The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 24, 1913, Page 2

DEATH TRAP MAY BE USED TO SAVE LIFE Devised by Blackmailer Who Threatens to Blow Up Rich Society Girl Salt Lake City, Utah, July 19.—In | the presence of electrical experts, Fed- ‘eral officers and detectives here today was demonstrated what was declared ‘to be perhaps the most remarkable | | death-dealing machine invented in re- ! ‘cent years. | The invention, a wireless electrical | device, is the work of W. L. Cum- mings, 23 years old, who confessed to Federal and municipal officers when he was arrested that he had | threatened to use it to destroy Miss 'Dorothy Bamberger, wealthy society girl, unless she gave him $1,000. After the demonstration Govern- i ment officials took possession of the | invention. j ] What is held to be of more impor- At McMullen’s Sale Pavillion . BUTLER, MISSOURI ‘tance, the invention, it is said, can be turned to the saving of life by pre- 4 venting train or ship collisions. i Horses and Mules Electricians today took the machine into a steel and cercrete vault in an Pair of 4-year-old mules, 16% hands high, well broke and gentle, planes Resi ge Bs | mounted a bell and. an incandescent weight 2400 pounds. wi i 0 ‘ 'globe, was placed in a clo: room 8 head of good work mules. ‘across a hall. Then the electric cur- : Big draft horse. | rent of the machine in the vault was ioe . i , in foal. turned on, On the unattached boxin # Bay mare, six years old, weight 1200 pounds, in foal prota Resale eet narer Good pair draft mares, in foal. | lamp glowed brightly. Good yearling Hereford bull, pure bred. lacemee ee ues bt 6 Deas . : | Bamberger, - Extra nice driving mare, 15% hands high, good and gentle. --|| gram of his invention, saying that he | would place a suit case of nitroglycer- in in her room and explode it from a distance. The demonstration today, say the electrical experts, proves that he could have accomplished this. In speaking of his invention as he 10 Head Pure Bred Duroc Jersey Shoats 3 pure bred Poland-China gilts, eligible to registry. n spe : 0 \sat in his cell, Cummings said the at- an Good breaking Cart. : tachment could be installed in loco- A tac: . * | motive cabs, where it would give a Surry; 2 good buggies; runabout; set single harness. | positive signal it a train ran past a iclosed block signal. In war, he said mines could be exploded without OTHER STUFF NOT LISTED Siroattachinent The prisoner told the police he had been induced to try to blackmail Miss Bamberger by two other men, who, CHAS. ARGENBRIGHT, Manager. | teres neememoer os Now C. E. ROBBINS, Auctioneer. M. C. WILCOX, Clerk, Woman Found After oman Found After 2 Days Warrensburg, Mo., July 17.—Mrs. Jessie L. Crutsinger of Kingsville was State Fair Premium Lists Missouri Wheat Wins Fame. KAW U. S. ATTORNEY adjudged insane by the County Court The county clerk has just received; Jefferson City,"Mo., July 17—The GOES TO F. M. WILSON today and was taken to the Nevada anumber of copies of the Missouri superior quality of wheat grown on. Hospital. State Fair premium list for 1913. Missouri’s reclaimed alluvial soil has McReynolds Decides on State Senator} Mrs. Crutsinger, who resided with These are for free distribution in the é . 7 , to Succeed Leslie J. Lyons. her daughter, Mrs. Hogan, disap- become known to millers in foreign peared from home before dawn Mon- county and any one may secure them Washington, D. C., July 20.—Ac-| by calling at the county clerk's office, jlands, and the sale of this cereal cepting the recommendation of Sena-| day. Men searched for her all day, and Gossip You have two ears to hear with and. one tongue to talk wit. Those who tell twice as much as they hear are wrong. The good Lord evidently intended you to hear twice as much as you told; that’s why you have two ears and only one tongue. Now, Listen NYAL’S PRICKLEY HEAT POWDER. Saves lots of scratching. Saves wear andtearon your disposition RELIEVES QUICKLY AND SURELY The Price is TWO BITS United Drug Company East Side Square BUTLER, MO. Telephone 15 GO WEST On the South Side of the Square to Fulton street and then north to H. C. Wyatt & Son and you will find the biggest bargains you ever saw in . HIGH GRADE LUMBER Come in and let us figure on your bill while you have time. Wecan save you money. Now is the time to paint up your buildings with Sherwin-Wil- liams Paint. You can only get it