The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 25, 1917, Page 4

‘The Butler Weekly Times _ Yritted on Thursday of each week. ~woMy, DH, ALLEN, uitor and Mar. To Close Out All T — = BPtered at tne Post Office of But- | Res, Mo.. as second-class mat! matter. | Se | PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR ANNOUNCEMENTS. LOW. is ah candidate - for Colle r Mt. Pleasant f) subject to the action of the ary Febuary 24, 1917, Woops, SG: CaNqidat. foy Collector Mt, Pleasant towPsnip, subje o the action of the Nemdgratic prit Februay 24, 1917, canaidate oof Mt, Pleas- Ant township. sia 10 the action of je Yemocra tic » February 24, 1917. JOUN caMujdaty ror Cle Mt Pleasant townsh ip, i Axion of the bemocrsttic prim rary 4, WIT. Ae cangidate £ to towAShip. subject t DemPeuratic prima {. Pleasant m of the 0. 2A, 1917. of Mt. Pleasant ( NV idate Sat + Democratic tQwPShip, + vrmary, La\ candidat, for Clerk und ¢ ‘Neasant township, sub, BQ ON of the Democrittic primary, Feb vary By 17, | ——— me BROWN, | rustee of Mt. Pleasant | lo the action of the | ry, February 24, 1917. * candidate £0! 1tQyPShi sub. Pmocratio p z a RB t Democratic Primary | x ‘ mi ne i Silk Ruffled Petticoats There will be held at the sonth | Basement of the court house, in! the City of Butler, Missouri, on Saturday, February 24th, 1917, a Democratic Township Primary | for Mt. . Pleasant township, at, which election all qualified elec- | tors Of Known Democratic affilia- | tions will be entitled to vote. Nominations will be made to} the following offices: Township Trustee, Members of Township Board, (two to nominate. ) | | New Short Aprons New Spring Skirts Corticelli, Clark’s, Coats Towaship Clerk and Assessor, Township Collector. Constable. Justices of the Peace, (three to) Nymlpate,) j Pols will be open at one eWeek p.m, and close at 6:30 p-! {| Voile and Organdie Collars New Style Silk Crepe Waists New Models Warner Corsets New English Walking Shoes More Work Shoes, Solid Leather New Fancy Handkerchiefs Full Assortment Mercerized Crochet Cotton WE ARE DETERMINED his Season’s Coats. One Lot Plush Coats for $10.00 One Lot $25.00 Cloth Coats for $12.50 One Lot Fancy Coats for $6.50 One Lot Fancy Coats for $5.00 One Lot Fancy Coats for $3.00 Some Choice Suits at $10.00, $12.50, $15.00 ALL FUR SCARFS AND MUEEFS ONE THIRD OFF WALKER-McKIBBEN'’S The Quality Store | NEW THINGS $4.00 to $5.50 $3, $3.50, $4 , beautiful miodels and Royal Society 10c Balls Knitting or Crochet Silk Walker-McKibben’s The Quality Store m, | VQ" nt ; a. lV. SMITH, — pRESIDENT WILSON URGES their own lives under a common owWnship Committeeman. WORLD MONROE pritcenan Se DOCTRINE “T am proposing Government W any thinly were needed to as- Calls for Lasting Treaties Based by Oe cousent of Hise governed sure the American public of the . that freedom of the seas, which <i COV SN ‘tho praeticahility and on Government by Consent in international conferenee after the timeliness of President Wil- of Governed and En. conference representatives of the Ae autres me tes forced by Interna- GFA TUS MONEE a COTA eons address to the Senate, Pheo- " hited States have urged with ; ticnal Alliance. his: venomous, has furmished Washington, D.C. Jan. Roosevelt's tirade: President Wilson's epoch-ma Seine logieal, his! address before the Senate today— wore waintelligent and) the first since George Washington in the extreme and his addvessed the upper branch of f expression, to say the: Congress in 1789—had the same} do hardly he considered | diyerse effect upon the law-mak- aste, Besides Roosevelt ers of the nation that it probably | wsistently and con will have upon the statesmen of | renee ree ridiculously nous ne uropesi Roo te pie that his opposition is as good a the President’s remarks evidently | recommendation as the American were as mtich directed as — they pPublig could ask, were to the people of America, Expounding, as he did, the the- : cae , ory that future world peace af- ne teak sl alg boon still mer- ter the Hee war may nly is ly pursues ifs strenuous way, made possible by a concert of all, With apparently mo results other | Goveenacnta, determined upon) el Kad ape ll ih se tag the aboaereatlon of poe} oe MomMbership of the Ananias elu, tions, the President left with the True Tom Lawson is getting out treaty-making branch of Congress | efit in aimeaswve the free adver many new thoughts upon which’ tising which likely prompted him to ponder. i ty start the ball rolling, but the Whether the United Kind of pelos Mr. il apd shall enter a world peace league evtaning probably isn’t so de-!and, as many contend, thereby | yao -ay re bad oped. Lawson , phanden—its—traditienal .poliey of | S host iy pil a heroic 1 il ssl isolation and no entangling alli- the Spectacle he has mide on the: ances, was laid squarely before! stavQ hardly tends to increase the’ Congress and the country. Gun iienee of. the public in him. py. President followed this ed as. deeply significant. that the men whom somebody told ,, a . Oe a) somebody elye who told Lawson, I RR as it ea 1 were “leaking? are all men of! he said, ‘‘that the nations should: Very modest means which would | With one