The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, August 30, 1917, Page 1

RG. GEORGE VAIL WITH HER -HEAD CRUSHED IS TAK- EN FROM HER BURN- ; ING HOME ‘Coroner's Jury Find That the Death ‘Was Caused by a Gunshot Wound. - Saturday night about 8:30 or 9 o'clock persons living in the vicinity of the home of George Vail, in the gouth part of Amsterdam, were roused by the sound of several ex- (\ plosions, .which they said sounded shots, at the Vail home. i Thornbrough and John Brad- were the first on the scene and “ound the house in flames. and Vail walking around in the yard with a sfour yeat old child in his arms. He ‘told them that-his wife and a young- ‘er child were in the burning building and that he ‘had been unable to get them out. Mr. Thornbrough rushed <dnto the building and found Mrs. Vail lying on her back on the kitchen floor with her arms extended above her head. He picked her up and car- ried her ‘into. the yard, where she breathed once or twice and expired. ‘As sodn as she was carried into the air her clothing burst into flames as though it had been saturated with ‘coal oil or gasoline. ' It was impossible to rescue the younger child, Velma, aged two years and the charred body was taken from the ruins of the house after the fire had burned itself out. The authorities were notified and Sheriff Baker, Prosecuting Attorney - Dawson and Coroner Allen went to Amsterdam to investigate. A coro- ner’s jury, composed of L. Kershner, C. S.'’Good, F. S. Good, Claude Mc- _ Bride, W. F. McKibben and -Fred _ Kershner wag. empaneled. The case “was net, finished. , until “late Mon- day evening. j Vail’s story is that he and his wife were upstairs writing letters» when his wife remarked that she bad some “bread in the. oven of the kitchen stove. That she would go down and take it out and then they would go to bed. She went down stairs and-very soon he heard an explosion. He ran down the stairs and found the door leading to the kitchen in flames. He ran through the front part. of the house picking up the ‘child about eight years old :that was sleeping on a cot, as he went.: ‘He ran around to the back of the houst and placed the child on the-ground and started into the house but had to go back as the child insisted on following him. He called fot. help~ and Braden and Thornbrugh responded. Coroner Allen called on Dr, Amyx to assist him and a postmortem ex- amination was made on the body of Mrs. Vail. They found that some "sebject had entered’ the ‘head on the ‘Heft side just back of the ear and. ““eame out on the opposite side, and that the back of the skull was badly ‘crushed. There seemed to be no ““other-briises-on the body. There are several theories to. ac- ‘count for the injury. One is that the sal oil stove in which the bread was being baked exploded soon after she ntered the room. Another is that there was a bottle with a little more than a-pint of gasoline on a: she about three feet above the-stove aod “that, this got so hot that it explod- ved; It was avery: heavy bottle and was: securely” fastened with a metal Commercial Club Meeting. The Club met at -the office of the secretary in-regular ,session, with a fall hou The following business Jwas transacted: ‘ The committee appointed to ,invite the teachers of the county to hold ‘their fall meeting in Butler instead of Kansas City reported that they could secure the proper instructors and give the proper entertainment and would make an effort to secure the meeting if the Club would guar- antee ‘the expenses which would be quite a bit. The Club decided by mo- tion to expend as much as $100.00, if necesssary, and instructed the com- mittee to present thé invitation, at the county meeting of Teachers and School Directors which convenes it Butler Wednesday, for a three days’ session. The matter of paying. proper tri- bute to the men from Bates County who will soon be called into war ser- vice came up, and it was suggested that’ some evidence of our apprecia- tion of their services be given, and a committee