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The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-18
NUMBER /
High School Notes.

Mr.. A. B. Francisco, OF Chicago,
who is here giving lectures to the
business men on business science, ad-
dressed us last Thursday. He gave
us some very practical ideas He al
so invited us to come to his lectures.
Mr.. Walter Lynch sang and played
for us. He surely made hit" witn
MS for we couldn't get enough of his
music. Everyone is hoping he will
come back again and entertain us.
| The first basket ball practices ar.
being held and there will be a game
in few weeks. Butler will always
upt up fight to win so you come
and help b. H. S. to make this season
one of the most successful it has ever
had.
Senior Scintillas
Something about the Big Carnival,
which is to take place Oct. 27. 1t will
be regime OF everlasting merriment.
Freaks and wonders from the end of
the world. Let everyone come. Lose
that dull feeling Be happy; yon
can't help it, You'll smile, you'!l
grin, that grin will burst into one
continuous side splitting laugh If
you are fat you'll shake all over, if
you're thin, your bones will rattle. Ii
you don't laugh you're not human.
Take in the sights. Follow the
crowd
Junior Jnglc>,
Everybody is busy in the basket
ball hall and our teams are getting in
training for the seasons work. Mar ,
garct Harper and Vernon Johnson
are the Junior representatives for the
Athletic Council. The Juniors are
finding the study Of The Sir Roger
de Coverly Papers" very interesting.
Sophomore Sidelincs.
Monday we elected members to the
Athletic Council. who were Wendell
Huse and Teresa Howard We are
practicing all we can in the hall
Freshmen Facts
We elected members to the \th-
letic Council. who are Claude Reichel
and Pauline Crutsinger. We have
chosen purple and gold for our class
colors. A few weeks ago the Sen
iors were feeling proud because they
sold the most athletic tickets but nov
the Freshmen arc gay. They con-
trihuted more than any other class t"
the magazine fund.
Debate Club Notes
The Debate Club hasn't done much
H.,
fa>nt arrived yet. When it does
come well make things hum We
have a fine club this year and hope
70 better the record made by our
boys last year. And that will be
going some. The attendance has
been good, and the members have
been working with will
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-18
High School Glass Reunions.

ON Monday and Tuesday evenings
OF this week the OF the year (ycar
delctcd by the aforesaid H. 5. girls)
held very jolly reunion at the
homes of two of its members in this
city.
Monday night they were enter
tanned at the home of Miss Lulu
Short on Broadway. at six O'Clock
dinner. after which very pleasant
evening was spent by the ladies in
talking over the episodes OF their
school days.
Tuesday evening they were cntc~-
tanned by Miss Nina Culver, at her
home on Ohio street. with another
six O'Clock dinner and Il slumb r
party.
The out of town members OF the
class who attended were Mrs Mabel
Douglass. OF Manhattan. Kansas. and
Mrs. Quintus kaune. OF Everett.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-18
= RIOTERS FOUND GUILTY OR
MURDER
Herbert Wood and Leo Keane, White
Men, Given Indeterminats
Terms.

Belleviile, Ill.,. Oct. I2.-The first
white men to go to trial on charges
growing out of the East St. Louis
race riots of last July were found
guilty by a jury in the circuit court
this afternoon. The jury was out two
hours. Ten negroes were found gull
ty last Sunday and each was given an
indeterminate sentence of fourteen
years.. Similar terms of imprison'
ment were fixed against the two white
men found guilty today.
The men convicted today are Her.
bert Wood and Leo Keane, jointly
!. charged with the murder of Scott
Clark, a negro, who died four days
after the riot of July as result Of
injuries received in the rioting.
The known number of persons
slain in the East St. Louis race riots
of July 2 is forty-seven. The grand
jury that returned the indictments,
however, reported that 100 persons
were slain by the mobs. It was be-
lieved by many investigators. that
scores of bodies were buried in the
flames that destroyed negro homes.
The riots OF the day and night of
July were the direct result of the
work of negro mobs that on the night
of July I fired into an automobile
load of police officers, killing one out
right and wounding two, one Of
whom died later.
The grand jury report stated that
the riots were in reality due to the
work of agitators working among
both negroes and whites and spread
ing the rumor among members of
each race that the other race was
arming for slaughter. The hostilit:
of the whites to the negroes was due
largely to feeling that the presence
of large number of negroes in the
city handicapped white workmen in
negotiating with capital.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-18
White Sox Worlds Champions.

