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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-08
The Big. Revival.

The union revival at the Ohio
street NJ. r. church is still in pro-
gress and more and more interest
is being manifested at each SER
vice. DR.. Arnold is preaching
sermons that his hearers cannot
get away from, and the indlca-
tons are that before the meeting
closes there will be many addi'
tons to churches in Butler.
Friday night was Business
Mems night and roll was calico
of the various business houses ii
the city and there was a response
to almost every name that was
called, either by the proprietors
or the employees, or both.
Sunday afternoon Doctor Arm
old preached sermon to men
only. and was listened to by a
large audience.
Services will be held each al
tcrnoon and evening until furth-
er notice.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-08
Gerard Ate Ham an " Despite
Berlin Ban; Eggs Cost 12c
Each.

Berlin, March 2.-Prussian Wig
lance has not been able thus far
to suppress much illicit traffic in
farm products, which is being car
ried on in devious ways in the
rural environments of Berlin. In
revelations which have been made
involving country landlords who
had been doing profitable bust
ness in eggs and bacon it was dis
covered that James w. Gerard,
then American Ambassador, paid
farmers in the vicinity OF his
hunting grounds IS pfennigs for
eggs. As the mark stands today
that would be a trifle over II
cents each.
Mr.. Gerard's price-for eggs was
not the high water mark. A To-
ouacious woman who .presides
over an estate in the vicinity OF
Berlin admitted in private letter
of which a local paper obtained
possession that she had been Of
fered - dozen for eggs.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-08
''Gypsies.

Thursday morning the word
was passed around that a large
band Of Gypsies were about to de-
sccnd on the city and soon an old
covered wagon, drawn by an
ancient looking team Of horses,
and filled with about the prettiest
load of gypsy girls that ever was
appeared OH the square. The wa.
gon was followed by. all sorts OF
Gypsies, Old Gypsies, little Gyp-
sizes, Big Gypsies and all the rest.
The men wanted to swop horses
and the women were ready to tell
your fortune. In a littel while
the people began to think that
some of the band looked just a
bit familiar, and it soon developed
that the "Gypsies'' were the men,
bers Of the 1917 class of the But
Ter High school celebrating their
class day.
The band passed around the
square singing and giving their
class yells and then proceeded to
the High school, where at O:lO
they had charge Of the chapel ex-
ercises.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-08
Kansas City Musician Slain by
Jealous Wife.

Kansas City, March 3.--Mrs,
Edward Kreiser was being held in
the county Jail here tonight with
out bond on the first-degree
charge Of having murdered her
husband, one of the most promi-
ncnt musicians and composers OF
the southwest and organist of a
large church here. She was re-
mandcd to Jail after having been
arraigncd before a justice Of the
peace only few hours after she
fired the shot that killed her hus-
band at her home here today.
Mrs. Kreiser has made no at
tempt to deny the shooting. In
statements to attaches Of the
county prosecutor office and ia
friends she said she killed her
husband because "last Monday he
was guilty to infidelity and he
and l have been quarreling all
| week over his conduct.
She purchased a revolver yes
tcrday and today, after the quar-
rel had been resumed, shot him
Then she told neighbors what she
had done and, apparently calm fo1
a time, awaited the arrival of the
police.
Il know who the woman is nc
was with last Monday night, but
shall never TELL" she said. Then
she added that other women had
come into her husbands life dur
ing practically all Of the eleven
years they had been married.
Ralph Kreiser, the 9-year-old
son, was unable to tell more OF the
tragedy than that his mother and
father had been quarreling and
that he heard her scream. A sin
gle shot followed. He was in ar
adjoining room.
Mrs. Krciscr came to Kansas
City from Kearney. Mo-, and be
came acquainted with the widely
known musician through her voice
studies. She was his third wife
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-08
Farm House Burned.

