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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-05-14
FLY WHEEL CATCHES.
RICH LUMBER man.
George Johnston of ClarktOn Be-
lieved to Have Been Fatally
Injured.

George Johnston, wealthy mer-
chant and operator of large lumber
mill in Clarkton, while inspecting his
plant yesterday morning was caught
in heavy belt and hurled through
the air into a rapidly revolving fly
wheel.
He was held between the immense
metal spolles and carried several revO-
buttons before the machinery could be
stopped.
When removed from his perilous
position, he was apparently lifeless.
His body was badly bruised and LAGER
ated and he was bleeding in countless
places.
The physician who was summoned
to attend him, discovered upon exam
ination that the skull had been frac-
tured in four places, and both arms
broken. His condition is pronounced
critical. He has never regained con-
seriousness, and was last night convey
ed to a hospital in St. Louis for sur
gical attention.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-05-14
man, so YEARS
OLD, CAUGHT AS
HE RUNS AWAY
Ernest SteinhOff of Jackson
Found by Farmer Eight
Miles from Home.
ELUDED WIFE WHILE
SHE WENT TO STORE
Pioneer Suffered Paralytic Stroke
Year Ago and Never
Recovered.

Ernest Steinhoff, one of the oldest
residents of Cape Girardeau County
disappeared from his home in Jackson
late yesterday afternoon, and for sew
eral hours his whereabout remained
a mystery.
Mr.. Steinhoff is 80 years of age
and about four years ago was stricken
with paralysis, leaving him in very
feeble condition and so nearly destroy
ing the use of his tongue that his ar
ticulation is poor and his speech is
difficult to understand.
While Mrs. Steinhoff had gone to
the store, her aged husband succeeded
in Harvesting one of the horses, and
before his intentions We're discovered,
had hitshed to buggy and drove
away.
His wife missed him soon after her
return to the house, and failing to
find him, notified her sons, Louis and
Henry Steinhoff, who live near the
home of their parents. Telephones
were pressed into service and COM
munication was had with farm houses
along the various public roads leading
out of Jackson.
They finally received information
that Mr.. Steinhoff had been seen
alone in buggy driving towards Til
sit. August Nagel, who lives on the
Tilsit road, was communicated with
and requested to be on the lookout for
the prodigal father. At about eight
o'clock the aged traveller reached the
Nagei premises, and was hailed by Mr..
Nagel who prevailed upon him to stop
for supper.
After tying the horse securely Mr..
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-05-14
RAZOR BACK SLAIN
BY DR.. PORTERFIELD
Surgeon Runs Down Shoat While
Making Spin Through
Scott County.

Dr.. Lowry Porterfieid with his wife
and son, came down from Chicago last
Monday for a few weeks visit with
homo folks in this city.
Yesterday morning DIR. John D. Por-
terrified Jr., and DR.. Lowry Porter
field, motored to Scott County to look
after some business interests, and to
visit friends at and near Commerce.
They drove directly to Commerce
from the Cape, and from Commerce
they continued their journey several
miles southwark to look over some of
their farming interests. On their re-
turn trip they came by way of KelsO
where DR.. Lowry met many of his old
friends from whom he had been sep
arated for about Is years.
Just after they had started on
their return from the Porterfield
farm, and before they had gotten
away from the premises, the machine
while turning sharp curve at a good
speed collided with some object which
appeared to have been picked up bOdi-
ly and hurled to the roadside.
DR.. John D. Porterfield was driving,
and when he heard the scream which
was quickly reduced to a groan, he
felt sure that he had struck someone
who had been lying unnoticed on the
highway. At the same instant he felt
the shock of the impact and heard the
expression of pain, he saw the body
as it was hurled down the embank-
ment. He stopped his machine, but
could hear no sound, and both physi-
clans came to the conclusion that the
victim had met with instant death.
They hurried back to the scene of
the accident, and when they came up
on the object of their search their
greatest fears were realized and their
anxious gaze was directed to the
mangled form of long, lean hog,
commonly known as the "razorback."
Their time being too limited to per-
nit them to make a search of the
community for the owner Of the de-
missed porker, the physicians motored
to town and will begin an inquiry by
long distance.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-05-14
UNCLE SAM Will.
GET NIGHT RIDERS
District Attorney Notifies Scott
County He Will Handle
Prisoners.

