The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 7, 1918, Page 1

+ council of defense to be used to pay “of the robbery. «tion, J. E. Harper, Join’ S. Krinn, and F..L. Gench. . at the Court—House Monday. Night Asked for More i Criticism, . The address of Charles S. Cros maa, member of the Food Admi tration Bureau, at the court house Monday night was one that should have been. heard by every citizen of Butler. Mr. Crossman is a graduate of Harvard college ‘and a very, ex- tensive traveler, Having visited all of _ the countries of Europe and Asia. For the past few years he has been engaged in chautauqua work and more récently has made addresses to the soldiers at most of the canton- ments. He spoke on “The Necessity for} Food Conservation and the Condi- tions in Europe.” He called atten- tion to the nature of the foe that the United States is fighting in Europe. He told of the awful atrocities com- mitted in Poland and Belgium, and it was not hearsay with him, he had been there and seen some of it. He told hig hearers how this country was doing its part in the war and while he did not excuse the adminis- tration for any mistakes that may havé~been committed, he called at- tention to the magnitude of the task that confronted it and how they had surprised the whole world by the 1; t t ti ti heir war préparation eloquent plea for mo criticism of those who things. At the conclusion of the address a collection was taken and the proceeds turnéd over to the chairman of the re help and less are doing necessary incidental expenses of the County Food Administration, Rev. S. J. Starkey, of the M. E. church, South, operted the meeting with a prayer and it was closed with a prayet by Rev. Scroggs, of the Presbyterian church. Rev. A. N. Lindsay, of Clinton, who was ex- pected to be present and make an ad- dress, was detained at home and was fot present: ~ ~~ Burglars in Rich Hill. “ The big safe in the Rich Hill realty company’s office, in the rear of the F, & M. bank at Rich Hill, was burg- Jarized Sunday night, says the Re- view. Finger prints were found on the safe so that an identification can be made of any suspects arrested. The colored janitor, named William Walls, disappeared from Rich Hill Monday and the officers have a sus- picion that he may know something Wallis was caught at Iola, Kansas, by Marshal Bankston, :and brought back to Rich Hill and Tuesday his preliminary examination was held be- fore Justice of the Peace J. T. Baker. Walls plead guilty and was bound over to the circuit court and as he could not give the bail called for,, $1,500, he was brought to’ Butler Wednesday by Constable Thomas and Marshal Bankston and placed in jail to await the action of the circuit court, : Gi It is thought that Walls secured about: $300, however none of it was found on his person when arrested. A CITIZENS TICKET Mase-Convention at the.Court House ~~. Feiday Night Puts a Full - Ticket in the Field. _ Avery poorly attended mass con- vention was held at the court house Friday night and the following Citi- zens ticket was nominated to be voted on at the spring election. James A. DeArmond, Mayor. Wm. F. Jackson, Marshal. J. Fletcher Smith, City Attorney, -Wm. F, Hemstreet, Police Judge. Joha Hukel, Collector. Press Orear, Assessor. Yea -Rockhold, Treasurer. Members the city. council, first ward, T. C1 es ee Manning Wilcox; third ward, Geo: R. . Scroggs; fourth ward, Leslie Clinkeabeard. : : Members of the board of educa- departed Wednesday night for Col- umbia, where they will meet teams from the high schools of the state in a series of games for the School championship. School equaled: by any former }eam and it will prébably be a long time before another team makes so good a rec- ord, They have played the strongest have never been defeated and in near- gin over their opponents. Thompson guards; Bullock, center; Williams and Tilsey, forwards; Board and Borland, Subs. Prof. Craig, coach, Depastment announced today the re- who has been in command of the na- Custer, Michigan. honorably discharged from the na- chief of staff of the division which Genl. Parker, and made the observa- - rey aeChine Wats, bento $3. and wires being blown down. No lives -were-lost-and—no-one* was in- jured so far as reported. According to press dispatches con- siderable damage was done in south- eastern Kansas and some parts of Oklahoma. At Moran, Kansas, about 15 miles west of Ft, Scott, the