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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-05-10
Proud Of Dickinson.

The citizens Of the Sixth Congress
sional district feel just pride in
their representative, C. c. Dickinson.
There has never been a time that he
failed to take a pronounced stand for
the right no matter what the issue.
u has never been necessary to "pre-
'vaii' on him through the medium Of
letters and kilograms to vote on any
proposition. On every important t.
@sut he has been among the first TO
express himself and has never wob-
bid IN his vote. All through tile
psssent crisis, he has been constantly
4 staHnch supporter Of the president.
diden Progress. -. - s. 49,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-05-10
Spaniel Guilty; Five Years.

Coleman. Tex. May s.-A verdict
of guilty of murder was returned al
8:2s o'clock tonight by the jury il
the case of Harry J. Spaniel, charged
with the killing of Lieut.. Col. M. C.
Butler, and punishment was fixed al
five years imprisonment.
SPANIEL all but collapsed when the
verdict was read. Counsel for the
defense announced a motion for a
new trial would be filed Immediately,
and it it were not granted an appeal
would be taken. The plea for rever-
sal, they said, would be based speci-
fically upon the refusal of the court
to sustain the defense's plea of "for-
nler acquittal."
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-05-10

and copies of the registration regula
tons from the sheriff or from tn,
mayor.
Absentees and the sick will apply
to such clerks to have their registra.
ton cards>filled out. In no case shall
persons be given registration certifi-
Gates. They re>to be instructed by
| the clerk that the tbHfden is on them
to see that the cards reach the regis
trars of their home precincts by reg
istration day.
Persons absent from their counties
may be registered by mail. If so
absent, a man should go to the clerk
of the county where he may be. If
he is in city over 10000 population,
the city clerk is the official to whom
to apply. The absentee will be told
how to register, but he must mail his
card in time to reach his precinct by
registration day. @...
Persons too sick to present them
selves for registration must send a
competent person to the county or
city clerk on the sixth day after the
issuance of the proclamation.
Officials of educational, charitable
and penal institutions should apply
for instructions to the county or city
clerk on the sixth day after the date
of the proclamation for Instructions
as to a convenient method of regis
tration. ......, ..-.
Five days after the date of the
presidents proclamation complete
registrations will be in the hands of
all sheriffs and of all officials of
cities of over 10000 population.
The president is authorized to call
Upon all public officials to assist in
The execution OF the law. The plan
$, however, to rely on the people for
he proper execution of the law. 1t
S expected that patriotic citizens will
offer their services free as registrars.
Such services will be gratefully ack-
Volunteers for this ser
ice should communicate with the
proper officials.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-05-10
Christian Science Services.

Christian Science services and Sun
day school will be held each Sunday
morning in the new church at the
corner of Fl. Scott and Delaware
streets.
Subject, adam and Fallen Man"
All are cordially invited to attend.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-05-10
The Swab.
From the Youths Companion.

The sergeant and the lieutenan
were Sconversing about the new re
cruit.
:" 'E's thin as a ramrod and >,
don't even look strong enough to ELI
in the store" complained the ser
geant.
LET him clean the rifles" sug.
gested the lieutenant.
"And 'oo's a-goin' to pull i'm
through barked the sergeant, de
family.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-05-10

Members Of Mission Az NJ n ~ yys1rely
Shaken. but Otherwise u1Eurt
-Derailment il the R4-
suit Of Accident.
DECATUR SPECTATOR Iss HIT
Monster Parade MARKS Morniur in
St. Louis-Joffre Honots Ian
coln-Viviani Speaks IA
Kansas City.

