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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05
Kansas City Widow Gets $50, 600
on Life Policy.

Mexico, Mo, September Se.-
Mrs. Matte Peltzer, widow of
Theodore c. Peltzer, a Kansas City
realty dealer, who, it MAS admit
ted defrauded his clients out of
thousands Of dollars, received a
Judgment in the Circuit Court
here late today against the Lon
don~ Guaranty and Accident Conn
pany for $35, 845. Five Thousand
was for attorney s fees
The case was on trial two
weeks.
The defendants alleged fcltzcr,
because his fraudulent transactions
were about to be exposed, jumped
to death from his office window in
the Scarrit Building, Manassas City.
a year ago. Circumstances and
dispositions of Charles b. Neling
and Charles Beauehamp, prcmct-
ers, with whom Peltzer hard deal
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05
Advertising a Sale.

You don't leave your rig in the
middle of the road and go to a
fence post to read a sale bill do
you? Then dom expect the other
fellow to do it.
Put an ad in the newspaper,
then regardless of the weather, the
fellow you want to reach reads
your announcement while seated
at his fireside.
If he is a prospective buyer
you II have him at your sale. One
extra buyer often pays the entire
expense of the ad, and it s a poor
ad that won't pull that buyer.
An ad in this paper reaches
many people you are after.
Bills may be a necessity, but
the ad is the thing that does the
business.
Don't think of having special
sale without using advertising
space in this paper.
One extra buyer at a sale often
pays the entire expense Of the ad.
Get that buyer.-Hume Tele-
phone.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05

The proposed industrial tic-up
in New York in sympathy with
the striking traction workers re-
ceived another severe jolt Satur-
day when announcement was
made that the $50, 600 members of
the International Ladies' Garment
Workers union would return to
work at the end of the Jewish
New Year celebration. They
had been expected to re-
main idle. Union workers
who quit in sympathy with
the car men have dwindled
to a mere handful, 5000 brewery
workers being the latest to SEE re-
instatement after having voted to
strike.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05
Approve Work on Capitol.

jefferson City, Sept. 30.-State
Senator Peter Anderson and Sen
ator Michael Kinney of st. Louis
completed an examination today
of the stone and other building
materials used in the new state
capitol. They expressed the opin.
ion the material and workmanship
are fully up to all requirements.
They are members Of a senate
committee appointed at the last
session to inspect the work on the
building.
The building is nearly inclosed,
. part Of the dome only being in
IN unfinished condition on the ex-
terror.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05

If you are a smoker you have
probably heard Of DIR. Pease. pres
ident of the Non-smeker's league
and arch enemy Of the cigaret.
Well DR.. Pease and his favorite
author, "Nliss Annette Hazeltcn,"
have a little news for you. Infan-
tile paralysis, says DR.. Pcasc, is
simply a form Of tobacco poison
ing. Infants in arms become in
fected through their tobacco us
ing parents, he has informed the
health department. Tobacco is
a large contributing cause. If not
the principal cause, Of polimoye-
liti," adds Miss Hazelton.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05
Green Feed in Winter.

Why don't your hens lay when
eggs are high? They do not get
the chemical ingredients that the
grasses and green feed supply in
season. B. A. Thomas Poultry
Remedy supplies these very in
gradients only in a more concen-
tratcd form. We sell it and guar
antee you to get eggs.
G. G. Rhodes Pharmacy,
5S-lm O. X. NJ. Butler, Mo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05
John T, McCutcheon to Wed.


Chicago, Sept. @.-Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Van Doren Shaw to-
day announced the engagement of
their daughter. Evelyn, to John
T. McCutcheon, cartoonist.. No
date has been set for the wedding,
but it is expected to occur next
January.
The honeymoon will be passed
on Salt Cay or Treasure Island,
recently bought by Mr.. McCutch-
con. This island, about four miles
long and q half mile wide. lies to
the-northeast of the Island of New
Providence, on which Nassau i
located.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05

The further advance in Stand
ard Oil issues has added more than
$32, 100000 to the aggregate value
of the Standard Oil companies and
S., 900 to the value Of John n,
Rockefeller's holdings, Friday s
increase in the value of Mr.. Rookie
feller's holdings of Standard Oil
Of New Jersey alone amounted to
$3,219,O00.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05
Double Lynching in Oklahoma.

