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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
Holland Short of Supplies.

Washington, .. G., Dec. 49,
Shortage Of food, coal and other
necessary supplies has produced
a serious situation in Holland, ac-
cording to a special report from
Frank W. Mahin, American Con-
sui at Amsterdam, issued today
by the Department Of Commerce.
The cost Of living. it is declared,
has scared to great heights.
To economic on coal, four
fifths Of which normally is i'm
ported from Germany and Eng
land, street lighting and train ser
vices have been reduced. The
Government has urged early clos
ing of hotels. restaurants and
stores to save gas and electricity.
Holland is suffering also, it is
said. from scarcity Of materials
for building, machine work and
ship Yards.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
Confiscated an Election Bet.

Butler, Pa.-Dr. Il. L. WATSON,
former member of the legislature
and treasurer Of Butler County,
wagered $1,000 to 5000 that
Hughes would be elected, and I.
G. Smith, wealthy oil man, took
the short end.
Smith died before the election
result was known, and the mons
cy was paid to the administrator
of his estate.
knowledge of the bet came to
the ears of the county .commis-
sioners, anA proceedings were be-
gun under the anti-brt law,
which provides that the authori-
tics may collect all bets, and, it
necessary, enter suit to do so, in
this way collecting double the
amount a penalty of a sum equal
to the bet being provided in the
act, The commissioners notified
the stakeholder and the admins
traitor of their contemplated ac-
ton, and rather than stand suit,
the administrator agreed to pay
the 81 800 to the treasurer of the
poor district. --- Philadelphia
North American.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
100000 Corn Show Prizes.

Columbia. Mo-, Dee. 3O,-Thir
ty thousand dollars in cash anC
premiums will be given as prizes
at the Missouri State corn show
to be held here January. to Jan
uary 5, 1917, in connection will
the Farmers Institute which will
be held under the auspices of the
College Of Agriculture Of the
State University.
The 5000 trophy of the State
Board of Agriculture, and $500
in cash will be given as prize
for the best 10 ears of corn, and
as an additional prize there will
be the trophy of the Corn Pro-
duccrs' Association. The best
single ear will receive $50 in pre-
mlums.
Premiums worth $500 will be
awarded to boys and young men
who send in corn entries.
Prizes will also be given to
growers of wheat, oats, SOY beans,
clover and timothy.
More than 1000 persons are cx-
or"tcd to attend.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
Another Use for the Automobile

Bank robbery is becoming too
frequent in this country. Even
here at home, in Jasper county,
three or four daylight bank rob-
berries have been staged within /,
few years. To be sure much of
the romance Of the old bank-rob-
bling days of the James gang is
lacking. Instead of whole
mounted gang riding in on horse
back, terrorizing the whole town
and riding away with the loot, af-
ter running fight with citizens,
the modern robbcr rides up in his
auto, goes into the bank, locks
the cashier in the vault, takes the
coin and is fifty miles away, per-
haps, before anybody knows there
has been a robbery. The auto
Seems to have revived the bank
robbing industry. - Carthage
Press.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
Pleasant GAP.

Joe iiccpcr and his friend Far.
nest Evans spent their vacation
helping W.. a. Leeper get his win.
ter supply of wood.
--Earl Lceper. the fellow with
the buzz saw, had to borrow a
load Of wood last week. Twas
the same old saying. shoe makers
wife has no shoes.
Everybody was well pleased
with the play given by the r. H.
NJ. G., Thursday night. The &C.
tors had their parts to perfection.
We all wish. them success in the
year to come.
The Xmas exercises at Pleasant
Gap school were we'll attended.
The children had fine program
which we all enjoyed.
HUM DINGER.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
Brewery Gives Up

The Excelsior Brewery at St.
Louis will close on the first of
January, the manager announces
because of prohibition sentiment.
1t was an old fashioned concern
with immense cellars and the
property is valued at a million
dollars. 1t was closed down for
repairs a couple Of months ago,
and Paul Shans, the manager,
finding that it would cost
$125, GOO to put the plant in
shape, decided to 60 out of bus
mess for the above sisted reason.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
Close to the Mcdaniel SLAYER. D, y,

Oscar Mcdaniel, late prosecut-
ing attorney Of Buchanan Coun-
ty, and who was recently tried
and acquitted on the charge Of
numbering his wife, telephoned
the Kansas City papers that he
expects important developments
within the next few days. That
his detectives have been working
on the case night and day since
the murder of his wife, and ac-
cording to his phone message
they arc closing in on the slayer.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
Goats in New Mexico as Well as
Kansas City. y

