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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13
Bates County Boys May Leave
Camp Doniphan Soon.

The Jefferson City Democrat-Tri-
bune says that letter has been re-
ceived from a member OF Co. l., the
company from Jefferson City now at
Camp Doniphan, Oklahoma, saying
that company mas received orders to
leave for New York December IS. If
this information is correct the boys
from this county in Co. r will in all
probability go at the same time as
they belong to the same organization,
the I2Sth Machine Gun Battalion.
However, several letters have been
received IRON members of the COM
pany and none of them said anything
about moving orders.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

Civil and military authorities Thurs
day took possession of the Midland
Hotel, in Lawton, and closed it under
an injunction. All guests were usher
ed to the street. None was given an
opportunity to- take baggage with
him. Military police were put on du-
~ at the entrances. Officers from
Camp Doniphan have been living at
the hotel with their families. The
injunction charged that immoral
women frequehte the hotel, that
liquor was sold there and that gamb-
ling was permitted.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

Missouri District, announced Friday
that he would submit to Thomas w.
Gregory, United States Attorney
General, the case OF Harvey D. Klein
schmidt of Corder, Mo-, who testi-
lied against nine persons convicted in
the Federal Court here late Friday Of
having conspired to defeat the opera
ton of the army draft law. Charges
of conspiracy against Kleinschmidt
were continued at the instance of
Wilson when Kleinschmidt became
a witness for the Government.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

Seven persons were killed and FL
injured in an air raid Thursday on
London and the east coast of Eng
land, Chancellor Bonar Law announc-
cd in the House of Commons. or
the victims, three were killed and 10
injured in London. Twenty-Five air
planes participated in the. raid. Or
these six reached 1::opdon. Two of
the raiders were brought down, the
crew of three men on each machine
being captured. Bombs dropped by
the raiders caused a number of fires
in London, but all of them were
quickly brought under control.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

State Senator c. M. Buford of Rey-
nolds county is a victim of the game
laws he helped to pass as a member
of the senate. 1t seems he went hunt
ing for quail little prior 10 the open
season. and this fact coming to the
ears of deputy game warden, he was
arrested. The senator said he had
made mistake and was under the
that the open season had
arrived when he killed a few quail,
and he promptly paid his fine.-Jef-
ferson City Democrat-Tribune.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

Dispatches from l.apaz Bolivia, re-
port tina; eight civilians were killed
and 20 wounded and one soldier
killed and several wounded during
the disorders that occurred Wednes
day after sitting of the Chamber Of
Deputies in La Paz. The casualties
were the result. OF attempts by the
soldiers to dispcrse an anti-Govern-
mert political demonstration.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

When a warrant charging Claude
Piersol, convicted of completely in
the plot to kidnap Lloyd Keet. with
first-degree murder, was read to him
Saturday afternoon at Marshfield he
broke down and cried for the first
time since his arrest last spring, but
emphatically denied any part in the
crime.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

A bill providing for national prohi
bilion during the war was Friday in
troduced by Senator Shafroth and re-
ferred to the agricultural committee.
1t also would permit communicating
of distilled liquors for government
purposes
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

Adolph Kappas, formerly lievten-
ant in the German Army and recently
it is alleged, agent at San Antonio,
Tex, for the Carranza government,
was arrested at Kansas City by a spe
cial agent of the Department of JUS
tice. He will be informed for the dur
alton of the war. The arrest was
said to have been made on informa-
ton from San Antonio.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

The ;irs, requirement for being d
mail woman is that you be unmarried
Ten Chicago misses who had been Sc
lec.ed for this new war job learned
when they took the civil service ex
animation. Jus, why this stipulation
was made was not explained, except
that it is part of the regulations.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

The wounding of two members, OF
all American aerial squat in France
on Wednesday was reported by Cen
eral Pershing. The men were Cor
poral Walter A. Warren, whose sis
ter, Mrs. Ida Smith, lives at 1903
Smith street, Dublin, Ca, and Private
Edward F. Ebsen, whose father,
George H. Ebsen, lives in Buffalo,
Mo. The latter was severely hurt.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

Seven men were drowned at Chi
eago Saturday when the steamer Des-
mcnd capsized in the harbor off the
mouth of the Calumet river. The
waves eb.,rned up by a strong wind
caused the cargo of the vessel to shift
and il turned over before the
men could leave. Six members of the
crew were saved by the men of the
South Chicago coast guard station.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

The Bolsheviki government. &C
cording to Reuter- dispatch from
Petrograd, is preparing a decree re-
pudiating all Russian foreign loans
and loans concluded by land banks
and railways on government guaran-
tees. Shares OF internal loans held
abroad also will be repudiated.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

In commenting on the action of the
Butler city council in refusing to pay
the regular and legal rate for print
ing of the city financial statement. as
required by law, the Appleton City
Journal intimates that the council of
that town does worse than that.
They never even make bluff at hav.
ing it printed at any price.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

