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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28
LAST OF FIRST DRAFT QUOTA
TO GO MONDAY NIGHT
Exemption Board Announces List of
Seven Men to Go to Mobiliza-
ton Camp,

The Local Exemption Board has
announced the selection of the seven
men to leave Monday night for the
mobilization camp to complete Bates
countys quota for the first call of the
draft. Those who will go are:
Chas. Spencer, Hume.
John l.. Stevenson, Archie.
Andrew ]. Dunlap, Butler.
John ]. Dykman, Amsterdam.
Fred L. Schantz, Butler.
Archie A. Meekins, Rockville.
Elmer Z. Hough, Rich HILL
The Local Board has been notified
that enlistments will now be received
in the coast artillery corps. The call
is limited to white registrants only.
This department has been closed to
enlistments for several weeks.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28
IS Years for U. s. Captain.

New York. Ft5. 2.;.-Captain David
a. Henkes. Sixteenth infantry, U. S.
A.. has been se.Aenced to dismissal
from the service and confinement at
hard labor for twenty-five years, by
general court-martial, held at Gov
ernor's Island.
Henkes, who is OF German descent
endeavored to resign his commission,
saying he did not care to fight against
relatives and friends.
Captain Henkes was stationed ut
San Antonio, Texas.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

Notice was mailed by the Madison.
Wis, Exemption Board to Byron c.
Nelson, son of Congressman John M.
Nelson. announcing him subject to
call. Nelson is in draft Class I, his
claims for exemption on grounds Of
. dependent and agricultural occupa-
ton having been disallowed. His al
legged attempts to evade the draft
brought a speech from Congressman
Nelson in the House defending his
Doa.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

The -Adair County Historical So
ciety has started a move which ought
to be copied i'll every other county. A
roster OF the names and military rec
ords OF all .Adair Countians who en-
gage in the present war will be pre-
served, suitable memorials to those
who die in service will be erected and
matter. newspaper arti-
Giles and other literature which
show the kind of war work done by
the men and women at home will be
preserved
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28
Card of Thanks.

We take this method of expressing
OUR thanks and our deep appreciation
to our friends for their many kind
nesses and expressions of sympathy
at the death of our beloved daughter
and granddaughter, Esther, and we
wish to especially thank the High
School girls who served as pail bear
ers at the funeral.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vance Wells,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Wells,
Mrs. w. H. Elliott.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28
SUGAR FOR PRESERVING
FRUIT
Housewife Will Have Ample Supply,
Food Administration Announces.

Columbia, Mo-, Feb. 26-All man.
ufacturers of essential food products
will be able to obtain their full neces-
sary requirements of sugar for manu.
featuring purposes during the COM
ing season, the Missouri division of
the Food Administration announced
recently.
This applies particularly to packers
of fruit, condensed milk and such
vegetables for the preservation of
which sugar may be necessary, as
well as to the housewife for use in
preserving fruits and vegetables.
When the car shortage is relieved
supplies of sugar will be available for
necessary preservation purposes.
Shipments from Cuba are steadily in
creaSlng, reports show.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

been sold in Henry county up to las
week.
Darius Teeter aged 81 years, fol
many years resident of this county
died at his home in Shawnee town.
slip of smallpox.
The Hume Border Telephone celc
brated its goth birthday last week
Here's hoping that it will continue
its good work for another 80 years.
Mrs. O. A. Campbell OF East Boone
township, was stricken with paralysis
last week and her condition is con-
sidered quite serious.-Adrian Jour.
nal.
c. H. Field, manager of the Logan
Moore Lumber yard at Rockville, has
resigned his position and left for
Kansas, where he will reside in the
future.
The Appleton City Journal offers
81 cents each for copies of Monkey
Ward or Shears-Shawbuck catalogs.
They are to be used for paper wrap
pers.
The Amsterdam folks dedicated the
new Kansas City and Southern depot
Wednesday evening of last week
There was an address by the Mayor
and songs and music by the best local
talent.
When Clark Phillips, of near Drex-
ell, was sent to Camp Funston as Il
member of the selective draft he lett
his corn in the field, unshucked. Last
week his neighbors met and spent 3
days in his field husking his corn
There are more ways than one of do
ing ones bit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Horton, of
Hume, celebrated their golden we'd
ding anniversary at their home
Thursday of last week. They were
at Beloit, Wis, February 22,
1868, Immediately coming to Bates
County, Missouri, where they have
lived continuously.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