The Chicago Club of the American
league, were the winners of the base
ball championship of the world when
they defeated the New York Club, OF
the National league, in New YorS
Monday. The two first games of the
series were won by the Chicago Club
on their own grounds last week
From there the clubs went to: New
York. where the Giants won two
games. Then back to Chicago, where
the Sox won their third game The
last game was played in New York
and the Sox also won that and with
it went the championship.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-18

where he got information about what
the grand jury had done. Then the
managing editor of the same paper
is summoned to appear before the
court October 20 and show cause why
he should not be punished for con-
tempt Next the Kansas City Star
gets into the game and its editor
draws a summons to appear on the
same day, October 20. and show
cause why he also should not be sent
to Jail for contempt.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-18
Piersoll Confesses.

Marshfield. Mo-. Oct I6.-Follow-
ing close on the heels of his con-
viction and sentence to IS years in
the penitentiary. Claude J. Piersoll is
reported today to have confessed to
his attorneys his part in the kidnap-
ping of Baby Lloyd Keet.
Prosecuting Attorney Paul M.
O'Day announced today he had heard
that Piersol had confessed, implicas-
ing the. mysterious "Mr. ScariAce"
Riley and another unidentified man.
Il expect important arrests soon," "
O'Day said.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-18
With Co. B at Camp Doniphan.

Editor Times-We arrived at Camp
Doniphan on time and are now set
tied in our new camp. On our arrival
here the old Second Missouri Guards
passed out of existence and we are
now Co. B 1o8th Machine Gun COM
pany, of the 35th division. - '~
Captain Jess Corey, of Nevada, is
our new captain. He is about six
feet three inches tall and wears a
number IL shoe and would wear a
larger one if they made them, and he
is just as big hearted as he is large
of body. He is certainly a fine OF
ficer. He was in command of the
Second Regiment Machine Gun COM
pany and our company was united
with his and we now have about $50
men and they are fine lot of fellow
All of the first-class privates of the
company are transferred to the mule
skinners detachment and they are all
stuck on their jobs. One of them.
Inskeep, fell heir to $4,000 and when
he was offered furlough to 60 home
and attend to it, he refused, as he
did not want to leave the mules.
There is a large observation balloon
that hangs off in the southeast every
morning and the hum of the aero
plane can be heard nearly all the time.
Sunday a party of us went down
through the big reservation to the
mountain. We came to cliff about
800 feet high that looked almost
straight tip and down, but we man
aged to climb to the top of it and look
back over the camp. 1t was fine
sight. We came near having an acci-
SQk as one of the hospital corps
men, who was with US, got about half
way to the top and struck place
where he could get neither up or
down. We finally got some ropes
and rescued him from his perilous
position. We went down to the river
where the boys we're seining for fish.
There are some very fine fish-in the
river and it is easy to get them, as the
water is only about three feet deep.
=, There is mighty large corral here |
which now contains about 1000 mules |
and $4,000 horses.
We had a narrow escape from
quarantine last week. There is one |
company. Co. H, of the third Kan
sas. in quarantine for the measles.
and one of our boys, man named
Peterson, who is from Nevada, took
the disease He was removed at once
to the post hospital and it is thought |
that the rest of US will escape it.
Wednesday afternoon we had in
spection and as there was no drill we
had a ball game and field meet for
each company. The winners of
first place in the meet was entitled to
: a hour pass and the second to II
hour pass, SO that you may know that
competition was keen. III
The 100 yard dash was won by
sgt. Herrell. II
] Standine broad jump: Thomas,
~ u; Gsous, 9 # I in; Huchmore,
Mt Ia in; Nut Weldon, 9 #, 4 in;
D9u. Herrell and Ebert Chapman
With 9 #. , in. On the jump off
HGreli fouled by baekstepping and
: npmaa was declared the wi1nsr.
nniag broad jump: Ed Oreaf, 81
&. h: Muchmore. "a #. , ID; PERIL
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-18

On eighty acres of land at the Ne
vada State Hospital twenty-five tons
of broom corn was raised this yea,
a return in excess of $Ioo an acre,
broom corn now selling around $3.50
ton. The corn will not be sold on
the market however, but will be made
up in the hospital broom factory this
winter.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-18

Cape Girardeau will probably have
a wet and dry election in the near
future. w. c. Shupp, manager of the
Missouri Anti-Saloon League, has
been in that city several days recent
ly looking over the situation for sucl,
move.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-18

Fourteen divorces were granted in
one hour and thirty minutes in the
Jackson county circuit court one day
last week, and more than fifty in four
days and the Kansas City papers say
that at that rate dent will hardly
be made in the pile that is up for
hearing in that county this term OF
court during the next two weeks.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-18

At a special election held in St.
Clair county last week to vote on the
proposition of compromising the
bonded indebtedness of that county,
the proposition was defeated by a
vote of 746 for and 1850 against. The
proposition carried in the Osceola
precinct.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-18

J. H. Sanders. of Deepwater, aged
50, was in Clinton Friday and took
in his first circus. He has lived III
Henry county 4o years.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-18
Cupid Captures Rainbow Camp.

