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The day book., 1913-03-11

AGE INVESTIGATION IN CHICAGO;
r NATIONWIDE PROBE
ed in the Chicago low wage inquiry
are typical of every large city, includ-
ing Philadelphia, said William
Draper Lewis, sociologist, and author
of bill before the legislature for the
creation of a commission to investi-
gate wages of girls and women.
He was corroborated by Miss Flor
ence Sanville, who recently investi-
gated living conditions of ia, 900 wo-
men workers in this city. She said:
Low wages are chiefly responsible
for the downfall of many of these
workers. have found that the mini
mum living wage is $8 week, but
that is much above the average wage
paid"
Portland, ore.-"I am strongly in
favor of the Chicago investigation.
Low wages often contribute to the
downfall of girls. Any one who ever
lived in Chicago knows that girls
cannot live on 81 or SIS a week" =
DR.. R. S. Fisher, once a member of
the Sears-Roebuck medical staff.
Sacramento, Cal.-Arthur Shan
non, member of the legislature, said
the question of starvation wages and
white slavery is the most important
legislation to be considered. eve
could afford to let all other lawmak-
ing 60" he said, eff we enact statutes
to check the making of lives of wom-
en- the cheapest commodity in the
market"
San Francisco.-'ln Chicago there
is too much sprohibitive competition
but I notice the stockholders of the
stores go to Europe annually and
contribute to all the noisest and larg-
est charities" Beatrice Mccall, pro-
baton officer.
Boston, Mass.-"A girl who re-
ceives less than So week in this
city must make up the difference in
The day book., 1913-03-11

HOLE COUNTRY AROUSED BY WAGE INVESTIGATION IN CHICAGO:
SENTIMENT STRONG FOR NATIONWIDE PROBE
The day book., 1913-03-11

Following are some of the dis,
patches received from cities all over
the country:
Observation-Disclosures expos.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-10-23

To the qualified voters of the CITY
of Butler, Bates County, Missouri
You are hereby notified that in pur
suance of an ordinance passed by thu
council of the City of Butler. Mis-
souri,, and approved by the Acting
Mayor of said City of Butler, on the
10th day of October, 1918, there will
be held in the City of Butler at the
usual voting places in the different
and several wards therein, on Tues
day, November II, 1918, an election
for the purpose of determining wheth-
er or not the qualified voters of the
City of Butler will ratify and adopt an
ordinance and contract made and en-
tered into by and between said City
and Charles E. Stephenson, his asso-
ciates, grantees or assigns, for the re-
pairing, maintaining and operating of
a system of water works for said City
as described and set forth in said Or
dinance, at the annual rental therein
set forth. copy of which ordinance
is hereto attached and made part
thereof.
The elections in the four several
wards will be held in the basement of
the Court House in said City of But
Ter, Missouri, in the usual and Gus
tomary places and manner for the
election of councilman of said wards
in the said City of Butler, Missouri,
at which said election those favoring
the ratification and adoption of said
ordinance will cast ballot on which |
shall be printed or written, For the |
water-works-Yes." and those op- |
posed to the ratification and adoption /
of said ordinance, will cast ballo: on |
which shall be printed or written, |
"For the water-wcrks-No."
Attest: WELDON D. YATES,
J. F. SMITH, Acting Mayor of
City Clerk. the City of But
tSean Ter, Missouri.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-10-23
Marriage Licenses
Township Sunday School
Conventions

Grand River township viii hold 4
Sunday School Convention 1t the
Baptist church at Altoona on Sunday
afternoon, October e, at l:3O o'ciock.
Every one please come.
There will be an all day Sunday
School Convention Of Mingo town.
ship held at Aaron Sunday, October
"a Every one invited.
At Pleasant Ridge church in Deep
water township win Be- held IN the AFT
teinoon Sunday School Conventional o.
tDber "a The members Of the
schools OF that township me urged 10
be there.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-10-23
Real Estate Transfers.

