The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-09-30

ilbuf5 Stone, hankef
land I'll operator of 4 ia dorado Me a;s
through Ms attorneys, settled witln
the widow Of Grant Blake, who was
Killed ~ . car driven .by Stone Ssps
Itember g BY paying her $I7.Soo. She
|aucd for Sc, oool A. VI W N & NJ
The Indiana state law requires
eighteen inches Of the voters legs
Ito show beneath the curtain IN the
voting booths How this law us e
tie interpreted with women voting q
Thought. The law was passed to
prevent two persons from occupying
la booth at the same time,
N What were asserted to be- record
prices for Guernsey cattle were paid
lat an auction at North Easton, Mass,
Friday when F. Lothrop Ames sold
|fifty-one head at Langwater farm Tor
$I46.I25, an average Of $2,8o5. Six-
teen cows sold for $88,525, an average
|of $5,533.
An epidemic of cholera in Western
China has become so serious people
|are falling dead in the streets, and
carpenters are unable to supply the
demand for collins according to .
letter received by the American Bap-
|tist Foreign Mission Society from Or.
Joseph A. Taylor in Chenttt. .is
His legs paralyzed by an injury suf=
fered when padded by upper class
men, Allen Mccoy has refused to
Give College OF Emporia authorities
the names of his hazers. Mccoy IN
sists the hazing was done in good
spirit Mccoy has been taken to his
home in Wichita by his mother.
Maryland again is on record as
having refused to ratify the Susan 3.
Anthony woman suffrage amend
Iment. The measure, which was
brought up at the special session Of
the legislature, met defeat in both
houses before final adjournmeht
shortly before Wednesday midnight.
An attempt was made Saturday C.
assassinate Mrs. Thomas MacCur-
tain, widow of the late lord mayor OF
Cork, who was .assassinated in his
home some months ago. Shots were
fired at Mrs. MacCurtain but she es-
capped injury. The military authcri-
tiles were active here. Many arrests
were made.
Yellow fever is gaining foothold
in Culican, capital of the state OF
Sinaloa, Mexico, according to a re-
port by DR.. Luis Garcia, chief state
sanitary inspector, and Donaciano
Martinez, commissioner of hygiene.
One death has been reported. Every
effort is being made to prevent the
spread of the disease into Sonora aud
thence into the United States.
A communique from Gen. Wran-
gels forces in the Crimean region
Friday claimed 10000 prisoners had
been taken in six days of offensive
fighting. The 23rd Soviet Division
Surrendered, the statement said. A
Moscow wireless admitted Wrangel
had occupied Alexandrovsk,
An unusually early snowstorm has
prevented number of motor cal
parties from leaving Crater LaEe, Ma
Itiona1 Park, Ore. They are expect
led to get out within few days,
however. and meanwhile are in no
danger, as there is plenty OF food and
fuel. The snow is from one to three
feet deep. 'a~
A general strike, involving 126,ooo
lorganized workers of West Virginia,
will be called IF, federal troops are
to be used as strike-breaking
agency, instead of for the protection
|of the constitutional rights of citizens
Iof state and nation" said c. r.
Keeney, president of district No. y,
United Mine Workers Of America, in
= statement issued Friday.
John w. Hutchinson, ~ years old.
who Was in Fords theater, Washing
ton, the night President Lincoln was
-. 4 n r.