Defamation of character’’ is charged by one Sing Sing convict against another and the inmate court is trying the case. Tsaae Raines, who was, sent to prison for. larceny, is the complainant. | He is cashier of the prisoners’ | bank. .The inmate he accuses said something, unfriendly about the alleged disappearance of the bank funds. The incident occurred as the climax of a scandal over the vanishing funds of \the Mutual Welfare League store, Orders issued by the Chespeake and Ohio railroad announce — the creation of two special trains, be- ginning Sunday, in which persons carrying Jegally labeled liquor will be permitted to travel in West. Virginia. The trains will move each Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday between Ashland, Ky., and Charleston. Keach pas- senger May carry one suit ease filled. with liquor, the suit ease to he no larger than 24 by 13 by 8 inches, Exports of war supplies for the nine months ending September 30, amounted to a billion dollars, or more than 25 per cent of the country’s total export trade for the period, according to figures published Saturday’ by the Jour- nal of Commerce. The value of explosives sent to belligerents was more than 1-2 billion dollars, and automobiles, horses and mutes, metal working machinery and j| wire ranked next in that order. Exports of war supplies since the moyenient began in January, 1915, were — $1,617,845,000, or total exports. Detroit, Mich., voted dry at the President Wilson, back White--House-for-the—first-time since the campaign began two months ago, plunged into work to- day in an effort to clear his desk of accumulated business. for granted that he had been re- elected, he about electoral votes, but did dis- play anxiety over the political complexion of the next House of Representatives. cials in the President today that his re-elee- tion will mean no radical change in any of his policies. to feel that in general his course has been endorsed by the nation at the polls. administration's policy, domestiec-and foreign atfairs, itis predicted, will remain practically unchanged, although as soon as the war is over the President will recommend a revision of the tar- iff if he feels it is justified by the facts to be gathered by the Tariff Commission created hy Congress at its last session. PRESIDENT BACK IN THE ' WHITE HOUSE President Will Follow Lines Al- ready Laid Down in Hand- ling Dangerous Possi- bilities, C., Nov.13.— Washington, D. in the Taking asked no questions Through an interview with Sec- retary Lansing the President got in touch with problems, including the submar- ines, Mexican and British block- ade issues, and in Henry Morgenthau, chairman of the Finance Committee of the Demoeratie National he became acquainted with the latest developments in the politi- cal situation. pressing foreign talk with a Committee State Department officials make no secret of their belief that dangerous possibilities sented by recent developments in hoth the Mexican and submarine questions, viewed details with Mr. Wilson foday, but said no immediate ac- tion was in prospect. velopment is expected soon, how- ever, at conference City. are pre- Secretary Lansing re- Some: de- Ameriean-Mexican at Atlantic the sitting It was stated definitely by offi- confidence of the He is said the in Consequently both With regard to foreign affairs, it was said today that the. atti- tude of the Government toward submarine warfare laid down in the note following the sinking of the chanel steamer Sussex and in previous communications will be followed strietly, and . Department will continue fo press for American rights in connection with the Allied blockade and mail censorship, the State If a satisfactory agreement can* he reached for the protection of the American lives and property in’ Mexico, it is believed the Unit- ed States troops in Mexico will be withdrawn strong force will be kept along the border. soon, although oa Kimbrough Stone or Judge Nor. toni to Succeed Judge Adams. Washington, D, ©, Nov, 13.— Former Judge Kimbrough Stone ef Kansas City, son of United States Senator William - Joel Stone, or Judge Albert O. Nor- election last week, but notwith-| toni, Judge ef the St. Louis Court standing the bars will remain,|of Appeals, will be named by. however they will be different.] President Woodrow Wilson as Rev. W. H. Wray, of the Wood-| Judge of the United States Cir- ward avenue Presbyterian church of that city will organize a work- ingman’s elub whieh will offer all of the sociability of the ordinary saloon without the intoxicating liquors. The ‘‘elub’’ will be sup- plied with reading and writing tables, lounge chairs, games and musical instruments. The project will be watehed with much inter- est all over the country and es- pecially where the saloon has been voted out. Amoret Leader Changes Hands. enuit Court of Appeals (St. Louis district). by the death of Judge Elmer B. Adams. A vacancy was ereated United States Senators James A, Reed and William Joel Stone, Speaker Fordyce and Harry B. Hawes of St. Louis arrived here today and are at the New Champ Clark, Samuel Willard Hotel. They came here to urge the ap- pointment of Judge Stone, Friends of Judge Nortoni al- ready have appealed to the Pres- ident to appoint him to this po- 4 .. |sition. Nortoni led the Missouri ae ae hy A Ellis last Pret dis-| Progressives in the 1912 eam- posed of the Amoret Leader to paign. During the last three his brother, H. A. Ellis, of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis will go to Larue, Ohio, where Mr. Ellis owns another paper. Under Mr. Ellis’ management the Leader has maintained its reputation as one of the newsiest little week- lys in this part of the country. Mr. HI. A. Ellis is not new to the newspaper game having served his apprenticeship under no doubt but that he will keep the Leader up to the mark set by his ‘predecessors. Taxes are Due. Township taxes are now due. Office in the northeast corner of the court house basement. 5-1t C. C. Woods, Township Collector. months he took the President Wilson and did excel- lent work in the Western States. stump for Butler Officers Prominent at 0. The Butler officers were in front at Tiaredo last week when General Clark was commanding the division, manded the first battalion of the Second regiment, commanded Company B Lieut. Ellis was in command of Company C. Capt. Hall of Com- pany C, was away at San Antonio getting married, the first lieuten- ant was on detached duty and the second lieutenant had been hurt in a foot ball game, so they had to call on B company for an offi- cer. Capt. Clark com- Lieut. Brooks and