Sheriff Ellis of Scott County has
received letter from U. S. District
Attorney Arthur l.. Oliver, advising
him that the Federal authorities would
deal with the men who were arrested
in Sikeston a few weeks ago, charged
with having sent threatening letters
through the mail and also planning to
burn valuable property belonging to
citizens in Sikeston against whom
they held grudges.
Mr.. Oliver stated in his letter that
L. S. Marshals would be sent to Ben
ton within few days to accompany
the prisoners to some other Jail where
they will be placed for safe keeping.
The letter did not state where they
would be taken, but it is presumed
that they will either be brought to this
city or taken to St. Louis.
Sheriff HINES of New Madrid Coun-
ty recently arrested a band of men
who were accused of engaging in law
less practices, such as sending threat
ening letters, and frightening negro
tenants into abandoning the farms
which they have seeded to crops. Some
of the men are being held in the coun-
ty Jail, and other are said to have
been released on bond.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-05-14
GRANDMA JACOBS Is
Sent TO POOR FARM
Came Here to Live With Friends
and Becomes a County
Ward.

"Grandma" Jacobs, who left the
Baptist home at Arcadia to spend the
remainder of her life with friends in
Cape Girardeau, has been sent to the
County Poor Farm, out on the Jackson
road.
An order of admission was issued
by Mayor Rage yesterday at the re-
quest of DIR. Campbell, pastor of the
Baptist Church, and the aged woman
a short time later became a county
ward.
Through popular subscription
fund last summer, the residents of
this city obtained for "Grandma" ia
cobS home at the Baptist institution
at Arcadia. She remained in the home
for six months, but during that time
she expressed desire frequently to
return to this city.
She was given permission to return
to this city early this week. She had
notified a number of her warm friends
here of the hour when she would reach
the Cape, but no one was at the sta
ton to meet her.
She went to the home of Tony Haas
for supper and they invited her to re-
main all night. The next morning she
announced that she was going to visit
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Naeter, Grandma" Jacobs old friends,
and with whom she expected to spend
her declining days.
Nearly a score of Cape families
were made uneasy by Mrs. Jacobs re-
turn to this city, and when the door
bells rang at these homes, the front
porch was closely scanned before the
door was opened.
Grandma" Jacobs was so disap-
pointed over her reception here that
she announced that she was going to
rent room and do light housekeep-
ing, but owing to her extreme age,
those who had befriended her realized
that the task would be too much, and
used their influence to have her sent
to the poor farm.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-05-14
BILLIE BURKE STRICKEN
BY GRIEF FOR FROHMAN

Saltwater, Mimi, May 11-Grief.
stricken by the death on the Lusitania
of her friend and manager, Charles
Frohman, Miss Billie Burke, starring
in a performance, Jerry" became
hysterical at the beginning of the first
act and collapsed in the wings. The
curtain was rung down Immediately.
A physician was notified, and, after
heroic measures, Miss Burke was fl
nally restored to consciousness and the
play was presented.
Accompanied by her company, she
returned to Minneapolis. 1t afterward
was reported that her condition was
such as would prevent for several days
her appearance on the stage.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-05-14
EDWARD DIETIK Err SICK

Edward Dietiker, who recently re-
turned from Paragould, Ark, is seri-
ously sick at the home of his parents
in South Cape. Sometime ago he was
compelled to abandon his work in the
shoe factory, and soon after he went
to Arkansas where he had obtained an
open-air position. The change did not
seem to benefit him as he grew con-
stantly worse, and was finally COM
PEELED to return to his home where he
is now said to be in a critical condi-
ton.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-05-14

Nagel escorted his aged guest into the
house where he remained while Mrs
Nagel prepared supper for him. In
the meantime his anxious relatives in
Jackson had been advised over the
telephone of his whereabouts, and in
accordance with their request, Mr.. Ma
gel detained him until they could come
from Jackson in an automobile.
After eating his supper he became
very impatient and insisted upon con-
tinuing his journey, but the Nagels
used various pretexts to hold him and
succeeded in preventing his departure
before the arrival of his two sons.
He consented to return to Jackson
in the auto with his son oLuis, while
Henry drove back with the horse and
buggy.
The horse was young animal and
inclined to be wild, and great anxiety
was felt for the old mans safety on
that account.
Mr.. Steinh6ff is one of the best
known citizens of the county, and is
the pionerr creamery man, having for
years operated a creamery in Jackson
during which time he gained the repu-
tation of being the best butter manu-
facturer in Southeast Missouri.
He retired from active labor sever
al years ago, and since the marriage
of his children, has lived in the old
home alone with his wife.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-05-14
STAGE COACH MAN DIES
Colonel Sanderson Established First
Kansas City-Los Angeles Line.