The handsome six-room house,
the home Of Louis Eichler, about
six miles north Of town was com
pletely destroyed by fire early
Friday morning. Mr.. Eichler's
son John, awakened about five
O'Clock and found the house IN
flames. He quickly awakened the
rest of the family and they man
aged to save a small amount OF
the household goods, but nothing
could be done to save the home.
A smoke house which stood in the
rear of the house caught fire ana
was destroyed together with ITS
contents. Among other things it
contained Uncle Lewis supply OF
meat and about IS gallons OF lard.
There was some insurance.
1t is thought that the fire
caught from defective flue.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-08
Will B. Ready Will be Ready

st. Louis, March 3.-Will b,
Ready, 6O33 Gates Avenue, this
city, has offered his services as a
fighter in the United States Ma
rines.
Ready, whose name sounds like
a slogan for national prepared
ness,. weighes It's pounds and Is
over six feet tall. He is pronounc.
ed a marvel of strength by physi-
cal examiners, although a few
months under the required mill
tary age. He was requested to
obtain the consent of his parents
or defer his enlistment.
Will B. Ready says he will be
ready when his parents and the
United States Marines say the
word. .
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-08

Double Branch w. G. T. U. Notes.

The Union met at Mrs. celia
Nurkols March lst, with 20 mem
beers and I visitors present. An
all day meeting was held and part
of the day was spent i'll making
and quilting on IA friendship quilt
to be presented to Mrs. Belt.
The Unions big quilt contest
closed March LIST. The quilt was
made by the Union and the menu
Der securing the most names at
Zoe IL name to be placed on the
blocks won the quilt. Mrs.
Zylpha Orfkamp was the winner.
She came up with POS names to
her credit, while Mrs. Griffin was
close second with 2O5. There
was total of 764 names amount
ing to $76.4O to be placed in the
treasury.
Mrs. Erfkamp was crowned
amid great applause and declared
she was so nervous she couldn t
work any more for a week.
Grandma Sears, who is spend
ing the winter with a daughter i'll
Chicago, sent in list of forty
names. She is the Oldest member
in the Union and loved and re-
spectcd by everyone. This report
was received with cheers.
The treasurer, Mrs. Gcrtie Hall,
insisted on having a body guard
to accompany her home. One was
promptly provided and we un-
derstand the trip was made III
safety.
The W. c. T. L. will meet at
the home of Mrs. Ellen Evens on
March Goth, Prohibition Rally
Day. There will he a nice pro-
gram and visitors are invited.
XX.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-08
SIGNS BONE DRY BILL
Presidential Approval Given the
Amendment to Postoffice

Washington, March 3.-Presi-
dent Wilson today signed the
Postoffice Appropriation Bill con
tanning the "bone dry" prohibl-
ton provision.
The ''bone dry" provision Of
the postal bill is the most far
reaching prohibition legislation
ever enacted by the federal gov
ernment-in fact it is the first d-i
rect legislation by the government
prohibiting the liquor traffic.
At least fourteen states which
have prohibition laws, but do not
prohibit the Importation Of GER
tain quantities Of liquor for per-
sonal use, will be made bone dry
by the new law, which prohibits
the importation of liquor into any
state that prohibits "its manufac-
turc and sale.''
State legislation recently passed
and about to become effective
within the next few weeks, will
increase the number of bone dry
states to at least twenty-five.
The same bill prohibits delivery
in the mails of any publication OF
correspondence bearing liquor ad-
vcrtising in states which by their
own laws prohibit such advertis'
ing within their borders.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-08
Won a $500 Damage Suit.

General Clark returned Sunday
from Lexington where he has
been engaged in the trial i'll the
case of Jesse Grindstaff VS. the
Western Coal and Mining Co.,
says the Nevada Mail. The plain
tiff lost his eye in one Of the mines
owned by the Western Coal and
Mining Co., which is a subsidiary
company of the Missouri Pacific,
about a year ago and brought
suit for s., 900. At the close Of the
trial the court sustained demur-
er offered by General Clark, at.
torney for the Western Coal and
Mining Company.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-08
Southwest Pleasant Gap.

