The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 16, 1917, Page 4

Te ne erate ate a “ The Butler Weekly Times Printed on Thursday of each week. ROBT. D. ALLEN, Editor and Mar. les cS Se eee Bntered at the Post Office of But- ler, Mo., as second-class mail matter. - * PRICE; $1.00 PER YEAR Thursday, August 16, 1917. ESE La Follette at His Worst. Senator La Follette’s peace resolu- tion, which he proposes to discuss in due course, amounts to a proposal that the war be brought to an end upon terms which will restore Europe as nearly as may be to the condition in which it was before the war be- gan. The Armenians and Palestine will be under the Turk, Poland would continue to be ruled in three parts by three countries, unredeemed Italy would remain unredeemed and sov- creignty in Alsace-Lorraine would be confirmed in the Power that took it by force. The war would be a failure on ev- ery side except in Russia, the wicked would go unpunished and the blood of millions would have been shed in vain, But that is not all there is to this monstrous proposal, Senator La Fol- Jette would restore the devastated regions of Europe out of a common fund to be made up by all the na- tions that took part in the war, This would amount to a universal admission of guilt. Even the defense of Belgium by the Belgians would not be distinguished in moral, quality from the invasion of Belgium by the Germans. It is easy to guess what.the Sen- ate will do with the La Follette res- olution. The pity is that nothing can be done with La Follette.——St. Louis Republic. GENERAL NOTES, The regular army has passed its quota of 183,898 men, it was ‘an- nounced Friday. Recruiting will continue, however, as a readjustment of the army's size requires about 26,- 000 mgre” inen, Cattle have been getting higher and’ higher ever since the war com- menced, but the high water mark was reached last week in Topeka when an aviator wrecked his air ship by colliding with a cow. Three children are dead at Lords- burg, N. M., and more than a dozen others’ are ill, as the result of an epidemic of diphtheria, believed to have been caused by distribution of inoculated candy among the children. Jack Cudahy of Pasadena, Cal., son of the late Michael Cudahy, former millionaire packer of Kansas City, has applied for admission to the sec- ond officers’ reserve training camp in San Francisco. The camp will open August 27. An explosion and fire in a big chemical works in East London last Friday night wrecked the building and -killed-or-injured scores of work- ers, Thirteen bodies of women have deen recovered so far and many in- jured have been treated. Guy T. Helvering, representative in Congress of the Fifth Kansas Dis- trict, was one of the successful ap- plicants from that state for the sec- ond. reserve officers’ training camp. His name was announced Saturday by ‘Capt: -I. P.. Swift, examiner for Officials in Washington were ‘greatly interested Saturday in the London report that “additional Jap- @nese units” had joined the entente forces. in Europe. At the Japanese embassy it was stated that no infor- mation had yet reached there regard- ing the matter. 3 * The edict has. gone forth that wo- men are to wear trousers this wint- er. The decree was signed, sealed ‘and solemnized when the garment ‘manufacturers opened their semi-an- nual exhibit at Chicago and showed milady in what had been man’s neth: quality excellent. and’ elevator Friday night. A night watchman fired several shots at the escaping incendiary. It is believed the draft resisters were behind the arson plot, All public buildings are being guarded day and night. “I'm not a bloated bondholder. I have to be very careful about the out- lay of every dollar,’ said Kingdon Gould in defense of his filing appli- cation for draft exemption on the ground that his wife is dependent. But that he probably. will not claim exemption on the showdown was in- timated. The ice ran low at the big army bakery at Washington the other day, the yeast spoiled and in turn spoiled six thousand loaves of bread. That's all there is to a story that a German spy put deadly poison in the army’s food, which startled many newspap- er readers at breakfast the next morning. Secretary of State Lansing Satur- day announced that no _ passports will be issued for Americans desiring to attend the Stockholm Socialist conference. The State Department looks with disfavor upon the confer- ence and the possibility of its spread- ing peace germs in the countries par- ticipating. Pet calves may be seen whisked about in Chicago's fashionable mo- tors. Tracy C. Drake‘of the Nation- al Council of Defense is urging Chi- cago women who own dogs to buy a “war calf” and raise it.’ He sug- gests the calf should be given an even chance with a pet dog. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, s- sured the Central Federated Union of Greater New York in a telegram Sat- urday night that the new Food Con-! trol Law would not operate to the detriment of labor. In his telegram Mr. Gompers said the federation did not try to hold up the food bill for these reasons. At least four federal warrants were issued in New York Friday for the arrest of members of local exemp- tion boards, following a three-hour conference at the federal building, in which Deputy Attorney ~ General Conkling of New York state, in charge of the draft work here, par- ticipated.- The warrants were issued as a result of charges of draft irreg- ularities, 4 ———— The German government and a number of agricultural societies have sent a staff of agents to Switzerland to obtain farm laborers fo the har- vest time. All Swiss newspapers are filled with advertisements offering the highest wages and good food to men and women who are willing to work on German farms until the: end of September, but so far the number of applicants is small. A bill appropriating 100 million dollars for camps to rehabilitate men rejected for army service because of curable physical disability was intro- duced in the Senate Friday by Sen- ator Pomerene. Officers would: be assigned by the War Department for the training of the men and they would be given such medical atten- tion as necessary until the physical disability had been removed. The Eleberta peach harvest com- menced in northeastern Oklahoma Saturday. The crop will be much smaller than in previous years, reach- ing about 125 cars, as comparéd with 675 cars two years ago. Owing to he rains last week the peaches will be much larger than usual and the Most of. the grow- ers havé sold their crops in advance at from $1.25 to $1.50\per bushel. The war department Thursday that negro units of the na- tional guard will not be sent South. They will be utilized in the North to guard bridges, arsenals, etc., replac- ing the other troops now on patrol duty. The order will affect negro regiments in New York and Illinois, battalions in Ohio and the District of Columbia and vtompanies in Connect- icut, Massachusetts, Maryland and Tennessee. Mexican Congressmen Slay 2 Other in Duel. Mexico City, Aug. 10—After a stormy session of Congress Thurs- day, Gen. Castenada, a Congressman, and Col. Qtero exchanged cards for a duel, which took place this after- noon. The affair resulted in the death of both congressmen. Reports from the War Department where Col. Otero acted before the elections as Chief’ of Staff, said both men were wounded by the first shots, but kept firing until Gen. Castenada was killed. Col. Otero died a few minutes later. Each © . Two Loads of Corn $131.05. Clark Smith, the veteran Osage farmer, was in bat ie pa of the announced; Let us help you with good first, class reliable, materials and garments which aremtch cheap er than they would have tos bought them some time ago. REMEMBER It pays to buy only GOOD GOODS Amoskeag ApronGingham. vescvsees Loe YA, Blue, Brown, Black Checks Dress Ginghams......12¥c, 15c, 18¢, 20c yd. Plaids, Stripes, Checks, Plain Colors Devonshire Cloth....... esses. 25e yd. Stripes, Checks, Plain Colors Amoskeag Peggy Cloth.......... ...25¢ yd. Stripes, Plain Colors Mercerized Poplins. Navy Blue, Green, Dark Red Manchester Galatea, ... seseesceeee Boe YA. Stripes and Plain Colors Beach Cloth Blues, Rose, Pink, Tan Everett Shirting.... sort... 18e yd. Stripes, Checks, Blue, Tan ‘ Navy Blue Cotton Gabardine... SALE OF You will never again have an opportunity to buy at these prices. ) Home Journal Patterns 15c WHEAT CONTROL PLANS COMPLETE Steps Will be Taken to . Eliminate Speculation and Give Farmer Fair Price for His Grain. Washington, Aug, 13.—Plans for controlling the distribution of wheat and for _regulating the mangfacture and sale of flour were completed to- day by the food administration. Creation ofa -wheat control board will be announced as soon as Presi- dent Wilson has approved its per- sonnel. This board, comprising offi- cials of the food administration and leading men from the grain -and milling industries, will be made re- sponsible for putting. into effect measures announced last night by the food » administration. Regulations governing the control of wheat from the time it leaves the producer until it reaches the baker will go into ef- fect September 1. To eliminate spec- ulation, all elevators and mills of more than 100 barrels daily capacity will be required to take out a gov- ernment license. - In fixing a price to be paid pro- ducers for wheat the food adminis- tration, it was admitted today, will seek to give the farmer a fair drice seek to give the farmer a fair price which will permit the public to re- ceive bread: at a price much below that now. prevaling. be granted to flour mills only on condition thatethey charge a fair and reasonable price for their product. As soon as the wheat and flour in- dustries have been put under regu- lation the food administration plans to extend its control to bakeries. The price of the 1917 crop of wheat to the farmer will be fixed by a com- mittee, of which president Garfield of Williams College will be chairman, The names of the other members have not been made public. Con- gress, in passing the food bill, set a price of $2 on the 1918 crop. School Shoes........... ell if we had not :...