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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-07-23
SCOTT COUNTY CASES HEARD

Benton, Mo-, July 20-Of the 1926
cases docketed to be tried by Judge
Kelly of Cape Girardeau, more than a
score have been disposed of during the
past ten days. James Pierce, who was
accused of felonious assault on Tom
Darter, was freed by a jury. In the
row City Marshal Arthur of Sikeston,
also was wounded.
State VS.. Henry and Simon Banks
Defendants snow they have not vio-
lated their parole and are finally dis
charged.
Claud and Percy Thorp, two ne
groes, plead guilty to felonious as
sault and court fixes punishment at
two years in the State prison.
States VS.. c. w. Vaught. Pleads
guilty to forgery and sentenced to two
years.
State VS.. Luke johnson. Plea of
guilty to carrying concealed weapons
State VS.. Ebert Baker. Forgery.
Convicted and paroled. Charges of.
violating parole have been filed. 1t
is ordered that defendant be held in
Jail to await the further action of the
court.
State VS.. J. L. Shanks. Felonious
assault. Charges changed to common
assault and fined 81 and costs.
City of Sikeston VS.. Rosa Slower.
Violating city ordinance Dismissed by
plaintiff.
Three indictments against Robert
Reed of Jackson for writing insurance
for ron-licensed insurance company
without agents license; dismissed.
State VS.. Leo. Whitman. Ordered
that defendant be held in Jail without
bail.
State VS.. Julius Winer. Dismissed.
State VS.. Julius Esker. Taking fe-
male to Arkansas for purpose of pros
titution. Nolle PROSE- and discharged.
State VS.. Frank Pruett. Plea of
guilty to carrying concealed weapons.
Fined 500 and paroled on his own
recognizance and stay of execution.
Wilson Balm admitted to Scott
County bar on motion of H. E. Alex
ander.
State VS.. John L. Johnson. Pleads
guilty to attempt to rape. Given six
months in Jail and fine of $780,
Ordered that William Burns, wit
ress in case of State VS.. John L. John
son, be fined S. for not being present
when called as a witness.
State VS.. Cleve Davenport. Petit
larceny. Thirty days in Jail from June
Is.
State VS.. Zoe Salthouse. Burglary.
Dismissed.
State VS.. ]. o. Manning. Carrying
concealed weapons. Trial by Judge and
found guilty. Still says is not guilty.
Christian Heisserer VS.. Elizabeth
Heisserer, divorce. Defendant, through
H. E. Alexander, files application and
affidavit for change of venue.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-07-23
NO PLACE LIKE HOME,
WRITES CLAUDE CLARK
Young Music Man, After Few Weeks
in Baltimore and Detroit, to
Return to Cape.

Claude Clark, who went to Balti-
more, Md, a month ago to accept a
position as salesmanager for a large
piano house, will return to Cape Cir
ardeau Tuesday and become partner
of his father, Thomas E. Clark, in the
Main street music store.
The junior Clark left the Baltimore
concern after two weeks because he
disliked the work, and accepted a posi-
ton in Detroit. In a letter to The
Tribune yesterday, he said: There
is no place like little old Cape Cir
ardeau, and believe me, am coming
back. l will reach home Tuesday
morning. And Pm going to stay"
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-07-23
WABASH RAILROAD
. SOLD FOR $4,000, 900
New York Financiers Take Over Road
Long In Hands of Receivers.

st. Louis, July 21-The Wabash
Railroad, including all the property,
franchises and other rights of the
$3.50, 100000 corporation, was sold for
$1S,OOO,OO0 today at public auction,
under mortgage foreclosure, to Robert
Goelet and Henry Rogers Winthrop of
New York, representing the Wabash
Joint Reorganization Committee.
The sale was made at p. m. in the
inbound. freight house of the Wabash
Railroad, Second street and Franklin
avenue, by Chester H. Krum, special
master appointed by the United
States District Court. Krum accepted
the bid saying that it was sufficient
to satisfy the outstanding receivers
certificates and interest, costs and ex-
penses of the sale and the special mas
ter's fee. The sale will be subject to
the approval of the United States Dis
trict Court.
Upon knocking the railroad down to
Goelet and Winthrop, the sole bidders
Judge Krum turned to them, and with
a smile, said very solemnly:
"And now, gentlemen, having ac-
cepted this bid, think it may be ap-
propriate for me to add: May God
have mercy upon your souls"
Goelet and Winthrop and the group
of New York bankers who attended
the sale all laughed.
These obligations will be due Aug.
l. Krum stated that the receivers were
unable to meet the payments, and that
no bondhoIder, stakeholder or other
person had come forward and offered
to pay these costs.
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PRATT'S SECOND
Wife PENS HER
own PETITION
Continued from page -

