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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11
Flames Destroy All But Two
Buildings at the warrens-
burg Normal.
STATES LOSS IS 100000
No Time Was Lost by School, the
Court House and Churches Being
Used for Glass Rooms.

The Warrensburg State Normal
School, including the main building
the science hall and administration
building and the auditorium and do
nestle arts building were destroyed
by fire at 6 o'clock the other morning
The fire was first discovered in the
west side of the science hall, and an
alarm given. Within few minutes
the flames had swept through the ad.
ministration and science hall build.
ing and into the main building and
south into the auditorium and domes-
tic arts building.
All these buildings, which are built
In IL" shape, connected. with halls,
furnished the flames with easy pro-
gress through the entire pile. The
Dockery gymnasium and the manual
arts building, which were detached,
were saved. None of the buildings
was used as dormitory, all of the
students boarding in town.
The buildings destroyed cost the
state approximately 100000. The fur
nishings and equipment, repairs and
equipment have cost 100000 more,
making the loss to the state 100000
dollars.
While the fire was burning, Presi-
dent Hawkins of the school announced
to the students assembled that school
will remain open as usual.
At 8 o'clock a mass meeting of the
residents of Warrensburg assembled
at the court house where it was de-
cided to commander every church ed
ifice, hall and public school building
for the purpose of continuing the
school
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11
MILLER is NAMED MARSHAL
Judge Van valkenburgh Appoints q
Temporary Successor to Bland
at Kansas City

Henry Miller has been appointed
temporary United States marshal for
the Western district of Missouri by
Judge A. S. Van Valkenburgh, acting
under instructions from Washington,
to the effect that temporary appoint
ment was necessary. The term of Ew-
ing C. Bland, recess appointee since
December, expired with the adjourn
ment of Congress, leaving the district
without a marshal. Mr. Miller held
the position after the resignation OF
A. ]. Martin in February, 1914, until
December, when Bland was appointed
by the President.
w. N. Collins, postmaster by the
same sort of an appointment, holds
over in his position by a regulation In
the postal department, requiring that
the incumbent must remain in office
until successor is provided, whether
his appointment has been confirmed
by Congress or not. Mr.. Collins is
resting easy" his pay continuing un-
til the President sees fit to act BANDS
appointment was not confirmed by
Congress.
All the deputies and office assist
ants in this district received new COM
missions when Judge Bland went into
office, as a recess appointee of the
president. These commissions were
in force until the adjournment of con-
gress.
The entire force will now be recon-.
missioned, and the business. of the
court will proceed as usual
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11
A $4,000 Bull a Victim.

Camden, N. j., March GA herd
of one hundred and twenty prize cat
tie, valued at $40, 900, which had
been found to be ,hopelessly infected
with the foot-and. mouth disease, was
destroyed today on the farm of Eph-
rain T. Gill at Haddonfield, near
here. In the herd was Glenwood' S
Mainstay, a $4,000 bull that had ia
ken many prizes. The owner said
he would place this animal in a sepa-
rate grave, bury the blue ribbons he
won with him and erect a monument
to his memory.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11
WITNESS AFTER WITNESS
IN BUTLER.
Such Evidence Our Readers Cannot
Dispute.

As we take up the Times we are
struck by the hearty, unmistakable
way in which witness after witness
speaks out as Mrs. Mize does here.
If these people were strangers living
miles away, we might take little no
tee of them. But they are not. They
are our neighbors, living among us.
Their word is too easily proven to
admit of any doubt They speak out
in the hope that their experience may
be a guide to others.
Mrs. F. E. Mize, AL Vine St., But
Ter, says: II had an attack Of kidney
trouble and suffered intensely. There
was bearing-down pain in my back
and the kidney secretions bothered
me. also had pains in my head and
was bothered by dizzy headaches.
Doan's Kidney Pills, which pro-
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

roughs, inventor Of the Burroughs
adding machine, after squandering a
fortune left him by his father, Sun
day ended his life in a cheap board
ing house in Detroit by gashing his
wrist with a piece OF broken lamp
chimney. He died in St. Mary's
Hospital soon after being discovered.
The cause of the self destruction is
said by the physicians to have been
his inability to obtain morphine since
the Harrison "dope" act recently be-
come effective.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

cured at Clay's Drug Store, proved
their merit by relieving me after 9TH
er remedies and doctors prescrip-
tons had failed"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mrs. Mize had. Foster-Mi1-
burn Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
W-2t Adv.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11
For Sale.