$2.00 up to $5.00" ’ Kewpie Twins and Godmans aie Boys Shoes............. sesses+1$2,25 to $3.50 Boys Shirts..................... S0e€, 65e, 75c¢ Boys‘School Handkerchiefs... ..........:5¢ Boys and Girls Bradley Sweaters. ..$1.5U up Midday Blouses..... 75c, $1.00, $1.25, $1.50. Fern Waists............. School Hose............ .... 85e, 20e, 30¢, 35c Topsy and Wayne Knit “MM” Union Suits with button for Hose Supporters..........5..........75@ “M”" Knit Underwaists...................35¢ Skeleton and Cambric Waists.............35¢ Warner's Hose Supporters...............15¢ Fine Grade Schog] Handkerchiefs ... ......5¢ Misses Corset Waists.... .... ......:....85¢ Girls Gingham Dresses on Sale............75¢ Kenyon Rain Coats, Children’s $3.00, $3.50 Misses Remember Our Less Than Wholesale _, COME AND SEE US—WE WANT. YOUR TRADE Walker-McKibben’ $ The Quality Sjere Company B Waiting Orders. The officers of Company B so far have received no orders as to when they will be ordered to the state camp at Nevada. They are drilling hard every day so that the time is not being wasted. Twice each day the company is marched to the Steele pasture, southwest of town, where they go through the various company maneuvers. Wednesday forenoon, on account of the wet grounds, the Licenses will, company was divided into squads and given squad drills in-the court house yard and-on the streets. Saturday night those men who de- bsired to spénd Sunday were excused and allowed to go home and visit home folks until Monday morning, and it speaks well for the discipline of the boys that all were back on time. _ Tuesday night a benefit for the company mess fund was held at the opera-house. The house and the pic- tures were donated by Manager Fisk, who. was a soldier himself in the Spanish American war, and knew how a mess fund was needed. The best home talent in Butler donated their services and the show was 4 success in every way. The proceéds were $115, which will buy many.com- forts for the boys. :. The company has a rather unusual recruit ‘in Ernest Lihn. Mr. Lih U. S. Court to Rule,on Constitution. | , ality of Draft. , Washington, Aug. 11.—The consti- tutionality of the selective draft law will be tested before the United States supreme court probably at the fall term, it was announced by the department of justice this afternoon. The test case will be. docketed on or before August-24, on a writ of error secured by Ohio Socialists con- victed of conspiring to obstruct the operation of the law. The defendants are Charles Y. Ruthenberg, recently Socialist candj- date for mayor of Cleveland; Alfred Wagenknecht, Ohio state secretary of the Socialist party and Charles Baker, organizer. List of Letters Remaining uncalled for in the post office at Butler, Mo., for the week ending Aug. 14, 1917: Mr. 'J. Jones, Kern Rosenthal In-- vest. Co., Mr. Robert Page, Mr, Har- ry Pratt, Vetran Vankirk, Miss Marie Ketren, Miss Beatrice Monkman, Miss Martha Waite (4). These-letters will be sent to the dead letter office Aug, 28, 1917, if not delivered before. In calling for the above, please say “Advertised,” giv- ing date of list. J. E. Williams, Postmaster. a native of Denmark and served fif-| ‘teen months in the Danish army. is highly educated and speaks six languages fluently. He has been in this country for about 12 years and for the last few years has been a breeder of Holstein cattle on a farsa near Amsterdam. rs SRE IRE 1en ESSER The Tennis Tournament. “1. W. W. or German Spy Burns} ai Farmer's Property.” % This. little bit of ‘news quite often $5.00 ROOM RUGS LACE CURTAINS ON SALE AT HALF PRICE Munsing Union Setson hats, Black & Sons, 43-tf Clay Broaddus, of Garden City, has accepted a position as day clerk of The Inn. A High Art suit will wear from three to five years. To be convinced try one, Black & Sons. 43-ti Charles Board and family of near Oklahoma City are visiting at. the home of D. Vanhoy and other rela- tives. We are informed that Mr, Board, who is an old Bates county boy, has gained considerable political Prominence for himself in Oklahoma. Mary Jane Misener, one of the old- es colored residents of this city died at her home in the northeast part of town Tuesday. She was born in the state of Virginia, April 15, 1834, and had been a resident of Butler for many years. Funeral services were held Thursday. Black & Sons Clothing Company. tf The breaking of a part on our lin- otypé machine last Wednesday theatened to seriously delay: publica- tion of our last week's. issue, but thanks to the courtesy of the Demo- crat in- tendering us the: use of a part of their equipment we were en- abled to issue the edition on time. _Keep coming in, Black & Sons. tf There is a wide differ- ence of opinion as to the ing value of cornana corn products Mote STS