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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
GOODNESS OF CAPTAIN AND MEN
SAVES ALL PERSONS
ON BOARD.
HIT SNAG IN MISSISSIPPI
Vessel Goes Down at Turkey Island,
Sixty Miles South Of st. Louis
Captain Leyhe Vas in
Command.

st. Louis, Missouri.-The big steam
er Cape Girardeau struck a snag and
sank to the bottom of the Mississippi
at Turkey Island, so miles south Of
the city. One hundred and fifty pas
sengers were aboard. Not a life was
lost. All were gotten on shore in
safety.
Capt. William H. Leyhe, in COM
mand, displayed rare nerve.
The passengers were transferred to
an Iron Mountain train and were sent
to st. Louis.
The pilots on the steamer were
John Stout and John Street.
Most of the passengers were asleep
in their staterooms when the steamer
struck. The alarm was given, and in
a short while the decks were covered
with women and children, who were
greatly excited and who were scream
ing with fear.
Capt. Leyhe stood on the upper
deck, and his trained crew responded
to his loudly-uttered commands, and
despite the fear Of the women and
children a semblance of order was
maintained, and each passenger, as
we'll as the crew., reached the shore in
safety.
Capt. Leyhe was the last to leave,
the steamer. The boats were manned,
and with the women and children.
first deposited therein they were.
rowed to shore, and the boats were.
returned for others.
The GOODNESS of the boats officers
had much to do with the work of
rescue, and their bravery restored the
confidence of the passengers and
made them amenable to the com
mands of the steamers officers.
At the point where the Cape Girar-
deau sank the water is not of great
depth, and when she settled to the
bed of the river the superstructure
yet appeared above the surface of the
water.
The Cape Girardeau was built at
Madison, Ind, in 1899, and was last
inspected by local inspectors, Gordon
and Macdonald, May 10, last.
She was $50 feet long, SO feet beam,
6-foot hole and TAT tons burden. She
carried a crew of As.
The Cape Girardeau carried the
East st. Louis Commercial club and
its guests to New Orleans and return
when President Taft and his party
made the river trip to the Crescent
City in October, 1909, in the interests
of the deep waterway movement.
She is w~ell-equipped for passenger
service and many st. Louisans make
weekend trips aboard her for vaca-
tions.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
MAIL MAY BEAT COURIERS
Letter Will Have Leverage in Filing
of Petitions for state Office
In Illinois.

Springfield, Ill.-Watchers stationed
in front of the office of the secre-
tary of state, ready to file petit
tons of candidates for positions on
the primary ticket as soon as the door
Is opened at 9 o'clock the morning of
July IS, the first day for filing petit
tions, will not avail the candidates
who employ them much, as Secretary
of State Rose, in a circular letter
which he sent to candidates who make
inquiries regarding the filing of petit
tions. says:
"The first morning mail usually
reaches this office about s or $3.50
o'clock. If in the course Of business
petitions received in the early mail
should reach the desk Of the filing
clerk before 9 q. m, they may be
filed before that hour; that is to say,
all petitions received the morning of
the 18th, or at any time thereafter,
will be filed as soon as they reach the
desk Of the filing clerk in the usual
order of business. Some petitions re-
ceived by mail may be filed before 8
o'clock, but no petition presented at
the door will be filed before that hour.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
Migration Affects Census.

According to figures given out by
County Clerk Hunter, there are So
fewer school children in Montgomery
county than in 1901, and it is believed
this will be the experience of many
other counties in Missouri when the
returns are in. Nine years ago there,
were 5,217 school children in Mont
gomery county, and now there are.
only 1882. 1t Is hard to account fol-
the loss a V that there has been a.
heavy migration to Oklahoma, Wash
ington and Canada, 1t is quite posi-"
BILE that the rural population of Mis-
souri, will show a decrease when the
census returns are made up. In 16 OF
the "a senatorial districts in Missouri
there was a loss of 1895 votes be"
tween the elections of 1900 and 1908
II a loss Is shown in the/census figures
Of 1910 it may be confined to those
districts.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
It,s nModeIu Camp Rumbold.

, Capt. William M. Jones, an instruc
tor at the war college at Washington.
believes the Missouri National Guard
encampment at Nevada the best held
by any state militia. The student of
ficers' experience in camping may be
mor limited than that of Capt. Jones.
but their enthusiasm is equally great
and they oncur heartily with him IN
his praise of the model town." AT,
the school for the instruction OF the
commissioned and non-commissioned
oficers-there are about $50 of them
here, and 1900 enlisted men-the cele-
brated "war game" recently adopted
in the war college, is being studied.
and the manual of arms and field
tactics thumbed carefully by the men
In olive drab and kakai.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
CAR COMPANY
MUST ISSUE COUPONS
COURT REFUSES INJUNCTION FOR
SECOND TIME.
Rate Schedule Sent Back to the In
terstate Commerce Commission
for a R%ehearinq.