Camp Mills, N. Y, Oct. 13.--War
bride stock has gone up here today
Five weddings have been reported in
the Rainbow Division in twenty-four
hours. Licenses have been issued for
many others.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-18
A Nice Bunch of Hogs.

Last week Boone Brandon sold to
a local shipper one hundred head of
hogs, for which he received $Io per
hundred The hogs averaged as
pounds and netted Mr.. Brandon a
good profit.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-18
Notice..

Owing to the fact that have
closed my business at Virginia, all
outstanding accounts are now due
and payable. Please arrange for set
tlement not later than Oct. 25th.
w. T. Cochran.
1-1t+ Virginia. Mo.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-18

The gentlemen of the metropolitan
press will soon learn that the judge
of the Cole county circuit court IS
not to be fooled with. He has re-
porter for St. Louis paper in Jail for
of court in refusing to tell
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-18

1t is rumored in Harrisonville that
the electric light plant in that city
will soon be shut down on the ac-
count of the high price of coal.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-10-18
MISSOURI NOTES.

Herbert Hoover has appointed Rev
A. ~ Lindsay chairman of food con;
servation in Henry county.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-19
STATE WILL NOT PAY
WAR PUBLICITY BILLS
Item of $4746.96 Will Not Be
Covered by Commemorative
Defense Fund

Some one will have TO dig for the S4746.96
expenses and salaries paid In the publicity
Of the Public Safety Committee
of the Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania, II
the demeanor Of the Governors official war
board today was any indication, Harris
burg dispatches say the official board Is
definitely dsinclined 10 approve the pub
Iicity items In the schedule Of expenses the
Public Safety Committee attached to the
report submitted to Governor Brumbaugh
yesterday by George Wharton Pepper,
OF the Sl7939 the Public Safety Com
mittee spent up TO May II from the S25, 900
advanced through T. T. Stotesbury, the Of
ficial board will probably approve payment
of most Of the items except the publicity
expenses The items approved VIII be paid
from the 81. 600, 900 defense fund which is In
the care Of the official war board. The
official board may turn over the disbursing
power for this fund TO the Public Safety
Committee when the tangls Is finally
settled next Tuesday, but there is small
chance OF H.
Letters advising district chairmen of the
committees affiliated throughout the State
with the Public Safety Committee to ar
range for listing sources of seed supply In
their own districts were sent out today
from the headquarters In the Finance Build
ing. at the direction OF Howard Heinz,
chairman Of the food supply committee OF
the general committee.
The district chairmen were urged 70
spur on all the home gardening projects
they could and also 10 tell farmers that
there would not be enough experienced farm
labor this year. and 20 take any offers for
help that come u. them
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-19
MANY FLAGS WILL
BE RAISED TODAY
Taubel Mills Employees Will
Pay Tribute to Old Glory
at Noon
PARADE TO START EVENT

