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The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-11
History of Khaki.

What is the origin of khaki? To
whom are we indebted for it7
1t was first adopted in British In
dia in 1S48, by Sir Harry Burnett
Lumsden, who had been asked to
equip corps of guides to collect in
lelligence and to conduct an English
iorcc on the northwestern frontier of
India. The cloth used was light
cotton drill, as suited the climate Of
Hindustan. and took its name from
a native term, khaki" which means
in the Urdu language duty" being
derived from "khaki"' or dust. Thus
the term applied to the color Of the
cloth rather than to the material.
Though the dictionary tells us it is
pronounced kaykee by the native, the
English have given it to US as khar-
kee, and this is the correct pronun-
citation. 80
Having been approved. the use OF
the cloth spread from the guides TO
others in the Indian army, and it was
worn in the Sepoy mutiny of 1857 by
the English troops. In the Boer war
1899 1902, khaki was adopted as the
British service uniform and so worn
by all English and colonial troops n
But as. cotton was not warm
enough for the African highlanders,
uniforms of the same kind were made
Of serge and the term khaki thus in
cluded wooden as we'll as cotton fab
RIGS. Because it was we'll fitted for
he climate of Cuba and the Philip
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-11
Busy at Camp Doniphan.

According to letters received fron
the Butler boys who are on duty a,
Camp Doniphan they are being KEEP,
very busy at that. camp and are not
entirely in love with Oklahoma. in
fact one of them says that he don't
think that the Lord ever intended for
white men to inhabit such country
When it is. not blowing so that one
has to cat dirt half the time, it is so
still and hot that it is smothering,
The ground is just,as soft as the lime
stone is in Bates county and it al
most took a pile driver to drive tent
pegs.
The camp, which comprises $4,000
acres, is in the shape of a big horse
shoe, with fine rock road, twenty
miles long, around the edge. The
Missouri troops are camped near a
big hill, which is called mountain
in that country, and on the opposite
side of the hill is stationed the ar
tillery, which uses the hill as a back
stop for target practice. Every
branch of army service is represent
ed at Camp Doniphan and one can
look UP any time and see big bal
loon sailing over or a. flying machine
cutting circles through the clouds.
The men are being drilled in all kinds
of modern warfare and are frequent
ly called out in the night to. "repel
an attack of the Huns" They "go
over the top" repel the INVADERS
and then go back to bed to catch
little sleep for the. next days hard
drilling. But them seem; to like the
work and all are enjoying good health
and able to eat three big meals per
day. Co. B is to be made part of
a machine gun company and it is un-
derstood that Captain Caruthers will
be transferred to the depot brigade, >,
where he will be used in drilling a re-
serve army, duty which his long
service in the National Guard and. the
regular army make him peculiarly
qualified According to the present
plans Col. Raupp will command de-
pot regiment.
1t is not known how long the boys
will stay at that camp, but they hope
that they will get out early in the
spring, as they are all anxious to try
conclusions with the Boches and
show them just what kind of fight
ing man the United States can pro-
duce.:
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-11
KAISER's FOURTH ARMY
SHATTERED
Haig's Thrust Annihilates Whole
T.. Corps Of German
Troops.