Nowata, Okla, Sept. &c.
Forced to abandon its prey by the
simple plea of a clergyman, a mob
returned last night, stormed the
Jail and lynched two negroes.
The victims were hanged to the
limb Of a tree on the courthouse
lawn a few yards from where the
clergyman was conducting SER
vices.
Sonny" Powell and Mark
Foreman the victims, were arrest
ed yesterday afternoon, when
with another negro, they began
firing wildly in the streets of the
town. The other negro escaped
and is being pursued by posses.
Two hours after their arrest
Powell and Foreman overpowered
Sheriff James Mayes, snatched his
revolver and fled. Deputy Glib
son blocked their path. Foreman
raised the sheriff's revolver and
fired. Gibson fell, mortally wound
ed.
Then as the negroes dashed
through the town, scores of men
took up the pursuit. A shot felled
Foreman and he was sent back to
Jail in a motor car. A few min
utes later. Powell was captured.
The mob was dragging him back
to the Jail when man shouted,
Lets lynch him on holy ground. "
With one accord, the members
of the mob turned to the lot of
the Methodist church. The Rev.
Perry E. Pierce, hearing the tu-l
mutt, rushed out and stood beside
the negroes. Raising his hands,
he cried:
Men, I beseech you in the
name of your God not to desecrate
this holy place or to stain the
name Of this fair town with this
terrible thing!
Your God says, Thou shalt
not kill ,"
Abashed, the mob hesitated for
an instant. The minister began
to plead quietly. Finally he won.
The mob returned it's prisoner to
the Jail.
But at 8 o'clock, shortly after
the hymns We're sounding in the
little church the mob appeared
again. Tearing off the Jail doors
with crow bars, it's members
dra gged Powell from his cell.
After he had been strung up to
a tree in front of the church., sew
eral of it's members returned and
brought out Foreman. A rope was
thrown across the same limb, and
the body of the wounded black
pulled up.
Then the men went home quiet
L.,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05

Another report of the capture
of the German merchant Submar-
inc Bremen reached official cir
cles in Washington Saturday from
unofficial, but usually reliable
sources. According to this ac-
count, which is given eredence by
some high military Officers, the
Bremen was seen three weeks ago
at a big British naval station.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05

ings, were advanced in proof Of
suicide.
Peltzer carried $4,000 accident
Insurance, payable to his wife,
and nearly 100000, payable to
his estate. Creditors hope to re-
cover part Of their losses through
the life insurance.
This was the first of a series of
suits instituted to recover insur-
ance carried by Peltzer.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05

William Knoblock. companion
Of Lieut.. Robert Fay the German
spy and bomb plotter. in his cs-
cape from the federal peniten-
tiary at Atlanta. August 10. is
under arrest in New York. Knob
lock could shed no light on the
whereabouts of Fay. He denied
he and Fay had any outside aid
when they slipped through the
penitentiary gates. Knohlock de-
.clared he left Fay eight days af-
ter they had gained their liberty.
This parting took place at some
small town in Georgia.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05

Rainfall records for Kansas for
September for the last fifty-eight
years were broken this month, ac-
cording to the September report
of the weather station located at
the Kansas State Agricultural Col
]ege. The total precipitation for
the month was SIP inches. The
nearest approach to this was SOC
inches lit September, fS6d.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05
GENERAL. NofA.

Maj. Gen. Frederick Funston
Saturday reviewed the thirteen
thousand troops comprising the
Minnesota, Indiana, Nebraska and
North Dakota guardsmen 1T Llano
Grande.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05

The first feetbs,All death of f III TN
season occurred Friday at Way,
cross, Ca, when Palmer Boswortln,
Of Tampa, Fla, died Of injuries
received in a game Thursday
His skull was fractured.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05

A strike of street car employee
was called at Atlanta. Ga, Satur
day night by recently organizcd
branch of the Amalgated Associa
ton of Street and Electric Rail,
way Employees of America. Only
a few crews abandoned their ears.
however.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05
OF LOCAL INTEREST
Some People We Know, and We
Will Profit by Hearing
About Them.

