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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-08-27
A Word of Greeting.

When the State Convention of the
Democracy met two years ago a
Republican President sat in the White
House and a Republican Governor
occupied the Executive Mansion in
Jefferson City The Federal Senate
was Democratic. The Democratic
platform was only series of prom
ises. 1t could be nothing else. To-
day Democratic President in Wash
ington gives counsel as to legislation
to a Democratic Congress, while a
Democratic Governor of Missouri
greets the leaders of a united party.
Instead of holding out 10 the people
of the State, first OF all, new string
of promises, engrossyd Oh fresh,
white paper, the Democracy first Of
fers well-thumbed document with
check marks in the margin. It is the
platform of two years ago. The
Administration asks that the people
of the State read the promises made
in 1912 and then, in the light of per-
Torrance, pass upon the fitness of
the party for two years more Of pow
er. The Democracy Of Missouri need
have no fear. II has kept faith with
Aha v1nnv1n Ia. 49,. l..--.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-08-27

paigns. The primary is equivalent to
election in the South and now that
their primaries are over the Southern
members assume to be virtuous md
all ready to call for a quorum. /"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-08-27

Darius Miller, president of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Rail
road, died Unexpectedly at Glacier
Park, Mont, Sunday after having un-
dergone an operation for appendicitis.
He had been touring the park with
his wife and apparently was in good
health when he was taken ill last
Wednesday.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-08-27

The first reaction in sugar prices
since the recent advance of over %
cents pound resulted Aug. 10, when
Cuban centrifugal 96 test sold at st
cents, representing a decline of t
cent from the high price. 1t was un-
derstood Cuban holders were offering
raw sugar at concessions, as the re-
cent heavy demand had been we'll
filled.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-08-27

Four public markets for the sale of
food supplies direct from producers
to consumers will be opened in Man
haitian Borough on September /. I'm
til further notice there will be no
charge for space and farmers and
dealers are invited to offer their vege-
tables, fruit and other food supplies
at wholesale or retail.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-08-27
Virginia-G Grand View Pick Ups.
Goo late for last weekly

\lOO ldIe IOr last week.
Those who threshed the latter part
of last week and the fore part of this
were: J.. H. Sacre, John T. Harper,
E. T. Burge, Bert McFerrin, Joe
Winery, VIM. Ayers, Monroe Burke,
S. Niahtwine, D. C. Wolfe, L. S.
Paddock and Henry Boyles.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. F.. Harper visited
with relatives and friends in Butler q
few days last week.
Warren Ayers hauled coal to the
waterworks at Butler last week.
Emmett Wright is helping his
er-in-law, Henry B0yles.
Mrs. John 7. Harper and daughter.
Mary, spent Sunday at the I. S.
Harper home.
Miss Mayme Sacre, who has been
visiting in Pleasant Gap towuship re-
turned home one day last week.
Z. L. Judy who has been taking
treatments at the sanat0rium ct Kan
cas- City returned home Tuesday Of
last week.
The farniers in this- vicinity vel
coined Z fine rain Z couple Of days
last weak.
i so.
Everybody Who has them ars fillind
their Stloo tt W6o3I q s = {
66o GpeIlSn o. =, ~ II NJ -
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-08-27

American recruits for the French
army left Paris Tuesday morning for
Rouen, where they were supplied
with uniforms and drilled. OF the
one hundred or more Americans who
underwent a physical examination
preparatory to enlistment, only one
was rejected. This is said to be a
record.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-08-27

Fire in the nitro-glycerine depart
ment of the William F. Jobbins
Chemical Company plant at Aurora,
Illinois, Sunday, wrecked the plant.
The company makes nitro-glycerine
supplies for large explosive concerns.
The loss will approximate $4,000
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-08-27

David r. Francis of ST. Louis, ex-
governor OF Missouri. declined the
appointment as the first ambassador
to Argentina. He had been selected
to succeed John w. Garrett. After
conferences with President Wilson
and Secretary Bryan, Mr.. Francis de-
cided not to take the place.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-08-27

Warrants were issued by Speaker
Clark late Friday for forty-three
members of the House before quo
rum could be assembled to consider
war-claim bill. Deputy sergeants-
alarms rounded up the absentees,
who were scattered all over the city.
Ten were located in a party at the
American League baseball park.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-08-27
General News of the Week

