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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-04-18
Thomas Cameron Dead.


Thomas Cameron, aged 81 years
and 8 months, died at his home in
this city Tuesday night at II o'clock
following stroke of paralysis.
Mr.. Cameron had been in failing
health for some years as the result Of
a similar stroke, which rendered him
partially helpless.
Thomas Cameron was born in east
Tennessee January 4, 1855, and came.
to Missouri in 1872. In 1874 he was
united in marriage to Jane Morrow
and to this union were born four chill
dren, Charles, Thomas j., Jsmes,
and Miss Lou, all Of whom survive.
Tom Cameron was a man of high
ideals, honorable and industrious.
True to his friends, Of whom he had
many, the entire community mourn
their loss.
Besides his widow and children, he
is survived by four brothers, John j.,
Alex, Henry, Charles, James and q
sister, Mrs. ]. Vance.
Funeral lseryices will be held at
the residence Thursday afternoon at
2 o'clock and interment win be made
in Ok Hin cemetery.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1912-04-18
1902 LIVES LOST WHEN
LINER TITANIC SINKS.
S6S--.M0stly Women and Children
Saved When Steamer Strikes Ice
berg...Many Notable Ameri-
cans Among Missing.

Saved When Steamer Strikes Ice.
berg-..Many Notable Ameri-
cans Among Missing.
The entire world was shocked
Tuesday when the wireless flashed
the news Of the sinking of the gigantic
White Star Liner, the Titanic, with
over 1900 souls on board. The full
details are still unknown.
The accident occurred near the
New Foundland banks at 2:2O o'clock
Monday morning, and from accounts
so far obtainable, of over 1000 per-
sons on board the giant liner, some
of them of worldwide prominence,
only S68 are known to have been
saved, leaving over 1900 drowned.
The White Star offices in New York,
while keeping up hope to the last,
have freely admitted that there had
been horrible loss of life.
The news came from the steamer
Carpathia, relayed by the White Star
liner Olympic and revealed that by
the time the Carpathia, outward bound
from New York and racing for the
Titanic on wireless call, reached the
scene, the doomed vessel had sunk.
When the Titanic struck the noun
tain of ice that sent her to the oceans
bottom within four hours after the
impact, she was steaming at the rate
eighteen knots an hour. The shock
almost demolished the proud vessel
which her builders had boasted and
her captain had believed nothing
could master.
Hitting the impenetrable ice mass
fairly with her towering bows, the
great ship was almost rent asunder at
the first blow Her decks were ripped
and torn; her sides and bulkheads
were split and shattered as with the
hammer of some Titan, from the bow
to a point almost amidships.
Her upper works and some Of her
The Washington herald., 1912-12-30

to the republic than the United States
Among the many recent significant
Developments in the Mexican situation
this commands especial attention. Pres
ident Taft's nonintervertion policy has
proceeded partly on the belief that any
invasion of Mexico would cost the
lives of many American residents of
hat country and that whatever differ
ences divided the Mexicans they would
unite tt oppose the intervening army.
Presiden. Taft, in his speech accept
ing the Republican Presidential nomi-
nation, said:
mo one with 4 sense of response
bility to the American people would in
volve them in the almost unending bur-
den and thankless task of enforcing
peace upon these 100000 of people
fighting among themselves, when they
would necessarily all turn against us
at the first manifestation of our .pur-
pose to intervene"
The Washington herald., 1912-12-30
ENGLAND BEGINS TO
RECOVER FROM STORM
Reports of Disaster Reach London
from Land and Sea-Many Lives
Known to Be Lost.

London, Dec. 29.-Great Britain is be-
ginning TO recover to-day from the ef-
fects of the gale of Christmas and the
two following days, while reports OF loss
of life and disaster are coming in from
many directions. Besides many sea dis
asters, much damage has been done by
floods on land.
Tho estate of King Edward at Sand
bingham, where the Queen mother makes
her home, still is under water, and the
merry party assembled there for Christ
mas was taken TO their trains by boats.
A tidal wave worked havoc along the
south coast of England, wrecking many
small vessels and flooding large areas of
low lands. In addition to the wrecks re-
ported yesterday, IT is learned that the
cruisers Bristol and Argyll went ashore
at BarnpOol. Both vessels were liber-
ated after several hours work by tugs
and proceeded to Plymouth for inspec-
ton.
Two survivors of the Danish steam
ship Vollmer were picked up in an open
boat without food or water fifty miles
southwest of the Lizard and landed at
Newlyn in a state of complete exhaus-
ton. One of the men reported that a
boat containing six of the crew had
been swamped and that all had been lost
Nine others had taken to the sea in an
open boat. but nothing has been heard
from them.
Wreckage of small craft strews the
coast of England, Ireland, and Wales in
all directions.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-30
ANDREW JOHNSON
By GEORGE FITCH.
Author OF "At Coed old siwash."

