The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 26, 1917, Page 4

pose, but, is at the least uncalled for just now. This of all times, is not the time to turn the army into a reform school, The saine amount of energy: direeted in The ‘Butler Weekly Times|? i Printed on Thursday of each week. ROKT. D. ALLEN,Editor and Mar. providing the boys in olive dra with the many little physical com- forts which are not prohibited by regulations would work to a yast- ly greater good than-the further curtailment of what few’ liberties they are now allowed. There are enough restrictions in the service. Help the boys in a inkterial way. The army can take care of its own morals. ‘Entered at the Post Office of But- ler, Mo., as second-class mail matter. PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR es ufacturing GENERAL NOTES We keep posted gonstantly on styles nd style te tendencies; eee We are more ff ested in sulting you with becoming, satistactory garment than just Two earthquake shobks in rap- ma id succession ‘were felt in various re eee parts of Southern California Fri- There is only ever stop t day night. No damage was re- Competent sal tice on gerrnent, the only fair and uare way to do.. (Dia you that all the best retail stores in the U. S.do a one Bites business?) | ies owe be ies to show you the new oe ported. A 50-barrel oil well was brought in Friday by the Im- perial Oil Company on the Daub *: farm, nine miles northeast of SHOULD BE IGNORED. Yates Center, Kansas, at a depth 5 f 1,045 feet. This i flowin Work of preparing the country well ae Pere s for the great struggle in which ; we are about to engage will now! 4 concession has been asked of - pause in congress while the} the department of Fomento in friends of Col. Roosevelt in that} wfoxico to hunt the wild burros of hody hold a searching investiga-| the state of Tamaulipas for their tion to find if Secretary of War] king and tallow. It is asserted Baker was harsh to the Colonel in} in the petition that there are in turning down his magnanimous) that state more than 1-2 million offer of serving his country as a] wig burros, which cannot be Major General. i domesticated and which do much Mr. Roosevelt is running true damage to crops. to form in his attempts to over- Neer aitoen ride the president and the war de- Heavy shipments from Texas partment with his proposed divis-| soon will relieve the country-wide ion. His attitude is ridiculous. shortage of onions and send prices The only measure advocated by down, the Department of Agricul- President Wilson which has met|tire has announeed. Within the the favor of Roosevelt is the! jact fow days Texas has begun to Universal service bill, and the supply the country with more Colonel is demanding that he be! than one hundred cars of onions made an exception under that act.| daily. The crop is ‘two weeks If there be any good reason) tater this season than usual, but why Rapsevelt should be made an| 99 per cent larger than last sea- exception of and allowed to raise| gop i a volunteer force as a Major Gen- eo eral should the Universal service} [Lord Saye-and-Sele, holder of bill pass, that reason has not yet! one of the oldest andl proudest been advanced and there are 4 ‘titles in England, set a record as hundred reasons why he should] an. auctioneer at a Red Cross sale not be permitted to do so. Not|in Banbury when he induced buy- the least of these is the violent] org to bid up an ordinary onion to eriticism. of the Commander in $300, at which price it was final- Chief of the American forces in- ly linockedl down to an impromptu dulged in by Mr. Roosevelt ata “syndicate”? of society men and training camp for prospective of-| women, The onion brought the ficers some months ago. The, ‘highest price of any article sold : President, Congress, and the War ithat day. and itiwasaeatiisent omatartyate Department should ignore. Mr. Cia ea eas els, At last reports this earload Roosevelt. If the thousands of | General Manager Quincey Bent | of onions had traveled 2,478 miles men ready to volunteer under him) |of the Bethlehem Steel Company,| and had not yet reached the anx- desire to serve their country they announced that, effective May 1.}jous consumer. may do so fully as_patriotically! 