The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, April 11, 1918, Page 8

eR MATER EECI Ar BIG FIRE SWEEPS SIX K. C.|car Sunday morning, BLOCKS Cas Gray’s little boy fell from the —_— tank wagon one day last week and Wholesale Establishments | one limb was badly hurt. . Totally Destroyed. W. Allen, wife and Harley, were visiting at her father’s, Ike Dawson. George Hand has his tractor going on the Ralph. Scott farm, Minnie Gray was an Elkhart visit- Eleven Kansas City, April 4,—Buildings housing eleven large wholesale firms and manufacturing concerns and a number of smaller plants were total- or Saturday evening, ly destroyed by fire here tonight.! We jiad a letter from Idaho. Our Several other buildings over an BECA’| foie sone ave. there, They like it as of six or eight blocks were more or a wild goose thase, Mrs, Ike Daw- less damaged. While it was said the! ae monetary loss would mount high, | Tke Dawson has advertised for his there was no effort to approximate brother, Jno. W, Dawson, jr. Mr. it, One fireman was caught under a john ©, Dawson, sr. died ‘a_ short falling wall and had not been ac- time ago. He has an interest in the counted for late tonight. Three oth | estate, near Johnstown, Mo, It has ers were injured and taken to hos-! heen seven years since he was heard pitals, The fire was centered in the from, 4 heart of the wholesale district. | The blaze was believed to have Rote started in an old warehouse of the! 4,’ Ridenour-Baker Groce Company. its origin is undetermined. The fire Ora Browning and wife spent Suns quickly spread south. and west over’ day evening with Uncle John Hedger. a district roughly bounded by Union Ben and-Bessie Browning visited on the -south, Ninth street on ith Miss Mildred Peterson Sunday Ike Dawson, Butler, Mo, Adams “from near Butler, | called on Ike Dawson Sunday. street the north and Mulberry and Santa Afterioon. Hevstrects on the west and east. The,’ Geo, Maloney spent Saturday night firms suffering total loss of | their and Sunday with his son, Glen, at buildings are: F on Adana, P. Green Grocery Company; Brite) yf, eon Contiire on one of Scully Mawnin Grocery Company; Hay manufacturers ~—of/ Hlinois Glass Com- A while “shingling his granary, fell 14 feet and broke his left arm and his right arm. A scantling: which give away was the cause of the fall. Will Carson fell with Mr. Conture, .| bruising his right ankle so that it keeps him off the roof for a few days. 2 Ike Dawson has two hay balers for at $25 and the other. at fron) Company, heavy hardware; pany (Kansas City branch); C. Murdock Manufacturing Company, spices, coffee, ete.; Great » Western Manufacturing Company, makers of flour mill machiner Thompson- Munroe pene Brewing Company ‘Kansas City branch), and the locale 3). One branch of He American Steel ana $73. Wire Company. : Leon Conture has two 4-year-old ‘ ins ili Nema tine cre al cut § cows jor sale on Amsterdam, Route 2. o'clock in the. Cen and rapidly | 1. Rubado is looking for a good vot beyond control of the firemen, Tt} wellldineers “Ametondainerottera hours and a half later: be- Monroe Gregory has cane seed for brought under control, sale at $6.25 per hundred: noel) tetsu Mr. Bidwell, the Virginia merchant, signs for The says that ‘is the paper he wants to come to his was three fore it was ven then many burning. Times. He On the Wing. address. . On Thursday evening of last week Mrs. Grant Oldham entertained sixty guests in honor of her brother, Mr. } Nelson M. HH. Nestlerode, who has been home on a furlough from Camp | Doniphan, Fort Sill, Okla. At 10:30 retreshments were served, consisting of banana, ice cream and cake. Mrs. Be Wn Leda Du llarry Henderson 7 Onn ae and mother furnished the music and | ¢ mM fsa all joined in singing. A very happy | TGs 2 \OMN svening was spent by all. All de- yer ed at a late hour, thanking .the Nay ie wishing Mr Masons Honor Lieut. Sanford Brown, Nestlerode On the following even- | Sanford M. Brown, Jr, son a pie and pound, was S. M. Brown of the Western Publishing Company, was Sunday