The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 15, 1917, Page 4

ie ie “ing what is to be taken up at the - of the extra session : need for staying long at the April Printed on Thursday RORT. D. The Butler Weekly Times of each week.| Financial Famine is as Bad as Mer. Food Shortage, Washington Hears. Washington, March 10.—G gering to the breaking point. This, coupled with shortage of ‘food that. Entered at the Post Office of But- ler, Mo, as second-class mail matter. PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR STONE WILL SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT Right or Wrong the Senator Says He Will Stand Square Back of President Wilson. Washington, D. C., Mareh 12.— Decatur’s Commodore immortal words—‘‘My country, right or wrong’’—Senator Stone of Missouri today announced that he would stand squarely back of the President if the arming of Guoting merchant vessels would result. in| war between the United States and Germany. Although reiterating his disap- proval of the administration’s armed neutrality policy, the Sen- ator said if the die is cast and hostilities should result: he would not swerve_in his fidelity to the Government. His whole manner indicated a belief that war could not long be escaped. He gave the impression that he viewed the fu- ture with a feeling akin to horror but would loyally meet the issue if it came. The senator was seen after his return from the State Department where he had been called by See- retary of State Lansing for a con- ference. The request for an in- terview by the Secretary removed all dcubt of the intention of high Government officials to continue to diseuss international ,questions with the Missourian. Earlier in the day the Demo- erats of the Senate had revealed their confidence in Senator Stone by renominating him for chairman of the Senate Committee on For- eign Relations, Not a dissenting vote was cast in the caucus and there was not the slightest evi- dence of either surface or under- surface opposition. The conference between Secre- tary Lansing and Senator Stone had to do with the proposed rati- fication of the Colombian treaty. This treaty now pending before Senator Stone's committee, calls for the payment by the United States of $25,000,000 to Colombia for the strip of land used in build- ing the Panama Canal. SENATORS FOR SHORT SESSION Having Carried a Point Some ar Willing to Go Home. Washington, March 10. ing forced the IP lent to eall an extra session, several of the sen- ators who were most insistent that they be in Washington dhr- ing the international crisis now say they favor an agreement to limit the business at the extra ses- sion called for April 16 to the pas- sage of the appropriation bills that were ditched. They favor ad- journing after passing these meas- ures, ati Apparently the feeling is that the Senate has shown the Presi- dent that he had to call it and now is willing to let it go at that. The President has the cloture rule to show as his trophy of his clash with the upper house of his legis- lature, so both sides can claim vic- tory in the contest. A meeting will be held Monday to try to make a bargain regard- extra session. Already enough feeling out has been done to in- sure the plan a favorable recey tion, both among the Democrats and Republicans, it is said, and with the new cloture rule the ma- jority can put things through and quit when they get ready to,» Speaker Clark says the calling means that will be in session until August, 1918. A Republican lead- er in the Senate—one of the men who believed most strongly that the President should be forced to call an extra session—said regard- ing‘ the House : 2 “*The House is not going to pro- long this session. Unless the Pres- ident insists upon his railway legialation there -won’t be any *geasion. If he does take up . the railroad legislation his hope for tid of Congress during the tr times in the German situa- Hav: more and more, is gradua ‘| squeezing out the endurance the end of the war nearer. These facts are revealed by formation in possession of, t government tonight, This inf mation, tending to verify meager news of — approachi starvation coming out of G uation. conflicting evidences, though show that starvation may only as a matter of months, vided the war continues. But on the financial side is evidence that Germany is pra tieally ‘kiting’? her checks. S nation and, having no aecess Lcies, she must virtually ‘vob Pet stand as payment for anothe National bankruptey will result the war goes on much longer. Henee, while the American an ament of merchantmen war or a state of war, peace pro izon. The food situation is picture as extremely depressing. Sho: rations are the portion where, — American — Yarrowda prisoners complained that the fare was scanty and poor, Th from their bones, i- much less give prisoners amp | supplies. Official information shows — tl starvation, The situation reached the stage where Germans are ill-nourished, where her fighting men, as fighters require for ers. 7 Whitman Calls an Election. New York, Mareh 10,-—Govern- for Whitman announced today that next Monday he will eall a special election in the Fifteenth Congres- sional District to select a sucees- jsor to Michael F. Conry, Demo- at, deceased, A