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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-06-14
RICH HILL BOY FATALLY IN
JURED
Jumped From a Fast Freight and
Death Resulted Monday
Morning,

Bonnie, the I3-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. T.. w. Ellis, residing IL
miles south of Rich Hill, in jumping
from a Mo. Pacific freight train, No
253. southbound, at o'clock Monday
morning, was caught beneath the
wheels and suffered fatal injuries.
1t appears that the Ellis boy, with
a companion. Teddy Reese. went to
Butler on an earlier train, and in. re-
turning got on through freight
which did not stop here. When the
train reached a point just south of
the water tank the boys jumped off,
the Reese boy landing safely. but the
Ellis boy was caught by the wheels,
his left leg being crushed, his skull
fractured and left hip mashed, be-
sides body bruises.
In about IS minutes after a re-
port was made to the Mo. Pacific
station and DR.. Delamater summoned
the boy was taken to the Delamater
hospital where Drs. Delmater & ms
ley, assisted by Dr. w. H. Allen
dressed his injuries. The fore part
of his left leg was amputated, and
other injuries attended. The boy had
suffered from the shock and loss of
blood from the terrible accident and
relapsed into Inconsistencies.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis were summoned
and soon arrived at the hospital. He
was a bright and handsome boy and
the shocking accident is deeply re-
GREETED T. w. Ellis, the boys faith
er, is engineer at the Hecmore mine.
and Messrs. Jones and Heck, the
owners, rendered what service they
could in the case. u
The boy fingered until 1910
o'clock Monday morning. He never
regained consciousness.
Funeral services were held from the
family home Tuesday afternoon at
zoo o'clock, conducted by Rev. An
1erson, pastor of the Christian
:hurch Interment in Greenlawn
Hill Review.
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ter directing him to make another
midnight trip. He made another trip
that night, but the kidnapers again
broke their promise.
June 4-Friends of Keet held con-
ference and agreed to allow him a
free hand.
June 5--Prosecuting Attorney o.
Day received information of form
err kidnapping plot and caused the ar
rest OF six persons, and later had a
seventh arrested.
June S to June dimes frightened
about the suspects.
June o--Lloyd Keet's body found.
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month. Further than August will be
arranged for later.
If the soliciting committee does not
call on you, please do not wait, but
call any one of the committee, for the
financing of the N. S. D. c. in Butler
means our part in the great organiza-
ton which is working side by side
with the Red Cross movement, and
doing the same kind of work.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-06-14
N. S. D. c. Meeting.
Committees Appointed and Work In.
augurated in Butluer.

Butuler branch of the National Sur.
gical Dressings Committee met Mon.
day at 2:3o 2. m, at the headquarters
in the high school building, with a
large number of ladies present.
Mrs. w. D. Stanley, chairman, pre-
sided. Plans for the summers work
were discussed and arranged for.
For the present the high school
building will be open every Tuesday
and Friday from 900 o'clock a. m.
to 500 O'Clock p m. Any and all wo-
men are asked to come and help as
there is variety OF work for every
one to learn.
Mrs. w. F. Duvall was elected vice.
chairman and the following commit
tees we're appointed:
Purchasing-Mrs. w. F. Duyall.
Mrs. G.. P. Wyatt, Mrs. c. ]. Henry.
Mrs. E. N. Chastain and Mrs. ]. B.
Walton.
Soliciting and Advertising-Mrs
Sam w. Davis, Mrs. w. E. Walton.
Mrs. D. c. Chastain, Mrs. F. M.
Campbell and Miss Nellie Thurman.
For the present the following COM
mittee will serve as instructors until
the work becomes more familiar:
Mrs. w. B. Catterlin, Mrs. Bertha
Francisco, Mrs. Bertha Simpson, Mrs.
G. Vantrees. Mrs. John Krinn. Mrs.
Freeman Walton. Mrs. E. B. Silvers.
Mrs. Sam w. Davis, Mrs. G. p Wv.
att, Mrs. w. F. Duvall, Miss Edna
Clarke.
Miss Helen Chastain, Guardian of
the Camp Fire Girls. offered the ser
vices of the Butler Camp to solicit
the residence district of the city for
materials to be used and the Boy
Scouts will collect them. They win
begin soliciting Friday Of this week
and the collections win be made ON
Thursday, June II. ,-.-
The soliciting and advertising COM
mittee i arranging for I systeuat;c
plan by which the COMMITTEES nav ~
nll tiines have mosey, q lsreeI
llloant viii . qseelsazy "a cafrv al
~ no ! &c ineasbess a. L. -.
fl eaek - - 800 - 81
= e6nss q - ~ - : 3 lie; ~ !
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-06-14
HERE AT HOME
Butler Citizens Gladly Testify and
Confidently Recommend Doan's
Kidney Pills.

