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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-02-25
COMPOSITION OF HARDWOOD
ACIIHE

H. B. W.. Claxton, Ga, writes: What
is the composition OF pure oak ashes? / am
expecting to use a large quantity Of ashes
with cottonseed meal and acid phosphate:
What proportion Of each Ingredient should
be used2
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-08-17
MAY Be INDIANS
In FAIR PARADE
COstumer Will Decide Today If
Pageant Will Be Feature
Here.

Members of the Parade Committee
of the Commercial Club this Afternoon
will settle definitely whether or not
the club will undertake to stage {
parade or some other attraction fOl
fair week, when a special meeting will
be held with a representative of Rob
ert Schmidt, st. Louis costumer.
The conference will be held after l
O'Clock when the cOstumer arrives in
the Cape and he expects to return to
St. Louis by way of the afternoon
train.
George L. Meyer, chairman of the
parade committee, yesterday called the
costumer by long distance telephone,
and today one Of the plans that will
be discussed will be to stage an In
dian parade.
Schmidt possesses scores of genuine
Indian costumes in his rooms in St.
Louis. His scheme is to have the
townships about the Cape organized
so that each would be represented in
the parade with troop of about - to
% men, all horseback.
A prize would be given by the par
ade committee for the best equipped
troop of Indians, the members of each
troop furnishing their own horses, the
costumes being supplied by the parade
committee.
1t is suggested also that the Indian
feature will carry out the Capaha no.
ton.
The members of the Fair Board met
last night in an adjourned session and
finished up much of their work to be
done before the fair.
One of the chief features of the
fair this year will be the loop-the-lo loop
antics of Laddie Laird, youngster,
who drives a powerful biplane and will
fly on each afternoon of the fair.
The dread loop the loop is the most
startling, awe-inspiring and amazing
and artistic creation of those men who
climb the clouds. 1t waves defiance
in the teeth of gravitation. 1t is mo-
mentum, setting at naught the prin-
ciples of physics. 1t not only is the
conqueror of the ART is its ring
master with the whip, boots and the
high hat.
No aviator before the public today
has this hair-raising and hazardous
loop the loop down to a finer point
than little Laddie Laird, unless it is his
great instructor-De Lloyd Thompson,
admittedly the worlds master fiier. 1t
was the latter who discovered the little
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-08-17
FORGETS AGE and
IS DENIED LICENSE
Lester MObley Tries Persuasion
Twice and Then Goes to
Benton.

After County Recorder Fritz Stem
ers had frustrated their marriage
plans Friday night when the prOspec-
tive bridegroom got nervous and gave
his age as being under p, Lester Mob
ley and Dessa Gabbert, both of Mount
Carmel, Ill.,, yesterday afternoon mo-
tored to Benton, where Mobley told
better story and the couple succeed
id in getting married.
Young Motley, who has Just turned
81, and his bride-elect came down to
the Cape from Mount Carmel a week
ago. Miss Gabbert is a sister of Mrs.
Everett Stillwell of the Cape and she
visited her sister for the last week.
The couple had planned to be mar
ried as soon as Morley could obtain
position in the Cape where they ex-
pect to make their home. MObley last
week went to work at the cement plant
and Friday night they decided to mo-
tor 70 Jackson for license.
Mobley gave his age as p. but in
giving the date Of his birth he made
bad mistake, and when Recorder
Siemers calculated, he found reason to
believe Mobley was but 20. Argu-
ments were of no avail and Siemers
refused to issue the license.
The couple mOtOred back to the Cape
and went to the home of J. H. Price.
who is a friend of Mobley's as well as
Miss Gabbert Price summoned an
other automobile and they made sec
ond trip to Jackson. The arguments
of the insurance agent as we'll as the
bride and bridegroom were combined
upon SiemerS, but he stood unmoved
and eventually went into his house and
left the party standing in front.
They determined it was no use and
waited till yesterday afternoon when
they motorCd to Benton. 4 preacher
was standing in the Office of the re-
corder at Benton, when the couple OBJ
tanned their license.
'Here, We'll just have you tie this
knot" remarked Mobley, "and then
we'll be sure that it is done" The
preacher stepped up to the couple and
the wedding ceremony was performed
Mayor Rage also performed a mar
riage ceremony for a couple last night,
Sam ID. Henderson and Miss Martha
Kibel. Miss Kimbel is but Il years
old, and as Il consequence, her father.
John d. Kimbel, had to give his con-
sent to the marriage. The bridegroom
is IS. Both live in the Red Star addi-
ton.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-08-17
3 HURT In CIRCUS
CROWD ACCIDENTS
3.Year Old Girl Is Run Over By
AutO-WOman Knocked
Down in Crowd.