ArcOia, ILL.,, May 7.-MelnDerS o
the French mission to the unitee
States were severely shaken up, bu
otherwise uninjured, when The ~spe.
cial train, aboard which they We're
returning east from their middle
western tour, was derailed one and
one-half miles from here ct 1:15
o'clock tonight.
William Nye, in charge Of the
United States secret service detail at
tached to the party. made thorough
investigation of conditions SURROUND
ing the wreck and announced 40 his
opinion that it was entirely accident
al. &C.,. ,r.
Rene Viviani, French minister. OF
justice and head of the mission; Mar
shall .Joffre and other attaches Of the
party were dining at the. time of the
accident.
The train was held here several
hours, during which the members of
the commission retired for the night.
Many members of the party were
asleep when, after about four hours
delay, the wreckage was cleared suf-
ficiently to permit the train to get
under way.
Decatur. ILL.,, May decatur
enthusiastic welcome of the French
commission, which arrived here at
SIS this afternoon, was followed by
one of the first misfortunes of the
trip when the train ran down and
killed Peter Quick, aged AZ, spec
tator, at crossing, just as it was
leaving the city.
Although the train was running a
half hour late, the visitors gave moro
than ten minutes to Decatur's well
come
Springfield. ILL.,. May Marshal
|offre, hero of the Marine, paid trib-
tie to the memory of Lincoln at the
,mancipator's tomb here today, and
With the others Of the French COM
mission received an enthusiastic vel
come to the capital Of Illinois. ~
Marshal Joffre silently placed a
wreath upon the Lincoln sarcopEa-
gus. With bowed heads and DOTTED
APPS, the French hero, Rene Viviani,
ice president of the French coun-
II OF ministers. and the military and
ivil officials who accompanied them.
lied into the tomb, paid honor to the
7ar president, and left without a
poken word. /.
AT the state capitol, however,
here an official reception had been
ranged for them by Governor Low :
en- and the legislature, both, Joffre
nd Yixiani spoke.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-01
NATIONAL
DEFENSE
LEGISLATION
BEFORE
CONGRESS
Universal Military Training
Under Discussion by
subcommittee.
(By the Associated Presst

Washington. Jan. 3d. National
defense legislation today was ad-
vanced to these stages:
Naval bill, carrying 1851 100000
ready to be reported to the house
by the naval committee, which voted
it out yesterday.
Fortifications bill, carrying $751;
100000 for coast defenses trans
ferred to the senate by the bill which
passed it yesterday.
Army bill, carrying about $780,
100000, under consideration by the
house military committee, which ex-
poets to report it out next week.
Universal military training bill sub
ject to hearings by the senate mill
tary subcommittee
The naval bill provides for the
building Of three battleships more
powerful than any afloat, and Is
big submarines. .-
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-01
GERMANS GAIN IN
RIGA. DISTRICT
7(By the Associated Press)

The Russian offensive on the
northern end of the Rumanian front
has been resumed with some success.
New ground has been gained by the
Russians along the Kimpolung-Jaco-
beni railroad and Berlin today con-
ceded the capture from the Austro-
German forces of point of support
in /, the Falle Putna, southwest OF
Kimpolung-Bukowini.
The official statement from Petro.
grad on the fighting near the Buko-
wini border reports the capture by
the Russians of a hostile fortification
east of Jacobeni. Prisoners and booty
were taken with the position.
OF the operations in the Riga dis
trict, the statement announces a Ger.
man attack which. while checked in
general, was followed by Russian
retirement of two-thirds of mile.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-01
Asks For Information.

'rIf you are seeking to have infor-
nation disseminated in Fargo and
are not seeking petty controversy
with me, personally Lam assured,
that there are many men in that
city, not engaged with any official
duties, who will be glad to lay aside
their private affairs and enter upon
some orderly line of discussion of
the dangers hidden in this dark
cloud of socialism, unlimited debt
and debauchery of the public school,
thatsat the present hangs over the
horizon. But, obviously, it would
be necessary that you make known
to the interested people of that city
Gas you have not made known to
mel who it was sought to inject in
to their midst for the occasion.
Wants Fitting Discussion.
"The man would, obviously, have
to be such one that his participa-
tion would insure that the great
questions would be dealt with in a
dignity befitting their Importance.
He would have to be such that a self
citizen would not find
himself humiliated by discussion
with an anarchist, discredited soci-
alist or 1. w. w. worker"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-01
COSTLY FIRE IN
MINNEAPOLIS
Fnemen Cut Hose to Save
Equipment Loss Esti-
mated Over 100000
(By the Associated Press3

Minneapolis, Jan. 31.-Fire
early today destroyed the Levin
Bros. furniture warehouse, 20
Main street, Southeast Minneap-
oils, causing an estimated dam
age of $2OO,OOO. An additional
damage of $4,000 was sustained
by the Riverside hotel, adjoin-
ing. ..
Two men employees of the furni-
ture company were severely burned
before they could escape from the
building, and were taken to the Min
neapolis city hospital.
The fact that no other employees
were in the building, probably pre-
vented big loss of life.
Ten minutes after the fire was dis
covered it was beyond the control OF
the fire department. Firemen were
compelled to cut their hose to save
the fire apparatus. Thousands OF
feet of hose were destroyed.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-01
CUhlMIlVS ATTACKS
PRESIDENT WILSON'S
PEACE PROPOSALS
tBy the Associated Press>