Yesterday was the birthday OF Andrew
johnson. who was so curiously Joked
with by fate that he was made by his
marriage and unmade by becoming Presi-
dent OF the United States.
Andrew johnson was born in Raleigh.
n. c., 1O4 years ago, and when he was
bound out to a tailor at the age OF seven
every one thought he was lucky to have
done so much better than his parents
did.
johnson sewed on trousers and coats
for seven years and then migrated TO
Tennessee, where he met a young woman
named Eliza McCardle and persuaded
her to marry him. II wasn't much Of a
match for Eliza because the bridegroom
had to sign his name to the marriage
register with a cross. But she saw prom
Use in the raw material and determined
to enlarge and improve her husband =
mind. She taught him bow to write.
how to use a fork, and how to rise and
address an audience without collapsing
at the knees. She did such a good job
that when he was twenty-seven he was
elected to the Tennessee Legislature. and
when he was thirty-twO he stumped Ten
nessee for Van Buren, and GRATED mu"h
more successfully than he had ever
tailored.
From this time on Johnson was re-
garded as the most stubborn and sue
cessful man in Tennessee. He went to
Congress and became Governor. In 1881
he went to the Senate and when the war
broke out in 1861 he ran UP the Union
flag in the midst OF acres Of rebels and
stood by it like ten-tone granite bowl
der. This caused Johnson TO become i'm
mensely unpopular in Tennessee. but the
nF nation admired him and
elected him Vice President in 1864.
All would have gone well with Andrew
Johnson II he had stayed Vice President
But Lincoln was assassinated and he be-
came President in 1866. He il 'nediately
began to do things to suit mis- ideas
against the wild protests Of those who
wanted their ideas suited. For three
years he ran the government by him
self while Congress boiled and howled
The Washington herald., 1912-12-30
In Line with Siberia.

Prison reform has not gone as far as
it should and will in this country, but
a convicted felon receives more humane
prison treatment in America than a
person accused of a political offense re-
ceives in Portugal. The change of the
Portuguese government from the mo-
narchical to the republican form has
not been accompanied by any leniency
in regard to the manner of dealing
with alleged political offenders at
home or with kidnapped slaves in the
colonial possession of St. Thomas and
Principe.
In the latter case the boycotting of
the cocoa from the plantations on these
islands by British and German mer-
chants may be the means @of bringing
the slavery scandal to an end. But
perhaps nothing short of a united re-
monstrance by powerful nations will
put an end to the barbarous imprison-
ment of political advcrsaries by the
party in office, though conditions may
be somewhat ameliorated because of
the condemnation that Is being poured
upon them at present by the moderate
press of Lisbon.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-30
JOHN BROWNS SON
VERY MODEST MAN
Friend of Son of Hero of Harpers
Ferry Tells How He Obtained
His Photograph.

