The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, July 15, 1915, Page 1

~old, of Evansville, Ind., cut off thirteen and one-half feet long. ‘They are in two sections and can readily be taken apart and put together, GENERAL NOTES. Queenston, Ontario, night. Word; was-received in Mon- treal, Canada, Monday that the steamer Northland: with two thousand Canadian troops on board had arrived at Plymouth. The Sheriff’s office has. serv- de 20 of the leading society women of Malvern, Okla., with warrants, issued on indictments charging them with gambling. The indictments were returned last January by: the Grand Jury! would take them to Toronto. The but they were supressed until}car was going at top speed when the last of the defendants was|it jumped the track at Qneens- served. The indictments are/ton Heights. based on a rook party held at the home of one of the - “women | last winter. Toronto and Niagara. Falls. cursion party to Niagara Falls, and were on board a trolley car, which was returning to Queens- ton to board the boat which Three hundred tourists were held up and robbed near the west: side’ of Yellowstone National ‘Park Friday, according to word received. No particulars were reported. Butler Encampment Installs Officers. Tuesday night the officers of Butler No. 76, I. O. O. F., were installed by the District Deputy: C. A. Bolin, C. P.; 0. B. Ray, H. P.; J. L. Barker, S. W.; E. A. Hob- son, J. W.; I. L. Sutton, Scribe; J. F. Crabtree, Treasurer; L. H. A French military officer as- serts that it takes three tons of metal to kill one man, basing his estmate on the amount of ammu- nition and the number of men used by all belligerents. The Swedish-American liner following United States, which'arrived in New York. last week, might with propriety be called the ‘‘Cupid Special.’? Among her passeng- ers were ten brides-elect, who were met by .as many husky Swedish swains. Ten gallant cus- Warren Fox, a negro, who confessed that he killed John Millett, a farmer, for the pur- pose of robbery, was taken from offices near Leepeig ae Sat-/toms inspectors rummaged as ecg Ae a . ene ar urday by a mob and hange carefully as possible through ten Groutsch, Watch; Frank Keith|/ big trunks while ten inquiring’ heads were turned the other ‘way by: ten soft, persuasive hands. Then came the marriage license | bureau. | and H. H. Council, G. of T.; T. Wainwright, I. S.; A. G. McCul- ough, 0. S.; E. Wainwright, G "T. L, Sutton was elected rep- jresentative to the Grand Lodge || from the 11th district, which ‘comprises Bates, Cass and John- json counties. Despondent. over family trou- bles, Mrs. Clem Doerr, 52 years her. right hand Saturday with a can opener and a pair of scissors and physicians say she will die. Se The Hungarian government has issued a decree’ prohibiting the purchase of meats Tuesdays or Fridays, according to Buda- pest: advices. The proclamation called upon the people to do ev- erything in their power to con- serve their meat supplies. It was reported to feder: authorities Monday that Gass Padilla, an American citizen, | had been kidnapped by Mexi-| cans and is ‘being held a prisoner | somewhere in Juarez. An in-| vestigation is being made. Three—Mexicans- and-two- Amer-| retary of State of Missouri, gave icans in a motor car are ‘said to/a luncheon for her daughter, Miss have appeared at Padilla’s farm | Pauline Roach, at which the en- near the international boundary | gagement of the latter to marry line Friday: night, handeuffed|Tom Ellis of Ft. Wayne, Ind., him and, forcing ‘him into the|was announced.. The wedding ear, carried him .into Mexico. | will be Aug. 3. Padilla is an old.man who has; _ Ellis is the son of Dr. and Mrs. lived on his farm forty years. Ed Ellis of Jefferson City. He o_ is a graduate of the University Seventeen persons are dead as|of Missouri. _Roach’s Daughter to Wed. Jefferson City, July The correspondent at Amster- dam of the Central News trans- mits a Berlin dispatch announc- ing the birth of a son to the wife of Prince Oscar, fifth son of Emperor William’ The Prince was married last August to Countess Bassewitz-Levetzow. ee Se “fhree men ate known to be dead, oné, William {C. ~Waddell superintendent, is missing “ and four are badly injured, as the result of an explosion at the powder plant of the United Safety Powder Company, half a mile from Jeffersonton, Ky,, Monday afternoon. eS Gees: SF E. J. Smiley, secretary of the Kansas Grain Dealers’. Associa- . tion, said in Wichita, Kas., Sat- urday that 1,000,000 acres of wheat sown in Kansas last fall will not be cut. This is mostly due to, wet weather, which has the result of a “trolley wreck at} i Wednesday | Nine persons were killed}: outright, the others dying on the way to and in the hospitals in The victims were members of an ex- encampment 9.