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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-02-11
$4,000 ASKED FOR
W. B. OSBURN DEATH
Administrator Files Suits Against
FriscO-Says Engine Did
Not Warn Victim.

A suit for $4,000 damages for the
life of the late Willis B. Osburn, who
was run down and killed almost in
stantly by fiat car in the Frisco yards
last fall, was field against the Frisco
in Common Pleas Court yesterday by
+. w. Oberheide, public administrator
in charge of the Osburn estate.
The suit names the receivers of the
railroad, James w. Lusky, w. C. Nix
on and W. b. Biddle. as defendants
and briefly recites the circumstances
under which Mr.. Osburn was killed.
The accident occurred September IA,
last, when a fiat car that was pushed
along the track in South Cape near the
box factory, got from control Of any of
the switching crew, and, according to
the terms of the petition, without
warning having been given to Osburn,
he was struck and run over while at
work on the track.
Osburn was employed as section
man by the Frisco and at the time Of
his death, he was at cleaning switches,
by digging dirt and rubbish from be-
tween the rails OF the track. The ac-
cident occurring in the evening, and it
was several minutes after he had been
killed, it is believed, before his body
was found.
Mr.. OSburn is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Parilee Osburn, and three daugh-
tiers, Miss Vinney Osburn, Mrs. Minnie
Oliver and Mrs. Grace Henson.
Mr.. Oberheide was appointed to
take charge of the estate following Os-
burns death and yesterday letters of
administration were taken out by him
before the suit was filed against the
railroad by Judge Edward D. Hays.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-02-11
SELLE HEADS BIG
CATHOLIC SOCIETY
st. AlOisi0us Members Make
Henry Hohler and Al Wib-
benmeyer Delegates.

Joseph Selle of South Ellis street,
Sunday morning was elected president
Of the St. Aloisious Young Mems So
ciety of St. Mary's Catholic Parish at
orders regular monthly meeting, when
the annual election of officers was held.
A large crowd of young men attend
ed and the election was the principal
business. Mr.. Selle is employed at the
shoe factory. He was a delegate to a
big Catholic convention last year in st.
Louis similar to the one that will be
held in the Cape this spring.
The other officers VINO were elected
are: Edward VanDeven, vice presi-
dent; Al thinner secretary; Henry
Hohler, treasurer; and Charles Schoen,
marshal. The retiring officers We're:
Ed. Bauerle, president; Henry Hohler,
vice president; Al thinner, treasurer;
Al Wibbenmeyer, secretary; and Joe
Sandman, marshal
Henry Hohler and Al Wibbenmeyer
also were selected Sunday to be dele
gates to the convention that will be
held in the Cape in May.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-02-11
CUPIDS TO DANCE
AT VALENTlNEPARTY
Girls, 3 to 8 Years Old, Will Be
Featured at Wednesday Club
Affair.

A Cupid drill by a score of Cape
Girardeau Children, all little girls
from three 10 eight years old, will be
the principal feature Of the st. Valen-
tire party to be given next Monday
night at the Elks Club under the au-
spices of the Wednesday Club.
The little tots have been training
for their stunt for several days and
when they march on the dance floor,
it is anticipated that they will be the
hit Of the evening.
The children who will be in the
march are: Rodney Carmack, Mary
Helen Kinder, Marie Coley, Dorothy,
Wilhelmina and Nellie Quarles, Baby
Gockel, Julia Boone, Caryo!in Nuss
baum, Kathryn Kraft, Mary Helen
Drum, Baby Shepherd, Alleen Vogel,
Mildred Smith, Alice Armentrout,
Kathryn Rodibaugh, Martha Sonntag,
Baby Schaefer, Dorthoy Pott and Mary
Helen Carter.
Another group of girls will give a
unique Valentine dance. They are:
Beatrice Heard, Naomi Pott, Lucille
Book, Norma Bremmermann, Helen
Phillips, Florence Simpson, Lucille
Balm, Evalyn Balm, Sarah Howard,
Haze Macke, Katherine Moore, Norma
Etherton, Lucille Woodson, Marguerite
Berry, Cathryn Hays, Miss Harlan,
ard Gladys Lesem.
Those who attend the dance may
wear st. Valentine Mosques or may
attend unmasqucd. A prize will be
given for the best masque. The pro-
ceeds from the dance will be devoted
to fund being made up by the club
for the Missouri Federation of Wom-
ems Club. A fund of $4,000 is being
raised, the income from which is to be
used for extension work in rural dis
tricts, and the Cape is trying to get
800. A committee Of IA women are
in charge of the dance.
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]. Frank Grant, of Vanduser, yes
terday was a visitor in the Cape.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-02-11
TWO'WOMEN GUESTS
OF SPEAKER KILLED
MANY Other Believed to Have
Been Trapped in Great
Buildings.
PARLIAMENT MEETING
WHEN FIRE IS SEEN
Statesmen Make Escape as Ex-
pIOsion Skaters Wing Of
Structure.
Special Dispatch to The Tribune.

