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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-01-30
SUFFRAGE LOSES
i GREAT BRITAIN
'ernment Formally Withdraws
Bill From Parliament
THE WOMEN THREATEN VIOLENCE
Pandemonium Reigns as Feminine
Speakers Denounce the Cabinet
Police and Reserves Battle
With the Crowds,

London. Jan 2S.--E,nglanN is on the
Drink of another campaign by the sui
tragedies, in comparison with which
CORNER utbreaks OF the militant
women will appear insignificant. Two
thousand policemen we're engaged in
dispensing huge crowds gathered near
The parliament bindings, shopkeepers
We're boarding up shop windows and
excited women were making incen-
diary speeches in several halls.
The women believe the politicians
have played a carefully studied trick
upon them and the decision of the
government to drop the franchise bill
Is likely 10 lead to serious conse-
luences.
In the House Of Commons the speak
OF, the Right Hon. James William
LoWtner, announced that if any of the
amendments 10 the franchise bill Civ
IN women the vote SHOULD be adopted,
re would y" Onb'.2ei to rule that they
made it substantially new bill, which
.Woulu vJmHeI Withdrawal.
Mr.. Asquith IhcreupCn announced
the cabinet had decided that under
such circumstances. il would be use
less to proceed. This was announced
TO crowded house. which displayed
more interest in the subject than had
been shown in the last stages of the
home rule bill
The government appears to have
decided to drop the question of fran
chise reform altognether for the pres
emit session. Harold Trayor Bakers
plural voting bill. which was expected
to replace the franchise bill, requires
extensive amendment, according TO
the government view, to be under.
taken in the short time remaining in
the present session. Hence the whole
question will be postponed until the
session beginning March 6. when
friends of womens suffrage will be in
vited by the government to frame a
bill in such a manner as to secure the
support of all sections
The suffragettes held some heated
meetings. Mrs. Emaline Pankhurst
and other leaders denounced both the
enemies and supporters of suffrage in
the cabinet for thenir treachery. They
declared an end of the truce. which
the women had observed while await
ing parliament action on the bill.
"Deeds, not words,' was the motto
displayed above the platform where
Mrs. Pankhurst spoke. She asserted
that the women would consider human
life sacred, but would do as much
damage to property as possible.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-01-30
COULDN'T STOP FOR DEATH
SAD PLIGHT OF IMMIGRANT FAM.
lily AT KANSAS CITY.
Limited Tickets and Lack of Funds
Made Waiting mpossibIe-Baby
Died on Train.

Kansas City, Jan. 27.-The walls of
a gref-stricken Russo-German moth
TT, as she Rugged close to her tear
stained face the body Of her dead
baby; the pitiful helplessness of the
stocky, queerly CARRIED immigrant
father as he rushed to and fro vainly
trying to make himself understood:
the wondrous curiosity in the som-
Der, shifting eyes of three little boys
with big green caps and little girl
clutched only in rude red shawl
made picture at the Union depot
here that will not soon be forgotten.
No one understood their language.
The family, consisting of the faith
or, mother and five children, on its
way to Fresno, Cal, arrived on the
G. & A. from Chicago at 1920 O'Clock.
The baby had died on the train two
hours before. The $3.50 which the
father had when they left Russia had
filtered away; sickness, quarantine,
government detention and long waits
had claimed it. Unable to make them
selves understood, the mother and
father, bowed with grief, were led off
the train and the wide-eyed Riddles
trailed behind. But the spectators
who gathered around the queerly
dressed six did not know it was
funeral march. They laughed.
Soon it was found the baby was
dead. An interpreter was sent for
and an undertaken. The body was
taken to the Quirk & Dixon under
taking establishment. The firm will
bear the expense of burial. The
weeping mother and the helpless
father were somehow quieted and
given something to eat. They left
for California over the Rock Island.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-01-30
STRIKING WATERS
RIOT IN NEW YORK
Theater Crowds Were Jost|ed From
the Sidewalks.
SMASHED WINDOWS OF HOTELS
Police Reserves Called Out to QueII
observation-disclosures Against
Life Of Knickerbocker
Proprietor.
SMASHED WINDOWS OF HOTELS

