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The Butler weekly times., 1917-03-15
SENATE ADOPTS CLOTURE
RULE
BY a Vote of 76 to 8 Senate
Adopts Rule to Make Fill
busters Impossible.

Washington D. c., March s.
BY vote of 76 to 3 the senate
late today responded to President
Wilson's demand and adopted the
cloture rule which is expected to
make impossible a repetition of
the filibuster which enabled I'll
wi}lful men, to kill the armed
neutrality bill last Sunday.
The senators opposing the res
olution were all Republicans-La
Toilette of Wisconsin, chief engi-
necr of the recent filibuster;
Gronna of North Dakota one of
his allies, and Sherman of Illinois.
Senator Sherman dissented be-
cause President Wilson proposed
the reform.
The rule adopted this evening
in tcXtually identical with that ap-
proved yesterday by the Republi-
can andDemocratic caucuses. 1t
provides that two days after no.
tice in writing from 16 members,
the question of closing the debate,
and,if settled in the affirmative,
which will require a 90 vote, that |
the bill shall be held before the
Senate until it's final disposition.
and each speaker shall be limited |
to one hour in speaking on the bill
and all amendments.
To prevent endless roll calls,
the rule further provides that af-
fer the two-thirdS vote no amend
mcnt may be offered without
consent.
The action today terminates the
time honored prerogativc, respect
I'd for 40 years, of Senators to
talk as long as physically able up
IN any subject. 1t also ends a
tight for senate cloture, inaugur-
ated 6S years ago by Henry Clay,
instigator Of the rule that limited
debate in the house at that time.
While President Wilson must be
given credit for having broken
lown the system that has enabled
| handful Of men to stifle legis-
alton in the Senate, his task was
asier by the fact that there had
'een growing sentiment for Sen
tie cloture for four years !
Even before the Presidents ring I
ng denunciation of last Sunday of $
he little coterie that killed the
rmed neutrality bill, it has been
ecidcd to make the cloture fight
urlng the present special session
I the Senate. 1t is doubtful
it would have been sue v
rssful, however, had not the pres t
lent made direct appeal to the S
ountry. II
Now that he has wrecked the h
arllamentry machinery that pre- t.
cnted him from taking immedi- n
te steps to cope with the German tt
lbmarine menace, it is believed e.
many quarters that the presi- Il
pnt will reassemble Congress in al
! extraordinary session so that Il
lc armed neutrality may be pas C,
ID without delay and the world W
'rmally acquainted with the fact hi
lat united nation supports it's ol
resident in his determination to fe
lforcc respect for American tl
ghts. az
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The Butler weekly times., 1917-03-15

= Drift ice is playing havoc with
German mines in the sound at
Stockholm, Sweden. Tremendous
explosions have been audible hour
ly and shipping men believe re-
laying of the entire mine field
Will be necessary as soon as the
waters are clear of ice.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-03-15

More than twenty-five thousand
negroes have settled in PhiladeI-
phla III the last six months and
the city government docsn' t know
exactly how to meet the problem
OF congestion. Small flats are
housing as many as five and six
Families. The influx is said to be
due to the fact that the negroes
think they will be more cordially
received there than in other
American cities.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-03-15

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait,
president Of the National Woman
Suffrage party, was oustcd from
the honorary vice chairmanship
Of the Woman's peace party
Thursday because she offered
President Wilson the services of
the suffragists of the country in
ease OF war. This action was tax
en at the second annual dinner of
the Peace party.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-03-15
GENERAL NOTES

The State Department is in pos
session of information and secret
papers indicating that Germany
had promised financial aid to Gu
ban rebels. The information comes
from Havana and is regarded as
authentic.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-03-15

With the announcement Satur-
day OF the Farm Loan Bank Of
ficers and directors appointed for
the banks at Baltimore, Houston,
Tex, and Spokane, Wash, the
Farm Loan Board completed the
organization Of the 12 regional
banks in the rural credit system.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-03-15

Forty-five Ottawa, Ills, high
school girls were enlisted in Il
military training corps and will
receive instructions from the
school military authorities. The
girls will wear khaki uniforms
and be formed into cadet compan-
les.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-03-15
Automobile for Sale.