1t is testimony like the following
that has placed Doan's Kidney Pills
so far above competitors. When
people right here at home raise their
voice in praise there is no room left
for doubt. Read the public state
ment of this Butler NAH.
A. H. Herrell, florist, IIo Broad
way, says: II had dull ache in
my back and getting up or down or
lifting anything caused q sharp,
singing pain in it. My kidneys act
ed too often, especially at night and
the kidney secretions were scanty,
scalding and unnatusal. Doan's Kid
ney Pills completely relieved me. A
few now and then keeps me in good
health"
Price soc At all dealers. Don't
sisaply AK for . kidney remedy-get
Doaa's Kidney Pi1ls-the same that
NJ. Herre11 use& Poster ilbafn
ca, Mfgrs, Buffalo, N. Y. M
:
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-06-14
Chronology Of Keet kidnapping Cas-.

p
May 3o-Lloyd Keet stolen from
his bed at the Keet home between
1890 and 1880 p. m.
May 31-Letter from the kidnapers
to the child's father, J. Holland Keet.
posted on the Springfield public
square.
May 3r-Keet started at 10 p. m. %
so-mile automobile trip a directed ~
the kidnapers.
June I-Keet returned at 2 .. a
from automobile trip without the
child. IS;
Jpne iKeet received another -
r. iron kidnaper, exfIainine ~
thfy ~ ~ tek1fn tteichild beci y
- leny people q =
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-25

clad huntsmen of the eastern lands to the civilized
farmers of the desert and the miserable diggers of
california
Extensive cities in Arizona and New Mexico were
laid waste by warriors from the north and east, and
the whole land devastated and then by tribal
wars, just Europe and Asia in those days torn
by strife among peoples not much further advanced
in civilization than some American Indians.
Indians formed leagues and alliances, just as
European nations did Two principal alliances in the
Allegheny mountain and lower great lake country
were the Algonquins and Iroquos, which included
several large tribes.
Most civilized of all in North America the
Mayas Of Mexico, who made bronze, worked in gold
and copper, had national literature preserved on
parchment books maintained public schools for boys
and girls studied history and religion cooked elabor
ate meals, and dressed in brightly dyed cotton gar
ments
The Cherokees the only Indians living in
what is the United States who had literature
written in their own alphabet
Most tribes made slaves of captive warriors unless
they were Immediately put to DEATH Polygamy was
practced by most Indians, but the Pueblos of the
desert were homogeneous
These were the conditions i'm America when the first
Europeans visited the shores about 1000 A. d.
More Tomorrow
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COCOANUT OIL FINE
FOR WASHING HAIR

II you want to keep your hair
In good condition. be careful
what you wash II with.
Most soaps and prepared sham
poos contain too much alkali.
This dries the scalp. makes the
hair brittle, and is very harmful.
Just plain mulsified cocoanut oil
(Which Is pure and entirely
greaseless). Is much better than
the most expensive soap or any
thing else ysu can use for sham
pooling, a. this can't possibly in
lure the hair.
Simply moisten your hair with
water and rub 1t in. One or two
teaspoonfuls will make an abund-
ance of rich. creamy lsther, and
cleanses the hair and scalp thor
oughly. The lather rinses out
easily. and removes every parti-
Gle of dust. dirt, dandruff and ex-
cessive oil. The hair dries
quickly and evenly. and It leaves
It fine and silky, bright, fluffy
and easy to manage.
You can get mulsified cocoanut
oil at most any drug store. II ID
very cheap, and a few ounces n
enough to last everyone in the
family for months.
Advertisement"
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Understand the Southern Confederacy