New York, Jan. 25.--A series O,
demonstrations and disturbances oc
CURED in the hotel and restaurant
district of this city when thousands
OF striking walters and sympathizers
overran some of the principal streets
and engaged in serious rioting.
The rioting followed successes by
several thousand hotel employees in
gripping the dining service in mum
Der of big hotels. Failing to tie up
other hostelries and restaurants, the
rlotous element carried on a warfare
Of Jostling patrons, turning in false
arms Of fire, attacking walters who
have not walked out and throwing
bricks through windows.
When the theater audiences began
to pour forth on their way home. tn
di turbers were still overlooking the
sidewalks. Men and women in even
ing clothes were forced into the
1t Gets as gangs of id!ers swept dowr
UPON them. Many lights resulted
WHtn escorts retala:ed with fists.
The life CT one proprietor, James
II. Regain, of the Hotel knickerbocker
has been threatened, he said. Regan
has thrown a guard Of sixty special
policemen, each man. more than six
feet tall, around his hotel, and has
announced his intention Of keeping
rioting walters away from his door.
Negan discharged his entire force of
waters, having anticipated a strike,
and hired men in their places.
At every police station in the hotel
district the reserves were prepared
for a-call at any moment and squad
after squad was sent forth to quell
disturbances.
In the course of the disorder, 200
striking walters stormed the Ritz
Carlton hotel and swung one of the
big revolving doors from it's sockets.
Others from vantage points outside
threw stones and succeeded in break
ing windows as high as the sixth
floor in the Carlton house apartments,
where Police Commissioner Waldo has
rooms. During the attack several
pistol shots were fired, by which side
was not apparent at the moment. AS
a result of the disturbance under his
window Commissioner Waldo person
ally summoned police reserves from
the nearest station house.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-01-30

munity statute covering testimony for
the Governments trust-busting and in
tersta,e commerce cases was made in
the court is decision.
The conviction of Heike was the
outcome of q series of PROCEEDINGS
growing out Of the sugar weighing
frauds, in which the company was re-
quired to pay to the government more
than S2,O0O,O0O. The government
aimed thai Heike, as secretary and
treasurer could not have possibly
been ignorant of the frauds
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-01-30
DEAD FROM BLOW ON THE HEAD
Springfield Youths Engage in Fight
With Fatal ResuIts-His Com.
panions Arrested.

Springfield, Mo-, Jan. 25-Struck
ny companion, William Mcclure is
dead and one of his acquaintances is
in Jail, while warrant is out for the
arrest of another companion. The
boys, all of whom are less than 20
years old, engaged in a petty dispute
N which Mcclure received a blow on
The forehead. He became unconscious
a little later and died. His alleged
assailants will be held awaiting the
result of the coroner's inquest into
he affair.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-01-30
TURKS TO CONTINUE THE WAR
Peace ENJOYS Ordered Home From
London-Warships Ordered to
Turkish Waters.

Constantinople, Jan. 25.-The new
Turkish cabinet has decided to recall
the Ottoman peace plenipotentiaries
from London forthwith
This will preclude a resumption of
peace negotiations and can be cen
strued to mean only that the Young
Turks are determined to carry on the
war The action followed the shoot
ing of Nazim Pasha, war minister, by
Young Turks.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-01-30
SUGAR MAN MUST GO TO PRISON
The Federal Supreme Court Affirmed
the Sentence Of Charles
r Heike.

Washington. Jan. 28.-The convic-
lion Of Charles R. Heike, formerly
secretary of the American Sugar Re-
timing Company, for completely in the
sugar Weighing frauds against the
government in 1907, was affirmed by
The supreme court. He was sentenced
% eighteen months In prison and .
Inc ~, t5. 900.
4 strict Interpretation Of the i'm
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-01-30
Bandits Lock Up Bank Cashier.

Oklahoma City, Ok, Jan. 25.-After
robbing the state bank of Mounds,
Ok, and locking Cashier c. T. Brown
in the vault, three masked men es-
capped with $500 in currency and sill
YER Two hours later the imprisoned
cashier was released.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-01-30
A Kansas p. M, a Suicide.

Ellsworth, Kan, Jan. 24.-J. A.
Schmitt, postmaster here, committed
suicide by drinking carbolic acid. J..
F. Elston, a postoffice inspector, came
to the Office and began to check funds.
Schmitt disappeared and two hours
later was found dead in the basement
of the postoffice building.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-01-30
Qodqed OIeo Tax. a Charqe.

St. Louis, Jan. 25.-Cornelius G.
Knott, proprietor of a creamery here.
was arrested by internal revenue
agents on a warrant charging hin,
with defrauding the government by
evading the tax on colored oleomar-
garine
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-01-30
Asked Deputy to Kill Him.

