The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 20, 1917, Page 8

RENTER RED CROSS NOTES. Since the recent terrible catas- trophe at Halifax, the American Red Cross has given great aid to the suf- ferers there. It has sent one hundred doctors, one hundred fifty nurses, hospital equipment, blankets and oth- BRUNSWICK ana Articles sent in from township | branches last week were: Deepwater, | Unit No, 1, 2 dozen bed socks; 1-2 dozen bed shirts. Shawnee, 3 dozen ‘bed socks, Charlotte Unit No, 1, '3y many tailed bandages. Charlotte, Unit No. 3, 25 many tailed bandages. ‘Summit, s0 many tailed bandages. | Lone Oak, 45 many tailed bandages, 2 er ngeded supplies. No appeal for wish to help in this county for this 75 to 180 | authorized to receive and send direct $ $l of their use, Large shipments are being made | owing articles have been sent: 1240 y COME |oxo inches; 1360 gauze sponges; 30 ° 30 triangular bandages; 244 The Brunswick Phonograph marks the highest development in ograph, that has frankly adopted the best features of all, and with | funds for this work is being made by the Red Cross, but those who |relief should send remittances to H. FROM |O, Maxey, Chairman, who has been to Red Cross Headquarters in St. Louis, where accounting will be made (| | ; : ; \ es | I H A D ‘ | oO !every few days from the Bates Coun- ity Chapter. The past week the fol- i gauze compresses 4x4 inches; 220 | gauze strips; 260 gauze compresses In every industry the law of evolution applies and sooner or ‘gauze rolls; 90 abdominal bandages; lnteroerfoctionticuattained |30 T. bandages; 175 four tailed band- re ie aper. pads, the Phonograph field. The Brunswick is ‘all Phonographs in one”—an unusual phon- some added refinements of beauty and finish, is priced to you with- out the necessity of charging for discarded models or experiments. phonograph Investigate this instrument. It is too per cent WHOLE There are no attachments—no extras, It unlocks the world of recorded music for you, There are no exceptions. This ig the week for the big Red ‘Cross drive for membership. Surely by Christmas every family in Bates |county will have at least one member |and perhaps se In Pleas- lant township the high school will be |dismissed Thursday afternoon and vill devote the time in helping in the tdriy e Buy now for immediate or Christmas delivery. Monthly pay- ments if you like. Manufactured and guaranteed by a $15,090,000 company, The Brunswick Balke Collender Co, RHODES’ PHARMACY North Side Square _BUTLER, MISSOURI o following letter was received ross Headquarters in St, y Miss Rachel Tingle, Chair- The from Re HARVEY CONE ARRESTED FOR The Bates County Club at the Uni- |“ DESERTING ARMY versity of Missouri, es pt of your box of h surgical dressings shipped to us No- yeinber 23d, and have examined same last meeting of the cli tis biate\ added by! f Miss Hall MGe AR Mr senior in the Colleg Caught Saturday Night and Made-His Escape Sunday Morning. Was been Phetma to for oversea shipment. We d your work extremely well lone, in fact without favlt. We are in great need of surgical supplies and ellent worlg as yours is al- ure to direct re-shipment. We that you speed your outputs pus as much as possible, We for y interest and co-} tion in the Red Cross.” al weeks of quiet search mbers, flarvey the charg art (Casey) Cone, » Missouri. deserting arrested at ut the home such ¢ wanted or al from the yibiay AS git wry, in the north | of the club will jo <s)) for the Dece e Univ closes as holic part of the city, by Marsh He was locked up f Between 9 and. 10 morning Conc marshal that he make a change of thing and w taken to his home dor this purpos The marshal says Cone went into a room at the house and there the change » under his observ tion, the s not being placed on the pris then said he would step into another roon his hat and coat. This request being, hu @rantcd, Cone disappeared through another door and escaped, to the surprise and chagrin of the of ficer. kson started west in seareh of Cone Cone had gone cas ties near the the ing ‘hy - Mrs.! Hill, a teacher Uligh iI, in the ibia High In the drive Red Cross and Y, M.’C work, Deer Creek township has exceeded its allotment of $3085. o'clock Sunday rested the lowed tinte re city yle for be Butler who is NG