Judge Hosmer. in his final decree
in the Dodge-Ford suit for distribu-
ton of profits. ordered that the Ford
Motor Company declare a dividend
within 30 days of $Io,e7s.36s The
company is also forbidden hereafter
to accumulate profits "in excess of
such as may be reasonably required
in the conduct of their business"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

Secretary Of the Treasury McAdoo
Saturday authorized credit OF ?
million dollars to Belgium. This
makes l total loan to that country
OF S1-,o>o,o 900 and a total to all the
Allies a SSSS5,9oo,ooo.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

track and were auctioned off by Rob-
ert Mantel, the actor Another bushel
sold for 500, and the whole crop sold
for $I,27o, which amount was turned
over to the Christmas cheer fund OF
the soldiers at Camp Zachary Tay-
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

Protests by Chicago packers agaIns,
a rea,itss day will not deter the
Food Administration plans for fur
Their conservation ot meat Direc
,io-> are about 10 be issued to house
holders urging still closer savings.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

1t has been decided that the Ruman-
ian troops shall associate themselves
with the Russians in the proposed
armis,ice. though the Rumanians
have rejected every attempt at fra
termination, says an official announce
men. here today. Hostilities were
suspended today on the whole front.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13
MISSOURI NOTES.

JUS, as Walter Lewis OF Hopkins
thought he had the medal cinched by
shocking ard cribbing Ia bushels OF
corn i'll a day, up hobs Sam Melee OF
Altamount who shocked and slowed
away us bushels, making ten cents a
bushel
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

The Ozarks will produce half
million dollars worth of rabbit meat,
which will find a ready market be-
cause OF the war, commission men at
Springfield state. The wholesale
price is IL Lac each for the rabbits,
with a probable increase. st. Joseph
Observer.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

The deaths OF five soldiers at Camp
Beauresard OF pneumonia and meas
les in the twen,y-four hours ending
at noon Thursday was reported at the
base hospital, making a total of sixty
the deaths al the camp since No
vemher II.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

Three un,Naskei bandits Saturday
roths,. re Culver City Commercial
ard Savings hank OF Cu!N cr, Caliior-
mia. Q: >lo,ooo and escaped in an all
torobi,e, i:otiy pursued by armed
posses
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

near Napoleon, seven miles east OF
Marshall. He was born in Cooper
County in 1925, made the trip over
land to the California gold fields in
1850 and settled in Saline County in
1857 on the farm upon which he
died.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

The state department vas Saturday
advised by Felix w Smith, American
consul 4: Tiilis, Russia, that there
were in circulation reports that for
mer Car Nicholas had escaped from
Tohcisk. Smiths dispatch did not
say whether credcnce was placed in
the rurnorS.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

A market for acorns has been de-
velcped in the Ozark regions by the
high price of corn. A farmer near
Poplar Bluff is paying fifty cents a
bushel for acorns to feed his hogs
and reports it as profitable as feeding
corn at dollar bushel.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

signed for service. They are 20
years old. They took part in every
form of athletics at the normal and
are we'll known over the Missouri in
tercollegiate Athletic circuit. They
are sons of Springfield farmer.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

. The famous Barnard Whistles
ter S. and Chester S.--who have
starred for several years in athletics
at the Springfield State Normal
school, have joined the navy and will
leave soon for St. Louis to be as
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

y large German auxiliary cruiser
probably the Russian steamer Both
ma, which was seized ard armed by
the Germans, was blown up in the
sound, actoriins t. word received Il
Wa>h!ug;on Thur sday.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

Two highwaymen, one negro. and
both masked, entered a Kansas City
saloon at 10 o'clock Saturday and
shot and killed Michael Levins, the
bartender. They had commanded
Levins to hold up his hands but be-
fore he could comply one fired. The
two then robbed the cash drawer and
took quantity of cigars and liquor.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

The pay OF the enlisted men of the
German, army is to be increased 20
PEI oe-: according to Geographic adj,
vices They won't be able to buy
many Christmas turkeys even then.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

Ii is said that picture shows in
LAYTON charge the soldiers IS cents
admission and that ice cream sun
daes are IS cents. That is the tav
some people do their bit.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

$soo per bushel for potatoes 10
rather high even in these days of H.
c. L. YET bushel sold for that sum
~ veher day b Louisville. Kentueky.
III eubere were raised IN de iafield
II - tu6usle chuctii DUwus rsee
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

People who think coal is high in
this country should consider Norway
and trey would find they are in luck
Coal costs 500 per ton there.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

Francis M. Wilson, United States
District Attorney for the Western
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-13