Olathe, Kan, Jan. 27.-Nick Stifner
was adjudged insane in probate court
here. He walked into the home Of
Michael Schlagel, seven miles north
east Of here; picked up a gun and
asked member Of the family to
shoot him.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-01-30
Fireman browns in Cellar.

ST. Louis, Jan. PA fireman was
drowned and ten firemen were over
come by chemical fumes and smoke
the Condie-Neale Glass company, $500
North Broadway. The police believe
the fire was started by robbers.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-01-30
Brady Senator in Idaho.

Boise, Ida. Jan. 25.-Ex. Governor
James H. Brady has been elected
senator. Mr.. Brady is a native of
johnson county, Kansas, and brother
Of ]. L. Brady, editor of the Law
renee Journal World.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-01-30
Boys Arm Torn OF by Pulley.

Wichita, Kan, Jan. 25.-Charles
Hams, 20 years old, while trying to
replace a belt on pulley wheel OF a
swing machine at Bluff City caught
his left arm in the wheel and 1t was
torn OF at the elbow.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-01-30
Suffrage Soon In Montana.

Helena, Mont, Jan. 24.-The Won
ans Suffrage bill. which had been
acted on favorably In the senate of
the Montana legislature. was passed
by the houso.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-01-30
CAUTIOUS.

els Mrs. Prettyface in mourning
for her husband %
'Can't say. Only know she's in
black for him."
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-01-30
Saw . Woman "eootIeooed. -

Chandler. Ok, Jan. 27.-Mrs. Mary
J. Silvers, 20 years old, was arrested
at Fallis on charge Of selling whisky
in violation Of the state prohibitios
laW.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-01-30
RETALIATING.

'FBoasts he's ESpug,' eh?"
eyes. Pm going to give him .
box of matches"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-01-30

London, Jan. 25.-Italian, British
and other warships have been or
dered to proceed Immediately to Turk
ish waters according to dispatches
from Mediterranean ports
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-15
WIFE SLAYER GETS LIFE.
Louis Prescott Case Ends at Mason
City-Asks to See Grave.

Mason City, Iowa, Oct 13.-Ask
ing that he might see the grave of
his divorced wife was the last re-
quest made by Louis Prescott prior
TO his departure for FIT. Madison,
where he will serve a life sentence
for the murder of the one he had
promised to support and protect.
Not tear was shed over her grave
nor was there a manifestation of
regret.
Prescott pleaded guilty before
Judge Kelly and was sentenced to
a life term in the state penitentiary.
1t was what he expected and he was
willing to go.
On account of excessive drink and
non-support of ais wife, one of the
excellent ladies of this city, and
we'll connected, the latter was
granted a divorce without contest
last December On Saturday, May
81, she went to Clear Lake to spend
Sunday. Prescott followed and on
Sunday afternoon stepped onto the
front porch of the Bradley cottage
and opened fire on his former wife.
Three of the bullets found their
mark and the victim passed away
six weeks later at the Phillips hos
pital
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-15
Effort To Deport Greeks.

Mason City, Ia, Oct. IAN eff
fort to deport Louis Chirikos and
George Haunchis, will be made, the
officials of st. Louis being notified
and from reply one of the men will
be in the city tomorrow to look af-
ter the case Chirikos and Haunch-
es, according to the statement of
Mrs. Ada Holcomb-Burgess, had
improper relations with her, but an
effort made to make these men
make certain confessions was not
completely successful On Friday
Mrs. Burgess was arrested on the
charge of numbering her three
months old daughter by administer
ing morphine. She made a written
confession charging these men with
being accessory to the crime. The
officials think that if there is suffi-
Gent evidence to deport these two
men as undesirable citizens they
will have accomplished all that
could be accomplished by further
proceedings. Some are inclined to
believe that all the story told by
Mrs. Burgess is not the truth.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-15
Decorah's Public Spirit.