London, Oct. 6.-The fourth Ger
man army, composed of the kaiser.
crack regiments and commanded b,
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria
has been almost completely shattered
by the savage British thrusts in ths
battle of Flanders.
Whole army corps were practically
annihilated by the great drive 81
Thursday when Field Marshal Haie
droved forward the apex of the Ypres
salient until it now bites. six miles
deep into the German front.
German counter attacks have failed
to shake the British grip on the Pass
chandacle ridge and the number Of
German prisoners has been increased
to about 5000.
Gigantic armies were engaged in
this great life and death struggle in
Belgium. 1t is estimated that Field
Marshal Haig must have used close
TO a quarter of a million men when
his troops. drove forward on Thurs
day, and thousands of big guns were
in action.
German reserves and reinforce
mcnts have been hurried to the front,
and it was reported from Amsterdam
today that the kaiser would go to the
Belgian front to inspire his men to
more desperate defense OF the battle
front which means III possession OF
the German U-boat bases on the Bel
gian coast.
The German losses were tremend-
Gus. especially around Poelcapelle
and Joist farm, where the fighting
was heaviest. On the bodies of dead
German officers were found orders to
hold these positions or die trying.
At Joist farm the Germans held on,
although, the British swept by them
IN both sides. Vicious fighting is
also in progress for the possession of
poelcapelle. which lies on the Wes--
.rn slope of Passchandaele ridge,
'bout two miles east of Langemarck
4 detailed official report states
hat six villages were captured in the
lrive-Broodseinde, Reutal, Noord-
Poldcrhoek. Molenares-
hook and Gravenstafel.
Three principal obstacles remain
'efore the whole remainder of the
idge must automatically crumble be-
ore the British drive. They are
.ennebeke, Gheluvelt and part :f1
'olygon wood. Haig will resume his
offensive shortly in order to place
imself in complete possession of all |
he dominating heights before the
weather. compels both sides to 60 in
o winter quarters. I
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-11
AN EASY WAY TO REDUCE
FLESH
Drink Hot Water and Take Tassce

OIluk not water ana lake assoc.
Haven't you often wished for a
medicine to reduce your flesh?
Something that does not require diet
ing or calisthenics? Well, right here
you have it in s-grain tassco tablets,
which you may secure at your drug
gist's. They are pleasant to take.
perfectly harmless and cause no re-
strictions of habit or eating and re-
duce the flesh. little by little, until
you are down to the number of
pounds you wish to weigh. Too
much flesh is undesirable, as most
quite stout people will readily admit,
and it detracts from ones good ap-
pearance; makes one clumsy and
short of breath. ,
There isn't any reason why anyone
should be too stout, when there's this
much-fried, perfectly Satisfactory
remedy at your druggists. Tassco
tablets (don't forget the name) are
reeomme1ded ~ physicians and ati
Guaranteed to be perfectly harmless.
Refuse Substitutes. q you en- nos
come to our store. we.will mail tasco
to you-Advestisemenf. S7-it
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-11
u. s. PATROL SHIP FoUNDEREr
Deesils Lacking Of incident Which
Occurred IN European
Witera

Washington, Oct. 6.-An American
patrol ship foundered. in European
waters on the morning of October 4
while on duty. The Navy Depart
ment has no information of the cause
of the lbss of the ship and has or
dered an investigation. There We
no loss of life. Further information
Of the incident, which was reported
BY vice-Admiral Sims, is being asked
for BY the Navy Department. There
is nothing in the departments au-
nouncement to indicate the class Of
the ship. Most of the Americas
p&tro1S are destroyerss:
Tns lost ship kss .sn auxiliary, Inos
oae 81 The regulsr, 1assie lise, sad ~a4
1d 1iike swispfnx :wo9k s>vtea NJ i
The sepott 7Ae - lf61 et1stf -
hete 70 mean che was ioes ia reeh
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-11
Buy Bond to Help Win.

Washington, Oct. 8.-"Those in
charge of the Liberty Bond sale ask
you to pour out your money not at
the feet of the God Of War, but into
the lap Of the Goodness of Liberty
Secretary Baker declared today in
Addressing a Liberty Bond sale
meeting at 4 focal theater. Through
out his address the secretary i'm
pressed his audience with the fact
that the United States entered the
waf. not because Of special eriev-
ances. though she had plenty. he de-
clared, bat in the interest Of endur-
ing safety for democracy and liberty,
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-11
New War Tax Lsviss q Made By
Senate and House.

Washington, Oct. 6-The war rev.
enue bill. as finally agreed on BY the
house and senate conferees provides
for the raising of approximately $7,-
COO. .,,o, 600, as follows:
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-11
Farm Loans.

