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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-23
WATER INQUIRY
TO BEGIN HERE
NEXT WEDNESDAY
State Utilities Commission
Will Hear Complaints of
Poor Service.
INVESTIGATION WAS
ASKED BY COUNCIL
Officials Will be Asked to Stop
Company from Selling Sewer
Water.

The Missouri Public Service Com
mission will be in Cape Girardeau next
Wednesday morning 10 hold public
investigation of the service rendered
by the water and light company. The
State investigators have ordered the
inquiry at the suggestion of Mayor
Rage and the City Council.
The charges made against the water
and light company are that it has vio-
lated its franchise with the city by
selling impure water and furnishing
inadequate gas service.
The notice of the hearing was sign
ed by Secretary Bradbury of the
Commission, and announced that all
who had complaints to register would
be heard.
The water is the cause of the prin-
cipal complaint against the Missouri
Public Utilities Company, but resi-
dents of certain sections of the city
have repeatedly charged that the gas
was not strong enough to use for
cooking.
The water, which has been pumped
at times out of the mouth of Sloan's
creek, has been poisonous for weeks at
frequent intervals. 1t reached its most
dangerous stage Just few days be-
fore Christmas and continued un-
changed for more than two weeks.
During that time it was condemned by
Prof. Magill, chemist for the water
company, as well as the city Board of
Health.
While the water was under the
health ban, people were compelled to
carry water for all purposes from
wells and cisterns over the city.
The intake pipe is located in the
river so that it constantly takes up
refuse water that flows into the river
at the mouth of Sloan's creek, which
is only an open sewer and drains the
territory adjacent to the Normal
School.
When the Mississippi River is high,
sanitary experts have said there is
little danger of contamination, but
when the river is at low stage, there
is constant danger of an epidemic.
The members of the City Council
have made complaints to the water
and light company, but the trouble has
never been adjusted. The franchise
between the company and the city
specify that the intake pipe shall be
inserted in the Mississippi River north
of the mouth of Sloan's creek, but this
requirement has. never been lived up
to.
For several months the water COM
pany stated that the intake pipe
pumped water only from the river
north of the creek-sewer, but Council
man Fowler made a personal investi-
CATION one afternoon and found a
pump drawing water out of the mouth
of the creek Several members of the
Council later found the same condi-
ton.
Councilman Black took several sam
pies of the water to the Department
of Preventive Medicine at the State
University at Columbia, where they
were analyzed and found to be unfit
for consumption.
1t is believed that the investigation,
which will begin at o o'clock next
Wednesday morning, will continue
several days.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-23
ST. LOUIS LOSES MEETING

Little Rock, Ark, April 21-The
pledging of S220,475 for missionary
work during 1916 and the selection of
Atlanta as the meeting place for next
year, featured the meeting of the
Woman's Missionary Council of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
ST Louis was a bidder for the conven-
tion.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-23
SCHOOL ELECTION JUDGES

The School Board yesterday an
nounced the following judges for the
special school election to be held Fri
day:
First ward-E. G. Gramling, R. D.
Atchison, Theo. Book.
Second ward-Martin Kruger
Russell Dearmont, ]. F. Masterson.
Third ward Will Hirsch, NJ. G.
Lorberg, A. ]. Brown.
Fourth ward-Will Balm, H. P.
Gaines, w. l.. limbs.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-23
MRS. BESSIE KENYON DIES

Mrs. Bessie Rebecca Kennon of 1927
Merriwether street, died of tubercu-
losis, Tuesday night at HIS o'clock.
She was 20 years, s months and 8
days of age. She is survived by hus-
band, a 3-year-old daughter and
baby six months old.
Burial was held yesterday afternoon
at the City Cemetery.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-23
MICHIGAN RAILROAD
FARE INCREASE DEFEATED

Lansing, Mich, April 21-The lower
branch of the Legislature last night
defeated the bill proposing increased
passenger fares for railroads operat-
ing in Michigan. The measure had
been passed by the Senate.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-23
GIRL TESTIFIES AGAINST
I FORMER POLICE CHIEF
She Says She Saw Improper Perform
ances in Apartment Adjoining
Accused Mans Office.