Mrs. Hamilton and two little
sons from Pittsburg, Kansas,
spent last week at the home OF her
cousin, Mrs. VIM. Erfkamp. Mrs.
Hamilton is sister of Miss Eva
Kamm. Last week is the first
time the sisters had met since
their mothers death, thirteen
years ago. Eva was then two
years old. The children were
placed in different homes and
grew up many miles apart.
Alex Hunt, wife and daughter,
who have been visiting Mr..
Hunt s relatives in Oklahoma and
Mrs. Hunts brother, Ed Essen
price, of these parts, have re-
turned to their home in Canada.
Alex is an old Happy Hill boy,
having left here some twenty
years ago, He was glad to shake
hands with old friends and school
mates again.
Mrs. Fred Kamm is still at the
bedside Of her mother, Mrs.
Neader.
Grandma Neader is seriously ill
at the home Of a daughter, Mrs.
John Lee, near Pleasant Gap. She
has been sick all winter and her
condition doesn't seem to improve
any.
We noticed the letter from
George Morris, of Lccdy, Okla. in
last weeks Times. George is a
Bates county boy and will be re-
mcmbercd here by many.
Otha w. Long is another Bates
county boy located at the same
place, Leedy, Dewey county, OK:
lie now owns half section of
land there and by pinning his
faith to hogs and alfalfa has made
good.
Stock sold well at the Lane 4
Gcnch sale last Thursday. One
mare and the mules she had raised
brought more than $1,000.
Mrs. Bertha Hartman sent sew
enty-fivc dozen eggs to the Rich
Hill market Saturday. Mrs.
Hartman is getting eleven eggs a
day. Who can beat it?
j. l.. Gandcr and son, Floyd,
and Mace Hedges We're Rich Hill
visitors Saturday.
Most of the farmers around
here finished sowing their oats IN
time for the thin blanket Of snow
Of March Bird to cover them and
some of the more enthusiastic
ladies made garden.
Public sales seem to be the or
der of the day. There was one al
most every day last week. The
people are mostly going west to
Colorado, Idaho or Kansas. Some
of the old stickcrs and stayers are
talking of homcsteading some OF
the land here if everybody leaves.
| Miss Jennie Walters many
friends residing on this side OF the
Branch were little surprised to
hear of her marriage. However,
we wish her long life and happl-
ness and congratulate Mr.. Car
pcnter in winning so sweet Il
bride.
Miss Edith Bailey of Rich Hill
who have been visiting her sister,
Mrs. Alice Hedges. returned home
Saturday.
/ Xxx.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-08
Back Home.

The Amsterdam Enterprise,
whose plant was destroyed some
time ago by fire is again being
printed i'm Amsterdam. The En-
terprise never missed a publica-
ton. The Pattees came to But
Ter and got out a paper at the
Democrat office until they. could
buy new material and do their
own work. They lost about all
they had in the fire but they are
pluckily making . new start and
they will make good.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-08
Father and IA Sons for Army.

Clarified, Pa, March 3.-Theo-
dorc Roosevelt, who offered him.
self and four sons to his country
in the event of war, is not in q
class-with William Albright, IS, a
farmer, who has just rendered the
services of himself, IA. sons and
-seyen daughters to President VIII
Sen.seheneyer they are needed.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-08
Pleasant Gap Township
Convention.

The Democrats Of Pleasant Gap
township will meet at the Double
Branch school house, Saturday
evening, March 10th, at 2 o'clock
for the purpose of nominating a
township ticket.
Gilt Ed Moore,
Committeeman.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-08
Democratic Convention

The Democrats of Mound town.
ship will meet at the Mt. Zion
school house Saturday March I'D,
1917 for the purpose of nominal
ton Of Township ticket.
=. Webb Shelby,
Committeeman
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-03-08
Sheep for Sale.

Is head. IL coming yearings
and five coming three year Odds,
with lambs at side.
20-2ts Milo E. Hill,
Phone IA on %. Butler, No.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-19
SEAMEN'S HOME TO
PROVIDE XMAS CHEER

Sailors in port from next Saturday
until after Christmas are not to go
without their holiday cheer. Plans are
nearing completion for joyous wei
come and entertainment of all the
lonely mariners who are doing their
part to win this war as much as are
the soldiers, at the Seamen's institute.
: The arrangements are completed
for the serving Of festival banquet
to the sailors at the institute next
Saturday evening at $50 o'clock when
those present will sit down to table
laden with turkey, mince pies and all
the fixings" which go with holiday
meal.
After timer q Christmas tree is to
be illuminated and every mnn pres
ent given fine present. This is to be
followed by q concert arranged by
Mrs. J. Pascoe and friends.
On the following day it is hoped to
hold a special Christmas service with
carol singing. Later in the week it Is
also planned to nave q social evening
with games, music and other forms OF
entertainment.
The members of the Harbor Lights
Guild are working with. the institute
superintendent to give the sailors this
real Christmas welcome and it Is be.
lieved the efforts are to be crowned
with great success.
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"Our romcn arc bearing the brrnt OF this tcdr.
-GCnCrdl PCrshing.
The Army's Cleanup Campaign