~ IA ~AAS w S~4y
! The first Of the cases against four
teen men accused Of completely in thu
assassination of Edward Callahan
former Sheriff Of Breathitt County
will be tried "Wednesday. The case'
were called for trial today and a mo
ton made by the defense for a con
tinuance was overruled. A specia
venire of'1OO men was ordered from
Fayette County and Lexington.
In addition to the purser's safe, the
recovery Of which was reported last
week, divers have succeeded in rails
ing $3.50, 600 in silver bullion from the
hull of the sunken steamship EN-.
press of Ireland, in the lower St.
Lawrence River. Word to this effect
was received by salvage company
doing the work. All the mail bags
have also been found, it was said.
The will of Baron Basile de Schlich-
ting, notable Russian resident of
Paris, who died recently, leaves his
magnificent collection of paintings,
bronzes and sculptures, valued at 20
million dollars to the Louvre. Among
his objects Of art are ia snuff boxes
for which the late J. Pierpont Nor
gan is said to have offered 2 million
dollars. One of these boxes, painted
by Fragonard, is valued at 500, 600.
The corn crop of the United States
for 1914 probably reach 2, 700, 600, 900
bushels, according to report made
public Thursday by the Committee on
Statistics and Standards of the Cham
Der of Committee of Commerce of the
United States. The report is based
on facts obtained as of August Ia.
The crop will be about normal, since
the average of ten years is 2, $50, 00O,-
600 bushels. In 1918 the crop fell be-
low 2, 500, 600, 900 or about $50, 600, 900
less than the record crop of 1912.
The E! Aguila, the largest oil well
in Mexico, with flow of 100, 900 bar
rels day, is on fire, according to re-
ports brought to Galveston, Texas by
Captain Fem of the British tank
steamer, C.. A. Cranfield, which ar
lived from Tampico this morning.
81 Aguila is an English owned we'll
n the oil fields near Tampico and
was fired by spontaneous combus-
ton, due to long inactivities on ac-
count of the Mexican troubles. 1t
was a mass of flames when the Gran
field left Tampico.
The value of the gold, silver, cop
Der, lead and zinc produced in the
mines of California in 1918 was $780,
'l2, 489, compared with 500, 1888, 946
n 1912 and $25, l74,677 in 1911, &C.
,ording to an announcement made by
Charles G. Yate of the United States
Geological Survey. Except in zinc
here was an increase in the output of
III these metals. The output of gold
vas the largest in thirty-one years,
otaling $40, 4O6,9 Only three
ines in forty-nine years has the gold
output exceeded 20 million dollars.
BY vote of 2l3 to 81 the House
Tuesday afternoon adopted the I'm
resolution to summon back
o Washington all absent members Of
he House and to dock the salaries of
hose who absent themselves here
fter except in the case of absence
aused by sickness of the member or
lis family. The resolution precipitat-
d a spirited debate when Republican
eader Mann declared that the South
I'm members Of the House had now
eld their primaries and were ready
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-08-27

The Senate Monday, without roll
call, passed the Relief Warehouse Re-
ceipt Bill proposed by Senator Hoke
Smith to add value to cotton ware
house certificates by governmental
inspection and certification of cotton
stored in licensed warehouses. On
the floor of the Senate the bill was
amended to extend its provisions to
tobacco, naval stores, canned salmon,
grain and flaxseed. Amendments for
extension to apples, peaches and oil
were voted down. A limitation was
placed on the bill to exempt those
states having a state grain inspection
system from the grain provision.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1914-08-27

The Stars and Stripes were seen on
the streets of Paris Tuesday along
side the French tri color, when the
corps of American volunteers, 200
strong, marched through the city to
the St. Lazarre railroad station to take
a train for Rouen, where they will be
drilled under French officers. Among
the American volunteers are many
young men who have been studying
in Paris.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
NEW LIGHT SHED.

For the first time In the history Of
the temperance controversy we are
able to challenge the statement that
moderate drinking is safer and saner
position, and more heroic and influen-
tial ethically than total abstinence.
This convenient theory is now practi-
cally disproved by the discovery that
small doses of alcohol, far short OF In
ducing the signs we are accustomed
TO associate with drunkenness, set up
insidious, but no less serious, symp-
toms of disease. 1t is now we'll recog-
nized that man may pass out OF life
with the reputation of sober and
blameless citizen, and even in the
"odor of sanctity," who has shortened
his days and induced the fatal disease
by slow poisoning with alcohol.-Dr.
Alex. Walker, J. p, Edinburgh.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
PRODUCTION DECREASING.