Boulder, Colo, May 11-Col. Jared
L. Sanderson, 81 years old, organizer
and chief owner of the stage coach
company which first established a pas
senger and freight traffic from Kan
sas City through New Mexico and the
Southwest to Los Angeles, died here
today.
Col. Sanderson himself carried the
first mail into Denver He was a ma
tive of Vermont and had lived in Boul-
der since 1885. He went out of the
stage coach business in 1890.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-05-14

It's the Ideal Family Beverage of Southeast
Missouri. Made in the Cape but drunk in
half of the State. =. :. :. :.
When you are thirsty, drink IDEAL 1t de-
lights the taste, quenches the thirst and is as
nourishing as milk. :. :.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-05-14

L. E. Kelch, merchant and lumber.
man of Brentwood, passed through
the city last night enroute to st. Louis
where he is going to purchase new
stock of merchandise.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Berger of Kelso
were in the city yesterday on a shop
ping trip.
D. B. Riordan of st. Louis is in the
city, a delegate to the K. C. conven-
ton.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-05-14

James ]. O'Connor and Mr.. and Mrs.
w. L. Hager of Jefferson City are Wis
iting in the Cape and attending the
convention of the knights of Column
bus.
Lee O'Brien of Perryville is in the
city attending the K C. convention.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-05-14

R. P. Williamson, James E. King,
and John F. Nugent of St. Louis are
visiting in this city, delegates to the
K. c. convention.
L. Busser and ]. G. jacob of Mar
tinburg, Mo. are in this city as dele
gates to the K. C. convention.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-05-14

w. ]. McGraw, G. ]. Joyce, Ed ].
Noonan and Ed Tobin of Kansas City
are attending the K. C. convention in
this city.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-11-04

told Grierson that should need year
or more. and he didn't object"
This was all In conversation" said
Griswold; mo writing?"
Raymer made a wry face.
Don't rub II in. I'm admitting that
was all the different kinds of fool
There was no definite time limit men
toned. l was to give my personal
notes and put up the family stock as
collateral. A day or two later. when
went around to close the deal, the
trap was standing wide open for me
and baby might have seen 1t. Grier-
son said he had proposed the loan to
his directors, and that they had kicked
on taking the stock as collateral. He
offered to take my paper without an
indorser If | would cover his personal
risk with my stock collateral, assign
ing it, not to the bank, but to him.
fell for 1t like a woolly sheep. The
stock transfers were made, and
signed a note for one hundred thou,
sand dollars, due in sixty days; Grier-
son explaining that two months was
the banks usual limit on accommoda-
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-11-04
CHAPTER xvl-continued.

"You still think / could tell you
that, If l chose?" she said, willfully
misleading him, or at least allowing
him to mislead himself.
II don't think anything about tt
know! You'd met him somewhere be-
fore that day in the bank-before you
knew he was goin' to turn gentleman
holdup. That's why you don't want to
give up his real name"
She had risen, and in self-defense
Broffin had to grope on the floor for
his hat and stand up too.
wait a minute. I'm an officer of
the law, and l could arrest you and
take you to New Orleans on what evil
dence I've got. How about that?-
WHAT"
There was good fighting blood on
the Farnham side, Notwithstanding the
kindly Doctor Berries peaceful voca.
ton, and the calm gray eyes that met
Broffin's were militantly angry when
the retort came.
"If had a brother, Mr.. Broffin, he
would be able to answer you better
than l can!" she famed out. Let me
pass, pleased"
1t was not often that Broffin lost his
head or his temper, but both were
gone when he struck back.
"Thatll be all right, tool" he broke
out harshly, blocking the way to force
her to listen to him. you think you've
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-11-04