S passenger, 4 cylinder automo-
bile in good running order. Good
tires. For sale at q bargain or
win trade for stock. Also have
some clover hay for sale.
21-2t J. ". Pritchard.
Phone 8 on 81, Butler No., Rt. &
The Butler weekly times., 1917-03-15
TIME TABLE
Butler Station
CORRECTED MAY Z, 1916
NORTH

NORTH
No. 3O6 X. C. Psgr............ S:l6 q. m.
No 30S X. c. & st. Louis Psgr. II 90 a. m.
No. 2lO. K. c. & st. Louis Psgr:10:45 p m.
SOUTH
No. 20l Joplin Passenger...... $3.50 a. N.
No aO Joplin Passenger...... 1:10 D. m
no 2o' Nevada Passenger. 500 p. m.
INTERSTATE
tArrivel
NO 6iS Butler Passenger. l0:5 a. m.
No 6A Local Freight. AIS p. M.
Leave)
NO. 69S Madison Local. . 7:06 a. N,
No. 6S7 Madison Passenger. 1880 D. m.
All freight for forwarding must bs
at depot not later than 1880 O'Clock
a. m. or will be held for following
days forwarding. Freight for Inter-
state Division must be delivered be-
fore o'clock p. m. No freight billed
for this train in the morning.
Madison and local freights carry pas.
sergers.
L. II. TWYMAN. Agent
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16

Now that the Chamb Der of Con- merce has become interested ip the erection of fouring mill in Carlisle it becomes the duty of our people to fall in line and push this matter to finish There is good reason to believe that there will be plenty of wheat raised in this section to supply a mill and keep it running the year round
 We have had communications from quite number of our farm CTS during the past few weeks that are convincing of the fact that the wheat will be forthcom- ing to supply a mill at Carlisle.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16

be done in the United States by the fiat of thirty-six State Legis- latures acting under the whip of a Prohibition lobby.
 The amendment to the Consti- tuition which the Senate adopted yesterday is an amendment that has never won victory at the polls in any national election. It is an amendment that no great party has ever adopted. an amendment to which no success ful candidate for the Presidency was ever pledged in the whole history of the country. Yet it is being driven through Congress in the confident belief that by the device thus presented a mi nority of the American people can impose their own personal habits upon a majority and make their individual abstinence the supreme law of the land. New York World, August ?, 1917.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16
A Sinister Parallel

Had it not been for the insist ent determination of the slave States to extend their peculiar instituti tion.' the Civil war would never have been fought. Had the advocates of slavery been content to leave slavery to the states that wanted slavery, the issue could ultimately have been adjusted without the loss of more than 500,000 lives and the vast ing of billions of treasure.
 The Prohibition States are now undertaking to do what the slave States once unnecessarily at
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16
ACCUSED NEGRO PARS0N OF DE-
 FACING CURRENCY
Police Says John w. Ammons Raised Sl Bills to Tens and Twos to
 Twenties

John w. Ammons, negro, who says he is a preacher, was arrested at the Missouri Pacific station Friday morning about 2:30 o'clock by Patrolman New land, charged with attempting to pass a S1 bill that had been de faced so that it appeared to be d SIC bill. The negro stepped to the ticket window and asked for ticket to Texarkana, short ly before the train was due and gave the clerk, B. F. Smith, the defaced bill. Mr. Smith saw that the money had been tamper- ed with. He called Potrolman Newland. who searched Ammons and found several pieces of cur rency that had been raised. One dollar bills had been raised to S10 bills aud S2 bills to S20 bills. Officers say that Ammons de clared he found the money under a bridge. Gazette.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16
Let Us Raise Wheat
Editor Independent:

Editor Independent:
 In response to your proposi- tion to the farmers to let you know how much wheat they were willing to SOW this fall, in order to secure a mill at Carlisle, will say that I hereby agree to plant not less than two acres on my best land, and my nearest neigh Dor, Mr. Payne, says he will plant five acres. Have heard several farmers say they intend ed to SOW some wheat, and 1 will try to ascertain the acreage in this vicinity and let you know soon. Would suggest that the Chamber of Commerce make en quiry where the "Fultz" variety of wheat can be secured. as that is considered the greatest yield CT and produces better flour than our Red May" here.
 When I first came here, just 40 years ago this fall two of my neighbors had grown wheat sue cessfully, from 20 to 30 bushels per acre, and we bought flour from them.
 Any region that will produce such fine winter oats as are grown here. will certainly pro- duce good wheat, if properly drilled in, about the last of Sep, tember.
 Yours for Wheat,
 1. NJ. FULLER
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16