Right understanding of the internal
report, 1t is pointed out, explains the
apparent inconsistency between al
legged increased consumption OF liquor
and increased temperance area. Such
understanding Is that the figures are
based upon the number OF gallons
withdrawn from the government ware
houses. not upon the actual amount
consumed. The utterances OF liquor
journals continually strengthen this
position. In q recent issue Midas
Criterion, speaking of the expected
business conditions, tells us editor
tally that the problem of the sur
plus produced in the previous three
years will still remain an incubus on
the market" 1t says, moreover. that
from reliable information received
from distillers, production during the
months of March and April will show
a very material decrease from the fig
ures of last year, and still further
decrease during the months of May
and June"
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
SALUTE INJURIES 6 ON TRAIN
Young Hunter Declares He Fired Shot
at Party on Rear Car in
Spirit OF Chlvalry.

Kansas City, Mo.-The shot that
wounded six persons seated on
the observation platform of an east
bound Burlington train near Liberty,
Mo, was an honor salute" fired for
the women on the platform, according
to Fred Scudiero, "a years old, who
admitted he fred the shot. He de-
clared he had no intention of injuring
any one, as he fred his shotgun in
the air.
Scudiero says as the train whirled
by three women on the observation
platform waved their hands at himself
and three friends. His companions
took off their hats and returned the
greeting. Then, Scudiero told the po-
lice, he decided to salute" the party
in military fashion, so he fired his
shotgun into the air above the train.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
RULES STRIKERS MAY PICKET
Reverses and Remands Case of Union
Carpenter Fined $50 for Fol-
lowing Strike Breaker.

Springfield, Ill.-The right of
peaceful picketing by labor unions
is upheld in decision by the appellate
court of the Third district, in revers-
ing and remanding the judgment of
the Adams county circuit court in the
case of the People VS.. Ardian Young
Young had been fined $50 and costs.
AS a member of the Carpenters and
Joiners' union, which had declared a
strike against Quincy concern, he
is alleged to have followed Fred West
haus. non-union employe, and tried
to induce him to quit work. Young
was not guilty OF criminal act, says
the court, SO long as he did not try to
intimidate Westhaus.
Union men have the right to seek
by persuasion to induce nonunion men
to quit their work." declares the Judge.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
CANAL WIPES OUT SURPLUS.
CORPORATION AND INCOME TAX
SMELLS RECEIPTS.
New Tariff Shows $4,000, 900 Gain for
v. S. Tressury-st 100000 More
Than Estimate.

Washington. ID. C.-Treasury fig
ures completed last night showed that
the federal government went through
its fiscal year with its income exceed.
ing expenses by sS3,7s4.42.507.
Nearly $50. 100000 pouring into the
treasury. the last day, brought the
total receipts for the year up TO S73i.-
343. .700.20. million and half above
Secretary McAdoo's original estimate,
and turned into a surplus what had
promised the day before to be a sub
stantial deficit
Corporation ana income tax pay
ments furnished the stream OF gold
at the finish. From this source came
s26. 1.7s2S2 between the opening and
closing OF the treasury, and Secretary
McAdoo and other administration Of
fcials we're pointing proudly TO the
total figures as proof OF their prom
ises as to what would be accomplish
ed under the new tariff.
The treasury surplus this year, at
least, will be wiped out by Panama
canal expenditures, which have been
paid from the general fund. During
the IL months s34.S26.941 has been
spent on the canal. and when this has
been charged off there will be deficit
for the year of S1,010,05Ss1 on the
books.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
CHURCHES FIRED BY RIOTERS
Disturbances Continue in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Where Martial
Law is in Effect.

Sarajevo. Bosnia.-Martial law re-
placed civil government through
out Bosnia and Herzegovina, but riot
ing continued at many points with
Mohammedans attacking Servian
churches and residences. Several
thousand additional troops have been
ordered to the two provinces from
Austria.
Besides burning the Servian church
at Stolac, mobs have destroyed sew
eral other buildings and are threat
eing to kill all the Servians in the
towns. The precautions being taken
by the Austrian government as a re-
suit of the disorder growing out Of
the assassination of Archduke Francis
Ferdinand indicate fear that the
rioters will commit outrages that will
cause widespread rebellions among
the Servian inhabitants of the two
provinces. They are in the majority
and always have resented Austrian
domination.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
CLARK TO GET $4,000 AUTO
Republican Leader Mann Says Speak
er Of House Would Have Made
Good President.

