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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
4
A tornado left two dead and several injured in Kusa Oklahoma on Saturday night. Chillicothe and Petersburg Virginia were chosen as cantonment camp sites for the new army, signaling planned troop mobilization and training locations.
Two people were killed when five houses were destroyed by a tornado in Kerryville Tennessee Saturday night. Several others are missing. A dispatch from Ottawa says Sir Wilfrid Laurier resigned the Liberal leadership Friday morning.
A dispatch reports five soldiers killed within 200 yards of the war lord and his chief aide as ten airmen took part in the raid.
Six persons are dead and 21 seriously hurt after a northbound double header on the Rapid railway collided with a southbound local at Yankee Street St. Clair Michigan on Saturday. All available physicians and nurses have been dispatched by special car to aid the victims. The crash occurred about 2 o'clock.
D W Fields of Brockton Massachusetts paid 53200 for a five month old bull at the Holstein Friesian Association convention auction in Worcester Massachusetts. The seller was Oliver Cabana Jr of Buffalo New York. The bull is named King Ormsby Jane Ray Apple. The previous record price for a bull calf was 35000.
Cam J Kr Whiattenhoff, formerly master of the Liebenfels now the Houston, was sentenced to one year in Atlanta prison by the U S court in Charleston D C after pleading guilty to sinking the ship in Charleston harbor on orders of the German government as tensions with the United States rose.
George A. Ranney secretary of International Harvester said the plant would manufacture war supplies for the government. The company would use existing facilities to produce tools, wagons, tanks, and other military equipment once war was declared, after remaining neutral beforehand.
Former Senator Bristow blasts policy and lobbying, warning of fat contracts and favors. The Republic argues lobbying waning but Congress will pursue any solid facts Bristow can supply, while noting general vigilance toward national welfare.
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that transporting liquor into and across the state by automobile or other vehicle is not unlawful. The ruling restricts liquor transport to rail only, under the court’s interpretation of the law.
Brig. Gen. Frank McIntyre, head of the War Department’s insular bureau, assumes duties as chief military censor. Maj. Douglas MacArthur relinquishes general staff duties to focus on engineer work.
Ammon Hennacy Cecil Bailey and Harry Townsley of Columbus Ohio were indicted for conspiring to resist the draft after being arrested while printing and distributing anti conscription literature on a Friday night.
John W. Goldsberry who claimed to be the youngest Civil War soldier in the Fifth Kansas Infantry at 13 years 10 months died at his Centerville home Thursday. He was born September 1, 1847.
Capt Charles Bathurst parliamentary secretary to the British food control department speaks at Guildford tonight. He says the immediate danger of national starvation has been removed due to prompt and generous assistance from the United States.
A Reuters dispatch from Stockholm reports the International Socialist Committee’s general meeting could not be held on Friday due to various circumstances. It is rumored the meeting has been postponed until September.
Cable advices to the International Mercantile Marine Company describe the sinking of the British Red Star Line steamship Southland by a submarine. Five men were killed outright and 28 are missing amid the disaster, with claims of potential total losses increasing uncertainty for the crew and passengers.
F A Eustis of Boston and F H Clark of New York, both officials connected to the emergency fleet corporation, were dismissed last week following interviews in which they charged Gen Goethals with withholding ship plans.
A. A. Austin of Laredo Texas and 87 others were indicted for conspiring to monopolize interstate commerce in onions. He pleaded not guilty in Boston court last week, bail set at 1000 dollars, and he was released on personal recognizance.
A fragment lists three hundred and twenty two officers and ten crew members, indicating a maritime or transport crew count. The incomplete OCR suggests a larger roster missing other details.
One hundred American aviators from the navy fighting corps arrived in France for duty under Secretary Daniels. Lieut. Kenneth Whiting commands the detachment with Lieuts. Chevalier Griffin and Dichman among the leaders. The group includes four highly trained pilots and many experienced airmen, others to complete training in France. The officers hail from Massachusetts Rhode Island Alabama New York and Georgia.