Special Dispatch TO me Iflbuhe.
Ottowa, Ont, Feb. 3.-A great fire,
believed TO be of incendiary origin, is
rapidly consuming the magnificent
Canadian Parliament buildings. At
midnight hope was abandoned, and the
fremen had turned their attention to
saving those who had been trapped.
To women guests of Madame Sev-
ingly. wife of the Speaker of the
House Of Commons, are known to be
dead. Others are feared to have been
lost. Every member of the House,
which was in session when the con-
fiagration was discovered, escaped.
The loss to the buildings and their
contents is estimated by government
officials to be at least $10,000,000, of
which more than $7OOO,0OO was in the
buildings themselves.
The Parliament house was consider
ed by architects to he the finest gothic
in North America. 1t required years
to complete the edifice, and the most
famous artists in the world helped to
design it.
The blaze started at $50 tonight in
the beautiful library building at the
north side o. tha Commons structure
1t spread with enormous rapidity, and
it is feared that many Of those who
were within the structures persisted.
Martin Burrell, Secretary Of Aeri-
culture, who was working in his of
fee when he heard the alarm Of fire,
had q narrow escape from death. He
was badly burned about the face and
hands and his clothing was almost ia
ken from his body by the flames.
The fire broke forth in innumerable
places. After it had been burning for
less than a half hour, tremendous
explosion shattered the right wing Of
the building. Flames burst forth
with the suddenness of a stroke Of
lightning, and spectators were amaz-
ed to notice the rapidity with which
the frespread It crept from one
building to another as if the flames
were following d trail Of oil.
The OttOwa fire department and
special fire squad worked like madmen,
but the water only seemed to feed the
confagration They say that there was
much evidence tending to the belief
that the blaze was the work of a fire.
bug.
It was discovered by Frank Glass,
who gave the alarm Immediately. He
was near an exit when he saw the
flames, but he had difficulty in making
his escape from the building through
the nearest door
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those committees retirement Arm
gardt cried.
Hoeller declared that it ought to
show that the Judiciary Committee,
had been retired from the job. The
records show different, the Mayor told
him.
After the question of committee as
signments had been settled by the rec
ords, Armgardt returned to the sub
ject of hiring Lane.
Il can prove it," he said. 81 have a
report from him here and l want this
read before the Council"
whats what Lane has to say got
to do with this?" Mayor Rage demand
ed
I'm going to have this read" Arm
gardt shouted 81 demand to have this
readw
keep your shirt on Fowler shout
ed across the desks to Armgardt. City
Clerk read the report and it overruled
Mr.. Armgardt.
The Mayor then remarked that he
believed it was Just little misunder-
standing on all hands and that a mis-
take had been made when the action
of the committee in hiring Lane had
not been reported to the Council.
The Building Committee on the rec
concentration of City Counselor o. A.
Knehans, reported adversely on the pc
tition of Col. Matt Morrison to move
his blacksmith shop from its present
site to the corner of South Spanish
and Merriwether street, across from
the home of John l.. Miller
The Mayor was authorized to order
a warrant for $4,000 drawn at the
proper time for the purchase of the
park. The Mayor announced that the
deed for the park had been signed
and the closing of the deal awaits the
contamination of few details relative
to Indebtedness of the Fair Associa-
ton.
1t likewise was announced that the
Frisco has made the change in machin-
cry at the Cape shops and all the May
or's correspondence was read into the
Councils record. The Mayor stated
that he could prove by three witnesses
that two of the machines brought to
the Cape are ready for the scrap
heap.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-02-11
CITY news In BRIEF