Washington, d. CATER days OF
parliamentary wrangling both houses
OF congress agreed to appropriate for
automobiles for Wee President Mar
shall and Speaker Clark. Each will
have a car costing $4,000.
Republican Leader Mann, referring
to the Baltimore convention. said: 81
think We ought to give him slight
recognition of his great abilities as
speaker, remembering that but for a
chance he would have been president,
enjoying the privilege of many auto
mobiles. do not wish to draw COM
PARSONS between the speaker and the
president, but II Champ Clark had
been nominated and elected president
we all would have been proud OF him
in that position"
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
ASHES ARE THROWN 13 MILES
High, Then "Mushroomed" Out
Raining Ashes.

Redding, Cal.--The most violent
and terrifying eruption Of Mount
Lassen, the American volcano, in
its present period of activity, began
at 5:45 a. m. yesterday. Dense smoke
assembled from the crater for a dis
tance of nearly a mile and then "mush-
roomed' out, raining ashes on the sur
rounding country. Ashes fell 13 miles
from the volcano, and Volta, % miles
away, was inconvenienced by sui
phur fumes.
The eruption continued an hour and
then the smoke settled down on the
mountain top, obscuring the view. Be
sides the main crater, a new incipient
crater far down the north slope Of the
mountain smoked for the first time.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
HIT THE SPOT.
Postum Knocked Out Coffee Ais.

There's a good deal Of satisfaction
and comfort in hitting upon the rish.
thing to rid one of the varied ana
constant ailments caused by cofee
drinking.
Ever since I can remember,
writes an Ind. woman. my father
has been a lover of his coffee, but the
continued use Of It SO affected Dis
stomach that he could scarcely eat at
times.
Mother had coffee-headache ana
dizziness. and IL / drank coffee iot
breakfast / would taste 1t all day anu
usually go to bed with a headache
"One day father brought home
pkg. of Postum recommended by our
grocer. Mother made it according 70
directions on the box and 1t Just Nv
the spot" 1t has dark, sealbro"n
color, changing to golden brown "nen
cream is added, and a snappy tas's
similar to mild. high-grade coffee anS
we found that its continued use speeu'
fly put an end to all our coffee Ills
"That was at least ten years asO
and Postum has, from that day "
this, been a standing order OF fathef
grocery bill.
when / married, my husband "as
a great coffee drinker, although
admitted that 1t hurt him. When
mentioned Postum he said he dld NJ
like the taste of 1t. I told MIN
could make 1t taste all right ~
smiled and said. try 1t. The res~
was success, he won't have SD'
thing but Postum" AN.
Name given by Postum Co, na't "a.
Creek, Mich. Read THE ROAD
Wellville," in pkgs.
Postum now comes in two forms Fit
Regular Postum-must De
boiled-l5c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum-is a SOLUBLE po
der. Made in the cup with not "
ter-no boiling-30c and soc uns IA
The cost per cup Of both Rihu'
about the same.
There's O Reason" for Postum PosInsrs
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
WAR MINISTER eLANouET BE
LIEvEo TO HAVE BEEN MADE
VICE PRESIDENT"
CONGRESSMEN TO HOLD OVER
Ballotina Liehtest in Years, With Al
most Complete Abstention From
Voting in cspitsl--Wsshin9-
ton Awaits Results.

Mexico City MeX.-Elections for
president, vice president, deputies and
senators were held in that portion OF
the republic controlled by the Die
tator Huerta In Mexico City. there
was an almost complete abstenuon
from voting and indifference was mani
tested everywhere.
Gen. Huerta appeared 70 be the ia
varite candidate for the presidency,
and eGn. Banquet. the present war
minister. for the vice presidency.
Huerta, IL is reported. received q
virtually unanimous vote Of conf.
dence. The returns indicate the re
election OF all present members OF the
chamber OF deputies and the senate
The lightest vote In many years was
cast both in the capital and nearby
towns
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
EDUCATIONAL PROPAGANDA.

The United States Brewers asso-
citation. according to the Brewers
Journal. New York, is planning to add
to their systematic educational" de-
tense propaganda unique moving pic
ture plea and argument in the form
Of an exhibit which 1t boldly an
nounces will be utilized at county
fairs, and other public occasions
throughout the country" as a part of
the organized brewers campaign OF
education"
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
FIVE MINERS BODIES FOUND
West Virginia Rescuers, After Fire,
Go Through Emergency Tunnel
in Coil Mine.

who had worked steadily for IA
hours completed an emergency tunnel
into the burning mine of the Syca-
more Coal company and found the
bodies OF the five miners imprisoned
by the blaze.
The fire. despite the efforts of 100
men to quench it, still is burning
fiercely.
The dead men-George Seibold,
James Collins, Benjamin James, Henry
Lyons and Marion Lyons-are be-
lieved to have been asphyxiated by
gases from the burning coal.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
LIGHTNING SPLITS A CHURCH
One Bolt Kills a Man at Stanley,
Kan, While He Is Engaged
In Milking a Cow.