cipal victims are women looking for
big returns'-something for nothing"
When shown the above letter, Mrs.
Pratt No. l stated that she knew the
handwriting, and while she would not
reveal the name of her FRIEND she
said the writer was a young woman
who had formerly worked under her
when she was forelady at moving
picture supply house in st. Louis, and
that the young lady had been prevail
ed upon by Pratt to buy some land in
Georgia from the Dixie Land Co. in
st. Louis, of which Pratt was men,
Der.
She said that the young woman with
many others was inveigled into in
vestirg upon the promise that they
would all be given free trip to GeOr-
gia to look at the holdings.
Before the time came to make the
trip, Mrs. Pratt stated, the company
disbanded and the patrons not only
lost the proposed trip, but lost the
money they had paid in installments
and never received foot of land.
The divorce petition drawn by wife
No. 2 is as follows:
Frieda Pratt nee McClatchey,
plaintiff VS.. Bryan G. Pratt,
defendant.
Plaintiff states that on the 14th
day of July, 1915, in the County
of StOddard, State of Missouri,
she was married to defendant and
and continued to live with him as
his wife from and after said date
until the 18th day of July, 1915.
That during that time plaintiff
faithfully demeaned herself as
the wife of the defendant and
treated him with kindness and af-
lection.
But plaintiff states that almost
Immediately after the perform
ance of said marriage ceremony it
was discovered that the defend
ant had a wife living at the time
of the marriage to plaintiff, and
said wife is now living and undi-
vorced from said defendant.
Defendant further states that
she is now resident of Cape Cir
ardeau County, Missouri, and has
resided therein for one whole
year next before the filing of this
petition.
Plaintiff states that her maid
en- name is Frieda McClatchey.
Plaintiff prays to be divorced
from the bonds of matrimony;
that she may be restored to her
maiden name, and for such other
and further relief as to the court
may seem meet and proper.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-07-23
Working On The Alaskan Railway

be paid upon receipt. | loaded on this
scOw three sn aller scOws secured from
the Puget Sound navy yard, and also
shipped up, knocked down, one 200
ton scow, built by the Seattle Dry
Dock Construction Company. This
gave me a floating dock, which en-
abled a ship TO discharge its cargo, and
also fleet Of lighters with which to
transfer the cargo from the ship to
the shore. We have had no demurrage
to pay. May 26 the steamship San
Ramon came INTO the harbor with 912,-
900 feet board measure of lumber,
and we discharged this cargo in three
days by working night and day.
eve have now contracted with about
400 statiOnmen and are employing
about 100 men handling the terminal
work and constructing wagon roads.
l expect to rapidly increase this force
to 1,500 or 1000 men as fast as ma
terial and supplies can be shipped in
here to accommodate that number. BY
utilizing water transportation along
the east side of Knik Arm we are able
to attack the line at various points.
We already lave an active cOnstruc-
ton camp at Eagle River, a point
twelve miles up the coast, and another
has been started at Peters Creek, 4
point about ten miles further north.
We expect to continue this system of
establishing camps along the tidewa-
ter, close to the line, as fast as the
final location is completed and the nee
essary construction arrangements
made.
81 noted the wishes OF the President,
as expressed in the executive order.
regarding the care Of the sick and the
injured employees, and, realizing the
Importance OF providing necessary ia
cilities to care for our injured men as
soon as possible, l purchased a par
TALLY constructed log building since |
arrived here and started carpenters to
work putting it in shape so that it
could be utilized as a field hospital.
The necessary equipment was also or
dered at the same time, and within tw.
weeks l expect to have & suitable place
to care for the injured men. There are
now two or three injured men in camp
who have suffered minor injuries from
axe cuts, etc, and doubtless as more
men are employed there will be more
of these cases to care for. | have not
gone into any elaborate expenditure
for this hospital. 1t is plain log
building, 26x50, which purchased for
$3.50. | think it will answer all of our
for some time to come.
This is a pretty healthy country and
we have haG practically no sickness,
but there are bound to be some few
cases of injury from time to time on
work of this character.
"All of OuI work is being done by
on a unit basis. Numerous
gangs of stationmen have moved into
Ship Creek seeking work on the rail-
road. We have had no difficulty what
ever in securing all of the stationmen
hat are required. In fact, they have
1een coming in much faster than we
Gould place them"
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-07-23

