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Newspaper
Butler Weekly Times
Location
Butler, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
3
The Coleman Texas council announced traps for free distribution. The text reports various political and wartime items including a Louisiana House vote on a constitutional amendment granting women suffrage, the sinking of HMS Hampshire, the Principe Umberto torpedo attack, oil tanks burned in a storm causing losses over 350000 dollars.
Francisco Alverez and Juan Sanchez were hanged in Deming New Mexico for first degree murder in the Columbus raid. In Baton Rouge a church attack left one dead and 21 wounded as deputies clashed with Rev. Wilbert Holmes followers. Judge Richard B. Burke of Cook County Illinois died at home in Chicago after lingering arsenic poisoning from a prior banquet.
Official reports confirm the British cruiser Hampshire was sunk after striking a mine. Only twelve crewmen from the Hampshire survived, washed ashore on a raft, while Field Marshal Earl Kuchner and most staff were lost at sea.
He bought the Ington Post and established sole ownership, a development noted in local reporting. The move signaled a shift in management and editorial direction for the publication.
Washington reports President Wilson has not begun considering Hughes’s successor on the Supreme Court. The court recesses Monday until October, delaying a quick decision. Hughes’s resignation leaves five Republicans and three Democrats. Wilson is expected to appoint a Democrat, possibly from the Second Judicial Circuit.
A Nyhart area man, Robert Sproul, gained a marksman reputation after a single rifle shot killed a rabbit and a young calf in a grain field. He later fired to frighten cattle, narrowly missing his eight year old son when the bullet passed between his son’s body and arm.
An 1828 Lan caster Ohio school board forbade using the schoolhouse to discuss railroads and telegraphs, deeming them impossible and infidel. A historic document recalls the line asserting if God had meant fast travel by steam he would have foretold it, calling railways a device of Satan.
Navy aviator Lieutenant Richard C. Saufley died in a Pensacola accident while attempting an endurance flight to break the record of eight hours five minutes. He ascended at varying altitudes over the bay and gulf when the aeroplane suddenly dipped and plunged about 1,000 feet.
Steven Ashcraft killed his wife E A Davis and himself Saturday in England Arkansas. Davis, a rural mail carrier, had been told to leave mail at a neighbor's house when he was shot. Ashcraft returned home and killed his wife before taking his own life.
Judge Morrow in Portland Oregon circuit court held that an automobile under certain conditions is a dangerous weapon. The case involved C. A. Warriner charged with assault with a dangerous weapon for driving his car down a Columbus highway motorcycle carrying H. H. Breckman and his wife. Mrs. Breckman was injured.
In Aberdeenshire a blast on board was heard but sound did not travel far due to the storm. Onshore observers reported four boats seen nearby as authorities investigate the incident and assess damage.
Columbus New Mexico June 10 Twenty thousand New York national guardsmen are ready to come to the border for service in case of intervention. J W O Mahoney of the New York coast artillery is to carry the statement to General Pershing. He will journey south to Pershing's headquarters to urge Funston to mobilize the state at the first break of hostilities.
Chicago June 10. Illinois Equal Suffrage association records show about 60 390 spent to persuade politicians to include suffrage planks in Republican and Progressive platforms. Items include 4000 ruined skirts and 4000 ruined waists at a dollar each overshoes for out of town supporters 1000 umbrellas and $30 000 rail fare plus 1000 parades lodging for 1000 paraders over two days.
Mrs John Stewart of Butler endorses Doans Kidney Pills after kidney trouble and rheumatism. She describes back pain, headaches, scanty secretions, and weak health improving with a box she bought at Clay's Drug Store. She reiterates the recommendation in 1916.
A large cattle sale is planned for Amsterdam on Thursday June 22 1916 led by A J King of Kansas City selling a car of milk cows Cols J Harlan Porter and Cecil Porter will preside with Col L W Lent assisting Prices listed for horses and mules Saree 1.00 Young cattle 0.50 Sow and pigs 0.25 Young hogs 0.10 Farm implements 1 percent on articles of 10 or more with a 10 cent minimum Amsterdam Enterprise reports the event and invites locals to list items to be included in big advertisements next week.
In Enterprise Oregon Judge J W Knowles dismissed a case between J A Burleigh and Lillian Spicer after paying the plaintiff 10 dollars from his own pocket to settle the dispute, noting the parties were only ten dollars apart. The judge said the matter had no further consequence to pursue.
An Uriech rural rout resident, J B Page, is hailed as a model of thrift by the Harrisonville Democrat. Once a wage worker, he and his wife toiled, saved, and bought an eight mile southwest Creighton farm, growing a large family and a premier property in the area.
Butler Lodge No. 254 A F and A M will install officers and confer the M M degree Saturday night June 17. Lunch will be served. W G Dillon Master A H Culver Secretary
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