Employees Of the Tauhcl Minis. Cedar and
Huntingdon streets. are 20 stage a. nag
raising at the factory shortly after noon
today Three hundred and 6fty workers,
including 300 girls, Will take part in the
exercises
80 parade will prcccdc tho exercises,
although there will be squad Of guardsmen
present from the Second Pennsylvania Ar
tlilcry TO lend color 60 the scene. Speakers
will be eX-CongTessman Michael Donchoe
the Rev. Shaw, pastor Of the Allegheny
Avenue Baptist Church, and Father Glib
hons, rector Of St AIMS Roman Catholic
Church
The flag will be uufurlcd by Miss Estele
Carolyn Young. four-ycar-old daughter Of
Joseph Young. head dyer at the plant
George f. Taubcl and John G. Beagamy
will be masters Of ceremonies.
Following the exercises reception will
be given by the company TO all the employees
Of the factory
The first one Of the big community pa
tro'ic rallies will also be hed today. They
have been planned by the Board of Fduca-
ton, and the one this afternoon will be
i(ld at o'clock in the Adarc schoolyard,
Palmer and Thompson streets
new song, dedicated to KenSingtOu by
one Of the residents John Ramsay Thomas,
viii also be sung for the first time. Will
liam Rowen, a member of the Board Of
Education, viii deliver an address
Business men of the Eleventh Ward will
likewise hold a patriotic celebration and a
flag raising tomorrow afternoon at Second
and Noble streets. School children Of the
Northern Liberties district will participate
in the celebration, as will a troop of ma
rincs from League Island. Edward j. Prot2
Is chairman Of the committee in charge of
the affair Other members arc William f.
OConnor, Herman J. Pahl Joseph Bushe
Patrick j. Connolly. Morris Blitta j. Bier
baus and Thomas RoEomcntich.
The Shanahau Catholic club will hold a
flag raising at their bali park Forty-eightf
and Brown streets, this afternoon. Judge
Bonniwell and Director MacLaughlin viii
be the speakers
Carmen Of the Forty-ninth street and
woodland avenue barn will hold their naF
raising at 4;30 at the barn. -Four hun
dred employees will participate in the exer
ciscs ID. J. Flanagan is chairman OF tn,
committee.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-19
TWO BROTHERS ACCUSED
OF RAILROAD THEFTS
Charged With Stealing Quantities of
Goods From Reading and
p. r. T. Cars

Goods valued at several hundred dollars
were stolen by John and Guidon Filippln,
according to the police from the Reading
Railway and the Rapid Transit Company
during the last few weeks. John was em-
ploycd by the transit company and Guidon
by the railway.
The brothers lived by themselves at 21T
East Sergeant street and search of the
house, IT is said, brought to light large
quantities Of metal of all descriptions some
Of which was stamped p. and r. and the
i. r. r. \ hundred bushels Of wheat and
a large quantity of rubber hose were also
found in the house
The men were arrested by Policeman
SChuster as they We're carrying a box filled
with metal from their home. They were
held in $500 bail for court today by Magls-
trate Deitz, at the Trenton avenue and
Dauphin street station.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-19
LIBERTYLOANSALE
URGED BY BANKERS
Stevens Hecksher and Others
Put Philadelphia's Share
at $2OO,000,00O
WIDE p u UBLICITY VITAL

philadaIpbia's contribution to tho 90
600 600 OOO Liberty Loan sbo,,Id bo az ,aost
sooO oOo ooo accoSdinI, 60 F,a,,i"I ,.,'a,
in atterdarco todn,, ,ipI', Hpol 20
III attendance To-Day at a meeting OF Liberty
~ ,,, ,.'" I,'.,l'''',r "ilu eP.eeShlatiNcs OF
e'''InS !,a'll" i'IS,iIct OF the Federal
IsoiI,,, V, ]n"uE ] II, inc Clover foom ol the
,Tbo ',,,,a,ir,' ,oi 1 ..,,,,. ..,.
81, ne "ysllhR To-Day was preliminary TO
the launching OF the proposed great Liberty
Loan canvass ana publicity campaign,
SCheduled Tor next Monday
Stevens Heckscher, financial expert and
IaWNer emphasized the Importance Of the
t.. @,t.ca'.leh approaching the small wage
Garner including the grocery clerk the
laborcr and the mill operative. He urged
that the statesmen begin Immediately
houSe-to-house canvass ringing doorbells in
small streets and alleys in all sections of
Philadelphia,
na,l Mr.. Heckscher; There was lot Of
Slghlhcahce in the words of Baden-PoweIl
when he said little while ago to some
I.ngllSh soldiers: This war will be won
thlrty-iiNo years hence The nations whose
I'rnlS S are the best organized, whose rail-
,p"us are the most efficient, whose poor are
r que pSSt ,i cared iot and whose food reserves
are the pest cultivated is the nation that
WIN emerge triumphant from this war. even
though not a winner of any victory at
arms
II Is iact that we lack many things
lltttSSdfy Tor an efficient fighting ,,,ochI,,,
5ut IN one sense we are better prenared
man an OF the nations Of the earth We
nave the money, which is the main sinnv,
ol war.
IN the matter Of this loan, Won sales
men must not forget the little fellows
clerks the laborers and the mill operatiyes
men VINO earn, say, from $3.50 to $15OO ncr
year Get after these people hard Pnint
out 10 them the excellent inyestnept 30
Tered by the Liberty Loan bonds. The bio
thing that you men have 10 a. tne Dig
cate these men along lines Of thrift a bohi,
Whlch VIII stick after the war and nnaI,o
this more prosperous and thriving no
ton This Is the kind Of service go,tTa ia
men, that Is going to affect the nation tbir-
What Is patriotism, anywav9 ha,.,
| often asked myself that question ana ia nv,
| Is lhe way have answered IL, In the a.,
place real patriotism is putting pnbIo
! th9ushts quickly into deeds deeds that vii
| aid our country. And these deeds must Wti tih,
with the dictates Of our conscience ''''
| we here In this country ara enio,,,ro
degree OF liberty that Is enjoyed noyybers
else IN the world, and we must be nrenarat
10 70 sned our blood. II necessary, to protsct
this iinerty' We owe this TO the dead :,
the living and to the yet unborn {" u'"u' tC
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-19
PRESIDENT CALLS
in G. P. SENATORS
Conference With Lodge,
Knox and Gallinger Shows
New Attitude
TO CONSULT CONGRESS