If you desire freedom from the bur.
dens of everlasting debt, it will pay
you to let us show you a plan where
by it can be done. 1t means low
cost, with the most liberal lre-pay-
ment privileges. No renewals, with
the attending cost, that come peri
odically, and some times raise in
rates. 1t costs nothing TO investi-
gate, your own inter-sr should
prompt you do the best that you can.
We invite full investigation.
-. Cauterburys.
36H Butler, No.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-11
Chile Also Gusts Won Luxburg.

Buenos Aires, Oct. 6.-Count voi1
Luxburg, former German charge d'af.
fairies to Argentina, who was given
his passports for sending unneutra1
messages through the Swedish lega-
ZION, has been declared persona non
grata to Chile by the Chilean gov
eminent
The German diplomat today is on
= tug en- route to Colonia, Uruguay,
having been escorted to the delta o:
the Paraaa by representatives of the
Chilean government. &
1t is presumed that the German
will embark for Europe at Monte
video~
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-11
Man Power of Germany Now is Near
its Dregs, About $4,000

With the French Armies in th'
Field. Sept. 28.-Germany today ha.
68oo,ooo men as the "human mater
ial" with which to enforce her de-
mand for "a place in the sun.
This is the man power" that re
mains out of a total of $4,000. .oo
men who have figured on the German
military lists and passed through the
hands of Gernany's military arbiters
Of the 6,8oo,ooo approximately S.
500, 1000 are actually at the front and
Goo. 900 more arc in reserve. The re-
manning 100000 constitute one of the
greatest tragedies of the war. They
are the boy soldiers OF the classes oi
1910 and 1920. They constitute the
only resource of human material
upon which Germany has to draw.
They must fill up losses in the Ger
man army which with no major al
lied offcnsives in progress normally
total from 10000 to 10000 monthly.
To date, however. the German Gen.
cral Staff has not yet succeeded in
imposing on the German people It's
right to seize these youths before
they are 18.
Therefore this last drop of poten-
tial German manhood cannot pass
into the army except in small lots, as
the boys attain the age of I8.
The figures cited herewith are bas-
ed upon the highest and most acct
rate sources of information. From
this same source it is possible for
the United Press to-day to detail this
history Of Germany's mobilization
efforts.
Before the war the German army
contained 81 divisions of $4,000 men.
at the declaration OF
war of all who had previous military
training brought the total of 4,5oo,ooo.
But these were. insufficient. The
Ersatz reserve, 100000 strong, was
of men whose physical
condition was a trifle under normal
army standard. Then the class OF
1911 was called out-45o,ooo men,
who became 20 years old in that
year.
The 1915 call for the first line OF
he landstrum yielded 100000 men
The 1915 class another 100000; a |
special call in September for the re-
nainder OF the landstrum, 10000,
md an advance call. for the 1916
lass, 10000. Still more men were
wanted; therefore Germany combed |
'ut 100000 more by stringent exami-
lation of those previously exempted.
In 1916 the 1917 class was called
INT carly-4so,ooo boys 10 and I9
ears old.
Another combing process added
10000 more, and finally in Novem-
'er the 1913 class was called out
mother 100000.
In 1917 the demand for human MA
erial was still more pressing. An.
'ther squeezing process found 10000
more men, draining the empire OF
very man who by any stretch of
ledical inspection could be regarded
S fit for military service. There re-
laincd no other source except the
oys taken as soon as they were I8.
Not before 1913 can the German
aft begin Incorporating the 1921
ass-and then only as fast as they
ecome IS. At least 100000 fit men
re needed for indispensable indus
ial and civil service behind the lines.
he utterly unfit total 100000
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-11
Come in and get q Savings Bank
and save your money.
LIST MISSOURIAN'S WAR
DEEDS
A State. Committee ON Historical
Service Named.

