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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
KEoRcANIZING MO. AND KAs.
---'--.-' NATIONAL GUARD.
Broken Up and Made Into Machine
Gun Companies. ss

Nevada, Mo-, Sept. 2I.-The Mis-
souri, and Kansas national guard will
be completely reorganized ct Fort
Sill, it was announced here today. two
Regiments being combined into one
under the new United States army
organization plan recently adopted.
Under the plan announced today
the old Third and Sixth Missouri ma
tional guard regiments and the old
Third Kansas and Fourth Missouri
national guard regiments will be
consolidated and will become the Six
ty-ninth brigade, commanded by
Brigadier General c. L. Martin Of
Kansas. The old First and Fifth Mis-
souri, national guard regiments and
the old First and Second Kansas ma
| tional guard regiments will be con-
solidated and will become the Seven
tieth brigade, commanded by Brig
adler General A. B. Donnelly of St.
Louis. Both General Martin and
General Donnelly were appointed to
their present rank August 5.
Brigadier General Harvey T..
Clark of Nevada, who has held his
present rank since 1909 and who at
PRESENTS ranking brigadier general
of the national guard of the entire
United States, will be in command
of the depot brigade at Fort Sill,
consisting of the reserves which will
fill up the two Missouri and Kansas
brigades when casualties occur.
The Second Missouri infantry, COM
manded by Colonel w. A. Raupp, OF
Pierce City, will be split into three
separate battalions of machine gul
companies, battalion being assigned
to both the Sixty-ninth and Seven
tieth brigade.
The new regiments will consist Of
3,6o5 enlisted men and o5 officers.
There will be six company officers,
instead of three, as formerly, so that
no company officer will be affected
by the consolidation OF the new state
guards, except through possible loss
of seniority.
At least five colonies and five lier-
tenant colonies will be affected, it
was predicted here today, as there
will be only one colonel and !ieuten-
ant colonel to each OF the new regi-
ments although double the size of the
old regiments.
Several vacancies existing will Gu;
down the number of these regimental
officers, who stand to lose their. COM
missions or to be denoted, it is said.
The supply and headquarters COM
panies of the Second regiment, will
be combined to form trench mortar
battery, it also was announced here
today.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
Asks Guard Stay as It Is.

Jefferson City. Sept. 22.-Governor
Gardner today sent telegram to the
secretary of war, protesting vigorous
" against the division and consolid a.
ton of Missouri regiments. The gov
ernor does not feel it is fair that these
regiments be torn to pieces. He be-
lieves if the government desires to
increase the number OF men to reg
iment, it should use the nineteen
thousand recruits for the new nation
al army which Missouri is sending
forward, and he has made this sug-
gestion to the Secretary of War.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
Spy Killed Nine Aviators?

New York, Sept 2o.-Nine Canad-
ian student aviators at Camp Borden
wen to their deaths recently through
the work of a German spy in the
camp, according to story published
today by the New York World.
The spy, according to the Worlds
informant, enlisted in the corps and
filed certain control wires until they
were at the breaking point. He was
a German, but spoke English fluently
and gained admission to the camp
through a false story and a good
of mechanics.
The spy, it is said, was discovered.
His fate is not known.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
ANOTHER BUTLER CASE
1t Proves That There's Way Out
for Many Suffering Butler
Folks.

Just another report of case in
Butler. Another typical case. Kid
ney ailments relieved in Butler with
Doan's Kidney Pills.
NJ. T. Duncan, 62o w. Pine St.,
Butler, says: For several years l
had been having a bad time, OWNS
to kidney complaint. The kidney Sc
cretions were unnatural and / had
severe pains in my side and across
my kidneys. l got Doan's Kidney
Pills at Clay's Drug Store and they
gave me more relief than any other
medicine l had ever used" Estate
ment given September II, 1917
On April z8, 1916, Mr.. Duncan said:
81 have had no need of a kidney
medicine for some time. l still rec
ommend Doan's Kidney Pills re-
liable kidney remedy to anyone who
needs them"
Price 6oc. at all dealers. Don I
simply ask for. kidney remedy-get
Doanss Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Dunean has twice publicly rec
ommended. Foster-4ilburn Co.,
Mfsra, Buffalo, N. Y. so-7t
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
A Friend.
Disease Spreading in German Cities