This is purely a local event.
1t took place in Butler.
Not in some faraway place.
You are asked to investigate it..
Asked to believe a citizens
word;
To confirm a citizen state
ment.
Any article that is endorsed at
home
Is more worthy of confidence
Than one you know nothing
about,
Endorsed by unknown people.
VIM. Stuffings, prop. Of black
smith & wagon shop, 801 w. Ohio
St., Butler, says: eft has been
quite a while since I have needed
or used Doan's Kidney Pills. They
put my kidneys in good condi-
ton when had backache, sore
ness and lameness and my kid
.neys acted too often. They are a
we'll known medicine and al
ways advise anyone having kid
ney trouble to use them
Price Soc at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the
same that Mr.. StuffinRs had. Eos
ter ilburn Co., Props., Buffalo,
n. 7. 50-2t
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05

To show that they still have
some of the speed and punching
ability which made them famous,
John L. Sullivan, former heavy
weight champion and Tom Chsnd-
Ter, who held the middleweiyht
belt 30 years ago boxed six rounds
Saturday at a fair at Ames, Iowa,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05

II the European governments
want to recoup their losses rapid
y we humbly suggest . monopoly
ON the movies.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1916-10-05
Somewhere in Bates County.

Well, well. Hello! Here comes
Sunny Jim 'offerin' suggestion.
It's this-1f you see a creditor
coming, don t run around the cor
ner. Meet him like man and he
will like you better and treat you
white. He knows times are hard.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-27
WHITE MEN HELD D.... 0N CHARGES OF i.
 WHITE SLAVERY
Hamburg Residents, Both Married, Accused of Trans
 porting White Woman.

James Brassell, aged about 30 years, and Louis Mohanz, aged about 5 years, said to be Greeks, residents of Hamburg, were arrested there yes terday by Deputy United States Mar shal s. D. Walls, and brought here for preliminary examination, on charges of violating the Mann white slave act
 The men were brought before Unit ed State Commissioner A. l.. Burnett early last night, and because of the absence of the material witness, the woman in the case, the hearing was fixed for March 8, the prisoners be- ing ordered held in default of bond in the sum of $1,000 each until that date.
 The complaint against the men was issued by the United States district attorney for the northern district of Louisiana, at Monroe, and charges that the men transported from Mon- roe. La.. to Hamburg, Ark white woman, for immoral purposes. The woman formerly lived at Hamburg and had separated from her husband who went to Texas, with their ch1l- dren. She went to Monroe, it is stat ed, and on February 8 was brought from Monroe to Hamburg by the de- fendants. She is now said to be in Texas, and will be brought here by the United States authorities to testi- fly against the men. Mohanz is said to operate Store at Hamburg, as we'll as restaurant Brassell is a farm hand and day lab , orer. Both are married men, aud il is said that Brassell is the principal offender in the case, although 1t is charged he and Mohanz alike. trans ported the woman from Monroe to Hamburg.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-27
Douaumont Taken After Terrific Assault in Blind
 ing Storm.
KAISER WITNESSES
 THE FINAL ATTACK
Germans Begin Encircling Movement, and Great Fortress Is Considered ip PeriI-French Resistance OH
 WOeyre Broken, Berlin Reports.

London, Feb. 26-Official an- , nouncement that Fort pouaurlont, one of the Notifications of Verdnn, was taken by c.orm yesterday aftcr- noon and is now held firmly ty the Germans.
 The kaiser witnessed the capture of the fort by the troops of the crown princess army. Th: final assault was made by the Twenty fourth regiment of Brandenburgers, in a blinding storm. The battle around Verdun is the greatest foncht- since the tcg,n- ming of the war.
 Neither official statement from Par is admits the fall of the fort. To- nights communicate )n, however, says:
 "A furious struggle has been in progress around Fort Douaumont, which is an adylcce unit of the old l defensive organization of Verdun fortresses. The position carried this morning by the ensmy after several l fruitless assA 'lts, which est tEem heavy .osses, nas again been reached and pa'sn ny Onr troops whom the enemy, despite all his eNHrts. has mt been able 'n tlr.w lack.
 The German official report, refer ring to the st IT m,ng and capture of Fort Douaum mt, gives the time of the action as 'ycste".lay (Friday) aft- ernoon"; the Trenen night report re- fers to position captured by rha Germans around Fort DouauurEt, 1 this (Saturday) morEing.' Fortress In Peril.
 Fort DouaMmont is only four miies from Verdun s,nd was tie keystone 0f the French ring oi, Notifications cn the northeast. The entire fortress, hitherto considered imrregnahie, is but in peril of ce3turc. sr' | Verdun is now menaccd by a great cncircling movement, of wh.2h the northern drive was only the first maneuver. With the St. Mihiel sail ent as base, a very strong force of Germans has begun a turning movement against the French line from the east and south. ,ae mr .., l The French resistance on the plain of the Woeyre has been completely broken, according to Berlin. and to- day the Germans were pursuing their beaten foe along this front as far as a point south of the highway from Paris to Metz, on which Veri';r is located @4,nF s g.,. Both London and Pa .is. view the latest offensive of the Germans in the most serious liglt. In London tonight the rumor was pcrsistcn.ly' circulated that the rnsi.s fortress 1 had fallen.
 London and Paris critics were in- clined to the opinion that the weigh: of the French guns end the heavy endorsements would he successful in breaking the force of the Ierman attack against the inner ring ot forti- fications.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-27
ACCUSED OF SHAVING
 HUSBAND AND FATHER
Widow and Children of Avery TOwn-
 send Charged with Murder to |" 65 Get Insurance.

