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The Butler weekly times., 1918-02-14

AT the request of General Pershing,
Secretary of War Baker Saturday af
,ernoon sent to congress draft OF
bill repeating the law granting ex-
ira allowances to aviators. General
Pershing, in a cablegram which was
sent to congress along with the BILL
said that there is no more hazard III
the flying corps than in any other ser
The Butler weekly times., 1918-02-14
For City Marshall:
ROBEkT l.. BR \DEN
For Sale Gheap--L- -ualr- Ig-nuarc
mules, good fpr heavy work.
1917 Raymond Ramsey.

Though both the House and Senate
OF South Carolina have ratified the
dry ame mendnent to the Constitution,
the Senate late Friday defeated bill
passed hy die House prohibiting al
coholic li,,uor into the State.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-02-14

Agreement has been reached be-
tween tie German and American gov
ernments and the American Red
Cross for interchange OF information
as 10 prisoners of war, the Red Cross
announced Saturday afternoon.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-02-14

Cantonments throughout the coun-
try are being searched to secure all
colored men with technical training
now in service for the formation OF
an artillery regiment at Camp Meade.
Md.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-02-14

Wheatless and meatess days are to
be observed by United States soldiers
on their voyage to France. Menus
prepared for service in the merchant
marine have been formally adopted
by the army transport service.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-02-14

The war has called back into SER
vice nearly 500 retired officers of the
Navy and 1873 former officers who re-
signed to enter civil life, including e.
read admirals, 18 commodores, and
81 captains.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-02-14

An epidemic of liberty measles
has broken out among the cadets at
West Point Before the war liberty
measles" was known as German
measles. twenty-five cadets are II
the hospital and a quarantine has been
declared.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-02-14

According to Collector OF Internal
Revenue ]. P. Carter, of California.
Mary Pickford's income tax will en-
rich Uncle Sans Golfers to the ex-
tent of over $2oo,ooo and will rank
among the largest income taxes paid
by any woman in southern California
The Butler weekly times., 1918-02-14

Senator Jones oi Washington Fri
day afternoon introduced bill to
register and draft all Idle men and
men not liable to the military draft.
but capable OF farm work. After a
period OF training the recruits would
be put to work on farms. under the
provision of the Jones bill.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-02-14

That Maryland will be the next
state to ratify the national prohibition
amendment was made certain Thurs
day when the house of representa-
tives passed the measure. The bill
will now go back to the senate where
it was passed several days ago.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-02-14

Bills passed by the Senate Thurs
day fix the age limits of candidates
for admission to the naval academy
at from 16 to 30 years and authorize
the President to reduce the course of
instruction at the academy from four
to three years.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-02-14

A captain and two enlisted men
we're killed and two enlisted men SER
soeeiy injured one afternoon last week
- Camp Douiphan. Oklahoma. when
80 q the French 1855, a big
- sun exploded on the artillery
Witnesses to the accident
fet he big. gun was blown to
I'D list not piece - big
q ~ wns left. Most Of the re-
= e5e - were carried away
The Butler weekly times., 1918-02-14

According to Mexican newspaper
the city council at Chila, state of
Puebla, got to grating, it is stated,
and the governor of that state had
the entire city government lined up
against wall and shot. Perhaps they
did not give his honor his share.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-02-14

Judge Duke l'redericNs, county
judge OF Haskell county, Oklahoma
resigned Saturday to enter the army
as private. He was named six
months ago to succeed County Judge
w. r. Crittenden, who also resigned
to become an army private.
The Butler weekly times., 1918-02-14

The Germans claim to have cap
tured some additional American pris-
ouers on the western battle front, ac-
eording to an official statement issued
By the war office at Berlin Saturday.
Ihe Americans were taken near
Xivfay, the German statement added
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-11-15
CLEVELAND, OHIO
SHORT OF LABOR
Closing Saloons Will Help the City In
This Difficulty; Big Sum Spent An
nuslly for Booze

