The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 18, 1917, Page 6

MMR iern ek AS GENERAL NOTES ~ The total German casualties since the beginning of the war were placed at’ 4,010,160 in an of- ficial summary issued by the British government. Wireless warnings to allied shipping against a German raider _ dnthe.North Atlantic, were again sent out Saturday. The warning im English and Freneh said: “En- emy raider may be encountered. Take all precautions.”’ ; Lieut. Col. H. G. Bishop and Yaeut. William A. Robertson, irmy officers, missing _ since Wednesday, when they left San Viego in an airplane, have been found in Mexico, one hundred; miles south of the border, where they made a foreed landing. | cigarette an arrestable offense was passed by a committee of the whole in the Oklahoma house of representatives. If the bill be-| comes a law it will be unlawful | +0 offer cigarettes for sale or give them away. Cigarette papers also are tabooed, | Admiral George Dewey — is rremely ill, and due to his age his condition is feared to be danger- ous. The hevo of Manila Bay was 70 years old last month, He has been suffering fro ma severe cold for several days and has grown | worse steadily, suffering a sink- | ng spell late Saturday night. It eX- | According to reports current in| well informed marine circles the | German commereial submarine | Toutsehland left Bremen Janu-| ary 2, bound for Yew London. | ifficials of the Eastern Morward- ing Company were not in the city) the necessary arrangements can be made. : When Robert J. Aley, president ofthe University of Maine, was graduated from Valparaiso, Indi- ana, university 35 years ago, he didn’t have $3 to pay for his di- ploma, Aley entered the univer- sity without money. He worked as caretaker around the stables of an official of the university, shined shoes and did odd jobs. On commencement day he was “broke,’?. but he borrowed _ his room-mate’s best suit and was graduated. ‘‘I won’t accept the diploma until I can pay for it,” he said. The other day he sent $3 and got his diploma. Fire at Adrian. Adrian was again visited by a jvery destructive fire about. one o'clock Monday morning .when the business house on the south side of Main street owned by Dr. L. Bates and oecupied by & store owned by Fred was burned to — the The loss on the grocery store was about $2,500, with $1800 in- | surance. The upper floor was ocetpied \ hy the offiee of Dr. S. L. Bates & Non. The doctors lost all of their instruments, offiee fixtures and library. There was no insurance on the building or the doctors’ of- fice, As Adrian has no waterworks and no adequate means to fight fire when a building catches fire it usually burns to the ground, It would seem that the reduced rates on insuranee alone would be an incentive to put in-a good system of waterworks. THEY SAY— Priday night and efforts to obs ae vain verifieation from other; Don't laugh at the man who sources were unavailing. i makes a New Year’s resolution Se and then breaks it. He is not A monument to Jefferson Davis! half so comieal as the one who will be ereeted soon at Fairview, Ky,, birthplace of the Confederate vresident, “by the women and nen ofthe Southern Confeder- Ms n eost of $150,000, Gen. Julian S. Carr, millionaire manu- facturer, announced at Durhan, | N.G. Saturday night. The mon- ument, an obelisk, will he 350 ‘eet high. Answering a statement by — the British admiralty on the subject of armed merechantmen, the Ger- | man admiralty says: ‘Hostile, merchantmen carry armament in| order to attack. The British navy | is acting according to the prin-| ciple that attack is best defense, This Jast has been proved by or-} ders issued and the aetual execu: | tion of which will decide our! sours of action.” Buffalo's record grain fleet of ‘ighty-two freighters carrying | over 25,000,000 bushels of grain, | mostly for foreign countries, is being unloaded at the elevators in | that city. Before this task vould | be undertaken, ain interests were foreed to search the whole country for avialable freight cars to move from the elevators a great. store of grain accumulated before the close.of navigation. The house, in committee of the whole, late Saturday afternoon struck from the postal appropria- tion bill the provision designed to raise postage on second class mail—- newspapers and magazines ~and also the proposal to reduce the postage on local letter mail to one cent. The provision making eatalogues and like matter: third lass mail was also stricken out. The United States cruiser Mil- ‘waukee, which has been engaged im an effort to pull the submarine 113 off the sandbar on which she drifted recently, went aground early Saturday in a fog near the| scene. At 8 o'clock Saturday morning life-savers reported that she was in the first line of break- ers. near Samoa. The life-saving «crew was rushed to the scene, pre- paring to take off the Milwau- kee’s company should her _posi- tion prove dangerous. The Chicago Board of