The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 11, 1918, Page 1

Weekly , Hi nites ro a V1eS, - BUTLER, MiSSOURI, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1918. + NUMBER 26 | Navy Blue Serge Suits Gabardine Suits Poplin Suits $20.00 Silk Dresses Serge Dresses ae etaaln ie Crepe de Chine Dresses ; |. Gabardine Coats. Tricotine Coats..... ... Velour Coats . Serge Coats............. Poplin Coats ........... Plaid Coats ............. Fancy Silk Skirts ....... All Wool Serge Skirts. is “All Wool Poplin Skirts... “Percale House Dresses . Gingham House Dresses. Chambray House Dresses Percale Aprons ......... Chambray Aprons ....... Gingham Aprons......... Silk Foulard, 40 inches wide $2.00—$3.00 New Silks—Gingham Patterns $1.50-—$2.00 - Silk Waistings $1.00—$1.25 Lot of All Wool Voile Brown and Blue 48c Lot of Embroidery. Georgette Crepe most any shade $1.98 Reve Quality Black Taffeta Special at $1.48 Lot of All Wool Fancy Coating $1.00 Fancy Curtain Drapery 36 inches wide a ne Bordered and Plain Curtain Marquisette 12 1-8 White and Ecru Gia a 25c—50c . ase New Plaid Dress Gingham 25c Fancy Plaid Percales * 36 inches wide Plaid Zephyr Ginghams 35¢ 32 inches wide 4sc Cotton Suitings, 32 inches wide 72-inch Mercerized Table Linen 4 Plain Colors 5 85¢ ase Boys Wash Suits “Wirthmor” and “Trio” Waists ; 75¢—$1.50 g8e 4 One Lot Turkish Towels Boys Waists 1 3se—75¢ Styleplus Suits for Men $21.00—$25.00 One Lot Sateen Petticoats $1.69 3 Silk Poplin, 36 inches wide atl k All Shades Kuppenheimer Clothes : $1.00 $as.00—$35.00 amue: Levy Mmercantlié LO. ‘ A LETTER FROM THE FRONT Mrs. Lee Wix’s Cousin in Belgian Army Writes. Battle Front. March 1, 1918. Mrs, Lee Wix, My Dear Cousin: Just like I promised you, I you write some words often. In the last fortnight 1 sent you a letter containing my picture. I hope you have received it in the best safe- ty. I am so glad to hear from you, how many times I have read your letters already. 1 am always in the danger, and for a short time, out of the trenches. Last time the weather was not well. It froze strongly and was very cold. Now it is better and will we may hope that the spring will bring us soon a sweet time. Our life here is not pleasantly, Al- same when we are out the We are in a devastated and so we see never more All the villages with houses and churches, are ruined, and so we have not any pleasure. On Sunday, the mass is done in a shell of @ half ruined house. So you see our life very bad. More, where our army is, it is a flat, low lying country, so we are always muddy and stay in the water. All what we must buy is dear, and must go far to have it, but we have little money, only fifty cents a week, that we cannot buy all’what we must have, so 1] thank you very much sending me sometimes something, it will help mesvery much, You had shown my letter to some of the Red Cross workers but all what I wrote of America’s help is not enongh. We can never write it like it must be. We poor Belgians, we understand it only what America is doing for us, and therefore our grati- tude will not be high enough for the great nation, who treats us like a child. ie Belgium was only able to feed her- self three months. Well, the war broke out, Belgium was occupied, the Germans took all the food, Belgiumr was left alone three years ago, all the inhabitants were died of hunger: ; but the great nation America\the cham- pion of freedom and liberty and right, seeing the poor Belgium sacrificing her sons for liberty, came to us and delivered all Belgium, sending® all what was needed to guard and feed our country. So we must thank all our thanks to America. Who will deliver Belgium, and we see it every day in the newspapers, how pretty is that work, how lovely the words of the great Wilson. We also, soldiers on the front, we feel America’s help. 1 will not tell over the great num- ber of troops who will come and help us. But the many presents what we receive often, and with so great joy, all it is for us a happy day receivir them. Last Sunday, everybody re ceived a little parcel, what America’s Red Cross sent to our army, Every- body had different things, some with fruit, fish or candy. It is not a wen- der we are happy in receipt of some little things, because we have never. other than we receive as pres ents, deprived of all what is dear to us