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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08
"Fraid Cat.

New York, Feb. 3.-The pres.
necc of a pet puss in the Twenty
third street recruiting station OF
the United States Marine Corps
today caused William James, an
accepted recruit from Fremont
Ohio, to rush out into the street
screaming with terror just as he
was about to take the oath that
would make him "soldier of the
sea y ready to meet the enemy on
the field of battle.
II know I'm 'fraidy cat, -
James told Surgeon Weston of
the Marine Corps after he had
recovered from the attack of his
strange malaGy. ''but | simply
can t be in the room where there
is a cat. | don't have to see the
cat either. can feel it's pres
cncc and it nearly drives me
crazy
James case is recognized in
medical science as aelurophobia.
He was rejected.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08
LIT. Pleasant Democratic Primary

There will be held at the south
Basement Of the court house, in
the city of Butler, Missouri, on
Saturday, February oath, 1917,
a Democratic Township Primary
for Mt. Pleasant township, at
which election all qualified cleo
tors of known Democratic affiiia-
tions will be entitled to vote.
Nominations will be made to
the following offices:
Township Trustee.
Members Of Township Board,
1.-TWO to nominate.)
Township Clerk and Assessor.
Township Collector.
Constable.
Justices Of the Peace, (thrce to
nominate.)
Polls will be open at one
O'Clock =. IN, and close at 6 80 p.
m.
12-2t j. +. SMITH,
Township Committeeman.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08
Iron or Steel, Which?

Sometimes it is difficult to tell
whether piece of metal is iron
or steel, regardless of whether it
is in a machine or in the form of
a bar. If in doubt in such cases,
apply one or more Of the follow
ing methods for distinguishing.
They have been furnished by H
A. Schott, of the Colorado Exper-
lnlcnt Station:
First: The method most com
monty used is to tap the metal
with another piece of metal or to
drop it on hard surface, a con-
crete floor will serve, and note
The sound made. If the metal has
a clear ring, it is steel, if very
dull or dead sound, it is iron.
Second: Examine the surface
and corners of the piece in ques-
ton. If the surface has a glass
smoothness and the corners are
sharp, it is steel. If the surface
he rough and the corners some
what rounded, it is iron.
Third: Touch the metal to an
emery wheel and observe very
closely the sparks given off. If
all the sparks burst after leaving
the wheel, it is steel. In steel,
some of the sparks burst and then
the particles burst again. In
iron, this never happens, and but
very few of the sparks burst.
Fourth A final method, if the
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08
Elkha1t Items.

We have been having some cold
weather at present.
There was quite a fire at Am
stcrdam Saturday night.
The pink eye is about to take
the neighborhood.
Miss Nellie Good is on the sick
list. THcy think she has the
fever.
Miss Nellie Bruner and Miss
Bessie Allen attended the pie sup
per at Concord Saturday night.
Mr.. Otis Summers has moved
to his new home near Amsterdam.
Miss Viralcc Halfcrt is on the
sick list. She wasn't able to 60
to school Monday.
Mrs. Leila Bruner and Mrs.
Lizzie Kcrshner spent the after
noon Friday with Mrs. Tom
Bruner.
Mr.. John Halfert and family
and Miss Nellie and Cordie Brun-
er went to see the damage from
the fire Monday.
Mr.. Ralph Scott is recovering
rapidly from his injury.
DAISY.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08
THE ONLY WAY

There could be but one answer
to Germany and President vii
son, voiciny the will Of nation
of Il hundred million people, has
spoken. The German Ambassador
has been handed his passports
and diplomatic relations with
Germany have been severed. No
other course was possible. TO
have maintained friendly rcla-
tions with the German gov
crment which in it's note Of Jan
nary 81 voiced their defiance Of
the warning of this government
in the Sussex ease would have
been an unthinkahlc humiliating
submission to a power which has
regarded it's treaties as scraps Of
paper and violated its promises
to this government.
The President and the nation
have long been patient. With
no desire for war, and no thought
of gain by conquest, the Prcsi-
dent has maintained the ncu-
trality Of this country through
out the great European conflict,
demanding only the rights of
humanity, the freedom of the high
seas and the rights of American
citizens These principles the
German government has seen fit
to deny and to do other than sever
our relations would be nothing
less than the abject abandonment
of the principles on which rest the
very foundation of our govern
ment.
In all humanity and national
honor our course is clearly mark
ed and the nation regardless of
politics, creed or birth is to a man
with the President, ready and
willing to vindicate at any sacri-
flee the principles of humanity,
our national traditions of loyalty.
While the severance of diplo-
matte relations is not a declara-
ton of war and might under some
conditions have only the effect
Of an official expression of the
condemnation of the acts of one
power by another, there seems
no hope that the offenses which
made necessary this step will not |
be repeated and state Of war
can hardly be avoided when ma
ton regardless of humanity, in
law and the rights of
nations, virtually hosting
the black flag, destroys life and
commerce Of friend and foe in !
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08
Sheriff's Sale in Partition.

