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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-28
MILLER
TRAIN
CONTROL
RAMP

and found in perfect condition. although
ice and snow"
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-06-04
MISSISSIPPI 81
FEET HERE And
RISING RAPIDLY
LOwlands Below Cape Girar-
deau Are Being Inundated
by Overflow.
BIG DREDGE MACHINE
MAY BE SUBMERGED
Gulf Tracks Are in Danger of
Being Washed Away Small
Rivers Rampage.

The Mississippi River reached a
stage of 80 feet at Cape Girardeau
last night and was rising rapidly. 1t
is expected to reach "a feet by tonight.
The river is spreading out over a
wide territory south of this city and
if the fall does not begin within the
next few days, it is feared great dam
age will be wrought.
The dredging work has been abau-
doned and the supplies have been
taken from the warehouses and loaded
into cars so that it can be removed
from the danger zone quickly.
c. H. Flynn, an expert, employed
on the dredge work, informed The
Tribune last night that the water had
swept over the territory where the big
machines are located to a depth of al
most three feet.
One of the giant machines is sur
rounded by water and it is feared that
it will be submerged before the flood
recedes. Other machinery is in danger
of being carried away.
The tracks on the Gulf line south of
Cape Girardeau are being threatened
by the high water. The river has al
most reached the level of the tracks
and if the rise continues, the tracks
will be inundated or swept away which
would permit the back water to spread
out over a territory more than one
mile wide to the government levee.
The Klosterman Veneering Com
pany, located at the southern end of
this city, is shipping its stock to other
cities in order to save it in the event
of 4 continued rise of the river. Other
factories in the southern part of town
are in danger from the high water
Streams that traverse the southeast
ern section of the State are rapidly
leaving their banks and spreading
over farm lands. Whitewater at Delta
is out of its banks, but has not caused
much damage. Castor river is level
with with its banks and in places is
bubbling over. The st. Francois has
broken over it's banks at some points,
but has not resulted seriously. The
Black River at Poplar Bluff is full,
but has not been injurious to the farm
lands.
South of the Missouri line, Arkan-
sas farmers have suffered heavy loss
es due to the high water. In the vicin-
ity of Pocahontas the lowlands are
submerged to a depth of many feet
and in some instances crops have been
damaged.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-06-04
BILLY FISCHER KEPT IN
SECLUSION BY FRIENDS
Clubman known in Cape Under Care
of Physician Following
Breakdown.

+ William NJ. Billy Fisher, st. Loui:
club man, and well-known in Cape Cir.
ardeau, is suffering a nervous break.
down, and is in seclusion in care of {
physician, it was learned in St. Louis
Tuesday. Mr.. Fisher was recently ia,
ken to st. Louis from New York
where his actions caused much com,
ment.
He was taken to the sanitarium OF
DIR. H. S. Atkinson in St. Louis Coun-
ty, on his arrival, but objected to his
confinement so strenuously that his
friends decided Monday night to take
him elsewhere.
His whereabouts could not be ascer-
tanned Tuesday morning.
Mr. Fisher is a member of the Rae
quet Club, where he has long been one
of the leading spirits. He is also a
member of several other exclusive
clubs. He has the reputation of being
one of the best dancers in st. Louis.
While in New York Mr.. Fisher
caused a sensation on the "Great
White Way" when it was learned that
he had purchased a yacht, which he
caused to be stocked with 5000 cases of
his favorite champagne. He also caus-
ed furore when he ordered $4,000
worth of silk shirts from a New York
haberdasher.
On his return trip to st. Louis Mr..
Fisher eluded his attendant in Indian
apolis Saturday. He was found later
and was brought to St. Louis Sunday.
When he refused to remain at the san
itarium his friends announced that he
would be taken to a private home.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-06-04
GIDEON MARSHAL
KILLS AN OLD FOE
R. B. Langley Locks Self in Home
After Staying and Defies
Posse.