Three persons were injured ycstcr-
day in circus-day crowds, two of them
by automobiles and third, bicycle
rider who was thrown to the pave
ment when he ran into boy.
The 3-year old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Mammon, who live north
of the Cape on the Bend road, was in
jured slightly about noon yesterday,
and an automobile wheel passed over
her leg after she had fallen in front
of the machine. The accident occur
red at Sprigg and independence. The
child and her mother started across
the street in front of the machine of
F.. l.. Wilson.
The gill fell and the wheel went over
one leg. The child was taken by Mr..
Wilson to a doctors office ard it was
found that she was not injured seri-
Ously.
A young woman whose identity was
not learned, last night was reported
to have been struck and knocked down
by a motor car as the crowd was lpav-
ing the circus after the night show.
She was not injured seriously, accord
ing to the report.
William Mansfield was riding his BIZ
cycle on South Sprigg street near the
circus grounds when he ran into an
other boy. Mansfield was thrown to
the ground and surered several bruis-
es and scratches. The other boy was
unhurt.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-08-17
FIRE STATION LONG
ENOUGH FOR TRUCK
Mayor Rage Finds Alterations
Will Cost $100-TO Widen
Doors.

Following the receipt of exact meas
urements OF the new hook and latter
fire department truck which will be
built for the Cape by the Robinson
company of St. Louis, Mayor Rage
yesterday afternoon went to the fire
station to take measurements to learn
whether or not the present station will
need substantial enlargement in order
to accommodate the new truck.
According to measurements sent TO
the mayor by the president of the
Robinson company, the hook and lad
der truck measures 81 feet over all.
The present fire station measures
inside 80 feet and eight inches. The
engine truck will not need as much
space as the hook and ladder truck
Mayor Rage yesterday afternoon de
clared that the doors to the fire sta
ton may be so constructed that the
new truck may be accommodated with
much convenience. In fact. the only
alteration that will be necessary in the
fire station will be in widening the
doors.
The front and rear doors will have
to be made virtually as wide Us the
two trucks together, for they will he
expected to leave the station. follow
ing a straight line into the street. The
width of the station house is 80 feet.
Mayor Rage estimated that the cost
of making the alteration in the doors
will amount to about 500. He said
that the hose tower also will be put in
working order so as to take the prop
er care of the supply of hose now on
hand as we'll as that which will be de
livered.
The contracts for the construction Of
the two fire department trucks already
have been signed by the mayor. and
work upon the machines has been
started in the Robinson factory. The
heavier truck, the engine truck. Will
weigh approximately five tons, accord
ing to the statement of the Robinson
firm, and the hook and ladder truck
will be considerably lighter.
The trucks will be capable of MAX
ing a speed of A. miles an hour Any
one who wishes to drive a truck as
large as the two fire department trucks
will be through the streets of the city
at a higher rate of speed is "crazy,"
the mayors letter said. and as a mat
ter of fact speed much lower will be
the rule in the management of the
machines.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-08-17
GiNGLES' JINGLES
THE WEATHER.

IT'S q nice thing that the
weather has variety Of kind. It's
a something quite convenient
many people often find; It's a
thing that helps us out. relieves
embarrassment quite Oft, fills
the vacuum many times that we
discover in our loft. When we
try to think Of something that's
appropriate to say, and the
whichness Of that what at just
that moment gets away, and we
cannot get the dope just right
we'd like to put across, for the
big idea at that time, we're sad
ly at a lost. But we're never
truly Ill at ease. at any time
or place, for an interesting SUBJ
ject through our thoughts will
always chase. giving US a line
Of language We can MARBLE at
our friend, we can talk about
the weather and we always can
depend, we will interest him
greatly, he will lend to US
an ear, while behind his fur
rOwed brow within his mind
he sheds q 70. a. O.. A
tear. CssSxx
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-08-17
Will PROBE Pure
WATER SITUATION
Brunke Will Report Today OH
Condition of City Fire
Hydrants.

