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Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-10
ILLINOIS BRIEFS.

Springdeld-Chicago Is crying Tor
a special session OF the state leg.
~islature to relieve its financial stress
brought about by the closing Of many
saloons as a result Of the new war
lax. Governor Lowden will be ap-
pealed TO when he passes through
Chicago enroute here from Camp 10
gan. Houston. Texas. tomorrow
Springfield Rec Cross workers in
uniform here while husily engaged in
rolling bandages for the Sammies
were taken for lady BARRIERS by Il dis
sipated looking gentleman with an
unsteady gait, Police took the mis-.
guided nan in tow
Springfield Three thousand dol
lars has been appropriated for weak
churches in Illinois by the Domestic
Missions Society of the Illinois Con.
ference nj the Methodist church. The
funds win he distributed as needed
by the respective district supcrin-
tendents.
@
Springfield-T0bacCO dealers in
this federal district are not tax slack.
ers. according TO Internal Revenue
Collector j. l.. Pickering. MANY OF
them are anxious 10 help the govern,
ment and are not a hit backward about
o%Verpaying. their tobacco tax" he
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
Mt. Carmel News.

Misses Ruth and Emily Mullis
of Butler spent from Friday til
Monday with their sister, Mrs
Larris Wheatlcy and family.
Mrs. jess Fleming visited sew
cral days the latter part of thu
week with her parents, Mr.. anC
Mrs. Seth nighttime.
The Young Peoples class of the
Mt. Carmel Sunday school held
social at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee NJ. Hardinger. About
IL were present and enjoyed a
very pleasant evening.
f. W. Cox, N. A. Barr, z. IL.
Osborne and W. NJ. Hardinger de-
livered fat hogs to the Butler
shippers Wednesday of last week
ID. J.. Waldron s sale was held
Friday as advertised and there
was good crowd present. Col.
Robbins and Potect We're at their
best and everything sold well.
j. M. Henson shipped a car Of
cattle to Kansas City Sunday.
Ralph Corlett and Myrtle Flem-
ing have returned to take up
their school work in the business
college.
We understand that Larris
Whcatley will have a sale Jan.
II.
Ed Corlett celebrated New
Years day by butchering.
N. A. Barr butchcred Tuesday.
Mrs. Henry Sellers Of Kansas
City spent few days the first
If the week with her brothers,
Jim, Walt and Sam Malone.
UNCLE HENRY, !.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
Peace or New Irish Revolt"

New York, Dec. 3l.-Predic-
lion that another revolution in
Ireland is certain unless peace is
restored very soon,' was made
by John d. Moore, secretary of
the Friends of Irish Freedom. in
a statement issued tonight, as a
protest in behalf of Irish nation
alists against an international al
lance, such as is proposed by the
League to Enforce Peace.
Mr.. Moore declared no small
nation ever had achieved it's free
dom except by participating in
a general war and making an al
lance with its opprcssor's enc
mics"
lie asserted that any attempt
to force Irishmcn into the British
army will be resisted to the
death. y 1t is expected, he said,
that the Irish will receive assist
ance from Germany.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
Special Commissioner to b
Named to Take Testimony
in Springfield Judge
ship Case.

jefferson City. Mo-, Dee. 31.-
An order issued by the Supreme
Court III banr denying the motion
filed by Judge Argus Cox of Boil
war. Polk County, that com
missioner be not appointed 10y
the court in the contest proceed
ings involving the election of a
judge of the Springfield Court of
Appeals. means that the court
will entertain the contest filed by
j. II. Bradley Of Kennett. the
Democratic nominee.
The order indicates that if Cox
and Bradley can agree on man
for special commissioner the
court will name their choice. In
the event they cannot agree the
court will name d commissioner
Cox defeated Bradley because
the Democratic vote Of Maries
County was east for Arch A.
johnson Of Springfield, whose
name was inadvertently printed
on the ballot in the county in
stead of Bradley's name. With
the Marics County vote. Bradley
would win by several hundred.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
FIRE KILLED 46 WOMEN
Patients in a Quebec Asylum
Burned to Death.