Taylor Miller. local politician and
elevator owner of Salina, Kas., Fri
day received orders from the Food
Administration at Washington to sell
LOO bushels of wheat he has held
since last fall. for which he paid $2.6s
a bushel. He will probably have to
sell for Sc bushels. Miller was ex-
onerated from the charge of hoard
ing wheat following an investigation
by federal authorities.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

Mrs. Sarah NJ. Wilkes of Veroia
was arrested Friday on a warrant
charging her with being an accom-
plice in the murder. of her husband,
George NJ. Wilkes She was released
on a bond OF $500. Virgil Wilkes,
her son, is charged with the murder
OF his father. He was recently tried
at Mount Vernon, the jury failing to
agree. Wilkes was shot on the night
of November FL the assassin firing
through window of the Wilkes
home.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

Canned salmon is off the market in
the northwest, following an order
from E. B. Deming Of Bellingham,
WASH, salmon dictator for the food
administration, calling upon all can
ners to Immediately report to him
the quantity and grade of canned sal
mon in warehouses. The government
is going to take it all for the army
and navy.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

German recruits in camp at Bev-
erloo. Belgium, (thirty miles east of
Brussels), mutinied and shot several
officers after one of the latter had
sabered a soldier, it was reported
from the frontier Friday. A number
of the mutineers are said to have been
court-martialed and shot.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

The Carrollton postoffice has sold
Szo.Se4o4 worth of Baby Bonds and
IS TT0VgNl 20 be leading an post0I-
iices located in rural districts in the
state, Willis Miller, rura carrier
route !. has sold nearly $1,000 worth
OF the certificates, breaking the coun-
ty record. Festus j. Wade has COM
mended Postmaster Arterburn high
ly as that county was the second in
the state to be entitled to a gold tack
in tine index map for having sold a
tfcurth of its Quota.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

The big building in which the trac-
tor show was-held at 23d and Main
street in Kansas City, was destroyed
by fire Thursday. The loss was
about $1,000.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

Here is an item that will prove a
time-saver in the preparation of stock
feed. J. c. Biggs. last week. had fiji
ty acres of corn fodder run through
a threshing separator. The fodder
was converted into a fine quality of
hay and the corn was shelled from the
cob. We haven't learned what be-
came of the cobs.-Hume Telephone
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

DR.. Dulin, the present mayor of Ne
vada. was defeated for denomination
at the Democratic primary held last
week. His successful opponent was
Col. b. +. Todd.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

!. w. VS. arrested in San Francis
co have confessed that they set fire
to the million dollar plant of the Red
River Lumber Company at West
wood, that state. They said they
were we'll paid for their work and
supposed the money came from Ger
man agents.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

Dean Eldon X. James of the,law de-
partment of the University of Mis-
souri,, who was recently appointed
legal adviser to the king of Siam at
a salary of $4,000 a year lett Satur-
day night for the Pacific coast. From
there he will sail for Siam.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

The Montana house Thursday night
adopted a joint resolution to Con-
gress asking that the Nation con-
script all fortunes above million dol
lars for war expenses.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

Senator La Follett, of Wisconsin,
was branded as the leader of the
Bolsheviki in the United States. by
Gov. Brough. of Arkansas. i'll a
speech before the National Service
congress at Chicago, the other day.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

Tom West, a negro, was arrested
in St. Louis the other day. His
mother asked for clemency for him
on the ground that she needed his
support. She stated that he was one
of "a children.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

20 years at hard labor i'll the peni
Tertiary was the punishment court
martial at Camp Funston mcted out
to draft evader who boosted that
he was an |. w. w.. the other day.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28
Revealed /. w. w. Poison Plots.

