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The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-02
RACK From oERIlAN PRISON


VI There were many happy homes in
this city Christmas day, but there
was Iperhaps more real thanlkfulness
and Christmas cheer in the home of
Mrs. Maggie Schantx. on South Me
chanic street, on that day than in
many Of the Others put together
For many ye&ra Mrs. Schahtx and
two sons lived on the old home farm
. few miles noftheaak Of this city.
About two years ago one Of the soma
married and went to ! home Of his
oWn and early last year the remain
ing son, Frank, enlisted in the army
and in due time was sent "over
there. MRS. Schantz had in the
meantime broken up her home on
the farm and moved to otwn.
~ "A fewarnonths ago she received an
official notice from the war depart
ment containing the statement that
her son was missing / in action. F"
No particulars were given and the
poor mother nourned her son as
dead. Thinking perhaps that he had
been buried BY some high explosive
or that perhaps he had been wound
ed and crawled in some out of the
way place to die, or what was almost
as bad, in the hands of the Huns. A
few days before Christmas the mail
carrier left a letter which changed
ait the grief to JOY and happiness.
The letter was from her son and had
been written after the signing of the
afssaistiee and said that that he ihat been
for astime a prisoner in the hands of
the Germans, but that he had been
released and was back with his COM
'rades and was enjoying the best of
health. Mrs. Schantz was so over
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-02
Red Cross Wants Knitters.

The Red Gross ladies fave on hand
enough yarn to Knit about 40 pairs
of socks and would be glad If the
ladies of Butler would call at the
headquarters Of the Red Cross. in
the court house, and get ], the. yarn
and knit the socks. VI.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-02

The Vossiche. Zeitung received at
Paris declared relations between
Germany and Turkev have been sew
cred.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-02

h h 4U98M0 N sfa 4Ult AsS a.
&d The & first place
iaf table IN deGt
~ n filste Enel and Dc. 90. Nh y
q 4 ent fiisonD acc ompanied ~ I'M
4 ils0ns tan1e sto atfiste tod1y 4
"A ans "a cold penstT sting NH
'|sssit " Riyihpod hoJnx off his lss !;
Buf fhe waszHth of Stle EreSt51
pf the people of the tcsvn Sjad loff l
skhpnsandS ut strange g1rs from thu 4sif
xound dinR country more than off,
tahG dreAffness ut the weather
s% LafEes crowds lined the streets aIf
tehsered The pre- esidentiai psfty luStE
:say III IL drove from Tie stat
where tse President was reeeiysd' M
Mayor Besfram Carr and ioc$l NOD
abiss to he Town and Mitrc Het6
where the President signed the fr&S'
mans roll. 81
The President visited AnnstwelE
where the site of i1is late grandfAtt1s
s6f's chapel was pointed out to hin,
and the House III Cavendish pRee
that VA built by his grandfA Afher1
Later she attended services in tile
4 Iowther Street Congregations
Church .s iG 5TS y
\ Here, during the services, Rev
Edward Booth} pastor of the church
the President to -come.i
to the pulpit and address the assem-:
bfage. This the President did. deliy-
rring. short speech, in which be
touched simply but eloquently on his
mother ;s
~. 3. SSSs- s8 !. ~. M e.; sa y
Dover, England. Dec. Presl.
The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1919-01-02

], Dover, England. Dec. Presi4
dent Wilson left the shores Of EsAl
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-12

DRESSES, suits, coats and skirts taken
- from our regular stock together with
large purchases bought especially for this
sale have been marked at prices that
sound mythical.
Every garment is new and correctly
interprets the trend of fashion for fall
and winter.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-12

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-12
C8LONELS BY KINDNESS

A group of northerners at hotel
in Louisville were poking fun at the
southerners for the titles of Col
onel,' Major" and Judge"
what is colonel hereabouts?"
asked one of the group, and there inn
mediately followed discussion. Fin
ally a colored attendant was drawn
in.
"Well, gents" said the negro,
"dere's lots of ways to answer dat
question. Ise knowed folks what was
born kunnels-it Just run in de blood
fob ginerations. An Ise knowed
folks what was jest app'inted to be
kunnels. An yit others what was
made kunnels by bein kind to mig
gers. For instance, any man dat
gives me a dollah is a kunnel to me
hencefo'th forever"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-12