in Belgium. ‘ : 1 hope to return some day to my dear parent's home. AJso, if I must -be killed it is for my country that-1 fall and it is glorious. I am three years on the ffont, receive a letter from my parents about every three or months, have food of America and without that, all Belgium would die of hunger. I stop here and will write you often. With my love and best wishes for you all, Your loving cousin, Ernest Wilms, Belgian Army in the Fields. ways trenches. ruined country, than soldiers. is so battle dear four War Savings and Thrift Stamps in Bates County. Assistant Postmaster Campbell in- forms us that up to date there have been sold in Bates county about $40.- 000 worth of Thrift Stamps and War Saving certificates. They were sold by the rural carriers, city carriers and postmasters. George Knight, route No. 1, out of the Butler office, being in the lead with $10,000 worth of sales to his credit. During the month oi March there were sold from the But- ler office, $12,000. 325 Saving certifi- cates have been registered at the But- ler office, thus making the owners se- cure in case the certificates should be They tell me always they} MISSOURI NOTES. The Huns have taken Ham, con, cedes the war expert of the Windsor Review, but will never get the Allies’ bacon, A farmer near Armstrong worked out a walnut log which brought him $105 and he has shipped out several nearly as good, 2 27 of the 42 policemen dropped from the Kansas City force during the street car strike last August for re- as guards, fusing to ride the cars were reinstated last week... A Harrisonville negro hasn't any stomach lett for fighting since sone one told him the Germans had guns which would ‘shoot thirty miles. “Why.” he protests, “a pore niggah kin commence runnin’ yerly in) de mawning an’ still git) shot at sun down” Barton connty was just a little be- hind in its quota for the former Lib- erty Loan campaigns, but they made up for it on the third issue. Its quota was $74,000 and Saturday they notified the district chairman of the campaign, at Joplin, that $118,000 had already been subseribed, to encourage war time has come to a head in tlie Joplinddeh school with the suggestion that the boys adopt for general school \ desire economy wear khakiv trousers and blue shirts, says the News Herald. .\ mass meet ing of the boys has been called for discussion of the measure, A telegram from Director of Rail- roads MeAdoo to Governor Gardner urging not to assess railroad property any higher than is necessary to meet the state’s requirements v read Fri- day to the state board of equalization at the request of Governor Gardner. Mr. MeAdoo’s telegram said that the government would have to pay the taxes, vind that, because of the war, expenses shonld be kept as low as possible. Bond Slackers Will Be Reported. h The Treasury Department having charge of the sale ofthe Third Lib- erty Loan, have requested and de- manded that all names of all persons financially able to buy Liberty Bonds and do not, thaf their names be" re- perted to State Chairman who in turn will report them to the Treasury De- partment at Washington, They state that there a list will be prepared of all people who buy bonds Jand they will be listed in a card in- dex as American Citizens. “Those Who refuse to buy will be listed as Slackers and their names will be turned over to the Council of Defense for action, The banks of the county have agreed to loan oo per cent ofrtire purchase price of the bonds at 6 per cent interest, holding the bonds collateral security, If you have not the” ready money buy bonds .you are expected te lean the Government your credit. Yeu have no excuse for not buying Liberty Bonds tor there is non ii you do not want your name placed in the ¢ index the Treasury De- amy’ in partmen! buy a as a Slacker, then Liberty Bond in proportion to your financial condition, Do not try to as to camouflage your patriotism by buying a hundred dollar bond when you should buy a thou- sand dollar bond, . your part. Let there not be any ers in’ Bates county. DEAD BODY FOUND FLOATING IN THE MARIAS DES CYGNES Fisherman Supposed to Have Upset Row Boat While Intoxicated. While searching for cattle in - the Marias des Cygnes river bottom south of town last) Friday = mornin Sam Flanders noticed the dead body of a man floating in the river. He