Ladies Wool Gloves, 75c
Ladies and Childrens Kid
Mittens, Coo to $1.25
Bradley Knit Scarf and Cap
Sets, $3.50, $1.75
Ladies Novelty Neckwear
Fancy and Plain Ribbons
Ladies and Children's
MunsingWear
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28
SEATTLE ITALIAN
 SOCIALISTS ARRESTED

of conducting a propaganda calcu- lated to disrupt the Italian army
 Tle arrests were ordered upon what purpCrtS to be information that the organization is being fur nishcd with German money to car 1y on their anti-military and paci- fist operations. It is stated that member of the Seattle branch of the society late sent one of the members to make his way into Ger many for that purpose. There are alleged to be two hundred thou
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28

ATLANTIC PORT hwlesF shrdl hs
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 27.- A sweeping and drastic decision has been made to put all the har- bors of the Atlantic coast under martial law. The order is made to apply to all ports whose waters are capable Of docking boats with a tonnage of five hundred or more.
 it was stated that the order would undoubtedly he extended to include ports on the Pacific side so soon as the necessary arrangements could be perfected between the De- partment of Justice and the mili
 tary war offices. This course is taken with a view to establish har-
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28

establishment when anotler ma chine pulled up alongside. It's oc- curants !eaped upon the running
 board of his car and at the point of an automatic pistol compelled his chaufter to slew down when the leather pounches containing the money were snatched and quickly transferred to the bandit car which quickly sped away in the maze of the city traffic. One of the rob
 CTS remained un the paymaster's car threatening to shoot himself
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28

ganization which is making serious inroads into the A. F. of L., is to be checked. His remarks left the very pointed inference that the old CT and more conservative organiza- tion is not sufficiently justifying it. self as the guardian and protagon- ist of the interests of the working class. and urged it's delegates in the convention to inaugurate immedi- ately campaign covering precisely the principal demands of the l. w. w. organization, especially that of the universal eight hour day.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28
!. ". W. GAINS ALARM LEADERS
!. ". W. CARRYING
 VERY RAPIDLY

BUFFALO, N. Y, Nov. 27.-Warn- ing his fellow delegates in the Am erican Federation of Labor conven- ton which has just closed it's an- nual session in this city Mir. James Duncan, delegate from Seattle, Washington, undertook to arouse them to greater activity iii the in- terest Of the workers.
 MT. Duncan is Secretary of the Central Labor Council of Seattle in which. city there recently occurred a serious secession of workers from the ranks of the American Fedora
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28
GOMPERS REELECTED

BUFFALO, Nov. 27.-The most memorable meeting of labor men ever held in the world came to a cloTe to1ay upon the adjournment of the annual convention of the All ericaH Federation of Labor at the conclusion of it's business Samuel Gompers was reelected President by a narrower margin than in recent year due it is be- lievcd t0 division n the ranks of the organization over the approval of the admiristration's war poli ciea and methods wl.ich Gompcrs is konwn to support.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28
DISMIEhIDEREaENT
 OF RUSSIA BEGINS

PETROGRAD, Nov. 27.-What may prove to be the beginning of the end of Russia as a vast inte- gral nation and it's breaking up into a score of more of separate nations is pressGged today in the news that Caucasia the most dis tant southeastern province of the empire, has declared it's irdepend- ence and has set up a socialist re- public. Immediately upon itG de claration and act of secession a Congress of forty deputies were elected. It is believed that many
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28

SEATTLE, Nov. 27.-One hund- red members of the Italian Socialist club, the Circola Studi Sociali. were arrested here today by authorities of the Department of Justice, re- presenting the Government Of the United States. The arrests were made quietly and were accompanied by little or no incid cnt.
 The accused persons are charged with plotting several assasinations including President Wilson and King Victor Emanuel of Italy, and
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28
BANDITS GET THIRTY
 FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS

DETROIT ,Ncv. 27.-One of the most sensational daylight robberies ever taking place in an American city occurred here today when ban dits succeeded in getting away with the payroll and currency bag of the Hcubner Brewing Company, amounting in actual cash taken to the sum of thirty five thousand dollars.
 The Paymaster of the huge brew ing concern had left the bank en route fer his offices in the brewery
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28
ELECTION SCANDAL.
 IN SAINT LOUIS

men and dentist, pr. L. N BunAy. Fifteen hundred negro voters arc alleged to have been bribed in the municipal elections just held; this number accepting their money from Bundy.
 Bundy's confession IS expected to reveal more than the usual grist of scandal involving the "higher ups" of finance and politics and is taken to be mere surface indica- tion of the corruption frauds in the election skull-duggery which char acterizes the election thrOughOut
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28

tion Of Labor when the shingle weavers of Ballard went over in a body to the Industrial Workers of the World, the newer organization of workers which is growing by leaps and bounds throughout the entire country.
 In the course of his remarks MT. Duncan stated it to be his convic- tion that something must be done beside passing resolutions denounc- ing tie I. w. w., or of prosecuting arresting or killing it's members, if the phenomenal growth of that or
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28

