The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 31, 1918, Page 4

The Butler Weekly Times Printed on Thursday of each week. RBORT. D. ALLEN, Editor and Mer. in withholding judgment, even in the’ face of fierce criticism, until the facts could be known, Secretary Baker has demonstrated that the confidence of the American people has not been misplaced. tempting to fill out the blanks, Reg- istration officers are, instructed to give registranis ail possible aid in the way of explanation and advice. iach registrant is required to fur- nish four unmounted photographs of points not clear to him before at-| red ui the Post Office of But- ler, Mo., as second-class mail matter. PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR A MESSAGE TO MOTHERS, Every mother in the United States |t should read the letter written by Mary Roberts Rinehart, one of the|a foremost ladies of the iand, to Secre-, tary of War Baker, regarding hospi- tal and sanitary conditions in the arthy camps and cantonments. Mrs. Rinchart, whdse husband and son are both in the army, the latter, as a private, became alarmed at the fantastic mass of stories which are being spread of inefficiency, careless- ness and brutality in the military ho: pitals and made a personal investiga- tion of the camps and cantonments with the view of learning for herself | Thursday, January gr, 1918. ONLY THE FAULTFINDERS = -DISCREDITED. If the testimony of Secretary War Baker served no other purpose 1° has shown to the public just how un- worthy of future belief are the state- ments of the men and the newsvaners who have so persistently and wilful’y accused the administration of ineffi- ciency and incompetence. Every point under criticism in the war preparations was taven up in Mr, Baker's testimony and the very things for which the administration has been the most severely criticized are shown to have been done upon ex- pert advice, with the approval of our army. offi and our allies, have been y out to the highest ol iting themselves. ple. ure to ise with experts. show that he not only surrounded himeelf with experts, but in every in- stanc 2 question has acted upon the advic and the military experts of | and France. Tt was charg that this govern- ment wes imposing upon and crip- pling France by using French artil- lery. Mr. Baker produced proof that lot only on Ahe advice, st of France and Enq our own this was done but at the reg land. The was made that our were sent to France without ent equipment. Mr. Baker} vs that every man who went to France fully and completely equipped; that the troops in Franee were completely equipped with both ma gins and rifles; that equip- ment will be ready for every man who will be sent to Europe in the future. Column after column was filled with “broomstick preparedness.” It] 35) charge shown that there are rifles for every |, man in training, more than enough machine yuns for training purposes, amd ey nt of all kinds for men now under arms, Fantastic tales of terrors in the army camp hospitals have been in cirent lated. Secretary ha million men j eighteen tthentic | or nes have; ng ealy cases of brutality been shown and that the perpetrators in camps of these have been severely punished Every charge of inefficiency and incompetency against the administra- tion has fallen so ridiculously flat as! to prove the utter insincerity of the | charges. The news have so pe ated these criticisms scem suceceded only in thoroughly discre: apers and the men whoj| ently made and reiter- to have 1 CONFIDENCE NOT MISPLACED. Secretary of War Baker has effect wally silenced his cri Those gentemen who were honest in their fault finding, but who were misin ge their error. formed mist acknow Those who were criticising for the purpose of discrediling the adminis- tration are branded as having deli)- erately and maliciously misrepresent- ed conditions to the American pevo- The ‘American people are demand ing but one thing of the War Depart- ment-—<Results. That results have 4een obtained, far in excess of the and toj i the actual conditions of things. ells of what she found, is a message of cheer and solace to the, mothers of America, Mrs, Rinehart is a lady of national reputation, and is one of the best known writers of the day. cerity and her judgment ‘cannot be questioned, CONTEMPTIBLE: It remained for the Kansas City Times to make the contemptible com- | ment that Secretary of War, Baker, in his statement to the Senate Military Affairs Committee, was “seeking to regain the confidence of ; the American people and Congress in his management of war affairs.” The K. C,-Times overestimates the Finfluence of itself and other anti-ad- ministration papers which have vain- ly tried to discredit the vario1s de- partments of the government in car- ying on the war. In spite of the triotic propaganda carried on in effort, the American people have ned their confidence in the admin-_ tion and the country will in Mr. Baker's event wyhich so