gave a brief audience In the Mereside
library to a small. barefooted boy
whose occupation was sufficiently In
dictated by the bundle of evening pa
pers under one arm.
We'll, Johnnie, what did you find
out?" she asked.
Amt hac time" said the boy. "But
he amt no millyunaire lumber-shooter
I'll bet nickel. sold him pape
just now, down by Dutchie's lumber
yard, ana asst him what kind o. lum,
Der that was in tie pile by the gate
He didn't know, no more'n a goat"
Miss Margery filliped a coin in the
air and the newsboy caught it dex
terously.
THAT will do nicely for a begin,
ming, Johnnie" she said sweetly
Come and see me every once in a
while. and perhaps there'll be more
little white cartwheels for you. Only
don't tell. and don't let him catch you
That's ALL"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-11-04
SYNOPSIS.

Kenneth Griswold, an unsuccessful
writer, because of socialistic tendencies.
holds up Andrew Galbraith, president OF
the Bayou State Securities, in the presi-
dents private office and escapes with $780,
600 in cash. BY original methods he es-
capes the hue and cry and goes aboard
the Belle Julie as a deckhand. Charlotte
Farnham of Wahaska, Mimi. who had
seen him cash Galbraith's check In the
bank. recognizes him. and sends a letter
" betrayal TO Galbraith anonymously.
triswold is arrested on the arrival or the
boat at st. Louis. but escapes from his
taptors. He decides on Wahaska. Mimi,
as a hiding place, and after Quitting
himself properly, takes the train. Girls
void falls III on the sleeper and is cared
for and taken to her home In Wahaska
oy Margery Grierson, daughter OF Jasper
urterson, the financial magnate OF Wa
haska Margery finds the stolen money
in Griswolds suitcase. Broffin, detective
takes the trail Margery asks her father
10 get Edward Raymer into financial hot
water and then help him out of It, Girls
wold RECEIVERS to find the stolen money
gone. He meets Margerys social circle
and forms a friendship with Raymer
the iron manufacturer. Broftin comes To
Wahaska In search of the woman who
wrote the anonymous letter to Galbraith
Margery takes Griswold to the safety de-
9osit vault and turns the stolen money
Dver TO him.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-11-04

oluffed me, don't you?-what? Let
me tell you: some fine day this duck
whose name isn't Gavitt will turn up
hereto see you; then I'll nab him.
If you find out where he is, and write
to him not to come, it'll be all the
same; he'll come anyway, and when
he does come, III yet himl"
When Miss Farnham had gone in
and there was nothing left for him to
do but to compass his own disappear
ance, Broffin went away, telling him
self with many Establishments that for
once in his professional career he had
made an ass or himself. The doctors
daughter knew the man; she had
known him before the robbery; she
was willing to be his accomplice to
the extent of her ability. There was
only one explanation of this attitude.
In Broffln's wording of 1t, Miss Farm
ham was gone on him." II not openly,
ut least to such an extent as to make
Der anxious to shield him.
That being the case, Broffin set 1t
down as a fact as good as accom-
plished that the man would sooner or
later come to Wahaska. The detec-
tive's knowledge of masculine human
nature was as profoundly acute as the
requirements of his calling demanded.
with woman like Miss Farnham for
the lure, he could be morally certain
that his man would some time fling
canton, or even a written prohibition,
TO the winds, and walk into the trap.
This misfire of Brofin's happened
upon wednesday, which, in its cal
endar placing. CHANGED 70 be three
weeks to a day after Griswold had left
keresids to settle himself studiously
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-11-04
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Bridge Of Jehennam.