coal Her railroads few and rapidly with facilities
for repair replacement There slave population of 100000
kept quiet Food riots appeared early 1863 Food
and poor
Admittedly bankrupt her worthless and
plies taken for the without preten of
kind OF Over third territory the hads
the and what remained by the surrender OF
New Orleans Memphis Vcksburg and the opening of the Mississippi
river.
Germany today has not enlisted many proportion the
south She probably still has million Her territory
almost untouched by the invader She has three allies
With Austria her mid European territory probably the best
gained and equipped industrial world coal
and iron.
Her armies not ounmbered ratio greater than two to
Her almost perfect and she has the inside
lines and short haul'' between all the fighting points
There believe that the majority of Ger
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-25
CONEfSNONS oEdWFf
DISAPPOINTMENT is A SOURCE OF REGRET

DISAPPOINTMENT SOURCE OF REGRET
missed times
You little comforter of
White mo se 1y n my
mistakes my sins OF omission and commission
quite Wayerly world sees
ing composed Mage Waverly calmly going nursing very
~ Members Of little world into pretty and
tell s'S % n 5 e6 Sa ma she came
yesterday and Marge
my breath little Knowing did.
n s on that oSsh ei s my sa es heart " was
malcolm everything vlrot"
the was the only vn real friend he he ever
% sDs p yrn sss s s s sa o
known will do this better than could
given my he me-, quoted
o hsa s
lions that were given to him alone o. hot,
Malcolm stuart had
would be something to show he
%ssn Thought how small was to think
dead mean when wanted o @ BIT of 5 ns
thought me- slightest ntmatOn in
Little tell just a on sr psa1s at all
passed can't think NAL.
stur dead although in the next room Dick babbng things
Ever sinee Dick fell in faint Of afternoon
his bedside brought him home that day
vertabe rock and has taken of
settled in have nothing
rambiingDnot one tragedy
sss %s Of through that
: The doctor is bafned
somehins else his mind Mr.. Waverly
axd his unless we can get him to unbosom him
(To Be contlnued)
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lot Of congressman probably millions of American citizens
deudng themselves with the idea that Germany about
that all the fighting America will have to do will be carried in
bank parlors where patches of bonds will be sold
What basis is there for this talk of German collapse?
feeling the hunger and will continue to draw
her belt until the harvest Germany also having financial diff
dcuties.
the idea that hunger and bankruptcy the end of
Is based nothing except hope and the desire to shir
The plight of Germany today nothing with the
southern conederacy July The confedeacy
its terrific fight after that date and for 8 months after
III of at bay There
believe that less grit determination
AT that time the SOUTH only 100000 white population had
enlisted 100000 of eight At the front she
outnubered three She eeshed block
ade compared to which the blockade of Germany sieve
She had organization hardly and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-25
is NOT mice WAR" NOR BANKERS WAR" WE ARE in FOR
On

believe that their just although the world has condemn
The world had rendered its verdict against the onfederac
but its people believed they right
discomfort among the German poor but for three
years before Appomaox the sentiment that this erich mans
poor mans fight" widespread in the conderacy
Probably the Germans know that their fight hopeless
But that does that they ready quit All the intelligent
people of the south knew after Gettysburg that their cake all
dough- the phrase that they themselves employed but they
set their teeth and went through to the bloody finish.
GERMANY rs NOT GOING TO SURRENDER.
Rather she probably ready fight and greater Wilder
campaign successive lines of trenches back the Rhine it.
self.
We are not in for mice war; bankers train
ing Old Glory will victorious the but like all
victorious battle flags stitch of silk be soled with the
blood CRIME sweat and which the of that
mental of all things-WAR.
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work for a living and have