looked though a telescope" he said.
"And God made 1t all. And God is
interested in little man. There are
fourteen million other worlds, mil
lion other suns, yet some of you poor
boobs dare to sit back and tell God
that His plan of salvation doesn't
interest you. But your sneers don't
put out the fire.
81 asked man once if he didn't
think there probably was hell. He
said that maybe there was. And /
asked him If he didn't think 1t was
good business to figure on the may
be. You don't think your house is
going to burn up, but it may, so you
insure it. You don't think you are
going to die soon, but you may, SO
you insure your life SO your wife
won't have to manicure her finger
nails over a washboard after GU cash
in. | don't look like I'm going to die
do l? But ! may die any time, so
/ carry thousands of dollars worth Of
insurance. The train that takes me
away from here MAY 60 in the ditch
so carry an accident policy"
Mr.. Sunday said if 1t could bt
proved to him that death was just al
endless sleep he would live a Chris
tan life because of the pleasure ant
happiness in living decent ant
straight"
81 beg of you" said the minister
las friend, not to let your hear
grow hard and callous to the call tina
your conscience makes"
Men and women and young people
by the scores came to the front ant
openly protested Christ, asking tina
they be prayed for and promising Il
lead clean, Christian lives in the fu
ture.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-12
HUGE ANTI-AlRCRAFT
sEARcHLIGHT CREATED MUCH
INTEREST IN ORLANDO

A strange looking automobile stop
ped this morning In front of the San
Juan Hotel and in less time than 1t
takes to tell, was surrounded by a
crowd, all eager to learn about and
inspect the craft. 1t was an anti
aircraft searchlight, mounted on a
Cadillac chassis and was enroute to
one of the aviation fields near Area
dia. Besides Lieut.. o. w. Kennedy
who was in command, there were four
other men in the party.
They have been on the road for
three weeks, coming from Lynn
Mass. They found some of the roads
in a frightful condition due to the
incessant rains.--Orlando Reporter
Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-12
man who had mulcted him.

man who had mulcted him.
The man whose arrest he secured
is said by the sheriffs Office to have
given the name of Lloyd. He was
taken to Fort Lauderdale yesterday
by Deputy Sheriff Gore, of Broward
county and lodged in the Jail at that
place. Mr.. Ruether went to Miami,
where he engaged Mitchell d. Price,
of the law firm of Price & Price, to
assist in the prosecution of the pris-
oner.
After Mr.. Ruether's experience at
Fort Lauderdale and his discovery
that he had been defrauded, last year,
he came to Palm Beach on a still
hunt for the man whose image was
fixed in his memory. The Royal
Poinciana was closed, so he took
quarters at The Breakers. His hunt
for the criminal began forthwith. He
felt that by keeping his own counsel
| he could get better results than by
sharing his purpose with others, and
that sooner or later he was certain
to encounter the man whose crooked
business having brought him to Flor
! ida would bring him back.
So, Mr.. Ruether returned to Florida
this year, ever on the watch.
Yesterday forenoon near the rail
road station in Palm Beach he recog
nized the man he had sought for a
year He quietly passed word to per
sons near him to assist in apprehend
ing the quarry.
1t was shrewd device to intimate
that his watch had been stolen that
enabled Mr. Ruether to quickly gel
the aid of the crowd. With cries Of
Thief" "Police!" stop him" there
was started an exciting chase In
which many persons joined-wheel
chair men, pedestrians and police Of
ficers. A negro tripped the fleeing
man, who was stopped by his fall ant
who was taken into custody by Mills
10. Cottrell, chief of the railroad pc
lice, and Joe Borman, the Palm Beacf
town marshal The Palm Beact
county sheriff's Office was notified o
the capture and was asked to TAXI
charge of the prisoner. Deputy Sher
. iff Robert c. Baker went over ant
: got the prisoner, telephoning straight
way to the sheriff's Office at Fort Lau
derdale. Deputy Sheriff Lon Gore
I of Fort Lauderdale, responded quick
/. lIy and the prisoner was turned owe
: to him to be held in the Browart
county Jail.
His immediate purpose beinI
> served. Mr.. Ruether did not linge
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-12
|lftude Hears One Of The
Most Eloquent Sermons Ever
Delivered By Billy Sunday
It. Augustine Record)