Montreal, Dec. 31.-Forty-siN
women were burned to death in a
fire that destroyed st. Ferdinand
dc Halifax, Asylum at St. Ferdi.
nand de Halifax, Megantic coun-
~. Quebec, late Saturday night,
according to -report~ received
here.
st. ferdinand de Halifax is an
almost inaccessible section of the
province and meager reports OBJ
tanned from available sources
give no intimation of the cause
Of the fire, which started while
the inmates were asleep.
Reports received here de-
scribed the scenes attending the
fire as horrifying. The inmates
of the asylum were uncomfortable
and many of them were said to
have leaped from high windows.
Others in bewilderment crouched
in terror near the windows until
the flames caught them. /
One of the sisters met death in
an effort to rescue several of the
unfortunate girls who were
trapped by the flames.
Owing to the intensely cold
weather, the mercury registering
70 below zero, the water in the
lydrants about the building was
'rozen and little could be done to
tay- the progress of the flames.
According to the advices,
many of the girls who fled from
he scene were located by vi1lag-
rs, who took them to their
ZONES.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
Woman Has Bill to Prohibit
Making Of Corset, Great
est Evil

, indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 81
or the three great cvils-the cor
set. the white plague, whisky
the corset is the greatest.
That is the declaration of Mrs.
Anna Lee, who has drafted for in
PRODUCTION of the Indiana legisla-
ture a bill prohibiting the manu-
facture of corsets.
"There is more tuberculosis in
children Of corsct-deformed moth
ers than in whisky drinking
fathers" she declared. 'Intoxi.
cants have been in general use for
centuries; tnbercular children
were never known until the cor
set was invented. Thousands of
dcformed children are the result
OF the wearing of corscts by
mothers. -
Mrs. Lee says she has made
23-year study of the evils of the
corset and believes the time will
come when restriction of the
waist will be prohibited Her cor
set bill is only the first step in
her fight, she says.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
Judge Parkinson Dies in
Colorado.

John d. Parkinson, formerly q
prominent citizen of this city, died
Saturday at the home Of his SON
Phillip, at Montrose, Colorado.
Judge Parkinson, who was a
widower, had been spending a
vacation with his son who is su-
perintendent of the Electric Light
and Power Company, of Durango,
Colorado. Besides the son, ~at
whose home he died, he is survived
by two daughters, Mrs. Mary
Rowland, wife of the celebrated
novelist of that name. and who
now lives in the south of France,
and Miss Bessie Parkinson, known
to the musical world as Parkina.
Judge Parkinson was born in
Wisconsin in 1889 and com
mcnced his education in the
schools of that state, later gradu-
ating from the State University,
at Madison. After being admit
ted to the bar he went to Green
field, his state. where he re-
manned until 1881, when he came
to this city, where he afterwards
formed, a partnership with Judge
W. w. Graves, now a member of
the State Supreme court. In
1893 he moved to Kansas City,
where he continued in the prac-
tice Of his profession.
The remains were taken to-
Greenfield. the old family home.
for burial.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
In U. s. Schools, 231-2 Million

Washington, Dee. 3O.-Twenty.
three and one half million people
or about "a per cent of the pop
ulation of the country were en-.
rolled in various educational in.
situations in the United States in
1916, according to the statistics
collected by the bureau of edu-
cation and made public today.
The percentage Of the popula-
ton in schools in Great Britain,
according to the bureaus figures.
is only19: inFrance .only17; in
Germany 20; and in Russia only
about 4.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
The Week of Prayer.

The annual Week of Prayer is
being observed by the various
Butler churches this week. All
meetings are being held in the NJ.
T.. church, South. The following
are the leaders for each evening
Monday-Rev George r.
Scroggs, of the Presbyterian
church.
Tuesday-Rev. r. NJ. Talbert,
of the Christian church.
Wednesday-Rcv. c. a. Wat
crs, OF the Ohio street NJ. E.
church.
Thurstlay-Rev: +. H.. Wolfe,
Of the M. +. church, South.
Friday-T. j. Smith.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
Rich Hills New High School
Completed.

The Rich Hill schools were dis
missed Monday says the Review
that the pupils and teachers
might enjoy the exercises in con.
ncction with the opening of the
new High School.
The building is erected on spa
c'ous grounds fronting West
Olive street. The building is
l22xS0 feet, two stories high with
basement, built of hytcx red
brick trimmed in white Carthage
stone, has 16 rooms, an auditor
llm with a seating capacity of
300 and stage for entertainments,
electric lighted. vacuum heating
system. sanitary bubbling foun-
tains and dry closet system. The
construction Of the building is
such that ample light is furnished
each room having the Cripple
windows.
The new High School structure
was erected at cost approximate
ing $4,000. and added to the for
mer building which has been
handsomely remodeled, repre-
sents value of $4,000 in school
property making one of the hand
soonest in the southwest. The
building was completed and &C.
cepted by the Board Dee. 20.
1916.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
ia, Borron Funeral Sunday.