Jefferson City, Oct. 3.-The state
council of defense today appointed
the following committee on "histori-
cal serviee:" Jonas Viles Of the
state university, chairman; E. c. Nc
Luse of the Warrensburg Normal, L.
c.. Griffith of William Jewell Col
lege and R. J. Kerner, secretary Of
the state university.
This committee will record all
deeds of note performed by any Mis-
sotrisns in the present war. No mat
ter whether the Missouri soldier is a
commanding general or a private, if
he performs some noteworthy ser
vice in the war the committee will
take due notice thereof.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-11
HOW GERMANY HAS LOST
MAN POWER.

Losses i'll the army through
casualties. ....... 100000
Wounded under treatment
but not yet capable of
service 100000
German reservists in foreign
countries $4,000 in the
limited States alone). 100000
Germans physically incapa-
Bile Of army service 2,Ioo, 900
Employed in indispensable
industries ............. 100000
,"''' ''''.' - -7'too,oo'
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-11
PURIFIED CORN MEAL

All feed Sc per sack less IN S
sack lots. Also SC for the sack
when returned.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-11
GERMANY'S PRESENT MAN
POWER.

Soldiers at the front or in
cantonments ............ $500 900
Soldiers at depots constitut-
ing the reserve. ..... GOO, 900
Classes of 1919 and 1920,
still unincorporated. 700, 900
Total. 68oo.ooo
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
MICHAEL|S' FATE
HANGS ON RESULT
OF WOMAN'S TRIAL

LONDON. Oct 16-The fate Of DR..
Michaelis. German chancellor, whose
resignation has been demanded by one
faction. and whi Is declared incapable
BY another. practically hangs upon the
result Of the prosecution. under his or
ders. Of Frau Luis zistz. . sIcg woman
accused. with members OF the Rsishstag.
Of snti-governmsnt activity.
She IL known to have been intimately
associated with three members Of the
Reichstas. socialist deputies accused IN
the debats on naval matters. and II she
Ia convicted they win be automatically
found guilty also.
Her condemnation VIII mean a tri-
urnph for the present government. while
her aoauittal wiz be Tbs grayost poIti-
: Thsrs iE considerable opposition 10
the proposal to. bold the prosecution be-
hind elosed doors. according TO German
newspapers.
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
DIR. HILLS TELLS OF
KAISER'S CHARGE TO MEN

CHICAGO, Oct. 1s.-'Make your
selves more frightful than the Huns
under AttiIa" the Kaiser charged his
soldiers at the beginning OF the war,
according to DR.. Newell Dwight
Kills, of Brooklyn, in an address be-
fore a Liberty loan meeting here
yesterday.
"see that for 1000 years no enemy
mentions the very name of germany
without shuddering," he said Svas an
other admonition of the Kaisfr to his
followers.
The speaker detailed authenticated
instances of wanton slaughter, cruci-
fixion of babies and other crimes, and
declared that whether the war con
tinues I'VE or ten years It would go
until the Belgians and Frenchmen,
who have suffered, are on German
soil.
T. P. O'Connor, member of the
British parliament, followed the
Brooklyn divine, by asserting that
the fundamental issue of the war is
the conflict between essential Chris
tianity and essential -paganism.
Racial and religious lines have dis
appeared, he said, in England in the
united determination to crush
junkerism.
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
Spy, Masquerading
As Nurse, Had U. S.
Z Mobilization Plans

BALTIMORE, Oct. 15.-Govern-
ment agents are today investigat-
ing the escapades OF q German
SPY who has been operating in
various towns, wearing the habit
OF q woman nurse and treating
relatives OF army physicians. In
the course OF his travels along the
New York, Phlladslph+a, and Nor
folk railroad the "nudss" was
able to secure in SONS manner .
complete set Of maps containing
mobilization plans. wives Of
Some Of the doctors will appear
today before the officials to give
that they claim will be eenolu,
sivs evidence.
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
NOTEDBEAUTY WHO
ELOPED. WITH RICH
MANENDSHERLIFE

