The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 14, 1918, Page 4

The Butler Weekly Times Printed on Thursday of each week, ROBT. D. ALLEN, Editor and Mgr. Entered at the Post Office of But- ler, Mo., as second-class mail matter. PRICE, 31, 00 fPrER YEAR Thursday, We are authorized to make the fol- lowing announcements, the Democratic County to be held in of, August, 1918: primary For Representative: HERMAN O, MAXEY For Circuit Clerk: PVOVIDEGAT NES FOR CITY OF FICERS We are authorized to’make the fol- lowing ¢ enien t to the action of the city nomi g conven- tion: For City Marshal; ; GEORGE - BP. FULKERSON RoriCitysMarchaln so) ee ROBERT L, BRADEN Coats are priced | $12.50 to $45. | | | | Suits $15 to $40: All garments are fitted free in our own dress making department. Do not send out on approval, thereby insuring a fair price and good service to every purchaser. come gna see them while there are so many.. A WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF Coats, Suits, Skirts, Dresses, Waists. Skirts: We $5 to $15 “ Dresses sell only at one price. New Silks, White Goods, Embroideries, Laces, Ginghams, Percales, Cam- folic ae ee ~ did not give his honor his share. ~ sich Uncle Sam's coffers to the ex- ice in the merchant formally adopted prepared for s: marine have he by the transport service, Three cadets at the military acad- emy at West Point have been dis- sed from service and another sus- penc as punishment for their haz- ing activities, the war department revealed Saturday. mi general orders of An epidemic of “liberty measles” has broken out among the cadets at West Point. Before the war “liberty measles” was known as German measles. Twenty-five cadets are in the hospital and a quarantine has been declared. Judge Duke Fredericks, county judge of Ilaskell county, Oklahoma, resigned Saturday to enter the army as a private. He was named months ago to succeed County Judge W. R.’Crittenden, who also resigned to become an army private. six land will be \ That M the next state to ratify the national prohibition amendment was made certain Thurs day when the house of representa- tives passed the measure. The bill will now zo back to the senate here it was passed several days ago. According to a Mexican newspaper the city council ‘at Chila, state of Puebla, got to grafting, it is stated, and the governor of that state had the entire city government lined up against a wall and shot. Perhaps they According to Collector of Internal Revenue J. P. Carter, of California, “Mary Pickford’s income tax will en- tent of over $200,000 and will rank among the largest income taxes paid by any woman in southern California. ‘The Germans claim to have cap- tured some additional American pris- ‘oners on the western battle front, ac- Pe. war office at Berlin Saturday. @.vAmericans were taken near captain and two enlisted men lled and two enlisted men ser. but capable of period of train be put to work on farms, provision of the Jc bill. under the | choal Wausau, Wis., vote of Wisconsin county tendents in session Friday adopted by 13 the following re on: “Be resolved that emn_ the Joyal ujteranees of our senior senator } Robert tl. La Follette, and recom- mend that he be ¢ we cor dis- burned to death Thursday afternoon on the post field, Fort Sill school of acrial observers, when their machine | made a nose dive from a height of s90 feet and burst into fla struck the ground. burned beyond recognition. The en over, dashing to the ground. superin- | 5 \fter 4 | tions in New York lriday was great- the recruits would jer than that recorded any day since jthe declaration of war by the United s on Germany, the officer in ge announced. At the request of General Pershing, 23 tO) Secretary of War Baker Saturday af- it} ernoon sent to congress a draft of ja bill r€pealing the law granting ex- United States Lieuty Dudley Le is, pilot and !Lieut. Loftin Stamps, observer, wee | as it}i Their bodies were | gine failed and as the pilot attempted | a spiral landing the machine toppled) from France for allowances to aviators, General hing, in a cablegram which was tra Pe sed from the jsent to congress along with the bill, | said that there is no more hazard in ‘the flying corps than in any other ser- vice, During the exanination of Secre y of War Baker Senator Week declared that he had information that there are many German sympathizers n the American army,, not only | ong the privates, but officers as! well, pro-German _utter- ‘ances, He said he understood one of- | ficer and chaplain had been returned ; 1 Spring Sale. Bates, county's record fer high! priced hogs was smashed to smither- | jeens at IE. D, Vrazier’s sale of Poland 'China bred sows and gilts which was jheld at Adrian Tuesday afternoon. | $625.00 was the price paid for the | top of the sale, Smooth jewel, a sow} by Gregg’s Big Bone, and out Jewel 3d. She was carrying a litter by Giant Jones, the grandson of Gerstdale Jones. | sold to a breeder at Oswego, Kansas, Jumbo Giantess, a Jumbo Bob sow, went to Carter and Vandeventer at Mexico, Mo., at $502, and W. A, | Baker & Sons of Butler, Mo., carried ff Big Betsy at $325.00. Big Betsy is a daughter of