At meeting of the members of the Southern Rice Growers Association for the CarliSle-Lon- oke district, held Saturday. Au- gust II, J. R. Roman, the pres ent manager, was elected secre- tary, and J. L. Ducharme was nominated for director by J. H. Sims and seconded by W. P. Smith. Mr. Ducharme was elect ed by a unanimous vote of the meeting.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16
Oregon & California Railroad Co. Grant
 Lands

Legal fight over land at last ended. Title revested in United States. Land, by Act of Con- gress, ordered to be opened un- der homestead laws for settle ment and sale. Two million three hundred thousand Acres. Containing some of best Timber and Agricultural Lands left in United States. Large Copy ighted Map sho wing land by townships and sections, laws covering same and description of soil, climate, rainfall. eleva- tions, temperature, etc. Post paid One Dollar. Grant Lands Locating Co, Portland Oregon.
 14-13t
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16

The water system proposition discussed at the Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday night is one of the best things that could be made an actuallity in Carlisle. A water and sewer system is of untold benefit to any town. Aside from making a town almost perfectly sanitary, it is one of the greatest conveniences to be had. The cost of scavenger work in Carlisle will almost build and maintain the systems.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16

There is good reason to believe when young fellow will lie about his age to get into lodges, hold political jobs or get married, that he would lie to escape the selective draft. Under such cir cumstances he should be drafted anyway, even though he is little too young.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16

Those women who are making so much trouble parading in front of the White House should be arrested and locked up and kept in jail until they convince the authorities tf.at they will stop street walking" and go to their homes and act decent. Re spectable women will not engage in such tactics.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16

Carlisle needs a water and sewerage system about as bad as any town we know of. There is no reason why we cannot have these improvements. They are easy to pay for when gone at in the proper manner.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16

The Gazette yesterday pub lished long letter from John Fletcher, of Lonoke, who is with an ambulance unit in France, to his father, T. M. Fletcher. for mer sheriff of this county, on the war situation. The letter is very interesting, but is too long for us to publish this week.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16
Estray Notice

One bay mule. small, with slit in each ear about 1 inch and hole in right ear, about II years old, strayed from the farm of Juhn Peyton on July 3lst, finder will be paid for trouble for returni-g 2 same to me or addressing me route 3.
 JOHN PEYTON. Is Ftp Carlisle, Ark.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16
New Sewerage System

Des Arc, Aug. 9.-The city has just finished laying a line of sewerage and in the near future a complete sewerage system all over town will probably be built.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16

From the tone of the Little Rock papers that town is in a terrible condition financially. We are -rry to hear that, as few years ago Little Rock had the makins" of one of the best towns in the South, but bad man. agement gets them every time.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16

Mir. c. R. Griffin left Tuesday night for Furth, Arkansas, where he has accepted position with big lumber and plantation concern. The Independent wish es for him much success in his new location.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16

When the Woman's party head quarters at Washington was bombarded with eggs the other day a great mistake was made. The bonn barders should have used brick bats.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16

Since Memphis has become a bone dry city it has turned into a dope city, which looks very much like jumping out of the skillet into the fire. Whenever a bone" dry advocate can't get booze he readily takes to dope.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16

The Carlisle Chamber of Com merce has come to an awakening and is preparing to do.something. Several valuable resolutions were passed at it's meeting Monday night and all that is nov needed is to put them into being.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE s1 A YEAR
Published Every Thursday

Senator Reed of Missouri, it seems, can't get Hoover out of his crop. Reed and others of his ilk should be exiled until after the war.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16