The Bridge OF Jehennan.
Griswold took final look at himself
in his dressing case mirror before 60
ing to keep his evening appointment
at the Doctors downtown office. 1t
was comfortably reassuring. So far as
he could determine, there was little
in the clean-shaven, square-shouldered
correctly garmented young fellow who
fnced him in the mirror to suggest
either the bearded outcast of New Or
leans or the unkempt and toil-sodden
roustabout of the Belle Julie. If
only she had not made him speak to
her. He had a sharp conviction that
the greatest of all the hazards lay
in the chance that she might remem-
Der his voice.
He found the CHEEKY little doctor
waiting for him when he had walked
the few squares to the Main street
office.
II was beginning to be afraid you
were going to be fashionably late.'
said the potential host; and then. with
a humorous glance for the correct gar.
menting: "Regalia, heb? Hasn't Miss
Grierson told you that Wahaska is still
hopelessly unable to live up to the
dress coat and standing collar? I'm
sure she must have. But never mind I;
climb into the buggy and we'll let old
Bucephalus take us around to see II
the neighbors have brought in any.
thing good TO eat"
The drive was short one. Broffin
was once more shadowing the house
in which, first or last, he expected to
trap his amateur MacHeath; and when
the buggy was halted at the carriage
step he was near enough to mark and
recognize the doctors companion.
Not this time," he muttered sourly,
when the two had passed together up
the graveled path and the host was
fitting his latchkey to the front door.
Its only the sick man that writes
books. wonder what sort of a book
Ne thinks bes going 60 write IN tails
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-11-04

ton paper-which is true enough-but
giving me to understand that a re-
newal and an extension of time would
be merely matter of routine"
Griswold was shaking his head SYM
pathetically. 81 can guess the rest"
he said. "Grierson is preparing to
swallow you whole"
He has as good as done it," was the
detected reply. THE note falls due
tomorrow; and, as l happened to be
uptown this afternoon, | thought
would drop in and pay the discount
and renew the paper. Grierson shot
me through the heart. He gave me a
cock-and-bull story about some bank
examiners protest, and told me
must be prepared to take up the paper
tomorrow"
"Of course you reminded him of
his agreement"
Sure; and he sawed me off short;
said that any business man borrow
ing money on accommodation paper
knew that 1t was likely to be called in
on the expiration date; that an extern
sion is really a new transaction. which
the bank is at liberty to refuse to
enter oh, he gave it to me cold and
clammy, sitting back in his big chair
and staring up at me through the
smoke of a fat, black cigar while he
did it!''
And them" prompted Griswold.
Then l remembered the mother and
sister, Kenneth, and did what would
have died rather than do for myself
begged like a dog. But / might as
well have gone outside and butted
my head against the brick wall of the
bank"
Griswold forgot his own real,
though possibly indirect, obligation
to Jasper Grierson.
THAT is where you made a mis-
take; you should have told him to go
to hi with his money!" was his
acrid comment. And then: How
near can you come to lifting this note
tomorrow, Raymer?"
Near isn't the word. Possibly
might sweep the corners and gather
up twelve or fifteen thousand dol
| lars"
THAT will do" said the querist,
shortly. Make 1t ten thousand, and
I'll contribute the remaining ninety"
Raymer sprang out of his chair as
If it's padded arms had been suddenly
turned into high-voltage electrodes.
You will?-you1l do that for me,
Griswold?" he said, with a queer stri-
dency in his voice that made the
word-craftsman, always on the watch
for apt SMILES, think OF a choked
chicken. But Raymer was swallow
ing hard and trying to go on. by
Jove-it's the most generous thing
ever heard ofl-but l can't let you
do 1t. l haven't thing in the world
to offer you but the stock, and that
may not be worth the paper 1t is
printed on IL Jasper Grierson has
made up his mind to break me-"
"Sit down again and let us thresh
| Il out" said Griswold. How much
of a socialist are you, Raymer"
The young ironrnaster sat down.
gasping a little at the sudden wrench
ing aside of the subject.
why, don't know; enough to
want every man to have square deal.
l guess"
Including the men In your shopsr
Putting them first" was the prompt
correction 1T was my fathers pol
icy. and 1t has been mine. We have
never had any labor troubles"
"Yov pay fair wages?"
1--WE do better than that year
ago ! introduced a modified plan OF
proht sharing
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-11-04

In several towns in Germany work
ingmen are visited at their homes on
pay days by savings bank officials b
collect their savings for banking
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-11-04
FAST and FREQUENT
SERVICE
PORT HURON
DETROIT
BY THE
Rapid Railway

Limited cars leave Port Huron,
Eastern Standard time,
1895 a. m. and every two hours to
1885 p. m, also 5:l5 a. m. Mondays,
and 10 p. m. Sunday.
Limited cars leave Detroit,
S:l5 a. m. and every two hours to,
6:15 p. NJ, Sundays only ii p. m.