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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-03-09
Jones-Jackson.

Mr.. Frank NJ. Jones and Miss
Dola Jackson were united in mar
riage at the home of the bride s
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. 7. Jack
son, Sunday March 5th.
The ceremony was conducted at
four o'clock by Rev. Pfost. A
number of friends and relatives
We're present. The bride and
groom received many useful and
beautiful presents.
After the ceremony a delightful
supper was served.
The groom is prosperous
young farmer and the bride is an
accomplished young lady, both of
Charlotte township. They will
make their home on the Jones
farm six miles west of Butler.
Their many friends wish them a
long and hapy life.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-03-09
Raider Moews Reaches Germany.

Official statement has been
made by the German general staff
that the German commerce raider
Moewe has succeeded in reaching
a German port. She had on board
1879 prisoners and 1000, 900 marks
{$250, ,O0O) in gold bars.
The announcement says Is yes.
sells were captured by the Moewe,
which also laid mines at several
points. One of these mines, it is
stated, sank the British battle
ship King EdwardVII.
The Moewe, previously made
famous by her exploits, has per-
formed one of the most spectacu-
lar feats of the war on the seas
by reaching a home port in safe
ty. The great German naval port
of Wilhelmshaven is on the North
Sea, which is patrolled with cease
less vigilance by British warships.
1t is through these waters, which
have been blocked off in districts
for patrol by the different Brit
ish units, that the Moewe must
have threaded her way to home
and safety.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-03-09

By q Vote Of 256 to 100 Oongrsss
Votes to Back the presid-
ent'S Attitude Toward
Germany.

Washington, March THE
house of representatives today
capitulated to President Wilson.
The first test vote on proposals
to warn Americans off belligerent
armed ships showed that the
forces of the administration were
in complete control.
BY a vote of 256 to 160 the
house carried a motion to limit de-
bate on the special rule for the
consideration of the McLemore
warning resolution.
The administration program
called for four hours debate on
the McLemord measure, followed
by a motion to lay it on the table.
The first vote indicated. that the
program would 60 through easily.
The vote came in the midst of
a day of sensational details. Pleas
for support of the president "who
has carried the greatest national
responsibility of any president
since Lincoln aroused the house
to wild enthusiasm. Warnings
that no nation "divided against
itself shall stand' were received
in solemn silence. Excoriation of
American citizens whose "fool-
hardness and recklessness" in
travelling on belligerent ships may
plunge the country into war;"
was cheered.
The final argument and appeal
which aroused the house most was
the demand that this country
stand firmly behind the president
in his fight to insure respect for
the rights of American citizens on
the sea. To this plea the big mem
bership on the floor, and the
crowd which overflowed galleries
and corridors, rose with cheers
and applause.
' The gray-haired stalwart form
of Speaker Clark stood at the desk
and welded the gavel vigorous
ly, but impotently, in his efforts
to restrain them. At times the
house was in tumult.
When the vote was announced a
hush Of silence swept over the
chamber, followed by a sigh of
relief, as the members of the
crowd realized that the president
was sure of a big majority of the
house behind him in. his foreign
policy.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-03-09

Idayed with s. Harbough. Tom
|says he has q cow for sale that
will be fresh In this month.
1. Grandma Main Is 81 years old
land apparently in good health.
She gets around fine with the aid
of a crutch. She got q fall some
time ago and has used a crutch
ever since.
Uncle Joe Lewellen has his
farm of 80 acres with good i'm
,provements, best Of land and
plenty of water for sale.
! have prairie hay for sale IL
mile north of Black school house.
1t is the best for $500 a ton. See
it.
G. NJ. Garner and wife visited
at the home of A. Shesler Sun
day.
Edwin Greenup came. in from
Warrensburg Sunday. He has
been attending school there.
Frank Hedger sold his brood
SOW to Mr.. Pete Jundy Monday.
. N. M. N.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-03-09
Barns and jackson have seed
potatoes for sale as long rs they