|
 extend their prohibitory system
 to the rest of the country and to override the States that are op- posed to Federal regulation of the sumptuary habits of the peo. pie. The senate yesterday voted to submit the amendment to the Legislatures of the several states and unless reason triumphS over fanaticism in the House the country will be torn for the next six years by this unnecessary and highly dangerous controver | sy.
 At a time when the most sol emn duty of Congress is to pro mote American unity and con centrate it's energies on the win hing of the war, a new subject Of national discord IS created by the insistence of the Prohibition lobby and the failure of the Sen ate to measure up to it's great responsibilities.
 Under the Constitution as it now stands the people of every State have full power to regulate the manufacture and sale of all alcoholic liquors. They can li- cense it, they can restrict it, they prohibit it as they please. That is how it should be. That is how it must be if the funda. mental principles of the Govern ment of the United States are not to be overthrown and the i Federal authority made the die tator of the personal habits of every man, woman and child ill the United States.
 Nationwide prohibition could never be enacted by the votes of the American people themselves. It's only chance lies in the acqui- essence of thirty six State Legis- latures which actually represent minority of the population of the country. In the adoption of a constitutional amendment, Ne vada, with a population of 108. 900, counts for as much as New York, with population of 10,- 100000. and Wyoming. with a population of 1S2.000, counts for as much as Pennsylvania, with 9,5o0,OOO.
 What this means is that Pro- hibition Amendment to the Con stitution of the United States will become dead letter in all the States in which public opin- ion is again st it, aud we shall have a new scandal of the Con stitution joined to the scandal of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, which no Congress whether Democratic or Republi can, has eyer dared to enforce in respect to the negro vote in the Southern States in which the colored population could domi- nate at the polls. The States will be deprived of their police power over the liquor traffic and the national authority will be un- able to enforce it's own decrees in communities ln which public opinion is antagonistic. Senator Lodge truly said that it was doubtful if we could recruit an army large enough to suppress the illicit traffic that would be sure to spring up.
 The evils of drink, the iniqui- ties of the saloon, have nothing to do with this question. We are dealing now with fundamental issue of government, and no Gov ernment that the world has hith- erto known has been strong enough even in time of war. to impose it's absolute will upon the people subject to it in respect to what they shall eat and what they shall drink and their ordi-
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16

Sand, gravel. crushed rock, cement, lime. e.-The Arkmo Lum- Der Go. 50tf
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16

Entered at the Post Office at Carlisle, Ark, as second class mail matter.
The Carlisle independent., 1917-08-16
Carlisle Independent

E. NJ. WILLIAMS. PUBLISHER
 Carlisle, Arkansas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-01

the lanes and turnpikes Of tho Main
their way to gather spinach for the
Bryn Mawr Hospital. You may well
ask. says the Public Ledger, what are
are a new class In themselves, born Of
the war and its necessities. They are
a GROUP Of boys who have enlisted to
help in the food conservation movement
out on the main line of the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad, who volunteered their
services on Wednesdays during the
summer and autumn to help in gather
ing the surplus produce which generous
owners of properties in this fertile To-
cality are giving to the various COM
bit of good portable stuffs by substitute
ing perishable material which other
wise might well go to waste. While
these vegetables can be used in their
fresh state in hospitals and nurseries,
others may be canned. and for the pur-
pose canneries have been stablished by
the committee in charge.
Among the Harvesters who were on
the road on Wednesday last were Mrs.
Rodman E. Griscom. Miss Emily Phil
win N. Wilson and Mrs. Howard Eisen-
brey. and they have worked hard to
make the troop an efficient and we'll
trained body.
Among the lads who compose the joy
ously useful band are Masters Billy
Ashton. Augustus Archfleld, John Bran
son. Tommy Baird. Rodman E. Griscom,
jr.: T. Truxtun Hare. jr.; Frank Balm,
SEWN Barringer, Charlie Harrison. Sd;
the two Lloyd boys. the McIlvaine boys,
Billy Hart. jr.: Laurance Roberts, Bob
by Eisenbrey. Randolph F. Justice,
Charlie Mather. Henry Collins, jr. !;
Stacy Lloyd, jr.; the Lukens boys and
George Macleod. jr.. truly a goodly
company.
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Chevy Chase.

