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The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29
Support Asked.

The Butler Commercial Club in
vites you to, and hopes that you will
become, one of its members. 1t asks
for your support, because it believes
you are one of those who hold the
best interests of Butler close at heart.
1t asks only for that support which
those identified with the interests of
Butler care to give.
1t, should have membership of at
least 100. and before the present cam
paign is closed that mark will be
reached. 1t will be beyond the ques-
ton of a doubt if the men who are
visited do their duty. There is not
a business or professional man in the
city of Butler who is too poor to in
vest a little over six cents a day in
the Commercial Club in order to
make this a bigger buster and more
beautiful city.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29
Massachusetts, Governor Protects
Negro Accused of Attacking
White Girl.

Boston, Mass, Nov. 21.-John
Johnson, negro held here on
charge of being fugitive from JUS,
tice, was released today by order of
Municipal Judge Greed on notifica-
ton from Gov. -McCall's office that
request for his extradition to West
Virginia had been denied.
Johnson was arrested here at the
request of West Virginia authorities
for an alleged attack on white girl
at Charleston.
Gov. Mccall wrote Gov. Cornwell
yesterday that he had declined to
grant the requisition because of
report by the Assistant Attorney
General of Massachusetts,, who con-
ducted public hearing, that there
was danger Johnson might be con-
victed of crime of'which he may
not have been guilty.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29
Reflect Gompers President of
A. F. L.

Buffalo, N. Y, Nov. 24.-Samuei
Gompers was reelected president of
the American Federation of Labor
today.
Frank Morrison was reelected Sec
retary. OF nearly Goo votes, but two
we're cast against Gompers.
Eight vice presidents were reflect
ed and D. J. Tobin of Indianapolis
was elected treasurer over John B.
Lennon. The eight vice presidents
are: James Duncan, granite cutters;
James O'Connell, machinists; Viii
liam Mahon, street railway employees;
Joseph F. Valentine, molders; John
r. Alpine, plumbers; H. B. Perham,
railroad telegraphers; Frank Duffy,
William Green, miners.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29
900 to be Visited.

You will be only one of the 800 who
will be visited. A volunteer army
will do this work, giving their time,
their energy and their thought for
the week to the Commercial Club
and to Butler. This army will be
composed of as big and as busy men
as there are in the city. Among
them will be merchants, lawyers,
bankers and physicians, and, in fact,
men representing every phase of
worthwhile activity.
The task that has been undertake
en- is one which will require the best
of team work if it is to be accom-
plished. The chairman of the COM
mittee which calls upon lou may be
the president of the bank which car
ries your deposit and extends credit
to you, or he may be some man per-
haps not so we'll known, but whose
time is of great value.
Our visitors are. under pledge to
take no more than five minutes of
your time. They hope to take much
less.
You will be asked to make a small
but profitable investment with the
entire future of your city as security.
You will be asked to join the Com
Club and support the militant
program which, as prepared; will eep-
er period of at least three years.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29
Did Pershing Plan the British Drive?

London. Nov. 23.-O!d-fashioneo
warfare in the open is celebrating ltS
rejuvenation.
Who after all. is the real author OF
this plan that may overthrow the en-
tire course Of the war in favor Of the
allies?
There is much whispering in Lon
don, Back and forth through the un.
dercurrents OF military and political
gossip floats the mention of name
that thrills every American heart
whenever and wherever heard; heard
in this connection it thrilled Ameri-
cans privileged to hear the whisper
with unutterable pride
On the eve of his departure for
Italy the other day, Premier Lloyd
George had an hours talk with Cen
eral Pershing. Field Marshal Sir
Douglas Haig was present. Momen-
tous issues were discussed and mo-
mentous suggestions made.
Is Pershing the author of the
"bing!" drive?
Some very substantial reports have
it that he is.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

Mrs. H. Bates, while washing dish
es lost the diamond from her ring in
the water and threw the contents OF
the dishpan into the yard, where her
Buff Leghorns were ranging. When
the loss of the diamond was discov-
cred a diligent search failed to dis
cover it and, as last resort, Mrs.
Bates began to kill her prize poultry
and to examine their crops, with the
hope that she might find her missing
gem. In the crop of the thirty-third
chicken killed the diamond was
found.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29
Company Very Best.