Alma, Tenn, Feb. 26-Officers to- day arrested Mrs. Avery : Townsend, her three sons and daughter and jail- ed them on the charge of murdering Avery Townsend, husband and father.
 A negro tenant on the Townsend farm confessed to helping chop the boys father to death while he said the wife stood by and gave orders.
 The body was discovered today after the negro told where it had been concealed
 The dead man carried heavy life in- surance.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-27
House Military Affairs Com mittee Provides for In-
 crease to 137, 1000.
NATURALIZATION
 STATE MILITIA
Provision Made for Doubling Number of Appointments to West Point and for Assignment of 1,00O Army Of-
 cers to Military Schools.

Washington, Feb. 26-The army re- organization bill, to provide increased land defense, was agreed upon today ly the house committee on military affairs, after session of strenuous voting.
 The comm ittee included in the bill an increase in the regular army of 1000 men, 1000 more than the war 'department recommendation called for. The regular army provision also provides for a two per cent lee way in enlistments. which would al low the president to recruit the army to about 143,oO0.
 Ire committee included in the bill practically all the proposals in corporated in the original draft, framed q week ago. The liberalization of the militia as originally planned, was adopted in toto and without op- position. It was agreed, however, to provide for the enlistment of militia men on a basis of POO minimum and a maximum of 500 for each congress sional district, with an additional 200 to 800 at large in each state for each United States senator. The militia provision gives the president au- thority to draft the militia into the federal service n war tines and also gives to the secretary of war author ity over the organization, training and discipline of the state troops.
 Provision in the bill for additional regular army officers to be used as instructors in military schools throughout the country was increased hy he committee. Instead of 786 Of ficsrs for this service, the measure will provide for 1000 officers; and will give the war depart4r ent wide discretion in detailing officers from other duties to conduct military edu- eaton in state schools. '"iS ''. -''
 The committee voted .favorably on the p-oposals to double the appoint ments in West Point and provides the additional accommodation for the increased number of cadets. s <
 Provision for additional material necessary to arm and equip the ad- ditional troops authorized was left open and will be provided in the regular army appropriation bill, which will be taken up as soon as the army reorganization measure is considered in the house. 5"3
 Chairman Hay of the committee said that the only clause of the meas ure still open for consideration was the provision for government partici- patton in the. conduct of plant for manufacturing nitrate. He said the committee Oh Monday would hear army officers on the details of the proposed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-27
GERMAN REPLY TO INQUIRY OF
 ]. 5. RECEIVED Ambassador Bernstorf Re- ceives Long Cable from
 Berlin. ITALY DEFENDS
 ARMING TRADERS Italian Government Only One of En- tente Allies to Respond to SuggeS- ton that Merchantmen Be
 Disarmed.