Nine. Panaretoff. wife of the Bull
garian minister, entertained a few
friends at luncheon at the Brooke tea
house last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Alexander have
! leased their house for the summer and
Mrs. Alexander left yesterday for War
renton. Va. where Mr.. Alexander will
spend the week ends.
Senior and Sonora Gustavo Munigaza
of the Chilean embassy have taken
possession of the Bradley house in
East Irving street for the summer.
Mrs. Herbet Miffiin Hall entertained
members Of her bridge club at lunch
con and bridge Tuesday.
There viii be a community. celebra-
o'clock.
week for Atlanta. Ca, where she is
visiting relatives.
Mrs. George G. Bradley Of East
Irving street left last Wednesday for
the Belmont farm, where she will
ley, who Is visiting relatives in New
Jersey. will join her mother later on.
Capt. and Mrs. Z. E. Everett have
given up their house in East Bradley
lane.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Wilson have taken
the Richards house in, West Irving
street for the summer. Mr.. and Mrs.
Richards will go to Maine in a few
weeks LOT tHe- REMAINDER OF the sum-
mer.
Mrs Howard A. Coombs and Miss
Elizabeth Coombs left last week for At
lantic City N. j., for a short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Scammall have taken
possession of their new house in Ray
mond street, which has just been COM
pleted.
Mrs John Ruckman entertained at two
tables of bridge at her home last We'd
nesday afternoon.
Mrs Joseph Travers Mcguire enter
tanned at porch party at her home the
past week.
Mrs. William P. Springer and baby
left the first Of the week for Michigan.
where she will spend the summer with
relatives. Mr.. Springer will join her
later in the summer.
Mrs. Hubert L. Bisselle entertained at
a bridge luncheon at her home last Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. D. Hathaway. who are
spending the summer at their farm at
Leonardtown, Nd. will entertain over the
Eth of July Mr.. and Mrs. Laurenz NJ
Prior. Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Smith. Mr..
and Mrs. Byron Newton, Mr.. and Mrs
Jesse c. Adkins. Mr.. and Mrs. William
S. Corby and Mr.. and Mrs. Robert l..
Corby.
Mrs A. NJ. Todd and the Misses Todd
have taken possession Of the Ridgway
house in East Melrose street for the
summer
Mrs John Lane and sons left during
the week for Maine. where they will spend
the summer with relatives.
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Alexandra Society.

Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell Wilcoxen and
Master Lowell Wilcoxen were the week
end guests of Mr.. Wilcoxen's father.
John Wilcoxen. at Manassas. Miss Kath-
crime helms of Heathsville, Va, is the
guest Of her sister. Mrs. Clarence Sale.
Miss Mary Deahl is the guest Of Miss
Estelle Kerfoot at Berryville. Va. Mrs.
Charles c. Carlin is spending the week
with friends at Manassas Mrs. Allison
| and the Misses Allison, wife and daugh-
ter of Rev DIR. John Lee Allison, left
last week to spend the summer at
Wytheville. Va. Miss Corrie Tyler en-
in South Pitt street. where her guests
were Miss Elsie Collum, Miss Elizabeth
Hantzman, Miss Jennie Rosenberg, Miss
Eva Smith, Miss Marie Fleet: Messrs.
Willard Tyler, Harry Meeks. Abe Rosen-
/ berg and William DeVaughan. Miss
Cora Pullman has gone to Charlottes-
vile to attend the session of the sum-
mer school of the University Of Vir-
GINA. Mr.. Edward Lloyd Of Red Bank.
n. J., was the guest last week Of his
er. on South Pitt street. Miss Nettie
Fawcett has gone to Red Bank to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. William b. Lloyd. Mrs.
Charles B. Vance and Charles B. Vance.
risonburg. Miss Catherine Jones Of
Richmond and Miss Myrtle Waddell of
Middleburg. Va. are the guests of Mrs
George Roop in Prince street. Miss
Mary E. Carlin and Miss Nina CarIin
Fulton have gone to Ellicott City, Nd.
to visit Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Fulton
Mrs. S. J. Irby is visiting friends at
Gretna. Va. DR.. and Mrs. Charles E.
Outcault and their children have gone
to Capon Bridge, w. Va. to spend a
month. Mrs. Isaac Gregg is the guest
of Mrs. Davis at Germantown, Pa. Mrs.
Fannie Butcher has returned to her
home at Newport News after a visit to
Mrs. George Schwarzmann. Mr. John
Eahnline. formerly of this city, but
| now Of Sharon. Pa. was the guest Of
relatives in town during the week. Mr..
, and Mrs. William Campbell have is
sued invitations for the marriage of
their daughter. Miss Barbara Fowle
Campbell. and Lieut.. Hugh johnson
Hagan, Medical Reserve Corps. U. S.
A.. on Saturday evening. July IA. at
Zion Episcopal Church. Charles Town,
w. Va. Mr.. and Mrs. William H.
Travers announce the marriage Of their
daughter. Miss Flora Travers. and Mr..
George Sellers of Washington, which
| took place Monday. The ceremony