Washington. Jan. 30.-OpenfnE
the debate in the senate today ON
President Wilson's world peace pro-
posal, Senator .Cummins declared
that the plan the president suggested
would involve the United States in al
most constant world war or constant
rebellion against the authority of the
world sovereignty the president pro-
posed.
Asserting that he stood with the
president in every moral effort pos.
|sible for him to exert to bring an end
to the war, Senator Cummins said he
refused to follow him when he leads
the way towards the world sovereign
ty which he had proposed. =
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-01
SENATE KILLED
HOUSE BILL 4l44|
No Debate on Merits Or Special
Order Allowed on Bill

not l.. W. W's, they are responsible
God-fearing people. Restrain them
now, and they will break all bounds
two years hence. Deny them their
rights and we return to the days of
King John, who refused to listen to
his people until they prodded him
with spears. Are we going to let %
senators deprive all the people of
North Dakota the right Of changing
the constitution" :,
Senator Cahill asked Senator Paul
son to explain his statement that the
school funds would be imperiled un-
der the new constitution, but the
Traill county senator remained 81
lent. Then Senator Cahill read the
section of the constitution regarding
the disposition of school funds in
which he showed that the bars were
not let down.
Senator Pendray stated that the
building of new constitution by
amepdment was too slow. He stated
that he had voted for the first con-
stitution and felt that the state had
outgrown thatsconstitutiop..
The people have asked for bread,
and have been given stone," said
1A0 oIuIoAAdA COuuCy 60udtOT. 1ulS
new constitution would mean to the
state of North Dakota what the
emancipation proclamation meant to
the negroes of the south" ~
Senator Wexford predicted that
the sturdy sons and daughters of
North Dakota would win in the end
The galleries were packed when
the vote was being taken and most
o. the members Of the house were
also witnesses Of the defeat of the
bill. The galleries cheered repeated
ly the league speakers.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-01
AMERICAN i! DRIVER |!!'|.||!
l.. LOSES WAY
h, ssg,. = " - =
Dog Teams Pass Through Ash,
by, Minnesota.
(By the Associated Press)

Ashby, Minn., Jan. 31.-After
having lost his way and wandered
aimlessly throughout the night,
Fred Hartman the American who led
the contestants in the Winnipeg to
St. Paul dog race for time last
might, arrived here at 1890 am. to-
day.
Six of the other contestants in the
derby passed through this town to-
day, leaving at 9:40 am. for Evans
vile. F."
The drivers were Bill Grayson,
Hyurtur Hanson, Gunnar Thommas-
son, Mike Kelley, Joe Metcalf and
Gabriel Campbell. Albert Campbell
had not arrived at $3.50 am. The
teams stopped here about 18 minutes.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-01
SISAL TRUST
MAY DISSOLVE
(By the Associated Press)

(By the Associated Press)
New York, Jan. 31.-Although the
governments suit to dissolve the So
called sisal trust will bring up sever
al questions otfnternational law and
although the Mexican government re-
ceived a large share of its revenue
from the sale of sisal in the United
States, attorneys interested in the
cases expressed the opinion that the
suit will not lead to international
complications.
The governments action attracted
wide attention today because it is the
first suit under the Sherman law
with an International tinge; also be-
cause farmers of this country con-
sumo annually 300,OOO,00O pounds
of sisal in binder twine.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-01

President Fred A. Snyder and Pierce
Butler of the board of university re-
gents conferred with him at Wash
ington, D. c., early this week.
Governor BurnQuist declined to
make public the purpose of his trip
before going east and upon his re-
turn yesterday would say only:
I'VE did the business all right,
and that is the main thing. The re-
suit of the trip will be made public
within a few days"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-01
ATTEMPT MURDER
OF LLOYD LII ] GEORGE
Woman, Her Two Daughters
and Man Arrested, Deny
Conspiracy.
(By the Associated Press1