work for a living and have
good homes. To many OF
these, the idea of entertain
ing at home one evening
week would be an imposi-
ton! And the explanation in
many such cases is in these
same girls being aware of
their total inability to con-
verse intelligently upon any
subject which might arise.
We business men require a
bright companion, Sand when
after being seriously attracted
by outward charms we dis
cover that all the goods are
In natures shop window, it is
bitterly disappointing to say
the least.
1t nevertheless is amusing
in this respect. We are not
supposed to take this type of
girl seriously. She doesn't
wish 1t. She, knowing well
that she is good to look up
on, wishes to be taken where
she can be seen, and we are
amply rewarded in being per-
mitted this privilege. But
conversation? Well, only in
so far as pass the salt" will
be tolerated.
Are you musical? ooh, I
haven't time" Do You play
golf? II did, but there al
ways seems to be so many
other things to be DONE"
Well, how do you occupy
all Of your spare time, do
you read?
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theater he said: call me up
tomorrow" | was surprised
and said: 81 certainly will
not. If you wish to call me,
all right. You know my
number. II not, all right"
He was very much astonished
and said: "Why do you say
that" We had quite an ar
gument. He finally agreed
to call me- but seemed to
think | was in the wrong to
stand out on this point. Was
|? BERNICE.
A.-YOu were absolutely RICH
to my way of thinking. The on
big trouble with men and boy
now Is that they are spoiled. Ant
the fault lies with the feminin,
sex.
II Is the custom of the age 70
to run after men. But
IS wrong.
IL takes from the man his In
right to seek the woman
who will some day become his wife
and makes him conceited ant
1t makes the woman bold AM
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-25

civilization, before the
Mortimer or Columbus
ever touched it's shores.
Indians, d e sc e n ded
probably from Asiatics
who had crossed from ST.
IBERIA to Alaska or been
cast on the western coast
by storms at sea, roamed
our plains and forests,
sailed our lakes and
streams in swift canoes,
built cities of brick and
stone in the baked lands of
the southwest, worshiped
golden idols, traded with
silver money, wOve cloth
ing of goat-hair, and rails
ed crops Of peas and beans.
There were many kinds
of Indians, from the skin
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-25
"Oh, yes. but please pass

"Oh, yes, but please pass
the salt"
Now, Miss Grey, you know
and | know that these lovely
looking girls are perfect fools
to themselves. They are too
much of our main streets and
not enough of their homes.
Many seventh nighter when
first attracted has 365 out of
each year in mind, but it's
impossible to contemplate
after the third request for the
salt.
Yours in search of a
REAL chum. B.
Aft rose tree is not pruned
and cultivated, it grows wild and
scraggy. Or vine may be trained
to grow in q certain direction. 1t
is just SO with children. ~ The
girls you choose to set up for crit
icism can be blamed no more for
their attitude than a duck can he
for taking to water. They have
been petted and pampered by de-
voted fathers, fond brothers and
uncles. Naturally enough they
expect the same Difference from
the men who pay them court. No,
don't rave against the girls. Place
the responsibility upon the shoul-
ders Of unwise or careless parents.
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What People
Are Doing
An interesting program is to be

An interesting program is to be
given Wednesday night at the Y.
M. c. A. under the direction of
Mrs. l.. w. Owens, president of
the Fathers day movement.
| Among those on the program are
Miss Katherine Robinson, Mrs.
James West, junior Y. M. G. A.
boys, Rachael Van Valen,
Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Davis, Dan
Simmons and Paul Ivanhoff of the
Cushman school, and Mrs. l.. w.
Owens.
A patriotic concert is to be CIV
en- tonight at the Temple of Music
under the direction of Mrs. l.. B.
Cameron. An attractive and va
ried program of vocal and instru-
mental music has been arranged
by Mrs. Cameron. The proceeds
of the concert will go to the Red
Cross society.
The Plulomathean Literary So
ciety of the College of Puget
Sound will give a Scottish pro-
gram at the college chapel Fri
day evening. This is the annual
program of the society and no eff
fort has been spared to make the
program an exceptional one. No
admission fee.
Plans for the concert to be Civ
en- May 1 in honor of Prof. Olaf
Bull are being given the finishing
touches. All of the Tacoma must
cal clubs and we'll known north.
west musicians are to take par,
in the concert.
The chivalric and philosophical.
degrees, 10th to 30th, will be con
ferred Wednesday at the seminar
nual Scottish Rite reunion by the
Tacoma Council of Kadosh, No. 4
Archibald j. McKillop, command.
er.
Marriage licenses were issued
in Tacoma Tuesday to Robert D.
Kennedy. Seattle, and Bertha
Webb. Portland, Ore.; p. Oscar
Storlie and Eunioe c. Smith, both
of Tacoma; w. ]. Finn and E.
McCaffery, both Of Seattle.
Seven vacancies still remain In
the class in home nursing that
meets every Wednesday and Sat.
urday mornings at 10 in the Sta.
dunn high school. Women desir.
ing to enter are asked to phone
Mrs. Harold 8. Wheeler.
The ladies of the First Presby
terrain church will hold a rum
mage sale Friday and Saturday al
S32 Pacific ave.
The Waikiki club will give tn,
sixth dance of the season Friday
night at the Lincoln Dancing AGA
deny.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Seymour
have had for their guest the las
few days, Edmund Seymour, tn,
New York bond broker.
MIR. and Mrs. Everett Griggs lef
Tuesday for California TO be ava,
several weeks.
The Custer Woman's Relic
Corps will give a card party in thu
Armory at p. m. Saturday.
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ANSWERS e eyMM GREY

