The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 8, 1917, Page 8

NEUTRALITY BLOCKED (Continued from page 1) a sweeping bow ih the chair. Senator Clark of Wyoming also arose and duplicated the bow. The other objectors kept their seats. Senator ceeded, In coneluding his remarks, Sen- ator Hitehcock quoted from the address of President Wilson de- livered two weeks ago, ‘‘when,”’ he said, ‘‘we applauded his lofty sentiments and heard his solemn pledges that he would continue to lead the United States, if it were possible, in the ways of peace. It was an unusual speech for & President, asking for what his eritics have termed was his pow- ers, that he should declare, as he then did: “ «Tt is devoutly to be hoped that it will not be necessary to put armed forces anywhere into ac- tion. The American people do not desire it and my desire is not different from theirs. 1 am sure that they will understand the spirit in which | am now acting. The purpose | hold nearest’ my heart and would wish to exhibit in everything I do. I am_ anxious that the people also should under- stand and not mistrust us. J hope that I need give no further assur- anees and proofs than I have al- ready given throughout three years of anxious patience that T am a friend of peace, and mean to preserve it for America so long as I am able.’ “Those, Mr. President,’’ con- tinued Mr. Hiteheock, ‘‘are the words of the Chief Executive of the United States, to whose re- quest, unfortunately, the Senate has not been able to accord an af- firmative answer. A dozen men in this Senate have defeated that will by resorting to one of the) most reprehensible — fillibusters ever recorded in the history — of any civilized country, Mr, Presi- dent, | am using rather strong language, and, pe rhaps, T ought to apologize--—- “Oh, no, not at Mr, La Follette. safe when no one reply.” “To assure the Senator Wisconsin that I do not cherish any personal feclings,’” was Mr. Hitcheock’s concluding sentence as the‘hour of noon arrived and Senator Robinson, in’ the chair, declared the Senate adjourned sine die. then Hitchcock pro- all,’ replied “Tt is perfeetly | from, Seeks to ‘e0 vu. 8. _—" Washington, D, C., March 6.— There was no final decision today on whether President Wilson has the authority to arm American merchantimen for defense against German submarines without ac- tion by Congress. Authoritative intimations were has a right to} h | pne umonia. On the Wing. Mr. and Mrs. Sims visited with Peter Denning and Harry French lust Sunday. Mr. Denning: has a very sick horse at this writing. Rk. P. C. Jensen and wife visited with G. M. Garner Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Hockett at- day. Earnest Lihn organized 1 a farm- last Wednesday night and clect- ed officers as follows: President, Ike Dawson; vice president, Ear. nest Lihn; secretary and treasur- er, A. Schester. They report that a farmers club at Passaic had a car load of shorts at $1.85 per hundred. The same would cost $2.25 per hundred. They had prices quoted on potatoes in car Joad lots at $2.25 per bushel. This is a great saving. They also shipped in a car of Aristos Jr. flour at $4.35 per hundred and this is not cheap flour either. It is one of the best on the market. | for Sale—A small bunch. of tivo colts, also 4 cow. See N. M. I]. Nestlerode,, two miles north, Virginia or Butler Route 5. He Geo, home folks Sunday. com- menced to work for the first of March. Ralph Hughes and family visit-| ed Uncle Geo, Hughes Sunday, Mr. Greenup moved to the old Pierce farm east of Virginia last week, Tom for Judge Sullens March. . Harry the home of Ray Jackson commenced work the first of French was-a caller at MeCann, who where he underwent a surgieal op- | eration, Te is getting along nice-| ly. Geo, Crooks has corn for sale at) S100 per bushel, He sold some to Hughes Monday. Grandma Minton is slowly im- proving at this writing. Rey. Pfost of Adrian didn’t fill] his regular appointment at Vir-| rinia last Sunday on account ‘of | oldest son being hedfast with | (eo, Harry Henderson — de livered | | hogs to the Amoret marked Satur-| day. Grant Oldham delivered cattle} tended meeting at Concord Sun:} sheep, some with lambs by side, | ! 1-2 mile cast and 1-4 mile south of | John Hedger and wife visited | Rubel Just returned from Kansas City) published and is regarded as con- | it. | to the Amsterdam market Tues- day. Cyrus Nestlerode has posts for sale. farm. | them back in our midst. | visit Aunt Sallie Foster last Sun- day.. She rode home with “Mr. ers’ Club at Crooks school house| Cochran, A% she was getting out of the ear she fell backwards and was carried to. the house. | Lusk was immediately called and said she had a stroke of paralysis | on her left side. She is almost} ‘ | speechless and in a very weak con- dition. They have a trained nurse | from Kansas City. Edd Foster and family of Jop- lin came up to visit home folks Sunday. Tink Hedger has two very sick The oldest boy has pneu- | boys. monia. Frank Hedger went to Foster Monday. Mabel Lewellyn and Mrs. T. J. Hockett were shopping in Amoret. Tuesday. Elmer Hardinger came home from schoo] Tuesday. Fred McCall moved back