Mrs. Jennie Tye wife of the late G M Tye died at her home in Muskogee Oklahoma Saturday morning June 9 1917 from paralysis suffered about two years earlier She was about 79 years old Survived by a son Charles Tye four sisters and two brothers
Washington reports June 11 that leniency ends for men 21 to 30 who failed to register. Provost Crowder orders aggressive enforcement of the Selective Service law, with imprisonment for a year for nonregistrants and immediate release for those who register now. He drafts new exemption rules and favors a jury wheel to pick examinees. States report varied registration rates, led by Ohio at 113 percent and Washington at 50 percent.
In a sweeping wartime directive, armed guards will seal off barred zones in New York City and arrest or shoot without question any German enemy aliens without special travel passes by 7 p.m. Tonight thousands more are expected to be seized for internment on Ellis Island as the marshal reports over 25 000 applications remain unreturned from 65 000 issued.
Jefferson City June 11 Gov Gardner issues Flag Day proclamation calling Missouri residents to observe June 14 as the flag anniversary. He recalls 1777 adoption of the Stars and Stripes and urges renewed vows to defend the nation’s liberty and principles.
A German vessel Indra carried Chilean nitrates to France but learned Germany and France were at war. He sailed to New York and, after a court ruling allowed sale, earned about a million dollars cash, far above the initial hundred thousand value.
Despondent over bad weather John Crockett 35 of Fairfax hanged himself Thursday morning.
Herbert S. Hadley former Governor of Missouri has accepted a professorship in the University of Colorado Law School. He will move his home from Kansas City to Boulder at once.
The proposition to vote 80000 dollars for permanent roads in Scott County was defeated at the polls Saturday by about two hundred votes. This marks the first election in the state held under the Hawes Law.
A young Bohemian from Kansas City told officers why he had not registered. He claimed Germany had always treated him all right, he was not mad at them, and did not want to fight. He was detained.
A St Louis man was arrested for attempting to bribe a government official by offering a physician on the exemption board $100 to find disabilities that would exempt his son from military duty.
Elea Earners, named as an anti draft conspirator arrested in Kansas City last week, began a hunger strike and vowed not to eat while confined. Police later forcibly fed him eggs and milk through a tube, countering his fast.
Appleton City was well represented on the jury that tried Hamilton on a white slave charge in the United States court in Kansas City last week. Three citizens of that jury were Wm. Schuller C. C. Browning and John Williams. Jack Evans of Rockville was also on the jury.
C M Fuller aged 72, longtime conductor on the first work train when the Chicago and Alton line reached Fulton, retires from main line duties after his trains were halted twice by the James incident.
The text notes a gang at Blue Springs and Glendale and says Fuller, who left Missouri, died Thursday at Clinton Illinois. He was a conductor for the Illinois Central. Burial will be at Mexico Missouri.
Militiamen raided I W W quarters in Kansas City marking a third such action. I W W members left the building to speak on the sidewalk against enlistment and mocked soldiers passing by. Several were badly beaten before police intervened to prevent worse injuries.
The State Council of Defense at Gov Gardner’s request and guided by a Hoover suggestion presented a list of candidates for a State Commission to aid Herbert Hoover in conserving and guarding the national food supply. The names include W. H. Danforth of St. Louis Edward T. Crear R. A. Long Charles T. Neal and Judge W. T. Bland of Kansas City.
County surveyor W. G. Walker of Macon reports a large percentage of crops on about fifty thousand acres served by drainage canals will be saved as canals drain excess water. Two canal bridges were washed out yesterday and Salt River Valley east of Macon remains flooded, suspending highway traffic.
The Boone County tornado Friday claimed Mrs. William Via of New Providence and a black woman at Centralia, bringing total deaths to 16. Mrs. Via and her husband were badly injured when their home collapsed. Mr. Via suffered head and facial injuries. Remarkable escape was Mrs. Roy Douglas of Midway blown 200 yards into a field with her baby, suffering only minor bruises.
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