The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 15, 1917, Page 1

VOL. XXXIX. BIG RAILROAD STRIKE PROBABLE Employees May Call Strike Unless Roads Accede to Their De- mands, Alliance, .0., March 12.—Three hundred engineers, firemen, con- ductors and trainmen on the Alli- ance division of the New York ‘Central railway today ordered to report ‘“‘after noon Thursday’’ at the Ohio building here for orders concerning the strike situation. Tt is learned from an authorita- ‘tive source that orders will be to quit work Saturday night at 6 o’elock unless the’ conference in New York between the brother- hood and the railroads succeeds or unless the supreme court up- + holds the Adamson eight-hour law. Washington, March 12.—Talk of a railroad strike was general among labor union officials from the southwest gathered here to- ——night, but national officers of the four brotherhoods declined to con- firm or deny that definite strike plans were under consideration. The local leaders come. for a conference tomorrow preliminary tg the meeting of brotherhood and railway officials to be held , in New York Thursday. Sectional conferences will be held in other cities and the brotherhood heads insist that they canot forecast their course until the locals from all parts of the country report the result of their deliberations. — There were distinct indications, however, that there might more truth in strike reports than appeared on the surface. An im- pression prevalent among some local officials was that a general walkout probably would follow quickly if the roads refused to ac- cede to the union demands at Thursday’s conference. Saturday was the day most persistently mentioned as likely to see a climax of the long controversy ~between the roads and their men. : oh Commercial Club Meeting. The Commercial Club held their regular meeting at the office of the seerctary Tuesday evening at which several matters of import- ance’were brought up and dis- cussed. Some time ago a joint commit- tee from tiie elub and the Butler school board was appointed to as- certain the cost of rooms for a Junior High School Manual Train- ing and Domestic Science. This committee had gone into the*mat- ter very thoroughly and secured estimates from two architects. They reported that six rooms could he added to the High School || Jf Not, you’ve missed seeing decidedly the finest line ever building, the heating plant moved outside the building, which would be much safer and give another room inside, making seven in all, * install the necessary equipment for manual training and domestic science, install inside closets and seats at the north and cast schools, make the necessary re- pairs on the West school building, install: blackboards at the colored school for the sum of $1,800.00. After the matter had been talked over for an hour or more and all the facts brought out, the club went on record as being in favor ..9t-a-bond-issue-to-care-for these _- improvements, and on motion the president was empowered to ap- point a committee of five to have entire charge of the matter. The election to be held April 3, 1917. The committee will be appointed at a later meeting. The club took up the matter of reimbursing County Superintend- ent of Schools A. C. Moreland for the money $18.00, which he paid out of his own funds for the ex- penses of the Teachers’ Institute, _-and as the Club had no fund out of which to pay ‘this money, a committee was appointed to raise ‘The Club, on motion of J.A.De-| Southwest Pleasant Gap. Armond expressed its apprecia- tion to Co. B, for the gift of the motor truck, used in the border campaign, to the Butler fire de- partment. , A letter was read from J. D. Clarkson, general superintendent of the Jefferson Highway Associa-| day. tion, stating that the relay race run from Winnipeg to New Or- leans would be in May. and that Butler -had been chosen for a noon sontrol. ; 1 One new member, Judge J. A.| their new home. Silvers, was added to the member- | ship. A. H. Culver, the present effi-|at the German Reform church last cient secretary, was re-elected for| Wednesday. The floral offerings the year. Have You Seen the New Spring Suit, _ BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1917. NUMBER 22 Marion Hall’s mother, Mrs. i Hawk, died in Rich Hill and was Mr. Wiltshire, who has been suf-| buried at the Double Branch cem- fering with pleurisy the greater|etery Saturday. _ part of the winter is very low at| Mrs. Cliff Lane and two daugh- this writing. ters, Misses Vera-and Mary, and Mrs. Cal Beshore called onjJess Wilson and family attended - , ‘ id Grandma Gander Tuesday after-j church at Double Branches Sun- The sale at Julian Snow’s was moon day. well attended. and everything Miss Ehna Vogt is on the-sick| Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ertkamp sold well. ; ‘ list this week. called at Mr. Wiltshire’s Sunday Mrs, Jim Harrison is real poor- “Wm. Nuckols is digging a well|aftcrnoon. — near his house. Mr. Ferrel visited W. D. Nuck- That was a ridiculous mistake ols Sunday. we or the editor made in our;. Three daughters and a_ son items last week. It made us say| from Kansas City are here at the Mrs. Hartman was getting 11 eggs| bedside of their father, Mr, Wilt- a day when it should have been | shire. . 11 dozen or 182 eggs a day. Now, who ean beat it? high esteem in which she was eld Rolling Stones. Oat sowing, gardey making and potato planting seems to be the order of the day. Weather fine, but water is get- ting scarce. Misses Mattie and Velma Gan- der were shopping in - Butler Tuesday. ; ‘ Richard Dubach and. family started for their new home in the state of Washington last Thurs- They are well known throughout this section, having lived here a number of years, but have resided on a farm northwest of Rich Hill for the past three years. We wish them success in ly. Bill Snow had the misfortune to get his hand badly sawed while sawing wood at Jason Deardorff’s one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Snow of Maysburg attended the sale at J. S. Snow’s last Thursday. 2 Beatrice Banke and Goldie Whitehead visited a few days with Grace Demott. They say Howard Clauneh is going west’ to try his luck. Say Howard, thereanust be some at traction out there. Mr. Ewing is still poorly at this writing. Jim Claunch has the mumps. Mrs. Etta Braeme is visjting home folks this week. The shower last Monday even- ing was welcomed by all. DP et ! T. L, Rich sold cattle at Adrian A number of Happy Hillians at- ‘tended the funeral of Mrs. Neader| Black & Arnold Clothing Co. were beautiful and showed the John Moles traded Jim Chitty a black mare for two milk cows. A big baby boy has come to make its home with Otha Moles. Karl Nichols of near Creighton has hired to Os Snow for the sum- mer, and is going to live in Julien Snow’s house. Julian Snow and family will de- part for Kansas City in a few days, where he will. work the com- ing summer. North New Home, Mrs. Smitherman has moved back to her home at Nyhart and will stay until she sells her prop- erty: Mrs. Clif Ehart has a bronze turkey gobbler foy sale. Phone to Butler, 10 on 29. Jack Skaggs tought a load of hay from John Bhart Saturday. rved Medley, wife and son, have moved a quarter west of Nyhart. Mr. and Mrs, eKeton went to* see her sister-in-law, Mrs. Zinn, at | Virginia Thursday, Mrs. Zinn had a stroke of paralysis, Mrs. MeCormack spent Friday afternoon with Mrs. Briek Me- Coughey. John Teinz spent night with Walter Strein. Perry Osborne and family visit- ed Mr. Craven Sunday. Jack Skaggs and family, Briek MeCanghey and family visited at Henry Khart’s Sunday. Miss Thelma Richmond” spent Sunday with her cousins, Misses Edith and Blanch Miller N. M. Nestlerode was a Nyhart visitor Monday. j Dr. Chastain was called to Mr. Craven’s Monday night to see Hugo Kipf’s baby. Mr. Cummings has moved to the Henry Herman farm. R.S. 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