Mis- souri Pacific depot was blown over and considerable damage done. In Oklahoma- the damage was small and the rain that accompanied the storm more than made up for any losses, as the country “was badly- in need of water. The rain storm ex- tended into Texas and broke a long standing drought. ‘Basket Ball Team to Columbia, The--Higtt-School-basket-bait team A TERRIFIC WINDSTORM Bates County Visited by a Near Cy- clone Wednedday Night of Last Week. High| Thousands of dollars worth of. . |Property was destroyed by a wind- The 1918-team of the Butler High} storm that at times approached the have made a record not! violence of a cyclone, that passed through the county about 10 o'clock Wednesday night of last week. The greatest damage scemed to be in Shawnee and Mound townships, where many hay stacks were practi- cally blown away and barns and out- houses were unroofed. The Agrian Journal says that at the A. L. Pipes home, in Shawnee town- ship ,the barn and granaries were un- roofed. In the. same neighborhood Bert Whitehead’s farm machinery was badly damaged. The Jarboe home, near. the Mt. Olive church, was wrecked and the outbuildings de- stroyed, Mrs, Jarboe ‘lost 100 chick- ens. The T. A. Bruner home was also wrecked. There was considerable damage in the neighborhood west of and near Passaic. The home of Ralph Conard and the premises of Wm. Hart were, badly damaged. The home of W. G. Dillon suffered some damage and there was considerable hay damaged and destroyed. 5 Telephone and telegraph service was badly tied up for a time by poles John Medley Again in Jail. Last week Marshal notified that John Medley, whio used ie insane at Carthage and was in jai matter and so notified eams in this part of the state and county authorities. ly every game have had a good mar- The “members Of the (Capt.) and team are Hensley, Dr. Chastain’s Car Burned Up on the Road. Dr. E, N. Chastain, while making a professional call near Virginia Sat- urday had the misfortune to have his Ford catch fire and burn up. The Doctor had got the Ford stuck in a mud hole near the Corlett:piace and finally had ‘to be hauled out, It is thought that in trying to get out of the mud hole it in some man- ner became ;overheated, as he had cnly proceeded a short distance when it was found to be on fire. The Doc- tor jumped from the car, not even haps remain until the county Brig. Gen. James Parker Retired. Washington, Feb. “27,—The War in the matter. Lon Ray Buys Grocery Store. irement, of Brig. Gen. James Parker, cantonment at ‘Camp liams grocery store, last week pur- General Parker is ional army side and took possession morning. Mr. Ray knows the grocery busi- ness from A to Z and should make taking time.to rescue his medicine|a success of it. He will maintain the case, which was destroyed with the|Gosnell standard for good car. goods at reasonable prices. ional army only. Lieut. Col. E. H. DeArmond is ion trip to France with him last fall. GARMENTS OF SURPASSING LOVELINESS ‘FOR EASTER MORNING — Never have we shown such a comprehensive display of truly beautiful coats and suits. Superb fabrics in charming spring colors, fashioned into garments that are not only stylishily youthful but are most practical and sensible. Some of the strikingly new features are unusual collars, belts, pockets, a shirring here, a panel there. Buckles, buttons, trimmings, fancy linings—all do their share in creating variety and individuality. ‘.. As usual we are featuring garments of corrcct style, fine quality of material and workmanship, reasonable price and guarantee of satisfactory wear. Come in and see, while thé assortment is complete. ...$15 to $40 Suits of better Coats in a wealth of colors and models... $8.50 to $35 : —_________ SILK DRESSES ; Taffeta, Foulard, Messaline, Crepe de Chine, priced special — $10 to $14.85 - $248 Falasinm $2.50 Guages” OBe to $5 GOOD CLOTHES FOR MEN AND WOMEN Tub Silk Waists—white, flesh, Ce ee SO a ee ard ly Braden was to call Butler his home, had become at that place. The Jasper county au- thorities wanted an officer to come from this county for him. As Med- rd a oe from a discussing the draft law and trying y for some time it was thoug! i he had lost his citizenship here and Uo HB GUE LY VES ee GCs GE) that the county had no interest in the the Jasper It seems that the Jasper county folks had a different idea of the matter and’it is said pur- chased John a ticket to Butler and