Real Estate Transfers.
o D Reavis to w R Owens tract
sec Is Mt Pleasant IS 1850
Thos Irish to w D Merchant 2
sec 8 Usage 125
B F Evans to w D Merchant IL
sec IL Usage .............. 800
r l. Sellers to 0 A Soldiers 100 a
sec Is Walnut. ......,....... $50
G L Soldiers to O A Soldiers 100
sec is Walnut ........... ESQ
Abigail Braty to A C Daniel 71sa
sec II West Boone .. l
Julia A Burk to r F Pol tract SC
IL New Hcme. ........ ....... 200
S A Eckles to E E Eckles 100
sec Is, ID Lone Oak ........... 42S5
W K Royce to Frank Wagner pit
lot 3 blk 62 Rich Hill. ........ -
R H Realty Co to Hiram Ogden
blk 166 Rich Hill ..... 1000
Catherine r Adams to M b Keet-
on 3 sec New Home ...... $50
W C Brown to r r Hamilton 10
sec % Homer ................. 1850
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-10-23

Section Is. A special election shall
be held in the several wards of the
city of Butler for. the ratification or
rejection of the contract embodied
in this ordinance by the qualified vot-
ers of said city. Said special elec-
ton shall be held in the same man.
ner and the returns thereof made and
canvassed in all respects as is now
provided by law for the election of
city officials, and the Mayor shall by
proclamation give at least fifteen days
notice of the time when and place
where such election shall be held in
each ward. At said election the quail
flied voters of said city who favor
ratification shall deposit a written or
printed ballot in this form:
FOR THE WATERWORKS. YES.
And all who are opposed to the
ratification of this contract shall de-
post a written or printed ballot in
this form:
FOR THE WATERWORKS. NO.
If it shall appear from the returns
of said election that two-thirds oflthe
voters voting thereat are in favor of
the ratification of this ordinance then
the Mayor shall give notice thereof
by proclamation in some newspaper
printed in the city of Butler and this
ordinance shall take effect from and
after such ratification. The City Clerk
shall, Immediately after the ratifica-
ton of this ordinance by such legal
voters, furnish such grantee with a |
certificate thereof. Unless this orr
dinance and the contract embraced |
in its provisions be ratified by two
thirds of the legal voters polled at
said election the same shall in no re-
spect become operative.
Section 16. The election provided
form Section Is Of this ordinance shall |
= held on Tuesday the 18th day Of
November, 1918 i
Read this the third time and passed
his 10th day Of October, 1913.
WEI D0N n YATES
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-10-23
Ordinance No. 275.
AN ORDINANCE.

To provide supply of water to the
city of Butler and its inhabitants, in
the county of Bates and State of
Missouri, and authorizing Charles
E. Stephenson, his associates, as
signs and grantees, to maintain,
extend and rebuild and operate
waterworks, and for making and
entering into contract with said
Charles E. Stephenson, his associ-
ates, grantees and assigns, for fur
nishing water through hydrants for
purposes of fire protection, and
for other municipal uses, and Civ
ing the city of Butler an option to
purchase said waterworks; also for
submitting this proposition to the
qualified voters of the city of But
Ter for their adoption or rejection.
BE 1T ORDAINED by the Council
of the City Of Butler as follows:
Section /. That there is hereby
granted to Charles E Stephenson, his
successors and assigns, for the term
of Twenty (2O years from and after
the final passage of this ordinance,
the privilege and authority of main-
tanning and operating a system
of waterworks in accordance with
the terms and provisions of this Or
dinance and of using the streets, al
leys, public square and all other pub
lie places within the corporate limits
of the city of Butler, Missouri, as
they now exist or may hereafter be
extended, and within such other ter
ritory as may now or hereafter be
under its jurisdiction, for the purposes
of laying pipes, mains and other con-
duits, erecting and maintaining reser-
voirs, standpipes and hydrants, and
all other apparatus for conducting
and furnishing an adequate supply Of
water to said city Of Butler and its
inhabitants for public and private use,
and for making repairs and extensions
to said system from time to time dir
ing the period for which this ordi-
nance shall be in force. The said
city Of Butler also hereby gives the
said grantee, his 1uccessors and as
b
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-10-23