Derby, Eng, Jan. 31.-Mrs.
Alice Wheeldon, her daughters
and the husband of one of them,
Alfred George Mason, were
charged at the Guild hall here to-
day with conspiring to murder
Premier Lloyd George and Arth-
ur Henderson, a member. of the
House of Commons and of the
war council.
Information laid by an inspector
of Scotland Yard charged "that the
defendants, on. divers days between
January rs and the date of laying
this information, did, among them
selves unlawfully and wickedly con-
spire, confederate and agree together
against the Right Honorable David
Lloyd George and the Right Honor
able Arthur Henderson, wilfully and
with malice aforethought to kill and
murder contrary to the Ohenses
Against Persons Act Of 1861 and
against the peace of our Lord, the
King, his crown and dignity"
The information was signed by A.
H: Bodkin, prosecuting on behalf OF
the crown.
After formal evidence concerning
the arrest had been given, the case
was adjourned until Saturday.
Mrs. Wheeldon, who is so years
old, resides in Derby with her daugh-
ter, Ann, who is school teacher
here. Mason. who is "a, is a chemist
Of South Hampton.
On being arrested, the defendants
denied any knowledge of the charge.
They declined. to. make any state
ment.
The four were arraigned quietly
in the police court and denied the
charges, declaring they. had been
trumped up as punishment for. their
conscientious objections to compul.
sorry military training.
No details of charges or evidence
were divulged. The accused persons
are we'll known here. Two of them
are school teachers.
The Daily Sketch says: "The police
have unearthed what is believed to be
a plot to murder the premier with the
result that Mrs. Wheeldon of Derby
Miss Hetty Wheeldon, her daughter
MA. Mason, another daughter, and
ALI. Mason, the latter's husband
have been arrested. :. "The de.
tails are yet unknown, but it is un,
derstood the conspirators aimed al
causing the premier's death by
poison"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-01
London Dispatch Gives No
Names.
(By the Associated Press)

e London, Jan. 31.-A conspiracy to
murder Premier Lloyd George 1s re-
ported by the Daily Sketch, which
says arrests have been made in this
connection. The persons arrested
are described as "three suffragists
and a man, conscientious objector
to military SERVICE"
The Sketch says the persons charg-
ed with the conspiracy are the three
women and the man whose arrests
'on remarkable conspiracy charge
was reported in the newspapers this
EXAM
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-01
VILLA FOLLOWERS
SHOOT UP TRAIN
(By the Associated Press,

Juarez, Jan. 31.-The Mexican Cen
trail passenger train which arrived
here last night was fired upon by
Villa followers at Montezuma, 11O
miles south of Juarez yesterday
morning. The troops returned the
fire when the shots we're fired from
behind a sand hill. Passengers on
the train were panic stricken, many
lying on the floor and others hiding
behind baggage. .
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-01
WAVE
EXTENDS (, :: FROM
ROCKIES EAST

Washington, Jan. 31.-A severe
and prolonged cold wave in nearly all
districts east of the Rocky Noun
tains was forecast today by the
weather bureau. It is following a
storm of marked intensity central
this morning over Missouri and NOV
ing eastward. The cold will reach
the middle west and southwest to-
night and Thursday.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-01
NORTH DAKOTA
WILL GET $152. .2S6
FOR POST : ROADS. 4 D 5
tBy the Associated sPrsss)

washington, Jan. q North De-
kota win get s162.2ss ssout Of tho
$40. 1000. 900 to aid the state s. t..
construction of rural post roads, tn
second annual distributi lion in aneoxil:s
ance with the federal lid road laN.:
II was announced today 81 sscfsialsl,s
IIeuston. The funds / sre the = ~
itionment Tor The iIscai ~ =
June 80. III
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-01
STORM HITS
SOUTH DAKOTA
AND NEBRASKA
(By the Associated Press,

Norfolk. Nebr.. Jan. 31.-one OF
the worst storms OF winter ragged over
northern Nebraska, and southern
South Dakota today. Transportation
over the Chicago & Northwestern
railway was delayed. A high north
west wind was accompanied by about
two inches of snow and temperature
around 20 degrees below. .4.S
Winner. s. D., reported 20 degrees
below. while at Chamberlain it was
"a degrees below. $50.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-01
GOV. WHITMAN
B. FAVORS REPEAL
I. OF BOXING LAW
lBys the ISOLATED lPrsss,i