Caldwell’s Big Bob, who won the national Grand Champ- ionship last fall, and she carries a litter by Buster Over, Grand Cham- pion of Indiana. The sale was well attended, the principal breeders from all over the United States being present and hot-, lly contesting for Mr. Frazier's choice offering. Several of the choice of the California, and Arkansas. Many of Mr. rather lost ‘their breath at the begin- ning as the prices began to soar, but by the time the sale got well under way they had regained their courage and hotly contested with the: breed- ers for the hogs. and Cantonments May Write for Newspapers. Persons in military service are per- mitted, ynder certaig restrictions, to write, for _publication in newspapers and magazines. They may not receive payment for material rest peat by them, All letters containing matter for publication written by men in service must be sent through officers, who will delete all references .capable ot seaiiion important information to feels mewspaper: i correspondents military service are not re- abies be for sere Me, Smooth Jewel was! sale went to Texas, North Carolina, ' Frazier’s neighbors," who were at the sale with the inten-; tion of buying the start for a-herd! Men in Military. Service at Camps: i brics, Skirtings, Muslin Underwear, Quaker Curtains and Curtain Nets The war has called back into ser- lvice nearly 500 retired ofticers of the Navy and 138 former officers who re- |read admirals, 18 commedores, and 34 captains, Cantonments throughout the coun- jtry are béing searched. to secure all jcolored men with technical training jnow in service for the formation of ‘an artillery regiment at Camp Meade, |Md. ot Bills passed’ by the Senate Thurs- for admissioh to the naval academy the President to reduce the course 0f ., to three years. A great battle of the snow took ‘place Saturday at Camp Grant be-/ fenders and the 343d Regiment as as- j built on the rifle’ range. Charles H. Martin and his aids di- | rected the operations, scarried out in ‘regulation military fashion. ‘The gen- eral brought the battle to “an end when it became hand to hand and reg- ulations were in imminent danger of _ being cast aside. COME AND SEE THE BEAUTIFUL NEW Plume Muslin - Underwear * Sinaia Envelope Chemise $15 to $20 day fix the age limits of candidates ' lat.from 16 to 20 years and authorize; instruction at the academy from four} tween seléctives of the 344th as de-/| sailants of a sector of fortifications | Brig. Gen. | HE finest collection for Spring it has ever been our fortune to show. Most of these garments are excellent models—and some of the materials are not to be had any more this season. So EARLY BUYERS.- will have all the advantage ths spring. Little women and very large women will find that we have made a spe- cial effort to care for their needs and can show.them a splendid line—and fit them. You will find here many garments adapted for automobile wear. Waists $1 to 56 Do not give discounts. We urge you to SPECIAL GRADES BLACK TAFFETA SILK, $1.59 to $2.00 T. R. Out of Danger. New York, Feb. 9.—Reports from |; Roosevelt hospital tonight indicated that Colonel Theodore _ Roosevelt had passed the crisis and was resting comfortably. Dr. Walton Martin, his physician, was not expected to see jhim until later and it was stated that no bulletin would be issued before the doctor’s visit. Colonel Roosevelt's condition dur- jing the day was described in a bulle- tin as‘one of “progressive improve- ment.” With the pulse and temper- ature normal, While in the inflam- mation of the innear ear was said to be subsiding, the doctors indicated it would be three weeks before he {would be allowed to leave the hos- pital, Among the many messages was ong from James E. Wright, chief scout ! executive of the Boy Scouts of Amer- ica, expressing “deep concern of | 300,000 boy scouts,” The colonel is honorary vice pres- ident of the organization. For Sale. ( pair big mare mules work, } 18-11 * Bey. 1] : i i \ are now being shown, and you will like them. <= i e¢ House and Senate |! 2, of South Carolina have ratified the ‘dry ami to the Constitution i ted a pill | | - i g 5 « biting al : | SPRING STYLES IN Agreeme 8 hed be-|4 . ‘ tween the German and American gov-|| WARNER'S RUST PROOF CORSETS THE QUALITY STORE ! ernments and the American Rec ld Cross for interchange of information | M f as io prisoners of war, the Red Cross announced Saturday afternoon, ae live eS : Senator Jones of \ ington Fri-| Asa result of the sinking of the|52 BRED SOWS AND GILTS Wheatless and meatless days are to] ay. afternoon int a bill to) Tuscania the number of volunteers to | - AVERAGE OVER $200. be ob. ed by United States soldiers i and d men and) present themselves for enlistment: at | : on their ige to France. Menus|]men not liable to the ary draft, |the chief marine corps recruiting sta- $625.00 Sow Tops E, D. Frazier’s signed to enter civil life, including 22 | Twenty-five men were killed and 74 wounded in -hunting accidents ia Pennsylvania during the season end- ;ed December 31. | Game killed in- cluded 3,500,000 rabbits, 170,400 squir- rels, 107,287 grouse, 1,680 deer, bears and 13,255 raccoons. 368