Washington, July 20-Operations
actually under way with a force of
400 men mark the first work to be
done on the Alaskan railway, the big
Government ownership project design
ed to open to the world the wealth of
the Alaskan Territory. The first de
scriDtion of the work has been received
by Secretary Lane OF the Department
Of the Interior, in a report from Lieut..
MearS, member of the Alaskan Rail
way Commission, who is on the ground
supervising the work. One of the in
teresting touches of his report is the
fact that government ownership"
seems to reign supreme throughout
the first construction work, as Lieut..
Mears has overcome the necessity of
paying a private lighterage company
for dock and transfer work. This has
been done by the purchase of a float
ing dock anG a fleet of lighters.
The road is to be built on the Sew
ard to Fairbanks route and will be All
miles long. The amount appropriated
for its construction was $35 100000.
1t is the most important and most ex-
tensivc Government project since the
linking of the East and the Pacific
Coast by the transcontinental railway
system.
Like the :ranscontinental projects,
the Alaskan railway has for its OBJ
ject the opening of the way for pio-
neers and settlers in an almost I'M
known region of vast resources, and
at the same time provide an outlet for
these resources to reach the seabOard
and trade routes to the Pacific States
and the Orient.
The money appropriated for the
building of thc road, $35 100000, is al
most five tines as much as the Gov
eminent paid to Russia for the whole
Alaska Territory.
The preliminary report from Lieut..
Mears contains the following:
81 brought up with me a complete
pile-driver outfit and an experienced
crew and started them to work as soon
as the equiprient could be landed and
set in place. We now hav the dock
practically completed on the right
bank of Snip Greek, near the mouth.
This dock is equipped with fifteen
log stiff-leg derrick operating by
hosting engine, which takes the loads
out of the scCws in nets or large pack
ages and places them on the dock or
flat car. l constructed what is called
a 'gridiron,' with pile foundation, to
furnish level bases for the scows to /
rest upon when living at the dock at /
low tide, anG by this method we are
enabled to unload our lighters at all /
stages of the tide.
"Realizing the situation at Ship
Creek, l made definite arrangements
before l left Seattle to provide the
necessary lighters and scows to ham
die freight from ship to shore. l knew
there would be heavy demurrage, $3.50
to 5000 day, on any freighters which
were held at Ship Greek longer than
the accustomed time, and l also knew
that private company had provided
a big barge, floating dock, and would
charge the commission 81 a ton for
every ton of freight which passed over
their barge. Therefore 1 purchased a
| ,000-ton barge from a towboat COM
pany in Seattle and had it delivered at
Ship Creek at their risk, the price to
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-07-23
DEATH PROMPTS SUICIDE

Lexington, KY, July 21-Rolla K.
Ferguson, II years old, of Louisa,
KY, shot himself through the abdo-
men and died three hours later. He
was respondent because he urged his
mother to undergo an operation, which
caused her death from shock.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-07-23

The Tribune's circulation in the city
Of Cape Girardeau is twenty-five per
cent greater than The Republicans
An advertisement in The Tribune
reaches more people than it can
through any other Newspaper printed
In Southeast Missouri
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-07-23
DRUGGIST DEAD; GAS ON

Springfield, Mo-, July 21-Thomas
Young, IS, a druggist, was found dead
in the bathroom at his home this morn
ing with the gas turned on.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-07-23
GARMENT STRIKE ENDS

New York, July 21-Twenty-one
thousand mems garment workers, who
had been on strike for week, return
ed to work today.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-07-23