San Francisco, Feb. 2I.-Plots of
the Industrial Workers of the World
to poison cattle and burn grain, farm
houses and lumber mills along the
Pacific Coast were revealed in = con-
fession today by Fritz Hagerman.
alias CharSes-Aisenbach. who said he
had participated in some Of the &C.
tons proposed
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

The contraband booze seized by
the army intelligence department
throughout the west will be used as a
horse liniment, according to orders
from Washington. Some of it is hot
enough, no doubt, to make an excel
lent counter-irritant.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

Col. Thomas Benton Taylor, IS
years old, a nephew OF Thomas Hart
Benton. Missouri's famous United
States senator, died at his home at
Fulton Thursday after an illness OF
three months.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

A carload, 22 head, of government
horses were burned Saturday evening
in the Rock Island Railroad yards,
Kansas City, kas. The value of the
horses was approximately $4,000.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

A record for high priced seed corn
was reached in Illinois the other day
when Sd per bushel was paid for
some at Aurora, that state.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28
GENERAL NOTES.

The capture OF Jericho, in southern
Palestine by British troops was an
nounced by the British war office at
London Friday.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28
MISSOURI NOTES.

$l7.7s per hundred record price,
was paid for choice hogs on the Kan
sas City market one day last week
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28
FOR SALE.

40 Herefords, I, and 3 year
heifers.
80 Angus yearling steers and
heifers.
3 Angus bulls.
3 Jersey milk cows.
2 Jersey springs.
Iteam work mares.
MCFARLAND & SONS,
fhone 81 Butler, Mo.
For Sale.
Seven head good work horses and
pair good, heavy mules.
ao-Its Raymond Ramsey.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

We are authorized to make the fol
lowing announcements, subject to
the Democratic primary of Bates
County to be held in August. 1918:
For Representative:
II ERMAN @. Nancy
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28
Wanted to Buy.

A small barn or house. with view
to moving it
ao-st D. F. Payne.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28
FOR CITY OFFICERS

We arc authorized to make the fol
E NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. SUBJECT 10 the
action of the Democratic nominating
convention:
For City Marshall:
GEORGE Z. ULkERSON
We are authorized to make the fol-
action OF the city nominating conven-
ton
For City Marshall:
ROBERT L. BRADEN
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

For Circuit Clerk:
LLOYD GAINES
{. {. SWARENS
New Home Township,
VICTOR WOLF
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28
SHORT STORIES
OF Local Interest-Clipped From
Our Exchanges.

$4,000 worth of Baby Bonds had
been sold in Henry county up to last
week
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28
For City Marshall:

ROBERT L. BRADEN
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28

Darius Teeter, aged 81 years, for
many years resident of this county,
died at his home in Shawnee town
slip of smallpox
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1918-02-28
For City Marshal:

GEORGE. Z. FULkERSON
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-25
NORRIS CONFESSES
TO KILLING LEWIS

Entering a plea OF guilty ~ murder
In the second degree Robert Norris,
colored. was sentenced today TO serve
nine years in the State penitentiary
at Moundsville by Judge Raymond al
a special session OF circuit court.
Norris was charged with having
hot and fatally killed another negro
" the name OF Fred Lewis at the
Baltimore and Ohio rOundhouse in
this city. Both men we're presumed
10 have been drunk.
At the time sentence was passed
Norris was represented by Attorneys
Charles Powell and l.. c. Musgrave.
Prosecuting Attorney W. r. Haggerty
represented the state.
One of the peculiar incidents OF the
case was that two negroes who were
eve witnesses. and were detained by
the authorities as witnesses were in
carcerated since the latter part of
May.
The case was postponed at the
June term of circuit court because OF
the absence Of important witnesses
for the defense The colored gentry
were beginning to get good and sore
because Of their failure to give bond
in the sum of $1,000 they had to be
filed. In view of the existing circum-
stances the state decided to take a
second degree confession. The sen
tence ranges from to Is years and
Iudca uavnond hroke the maximum
in half and gave Norris nine years.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-25
Yankee Craft Popped to the
Surface in Suspected
Water.
SUBMARINE WAS HIT
But Merchants Shell Did
-. Not Explode For ...s
tunately.
(By Associated Press)