consisting of S. W. Davis, J. E. Smith and W. O. Jackson was appointed’to act in this matter as their judgment dictates. Mr. DeArmond called the attention’ of the Club to the proposed change in the manner of ‘assessing property for taxation and pointed out that if property was assessed at 100 per cent that the present rate would not only work a hardship on the taxpayers, but would yield more revenue than was needed and made a motion which was adopted_by the legislative com- mittee of the Club to present a resolu- tion to Gov. Gardner asking him to ask the Legislature when they meet in a special session in the spring to reduce their State levy that they re- duce all the levies at the same time. Secretary Culver presented his res- ignation as secretary, which was on motion’ accepted. Mr. R. D..Colson was present and talked very interestingly about the prospects of oil in Bates county, stat- ing thet he was promoting a com- pany to develop the territory in Western Bates. : After paying a few bills the meet ing adjourned. Dresses and Waists Are Arriving Daily. They are of Indescribable chic and grace The styles are as pleasing, the fitting as perfect, the tailor- BUTLER, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1917. BIG DRIVE SEPTEMBER FIRST Executive Committee .of the Bates County Red Cross Chapter Sets That Date for Commenc- ing Drive for Funds. Prizes to Boys and Girls. © The American Red Cross is en- gaged in a nation wide campaign to secure funds needed to properly car- ry on its part of the great war... The care of the sick and: wounded soldiers whom we are sending to France has been set apart as the task of this-or- ganization, and the Red Cross Socie- ty has become virtually a branch or department-of the government. Tn- stead of supporting this humanitarian side of-the war's work by enforced taxation the government has seen. fit to raise funds for this purpose by voluntary contributions from the) people; and has chartered and formed the Red Cross to raise these funds and put them to proper humanitarian uses. In every county and community of the United States the campaign for this: work is now and has been for some time in progress. Bates Coun- ty is a little late in begjnnning her war fund campaign; but she intends to do her part. This county is now one of the best organized Red Cross counts in the state, The organiza- tion has a large membership through which to work in raising a creditable fund to help the boys who have gone and are going to the war. The Executive Committee of” Bates County Red Cross Chapter have set September 1st as the date to begin a big drive for funds in Bates county. Then will commence a canvass which ought (in view of prosperous condi- tions throughout the county) raise a war fund which will put Bates coun- ty among the banner Red Cross counties in the country. Incidental to this campaign, the committees are offering $50 in prizes to the three boys or girls under four. teen years old who write the best es says on the Red Cross. It is to b expected that much interest will b developed in the work before th campaign closes. federate Pensions Being Held Up About a week ago the Confederate ioners were made happy by, re- be. ing a warrant for their pension rareages, which amounted to ‘about $135 to each pensioner. The ‘}following dispatch from Jefferson Gity would indicate that their joy was a bit premature: -Jefierson City, Mo., Aug. 27.