Every civilian in honolulu ought to stand oy the
army in its new campaign to clean up honolulu: =
Every man and woman with a proper sease OF
pride in a morally clean community ought 10 JOIN
with the army authorities in exposing. arrestlnG
and Furnishing the bootleggers, the keepers OF
"blind pigs, the purveyOrs Of evil drugs, the pan
ders and procurers and lewd women who are no"
operating freely in this city.
While the campaign is undertaken primarily 10
safeguard the soldiers to protect their health ana
their personal safety it will be of immense dement,
to the civil population While the army is acung
to check the exploitation of soldiers its action Will
check the exploitation of the civilians also
1t became plain long ago that the police force
was not cleaning up Honolulu. 1t became plain
long ago that the present police administration is
quite as much absorbed in petty politics as in en-
forcing law and order. There is no hope for re-
form and real efficiency in the police department
with Sheriff Rose at its head. And it has become
increasingly apparent that the evil forces which
prey upon men are running amuck IN Honolulu,
with the police doing little to check their nefar'
Gus operations that police inertia amounts to
scandal.
That is undoubtedly why it is necessary for the
army to begin such campaig E as is now proposed.
1t will have the assistance of the police so far as
the police can be Of any assistance. And 1t should
have the assistance of civilian Honolulu for a
double reason-frst, because the army is doing
necessary job, job which will be of tremendous
benefit to Honolulu; secondly, because it is doing
Job to which the police force has proved itself un'
equal, and the army is thereby promoting law and
order in Honolulu.
1t is now the vital duty Of every citizen to report
10 the army authorities such nfractions OF the law
rs the sale of liquor to soldiers; the sale Of drugs
the sale of army clothing shoes to civilians and
amy scheme which involves fleeing or exploiting
the soldier, causing the soldier to violate m-
fary or civil law.
The army cannot succeed without a strong
measure of public support. But there is no ques
ton that such support will be given it, nor is there
any question that there is enough brains and back
bone in the army on Oahu to clean up Honolulu as
it has not been cleaned up since the army popula
stion arrived.
Uncle Sans officers and men have fought fevers
and plaques and vice and crime in many com
munity, at home and in faraway lands, and have
never yet lost battle. They will not lose it here
Stand by them! It's not only their dght--tt's our
fight H.. i
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Leye9t}k5FMEK I2P!G.)

every true and loyal American cln
zen cannot but look with horror upon
the crimes committed by the Germans
But We must not overlook the TACT that
horrible crimes are being committed
in our own community that have the
support both financially and morally
Of those who pose as good citizens o.
this city and | would suggest that
names and photographs Of those who
are reaping financial gain from these
breeders OF crime and disease be pun
lished without fear or hesitancy. We
must deal with facts and not alio"
personalities to stand in our way. Let
US not allow ourselves to become
slaves to the love of money or TO the
fear of our fellow man. Don't be afraid
to stand for the right because OF the
fear OF offending some one who Is on
the same board of directors or in tie
same club or in the same social circle
Have enough backbone to stand for
what you know individually TO be the
right thing We must protect the
next generation and it is up to every
true American in Honolulu to throw
his hat in the ring and come out fof
the fight to clean up the city
Sincerely.
w. E. PIETSCH.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-19
Answering the Challenge Of Loyalty

The resignation of j. F. c. Hagens from the firm
Of Hackfeld Company is his response to the chal
lenge of Americanism forced by the India canspi
racy case and the Grasshof diary revelations, both
of which implicate his immediate associates in the
] Arm. >=. &.
There has been repeated and persistent criticism
-of Mr.. Hagens ever since the United States went
.sto war This criticism has been answered, answer
led Immediately and answered periodically bysMr.
EHagens BE defined his position when the United
Sstates went to war. He defined his position when
+ he became president Of the Chamber of Commerce
and though the Star Bulletin said at that time, and
fstill believes, that his election was mistake, ii
TWAS not mistake because of his personality, but
because of the entangements cast around every
zGerman- American by the actions of the Germans
themselves, and by the plotting engineered and
Sfostered by. the German government. $5s$
He defined his position and the position of every
good American in notable speech during the re-
Gent civic convention. His activity in the semi:
military work of the officers reserve corps has been
eenergetic and valuable. =.s@
In resigning from Hackfeld & Company, he is de
timing his position in the most concrete terms he
shas vet used He has met the challenge of loyalty
contained in the community indignation over the
linda conspiracy and the Grasshof disclosures
k6f plotting. >....@~. -. .-..s ..--. 49,.
Respect for Mr. Hagens will be generally increas-
fed by his action
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-19
BANANA CONGESTION
NOW WORSE THAN EVER