WASHINGTON, July 25.-An Ameri.
can submarine has been fired upon by
an allied armed ship off the New Eng.
land coast. The submarine was only
slightly damaged and a naval tug is
towing It TO port.
Reports to the Navy department to-
day said the submarine. which was
cruising submerged. suddenly appear
ed near the allied ship and the latter
opened fire.
The scene of the attack was not far
distant from the water in which Ger
man submarine recently appeared
and when the American submersible
came to the surface the captain of the
allied ship assumed that II was an
enemy vessel preparing to attack him.
Only one shot hit the submarine
which quickly made known its identi-
ty when the allied ship began to fire.
The shell struck on the deck near the
coming tower denting several plates.
II was announced that the vessel could
be repaired in a short time.
The Navy department later issued
this formal statement:
1.-THE Navy department is informed
that a United States submarine was
fired on by mistake by an armed mer-
chant vessel on July 23 of the Ameri-
can coast. One shell penetrated the
outer hull Of the submarine, but did
not explode. No one aboard was in
iured and the submarine proceeded TO
her base under her own power"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-25
CASUALTY LISTS
BEGIN TO SWELL

WASHINGTON. July 25.-The army
casualty list today shows, killed In
action, 50; died Of wounds. 6; died OF
disease, 3, died Of accident and Other
causes. 8; wounded severely, 123;
wounded slightly. /; wounded degree
undetermined, 16; missing in action,
.: prisoners, 2. Total. ISIS.
The list includes: Killed in action,
Corpo ralCharley McMullen, Spencer,
w. Va; John r. Mullen, Lorraine, o.;
Albert Popp. Norwood, Ohio.
Wounded severely. Warren Eckhart,
Lansdale. Pa: Jules Wargo. Mones-
sen. Pa; Clifford R. Meyers. Mason.
w. Va; Albert Williams, SEciotoville.
Ohio.
The Marine corps casualty list to-
day shows. killed in action. 20; died OF
wounds, 8; wounded severely, IS;
missing. 3. Total. 81.
The first list dated July % includes:
Killed in action. Corporal Francis f.
Williams. Alliance. o.; Private Ray
mond J. Cahill, Manayunk, Pa. Wound
ed severely. Private James w. Kaiser,
East Liverpool. o.
The second list. dated July %. In
cludes, killed in action. Private Ernest
II. Baier. Mason county. w. Va;
wounded severely. Sergeant Irwin
Danford, Quaker City. o.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-25
UNION MINERS
HOLDING SCALE
CONVENTION HERE
Meetings at Willard Hall
Are Expected to Last
Several Days.
MOTHERJONES HOT SHOT
w. M. Rogers Makes Plea
for Big Labor Day
Celebration.
NOTHERJOUES HOT SHOT

The scale convention for the mines
Of the Fairmont field which have no
contract with the United Mine Work
ere Of America IL being held at Will
lard Hall this week, and opened al
10:3O this morning. The morning
session was devoted to the adoption
Of the call. the filing Of credentials
and addresses by Mother" Jones
and w. M. Rogers. president OF the
state Federation Of Labor.
Frank Keeney. president Of Dis
trict No. II. which includes the
Fairmont-Clarksburg field. the IA
nawha and tributaries field. excepting
New River and Loup Greek. the Pom
eroy field Of West Virginia and the
Guyan River and Norfolk e. Western
to Bluefield and the Big Sandy OF
Kentucky, called the meeting to Or
der. p. +. Cations. international
board member for District No. Il.
acted a. secretary in the absence of
Mr.. Mooney. who is expected to be
here on the morrow.
Committees were appointed as fol-
lows:
Resolutions: Sam Ballentyne. Dave
Fowler, Charles, Gillespie, W. +.
Gould ana Isaac Straight.
Rules and Order: Ira Marks. Joe
Angelo, Albert Holzhauser, Steve
vaSs and W. M. Williams (colored).
The call for the convention adopt
ed at the morning session read:
ITO all local unions throughout the
Fairmont field OF district No. II U.
n. w. Of A. who have no contract.
greeting:
This Is to officially notify you that
the Scale Convention OF District No.
IL, q. NJ. W. Of A.. will be held in
the city Of Fairmont July IS. 1918. at
1000 A. NJ. In Willard Hall. Repre-
sentatives to the convention shall be
elected directly from the local unions
they are to represent. and shall have
one vote for each so members or
less, or a major fraction thereof. but
no delegate shall be allowed more
than I'VE votes.
In case your charter has not been
received. have two witnesses sign the
credentials who are members of your
local union.
mo delegate will he entitled to
represent or cast more than five
votes, but this does not prohibit two
or more local unions from combining
TO elect . delegate provided such
delegate does not represent more
than I'VE votes"
Mother" Jones' address was filled
with interesting discussion OF social
and economic questions. as we'll as
talk on coal mining and union or
ganization.
w. NJ. Rogers made a plea for a
big Labor Day celebration in spite OF
the fact that coal operators we're op-
Continued on page eight
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-25
CARS START ON NEW
LINE TOMORROW
Forty Minute Service as far
as Willett'S Pot
terry.