In joining the Commercial Club
you will find yourself in good COM
pany-the very best in Butler.
You will have an opportunity to
rub shoulders with the biggest men
in Butler, and that means the best
men in the world.
You will have an opportunity to
exert real influence upon those who
are making the history of this coun-
try and of our times.
You will have an opportunity to
crafty your ambition to do a mans
work in the building OF city, state
and an empire. ....-.
In return for this you will be ex-
pected to invest something more
than money. Money is the smallest
and least important thing you can
give.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29
Investments.

You will be expected to invest
thought energy and time. If you do
not believe Butler to be worth that
investment, do not let the committee
of gentlemen who are to call upon
you waste your time and their time.
This is not matter of argument.
There are others who will look with
greater favor upon the security.
There are others who will have full
faith in Butler and to them this ap-
peal of your visitors will be made
with greater effect and with much
greater satisfaction.
You have had an opportunity to
learn something of the aims and OBJ
jects that the Butler Commercial
Club hopes to accomplish. 1t will be
the. premier trade and industrial or
ganization of Butler. With the as
sistance of yourself ami others of
similar standing it will be made one
of the best development organiza-
tions in the Mississippi Valley.
There is great field for-it to occupy
and very great work for it to do.
1t must have more generous sup
port than has been given to any of
Buffers commercial organizations in
the past, or it will fail of its best SER
vice, and as it is going to work upon
a much broader basis, it is endeavor~
ing to enroll a membership that will
truly represent Butler.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29
MINERS MUST PAY 100000.
Arkansas Coal Company Awarded
Big Verdict for Damages"

Fort Smith, Ark. Nov. 2e.-Thc
Jury in the suit OF the Bache-Den-
man syndicate against the Interna-
lional Mine Workers and others, this
; i'ernoon returned verdict in the
i> "eral court awarding plaintiffs dam
ages of 100000. Under the Sherman
'tt the plaintiffs are entitled to three
or 100000. The plaintiffs sued
lor IA million dollars, alleging their
had been damaged to that
by the acts of violence of the
union miners at their Prairie Creek
mines in Sebastian County in July,
1914, following the attempt of the
mine operators to work their mines
with non-rnion men.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29
Hints on Saving Coal Given by M. U
Dean.

Columbia, Mo-, Nov. 2o.--Investiga-
tions have shown that will, coal cost
ing approximately $5 ton. the en-
pcnse OF heating an S-room house in
the climate Of the Mississippi Valley
approximates $50 year, according to
L. -NcCaustland- of the University
of Missouri. This is a sufficiently
large sum to make it worth while to
consider means OF getting the maxi
mum heat efficiency from, fuel.
Fuel can be saved by preventing too
| free air circulation in the house, says
Dean McCaustland, but this should
not be carried to the point of inter-
icring with proper ventilation. Heat
losses from rooms increase directly
with the extent of window surface.
If ordinary shades are drawn over
the windows, they will prevent, to
some extent the losses of heat due to
radiation
Stoves are notoriously inefficient
for heating purposes and with them,
as with the open fire. much heat is
lost up the chimneys. Proper manip-
ulation OF check drafts will help to
reduce such losses.
+. Where a single furnace or boiler is
provided to heat the entire house, a
number of points may be noted for
increasing the duty of the fuel.
For soft GOALS, choose boiler Of
a rated capacity at least twice as
great as estimated need.
Cover heater and pipes in base
mcnt to prevent undue radiation of
heat. In case of hot air furnaces
make provision for free circulation OF
air.
Maintain constant condition as far
as possible.
Use coal of uniform size and do not
break in small pieces.
Take care not to lose coal through !
the CRATE.
Force all cold air to enter the fire
through the CRATE.
Keep clear fire, not piled too
high and with no dead spots"
Avoid too great an accumulation of
ashes on the CRATE.
Clean the flues or heating surfaces
frequently with a light wire brush.
A slight accumulation OF SCOT or
scale will cut down the heat trans
mission from 20 to Go per cent. \
Hot air furnaces should have the
cold air inlet properly regulated dur +
ing winter weather.
Do not allow obstruction of heat
passages from furnace to chimney
All types of furnaces should have
The chimney draft controlled to the
point of perfect combustion of fuel.
For hot water or steam heating,
-adiators should be- placed under the
windows.
For hot air heating. registers are
,est located near interior walls.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