at once notified Sheriff: Baker and Cor- oner Allen, of Rich Hill. The body was removed from the river and its condition indicated that it had been in the water for about ten days. A coroner's jury was summoned and after hearing the evidence re- turned a verdict that the man came to his death by accidental drowning. He was ider 1 as R. F. Moudy, whose home is in St. Louis and who for several years has been making fishing trips to the river near Athol. lost or destroyed. Church Notice. Preaching at Pleasant Home Satur- day night, Sunday and Sunday night, April 13 and 14. Missionary service Sunday night. Prof. H. O. Maxey, chairman of Bates County Chapter of America Red Cross will be with us in a speech Saturday night-April 13 on the subject of “Why the War.” Everybody welcome. J. R. Mulles testified that) the man came to his house one night about ten days ago and asked to stay all night. His request was complied with and the next morning, after paying his bill, left. At that time he was seen to have several bottles of liquor and it is supposed that he became in- toxicated and got into a row boat which he upset and was unable to swim ashore. The boat upside down was found about half a mile below where the body was. There was $11.82 in his pockets when found. GO TO WORK OR GO TO WAR, NEW PLAN Provost Marshal Presents Solution of Labor Problem to Ey pident Washington, April 5.—Drastic mod- ification of the draft classification lists which would affect in one w or another the status of every one of the millions of registered men, is pro- posed in a plan submitted to Presi- dent Wilson today by officials of the provost marshal general's office and the, department of labor. While the primary purpose of the new program is the “purification” the second, third and fourth classes of registrants who are not. engaged in any pro- ductive industry, attention also would be given to lower sections of class one, and the effect, its framers lieve, would be to solve the nation’s labor problem and larg the output of the neces: The proposal would utilize the dr: be- machinery for putting industrial slackers to work, Every registered man who has been granted deferred classification would be given to un derstand that such deferment is not a legal right but a privilege, afid that if unfair advantage taken of that privilege, it will be summarily — re- yoked. It is proposed to make a most care- ful survey, of the lower sections of class one and of other clas to identify those men who areidlers or who are gaining their living through or “harmful” — pursuits. is es Under the latter head, officials sug- gested, might be listed gamblers, bookmakers for races, pool room touts and oth Formal noti upon the men tion would be served that unless within a specified time they obtain employ ment in some useful industry, they would have their classification status changed so as to send them into mili- tary e immediately. Administration officials who participated in the preparation of the plan declared that the next step would for the indus- ser, have be to obtain authority trial classification of the man-power of the country up to the age of 50 years, To make the program fully effective is intended to wailize the existing | Mt local boards virtually as employment agencies for their districts. Aecu- rate reports would be kept as to the vacancies existing the neighbor hood and when a man was informed that he must seek a useful oceupa- tion he would be told where just such aman as his questionnaire shows him to be was needed, in classified | The status men on the lists, both in class one and in the de-} terred classes, in the opinion of the provost marshal. general’s — office, would be improved, Delinquents who did not heed the warning would be inducted into the military service, re- ducing the number of men to be called from class one. This would operate to delay still further the date when the services of men in class two might be needed. PREACHER'S HEAD SHORN Men Awaiting Draft Call Resent His Pro-German Statements. Sulphur, Okla, April 3.