—Mrs. | : Cornelius Roach, wife of the See-|' Clean Up all Summer Goods MISSOURI NOTES. While Mrs. Frank Walls, wife . The sixth victim of pellagra in the last sixty days died in Springfield Thursday. night. The were killed, while Lee was re- vived. by a hurriedly called physician. The horses the men of a farmer of Festus, Mo., was/latest victim of the dreaded dis-|rode when they _ were struck driving across a -creek swollen/ease was Andrew B. Kirk, 54{were also killed. by Thursday’s rain, her son,/years old. Five of the six vie- John, 6 years old, fell from the!tims of the disease were white| <A. W. Brown, former Assist- buggy and was drowned. men and one was a negro woman. |ant Chief of Police of Newton, _ |Nearly all of the victims lived in James Reed Major, 91 years|the same locality. Physicians ad- fold, father of Gov. Major, who/mit that they are at a loss to ae- charge in Kansas City Friday recently had his left hand ampu-jcount for the source of the dis-|and was sentenced to 25 years in tated at a Sedalia hospital, hasjease. ~~ - the Penitentiary, In his confes- entirely recovered. He has an-| ~ sion Brown said he used > his nounced that he has given up his} ~ Whether just an ordinary ad-| knowledge of police methods to residence at Bowling Green andjdress by William Jennings Bry.|avoid arrest after poverty had will spend the remainder of hisjan is worth #500 is a question|driven him to robbery, He de- days in Sedalia. He is hale andjcausing warm debate among |clared he spent most ‘of the mon- hearty. |members . of — the Neutrality |ey procured by his erimes in pro- League, of St. Louis, an organi-| viding for his’ wife and ‘zation of St. Louis with pro-Ger- daughter, man tendencies. The league 2 | wanted. Bryan for the address at its coming peace pageant and jwired him for terms. He replied Kas., entered a plea of guilty when arraigned on a_ burglary J. Py Woolsey, Jr., was kilied | in a quarrel yesterday at Jer-| ome, fourteen miles west of Rolla on the Gasconade River. Woolsey* and several others Herman EK. Fairbanks, 32 years old, a farmer, is at the point of death in a hospital in Were-on an outing. Woolsey | 5 . Springfield fr 3 tks Was ‘ Y he would talk for $500 and a|°Pringfield from 38 buckshot Was struck in the back of the| uaranteed ae of rie wounds inflicted by an un- heck with a rock and was in- : “|known assailant when called Brntleaielind: | thousand. For the first time in many years, Adair county has a fract \of Government land. It “com- prises 80 acres and was declared ai Saturday that may cost him 8 | vacant last week by Register J. |A. Bowen of the Missouri Land sight. The -child collected a Dumber of Roman candles and)... deatreseeyy skyrockets that did not explode | Offic elt Springfic Id, on dis. covery that the title was never a H eirah pra aes o | under the name of Fry. His s % 2 Nox Myle_ held ‘ mateh | Perfected on a soldier’s warrant | father stated that he deserted ; : e'lissued to Michael Hartman in|fom the army and took a new rn it and the flames shot, up ™ 1858. The land lies near Kirks-|2@me. He also said Fairbanks from his house at midnight by sounds “supposed to have been made by .horses in the barn. The assailant is believed to have kicked against the _ stalls. When the farmer appeared he was shot in the abdomen. Fair- banks has lived for ten years | son | com- | > Paul Owings, 7-year-old of a Springfield traction official, received. burns} is face. heh Steet lville and is very valuable. It had been threatened by resi- The motion for a new trial!may be cash entered at $1.25 an|dents of the neighborhood. | His filed-on-behalf of Maurice Lew- | jaere, ______—_home—was-destroyed by —fire a Kowitz, one of the men convicted | few months ago. of complicity in the attack on) While: driving a herd of eat- Gertrude Shidler in Kansas City |tle from Dunksburg to Emma, in March 1914, was overruled by}a small town four miles east of the supreme court last week.