New York, Dec. 81 s. Lane, an en-
gineer, Of 50 Church Street. was a friend
for many years of Jason Brown, son of
the hero OF Harpers Ferry, who died in
Akron. Ohio, on the day before Christ
mas at the age of ninety years Mr..
Lane has the only photograph of Jason
ever taken.
odd John Brown and his famous sons
lived in Akron many years before they
went to Kansas to help make it a free
State" said Mr.. Lane yesterday After
the execution of his father Jason re-
turned to Akron. where he was engineer
Of the Empire Mills for twenty-five years
He was greatly interested in flying ma
chimes and studied the subject deeply
while he fed and tanned the wild buzzards
until they fiocked around him like barn
yard turkeys, and was able to discover
that the feathers of their wings opened
on the upward stroke and closed on the
downward stroke. so that there was no
lost motion. as the wings propelled the
bird forward on both strokes.
Jason Brown was the simplest and
most modest of men. He abhorred no.
toriety and his childlike sincerity made
him many strong friends. He had an in
herited love for peace and all things Gre
ated, human beings as well an animals.
He went to Kansas as a matter of peace
and principle. but when the border war
broke out and men had to fight for their
lives he was captured in one of the raids
made by the Southern forces and was
about TO be lynched when a noted leader
saved his life.
He felt so grateful that he declined
to go with his father to invade the
South at Harpers Ferry. though he never
wavered in his devotion to the cause of
Characterization When he and his father
were seeking volunteers for the Kansas
campaign old John Brown told a COM
pany of applicants in Akron that he
wanted no dandies, but workingmen-
men to whom he would be willing to give
his daughters in marriage with his
Jason was so modest that he would
The Washington herald., 1912-12-30
PASTOR RUSSELL COMING.
Will Use Text Carved Over Door of
Union Station.

Thou Hast Put All Things Under
His Feet"
This text carved over the door OF
the Union Station is to be the subject
Pastor Charles T. Russell. of the Lon
don and Brooklyn Tabernacles, will
use for his first address to the new
Washington Temple Congregation
Cuonsectarian) in New Masonic tempt"
next Sunday afternoon. according to
Announcement made yesterday.
Pastor Russell. who in accepting I
recent call to assume the local pastor
ate said he could only give on an
average of one Sunday a month to the
effort, plans to preach to the Temple
congregation for the first three Sun
days of the new year. taking for his
last two subjects the other texts on
the front of the Union Station, The
Desert Shall Bloom and Blossom As
the Rose" and The Truth Shall Make
You Free"
The Washington herald., 1912-12-30
Lesson of the Indianapolis Verdict.

Now that the dreadful conspiracy
trial is over, which was the sequel to
the blowing up of the Los Angeles
Times Building and other similar out
RACES, let it not be forgotten that it
was not organized labor that was on
trial at indianapolis. but forty individ-
uals. OF whom thirty-eight were found
guilty of the crimes charged against
them. But, though the crimes brought
home TO these men were personal, can
organized labor shirk its share of a
moral responsibility? Does not the les
son of this trial impress itself upon
every honest union member?
Hundreds of thousands of union men
are square. law-abiding men, and the
mainstay of their communities. They
abhor outrage The very mention of
the terrible crimes committed in the
name of unioniSm by certain members
would make the cold shivers' run
down their spineS, and justly so. For
it is not in human nature to deliber-
ately plan wholesale destruction of life.
The trouble with all OF these good citi-
zens is that they have allowed Union
ism to rule them with an almost in
credible tyranny.
Why? 1t was so easy TO share in
the benefits of united strength, without
being bothered at all with the response
bility of the management of organiza-
ton. Thus, the control of unionism
in part could not but drift into the
hands of demagogues, of agitators, of
men who did not comprehend, or if
they d. understand, failed TO properly
value the benefits conferred upon all
alike under the Constitution. And it
is 4 we'll established fact that when
such men are allowed to rule, they in
variably become tyrants.
More than this! These tyrants made
their living, and very comfortable
one, out of the unions. Parasites of
organized labor. their chief concern
was to see to it that they were re-
tanned in power The consequence was
that no ones life was safe who stood
in the way OF their personal ambition,
to the gaining OF which they did not
hesitate TO make use OF the power of
the unions behind them The result
of this was a criminal conspiracy, a
reign OF terror, of which members of
the unions interested were kept in alb
solutc ignorance; the levying of black
mail upon employers as a warning that
surrender must be unconditional.
We say again, it was not the fault
of honest union men that these dema-
gogues were guilty of the crimes they
have been found guilty of, but most
emphatically it was the fault of these
same union men that such men at
tanned and held devastating power in
labor organizations.
The decent, the honest majority must
assume control of labor unionism
Otherwise, all alike will have to suffer
the consequences.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-30
COURT CONVENES
EARLY IN JANUARY
Judge Edmund Waddill to Call
Federal Grand and Petit
Juries Next Week.

