The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 12, 1917, Page 1

The my is going 'to figh } epirlt: diiong’ the: troops- every- excellent. The advance so army ‘sin gan. When, we artived at Tarnopol the Russian artillery preparation had ‘been ‘in progress nearly forty-eight ‘hours, but’ we were in time to watch the brilliant climax. . “We journeyed from Tarnopol to tthe firing line in automobiles. and ‘were immediately escorted to~ the ‘trenches. A tremendous bombard- ‘ment. was in progress and the Aus- trian lines were being battered by a ‘continuous torrent of shells, The point that struck me most forcibly ‘-was the accuracy of the Russian fire and the effective concealment of their Datteries. The Austrian artillery was good but noticeably weaker. “The precision and exquisite work- ing of the Russian machinery was a marvel to me. Every’ man was in his place and there was: not the glight- est sign Of insubordinati or: luctance among the men ficer and soldier did eager! ip] the celebrat 04 ‘wheat field on summit of a ‘ride: overlooking. Austrian positions, we watched end of the battte. “The artillery :preparations ceased suddenly, the order to advance was given and the whole Russian fine swept forward 'in perfect unison. I) was somewhat dismayed when, in a short time, I saw thousands of men pouring. back again. But I soon dis- covered that these men were Aus- trian prisoners, who came running with all speed into the Russian lines, apparently with a single thought— that of surrendering as quickly as poksible. i “The Russian casualties were-com- paratively slight, as it was possible to judge ftom the small number of am- bufince wagons which the Russians sent forward.” . : General Scott said the, spirit. : discipline of the Ruasian troops dir- ing ‘this’ aged gees hed hry fs sample of that whi found at oth- points: on. the The.soldiers the rhe | " in Session annual domoreanton of the Gol-|; Lodge. of Knights -of t es Aux- illiary, the Sisters of Calanttie are also holding their annuat- corivention. Gee wets ea At’ the ventions, which , began, Tuesday” and will “contiade until Thursday are being held in the hall -of the local colored lodge of Knights| of Pythias..On Wednesday night the memorial services of the order lwere held at the A. M. E. church on East Pine street. i About the busiest man in town is John Mills,Grand Master at:*Arms of the Grand Lodge of Missouri, whose duty it is to see that the vis-. iting brothers are properly enter- | tained. JULY 28 DESIGNATED AS “PATRIOTIC DAY” Governor Also Suggests Registration .. af, Women on That Date. Jefferson City, July 8—Governor Gardner today issued a proclamation designating July 28 as “Patriotic Day” in pursuance of a recommenda- tion made by the state council of de- fense, In ‘his proclamation the ‘governor also’ suggests that on the same day all Missouri women register for ser- vice and. food conservation and agree to carry out the plans of the federal food commission so far as: they are able to. do so. In his proclamation the governor says: ; “T earnestly ask also that the may- sof the cities, towns and villages “Jf Missouri issue proclamations call- ing attention to the importance of yn of Patriotic Day and eit ‘the help of the people of community in. making the cele- f the food registration a hie, 6 de 30 Means a saving on a good many articles that for. You know enough about the high cost below cannot be bought at carry. them over and get tw: your while to investigate. Ladies Ready-to-Wear Suits - © Entire stock Clean-up Sale $7.95 “~ Ladies Ready-to-Wear Coats ou mentite stock Ciean-up-Sale $5.00 Ready-to-Wear Dress PREDICTS REIGN’ OF ‘Secretary of Negro Aid League "i * North May ‘Experience’ “: New York, July 5.—Riots attend> ed by a race war like that of ; St. Louis will occur in the big”e! i of the North if thay failto sol i telligently the problem created accor o Et ‘ executive secretary: of tlie Ns League on. Urban conditions, Negroes, who has just returned fr East St. Louis. More than 350,000. negroes hi q come forth since April, 1916, an that number will be tripled in an~) other year, according to. Mr. Jories, “Aided srincipally by the influx of nebro labor,” he said, “there wilf soon be enough nonunion labor to; ect the situation here. seriously. Unions will. not be’ able to maintain’ their position as dictators of hours: and prices of labor. i “The ‘unions will strike, the .thott- sands of negroes in the North wilt automatically become strikebreakers, race prejudice will be intensified’ and then will come a reign of terror which will make Jim Crowism and lynchings Northern institutions. ‘There is trouble ahead in the North unless the American Federa- tion of Labor acts now. The negra migration is gaining impetus every day and the industries will use com- paratively cheap negro labor as @ pretex for cutting down wages. “The unions will kick and strike, the colored ‘workers, ‘will, against their own violition, be placed in the light of strikebreakers and then mis- chief will be afoot.” Jones suggests as a solution that the negroes be taken into labor un- ions to prevent trouble. ie Gray to be Oil Inspector, Knott Reclamation Agent. e Jefferson City, Mo. July 5.