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The Washington times., 1917-08-30

But she refused to be discour-
aged, and on the strength Of her
calculations she staked the money
that she had received from her
husbands life insurance and
which was every penny in the
world she could lay her hands on.
Her faith and determination
were not destined to fail. Her
business is today one Of the most
important of its kind in the coun-
try, and it has been built up to its
present proportions solely by her
foresight, initiative, and executive
spirit.
There is another woman who is
one of the most successful farmers
in the Middle West, yet the acres
from which she supports herself in
luxury are the same which her
father never could make pay. That
is, they are the same acres accord
ing to the location and survey
lines; but what a difference be-
tween their past and their present
management
Yet why multiply instances? We
all know cases where women, un-
der stress of adverse circum-
stances, have taken hold of under
takings which their men had mis-
managed and impaired and have
brought order, system, and profit
out Of chaos, confusion, and loss.
Business capability is not a rare
quality among women. The intui-
tive faculty, a spirit of daring, and
a comprehension of detail are nat
ural to them the very things that
stand out as the guidons of Sue
cess in all the giants of business.
Many a Hetty Green Who Is
Told "Women Don't Know
Business"
If the truth were known, many a
reputation for high sagacity and
business acumen is founded more
upon the counsels of a wife, sister
or other feminine adviser than
upon the shrewdness and discern
ment of the man who stands in the
spotlight.
A man told me on one occasion
that his wife was responsible for
most of his success. 81 have
never gone into a deal against her
advice that | did not regret it." he
said, 81 have never failed at any,
thing to which she gave her ap-
prevail"
Think of the thousands of po-
tential Hetty Greens who don't
have their chances, who are never
allowed to handle more than the
weekly household money, and
whose timid efforts to advise or
restrain their husbands in bust
ness matters is treated with an
impatient What do women know
about business, anyway"
To a real financial genius Of
this sort, to see some obstinate
man stupidly making ducks and
brakes Of his opportunities, while
she is debarred from saying a
word, is a real feminine tragedy.
Oh, yes, by all means give Clo-
tilda her chance of a career, but
why not let Martha have her op-
portunity? 1t would probably pay
better as an investment.
The Washington times., 1917-08-30
Why Not a Big Man for
Commissioner, Mr..
President {?

The people Of Washington are
entitled to q man Of capacity
also they want to know what Mr..
Prince and the various candi-
dates think on District questions.
The Washington times., 1917-08-30
President Will
sons Admirable
Peace Letter

II Brings Peace Nearer, For IL
Ends Germany's Self-DeceptionI
and Lets Her Know What She
Must Do.
The Washington times., 1917-08-30
There Are 81 Varieties OF
Genius and Some Not
Gifted in Art.

Still, nature is no less prodigal
with her failures. A thousand
acorns shrivel and dry up or go to
feed the swine for one that takes
root and expands into a sturdy
tree. Yet if all the acorns ceased
trying, what should We do for
quartered-oak tables?
And it is eminently right and
proper that Clotilda should have
the opportunity to prove herself.
II she is a real genius, she will
never amount to anything else
anyway; and if she isn't, the hard
row she will have to hoe is apt to
knock a good deal of nonsense out
of her head, so the money spent
upon her education will not be
wasted in either event.
But there are geniuses and gen.
fuses, as St. Paul so eloquently
pointed out: "For to one is given
the word Of wisdom, and TO an
other the word of knowledge. To
another faith; to another gifts Of
healing; to another the working Of
miracles; to another prophesy; to
another discerning of spirits; to
another diverse kinds Of tongues;
The Washington times., 1917-08-30

y LOTILDA, the family de-
I cides, is a genius. She can
write, or she can paint, or
she can sing, act or play
the harp.
With visions in their minds Of
Clotilda as a second George Eliot,
Rosa Bonheur, or Msude Adams
an obsession which Clotilda her
self fully shares-they agree that
nothing must interfere with her
career, and they pawn the family
jewels, clap a mortgage on the old
home and unanimously defer
fathers new overcoat to another
winter, in order that Clotilda may
20 to some conservatory, or art
institute, or other hatchery Of
careers.
The chances are that Clotilda
will turn out a false alarm. Ow-
ing to a conspiracy Of managers
or editors or whatever the powers
that be who are banded together
to keep her down, the probabilities
are that she will land, if she lands
at all, in small-time vaudeville, or
some similar graduation Of the
seven arts.
The second row Of the chorus is
full of girls who were once hailed
as incipient Melbas and Tetraz-
zinis. Many a third-rate sign
painter was touted in his youth as
a worthy successor of Michael
Angelo.
, The families are legion who have
shouldered a load of debt and self
sacrifice in order that some men,
Der Of them may eat at Bohemian
table d'hotes and talk about my
art" The mountain Of high hopes
and lofty expectations labors and
for the most part brings forth only
a swarm of mice,
The Washington times., 1917-08-30