Nestlerode, Ivanhoe Lodge last week, pew corn planter. Mrs. Central Smith is with neuralgia John Zinn is visiting his father and mother, Mr, Mrs. Geo, Zinn. They are going home with him on a very sick and and Mr. and Mrs, Geo, Albert Zinn in’ Kansas 1 hestess and ab te return, ing a surprise, planned by the M, in honor of Mr. Lieut fof Rev school | paptict but it) | honored by was raining Mriday and it v called | {jeut. Brown had been elected to off. Saturday night Mr. Fred Gar-|take his Masonic degrees here, but ner, Mr, John Medger, jr., wife and | jad to leave before getting them, babies spent the evening with Nel-| and the lodge sent its officers down son, Sunday he was entertained and! to {awton, Oklahoma, last week to took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Al} confer the first degree. About a doz- bert Keeser at Butler. jen men went from here and they gave = a banquet to all of Ivanhoe’s boys A letter from France by Roy Lil who in camp—-some forty or fifty Dawson of them, and several others were in- March 13, 1918.| vited in, Dear Folks: : Lieut. Brown is a brother of Cap- I will try and write you a few lines} tain Brown, who is also a member of ty Tet you know 1 am all O. K., and} tyanhoe. The editor of the Kansas feeling fine. | have been in’ the], ity Freemason knew these boys trenches and it is not as bad as some} when they were small chaps, and con- fellows say itis. 1 don't mind it} sidered them as nearly ideal young much. | work every other day. 1 as le ever saw. boys am at the Y. M. C. A. now and the band is playing. The music is sure line. We are having some fine |, good deal, from the army and other- weather here now. We also have a] wise-—Kansas City Freemason We ts e worthy of all distinction etting, and they are getting picture show here once a week. Bae have a hard time making the people Both Captain Brown and Lieut. of France understand what We want] Brown are grandsons of Mrs, Mary but we always get by some way. We Everingham and have many wate, are getting plenty to eat and a goo:l place to sleep. [low are the boys making it now? As news is searce admiring friends in this city. Government Takes Output of Woolen Will Craft has treated himself to af ‘nated. BEAUTIFUL AND IMPRESSIVE SERVICE Funeral Services: for Sergeant Elliott P. Walker Held Thursday, Beautiful and impressive were the services-held-over —the—remains— of Sergt, Elliott P, Walker who died as the result of an attack of pneumonia at Allentown, Pa., March 30. Services were held at the Presby- terianechurch Thursday afternoon at 3:30 and in response to.a proclama- tion of the mayor, all business houses were closed and the entire city paid tribute to the first of. Butler's soldier dead. Flowers in profusion were banked about the altar, and a large service flag of carnations rested near the casket upon gvhich was draped the stars and stride At the opening of the services a male quartette composed of Messrs. E. E, Earsom, Herbert WeMott, Wal- ter Hazel and Sherman Moore sang “Abide With Me,” and Rev. Geo, R. Scroggs read passages from the twelfth chapter of Ecclesiastes and the twenty-fifth chapter of Matthew. The quartette then sang “Jesus. Savior, Pilot Me,” following ‘which a fervent prayer was offered by Rev. Scroggs. By request, Miss Marguer- ite Snider-beautifully sang, “Keep the Home Fires Burning,” one of | the most impressively beautiful songs of the war. Ralph Pipes, a ‘boyhood friend and classmate, on behalf of the Alumni Association paid a beautiful, tribute to the character of [liott Walker, Rev, Scroggs for his sermon, took his text from Psalm 119, verses 9-11 and delivered one of the most impres- sive sermons which has ever been heard in this city, ‘ At the conelusion of the’ sermon, the quartette sang, “lace to Face.” To the strains of a funeral dirge by the Butler Concert Band, the remains were escorted to Oak Hill cemetery when simple services were held as the casket was lowered into the Brave | ail at, the conclusion of the services th volleys were fired over the grave | squad of Boy Scouts, and “Taps” was blown by a quartette of under the lead of Chas: I. cornets Fiske. Jefferson Highway May be Military Road. sson, manager of the Jef- Mrs, Clarkson, Her- bert F. McDougal, commissioner of publicity for the highway, passed through Butler Wednesday evening of last week enroute for New Orleans, on an inspection trip. Mr. Clarkson had made a tender of the Highway to the Federal govern- ment as a military road and has hopes that it will be accepted and so desig- Jf Wy, Chey ferson tlighway, Notice of Final Settlement. hereby given to all credit- ors and others interested in the es- tate of Catherine Sellers, Deceased, that I, J. M. Clark, Administrator of said estate, intend to make final set- tlement thereof, at the next term of the Bates County Probate Court, in Bates County, State of Missouri, to be held at Butler, Missouri, commencing on the 13th day of May, 1918. J. M. CLARK, Administrator. Notice is 26-4t* Important Meeting of the County Council of Defense, WOULD YO Pick up a dollar if you saw one? Are you looking for the extra dollars? If some one loses a dollar and you don’t find it you are no better dollar you have just the same as found the one the other fellow loses. POTATOES table food on the market. OUR GARAGES ALL WORK GUARANTEED “THE WEST SIDE SQUARE BUTLER, MO. Phones 144 and 49 We have a few seed potatoes left, Minnesota, Ohios, also some White Table Potatoes, the cheapest Use more potatoes and HELP WIN THE WAR. Our Garages at Butler and Adrian are equipped with the best mechanics. We are equipped for the following work: Overhauling Motors and Mechanical work of all kinds; Overhauling and Charging Bat- teries; mend any old Radiator, no difference how bad; vulcanize your old Casings and Tubes; half sole your old casings and get another guarantee for 3500 miles on same Casings; do your electrical work, any kind; welding, oxygen carbon burning, aluminum welding as good as new. STORE WHERE THE PENNIES COUNT.” Norfleet & Ream THE ONLY INDEPENDENT CASH GROCERY, BAKERY AND HARDWARE STORE If so, you will find a good many in the course of a year if you will trade for cash and keep track of all you save. off, but if you watch and.save a ‘ BUTLER GARAGE 385 ADRIAN GARAGE 191 al M. K. & T. Railway to Ask for a! Commission. IMPORTANT TO MARRIED MEN | | IN DRAPT | — an Registrants Married Since May 18th) the & 1917, to be Permitted to File | Railway Company through their at-} Dependency Claims, torneys, J. W. Miller of Appleton Draft registrants who have Rarnieciieai es, John A. Gilbreath of Clinton, after May 18th, 1917, and before the|and Thos. J. Smith of this city ap- liling of their questionnaires are to be|peared before Justice B. F, Jeter given an opportunity to file dependen- Wednesday and filed four separate cy claims and affidavits, according to] 0. | eee aurecent ralinewontherdieiticn uodral actions for the purpose of condemn- tracts of land in’ Bates Missouri, Kansas and dlexas)| jing certain In order to. secure uniformity in w ification the district board has!County for the construction of a placed many registrants in Class t! round house, tanks, ponds and teem) | who were married since May 18, 1917, and who did not support their de- pendency claims in their question- | naires by affidavit, these cases having been appealed by the government and | many times the appeal having been nals which will be soon 1 ed near Appleton City. The first “action is against E, P. Griffith, Nathan Grif- fith and Isa land in Section No, 12 Hudson town- | made. without the registrant's knowl- | ship, The second action is ae edge. an ace Fred G. gger and Dorothy Kgger || Now that classification has been | for 32 acres of land in Section’ No, 1! made uniform, in the interest of jus- tice and fairness the board has an- nounced that registrants who have been married since May 18th, 1917, and placed in Class 1, are to be given an opportunity for their dependency claims in order to obtain the deferred classification to which inany of them are entitled, These affidavits must