The banana congestion in Hawai-
threatens to become more of prob
lem than it was this summer. Nor
mallv there is an average OF 10000
punches of bananas to ship to the
coast every month, says A. J. Camp
bell. who is probably better informed
about the industry than any other IN
Honolulu.
1t is now nearly a month since any
large quantity of bananas has been
shipped to the coast. This was on
the steamer Maui when she left here
for her last voyage from this port
until the war is over. Since then
only few hundred punches have been
sent to the coast by transpacific
boats which have had permits to en-
ter the coastwise trade.
The prospect for the future ship
ments is not encouraging either, as
most of the ships now calling at Homo
lulu have been diverted to other pur'
poses, at least temporarily. q.
Home consumption is believed to
be absorbing a considerably larger
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-19
LOST IN THE CoUNTRY's SERVICE.

The loss of the FL, told to Honolulu in a Star.
fI,ulletin extra last evening recalls to mind that
March evening nearly three years ago when this
scits. was shocked by news that the F4 had sunk
autsde the harbor, with officers and imprison-
ED IN their steelshell tomb-the tomb from which
they did not come alive,
That was the first serious loss to the United
Estates navy through disaster to a submarine. The
wrecking of the FL is the second major disaster TO
san American diyer.boat not actually in was.work.
There have been lesser disasters, fatal to fe but
Sin only these two have all or most of the crew
sheen killed i
The men of the FL died in their coantrys service
inst as surely as if they had been operating in the
se,irezoue and were sunk BY a German DESTROYER or
.lepth-tomb. They, too. are heroea
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-19

That announced campaign of the army to get
after the evil forces in Honolulu which prey upon
soldiers ought to wake up some of the snoring
citizens who, in their few intervals of semi-con.
sciousness sneer at all efforts to make the police
force do its duty. Honolulu may be considered
lucky in not being declared "barred zone within
which soldiers cannot come as Seattle was declared
when Mayor Gill and his chief of police failed to
clean up. If such an order we're enforced against
Honolulu, the businessmen would be on their feet
in minute demanding that the police either get
busy in really effective way or get out of office
from top to bottom.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-12-19
The Fall of Jerusalem

The como uest of Jerusalem by the British army
is an event not only Of considerable military i'm
portanCe to the Allied but of supreme historic
interest. 1t has caught the Imagination of writer's
all over the United States and they are discussing
It in relation to the pageant Of history not less than
In relation to the triumph Of British strategy in
Asia which it forecasts.
One writer points out that from military stand
point, the chief advantage of the capture of Jeru-
salem is that preserve their standing in the Mos
lem world the Turkish and German leaders may be
compelled to use troops that are being collected at
Aleppo in an attempt to regain the ancient city.
Palestine is made up Of coast plain-varying in
width from few miles to twenty miles, while
ragged hills, rising in places to height of about
1000 feet, stretch north and south nearly parallel
to the coast along the eastern side.
The eastern section of the country is very rough
except for few little valleys The rivers have cut
deep gorges in their rush down the steep slopes.
The river Jordan. of sacred memory, runs nearly
south along the eastern edge of Palestine, and
throughout its entire course it is below the sea
level While the rise from the sea to the summit is
fairly gradual. the drop the east is very steep.
In fact. from the crest of the ridge an average of
about $500 feet in twenty miles the level drops to
maximum of 1900 feet below sea level.
Under the circumstances the possession of the
coastal plain and the lines of travel would seem to
leave the rest Of the country in state of siege with
small supplies of food and less forage
The apparent collapse of the Turks in Palestine
is eloquent OF the breaking down of the military
power of the sultan in all war theaters.