|Concordia, in a thunder storm Lewkowitz was sentenced to!early Monday morning, _light- ninety-nine years in the peniten-!ning struck down Louis Porter, tiary and that sentence was,af-|son of D. S. Porter, A. Beir and firmed at the. last sitting of ‘the | Ernest Lee, who were in charge court. \of the herd. Porter and Beir Rural Home Makers Club Rural Home Makers Club Pleasant Gap met at the hour, two o’eloek, at the of Mrs. Henry Bearee. A interesting and approprite gram was rendered. The program was as follows: Roll eall. . A quotation from old songs, Song—Club. Reading—Miss Cora Wix. of- usual home very pro- Sketeh of Francis Wilard— Mrs. Seth Wix. Bible study—Mrs. Geo. ~ Min- nick, Order and System in the Home—Miss Ada Rains. Sunday dinners—Mrs. Joe Knoll. Recitation—Mrs. Glenn Sar- gent. Poem—Miss Dollie Rains. There was quite a lot of busi- ness brought before the house. They appointed a committee to take charge of the fair exhibits eaused thousands of acres of ip and voted on an ice cream sup- wheat. to fall flat in the fields. . per, which was carried, and will —_ he held at tre residence of Mrs. Gen. Botha, commanding the ‘ . Seth Wix, Saturday night, July British forces in South Africa, D t J RR J NG J i J | g ¥Y 17. This supper will be for the benefit of the elub. Everybody has accepted the surrender of the entire German force in Southwest Africa, it was officially an- nounced Friday. Hostilities-have ceased. The Germans surrend- ‘ered unconditionally after a brief ultimatum had been sent to their commander. Celebration of Fourth of July KUPPENHEIMER MEN'S SUITS $17 50 this year caused death to — Formerly $25.00 now...............s.eeseeeeeeees . ty-nine persons and injury to 1,- . ada Whe ideal] SURRENGRIMBR MEN'S SUITS. $16.00 cording to supplemental reports ; to the Chicago Tribune. The toll] KURPENHEIMERMEN'S SUITS $13.60 of lives is more'than double of last year, the casualities for 1914 being only twelve.° The fire los- ses. throughout. the - country amounted to $319,025, as against Ped $99,545 for 1914. 2 AL Jennings, the former Okla. "bandit, has felt the sense. ae ie | ee _98c 2. ee _ $3.75 ra ane seceeet eres 9ABO -Ladies worth up : July Clean Up Prices in most every Department of our Store Nothing will be Reserved Every Suit “100 pairs Ladies’ and Children’s Oxfords sizes from No. 8 Childrens to No. 4 Ladies’ x senaecananieemad worth up to $3.50 At. .ecepeeeeeeeeee sees s+) SLOOcpair invited. Those present were: Mes- dames Edd Moore, Seth Wix, Ben Wix, Lem Sargent, Geo. Minnick, Henry Bearce. Misses Card, Wix. Lulu Helwig, Ada oe Rains, Dollie © Rains. Master Warden Wix, Floyd Sargent, STYLEPLUS SUITS $ 12.50 Fred Bearce, Formerly $17.00 now.............cceceeeeeeeeses e At a very late hour they ad- 2 SUIT journed to meet with Miss Pearl guages he cS ged le 1 1.00 Tharp: August 4, 1915. NS i T i ALL, WOOLMEN'S SUITS $8.60 bi ot tae remaining unealled for in the post office at Butler, Mo., for the week ending July 13, 1915: Mr. and Mrs. Creamer, Roy Hedrick, Guthrie Montague, W. E. Scott, Mrs. L. E. Brown. These letters will be sent to wi s Sale at Sale Prices FANCY LACE CLOTH 8 L Cc the dead letter office July 27th Formerly 12% Mow. :.......0..eeceeeceeeeeeeeen cee ye 1915, if not delivered Raho Tae FANCY CREPES 1 5c calling for the above, please say Formerly 25c now....... Meueeahdaeesisseaisiksiscouetsoreceas “Advertised,” giving date of DRESS GINGHAM. dark and light list. Formerly lake NOW......... J. E. Williams, Postmaster. Ozark Berries in Demand. Monett, Mo., July 12.—Al- though the blackberry crop in the Ozarks this year is unusual- ly heavy, shippers are unable to supply ‘the demands coming to them from the larger cities of the country. There is a market, apparently, for twice the yield. Fifteen carloads of the berries have left Monett, being handled to $2.50 at 48c ...on all $3.00 to $7.50. Fancy Parasols pecer ie sociation. The berries are bring- ing an average of = per erate. young by the Ozark Fruit Growers’ As- —