The body of John A. Boron
formerly of this county, who dice
at Pawnee, Okla, Dec. q, 1916
arrived here Saturday morning
Funeral services were held al
! 80 o'clock Sunday afternoon
from the Presbyterian church.
conducted by Rev. F. H. Grace,
following which burial was made
in the Rider cemetery.
Among the relatives arriving
from a distance were j. H. and
q. B. Boron of Imperial, Texas,
Arthur Boron of Kansas City, L..
+. Robinson of Pawnee, Okla,
and Lee and Glenn Boron of Wy
oming.-Rich Hill Review.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
TOOK A MUNITIONS SHIP
Submarines Prize and Cargo
Safe in German Port.

Berlin, Dec. 3O.-The Russial
steamer Suchan, captured by {
German submarine recently in tn
Arctic Ocean, east of Cape North
the northernmost point of Eur
ope. while bound from the United
States to Archangel with a valu
able cargo of war material, has
been brought into a German port
says an official announcement
made today. The steamer was
formerly the Hamburg American
liner Spczia, and had been con
fiscated by the Russians. The Of
fetal statement follows:
" A German submarine short
time ago in the Northern Arctic
Ocean, east Of Cape North, cap
tured the steamer Suchan Of the
Russian volunteer fleet, filled
with war material and bound for
Archangel from the United
States. The officers of the Rus
sian ship having been taken on
board the submarine as prisoners
and a German naval officer, with
a non-commissioncd staff, having
taken command Of the steamer,
she was brought to a German
port, accompanied by the sub
marine.
"Thcre it was discovered that
the steamer was the Spezia, which
had belonged to the Hamburg
American line and had been con-
fiscatcd at the beginning of the
war at Nladivostok by the Rus
slams. The cargo was worth
many millions of marks.
Paris, Dee. 30.-The Norwegian
steamship, Thyra. 3.742 tons
gross, is reported in "A HavaS dis
patch from Cor,lna. Spain, to
have put into that port yesterday
with a german prize crew of five
men ON board. In addition to the
Thyra S crew of fourteen. there
We're on the vessel seven members
VI tie crew of Il British steamship
which had been torpedoed. Ac-
'or'ling to the dispatch the Ger
mans declared they were going to
'orpcdo the Thyra. g,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
LAWSON WILL 60 TO
WASHINGTON
Spectator Wires Congressman
that Leak Long Has Been
Known,

Boston, Dec. 3O.--"The good
old capitol has been wallowing in
Wall street leak CRAFTS for &C
years.
| Thomas w. Lawson tele-
&raphed the above to Congress
man Robert L. Henry, chairman
at Washington, this afternoon.
Lawson declared Henry was
trying to get his nanny" but
without success. He said he
would send Henry 5000 words
more tomorrow, would go to
Washington Monday and would
appear in the senate gallery Tues
day. He did not make any prom
Use to appear before any senate
committee.
The house rules committee
chairman sent out the following
to Lawson this morning.. :.
eff I can make it palmer to
you, l ask you to come to Wash
;ngton Immediately and produce
before me as a member of the
rules committee, any facts, if you
have any, bearing on what you
term the so-called leak in the
state department. Don't dodge. |
Come to paw and show your
hand. The issue is clear. You
have libeled congressman and
public officials and I predict that
you cannot make good. Let me
know If ! may expect you"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
Newfoundland is Dry Now.

st --Johns, Newfoundland 90 Dec
31.-At midnight tonight the
whole island of Newfoundland
goes dry A prohibition act
stops the import, manufacture, or
sale of intoxicating liquors and
no alcoholic compound will be
obtainable within the colony, ex-
cept for medicine, manufacturing
or sacramento purposes. In or
der to prevent evasion Of the law,
a long list Of patent medicines
has been placed under the ban.
1t is figured that the colony's an
nual drink bill was about mil
lion dollars.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
High Cost of Living Strikes
Mexico.