Educa- tion by a vote of 14 to 3, decided to instal] a system of military training, with rifles and uniforms, in Chicago’s public high schools. The plan approved is in accord- ance with the requirements of the War Department and will be un- der the direction of Capt. Edgar %. Steever. The pupils will be re- quired to furnish their own uni- forms and the rifles will be sup- plied by the United States Gov- jarse will be tiective. The sys- tem will The military training | troops thinks he has no faults to correct. Uriech Herald, The State legislature should proceed with its busintss and not worry over the woes of Judge Lamm's chief St. Louis backers mavho lost $20,000 in election bets und has been howling ever since. '_ Henry County Demoerat. It is to be earnestly heped that when the law again-takes charge of murderer Harry K. Thaw, that him, Sueh scoundrels as deserve to be put out of harm’s way and should not be allowed to eseape just punishment beeause they have money—which talks.— St. eph Observer. , Thaw is a malodorous life it has been to prove to a long- suffering publie that, while Amer- ican justice may not be bought and sold outright, a man with un- limited money in hand may in- voke the processes of obstruction and delay, and, by the exereise of patience, finally arrive at exact- ly the same goal as that reached in ruder and simpler _ times through the outright purchase of Judges and jurics. Harry Thaw is the strongest argument just now available for law reform. What says Missiuri?—St. Louis Republic. Judge Lamm's contest over his election shows the ealibre of, the man the Republicans would have had conducting the affairs of the state. Lamm has, probably, been persuaded to act the part of a “‘squeeler’? by the bosses in the Republican-party..in.the state. The people of Missouri should congratulate themselves __ that Judge Lamm was defeated. A man who ean not stand defeat in an election without showing his streak of yellow is not the kind of a man Missouri wants in the man- sion at Jefferson City. Let us all give thanks for Gardner’s elec- tion.—Milan Standard. The Missouri National Guard sent 5,030 men to Texas when the call.came for the mobilization of troops to patrol the Mexican Bor- @ér, and there the men were sta- tioned for six months. It may be of interest to campaign orators, who like to hear themselves har- angue patient, tolerant audiences, to know that among those 5,030 men from Missouri during that active service there was only one death from illness or disease. The Missouri brigade was declared by all officers, including Major-Gen- cral Fred Funston, to be the equal of any troops, either — e Missouri are now either at home or be installed as soon asjccrat. lars or National Guard, at ‘front. “Most of the another homicide’ something real will be done toj Thaw} THAW CUTS THROAT To Escape Arrest, The Slayer At- tempted Suicide in Philadel- ; phia Today. ; Phildelphia, Jan. 11—Harry Kendall Thaw, slayer of Stan- ford White, and now wanted in New York to answer an indict- ment charging that he flogged Frederick Gump, jr., of Kapnsas City, cut’ his throat and wrists in a West Phildelphia apartment this afternoon in an effort to com- mit suicide. The house where Thaw’ was found is within a short distance of the street where Thaw was in a motor accident last May. It was a damage suit instituted against his mother, the owner of the machine, that brought Thaw here last Monday to defend the action. How the deteetives learned that Thaw was in west’ Philadelphia they do not say, When they were asked by the New York authori- ties to apprehend him on a war- rant charging him with assaulting Frederick Gump, jr. of Kansas City, they made a search of the city and were convinced that he had left. Althought he was one of the most widely known men in Amer- iea it was impossible to get’a line on his whereabouts. He was gone as completely as if he had vanish- ed in the’ air. Thaw went to the Taco home at 10:30 o’clock this morning and begged the woman to permit him to remain a while. Realizing the consequences of such an act should the police find the fugi- tive in he home, Mrs. Taco eall- ed an official of a detective ageney and asked his advice. Shortly afternoon the official went to detective headquarters and arranged for the delivery of Thew to the authorities. Thaw is supposed to have agreed to the surrender. At the last moment as he saw. the detective cordon forming around the house, Thaw | slashed himself, Evelyn Nesbit Expected It New York, Jan. 11.—Warning that ‘‘Ilarry Thaw may commit was issued to the public today by Evelyn Nes- bit. former wife of Hatry Thaw, now Mrs, Jack Clifford, “He is a dangerous man to be at large,’ said Evelyn, *‘and he should be confined at once for the safety of the public, | The late Dr, Austin Flint said to ne: “Thaws disease will agin mani- itself. a woman and a v kill some one.” Mrs. Clifford said she was **sor- ry for Thaw.”” 1s fost lute hoy then Radford’s Dispersion Sale. 1 will dispe stock at public sale 2 miles north and 5 miles west of Butler, 2'miles south and 4 miles west of Passaic 2*miles north and 4 miles east of Virginia, on the John Woody farm MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1917 60 head of live stock. 