George Mcdowell, a prominent citi-
zen Of Gideon, was shot and instantly
killed last night at s o'clock, by r. B.
Langley, city marshal of Gideon.
The shooting was the result of a
quarrel in which the men INDUCED
several months ago, and since which
time they have not been on friendly
terms.
Mcdowell, who is recognized as a
fearless man, and at times inclined
to be quarrelsome, was said to have
been moody during the day, and that
Langley suspected that he intended to
revive the difficulty.
About o'clock last night they met
on the street in the business section
of tie city, when, without warning,
Langley is reported to have opened
fire on Mcdowell with a revolver He
was struck twice and death was in
Simultaneous.
Immediately after the shooting
Langley procured a Winchester rifle
and walked to his home unmolested.
Great excitement prevailed among the
citizens of Gideon last night and it
was feared that a lynching would oc-
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-06-04
CAPE URGES U. S.
NOT TO BE RASH
With GERMANY
German American Alliance
Wires President Wilson to
Deliberate Before Acting.
LOCAL LEADERS HOPE
TO MAINTAIN PEACE
Think kilograms Will Give Will
son Better View Of the Crit
ical Situation.

The various organizations of the
German-American Alliance throughout
the country have Joined in a concerted
movement to prevent the. United
States from assuming a hostile atti-
tude toward Germany as a result of
the sinking of the Lusitania in which
many American citizens lost their
lives.
The local leaders of the society have
been exerting every effort to preserve
mutual friendly feeling, and are en-
deavoring to establish the impression
that at this time nothing has been
shown to indicate that the conduct of
Germany has been such as to incite
the hostile feeling of the United
States, and to create an influence to
prevent hasty action pending the in
vestigations that are now under way.
As an expression of the purpose of
the organization, the following mes
sage was sent from this city to Presi-
dent Wilson last evening:
1.-THE President, Washington,
D. c. The vast majority of the
people of Cape Girardeau, Mo-,
and members of the German
American Alliance of Southeast
Missouri, request that no drastic
action be taken against Germany
without mature deliberation."
The communication was signed by
Charles Blattner, president, and Louis
Wittmor, secretary of the German
American Alliance.
When interviewed by a Tribune re-
porter last evening, officers of the
organization expressed the hope and
BELIEF that the thousands of kilograms
that were being sent from various
branches of the great alliance, would
impress the chief executive with the
desire expressed by the great numbers
of American citizens to prevent fric-
ton between the two countries.
They feel that by the plan adopted
the President will be given more COR
rect understanding of the feeling that
prevails generally throughout the
country.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-06-04
mrs. JAMES MILLER'S
NEPHEW ISDROWNED
High School Boy Loses Life in
Kansas-Sisters, Visiting
Here, Notified.

Mrs. Mary Hottenstein of Humboldt,
Kans., who with her niece, Miss Min
ME Norton, has been visiting for sew
eral days in this city at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Miller, received a
telegram yesterday afternoon advising
her that her nephew, Fred Norton was
drowned at Humboldt yesterday morn
ing.
Mrs. Hottenstein and Miss Norton
returned to their home in Kansas yes
terday afternoon soon after receiving
the message.
Mrs. Hottenstein is an aunt of Mrs.
Miller and the young man who was
drowned is cousin of Mrs. Miller.
He was Is years of age and was a pu-
pill in the Humboldt High School. The
telegram stated that the body had
not yet been discovered but failed to
advise the manner in which the young
man was drowned.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-06-04
2 THEBES GIRLS
VANISH WHILE
ON BERRY HUNT
Lucky and Pearl Sowders
Have Been Missing Since
Wednesday.
WHOLE COUNTRYSIDE
SEARCHING FOR THEM
Parents of Missing Sisters Fear
They Have Met Tragic
Fate

