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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-29
Butterfiesy

For the first time in the history Of
the Cornell '8Iasque~- organization
which at the Utica college takes the
ElaCe Of the Mask and Wig Club ar
F5unsyIVania and the Triangle Club al
PTiuCeton-Ihis organization viii give q
performance before a washington au-
dienCe.
Although the actors IN The Butter
flies" the sa-rical society comedy to be
presented by the maSQue AT the New
National Theater at. 2-I5 this afternoon.
are almost entirely unknown 10 Wash
lnEtOn audiences. reports from the other
cities where this production has been
given are highly favorable
The performance this afternoon viii
be under the auspices Of the Cornell
alumni of this city. and a large dance
win be given by them 20 the members
OF the Mosque at The New Willard TO-
night
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Powder Not inferior.
Asserts Secretary Meyer

Unworthy Of serious consideration IS
the Characterization given BY secretary
Meyer, in q letter 70 the President. 70
charges Of Sir Hiram Maxim that
smokeless powder used in this country
IS inferior. and that gun accidents n the
navy are due to the multipSrforated
powder grain
Brig. Gen. William CrozieT. IN mem
orandum TO the Secretary Of War sup
ports the contentious Of Secretary Meyer.
It IS pointed out that since the tntrCduc-
ton Of smokeless powder IN the mill
tary service tut one large gun has
burst, and only two OF three field guns.
and these accidents are ascrfbed 70 other
causes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-29

The Brigadiers." billed as the at
traction az the Lyceum for next week.
offer q vaudeville contingent that has
every appearance Of being above the
average in point Of merit
The comedy roles in the two bur
Iesques are in capable hands William
lTcAVoy- Aft Bonner. William MauSey.
and Ali Hunter and Ali are the fun
rnakerS-in-Chief with this organization,
and Anna n Aek Bonner and Lille
stevens sustain the leading feminine
roles The PRINCIPALS are supported by
q good looking and smooth working
chorus Of twenty
The scenic and costume embel1sh-
rnente are promised 10 be all that could
he desired. and the offering as a whole
one Of the best OF the season
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Three Of Family Held
After Eleven Burglaries

CHICAGO. Dec s-ChaTged with
eleven burElaries which Melted more
than $3.50, Samuel A Bertrand, twenty
two, his wife, Gladys Bertrand, nineteen.
md her brother. Harold L Gay, sixteen,
al OF Springfield, Mass, are under ar
rest here
They were arrested last night, ACCORD
ing q the police just as one o. the men
was trying 10 Jimmy open the window
OF a silk warehouse. The two men de-
Tended the woman and said that she
knew nothing OF the thefts, but she in
sisted on being arrested with them.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-29
Washington Man Weds
Culpeper County Girl

ROCKVILLE, Dec D--Rev- s R
White, a retired Baptist minister, Of
fciated At the marriage here yesterday
afternoon Of Miss Marie Catherine Ed
wards. OF CUlDeper county. Va. and Mr..
Howard George Brown, Of Washington,
the ceremony taking place Al the minis
man friend.
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bUtt.rr1hk- This did net do any GOOD. 50
we COX Eirn 20 hospital. He was treated
as an out-patisnt twice a week and De Cot
woTse- y anything We then called fl an
Other doctor and inside OF a week the bow was.
20 al appearances. cured and the doctor said
his WORK was done But the very next dav
Il broke out as bad as ever
We decided that = coUid not be cured
and must rJ1n It's course and 50 We Just kept
his arms bsndaged 20 his side 20 prevent his
tearing his flesh We left Toronto and
shortly after our arrival 81 Duluth the Cuti-
cura Remedies were recommended. We
started using them IN Nav, 1909. and soon
the cure VAS complete You would not
think he was the same child for Cuticura made
his skin perfectly clear and he Is entirely free
from the skin disease. There has beer no
return this time We still Use only CutiCura
cosp for babv's bath Robert Mann. Proctor,
MINI. Nav 3. 1910"
Cusieurz Remedies sold throuzhozt tAe World.
Potter DrIE & Chem CcrD- Sole PROPS Boston
As-Mafei ne iat-et hit o. T----.-t .,frhs SKI
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BFLASCO-.aThe Civ