from : Foster last week, where he has been working’ in the mines this winter. home N.M.N. | Correspondence Must be Signed. | On numerous instances in the past we have called the attention | of correspondents to the necessity of signing their correspondence. |'This week we received several good news items by mail which we could not publish as the name of the writer was not signed. he name of the writer is never fidential but. we must know | We always appreciate having our} friends write us the neighborhood | 1 news, but they must be signed. Several thousand tons of cotton Labanlanna to Liverpool was de- stroyed Friday night in Balti- more in a fire in the hold of the British steamship Carolinian of the Garland line. The vessel would }have cleared Saturday with a large and varied supply of mer- chandise consigned to the Allies. Mr. Ora Browning has moyed back from Kansas City ‘to his He and his family are fine folks and we are glad to welcome | Aunt Martha Zinn went to Dr. | { Death of 0. 0. Olizer. - C. C. Clizer, who in’ point of Bates county’s ‘oldest residents, died at his home in Montrose, Saturday, March 3, after an ill- ness of, about one week. | Mr. Clizer, or Uncle Tommy, as he was affectionately called by his large circle of friends, was horn one and one-half miles south of Johnstown, in this county, No- vember 4, 1852. When 22 years of age he was united in marriage to Miss Nannie Drake, who be- ‘longed to another pioneer family of Bates county. Seventeen months later she died, to be short- ly followed by a nine months old daughter. After twenty-eight years of lonliness in 1907, he was united in marriage to Mrs. Mary C. Anderson. In early life he learned the har- ness makers trade and later con- ducted harness shops at Creigh- ton, Johnstown and Spruce. In 1902 he removed to Montrose, where he conducted a shop until his death. During the'time he was a resident of Johnstown he be- came a Master Mason and _ re- tained his membership in that order for several years. C. C. Clizer.was a generous, big hearted gentleman, always ready. to help those less fortunate than himself, He possessed one of those genial, sunny temperaments that makes friends of all who were so fortunate as to know him. Funeral services were conduct- ed at Montrose Tuesday after- noon, Rev. C. C. Higbee, pastor of the M. E. church, South, Rev. (i. W. Petly, 6f the Cumberland Presbyterian chureh and Rev. L. B. Crawford conducted the ser- viees, Marriage Licenses. .Kansas City, Mo., . Kansas City, Mo. Alba Shaw Rich Hill, Mo., oldie Campbell..Rich Hill, Mo. L._L. Baldwin..Pleasanton, Kas., Leta Rankin Hume, Mo. Chas. V. Stowe...Rich Hill, Mo., Eva M. Lankford. .Rich Hill, Mo. Res Es fihel Bowen. continuous residence, was one. of. Johnson.. .Butler, Mo., -Rich Hill, Mo. Burlie G. Bessie R. Wine... The origin of the fire has not been George A. Watson. .Larimer, Pa., determined. I . Virginia EF. Hicks. -Rich Hill, Mo. given that the President was seek- | ing a way to take the step on his own responsibility, but would act only after most mature delibera- tion. Some administration officials, after careful study of the old law of 1819, cited in the Senate as preventing the arming of mer- chantmen against submarines, were stronger than ever in their belief that the act has no applica- tion to the present situation. The statute was passed specifi- eally to allow American merchant- men ta fight pirates and _priva- teers, and these officials contend that the exemption in this con- nection of a ‘‘public armed vessel _ ofa nation in amity with the Unit- ed States’? does not prevent a peaceful merehantman from re- sisting an attack in violation: of international law. The impression grew that an extra session of Congress was certain and the time for calling it was believed to depend almost wholly on developments. in the Senate and the decision of the President on arming merchant- _ men. Senator Lodge attempted to in- today the armed neutrali- ry bill killed’ by the filibusters, ‘put Vice President — _ : samad 2 int ef order that the > Renate tonld not consider legisla- in extra session when the had not been called to Almeda Marseilles, sur- fed by 110 of her 113 living ’ celebrated her birthday at Hanni- Fe: ‘She is among the old- > Pesidents, living SUIT May Call Congress by June 1. Washington, D, C., March 6.— An extra session of Congress not later than June now is generally eonceded among officials here to be assured. ° Although President Wilson has not given any definite indication that he-has abandoned hope that an extra session might be avoid- ed, there is an almost unanimous sentiment among Senators, Repre- sentatives and officials of the ex- ecutive departments that one must be called. They declare that even if the international situation does not demand, it, Congress must come back to complete its legisla- tion program and fill up gaps. in the Government’s financial scheme caused by failure of some of the important appropriation measures. So certain are many members of Congress on this point that]; they are speculating on the prob- able date of the session. The general expectation among them, said to be based on word passed out