water, for shutting on water for nom
payment Of water rates, or for waste
of water, for requiring consumers to
install meters and for requiring and
fixing the penal sum Of any bond Of
those who may engage in plumbing,
and otherwise regulate the safe and
efficient operation Of the waterworks.
Said grantee shall not make any charge
for the tapping Of mains in making
new service connections, except the
actual expense Of plumbers and labor
time consumed on each job. Pro-
vided any consumer may employ his
own plumber to make connection,
same being licensed plumber by the
city, by giving reasonable notice to
and procuring a permit from the
company.
Section II. In the operation Of the
waterworks unseen and unavoidable
accidents may occur, such as break
age of mains, of machinery, Of stand
pipes, or tornadoes, or cyclones, or
floods or cloudburst, water spouts,
or drouqhts, fire or lightning, or lab
or troubles or malicious interference,
and injuries to the waterworks may
be perpetrated, making it impossible
to operate said waterworks to the ten
or and effect as hereinbefore set forth. |
Therefore, hjndrance from any of the |
aforesaid causes shall not make a |
forfeiture of this franchise or any of
the provisions thereof, provided that
in good faith all such repairs and OBJ
stacles be as speedily made and over
come as possible with due diligence.
It being understood by the city of
Butler and the grantee herein that
the property is to sbe maintained by
said grantee or assigns in good repair
and any failure to properly operate or
maintain 1.-THE property subjects the
grantee to the revoking of this con-
tract as hereinafter provided for.
Section IL. Said grantee or his
assigns, during the term of this ordi-
nance, may charge as rates for the
use of water tariff of prices equal
70, but not exceeding the annexed
list as follows: For city use Three
Thousand Dollars $4,000 per year for
ire hydrants, payable quarterly as
provided and Forty
Dollars $4,000 for added new ones
md for water furnished to domestic :
consumers same shall be sold through .
water meters on the following month
y basis. II
For the first 5000 gallons at the ,
rate of 40 cents (4Oc) per 1000 gallons
with a minimum monthly charge
against each consumer of not less
than 1850 gallons.
From 5000 gallons to 5000 gallons
38c per 1000 gallons.
From 5000 gallons to 5000 gallons
'6c per 1000 gallons. |,
From 5000 gallons to 10000 gallons ,
&c per 1000 gallons. II
From 10000 gallons to $1,000 gal ,
ons Soc per 1000 gallons. {
From Is, 600 gallons to $4,000 gal i
ons Csc per 1000 gallons. I
From 80, 900 gallons to 100, 900 gal 7
ons zoe per 1000 gallons. ,
From 100000 gallons to 1000
.allons 16c per 1000 gallons.
From 100000 gallons to 800, 600
,allons l5c per 1000 gallons. !
From 5000 gallons to 500, 600
'allons 12c per 1000 gallons. I
From 10000 gallons to 600, 900
,allons lie per 1000 gallons.
From 6OO,0 600 gallons up lOc per- v
600 gallons. .
Domestic consumers of water shall !
ave installed and pay for meters, or !
pom contract with the grantee or his
ssigns meters shall be rented at a :
barge Of, not to exceed twenty cents a
ny /
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-10-23

have installed and pay for meters, or
upon contract with the grantee or his
assigns meters shall be rented at a
charge Of, not to exceed twenty cents
t2Oc) per month for each { inch size
water meter. For larger meters,
special contracts shall be made be-
tween the grantee and the consumers.
Section 10. For the purpose of
meeting and paying promptly the
quarterly annual rental for said pub
Lie service, as hereinbefore set forth,
to said grantee or his assigns, the
City Council shall appropriate each
year sum sufficient to pay the same
and in the event that the general rev.
enue Of the city Is insufficient there
for there shall be levied and collect
ed b the same manner q are the
t1xes for general purposes 4 suffi-
lcient amount to pay the annual rent2i
Tor said service, which sid tx when
- collected shall Be held inviolate
|tor To special purpose for which It
= collected and paid to said grantee
,nr Iii assigns
Section II The failure On the
TT of The Rrantee herein to comply
Sv3l3h amv n fha taFma ~ nns,f3aeSs,l,a
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1913-10-23

Section 5. In consideration Of the
water supply hereby secured to the
city Of Butler and ih inhabitants and
q IN inducement to said grantee, his
grantees and assigns, TO accept the
provisions of this ordinance and con-
tract the said city Of Butler hereby
aerees to and does rent from said
grantee during the iull term of this
franchise not less than the present
eighty-three 00 hydrants q located
On the presentp pipes and mains within
the city limits, and the city of Butler
does hereby aeree and binds itsef 10
pay to the slid grantee orhis assigns
for. the ne Of s1id eighty-three @D
hydrsnts tie suIh q Three Thousand
Dollars tSsooam anna y. payabis
8qsss Hundpell ~ llly Dob
lDa6ao1D ~ h = r. s,1I q -
q III Is u
1611 Jsly -
= u ~ f "
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-12
THE COOL WAVE.