A dramatic treat is promised all lovers
Of the drama when THE city IS pro-
duced al the BeIasco Theater next week
Altogether The CITY, the latest play
written BY the late Clyde Fitch, is
accepted as the ripened fruit Of the ac-
tive career Of the most prolific dramatic
writer that this country has ever pro
ouced-
Its theme IS really the lure Of the big
city. but at the same time is has a
lofty. serious purpose II scored a great
SUGGEST during its years tenure in the
Lyric TheaTer- # New YORK
Il viii be seen here whit the original
cast, including TuIly Marshall The en-
gagement VIII begin with a holiday
matinee on Monday
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ACADEMY-@ThrOugh Death Valley"

Next weeks attraction at the ACad-
envy viii be Through Death valley a
play which contains At least one novel
sensation This thriller comes as the
climax Of the third act
8 man is tied at the stake. while close
at hand Ve1CmoUS rartleSuake Is
bound The victims head is irnmedf-
ately opposite that OF the snake. The
snakes head approaches nearer and
nearer the face Of the victim Just as
he-iS about 10 give his fatal sting, some
thing EaT3enS which saves the hero
Aside f-Cm the usual Tuesday. Thurs
be a special New Year matinee on Mon
6a--
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ARCADE-Amusements

All is in readiness for the pig race
10 be introduced as an extra card in
the Arcade skating auditorium this
evening. apG the management ex-
poets one Of the largest crowds OF
the season. The race VIII not inter
fere with tire -egulaT program OF the
evening. and viii only consume the
time set aside for extra attractions.
Next Saturday evening the ball
room viii be the scene Of watch
l.arrE and dance.
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Yale Dramatic Association

The Yale University Dramatic Asso-
citation viii give a performance Of al
VentagIio-' Cthe FAM. a. the Columbia
Theater tomorrow afternoon The Yale
boys have made an enviabie record IN
dramatiCS in the past, and with the
presentation Of the famous Italian com
edy. which has been translated for their
use, they promise to gain still further
laUrelS-
The performance begins at 2I5 O'Clock
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broke, matter would run
out. starting new bIisters
until bis entire face. head
and shoulders were q mass
OF scabs and you could not
see q particle o. clear skin
Oths- partscf his bo6vvere
affected. but not 10 such an
extent. We did not know
what 10 do for him and
tried about every adver-
tised remedy without avail.
indeed some % them only
added 70 his suffering and
one n particular, the
Remedy almost put the
infant into commissions
The family doctor PIE
scri5ed foT him and told
tx 70 hnfHr 4H- h-E- a.
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ElmendOTf Lecture.

Dwight EInendorf, traveller and lee
tureT, viii return to the National The
alter on Thursday afternoon. January
19, when he viii repeat his season S
most successful lecture, Famous Paint
inEs-" The FIRST presentation of this
picture pilETima ge- vas 4 great sue
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-29
Masons Quit Swearing.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Dec. %
Cedar Rapids Nasons swore of swear
ing as midnight was toIIed. while they
sat at a banquet at which they cele-
brated the opening Of their new con
sistOry temple Grand Master Fred
erick Craig, of Des Noines, suggested
the pledge
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-29

Trial size Tor 20c. postpaid. large ska
teIchf times as much}. SOC II your druSCfst
don't ser q send direct 20 US Send tie
yellow Wrapper from TWO bottles purchszfd
from 6rusgi . and we wiz give you a fuit.
SIZE bottle fer nothing WALNUTTA co
I9fh and Ollvs St St Louis. 40. sold hF
FeoEle's Pharmacy. Tth & Asss. Evs. n, "
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A RASH BECOMES
MASS Of HUhOR
On Baby's Face, Head and Shout
ders-Parents Decided He Could
Not be CUred-Cuticura Made
His Skin Perfectly Clear.