Chicago, Ill.-Refusing for q Sec
ond time to issue an injunction pre-
venting the compulsory reduction Of
sleeping car rates, the United States
circuit court ordered that the matter
be taken up before the Interstate
Commerce commission for a %rehearing
and that the schedule of charges fixed
at that time take effect 80 days after
1t Is decided upon.
1t was further ordered, however,
that beginning July IL, the sleeping
a companies shall issue coupons
good for the amount of the difference
between the rates o charged and
the reduced rates originally ordered
by the Interstate Commerce commits
sion and that when q final schedule
In fxed by the commission, holders of
coupons be reimbursed for the over-
charge. July IL Is the date originally
set for the reduced rates to go into
effect. 1t was also ordered that all
money collected above the amount al
lowed In this original reduced sched-
ule be deposited with the court until
this settlement is made. 1t is expect
ed that the Interstate Commerce com
mission will call UP the case for re-
hearing without delay.
Under the decision the Pullman
company is required to post a bond
of 100000 and each railroad a bond
of $4,000, to insure their obedience
Of its mandates.
The court, in making its decision,
stated that the order affected only
the case then before 1t and that any
other localities must make separate
application, If they desired reduction
of rates. This application must be
made to. the Interstate Commerce
commission.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
/ MISSOURI STATE NEWS
Fired at a Man In Lamar.

Miss Lena Rotemeier Of San Fran.
cisco, who charges that Robert Fair
fax Allen made her the victim of g.
mock marriage in the Union Depot
at Kansas City in November, 1908, is.
well known at Lamar. She was born
and reared on a farm about six miles
west of Lamar, the daughter of Peter
Ratemeier, an early settler of Barton
county. Miss Rotemeier took q com.
mercial course and for a time was in
al office here as %tenographer. She
was at Lamar, a member Of n oil
the old families of the town, married.
A day or two afterward Miss Rote
meier entered his store, drew q re-
volver and began firing at the young
grocer. He was behind the countei
and succeeded in lodging all the shots,
worked his way to the door, and made
his escape without being injured. Miss,
Rotemeier charged that the young
man had promised to marry her. Nc
arrests were made and the matter
ended, Shartly after Miss Rotemeief
left Lamar.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
FARM FOR PETTY OFFENDERS.

Petty offenders in Los Angeles will
hereafter contribute their mite toward
reducing the cost of living. The city
has adopted for them the slogan of
back to the land" Los Angeles has
bought a suburban farm. and petty Of
tenders will there work out their sal
walton instead of lying idly and un-
proftably in the city jail. There are
several good points about this plan. It
ought to relieve the taxpayer from CIV
ing support to worthless idlers. At the
same time it will probably put a curb
upon the inclination now manifested
lty the hobo class to seek cheap food
and lodging at the expense Of the city
Through the committing of some petty
offense. Should each offender Of this
sort be required to work his way, he
might decide to embrace free instead
of forced labor. The suburban farm.
too, will probably do something for
the petty offender. especially If his
trouble is due to some phase Of alco-
holism. Fresh air and sanitary sur
roundings with healthful activity
might serve as a kind of liquor cure,
says st. Paul Dispatch. Who knows
but 1t might be a means of training
agricultural labor so much needed in
rural communities?
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
Common Law Wife's Plight.

Holding that common law marriages
are not solemnized in the eyes of God
Circuit Judge George Shields at st
Louis refused to allow Bertha to
share in the estate of Walter j. VIII
liams, who, she alleges, has lived with
her several years and acknowledges
her as his wife ain the sight of God"
Judge Shields said: at behoooves
courts to go slow in recognizing com
mon law marriages when every facility
is offered to contract decent and re
spectacle marriages. When a man
prates to a woman about her being his
wife in the sight of God she may make
up her mind he seeks only a cloak to
deceive her, and God does not sanction
either" M~issouri's supreme court
has recognized common law marriages.
only when there is a verbal or written
agreement in witnesses presence.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
The Monitor on the way.

The monitor Amphitrite, Capt. GLE
commanding, which has been assigned
for the use of the Missouri Naval Re
serves this summer, left the Philadef
phia navy yard accompanied by the
government tug Patapsco. The OLD
monitor will put In at Charleston ano
then proceed to New Orleans, where
It will be given over to the Missouri,
Reserves and taken to st, Louis, The
Amphitrite has been out OF commits
sion at the navy yard since the
Spanish war. The naval reserves Will
use II for drill and practice purpozes
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15

Americans. Britons and Frenchmen
are taking the lead in aeroplane work.
For a long time Britons seemed hope
lessly in the rear, but Captain Rolls
feat in flying across the channel and
back has restored John Bulls self
respect. Now Rochester fondly hopes
that Rolls flight will inspire Doctor
Greene with a determination to fly
from Rochester to Toronto this month.
If Doctor Creme performs this feat, he
will make the record for long flight
across water, and so bring new laurels
to America.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
WILSON FOR PRESIDENT
Princeton University Head viii Have
Support In East II He Carries
New Jersey.