We always liked the public spirit
which prevails in our neighboring
city of DEBORAH. 1t outranks every
community in Northern Iowa in
this respect, and in consequence can
show up as modern and up-to-date
little city as can be found in the
middle west. Decorahians are any,
thing but tight-wads, too, as will
be noted below which has reference
TO a recent meeting of their Com
mercial Club:
Just before the meeting adjourn
ed Mr.. Ben Bear took the floor and
gave out some interesting figures
showing how literally the people OF
our community have given for i'm
provements during the past six
months. First there was the hos
pital fund that would reach in time
over $4,000, then the electroliers
costing $500, the fair grounds in
volving an expenditure of between
$4,000 and $1,000, the city park
that had spent practically $4,000,
and other enterprises that would
reach we'll towards the $4,000
mark, all contributed voluntarily
by our citizens. Surely, it is re-
markable record and it is just such
get-together spirit and liberality
that makes a prosperous city. At
the present time the enterprise of
DEBORAH citizens is the common re-
mark of our surrounding cities and
it is no wonder We are envied. =
Waukon Democrat.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-15
$4,000 STOLEN, RECOVERED
Envelope Containing sum Disap.
pears From Under Pillow
i'm Hotel. Found Later.

Atlantic, Ia. Oct. 10.-During
ed farmer of Frederick, S. D., an
envelope containing $15,S50 in
notes and cash, disappeared.
Mr.. josiah arrived in this city
last evening. engaged a room and
retired. This morning he said that
he left the envelope containing the
money in his vest pocket when he
went to bed, but that in the night
he was awakened by hearing some
one scratch a match on the wall.
He took the envelope from his
vest pocket and put it under his
pillow, where he found it in the
morning. At 7 o'clock he arose,
looked at the envelope and later,
when he left his room, forgot to
take it or to lock his door, and
when he returned it was gone.
Atlantic, Ia, Oct. 13.-The poe
textbook that had contained $50 in
cash and an envelope with more
than $4,000 in notes and other pa
per, stolen from the hotel room
of F. M. josiah of Frederick, S. D.,
here several days ago, was found
near the west gate and within the
yard of Mayor Burnea's home last
night.
The money had been taken from
the pocketbook, but the papers
were intact, according to the mayor,
who checked over the contents of
the envelope by a list left by Mr..
josiah when he departed for Frede-
rick yesterday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-15
BANK FAILURE BRINGS RUIN.
Many Tragedies of Life Follow Fail
ure of Kiefer Bank at HaZleton.

Hazleton, Ia, Oct. 11.-Many
are the tragedies of life which are
being depleted here daily at pres
ent, as a result of the Kiefer bank
failure last spring. Old people,
who had retired from active farm
or business pursuits thinking they
had enough of the worldly goods.
are now working at hard manual
labor by the day, barely able to
exc out a sustenance for themselves
and families.
People who wera considered
wealthy are now reduced to the
poorest of circumstances. Many
were the hearts which were broken
and the hopes of the ambitious cast
into dark oblivion. To some the
blow came as worse than death,
while others have been totally be-
reaved of their mental powers, and
are now confined in asylums and
other places.
1t is beyond human ability to
compute the amount of harm whif n
the banks closing wrought. Suifi-
cient to say that hundreds of lives
have been ruined and others are
HOW lleuIplinS oh lhC VI lin VI
wreckage.
Laxness in the business admins
tration of the bank has been prov
en- the cause of the failure beyond
a doubt by the Investigations made
by experts the past few months. In
one case it is said that Kiefer loan
ed to his son, Earl Kiefer, $4,000
without security of any kind, SIM
ply taking his note. This was in
Guided as one of the banks liabili-
ties at the time of it's closing.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-15
Northeast Iowa Out of Ice.

McGregor, Ia, Oct. 13.-McGreg-
or is about the only town left in
this part of the country with a
supply of ice on hand sufficient to
finish the season.
DEBORAH, Elkader, Monona and in
fact every town around here as far
as is known is out of ice and has
been for some time.
Prairie du Chen has been facing
famine for a month and a half,
and is now gladly receiving an occa-
sional shipment of few hundred
pounds of ice done up in sacks
from w. B. Pilkington, a McGreg-
or ice dealer.
Fully as much ice was put up
along the Mississippi, and probably
in inland towns also as usual. The
McGregor ice house was left last
fall with third of its supply not
used. This year there will proba-
bly, be sufficient to last out the fall
but none to spare.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-15