Our boy was born fl Toronto on Oct
-, 1908, and when three months Old a slight
rash appeared on his cheek. What appeared
70 be 3 water blister would form. when il
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-29
GAYETY-"Follies Of New York and
Paris"

Hurtig and Seamon's big production
OF ''FoIIies O. New York and Paris
viii be the Offering at the Gayety
Theater next week A twO-act musical
comedietta entitled Night Life in Two
Gay Cities" viii be the vehicle for the
humorous hodge pOdEe. IN which Charles
Howard. that ever popular comedian,
takes the leaC ing part There is a plot
10 the tWO-act play which offers q wide
scope for novel and amusing situations
and a score Of beautiful ensemble num-
hers
Those famous original SCaTeCToyy
Girls, the Eight English Roses" IN
their fanatic dances. and the Par
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-12-29
GRAY HAIR RESTORED

zsnuCts Hair SfaFa
Restores Cray. Streaksd o.
Bleachsd Hair OF Moustae-Aa
Insta8taneOUsiy. Gives any
shade from Light Brown "a
Black Does lot wash A.
rub OF Contains no poi
sons and IS not sticky no,
greasy Sold BY al druz-
Eists- OF We EflI send vov
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LYCEUM-aThe Bdgzdiers.v

isian Beauty Dolls" are some Of the
features OF the offe-ng-
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Otto Bowman, Of Faulkner, y. Y, is
the guest Of Mr. and Mrs George r.
Pyles. corner Of Thirteenth and Z
streets.
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A. 81 ErOcers
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-05-12
Rural Graduation.
W. B. w.

Commencement exercises for ru-
raj graduates of Bates county was
held in this city Thursday, May 9Th,
1910 in the circuit court room.
Rev. j. A. Jared, pastor of the NJ.
E. church, South, offered invocation,
and Miss Marie Greenup rendered a
vocal solo.
Prof. P. M. Allison, County Super
intendent, delivered an interesting
address and introduced Prof. r. H.
Emerson, of the Department of Ru-
raj Schools at the State University.
Mr.. Emerson made highly inter-
esting talk and outlined some most
interesting plans for the betterment
of rural schools.
Extremely disagreeable weather
kept many away and only about one
hundred out of one hundred and
eighty-three graduates were present.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1910-05-12
Along the Miami.

Last year the Miami reached the
high water mark, which il had not
done for years. This year it rose 20
inches higher than last year. It
reached the highest point about eleven
O'Clock Friday night. AT one o'clock
it began to recede, but fell very
slowly. Sunday morning it was with
in its banks.
Miss Mayme McKibben will teach
Bethel school another term. This
will be good thing for the pupils, as
Miss McKibben will know just where
they should begin their studies and
what work each one can do.
We haven't an idea who conceived
the notion of painting broom and mop
handles with blue or red paint that
rubs off. Such handles are very an
noying to housekeepers, and they will
fight shy of such handles in the flu
ture.
Mrs. II. j. Martin, Miss Dollie
Martin and Mrs, Joe Herman visited
at Dick Martins Sunday.
Mr.. Ghere, who recently sold his
farm to Mr.. Sims, has purchased the
place again and will move back soon.
Mr.. Sims is moving.
just west of the bridge crossing
the Miami a horse was mired Sunday
evening. Two ladies and a little boy
were in the buggy that the horse was
hitched to. The neighborS rushed to
their assistance and soon had the
horse up and going on its way. The
water was over the road in this place
and left the road in bad condition.
Richard B. Wall made brief visi
with his parents recently. Arthur
Wall and Percy Wall of st. Louis are
at the home of their parents. Mrs.
York of Harrisonville and Miss Wall
of Cincinnati, came Sunday. Mr..
Wall, their father, is not improving.
by wire, "Wednesday
Mr.. James Walls of this neighbour
hood died last night. Funeral will be
held later. Obituary and particulars
next week.
MIAMI.
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Births and deaths in the state Of
Missouri reported to the State Board
of Health for the Month of March,
show that during that month there
were in the state 5,679 births and
4,5l0 deaths.
j. c. Vermillion, of Route 5, was
in the first of the week and announc-
ed that he had his first glimpse of
Halley's comet Sunday morning be-
tween three and four O'Clock. Mr..
Vermillion thinks the comet will have
to hurry to keep her engagement
with the earth the 18th.
Star shoes are better. Ladies'
shoes, misses shoes, mems
shoes, boys shoes, babies
shoes.-T. w. Fisk.
Sewall Pure Liquid Paint has given
satisfaction for over 80 years. It's
sold, so you can afford to buy it,
Logan-Moore Lumber Co., Butler,
Mo. 28-2t
The case Of Mrs. Jennie Foster VS..
the Mo- Pacific Railway Company
was decided last week by the Spring
field Court of Appeals, when de-
cision was handed down by that court
affirming a judgement of S4,575
awarded to Mrs. Foster, together
with interest for two years. The suit
was the result of the burning of Mrs.
Fosters hotel, which was located
near the depot, and it was alleged
that the fire was caused by sparks
from the defendants locomotive.
The original suit was for $1,000. A
change of venue was taken to Barton
county, where a verdict was render.
ed in her favor for S4,575. w. 0.
jackson, of this city, was Mrs. Eos,
ter's attorney, and is to be congratu.
lated upon his winning fight.
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Call for Warrants.
MIAMI.
Office of
S. L. COLEMAN,