with the greatest war budget in the his
tory of the world before Congress, and with
new and untried problems TO he settled. the
President after the rehellious outbreak IN
the Senate, has suddenly changed his pol
icy. This shift In attitude was reflected
last night when he summoned three of the
leading Republicans Of the Senate 10 the
White House--Lodgc, Knox and GalltnEcr
President Wilson, in the conference, in
formed the Republicans Of his plan for
food control and tried to explain why some
actions Cf his Administration had been con-
Quoted so secretly one of the senators
who conferred there said that it was a very
confidential talk and the President zap
pcaTed in n most human way
As the result OF the retulH of the Presi-
dent to the traditional NETS IS, that is Of
considering Congress an equal branch Of
Government and consulting with its mcm-
berg, II is expected that legislation viii pro-
ceed with great ease in the future,
President Wilson was told of the OPPOSE
tion to the arbitrary action Of his advisory
board and II was explained to him how big
business had been held up and threa tened.
He was told that business was becoming
alarmed over not only the arbitrary as
sertons Of the advisory board, but also over
the disregard OF Congress to stabalization
of business conditions in these times
In conversation It was brought out that
there would be n steady flow OF men to
Europe, not only from the United states
but Canada.
These Senators congratulated the Presi-
dent upon the enactment Of the selective
draft bill which they said was the bigges.
piece OF legislation ever passed in a Coun-
try wherein the spirit is not mllitarstic In
| less than Ave weeks the American public
was educated to the system, which is a
| radical departure for this country. They
| recalled that even In England and Canada
| where there was every reason for this law
! their Parliaments had been unable to en-.
| act a conscription law.
| In the opinion OF these men the insplra,
| tion coming from the United States will
| force Canada, whose Parliament again Is
considering conscriptlon, to pass such .
| law speedily.
The United States has given an inspira
| ton TO the Allied countries, said Sena to-
| Knox. who looks for a steady flow from
! Canada and the United States to the ALLIED
| trenches.
The United States will not only send al
army and marines. but engineers and rail
| road constructors and scientific foresters
Partisanism will be absent from any con
| siderations Of war budgets and war emer
| gency matters, The President, however, wa
| informed very positively by his Republica
visitors last night that legislation had 4
! be well written and must conform to Law
and acceptable ways Of taxation.
This was the first heart-to-heart tai
President Wilson has had with the Re
publican leaders since Senator Lodge crit
oized the Administration in the last presl
Dental campaign.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-19
Campaign Boosted by Eve
ming Ledger Passes
"Acid Test" Today
PUBLIC AWAKE TO PLAN
Work of Drivers Aided Greatly
by Cooperation of
Householders
Red Cross Pdper-SdUing
Campaign a Big Success

THE second collection Of paper
i this afternoon for the benefit OF
the Red Cross proved the success
of the campaign, which has been
fostered by the EVENING LEDGER.
More than four tons Of paper was
collected before noon.
The entire city was covered, eN-
cept those sections which lay at the
end of routes which proved too large
for the volunteer collectors to cover
complete.
The fact that the routes were too
large for the volunteer collectors to-
day proves the great need for vol
unteer collectors.
A hundred pleasure cars and a
great many trucks are needed TO
insure that all Of the paper is col
lected each week.
Will you loan your car or your
truck?
Note what Edwin A. Smith g. Co.,
dealers in building material in
Frankford, are doing for this cause.
II your firm has trucks, urge their
donation for this worthy work.