1--WE cannot take the word
Of the present rulers of Ger
many as a guarantee of any
thing that is to endure"
This means no peace or
peace negotiations with a
man whose word is not good,
The Washington times., 1917-08-30
Mrs. Wilson WOOdroW's Article on Genius


Out
TO onr Do the
o
The Washington times., 1917-08-30

The Germans have been de-
ceived, of course. A major.
ity of them believe that the
Kaiser, whose brutal ambition
led a great nation into slaugh-
ter, is a most peaceful angel,
much abused.
But let them believe what
they choose, they and the
Kaiser, thanks to President
Wilson, KNOW THE FACTS
IS regards peace and peace
dickering.
The Washington times., 1917-08-30

I LoTILDA, the family de-
cides, is a genius. She can
write, or she can paint, or
she can sing, act or play
The Washington times., 1917-08-30

Of the power, dignity, and
value of President Wilson's
letter in reply to the Pope's
peace message, it is difficult
TO speak without apparent ex-
sggeration.
It Is the most forceful and
able of all the President S
state papers and that is
highest praise.
The President combines
clearness Of thought and iron
viii with a power in words to
make thought and viii unmis-
taxable.
The German people and the
German Kaiser cannot mis-
take him. They have got to
know what the United States
and the allies mean.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-18
Farm Job for Roach?

jefferson City, Mo-, Jan. IA
Because of his summons to Wash
ington today by the Missouri del
egation in Congress it is believed
in jefferson City that former
Secretary of State Cornelius
Roach will be appointed a direct
or in the Federal Farm Loan
Bank when it is organized.
Henry F. Woodward Of st,
Louis also is an applicant for the
place and has the active support
of Speaker Champ Clark in whose
district he formerly resided.
Senator Stone is said to be neu-
trail.
Senator Reed and the other
Congressman are for Roach and
have been pushing his candidacy,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-18
Fire at Adrian.

Adrian was again visited by a
very destructive fire about. one
o clock Monday morning when
the business house on the south
side of Main street owned by Dr.
S. l.. Bates and occupied by a
grocery store owned by Fred
IIanley, was burned to the
ground.
The loss on the grocery store
was about $4,000, with $500 i'll
surance.
The upper floor was occupied
by the office of DR.. S. i. Bates &
Son. The doctors lost all Of their
Instruments, office fixtures and
library. There was no insurance
on the building or the doctors Of
flee.
As Adrian has no waterworks
and no adequate means to fight
fire when a building catches fire
it usually burns to the ground. 1t
would seem that the reduced rates
on insurance alone would be an
incentive to put in a good system
of watcrworkS.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-18
Radford''s Dispersion Sale.

| will dispense my herd of live
stock at public sale 2 miles north
and 5 miles west of Butler, 2miles
south and 4 miles west OF Passalc
2'miles north and 4 miles east OF
Virginia, on the John Woody
farm
MONDAY, JANUARY %. 1917
GO head of live stock.
Do Head of Cattle-S yearling
hcifers, 9 two-ycar-old heifers, IA
COWS to be fresh soon, 6 COWS with
calf by side. This is all good
young stuff.
10 Head Horses and Mules
pair farm mares weight 200 in
foal by horse. pair 4-year-old
mules Is hands high, ! pair mules
coming 6 and 7 years old, Ii IL
hands high, horse mule coming
1 years old Is hands high, ]
black horse 4 years old weight
1900, mare mule,2 years old.
Some Brood Sows and Shoats.
TERMS All sums of $40 and
under cash. On sums over $40 a
credit of 9 months time will be
given on bankable note to bear S
per cent interest from date. 2
per cent discount for cash. Moth
ing to be removed from grounds
until settled for.
Ladies Aid of the Christian
church of Virginia will serve
lunch.
ALT l.. ). RADFORD.
Col. C. E. Robbins, Col. L. A.
Poteet, AuctiOneers.
M. G.. Wilcox, Clerk
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-18
ALL WRONG
The Mistake is Made by Many
Butler Citizens.

