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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-07-31

j. Emmett Hook of Hudson town
ship, were over Sunday attending
chautauqua.
Hon. L. B. Baskerville, accompan'
led by his sisters, spent the day in
Butler Tuesday.
E. C. Vandervoort, Mo. Pacific
agent, transacted business in Kansas
City the first of the week.
Rev. and Mrs. L. r. Elliott spent
the day Tuesday in Rich Hill, Rev.
Elliott addressing the Bible class. OF
the Baptist church in the evening.
Miss Pearl Catterlin entertained a
number of young ladies at a slumber
party Wednesday night in honor Of
her guests, Miss Lola and Miss Blanch
Mcfarland of Kansas City.
Keep coming in, Black-Arnold.
Mrs. H. M. Cannon and daughter,
Miss Dorothy, have returned home
from independence, Mo-, where they
have been visiting relatives. Miss
Adelaide Corpor a niece of Mrs. Can.
mons accompanied them home for q
visit.
Our old friend, Col. l. M. Smith Of
Spruce was in Wednesday on a bust.
ness mission and made us a pleasant
though brief visit. Col. Smith in
forms us that S. L. Coleman's hand
some 1O-room residence will proba-
bly, be ready for occupancy within a
week or two.
Chas. Mains, Guy Silvers and Bill
Allen, old Bates county boys who are
employed at jefferson City are en-
joying two weeks fishing trip on
the lakes near Nisswa, Minnesota. A
post card informs us that the first fish
caught was gamey pickerel weigh
ing five pounds.
Black & Arnold Clothing Co. -,
The All Stars ball team was defeat
ed at Butler yesterday by a score OF
II too. The feature of the game was
Chris Black making Z home runs out
of seven times up. The All Stars
manager, w. McQuitty, has resigned
and the team is in search of new
one, also good" pitcher, one that
can really pitch hay, excepting Frank
MISUNDERSTANDING Review.
Messrs. Almond McCarty, Lee Pet
tus, Guy Wheatly, James Wheatley,
Tom Akrigg Jr., John Greasy, Joe
Klumpp, Seymour Williamson, Peter
McReynolds and Edward Sisson.
Misses Helen McReynolds, Lorene
Olive, Agnes Heck, Rosa Young,
Ethel Mabbott. Frank Mabbott and
wife, James Richardson and family,
VIM. Fritz and wife, Wilton Kirk and
wife, F. E. Ralston and wife, all of
Rich Hill, attended the Chautauqua
in Butler, Sunday.
Boys shoes, suits, Black-Arnold.
w. B. Moreland and party returned
from an auto trip to Colo
RADIO Springs. They had an excellent
trip and are all looking well, though
tanned from exposure to
the sun and hot winds. w. B. says
that Kansas has suffered greatly from
and crops there will be light.
Colorado seems to be faring better
and crop prospects are good. Their
stay was cut short on account OF the
health of little Louise, who seems to
have suffered from the change Of eli
mate and water. The entire party
has enjoyed an outing such as few
people take, and they have seen the
in the country as they real
y are without taking the word of the
booster, or the knock Of the knocker,
md the description Of the route they
travelled is both entertaining and in
structive. -Urich Herald.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-07-31

|
Wall Steele, the four year old sor
of MIR. and Mrs. E. T. Steele, expert
enced very painful accident about
5 O'Clock Wednesday afternoon wher
some powder, which he set fire to,
exploded in his face. Mr.. Steele and
his family with his brother and sister.
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Steele
of st. Louis, were camping on Hal
ley's Bluff, about seven miles from
Schell City, and had gone short
distance from the tent leaving Wall
there. The boy found a bottle Of
powder under tree. Pouring it on
the ground he set fire to it with a
match. His screams brought his
parents back to the tent. He was
taken to Schell City where he was
given treatment. From Schell City
he was brought to his home in Neva-
da. DR.. McLemore says the boy will
not lose his sight and that he thinks
he will entirely recover from the &C.
cident-Nevada Post.
The preliminary hearing of Robert
Srahl, charged with assaulting Miss
Emma Gull of Amoret which was to
have been heard before Judge B. F.
letter Wednesday morning was taken
10 Judge Hemstreet's court on a
change of venue and the case was
opened Wednesday afternoon. After
hearing about thirty witnesses the
court took the case under advisement
until Thursday.
Mayor Clyde N. Mcfarland blew in
some days since from his ranch in the
Texas panhandle looking as brown as
Z berry and tough as a hickory sap
ling. He reports both crops and stock
IN good shape in Texas and informs
- that he intends going back after
the fair.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-07-31
HUERTA ABDICATION
MEDIATION PLAN TO
STOP MEXICAN WAR
Leaders who Obtained Diaz Res
ignati0n Use Influence to
Bring About Peace.