Thomas Hawkins of Commerce was
in the city yesterday on a business
trip.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-03-27
INDIAN is MADE EQUALLY GUILTY

OVERNOR credtabe could
~
Dill No 257 This
mented provides
provide him with equally guilty with
nishng alcoholic liquor
advocated will
condition in the cnie of the where they ommendabe
activities, police
their fire liberal
whisky while certain that the requte
them
pendous nothing crmna
who apprehended 1t that commissioners
might solicit purchase whisky
could
Indian
whisky Supplying criminal
receive gubernatora
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MORE BILLS SIGNED
BY GOVERNOR BOYLE
GuBERNATORlAL SIGN ATUR &
MAKES MANY MEASURES
NOW NEVADA LAWS

The following bills were signed by
the governor yesterday afternoon
A. B. No AZ, relating to attaches
of the legislature and fixing eompen-
sation.
A. B. No. ~, relating to dumping
of sewage in the Truckee river.
A. B. No. 16s, providing for bond
issue by Humboldt county commits
sioners.
A. B. No 80, providing for private
breeding grounds for fur-bearing ami
mails.
A. B. No III, increasing salary Of
secretary of Railroad and Public Ser.
vice commission.
A. b No. ia, authorizing state H.
brarian to purchase shelving for Ii
brary.
A. B. No. 1873, to provide for educa.
tional survey.
A. B. No. 1876, regulating the sheep
industry.
A. B. No. 1898. protecting roads
from overflow water.
A. B. No. 1879, recording brands on
animals
A. B. No. 200, providing that bids
for school buildings shall be adver.
tised
Also assembly concurrent resolu
tions Nos. 5 and 6.
S. B. No, 24S-Licensing BUILDING
and loan associations
A. B. No. 19O-Approprlating $1,000
for purchase of drilling machinery
by the state to be used under lease
by the various counties developinf
the underground waters of the state
was vetoed on account of the legis'a
ture having already provided for
bounty to be paid to the counties b,
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OUT OF THE QUESTION

RESIDENT WILSON asking
Dngey ayneAldr
worked the benefit all operation
mills
By whether the
well downhearted a shot President
Wilson call his until he breath black
with
president
labor
Eko with oneourh population Tonopah
third established within
a plug al
with pulled
be ched with ko will
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BIRD DAY WILL Be
CH|LDREN'S HOLIDAY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS DIRECTED BY
THE GOVERNOR TO OBSERVE
THE OCCASION

In accordance with a growing Gus.
tom to set aside one uniform day
each year throughout the United
States for the observance of Bird
Day. and by virtue of the authority
vested in me by statute, |, Emmett
d. Boyle. governor of the State of
Nevada. hereby declare Friday, April
8, 1915, Bird Day, to be observed in
the public schools and by the public
generally by appropriate exercises
tending to interest. instruct and en-
list the support of the men, women
and children of this state in the
protection Of our feathered friends.
Although Bird Day is not general
holiday and the application of this
proclamation is intended to be con.
fined to the public schools, it is hoped
that all will give thought to the grea,
good which will flow from the pro-
lection of our inseetiverous and song
birds. In testimony whereof, | have
hereunto set my hand and caused 10
be affixed the great seal of the State
OF Nevada. Done at Carson City, this
twenty-fourth day of March. in the
year of our Lord one thousand ninq
hundred and fifteen.
EMMETT D. BOYLE, Governor.
| By the Governor:
GEORGE BRODIGAN,
Secretary of State
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-03-27
lNRusH OF LAeoReRs ReeRETrAeLE

HINERS and other laborers like moths
Iva
condition
field
They families
landlord kindly
hold who
may
assn O a mmed his arrival
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-03-27

the state to assist in boring for arte
sian water. which is embodied in s
b. No SO, approved by the governor
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-03-27
OPPORTUNITY TO BE QUICKLY EMBRACED

IT. difference
and the paid salary of $ their
usually
afforded the Tonopah through the beray
school
assaying kindred
world
appropriation
Schmidt
the Tonopah of Mines
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-03-27

Francisco hotel patrons
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-03-27
INTERESTING SIDELIGHTS