FL Paso-Unitcd States Senat-
or Albert B. Fall, attacked by a
pet Angora goat, at his ranch,
Three Rivers, N. NJ, succeeded in
killing the animal, after stiff
struggle, during which he was in
.jured.
The goat, a fine specimen Of the
Angora type had long been
around the ranch home, and it's
attack upon Senator Fall was un-
expected. The goat and the SEN
ator battled for some minutes,
when Senator Fall succeeded in
obtaining a revolver and shot the
animal.-New York Tribune.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
smile in adversely. Be thor.
oughbred once.

smile in adversely. Be thor,
oughbred once.
Another year has past into the
great sea of oblivion and the time
for resolutions again confronts
us. Don't be discouraged. If
you have made resolutions and
break them, it is far better to
make and break them than not to
have made them at all. Just re-
solve TO profit by past mistakes
and try to make the coming year
show results and don't forget to
be Sunny" 1t pays. Yes, it
pays.
I'm a ripppin roarin', ranger
from the glorious Golden West.
IN !acker from the Rockies
and those who know me best. will
tell you I'm as bad as I can be.
| can draw an ''automatic, l can
pull a trigger too as quick as
any man I ever "see." I shore
am diplomatic and l hate a
Fuss do, but I am just as bad
as | can be. So be careful there
you Greascr, don t try to raise my
ire FOR if you do you II never
live to sce-my 5000 auto"
splitting hlrid streams of fire, for
| am just as bad as bad can be.
This was caused by my eating
too much "goosc and "fixin's''
MAS. just 'stuff-o-dreams. :"
That s all.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
Bridge Moved in "a Minutes.

Omaha, Neb.. Dec. 25.-Work
of removing the big doublc-track
steel railroad bridge of the Union
Pacific Railroad over the Mis-
souri, River and replacing it with
a new and heavier structure, was
begun at II :23 o'clock today,
when traffic was stopped. -Thir-
ty-four minutes later, the bridge,
1,722 feet long, was resting on the
false work prepared to receive it
and the work of moving the
bridge from the structure to the
permanent piers was begun.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
Army Forage Costs Big Sum.

San Antonio, Tex, Dec. 81
Contracts calling for the largest
single purchase of grain and for.
age ever made by the Southern
Department of the army were
awarded today to wholesalers by
the department quartermaster 3
department at Fort Sam Houston.
The oats item alone will run near.
" 3 million dollars, while hay,
bran and wheat straw are speci-
fled in enormous quantities.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
Sunday Worse Than Movies.

New York, Dec. 29.-Dr. Ap-
pleton Morgan, Shakespearean
scholar and author, has weighed
the movie against Billy Sun
day and ''thc movies" win.
Doctor Morgan is heartily in
favor of Sunday motion picture
shows, but he wants "such sacri-
legious performances" as Billy
Sundays meetings confined to
week days that the Sabbath
may be kept holy"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
War Increasing Lions in Africa.

Cleveland, Dec. 3O.-Two of
Colonel Roosevelt's big game
hunting companions in Africa,
Clifford Fuller and KENYON
Painter, are going back after
lions rs soon as the British war
measures are relaxed, Fuller told
the Northern Ohio Fish and Game
Association at its convention here
today. Fuller said the Germans
and British have been 80 busy
shooting each other that the lions
have been left alone and are mul.
tiplying rapidly.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
WIDOWS MAY SAFELY
" - .-
INVEST IN us.
LAND BONDS
Opening of Federal Farm Loan
Banks Opens New Savings
Field.