Washington D. C. July 29.-Pres-
ident Wilson had no announcement
to make to-day about the policy the
United States would pursue toward
Mexico, but there is every reason to
believe that no steps will be taken by
this country pending the outcome of
the plans being laid by leading Mex
leans to bring about peace.
The fact that some of the mediators
interested in adjusting the differences
between the followers of Huerta and
Carranza were instrumental in per-
suading Porfirio Diaz to abdicate, is
encouraging officials in touch with
Mexican affairs to believe that their
efforts may bring about the resigna-
ton of President Huerta.
While the Mexicans who are taking
an active part in the plans refuse to
permit the use of their names at this
time, they have proceeded to the point
of informing Secretary Bryan what
they have in mind. Nodevelopments
are expected for at least fortnight,
during which the administration here
will keep in close touch with the nego-
tiations.
The argumentthe Mexicans are said
to be planning to place before Huerta
is that the United States under no cir
cumstances would recognize his
regime, and that to extricate Mexico
from its financial straits it is neces-
sary to establish a new administration
and obtain the recognition of the
American Government.
If President Huerta were willing to
abdicate, men acceptable to him as
well as the Constitutionalists have
been selected tentatively from whom
a successor would be named.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-11-20
ASSESSMENT Of PROPERTY
A JOKE

What a joke the whole assessment
OF property is in the noble state of
West Virginia. Yes, a bowling farce.
WOOD county is assessed by one set OF
amateur guessers, KanaWha county by
another lot of jokers, Cabell county
by another. All bent on fining the
natives Of West Virginia for daring to
live here, make homes, plant orchards
on her soil. What an evil thing it is
to do these things!
Again, the vast unopened coal de-
posts, gas pockets, oil veins and tim
Der growths owned and held out of use
| by the big CORPORATIONS of London
Paris, Holland and New York with a
value big enough to free every native
west Virgdnian from taxes and give
him or her pension for Life are per
m1tted by our joke of an assessment
system to go almost scot free of taxes.
Thlnk If you can grasp it of the mil
lions o mineral land values that flow,
out OF the state untaxed while every
hogpen, fruit tree. barn or little bunch
OF household goods has to pay tribute
in taxes by reason of this tax-dodging
by the spectators in West Virginias
undeVeloped mineral deposits! What
h1ndrance to development and to in
dustry, what reward to town lot
SPECTATORS, oil land, gas land holders.
timber tract dog-in-the Manager tax
evaders, who thus grow rich at West
Virginia's expense!
How would reach them? | would
nave a tax commissioner or manager
with a board of assessors well paid
and with the head man appointed by
the Governor. | would have the same
system applied to all counties in the
state / would exempt all personal
property and improvements from tax
alton and this would make the taxes
fall where they belong on the privilege
OF holding all this vast wealth idle. 1t
would tap so vast fund for public
uses that we not only could pay our
school teachers better, our legislators
and our under paid judges in proper
ton to their services rendered, but we.
could pension our widows. orphans,
blind and old people and never know
we had spent the money. And all this
vast wealth belongs to us OF West Viz
ginia.
Then why let foreign spectators get
lit? would not tax them for develop
ling this wealth, or for selling it, but
twouM tax them for the privilege of
downing it, for holding it idle. This tax
Ewom force them to develop it and this
would boom West Virginia, both for
the wageworker and for others in bus
illness. It would only hit the people
who now sit tight and let US make the
values for them, $Which they appro.
fpriate in rent or royalty.-W. l. Bore
man.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-11-20
"TAs DUCKS .aoT lTp
A True Arkansas story.