Barns and jackson have seed
potatoes for sale as long IS they
last.
Elmer Garner visited with
Grant Oldham and family one
night last week.
Anybody interested in Holstein
cattle should call and see r.
Peterson s stock.
Tuesday of last week Mrs. Geo.
Rohbacker went to visit her
daughter at the home of Mrs.
Crooks in the edge of Kansas.
Sarah Foster signs for The
Times.
Mrs. Geo. H. Thompson is hav-
ing7a siege of measles.
Mrs. Walter Satterlee, daughter
Of Jno. Foster, of Joplin, Mo-,
gave birth to = fine boy recently.
Mrs. Jno. Foster received a let
ter from her SON, Ed. He was get
ting along fine and said he
would be up from Joplin in the
near future. Ed is a worker.
The comfort tacking at Mrs.
Grant Oldham's last Thursday
was a pleasant affair. Those pres
ent had a fine time and a splen-
did dinner.
Aline Smith will work for Ed
Corlett this summer.
w. w. Park and Ray Jundy
want good hands by the month.
Mrs. Frank linn and son of
Windsor, Mo-, are up visiting the
Oldhams.
s. Harbough has good mule
for sale.
Jno. Hedger Jr., has moved on
the R. Harper farm, 8 miles south
of Virginia.
Joe Raybourn of Elkhart has
gone to Washington state to work.
He wrote out there for a job on
the farm. The man did not take
time to write but wired back for
him to come at once as he had q
good job waiting for him.
Miles Mcclure had a telephone
put in Saturday. His ring is IL
on IA Virginia.
Tom Raybourn and wife Sum
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-03-09
Rural Home Makers Club of
Pleasant Gap.

The regular meeting of this
club was held at the home of Mrs.
Joe Knoll Wednesday, March Z.
After brief business session the
usual program was carried out.
Roll call. Life sketch of fam
GUS men of Missouri.
Song by club.
"Tell Why 18th of March is
Called St. Patrick Day." Mrs.
Seth Wix.
"Tell Why We Celebrate Eas-
ter" Mrs. Joe Knoll.
'Rights of Married Women
Under Missouri Laws" Mrs.
Will Leeper. Mrs. Jesse Brooks.
Mrs. Brooks discussion will be
sent to press. ...
Contest, Mrs. Ben Wix, Miss
Cora Wix.
Those present were: Mesdames
Jesse Brooks, Lem Sargent, Ben
Wix, Joe Knoll, Misses Ada Rains,
Dolla Rains.
They adjourned at a late hour
to meet with Mrs. Ben Wix March
Is at a call meeting. All men,
bers are urged to be present.
Club Cor.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-03-09

Mrs. r. P. Jenson Is very sick,
Mrs. Geo. Pahlman is assisting il
taking care Of her.
Mrs. Oline Harbough has fine
fat brood SOW for sale. She will
weigh 375 pounds, Amsterdam,
r. 2.
Grandma jackson 8 new barn
is nearly completed. g. T. Jack
|son is the builder.
Clint Burns says he has one
hog left. That one pulled through
the cholera. It is a dandy Ches-
ter White.
Guy Harbough has alfalfa hay
loose for sale if taken before he
has to move it.
Tinker Hedger has rented a
farm l IL miles east Of Lost Cor
ner school house and has moved
on it.
Little Rex, son Of M. D. Stults
of near Merwin, died one day last
week. His death was caused from
being salivated.
A gasoline explosion in the cook
shack on Duvall's ranch Monday
morning burned the lady cook to
death and her husband was Sc
verely burned in trying to save
her.
One season Deering binder for
sale, good as new by Simon Har-
bough at a bargain.
Douglass Browning has moved
in D. G. Wolfe's house in Virginia.
Frank Oldham has moved on his
farm he bought of s. N. Kinion.
James Greenup has moved on
the Dan farm in the suburbs of
Virginia.
N. M. H. Nestlerode has white
and yellow seed corn for sale.
Telephone Virginia 112 on ii.
Mr.. Richard Mcclure wants to
buy a fresh COW.
Henry jackson has moved to
Oklahoma.
Marion Hedger is selling his
baled timothy hay rapidly.
p. G. Burns moves the date of
his paper up as usual a year.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-03-09
Charlotte Township Democratic
Convention.