Light Brahma chicks 10 cents per
chick, for so or more. Choice Brah-
ma eggs 75c per Is, rates on four or
more settings. Will hatch chicks
where eggs are furnished at 3 cents
per chick. Send orders early. Ad-
dress, Mrs. Dora Harrison, Butler,
Mo-, Route 6. 2O-4t*
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

The late William Deering, harvest
err manufacturer, left an estate of
SIS, 2O6, 1873 after payment by his ex-
ecutors of all debts and expences, &C.
cording to a final accounting made in
the Chicago probate court.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11
shriners Welcome Guest.

More than 1000 Shriners of south
west Missouri gathered at Springfield
to pay honor to DR.. Frederick r. Smith
of Rochester, N. Y, imperial potentate
of the Shriners of North America. 1t
was the first time an imperial poten-
tate had visited Springfield.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11
Lono Idle Mine Brings $4,000.

The Sunfower mine, located in the
Alba mining camp near Carthage. has
been sold by C. H. Brett Of Carthage
to James Smith of Webb City for $780,
0QJ. The property recently was re-
opened after being idle for several
years.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11
Unjversitv Instructor Dies,

Mrs. F. E. Smith, instructor in the
training school for nurses at the Uni
versity of Missouri and member of
the state examination board for
nurses, is dead of pneumonia. She
was 65 years old.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11
Lived Years After DEATH"

Left on the battle field dying with
the surgeons notation, MORALLY
wounded" written after his name,
only to live fifty-four years and die
q natural death. was the experience
of the late John W.SDavis. a Confed.
crate war veteran of Fulton.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11
Two killad by Train.

While walking along the railroad
tracks near LaRussell, Irwin Bird, 81
years old, of Carthage, and James Por-
tori, II, Of Stotts City, were struck
tyTtrain and killed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

The submission of the proposed
equal suffrage amendment to the
constitution was defeated Saturday
by a majority of three votes in the
Texas house.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

In target practice off the Virginia
Capes recently, Gunpointer William
Ruff of the Texas scored eight straight
hits with 14-inch gun on a moving
target twelve miles away. This
sounds encouraging.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

Mrs. Elizabeth B. Hawk of Ala
muchy, N. j., celebrated her
ninety-fourth birthday by going
through a number of stunts to prove
that she is younger than her years.
Among, other things she threaded
needles without the aid Of glasses.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

That the grain movement has
reached its climax, and if the Darda-
nelles are opened and the Russian
grain thus has an outlet, exports from
the United States will be curtailed
and prices restrained, is the view of
Henry Clews, the New York banker.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11
Brakeman Killed In Moberpy.

Frank H. Tiquin, Wabash freight
brakeman, IS years old, was killed in
the Brunswick yards recently by his
own train.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11
GENERAL NEWS.

Brig. Gen. S. S. Anderson, U. S.
A., retired, died Sunday in New
York.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

One of Mrs. Hawks delights is auto
MODELLING, although she can remember
days when there were no steam cars.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

Rumors that Great Britain has
bought up the entire 1916 wheat
crop Of the Argentine Republic in adj
vance were reported over board of
trade wires Friday. I.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

Agents of the allied governments
have asked prices here on 100000
wire cutters and 1000, 900 shovels to
be made in two sections so they can
be carried on the shoulders in KNAPP
sacks. They were offered wire cut
tiers at 70 cents each, or 500, 600 for
the lot ---->--
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

j. c. Mohler Secretary Kansas
State Board Of Agriculture estimates
the snow fall in that state last week
to be worth $40, 600, 600 to this years
crop.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