Look for the cause of backachc.
To be cured you must know the
cause.
If it's weak kidneys you must
set the kidneys working right.
A Butler resident tells you how.
Mrs. Amanda NJ. Ryan, 511 S.
Mechanic ST., Butler, says: IL
used to suffer much from kidney
trouble. I had a heavy, drag
ging ache in my back and it
seemed as though there were
heavy weights pulling on my kid:
ncys. When at my homework II
I lifted anything or even sat
down or got up out of chair, a
sharp twinge caught me in my
back. Then too my kidneys often
acted irregularly. Doan's Kid
ney Pills, procured from Lud-
wick's Drug Store fixed me up
quickly. Occasional use since
then has kept me in good health
and free from kidney trouble
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-thc
same that Mrs. Ryan had. Eos
ter-Milburn Co., Props. Buffalo,
n. Y. l4-2t
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-18
THAW CUTS THROAT
To Escape Arrest, The Slayer At.
tempted Suicide in Philadel-
phia Today.

Philadelphia, Jan. Hilary
Kendall Thaw, slayer of Stan
ford White, and now wanted in
New York to answer an indict'
mcnt charging that he flogged
Frederick Gump, jr., Of Kansas
City, cut his throat and wrists
in a West Philadelphia apartment
this afternoon in an effort to com.
nit suicide.
The house where Thaw was
found is within a short distance
of the street where Thaw was in
a motor accident last May. 1t
was a damage suit instituted
against his mother, the owner OF
the machine, that brought Thaw
here last Monday to defend the
action.
How the detectives learned that
Thaw was in west Philadelphia
they do not say. When they were
asked by the New York authori-
ties to apprchend him on a war
rant charging him with assaulting
Frederick Gump, jr., OF Kansas
City, they made a search OF the
city and were convinced that he
had left.
Although he was one of the
most widely known men in Amer
lea it was impossible to get a line
on his whereabouts. lie was gone
as completely as if he had vanish
ed in the air.
Thaw went to the Taco home at
1890 o'clock this morning and
begged the woman to permit him
to remain while. Realizing the
consequences of such an act
should the police find the fugi-
tive in her home, Mrs. Taco call
ed an official of detective
agency and asked his advice.
Shortly afternoon the official
went to detective headquarters
and arranged for the delivery OF
Thaw to the authorities. Thaw is
supposed to have agreed to the
surrender. AT the last moment
as he saw the detective Gordon
forming around the house, Thaw
s!ashcd himself.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-18
Mrs. Virginia Armstrong Dead.

Mrs. Virginia Armstrong, wild.
ow of the late Judge John Arm
strong died at her home on Ohio
street Saturday evening after q
long illness of heart trouble.
The deceased was born in I'LL
nois March l, 1874, and has been
resident of this county since
1880. She is survived by two
daughters, Miss Bessie Armstrong
of this city and Mrs. G. F. Hardy,
of Lincoln Nebraska, and one son
George Armstrong, of this city.
The remains were taken to
Hume Sunday and funeral ser.
vices conducted at the Hume
Methodist church and interment
made In the Independence GENE.
terry, beside aherf! husband, who
died November 81, 1916.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-18
Kansas City High Schools to Have
Military Training.

Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. h
Military training will be installed
in the high schools Of Kansas City
and Polytechnic Institute the be-
ginning Of the next semester, Jan
'nary 90, according to Capt. f. Il.
Strcver of Washington, national
dircctor-of military training in
the public schools. Lieut.. II. c.
Baird of the United States lnfan-
try will have active charge Of the
local installation and will be as
sisted by two noncommissioned
officers. ."". y
1.-THE benefits. of the school
training plan are countless, .
Capt. Stecver said. Besides the
physical assets military training
brings it offers great mental and
moral improvement. School mil
itary training not only builds up
the boys sense Of responsibility,
makes him ambitious, resourceful
and hard working, but it gets him
away in part from petty social
duties. 1t makes him better bal
anred
The troop leadership game
will be one of the features intro
duccd. Capt. Stcever told the
boys of the four games that will
induce competition between the
schools. They are military drill
the troop leadership game, wall
scaling and rifle practice. He
showed how the hundreds of boys
at the schools will be able to take
an active part in these forms of
competition while strictly ath-
lctic sports involve only few.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-18
Decision in the Archie Conso6-
dated School Case.

