The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 16, 1917, Page 6

PROTECT MORALS AT NEVADA General Troop Movements Probably to be Ordered This Week. Nevada, Mo.—The morals of the Missouri national guardsmen will be guarded carefully during the period the troops are in camp here, accord- ing to a statement issued tonight by Brig. Gen. H. C. Clark, commanding. According to General Clark, agents of the Department of Justice will be here continuously to see that the law regarding the sale of liquor to men in uniform is not violated and to de- tect violators of the order relative to immoral places. within five miles of an army camp. : Maj. W. D. Stepp of Trenton, who had charge of-the «troops at Flat River, Mo., during recent riots there, will be provost marshal in Nevada, General’ Clark said. The following statement was issued from brigade headquarters today: “General Clark desires the public to know that the sale of intoxicat- ing liquor in any form whatever or under any name to a soldier in uni- form is a violation of the federal law for which the most drastic punish- ment is provided. By’ intoxicating liquor is meant not only whisky and beer, but any beverage which con- tains any percentage of alcohol. “General Clark has taken up the matter with Francis M. Wilson, Unit- ed States district attorney at Kansas City, who assures that the Depart- ment of Justice will act promptly and vigorously in every case. Further- more, special agents from the De- partment of Justice will be in Nevada constantly during the presence of the troops to detect violators of the law. “The recent act of Congress on the sale of intoxicating liquor to soldiers gives-the federal soldiers far reach- ing power in this manner and the law will be enforced to the very limit. “In this connection General Clark calls attention to the fact that rigid punishments are provided for prosti- tutes who ply their calling within five miles of an army camp, and that the objectionable characters had better give Nevada a wide berth during the presence of the troops.” © ~Entertained Company B. Friday, August 10, will be a day long remembered by the members of Co. B. Thursday it was suggested by several of the business men that inasmuch as the company would soon be called into service it was up to the citizens of Butler to show that they appreciated the fine company that was to represent the county. A meeting was held and it was soon de- cided to entertain the boys at a chicken supper Friday night. The young ladies of the Red Cross were then told of the plan and they took ‘hold with a will and commenced to solicit and gather in the good things for the supper, and ‘to show that they were good hustlers they pro- cured enough chickens and other eat- ables to feed two companies. Friday evening tables decorated with the national colors were laid in the northeast part of the court house yard and the company summoned to the feast. The invocation was de- livered by Rev. George Scroggs, of the Presbyterian church,’ and the supper was served by Mrs. Chas. Mc- Farland and Misses Mabel Clark, Helen Cook, Helen Campbell, Doris Denton, Mildred Ream, Bertha Card- er and Hortense Trimble. After ev- eryone had done full justice to the eatables, cigars were passed. Short talks were then made by A. H. Cul- ver and E, B. Silvers. Miss Frances Shouse, a trained nurse, who leaves ina short time for France, and Gardner Smith, who will also go with the army Y. M. C. A. were pres- ent and made talks. Captain Caruth- ers then asked that the company be allowed to show its appreciation for the fine supper with three cheers, which it is needless ta say were giv- en with a will. In the afternoon the boys had been allowed the use of the swimming pool, and a good part of the after- noon it was full of boys having a glorious time. After the supper they were the guests of Manager Fisk, of Farmers Bank BUTLER, MO. Capital ....$50,000-00 Surplus. ... 50,000.00 Undv. Prof. 10,000.00 the Opera House picture show. On Thursday night they had attended the Electric theater as the guests of Manager Rosier. R The fried chicken and other deli- cacies that were left over were tak- en to the Winan restaurant where the boys had been eating, and placed on ice and kept until Saturday morn- ing for breakfast. Ex-President Taft Sick in Kansas. Clay Center, Kas. Aug. 10.—Wil- liam H. Taft, former president, will be compelled to give up his peace league speaking tour, on which he came to this place Wednesday, on account of illness. He is under the care of physicians who say his illness is not serious yet but possibly may become so, i The former president had expect- ed to spend 30 days speaking through- out the Middle West. His wife, who is in Canada, is being kept . posted hourly by telegraph concerning his condition and it is understood to be ready to come here at any minute physicians believe he is taking a turn for the worse. ers Mr. Taft this morning ate a few bites of breakfast, the first nourish- ment he had taken since Monday. Dr. B. F. Morgan said there was a puzzling element in the illness that gives the case more or less uncer- tainty. He said he hoped a rest of a few days would help toward recoy- ery. Mr. | Taft's illness acute indigestion. Chautauqua Sunday school day paraders today paid respects to For- mer President (Taft, marching be- neath the windows of his room at his hotel. He was still too ill to re- spond to felicitations. began with Draft Army to be Called on Sept. 1. Washington, Aug. 8.