blnce OF
S. L. COLEMAN,
Treasurer and Ex-officlo Collector
of Bates County.
Butler, Mo-, May 18th, 1910.
TO THE HOLDERS OF BATES
COUNTY WARRANTS:
Notice is hereby given that | am
prepared to pay WARRANTS as fol-
lows:
SALARY FUND, All Warrants pro-
tested to and including December
9th, 1909.
CONTINGENT FUND, All War
rants protested to and including o.
tOber 9TH, 1909.
BRIDGE FUND, All Warrants pro-
tested to and including October 9th,
1908, also the following Warrants
protested on October 10, 1908 No.
rs, q, 81, 80, 40 & AZ.
On and after May Goth, 1910, all of
said Warrants will cease to draw
interest.
S. L. COLEMAN,
County Treasurer.
Die.
j. w. C.
w. B. w.
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All new suits Black & Arnold.

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. |. j. Taylor,
of Hume, fine boy, May 5, 1910.
$40 wool suits Black & Arnold.
Henry Hartman and Cy Terry, of
the southeast, were county seat Wis
itorS last week.
Two piece suits Black G. Arnold.
j. Sylvester, of Hume, was taken
to Kansas City last week to undergo
an operation fer appendicitis,
Boys suits 81 Black e. Arnold.
Thos. O'neal, of Rich Hill, enter
tanned his old comrade, Mr.. Burn
sides, Of Pennsylvania, last week.
Get your suit at Black G. Arnold.
Mrs. Forest Kerns, of this city, Wis
tied her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Mattison, of Rich Hill, the last of the
week.
Suits guaranteed Black & Arnold.
Buster" Robb, of Kansas City,
visited his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. C. Griggs, of Rich Hill, last
week.
Widow Jones suits Black C Arnold.
R. E. and j. w. Harver, of Rich
Hill, attended the funeral of their
brother-in-law, B. H. Gray, of Osce-
ola, at Clinton last week.
Black & Arnold Suit this time.
Frank Taylor, Automobile Expert
and Repair Shop 228 N. Main Street,
formerly with the Locust street Gar
age, Kansas City, Mo. 29-2t
Horton was the scene of small
freight wreck last Wednesday morn
ing, when five or six cars left the
rails. About 300 yards of track was
destroyed. No one was injured.
Miss Elva Church, five miles north
west of this city, lost Al head of
sheep by drowning last Friday. The
sheep were grazing in the pasture
near a branch, which was swollen by
the heavy rains, surrounded them
before they could make their escape.
Star shoes are better. Ladies
shoes, misses shoes, mems
shoes, boys shoes, babies
shoes.-T. w. Fisk.
DR.. j. M. Norris, eye, ear and
throat specialist, gives particular at
tention to the treatment of catarrh
and its effects upon the ears, throat
and lungs. Eyes tested free, and
glasses properly fitted. Office on the
South Side over the Star Bakery, But
Ter, Mo-. 28-4t
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Prof. Burke Reelected.