"The statute, Laws 1913, p. 722,
does not exclude or prohibit the
inclusion of a part of consoh-
dated district into a proposed new
consolidated district. The statute
says that any school districts may
be formed into a consolidated dis
trict.
Section g says what shall not
be included in the new district
and does not mention a part Of
another consolidated district.
Section 3 says Superintendent
shall visit the community" says
he shall determine the boundaries
but does not say he shall not take
into such boundaries some other
consolidated district. He must
make the best consolidated dis
trict, having due regard for the
welfare of adjoining "districts.'
Again not excluding consolidated
districts. There is no where in
the statute any exclusion of parts
of old consolidated districts and
we have no authority to put In
such exclusion, or exception to
the general words used.
TO adopt the view taken by
plaintiff, once a consolidated dis
trict is established it must stand,
regardless of change in popula-
ton. change in conditions, or cir
c,lmstances that would render it
desirable.
The motion should be over
ruled"
The above case grew out of the
formation of a consolidated
school district at Archie, Cass
county in which the Cass county
superintendent came over into
Bates county and took 6 square
miles Of territory. The Bates
county formed a consolidated
school district north of Adrian
and incorporated into it the 6
square miles of the Archie district
lying in Bates county. The
Archie district then attempted to
cnjoin the action of the Bates
county superintendent but it was
ovcrrulcd by Judge Calvird. The
ease was then anDaaled tn the
Kansas City Court of Appeals and
the action Of Calvird was sus-
tanned. A motion for new hear
ing was filed with the Kansas
City Court of Appeals but was
overruled; thus sustaining the ac-
ton of the Bates county superin-
tendent.
C. A. Denton represented to the
plaintiff and Silvers and Dawson
the defendant.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-18
School Meeting Program.

This meeting will be held in the
Butler Circuit Court Room, Jan.
,uary 16, 1917. 1t will be com.
posed of the teachers, school Off
GERS and patrons of Mt. Pleasant,
Summit, Lone Oak, Charlotte,
Mound and Deepwater townships,
and the towns of Hume, Rich Hill,
Butlev and Adrian. All those in
terested in better schools are most
cordially invited to be present at
this meeting. Your presence will
be greatly appreciated.
The following program will be
rendered:
1:15. Devotional exercises, e.
der r. NJ. Talbert.
/ 80. Demonstration Lesson in
Primary Reading, Miss Jessie
Ray.
so. The Junior High School
Dean c. A. Phillips Of Warrens-
burg.
2:45. History and Current
events, Prof. G. II. Mcclure, OF
Warrcnsburg.
$3.50. Illustrated Lecture on
the Consolidated Rural High
School, Prof. Alphonso Gorrell. .
Mr.. Mcclure is at the head OF
the history department of the
Warrcnsburg Normal, and will
give you something worth while
ON the Importance Of teaching
current events in connection with
history. You will be pleased it
You will come to hear him.
Mr.. Gorrcll has ordered some
slides from the United States Blu
rcau Of Education OH the consoli-
dated rural high school and will
be able to give very interesting
lecture and show you some very
fine pictures on this subject. You
can not afford to miss this lee
tnrc.
A. C. Moreland.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-18
the necessary arrangements can
be made.

When Robert J. Alley, president
of>the University of Maine, was
graduated from Valparaiso, 1ndi-
ana, university IS years ago, he
didn't have So to pay for his di-
ploma. Alley entered the univer-
sity without money. He worked
as caretaker around the stables OF
an official of the university,
shined shoes and did odd jobs.
On commencement day he was
"brokc," but he borrowed his
room-matei's best suit and was
graduated. 81 won't accept the
diploma until | can pay for it, ~
he said. The other day he sent
So and got his diploma.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-18
One Month Old Calf Sells fol
$4,000.

The high cost Of beef is well it,
Illustrated by the sale of a Holstein
bull calf belonging to the College
of Agriculture of the University
Of Missouri for 300 to the agri-
cultural division of the Univcr-
sity of Nevada. AT the time of
the sale the calf Vas less than one
month old. 1t will he kept on the
University farm until it lis six
months old before shipped to the
buyer.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-18
Farmer Killed Over Old Duel.

