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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-16
FRISCO TO BE
ASKED TO KEEP
TRAIN RUNNING
Mcpherson and Glenn, Rep
resenting Commercial Club,
in st. Louis for Conference.
BUSINESS MEN THINK
BETTER RATE SURE
Railroad Urged to Wait Efforts of
State to Get Extra
Session.

A meeting of the business men was
called at the Commercial Club yester-
day afternoon to devise means to pre-
vent the Frisco Ry. Co. from carrying
out its plans to take off the Blythes-
vile and Poplar Bluff daily passenger
trains.
A committee composed of J. H. Nc
Pherson and D. A. Glenn was appoint
ed to go to St. Louis today to confer
with General Traffic Manager A. Hill
ton, in an effort to induce him TO held
up his order until further action can
be taken by the State Commercial
| Clubs toward securing an increase Of
freight and passenger rates, through
a united appeal to Governor Major for
special session Of the Legislature.
| These gentlemen departed on their
mission this morning, taking with
them u petition signed by business
men and members of the Commercial
/ Club of this city, asking that he sus-
pend action temporarily at least.
/ In his notice to discontinue trains
Nos. 873 and S74 going toPoplar Bluff
from this city and return, Mr. Hilton
STATED that the Frisco had been opcr-
ating the trains at = loss for months,
and during steadily decreasing reye-
nues.
The Frisco'5 official announcement
/ follows:
Because CT cur greatly decreased
passenger revenue incident to the pre-
vaiIjng low passenger rate established
by law in states traversed by this
compary's lines, and the present small
volume Of traffic, we find it necessary
to establish further economies in our
{ passenger train service.
EFFECTIVE Sunday, April II. trains
Nos. 873 and 614, operating between
| Cape Girardeau and Poplar Bluff will
/ be discontinued until further notice.
"The above trains have been sup
ported for somc time at a loss and
during steadily decreasing revenues.
at is hoped that the travelling pub
lie will appreciate the necessity for
these economies until conditions I'M
prove so as to make the restoration
Of these trains impossible"
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-16
LETTERS DIDN'T
VIOLATE LAW.
OLIVER SAYS
U. S. District Attorney Tells
Mayor Rage Prosecution
Cannot be Authorized.
UNSEALED LETTERS
WOULD BE VIOLATION
Executive Says He Won't Aban-
don Efforts to Punish Men
Who Slandered Him.

Mayor Rage was informed yester-
day by United States District Attor-
ney Oliver that the campaign letters
sent through the mails by the Mayor
opponents were not in violation of the
postal laws. IF they were sent in
unsealed envelopes" said the District
Attorney, then the men who were re-
sponsible for them can be prose
cuted."
Unless Mayor Rage can find voters
who received the letters in unsealed
envelopes, he will not likely ask the
Federal Grand Jury, which convenes
here tomorrow, to indict the men who
sent them.
81 have not reached a definite con-
clusion," said the Mayor last night
Il will confer with my attorney be-
fore the Grand Jury meets and we
shall decide whether to appear before
the .;Ury. If l cannot present them to
the Federal Court, l will take them in
to the State court. | am going to make
the people who sent them suffer foI
the injury to me.
''If l am unable to get the matter
in any court, then l shall make the
charges against me personal one,
concluded the Mayor
Mr.. Rage believes that a certain
prominent man was responsible for
the letters being sent through the
mails. Before the incident is closed
the Mayor stated last night, the party
who has been prosecuting him will be
exposed. The executive declined to
divulgc names or disclose the sensa-
ton which he proposes to uncover.
Mayor Rage sent copies of the let
ters reflccting upon his character, and
which were sent through the mails, to
District Attorney Oliver three days
ago. He informed the Federal prose
cutor that he intended to ask the
Grand Jury to consider the matter and
requested Mr.. Oliver TO say whether
he considered the letters a violation of
law. District Attorney divers letter
yesterday was in reply to the Mayors
inquiry.
| If any Of the letters were sent in
unsealed envelopes, the Mayor viii
ask the Grand Jury to indict the men
who sent them. The Grand Jury Will
be here probably week, and the next
few days will decide what action Mr.
Rage will take.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-16
CAPE CHAPTER p. f. o.
IS GIVEN INSPECTION