—Only 20 per cent of the men drafted for the Na- tional Army in Missouri, Kansas and Colorado will be called for training at Camp Funston at Fort Riley ear- ly in September. The same percens- age will apply at all of the canton- ments, The entire selective army of 687,- o00 men will hot be called to the colors before the latter part of Oc- tober. Official announcement, was made of this fact today by officers in the Provost Marshal General’s office, who explained that insurmountable difficulties make it impossible to get the entire army into training for at least six or seven weeks after thé original date for training, Sept. 1. The men at Camp Funston will be in training for approximately 10 months, and it is not likely they will be ready to board transports for Eu- rope before Sept. 1, 1918. The machinery of drafting will be completed the last of August and the Provost Marshal General will be ready at that time to meet any call of the Secretary of War for the full quota of men sought under the draft. As far as the work of this office is concerned the men could be moved to the cantonments by Sept. 1. HONORS FOR DRAFT MEN Departure for Camps to be a_ Holi- day. Washington, Aug. 10.—One of the greatest send-offs young Americans have éver known will probably be given the first of Uncle Sam’s army of 687,000 men who will depart for cantonment camps. Mobilization day, originally set for September 1, may have to be post- poned. Provost Marshal Crowder this.afternoon stated that the new date probably will be September 4. Suggestions that the date be made a national holiday met with instant response in official quarters today. While nothing has yet been done officially, Provost Marshal General Crowder and Secretary Baker were said to have the matter under con- sideration. A proclamation by President Wil- son fixing the date as a holiday ‘is within the range of possibilities. Twenty-six thousand: men trained in “Plattsburg” camps the past three nmonths will be turned out as officers August 15. Fourteen thousand oth- ers will be disappointed in their am- bition to get commissions. The War Department. announced today, however, that over two thous- and of those who fail will have a cliance to repeat their course the next three months and thus win their stripes. ¥f. FOUR ARE KILLED AT ARTILLERY PRACTICE SLACKERS WILL FIGHTIN FIRST LINE TRENCHES Military Prisoners Will Do Allthe Heavy Work in Camps, - Washington, Aug. 10—The: way’ of the slacker will be hard, including the path of the conscientious objector,” Provost Marshal General Crowder has today numerous . resolutions passed by “conscientious objectors” but he has. failed to give them ‘of- ficial recognition. Whether or.not the “C. O.” is’go- ing to be a military man, those who refuse to report to national atmy, immediately. come under militai jurisdiction and will be treated as de- serters. ‘This is the answer of the war depattment officials to queries as to what is to be done with con- scientious objectors. In England these objectors Rave been subjected to civil law and have been given jail sentencés. In the United States the man pass out of the jurisdiction of civil authorities automatically when they resist the draft, They will come under the orders of court-martial and will not be given an opportunity to languish: in jail. ‘ There will be no separate cam for these. Instead they will be give en the work of ordinary military prisoners. This is camp work, Mili- tary prisoners are ordered into the front line trenches, Provost Marshal General Crowder has expressed a desire to override no sects or creeds, but he believes that these are provided for by the regula- tions which provide for exemptions for recognized religious sects op- posed to war. Exemption boards have been ad~- vised to give no exemptions to th who claim conscientious objections. Men who fail to appear when or- dered up for physical examination are being located and kept under sur- veillance by the war department. A few days prior to mobilization they will be ordered taken before a. mili- tary board and will thereupon be- come members of the national army. Thousands of these men throughout the United States are being closely shadowed and there will be no aven- ue of escape for them. 3 "Farmers of Bates County. Pursuant to the Order of the tem- porary board the undersigned calls the first annual convention of the Missouri Association of ‘Farm Clubs and Unions to meet at the Court House in Butler, Missouri on Septem- ber 8, 1917, to perfect a County Bu- reau, and. for such other business as may properly come before the con- vention.. The basis of represeniation has been fixed at one delegate for every ten members and _ fractional part thereof, so that every Club and every Union shall have at least one delegate. The business manager of every Club and every Union is re- quested to meet at the Court House at 9:00 a. m. of that day to consider special business. Every farmer in Bates county is invited and urged to sit in the convention by virtue of his occupation. Bring your families and enjoy the day with us. There will be something good for every boy and girl and the good wives. Do not for- get the date—Saturday, September 8, By