Albany, f. ,Jaiiii, s Governor
aYhitmsn tpday 81 ! formal state
fmentS annopncstdt thxlt rs w ~ favor
of repealing; tn Sl1ws uthorisinE box
ink hibttio - sin this ~ s.; 8;
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-01

A dispatch from London last night
quoted the Daily Mail as saying man
and 2 of the women were arrested at
Derby and the third woman at South,
|ampton, that all Of them would be
|arraigned today at Derby and that
their trial probably will ll'attract Wild
lest public attention
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-01
RUSSIAN ASSAULTS
SUCCESSFUL ON
RUMANIAN FRONT
(By the Associated Pressl

Berlin (By Wireless), Jan. al
On the northern Rumanian front,
heavy fighting was resumed yester-
day, the Russians making several at
tacks south of the Putna valley.
The war office today announced that
the Russians succeeded in penetrat-
ing the German point of support.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-01
BRITISH TRANSPORT
SUNK BY SUBMARINE
tBy the Associated Press,

Paris, Jan. 80, delayed .-O Official
announcement was made here to-
night that the transport Amiril Magn,
which was taking $50 soldiers to Sa-
loniki escorted by the destroyer Arc,
was torpedoed by a submarine on
January 25. OF those on board, 500
were saved. WA
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-01
Two Reports on H. b. No, "A.

Bismarck, Jan. 31.-Two commit
tee reports were made yesterday af-
ternoon by the, state affairs commit
tee, to which had been referred
House Bill. A, for a new state con-
Atitution. One, a majority report,
the indefinite post
ponement of the bill. the other. a mi
nority. reported that the bill be
passed. The committee which was
appointed by the President of the
Senate, : contained a majority Of
members opposed to the Non-Parti.
san League program. The minority
consisted of but four members, a
fifth member elected by league en-
dorsement, does not agree with the
league on the constitution. Two
other mem bers Of the majority have
expressed opinion that the senate
should attach some safeguard to the
new constitution and it is possible
that they may line up with support
ers of that bill at the last moment.
William Lemke of Fargo, attorney
representing the certain interests of
the league, addressed the state af-
fairs committee for an hour, giving
members information regarding var
ious items in the bill. He defended
the legality Of the bill.
The majority of the committee
take the stand that procedure is H.
legal, and that the majority of the
senate members elected on the Re-
publican platform which last fall
provided for the submission of the
various portions Of the league pro-
gram as amendments to the constitu-
ton; that the senate is now making
good its promises, having passed or
introduced amendments providing
for rural credits, state hail insur-
ance, state terminal elevators, state
packing plants and state, -four mills,
and that the senate believes the peo-
pie, in approving the Republican
platform by such large majorities at
the polls in November expressed
their will to the legislators elected
lat that time. : 4: s-..''.S
Rep. Divet's Reply to A. c. Townley.
@ A. q. Divet's response to chal-
lenges Of "a. G. Townley for debate
at Fargo. on the merits of House
Bill A is given in: q communication
made public yesterday, and says II
the league has q meeting \ with a.
:trepresentative of character and
responsibility" the challenge will
be accepted in 9; public discussion at
Fargo. He takes fling at the Nom
Partisan leadership and member
ship In the following reply: ;;.;.
.55s$'.I am at3present engaged In the
Eperformal ee of my Official duties
and It would hardly seem an oppor-
tune time when the wolvee are gath
erred at the door of the fold, for the
shepherd 10: go Wald ldering into the
wilderness in pursuit Of some par.
tfcular whelp that may be ! Selected5
az q lure 3, writes the represent alive
who odds that he is heartily of the.
belief that full am ndersta ling ,ofs
the ipiquitp provision OF the hill.
is desired ana tint = 1! one ppropriate
sderst1ndinKs 10 the disseminat ttonsof:
finformtt ttion rom the pub blic H.
form.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1917-02-01
BURTON MAY HEAD
I. UNIVERSITY OF
{ MINNESOTA
tBy the Associated Press>

Minneapolis. Jan. 31.-Dr. Marion
Leroy Burton, president of Smith
college. Northampton. Mass, today
was rendered the presidency Of the
University Of Minnesota by ths board
Of regents to succeed George e. Vim
cent, who recently resigned to become
head Of Rockefeller foundation.