The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1918-06-06
Cass County Pro-Germans And
Siackers,

According to the Cass County Dem
ocrat that county has more than it.
share OF slackers and pro-Germans
Thursday night. May 20, Fred c
koeller, of near Eight, Mile was callee
to the door of his home and asked
why he had not subscribed more lib.
orally to the Red Cross fund. He re-
piled that he would give dollar ii
the crowd would let him alone. He
was thea taken out and given coat
OF tar and feathers. He subscribed
$50 to. the Red Cross. He is 50 years
old and we'll to do
1t is reported that the grain eleva-
tor at Archie was striped with broad
streak OF yellow paint one night last
week because the proprietors, who
have made a great deal OF money
since the commencement OF the war,
would not subscribe to the Red Cross.
Fred S. Dunn, an official of the
United States Secret Service, arrived
in Harris Thursday morning,
says the Democrat, and is engaged,
with Judge Jacob F. Kircher, chair
man Of the Cass County Council of
Defense and Prosecuting Attorney ].
Z. Nicholson, in holding court OF
inquiry i'll the cases of all alleged pro-
Germans, disloyalists, and citizens of
this county, who have, by reason of
their words or actions, given the local
authorities cause to believe that they
need attention.
The Austrian, who has been held
at the county Jail since about a month
ago, when he was arrested, while act
ing susp:ciously. north OF this city,
was re-eXamined, an. It was decided
that he will be held indefinitely. He
is unquestionably All unregistered en-
envy alien, and, from his actions, is at
least partially demcnted. He has been
able to give no name, and is officially
known as John Doe
On the complaint of Reuben +.
Foley, who occupies the William A.
Freeman farm, about four miles
southeast of this. city, Constable
Buzz Hatton arrested man on
Wednesday Of this week, and lodged
him in Jail here, on a charge OF va
Srancy. He was examined that day |
b. Prose cutting Attorney ]. X. Nichol-
son, and gave his name as ]. c. Mar
tin On being brought before the
l 'ederal officer Thursday he acknowl-
edged that he had lied, when he said
his name was Martin, and deiied the
saying that they could send
him to the pentcntiary, if they want
ed to, bur he would tell them nothing.
lie is being held, as dangerous char
acter, anf his case will be further in
vestigated.
\. ]. Crrmpacker, who resides a
short distance southwest OF East
Lynne, was also examined this morn
ing. and was released with lecture,
deliver ID by Mr.. Dunn, which is de-
scribed by those who heard it as hav
ing been very effective one.
The examinations OF the Rev. Isaac
&. I1artzler, a Mennonite pastor OF
the EAT Lynne ighborhood, and !.
b. Stehman, who lives near Garden
City. the latter being the Mennonite.
who was recently treated to coat of
ar and feathers, as a Red Cross
Stacker" are going forward this at ,
ernoon, and no news as to the out +
'onle OF their cases is available at this I
inc.
II is thought that number of other
LEGGED disloyalists will be questioned
within the next few days. ,
In response to letter from the ,
Prosecuting attorney of Cass County I
he congregation OF the Lutheran !;
hurch at Creighton, voted to discon-
inue the use of the German language {
4 church services commencing with
he decoration day services. {
SO far Bates county has had very
tile trouble of this kind. Her cit-
ems. with very few exceptions, con-
-iDuting freely to every call for o
inds for the Red Cross. as we'll as do b
Is their part. in subscribing for "
liberty Bonds. /