Men representing themselves as
agents of the Government, are report
ed to be at work in this county and
elsewhere. buying walnut trees from
farmers at figure, far less than they
are worth, claiming the price is fixed
by the Government. Quite number
of patriotic farmers have been in
duced by these agents to let their
walnut trees go at sacrifice, because
of their desire to render Uncle Sam
every aid possible. Investigations are
now being made of these agents, and
if it is found they have been playing
confidence game on Our people, they
will be severely dealt with.-Mar-
cellinc Mirror
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29
Farm Loans.

If you desire freedom from the bur-
dens of everlasting debt, it will pay
you to let us show you plan where
by it can be done. 1t means low
cost, with the most liberal lre-pay-
ment privileges. No renewals, with
the attending cost, that come peri
odically, and some times raise in
rates. 1t costs nothing to invests
gate, your own interest should
prompt you do the best that you can.
We invite full investigation.
Canterburys,
36-tf Butler, To.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

Armed with an ak. John Coble, II
years old, of Mountain Grove, a pa
tient in a Springfield sanitarium, at
tackled Supt. Samuel A. johnson to-
day in the yard of the hospital. Doc
tor Johnson is dying. He was struck
twice. The first blow was in the
back of the head and rendered the
physician unconscious. The second.
struck after Doctor Johnson was on
the ground, split his head. A negro
janitor saved the physician from a
third blow. He rushed the infuriated
patient, knocked him down and dis
armed him.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29
VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR
BUTLER
Sharp Campaign to be. Carried on in
Interest Of the Commercial
Club. Put Your Loyalty
to the Test.

Butter is putting itself 10 the test
and incidentally is putting your loyal
ty to the test.
You will receive a call next week.
This call will be made by commit
tee of business men and professional
men, who will give you an oppor-
tunity to register your loyalty to the
city and to place yourself on record
as one of those who desire to think,
to talk and to work for Butler ~
You will be asked to become a
member of the Commercial Club and
to support the organization in every
way to the best of your ability.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29
Cattle Starving in Texas.

Chicago, Nov. 22.-Two million
head of cattle, sufficient to maintain
10000 American soldiers in France
for two years, are starving to death
in Texas, because of a record-break-
ing drouth. An area as large as Ger
many is being devastated by lack of
rain, according to statements of DR..
Charles Mccarthy, member of the
commission of the food administra-
tion.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

Kansas City police records show
that there have been SAB robberies
and holdups in that city so far this
month. Four have been killed and
several others wounded by holdup
men in that time. Lack of work used
to be the excuse for an epidemic of
that sort So far the police have not
captured any of the holdups so It
is not known just what the excuse
will be.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29
RUSSIAN PEACE PACT WILL
START ANARCHY REIGN
Dispatches Indicate Slaav Masses
Will Never Sanction German
Coup.

Washington, Nov. 24.-Two mighty
forces are working against each 9TH
er in Russia, one to save the country
and aid the Allies, the other to throw
the balance of the empires weight
to the side of the Teutons by disor-
ganizing the army and reaching an
agreement for peace, but there was a
glimmer of hope-in today's dispatches
from the disrupted empire that the
radical Bolsheviki might be over
come and more conservative leaders
save the day for the nations fight
ing German autocracy.
This ray of hope was cleaned from
a letter from Russian Ambassador
Boris Bakhmeteff that the Russian
people will never consent to a peace
with Germany aud Austria such as is
proposed by Jrotsky and Lenine.
While the Bolsheviki leaders may
succeed in their project, the consum-
nation of such a pact will be the sig
nal for an uprising of the masses bor-
dering on anarchy which, if it does
nothing else, will at least succeed in
destroying forever the power of the
false leaders.
The German peace offer proposes
that Russia pay an indemnity to Aus
tria, that Poland be Independent un-l
der Teutonie protection, that Dobruja4
be given to Bulgaria and that Turkey
rAQain ali the terrifnrv overrum hvl
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29
Order of Publication.