The low temperature which spread
over this portion of the country last
week was suggestive of March. Inc
Temperature was unseasonably0 cool
Saturday night and ice was reported
in some places yesterday morning.
The high northwest wind prevailed
during most of yesterday, sending
clouds of dust through the streets
and at times rendering outdoor con-
ditions uncomfortable.
Urreasonably high temperatures
are not expected 30 prevail during
the coming week over any portion of
the country, according 20 the weekly
Weather Bureau bullet:ng issued.
Temperatures may rise on Monday,
however" the bulletin said, cover
the eastern half of Ehe country and
also on Tuesday from the Lake re-
pion and Ohio Valley eastward, BIZ
probably to only about normal condl-
ditions. In the plateau region and
the extreme northwest it will be cool
er by Monday night, with frost II
l. ]ra latter section and by he middle
of the week it will be cooler IN the
Plains S. ates, the Upper Mississippi;
Valley and the Upper Lake region
In the South normal temperatures
will prevail.
"No precipitation Of consequs@ce IS
indicated over he Eastern portion CT
the country Showers will occur
early in the week over the Northwest
and Central West, and probably b.
the middle CT the week in the centra
valleys and the greater portion OF tins
|. lake region, followed oy generally
fair. weather during me seco*d hal
of the week. In %he South Atlantic
and East Gulf States there will b:
local thunder showers during the
first half of the week followed b!
generally fair weather during the LAT
ter half. In the West Gulf State
generally fair weather IS indicated.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-12
DEATH OF ALEXANDRIA,.

Mrs. Thyra Virginia Mcllhenny
widow of the late George a. Nell
benny, died at her home, 2ooi o ST.
N. w. Washington, D. c., on Friday
morning last, and was Inferred in
Oak Hill cemetery this afternoon, al
2 o'clock, Rev. Ernest Smith othc'at'
ing.
Mrs. McIlhenny was formerly Miss
Thyra Virginia Smith, Of AleXan'
drfa. and spent much Of her early
life here.
In 1896 she married George A. NC
Ilhenny, who, until the time OF his
death, was president of the Wash
ington Gas Light Company.
Mrs. McIlhenny possessed rare
qualities Of heart and mind, a:d noble
Christian virtues.
She was a cousin of Mrs. S. f
Slaymaker, of this city, of Mss Lou
Use Armstrong, and of the late }. I
Milburn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-12
MOTHERS DAY
CELEBRATED.

mothers Day." no wa recognized
annual occasion, was duly observed
in Alexandria yesterday. The num-
Der of carnations-white and color
ed-was legion, and all wearing them
were glad Of an occasion to show
public respect to the greatest friends
they ever had.
There are intervals during the
busy life of adults when bygona
days with their memories of the fam
lily home, may become partly obscur-
ed by the dust Of time, but often trl-
vial experiences or domestic pictures
will bring to the mind scenes around
the family circle where father ana
mother presided.
Men whose locks have been whr;-
ened by the SHOWS of many winters
wore the white flower of innocency.
emblem of their younger and
guileless years when they were trust
full little children clustering around
loving mothers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-12
TONSTLITIS TIES UP TOY n.
Thirteen Deaths and 357 Cas2S
Small! Massachusetts Village.

Canton, Mass, May 12.-Thc sta.
Board Of Health today took flu con
:rol of this city in en- attcni2. t
check an epidemic Of tonsiIih@. IN
peculiar manifesI ations of which hay
puzzled the authorities.
Within a few days 357 persons, Q
about one to every ten of the 2opu
lat:on, have been stricken, al :
eases have proved fa.al. The cath
have eli been sudden. Two T lent
died today. Schools and other LACE
of public assembly have been lose.
and public funerals are prcai~ ed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-12
ROYAL ARCH MASONS.

Grand High Priest Sol Cutchins, OF
Richmond, will pay an Official visit
to Mount Vernon Chapter, Royal Arch
Masons, of this city, tomorrow night
A number of the members of the
Grand Chapter are expected to &C
company him.
All arrangements for the reception
have been mIarie and an enjoyable time
is anticipated.
After the close Of the chapter i
banquet will be rendered the grand Of
ficers iii the Young Peoples Building
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-12
NARROW ESCAPE.
Caught en- Bridge, Wake iarg
From Edge 10 Save Life.


Hamburg, Pa, May l2-l lrve.
Brown, of Shenandoah, had h%i
lin gexperinece while waikiki ;cro:-
TIE Reading Railway bridge ov ~
Schuykill river here Saturday. Vac
about midway across rs. ergo
train going at 30-mile came II 'hinG
along.
Brown was afraid to jump mt thc
river 81 feet below and quickly lroW
ing into the river a package ccftalE
ing new suit, ne crawled ou& c. tn
ties and hung suspended unit! i. car.
passed.
Engineer James Lott, of Pot willie
stopped his train and with tie ;ssiaJ'
ance of Conductor Samuel Thor 2son
of Reading, helped Brown to h.
tracks.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-12
Summer prices on Coal
See list on page d.
VIM. H. PECK.
Look to Your Plumbing.

