The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, March 28, 1918, Page 4

i nh tS a The Butler Weékiy Times Printed on Thursday of each week. ROBT. D. ALLEN, Editor and Mur. Entered at the Post Office of But- ler, Mo., as second-class mai] matter. PRICE, $1.00 PER YEAR Thursday, March 28, 1918 We are authorized to make the fol- lowing announcements, subject to the Democratic primary of Bates County to be held in August, 1918: For State Senate 16th District: JOHN BALDWIN For Representative: HERMAN O, MAXEY For Recorder of Deeds: GEO, J. MOORE CHAS, E. FORTUNE For Circuit Clerk: LLOYD GAINES C. C. SWARENS New Home Township, VICTOR WOLF For Probate Judge: H, E, SHEPPARD For Presiding Judge County Court: Rk. B. CAMPBELL ‘For Judge North District: J. M. REEDER For Judge County Court, South SPECIAL SALE Grade Axminster Beautiful Room Size Axminster Rugs on Sale at ~ Walker-McKibben’s The Sizes are mostly 9x12 feet and 11-3x12 feet THEY ARE PRICED AT Come and See Them. You Will be More Than Pleased. Walker-MckKibben’s (If you want to be sure of the best and newest in Lace Curtains and Curtain Nets, ask for the “Quaker,” which is sold by us exclusively in Bates County.) District: W. H. LOWDER “The Kaiser Fears T. R.” says a headline in the Kansas City Times. = Now why on earth should that be. The latest office to be created as a » two characters in all history ever | result the war is that of director of artificial limbs in the British min- istry of pensions, possessed such a supply of self love or ingrowing egotism as these two men, and they thoroughly understand one another, so why should one fear After six hours’ debate the New the other. York senate killed the federal prohi- Dition amendment for this year by a vote of 25 to 24. The testevote was on Senator Wellington's motion to suspend the rules and permit the dis- Hail stones lay on the ground four | inches deep in some parts of Miller | County, Arkansas, four miles from Texarkana, following a severe storm | charge of the committee. Friday and Thursday night. Reports Hae : a4 fi s ruit trees were almost entirely Sinking of the Spanish vessels, the tripped of young fruit. and) truck steamer Arpillao and the ship Begona, by German submarines was reported Friday in official dispatches from Barcelona, The Begona was attacked while.on its way to Piraeus. The Arpillao was sunk off the Canary | Islands. Ay gardens were badly damaged. farm house was blown over. President Wilson is authorized and | directed to fix prices on gasoline, | kerosene and fuel oil under a bill in- troduced in the house Thursday aif- ternoon by Norton, Republican, of North Da Hoard- ing of oil, which at present is tending to-disorganize the supply systems of the army and navy, would be prevent- ed by price fixing, Norton asserted. The German raider, reported cap- tured in the Pacific Friday by a Unit- ed States cruiser, is a 60-foot Ameri- | can motor boat, the | Alexander Agassiz, it was learned tonight. The boat sailed froma Mexican port with a German crew and German flags, rifles and pistols aboard. Many Japanese from ail parts of Mexico are concentrating at Pacific Coast ports, awaiting steamers to take them to San Francisco. Al- though they are reticent about their reasons for leaving Mexico, it has been learned that they are answering a‘call to the colors from their gov- ernment. Reservists also are being called from other countries of North, South and Central America, they say. The driving of all German sympa- thizers from southwestern Oklahoma is the aim of the “Knights of Liber- ty,” a rapidly growing organization, members of which already have tarred and feathered and driven out two farmers who had expressed hopes Germany would win the war. Congress will not adjourn before September 1, Speaker Champ Clark of the house predicts. The Clark pre- diction on adjournment, in view of Thirty German soldiers were kilied and more than one hundred others in- jured and five hundred— munitions wagons blown up by an explosion at the Mevrignies station, near Mons, Belgium, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam filed Friday. The Germans had stocked enormous munition trains un- der camouflage sheds at Mevrignies. the speaker’s 20 odd years of service in the—hotse, has been looked upon for many years as more reliable than that of any other member. The shooting in Brussels of two Roman Catholic priests on the charge of espionage is reported in an Ex- change Telegraph dispatch from Am- sterdam. Eight other priests, the dispatch says, have been~ sentenced to imprisonment at hard labor for life at Brussels on the, charge’ of espionage. Lieut. Job B. Wilson, son of Wil- liam B. Wilson, secretary of labor, two other army officers, one woman and four civilians, were arrested at Baltimore, Md., Friday morning when the police raided an apartment in a fashionable section. All were held on the technical charge of gambling, but according to the authorities, will be compelled to answer for quantities of whisky and beer which were found in the sperteeest: z r Firing across the border by Mexi- cans near Fabens Friday morning caused a strong return fire from American troops on border patrol, it ‘was announced officially at the mili- at El Paso. Four lieved killed, There / tary headquarg Mexicans were’ Approximately 3 million dollars’ worth of property belonging to Prince Furstlich Schaumberg. Holf- kamman of Germany was taken over man-American Lumber was taken over and will be sold, all Company, i owned and operated by Holfkamman, | John J. Cameron Dead. John J. Cameron, one of Bates j years ago when a cyclone swept over jthis