James w. Harrison, Plaintiff.
against
~Ricbard Davis Bullock and Anna
Maud Mcleod, Defendants.
In the Circuit Court of Bates
County, Missouri.
BY virtue and authority of a
decree and order Of sale in parti.
ton made by the said Court. id
the above entitled cause, and OF
a certified copy thereof, dated
February 18th, 1917; I will on
Saturday, March 3rd, 1917
between the hours of nine o'clock
in the forenoon and five O'Clock
in the afternoon Of that day at
hte front door Of the Court
House, in the city of Butler in
Bates County, Missouri. sell at
public vcndur, to the highest bid
der, the following described real
estate, viz: "
The North half of the South So
East quarter Of section six
teen (l6) Township forty
one (+1D Range twenty-nine
(29) in Bates County, Mis-
souri,.
for cash in hand on approval of
sale by the Court.
J. w. BAKER,
17-4t Sheriff.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08
Discriminatory and unreasoning-

discriminatory and unreasoning'
ly.
While the nation enters into a
state of virtual warfare with Ger
many with a feeling Of sorrow
not unmixcd with anger, we do so
firm in our conviction of right
and strong in the faith of the
traditions Of our government
which was born in righteous con-
flict and whose sacred honor
shall be maintained unto the last
American.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08

person is still in doubt, is to
break the metal. If the fracture
shows up fibrous with a dull ap-
pearance it is iron. If the break
is clean and the particles have a
luster, it. is steel.
There are many other ways of
making tests, but those mentioned
are the more common ones and
can easily be made\by anyone
Farmer and Stockman.\
A telegram. was received in
Rich Hill Saturday morning says
the Review announcing the death
of William Hughes in Kansas City
Friday morning. Hughes had q
fight with produce dealer named
Parker and Parker had knocked
him down. Hughes was picked up
and taken to the Emergency hos
pital and later to the police sta
ton, where he died about 3
O'Clock Friday morning. Accord
ing to the Kansas City papers q
coroner's inquest found that the
cause of his death was alcoholism
and nephritis. However, Parker
was held by the police charged
with the killing. Hughes is a son
of Mart Hughes of near Metz and
is well known in Rich Hill.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08
Poultry Association Meeting.

The Bates County Poultry As
ISOLATION will hold a meeting in
the Circuit Court room Saturday
afternoon, February 10. At this
meeting will be discussed scoring
or comparison show, place of
holding and judging. This will
be an interesting meeting and if
you are interested in poultry you
should be present. /:
Mrs. A. Z. Guyton,
President.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08

Copenhagen, Feb. 6 '(via Lon.
don, Feb. 1T is officially stated
that James w. Gerard. the am
has>ador to Germany. will not be
allowed to leave Berlin until the
German government is satisfied as
to the treatment of Count Won
Bcrnstorff, the retired German
ambassador at Washington. by
the American government.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08
Carranza Sends Best Wishes tt
Kaiser

London. Feb. GA Reuter- S
dispatch from Amsterdam quotes
the TELEGRAPH as saying that a
wireless telegram has appeared in
the German papers stating that
General Carranza has sent his
best wishes to the German Emper-
or from QuerctarO.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08
Christian Science Services.