Cleveland is the largest city in Ohio
and has the greatest number of sa-
looms, about 1900. There are also ten
breweries in the city. 1t is estimated
that $500 persons are engaged in
operating the 1900 saloons. The NUM-
Der employed in the breweries at pres
ent is not known but is not large.
Reports from that city are to the eff
feet that when these saloons close
next May there will be no more of a
ripple so far as the industrial situation
is concerned than when the breweries
will close the first of December under
the Presidents order. The Cleveland
labor market is short $4,000 men and
the makers and sellers of liquor will
be quickly assimilated. The Cleveland
liquor bill is estimated at $25,000,000 a
year.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-11-15
KANSAS CITY HEALTH
OFFICIALS RAP BOOZE
Say 1t Is Dangerous in Influenza
Cases and Should Be Used Only
Under Direction of Physicians

DIR. E. H. Bullock, Health Director
of Kansas City, Mo-, made this state
ment with reference to the report that
whisky is remedy for influenza
Liquor is not necessary to treatment
of influenza or pneumonia. Most OF
the physicians in the army have been
using other methods. The greatest
number of deaths has been from alco-
holic cases"
DR.. A. ]. Cannon of the same city,
head of the contagious disease division
of the Health Board, said: "The
toughest proposition we have been up
against has been where liquor has
been used freely in an effort to head
off the disease. Liquor when used at
all should only be under the direction
of a physician. Its use is not neces-
sary, however, under any circum-
stances in view of more successful
remedies available"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-11-15
MICHIGAN ATTORNEY
SETS UP CONTENTION
Possession of Liquor Does Not OBJ
viate the Necessity of Search War
rant; a New Point in Wolverine
Jurisprudence

The attorney for the Billingsley
brothers, Charles Cliff and Milton
Castle, set up the contention in. court
last week that his clients were search
ed without a warrant on the night of
September when bringing five auto
mobiles of liquor into the state. 1t is
the first time that the contention has
been made in court in Michigan that
the finding OF liquor upon a person
does not justify search without war
rant. The attorney for these men, ac-
cused of bootlegging, contends that
the evidence was illegally obtained.
At this writing the courts ruling has
not been given. Officers of the Mich
igan state troops, the deputy state
food commissioner and the state
chemist testified to the trapping of
the four prisoners and the contents
OF their automobiles.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-11-15
Big SLUMP IN WHISKY PRICES
Big SLUMP IN WHISKY PRICES
Dealers Have Been On Anxious
Seat
For Many Months Because of
Uncertainty na
OF Prices Caused by Threatened
Legislation
arf s9steea as'fta i@ tst
Drop in Price from $500 to e5
Cents

For Is months the whisky law has
been so uncertain as to cause the pro-
ducers extreme uneasiness. A Louis
vile, KY, dispatch of November 2
says that at the present time the price
of bonded whisky is sos to $1.15 a
gallon. The present tax on whisky is
$500 a proof gallon, but dealers are
expecting the new 100000 revenue
bill to provide tax of at least double
this amount. There are between 80
and 40 million gallons OF whisky avail
able for sale today on which the tax
has been paid.
Dealers are anticipating that whisky
will go even below the sos mark be-
cause of the itnminence of higher
taxes, which may cause marked de-
crease in consumption, although there
are dealers who believe that the likeli-
hood OF Prohibition will stimulate the
demand and bring higher prices.
Il
Dealers have been on the anxious
seat for a long time. A year and a half
ago many of them would have been
bankrupt had they been forced to
liquidate their holdings. Then prices
rose and on paper some of the hold
ers were millionaires. The order stop
ping production for beverage purposes
sent prices upwards until the newest
whisky approached $500 in bond.
Owners counted gains in big figures,
and many held on for higher prices.
The cautious ones unloaded at the
peak, however. Then came the proba-
bility of Prohibition for the duration
of the war and that increased taxes
must be paid. This brought prices
down to the low level of today.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-11-15
LIQUOR CAN'T BE SOLD
LEGALLY TO ARMY MEN
Army Registrations Are Not Affected
by the Decision of the Texas Court
of Criminal Appeals

Attention was called on October "a
to laws enacted by the fourth called
session of the thirty-ffth Legislature
of Texas which prohibit any person
engaged or enlisted in the military or
naval forces of the United States from
purchasing or receiving liquor, this de-
spite the holding OF the court of GRIM
inal appeals that the statewide statu-
tory Prohibition law is unconstitu-
tional. This warning was issued from
Austin to correct an opinion that
seemed 10 be gaining credence that
the ruling on the state prohibitory law
let down the barriers for the soldiers
and the sailors.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-11-15
HARD TO UNDERSTAND