Horace S. Burroughs, 20 years old,
son of the late William Seward Bur-
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

Shaking drawer caused the death
of w. F. Jibb, cashier of the Public
utilities Company, Hot Springs,
Ark, Saturday. The drawer con-
tanned bills that covered revolver
The jar exploded the weapon and the
bullet struck Jibb near the heart.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

An official note issued by the
French press bureau declares that
the German losses since the begin
ming of hostilities in killed wounded
sick and prisoners reach the enor-
nous total of 3 million men. This
calculation. is based on the known
casualties in ten German regiments.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

Several white people are reported
to have been killed in a race riot
about twenty miles from Homer, La,
Thursday. From the reports reach
ing here, it is asserted that negroes
in the vicinity where the trouble &C.
CURED became incensed at a family
named Bailey and that the entire
neighborhood became involved in the
outbreak.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

Four men were killed and two 9TH
ers were seriously injured in an ex-
plosion in the plant of the Dupont
Powder Company, near Pompton
Junction, N. j., Saturday. One man
was blown thirty feet into river, but
escaped by swimming ashore.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

The Senate adjourned without con-
firming the appointments of Ewing
c. Bland as United States Marshal of
the Western Missouri district, and w.
N. Collins as postmaster of Kansas
N;{,,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

l.Frank.Allsn~
C. H.. D,1feller
John. q: Shut
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

According to reports in circulation
in London among American contrac-
tors, the firm of j. P. Morgan & Co.,
is alleged to have eighty thousand
American horses for sale, but is ask
ing high price for them. Many of
these horses are said to be in Texas,
Missouri and Middle Western States.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

Reports received in Copenhagen
from Schleswig are to the effect that
the supply of petroleum in Germany
has become so small that persons who
formerly were permitted to purchase
one bottle a week now have been de-
prived Of that privilege. The stock
in Schleswig has been virtually ex-
hauSted,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

Robert W. Wooley of Fairfax, Vir-
ginia, now auditor for the. interior de-
prrtment, was nominated by Presi-
dent Wilson as director of the mint
to succeed George w. Roberts who
has resigned.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11

"Society women riding horse back
on Lake Shore Drive wear costumes
to make the most hardened blush"
Mayor Harrison said in refusing to
permit interference with the conduct
of the Saturday night dances among
the working girls.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
Baseball. Is Popular
 Sport h Australia


 nEcLARING that he will take a cou-.
 pie of teams of major league. ball players to Australia next fall or at least the year later. J. S. Barnes. owner of the Aberdeen club of the Northwestern league, said recently that Australia soon will be noted for star players. Baseball is making go of it in Australia,'' said Barnes. T was over there some time ago and found that the cricAeters were realizing it. '"To stop the inroads of the baseball players the cricketers formed a big as- sociation and manipulated it so that cricket was allotted for the warm months and baseball for the winter time Few persons attended the ball games, for it was cold when they were played.
 -eThere is no way the cricketers can stop the popularity of baseball in Aus tralia, and tours of that island will make money
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
Managers BaIk On
 Trading Men With Hugglns


 M ILLER BUGGINS. manager of the
 St. Louis Cardinals, is an example of what sometimes befalls fellow who is too shrewd.
 A year ago Huggins made a trade with the Pirates whereby he got five ball players for three. Everybody said Miller had been cheated. and he was such nice little fellow too. Some folks were for reporting Fred Clarke to the police for his action in "cheat- ing" Miller.
 Oh yes, you remember how it turn ed out don't you? The men that Hug gins gave away ''divvered." and the i've he got rounded into stars and en- abled the Cardinals to make a great fight for the pennant in 1914.
 Since then Huggins has been known as the David Harum Of baseball. A dozen times since then Huggins has tried to make trades, and just about as often has he been baked. His most recent trade was Pitcher Perritt for Boh Bescher of the Giants.
 Gosh, it's awful 1aments Hug gins T believe if I wanted to trade Slim Sallee and Catcher Snyder for a pair of bat boys I couldn't make a deal Every one of the other managers would think had a few cards up my sleeve"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07