Christian Science Services and
Sunday school will be held each
Sunday in the church, corner of
TT. Scott and Delaware streets.
Subject, spirit.
All are cordially invited TO at
tend.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08
JOHN WRIGHT

Candidate for Clerk and Assessor of
NJ. Pleasant township. subject to the
action Of the Democratic primary. Feb
ruAry "A. 1917.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08
FRED WOLFE

Candidate for Clerk and Assessor Of
Mt Pleasant township. subject to the
action Of the Democratic primary. Feb
uary "a 1917
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08
G. c. WOODS,

Candidate for Collector Mt. Pleasan,
township. subject to the action Of the
Democratic primary, Februay -. 1917
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08
j. S. PIERCE

Candidate for Collector Mt. Pleasant
township, subject to the action Of the
Democratic primary FEBRUARY "A, 1917.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08

1t has been found that a few
thorough applications of crude
petroleum to the interior of poul-
try houses will destroy complete
ly the common red mite infesting
chickens.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08
ID. r. PAYNE

Candidate for Assessor Of Mt. Pleas
ant township, subject to the action OF
the Democratic primary, February "a.
mt
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08

Candidate for Trustee of Mt. Pleasan
township, subject to the Democratic
primary, February "A, 1917.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08

Renew your subscription for
the Kansas City Post with Chris
Black. Agent. Terms: 45c per
month; months $3.50; one year
- So l6-2t
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08
j. S. BROWN.

Candidate for Trustee of Mt. Pleasant
township, subject to the action Of the
Democratic primary, February q. 1917
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08

San Francisco pays telephone
girls 500 q month.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08
ANNOUNCEMENTS
l.. w. kEELE

Candidate for Collector Mt. Pleasant
Democratic primary FEBRUARY a. 1917.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08

Americans own nearly all Gu.
ban sugar cane.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08

Pennsylvania yearly records
5000 cancer deaths.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08

National AAe1seAAs Meets second
Monday night in each month q
Woodman Hall
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08

DutIer EneaaV0ent Meets ooeol
and fourth Tuesday In each mon
At hall In FrateSnal Ian.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08

q. A. b.; Bate, Post; No SO s.. s .:ss
day in each month at p. -.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08

DGoAeFa Wooa0eU-But1er Camp.
No. Sass. meets flrst ana third
Thursday nights IN each month a
hail - south side q square.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08

Anerseaa Yeonaan Meets At tn
call OF the Foreman in the knight,
Of Pythias Hall
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08

| WOOdnen Of The WoPld-Maple
Camp meets at the call OF the Sow
| ertgn Commander.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08

Confederate Veterans AArmaduke
duke Camp, No. e16. meets At the
call Of the commander.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08

WsyA ue1gAAsge-Aeet In Wbo6.
maa HAN On 0eoth eide g eQUa1s
first aal third Aoalay nigAto -
0aeA -o0oeA
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-02-08
LODGE DIRECTORY

LODGE DIRECTORY.
Camp meets at the cali Of the Sow
erign Commander.
Confederate Veterans Narmaduks
duke Camp, No. e16. meets at the
call Of the commander.
q. A. R-Bates Post. No. 50. meets
at the City Hall on the first satur-
day in each month at p. -.
America. Ye..... Meet. st TIE
can Of the Foreman in the knights
Natio.al Anersea.s Meets second
Monday night in each month at
L. q: Q. ,. Meets every Monday
night in hall over Fraternal Inn.
nstIer E.eaaYaent Meets ssseel
and fourth Tuesday In each moatt
at hall In rratornal Ian.
A. =. an1 A. 1-Moots first and
third Saturday niGht In each month
at hall In pfatornal Inn.
SsAeru WseAnes-Butler Camp.
No. 4lgS. meets flrst and third
Thursday nights IN each month q
hall - south side q square.
man Han On south side e osua!s
first ed thir1 4o01ay nigAto b
o00A -OOOtA.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-07
MOORHEAD BOY
F OUND VICTIM
OF FAST TRAIN
near JAMESTOWN
Description of Clothes and
Laundry Work Mark
Way to Identification
VALLEY CITY CHIEF
UNRAVELS MYSTERY
Man Who Left City Few
Weeks Ago Was En-
ployed at Valley City