Kansas City, Mo-Lightning which
accompanied heavy rains here
played several queer pranks. The
Danish Lutheran church in Kansas
City, Kan, was split into two parts
as though struck by heavy cleaver.
Static electricity in the air, due to
the lightning, caused 500-watt cleo
trio lamp on the fiagpole of tall Of
flee building to burn brightly for
more than Is seconds. Passersby
thought the building had been struck
by lightning and called the fire de,
partment.
At Stanley, f. c. Holmes, a sales
man, was killed by lightning while
milking a COW.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
MINERS STRIKE IS SETTLED
West Virginia Workers Vote to Ac-
cePt Adjustment Of Federal Con
clliatIon Board.

Charleston, w. Va.-Officers of
the United Mine Workers an
nounced that the miners had voted to
accept the strike settlement recon-
mended by the federal conciliation
board and the men would be ordered
back to work next Monday.
The settlement gives the check-off
of union dues and assessments, not to
exceed S1.1O per man per month, and
the appointment OF commission OF
three to arbitrate the differences In
wages with a view to equalizing the
rates paid in different parts of the
Kanawha field. The commission is
to give its decision within 80 days.
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
NOT A GOOD ADVERTISEMENT.

NOT A GOOD ADVERTISEMENT.
In the front window of Columbus
(O.) saloon. during the state fair
week, was a large glass tank filled
with water In which we're hundreds
of fish. 1t always attracted a crowd.
A young fellow, after watching the
fish for some time, stepped inside
and said to the proprietor:
That's a catchy advertisement In
your window"
Yes. said the soloonkeeper, IL
attracts much attention"
But" said the visitor, you are
losing an important point. Instead
OF filling that tank with water, why
don't you fill 1t with your beer or
whisky7"
why, you blankety-blank fool
said the saloonkeeper. "the fish would
all die II / we're to carry out your
idea"
Well" remarked the young man,
IF that is the case, 1t is not a good
advertisement for your business, after
all. II beer and whisky kill fish,
what chance have men who drink the
stuff? You have suggested a good
text for the temperance talk TO my
Sunday school next Sunday"
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
ALLEGED K|DNAPER FREED
MAN CONVICTED IN DUNBAR
AFFAIR WILL SUE.
Error in Law Found by Louisiana
Supreme Court, Which Orders
Release Of William Walters.

New Orleans, La.--William 9.
Walters, whose conviction as the kid
naper of little Bobby" Dunbar ana
sentence to life Imprisonment has
been set aside by the supreme court
of Louisiana, declared he would fight
for the child which he claims was
given him by his mother. Julia Ander-
son. He will also seek restitution in
the courts for the $4,000 he says he
spent in defending himself. He says
the trial has made him penniless.
The courts decision holds that
Walters is exempt from further pros
ecution under the act on which his
conviction was attained. II is possi-
Bile, however. that Walters may be
retired on an indictment entered un-
der some other act. A conference In
the office of the attorney general will
decide whether second hearing of
the case before the supreme court is
to be asked.
The decision by which Walters Is
allowed TO step out of his cell In the
parish prison. and which once more
opens up the dispute between Julia
Anderson of North Carolina, and Mr..
and Mrs. c. p. Dunbar OF Opelousas,
as to the identity of the child found
with Walters, was based on a dis
crepancy in the title of the statute un-
der which Walters was convicted
The defect In the title of the
amending statute is that it fails to
make mention of the purpose of the
act
Mexico Missouri message., 1914-07-09
PLAGUE DANGER AVERTED
TAKES PREcAuTloN TO PRE-.
VENT SPREAD OF DISEASE.
st. Louis Police Canvass River Front
in Effort to Prevent Disease
War on Rats Started.

New Orleans, La.-With the en-
forcement of a rigid quarantine Of the
infected district and the failure of
new cases to develop, health authori-
ties considered the bubonic plague sit
uation here well in hand and predict
ed there would be little difficulty in
stamping out the contagion.
w. w. Wilkinson, who developed
the disease Sunday following the
death of Charles Lunden, was report
ed improved.