Zurich, Sept. 22.-The German
papers now concede that the lack OF
proper food has caused epidemics
of dysentery in many cities and
towns. In Mannheim the disease
claimed 81 victims within few days.
A large number of deaths is also re-
ported from Hamburg, Berlin, Dan
zig, Cologne, Aix-la-Chapelle, Leip-
zig, Koenigsberg and other ciAes.
The existence of the epidemic has re-
peatedly been denied by the German
government.
In some German districts many
persons have been killed by eating
poisonous fungi which were gath
cred by women and children IN the
forests. The most serious case OF
this kind is reported from Essen,
where six men, four women and five
children died, after meal OF toad
stools which had been taken tor
mushrooms.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
Steam Shovel Mine Trouble Settled

Alexander Howatt, Of Pittsburs,
Kas., president of the Southwestern
Coal Miners Association, and Ber-
nard Harrigan of the Southwestern
Coal Operators Association, held a
conference here Wednesday after
noon with view to adjustment VI
the differences between the owners
and employees of the steam shovel
mine near Rich Hill, but reached no
agreement. An adjourned meeting
was held in Kansas City today BY
Mr.. Howatt and Mr.. Harrigan and
others interested.
A message received at 2:3o O'Clock
from Kansas City by E. 0. McMahan
of the Perry-McMahan company,
owners of the shovel mime, stated
that the differences had been settled
and the mines will resume operations
at once.
The miners have been out since
July Ist.-Rich Hill Review.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
SHORT STORIES
OF Local Interest-clipped from Our
Exchanges.

f. Z. Browning, son of Mrs. F. r.
Browning of near this city, left Tues
day morning for Boonville, where he
has accepted the position of Assist
ant Commandant in the Kemper Mil
itary Academy.-Appleton City Jour-
nal.
Rev. Riney. the Baptist district
missionary. has moved his family
here from Fayette and they are oc-
cupying the G. Fl. White residence III
The southeast part of town. He will
preach at the Mt Vernon church,
east of town. two Sundays each
month. -Amsterdam Enterprise.
Jas. +. Hook, one. OF Appleton
City's most promising young men,
who has during the past few months
been holding down good position
in the office of the Secretary of State
at Jefferson City, has enlisted in Co.
+, Division 5, Field Artillery at Kan
sas City.-Appleton City Journal
The many friends OF DR.. W. F.
Bush and Mrs Hey will be interest
cd in learning that they were mar
ried last Saturday in Chicago by Rev.
DR.. VIM. Macabee, pastor of Chicago
First NJ. +. church. DR.. Macabec
was pastor of the church at Canton,
Ohio, of which President Mckinley
was a member.-Urich Herald.
Squire Fl. K. Dykman and sons,
Riekus and George, and daughter,
Minnie, left Wednesday in their car
for an overland trip to Block, Kan
sas, from there to Gothenberger, Ne
braska, then to Lodge Pole, Nebras-
ka, for months visit with his moth
err brothers, sisters and many other
relatives. -Amoret Leader.
The Appleton City Oil Company,
composed of number OF Appleton
City citizens, who are interested in
some oil lands near Elk City, Kans.,
have good prospects for a good well
on their holdings. ]. H. Walker aud
Miles Holland members of the COM
pany are on the grounds this week
overseeing some of the work. A mes
sage from Mr.. Walker Wednesday
morning stated that the drllers had
just struck pay sand at depth of
10 feet, which is about the average
depth that the good wells of that
field are being brought in" although
better ones are brought in from
greater depth. We hope the boys
get good flowing we'll and then we
can say that we have real oil mag
mates in our midst.-Appleton City
Journal
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
Killed BY Wife.