order Temporary Board, A. C. Rosier, Secretary. U. S. Submarine’ Rams Steamboat. Boston, Aug. 11—The excursion steamer Mayflower of the Nantasket Beach line, with from 1,800 to 2,000 men, women and children aboard, was rammed in a fog off Fort In- dependence, in Boston harbor today by a United States submarine. The submarine, coming at the steamer diagonally, struck it on the starboard side. The steel nose of the submarine cut through the side of the steamer. The steamer stopped, The submar- ine was kept with its forward end jammed into.the vessel, lest the steamer be sunk by water rushing into the hole.if the plunger with- drew. : The steamer Rose Standish of the Nantasket line, which was coming’ up the harbor, drew alongside and took off all the passengers of the May- flower. Some of the passengers were injured, one seriously.- Vanderbilt Left 17 Million. New York, Aug: 8—Appraisal of the estate of Alfred G. Vanderbilt, who was lost on the Lusitania May 7, 1915, filed today in the surrogate’s court here, shows a total of $17,360,- 522. The chief beneficiary is his widow, Mrs. Margaret Emerson Vanderbilt, who is to receive $5,100,930. William H. Vanderbilt, his son, is given pow- SHORT STORIES Of Local Interest—Clipped from Our. | The Darby Frait Farm at Amoret| expects to ship out twenty-five, loads of apples this season.—A\ dam Enterprise. According to an item inthe Hu Telephone wheat is selling in ‘that town at 70 cents per bushel, but the aforesaid item appeared in the 20 years ago columns, apa, : C. L. Walker of Kansas City, and Miss Lucille Mills of Adrian, were married in Kansas City, Saturday, August 4th. They will reside at In- dependenée, Mo.—Adrian Journal: * The announcement .in the Hume Telephone (and copied in The Times) of the wedding of Floyd E, White, of Butler, and Vera. Verona Daniels ox! near Hume turned out to be a hoax, The annual old soldiers reunion will be held the week of Aug, 20 at Urich this year. Peyton Parks, of Clinton, J. Kelley Wright of the Mis- souri Agricultural Department, and other good speakers will deliver ad- dresses. ' The 25th annual meeting of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Bates, County, was held at Prairie City Saturday, August 4th, at which time directors were elected . as fol- lows: For three years, Edson Sny- der, Wm, Hardinger, August Fisher; for two years, J. H. Raybourn.— Adrian Journal, W. W. Trail of Rockville, who made a business trip to Nevada Mon- day says the farmers of Bates coun- ty are raising good crops and receiv- ing good prices for their products. As an instance of this he told of a farmer near Rockville who brought a load of wheat and oats to market and sold the wheat for $294.40 and the oats for $99, making a total of’$393.40 for two loads of grain.—Nevada Mail. J. H. Williams, of Kansas City, has purchased the Hofsess clothing store and will take possession at once. Mr. Williams is not unknown to Hume people, having at one time been engaged in the mercantile busi-) - ness here. Mfr. Hofsess has not yet fully decided what he will do, but presumably will move to Kansas City, where is now owner of a four apartment flat taken on the. trade.— Hume Telephone, Carl M. Kessler, the popular east- side farmer, has courted, won and wed Miss Hester Peyton, the belle of Stringtown. The last act in the war drama occurred Wednesday morning in Recorder Chas, Fortune’s office at Butler. Rev. E. K. Wolfe read the call to arms, and gave Cart his commission and assigned him tq the petticoat brigade. Carl saluted Hester, put on his shoulder straps and was led to the front to-do bat- tle during the war.—Merwin Sun. Subscriptions and | Advertising Not Desired by Paper. Berlin, Aug. 11—The Anzeiger of Rostock in one of its last issues pub- lished the following unique an- nouncement: “The price of white paper has again been increased 10 per cent. This makes it impossible-for us to accept new subscribers. On the con- trary, we are compelled to reduce our circulation. This can be accom- plished if subscribers who are neigh- bors get together, so that two, or three_of them may share one paper. By reducing our circulation we will be abie to use the money; which we would spend for white paper to keep our whole staff employed and to fur- nish more news. Every new_ sub- scription we get is a source of wor- ry to us. Business men and mer- o should only, adwertise_when jmolutely necessary..as long as the war lasts, and it is desired that they make their ‘copy’ as short as U. & TO APPEAL ALL EXEMP- TIONS TO HIGHER - “Every exemption granted by loral ft boards :to men. who ba ¢laimed their discharge ftom liabili- to service in the national » ground that they have. de will be appealed : MMM SQAS MMH Roadster $745; Berline $1008 Sedan $1098. All pricce f. 0. &. Detrett \ MMW S Jefferson Highway Garage © - WILCOX BROS, Propr’s 209 N. Main Tel2 BUTLER, MO. .--. EVERY DOLLAR. You Subscribe to the WarLoan Will Shorten the War “It you have not alréady notified us of the amount of the Loan you will take, do it now. " aoe We are listing the names of those who, by adding their subscription. are planning to do their part toward making the loan an overwhelming success. : * Excellent chance to get a Wisconsin, high grade, folstein The bank.on which you can always bank” is organizing ~holstein helter calf club which all: the boys: an