accord adopt the doc- Hardly be the ease had they eared | 'PMe of Brcaigent Avon be as) ne Be cae - . = | he world; that no na- ty take advantage of their offi-| Toctrine of th 3 : cial knowledge wpon the stoek | tion should seek to extend its pol- | market at various tines, iey over any other nation or peo-, . ple, but that every people should be left free to determine its own policy in its own way to develop- ment, unhindered, unthreatened, unafyaid, the little along with the! great and powerful. “Tam proposing that all na-} ‘tions henceforth avoid -entang-' ling allianees which. would draw ore Roos. Dlattnt eri that assim fell far ¢ vitieisnas inyeloyant Manner 6) It hy sm saree Wort sO ~~ States; Joint Debate at Tripp. | There will be a joint debate at Trip school house Friday Feb- rusty 2, against Passaic. Ques- tion, “Resolved, That the Far- Mers of Missouri Can Successfully Oyganize to Better Their Present!them into competition of power, | Condition.’’ Passaic has the af-|catch them in a net of intrigue firmative. Tripp, negative. iand selfish rivalry, and disturb Speakers on the affirmative, A.\their own affairs. with iathvanoen!| C, Rosier EH. Rosier, Mr. Me-| intruded from without. There is Carthy, CW, Zwahlen. Negative,/no entangling. alliance in a con- La, W, Keele, M. F. Hovey, G. M.!cert. of Powers when all unite to Atartrick and W. S. Fuller. act in the same sense and with the Everybody welcome. |same purpose, all act in the com- I, W. Keele. |mon interest-and are free to live the eloquence of those who are . the convinced disciples of liber- ty; and that moderation of arma- ments which makes of armies and navies a power for order merely, not an instrument of aggression or of selfish violence. “These are American ciples, American — policies. could stand for no others.” Democrats, as a rule, followed prin- We 20% Discount this m this small price, 19c. worth one-third more. W ALKER-McKIBBEN’S The Quality Store All Wool and Part Wool Blankets Some of these Plaids. Sizes inches. onth only On Sale Special for 19c We offe: soft twilled. The colors are Grays, $2.98 | Big Soft Warm Blankets are the Wool nap finish, Some are fans and 66 by 80 inches and 72 by 80 This is a great big value and we advise you to purchase now 90c Wizard Mop Dusters These are put on sale for advertising purpose only. This duster is double faced—chemically treated—can be washed with soap and water and is a great aid to any housekeeper. r six dozen of these at ah Bargain in Shirts Men's fancy striped Shirts $1.00 E & W brand, slightly mussed, some | 15 and 15%, more 16 and 16%, on sale at just half price Double-fold Pereales 10c yd. 2000 yards Fast Color Percales. Navy Blue and White, Medium Blue and White, Black and White, White and Black. Greys, etc., in stripes, small figures and dots at 10c yard. 390c Extra Good Heavy Crash 200 yards heavy Red Bordered Crash on sale at LBic Ward, A good time to stock up on this necessity. Says We Waste 13 Billions a Year | Pursuing Pleasure. Profligacy and extravagance of the Aimerican people in pursuing pleasure were condemned in the Senate today by Senator McCum- her of North Dakota, in opposing | proposals for a nembargo on food | products. The high cost of liv- Ing, he satd, was due largely -to! American extravagance, figures to show that Americans spend $13,000,000,000 annually for liquor, tobacco, automobiles and | other amusements. “This revelry habits,’? he said, *‘this unquen the lead of Senator Stone of Mis- souri, chairman of the Senate “Committee on oF reign Relations, ; a uN in praising the Presidents utter-; younger generation. The Ameri- ances. Although a few Republi- cans, notably La Follette of Wis- consin and Clapp of Minnesota, radicals, and Page of Vermont, able demand for amusements, for continual mental can people seem obsessed with the idea that the main thing in life is amusement, play, entertain-! ment.”? : vo) ative, indicated their ap- proval, the great body of the op- position party displayed a spirit} and articles used on the farm, in of antagonism ranging from bit-| addition to land values, would be ter attack to mild critieisin. ator Lodge of of the Foreign Relations -Commit- tec, an. ultra-conservative, and Senator Borah of Idaho, usually strongly liberal, expressed _ pri- vately almost identical critical views. Senator Stone who was at the heal of the committee which es- corted the President to and from the Senate’ chamber, personally informed the President that he had prepared a ‘‘great state pa- per,’’ which drew from Mr. Wil- son an expresse dhope’ that it ‘would be understood.’” — The Missourian ventured the opinion t it would make a deep impres- ion upon the Government and peoples of the belligerent nations, Fire at J. S. Pierce Residence. The residence of J. S. Pierce on West Ohio street caught fire Tues- day morning, the flames eriginat- ing ‘from sparks from a flue be- ing blown onto the shingle roof. The fire department responded promptly to an alarm and the blaze was extinguished with but little damage to the residence. The damage, which was confined to the roof and the plastering of the room beneath is fully covered with insurance. * inal Costs. [bate judge. An embargo on food, in view} of present prices of farm labor most unjust and class diserimina- Massachu-| tion, he declared. i setts, ranking Republican member More High Cost of Living, Troubles. New York, Jan. 19.