Samuel Perry Briscoe was born
Jan. 5, 1876. Died Aug: 22nd, 1917
AZ the age of Al years, 7 months and
lI7 days. /t
He was the third son of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. B. Briscoe, highly respected
citizens of Foster. He was born and
|reared to manhood three and one
half miles seuth Of Foster, untii}te
was, 2,3 years of age. In 1899 Re
went to Billings, Montana, where he
worked for almost two years. He
then came back and spent three
months with home folks In the
spring of 1901 he left for Bisbee,
Ariz.. where he has since resided.
He was employed by the Calumet
and Arizona Mining Co., off and on
for nearly II years.. During these r.
years he made many friends and was
highly respected by all. He was sent
IS a delegate to Phoenix to help
frame the constitution of Arizona.
He has held several offices in Bisbee
such as street commissioner and was
also captain of the fire department.
He won first prize at the Phoenix
state fair several years ago in the
home team representing the fire de
partment and also other prizes ,E
athletics. He was elected in 1914 as
representative of the lower house OF
the second state Legislature of that
county.
He was urged very much to run
again for office by the governor Of
Arizona and other officemen. AS
they said. "Briscoe, you are the kind
of a man we need in office" Ale told
his sister, Mrs Burns, he could have
come out OF office wealthy man if
money could have bought him CIT,
but he said mo, it was the laboring
people that sent me here, and III
stand by the laboring people,
There were two bills passed while
he was in the legislature that went
by his name. He has never come
home since he went to Bisbee in
1901.
He was married March 81, 1916. Is
survived by his aged parents, three
sisters and five brothers, namely:
Jeter OF Winter Haven. Florida;
Barton Henry, Robert and Frank
Briscoe, all of Foster; Mrs. Ed Shell
ton, OF Kansas City; Mrs. L. f. Dea-
ton. of Foster: Mrs John Burns, or
Bisbec, Ariz., who accompanied his
BODY home. and many other relatives
to mourn this sad death of son and
brother He met his death by shot
fired by the hands of an unworthy
wife. He was shot at 7 p. M, on
Aug. ,, and died at $3.50 p. M, Aug.
22, 1917. He was rushed to the hos
pital at once for an immediate OPP
Grafton. But it was all in vain. He
was conscious up until death called
him. His body was shipped to Eos.
ter, Mo-, for burial and laid to rest on
Aug. FL, 1917.
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. Hunt of Hume, at p.- m, at
the Salem church, where the remains
were viewed by the largest funeral
procession ever assembled in Foster
to show their last respect to the de
ceased and family. He was laid to
rest in the Salem cemetery. The FAM
lily have the sympathy of the entire
community in this time of double
sadness.
A Friend.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
Mitchell Renominated Mayor OF
New York.

New York, Sept. 2o.-By margin
of LILO votes with two election dis
tricts missing, Mayor Mitchell, a
Democfat and fusion candidate, won
the Republican nomination for mayor
over William M. Bennett in yeste--
days primaries. Bennett announced
today that he would demand a re-
count in Manhattan.
John F. Hylan, Democrat, support
cd by Tammany, was unopposed in
the primaries and unless Benefits &C
ton interferes. the fight in the conf
ing election will be between Hylan
and the mayor.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
TO EXAMINE ALL REGISTERED
Ten Million Men Will Know Orde
of Liability Soon.


Washington, Sept Io-All of the
10 million men registered under the
Selective Draft Law will be examined
at once so they may learn the order
or their liability for service, Secre-
tary of War Baker indicated today.
1t was indicated that the examina-
tons will begin as soon as the work
of drafting the quota for the first call
is complete.
Secretary Baker appeared before
the. Senate conferees on the Deficien-
cy Bill today to ask additional appro-
priations in. anticipation of a second
call for I-2 million men.
Troops will be removed from
Northern camps to Southern as
weather conditions become intoler-
able, it was stated ut the War De-
partment today. There are no def
mite plans for moving troops from
any specific camp.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
I. O. o. F. Attention.

Monday night, October I, the
Sprague lodge will visit us and will
bring a candidate for. the degrees
with them. All members are urged
to be present.
D. F. Adams, N. G..
Ira L. Sutton, Secretary.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
Card of Thanks.

Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Briscoe and
family wish to express a card Ct
thanks to all neighbors and friends
who so kindly assisted in this time
of sorrow and sadness.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
Christian Science Services

Christian Science services and Sum
day school will be held each Sunday
morning in the new church It the
corner of Fl. Scott and Delaware
streets.
Subject, Reality"
An ire cordially invited to sttead
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
NEW DRAFT LIST
Young Men From Bates County
Certified by the District
Board.