You know what happens IN house
in which the plumbing is in poor con-
dition-everybcdy in the house is
liable to contract typhoid or some
other fever. The digestive organs
perform the same functions in the
human body as the plumbing does
for the house, and they should be
kept in frst-class condition all the
time. If you have any trouble with
your digestion take Chamberlain's
Tablets and you are certain to get
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-12
SEARCH FOR MISSING BOY.
Pleads With Man. please Don't Tax
Me Away"

Burlington, Va, May II. = Al
though the police and Boy Scouts
have searched for Albert SmithsI:
have searched for 6-year-old Albar;
Smith since Fri5a:, no ,race Of :hc
boy had been found today, and i,
was feared that he had been muir
dered, carried away, or possibly
drowned in a stream near has home.
The boys mother is confident that he
is alive. and she declared thai she
had visions OF his holding out his
arms and begging tlst she come to
him.
Every effort is being made by the
police to find some race of a man
who is believed 10 have oeen near the
Smith home shortly before the boys
disappearance.
a butler in the home Of Mayor
Pue reported that he heard boy cry
cut fron, the alley in he rear Of the
Rue place Friday, and the cutlery was
answered By gruff voice or man.
apparently attemp!n to reassure
:he child.
The butler declared that the beg
was pleading with the man to rele&s2
him, and heard him say, "Pleaie
don't take me away.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-12
ALL NATIONS OF
THE WORLD INVITED.

Inc cclcDrd.lOn Oh Ine Treaty VI
~Ghent, in>which Alexandria is great
ly interested, as this city will be one
of the places which will be brought
into great prominence, is to be made
an International affair, as all the ma
tions of the world will be invited 20
make the event signalize new era
of international good will.
The invitation was issued yester-
day b!t the Arlernat! onal CON er-
ences now in this country arranging
this celebration. The Americaai
Secretary of State and the British
Secretary of State for foreign affairs
are asked to transmit the invitation
to cher governments.
Che manifesto adopted by the
conferees says that they unite in
offering to the governments and the
peoples of the civilized world an
earnest invitation 10 take part in
making this celebration in every way
worthy of the one hundred years of
peace that it commentaries. and
continues:
eve invite such cooperation 10 the
end that it may be made clear and
unmistakable TO public opinion every
where that the time has come when
international rivalries and differen-
ees, though numerous and Severe,may
be settled without the carnage and
horrors of war. Although it be I'M
reasonable to disregard the possibil-
ity of conflict arising in the future,
out of mutual or partial misunder-
standing, yet We gratefully recognize
that the chances of misunderstood
ing have been largely eliminated by
the degree in which modern science
has facilitated intercourse and &C
CELEBRATED communication.
"'We are, therefore, encouraged to
hope that the developments of letters,
science, and the arts, of commerce,
industry and finance, Of mutual know
ledge, trust and good feeling on
the part of those who owe differen,
allegiances, and who speak different
tongues, may proftably absorb the
energy of mankind, as well as offer
opportunity for the display of The
noblest and finest traits Of mind ant
of character.
'Great Britain has been a coloniz
ing nation, and the United States has
drawn to its population various arc
powerful elements from different
countries and from different flags
Therefore, century of peace, be
tween Great Britain and her domi
Mons beyond the seas on the on;
hand, and the United States on thu
hcr hand, touches directly both rht
interests and The imagination O.
every land to which Great Britain:
sons have gone, as well as those o
every nation from which the pres
ent-day population o. the unlte'
S atcs has been drawn.
Such celebration will not oni.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-12
MILTON F. SMoOT DEAD.

A telegram was received here lhl:
morning announcing the death II
Brooklyn, New York, of Milton F
Smoot, 40 years old a former resi-
dent of this city, anu brother of Mrs
Louis c. Barley. He was son OF
the late Allegheny Smoot, and mar
ried a Miss Van Duzer. He was en-
ployed as head bookkeeper of the
Noiseless Typewriter Company Of
New York, Mrs. Barley left this
morning TO attend the funeral.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-05-12

close a century of exceptional sig
nifcance and importance, but it Will
call attention to. an example and an
ideal that we earnestly hope may be
followed and pursued in years to
come. What nations have done, ma
lions can do"