Washington, Dee. 29.-Withil
six weeks the system of lant
banks, authorized under the fed
eral act, will be completely organ
lied and in operation toward fl
nancins the nations agriculture
activities on a prodigious scale
according to semi-official plans.
Immediate application fol
loans, aggregating more thar
$780, 100000, are expected from
farmers DESTROYS of developing
their land to state Of efficient
production.
Members of the Farm loan
board nave been in conference
with Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo- every day for a week
and it is understood they have de-
tcrmined upon the boundaries of
the - bank districts and have
practically settled upon the IL
cities in which the banks will be
located.
Organizations Of the banks will
follow rapidly and appraisers will
then begin to judge the value of
farm lands, upon which loans arc
being asked. There will then be
an immediate opportunity for
public purchases of farm loan
bonds.
Financial experts are advising
purchase of the bonds rather than
OF stock in the land banks.
For one reason the stock-of
which there will be $4,000 for
start OF operations by each bank
will be largely subscribed by
the government.
As it is not the intention of
the system to make money for the
United States. all profits accru-
ing are likely to be devoted to the
Of SURPRISES rather
than to til" payment of dividends.
When the surplus is sufficient
there will be a start toward re-
iring the stock so that private
INVESTORS in stock are likely to
ind that their money has been
Utilized without return to them.
The farm loan bonds. however,
ne being recommended as the
greatest opportunity for the in
icstment of small savings ever
'ffcred the American people.
'hanc"s Of loss are virtually no
more than in the ease of govern
ncnt bonds.
Farm loans upon which loans
will be made are appraised by
government experts.
In denominations of $25, $50 ,
nd 800 the bonds will be avail ]
Bile and with all interest rate of S
or ) percent will represent a
Profitable investment.
1t is an absolutely sure invest 5
lent for the widow, the wage I
arncr saving for a home, the
tcnographcr saving for her trous- G
eau, the clerk boarding his nest |
gg for venture into matrimony J.
for all the humble thousands
Tho have been the prey of finan- c
Ial harpies, waving their glitter
lg prospcctuses of mining stocks g
nd oil ventures and other plaus.
DE schemes for acquiring riches Z
yer night. l.
Farmers hitherto have been able II
, obtain loans only on short time b
nd under such circumstances s
lat made them fear to venture d
any degree Of enterprise Tn 4
rr the land bank system the in. C
'stor may find mortgages cut in
myths to suit his fund. Fl
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
Farmers to Fight the H. G. L.

Centralia, Mo-, Dee. 28.-The
farmers of this locality have
formed an association for the
purpose of buying coal and pro-
visions in bulk lots and distribute
the supplies among the members
and also ship the live stock and
establish headquarters for keep
ing coal on hand and for the use
OF the members. T. 8. Long is
president Of the association.
About twenty clubs have formed
An Boone and Audrain counties.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
SHORT STORIES
Of Local Interest-Cipped from
Our Exchanges.

VI LOCdl 1uteTeSt-Vl4ppeU 1IOul
Our Exchanges.
j. A. Yoncc, a former resident
of the Rockville ncighborhood,
died recently at his home in Fish
tail, Mont.
The Adrian Cheese Factory
will open for business Monday,
January 1917. Patrons to get
:Ateii44 milk to the factory by 9
o'clock. Save Saturdays and
Sundays milk, just SO it is sweet.
Adrian journal.
Stanley Norwood came down
from Kansas City Sunday after
noon to spend the holidays with
home folks. lie will leave for
Washington. y. G.. the first of the
New Year where he has a gov
eminent position.-Amoret Lead
err.
And now Appleton City has
joined the =" LIE was raised in this
city, class. The Journal says
that Omar f. Robinson, who was
ordered by the U. S. Court to con-
duet the sale Of the Colorado Pa
rific railroad, was former resi-
dent of that city.
The Rockville Booster is in re-
ceipt of a letter from the CASTOR
Syndicate saying that they will
soon be on the ground and carry
ont the program arranged a few
weeks ago This is the syndicate
that was to build an electric line
through the county.
Mr.. Fred Bowman met with a
very painful accident the first of
the week, when a twenty-five tar
get rifle was accidentally dis
charged. The bullet entering the
left heel and lodging, and at the
time the Doctor was unable to get
"
DR.. Frank =. Miller, Of Urich,
and Miss Georgia Lucille Ammcr-
mann. Of Iron RIVER, Michigan,
were married. at the latter place
on Wednesday, December 20, says
the Herald. They spent Thurs !,
day and Friday in Chicago, and
arrived here on Saturday after ,
noon
The Commercial Hotel at Rock
vile was completely destroyed by
fire Thursday evening of last :
week. A good part of the furnish :,
ings Of the downstairs portion :,
was saved, says the Booster. The :,
Commercial Hotel was one Of the J.
landmarks Of that part Of the :
II
James Hook, one of Appleton
l'itv's exemplary and most prom y
ising young men, will leave Sun c
lay for jefferson City to accept Il
4 position in the Registration De ,
oartmcnt, an appointment given ID
him by the newly elected Sccrc- ',
AIRY OF State, John l.. Sullivan ',
Appleton City Journal. !.
Mr.. Willie h. Horton and Miss
;eorgic Moore, two Of Humc's $;
highly popular young people. IL
we're united in marriage at the 81
lone Of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Sim
on, Pittsburg, kas., December %, A
916, at 9 O'Clock in the evening
~ Rev. Satcrlce, of the Methodist :,
hurch, Border Telephone. h,
Can you beat this. 4 certain II
not a thousand miles from VI
Tune, bought dozen eggs of her =, re
,rocer, and had the item placed |.
II her charge account. She then ID
ook the eggs to another grocer, Id
0 whom she sold them for cash, ~
uying tickets for herself and her va
riends to the movies with the 9"
roceeds. Some female Napoleon ~,
t finance=-Mhat Hume Tcle- VI
hone. az
tn
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-01-05
CHURCH AND MILL BURN
FIRE DESTROYS GEORGETOWN
EDiFicE ERECTED BY MATz.
Concentrating Mill at Empire, Valued
at $4,000, Is Total Loss-Hos-
pital Building Saved.