4 stranger came to the rice belt, IN
Eastern Arkansas, intending to locate
and take UP the growing of rice. The
real estate man to whom he made
known his wants, sent him to a farm
which was rented by an old darkey.
He was told that he could raise hun.
dred bushels to the acre and that the
price secured was dollar and up.
When the farm was reached-a farm
terribly run down-the. prospective
buyer engaged the darkey in converse
ton.
You raise rice here, / believer
"Yassah.'
About how much to the acre?
A hundred bushels, sah."
The stranger looked about and no
ticed that the sheds and machinery
were s0rely dflapidated.
1T looks to me like you'd have
better sheds and more up-todate ma
chinery. getting such a price for your
rice" he said.
'iSflo does look dat way, Kunel
but sho do raise de rice.
Just then half dozen pickaninnies
came around the house. They were
dressed in slips made from -four.
sacks ragged. Their mother fOl-
lowed. dressed IN about the same way.
Looks like your wife and children
would have better clothes With you.
raising 80 much rice and selling It st
such price :
sDnts Dc truf cap'h. and i she do1
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-11-20
~UNION CLOTHES.

mo lie? Lord, niger, how do you
make that out? Why there's not
enough ducks in this whole state to
eat field or rice
We'll, it's dis way, when + bringA
dat rice to town and you handle IT.
10 me, don't you duct for de rent,
and duct for de grub, duct for de
watah, duct for de machinery? And
when de ducts sot fru dey amt nuta-
in left"
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-11-20
TALKS ON TEETH
=: !. ..@s.s. =. BY
+::.s.- ~ 3
0rian Hedrick, D. D. S.
$, -; =. $780, ~,
*We.C!I,:':alnl1 Fix It

: .SSsfs3 = - ~
- bon't be seontinually- bothered with
..thS; o0thSchp. : =,
xs.Coma 10 us and let us ax that an
..su0gsng, 4o0Oh. Dont let your teeth
decay from lack of proper attention
NAen you can have them attended to
unreasonable IS We, do. Come to US
and have your teeth given the proper
attention. AL operations made pain,
hess by. the use Of nitrous oxid and
oxygen. The scientific administrator
LOT nitrous oxid and oxygen has met
with the more remarkable favor In
evet9 case.

s,.Tha word "scientiac" does not In
sfifc6tera damcult or .. complicated
sssa1y, watch b much easier on actual
: :; 0cc6ralces than. WeuN appear from
FeaainE Of any given set Of rules.
gAs proper way or rule. 9 very simple
Wy and the TeS1lts are infallible.
The only point b knowing how. Don't
trust yonr1eH With inexperienced
90 eon14BtS.
!. :. :, Dmtistrj hi an III branches are
::.:practicsl n tAAs once.
s:ss Aiyelor WORK .. specially. plates
made guaranteed never TO drop h the
Look sor, 1sms % door before enter
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-11-20

this when you raise all that rice and
get such a price for ft!'
We'll, sab. Use thought O. that a
lot o times and l can't reach no clu.
sion, lessen de ducks got it."
This settled things for the man who
had meant to purchase the farm. He
hiked back to town and left on the first
train.
A day or so later the darkey was
n town and when seen by the real
estate man the latter was-ver indie.
nant.
There, niger, what on earth did
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-11-20

you tell that fellow sent out to look
at that place? He said you told him
the ducks ate all your rice-didn t
leave anything to feed your family and
horses or@for clothes and improve
. ments Did you tell him that?"
'.Yassah, boss, told him dat"
Z Why did you want to tell him any
such lie. and beat me out of a good
sale?"
@aFain't no lie, boss
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-11-20
1884 Market ST. Sehn ulbaeh Bldg. Wheeling, W. Va.
seem strange; but / sho do raise de

seem strange; but ! she do raise de
rice
The man who thought OF buying
the farm observed that the horses
and COWS and pigs were all poor and
he unmarked his surprise at their
condition. When. he entered the
house he found everything old and
broken. The furniture consisted OF
a few benches and board table in
one room; in the other room the
beds were made on the floor and were
o 'sgunny' sacks, .stuffed with hay.
The stranger was astonished.
Tell me why oaen rthyuilo e b
Tell me why on earth you live like
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-11-20
INSURANCE CLAUSE