The remains of the young man
killed by Northern Pacific train No
] at jamestown, last Thursday, have
been identified as those Of Lester B.
Carman. 17-year- old son OF Mr. and
Mrs. Charles II. CaTman, 1900 First
avenue south, Moorhead.
Chief of Police Swanson, Valley
City, in a message to Chief Of Police
Malvey of Moorhead, today declared
the identification Of the rail victim
had been completed, by examination
Of clothing on the body at the time
of the accident. and which matched
with clothing found in his room at
Valley City.
According to a jamestown dis
patch, Carman had come TO James
town from Valley City a week ago.
Chief Malvey went out to Dilworth
and broke the news to the young
mans father, who is employed as a
car repairer at the Dilworth shops
of the Northern Pacific. He will go
to jamestown on the afternoon train.
and will probably have the remains
exhumed and brought to Moorhead
for burial.
The young man left Moorhead
shortly after the schools closed for
the summer vacation, and went TO
Valley City where the family form
erly resided and his father was for
several years a policeman. When
his parents heard from him last he
was employed by a Valley City ice
dealer.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-07
Letter Read in All Berlin
Churches Pledges HUI
manity and Chivalry
HOLLAND PAPER
RECALLS CRIME
Point to Sinking of Steam
er Belgian Prince and
Murder of Crew
(by Associated Prose- }

Amsterdam, Aug. dutch news
papers print in a parallel column
with an account of the murder of the
crew of the British steamship Bel-
gian Prince. Berlin telegram Civ
ing the Following extract from a pas
toral letter read in all protestant
churches Of Berlin last Sunday:
I'VE will comport ourselves as
Christians towards our enemies and
conduct the war in the future as in
the past with humanity and chiv-
airy.
. The PASTORAL letter was read at a
service which Emperor William and
the German empress attended. 1t
exhorts the people to humanity, and
recognizes the hands of God in the
protection from invasion which the
Fatherland has enjoyed. @
The British steamship Belgian
Prince was sunk July 81 by Ger
man submarine. According to sur
vivors the U-boat shelled the vessel
and the German commander then
ordered the crew to take to the boats
and go alongside the submarine. The
Germans, the survivors assert, re-
moved the life belts and outer clothS
ing Of all the members of the crew
except eight, smashed the lifeboats
with axes and then reentered the
submarine and closed the matches,
leaving the men on deck. The SUBJ
marine travelled on the surface for
about two miles and then submerged.
Thirty eight of the crew were
drowned. Three others were rescued
by a patrol boat.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-07
U.S.. TROOPS Are
TAUGHT TO USE
TRENCH MASKS
Learn That Equipment Is
Sure Protection Against
Poison Gas
SLOVENLY SOLDIER
IN GREATEST DANGER
Equipment Must be Given
Proper Care to Be of
Any Use

The American Training Camp in
France, Aug. 6. by The Associated
Press.-The issuance of French gas
masks to the American soldiers has
brought them a little nearer to the
realization of their proximity TO real
HwarfaTe.
The men are looking forward TO
the gas experiment with the greatest
possible interest as giving touch
OF adventure to their training. When
the so-called gas house" is COM
pleted the men will be put through a
mixture of a deadly vapor several
times stronger than will ever be en-
countered on the field of battle.
Some German prisoners have
claimed that in their training they
have endured periods of from five to
ten minutes in a gas mixture fifty
times as strong as could possibly be
maintained in an open air attack.
The men are put through these in
tense mixtures to demonstrate to
them that with proper care of their
equipment they cannot be hurt by
any gas likely to be encountered in
the front line trenches.
1t is a most important branch OF
the modern training of soldier that
he should be convinced that there
are many methods of effectively deal
ing with the deadliest terrors Of the
latter day warfare, that careless
slovenly soldiers are the ones first
to succumb. 1t is even demonstrated
to them that the terrifying liquid
fire can be avoided except in the most
extraordinary circumstances such as
being caught in a tunnel
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-07
GATHER PAPERS
and MAGAZINES
In FARGO FOR
U. 5. SOLDIERS.
City Made Collection Cen
ter for Dispatch of Read
ing Matter to Armies
UNIQUE PLAN Is
PUT IN OPERATION
Contributors Need Affix
One Cent Stamp Only
As Means of Sending