The town of Thebes is in a fever of
excitement over the mysterious disap-
pearance Of Misses Pearl and Lucy
Sowders, two prominent and popular
young ladies of that village, who left
their home Wednesday afternoon to
gather mulberries and have not since
been seen or heard from.
The young ladies are the daughters
of l.. SOwders, a car repairer and
former police magistrate of Thebes,
and are social leaders in that munich
pality.
About A o'clock Wednesday after
noon they procured some buckets and
left the premises, for the purpose of
picking some mulberries in the forest
short distance from the home.
When darkness came, the girls had
not returned, but at first the parents
were not worried as they thought their
daughters had perhaps stopped to call
at the home of some neighbOr.
Later when they failed to appear the
parents became alarmed and made in
quiry over the telephone among the
various ncighborS with whom the girls
were accustomed to visit. Their in
vestigation failed to reveal the where
abouts Of the missing daughters and
no one in the neighborhood had seen
them after they left the house in the
afternoon.
A searching party was hurriedly or
ganized and the night was spent in a
fruitless effort to find the young
women. Shortly after daylight, the
party was reinforced and systematic
search was maintained throughout the
day. The alarm was sent to neighbor-
ing towns where the authorities were
requested to be on the lookout for the
missing sisters. No trace has been
received from them since they disap-
peared, and the parents are almost
frantic through fear that their chill
dren have met with some tragic fate.
Lucy, the oldest of the two, is de-
scribed as being about feet and 3
inches in height, gray eyes, brown
hair; wore a light waist, brown skirt
and black hat trimmed with red
roses. She is 10 years of age.
Pearl, the younger one, is Is years
of age, and resembled her sister very
much. She wore a tan skirt with
flounce, light waist, and tan hat turn
ed up on side.
There is a dense growth of timber
in the hills surrounding Thebes, all of
which has been thoroughly and sys-
searched without any clue
by which the whereabouts of the miss
ing parties could be ascertained.
The work of investigation is being
carried on vigorously, but the mystery
the strange disappearance
still remains unsolved.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-06-04
AGED WOMAN IS
DROWNEDASRIC
UPSETS in CREEK
Mrs. Gemeinhardt of New
Wells Loses Life in Swollen
Apple Creek.
SON-IN-LAW TRIES TO
SAVE HER BUT FAILS
Body Not Recovered in Three
Day Hunt-Farmers in
Search.

Mrs. Ernstine Gemeinhardt of New
Wells, was drowned in Apple Creek
Tuesday night when the buggy in
which she was riding with Paul
Schuessler, her son-in-law, was over
turned by the. swift current. Her
BODY has not been recovered, although
the stream has been searched for a
distance of several miles from the
scene of the tragedy.
Mrs. Gemeinhardt, who was 20
years of age, was one of the best
known women in the county and had
lived here for more than a half cen
fury.
She had spent few days visiting
friends in Frohna, and Mr.. Schuessler
who had business in that city Tues
day, asked his mother-in-law if she
would not accompany him back to New
Wells, and she consented.
On his trip to Frohna, Mr.. Schuess-
Ter experienced no danger in fording
Apple Creek, which crosses the coun-
ty road near Shawneetown. AS he
started to drive into the stream on his
homeward trip, he said he noticed that
the stream had risen slightly. He
found the current very swift and he
believes that a deep hole had been
washed in the bed of the stream
As the horses reached the middle of
the creek, they sank and in struggling
to get out, the buggy was upset. Both
occupants were hurled into the raging
torrent and the elderly woman sank.
She came to the waters surface quick
ly and Mr.. Schuessler made a deSper-
ate effort to reach her, but she sank
before he could swim to her. She never
came up again.
He swan to the spot where she dis
appeared and then on down the
stream, but he found no trace of her
body. Then he notified farmers living
near the ford and a search of the
stream was made, but with futile re-
suit. 1t was almost twilight when the
accident occurred and the men traced
both banks of the creek until darkness
overlook them.
They realized that she was dead and
abandoned the search until the next
day, when it was renewed and for a
distance of several miles was thor
oughly examined, but the body is yet
uncovered. 1t is believed that her
clothing became fastened to a snag
beneath the surface of the water.
Mrs. Gemeinhardt leaves four sons
and two daughters. NJ. c. Gemein-
hardt, proprietor of a mill at Fruit
land, and Mrs. Paul Schuessler are the
only members of her family who now
reside in this county.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-06-04
KNEHANS ALLOWS
D. A. GLENN $500
Referee Grants Request to Give
Merchant Amount Exempt
Under2 Law.