Alexandria, Va, Dec. 2o.-The January
term Of the United States Court for the
eastern district OF Virginia. Judge Ed
mund Waddill presiding. will convene in
this city January 6 next. At this term
OF court there will be both a grand and
petit jury. There is AN unusually heavy
docket to be presented to this grand
jury, among them being cases from
Richmond. Norfolk, and other places, to-
gether with several cases from this city,
most of which are for violations OF the
internal revenue laws. The petit jury
will also have a large number of cases
presented TO it for its consideration. in
Guiding several indicted from this city.
st. Rita's Catholic Sunday school of
Del Ray, Alexandria County, held its
annual christmas celebration this after
noon. Candy and fruits were distributed
among the scholars, together with a
number of special presents. There was
also q musical programme given.
Sunday school celebrations will be held
tomorrow night by the First and Sec
ond Baptist Sunday schools, the former
at s o'clock and the latter at 7:SO o'clock.
Special programmes of exercises have
been arranged at each of them. which
will be followed by the distribution of
gifts to the children.
Christmas music was repeated this
morning at a number of the churches.
Services at Christ Episcopal Church
this morning were conducted by Rev.
Nelson p. Dame, an evangelist of Vir-
gipia. Rev. DR.. w +. Watson, pastor
of the First Church, preached at the
morning services on THE Closing
Year" Annual memorial services were
held at the church this evening and
the names of the deceased members
read.
"A Thought of the Passing Year"
was the subject of the morning ser
mon at the Second Presbyterian Church
delivered by Rev. DR.. John Leo Allison,
pastor. Christmas hymns were sung
at the morning services.
The morning services at the Metho-
dist Episcopal Church South were con-
Quoted by Rev. DR.. F. d. Prettyman.
and the evening services were con-
Quoted by Rev. DR.. D. A. Lambert
At the morning services at Trinity
Methodist Episcopal Church Misses
Edna and Ruth Buckler sang duet.
Rev. G. A. LuttreH. pastor, took for
his subject at the morning services,
How Paul Handled the Embarrassing
Financial situation" "A Boy Was Not
Afraid of a Giant" was his subject be-
fore the children's meeting in the aft
ernoon. His subject at night was THE
Last Day on Earth of Jesus Before
He Died"
Resident clergy filled the pulpits at
all of the other churches.
Edward johnson, sixty-nine years old.
died yesterday at his home In lower
Fairfax County. Mr.. johnson was a ma
tive of Liverpool, England, and was
carpenter by trade. He was unmarried.
His funeral will take place at o'clock
tomorrow afternoon from his home.
Services win be conducted by Rev. g.
A. Luttrell. pastor Of Trinity N. Z.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-30
0rozco's Change of Front.

Gen. Pascual Orozco, whose revolu-
'tionary activities, recently revived in
Northern Mexico, has changed from
turbulence to friendliness toward the
United States. An FL Paso dispatch
states that he has notified American
military commanders on the border
that he will serve as a scout and guide
whenever the United States decides to
intervene. His seemingly unpatriotic
attitude is explained by his statement
that he deems Madero a worse menace
The Washington herald., 1912-12-30
FIRE ENDS A HAPPY
YULETIDE PARTY
Lighted Candles Fire Christmas Tree
and Threaten to Cause
Damage to House.

Flames terminated a happy Yuletids
party 1t the homu of w. W. Cordell, ISL
Street Northwest, yesterday afternoon
shortly after ! O'Clock when lighted can
dies fired a Christmas tree in the base
ment and threatened for a time TO cause
much damage
4 score Of little girls making merry in
the room were hustled into a hallway by
CordelI. who closed the door and began to
fight the flames. He was helped by his
daughter, Mrs. W. \. Rose. who carried
water in buckets from a kitchen sink.
Cordell's face and hands were painfully
burned and Mrs. Rose was slightly
burned. The flames singed her hair. Both
declined to go to a hospital. They sum-
moned DR.. T. J. Kemp. The tree was de-
stroyed and the interior of the room
damaged by smoke and water.
The loss will not exceed $50. Hundreds
IF persons gathered before the house
when four engines. a truck, water tower,
and chemical engine company responded
to an alarm from the fire box at Sixth
and q Streets. Cordcll had stopped the
flames before the firemen entered the
house.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-30

never be photographed. But after he was
eighty-iive years old I managed to get
a picture of him without his knowledge.
1t came about in this way. He was in
tensely interested in machinery. par
ticularly in new inventions. So when he
came to visit me one day 1 showed him
new patent camera that I had just
bought with a fine 500 lens. He wanted
to know all about it, and while l was
showing him how 1t worked l managed
TO get a good exposure. Well. l de-
clare, you have done it. You've got the
first picture that was ever taken OF me.
he said, and he was very glad to have
it when ] gave him a photograph"
The Washington herald., 1912-12-30