In addition to all of her other
troubles Mexico has been hit by
the high cost of living. In the
Mexican capitol there are several
different prices for each article.
1t all depends on what kind of
money you pay in. For example,
an egg costs ten cents in silver
money. But in paper money the
same egg will cost twenty-five
pesos. The peso for many years
has been considered worth fifty
cents in United States money, 20
that it brings the price of the egg
up to about 412.60 IL you pay
in paper money. And eysry thing
else in proportion. 50
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
PRESIDENT HAS A RIGHT TO
ASK FOR PEACE
The War in Europe is the Bust
ness of This Nation, Says
Senator Stone,

Washington, Dec. 3O.-Senator
Stone Of Missouri, chairman of
the Senate Committee on Foreign
Affairs, last night gave signal ap-
proval of the action Of President
Wilson in sending peace
note to the European bel1igerents.
He declared the European war is
America s business because mot
only are the warning nations kill
ing their own people and destroy
ing their own resources, but they
are reaching out and affecting
the peace and material and moral
welfare of the entire world"
The statement Of Senator Stone
is believed to presage congress
sional approval of the diplomatic
exchange of notes, resolutions for
which already have been intro
duced and referred to the com
mittee.
Senator Stone declared that he
was impatient with the European
statesmen who say to America,
Stay out; this is not your af-
fair
1T is our affair." he said,
and it is becoming more so.
There has been much in the con-
duct Of both sides that was exas-
pcrating to this nation. I need
not specify. Anyone who has fol-
lowed events knows that the
rights of neutrals have been
trampled upon and that that con-
ditons is being aggravated rath-
er than improved.
"America and other neutral
nations have borne all this with
patience. but they
,'"w are filled with feeling of
WEAKNESS of it all.
"Of course, from humanitar-
ian standpoint we are justified in
sympathizing with the victims of
the war--not the people Of the
nations, so much, but
with tie people of PROSTATE ma.
ions--Belgium. Poland, Armenia,
-ialicla' -
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
Odd Fellows Install Officers.

Monday Bates Lodge No. 1870 L
10. O. +. met and installed the fol.
lowing officers, who were elected
and appointed at recent meet
ing:
Charley CRUDE, P. G.
j. S. Krinn, Noble Grand.
Frank Adams, Vice Grand.
w. S. Arnold, Secretary.
NJ. Il. Fulbright, Treasurer.
j. 0. Henderson, Il. s. N. G.
j. l.. Fisher, r. S. N. G.
E. Smiser, Warden.
Ed Richards, Conductor.
ID. A. Morgan, Chaplain.
II. Steele, Inside Guardian.
II. Wainwright, Outside Guar
dian.
c. A. Bolin, r. S. V. G.
j. Sinks, l.. S. V. G.
w. Lenhart, l.. s. S.
L. Brown. District Deputy, con-
Quoted the ceremonies in a very
pleasing and efficient manner.
After the installation a lunch.
Of sandwiches and coffee was
served and general good time
was had. The past year has been
one of the most prosperous in the
history of the order, it has had
healthy growth and is in a flour
ishing condition.
The Lodge presented c. A.
Bolin with a beautiful emblematic
watch charm in recognition of his
zeal and work in the order. A.
II. Culver made the presentation
speech.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04

minimum number of footsteps, or
market guinea pigs, Spillman has
the answer ready"
Spillman gets more mail than
the President of the United
States, the writer asserts.
'He has a bigger acquaintance
on rural free delivery routes than
any man in the United States.
And those who know him look on
him as sort of a helping hand
society, SO that he is both well
and popularity known.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
State Has Two Governors.

Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 3O.-The
gubernatorial contest in Arizona
became more complicated today
when both Governor Hunt. the
Democrat, and Tom Campbell, the
Republican claimant Of the Of
flee through the national election,
took the oath of office.
A recount Of the ballots which
gave Campbell a slight lead is in
complete.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
Member of James Gang Dead.

Boise, Idaho, Dec. 31.-Charles
Howard. also known as Charley
high, IS years old, said to have
been a member Of the notorious
Jesse James gang, was burned to
death yesterday in a ranch house
seven miles from this city, where
he had been employed as care
taker.
Howard, it was said, was con-
sidered one of the most desperate
OF the James gang and was hunt
ed as much as the leaders them
selves. -.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-01-04
MISSOURI MAN HELPS
LIFT FARM MORTGAGES
As Official Of Department Of Ag.
riculture, He Solves Prob
lens for Farmers of
the q. S,

The man who knows most
about the subject of 'How to
Make the Farm Pay" in the
United States is a Missourian-
William j. Spillman, chief of the
Office of Farm Management in
the Bureau of Plant Industry of
the u. S. Department Of Agricul-
ture. Mr.. Spillman received his
agricultural education at the I'm
iversity of Missouri. He was
graduated from the College Of
Agriculture with a B. s. degree
in 1866 and received his master s
degree in 1890.
The work of Mr.. Spillman is
the subject of a personal article
IN the January number of the
American Magazine, under the
title of "a Wonderful Question
Answercr, "tby Fred C. Kelley.
"His province is to answer
questions" Mr.. Kelley writes.
he knows more than any other
man in the country about How
to Make the Farm Pay There
may be others who know just as
much as Spillman about how to
run farm in given locality but
Spillman knows just what to do
in any part of the whole United |
States. He could 60 any place at
random, take charge of a farm,
and make it pay a profit.
"No matter what the question
is, whether it is about crop ro-
fation, artesian wells, how to muf-
he hydraulic ram or how to ar
range ones fields to secure the
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-27
WHY WE ARE AT WAR
Continued from page