county among those killed were ; Henry Cameron and three members the proceeds of the sale going to the ;county’s most highly esteemed citi- |} of his family. Two small daughters, purchase of Liberty bonds, it announced. An executive order i ident scientious objectors to the selective draft will be given non-combatant service. The non-combatant branches outlined by the President include the medical corps, quartermaster corps and the engineer service. The order provides that as far as may be feas- ible assignments of objectors to non- combatant service ‘will be resgricte:] to the several detachments and units of the medical department, unless re- quest is made for assignment to oth- er branches of non-combatant vice. sued by Pres- MORE MEN TO CAMP FUNSTON Six to Leave for Training Camp Monday Night. Under orders of the Executive Of- ficer, S county, Class 1, Division A regis- trants will leave Monday night at 10:45 for Camp Funston, While this call is not made under the second draft, credit will, be given on tle county's quota for these men. They are: ‘ Ben Ellis, Rich Hill, Arthur Henry Schork, Rich Hill, Thomas Amos Farrell, Hume, William Jewell Southerland, Spruce, Frank Boyer, Rich Hill. Harry Reeder, Adrian. All Belong to the Red Cross. The-faculty and pupils of the Butler public schools have set a record that it is probable is equalled by few schools with the same _ enrollment. Every member of the faculty and ev- ery pupil is a member of the Red Cross. This shows the patriotism of our people and especially the schools, notwithstanding, the Butler High school is one of the very few schools in the country in which the German language is still taught. Strawberry Plants for Sale. Early, medium and late varieties—- Senator Dunlap, Missionary, Aroma, and others, all:from new beds, strong. and vigorous plats. Mail orders promptly filled, and shipped by parcel post. : 47-6t 24-5t : Lester Lyons, Butler, Mo. Wilson provides that all con-} ser-| S.°L. for Missouri six Bates} | chanic street, this city, Monday morn- ‘ing, March 25th, after an illness of /to the home of | veral weeks, The deceased was born at Newport, Tennes: larch 30, 1853, and about | 54 years a came to Missouri and lo- | cated on a farm in this county. Oc- | tober 10, 1877, he was united in mar- | riage to Miss Rebecca King, of this city. For many years alter cominz! to this county he engaged in farming only moving to Butler a few years ago. While Mr. and Mrs. Cameron never | had any children of their own, they have been foster parents to several of their nephews and nieces. A few was zens, diel at his home on South Me- | Mable and Fern, were left fatherless They were taken in- | jand motherless. their uncle, John Cameron, where they found loving hearts and hands to minister to them. Alex Cameron, of Hutchinson, Kan- sas, are two nephews to whom he has stood.as a father. Besides these fos- ter children, he is survived by his wife, three brothers, Alex Cameron, of Springfield; James Cameron, of Washington; and Charles Cameron, of Salt Lake City, Utah, and one sister, Mrs. Julia Vance, of this city. Funeral services under the auspices of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he had long been Idward Cameron, of this county, and | = This is a sale of fine Room Rugs made by Bigelow-Hartford Co., Alex- ander Smith & Co., and W. and J. Sloane & Co. and stylish, the dyes are fast color, and will give perfect satisfaction and service. The rug mills are now using the greater part of their looms for making blankets and piece goods for the Government, so rugs will not only be scarcer but very much higher.’ If you intend to buy a rug within the next few years, you will save a lot of money by buying now. The patterns are new $30, $32.50, $35, $38, $40, $42.50, $45 to $58. The Quality Store !an honored member, was conducted jat the family home on Mechanic jstreet by Rev. S. J. Starkey, of the M. E, church, South, Tuesday after- noon, and interment made in Oak Hill cemetery. During the long years that he had lived in this community no man was ever heard to say aught against John Cameron, While he was of a quiet, jretiring disposition, one was |quicker to hear the cry of distress. HTe was a man among mien and.his passing is deeply . regretted by his host of friends. no Mrs. Edna Reisinger, daughter of the late August Busch, the millionaire | brewer, has been arrested at Atlantic City, N. J., charged with being an active member of a clique that has been engaged in German. intrigues. ' work here and are here to make our -charging we have installed all the large casing vulcanizer and have a Just received a car load of white table potatoes and a car of will save you from 6oc to 75¢ a bushel on, and that is a big difference We have the equipment and guarantee everything. Give us a trial. HAVE YOU GOT ONE? If not you are buying your groceries blindfolded. We issue Price bulletins every month and you can get one for the asking. Bring your produce to us. We always pay the highest market price. POTATOES guarantee good. Also if Practical man to take chare of this “THE STORE WHERE THE PENNIES COUNT.” Minnesota Ohio Seed potatoes that we but it is a fact, nevertheless. OUR GARAGES Adrian Garage, Adrian Mo.; Public Garage, Butler, Mo. overhaul your motor exactly as the largest factories; not scrape siving you the right kind of a job as the factories put out new. We department. Don’t send your radiator away if it leaks for we can do better your battery needs any work overhauling, of for first class work. We have also purchased a department. All work guaranteed. ‘We have equipped our Butler shop