43 Head of Cattle—8 yearling heifers, 9 two-year-old heifers, 14 cows to be fresh soon, 6 cows with calf by side. This is all good young stuff. 10 Head Horses and Mules—1 pair farm mares weight 2700 in foal by horse,.1 pair 4-year-old mules 15 hands high, 1 pair mules coming 6 and 7 years old, 15 1-2 hands high, 1-horse mule coming 4 years old 15 hands high, 1 black horse 4 years old weight 1300, 1 mare mule-2 years old. Some Brood Sows and Shoats. TERMS :—All sums of $10 and under cash. On sums over $10 a credit of 9 months time will be given on bankable note to bear 8 per cent interest from date. 2 per cent discount for cash. Noth- ing to be removed from grounds until settled for. Ladies Aid of the chureh of Virginia will lunch. 14-1t L. S. RADFORD. Col. C. E. Robbins, Col. L. A. Poteet, Auctioneers. serve Famous Plainsman Died in Den- ver, Colorado. Denver,” Col. Jan. 10.—Col. noon at the home of his sister. @ my herd of live | School Meeting Program. This meeting will be held in the Butler Circuit Court Room, Jan- uary 16, 1917. It will be com- posed of the teachers, school offi- cers and patrons of Mt. Pleasant, Summit, Lone Oak, Charlotte, Mound and Deepwater townships, and the towns of Hume, Rieh Hill, Butley and Adrian. All those in- terested in better schools are most cordially invited to be present at this meeting. Your presence will he greatly appreciated. The following program will be rvndered : ‘i i 1:15. Devotional exercises, El- der R. M. Talbert. 1:30, Demonstration Lesson in Primary Reading, Miss Jessie Ray. 1:50. The Junior High School Dean C. A. Phillips of ‘Warrens- burg. 2:45. History and Current events, Prof. ©. H. MeClure, of Warrensburg. ‘ 3:30. Illustrated Lecture on the Consolidated Rural High School, Prof. Alphonso Gorrell. Mr. McClure is at the head of the history department of the Warrensburg Normal, and will give you something worth while on the"importance of teaching current events in connection with history. You will be pleased if you will come to hear him. Mr. Gorrell has ordered some slides from the United States Bu- rean of Edueation on the consoli- dated rural high sehool and will be able to give a very interesting lecture and show you some very fine pietures on this subject. You can not afford to miss this lee- ture. A. C. Moreland. Kansas City High Schools to Have Military Training. Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 14— Military training will be installed in the high schools of Kansas City and Polytechnie Institute the be- ginning of the next semester, Jan- uary 22, aecording to Capt. E. Z. Steever of Washington, national director-of military training in the publie schools. Lieut. R. C. Baird of the United States Infan- try will have active charge of the local installation and will be as- sisted by two noncommissioned officers.- “The benefits, of the- school training plan are countless,”’ Capt. Steever said. ‘Besides the physical assets military training brings it offers great mental and moral improvement, School mil- itary training not only builds up He will first flagel-| the boy’s sense of responsibility, makes him ambitious, resoureeful 2nd hard working, but it gets him away in part from petty social duties. Tt makes him better bal- anced.” The “troop leadership game’* will be one of the features intro- duced, Capt. Steever told the boys of the four games that will induce competition between the schools.. They are military drill, the troop leadership game, wall sealing and rifle practice. He showed how the hundreds of boys at the schools will be able to take an active part in these forms of competition while strictly ath- letie sports involve only a few. Farm Job for Roach? Jefferson: City, Mo., Jan. 14.— Because of his summons to Wash- ington today by the Missouri del- egation in Congress it is believed in Jefferson City that former Secretary of State Cornelius Roach will be appointed a direct- or in the Federal Farm Loan Bank when it is organized. Henry F. Louis also is an applicant for the place and has the active support of Speaker Champ Clark in whose district he formerly resided. Senator Stone is said to be neu- tral. Senator Reed. and the other Congressmen are for Roach and Christian | have been pushing his candidacy. Mrs, Virginia Armstrong Dead. Mrs. Virginia Armstrong, wid- ow of the late Judge John Arm- M. C. Wilcox, Clerk.