yor, No state in the Union is better} able than our own to properly sup-| Ur r and no} Me ry much We note the following visitors at arters this week: Foster, Mills, BF. f.. Thom- Mesdames | iddleton, Simpson; er, Cone 7 ue Miss¢ dollars to the Wisconsi and get ot much Mrs. John Browning, : of these ee =: strongest; Soldiers Mustn’t Read “Trashy” S Novels. e some of uy from us srs of the School of one of many to be put it developed later that A committee of ladies of Topeka, gone the limit in protects] The afore Kas., tnele Sam's soldiers. d ladie ere appointed as a com mittee to ship to the various canton- ments books that had been donated to the soldiers. The ladies appointed jthemselves censors and books writ- jten by such authors as Bertha M. ‘lay, Ella Wheeler Wiicox, Laura ane Libby, and Mary J. Holmes to the discard, while such thrill- is Ray's Arithmetic, McGuffy s Reader and a volume of the Encyclo- pedia Brittanica were sent to the A zl Baker and others joined it >iing T which cc nued until midnight but without result. It is stated that Cone had stopped at Martin Cross home and took a cor y coat and | State cap in his flight. Cone is 5 feet 7) # inches high, 22 years old and has { light complexion. The government has offered a reward of $so0 for his!‘ capture and to this Marshal Bankson adds $25. m \ Cone was drafted and examined by | : ; the exemption board in August and | col education they so eagerly de September 20, 1917, enlisted as alsire. The Collese of Agricult member of the Nevada Supply com- | renders an inestimable sery pany, r3oth I’, A. N. G. and deserted| through its Extension Department, | Army Gets 11,000 in One Day. at Camp Doniphan, F Sill, Okla.,} Which offers all sorts of courses in} Pri ht 2 e | Home Economics, and Agriculture | Washington, Dec. 13.—Nearly Nov. 21.--Rich Hill Review. lat a cost which is next to nothing to! °¢¥en thousand men were listed as : those benefitted. Does anyone sup. | 20ePted yesterday for the regular | k z pes. anyone SUD=! army, and reports showing an addi- | pose for a moment that the fees paid | °. x s Fs te Fort Smith, Ark. Dee. 14.—All| by the Shourt Course students etn | oer eto nouaand pare ntoc: Its striking unionists in Fort Smith re-/ half cover the expense? The College | estar : turned to their posts this afternoon,|of Agriculture sends out lecturers, es- en supplied Be she Cae pending settlement of the telephone |tablishes experiment stations, and! rnin OES * HONEY Oe a strike that caused the order for a/ furnishes county agents; and all this/ poe nay Pw inital now) general walkout last Saturday. Re just a part of the work it is doing. | COTE ROE We UNC IMB TCEES SAD W16, * a notes > : | 313,852. sumption of work was assured at)The University Extension feels that his is complete. Our! cir best to the return for but little moncy ently’ less appreciation. hat is the Univ f the shor 2 the the ty doing tedness of beg s work to large num- nd girls who, other- uld have to do without the state Fort Smith Strike Ends. offers | noon when Manager D. C. Green, of | courses in nearly all departments of; the traction company, agreed with) the University at about cne-ténth, or | R. B. Keating and Mark '. Crawford, | less, of the expense of regular school federal labor department representa-| sessions. * Those benefitted can go Butler People Come Out as Frankly tives and Vice President Shea of the; right on with their usual occupations Here as Elsewhere. strect car men’s union, that all strik-| in the school room, office, farm, or BUTLER IS NO EXCEPTION Butler people publicly recommend Having sold my lease, I will offer for sale 2 miles north and 1-2 mile west of Virginia, 7 1-2 miles southeast of Amsterdam, 6 1-2 miles northeast of Amoret, on eave Monday, Dec. 24,17 21 Head Cattle Red heifer, two years old, bred July 18; $ed cow, three years old, bred and giving milk; red cow, four years old, bred and giving milk; Jers€y heifer, two years old, bred; cow, seven or eight years old, bred to Holstein; red cow, four years old, bred and giving milk; 2 two-year-old steers; long yearling; thoroughbred Holstein bull calf, registered; 2 steer calves; roan cow, four years old, fresh soon; red heifer, three years old, fresh soon; red cow, three years old, fresh soon; two-year- old Holstein heifer, bred; roan Durham bull, two years old in February; brown cow, six years old, giving milk, bred; red cow, five years old, fresh soon: red cow, red steer, yearling. © Horses, 1 Mule Bay mare, eight years old, weight 1600; gray mare, nine years old, sound, weighs about 1250; bay horse colt, coming two years old; black horse colt, coming two years old; bay mare, coming two years old; bay horse, four years old. 1 mule, three years old, broke to work. EILOGS 2 Duroc Jersey red sows, bred to farrow in February; red sow, weight 200. 