by officials close to the Pres- ident, is that_the end of May or some time in June will be the time for the conv ening of the new Congress. Modification of the Senate rule urged by President Wilson to pre- vent future filibusters like the one that killed the armed neutral- ity bill, virtually was agreed upon tonight by a Conference Commit- tee of 10 Senators, five Democrats and five Republicans, named by the party caucuses. The change proposed would put the power in the hands of two- thirds of the Senators present at any time to’ shut ‘off debate and prevent dilatory tactics. The com- mittee will meet again tomorrow, probably before the Senate con- venes at noon, and is expected to reach a final agreement on a reso- lution embodying this proposal, which was approved by the Rules Committee several months ago, but. which never came up for ac- tion. For Rent. About 10 tight. Nearly new house, smoke house, barn and general farm improvements. An ideal place to raise chickens or hogs and keep a few cows. In- quire J. W. Eggleson, 19-t£ Tel 569, Butler, Mo. fenced hog house, hen acres, COATS AND est styles for the New Season , It's an interesting subject—this subject of new clothes. At no time is it more interesting than at the beginning ofa new season when women of all ages are asking the question “What are the authoritative Styles for this season?” This store aims to have this information always at hand—at this particular time we have made special efforts to display in comprehensive assortments garments that present styles for Spring and eesti 1917. 9 DRESSES Are placed before you in the largest assortment, the choic- Choose here from the new models in In serge, gubarainel wool poplin, Poiret twill, silk and wool jersey and fancy checks. The leading shades are gold, old rose, Hague, old gold, apple green, grey, rookie, navy and others. $15.00, $20.00, $25.00, $30.00 You. May.Like-Best—~ The § port - Cost Street and Motor ‘Gants, The Dress Coats Among the coats shown here in these three types there is a please you—in style, in quality, in material, in‘price. Why noti inapbot them soon? $7.50, ‘$10.00, $15.00, $20.00 We Have a Wonderful showing of A new record for fi i alares fora month was — ed -in Kansas City in Feb when — there were 758 pee 8 : The first #2: whea’ chee sold i in Kansas City was last week when « a comthission merchant paid that price for a car load of N fo. 2 hard Pabal. sions The Postoffice Appproppriu- tion Bill, signed by the: President Saturday carries with it an appro- priation for. 1 million dollars for a site for a new postoffice i in Kan- sas City. ‘ A bronze turkey weighing 42 pounds was sold at Milan one day last week and brought $9.24, which is about the price that a good hog would have brought a few years ago. Folks never grow old. in Mis- souri, To Mr. and Mrs, Eli Arn: old, of Atchison county,' aged 63 and 52, respectively, has just been born their sixteenth child, a ten pound daughter. During the forty-eight _ hours ending Saturday night there were thirty-one homes and _ stores robbed in Kansas City. | During the same time seven hold-ups and three jobs of pocket piolny were reported, : The peaches are killed: again: A Vernon county _horticulturist has informed the Nevada Mail that he has examined the trees:in his orchard and finds the peaches are killed. The other fruit he thinks is all right so far. . The senate and the house of the Missouri legislature have. voted to subfit a constitutional amend- ment providing state-wide prohi- bition at an election in November 1918. The house engressed an amendment providing that prohi- hition, if adopted, should take ef- fect January 1, 1920. Montgomery County’s Poor Farm has passed into history. The Jounty Court has decided to try an innovation. It will boaré the paupers in private homes, as there are only three of them. The farm was knocked off to the- thighest bidder, William Crane, of Mine-* ola, for nearly $9000. A Henry county man purchased about 100 head of hogs down in the Ozark region and last week had them shipped to Clinton, and not being familiar with the Ozark breed of swine he thought he eould unload them from: the cars and drive them to his farm. He unloaded them all right’ but up to date he has not succeeded in running down near all of them. Suit for $200,000 - damnges against the city of Springfield was filed by the Springfield Trac- tion Company Saturday for lack of police protection in the present street car strike, which has con- tinued since October, 1916. Mayor J. J. Gideon and Chief of Police Barney Rathbone are named as defendants. The strike has been featured by much disorder and the traction company alleges the ' police sided with the strikers. Eight or nine tons of hemp raised thirty years ago was shipped from Mosby recently to a twine factory which bought it at $100 a ton. The hemp had been stored in a barn, the grower hav- ing held it for that price. Time was when hemp sold for as:much as $120 a ton,.the.price.in -the-old-—- hemp growing days being. gov- erned by the-yield of the Ken- tucky hemp fields) When the price was beaten down the Clay county grower just waited. Mrs. Osroline Neider Dies.