effectually and flatly contradicts the discriminate c and inefficiency War Department. so irresponsible and in- 2s of incompetency made against the Roosevelt has tried to make it ap- pear that Major General Wood has heen pinished and mistreated by the War Department because of General | Wood's friendship for himself. It appears that the War Depart- now jment has not only placed the greatest in General , confidence and authority Wood in the most important details of the pre ations for war, but:also selected him as cne of the chief mil- y ad isers of the department. have tines The mothers ation enowch to cont without some big mouth-politician or srupulosts notoriety secker fillin¢ rears with lying tales of abuse and neglect in military hospitals. The man or the newspaper who woull jnow wilfully wrench a mother's heartstrings to gain a selfish end should forever be discredited as with- her honesty or decency. out cit Will Roosevelt and the ‘Kansas - City Star never discover that “you ean't fool all of the people all of the time"? - Notice of Registration of Alien Enemy. “All natives, citizens, denizens or the German Empire or ot Impevial German Government, Leing s of the age of 14 years and’ upward, who are within the Unit- iy States and not actually naturalized American citizens, are required to ter as alien enemies, n enemy required to regis- v fails.to complete his regis- tration within the time fixed therefor, or who violates or attempts to violate vr of ‘whom there is sound to believe is about to violtte ny regulation duly promulgated by President of the United States or se Regulations, in addition to all uther penalties preseribed by law, is liable to restraint, imprisonment, and detention for the duration of the war, or to give security, or to remove and depart from the United States in the manner prescribtd by sections 4057, 4069 and 4070 of the United States cets o Greatest expectations of those who comprehend the magnitude of the sit- uation, Secretary Baker has amply demonstrated, and the War Depart- ment is day by day multiplying its| United States and in the regulations | own demonstrated efficiency. Never in history has so large an army been organized, trained and equipped in so short a time. Revised Statutes; and to all other. penalties prescribed in the several! proclamations of the President of the! duly promulgated by or under tne atithority of the President. . An alien enemy required to regis- ter who shall, after the date fixed for | the issuance to him of a registration ‘United States, reasonable * imseif, not larger than 3 by 3 inci.es in size, on thin paper, with ligat ackground, All four photographs should be signed by the registrant atross the face of the photograph, so appticant is able to write. ‘three blank forms of régistration out by the registrant or his represen- tative (with the exception of the | blanks indicated to be filled out by | | the registration officer and the de-! | scription of the registrant and the! jand must be produced by the regis- trant personally to the registration of- ficer, and be signed and sworn to by Her; the registrant in the presence of and | letter to the Secretary of War, which before the registration officer, wha; will fill in the description of the regis- | trant and Supetvise the fixing of the \ finger prints and the attaching of the | ‘photographs, If the ‘registrant can-| nof write he must make his mark in! Her sin-|the signature space and affix his left | | thumb print in the space provided op- | posite the signature space. The finger printing is a method of identification ‘and follows the ~prac- tice observed in the military and naval service of the United States. The registrant is hereby notified that he must again present himself ! before the registration officer who took his oath after 10 days but before '15 days from the last day fixed for registration in his registration dis- | trict to obtain a registration card, up- | jon which he must sign his name, or | | make his mark, and place his left | thumb print in the presence ofthe registration officer. Any alien enemy as above defined | ‘who is unavoidably absent from his | place of residence during the regis: tration period, must present hims for reyistration in the district Which be is temporarily residing 4 shall there registe uimself. before the registration officer of such dis- ion there will be provisional registra- must be presented in person to the regis- er of the district in wi is located the re gistrant’s habitual place, of residence. Such provisional card becomes void aiter 30-days from* the date thereof. ‘I uys upon which the registra- to be held have been fixed as Tet weve 1 issued to him ion card, wh within 30 tration o tion the ath, sth, 6th, 7th, 8th and oth days, inclusive, of February, 1918, from G:00 a m. to 8:00 p,m. on each ot s. All subjects of the Ger- man Empire yer the Iinperial German Government must report for registr tion to the postmaster at the post of- fice