6 OR 7 NICE EARLY SPRING BRED LAMBS. Farm Implements VanBrunt wheat drill, twelve discs, in good condition; Emerson gang 12-ineh plow; Mitchell wagon; Deering binder, in good running order; Deering mower, in good running order. 150 hedge posts; 7 heavy hedge corner posts. Stack of oat straw. GOOD FOR SEED—150 bushels oats, or more. 150 bushels corn, or more. Ladies Aid of the M. E. Church Will Serve Lunch. T E R M All sums of $10 and under, cash; over that amount a credit of 10 months ; will be given, purchaser to give approved note bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent from date. 2 per cent discount for cash. No property to be removed until terms of sale are complied with. Cyrus and N, M. H, Nestlerode C. E. ROBBINS, Auctioneer. M. €. WILCOX, Clerk. WILSON REPORTS ON WAR! Si : EXPENSE ingle Taxers Again? Exemption Board Ousted. | | Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 13.~-The entire} {membership of the Fulton county ex- ; emption board has been summaril; j dismissed on_orders from President | Wilson on charges involving ‘unwar. Washington, D. C., Dec, 12,—Pres-| ranted exemptions and discharg ident Wilson, up to December 7, had|and the case has been iurned over allotted $31,503,877 of his war emer-|to the department of justice. This | gency fund of $100,000,000 provided | was disclosed tonight in an order is- by Congress at the beginning of the} sued by Major J. D, Mallet, in charge war against Germany and of that sum| Of the operation of the selective draft $21,651,493 has been disbursed. The|law in Georgia, d-posing the board. House Appropriation Committee, ai-| The men dismissed are Judge R. F. ter receiving this report today, report-| Thompson, chairman; S. J. Mitchell ed favorably a bill making the fund} and Dr. C. M. Curtis, Major Mallet’s available to the end of this. fiscal| Statement said that ont of 818 white year, June 30, rather than December| ‘ten called in the county 526 were ex- 31 next, as previously provided. cmpted,'44 per cent of the exemptions The Committee on Public Informa. | being on physical grounds, It was tion, the report shows, got $1,350,000] also charged that of 202 negroes ex- of. the fund. More than $2,000,000! amined by the board only six were was allotted for secret-service work|¢xempted. Atlanta is in Fulton coun- and confidential work abrvad. ty.. More than $18,400,000 was allotted for repairing the seized German ships. Other amounts allotted were: Food and fuel administration, $2,765,- 000, including $2,000,000 for educa- tional work; War Trade Board, $250,- ooo; War Risk Insurance Bureau, $500,000, subject to reimbursement; War Department $1,800,000; exclud- ing two temporary allotments aggre- gating $65,000,000 returned; Navy De- partment, $1,368,000; Department of | Labor for distributing labor, $835,000; Federal Trade Commission for inves- A gentleman was in this city one day last week circulating a petition ior some sort of a constitutional jamendment that would permit a | homesteader to borrow money of the state at a three per cent rate. The petition looked innocent enough but a little questioning developed the fact that the petition was really the old single tax under another guise. The petition was skillfully drawn and con- {tained other provisions but the real issue is to place the taxes on land values. He had spent a day in Adrian and had a numerously signed petition from that city, but he had very poor. luck in Butler, The folks down here wanted to know all about it before they put their name to it, which is a mighty good plan when signing peti- tions. for strangers, PUBLIC SALE Having decided to rent my farm, I will sell the following de- scribed property on said farm, located 9 miles East of Rich