Prof. c. A. Burke was reelected
superintendent Of the Butler Public
Schools at a meeting of the school
board held last Friday evening. Prof.
j. o. Henderson was reelected
principal Of the High School. Tezch-
ers for the Grammar Schools will be
chosen at a meeting to be held after
the commencement exercises.
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will have to re-plant the most of it.
w. L. Kash is the proud owner of
a very fine mule colt.
Jim Evans and family Sundayed
with Mrs, NJ. E. Shillinger and fami-
ly.
Uncle Bill PhippS and A. c. UNI
stattd Sundayed with w. L. Jackson.
RUTH.
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JOhnstOwn.

euite a big rain and young flood
visited this section Thursday and
Friday. Waters were higher than
known for years in the same length
of time. We have experienced all
kinds of weather this spring, but we
failed to see spring weather only in
March.
Shaw Odell of near Joplin, Mo-,
was the guest of his sister, Mrs. John
Borum and family, and other rela-
tives and friends last week.
Uncle Billie Moore is on the sick
list this week.
w. L. Jackson, who has been quite
sick for so long, is slowly improv-
ing.
Robert Hurt has new buggy, so
look out girls.
Quite crowd met at the creek
south of Johnstown to view the
wreck of the bridge on last Sunday
evening which high water did on last
Friday night.
Will Cameron is doing some of the
fine finishing work on the German
town school house which will soon
be completed.
John Brownsburger got one of his
fine colts badly cut by running into
the wire fence last week.
There will be children's exercises
at the Methodist church in Johns
town on the fifth Sunday in May at
7:30 p. m.
Clarence Westbrook, who has been
on the sick last for the past two
weeks, is improving.
De c. Mize and Dewitt C. Chas-
tain were shaking hands with their
many Democratic friends in this COM
munity one day last week.
Adde Allison purchased team of
mules at Appleton City last week.
Mrs. John Rentel is visiting in
Springfield, Mo-, this week.
Mrs. Clay Hubbard of Butler is the
guest OF her parents, George Allison
and family in this community at this
writing.
George Allison, wife and family,
in company with their daughter, Mrs.
Clay Hubbard, were the guests of
John Borum's on last Sunday.
Miss Mollie Oneal visited at Mrs.
Hugh Gillilands on Saturday even
ing.
On last Friday night the high water
took out the wire bridge on Deep
water south Of Johnstown and COM
pletely tore it to pieces and we hope
we wont have to wait long till we
can get new one so the people can
travel that road again. There is no
crossing anywhere near the old
bridge.
It has been impossible for the mail
carrier on route IS from Montrose to
get to Johnstown on account of so
many washouts on his route.
Lawrence Whiteman said next
time the creek began to rise he
wasn't going to stay at home; he was
going to 60 before the waters got
around his house.
The high water did lots Of damage
to the bottom land in this vicinity and
all tbo "a rv,,orc x,,br hoJ Z, c,,nL I.l
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G. E. Cable, of the Globe Trading
Company, has returned to this city
from a visit of several days to Harri-
sonville.
Leslie Choate, who has been at
tending school at WarrenSburg, is
visiting his parents, DR.. and Mrs. ].
W. Choate.
H. H. Harshaw, while in Kansas
City last week, purchased a seven
passenger White Steamer touring
car. II is a dandy.
Star shoes are better. No
junk. No old style. Sell YOU
shoes to-day. Win be here
to-morrow.-T. w. Fisk.
A large tree near the residence of
Robt. Mudd, of south of Rich Hill,
was struck by lightning and reduced
to splinters Friday night.
Star shoes are better. No
junk. No old style. Sell you
shoes to-day. Will be here to-
morrow.-T. w. Fisk.
Mr.. j. A. Borland, of near Spruce,
accompanied by his son, was a coun-
ty seat visitor the first of the week
and favored us with call.
Prof. Stephen Smith, accompanied
by his younger brother, made us a
pleasant call while in the city attend
ing rural graduation exercises.
George Cave, Jr., a son of George
Cave of this city, was killed in fight
with another negro in Kansas City
last Wednesday night. The remains
were brought to this city for burial
Friday.
All wool suits Black & Arnold.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Duvall left
Thursday on a tour through the
eastern states. They will visit in Yer
mont and New Hampshire and expect
to be away for several weeks,
SEED CORN.-Boone Co. white
grown from pure bred seed; choice
seed that willgrow. Address. A. S.
Millhorn, Butler, Mo. l2-tf
Elder j. W. Rogers is not only a
good sermonizer, but is quite a chick
en- fancier and raises quite a crop of
poultry each year at a handsome
profit. He thinks he has the prize
egg record of the border, reporting
an average Of $50 per month from
November to May five months
from 81 hens. Can anyone beat it?
The Elder has the S. C. Rhode Island
Reds, and exhibited the blue ribbon
cockerel at the last poultry show
Hume Telephone.