State of Missouri, -
County of Bates S.
In the Circuit Court, February
Term, 1918. In Vacation November
Io, 1917.
Ed Harris, Plaintiff
VS..
Anna Harris, Defendant.
Now at this day comes the Plaintiff
herein, by his attorney and files his
petition and affidavit, alleging, among
other things that defendant is a non-
resident of the State of Missouri.
Whereupon, it is ordered by the
Clerk, in vacation, that said defend
ant be notified by publication that
plaintiff has commenced suit against
her in this court, the object and gen.
eral nature of which is to obtain a
Judgment and decree of divorce,
founded upon the following, among
other allegations:-That the defend
ant wholly disregarding her duty IS
the wife of the plaintiff, on March
18th, 1914, abandoned him and has,
without reasonable cause, absented
herself from this plaintiff for more
than one year and ever since the 18th
day of March, 1914, and that unless
the said defendant be and appear at
this Court, at the next term thereof,
to be begun and holden At the Court
House in the City of Butler, in said
County, on the first Monday of Feb
ruary, 1913, and on or before the first
day of said Term, answer or plead to
the petition in said cause. the same
will be taken as confessed, and judg-
ment rendered accordingly.
And it is further ordered, that a
eopy hereof be published, according to
law. in The Butler Weekly Times, a
newspaper published in said county Of
Bates, for four weeks successfully,
published at least once a week, the
asst insertion to be at least thirty
lays before the first day of said next
February term of this Court
H. O. MAXEY,
Circuit CLERK
4 true copy from the recoee.g
Witness my hasd lad sell
(SeaD of the Circuit Court pf
Bates ieoaatyy this 9oth d9y
,rrr5, of Noyemhef, 1917.
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The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

When four carloads of Ozark mules
started for France the other day a
mule dealer grew eloquent. "While
no flags wave nor bands acclaim their
departure, he said, "and no speeches
are fired at them, it is just as we'll
to remember that one of our most
valiant and important fighting units
has enlisted and started to the front"
Henry County Democrat.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

The public is warned to be on the
lookout for two women who have
been operating in various sections of
the state. They are posing as gov
ernment food inspectors. They call
at house and demand to see the
supply of food on hand and then
they claim that the amount is great
er than allowed by law and they pro-
ceed to confiscate a part of it.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

The corn harvest is over and am
ready to go to war; was the state.
ment of Greene county boy, eigh-
teen years old, who called at the
Springfield recruiting station to en-
list. The youth is one of twin broth
ers and he and his twin agreed that
one would go to war as soon as the
corn was harvested. The other boy
will stay at home and farm next year.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

A man asked a St Louis grocer the
price OF sugar one day last week and
when his question was answered,
placed his hand over his left breast,
said "Oh,. Lord, and dropped dead.
He had been for a long time afflicted
with a weak heart and the shock was
too much for him.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

The postmaster at l!arrisonvillc
has been notified by the supervising
architect of the treasury department
that all the bids for the construction
of the new postoffice at that place
have been rejected, as all of them
called for more money than the ap-
preparation called for.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

Missouri on Guard is the title of
new publication being gotten out
by the Missouri Council of Defense.
it is filled with good advice about
food conservation and the various
ways which those who are prevented
from going to the front can help win
the war
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29
The Army Wins.