Members Of the City Councils Prop
OSitiOn and Grievance Committee this
afternoo nwill hold a special meeting
in the Courthouse when Il report on
the condition of fire plugs in the city
will be received from Street Commits
siOner Fred Brunke.
Persuant to an order of the City
Council made ut the last meeting. the
Proposition and Grievance Committee
ordered the street commissioner to
make test of all the fire hydrants in
the city and also to prepare a report
on the character of the water supply.
Last week Mr.. Brunke made the
rounds of all the fire hydrants in town.
giving each one a thorough test.
Under the terms of the city Ordinan-
ces governing the fire hydrants, there
Is to be deduction of 81 week for
each week that the plugs may be out
of commission. The deduction may be
made under the law, only for time
after the city has given the public util-
tiles company official notice of the bad
order of any of the plugs.
This penalty also is not allowed to
go higher than $50 year, and the cost
of the fire plugs to the city is rated at
approximately 500 year each.
The probe of the Proposition and
Grievance Committee also was extend
ed to the cause for the muddy char
acter of the water that has been furn-
lshed the city on a few days in the
last six weeks.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-08-17
APE ATTACKS WIFE
OF PRESIDENT POINCARE

Paris. Aug. 16-While the President
and Nine. Poincare were taking ar
after-dinner stroll in the gardens OF
the Elysces the President was sum-
mOned to read some dispatches that
lad lust come from the front. He had
hardly reached his study when he
heard screams from the garden, and
rushing back, accompanied by his Sec
rotaries, the President learned from
Nine. Pcincara that the moment he left
her she had been attacked by a
Strange being"
While an inquiry was being made,
DR.. Henri de RothschiId, who lives a
few doors away from the Elysees, ar
rived on the scene and explained that
an ape which had been sent to him.
had escaped from its cage and had
been seen climbing over several gard
en- walls in the direction of the Ely
sees.
The ape was found in tree, but it
was not until a Hindu attendant had
been summoned that the animal could
be induced to come down.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-08-17
WELL DRESSED MAN
HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Squirmed From Track When Pilot
Was But Few Feet
Away.

The story of the narrow escape of a
well-dressed, unidentified man from
being ground beneath the wheels of a
passenger locomotive yesterday was
told in the Cape by Frisco Engineer
Ed French when he came up from his
ranch at Gideon.
French was in IT, cab of the en-
CINE yesterday mon ng on the Gulf
line on the way to ~ Cape when the
incident occurred, and he declared he
believed that for the first time in his
20 years in an engine, man was about
to be run down.
The train was just this side of Pas
cola and was going at a good speed
he said, when he looked ahead and
saw the man form lying directly
across the tracks.
He was dressed in a Palm Beach
suit and appeared to De young, French
said. The moment the mans form
came into view, French said he began
to do all in his power TO warn the in
dividual and at the same time stop the
train. He said he believed it impOs-
sible for the train to be stopped be-
fore it reached the mans bed in the
center of the track.
He virtually counted the seconds
while the wheels crunched closer and
closer. French said he let the whistle
do its best work.
When the engine was but a few
yards, away and still going fast, The
man opened his eyes, turned his head.
and without a pause, began rolling his
body across the rails.
The last portion of his arm and leg
got across the steel rail as the pilOe
of the engine came even with the
mans bed, and the Palm Beach suit
clad man tumbled on down the slight
embankment as the engine ran past.
Inasmuch as the man made his escape,
the train was not stopped to learn the
mans identity, French said.
He said it was the closest call he
ever has had. French has been in the
cab Of an engine since he was Is years
old and he has had 20 years experience
he said.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-08-17
JEALOUS WIFE SHOOTS RIVAL
Divorce Slain at Missouri Railroad
Station by Woman Who Be-
gun Divorce Action.