The Cape Girardeau chapter OF the
P. f. 0. was visited Saturday by Mrs.
Edith w. Bradley OF Joplin, organizer
and inspector for the Missouri grand
CHAPTER of the order. Mrs. Bradley
was highly complimentary in her
praises for the local workers, stat.rg
that the Cape chapter was one u
those showing great proficiency y
the work. She had inspected a oES
half the chapters of the State am aa''
organized two new ones before coming
here. There are 10 chapters il Mi
souri,.
The total membership Of Il oldo,
is about 10000 members who 0tc 10
ing work in various lines, one esp7cia,
work being the assisting o. young
girls in acquiring an educa tran Tra
educational fund has $4,000 aII has
only been in existence for he past ~
years.
Mrs. Bradley returned 10 he" hare
in Joplin after leaving this 1T. ~
pecting to continue he '9snc,..on o.
the remaining chapter lat. rr-
A six o'clock lunchc"J Vas given
Mrs. Bradley by thu women of tHe
Cape chapter SATURDAY afternoon, tke
luncheon being served By tha advaa ceG
class of the Normal School Dom SIC
Science Departme1t 1ndar III. i'~cc
ton of Miss Ida Shilling. the ra5ie
was decorated w.h white and yellow
the colors Of the order.
After the luncheon a meeting o. thc
chapter was hc.d at the home Of Mrs
W. W. Martin
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-16
CARUTHERS DRILLS SQUIRES
Prosecutor Lectures on Law and then
Pictures Are Taken.

The meeting of the Justices Of the
Peace and constables Of the County,
called by Prosecuting Attorney j.
Henry Caruthers, was held today in
the big court room in this city, and
opened its session at 1920 this morn
ing.
At 1915 a recess was taken, and
Mr.. Caruthers and his guests assem-
bled OH the front steps of the Court
House where the photographer took
their pictures. A. big dinner followed
at the Central Hotel, after which bust
ness was resumed at 100 in the af-
ternoon.
There were Is Justices and 8 con-
stables present.
Before adjourning at 4:30, q per-
manent organization was perfected,
and the following officers elected:
Henry W. Hahs, president; f. Hasty,
vice president; John Putt, secretary.
Attorney J. Henry Caruthers and Al
bert NJ. Spradling were made honor
airy members and advisors.
Questions in matters of civil law
were discussed and explained by Mr..
Spreading, and Mr. Caruthers gave aR
interesting and instructive discourse
orcriminal laws.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-16

the noble fires that filled the barIs
dreams smile celestial Tyres and hear the death flow but when
wake and take strike undying have the
cid for mOdy In dreams aphm
till
maid; bunch female
noddng that island
wind northward switched
freezes everything sight In dreams
valued for their wads and live
with the gods; but when
buns string of the
door. with forty-seven kinds of dun
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-16
JOB HUNTERS
SWAMP COUNCIL,
PIECUT TONIGHT
Many Candidates Apply for
Positions on Police Force
and Fire Department.
HUTSON CHIEF TONIGHT
NEW COP is NEEDED
City is Without Irish Policeman.
But Pat Whalen May Get
Star.

Since the day following the election,
Mayor +. A. Rage has been receiving
applications for appointment to the
various offices in which vacancies are
to- be filled at the meeting Of the
Council tonight.
The positions for which the most
applications have been filed are those
of POLICE and Assistant Fire Chief. In
addition to the applications already
filed, number of others have ex-
pressed the intention to apply, and
doubtless the list will be increased
considerably before the Council con-
venes tonight.
Those who have already made for
NAL application for positions on the
police force are: ]. H. Engle, Patrick
w. Whalen, Louis F. Brunke, J. NJ.
Green, John B. Gross, f. V. Beeve,
George w. Talley and T. NJ. Lail.
Of the above named applicants,
Messrs. Beeve and Talley are now
members of the police force, and have
received the endorsement Of T. J. Hut
son, the newly elected chief for re-
appointment.
J. NJ. Green was formerly a police
man in South Cape and resigned his
position on account of poor health.
I His services are said to have met with
satisfaction during the period of his
term, and it is his desire to be restor-
ed to the South Cape assignment.
Mr.. Gross is a coal HEAVIER, employ
ed by the Frisco Railroad Company
| he also has the endorsement of Chief
Hutson. Louis Brunke is lifelong
citizen Of the Cape and would doubt
less make an efficient officer. Patrick
/ ". Whalen is now employed as 4
street car motorman, and his appoint
ment to the police force would meet
with the approval Of many citizens
who are confident that he would fill
| the requirements Of the office IN an
able and efficient manner. J. II. En-
gle, who recently moved to this city
from Chaffee, is also highly recon-
mended. T. NJ. Lail is one Of the best
known citizens of Cape Girardeau
County, and his application is sup
ported by Il large following of influ-
entail friends.
c. F. Stone and Joseph Smith have
flied their applications for appoint
ment to the position of Health Off
Ger. MIR. Stone is at the present time
serving in that capacity, and Mr.
/ Smith has heretofore served as a pa
trolman in this city.
John Sullinger, the present fire
chief has filed application for reap
pointment, and George French the
first assistant fire chief also seeks to
succeed himself,
The applications already filed for
appointment to assistant fire chief are
C. V. Ransom, Charles Searcy and
| Fred Moeth.
Albert CIaproth and Martin Moth
durft are applicants for the position
of city sexton.
| Fred Brunke seeks reappointment
to the position of Street Commission
err. and W. S. Albert seeks to retain
the position of Port Warden.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-16
RIPPING RHYMES
Copyright.
BY WALT MASON.