—In connection with the announcement that Gov. Gardner will appoint Omar D, Gray of Sturgeon, Boone ty, to the: office of State Inspector~ Ladies Muslin Gowns $1.25 value Clean-up Sale 79c Ladies Muslin Skirts 85c value Clean-up Sale 48¢ Ladies Knit Unionsuits 465c value \ Clean-ap Sale 29¢ ‘Ladies Muslin Skirts $1.25 value Clean-up Sale 98 Children’s Muslin Underwear , Clean-up Sale 19¢ a; wholesale today at the p: IRSDAY, JULY 12, 1917. Oils, at the. expiration of the term of Col. John A, Knott of Hannibal, is the talk among the Jefferson City politicians that Col. Knott is slated for the office of ‘State Land Recla- ation Agent, The latter place car- ies only $2,500 salary, but the duties are not burdensome, It has been an open secret in Jef- ferson City for some time that Gray would get the oil inspectorship, and, hat following the policy of the Gov- ror, the office will be moved from annibal to Jefferson City. Senator ames A. Reed and: other influential riends made a strong fight for the eappointment of Col. Knott. Gray will succeed Knott August 16. The term of John A. Nolep, the pres- ent Land Reclamation Agent, expired in April, and he has been holding on pending the appointment of a succes- sor. The office of State Oil Inspector carries a salary of $3,500, and the ap- pointment of nine field deputies at $2,000 salary and.traveling expenses and a stenographer at $1,200. Shipping Increases in Spite of U-Boats. New York, July 7.—Despite Ger- man submarines, the movement of shipping between New York and for- eign ports increased in, June as com- pared with May, according to custom house statistics. Thirty-seven more ships arrived at this port ‘in June than in May. The arrivals numbered 465, with a total tonnage of 1,252,599, as compared with 428 ships, with a {otal tonnage of 1,099,433, for May. Thirty more ships sailed from New York in June, the total being 548, with a tonnage of 1,225,536, as com- pared with 428 and 1,155,508 tonnage in May.~ American ships reaching this port in June numbered 121, a de- crease of 6, while 136 American ships departed, an increase of two over May. Clearances for the year ended June 30 totalled, however, only 13,630,245 tons, compared: with 16,541,482 tons for the year ended June 30, 1914. The clearances were in excess of those for the 12 months ended June 30, “which wer 12,044,075 tons. Jur Cleaning-Up Sale you have either a present or future need of goods to realize that the items listed rices we are selling them. ice as much easily but we have no left-overs. Fancy Silk Tussah SOc yalue Clean-up Sale 29c HOLLWEG TO QUIT CHANCELLORSHIP?} Change May Mean End of War, as Count von Mertling, Possible Successor, Could je Terms. Amsterdam, July 9.—The German imperial chancellor, Dr. von Beth- mann-Holweg, had another confer- ence with Emperor William today. The main committee of the reich- stag continued its confidential dis- cussion of internal and external po- litical affairs. Dr. von Bethmann- Hollweg, the secretaries of state and many members of the, bundgrath at- tended the meeting. All the speakers, according to the report received here, expressed regret that a portion of th press had not respected the secrecy of the meetings, but had: published erroneous reports concerning them. The chancellor speech. The Tageblatt of Berlin says it is rumored that a change in the chan- cellorship may be expected. Among those mentioned as the possible suc- sessor of Bethmann-Hollweg it names Prince von Buelow, former chancellor; Count von Hertling, Ba- varian prime minister, and Count von Roedern, secretary of the imperial treasury. e made a_ lengthy Count von Hertling has had sever- al conferences recently with Austro- Hungarian officials, presumably in regard to peace questions. He is said to favor peace without cash indem- nity. During the war Prince von Buelow has spent most of his time in Switzerland. “It has been reported that the German government has kept him in a detached position in the expectation of calling him back when the time came to arrange peace with the idea that he could render greater services on account of haw ing no share in the