Maryville. Mo. Aug. 16.-WhfIe
scores Of travellers at the Burlington
station looked on. Mrs. @. A. Gilmore
40 years old. wife OF local livery
proprietor. fired four shots at Mrs.
Ella Ships. also Of Maryyille. ALI
the bullets took effect. Mrs. Ships
died a few minutes later. Mrs. Gil
more handed her revolver to a by.
stander, walked to the sherif's Of
Ace and surrendered.
Both families are prominent. Mrs.
Ships was 4S years old. and divorced.
Mrs. Gilmore recently fled suit for d.
yorce. Jealousy is said to have prompt
ed the shooting.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-08-17

Scotch sensation of cloudland. and he
has generously given of his time and
knowledge to develop his protege-
planning to make him a greater avia-
tor than the master himself, unless
some unexpected accident cuts short
the career of the gritty lad.
His most recent notable achievement
was in looping The loop and perform
ing other stunts of spectacularity on
July Fourth at Butte, Mont. a place
OF light atmosphere and 1000 feet alti-
tude, which had defed the efforts of
all aviatcrS to get off the ground I'M
til the great De Lloyd Thompson APP
peared.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-08-17

Washington, Aug. 16.-The threat
ened railroad strike is as much more
serious than previous labor troubles in
the United States as the present great
war dwarfs the other national strug-
giles of history.
1t will not only stihe our industrial
life, but it will cause widespread suf-
fering.
Every town will taste some of the
horrors Of a siege. Few places have
food for more than a weeks consump-
ton. Some things will run out soon
er than that. Great cities will feel the
lack of milk within "a hours of the
time tieup is inaugurated and, I'M
less supplied by motor car or wagon,
the babies will soon be starving in vast
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-08-17
NAMES HARD TO PRONOUNCE
Anastasia DimitracOpoulOu Becomes
Wife of VasiliOs VaselasopouIOs.

New York, Aug. 15.-Vasilios Vase
lacopoulos and Anastasia Dimitraco-
poulOu became man and wife at the
Municipal Building today. Vaselaco-
pOulos is wholesale grocer in Salt
Lake City, Utah. His bride recently
arrived from Greece. Henceforth she
will sign Anastasia DimitracOpoulou
Vaselacopoulos-
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-08-17
KEEP THE BABIES
WELL AND FAT.

"Mamma's" DR.. Doran's Worm
Remedy expels Worms, whole and
alive. Purely vegetable. Bottle
25c by mail. General agents are
wanted. Write US a letter.
DOran Drug mpany
Paducah, Kentucky
Call Phone 318, Cape Girardeau.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-08-17

Colorado Springs. Colo, Aug. 10
John McCord. formerly wealthy resi-
dent Of Kansas City, Mo-. was struck
by an automobile here and died two
hours later. The car was driven by
A. r. johnson Of Formosa, Kan.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-08-17
OFFERS LAND TO RUMAhlA
Germany Said to Have Agreed to PAY
Price for Neutrality In the Ea-
ropean War.

Bucharest, Aug. 16.-The Epoca an
nounces that Germany has offered
territorial compensation to Rumania
at the expense Of Austria. in return
for Rumanian neutrality In the war.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-08-17

Woman Lawyers for Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 16.-The Georgia
senate passed house bill granting
to women the right 70 practice law
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-04
SPRING IN THE GARDEN
By z. VAN BENTHUYSEN.

Just as soon as the lilac and other
spring Towering shrubs have done
blooming, prune them Cut back to a
strong eye or shoot, preserving the
characteristic form of the shrub.
Fight green lice with tobacco tea
and the rose slug with lime water.
Or try busting air-slaked lime on the
infested rose bushes.
Use a sharp knife or scissors when
gathering flowers. Early in the morn
ing is the best time, and the blooms
not quite developed will last longest.
Keep the stems of the newly cut flow
ers deep in water before arranging in
bouquets.
Make a place for the petunia. 1t is
one of the most accommodating OF
plants 1t makes a fine showing rap
idly, grows easily and takes root rap
grounds you haven't planned for try
this year to grow petunias. Prepare
the soil carefully, scatter petunia
seeds upon l., water with fine hose
and watch the seeds grow. Look out
for the big weeds, the little ones will
be smothered by the rapid growth Of
the petunias.
If Jack Frost has found some tender
seeding, place it out of the sun i'm
mediately. Spray with very cold wa
ter and shade from the suns rays.
Gladioli must be planted every two
weeks for succession. The plants are
beautiful and when placed among
roses or with a background of shrub
berry are a brilliant spot in the gar
den.
Cannas like very rich soil and plen-
ty of water during the growing season.
Plant two feet apart, if they are the
tall-growing sort, the dwarf kind can
be planted closer. AS the seed pods
form cut them off. A mulch of strawy
manure helps to conserve the water
that is given them.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-04
The HexagonaI PIan-Showing Ar
rangefner1t for Filters or for Testing
Four Varieties.