| strong died at her home on Ohio street Saturday evening after a THE END TO BUFFALO BILL] !ong illness of heart trouble. The deceased was born in Illi- nois March 1, 1844, and has been a resident of this county since 1880. She is survived by two daughters, Miss Bessie Armstrong William Frederick Cody (Buffalo | of this city and Mrs. C.F. Hardy, Bill), soldier, hunter and scout, | of Lincoln, Nebraska, and one son. died at 12:05 o’clock this after-|George Armstrong, of this city. The remains were taken to With Colonel Cody when he|Hume Sunday and funeral _ser- had hurried down from Cody, | Mrs. L. B. Decker, of z © Wyo., the family home, last week | madie‘in the to be at his bedside and the sister, tery, beside: died were his wife, daughter (who| vices conducted at the Hume Méthodist church and interment 3; .|Mechanic St., Butler, says: I : Denton-Coleman SEE Loan and Title Co. ————————————————————————————— : : FOR FARM LOANS and ABSTRACTS BUTLER, MO. —————————TT—EeEeEEc— ALL WRONG The Mistake is Made by Many Butler Citizens. Look for the cause of backache. To be cured you must know the cause, If it’s weak kidneys you must set the kidneys working right. A Butler resident tells you how. Mrs. Amanda M. Ryan, 511 ‘ a used to suffer much from kidney trouble. T had a heavy, drag- ging ache in my back and it seemed as though there were heavy weights pulling on my kid- neys. When at my housework if T lifted anything or even sat down or got up out of a chair, a sharp twinge caught me in my back. Then too my kidneys often acted irregularly. Doan’s Kid- ney Pills, procured from Lud- wiek’s Drug Store fixed me up quickly. Occasional use _ since then has kept me in good health and free from kidney trouble.’’ Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy— get Doan’s Kidney — Pills—the same that Mrs. Ryan had. Fos- ter-Milburn (o., Props., Buffalo, N.Y, 14-2t Farmer Killed Over Old Duel. Macon, Mo., Jan, 15.—In a dis pute over an account of fort: years’ standing, between Switzer Stacy and Charles Davis, farmers, the former was shot and killed and Davis wounded in the shoul- der yesterday afternoon near Cal- lao. Davis says he had no pistol, that Stacy shot at him and in the seuffle following the pistol was again discharged and Staey killed, Davis declares he did not have the pistol in his hand at any time. Both men belong to well known families. One Month Old Calf Sells for! °”. $400.00, The high cost of beef is well il- lustrated by the sale of a Holstein | bull calf belonging to the College of Agriculture of the University of Missouri for $400 to the agri- cultural division of the Univer- sity of Nevada. the sale the calf #as less than one month old. It will-be kept on the University farm until it jis six months old before shipped to the buyer. At the time of | Decision in the Archie Consoli- dated Schoo! Case. “The statute, Laws 1913, p. 722, does not exclude or prohibit the inclusion of a part of a consoli- dated district into a proposed new consolidated district, The statute says that any school districts may be formed into a consolidated dis- trict. Section 2’says what shall not be included in the new distriet and does not mention a part of another consolidated district. « Section 3 says Superintendent shall visit the ‘‘community,’’ says he shall determine the boundaries, but does not say he shall not take into such boundaries some other consolidated district. He must make the best consolidated: dis- trict, having due regard for the welfare of adjoining ‘‘districts.’’ | Again not excluding consolidated districts. There is no where in the statute any exclusion of parts of old consolidated districts and iwe have no authority to put in |such exclusion, or: exception to ithe general words used. ' To adopt the view taken by | plaintiff, once a consolidated dis- | trict is established it must stand, iregardless of ehange in popula- ‘tion, change in conditions, or cir- icumstances that would render. it | desirable. | The motion i ruled.” | The above case grew out of the |formation of a consolidated |school district at Archie, Cass county in which the Cass county superintendent came over into Bates county and took 6 square miles of territory. The Bates county formed a consolidated | school district north of Adrian |and incorporated into it the 6 square miles of the Archie district ‘lying in Bates county. The | Archie district then attempted to join the action of the Bates | county superintendent but it was ‘overruled by Judge Calvird. The !case was then appealed to the s City Court of Appeals and ction of Calvird was sus- tained. A motion for a new hear- ling was filed with the Kansas \City Court of Appeals but was overruled; thus sustaining the ac- tion of the Bates county superin- tendent. C. A. Denton represented to the plaintiff and Silvers and Dawson the defendant. should be over- the a Woodward of “St: inexpensive. i { Here’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 of a real vacation than anywhere you can go—even though you traveled three times the distance and it cost you ten times the price. Only a short ride away—easy reach. Hotels, boarding-housee and camps everywhere—comfortable and MISSOURI ‘PAGIFIG “Pleasant Way to Pleasant Places” See our agent. Ash i River Country—get booklet on the White Setnteeed from