Los Angeles, CAL, April 21-The
trial of Charles E. Sebastian, suspend
ed Chief of Police, and Mrs. Lille
Pratt on the charge of having COM
mitted acts to subvert the morals of
Edith Serkin, Mrs. Pratt's ward, be-
gan here today.
Edith Serkin was the first witness.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-23
PEACE DIRECTOR HAS
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

Boston, April 21-The world peace
foundation has given to Edwin D.
Mead, its chief director, years leave
of absence On account of nervous pros
tration. DR.. Charles H. Levermore,
former president of Adelphi College,
Brooklyn, will be acting chief direc-
tor.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-23

She told of having gone to a room in
an apartment next door to the Chiefs
office in Central Police Station. There
she said she saw improper perform
ances. Sebastian, she said, was there
sometimes up to last Christmas eve.
The prosecution referred to the
room as the Temptation room"
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-23

of the Longshoremen's Union. He had
refused to give up the books when
succeeded by another member, and a
suit had been brought against him.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-23

The Tribune's Circulation Il The
Largest In Cape Girardeau.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-23

Ths Tribune Covers Southeast
Missouri Like The Dew.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-23

AND THE CAPE COUNTY HERALD
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, APRIL 2s, 1915
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-12-09
,ati onal Forest Timber For Sale

Sealed bids will be received hy Il forest Supervisor. Ketchikan. Alaska. v to and including January ,, l9lt. 'or tract of timber located or 'hs ; 7uth end ni Htolin Island, be inHil It a point on the south shore la2 d., : ! min. W longitude, and eXteEdgngi, westerly direction along the shore | istaHce ot mile, the tract extending
 1ck from the shore distance ai 2ia get. estimated 10 contain 100, God boafa sat Cf spruce saw timber ana l0,Ca
 scar feet d spruce and hemloek pil-
 :: also ihe merchantabla ti.a 14r os
 iovtr Island located in the so2In ea .'elce oi Clover Passage. est.n ate0 Jf
 5ntaia 100000 board feet of sprace sd,. inber and J0.000 linear leet Of spruc.
 nd hemlock piling. Nc bio of les.
 4an $l.Q0 per NJ it. E. M. for spruc llwtimber, 3-4 cent per linear foot fo. III piling up to and including 15 fee n length. and lcent per linear foot fu Il piling oyer75 feet in length. will | considered. Deposit with bid S50Q.0e Ehe right to reject any and all bids t reserved. Before bids are >ubm; 5ted fui Information concerning he timhe. conditions of sale. and the suhmissio O Lids should be obtained on | ketchikan, Alaska.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-12-09
Potash From Kelp Has A
 Big Sale

A years output of potash from the kelp of Puget sound would bring S6, 900, 900 at present war time prices, according to Professor George B. RigS, of the botany de- par;ment, University ot Washing
 or. Dr. Rigg surveyed the pre- sent status of the kelp industry in popular science lecture On the campus Wednesday.
 KeIp is abundant and easily accessible in the sound, he said, and three factories might be kept busy every working day ot the year, each producing 5000 tons of muriate of potash yearly. Each would consume 500 tons of the sea- weed daily. Ordinarily the years production of 15, ,ooo tons of pot ash on the sound would be worth $500, ooo, the average price being about $40 a ton. At present 1t brings about s4oo a ton.
 Fifty thousand tons of kelp could be harvested yearly along the Pacific coast, Dr, Rigg asserted. The beds lie from Mexico to Alaska. but are of course not all commercially accessible.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-12-09

WHEREAS a Lihel has tee
 filed in the District Court f59 th District of Alaska, Division =. It Juneau, Ala55a, on the 15 aaa of N3yemter, \. D. 1Qz5. V Il
 Petersburg Packing Conpan,
 1ib liant, against the Gas toi Helen, her tackle, apparel. furn' ture, et>., alleging, in substanc that at various times during i! year 1I5, the Pete slour@ Pac'.:
 'ompaoy, Lihellant herein, ta n sacd the said gas haat Hela being undes the command ot IIas
 |. fhurston. IS master, and oWH
 oy !. J. McTaHue. at Petesburs. Alaska, and within the admiral
 nd maritime jurisdiction of ii.
 Honorable Court, with certai
 Eoods. wares, n rchandise machii " and repairing so that said 2
 >oat could continue in the busire.
 n which she was engaged, wHt said goods, wares. merchandis , repairs, etc., were turaished a, d made at the request of aid tiarry T. Ihurston, master of said g. Doat, an itemized statement Of al f which is attached to the Li cl lied Tn said above entitled can4e: and praying process against sid gas boat Helen, her tackle, ppa- q. furniture, etc., and that said ..a> boat Helen he condemned ;rd a.Id 10 pay the demands and claims of the Libel!ant, Petersburg p"cN:ug Company, together with inter st and costs:
 Now, therefore. in pnrsu%0ee 0f he lnonition under the seal of tie aid court to me directed and de- livered, l do hereby give public 1otice to all persons claiming the 5aid gas boat Helen, her tackle, furniture, etc., or ia any manner interested therein, thut JheE bc and appear before the D:s- trict Court for the District of Ale. ,- la, First Judicial Division to he held at Juneau. in and for sa.d First Judicial Division of the Di- trict ot Alaska on the 18th E.f .. January 1915 next. at 10 o'clock iu the forenoon of that day, (r-ovia esame snail be day 0. lre. | fiction, otherwise on the next ..ay | ot jurisdiction thereafter. tsen md there 10 interpose tLeir cIain. md to make their allegaton in hat behalf.
 Dated this oth day Of [ e .mhtr, \. D. 1913. 1i
 H. A. Bishcp, United States Marshal, Divis ion No. I, District of Alaska. E
 By J. H. Wallace, Deputy. Vm. Burton.
 Proctors for Llbellant. lt first publication Dec. oth, 1918. ,ast publication Jan. 9th, 1916. li
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-12-09