AURORA, III. Oct 1B-steps are
being taken today TO carry cut the
last wish Of Mrs. Lillian stiles, who
took her life here yesterday bT swal'
lowing poison. she lsft . hets ask
ms thst her body be srsmstsd and
the ashes thrown into the Lake.
Mrs. stiles had . speOtsouiAF e.
rssr. Twslvs years ago she was .
noted beauty ana wife Of prosper.
Gus business man. shs sIepee with
Herbert Crane, the milliezaifs. d.
verss suits Of Mrs Crane and Mr..
stiles followed.
After living several years With
Crane 1t his country sstats. -
stiles quietly returned to her old
home at strsator, III Less than a
year ago Crane married the daughter
Of . wealthy Costa RIcan planter.
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
Should Make a
Million for Him
Cincinnati man discovers drug
that Ioosens corns so
they lift out.

which Is said to shriveI a corn, root
and all, without any pain.
few drops applied directly upon
tender, aching corn relieves the
soreness at once. and shortly the en-
with the fingers
This new drug Is being dispensed
at small cost in quarter ounce kottles,N
which is sufficient TO take off every
hard or soft corn from ones feet. II
is sticky substance which dries at
once, and does not inflame or even
irritate the surrounding tissue or
skin. There is no excuse for anyone
inviting death by infection or lock-
jaw from cutting their corns now
Advt.
The Washington times., 1917-10-15

force. and R. C. Cowan, representing
the Burns Detective Agency.
Admitted Suicide Pact.
The detectives said that they had
found the poison while on the train
en- route to this city, and said that
the pair had confessed that they had
entered into suicide pact The un-
derstanding between Soaring and Miss
Rendell was that they should take
the poison II things became unbear-
able.
Both Soaring and Miss Rendeil
were much thinner and less dapper
than they were when Soaring disap-
peared in August, 1915, from the
bathing beach in Atlantic CitN The
detectives said that IL was because
of Searing's emaciated appearance,
due to a recent illness, that the police
in New Orleans had experienced so
much difficulty in determining his
resemblance to a picture sent there
by the Philadelphia authorities.
Wife CoIIapses I'm CeIIroon.
Touching scenes, enacted, by Scar,
ing, his wife and a sister Of Miss
Rendell. occurred in the detective
bureau and in the celIroom at city hall
during the day.
The most pathetic incident was
when Soaring met his wife. Mrs.
Soaring, in company with her mother
and her attorney, Sidney E. Smith.
who brought suit on behalf Of Mrs.
Soaring for the recovery OF $4,000
insurance on the life OF her husband,
were admitted to the cellroom on the
sixth floor of city hall shortly after
o'clock.
Mrs. Soaring bad barely seated her
self outside the cell section when
Soaring suddenly walked up the cor
ridor leading to where his wife was
seated Mrs. Soaring started and
gazed for several minutes upon the
wan figure She arose, gasped and
sunk into the arms OF her mother.
Mrs. Soaring, on the verge Of collapse,
was placed under the. care Of the
matron. Not a word was spoken by
husband and wife.
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
Ne1vS From London
Of Engagement of
Ruth Hapgood