Macon, Mo, Jan. 15.--In a dis
putc over an account Of forty
years standing, between Switzer
Stacy and Charles Davis, farmers,
the former was shot and killed
and Davis wounded in the Shout
der yesterday afternoon near Cal
lao. Davis says he had no pistol,
that Stacy shot at him and in the
scuffle following the pistol was
again discharged and Stacy
killed. Davis declares he did not
have the pistol in his hand at any
time. Both men belong to well
known families.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-18
Evelyn Nesbit Expected It

New York, Jan. 1l.-Warning
that Harry Thaw may commit
another homicide was issued to
the public today by Evelyn Mes
bit. former wifi" of Harry Thaw
now Mrs. Jack Clifford.
He is a dangerous man to be
at large said Evelyn, land he
should be confined at once for
the safety of the public. TIC
late DR.. Austin Flint said to me :
"Thaws disease will agin mani
Fest itself. He will first flagcl-
late woman and boy then
finally kill some one.
Mrs. Clifford said she was 'Sor-
nv for Thaw. -
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-18

Answering "A statement by the
British admiralty ON the subject
Of armed merchantmen. the Ger
man admiralty says: Hostile
merchantmen carry armament IN
order to attack. The British navy
IS acting according to the prln-
ciplc that attack is best defense.
This last has been proved by or
dcrS issued and the actual eXccu-
ton Of which will decide our
ours" Of action.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-18

l>uffalo's record grain fleet of
righty-two frcighters carrying
over 25,OOO,0O0 bushels of grain,
mostly for foreign countries, is
being unloadcd at the elevators in
that city. Before this task could
be undertaken. grain interests
were forced to search the whole
country for available freight ears
to move from the elevators a
great store of grain accumulated
before the close of navigation.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-18

A monument to jefferson Davis
will be erected soon at Fairvicw,
n.y., birthplace of the Confederate
president. Shy the women and
men Of, the Southern Confeder-
acy" at IL cost of $l50,OOO, Gen.
Julian s. Carr, millionaire manu-
facturcr, announced at Durham,
n. C.. Saturday night. The mon
ument, an obclisk, will be $50
oct high.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-18

Wireless warnings to allied
shipping against a German raider
in the North Atlantic, were again
sent out Saturday. The warning
IN English and French said: EN-
envy raider may be encountered.
Take all precautions
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-18
THEY SAY

Don't laugh at the man who
makes a New Years resolution
and then breaks it. He is not
half so comical as the one who
thinks he has no faults to correct.
Il rich Herald.
The State legislature should
proceed with it's business and not
worry over the woes OF Judge
IIamm S chief st. Louis hackers
who lost $4,000 in election bets
and has been bowling ever since.
Henry County Democrat
It is TO be earnestly hoped that
when the law again takes charge
of murderer Harry X. Thaw, that
something real will be done to
him. Such scoundrels as Thaw
deserve to be put out of harm s
way and should not be allowed to
escape just punishment because
they have money-which talks
st. Joseph Observer.
Harry Thaw is a malodorous
moneyed person who's" mission III
life it has been to prove to a long
suffering public that, while Amer
lean justice may not be bought
and sold outright, a man with UNI
limited money in hand may i'll
woke the processes of obstruction
and delay, and, by the exercise OF
patience, finally arrive at exact
~ the same goal as that reached
in r,ldcr and simpler times
through the outright purchase OF
Judges and jurics. Harry Tlaw
is the strongest argument just
now available for law reform.
What says Missiuri?-St. Louis
Republic.
Judge I.amm's contest over his
election shows the calibre OF the
man the Republicans would have
had conducting the affairs OF the
state. Lamm has, probably. been
persuaded to act the part OF a
'squeeler' by the bosses i'll the
Republican party yin the state.
The people of Missouri should
congratulate themselves that
Judge Lamm was defeated. A
man who can not stand defeat IN
an election without showing his
streak of yellow is not the kind OF
a man Missouri wants in the man
sion at jefferson City. Let us all
give thanks for Gardeners cleo
tion.-Nilan Standard.
The Missouri National Guard
sent 5000 men to Texas when the
call came for the mobilization Of
troops to patrol the Mexican Bor-
der, and there the men were sta
toned for six months. 1t may be
of interest to campaign orators,
who like to hear themselves har-
angue patient, tolerant audiences,
to know that among those 5000
men from Missouri during that
active service there was only one
death from illness or disease. The
Missouri brigade was declared by
all officers, including Major-Gen-
cral Fred Funston, to be the
equal of any troops, either regu-
lars or National Guard, at the
front. Most Of the Missouri
troops are now either at home or
on their way.-Cass County Dem
ccrat.