Continued from page l II
to win the war. Extravaganza should
be avoided and economy practice1.
No waste should be permitted. We
must win or ruin awaits US. Success
cannot be eaily attained. A, nation
which boils the bodies Of it's dead SOL
diers to extract oil with which to-
run it's engines and grinds their bones
into fertilizer cannot be easily sub
dued.
every man whose avarice COM
mands him to make commercial war
fare on those who are to go to the
front, or on the families and deperd-
ents they may leave, should have the
eyes of censure rlvited upon him.
We should live or die together. Cries
of greed should be silenced. The con-
test is on between preservation of
human liberties or leaving to our de-
scendants slavery to despotism. 1t
is too late for assertion Of individu
al opinion. Who lends aid ard COM
fort to our enemies in this struggle
will himself die, a traitor to his ma
tive land, and a deserter to his fam
lily and to his descendants.
: "God pity the man who stands not
by the flag Of his country. That flag,
our homes, and our country calls. Let
! US turn no deaf ear to that call.
"President Wilson showed great
patience in suffering under the in
justices done us. Deploring war and
: desiring peace he watched and wait
ed until longer forbearance ceased to
be virtue. The Congress declared
existence Of war. The wise occupant
of the White House at once threw
his matchless energy to complete
preparation. History will wraE
wreathes Of fadeless honor about his
brow. Secretary Daniels of our State
is the directing head Of our navy
Senator Simmons is chairman of thu
Senate Finance Committee. They arr
now and have been at every stel
standing side by side with the Pres
ident. Neither has done any act tx
weaken Or embarrass. They have
done all in their power to help. Thu
Old North State has grave respon
sibilities resting upon her. She il
not ashamed of her past. Let u
preserve her future untarnished.
: "There may be some Americans
whose conduct should have awarded
! to them the Kaiser's Iron Cross TO
| services rendered.
= Owe should not want it, but w
t must prepare lest we meet the fat
: of crucifixion upon it. No man shoul'
, be protected by any flag who is no
willing to meet any danger whic
> threatens the supremacy and integ
rity of that flag" 5..:
: The speaker received continuou
applause.
Judge Bond held court at Raefor
last week and came here Friday eve
), ming from Raeford. He spent tn
d weekend here at the Lorraine hot.
= and left this morning for Fayette
vile, where he will hold Cumberlan
court this week. -.--.. :
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-27

A letter for publication was re-
ceived the other day from some un-
known on route 1 from Fairmont in
which the hope was expressed that
''this will escape the hungry old
waste basket, and then whoever
wrote the letter proceeded to leave
undone the only thing necessary to
keep it out of the waste basket: he
failed to sign his name and let the
editor know who wrote the letter.
The editor does not often consign
letters to the MISUNDERSTANDING are
labeled for that receptacle by the
persons writing them by failing to
let the editor know who they are, and
the editor merely acts as their agent
in tossing the letter aside. 1t ought
to be plain to all intelligent people
by this time that no self-respecting
newspaper can afford to publish a
communication that is not accompan.
led by the name of the writer, the
name not being for publication un-
less desired, but as a guarantee OF
good faith.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-08-27

Flora McCallum; two show cases FOR
sale-Robeson Vulcanizing Co.; get
the bank book first-First National
Bank; we decrease motor ills-Lum
berton Motor Car Co.; they just came
in, they won't stay long-L. H. Cald-
well; notice Of commissioners sale Of
timber, E. ]. Britt, commissioner;
why citizens of Robson and sur
rounding counties should insure with
the Lafayette Mutual Life Insurance
Co. Of Lumberton; buy North Caro-
lima rye from K. M. Biggs; farm at
sacrafice price; report Of tobacco
sales at the Robson county ware
house, Fairmont, E. j. Davis & Sons,
proprietors; the allies are still press
ing the Germans Whitfield &
French, Inc; notice of Edmund mill
pond fishing; news from the Star
warehouse, Lumberton, Bransford &
Noblin, proprietrs.