Western Newspaper Union Ness Service.
Georgetown, Colo. = The Catholic
church here. erected by Bishop N c..
Matz when he wasa priest in this city
in 1873. was burned with the parson-
age, entaiiing loss Of about $4,000.
The fire was discovered soon after a
locomotive had passed and is sup
posed to have caught from sparks.
The parsonage was burned first, and
all of it's contents were consumed, in
cluding the valuable library of Father
Boyle. The flames then leaped to the
church. which was destroyed in spite
of the good work OF the fire depart
ment. All of the contents of the
church were saved, including the bell.
The last named is OF so per cent sill
yer, made during the time that this
was booming camp.
The old hospital building. which has
been unoccupied for some time, was
saved.
At about the same hour the Clear
Creek concentrating mill at Empire.
down the valley, took fire, presumably
from sparks from the same engine. as
it was near the tracks. The mill was
valued at $4,000. and is total loss.
No one was in the place No one was
injured at either fire.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-01-05
Government Orders Lion Hunt.

Boulder.-A mountain lion hunt last
ing ten days during which time gov
ernment hunter, A. G. McGlocin, and a
licensed park guide, Clifford Highly,
will hunt the American lion with ESQ
5000 Savage rifles and four trained
bloodhounds declared to be expert lion
dogs. began in the Rocky Mountain Ma
tional Park and Estes Park. The hunt
will be conducted from Estes Park viii
lage. Unusually heavy snow for this
time of the year has driven elk, deer,
and mountain sheep down from the
highest peaks and these animals are
falling easy prey to the mountain lions.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-01-05
21sT GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETS
Effects Temporary Organization, Then
House Elects Boone Best
Speaker.

Denver. - Colorado's Twenty-first
General Assembly convened Wednes-
day and w. II. Adams was elected
president pro tenn of the Senate by a
vote of IS to IA cast for Senator Cur
ran, Senator Candlish, Progressive
Republican. of Lake county, voting
with the Democrats.
Representative Crowley of Denver
was elected temporary speaker of the
House. The roll of members certified
by the secretary of state was read,
and the new members sworn in by
Judge Gabbert, after which Boone
Best of Kiowa was elected speaker of
the House.
Speaker Best then thanked the
House for the honor conferred upon
him, at the same time urging short
business-like session and early ad-
journment.
A list of Senate and House en-
ployes was then made.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-01-05
House to Rush Anti.strike Bill.

Washington. = Railroad legislation
desired by President Wilson to sup
plement the Adamson law is to be
pressed in the House without waiting
for action by the Senate. After a con-
ference with the President and while
the Senate committee was continuing
its hearings on the subject Represen-
tative Adamson, chairman of the
House commerce committee, an
nounced that within a few days he
would introduce and seek the passage
of bills designed to prevent railroad
employees from striking without giving
sixty days notice, and to empower the
President to place tied up roads in the
hands of military authorities in case
of public necessity.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-01-05
john WlIke. Booth RurIed.

Leadville.-John Wilkes Booth, last
of the famous family of actors, was
buried here. He was 6S years old, and
was the grandson of Junius Brutus
Booth. the great tragedian. and
nephew of Edwin Edwin and John Wilkes
Booth. He had been an actor for
many years, but for thirty years had
lived in Leadville. Mr.. Booth be-
lieved that fatal destiny hing ever
the name. and refused to discuss his
early history or his family connec-
tons.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-01-05
Pueblo Girl Iakea Poison.

misunderstanding that everything
was dark and gloomy, and that 1917
held nothing in store for her, Miss
Katherine M. Kemerling of Stella,
Neb., residing with Mrs. Joe Migler,
took a bichloride Of mercury tablet
found several minutes afterwards and
taken to st. Mary's hospital, where it
is said she will recover Miss Kem-
meriing left a note addressed: Dear
Jack: / hope that 1917 will bring
you a good asid faithful wife. Stella. ="
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-01-05
Pioneer Golden aanehman Dies.