News comes from London OF the en-
gagement Of Miss Ruth Hapgood,
daughter Or Mrs. Emile Bigelow
Hapgood, OF New York, TO Lieut..
Sewell Tappan Tying. Of New York.
who holds a commission in the
French army. Lieutenant Tying is the
son OF Mrs. William Adams Nissan.
No formal announcement Of the en-
gagement has been made, but IL is
expected that the wedding will take
place in London or Paris In Deem
SsAalr a&SsprinG Miss HaproOd
wan "a Innton, where she Joined her
eather.~ Mt, Norman Hapgood, and
engaged in the important branch Of
hospLtal work there and in Paris,
which IL helping the men blinded In
battle ito see" In May Lieutenant
Tying set aside his college course at
Williams to take up Red Cross work
in France, and their humanitarian
work brought Miss Hapgood and the
young lieutenant together again. Re-
Gently he received the commission
of honorary lieutenant in the French
army, and during the coming winter,
with a French officer, will supervise
Santeen IN tne trencn Iencnes.
=
Col. and Mrs. Thomas Casey have
returned to Stoneleigh Court from a
visit in Philadelphia
Mrs. Herbert II. Brown will leave
Washington shortly to visit Mr.. and
Mrs. Birchmore at their bone in Pitts
burgh.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Henderson, of
Neilsville, Nd, and Washington are
receiving congratulations on the birth
of son. Mrs. Henderson was for
merly Miss Lavinia Dawson, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Dawson, of
Rockville, Nd.
Thomas Nelson Page, American am
bassador to Italy, has left the Hotel
de Crillon, Paris, to return to his post
in Rome.
General Horace Porter Is at his New
York home after passing the summeh
at Bar Harbor.
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
INSURANCE FRAUD
FUGITIVES' ARREST
BARES DEATHPACT

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 15.-Enough
cyanide of potassium to XIII a dozen
persons was taken from Frederick
Roe Soaring, fugitive Philadelphia
contractor, charged with attempting
TO defraud insurance companies, while
he and Miss Elizabeth Rendell, his
former stenographer and alleged CO.
conspirator, were being brought back
TO this city from New Orleans.
Soaring and Miss Rendell- who had
posed as his wife in the South,
reached this city in charge Of Richard
Doyle, & member OF the city detective
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
WILL ATTEMPT TO FORM
new SWEDISH CABINET

STOCKHOLM, Oct 16-An0thsr sf-
fort will Be MADE 10 form = new cab
met in Sweden. Professor Eden. Hb-
srRl leader, has been commissioned
By King 6ustavs to begin At enSs
the JOrEanizstion.
n. J. widen, president Of the SEQ
ond chamber and former minister of
the interior. who recently sought to
carry out, the Kings instructions to
form new ministry. has notined
the King that he IL unable to DO 20.
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
MOSHER TO Be PRIVATE
SECRETARY TO GARDINER

L. B. Mosher today was appointed
private secretary to Commissioner
Gardiner to succeed Miss Alice
George, resigned. Mr.. Mosher for
msrly was deputy register OF Wills
and lately has been in the bonding
business. He was born in Prince
George county, Nd, but has been a
resident of Washington practically all
his life.
e. Miss George, who was secretary to
former Commissioner Neuman, was
the first woman to serve as secretary
to a District Commissioner.
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
TAKEs SWEDISH SHIPS.

LONDON, Oct. 16.-rhs British gov
ernment has reouisltloned the swo-
dish steamships syhynx Q,5T2 tons),
Bellgrove Q,2S4 tons), Cremona q .225
tops), and Phyllis Qs4s1 tons). These
vessels, which are now In Britiah
Yorts, although flying the Swedish
nag, are mainly British owned.
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
no Alp aoLpEERs n cAMp.

NEW YORK, Oct. 1B.-The Rocks-
fsIIer Foundation announces that it
has appropriated an additional sloo,.
600 for work at Amsrican army can
tonmsnts by the Playground ana
Rsersati0n AssoeIation q Amerie@
VITA the SO, 900 which the founde-
tlou aDpropriatsd on September II,
IL total contribution TO the coming
years budget for this work Il $780,
900.
The Washington times., 1917-10-15

Surgeon Ralph w. Mcdowell. U. S.
n, and Mrs. Mcdowell have returned
to Washington after an absence OF
several years and have quarters at
the Marine Barracks, DR.. Mcdowell
having been detailed to duty with the
Marine Corps. Mrs. Mcdowell was
formerly Miss Ruth Noyes, and is a
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
W, Noyes.
The Washington times., 1917-10-15
HEAVY SNOW IN MAINE.

BANGOR, Ne, Oct. ia heavy
northern section OF the State. In sew
eraI places the snow reached a depth
OF six inches.