Est. Augustine Record)
sides Of the great tent on Va.
street were rolled back and the
q crowds overflowed the place
evening, when Rev. William
lday preached from list Peter,
apter and seventeenth verse
shall the end be to them that
Lot the Gospel of God?" It
lair, warm night in spite Of the
Iurtng the day, and the tourists
u been flocking to the Ancient
z the past two or three days to
lie great evangelist were on
4 hundreds. And during the
Nan an hour OF preaching that
bsembiage, Of some thirty-five
4 people was noiseless in its
attention, for which Billy
thanked the Lord in the clos
Syer.
low Of hands revealed that ct
tenth of Sunday nights con.
pn had never heard Mr.. Sun
lore. In his remarks that pre-
he offering Prof. Homer Rode.
the choir leader, stated that
! cities a year can have. Mr..
and that St. Augustine was
fortunate in being one of the
few. He was vigorously ap.
when he stated that most of
bile who didn't like the fam
Fivalist were those who had
heard him. The song service
EXCEPTIONALLY inspiring Sunday
hs was the sermon, in which
heights of eloquence were
by the orator.
S announced that there would
aching Monday evening al
BIT none in the afternoon. Be
with and including Tuesday
ill be two sermons a day-a
d 1870 p. m.--for the remain
the week.
/ do / care whether the fir
is literal or not?' asked tn
list. God used the word fir
that is the thing that all mel
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-12

@niniaiS Snrlnk from
hfe' Fire was the nearest thing to
nell that man could understand, 80
God called it fire. 1t may be worse |
than fre. God knew that gold was
the finest, most precious thing that
man knew Of What do care wheth.
or the streets Of Heaven are paved
with gold or not? l want to 20 there
because God wants me to 20 there, |
God certainly wanted to save us all
from something whether it Is He'll
hre or something hotter-or He
wouldn't have sent His Son to die
that we might not be lost.
"All we know about the future Is
revealed in the Bible. Most people
believe in God. The fool hath said
in his heart there is no Cod God
knows you can repent because He
has commanded you to do it and has
said you would be damned in He'll IL
you didn't. He wouldn't command
you to do something that was impos.
sible and that He would punish you
Tor not doing. If you are not Chris.
tan it is because you don't want to
be and are not decent enough to be.
It's up to you. You can't pass the
buck to God.
"One preacher asked me, why
don't you preach the way I do?' I
told him, Because if | did | wouldn't
be worth any more than you are.
You preach your way and I'll preach
mine; I'm giving the devil the best
run for his money l can"
Mr.. Sunday said he had tried to
learn to pronounce two words so that
his hearers could know something Of
their meaning = ETERNITY and
SPACE, Multiply a million years
by million million times he said,
"and increase the multiple by multi
plying it by a hundred million and
you are as far from the end of etern-
ity as you were when you started.
All that would be but as five minutes
in eternity. In other words there is
but one heart beat between you and
the coffin as compared to the length
of eternity. Minds trained to deal
with the most intricate of problems
reel and stagger at the thought OF
eternity and space and utterly fail OF
: their conception.
: Billy Sunday waxed eloquent and
/: interested his hearers intensely wher
J. he attempted to give them some ides
of space. He gave the distance from
the earth to the moon, the sun an(
| the various planets of this universe
telling how long it would take t
reach them in express trains running
sixty miles an hour. But these, III
said, were neighbors of the earth
every fixed star was another universe
with it's central sun, planets revolv
ing around it and satellites arount
them, and the milky way was a clus
| ter of universes so far away that the.
appeared to be close together ant
other clusters could not be seen from
the earth at all. 81 don't believe al
Y inidel ever studied astronomy o
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-12
M
ALLEGED WIRE TAPER
APPREHENDED BY VICTIM
AT THE ROYAL PoiNCIANA
palm Beach POST

BY his acumen and the patient
shrewdness of year, c. H, Ruether,
a wealthy manufacturer Of Philadel.
phia, yesterday was rewarded by ef-
fecting the capture at Palm Beach OF
a man who, he declares, defrauded
him a year ago at Fort Lauderdale Of
$4,000 with the wiretapper" game
Without consulting officers or detec-
tives and taking a very few discreet
friends into his confidence, Mr.. Rue
Their set out a year ago to find the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-12

to discuss the case. Having seen to
It that the prisoner was in the hands
of the authorities of the county in
whicl the offense was committed, he
departed to press the prosecution.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-12

At a recent meeting Of the British
Cotton Growing Association, the
chairman, Sir Henry Birchenough,
said: "It Is necessary for capital
labor, and everybody to pull together
in this matter, because sooner or lat
er there will not be enough cotton 10
go around"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-03-12
Duval Hotel
CKsoNvlLLE, FLORIDA