Oscar Knehans, United States Ref
cree in Bankruptcy, yesterday issued
an order on William H. Stubblefield
Jr., trustee of the D. A. Glenn estate
in bankruptcy, to allow Mr.. Glenn
$500 for his household goods and to
return the two diamonds, which were
turned over to Mr.. Stubblefield when
the bankruptcy proceedings began.
The household goods are exempt I'M
der the bankruptcy laws, and the dia-
monds were returned to the veteran
merchant under the statute which sets
aside a certain sum for wearing ap-
parel.
The jewels turned back to Mr..
Glenn were a stud and ring, both of
which were purchased by Mrs. Glenn
from money she had saved. They
were presented to Mr. Glenn as birth
day gifts.
The total valuation of the household
goods and diamonds approximates
$500. The furniture and diamonds
were turned over to the trustee
through a mistake Of a former
referee.
l. R. Kelso, acting as attorney for
Mr.. Glenn, filed with Mr.. Knehans a
request that the property to which he
was entitled to keep under the bank
ruptcy laws be returned to him, and
the referee made the order yesterday.
The goods and diamonds will be
turned over to Mr.. Glenn tomorrow.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-06-04
CRAPS GAME IN
CELLAR RAIDED:
BARE PINCHED
PatrOlman Whitener Hears
Players Pleading With Dice
and Nabs Shooters"
TWO ESCAPE BUT HE
RECOGNIZES GAMBLERS
City Fireman Assists Policeman
When Prisoner Balks at the
Prison Door

A. about l o'clock this morning,
Patrolman Arthur Whitener surprised
party Of crap shooters who were op-
Grating by the dim rays of a tallow
candle in cellar at 40 Main street.
and out of the scrambling mass of
surprised spectators, he succeeded in
taking three of them into Gus
tOdy, and capturing large quantity
of dice, ard small amount of money.
The officer was attracted to the
scene of activities by hearing the par
Elephants pleading to the "bones" in
tones of earnest appeal, requesting
them to "come seven or eleven" In
the intensity of their expressions they
grew so loud in conversation that they
cellar window by the policeman as he
walked his beat.
After satisfying himself as to the
source from which the sounds emanat-
ed, he made his way quietly to the
door at the rear of the cellar and made
his entrance without being observed
He found the members of the party
bent over the small area that had
been cleared for the gambling opera
lions, in a manner resembling the at
titude of pious devotion.
He watched them until he had iden-
titled them all, when he created a
panic by announcing that the place
was pinched. The officer realized that
some of the number would run by him
and get away, so he selected two of
the largest men of the party and seiz-
ed them when he made his intentions
known. A third one made no attempt
to escape, and he conveyed the trio
consisting of Richard Miller, A. G.
Rumage and William Scurlock, to the
police station.
The officer stated that he recogniz-
ed the two who escaped as Jack Pat
otn and James Atkins.
Rumage and Scurlock, are strangers
in this city having come here from
Marion, ILL.,, few days ago. Rumage
worked short time as waiter in the
Crescent Restaurant, and it is said
that in his native town of Marion one
of his favorite pastimes was whipping
policemen. When he was being taken
through the restaurant to the station,
he insisted on delaying legal process
by remaining in the wash room for
an unnecessary length of time, and
Whitener was compelled to reprimand
him, telling him that if it was a bath
he wanted, that he would be provided
for after they reached the Jail.
When they reached the station, Ru-
mage displayed an inclination to be
ugly and for a time it looked as if
the policeman would be given some
trouble with his three charges, but
Casey Ransom, one of the firemen,
heard the disturbance and hurried to
the policeman's assistance after which
no further resistance was offered, and
the aggressive prisoner stepped sulk-
lily into his cell.
Patton made his escape completely,
but Atkins went to his home in the
northern part of of the city, and his
father Jack Atkins communicated with
the officer and assured him that the
hoy wouId he at the station this morn
ing when the case comes up for trial
before Judge Fristoe.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-06-04
HIGH SCHOOL MISHAP DID
NOT INJURE BIG BUILDING
Fall of Concrete Caused People to Be-
lieye Structure Was Ready to
Collapse.