telegram from | Representative Mann, Republican leader in the House, urging the governor to call a special election ito fill the vacancy caused by Rep- resentative Conry’s death, said: | <The organization of the House is still in doubt. A vacancy in the Conry district might insure Re- publican organization, but — it i would be at the expense of Repub- lican honor #f we deliberately de- prive a district of its representa- tion. The vacaney should , be filed at an early date.’ i} | A GOOD FRIEND GERMANY IS ‘‘BUSTED,"’ TOO |Carranza is President by Big Vote. many’s financial system is stag- a growing pinches the German nation and bringing the many, stresses the finaneial side, however, more than the food sit- As to the latter there are come pro- there is draining the gold of the whole her ordinary outside credit agen- to pay Paul’’—making one loan presages ably is really just beyond the hor- every- real story is that they were kept on vations that stripped the flesh Germany can- not adequately feed her own folk situation to be distressing and in- creasingly growing worse, though not yet quite to the point of actual has many though still well supplied, ave not getting the full-assignmnent of such foods building and keeping their ‘staying pow- Mexico City, March 11.—Gen. Venustiano Carranza was ‘today elected President of Mexico by largest vote ever cast in-the Re- public. Although the voters had the privilege of writing or declaring any name they desired, Gen. Car- ranza received all but a few seat- tering ballots. The estimated vote is from several hundred thousand to a million. The presidential election today was provided for in articles adopt ed by the Constitutional Assem er- lly of in- his or- of the old residents declare this was the first real eleetion ever held in the country. Reports in- dicate that there was no disturb- ance or intimidation. , Although there was no opposi- tion for the presidency, the con- gressional contests were. bitterly -| fought. Conditions at the polls through- | out. the district were orderly and | there was a steady stream of vot-; ers during the day. | Troops were not in evidence, the | soldiers casting their votes in} their barracks. . Mexico will now have a Consti- | tutional President for the first | time since 1911, Gen. Vietoriano | Huerta called an election in 1914! and declared -himself eleeted, but | later nullified the election on the | grounds that an insufficient num- | her of votes had been cast. - ng er. all AC. he to er Br, if u- b- Mrs. Arvilla Hawk Dead. Mrs. Arvilla Hawk, an old resi le dent of this county, died at he W}home in Rich Hill, Mo., March 8 1©/1917, as a result of a stroke o paraly She was born in Lau- raine, Adams county, Tillnois, May | , 1848. At the time of her death | i od rt le} days of age. She was married to Davis Hall in 1873 and to this un- ion five children were born, four! dying jin childhood. After the | death of Mr. [all she was married | to Robert Hawk in 1889. In 1892! she united with the Baptist | church. She was a devoted chris- | tian, a kind, loving mother and a; good neighbor. i She leaves to mourn her loss a! son, Marion Hall, two brothers, W. F. and F, Hancock, and.three sis- ters, Mrs. James MeDaniels, Mrs. | 3. Dibble and Mrs, W. R. Jackson, | | with a host of friends, : ad what is believed to have been the |g bly which met at Queretaro. Many | being 68 years 9 months and 8) 4 NS. Ed Britt's Bad Dream. --Our good friend T, Ed- Britt | recently moved from his farm to} this city to make his home and to take life a little easier, He was tel- ling his friends on’ the street the | opposition, has made the whole Nature Teaches *“TTHIS season the style makers have stolen a leaf from the book of nature. of vivid colors—bright shadings derived from the grass and the sea and the rarest of blossoms. : ‘ This store has co-operated with the style makers in bring- ing these exquisite effects from. them to you. We have been quick to grasp the trends of fashion and to lay the mode’s most at the feet of the women of Butler and Bates County. Our stocks are always rich in opportunities, but today they ‘are fairly bursting with choice offerings. That is why we invite you to join us on the very threshold of the new season’s styles. Suits $12.50 to $35.00 © ; Coats $5.00 to $35.00 Skirts $3.50 to $12.50 Walker-Mckibben’s Kenyon Rain ‘Coats $5.00 up “‘Windbreak’’ for La Follette. Madison, Wis., March 11.—Gov. | the filibuster by a two-thirds vote E. L. Philipp, once La Follette| of the members when they wished supporter, but for several years|to stop debate on any pending | past the best known leader of the) measure, Governor Philipp said: In apparel it is to be a season The Quality Store tion of the Senate rule to abolish “It will stand out as the most 1917. Interment All necessities, ails prices. sound, legitimate busmess of your required, Build are now doing. Exclusive | A good friend stands by you when in need. Butler people tell thow Doan’s Kidney Pills have | stood the test. Mrs, Stewart en- dorsed Doan’s Kidney Pills over for more convincing testimony ? one was trying to pull me in hey secretions were often scanty. fairly dragged myself around. Drug Store and they gave me great help. ‘I continued taking them and they restored my strength. I had a better appe- tite, my weight increased and my health became _better.’’ (Statement given September 11 1911.) On April 28, 1916, Mrs. Stew- art said: ‘‘I shall ‘never stop recommending Doan’s Kidney Pills to anyone who needs a gooc! kidney medicine. They have nev- er failed to keep my kidneys in fine _condition.”’ Price 50c at all dealers. Don’t nply ask for a kidney remedy— ’s Kidney Pills—the Lake & Franklin Double Braneh eemetery. house Nationally your banker. Establish a trade in your home territory. collections or losses. not neeessary with our simple but effective selling plan which earns you $100 to $450 monthly protected Write today for information. John Sexton & Co. W Funeral services were conduct- ed hy 8. P. Cayton of Rieh Hill at Double Branch church March 10, was made in the = High Cost of Living Reduced. groceries, paints, and stock foods at wholesale Salesmen go into a good » money anaking own. No capital home and bank accounts as hundreds of our men and Ask gular No Experience Our goods Known. easy. territory. holesale Grocers, Sts., Chicago, Il. 7 Notice of Township Election. Notice is hereby given that the held in the city Mrs. John’ Stewart, 407 Vine| day, March 27, 1917, St Butler,-says:-‘'T-had -kidney-{-time -the following. officers are -to|foowing-a—demand-for-the-sur- trouble and rheumatism for about | be elected: One township trustee, | render of the city by Villista a year. The pains in my back}one township collector, one clerk troops. ——* f} were constant and felt as if some-]and assessor, two members town- one constable pieces. My head ached. The kid-| three justices of the peace. ship board, four years ago and again eqn-| township election of Mt. Pleasant firms the story. Could you ask|township, Bates county, will be| General Murguia. of Butler, Tues: and The voting places will be in the ant township. ship ticket. school-will be held eseh|for. the various-wards and mem- Sunday Ft, Seot Township Clerk of Mt. I felt sick and weak and just] basement of the Bates county Ijcourt house. Polls to be open be- finally used a box of Doan’s Kid-| tween 7 and 8 o’clock a. m., and ney Pills, procured at Clay’s}close at 6 o’elock p. m. John Wright, Pleas- 22-1t Lone Oak Township Convention. The democrats of Lone Oak|Femaining, 3,397 were English or *! township will hold a convention at} Scotch, the largest proportion, Peru Saturday afternoon, March |@nd 1,020 were from Germany. 17, at 2 o’clock for the purpose of | Three hundred Mexicans, 151 nominating a Democratic town- ar and 121 French were ex- John Star, Committeeman._ i { /vomes true as he said that it rep-, | resented one of his neighbors as other day that the first dream al fellow has when moving to a new place comes true. It may be a ser-| ious matter when Edd’s dream; having entered his chicken house after night and that he had re- sented the intrusion with a shot; gun. Now if any of Britt’s neigh- | bors are seen running around in inent comment on La a crippled condition, we may! know that his dream has eome | trne.—Appleton City Journal. Villa Captures Durango City. El Paso, March 8.—Villista | troops have captured Durango, City again. Systematic looting of the city is in progress. é ‘*Pancho’’ Villa is reported to have recovered from the wound in his leg, and commanded the 1,300-men who entered. Durango City. ; Villa agents here claim Villista | | troops were victorious in a 36- hour battle, which has been rag- ing near Casas Grandes. The Car- ranza troops were in command of Women and children began flee- , at which) ing-again from Juraez last night, Immigration Figures Go Up. Washington, Mareh 10.—De- spite the submarine dangers and other risks nearly-as many immi- grants came to the United States during the tast-six months as in the entire year before, when 293,- 826 entered, the federal bureau of immigration reported today. Of the 24,745 immigrants who came in January with the intention of A citizens mass convention to state laugh with his pert and pert-| notable achievement in the career Follette’s|of Senator La Follette that he course in the United States Sen-| caused the United States Senate ate. Commenting on the adop- \ to erect a ‘windbreak.’’ Spring Dress Fabrics There is no season of the year in which iJethe craving for the NEW takes quite such firm“hold of the average person as the spring time—because the spirit of spring is new-ness. Hence the desire for new clothes, new ; House Furnishings, etc. careful preparation to provide you with all these. New Yard Wide Satins $1.50 and $2.00 yard. New Yard Wide Taffeta Silks, $1.50 yard. New Fancy Wide Silks, $1.75 to $3.50 yard. New Half Silk Plain and Fancy 35c to $1.00 yard. New All Wocl Serges 75c to $2.00 yard. New Georgette Crepe. and Chiffon $1.00. and. $1.75. New Imported Fancy Voiles 85c yard. : New Domestic Fancy Voiles 25c and 35c yard. Special Values in Black Taffeta Silks at $1.38, $1.50, $1.69. Spring Rugs and Curtain Goods Choice New Styles in Rugs at the Lowest Possible Prices Sees Room Sises Axminster Rugs $20.00, $28.0, $25.00 to $49.50. Room Sizes Velvet Rugs, $22.50 to $40.00. ~ Room Size Brnssels Rugs $13.50, $15.00, $17.50, $25.00. Quaker Lace Curtains $1 ana 36 pr. Quaker Curtain Nets 25c to $1.25 ok : We have made