1, jnerease approximating 10 per : and much more effectively by re-\ cent, goes to all men on hour, day porting at the nearest Regular anq turn rates, Adjustments for Army or National Guard reeruit- | nieve workers will also be made. ing station. | A majority of the 8000 men at ee Steelton, Pa., and-the 2000 at Le-| They are said by the police to’ ba ‘ THE PLEASURE OURS. ,banon will be affected. Employ-}members of a band that in recent |i jes at Bethlehem and Sparrows years has stolen” much property} We regret exceedingly that a; Point will also be affected. from the Wells-Fargo Expre lack of space will not permit of pee Oe UA Company. Thefts; in Chicago our publishing the many beauti-| Melon distributors of the South alone last year from the expresd | i fully worded compliments paid | and Ohio Valley in conference at company are said by the police te Beautiful Butler and her hospit-| Evansville, Ind., last week, had hayeamonntedite many phousnde able citizens by the editors of! y ports. which indicate the 1917 of dollars. One estimate made by, Bates county who held their ed i watermelon crop will be the big-| the police placed the figure at $1): terly meeting here April 13th, | gest in history. A 50 per cent in-/900,000,, So serious had the lossed Every publisher who attended has crease in tonnage was predicted. | become that the express company’ done his (or her) prettiegt in ex-|'The boll weevil, which has caused had taken up the matter with the Pressing appreciation of the hos-| planters to ‘give up’estton tulture| United States -Government andy] pitality ‘shown here and ) we/in favor of watermelon éultiva-|had asked-their aid in running|f know that their kind words are tion, has resulted in a big inercase sincere. It is a privilege to enter-|jn the melon acreage this year, it . tain guests so thoroughly imbued | was said. with the spirit of good fellowship ua and so appreciative as the mem-} A jl] establishing a universal bie bery of the\Bates County Press|s.nour day in Alaska has. passed a ane Association, and in behalf of the| oth houses of the territorial leg-| editors of Butler, The Times de-' jslature.~ The bill would make it sires to say the pleasure was ours.» misdemeanor. for any employer to work employees; whether. on |Salary or wage, more than eight: hours a day. It is especially atipu-|ican is W. J. lated_in the bill that no calling) ment that he volunteers to se Lis to be exempted and its provis-|the United States as a private. ions will apply to salaried..em-|. This Nations is entering the ployees who are partners in the|worlt war. The viewpoint of th rene gs hy which they are em- Loner States as Eetrmied b§ ployed. ie ‘its might if jocracy: The flag of Germany ui to survive and autoeracy is to dis ‘There: ought-to be some sort of every fl ce oe on a e- mon for the United States to{ship is composed of three broad be opin ae Be | ih ‘ans ‘the fall Tet lath ote Ns wi * the lla De ; “No ‘other mark. distin-| Long Coats $10.00, $12.50, $15.00, $20.00 - all new shades—plaids, checks. Sport Coats i: ~ $5.00, $6.50, $7.50 to $10.00 “3 ’ Checks, Stripes, Solid Colors Tailored Suits “$12.50, $15.00, $20. 00, $25. 00 * New Shades—Navy Blue etc. Silk Dresses $15.00, ‘$17.50, $20.00, $25.00 - * Blues, Greens, etc. Silk Skirts $8.50, $10.00, $12.50 : Black and Fancies Wool Skirts $5.00, $6.50, $7.50, $8.50, $10.00 Solid Colors and Fancies “ Kenyon Rain Coats--$5.00 to $25.00 For Rain and: Dust—a Sines for Auto Riding. a Aare Munsing Union n Suits -Walker-McKibben’s mh? cor Done mn A Good Corset . is not’ ‘Enough Seven members of an’ alleged “Million Dollar Thieving Trust’’ are under arrest in Chicago. One| a of the prisoners is a woman. Axo2 brassiere is eaaitiy ‘neces- sary in order to give correct lines from shoulder to waist, front and back, where the corset has no elfect. We cat- ry the best brassiere made. De Bevoise In conjunction with the corset; the fault- jess fitting DeBevoise alfords the idea) gown. foundation over. which the outer : garments can be fitted and: worn far more ek stylishly and becominglythan eeherwion, Property valued at $13,000 als) ready has been recovered. THE LINEUP oF DEMOCRAO Action of Bryan and Other P fists Will Surprise the Kaiser,’ * . Another thing the De’ Bevoise does, is to ~ and health, while ermitting pettect tree. : er and grace.» Now. that the Germans have in- augurated the policy pf torpedo- ing Red Cross ships carrying nurses and wounded, we may ex- pect at any time, a declaration by the pacifists that the wounded have no business on hospital * boats | anyway. \