Andrea Del Castcl and Georg, Mnro, Italian miners, were kille by an explosion in the Persever- ance mine, back of Juneau, last Sunday morning.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-12-09

Mining operator of Eureka ere k in the Hot Springs district, will build ditch fifneen miles long to bring water from the Hootalinq, a river.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-12-09
Clippings From
 Our Alaska
 Exchanges

Gov. Black, of the Yukon Terr- itory has gone home ta organize a company of Canadian soldiers, whom he will lead inlo active ser vice.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1915-12-09
No. sQo-A Notice For Pablica tio1

In The District Court For Tie Dis trict Of Alaska, Division Mum Der One, At Juneau. PETE R $ E | K c PACK IN C co MPANY, a corporation
 L.iloeliant
 NS.
 GAS BOAT HELEN', h., tackle, apparel, furniture. etc.
 ResDouaent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19

The following notice from the editors
of the American Chess Bulletin is good
news, indeed, and the thanks of the
American chess fraternity are once
more due to our most generous patron,
Prof. Isaac L. Rice, for thus assuring to
this country the greatest chess tourna-
ment in its history:
1T is twenty years since Prof Isaac
B. Rice of New York. scholar, musician
and most liberal patron of chess, in
vented the gambit which has made his
name famous throughout the world Of
chess.
| I'm celebration OF this event. the
happy idea occurred to Prof. Rice to
arrange an American national chess
masters tournament on a grand scale,
| to be begun in New York city JAN
| uary s. 1t will be known as the Rice
Jubilee American Chess Masters Tour
nament.
THE American Chess Bulletin, under
the management of which the previous
national tournaments in recent years
extend invitations to a group of fore
| most players, including J. r. Capa-
| blanca of Havana. F. J. Marshall of
! New York, A. A. Alechine of Petro-
grad. Boris kosticsof of Budapest.
| Eduard Lasker of Chicago. J. w. Sho-
| walter Of Georgetown, KY: b. r. JEFF
ferson of Memphis, Tenn: N T. Whit
| aker of Washington. ID. c.: w. l.. Moor
| man of Lynchburg. Va; n. w. Banks of
Detroit. A. Kupchik. o. Chaies, A. B.
Hodges. r. T. Black and J. Bernstein of
New York, in addition to other leading
American players.
Prof. Rice. who has kindly consented
to act rs president of the congress, also
has donated the sum of 81 900 toward
the prize fund. The tournament direc-
tors will set to work to raise from
$1,000 to $1,000 in addition to defray
the expenses of the congress"
Following is n selection of games
from the recent western tournament:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19

boxers have long been noted for their
stamina and staying power. and years
ago in the Crib-Belcher era we had the
celebrated Bill Richmond winning
fights at fifty years Of age. to say moth
ing Of other men Of the same color who
when we'll over forty years of age. The
veteran, Bob Travers. strong and
| hearty today in his eighty-fourth year.
is another case in point. And now we
| have Mr.. Aaron Brown of America, pro-
fessfonally known as the Dixie Kid,
! still winning fights. I use the word
still because Dixie seems to me to. be
| a good way past his thirty-third birth
day. which he vows is his proper age.
Perhaps I am wrong, but / am not
alone in the opinion that Mr.. Brown is
nearer fifty than he is thirty. Perhaps
he will tell US when he quits the pro-
| fession Dixie had for an opponent at
the ring the big Frenchman snown as
Louis Verser, to whom he was giving
what you like in years, but certainly
twenty-five pounds in weight, and yet
the black not only won on points after
going twenty busting rounds, but he
was as fresh as his opponent at the
finish. The Kid is a prime actor. the
greatest character this way. perhaps.
| that ever took the ring. In his slow
| times, when he is apparently badly In
need Of rest, he comes out with his
comic turn and keeps the house in good
humor by his lodges and tricks until
them some fighting. More than once 1
was deceived myself by this elusive fell
low. who, light of leg and narrow of
chest, could not have scaled more than
/ 14S pounds, and in every one OF the
| twenty rounds the men were boxing
by the big fellow to whom he was OPP
posed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19