—Because the Rev. A. J. Capers, 72 years old. is alleged to have made the boast in a recent speech in Murray county that he would never have his hair cut until Germany emerged victori- ous from the war, sixty young men of his vicinity, awaiting draft call, in- vaded Caper’s room in a local hotel while he was asleep, armed with shears and a razor, and shaved his head clean. His iron gray locks of hair were distributed among the party as trophies of wa The minister was forced to kiss the . pledge allegiance to the United States, promise not to speak seditious- ly again and was shown the shortest route out of town, Public Utilities Commission to Hold Telephone Hearing in Butler. Ciey Clerk J. F. Smith has receive notice from the state utilities commis- sion that Commissioner Blair will be in Butler Tuésday, April 16, and hold a hearing in regard to the telephone rates. Some time ago the Butler and Rich Hill Telephone Company filed with the public utilities commission a new set of rates for this city and asked that they be allowed to put them in force. The commission notified the Butler authorities and City Clerk Smith filed a protest against the new rates when the commission ordered the new rates suspended for 120 days after the first of April. In the mean- time it will decide whether or not the rates are fair and Commissioner Blair will hold the meeting here to hear the protests of the patrons and the rea- sons of Mr. Campbell for asking for the rates. The meeting will be public and pa- trons of the telephone company and those interested are invited to be present. . A SINGING EVANGELIST To Assist in Coming Revival at M. E. Church, South obert E, Huston is one of s best singers, and he is to be with ns during our campaign, and have charge of the music, He is a great singer of Gospel songs, having been associated with Dr. Thurston B, Price, Dr. John E. Brown, Dr. Lovie PL Law. and others of our” leading evangelists of this day. He is a sing- er, a perss worker, a soul winner vill organize our league, and direct for Christ. And he personal work her's — PROF, ROBERT E, HUSTON the prayer services. Weare looking forward tor a great meeting, not for t Episcopal Church, South We do not care one for not those who might be this Chureh, but we do caret ir-soul salvation, and to th ye end we will work, labor anc We are inviting all who can Whelp us out in these ser- to come and Views: with music, help a e will be no pull made for those might want to unite with the chur mtil after the cam- paign is over Sam J. Starkey. Former Butler Boy to Marry. Forma euncement has been sot c wement of Miss Gventher, popular daugh- ter or Mr Mrs. Gerhardt Guen- ther, of St. Lows and grand daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lafe Gordon of Jef- j terse Lieutenant David Col- yer of Cook. Nebraska Lieu- tenant will arrive in Jefferson City on Tr next and the wed- ding v Mr. Gordon’e home, the fthe week, The bride te beautiful and cul- tured young woman and has been reared deiferson City. She has been aos ssful teacher in’ the schools for the past two years, “Lieu- tenant Colyer isa brother of Mrs. Ed S. Austin He graduated in the Si monsen High School three years ago and in the National Army. Jefferson City Capital News is new and well They Lieut. Colyer is a sonof Mr. Mrs. D2 AL Colyer, formerly known residents of this county. left here several years ago for Ne- braska, where they have since made their home. Ue is a brother of Mrs. S. Austin, of Ne eeoe City. “BARON" AT NEVADA HOLD A; Lecturer Arrested in Missouri Town Is Believed to Be a Spy. Nevada, Mo. April Oigler, who has been delivering patri- otic addresses at motion picture the- aters and high schools in this section of the state, being held. The “baron” is under suspicion of being a German spy, but some think he is just a faker gaining a livelihood off the public. He claims to be an) Austrian, and carries a letter of recommendation fr the adjutant general of Indiana. He also carries a bundle of newspaper clippings taken from newspapers of many sections of the country. The “baron” was trapped by Mrs. “Baron” De is Reynolds, ector of piano at Cottey College. this city, where he lec- tured. The sheriff concealed himself behind a piano while Mrs. Reynolds listened to the “baron’s” alleged plans to aid the kaiser. Before the man had finished his story the sheriff arrested him. The arrest- caused considerable ex- citemen:, and many who had compli- mented his lectures are now forget- ting they had_ever heard him. Mrs. Reynolds’ husband is a lieutenant and is with the American forces in France.