put him on the train. At any rate he arrived here and began acting in a peculiar manner and was placed in the Bates county jail, where he will per- court | of decides what action should be taken Lon Ray who has for many years been connected. with the J. E. Wil- chased the Gosnell store, on the north Thursday clean doesn’t pay. PATRIOTEERING” ;|Senator Williams Coins New Word ‘When He Becomes Disgusted at tthe the Talk of “Hardships” on “Account of the War.” The other day when the senate was whose going would work a hardship on the industries of the country the talk finally got arount to some of the hardships the country is now under- going, Senator John Sharp Williams; of Mississippi, got-the floor and pro- ceeded to read the senators a lecture and incidentally added a new word to the senate vocabulary. Senator Williams said: “I am getting a little. bit tired of all this _ patrioteering business. What's the use about talking of the hardships of the American people, they have not suffered any yet. You have not done anything yet but com- plain. They talk peace at one end of the avenue and war at the other. What you want is men in France, and if you can't put up with hard- ships to get them there, you aren't worthy of your forefathers. “Why, they are charging land mar- ket prices for a little piece of mutton ~all on account of the war. They have got to have -prohibition—all on account of the war. They must have woman suffrage—all on account of the war. Why, even the government employes come to us and tell us they salary increases—all on account of the war. “Where is the spirit of the men who’ starved with George Washing- ton? And where is the spirit of the men who ate rats and mice in the Civil war? Are we degenerating? No. The boys over there aren't com- plaining. You give them guns and they will get along, even though we stay here and continue to complain and claim patriotism because we talk of wheatless Tuesdays and meatless Thursday They aren't complain- ing.” Mooney to Hang for Crime. San Francisco, March 1--Thomas J. Mooney must hang as a result of conviction on a murder charge grow- ing out of a bomb explosion which killed ten persons here in 1916, un- executive clemency intervenes, the te supreme court decided here today in denying his application for a new trial. The court decided there was no re- versible error in the -proceedings which led to Mooney’s conviction and sentence to death, Mooney still has aj chance for life through executive ckmency of Gov- less ernor Stephens. ~Some time ago a special mediation commission ap- pointed by President Wilson, investi- gated the Mooney case and recom- mended to the President that Mooney be given a new trial. President Wil- son wrote a_ letters to Governor Stephens, who refused to divulge the contents on the ground that it might influence the decision of the*supreme court. = The President was interested in the case because he was told that Ameri- ca's action in Russia was much em- barrassed by returned Russians who pointed to the Mooney case to deride the American war aim of democracy. G. A. VanHall Accepts 4 Position in Trimble’s Drug Store. G, A. VanHall, one of the oldest registered drug clerks in this city, has accepted the position in Trimbles drug store which was. made vacant when Gaylord Vantrees enlisted in the hospital corps of the army. Mr. VanHall first came to Butler about thirty years ago, leaving in a short time for Appleton City. A few years later he returned and accept- ed a position in the Bernhardt drug store, now the Rhodes Pharmacy, which he afterwards purchased. Af- ter conducting the business for a few years he sold out to Gough & Hess and established a bottling works. If his old friends will call on him at Trimbles they will find him the same genial Gus as_of old. Soldiers Thank the W. C. T. U. for Pillows. Letters have been received from Clyde Beach, Henry Laccoarce, Fred and Oscar Wheaton thanking the Lone Oak W. C. T: U. for the pillows and housewives w' they gave the boys when they enlisted and went to Vancouver barracks. These are some of the expressions. contained in the letters. “I thank you for the presents.- You did what no one else thought to do for us.” “I want to thank the W. C. T. U. for rembéring me. I would not part with my pillow. Oh, no;” and another said, “I think of the W. C. T. U. ev- ery night as.I lay my head on my pillow.” And some say this work NUMBER 21 . \