The first the these Strawberries they've without
They like blue
L.
a
they unhOy
swallowed, falSehoods
lowd by Id dinner They
the gods Ny
hear then the buy those
bitter and hard wedge that teeth
And and
tender dream! Thus truth all boggled
loom are and led to their doom!
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-16
aitNT AND HnIDE HERE

a,r. az Mrs.. EIgar d. Freeman,
nc lyweda. pasaad through this city
Sunday FROM Qrar to their home in
V'oif LAKE, H.
Nr. Freeman IS a blacksmith at
Wo.7 lake, an@ on Saturday evening
va married % Miss Laura Smith Of
OTal-
TIE ,ide oom, while scarcely u
wear, O. age is a giant in stature,
Weighing 4,re than 24O pounds, and
stands 8 1T s inches in'tall, in his
stocking 1T.
The bride has the appearance or
midget % comparison with her brawny
husband. She is but little more than
five Gee. tall, and stands erect beneath
his 5utstretched arm.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-16
MACHINIST STRUCK
BY FLYING STEEL
Bert Boswell Hit Over Eye and
Badly Injured in Lumber
Mill.

Bert Boswell, a machine operator
for the Bremen Lumber Co. was Sc
vcrcly injured yesterday morning
when flying fragment from a broken
pulley struck him in the forehead.
Mr. Boswell had gone behind his
machine to instruct a new man in
grading the material, and while 50 en-
gagged, u counter shaft and pulley
gave way and the broken pieces were
hurled with great force in all dircc-
tons. One of the pieces struck Mr..
Boswell Just above the right eye,
knocking him down and rendering him
unconscious.
He -.. l-yi.l to Dalton's drug
Store vGe.- his frrri. -erc cared
-or. The missile .... q ..~e, deep cash
in his forehead. a.- t.a 'lulI was not
fractured
Las f." suls1. Breakdown oc-
cu-vc,i a .ta Erc-a. lumber works,
Whoa, W.n,a Key as struck by Il
rlr.as h.fC md sa..n.,l y injured.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-16

a
bruised his head and his
of smirked
knights pulling exclaimed IF had
fish, For what
hole;
gawd swap Of and
luck old king And
caught glimpse of the marble halls and
Wh the king, and the king
me- To all day with straight whole lot bern
fsh the fish won't bite and gcttn licked
for your a
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-16
JUDGE FLAYS MEN
Who ABUSE MAILS
Joseph Haas is Granted Natural
ization Papers and Becomes
Uncle Sam Subject.