and the chauffer if any outcry or warning was made. When suffici- ent time had elapsed for the ban dit car to escape the robber re- naming to cover the getaway dis appeared quickly among the redes- trians before a hue and cry could be raised.
 The robbery bears the character istic of the work Of master crim- nal both in it's planning ard it's execution and bears resemblance to the melodrama of the movies.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28

of the Russian provinces will follow this example and in time what we now know as Russia may be re- strlcted to the area containing he large metropolitan cities of Petro- grad and Moscow.
 Caucasia lies between the Gas pi2n Sea on the east and the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea on the west and occupies the extreme southeas: erly reaches of Russia. To the south lies Persia and portion of the Turkish empire and to the north the Russian provinces of Aus
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28
GUN MAN C0NFESSES
 TO 23 MURDERS

NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-Another chapter in the history of the New York Araches is written in the con fession made here today by Ralph Daniels, otherwise known as Ralph the Barber.
 Daniels who is a member of one of the nary gangs of gunmen who invest the underworld life of this city admits implication in twenty three murders in this city and vi cirity. While tie tonsorial art has been his bluff at earning his living honestly, his activities have been
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 27.-Political corruption on a scale equal to that in the earlier history of this city wien seversl prominent million aires ard respected citizens had 70 leave for other climates is again rife here.
 Gigantic election frauds and whole ale bribery and buying of negro votes is being unearthed as a result Of the confession of a negro political leader. The Negro involved ir the shady transactions is a prominent colorcd prCfes ional
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28

and which is expected to exceed the crookedIess which was the begin ming oi the muck-rake eXposures which uncovered crookedness in the political management of over half the first class municipalities of the United States. Those scan dals originated in the operations of the Alum Trust in this city sOem twenty years ago and which brought to the fore Joseph w. Folk in the role of prosecutor and who became United States Senator
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28

sand members of the organization spreading German propaganda in the United States and in Italy. The coc:ety whicE claims that it's ac- tivities arc directed against all wars in the interest of the working men who are the chief sufferers from them is presumed to be op- posed 70 this government, to tie Italian government and to all others who are involved in the war
 Let As eStimaye on yOur Lnn WOcR
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28

gang of hig professionals are ope- rating with divided forces in sev- eral cities at once.
 The theft took place in the lobby of the pI pIominent Hotel Staler when a bag of registered mail containing the jewels valued at $20,000 and other valuable matter was being de- livered, and is believed to indicate that the thieves have a confe lerate in an advantageous position ir the postal service.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28
KERENSKY NOW SAFE
 lN HIDING PLACE

CHRISTIANIA, Norway, Nov. @7. Intimate friends of the former premier of Russia, deposed in the now successful MaXimilist accession have arrived in this city and le- port thas Kercnsky is in hiding and quite safe from arrest by the Boscheviki. No intimation of his whereabouts could be gained how ever beyond .hc assurance that he is perfectly safe and nothing of nj, movements or irtcrtions as regards the future, could be learned.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28

rakahn and the Don army. It is estimated to contain a population of six million inhabitants and occu- pics a total area of 172,S37 square miles, and is bisected by the Cau- ca JUS range of mountains and in- cludes the whole range of those mountains which divides Europe from Asia. The new republic thus lies half in Asia and half in Eu- 1ope and is the first As:aE Reprb- lie.
 Now is the kime to Subscribe,
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28
ATLANTIC PORTS ARE
 UNDER MARTIAL LAW

Dor patrols and placing them under command Of military authorities and of taking the juri diction over harbor waters out Of the jurisdlc- tion of the local port authorities. There is an increasing belief that the disasters occurring to the ship ping has origin in pro-German sourcey if not actually perpetrated by German sympathizors and it is believed that in putting the rospon- sibility for it's suppression under a centralized command the continu- ing danger can be overcome.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28
WE CAN DO IT,

For first cEsNs woTa ana prom ps delivery ph me Main 1Ht and Chs People's Steam Laundry @ui es l. and get your laundry.
 ". J. WELLiAhaOE Prog
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28

EUINOS AIRES, Nov. 37-The ncipient revolution which broke out ir most cities of Ecquadcr and which was alleged to be due to German influences has beer quelleG end tho rioters put down, accord
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28

Take your Lunch and Dinner at the Board of Trade Lunch Counter, only soc.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28

10 valuable American shipping cc- curing in the vicinity of the Brit ish Columbia coast has lei to tha conclusion that something than or diNarJ accident is behind these oc- currences. IE the last few weeks the steamers Alki Manhattau. the MariPosa and the Spokane have been wrecked under such suspicious circumstances.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28

Reasonable prices, and first class workmanship at the Nome Tailoring Company.
The daily Nome industrial worker., 1917-11-28

Fur garments made and repaired at the Nome Tailoring Company.