Washington, Feb. 26.-Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador, today received lengthy communica- ton from Berlin.
 Embassy officials were at work most of the afternoon decoding and translating the document The com munication is presumed to be the re- ply of the Berlin foreign office to the inquiries of the state department as to whether the submarine declara- ton nullifies past assurances given by Germany to the United States. Authoritative forecasts of this reply prepared the state department for a proposal to discuss offensive and defensive armament.
 Secretary Lansing said the United States will agree to such discussion. It is expected that Count von Bern storff will deliver the German reply othe state department Monday.
 Italy Makes Answer.
 Secretary Lansing today received the reply of the Italian government to proposals made January IS, sug- their merchantmen in return for pledges of Germany and Austria to exempt unarmed merchant vessels from attack.
 One of the significant features is the reference by the Italian govern- ment to the Ancona attack. The fact that the Ancona was Bhelled after it had come to stop and while the passengers were disembarking, is un- derstood to be the main argument by Italy in justification of it's right to arm vessels defensively.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-27
UNION i { COUNTY
 MAN ANNOUNCES
 twt . AGAINST PAGE
James R. Gardner Candi- date for Commissioner of
 Agriculture.

Little Rock, Feb. 26.-James R. Gardner of Union county today paid to J. s. Maloney, secretary of the state Democratic central coWmittee, s75 in order i'd get his name on the primary ballots as candidate for commissioner of agriculture.
 John H. Page, the incumbent, is the only other candidate for the of- flee, and it was believed by his friends he would not have opposition. MT. Gardners action shatters this hope. T "a
 J. c. South of Mountain Home qualified as a candidate for dele- gate at large from Arkansas to the national Democratic convention. Jerry" South is clerk of the lower house of congress. His check was ore scented to MT. Maloney by At torney Frank Pace. Four delegates from the state at large are to be elected. Sheriff w. G. Hutton of Little Rock, Senator John R. Duty or Rogers. John w. H. Arnold of Texar- kama and Senator J. C. Sims of Hagen already had announced.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-27
MRS. ROWE SAYS GRAFT CHARGES POLITICAL PLOT

Chicago, Feb: 26.-Full and complete sdenial of every phase of the charge that she had forced her assistant, Mrs. Page Waller Eaton, to pay her one third of her salary, was made by Mrs. Louise Osborne Rowe this afternoon, when she took the witness stand in the hearing before the civil service c6mmission.
 Mrs. Rowe charged that the accu- eation against her is perjury and was made in furtherance of a deep laid plot to ruin Mayor William Hale Thompson politically. This, she in- dicated, was shown by the dragging sof Mayor Thompson's wife into the scandal and the publication of the charges on the eve of the aldermanic el4ction.
 \ Xhls far, nobody except Mrs. Eaton 101 been found who would admit that thS& had been asked to pay graft.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-27
Impossible Now for Gore Resolution to Come to @
 Vote.
ENDORSE POLICY
 OF PRESIDENT
Senator Lewis Will Introduce Resolu. ti0n Stating That the '.Sense of tbe Senate Is to Endorse the Presj.
 dents POliCieS,''

Washington, Feb. 26.-The prospec1 that the injernational situation mav be injected into the senate delibera tons Monday, was removed when that body took recess at 5.15 thrs afternoon, until Monday.
 Under the rule, the taking of a re- cess makes it impossible for the Gore and Jones resolutions to come to vote. Decision to recess is saic to have been reached after confer eaces among the leaders of the re- spectlve factions.
 Senator Gore issued tate this after noon, statement saying that the ob- 1ect of his resolution already has been accomplished whether Or not it Is adopted by the senate. because ;t has served notice on the American reople that if they travel on armed ships and are killed or injured, the American government will not stand bshind them.
 Senator J. Hamilton Lewis, tho Democratic whip" after completin-s a canvass of the senate this after 1,oon, reported to Senator Stone that the presidents supporters are ready to allow the Gore and Jones resolu- tons, which make congress a party to the international relations, come to a vote.
 Senator Lewis stated he probably would introduce resolution that th.. "sense of the senate is 10 endorse tf.r Iresident's policies" .s,.-.s.s
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-02-27
NOMINATION 0F
 BRANOElS TO
 BE CONFIRMED ,9.f s...'f
Senate Committee An , nounces Hearing Will End
 ra. "Wednesday.

Washington, Feb. s26,-Louis B. Brandies' nomination to the supreme court of the United States, will be confirmed b ythe senate early in March, according to supporters of the lrlcminee, who were jubilant today
 over, what they declared to be the complete failure of he. opposition to his confirmation. < x
 Following today's hearing in the investigation into Brandies' fitness, it was announced by the senate com mittee that the investigation would be concluded next Wednesday.