from us. PHONE 17 H.C. WYATT &+ SON and when night came a general order was sent over the township by tele- phone for everyone to turn out. Tues- or writing the secretary of the Mis- abroad seems destined to become ex- tors Stone and Reed, Attorney Gen-| souri State Fair, Sedalia, HENS eral McReynolds has decided to certi- The premium list shows increase This fact was announced by the fy to the President.the name of State | in premiums over previous years Department of Land Reclamation to- Senator Francis M. Wilson of Platte day morning the search was taken up which means that the State Fair is day. John H. Nolen, Commissioner City for cea nerlunitedistites in a systematic way, and ponds were growing. One especially noticeable of Land Reclamation, recently con- Attorney at Kansas City Wilson’s | (Tagged and wells sounded. thing in this year’s premium list, on | ferred with a stockholder in large | jomination will be sent Reine Gennta Another day having passed without page 8, is the establishment of a flouring mills in England. early this week ”~Tla clue to her whereabouts, farmers Boy’s State Fair School. This new; This English capitalist is in Ameri-| when the outgoing attorney, Leslie and thrashermen organized into com- feature promises to be one of great ca seeking the highest grade of soft! J. Lyons, tendered his resionation panies, and, taking up their positions value toevery part of the state, as wheat obtainable for the manufacture two eake ago, Mr pa beach ine five miles in each direction from one boy from each county will be en- of a special grade of flour. In tour-; viteqd the Senators. too aubinit (he Kingsville, beat the surrounding coun- tertained by the State Fair and will! ing the world in search of this wheat | ..mes of several candidates, Senator try toward town. She was found by get one week of instruction and prac: ; he failed to find it in India, Australia; wiicon, J. W. Sullinger of Kin Cit a party ina dense forest four miles tical training in the most up-to-date and South America. and Levi Scott SP NGvada aA hee north of town. methods of farming and stockraising., This capitalist soon will be in Mis- | osed. The Attorne General ue é Although her clothes were torn Many other features have been added. | souri to make a close examination of , ee prior nie fneaver oa t from contact with briars and under- The dates for the State Fair this year the wheat grown on the reclaimed al- ts Senators weierred Wilson. ai brush, her physical condition was not are September 27 to October 3. ‘ luvial soil. | Objection . Wilson was fais ed bee much the worse for her two days’ ‘cause of his membership in the State | “ andering. | Legislature. But his legislative posi- Strike of 15 Minutes Won- SPECIAL PRICES IN EFFECT NOW ON tion, in the Attorney General’s judg- 7 a ment, does not bar him from appoint- Pirsig so Ps ef ek Sewing Machines Washing Machines Go Carts Iron Beds ds & Son, contractors, putting in the Lace Curtains, Trunks, Suit Cases ' The fact that the Missouri Legisla- ‘ and other goods too numerous to mention MUST MAKE ROOM FOR FALL FOODS bility of another session before the Tmnutes. W. |, COOPER FURNITURE STORE \expiration of Wilson’s term, is re- Three Greek laborers were em- Opera House Block Butier, Mo. en up a nomadic existence in the | cordially invited. Subject’ garded as exempting him from the! jioved on the work. At noon the rule of the administration that State| (ther men notified the contractors “Star Theater” =32-="--j legislators must not allow the lure of ; | : é : they would not work with the Greeks} Federal office to interfere with the and when 1 o’clock came they declined | | The wildcat was seen this morning | || after it had been in seclusion for two The original 5c Show of Butler will hereafter give a |fufillment of their legislative duties| +, resume their labors. MATINEE PERFORMANCE | elected. the other men went to work. Wild Cat Terrorizes City Christian Science Services Springfield, Mo., July 19.—A giant} Will be held at the court house in catamount, escaping from the build-|the Probate Court room every Sun- ing in which it was chained, has tak-| dey morning at 11 o'clock. All are | during the term for which they were| The Greeks were discharged and NorTH MAIN MEAT MARKET Fresh &é» Cured Meats FISH EVERY FRIDAY Special prices made on Lard in quantities. 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