saucy and takes from her the in.
herited right to be sought after
and the natural quality OF
modesty than which there Is not a
more charming or faster-waning
feminine attribute.
Come easy, go easy" Is a
mighty true saying In cOurtship as
in money getting.
What man strives after, he
usually cherishes. In short, when
a man who seeks your friendship
and appears interested in you
wishes you to call him on the
phone, do as "Bernice" did-tell
him it's up to him to do the call
ing. He may be little startled
at first, but you'll find that Inc
really prefers this method and re.
spects the girl or woman who per-
mits him to take the initiative in
the woOing.
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A program of plano, vocal and
violin numbers will be given
Thursday night by the pupils of
the Aquinas academy. The mu-
|sic-loving public are invited.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-25

The sooner BEGIN getting that war food mar
ke into operation the sooner we will be solving our
war food price problem. ACTION, City Commits
Aoners is what the people want to see on the only
feasible plan for combating this menace
DR.. Karl Helfferich calls on farmers to save Ger
many. They couldn't make worse job of it than the
Hohenzollerns.- Street Journal
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-25
A HOUSEKEEP

Dear Miss Grey: Can you
find any excuse for the atti-
tude and behavior or (mis-
behavior) of many of our
most attractive girls?
1t would appear that they
no longer relish a serious and
honorable courtship and ap-
parently seven evenings a
week with seven different
men who can afford a loge.
roses and a dollar supper is
their one idea of happiness.
We can make excuses for
the girl who earns little and
who spends practically all of
1t upon her clothes, but the
girls | particularly refer to
are those more fortunately
situated, who do not have to
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-25
GOOD FORM HINTS
BY CYNTHIA GREY

GENTLEMAN is
not necessarily
in love with a
girl because he
hastens to tie
her shoestring,
to fasten her
glove or to per-
form any other
small personal
service. But SO
unusual ar Q
these attentions
in some social
circles that the
m a n who Ia
fairly p oil l t Q
rms thA risk
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Of having his courtesy misinter
preted.
o. met nice young
man the other day. He ex-
pressed a wish to keep COM
pany with me, and as we
parted after going to the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-25
Tabloid History
of United States

You, as an American, call this the "New World. y
Why?
It's old as the old world; people lived here and
had wars and pestilences and conquests and a real
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-04-25

Argentina and Costa RIGA assure Uncle Sam of
their moral support. Lordy we've got more morality
than we can lake care of now. What we need from
you is beef and potatoes, good folks
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agricultural department
into cold storage at "a dozen, which per
higher than year.
This means that during of fall
can housewives will have
last fall and winter Figure it please.
cent eggs doesn't IT. Just abou-and likely too for the
cold storage will not only that
paying his prices
to be higher the housewife
her cook that these will upon price
You will not rupture of imagination by pctur
yourself father and children
fast table cold winter find
Your family Mrs Housewife a
round and round highriced hen food high
storage high everything You sit in that
fully help help
Well in the preserving
ters And a substitute
foods that going
craft
The cold storage men taking SO cent risk in
putting for They simply have 80
confidence in heplessness They plan to hardy
December They will, unless you scramble them April.