No, Sonny, the flower of the British
army is not necessarily composed of
blooming Englishmen. Birmingham
News.
Germany is to grow potatoes in
the right of way along its railroads,
a distinct improvement over the
American burdock and similar prod
ucts.-Chicago News.
But who will get the benefit of that
new process by which 200 per cent
more gasoline can be produced the
man who buys or the man who sells
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-03-27
TEMPERATURE REPORT

Highest temperature yesterday. 81:
a year ago, as.
Lowest temperature last night. 81,
a year ago. 80
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-03-27

the gasoline indianapolis News.
Lord Kitchener says the allies are
a little short of ammunition. The
kaiser observes with a broad grin
that he will try to hand em some
from time to time.-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal
No, brother, Tennessee should make
no appropriation for an exhibit at the
Panama exposition in San Francisco
Tennessee has nothing that she would
be proud to exhibit. Whatever she
has she is only too anxious to con
ceal. Memphis News Scimitar.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-03-27

said exposition
night each
Can it be
that city plenty production there could be such
penury and
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-16


La, indemnizaci6n concedida fue de
setenta cinco mil pesos. Wendell Sc ne
GO cobrarla apelo ante los tribunales
fundandose en- que con la expropiaci6n,
Sc hab1a violado lie ley, porque Ell terreno
no Sc hab1a destinado exclusivamente a
la ferroviaria, sino que Sc hab1a levan-
tado en- 6l un edifcio, con ell cual Sc ga
naba dinero, alquilando ofcinas.
Ell pleito lie hab1a costado va cincuen-
ia mil pesos. Sc 10 ha legado, junto con
los cincuenta millones de pesos en- pro
piedades a SUI familia; la cual, supon-
60, tomara los millones y renunciara al
pleito.
Antonio ESCOBAR.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1915-01-16
FL PROPIETARIO Wendell

New York, Enero.-SientO mucho no
haber tenido OCCASION de hablar con ell
anciano Mr.. Wendell, muerto en- estos
dias, porque 10 hubiera saludado con
respeto, a pesar de sus cincuenta y Gin
co millones de pesos. Ell ser millionaire
es una desgracia, pero no un delito.
Mr.. Wendell era ell mayor propietario
urbano de Nueva York; despues de los
Astor con quienes estaba algo emparen-
do Su abuelo de origen aleman, com
prada terrenos, pero nunca los vendla.
Su padre hizo 10 mismo: Wendell tam
bien gracias esta conducta, ha lega
do tantos edifcios y tantos solares.
Pasaba por anticuado y algo eXcentri-
co; pero sus excentricidades no causa-
ban dano nadie y algunas me parecen
altamente razonables; por eJemplo, Ia
oposici6n los automobiles y los telefQ-
nos. En- ell escritorio de Vandel no ha-
bla telefonos, y las carpetas eran Gle
aquellas del tempo viejo, en- que Sc os-
cribia de pie. No hab1a elevator.
Tampoco estaba Wendell por los va
tes, aunque. con su millonada hubiera
podido tener una escuadra de ellos. Pc
70, no pOr este, ecrea que era clcatero
V viva miserablemente. lie gustaba Ia
buena mesa Y absorb1a vinos finos; flu
maba de 10 mas caro-. hac1a vial pOr les
Estados Unidos y por Europa
No era codicioso por encima del di
nero pon1a su comodidad, uantOjo, has
ia un POGO de sentimiento Ell solar de
Ia casa en- que viva en- Ia Quinta Ave
nida esta tasado en- dos millones de pc
nida esta tasado en- dos millOnes de pc
sos 10 completa TN ancho patio tasa
do en- un million, nnico cue hay en-
aquella parte de la ciudad.
Cuando Sc le hicieron a Wendell pro
posiciones por aquel valioso trozo de te'
rrono, respordi0:
No 10 vendo porque 10 necesito pa
ra cue tome ell aire ell perrito de m
hermana
Sc resistia hacer reparaciones Ell
sus fincas; pero no sub1a los alquileres.
Sus inquilinos antiques, pagan ahora, 10
mismo que pagaban hace veinte amos,
mientras que en- las casas vecinas, de
otros propietarios, Sc paga tres cuatro
veces mas que entonces
Otra particularidad: cuando fjaba un
precio por un local vacante, no 10 reba-