New York City.-Woodrow Will
son, president Of Princeton university,
win be offered as a Democratic candi-
date for president Of the United States
In 1912. The preliminaries are already
arranged. AS a first step President
Wilson is to be nominated this fall for
governor OF New Jersey on the DEM
ocratic ticket. and IL he carries New
Jersey is to be !. sferred over Har-
NOR or any other Democrat for the
presidential race.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15

The fact hat the cew battleship
Florida had to be launched with pro-
peller and rudder in place, and a large
part of her armor plating bolteG to her
lower sides, because the drydock at
Brooklyn l. too short to receive her
fer work below the water line, calls at
~tention to a problem that has been
troubling navy builders who are bent
( keeping up with the procession.
Big ships must have docks to match
or there will be double trouble when
injuries are suffered below light wa
termarh.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15

Two big steamers that ply between
New York and Boston have given
what is regarded as a thorough test of
the efficacy Of oil as fuel, and the re-
suit seems to be accepted as conclu-
sive in favor of oil as against coal. 1t
is announced that coal will be no long
er used on these vessels, and it is be-
lieved the gain in cleanliness, convent
ence and in other respects will be
marked. This decision, added to the
growing preference for oil fuel in our
own and other navies. may indicate a
complete revolution in the method of
generating steam on ships.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
Plans for Peach Carnival.

The peach carnival will be operedl
on the morning of July 26 i'll the
Brandsville-F uitville-Koshkonong dis
trict. Special trains from four cities
will carry the crowds expected for tine
occasion. One of these will leave Chi
cage at 9 o'clock on the morning OIL
July 25, reaching st. Louis that even
ing, and will depart for the Ozarks al
10 p. m. The Kansas City train will
leave that city at 10 o'clock on the
evening of July 25 and will meet the
st. Louis train at Springfield. The
Memphis excursion leaves on this
night and will arrive in the peach belt
at about the same time as the othel
trains.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
LYNCHERS VICTIM BURIED
Parents of A~nti.saloon Detective Carl
M. Etherington, Collapse When
They View Body.

Springfield, Kentucky.-The body
of Carl M. Etherington, the anti-sa-
loon detective, lynched by a moi at
Newark, o., was buried In the local
cemetery here.
When the body arrived Hartwell
Etherington, the victims father, or
dered the casket opened. He took
one glance at the remains and col
lapsed. The body showed plainly the
marks of brutal treatment prior to
the lynching. The mother of the
youth is critically i'll from the shock.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
10000 ELKS AT DETROIT
Big Reunion Is Opened Formally by
Oldest Elk In the. World
Pressing Button.

Detroit, Mich.-More than 10000
Elks from Portland, Ore, Boston and
other cities are in Detroit for the for
NAL opening of the reunion. Daniel
O'Connel, aged 105. the oldest Elk in
the world, pressed a button, officially
Illuminating the decorations hung in
the court Of honor that extends along
Woodward avenue from an arch Of
welcome at Jefferson venue to a sec
ond arch at Grand Circus park.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15

Aeronaut Farman's disaster near
Chalons u Marine. France, where his
aeroplane plant and dirigible balloon
sheds were blown away by a tornado,
was a demonstration of the power of
the main element with which aero
nauts have to contend, when it is
aroused and comes on with the proper
twist.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15

A Pennsylvania mail carrier deliy.
cred to himself a letter announcing
that he had been left a fortune. Much
as they may try. the other mail car
riers can hardly initiate him In this.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15

Supervision of the ale of drugs and
chemicals will yet reach a point where
the toadstool is the only of
men who insist on taking -iskr of self
poisoning.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
Ends Lie eecauee Jeff Lost.

Sacramento. California. = Antoine
Rochi, who made two attempts to kill
himself because Of the defeat of JEFF
fries, died in the county hospital from
a fracture of the spine. suffered when
he flung himself from his bunk eight
feet above the floor of his cell to the
cement floor.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15

Now that n educational institu-
ton has demonstrated that a cigar
can be made to afford a continuous
smoke for one hour and twenty-five
minutes, another should institute SCI
entifc tests Of the maximum duration
of a schooner of beer. Thus original
research will bring light into the great
Issues Of everyday life.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
Cuban RevoIutlonIsts CAUGHT.