The Democrats of Charlotte
township will hold a convention
at Virginia Saturday, March II,
1916, at 2 o'clock p. M, for the
purpose of electing 4 delegates to
the country convention to be held
at Butler, Tuesday, March IA,
1916.
c. A. Lusk,
Committeeman.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-03-09
Missouri Mules Popular in
Montana,

Last October O. G. Lawson and
W. A. Ferrell, former Butler boys
who now own ranch near Sum
atra, Mont, shipped to Montana
several Missouri mules. The
mules were sold almost as soon as
they got there. Last Sunday Mr..
Lawson returned to Butler and
expects to ship another car load
as soon as they can be got togeth-
er.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-03-09
An Honor for q Former Butler
Boy.

At q district meeting of the
Alpha Delta society, society of
lawyers, which was held recently
in Kansas City, Frank Ludwick,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Lud-
wick, Of this city, was elected
Chief Justice of the society for a
district composed of Missouri,
Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, OklaAo-
ma and Colorado.
This is q great honor for Mr..
Ludwick and no doubt was well
deserved AZ Frank is q bright,
hustling young lawyer and has 4
bright future before him.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-03-09

= INV HOUSE, o. woRsHR
70 the OitissnS * Butler and
Vicinity.
Many years ago 4 resided in thia
community. 10 me. II ID home.
have observed the Improvement
Of the town both public and pri'
vate with keen interest. Your
splendid Court House does credit
to the County and is no doubt the
pride Of its citizens.
You have, as municipality
shown your intelligent interest in
education, By providing adequate
buildings for your ward schools
and especially you. have done
yourselves honor in the erection
Of your splendid modern High
School Building. But you are be.
hind in adequate buildings for the
worship Of God. Many smaller
cities and towns in the State sur
pass you in this respect. You
scarcely have one modern house
of worship in your city. One can
not witness the interest taken here
in the moral and religious uplift
of the people and believe that this
condition fifty represents the
spirit and sentiment of your peo-
pie.
The Baptist people of Butler
have sold their present church
site to the Government for the
erection Of a Post Office Building.
They have purchased the fine va
cant corner at Pine and Delaware
Streets and propose the erection
of a spacious modern house Of
worship to cost not less than $780,
10000. This building, if complet-
ed as they are planning it, will be
an ornament to the city and will,
in my judgment enhance the value
of property in the city by an
amount larger than its cost.
The city has no Y. NJ. c. A. and
no attractive modern place which
will draw the fine young people
Of the community toward the bet
ter things. It is proposed to pro-
vide in this new building all mod
ern features so that the social life
Of the people may receive the ben
.etiiction of = christian atmosphere.
It is III the mind Of the Baptist
people to tender the conveniences
Of this modern building to the use
Of the whole community. am told
that there is scarcely a fit place
in the city for a church banquet
or anything Of the kind SO that ev-
cry function of this sort is put to
the trouble to find a place and
then must entail a large expense
to consumate adequate provision.
It is proposed to build into this
spacious edifice a convenient
kitchen with spacious dining room
not to turn Gods House into a
place Of rendezvous, or merchan-
disc but to provide a place where
any Christian Denomination in the
city may sit down together as
Jesus so often sat down with his
disciples.
This, my friends is an undertak-
ing so large that it would entail
a heavy burden upon any one of
your congregations to provide
such a place. The only way to
secure such places Of worship is
for the whole people to cooperate
and erect one such structure at
the time.
In view Of these matters, the
Baptist people will at an early
day, solicit q contribution from
every business firm and if pos
sible from every citizen Of the
city and community. +.
The writer Is supplying the
Baptist pulpit, for the time being,
in the hope that he may zee erect
ed here Z building for the worship
Of God, OF which the whole com
munity will be proud.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-09-21
Will Pending Measures Aid7

Pending legislation will at the best
only provide for a beginning In re-
pairing the neglect Of years In the
matter OF national defense. The United
States will be free from the dangers
OF war only when II has a mobile
force OF troops able to crush the larg-
est force that can be landed on our
shores only when our feet Is at least
second In point OF efficiency In the At
lantic and first In the Pacific; only
when our harbors are fully protected
by modern guns fully manned, and
our coasts are patrolled by a great
aerial fleet; only when we have thou
sands OF aeroplanes of all types with
men trained TO act as pilots and OBJ
servers
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-09-21
Is There Danger Of lnvasion7