—Con- federate veterans on the State pen- sign roll are having a hard time get- Hing their money. Following a lapse fof several months before their ar- #eatage accounts were adjusted and after the passage of the deficiency appropriation bill, the warrants were Hgsued. w the warrants are Rung “up indefinitely because the St. Louis telearing house is waiting for a legal opinion as, to the status of the pen- sgion account against the stdte. “dt appears that the lawyers who represent the clearing house are on their vacations. Meantime banks all hover the States are returning the pen- gion warrants to thé State Auditor ‘and demanding to know why they are mot honored. €oming under the deficiency ap- propriation the pension arrears were to have been paid out of the money “borrowed from the St. Louis clear- ng house by Gov. Gardner to tide the state over its financial stringen- There will be no Confederate pen- "sions paid for this biennial period, as the Governor vetoed the appropria- tion of $200,000 for that purpose be- eause the revenues of the State would not admit of the expenditure. The annual meeting of the Bates county school teachers is being held in the circuit éourt room Wednesday, Phursday and Friday of this week. ‘There will be several educators from the State University and the War- Lrensburg State Normal present and faddtess the teachers, among them will be Miss Rosenthal, teacher of penmanship in the Columbia public ‘schools. Miss Rosenthal is recog- nized as one of the leading teachers ton penmanship in the © state. Prof. George Reavis, of the State Univer- ty and Prof. W. C. Morris, of the ‘arrensburg Normal, will also be _| present and make addresses. . _ DRAFT LIST CERTIFIED 105 Passed for Draft in Bates County. ba) The Bates County Exemption Board on Wednesday completed their work of exemption and certified 105 names to the district board for the draft. Following is the list as certified as eligible for the draft: 258 Criswell, Homer Ben, Adrian 458 Cooper, Harry Gentry, Butler 1095 Snodgrass, Orville L., Spruce” 1572 Cayton, Leland H., Rich Hill 676 Wilson, James: A., Rich Hill 945 Cowley, George David, Adrian 596 Burch, Carl O., Pleasant Gap 1495 McCook, Peter Vincent, Spruce 548 Barnett, Jess E., Rich Hill i Wallace, Perry Nelson, Butler Bright, Noah Wm., Foster Fri, Frank Amos, Adrian Flannery, Charles Q., Amoret Andrews, Orville Vern, Adrian Dumford, Henry R., Amoret Wiltshire, Thomas G., Rich Hill Hirni, Roland, Rackville Simmons, Asa Erwin, Butler Fox, Claude W., Rich Hill McCall, Fred Buell, Foster Garber, Harry Heber, Butler Shillinger, Archie O., Butler Fenton, Charles Omer, Drexel Gragg, Ila Emmett, Montrose Cox, Joseph Christopher, Butler Copeland, Alfred G., Rich Hill Bush, Wiltiam D., Worland Lankford, Cecil Elliott, Adrian Kegereis, William C., Spruce McMullin, Erwin, Merwin Wheeler, Landon, J., Amoret Scott, Guy Calvin, Hume Hauver, ‘Walter S., Butler Kenney, William A., Ballard Burgess, Vern V., Rich Hill Wiek, Carl William, Rich Hill McCann, Lawrence, Butler Leslie, William F., Hume Piggott, Joe Jabez, Butler, Pahiman, George H., Amster- dam Pettus, Lee Simeon, Rich Hill Wright, William H., Butler Dye, Robert Lee, Rockville Groves, Ira Raymond, Rich Hill Hardinger, Lee M., Butler Bentlage, Albert F., Rich Hilt 126 1546 1369 373 1266 486 600 810 1066 924 1014 1178 1045 1331 487 1282 1323 1236 18 1484 739 601 182 513 1020 1441 602 1419 786 1549 1292 966 868 379 Here are a Few Good Good ing as careful and the fabrics as tasteful as though made to your personal order. Take this as*your invitation to come in-and get acquainted with the Fall season's style hits. - Ladies and Misses Suits—Gabardine—Serge and Broadcloth Ladies and Misses Coats—Bolivia, Pom-pom; Plush, Broadcloth, Velour Ladies and Misses Dresses—Serges and Gabardine Ladies and Misses Dresses—Satins and Silk Poplin Ladies and Misses Dress Skirts—Silk and Wool Ladies and Mi “ “ Georgette Crepe Lingerie ‘Ladies and Misses House Dresses --_ Children’s Ready-to-Wear Gingham Dresses t isses Crepe de Chine Waists season—all- shades of the new thirty- poplin and: Georgette Examples for School Use Shoes. .