100 Rooms, SO Baths
lite postoffice. All modern i'm
bnts, elevator, telephone SER
lates without bath, 81 and up:
bth, $3.50 per person. w. s.
Mgr.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-18

in the world OF trade. In business he was as
cold an iceberg and as ruthless as a Uhan
of the Guard. He worked sixteen hours a
day. ate bread and milk suppers and didn't
know how to smile. One day along came q
trust with offer to buy him out. There was
polite intimation with the offer that II he
didn't care to be bought out he would be
frozen out
He sold and found himself with more money
than he knew what to do with and with TWEEN
ty-four hours of time a day that had to be
Killed somehow His own story Is that he Just
drifted into being old beau. He admits that
the avocation is an expensive one, but he adds
that 1t is worth all 1t costs. for IL taught him
how to smile. On top OF that he declares that
1t has been wonderful experience and q
happy one to learn how much better II is to
throw money away for the diffusion Of Joy to
others than 1t is to fight day and night for
the ping up of more wealth than one needs.
Occasionally the old beau revises his -orienta-
ton. sees himself others him and mar
ries a comprehensive woman somewhere
his own age so that he will not be compelled to
pass his last days In utter solitude.
However. that Is infreauent. The old besu
usually starts out to catch young girls In the
glamour of bright resting places where music
lights, splendid food and rare wires cast a
spell over mankind. The girls meet him half
way. They seem to be willing to lend him
OF their youth and charm that they may
learn from his experience. Yet in the end Il
Is the man himself who is caught by the
through it just so long suits their purpose
and escape
There is suggestion that the girls in their
minds. give to the old beau the most cruel
wound that could be inflicted upon him. They
regard him safe" He is not to be taken
seriously in their eyes. therefore, they argue,
why not have little fun at his expense. And
they do.
SO far as they know, the old beau doesn't
really get hurt. OF course, he does become
rather violently interested at times, but he
seems to have the faculty of adjusting himself
to losses. II he regrets the old love one would
know II as ono watches him gazing
into the eyes OF the new.
The old beau flourishes only at night. He is
only at his best when freshly shaved and
garbed in his well fitting evening clothes. He
doesn't assimilate well with daylight, but then
those upon whom he lavishes his attention
seldom him before twilight.
But the old beau sees himself in the pitiless
1isht of day. After a tired sleep following q
night of theatre. supper and dance he rises, To
face the thing he most drcads-himself In the
cold morning light he sees the crows feet the
bare check bones and the loose lip of reiaxa-
tion that tell him his real name and his real
age.
1t is in that moment that he sIghs weariIy
and hopelessly and let's his mind wander to
the story of the moth and the flame. He
knows he Is the moth and he feel the
singed scars on the edges Of the wings he will
flap so joyousy later when thcy have all their
makeup on
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-18

discovery would be unassaiiable. and we
should only be left TO wonder what the In
expilcsble force could be that adds enormous
amounts OF locomotive power. or In astronomi-
cal language, transitional energy" TO a star.
as the years go
But any theory of this kind is only work.
ing hypothesis, which leaves some open gaps.
The red stars are the older stars, redness
being taken to imply that the star has sunk
from white incandescence to sulky glow.
But Some OF these red stars instead of being
dull as well old, extremely bright.
Consequently a new Interpretation was put
on the appearance OF some of the stars. and
this Interpretation. which was at first designed
to account for the breaks and discrepancies in
the orderly progression of star types. has been
offered by Professor Russell. OF Princeton, as
an alternative explanation CT the speed OF
stars
IN i-f-y. the idea is that there are in each class
giant stars ana dwarf stars. A star at its
birth may De regarded coalescence OF pri-
snordial natt-r. .t.s the PARTICLES OF this
mass fall inward IA coalescsnce under the
action OF gravity, tSc mass grows hotter ami
hotter. brighter ami brighter, till ITS maximum
brightness is reached. Then, whea the mass
ceases - come under tie law o. gases and at
tains certain Change Of state, the tem.nera-
turc begins to fan.
II IS growing older a.l rejder, and it Is
growing smaller But it IL maintained ny
sorse tnat it is only the larger masses CT
costeScing matter, the siaHt STARS Whlch AZ
tain very high temperatures. and in con-
heaaence conspicuous whtenesS. small
coa.escing mass, a dwarf star, IS poor self
heating affair, and never gets hot enough 10
shine TO any purpose
Thus we see that in any Glass" of stars
t,rere may be three types OF redness-the red
pcss which arises as the large star is heating
- toward whiteneSs the rednesS that occurs
when its whteness is again dullng into red
ress, ans the redness OF the small star, which
rever rises to anything different. This propo-
sition, due to Lane and Ritter. Is used by Pro-
lessor Russell, not merely to explain the dis
screpan ncy in the number and distribution OF the
red and 'old'' stars, but to account for the
apparent increase in velocity.
IT. he says. we take it for granted that only
very massive stars attain white up
pearance of white usefulness-the brightness
and whiteness of Glass for example-we shall
have another possible explanation of the ap-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-18
STARS UNDOUBTEDLY GET SPEEDER WITH AGE