Hill, 9 miles West of Rockville and 1-4 mile North and 1-4 mile West of Papinville, on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1917 5 HEAD HORSES AND MULES:—: Mare, smooth mouth; r mare coming 7 years old; 1 2-year-old mule; r mare colt, 1 year old in May; 1 1-year-old mule. ¢ Up to Dec. 7 Budget Puts $31,593,877 sof Emergency Appropriation to Various Uses. ing street car motormen and conduc-| home. tors should return under exactly the} The University of Missouri is not same conditions that existed obtain-|a ‘rich man’s school although there ed before the strike. All other crafts}are the sons and daughters of rich returned under similar conditions. men here; these students however, are in the minority. On the other] sicned statements, published in 30v0 hand, it is a school for the ambitious | communities Butler people are no poor boy or girl who must work tc! . 7 . gain an education. The fact that the ne etc ene. Biter. states state seemitigly thinks more of its : < 5 dollars than of its future citizens is | cy” Jy iMenlefields 04 E- Chestnut crippting the University of pao Pills for a case of kidney trouble and was quickly relieved. Since then ‘|when any of the old systems have come on I have used Doan’s Kidney Pills and they. have always given me relief.” (Statement given September 9, 1911.) On April 28, 1916, Mr. Stubblefield said: “I never fail to. tell anyone about Doan’s Kidney Pills for the ae they have given me is wonder- ul. aoe ie all dealers. Don’t simply ask for a kidney remedy—get Doan's Kidney Pills—the same that Mr. Stubblefield has twice publicly recommended. Foster-Milburn Migrs., Buffalo, N.Y. Doan's Kidney Pills. This paper is 1 . : publishing Butler cases from week to week, It is the same everywhere. Home testimony in home papers Doan’s are praised in fifty thousand CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY Church Cor, Ft. Scott and Delaware Sts. eeeeeee Services: Sunday 11:00 a. m. Sunday School 9:30 a. m. Wednesday Evening Meeting 7:30 p. m. seseree <. Public Reading Room, Church Edifice, open Tuesdays and Sat- days from 2:00 to 5:00 p. m. Used Booze as an Anti-Freeze. Springfield, Mo, Dec. 13—Two gallons of whisky, confiscated in a raid yesterday were poured into the radiator of the automobile of Police Chief Barney Rathbone to prevent freezing. This morning the radiator was found to be empty. Nearby lay sev- eral long straws through which the anti-freeze liquid had been extracted in ice cream soda style. : Chief Rathbone walked to his work today. { - tigation of costs and prices, $200,000. No itemized statement of expendi- tures of the Committee on Public In- formation or the War Trade Board was made. Of $2,000,000 given the food and fuel administration for ed- ucational purposes only $406,000 has been spent. ~ : 33 HEAD OF CATTLE:—Jersey cow, fresh; red muley cow, fresh; black heifer coming 3 years, fresh, calf by side; black heifer coming 3 years, fresh, calf by side; black heifer, coming 3 years old, giving milk, first of April; 1-2 Jersey heifer, 3 years, fresh; brindle Jersey, giving milk, fresh in April; red Poll cow, fresh in March; part Jersey ‘cow, will be first of January; red Poll heifer 1 year old; red Poil heifer coming yearling; 4 black heifers coming yearlings; black steer 1 year old; 5 heifer calves; 8 steer calves; Shorthorn bull com: ing 2 years; white face cow. fs vgn Sagem Poland China brood sows about 50 3 3gilts weigh about 140 Ibs; 7 gilts weigh 8 to 105 Ibs; 7 male pigs weigh 80 to 100 Ibs; male hog 18 months old, a good one. FARM MACHINERY :—Wagon, riding Plow, wood beam plow, 14-inch iron beam plow, riding cultivator, mower, and other articles °° TIMOTHY HAY: Also < Timothy A have 20 tons ‘of I will sell between December 22, 1917 and March 1, 1918 hig TERMS:—On all sums of $10.00 Germans Lost 150,000 in Italy. With the Italian Armies, Dec. 14— The Austro-German drive in Italy has cost the combined Teuton forces a loss of 150,000 men, it was estimat- ed today at the Italian headquarters. General Hoetzendorf, the Austrian commander, and General Von Below, the German leader, are making a desperate effort to pass aver the Alps in their drive on the Itafions before severe. winter weather hampers their movements. all bred; 26 shoats weigh 2,500 guns 1 rare