present to the district board ample proof that such marriage was not entered into for the purpose of avoiding the draft, or had been arranged for prior to the draft. ‘Affidavits from disinterested parties are desirable, as the affidavits of the registrant and his wife alone are not gencrally considered sufficient by the! district board to warrant a deferred Hudson township. The third action is against Mrs. Florence Egger for 3 acres in Section No, 1 Hudson Town- ship. The third action is against August Johannigmeier, sr., for 20 acres of land in Section No, 12 Hud-| son township. The railway company and the land owners failed to agree on the price for the above lands and in order to! acquire the title to same the railway Company asked the Justice to appoint a commission and have sanie~ ap- praised and then pay the price fixed by the commission. Justice Jeter af- ter hearing all the preliminaries in the case appointed the following commis- sioners to view the property and fix the value: J. R. Simpson, B. P. There will be an important meeting of the Council of Defense in the court house Saturday, April 16th, at 1:30 p. m. Will all the county members in all the townships please take notice 1 will close hoping to hear from you Mills. soon, Your affectionate son, Washington, April 5—All_ woolen mills in the country were directed by jthe War Department today to hold their looms at the service of the gov- ernment from now until July 1 in ;order to insure adequate supplies of cloth for uniforms. Manufacturers of Bessie Allen is improving. civilian clothing who get any of the has had the measles. ‘ output of the mills will do so under Jim Marchel was out in his new | special government permits. Roy L. Dawson, Cook, Co. C., 168 Inf. Roy is a son of Ike Dawson. Tommy Flanery’s children have the measles at this writing. She Froosevelt This fine jack will make the season of 1918 at my barn, 8 miles due east of Butler and 3 1-2 miles west of Spruce on the Old Home farm. ROOSEVELT was sired by Elamo and out of old Becky, sired by Charley Leonard’s imported jack; dam a Black Knight Jennet, owned by Al. Hall, of Cooper County, Mo. Roosevelt is 15 3-4 hands high, black with white points. Jack colt $25.00; Jennett colt, $12.00. ELAMO This fine young jack will serve only a few mares this season. Elamo is sired by Roosevelt and carries all this good jack’s fine qualities. Mule colt, $12.50. SCRUB LICENSE NO. 42s. PRINCE—Good Draft Stallion, will make the season at $10.00 each. : TERMS: Fee to insure colt to stand and suck. Money due when colt is foaled, or mare is sold, traded or about to leave neigh- borhood. Colt to stand good for service money. Care will-be taken to prevent accidents, but will not be responsible should any occur. DeWITT McDANIEL as this is really important, A. H. Culver, Chairman. “W. G. Dillon, Secretary. “A PRO-GERMAN IS A SPY” Will be Treated as Such in Gardner Said. ‘issouri, St. Louis, April 7—Pro-Germans in Missouri will be treated as spies and face a firing squad, Governor Gard- ner declared in a Liberty Day address in Forest Park this afternoon. He said if any community showed a Cisposition towards following thé lead of “these traitorous wretches,” he would declare the community un- der martial law and try its residents by court-martial. “There can be no half hearted al- legiance at a time like this,” the gov- ernor said. “A pro-German is a Ger- man spy. They are in the same class and should receive the same treat- ment at our hands. “If at any time I am convinced that there is any community in the state an organized movement of these traitorous wretches having for its 6b- ject the embarrassment of the govern- ment in the prosecution of the war I shall without delay declare martial law in such community, suspend’ the right of habeas corpus and order all spies, pro-Germans and other enemies of the republic tried by court-martial. If they be found guilty it would mean that they face a firing squad. “He who does not know what Ger- man kultur means is either a fool or a knave, or both, and he who has en- joyed or is enjoying the privileges of our government and has the slighfest pro-Germanic feeling should be stood up by a stone wall and shot at sun- rise.” classification. : ‘ Powell and F. A.