The New York Herald OF Novem-
Der is authority for the statement
that several prominent members Of
the Prohibition party sent an open
letter to Prohibitionists of the state
of New York urging them not to vote
for Governor Whitman. Governor
Whitman also received the direct OPP
position of the liquor interests be-
cause of his stand for ratification of
the federal Prohibition amendment
and because of his past temperance
record. Inasmuch as his only formid-
able opponentAMr. Smith, received the
solid backing of the liquor interests,
it is little hard to understand how
Prohibitionists who really want Pro-
Ihibition could oppose him
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-11-15

which was in clothes closet. He
reached it first. They struggled for
possession OF it. And then came the
discharge. He tried to kill himself
with the other barrel, but missed fire
Mamma Didn't Forgive Him
The little daughter was visiting a
neighbor on the first floor of the
building occupied by the Winkels
She came upstairs in time to see her
father kneelng beside her mother.
She heard him say:
90, mamma, forgive me-"
"But | guess mamma didn't because
I didn't hear her say anything" she
told reporter last night at the deten-
ton home. And then the matron took
the reporter aside and explained that
the child did not comprehend what
had happened.
Daughter Aids Confession
Winkel did not confess until the po-
lice brought Rosalind to the station
and had her tell her story in his pres
ence. 1t was after she had told of en-
tering the room where the murder was
committed and of hearing him ask
her mother to forgive me" that he
broke down and confessed.
And that is all, save that there will
be vacant place at the bar of the
Fabian saloon for many pay days,
while the white communion dress lies
unfinished beside the forgotten prayer
book.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-11-15
IIULnhL UnULnS UkUSE
110 CHICAGO SALOONS
In Neighborhood of Government
Warehouse
But No Explanations Were
Given
Patrons Ordered Out and Doors
Locked
GOVERNMENT ORDERS /"
Is Saloonists Only Consolation
Until
District Attorney Cline Gives
Respite
Now All Saloonists of City Are
On Anxious Seat for Fear of
Zone Law

The federal government on Novem-
Der closed lis saloons in Chicago
These saloons were located within a
haif-mile radius Of Camp Wheaton at
Mckinley Park, Archer and South
Western avenues. The closing order
Was received by Hinton Clabaugh,
Chief OF the Department Of Investiga-
ton of the Department of Justice of
Washington, who said it was issued
under the selective service act. No
reason was given for the action. Po-
lice officials expressed the opinion,
however, that the saloons were or
dcred closed because of the thousands
OF men and women who are employed
at the quartermaster warehouse, To-
Gated in the neighborhood and which
is said to be the armys largest ware
house.
The saloons closed have done a
land Office business since the ware
house was placed in operation.
Four days later District Attorney
Cline granted a ten-day respite to the
saloonists. This was the result OF an
appeal made by Congressman Rainey,
who insisted that immediate closing
would bankrupt the saloonists.
The closing order evidently was a
sudden blow, as the press dispatches
announce that federal agents accom-
panied by men from police headquar-
fers invaded each saloon. directed the
proprietor to Immediately cease bust
ness and ordered the patrons out
Government orders" was their only
explanation. The saloonists could do
nothing but obey, not daring to chal-
lenge the authority of the federal gov
eminent. Many of them were thrown
into panic. Captains of the police
districts were besieged with telephone
queries. 1t is announced that no eff
forts will be made by the city officials
to intercede IN behalf Of these saloon
lists.
The peremptory order puts tht
other saloonists of Chicago upon the
anxious seat and it is now feared by
them that similar orders will be issued
around other camps and II has beer
a -. III 4 At.
city's $500 saloons could be put ou'
of business If the government ever
applied the zone law to the camps in
and around Chicago. Acting Chief Al.
cock of the police department said
that there had been no complaints
against the saloons just closed by the
order of having sold liquor to en-
listed men and government worl1mcn
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-11-15
CONNECTICUT BAR OPPOSES DRYS
Raises Old Arguments Against
Amendment
An Assault on P ers on |
Liberty"
Not Properly Submitted BY
Two-Thirds
And the Old Bugaboo States
Rights"