7 E. f S days about it being a money ques- tion with him. I have just heard from a person who read that Bake said he would play ball again if some club would give him a salary of $10,000 a year. If this is what he is waiting for, then think he won't play in the big leagues. and he can't get that money any other place.
 Would you pay him $1o. 900 a year ?'' Mack was asked Positively no. He has a contract with me which still has two years to run. must respect that contract. and I expect Bake to do the same or stick to his retirement. But tBake never brought up the money question with me. I won't believe he is trying a holdup game until he tells me personally that it is a question of money with him. If this is the case Bake will get the greatest call he has ever had in baseball.
 T am not counting on him reporting. No man is so wonderful that, he can not be replaced. It may take little time, but the right fellow comes along sooner or later.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
K I..5 BlII Armour
 Didn't Land YOungstsT

THIS is the story of a young man who
 had a batting average of .S02 and a future of a much higher figure until he met girl.
 His name is Young, and his nick name. of course, is Cy. Cy cavorted around the short field for the Cadillac club in the Michigan State league last year and was sold to Kan sas City.
 But a few weeks ago Armour sent the youth 8 contract. It called for more money than the best ball player in the Michigan State league ever got, and Bill settled down to wait for the signed papers to come back by return mail. And when the postman brought a letter Billyum chuckled. Then he read 1t and wept. It said:
 I'm sorry, but can't join your club. I've got a girl, and she wasn't crazy about my playing ball in my home town, but when I told her was going to Kansas City-good night She says I can't go. and that's all there IS to it. I'm sorry.
 Now Bill Armour is getting along in years pretty well, but this is his conn ment after reading the letter: 'Td sure like to see that girl.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
BASEBALL WAR FUND A MYTH

TNHE most conapicuous victory achiev-
 ed by either party to the baseball war was the wrecking of the Interna- tional league and the driving of Jack Dunn and his Baltimore franchise out Of that city.
 Dunn had invested his life savings In the international league OrioIe team. He had a pennant winning conbina- ton and the presumptive support that priority in any field usually affords.
 Yet in one season he was forced to sell his stars to pay salaries and to transfer the remains of his club to Richnond. leaving the held to the Fed erals
 He appealed to the major leagues for assistance. All he received was the re- ply, giving him permission to sell his pla<>rs.
 gapized baseball is to fight the |F &1Win have to do so by other
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
M,E6RlANp NOW A wELTER.

DACKEY M'F,ARLAND, the Chicago A lightweight, doesn't know where he's going, but he's on his way back ' when Pacley is seen in the ring next they will probably call him Kid Nc Farland, in deference to his having at tained second childhood.
 Could it be that all Packey's talk of returning to the ring has some re- mote connection with the fact that he has broken into stage life2
 Packey's latest is a bout with Fred Gilmore at Kenosha some time or other, probably 9 o'clock next year. The color of truth is lent to the match, however, by the statement that Packey has agreed to weigh 147 pounds at 8 D. na Aided by a glove filter and shoe horn. Packey ought to get within this limit
 But nix on that lightweight stuff RackeY.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
HAS MAck,s STAR SET,

WORLDS champion managers come
 and go. Connie Mack appears to be going, especially his eyesight. This has deterioratedE so badly that even now the mahout of the White Elephants cannot see:
 The Boston Braves.
 Frank Baker at $s.ooO per annum. The Feds future.
 Any other American league club but his.
 His own finish.
 A first class oculist is needed here. Even our umpires can see better than that.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
HANK o'DAv Ia THROUGH.

fTxHERT has been no application filed
 with either of the major leagues by Hank O'Day. veteran umpire and man. ager. though 1t was believed that when Hank severed his connections as man. ager of the Cubs he was going back to handling the indicator.
 But Hank apparently is going into retirement so far as baseball is con- cerned or he has some other manageri- a post :on In view which has not yet developed sgo
 Hank would have been better off if he had remained in the umpire end of leader.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
NEW YORK HAS MANY GOLF
 COURSES.