- Strickland. The Registrants to whom the new ruling commission was ordered. to report applies should take action at once in April 2oth, 1918, and submit their ‘ ; s order to protect their claims for de- pendency. Many registrants who in sending in their questionnaires also obtained the necessary supporting affidavits have already been given the classification to which they were entitled. findings to the court for approval. All of the property owners were pres- ent when court convened and were represented by Hon. Peyton A. Parks of Clinton and T. W. Silvers of this city. An Advertising Story. The Harrisonville Democrat relates it that a smart man of that place has made the discovery that all the mil- lions of dollars paid out for advertis- ing each year are wasted. Why, he spent a dollar on adyertising several years ago, and never could see that it made any difference. Which re- minds us of the Indian who hearing that white men slept on feathers be- cause they were soft, laid a couple of them on a rock, and laid himself down to a nap. “White man say fedders soft,” he exclaimed. “White man dam fool."—Henry County Democrat. + NAVY PLANS 105-MILE GUN Big Weapon Will Be Developed on Sub-Calibre Plan. Washington, April 6—The United States Navy Department plans to con. struct a long-range gun cepablen of carrying 105 miles. It will be developed along the so- called sub-calibre plan. That embodies a creation of a large gun of big calibre and then inserting therein a tube for a smaller calibre shell, Secretary of the Navy Daniels is understood to be very favorable to the plan and it. will be put into exe- cution as soon as possible. On the other hand, some navy authorities be- lieve that such a gun is of no military importance and would involve a war- fare of inhumanity upon civilians which America as a Nation never has Aepretiones. HEINZ Phone 77 | | Hlinois, May 5, 1854, and in | Mrs. Varnes fifty acres ofland Mrs. R. |from the War Depargment calling up- and 355 negoes for army service. The over a. period of five days from April the call has so far been received here and others, all from new beds, strong and . vigorous promptly filled, and shipped by parcel Post. In these days of High Prices when you want THE BEST ‘for your money, call RAY’S GROCERY where you can get The Celebrated Perfection Can Corn Apple Butter Spaghetta Soups _ / Horseradish and The other 53 varieties High Grade Coffees and Teas We, will Give Your Order Prompt Attention Ray’ S Grocery Store Successor to S. H. Gosnell — Death of Mrs. Garard. Mrs. M. C. Garard died at her home two miles north of this city at seven | o'clock Friday evening after an illness extending over many years. Alice Baldwin was born in Basco, May, 1876, she was united in marriage with M. C. Garard, of that place. In 1904 they moved to this county and locat- . ed on a farm just north of town where she died. Besides her husband she is survived by four sons and three daughters. They are: Charles, Cor- berly, Harry and Misses Edna and Helen at home; Chester Garard and T. O. Campbell, Elvaston, Illi- nois, She is also survived by two sis- ters, Mrs. C. A. Denton, of this city A, Piggott, of west of Butler. a short funeral service conducted y Rev, Alexander of the Baptist Shel was held at the home Sunday morning and the remains taken to Ke- okuk, Iowa, and from that point over land to the old home at Elvaston, Illi- nois, where interment was made. ; Missouri to Send 4,078. Jefferson City, April 6.—Governor Gardner is in receipt of a telegram on Missouri to supply 3 3 white men men wiil entrain from training camps 26. The variotis quotas have not yet been figured out. Only the outline of Strawberry Plants for Sale. Early, medium and late varieties— Senator Dunlap, Missionary, Aroma, plants. Mail orders 47-6 _24-5t Lester Lyons, Butler, Mo. N. Side Square .