The Connecticut Bar Association,
according to Hartford, Conn, dis
patch OF November 8, attacked as a
national menace the proposed federal
Prohibition amendment and sent an
appeal to the states in General As
sembly to refuse to ratify.
1t attacks the amendment on the
ground that it will abridge personal
liberty" and would bring a clash on
between the states and federal govern
ment in matters of law enforcement,
and that the amendment was submit
ted without the necessary two-thirds
vote of both branches of Congress.
The personal liberty argument, Of
course, is old dope familiar to all who
have been reading liquor journals or
who have heard the arguments of the
liquor interests. The other two OBJ
iections raised have been ably ans
wered by constitutional lawyers and
especially with reference to the last
objection, namely, that the necessary
two-thirds vote was not secured, it
has been proved by precedent that the
vote was entirely regular, a two
thirds vote of those present being all
that is required and not two-thirds
vote of the membership elected.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-11-15
Big LlQUUR RAID UNDER
WEBB-KENYON Law IN N. H.
Federal Officers and r. r. Men
Stage
Surprise Party on Passengers
Enroutc
From Haverill, Mass, to Dover,
New Hampshire
SEIZ E MUCH LIQUOR
AS Each Liquor Carrier Was
Found
He Was Locked in the Baggage
Car
Seventy-Five Men Caught in Net
Including Two Soldiers; Some
Threw Evidence Out of the
Window

Several United States secret service
men and special agents of the Boston
& Maine railroad were scattered
among the passengers that boarded an
evening train recently out of Haverhill
for Dover, New Hampshire. These
officials staged one of the biggest liq-,
uor raids ever made under the Webb
Kenyon law Just as the train crossed
the New Hampshire state line. The
raid resulted in the arrest of seventy
FIVE men and the seizure OF 496 quarts
of whisky and 2os quarts of beer,
large percentage of which was pur-
chased from the wholesalers of Hav-
crhill.
Seven of the prisoners were re-
leased upon presenting medical GER
tihcates calling for liquor to be used
for medicinal purposes and two of the
prisoners were held for making an
assault OH IeQeTdl Objects.
Just as the tarin crossed the state line
the officers went through the train
searching each PERSONS luggage and
clothing. AS fast as liquor carrier
was discovered he was relegated to
the baggage car which was kept
locked and under guard. Two of the
passengers carrying liquor put up a
fight when the detectives approached
them and were held for assault.
There were two soldiers on the
train found with liquor upon them and
when put through the third degree
they confessed to obtaining it from a
wholesaler in Haverhill. The last
liquor carrier was locked in the bag
gage car just as the train pulled into
Dover and the prisoners were re-
moved and arraigned before United
States Commissioner Hodgman of
! Concord. Each of the prisoners was
found guilty and held in one hundred
dollars bail for hearing in United
States Criminal Court in Concord,
and two were held in five hundred
dollars bail for assault Six of the
men were held for drunkenness. The
names of none of the liquor dealers
in Haverhill who sold the liquor were
mentioned. Some folks on the train
carrying suspicious baggage threw
the evidence" out of the window.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-11-15
CINCINNATI HEALTH
OFFICER PUTS ON LID

Acting upon instructions OF the
Board of Health, Health Officer
w. H. Peters of Cincinnati on Novem-
her issued an order requiring all sa-
looms in the city to close at 600 p. m.
while there is an epidemic OF Spanish
influenza. This order now puts sa-
looms on the same basis as other retail
establishments which are compelled to
close at 600 O'Clock, which is indeed
some concession for Cincinnati.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-11-15
DRINK STOPS ROSAL|ND'S CONFIRMATION
Story Who Made His Usual Payday Visit the Sa-
Ioon-Of the Mother Who Murdered a Result,
of the Little Girl Whose Confirmation
Dress is Unfinished