After the opening of Federal Court
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning,
Judge Dyer proceeded to instruct the
jury on the law covering matters of
the use of mails, for communicating
threats, for carrying obsence matter,
and for preparation Of fraud.
He denounced the alleged actions Of
the night riders, and asserted that if
they were guilty of the offences
charged, they should be punished.
Charles Votaw and Ben Reynolds,
prisoners accused of robbing the post
office at Mingo, and who escaped Jail
here while being held for trial last
year, and who were recaptured few
months ago, upon arraignment asked
for an attorney to defend them. The
Judge appointed +. B. Oliver, Jr., to
represent them, and their trial will
likely come up tomorrow.
Joseph Haas was granted natural
ization papers, after he had made the
necessary showing to the court. Ed
ward F. Regenhardt and Charles H.
Daues appeared as witnesses in his
behalf.
At 10 o'clock this morning the petit
jury will convene.
Grand Jurors.
j. f. Beck, Wyatt.
W. F. Davis, Point Pleasant.
f. p. Ellis, Cape Girardeau.
Charles B. Grant, Charleston.
W. D. Fulker, kennett, r. f. D.
A. w. Bess, Bloomfield.
Ed Gillen, Charlottesville.
Albert NJ. Sander, Cape Girardeau.
Chester Prince, New Madrid.
E. L. Davis, Bragadocia.
Asa Norman, Dexter.
w. S. Randall, PoEar Bluff.
R. l.. Harrison, Morley.
H. n. Chapman, Kcnnett.
! l.. D. Whitener, Marquand.
Ira l.. Rhodes, Greenville.
G. W. Cross, Cape Girardcau.
J. L. Stone, Doniphan.
A. c. King, Zalma.
Samuel Z. Banks, Perryvil'c.
Luther Spradling, Jackson.
Walter Quicker, Poplar Bluff.
Petit Jurors.
! Joseph Ashcroft, Poplar Bluff.
/ A. Mcbride, Campbell.
Claude Price, kennett.
Frank Long, Charlottesville.
L. NJ McLain, Lutesvillc.
A. E. Bollinger, Scopus.
Clarence Sanders, Oran.
c. F. McMullin, Sikeston.
William SurreIl, East Prairie.
Ben F. Anderson, Charleston.
Fred Wilkinson, Piedmont.
Charles Cooper, Fredcriektown.
Fred Lorberg, GOrdonvillc.
Warren L. Mabrey, Jackson.
George W. Gross, Whitewater.
+. F. Braun. Cape Girardeau.
Theodore Goehring, Frohna.
W. d. Brewer. Pelryville.
W. H. Clements, Centervillc.
D. VI. Brown, Birch Tree.
L. NJ. Bowman, Elsinore.
William Miller, Dexter.
G.. A. Grain, Bloomfield.
Fred Moran, Hayti.
l.. W. Bender, Cape Girardeau.
Charles Hamilton, Poplar Bluff.
w. G. Wilson, Burfordville.
George DeLisle, Portagevillc.
c. C. Book, Lilborn.
Leon Clippard. Jackson.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-16
GUY HOBBS DIES IN THEBES

Guy Hobbs died yesterday morning
at his home in Thebes, H., after an
illness of twelve months. His death
was due to tuberculosis.
He was a prominent citizen of
Thebes, and was well known in this
city where he has numerous friends
and relatives.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and the
burial will be at the Thebes cemetery.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-16

Miss Rita liickr3u Of Pucico visit
cd friends j. tn sity ye=- slav-
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-16

ri Gray of Braysboro, visited in
taj- ETY. yesterday.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-04-16

Wash Miller, banker of Oak Ridge,
transacted business in this city yester-
day.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-27

OF child welfare legislation" the
report said. The congress should
have a national chairman of legisla-
ton who could be employed year
after year in keeping in touch with
every legislative measure that at
/ fects children, wise enough to dis-
| criminate as to the acts that are in
! troduced for good motives put
which for various causes would not
be constitutional or would, on care
full study, entail harmful results
Women of this character who can
give necessary time to such WORK
can be secured easily, and your
president has been so far unable te
fill the position.
The report closed with an appea
for an endowment fund, with th'
proceeds of which the expense O
the work might be met. 1t wa
stated that such a fund had peel
started by officers of the association
!. Daily contributions by each OF tn
. 1OO. 900 members of the organization
were suggested as a means OF IN
creasing the fund and the hope wa
expressed that it might reach NOR
than 100000 by 1917.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-27