Greeley.-John A. Garner. pioneer
of 1S49, died here at the home of his
daughter. Mrs. William H. Barber.
Mr.. Garner left 10 Davis county. Ill,
with an OK team in 1S49, bound for
the California gold fields. AT South
Pass, in Wyoming. the Indians de-
stroyed the train. Mr.. Garner being
the only survivor. He came to Colo
rado in 1864, locating first near Gold
en- in Jefferson county and then in
Denver. He bought property along
Broadway which made him fairly
wealthy. Twelve years ago he came
to this city to reside with his daugh-
ter.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-01-05
mcLsnnan Beaten, $50 to IS.

Denver.-John R. Lawson defeated
John McLennan for president of the
United Mine Workers of Colorado by
vote of $50 to %. according to the
report OF the tellers who canvassed
the returns. E. L. Doyle was elected
national board member. J. B. Cassidy
defeated Mike Livoda for vice presi-
dent, 400 to 265, and Felix Pogliano
won over Laughlin Burns for secre-
tary-treasurer. 445 to 223 The cleo
ton was declared Illegal.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-01-05
Addie satterfield Buried at Longmon.

Boulder.-Dennis Satterfield, held in
Jail here on charge OF numbering his
young wife, Addie Satterfield, in
Longmont. was taken to Longmont for
the funeral OF his wife, who was
buried in the Longmont cemetery
after services at the undertaking par
lors of Coroner Rice
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-01-05
carranza Consul Seized in Arms Plot

New York.-Juan t. Burns. Carran-
"a consul general here. was arrested,
charged with being concerned in a
conspiracy to ship arms and ammuni-
ton to Vera Cruz in violation OF Presi-
dent Wilson'S embargo proclamation
of October, 1915.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-01-05
Hero Of Plum Creek Massacre pIe.

Denver.-James F. Thomas, Colo
RADIO pioneer and hero of the Plum
creek Indian massacre, died, aged SO.
He was born in Kirksville. Ohio, and
came West when a child.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-01-05
Hawaiian sugar output Lowered.

Washington.-Haw proAuced 53,.
237 tons less sugar in 1916 than in the
previous year. despite an increased
area planted TO cane sugar.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-01-05
Mexican Murdered at Lamar.

Lamar.-Amado Gallardo, Mexican
laborer, was shot and instantly killed
at his home on tie edge of town. Juan
Cega. another Mexican, who neigh
bors say did the shooting, escaped.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-01-05
Prisoner PerI.hes In Jail Fire

Antonito.-Eperfanio Valdez. pris-
oner in the Antonito jail. lost his life
when the Jail was destroyed by fire.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-01-05

Teutons capture towns of Matolim
and Jijila in northern Dobrudja. In
vaders also are continuing to make
gains in Moldavia and northern Wal
lachia. In center of the northern
Wallachia lines the Russians and Ru-
manians are offering strong resist
ancc at several points and, according
to Petrograd. have defeated the Teu-
tons southwest Of Foscani.
Period of comparative calm con-
tinues on all other fronts.
Berlin reports French battleship
Verite was torpedoed by submarine
near Malta, but Paris asserts the re-
port is untrue.
The Elbert County tribune., 1917-01-05
WILSON HAS
PEACE TERMS
ACCORDING TO STATEMENT OF
JULIUS ANDRAssY, FORMER
PREMIER OF HUNGARY.
ALLIED NOTE OUTLINED
PRESIDENT CALLS COL. HOUSE
FOR CONFERENCE ON LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, Jan. 4.-Coincident
with the receipt here of confidential
advices giving the broad outlines Of
the entente reply to President VIII
sons note proposing a discussion Of
peace terms, Col. L. NJ House, the
Presidents friend and adviser, ar
rived at the White House. The col
onePs last visit was followed by the
dispatch of the Presidents note.
AT the same time press dispatches
from London told of a speech by
Count Julius Andrassy, former pre-
mier of Hungary. stating that the
central powers had given or would
give President Wilson a statement of
their peace terms, and that the en-
tente allies could obtain them from
him.
Officials at the White House and
the State Department would not dis
cuss these developments further than
to say definitely that no further move
on the part of the American govern
ment would be determined until the
entente reply was received. 1t was
said that the President still has his
mind open on the question.
1t was not disclosed whether the
administration considers that the un-
favorable action of the entente has
left the way open for the confidential
exchange of terms between the op-
posing groups of nations.
In view of the delicate nature of
the negotiations. extreme secrecy is
being observed by the few officials
in close touch with the situation.
Both in Germany and entente cir
cles pessimism over the outlook was
expressed. The President, however.
was understood to think that the
moves already made will be helpful
ultimately, regardless of the immedi-
ate consequences