"A CCORDING to the latest figures, there are just an even hundred golf courses that are available for the devo- tees of the royal and ancient sport in the NeM York district. This includes all the Long Island links and some as far away, as Connecticut, but they are all within an hour and quarters ride of the city, and it is not impossible to play on any of them after leaving the office on Saturday afternoon.
 These faraway links are mostly pat ronized by the long distance cummut- CTS, but. strange to say,s there are "a few born and bred city chaps that are willing to go far for an afternoons golf and never mind the trip in the least
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07

of sawar fund.- and ''protections to. frighten away the enemy.
 The .tvvar 9unle' and the s.protection'' 4of organized baseball are two myths that appear to have been exploded by the developments of the baseball war. Formerly, when an attack was made on the organized game the corpulent war fund club was brought into play. Or if the minors trembled at the out law bngbear the protecting wing of O. B. was supposed to stretch out its shelter.
 To date no war fund has made it's appearance, although several major league owners have been in serious dis tress. Nor at any time has any dispo- sItion been shown to give more pro-
 lection to the minors than that afford ed by the enactment of futile laws to | give expressions of good will.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07

Philadelphia, was remarkable piece
 Of pitching for a novice.
 Smoky Joe Wood of the Red Sox of course. is among the hit pitchers Wood pitched his no hit game against St. Louis in 1911. Big Ed Walsh pitch ed a no hit game against Boston in 1911, while Chief Bender, formerly 0f
 the Athletics let Cleveland down with
 out hit in 1910. Two members Of the 1 Chicago White Sox team. Scott and
 Benz, both have no hit games to their credit Benz pitched his classic against Cleveland in 1914, and Scott pitched hIs against Washington last season. i Earl Hamilton of the St. Louis
 Browns pitched 8 no hit game against Detroit in 1912, while George Mullen,
 the former Detroit twirIer. made a no
 hit game record for himself against St Louis in 1912.
 1 One of the great pitchers of the pres l ent day game who have never been able ! to pitch no hit game is Walter John son, the Washington speed king. It is difficult to understand why Johnson has
 never been able to get within the l charmed circle. He has come very l close to it a number of times but hay never had quite that little bit of base ball luck which helps out on such Dlf mentous occasions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07
DELL. DODGERS, NEW YOUNG. STER. A PROMISING ptTCHER

 ROGER BREsNAHAN says that the
 Brooklyn Nationals have secured promising pitcher in Deu. who was tried out by the Cardinals three years. ago. when Bresnahan was their man ager.
 Dell was drafted from the Seattle club of the Northwestern league, with which club he played in 1913 and 1914. He won eighteen games and lost twelve last year, his record showing an aver age of 2 runs. E hits. 25s bases on balls. 41z strikouts a game Dell lives in Butte, Mont He pitched for Edmonton in 1910 and then went to the Cardinals. He is twenty seven years old, six feet four inches tall and l tips the beam at 210 pounds. Bresna- han says that if Robinson can rid Dell of chronic laziness the latter wilI be ] sensation
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-07

Connie Mack Of the Philadelphia Athletics. like Manager StalIings of the Boston Nationals, is 8 wonder at de- veloping players. It looks as if in Herb Reunock Mack has A real find. In the opening game of the season at Philas- delphia. Pennock displayed wonderful form He not only shut out the Red Sox by a score of to O. but it was not until two men were out in the ninth fn- ming that the visitors made their lone hit of the contest. Then Hooper Bounced single over Pennockss head. LaJoie made desperate try for the bah, but he could not hold 1t with one hand, and Pennock lost his chance for a no hit mark right at the opening ox the aeason.