We quote from another letter, dated
December 10, 1906: Il praise Peruna
to all the sick. The people know
my case, and they praise it also.'
In a letter dated November %,
1909, we quote Rev. Roberts: "Pe-
runa gave me back my life ten
years ago. All my acquaintances
know that. 1 am certainly thankful
to you for your Kindness"
In a later letter, dated January 10.
1910, he says: Il shall ever in the
future, as in the past, be ready to
speak in praise of Peruna to all suf-
has been the means of many others
being cured in this county"
From a letter of September S, 1911,
we quote a few words: Il am still
among the living. AS to Peruna, I
do not feel that have words to ex-
press the faith I have in its merits.
I feel that Peruna has been the
means, through the kind providence
Of God, Of prolonging my life for
more than ten years"
We quote still later letter. October
81, 1912. He says: II took a severe
cold three weeks ago. 1 at once sent
for Peruna. Have been taking it two
weeks. I am now better. I consider
that Peruna has carried me over a
dozen years of life. 1 always stand
ready to answer any question in ref
erence to Peruna."
We quote from his last letter, dated
January 2, 1913: Dear Friends: l
wish this bright New Years to ex-
press my thanks to you for your
kindness. Trusting that you may
have a successful and happy year. and
that your medicine may prove a
blessing to many as it has to me, I
am yours as ever, G. w. Roberts,
Hartsell, Alabama, r. F. d. 2, Box
o."
It Is not necessary for us to add
any words to this story. The eio-
quence and pathos of these letters
are more convincing than arguments
or affidavits. Who can doubt the
clergyman's story? Who can doubt
that Peruna saved his life?
Every home should be provided
with the last edition Of the "Ills Of
Life," sent free by the Peruna Co.,
Columbus, Ohio.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-15

suffering. had tried the treatments
Of several doctors, also home rem
edies, but they failed and all hope
had gone. My friends, like myself,
thought / was in the last stages Of
consumption.
my daughter brought me a bottle
Of Peruna and plead with me to try
1t. had got so weak 1 had lost my
voice, and thought it no use. That
was In May, 1902. I began to take
it, according to directions. 1 wrote
to you, and you gave me your kind
advice.
Il soon felt better, my cough began
to give way, and the expectoration
lessened. l have taken fourteen bot
ties. I feel well, eat hearty, sleep
soundly, weigh as much as I ever did,
do considerable work on my farm,
and attend to my other business.
My friends seem astonished at my re-
covery.
81 wish to thank you for your kind
advice and the books you have sent
me. l shall ever praise your medicine
and hope that you may enjoy a long
life."
1t will be observed that Rev. Rob-
erts waited two years after he began
to use Peruna, before he wrote the
above letter to The Peruna Co. So
that his apparent recovery could not
possibly have been temporary relief.
In later letter to The Peruna Co.,
dated September %. 1906. Rev. Rob-
erts says: 81 am a great friend of
nfn r II rs "a
advice I am here to-day, able to be
with my family and attend to my
business"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-15
BY Wireless.

Gehard, son of Rev. B. Askeyold,
sent a wireless from S. S. Bengans-
ford Radio via Cape Race, n. r..
via Dubuque, to Clarence j. Nesvik,
which says:-"All well in New
York Tuesday" This is the first
wireless message that was received
in Ossian since wireless messages
were invented, and Mr.. Nesvik feels
proud of the distinction of receiving
it. Rev. Askevold and family arc
now residents of New York, but it
is intimately predicted that he and
his family will come back to Winnie
shiek county to reside.-Ossian
Bee.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-15
Bonn Back to Fayette County.

Col. C. w. Bopp and wife become
residents of Fayette county again
in a short time, after year in Des
Moines. Mr.. Bopp has secured the
Ford agency for six counties in
northeastern Iowa. Buchanan, Fay
cite, Clayton, Allamakee, Winnie
shiek and Chickasaw. They have
arranged to take up their residence
in Oelwein, where Mr.. Bopp will be
most centrally located to look after
his business. We are informed that
Mr.. Bopp has contracted to million
and a quarter dollars worth OF
cars the coming year.-West Union
Union
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1913-10-15
Iowa Falls Gas Plant Wrecked.

Iowa Falls, Ia, Oct. 13.-The
city gas plant here was completely
wrecked when runaway Rock Is
land switch engine crashed into the
plant. AS a result of the accident
four hundred patrons of the gas
plant are using gasoline and kero-
sene stoves today instead of gas
ranges. 1t is stated the service will
probably be interrupted for a
period of thirty days. The runaway
engine dashed down the yards and
onto a loading track, where it col
lided with two box cars that crush
ed the bumper at the end of the
track, crossing a street and landed
in the gas plant. Two side walls
and a division wall were crushed
and the machinery so badly wreck
ed that the major portion of 1T Will
be useless.