in the district in which they live and receive their mail, except those who live within the post office deliv- ery limits of Chillicothe, Brookfield, Carthage, Fulton, Inde- City Joplin, Nevada, St. Columbia, Jefferson ington, Neanli Sedalia, Springtield, and Webb City, who must report for registration to the Chief of Police or; head of the police department of the | cities named. By the order of the Honorable At- torney General of the United States. | BAYLISS S$‘ i Postinaster Kansas City, Mo., Chici Registrar, Western Judicial District of Missouri. January 21, 1918. In conducting the registration G man alien enemies registration 0: cers understand that many reg trants will need assistance and advice | in filling out their registration affi- davits and have been requested te aid such persons in every proper - persons of eyil disposition and the registration officers—have been in- structed to deal with them in a cour- tédus and friendly manner. Registration officers are authorized to administer any oath or affirmation required and no fees are to be charged | or gratuities accepted from regis trants for such service. President Wilson has sent to the Senate a renomination of Postmaster General Burieson, This action was taken because of a law which stipu- lates that the Postmaster General shall not hold office for more than thirty days after the end of the term for which he was appointed. None of _the other Cabinet members has been renominated, but it is contended that is not necessary. Information has reached Geneva, according to.a dispatch that the for- ‘meg czarina of Russia-has gone in- ‘sane. Her daughter, Tatiana, who ‘was reported to have started for the js nursing her mother N h if body of t "del By erected peated a fs se te card, be found within the limits of the {and has never left Toboisk, Siberia, been transported so great a distanc * across the water so safely and so ex- peditiously. - Never has*an army been so well fed, so comfortable housed and so ef- ie cared for in the military hos- And never have the department bu- «-Feaus.so thorough\y and con: tently co-ordinated with the military as in the gigantic preparations which have sade for this war. : Baker divulged much informa- United States, its Territories or pos- sessions, without. having his registra- tion card on his person, ~is liable to the aforesaid penalties. ra Suggestions and Instructions to Registrants, understand giving-proof of their positions and of their conform to the: laws of that in so*doing they are peaceful. dis- intention the ure where the Romanoff family is being held. The former czar is declared to have become very moody and| does not talk to anyone. ~ Oklahoma and Texas duck hunters. claim that the airplanes which have veins, Persons required to eebintet should encircled the surrounding country; “We've months during the last few - haunts in those: sections and poultry raisers are claiming thet as not to obscure tne teatures, if the | affiaavit must be completeiy _ filled | placing of finger prints on the blanx) | Trenton J way. | Registrants are not to be treated as / GOOD COME AND SEE Beautiful Spring Coats| | : Ladies’ and Misses’ Spring.Coats in all the ' Stylish materials and colors, and the Styles are wonderfully pretty. | Serges, Poplins, Silvertones, Normandy Cloth, Velours, Gaberdines, Duvétyn, étc., in Black, Navy, Copenhagen, Peacock, French Blues, Sammy Color, Rookie, Tan, Gray, Mag- enta, Burgundy, Rose, Olive Sage, Scotch | Prices range from Mixture and checks. $12.59 t9 $40,0° We advise an early selection as a good many cloths are ng longer produced by manufacturers on account of government requirements. 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WE WILL APPRECIATE A VISIT FROM YOU WALKER-McKIBBEN’S | __ THE QUALITY STORE We still have some Splendid Bar- gains in Winter Coats New Models in Warner's Rust Fal Proof Corsets ~ SAW BABES ON BAYONETS German Atrocities Have Not Exaggerated, Army Officer Says. | Been PUBLIC SALE Wednesday, February 6, 1918 I will sell at public auction at the old Pry fa irm,on the But- ler-Appleton roid 6% miles southeast of Butler, or % miles east ot Cap Donohue's corner, the following: s _36 HEAD OF LIVESTOCK consisting of - Horsés, Mules, Cattle, Hogs. Pouliry Implements, Grain and tay: . New York, Jan. 26—German atroci- ties have been minimized one hundred times where they have -been magni- fied once members of the Republican Club were told today by Capt. A..P. Simmons, a United. States nilitary- observer in Germany during, the mo- bilization, having been attached to the American embassy ‘at Berlin. “Don’t det anyone tell you that German atrocities are merely fiction,” ‘Captain Simmons declared. “One of the most grewsome sights I ever saw was the impaling of babies on the ends of German bayonets and their return to frantic mothers. If you ke the horrors that pallet, suffer- little Beigium ‘has been through, blood would freeze in your got to sacrifice till