$2.50 to $5.00 for Boys and Girls. Satteen Petticoats $1.00 to $1.75 R. & G. Corsets 75c to $5.00 Ribbons 10c to 35c ” Phoenix Hose §&c to $1.10 Boys all-wool Suits $4.00 to $8.00 Boys Long Pant Suits $7.50 to $12.50 Boys Caps 50c to 7Sc . Boys Shirts 0c to $1.00 Boys Waists 35c to 75c Boys Underwear 0c to $1.00 Boys Belts and Suspenders . »15c to 25c Boys Sweaters 75c to $1.50 Girls Sweaters $2.00 to $3.60 Girls Aprons 65c to 75c Girls Middies_ $1.00 to $1.60 Girls eb dey Gloves 7&c to $1.50 Girls Middy Ties SOc to $1.00 Peroxide, large bottle 10c Mennen’s and Goldene’ Taicum Melba Powder 50c Melba Face Cream &5c and 50c NUMBER 46 298 Hicks, William LeRoy, Rich Hill ; Blankenship, Chas. R., Adrian Miller, Bert, Rich Hill 1613. Brunker, Clem H., Amsterdam 982 Nestlerode, Hugh W., Amoret 15 Stevenson, John L., Archie 905 Kennedy, Chas. T., Appleton City. Wheeler, Francis M., Rich Hill Bourquin, Raymond E., Butler Switzer, Clarence Earl, Altona McHenry, Wendle S., Foster Browning, Burl E., Appleton City. Hicks, Bruce E., Hume Walker, Chas. Henry, ton City - Dunlap, Andrew J., Butler McCraw, Albert Dean, Archie Getz, John Adam, Urich Jenne, Willie Henry, Adrian Egeleson, Otis Norman, Butler Betz, Levi Lloyd, Montrose Kenney, Edward, Rich Hill Circle, Preston, Rich Hill Shaw, Harry Austin, Hume Fleming, Sam'l J., Rich Hill Ashley, George J., Rich Hill Cone, Harvey J., Rich Hill Bishop, Everett Delbert, Butler Bowles, Oscar Frank, Butler Smith, Hoyett Russell, Spruce Shaw, Jesse John, Amoret McClendon, Harry, Appleton City G Snow, Charley Lee, Butler Middleton, Roy Bernice, Urich King, Ira Nuten, Butler Dykman, John J., Amsterdam Schantz, Frank L., Butler Meekins, Archie A., Rockville Hough, Elmer E., Rich Hill Newlon, George Keeble, Butler © Sutherland, Wm. J., Montrose Boyer, Frank, Rich Hill Reeder, Harrison, Adrian Liggett, Forest W.,. Hume Stuart, Charles H., Drexel Piepmeier, Walter D., Appleton City Bishop, Floyd, Butler Fisher, Walter Cline, Spruce Kershner, Boyd M., Amsterdam Kornhaus, Christian, Adrian Fix, Jennings E., Rockville Mustard, Aca, Butler Stewart, Roy—A.,-Rich Hill Page, Dimner Bell, Urich Houseworth, John F.,. Adrian Fahnestock,. Clayton G., Rich Hill > Meyer, Leslie E., Rockville Hupp, Joe C., Butler Leedy, Claud Osborne, Butler Stoughton, Robert W., Amoret 675 1647 933 452 355 111g 1470 645 218 Apple- 550 31 1432 1570 677 749 525 1574 183 56 5 1580 54 549 440 740 638 623 1141 1430 355 360 704 72 128 1142 6 1112 103- 556 154 SU 717 1256 30 388 1423 773 608 588 856 705 576 222 1337 Five ships, three American, one British and one Japanese, are over due at a Pacific port, and have been practically given up by their own- ers: and agents. Mariners say they believe the vessels have been de- stroyed by time bombs placed in the cargoes by enemy agents. This theory was strengthened when a sailor. employed near this port told of having seen fragile bottles con- taining acid taken from cargo pow- der cases, where they had been placed in such a manner that the breaking of the bottles would have ignited the powder. P. Briscoe, Bisbee, The funeral of Sam’l who was shot to death at Arizona, last Wednesday evening, was held at the Salem church in Foster Monday afternoon and inter- ment made in Salem cemetery. It is charged that his wife did the shoot- ing. Mr. Briscoe, who was 41 years and-7 months of age, was the son of Charley Briscoe, a prominent citizen of southwestern Bates county. The deceased left this county about twen- ty years ago. ’ Elihu Root, head of the American Mission to Russia, was presented with a medal for “distinguished valor in the service of the United States” at a reception by the City of New York in honor of members of that body. The presentation was made by Mayor Mitihel. THE APPLETON CITY FAIR To Be Held Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of Next Week. The Seventeenth Annual Appleton City Fair and Stock Show will take place in that city next Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, September 5, 6, and 7. This is always one of the best Fairs in this-section and Butler, will, as usual, be well represented. The premiums in all departments this year are more liberal than usual. Sam Jordan; the “Corn Man” of Mis- souri, will-judge. the Agricultural: dis- play and will also deliver a talk on both the first and second days. A professional stock judge has also ween secured for the big Stock Show. There will be from two to four class acts each day, and a num-_