-—Increased prices of cigarettes are announced | by the United Cigar Stores Com- pany and the Tobacco Products | Corporations. Advances by the United, to be- come effective Monday, range from 1 to 3 cents a box of a doz- en cigarettes. The higher cost of labor, tobacco and wrapping ima- terial is given as the reason. The increase by the Tobacco Products Corporation, effective at onee, range from 25 cents to $1 for each 1000 cigarettes. Senator Baldwin’s Committees. | In the senate cominittee assign- ments announced last week Sen- ator Baldwin, of this district, was plaeed on the following commit- tees: Appropriations, Railroads and Internal Improvements ;’ Lifs, Fraternal and. other Insurance and Workmen’s Compensation; Agriculture; Retrenchment and Reform; Fees, Salaries and Crim- He introduced a bill requiring that only a qualified lawyer could fill the office of pro- Was Disgusting. a ‘‘disgusting ass’’ by Senator Stone, was fully borne out by Mr. Lawsons appearance before the congressional investigating com- mittee, He danced back and forth, he gressmen, he cursed in defiance of forth hints, insinuations, vague ceneralities, but no definite facts. Lawson approaches near to that ‘exalted form of egotism known asia in extravagant: paranoia, He is a monomaniae for | meeting or referee a dog fight notoriety ? Thomas Carlyle once alluded to ‘a historic character as an ‘eleu-+ theromaniae.’’ We didn’t: know \ xaetly what he meant until Tom | Lawson rose above the political averse to ao horizon.--Henry Demo- erat. County Ship Potatoes From England. Chicago, Jan. 22.—High prices paid for potatoes on the Chicago jmarket have attracted big ship-| ments from England to compete duct, avording to a statement tional Retail Groce stricken England can send pota- toes to Chicago to compete with the product grown in Tilinois, Wisconsin and other Western states, but IT have seen the bills| of lading,’’ Mr. Westerfeld said. | More Clothes for Miss Liberty.! Chicago, Jan. 18.—-*Liberty’s”’ scant garment on Uncle Sam’s new quarters is immodest. Pro- hibitionists in conference here yesterday said so. “There is plenty of room for more clothes on the figure; I do not approve of its nudity,’’ said Frances Beauchamp, secretary of the party’s national committee. War Fliers Know Speed. The characterization of Tom; Somewhere in France, Jan, 20. Washington, D. C., Jan. 18.— Lawson, the Boston financier, as, —-*It’s exciting at times, but gen- erally speaking, it’s rather less sport than a motor eyele,’’ said & owing’ subaltern of the British flying corps. [He chatted — while tinkering with his machine—one ‘of the latest types in a war that ' shook his fists in the faces of Con-! is changing and developing the ‘airplane almost from hour to citing | the presence of ladies, he poured | hour, There were marvels of the lair two years ago that have no | Mare relation to the machines of j today than the clumsy attempts of arnyard fowl to the flight of a <willow, An aerial seout that ‘notoriety. He avould lead a prayer | cannot register in the neighbor- ij hood of 140 miles am hour cannot intoxicants is -withequal_selt-satistaction.—Thebe+assed as truly modern. This underinining the sturdiness of our! present flurry brings delight to{ speed is called for in ‘level air,’” ‘the coekles of his heart, for he is| not in running ‘‘down hill,” or in ‘now in the spotlight of national | diving out of a loop—one may at- !tain 180 miles an hour doing that. | ; . Parson Lewis, who was not ional toddy, hired jan Trishman to clean out his cellar Fone morning. Pat started in work iwith a will, and found, among the fother rubbish, a number of empty jhottles” Pat carefully examined jeach hottle by holding it to the light. ~~ Said ae The minister, looking down to see how Pat was getting along . . j : j with the American grown pro-| with the work, saw him looking through the bottles, and called - ;made publie today by Sol Wester- | out: i jfeld, former president of the Na-! 's’ Association. | “It seems impossible that war | replied *'Phey are all dead ones, Pat.’’ “Indade, now, are they sur?’” the Trishman. ‘Well, \there’s wan good thing about it— the all had the minister wid ’em when they wuz dyin’!’’—St. Jo- seph Observer, Promotion for Dr. Grayson. , j Washington, Jan, 18.—The po- sition of medical director in the navy with rank of rear admiral to which Dr: Cary T. Grayson, companion and medical adviser of President Wilson, was today pro- {moted was created by congress at: the last session. The act provided for five additional ‘staff positions with the rank of rear admiral. Two of the places are for medical officers. Examinations were giv- Mrs. Virgil Hinshaw, wife of the national chairman, said the gov- ernment evidently wished to have the_ figure ‘‘in “ye by putting i so few. on her. en for promotion, it was said, at the Navy Department today, and Doctor Grayson won the honor by his high standing_in the examina-