Inquirer:
What caliber revolver would you
| recommend for a seventoen-year-old
boy, #. , in. tall?
Ans. You do not say what you wish
to do with the revolver, SO 1t is hard
to advise. If for target work. any OF
Ithe target models will give satisfaction.
From your height 1 would say you
would proba bly, be able to handle a
gun with a good size grip to good ad-
vantage.
H p r.:
VIII you advise me as to the usual
distances for shooting at half-inch,
one-inch and one-and-a- qua rter-inch
buils-eye with .22-caliber rife?
Ans. Half-inch bulFs-eye is stand
ard at 25 yards, one-inch at so yards.
One-and- "a -quarter-inch bulTs-eye is
not used.
A s.:
Where can I obtain a liquid preparation
that will reblue guns" Can it be obtained
from the government armory"
AIRS l do not know of any such prep
aration for rebluing guns, which can be
successfully worked by an amateur. Why
not let the manufacturer who made your
gun do it, He will do a good job and
it will not cost much.
G. Q. L.:
l have a 80 short revolver in which
two bullets became lodged in the barrel
Iiau tileiil Jul, Dut tnSFe re-
mains some lead in the rifiing. Can you
tell me what kind of chemicals 1 can use
to remove the lead and still not hurt the
barrel?
Ans. Try brass bristle brush, little
oil and lots of elbow grease"
T. d. p:
Would there be any risk in using mod
ern high power smokeless shells (Ballis-
tite, for instance) in my double barrel
breech loader made in the days of black
powder by VIM. Moore. London, with
light barrels. Eliminated steel, twelve
gauge. Lightly loaded black powder shells
are not on the market now.
Ans. If you use light loads of smoke
less powder it will probably be safe
enough Personally, l would not be will
ing to take chance.
V. F. D.:
Would like TO know if a S0-inch choke
bore shotgun will give as good results
on ducks as 32-inch barrelo If not,
what is The difference in stance, and the
scattering Of shot with killing power?
Ans. There is no difference in pattern
only theoretical difference in velocity
Either length will give entirely satsfac-
tory results. and You will be unable to de-
tect the difference
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19
Walter johnson Uniuckv.

ne i"s3.s e;.siest 10 bi: nk this year
nave ue@a Chicago. in the National. and
WASHINGTON. in the American Bresna.
mans men r9ye gone run!ess on nine
Teen occasions. GriHith's OF fifteen.
Wafer johnson has been the Ma
tionala gunner in six games which
ihey haven't Tailed. the oaIy other
t~itle" wn1 has had the :ama mis-
tofiLne he az Pete Seine der of the
Reds. Pitchers who have not had a
run made behind them in five contests
are HUMPHREYS of the Cubs. Tesreau OF
:he 'iaints, Morton of the Indians and
WycEoff of the White Elephants. Among
the STEADY workers who haven't VET
gone down 10 runless defeat are Ruth
and Wood of the Red Sox, Russell and
Benz CT the White Sox Boland of the
Tigers. Tyler of the Braves and De,oaree
% the Philiies. Charles Bartholomew
adams of the Pirates has had the mis-
fortune TO twirl in four games against
has old team-St. Louis-and be denied
runs He was beaten by Perdue April
70, TO o: by DOak June 80, TO O. and
by Sallee September /. to 0, getting
q i.unless draw with Griner. May 29.
The one pitcher who has BANKED n
team three times this season is scott
Of the White Sox. Death Valley linn
has treated the White Elephants in
this fashion. He also owns two shut :
"Iis over the Red Sox. So do Foster
of the Red Sox over st. Louis and
Washington. Wood of the Red Sox over
Cleveland. Morton OF the Indians over
Philadelphia and St. Louis, Dubuc of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19