August Vogelsang, the well-knOwn
contractor, who is building the new
High School, informed The Tribune
last night that the report printed in
this paper yesterday concerning the
collapse of a section of concrete floor,
created the impression that the floor
was defective.
The concrete that fell was being
used in the construction of the third
floo- 1t had just been poured and
consequently was wet and heavy. The
temporary wooden brace, used to hold
up the concrete while it is drying,
gave way and the concrete fell to the
floor below.
The collapse was not due to defec-
tive construction, but was caused by
an accident alone and was quickly re-
paired. The debris was removed early
yesterday morning and new layer of
concrete was laid. Mr.. Vogelsang in
formed The Tribune that similar ac-
cidents are likely to occur anytime in
the use of concrete, until it becomes
dry. After the moisture leaves it con-
crete becomes like stone.
"The new High School is construct
ed as solidly as if hued out of stone"
said Mr.. Vogelsang, "but when The
Tribune came out yesterday morning,
it seemed like every person in the city
called on me. I simply don't want the
people to believe there is anything
wrong with the building.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-06-04
Arizona Special Session Ended.

Phoenix, Ariz., May 28-The special
session of the Arizona Legislature viz
tually ended last night with the COM
pletion of an appropriation bill. The
The bill provides 81 100000 a year for
the maintenance of State government,
half a million dollars less than the ex-
penditure for the last two years.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-06-04
EARTH TREMORS RECORDED

New Haven, Conn.,, June Earth
tremors were recorded on the seismo-
graph at Yale University today. The
first tremor was at 9:55 this morning.
The maximum vibration was reached
at 1915 and ended at 10:45. The OBJ
server thinks the disturbance may
have been in the Alaskan region.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-06-04
NORWAY FINDS WAR MINES

Christiania, Norway, June 1.-The
Norwegian navy has been inriched to
the extent of about $4,000 by 600
German and English mines picked up
off this coast. Each mine is valued at
$4,000. The explosive contents are be-
ing carefully removed and used for
other than mine purposes.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-06-04
SCHUCHERT BAND In
RICHMOND PARADE
Cape Musicians Invade Old Con-
federate Capital Playing
Southern Songs.

Richmond, Va, June THE Schu-
ebert Concert Band of Cape Girardeau,
Mo-, which reached this city Monday
evening, took an active part in today's
proceedings of the United Confederate
Veterans reunion.
Playing "Dixie" in true southland
fashion, the Missouri musicians led the
veterans of grey through the streets
of the old capital of the Confederacy
to the city auditorium, where the
twenty-fifth annual reunion was for
mally opened.
After an address of welcome by Gov.
Stuart, the veterans pledged their sup
port to President Wilson in these peril
Gus times and prayers were delivered
for righteous peace of the world.
Hundreds of STARS and bars" were
waved by a concourse of boys and girls
as the veterans cheered black-clad
little woman, the widow of Gen. ]. E.
B. Stuart, the cavalry hero.
Captain w. J. Bachman of Chatta-
nooga prayed for blessings upon our
country, our chief executive and all in
authority in these periIous times" and
that the American people "may stand
with faces of flint for righteousness
and the peace of the world"
The Sons of Confederate Veterans
are also in session and they cheered
their president, Clarence J. Owens of
Washington, when he declared "peace
can be purchased too dearly"
at is bought too dearly when it is
obtained at the expense of national
honor and national justice" he said.
eve are people of peace. But if, in
the wisdom of our statesmen and of
our great Chief Executive in the White
House it should be decided that our
national honor is compromised by the
further maintenance of peace and if
the call to arms should follow, | say
that no part of the country will rally
more intellectually to the support
of the President and his policies than
the South and none more promptly
than the sons of the men who so years
ago took up arms in the South's case.
DR.. c. f. Schuchert, leader of the
Cape Girardeau band, said today that
the trip from Missouri to the old do
minion was uneventful. The band gave
a number Of concerts during the jour-
ney, and when the special train pulled
into Cincinnati, the Cape Girardeau
musicians were playing "lt's Long
Way to Tipperary."
Streamers, bearing these words:
"The Cape Girardeau, Mo-, band on the
way to the reunion of the United Con-
federate Veterans at Richmond, Va.,"
decorated the coach occupied by the
of the band.
The band was playing popular
southern music when the train reach
ed Richmond.
eve had a great trip said DIR.
81 was afraid some of my
boys would miss the train at st. Louis.
We spent four hours there, and all of
US left the station for trip over the
city. But when the special rolled out
of the station every member of the
Schuchert Band was aboard. The trip
Richmond was pleasant. 1t was COM
Portable, but we encountered much
rain"