EE you buy clothes because have the RIGHT kind
for YOU Come tomorrow to examine: look
styles and fabrics have the kind of
suit overcoat want No matter your sze every
sized from the boy of Is years age the So size
feet tall Your choice of Suit Overcoa Topcoa Rancoat
in the store always $1,000
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-11-20

THE who of November don't pay prices
for Their clothes and they don't have to wait until after Christ
ways $40 and clothes equal any SIS $8 clothes sold
any store III America g = saes.s+2 @
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-07
suffragettes Endeavo r-to
Wreck Ancient St. Paul's
Cathedral Today.
BOMB DISCOVERED
BY ONE OF vEsTERs
Police Pick up Internal Machine in
Front of one Newspaper Office
"I 81 Z" Squad" Continues its Cam.
pa,s- en- Several Buildings.

London, May 7.--An attempt to
wreck the ancient st. Pauls cathedral
by bomb early today is attributed to
militant suffragettes. The verger,
who conducts sight-seers around the
cathedral. was making his. rounds
heard a ticking sound near the high
altar. and on investigating. found a
neaNy parcel in a brown paper. He
Immediately. placed the package in
water and handed it to the police. who
round suffragette newspaper wrap
per around the bomb. Shortly before
pnding this bomb the police discoy-
eaeu one OF the steps of a newspaper
once and another on the steps of a
MnoieSale drug establishment. There
nave t.s, e neen no arrests. and it is doubt
fu! II the police can secure clues
The bomb from the cathedral was
painted black and contained two de-
tonators, attached to an electric bat
terry: 1t was filled with slugs of a
nard' black substance. resembling
coal. There is no doubt, the police
say, that 1t was placed in the posi-
tion by militant suffragettes or persons
IN their employ. The bomb was found
neneath the chair beside the bishops
throne at the head of the choir. Sew
eral parts of the cathedral, usually
open to the public, were closed today.
Sunragette carson squads also
were busy this morning. They burned
down the pavilion on the cricket
feld at Bishops park, and at Fulham
IN the west end of London, and also
fired an unoccupied house at Finchiey
In the north end of London. Suf-
,fragette placards were found in the
OF both fires.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-07
IDENTIFY BODY

Detroit. Mich. May Tho young
woman whose body was found in Fox
creek. Crosse Pointe, Monday night,
was Identified last night as Miss Belle
Barry, who for the last week had been
employed in the home of Charles r.
Wardell. 70 lincoln avenue, this city.
.PreYtouslY she had worked as a tele-
phone operator in Detroit and as a
silk mill wuriker IN -nefs Home town Of
Belding,. Mich.
County authorities. who conducted
a postmortem examination, advanced
the theory that she died from the ef-
fects Of q drug taken to prevent an
undesirable condition Of health.
Whether this drug was self-adminis-
tered without knowledge of it's prob
able fatal result. was not determined.
County Physician E. L. Brandt, who
performed the autopsy is firm in the
belief that the girl was dead when
her body was placed in the shallow
water under the bridge where it was
found,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-07
Great Northern Board of Di-
rectors Chairman Favors
Wonderland Trail.
WILL BE HERE TO
DISCUSS MOVEMENT
Expected in Grand Forks Thursday
Evening and Will Spend two Hours
Here Consulting with Local Boost
crs of This New Highway.