The local exemption board Satur-
day received the following list OF
those who had passed and been certi-
fled by the district board for the Ma
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27

Ordnance Orders Are Heavy.
New York, Sept. 2a.-The United
States is again placing large steel or
.ders for munitions and prospective
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-09-27
MISS MINNIE HODCINl MISS ELIZABETH ROONEY
LADY EQUESTRlENNES WITH
GOLLMAR BROS. CIRCUS
las PATTFRSON'S Trained ns.1s w1!d Animal ma
The Big Honest Show...The Show You Know

nnlDEc. General Admission, Adults so cents
= ASIOA0s Children under II years old rs cents
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-13
OHIO SOLDIERS ARE
 GIVEN FIRST LESSON IN "GAS" ATTACK

Montgomery, November 12.-(Special) Ohio soldiers received their first ex- perience with poison gas Monday. The gas house containing the liquid invented by Germans but now turned against them was put into use at Camp Sheridan Monday, and every man in the division will be taught the use of the mask and the best methods of fighting the gas when they meet the Bosches on common ground in France.
 Maj s. O. Foqua. Twelfth infantry regular army. left Monday for Augusta, Ga. where he will report to Camp Han cock as chief of staff of the Pennsyl- vana division. Major F'uqua was chief of staff of the Ohio division until re- lieved by Mai. W. H. Parker of Cincin- nati last week.
 Congressman Bob Switzer of the Tenth Ohio district, member of the rivers and harbors committee, visited Camp Sheri- dan Monday, while en route to New Or leans to join other members of the rivers and harbors committee. He was carried over the entire camp and shown the work of the division.
 My heart swelled with pride as looked over the drill field and saw the flower of Ohio's manhood drilling, drill- ing, drilling said Congressman Switzer. "The interest shown by the men is won derfu but then one need not wonder at the pep with weather like this.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-13
NEW ARNy DRAFT REGULATIONS ARE
 READY 10 MAIL
All Instructions Now in Hands of Local Selection Boards Will Be
 Annulled

Washington, November 12.-Copies of the new army draft regulations came OH the press today for a final reading pre- parato to mailing to the local eXemp- ton boards throughout the country. They will be in the hands of all boards next week to govern all future drafts.
 Under the new plan the burden of apply ing for information, which will result in his being placed in his proper classi- hcation under the selective service law, rests upon the individual registrant.
 All instructions now in the hands oi the boards will be annulled upon the re- ceipt of the new regulations, which are greatly reduced in extent and simplified in process.
 Included in the new book is everything bearing on the draft processes as now organized, from the time the question naire to be sent to each registrant arc filled out and returned to the boards until accepted men are actually in the miii- tary service. Each book carries copy of the status and also a verified copy of the master list of the drawing.
 The questionnaire process will elim- mate from consideration for military ser vice probably 95 per cent of the men who "OatN ttoeFO cOoii oiSShdA 6Co VI SASA4iPeSo under the old plan. Under the first call the average board was compelled to ex- anime five men to obtain one for service In some cases not more than one out of 10 or 12 sent to the camps.
 It is expected that under the new scheme the average figures will be re- versed and at most not more than one man in the five called up will fail to pass his physical examination and be rejected.
 The American Bar association and the American Medical association are at work now organizing the lawyers and doc tors to aid registrants in their vicinity in filling out their questionnaires. With the aid of these associations 1t is hoped a high percentage questioners will come back in such form that the boards will have little more than rubber stamp proceedings left to select the men to fill any call.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-13
Russellville Banker Will
 Be Tried for Second Time
 on Embezzlement Charge

Russellville, November 12.-(SpecIal.) One of the most important cases to be disposed of at this term of the circuit court is that of Y. M. Quinn, formerly with the Tennessee Valley bank of Rus sellviNe, charged with embezzlement of $430o0 of the banks funds.
 The case has been set for Tuesday morning. This will be the second time this case has been tried, the first time resulting in a nlistrial, and 1t was ru- mored that the jury stood II for acquittal and one for conviction. It is said Quinn has refunded practically all of the alleged shortage. turning over to the bank a large amount of real and personal prop erty, including number of fine business houses in the heart of the city.
 MT. Quinn is at present connected with the Smith Hardware company of Russell vile. and has many friends in north Ala bama, where he is known to a large number of people and was cashier of the Tennessee Valley bank for a number of years prior to the embezzlement charge.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-13
LABOR AND CAPITAL MUST
 DISCUSS QUESTION FIRST