Freddie" Mcleod is putting up {
great game at Columbia these days
Last Wednesdayshe gave George James
Alpheus Winter and Howard P. Cobey
5 up and played the best ball of thu
three. winning byta small margin. Hi!
medal score was right around par
while he beat it on several holes.
The woman players at Bannockburr
have just made drawings for their
September tournament, which are CIV
en- below. In the only match played
Miss Elsie Patterson beat Miss Georgia
Herring, by 2 up and 1. The pairings
follow: Mrs. E. c. Rogers 1922 VS.. Mrs
B. l.. Taylor (24); Miss Alice Gordon
l22) vs.: Miss Alice .Burbage t22l:: Mrs;
w. M. Smith (24 VS.. Miss Fay Mccall
(26): Miss Susie Peck $3.50 VS.. Miss
Alice Miller (22): Miss Alice Short CD
VS.. Mrs. NJ. H. Moulaon (22).
Donald Woodward and Harris N.
Brown represented Columbia in the
Whitemarsh Valley CPennsylvania)
Clubs tournament lastiweek. The lat
ter failed to; qualify, hut the former
showed up exceptionally well and was
runner-up in the consultations of the
first flight.
Next Saturdays event attChevy Chase
will be at eighteen holes. medal play.
These Saturday afternoon events are
taking exceptionally we'll, and nearly
fifty compete each week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19
LOCAL CHESSMEN /
may PLAY MATCH
Capital City and Washington
Chess and Whist Clubs
Likely to Meet.
FINAL STANDING OF MEN :
IN WESTERN TOURNAMENT
Whitaker Kept Out of First Place BY
Margin of Only Half
Point.

1t Is probable the challenge of the
capital City Chess and Checker Club
to the Washington Chess and Whist
Club. issued last June. will be accepted
with the advent OF cooler weather. and
an eight-board match between these
two local organizations staged in the
early part of October.
In response to numerous REQUESTS W..
publish the final standings OF all tina
players In the recent Western Chess
association championship tournament:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19

the Tigers over Washington, johnson
of the Nationals over New York and
Philadelphia. Ayers Of the Nationals
over ST. Louis. Rudolph Of the Braves
over Chicago, Pfeffer of the Superbas
over Cincinnati, label of the Cubs over
Cincinnati, HUMPHREYS of the Cubs
over New York, Vaughn of the Cubs
over Brooklyn. Schneider of the Reds
over Pittsburgh. Tesreau of the Giants
over Cincinnati, Alexander of the
Phillies over Chicago, Cincinnati and
New York, Demaree Of the Phillies over
New York, Manaux of the Pirates over
Brooklyn, Cincinnati and Philadelphia;
Harmon of the Pirates over ST.
Louis and Griner of the Cardinals over
Pittsburgh.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19

Pitcher George Martin, who joined
the Portland New England League
team after the close Of the South At
lantic League season. did not lose
game for Hugh puffy's pennant win
the final game over Lewiston. 1t will
be interesting to note what becomes
of Martin next year. '--''-...,-' r.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19

forgot about the war, taking a trip to
Cuba instead for the purpose of grab
bling off $4,000 for the fight with Jess
Willard. Scanlon said nothing. but
went to the front like little major
He may never return, and that is where
Johnson will have the best of the bar
gain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19

The Dixie Kid aaron Brown) Of
Memphis. Tenn. who is well known
throughout this country as one of the
best of the colored welterweight fight
ers. has had a remarkable career. con-
sidering that he is somewhere between
forty and fifty years of age. A writer
in London Sporting Life has this to say
of the American colored boy: "Colored
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19

First round, October 81: second round.
October, %: third round, October 20,
and semi finals and finals, October so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19
cARoKANN OPENING.

ial II IS. RxB. KtxR: 80. xxx
81. kt-Kt8. R-R7ch. and Black
full return for the piece. he is down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19

Sporting Editor Star:
With what team is Olson. who started
the season at st. Joseph. then was re-
leased to Muscatine? READER.
Our record has him released by ST.
Joseph to Hastings, Neb.. and no fur
ther notation. If he was with Musca-
tine the contract was not fled. No rec
ord of him since Nebraska state League
closed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19

Sporting Editor Star:
First baseman misses foul that in
judgment of scorer he should have
caught: batter is retired on next pitched
ball. Should first baseman be charged
with an error, SCHAFER.
Yes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19

Jack Curley and Tom Jones. who are
guiding Jess willard in all his move
ments, are going to send the big fellow
after ali the white hopes and others
this winter, Jess says he likes to be
kept busy. and he will in all PROBABLE
ity take on three Of the best heavies in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19

Sporting Editor Star:
A bets that Mcfarland wins over
Gibbons. the decision to be settled by
majority of New York newspapers.
Who wins? SUBSCRIBER.
The New York papers were almost
unanimous in favor Of Mcfarland