Ten-year-old Rosalind Winkel did
not rccite her Sunday school lesson
at the German Lutheran Church
around the corner, and the white COM
munion dress her mother had been
sewing on lay unfinished beside the
forgotten prayer book. She was I'M
der the care OF the police matron at
the Hudson avenue detention home.
Max WinIsel, jovial, ruddy faced
customer of Michael Fabian's saloon,
at 2044 Southport avenue, and during
the week hosting engineer for A.
Finkel & Sons, 1926 Cortland street,
spent the day in a cell at the Halsted
street police station.
din Mothers Body in Morgue
The wife and mother, Mrs. Marie
Winkel, lay dead in west side
morgue. Max killed her with a shot
gun Saturday night in their home at
2l37 Southport avenue. He told the
story last night. TO Lieutenant IaSnes
Walsh and Detective Sergeants Viii
liam Judge and James P. Mulcahey
after being Intercepted for Is hours.
Saturday was pay day. He quit
work about O'Clock in the afternoon,
went to the saloon, and remained there
until 9 o'clock Mrs. Winkel came
over to ask him to come home. They
quarreled. When he arrived home the
quarrel was renewed. Blows were
struck. Both ran for the shotgun,
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1918-11-15

According to an Associated Press
dispatch bearing a Vladivostok date
line of November l, the official all
Russian telegraph agency announced
that the Onlsk government intends
soon to resume the sale OF vodka as a
government monopoly.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-06-28
GOVERNORS FOURTH OF July PROCLAMATION.
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Executive Department -

hundred and foMy-tw" years after the Declaration
Independence" Our country Is facing with other
civilized nations colossal task that OF demonstrating
that people the earth. without demands for
quest resolve themselves into unified force and
pour lngr,uingly the blood Of rich and poor alike.
great ideal OF right and justice.
America is performing we'll its part. Today her sons
standing shoulder shoulder on IN" battle front OF
Europe with allies Al home, sid" ',y side. every
ruiic person is working sustain them
It is therefore peculiarly fitting al This time that all
should part in the Fourth OF July observance of tn"
anniversary the birth of country. II VIII b" an
when tn" forriul-bOrn will hay" special opiortun
show their fpaly the country OF their adoption.
and in which they hay" elected to HAY" their sons and
daughters live.
This Fourth of July should not be characterized by
hilary waste. but by patriotic rejoicing in which
those of foreign birth should delight to TAX" part with
nativr-bOrn citizens.
County. city. town, and community flags should be
furled of allies given place OF honor beside
The observance of this day should serve to cement
closer peoples this State and Nation and to make
more firm resolve seek peace only i'm victory.
Done at Oklahoma City. Oklahoma. this the 10Th ady
of June A. d. 1915 (Sgned) T. l.. WILLIAMS
The Governor of the
state of oklahoma,
ATTEST
j. L. LYON Secretary of State.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-06-28
LEMONS WHITEN AND BEACTI
FY THE SKIN
Make This Beauty Lotion Cheaply
For Your Face, Neck, Arms
and Hands.

At the cost of small jar Of or
dinary cold cream one can prepare
a full quarter pint of the most Won
derful lemon skin softener and com
plexion beautifier, by squeezing the
juice of two fresh lemons into a
bottle containing three ounces of or
chard white Care should be taken
to strain the juice through fine
cloth so that no pulp gets in, then
this lotion will be fresh for months
Every woman knows that lemon
Juice Is used to bleach and remove
such blemishes as freckles. sallow-
ness and tan, and is the ideal skin
Softener. whitener and beautifier.
Just try it! Get three ounces OF
orchard white at any drug store and
TWO lemons from the grocer and
make up quarter pint of this fra
irant lemon lotion and massage 1t
laiy into the face, neck, arms, and
hands. 1t is marvellous to smoother
rough, red hands. (adv)
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-06-28
1T SHOULD MAKE 4 MILLION
FOR HIM
Cincinnati Man Discovers Drug That
IA,Osens COrns So They
Lift OHt.

Good news spreads rapidly and
druggists here are kept busy dis
pensing freezone, the recent discov-
cry Of Cincinnati man, which is
said to loosen any corn so il lifts
out with the fingers.
A quarter OF an ounce costs very
little at any drug store which han
dies drugs. but this is said to be suf-
ficient to rid ones feet of every
hard or soft corn or callus.
You apply just few drops on the
tender, aching corn or toughened
callus and instantly the soreness Is
relieved, and soon the corn or callus
is so shriveled that II lifts out with
out pain, II is sticky substance
which dries when applied and never
inflames or even irritates the sur
rounding skin.
This discovery will prevent thous-
Gnds OF deaths annually from lock-
Jaw and infection heretofore result
ing from the suicidal habit Of cut
ting corns. (adv)