conduct of the war. % For Sale. 4 Angus bull calves. Eligible to register. McFarland & Sons, - Butler, Mo. 39-1t We could It is worth *Men’s Work Shirts 65c value Clean-up Sale 50c Voile and Organdy 35c value Clean-up Sale 19c Fancy Batiste, 40 inch 25c value Clean-up Sale 14c Fancy Lawn > 12% c value Clean-up Sale 7c Fancy Wash Goods 665c—75c value ‘Clean-up Sale 35c Boys Mesh Unionsuits 35c value Clean-up Sale 25c_. Men’s Dress Shirts $1.00 value Clean-up Sale 75¢ Msn’s Oxfords $4.00 value Clean-up Sale $2.75 Men’s Silk Shirts $2.50 value Clean-up Sale $1.48 gprs aaren eee oa ‘ White Dimity ~ 18c value Clean-up Sale 12% Organdy Fiouncing 5 75 value Clean-up Sale 48¢ : Boys Nainsook Unionsuits _ 35c value Clean-up Sale 25¢ Men's Fast Color Sport Shirts 75c value Clean-up Sale 48¢ Men’s Wash Pants $1.25 value Clean-up Sale 98 Ladies Oxfords 2 ‘NUMBER 39 Mulberry and Western Bates. Miss Irene Ewbank, of the El Dor- ado neighborhood, was.a guest of her aumt, Mrs. Jennie E, Porter, last week. Mr. and Mrs. George Fail and daughter, Doris, of Butler, visited at. the Cfaude Morwood home: the first of the week and attended the cele- bration at Mulberry, Ed Kruger, of Chicago, IIl., who has been spending his two weeks va- cation with his uncle, Rev. A. E. Wheirmeister, returned home Satur- day evening. Deputy County Clerk,.Miss Hefen Braden, of Butler, celebrated the Fourth with old neighbors at Mul- berry. Rey. A. E. Wheirmeister is taking a three weeks’ vacation and Teft Sun- day afternoon for Chicago to visit his parents. Mrs. John H. Braden and three children of Amsterdam visited at the Lizzie M. Braden home Tuesday.. Word was received by relatives Friday that Pearl Gray had been run over by a freight train at Junction City, Kansas, and killed. His sister, Mrs. J. H. Stilwell, and uncfe, Cecil Phibbs, left for Kansas City Sat- urday to attend the funeral. BIG CELEBRATION AT OLD MULBERRY July 4th, 1917, was one of the days that will be long remembered by the sixty members of the Mulberry Far- mers Co-Operative Club as the day was a “big success.” There were some two thousand celebrated with this lot of progress, we farmers. Thomas J. Talbert of the State Uni- versity was the principal speaker and soon found a warm spot in the hearts of his listeners and all will be glad to have him come again. ‘The balf game between Amsterdam and Fos- ter was won by the latter. Some eight hundred rooters saw the game. There were sixteen contests of var- ious kinds during the day. The music by Prof. Ed A. Smiser and his band was enjoyed by all. The play at night had a full house. The stands did a big business and the Club has $143.85 to start on another free en- tertainment. Some talk of a free Farmers Fair in September is being made. If so, we would like to see the faces of a few Butler people. ‘Say Mulberry is on the map. Mr. and Mrs. Dick Goode and daughters, Marie and Hazel, of Gar- net, Kansas, Mr. and Mrs. Charley Goode and sons, Ernest, Stanley and Lewis, of Amsterdam, Mr. and Mrs. Andy Street of La Cygne, Kansas, ate dinner at the parental, R. Nichols home July 4th and celebrat- ed at the Farmers Picnic in the af- ternoon and evening. This is one neighborhood in which there are no ‘Slackers.’ There is not help enough to care for the crops. The women and girls are helping and they say that, some of these best young men may soon be drafted. The next meeting of the Farmers’ Club will be held Saturday night, July 28. A good literary program free. Come out and see what a lot of live farmers can do when they are all pulling together. The toot of the threshing machine can be heard as two outfits are starting today, Tuesday, July to. Hello, Sunny Jim, we missed your smiles July 4th. You missed a real ball game. RAMBLER.—— A. H. Culver Chairman of the Bates County Council of Defense. A. H. Culver, of this city; received notice Tuesday that he had been ap- pointed chairman of the Bates Coun- ty Council of Defense, and a letter from B. F. Mumford, of Columbia, state chairman, asking him to call a meeting of the Bates county council for the purpose of organization. Mr. Culver, on account of the time that it would take, was at first very reluc- tant about accepting the appointment, but his friends soon convinced him that he was the man for the place. He accepted and called a meeting of the Bates County Council to meet at his store in this city the afternoon of Wednesday, July 18 The other members of the council are: W. G. Dillon, Butler; Riley Gilbert, Urich; H. O. Maxey, Butler; C. C. McGen- nis, Rich Hill; Lewis Moore, Hume; J. B. Walton, Butler; Clark Wix, Spruce. The Appeal to Reasun. the widely read Socialist weekly published. at ~