As long as the richest nation and
the land Of best opportunity is easy
Of invasion there is danger especially
from great nations whose areas are
limited and who feel the need Of nd
ditional territory TO take care Of the
surplus population. The eras Of the
world are marked by inyasions. TWEEN
~ thousand Japanese, acting In con-
cert and according to n comprehensive
plan Of military character. have estab-
lished themselves on the Pacific coast
In various occupations and in signi-
fcant groupings.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-09-21
The Eight Angles
Of Preparedness
Things to Be Considered L
Country Would Ward OF
Possible Invasion
By JAMES r. CLARK
Are We Prepared on Sea7
By JAMES z. CLARK

The commander Of the Spanish fleet,
which was directed to sail for Amer
lea when We declared war against
Spain. took refuge In the harbor Of
Santiago because he knew that he was
hopelessly outclassed in ships, guns
and men lie knew that the order
dispatching his fleet across the At
lantic was equivalent To n death war
rant for his men. II the United States
were today involved In war with II
great power our navy would be In
relatively the same position as was
that Of Spain In 1908. We are short
of ships. japan has four dread
uaughts; Germany II; Great Britain
20 We have no modern dreadnaughts
Even Germany's navy with II dread
naughts is now bottled up. Our ships
lack In speed. Great speed and guns
capable Of high elevation are the most
important features Of the modern
dreudnaught. A ship with n speed one
half knot faster and with guns Of one
half mile greater range, has at its
mercy any other ship In which all 9th
or conditions are equal. On the ships
Of other nations the guns can be ele-
waited from 20 to 30 degrees. We have
none that can be elevated more than
II degrees. Jnpan's four modern
dreadnaughts in service have n speed
Of from - to - knots. Two more
Of the same type will soon 20 into
service. our best ships, the Oklahoma
and the Nevada, Just going into serv-
ice. can make only II knots an hour.
Others such as the Minnesota. Con-
nccticut, Vermont and the New Hamp-
shire cannot Keep up speed of -
miles an hour The two great sea bat
ties Of the present European war
were fought nj II range Of more than
ten miles. Many Of our ships are hope
lcssly outclass"d In the range Of their
guns The guns Of our ships like the
Alabama have an extreme range Of
only IA miles. our ships are short
of men. For war time strength a.
600 nre needed; we have but 5000.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-09-21
Is There a Danger Within?

There is n danger in the presence in
America Of great bodies OF persons OF
foreign birth whose loyalty TO the
country from which they came would
supersede loyalty to this nation in n
crisis. There is danger in the pres
ence in the United States OF numerous
organizations Of foreign governments
working under military direction. But
there is no danger so great as the in
difference OF the great body Of native
born Americans who are seemingly in
capable OF realizing that national de-
homes.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-09-21
Are We Prepared Under Sea?

In the spring maneuvers last year
because Of accidents only one subma-
rine was able to continue operations.
In the October maneuvers only one
submarine was able To continue with
the fleet. We have, 1t Is estimated,
two submarines on the Atlantic north
Of Panama able to participate In
maneuvers with the fleet.
The United States has two mine
lnyers--one for the Atlantic and one
for the Pacific. Each has "a few hun.
dred mines" to protect thousands Of
miles of coast with the innumerable
harbors and bays. When the Euro.
pean war broke out Germany had
10 $40 mines
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-09-21
l.. & N
Train Schedule At Lancaster, Ky.

ARRIVE.
To Msysville. connecting at Richmon
with l. & N to Frankfort & Louisville:
No Il; S:35 a. m.
To Rowland & Stanford connecting
at Rowland. l. e. N to all points South
No 2S; :04 a. m.
To Richmond, connecting with L 4
N to Irvine & BesttyvIlle, Lexington
4 Cincinnati. Middlesboro & Knoxville.
No 20; IL 80 a. m.
To Richmond. connecting with fast
train to Cincinnati.
No "a; 200 p. m.
To Louisville, connecting at Lebanon
Junction to Eizabethtown a. Bowling
Green, and at Bardstown Junction to
Bardstown & Springfield
No 8; SAP p. m.
To Stanford. connecting with fast
train to Bristol & Atlsnta.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-09-21
Billy Sunday No Pacifcist

God well Of peace We must fight as well as
pray would be God Save the hng
instead Of My Country It's of hadn't been for the blood
chasing black through the wamps and cane
for Spain would still be tearing at the
heart the flag Of Mexico would be way-
inc over TEXAS New Mexico Nevada believe
paeness believe batehps and submarines and If of the
nations find whether the American people
believe in the Doctrine them something IL they do
would like egmen"By Sunday the Evangelist
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-09-21
Are We Prepared on land7