Regular service on the Norwood
loop Of the Monongahela Valley
Traction company as far as the
Speedway corner near the Willetts
pottery will begin tomorrow morn
ling.
Ballasting has not been completed
all the way out the Speedway. but
work on this is going ahead with all
possible speed. and il was said at the
Office OF General Manager +. b.
Moore this morning that II was the
expectation TO have the cars Operat-
ing all the way TO Norwood before
very long.
For the present one shuttle car
will be operated on the new line from
the corner OF Merchant street and
Morgantown avenue, giving a forty
minute service and connecting with
the regular East Park cars at the
transfer point. Merchant street and
Morgantown avenue.
From this point the new line runs
by way of Merchant, Market and
Raymond streets and Morgantown
and East Park avenues.
The car making the connection
will be marked East Park and Fair
Grounds" instead OF East Park"
The operation Of the new line will
be of great benefit 10 the many resi-
dents Of the Morgantown avenue sec
ton and for the employees of the Will
lets-Clay Company plant.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-25
Here's a Chance for
a Turk to Do a Bit

Red Cross headquarters is in need
OF an interpreter. or perhaps it would
be more accurate to say, in need oil
interpreters. The Home Service de-
partment which in the course OF its
duties acts as a go between for people
in foreign countries and people here
in America must know just what the
letters contain so that it will not get
into trouble with the censors OF this
or foreign governments. Just at pres
ent 1t has on its hands one letter for
Austria and another for Turkey and
il needs some one who can read them
and who will volunteer to serve in a
similar capacity from time to time
Any who can do this will confere a
favor upon the officers OF the Fair
mont chapter II they will get in touch
with Red Cross headquarters In the
City hall.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-25
Plenty Of Youngsters
Want in Marines

The United States Marine Corps
must certainly be favorite branch Of
service with the seventeen year old
boys in Marion county and vicinity.
or at least this is the impression
formed by Sergeant George w.
Mains. the marine recruiting officer
who has just opened recruiting sta
ton in the Nuzum building on Jeffer-
son street. Despite the fact that the
age for enlistment in the marine
corps is from is to So amy number
OF young boys have applied at the re-
cruiting station for enlistment. Ser
geant Mains has congratulated them
for their patriotism.
This morning Sergeant Mains ex-
ercised with the scrub brush getting
his new recruiting office cleaned and
ready for business. Before noon to-
day the scrubbing had been done and
the rooms were ready for inspection.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-07-25
DON'T WANT THEIR
FREE GAS MEASURED

Something unusual developed at
the special session Of circuit court
this morning when tire bills o. COM
plant were filed by the West Vir-
ginia Gas Company against Corbin c.
Shroyer and A. Wayne Shroyer. FL
mus +. Richardson and Newton
Jones TO compel them to let the COM
pany place meters on their gas lines
The company. which is represent
ed by Attorney II. II. Rose. bases its
stand on the direction of the Public
Service Commission in 1916. which
requires the company 10 make an ac-
curate return of all gas production.
and especially the so-called free"
gas. which is given to persons on
whose premises gas is found.
The majority of the leases provide
free" gas to the owners of premises
where gas wells are developed. cover
ing the gas for fuel and lighting pur-
poses for a dwelling house.
The company has made an effort TO
place the meters on private lines to
ascertain the amount Of gas that is
being used and there are a number
OF owners who have forbid them to
do so.
This series OF suits will bring forth
an opinion from the Marion circuit
bench. Only one similar case has
thus far developed. and that was in
Lewis county. This case, however.
was settled before Judge Raymond
Maxwell.