Louis w. Hill. chairman of the
beard of directors of the Great North
ern railroad, and a party of railroad
men enroute from; Winnipeg to ST
Paul. will stop over here Thursday
evening for two or three hours. The
party will come in on No. 1913 from
Winnipeg, and will arrive in the city
at 6:25.
Mr.. Fill is stopping here to discuss
the Wonderland trail proposition with
local men, chiefly Secretary c. w.
Graves of the Commercial club. The
Great Northern chairman is very
much interested in the Wonderland
trail. and is one of it's most enthus-
iastic boosters" The work in Grand
Forks county is attracting attention.
The Larimore meeting two weeks ago
and the Emerado meeting tomorrow
afternoon has stimulated interest to a
great extent. The trail through Grand
Jerks county will be one of the finest
on the entire route if the men behinG
the trail can get their plans worked
out.
Mr.. Hill is an ardent good roads
advocate. He believes that the build
ing of the Wonderland trail and the
Meridian highway will not only serve
as examples of expert road building
but will be the cause of a great deal
of active road work being done on
other trunk roads over the states
through which these great roadways
will pass.
The Glidden tour or the tour of the
American Automobile association will
probably find Mr.. Hill one of the auto
lists. The Great Northern will run a
hotel train to accommodate the par
Elephants in these great tours.
. 1t is not known whether the Hill
party has any other object than tina.
of the Wonderland trail proposition
before them at this time. Every ef-
fort is being made to perfect that road
as fast as possible.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-07

Washington, May 1.-THE oral ar
gulnents concluding the interstate
commerce commissions investigation
of the New England railroad situa-
ton. particularly the financial opera
tions of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford We're begun before the
entire commission today. Louis d.
Brandeis of Boston spoke for the New
England shippers and Edgar ]. Rich
and Charles +. Choate, Jr., We're
among the first to appear for the rail-
roads. Rich, in speaking for the Bos-
ton & Maine, declared that if the
roads service to the public still was
unsatisfactory, 1t was because the
public is expecting better service than
it is paying for, and if the demands of
the public are further satisfied an in
crease in the rates must follow.
Choate declared the charges against
the management Of the New Haven
found their origin in a Source, bitter.
partisan and unfair"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-07
STATUE FOR PIERCE
Only President From New Hampshir,
Assured ut Last Of Honor.

Concord. \. H.. May 6.-Franklin
Pierce. the only president of the Unit
ed States from New Hampshire. seems
assured, at last. of statue by his
native state. The senate today passed
a house bill providing $4,000 for
the statue to be erected on the state
house grounds. The governor is eX-
pcctcd to sign the measure.
The fact that Pierce was democrat
and pro-savery man has hitherto
aroused such strong opposition to the
statue proposal that appropriation
bills for the purpose have always been
killed by the long succession of re-
publican legislatures. The presen.
legislature is democratic for the first
time in forty years.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-05-07
N. F. MURPHY IS
FOR KEEPING Up
THE CITY PLANT
Opposes Plan to Enter Into
Contract for Furnish
ing Electricity.

me city council will meet in extra
orolnarN session tonight to consider
pians lof the Improvement of the city
power plant and to consider the pro-
posltlon OF the Red River Power com.
ing for the city.
Inc concensus of opinion seems To
ne that the plans for the repair of the
ihunlclpal lighting plant will be-
ADOPTED and that the offer of the Red
River PoWer company will not be ac.
cepted. S az
Keep City Plant In.
Said Mayor NJ. f. Murphy TODAY
mhen interviwed on the subject: Il
am in favor Of making the imnrova-
Hleits at the city plant: I am opposed
Ic eA1ering into contract with tha
Red River Power company or any
otner company for the furnishing Of
,,;,,t 40" 81. l oeneIe that We can put our
pant INTO excellent shape by the ey.
pendlture of $4,000. We would be
money ahead by pursuing that cour.s
rat!er than adopting the other alter.
natlVe. Something will have to ho
gone at once. for the boilers are in
oad shape at present.
$4,000 Man PAYS $40.
me burden would not be a very
heavy one. only about one mil, m
.Iie aoilar. There are not over 100
men y, IN The the city who are $1,000 men.
a $4,000 man would pay SO YEAR
ana a mat Is not too much to ask.
nra Usaieas below $4,000 would pay in
proportion to the value of their nrn.
perty. l believe that the neon,a p'o ~
the city would much rather see u.
nuild up our own plant than adont
tne .? other plan and have our plant
dismantled. pioAs
Would Be Left in Hole.
II we do dismantle our plant wa
would be in bad position to bareair,
with any company when the time OF
the first contract expires. We would
ne at the mercy of the other party.
end II would be foolish to voluntarily