The present mobile strength or our
regular army Is about 3o"o men TX
perts estimate That one overseas ma
ton can land s2I'ooo men on our Az
iantic coast In ~ days. another over
seas nation can ianu S3o,ovo SOLDIERS
on our racine coast In o3 days-siS
soldiers on the racine coast 10 every
one OF our regulars; - on the Atlanuc
10 every one OF our regulars La',e
switzerland win population OF only
4""'oV can put %V'o" trhihed sol,
u'eIs IN 'ne he'u within 70 nou's anu
-, ~ - ~, ms ."a o,'h VI. ,o."' Wy "
$1,000, "a'".' .u"' eNu'pp'u' ~,
'oneu' hn'ueneu' uepenuao'e men rue
a.. .,,an 80, .,,,a,,a, a.
-. ,,ro.., t., ,O,n TN, ,,.,
n., i, 40 .o,a,s.s -. ,,,,,,o, :, -
r,a,,an. ,ow wa b.. anon, ao- nor
,,,t,,,on ,on,Io,,on C,,,as r.or,r. an.
no,,c.man ,or ovorv ooo 90 no,nIo.
lion
nnr or,u,.rv .,r,,uor, 10 ,,,t,,,
Tnov ar. rs,n. ior and ,Gik,inch
noui,,ars IN 81. r,ro,.or war we
boy. no aid hou,,,.r gr..,er than
a., inches C.rmany has az Ioost IA.
90 gr.ot Guns Eng,apd z ZOO. Jonon
over q 900 while we have on,y $40
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-09-21
Always Disregarded History

enables read Alright the true lessons of
own history will we'll We have always misad dis
regarded military history the United Ses So great the pres
conflict however, that hoped that be opened 1t
seems impossible the tramp the millions of trained SOL
Europe the rumbng of the thousands Of without at
last nng-Rhard Stockton, Jr
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-09-21
Can We Make Ammunition

France uses 10000 rounds Of artIl-
lery ammunition every day; Great
Britain on the French front alone uses
dO,OO rounds Of ammunition every
day. The United States government
plants and the private factories com
bined working ut full speed can only
produce 1900 rounds Of artillery am
munitiOn n day
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-09-21
The Cost Of Unpreparedness

Every battlefield Of the Of 1861 proof to the world Of
the disciplined American soldier but in achieving this rpu
nation nearly overwhelmed with debt from which
still suffering while nearly every family in the land plunged into
mourning. UPTON.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-09-21
Are We Prepared in the Air2

We have about 30 aeroplanes. none
Of which is armored. Great Britain,
France and Germany each has thou
sands. Expert military observers de-
clare that II the war is prolonged vic
tory will ~ to those who dominate
tine skies
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-09-21
Interior Needs Strong Navy
Mississippi Valley Would Be Greatly En-
dangered by Lack Of Protection With
Powell Fleets in Time Of War;
BY HENRY A. WISE WOOD
Chairman Conference Committee on National Preparedness

People living at some distance from the Atlantic
or the Pacific, prone to think of navy as some
thing far remote from their own wellbeing whereas
there village far inland that is not now enjoying
some measure of protection from freedom of the
And there is today home under the flag that
does not more than ever before need the protection
that strong navy gives. Let forget that the
long peace during which this country has developed
into the very garden of the earth would have been
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-09-21
Aeroplanes as Life Savers
Powerful Flyers Some Day Will Be Used to
Guard Property and Lives Of the Nation
in Peace as Well as in War.
BY REAR ADMIRAL ROBERT E. PEARY
Chairman National Aen.l Coast Patrol Commission

have laid down the axiom that aeropancs are
life well as life MASTERS and that their real
mission in this complicated age of ours is for the for
service primarily, its services for the latter use
being only a NECESSITY in time Of war
Even as a war machine, however, the acropanc
both Of the land and water variety the lives of its
people in direct ratio to its in keeping hostile
invaders away. This is specially true of peaceful
nation like ours whose military and naval power,
if greatly augmented the near future will be used for
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1916-09-21
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
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