rule the difficulties which later arise
more than Offset the supposed gain.
There are instances in which it would
be unwise to lose years growth Of
the trees in order to put the land
chosen for the orchard in an ideal con-
dition. In the majority Of instances
the planting Of commercial orchard
is not decided upon so suddenly that
preparation previous to planting is not
possible.
The surface soil should be consid-
cred from two standpoints-the char
acter of the filth, and the presence of
organic material. While the former
is more or less dependent upon the
latter, the degree Of frmness is a
matter that should not be overlooked.
There are numerous systems fer
planting orchards. Many fruit grow
ers have worked out their own sys-
TENS. Those mostly used are the
rectangular, quincunx, alternate and
hexagonal, or modification OF them.
The rectangular or square system is
most used. In this plan the trees are
set at the corners if a rectangular
area Most often the rectangle is a
square, but not infrequently the sides
are unequal. This is the simplest
vantage is that it does not make
economical use of the land, there be-
ing an area in the center of each rec
tangle little used by the trees. The
quincunx system was devised to offset
the difficulty just mentioned.
The alternate system is designed to
correct the difficulties arising from
the former 1t differs from it essen
tally in widening the distance between
rows, maintaining the same distances
between the trees in the row, and is
therefore better adapted to paintings
under 40 feet. In the alternate plan
with 80 feet apart in the row the rows
can be placed much closer together
without reducing the space between
the trees in adjoining rows SO much
as to interfere with orchard opera
tions. By this method, the number of
trees per acre may be increased, the
land better distributed among them,
and inconvenience in orchard opera
tons avoided. 1t will be seen that
this method approaches the hexagonal
system, for when the diagonal dis
lance between the trees of adjoining
rows equals that between the trees in
the same row, then we have the hexa-
gonal system.
The hexagOnal system, or equilateral
system, is rapidly gaining favor as
the most economical system for plant
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-04
PRCPAGlTING By CUTTING
BY w. r. GILBERT.

Where thousands of plants are grown
for positions in the open air dur
ing the summer, this is an important
operation from March onward. Con-
siderable forethought and knowledge
of the work are necessary to obtain the
plants in suitable condition and in suf-
ticient numbers, when the time for
planting out arrives.
Although decried by some, the scar
let geranium still has hosts of admir-
ers, especially since the Introduction
of the variety-Paul Crampel.
Cuttings of the varieties of which
the numbers are short can be inserted
now. These may be obtained from the
old plants lifted from the beds in the
autumn, or few tops may be taken
off the strongest of the young plants.
Inserted in light, sandy soil they will
soon root on shelf in warm house.
Cuttings of iresine, coleus, ageratum,
heliotrope, verbena, fuchsia, fibrous-
rooted begonia, etc., when required in
quantity should be inserted in a bed
of sand made up in a propagating
frame with bottom heat. Three inches
of sand will be sufficient and if this
| is made firm, well supplied with water
and bottom heat of IS to 50 degrees
maintained, many of the cuttings will
| be rooted in week and ready for
potting up singly in small pots.
Remaining in the sand such a short
| time, they can be dibbled in close to-
| gether.
Lobelias, altermantheras, and me-
| sembryanthemums can also be in
creased by the thousands in this way.
Provided there is good stock of old
| plants on hand, March is soon enough
to commence propagating.
Early in February dahlia tubers, of
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-04-04
GARDEN NOTES

The flowers of the plumbago capensis
are Of an unusual shade of blue. 1t
requires about the same treatment as
the fuchsia and as rule flowers con-
tinuously. 1t is a good plant for
cool conservatory and many succeed
well with ii in the window garden.
AS the weather moderates toward
spring the double glass in the hot
bed sash will not be needed and the
top sash can then be dispensed with
or used to protect from frost plants
that are set out too early.
Look to the trees about the home
and carefully destroy all bag cocoons,
ETC., that promise to develop into
pests in the spring.
Don't let the weeds get a foot high
and then pull them, disturbing the
surrounding flowers, even if none are
pulled out