Havana. Cuba.-Col. Jose Valera,
q mulatto. ana six other persons, most
of them negroes, have been arrested
by the secret police, charged with con-
spring TO start an uprising against
the government.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15

The flying machine experts can evil
IDENTITY beat an average express train.
in fair weather. over any distance up,
to 1875 miles. or perhaps 1EO miles. or
even ITS.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
Rubonio plague Fatal in Hawaii.

S"S''S '1S01 dto' III TTdWdVs !"
Honolulu, Hawaif.-The first death
here from bubonic plague for three
years has occurred. There have been
two or three cases Of plague in the
last few months. but no deaths since
July II, 1907.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
Roosevelt to stump Indiana.

Oyster Bay, New York.-Colonel
Roosevelt announced that he will go
on the stump for Senator Albert J.
Beverage OF Indiana. He said VIII
liam Dudley Foulke and Lucien B.
Swift of Indiana. who are close per-
sonal and political friends. had come
to ask him to go to Indiana to speak
for Senator Beveridge. and he con-
scented.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
Japaneee SCALING shIp Seized.

Valdez, Alaska.-The Japanese seal
ing schooner Tokai Maru. with a crew
of 3S men, was seized in Boring sea
June rs by the evenue cutter Ia
home for violating the sealing laws.
The prisoners were taken to Unalaska
for trial.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
A Board Bill Caused a kiIIinu.

George R. Mizenheimer of Salisbury
N. c., was shot and killed at Sedalia'
by John Hawkins, a guard of the
strike-breaking machinists at the Mis-
souri, Pacific shops. The trouble.
originated over a board bill. Mizen
heimer was a switchman. Hawkins
was arrested.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
Three Bandits Lose Nerve.

st. Louis, Mo.-Stage fright, which
came over three bandits, who held up
the Katy flyer at Bissell ~statione, IL
miles north Of st. Louis. prevented
the looting Of the mail pouches and
express packages valued at several
thousand dollars.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
Cotton King" Fined $500.

White Plains, N. Y.--DanieI Sully,
long known as the cotton king"
was declared In contempt of court
by Justice Mills of the state supreme
court and ordered TO pay a ine of
$4,000 and $40 costs.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
Nine prowned In Boston.

Boston, Mass. - Boston's waters
claimed a toll OF nine through acci-
dental drowning. In nearly every ase
the victims were seeking relief from
the torrid temperature by q plunge In
the water. Az,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
Company to Erect Refinery.

The corporation commission will
take steps to fix prices at once.
1t is further asserted that any Of
the confession of judgment shall, after
10 days notice, be sufficient cause to
set aside the judgment, in so far as
immunity from custer IL concerned,
and will warrant further proceedings.
The fine stipulated is to be paid in
any event.
The Waters Pierce company in the
near future will erect a refinery, to
cost not less than $3.50, 900, near the
oil fields, and the state agreed that
this refinery would be exempt from
municipal taxation for fve years.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
STAGE FaIIs over CIln.

Yosemite Park.--A four-horse stage
coach, carrying II passengers bound
for Ell Portal. the gateway of the
Yosemite National park, went over a
cliff into the MERGED river after q fall
Of 100 feet.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
Commission DELAYS Action.

The Missouri board Of railway and
warehouse commissioners has delayed
final action on its proposed maximum
rate order until October IS. During
this time the railroads are asking to
file statements showing how much the
railroads will lose under the reduction
specified in the proposed schedule.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15

A Pennsylvania Judge decides that
q woman is not compelled to live with
her motherin-law. When some court
decides that about a man, we shall be-
gin to have equality of the SEXES.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15

Noah Carpenter Of Connecticut in.
sists that he has rheumatism In his
wooden leg. Mr.. Carpenter should
make himself a new one.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
Chile to Build Bio WarshIp.

Valparaiso. Chile.-Bids on a $4,000
ton battleship for the Chilean navy
have been asked Of European and
American shipbuilders. President
Montt, who has been III for some time.
haa loft for lNurope.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
TUG FaIIs on Three Men.

st. Clair. Mich.-William Ross and
William Wilson were probably fatally
and Richard Johns was slightly in
1ursd when the supports Of a tug
dry dock gave way and the boat fell
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
Bow Killed by Grain separator.

Evansville, Ind.-Albert Zilliak, g.
year-old son OF DR.. Charles Zilliak OF
Stendal, Ind. fell off a grain separa-
tor and was ground to death beneath
the wheels.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15

There are women who can boil cab
bage for dinner n still retain the re-
spect Of their ueighbors.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1910-07-15
Cost of WooIno roo HIoh.

Trenton, N. J.-Lester Stevenson, q
boy Of less than Is years. was saved
from being sent to jail as 4 thief by
his plea that he had been led to steal
because Of the expenEiveness OF pres
emit day counting. 4,