Fargo has been designated as the
collection center in North Dakota for
magazines intended for soldiers and
sailors of the United States expedi-
tionary forces in Europe, under ord
ers received from the postmaster
general this morning.
In pursuance of the instructions
the office force here will care for the
shipments as they are received from
the different offices in the state. Ship
ment from Fargo will then be made
direct to Hoboken, n. j., and from
there to the contingents in France. :
The order states that unwrapped
and unaddressed copies of magazines
when mailed by others than the pub
fishers, the postage thereon shall be
prepaid at the rate of one cent
copy regardless of weight. Maga-
zines to be accepted for mailing un-
der this order must have printed In
the upper right hand corner OF the
front cover the. following notice to
readers: 3d., s-.-. 1
when, you finish reading this
magazine place a one-cent stamp
on this notice, hand same TO any
postal empIoye and will he plac-
ed in the hands of our soldiers or
sailors at the front.
mo wrapping-No address.
Copies of magazines so addressed
and sent from state postoftces should
be put up in packages by the office
force and labeled, Magazines for
soldiers and sailors of the United
States expeditionary forces. These
will reach the Fargo office and then
be dispatched east. .s..t -. ..
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-07
LIBERAL PRESS
DISAPPOINTED
German Newspapers Out
spoken Over Selection
of Colleagues .-l.
(By Associated Pressl

Copenhagen. Aug. THE Liberal
press of Germany is outspoken in its
disappointment over the selections
Chancellor Michaelis has made of
his colleagues in the new Imperial
and Prussian ministeries, which are
held to show that the effect is one of
names only and not of the system.
All the papers of this class agree in
the view that there is not a trace of
parliamentarism in the new order Of
things. " b.
It is evident, comments The
Vossische Zeitung, that the course is
set to the right about from the
liberal ideas now inspiring the peo-
pie. ..rf -
Vorwaerts, the Socialist organ,
speaks of the new administration as
one of enlightened bureaucracy"
The Tageblatt characterizes the new
ministers as in the main successful
administrative officials. The nomina-
tion of two members of parliament
cannot, it says, be @hgarded as even
a step toward parlfamentation be-
cause in the first place neither of the
two is particularly liberal in his
views or a strong believer in reforms
in the direction of liberalism and in
the second place both must under
the present constitution resign their
seats.
DR.. Won Kuehlmann alone of the
new officials is given favorable
treatment by the liberal organs. The
conservative and pam German news
papers are correspondingly aggriev-
ed over his appointment.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-07
URGES INCREASED use
OF INLAND WATERWAYS
Would Greatly Aid in the Movement
of War Traffic Says Secretary
Redfield,
(By Associated Press. J

Washington, Aug. Increased
use Of inland waterways to carry
war traffic was advocated by Secre-
tary Redfield in a statement an
nouncing that Walter Parker, secre-
tary of the New Orleans Associa-
tion OF Commerce had started a toul
OF the lower Mississippi, Kentucky
and Ohio rivers to stir up interest in
river freight transportation. He Ia
a special assistant to the secretary
in this work.
"Cities and towns on waterways -
said Secretary Redfield. Ought in
their own interest take steps to en-
courage water transit. Public bodies
like chambers of commerce and
boards of trade should take up the
matter actively.
1T is encouraging to note the pro-
posed formation Of companies to
conduct transportation on the
Mississippi river. Such organiza-
tions today do a most patriotic and
most helpful service. They should
be helped forward wherever they
may be started in every reasonable
way"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-07
Prisoner of Germany Starred In Army
Concentration Camp, North Dakota Man
Escapes; Says Germans Dispose of Many

mediately sent for another copy OF
his citizenship papers, but before
they arrived in Russia he was en-
gagged in battle. He was taken with
a command on the Galician frontier
to Fortress Przemyszl, which had
been held for six months by the
Austrians. The Russian army fin
ally captured the fort and with IL
125,000 men. They made this fort
their base Of supplies until in the
spring of 1915, when the Russian
army was forced TO retreat by the
Germans, who has come TO the
rescue of their allies, and Papelpu
was left with a company of some
5000 men to hold the fort until the
Russian suppliers had been taken
to the rear and to safety. They
withstood the heavy German fire for
three days and nights, and received
the order to surrender on the fourth
day after the supplies had either all
been moved away by train or de-
stroyed.
Brilliant Firing.
PapeIpu says that during these
three days and nights the sky was
constantly illuminated, the night be-
ing almost as light as the day from
the flare Of the big guns used by the
German forces. They lost a great
many men but were not such heavy
losers as the Germans. as when the
Russians were captured and taken
back of the German lines they saw
thousands Of bodiesN OF German SOL