One Of the cast explicahIe characteristics Of
rhe stars Is that as thei- age Increases they
se'car to gather speed in their progress
;hrough taeir orbits. Astronomers say that
they appear to do so. because this proposition
Secms. after close examination. TO be the justi-
nssle inference from the observations made
by Professor Campbell, of the Lick observa-
t".y. The observations are not open to chal-
'ensc; they constitute one of the great pieces
ef astronomical work. the completion OF which
10 the stft OF American astronomers to the
twrntieth century. aad the Inference drawn by
the Director OF Tire Lick Observatory. and
sased on the classification OF ahe stars he, has
examined. is acrcp;sd by most astronomers as
The best one.
ne emily question asked by scientists Is
~nsther same other Interpretation tina that
OF F:ol asscr C4unbell ran lie put the way
tn which stars OF varying distance, brilIiancy.
color, ace ai.a sreed fan into types or classes
OF s.s;S.
siaIs ~. ciareif;ed seccrdins 10 the char
AetcrSsscs tsat Rave been nnnled above.
aaa the speet.cscozc. vlsie.t is tt:s final tes:
Aprl;sa L, lst:a. gives infcrinat;cn OF their
cciaPosisi-sa. Anl 80. inahectls. OF their age--
sinse IL Is Eea=-ally accepted that star that
haS Ia sse sisnIen.s IS at later stess of evolr-
ton sAaa ;Eat has few. We iaay say.
r~N1ge;r s-A'aking. tiast astronomy i,avijes tie
stars ''ie. SIX cases, which. to a;ts ourselves
tie saSaik-i.re Ct simplicity. we deaaninste as
Classes {. 1. ?. :, Z. .. Class contains the
Aoues,. n-Srt iEin.i;ivS ssowest moving stars.
In srcsrs. sea ans. the stage of evolution TIE
s:sfs have reached. their temperature. their
Nelorf;S a. run in orderly progression
tA-cIga Shese six classes. 10 s.
The primitive stars. the slower stars.
are s~scentrated about the Ytisy Wxy. and IL
the stA-iy universe be regarded flattened
arssss in shape, the older. speejicr stars seem
to hArs strayed more and more from the
~7ria:c-iai belt where they were born toward
ths roles. IL Is assumed that this is the case.
snc :aA {. while the younger. slower stars have
nss had time to stray, time. opportunity and
ensrezxing speed have carried the Older stars
eASther from their birthplace.
IL the orderly progression of age, coinciding
With temperature that diFninishes with age.
ase with brightness that dininishes with fall
hB temperature and growing years all pro-
grcssed conformaoly with increasing velocity
through all the six classes, then Campbells
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-18

mlIder and less injurious and at the same time
more Tasting" ''sustaining" and Cheering"
Once mate drlnker always a mate drinker
seems the rule. Natives of the South Amer
lean countries. where It is drunk, continue
to drink 1t no matter where they live An Ar
gentine resident here win give up his native
tobacco and native cooking, but he will not
give up his native drink. There Is ritual
about drinking mate. too. which makes It more
attractive. ~fs
For the benefit OF the uninitated first be Il
known that mate is pronounced with broad
q and the final pronounced. but not ac-
eentcd-mahlay.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-06-18

South Americans are predicting that the ad-
vent of prohibition in the United States will
cause the Introduction OF mate to join its
cousin-german. tea. and its distant relative.
coffee. in popularity. Mate or Paraguan tea.
drunk generally in Paraguay. Uruguay. South
srn Brazil and the Argentine. is a drink Of
much merit and with an interesting and ro-
mantle history.
There is a "kick" in mate. just as there Is In
ten or coffee. and nation suddenly bereft OF
alcoholic 'kicS" is expected to welcome 1t.
Also drinkers of mate claim for It merits not
possessed by coffee or tea. that its effect is