Church. and burial will be in woodlawn
Cemetery.
The funeral Of John ". Smith. better
known as Daisy" Smith, took place at
o'clock this afternoon from his home,
l51 North Payne Street Services were
conducted by Rev. c. Il. Strausburg. pas
tor of the Methodist Protestant Church.
Burial was in Union Cemetery.
Miss Pansy Finley's funeral took place
at . o'clock this afternoon from her
home, 62& South Patrick Street. Rev
DR.. W. F. Watson. pastor of the First
Baptist Church. conducted the services.
Burial was in Bethel Cemetery.
During the coming month many foreign
corporations, chartered under the laws
OF the State of Virginia, will hold their
annual meetings in this city for the pur-
pose Of electinG officers.
Potomac Lodge of Odd Fellows has &C
Cepted an invitation to attend the in
stallatiOn of the recently elected officers
of Falls Church Lodge the night of
January next.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-30
What Shall I Do When I Am Fired

Reply to Private DaIzeIl.)
You may go hang when you are fred
dts quite absurd that you inquired,
Unless some kindly disposed friend
A well deserved hand Will lend.
Such question makes your country tired.
For what's the odds when you are fired!
Some other guy, when you arc fred,
VIII I'll the place Where you aspired,
And all the faith YOU had reposed,
Believing ere tie book was closed
At ripe old age you'd be retired
But, surely. never Just be fired.
And you can starvs when yua are fired.
DID Uncle Sam, when you were hired
At such a meager hAh-pay wage,
Make any prumise for old agel
Such faith be nsFsr yet inspired,
And when he's done you'll Just be fired
ANOTHER aPRIvATE.' a.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-30
ALITTLE NONSENSE.
FATHERS GIFTS.

Dads Christmas smokes. the theme of
Jokes.
Now seem to make him glad.
His gift cigars, as It appears,
Are not SO very bad.
His Christmas tie, which testers try
To have us mortals think
No man would wear, must declare,
Is not so very blink.
These ancient jests are tiresome pests.
The dealers in this bunk
Would have us believe that men receive
An awful lot OF junk.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-30
PERTINENT AND IMPERTINENT.

From the Baltimore American.
The coming President makes an appro-
pirate disposal OF an annoying matter in
announcing that he intends to shake the
handshakers.
Prom Puck.
How much more detestable a fault ap-
pears when we can trace it TO some one
whose position in life we envy.
From the Detroit Journal.
John D. Rockefeller beat his golf record
Of forty-four by one stroke and the other
day he beat the German government by
another stroke. He is some putter.
Prom the Philadelphia Record.
Dimes make dollars. The hatrack man
in St. Louis hotel got tips enough to
buy hotel of his own.
From the New York World.
What greater compliment could be paid
to man? Wall Street bought stocks on
J. =. M s testimony.
From the St Louis Post-Dispatch
Senator Bailey will take two days to tell
the reasons why he is disappointed with
Democracy However, Democracy could
tell the reasons why it is disappointed
with Senator Bailey with much less waste
OF Senate time.
From the indianapolis News
Still better than arbitrating the differ
erces in regard to Panama Canal tolls
would be action making such arbitration
unnecessary.
From the Kansas City Star
The New Jersey politicians are certain
that the winter up to March is going TO
prove the longest and coolest in history.
From the Boston Transcript
Suffragettes think of demanding votes
for men in the District of Columbia-a
species of turning the other political
cheek
The Washington herald., 1912-12-30
Many Times Summoned.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
London, Dec. 2S.-No fewer than 257
summonses for noncompliance with the
insurance act have been issued against
Lady Maurice Fitz-GeraId, Of Johnstown
Castle, County Waxford.
Lady Maurice Fitz-Gerald. chairman
of the Wexford Board of GUARDIANS. has
announced her determination TO oppose
the act as altogether unsuitable to Irish
agricultural