T am not saying these things ta
 them personally vet, because haven
 had chance. But they have to hs
 said, not in any spirit of criticism
 But in order to clean ths' atmosphere and come down to bus
 mess. everybody on both sides has gos to transact business and the settlement is never impossible when both sides want to do the square and right things. Moreover. settlement is. all ways hard to avoid when the parties can be brought face to face. I can differ with q man much more radical Ny when he is not in the room than l | can when he is in the room. because then the awkward thir~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-13
THEY DREAMED DREAMS
 OF POLITICAL CONTROL

tAll the while there was lying behind it's thought, in it's dreams of the flu ture a political control which would en- able it in the long run to dominate the labor and the industry of the world
 They were not content with success by superior achievement; they wanted suc- cess by authority. I suppose very few of you have thought much about the Ber- lin-to- Bagdad railway. The Berlin-to- Bagdad railway was constructed in order to run the threat of force down the flank of the industrial undertakings of a half dozen other countries, so that when German competition came in it would not be resisted too far-because there was always the possibility of get
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-13
CALOMEL MAKES
 YOU SICK, UGH! lDolson's Liver Tone'' better than calomel and can
 not salivate

cnioinel loses you day. You know vhs ealomel is. It's mercury: quick s.lSer Calomel is dangerous. It crash es into sour bile like dynamite, .eianiplng and sickening you. Calon,ei s.sacts the bones and should never be frt into your system.
 4 Nhsn you feel bilious, sluggish, con NsiYated and all knocked out and be- hose you need a dose of dangerous c4i9nsi jrst remember that your drug Y Fl sei Is for 50 cents large bottle b ioason's Liver Tone. which is en- sitaly vegetable and pleasant to take a1sa is . perfect substitute for calo- irie It is guaranteed to start your Mvsr shout stirring you up inside, ana easnot salivate.
 ngnf talSe calomel' It makes you sick ihS next day. 1t loses you days k efB. sodson's Liver Tone straight- cns YOU right up and you feel great GiVs t Q the children because it is
 h@~rr'Ass and doesn't gripe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-13
Text of President Wilson's Address
 Before American Federation Of Labor

can come back at me and answer what I say. It is always dangerous for a man to have the floor entirely to him self And. therefore, we must insist in every instance that the parties come into each others presence and there discuss the issues between them |. Therefore, my counsel to you is this: Let us show ourselves Americans by showing that we do not want to go off in separate camps or groups by ourselves, but that we want to CO., operate with all other classes and all other groups in a common enterprise which is to release the spirits of the world from hondape
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-13
UNFAIR COMPETITION WAS
 METHODS OF COMMERCE

You have only to ask any man whom you meet. who is familiar with the con- ditions that prevailed before the war in the matter of International competition to find out the methods of competition which the German manufacturers and eX- porters used under the patronage and support of the government of Germany. You will find that they were the same sorts of competition that we have tried to prevent by law within our own bor- ders. If you could not sell their goods cheaper than we could ours, at profit to themselves, they could get subsidy from the government which made it possible to sell them cheaper anyhow, and the conditions of competition were thus con- trolled in large measure by the German government itself. But that did not sat isfv tha German gnEernnent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-13
GOVERNMENT PLANS TO
 DOMINATE THE WORLD

You know how many intinations come to us from one of the central powers that it is more anxious for peace than the chief central power, and you know that it means that the people Tn that central power know that if the war ends as it stands, they will in eff rect themselves be vassals of Germany, notwithstanding that their populations are compounded with all the people of that part of the world, and notwith- standing the fact that they do not wish In their pride and proper spirit of na- tionality to be so absorbed and domi- mated.
 Germany is determined that the po- llt1cal power of the world shall belong to her. There have been such ambi tions before. They have been in part realized But never before have those ambitions been based upon so exact and precise and scientific a plan of domi- nation