All charges of fraudulent practice
on the part of American producers
ought to be promptly sifted. If
such statements are true, we should
know it. If they are false, let there
be an end to them.
The theory that it is profitable to
beat a foreigner ought by this time
be played out among American
manufacturers and traders. South
America csed to send us compli-
tments of this kind. OF late they have
almost ceased.
/ At the present moment. when new
markets are opening to us all over
the world, scrupulous care should
be taken that American products are
all they profess to be.
The American exporter who de-
liberately foists shoddy goods on
foreign customer fouls his own nes'
and discredits his own country. HI
is not better than a traitor.
One Bonaparte of Corsica had
short way with contractors caugh
cheating He stood them against
wall and shot them.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-27

generation may aV0lQ the stIile
which rs raging now and whose ef-
.ects will not cease to be felt by
generations unborn. Hundreds of
thousands of orphaned children are
the saddest wreckage left by the
wars and for years to come there
VIII be everything to do for them.
1.-The spirit of the Congress OF
Mothers must brood over these little
ones, must reach out to the mothers
of every one of the stricken ma.
tions and by every means possible
lead them to unite in measures that
will wipe out militarism. that will
substitute in its place justice for th'
rights of others"
The report took up the routine
work of the organization, layin!
stress, among other things, upon tn
efforts at cooperation with the fed
eral bureau of education, of whicl
Mrs Schoff is director of the HON
education division. 1t was state
dealing with methods of organizin
parent-teacher associations. had me
with such demand that two edition
of 10000 each had been published
New state branches of the col
gress were reported in Marylan
Minnesota, Montana and North an
South Dakota. The editorial work
the organization included a mag
zine, a year book and publicatif
of various reports and pamphlets.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-27
NEW YORK DAY BY DAY
By Charles Henry Adams

Great Britain grows restless over
the manner in which its ministers
are conducting the war. Mysterious
tension is felt. The country has an
uneasy sense that its leaders are d.
vided
But is the nation itself OF one
mind and heart? Nothing has been
more sadly evident of late than many
Britons are thinking not so mucn
of what they can give their country
as of what they can get out OF it.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-27
keeI un Belief.

Believe in yourself. believe In hui
msnity-believe in the success of your
undertakings. Fear nothing and no
one. Love your work. Work, hope,
trust. Keep in touch with today.
Teach yourself to be practical, up-to-
date and sensible. You cannot fail
Selected.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-27

The dominions strike of the dock
laborers some weeks ago has been
followed by other signs of a similar
sort. This week employees of the
London street railway struck and
tied up nearly 1900 trolly cars be-
cause their demand for war bonus
in the shape of increased wages was
refused. Munition makers listen
more Willingly to the trades union
leaders than to the pressing needs
of the nation. Men and machines
stand idle because union rules for
hid them to work. And now a great
coal strike is threatening.
What is the matter with En- gland
Is this the reward for safsgrarded
labor. sick relief, old age pensions
and all the other benefits that Brit
ish Parliaments have heapec upon
the British workingmen? State ait
ought to inspire, when there GENES
a time of national stress, deeper
patriotism, more devoted seif-sacri
fee. Does it?
Who Are Theya
A report from Paris that o
twenty-five American manufacturer
supplying munitions of war to tn
French Government only one invar
iably comes up to sample is not tn
7 first imputation of the sort. WI
not name names.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-27
Military Titlea.

The titles colonel" major" cap
tain," as applied to officers OF the
militia. are perfectly proper and quite
legitimate. and those holding such POI
sitions are clearly entitled 10 use the
titles that 60 along with them.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-27

They seem to be so well suited
for each other Yes. neither of them
has brains enough to realize what .
frost the other one is
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-05-27
On thu .loh
A.tetv In pampness.

On the Job. safety In pampness
There are two kinds scientist that In
ere One sees how much @
must work before he thoousn
me otnr sees how much He could
Ford Tines s,.,a.-.. -. 800 -Aen It VI
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1915-03-12
CONVERSATIONS

The eight-hour movement in the
United States began in 1868.
The German merchant marine, in
1913, had tonnage of 4,576,355.
Chicago will spend 100000 in i'm
provement at Grant park
Los Angeles is canning Lima beans
with much success. The enterprise
was initiated last year.
According to an English scientist the
light Of the sun exerts pressure Of
10000 tons on the earth.
California products, consisting Of
canned fruit, dried fruit, wine, ETC.,
are now arriving in the eastern mar
kets via the Panama canal.
The municipal board of health of
Manila has passed an ordinance re-
quiring that all buildings erected in
future in the city must be fireproof.
Government figures recently com.
piled show that the salt production Of
the United States last year reached
the record-breaking total of 4,S15,902
short tons.
Kukui nut oil is valuable Hawai-
ian product and is in demand in the
paint and varnish trade. 1t has been
shipped to the United States from
various Pacific islands for the last rs
years.