In the football game played i'll
Kansas City Saturday between an
army team from Camp Funston and
a navy team from the Great Lakes
training station, the army was vic
torious by a score OF : to o. Many
former college stars were in the line
up on either side.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29
Seattle Forbidden to Soldiers,

Seattle. Wash. Nov. 27.@Ciaimine
Seattle has not Cleaned up" in ac-
eordance. with his mandate issued two
months ago. Maj. Gen. H A. Greene,
commander of Camp Lewis, today
posted IN order forbiddins any OF
the $4,000 soldiers Or officers ut the
eentonmeat from coming to this city
szeepe when granted . special permit.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

Thirty University of Missouri
students have made application i'll
the last few days to enter the third
officers training camp at Little
Rock Among them is Paul Hamil-
ton, captain OF the 1917 football
team. The university's quota is for
ty-eight.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

Lieut.. Commander Walter Z. Reno,
who was lost with the destroyer
Chauncey, was Trenton, Mo-, man.
He was appointed to the naval acad-
emy from that place in 1901, gradual
ing four years later. He was made
a lieutenant in 1910 and was ap-
pointed lieutenant commander last
May. He was Sc years old. Mrs.
Charles Davidson, sister, lives in
Trenton.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

A Vernon county man has found
what he calls a patriotic ear of corn
in his field. The ear, which is of the
Yellow Dent variety, bore a perfect
reproduction of the United States
flag in red grains.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

Robert r. Young filed his official
notice as a Democratic candidate for
Congress from the Fourth Missouri
District with the secretary of state
last week. He is the first candidate
for Congress to announce himself.
Young is farmer and lives in Buch-
anan County.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

Because a man giving his name as
Harvey B. Peck robbed the bank at
Mt. Washington of $1,000 July 9 and
got away with it, he concluded it was
easy and tried it again Friday. This
time he again got the $1,000 but was
captured before he had gotten far.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

manufacture no more sherbets or ices
as long as the country is at war. The
manufacturers also voted yesterday
to decrease the amount OF sugar used
in gallon Of ice cream.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

w. F. Pate, a machinist. was killed
in the cotton gin of the Price Beard
Cotton Company at Neeleyville late
Friday night. He was repairing a
shafting when his sleeve caught in
the machinery and he was beaten to
death against the floor.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29
MISSOURI NOTES

Dan Shay, former manager of the
Kansas City Blues base ball team,
was acquitted Thursday of the muir
der of negro waiter in an Indian
apolis, Ind, restaurant last summer.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

Columbia, Mo-, Nov. z2.-Herbert
c. Hoover telegraphed Dean F. b.
Mumford, state food administrator,
congratulating him on the fact Mis-
souri, stands first in the number of
signers to the family enrolment food
pledge. Missouri leads in proportion
to its population all other states.
Only one state, Pennsylvania, with q
population twice as. large, had q
larger enrolment than Missouri.
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

Kansas City. Mo-. Nov. 2r.-In
compliance with Food Administrat-
or Hoover's request for al possible
conservation Of sugar. the Kansas ice
cream manufacturers, representing
practically all Of the large manufaer
turers IN the statea. have, voted -
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

36-tf
The Butler weekly times., 1917-11-29

State of Missouri, &C
County of Bates. S.
In the Circuit Court, February
Term, 1918. In Vacation November
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-30
Votes for Women in Great Britain.

The adoption by the House OF Commons OF
a report favoring franchise reform for the United
Kingdom, which means the early extension Of
suffrage to include women, is significant but
not an astonishing fact. The course of the war
has turned the tide Of public opinion throughout
the United Kingdom in woman's favor, and she
has asserted herself as never before and with dis
tinction and credit in the management of the af-
fairs OF the country Subsistence of the hysteri-
cal agitation in presence Of the national calamity
was accompanied by intelligent assumption Of
Social as well as sex Determinations and privil-
eyes have disappeared under the wave of con-
fict and new empire is emerging.
The social disturbance in Great Britain is far
greater than Is generally realized. 1t has affected
not only woman's conditions in all its aspects, but
institutions that have endured for centuries have
felt its influence and are breaking down or van
ishing before the newly liberated forces. The
revolution in Russia and remarks accredited to
Won Bethmann-Holweg afford proof of the
steady upward sweep of democratic ideas. Votes
for women is but an incident in the mighty
changes that must come from the war and which
are certain to embrace all the races OF man in
its final consequence. No earthly power can re-
store conditions under which people lived three
years ago.
Time will be required to put the proposed
franchise reform into operation in Great Britain,
but its support by the popular branch Of Parlia-
ment is proof Of progress made by the women
since the war began to batter down social barriers.