| Prosecuting Attorney J. Henry Ca.
ruthers, yesterday was in Jackson on
business at the County Court.
Emanuel Geiscr suffered a loss of
speech late Tuesday afternoon when
he had stroke of paralysis that af-
fected his tongue. He is 76 years old
and had been suffering with Bright's
disease for some time. He lives at
1908 Tkemis street, where he resides
with three children.
Rev. J. F. Lawson Of the Presbyte-
rian Church, who has been i'll with grip
yesterday was reported to be much
better.
NJ. G. LaPierre, president and man
ager of a handle factory ut Jackson,
yesterday passed through the Cape on
the way to st. Louis.
Mrs. Edward lIassencill, who had
an operation for appendicitis perform
ed several days ago at St. Francis
hospital, has been removed to her
home and is recovering rapidly.
Miss Louise Bortling and her moth
er, Mrs. F. w. BertIing, yesterday
entertained more than two score
guests at dinner in celebration Of their
birthdays. Miss Bertling's birthday
occurred yesterday and the mother
will celebrate her birthday today. The
Bertlings are well known farmers liv-
ing near the Cape.
Mrs. William F. Bergman, yester-
day was removed from her home at
321 North Ellis street, to St. Francis
hospital, where she will undergo an
operation today.
Louis J. Pott yesterday afternoon
departed for PascoIa on a business
trip.
J. T. Gordon, cashier of the Com
mercial Bank of New Madrid, arrived
in the Cape Tuesday to spend a few
days with his family, who are visiting
at the home of B. Bremermann.
A. r. Ponder is in the Cape from
San Antonio, Texas, to look after his
business interests here and in South
eatst Missouri.
H. L. Rozier, of Ste. Genevieve, yes
terday came down to the Cape on a
business visit.
Harry B. Williams, yesterday re-
turned to points in lower counties, aft
er spending a few days in the Cape on
business.
Mrs. T. A. Baldwin of Brentwood
and Mrs. G. w. Poole of Council Grove,
Kans., yesterday were visitors in the
Cape.
The new garage in the rear of the
Himmelbergcr Harrison building,
which will be occupied by Fred A.
Groves, has been virtually completed
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by Herman Loeffel and Edward A. Re
genhardt, building contractors. Mr..
Groves already has moved three car
loads Of machines into the new place
which will have room for 200 automo-
biIes.
Assistant Pure Food and Drug Com
missioner G. B. Cook, of Frederick
town, yesterday afternoon and last
night was a business visitor in the
Cape
W. c. Ballard went to Chaffee on 4
business trip yesterday.
c. S. Prather yesterday came up
from Advance to transact business
here and visit several friends.
Elmer Sutherland, OF Chaffee, was
| a business visitor in the Cape yester-
day afternoon and last night.
r. f. Norrid of Benton, visited
friends and transacted business in the
Cape yesterday afternoon.
G. y. Brooks. of Piggott, Ark, was
a business visitor in the Cape yester-
day afternoon and last night.
J. W. Ellis Of Ste. Genevieve, Wis
tied friends and transacted business in
the Cape last night.
William Lay, OF Chaffee, well known
banker, yesterday afternoon was
business visitor in the Cape.
4. L. Pain of Chafee, yesterday
came up to the Cape to visit several
friends and transact business in the
Cape.
Albert N. Spreading, City Counsel
or of Jackson, yesterday afternoon
was a visitor in the Cape attending to
legal matters in the office of the clerk
of the Court of Common Pleas.
Q. ]. Snider of Fredericktown, was
a business visitor in the Cape yester-
day afternoon and last night.
Fred Clippard of Jackson, L. J.
Grimsley, of Latin, and Judge G. Fl.
Banks OF Whitewater, last night mo-
tored to the Cape from Jackson to Wis
it friends.
The P. E. o. will meet Friday after
noon with Mrs. H. A. Nussbaum.
John r. Lee, of Charleston, deputy
state fish and game warden, yesterday
afternoon and last night was a bust
ness visitor in the Cape.
NJ. c. Bratton, of RiverwoOd, was
business visitor in the Cape yesterday
afternoon and last night.
J. A Moran, of Chaffee, was in the
Cape yesterday transacting business
ard visiting friends.
R. w. Cate, of Bloomfield, visited
friends and transacted business in the
the Cape yesterday afternoon and last
night.
Theodore w. Meyer, of Appleton,
yesterday afternoon was in the Cape
on business.
T. R. Challenor, of Cairo, visited
friends in the Cape yesterday after
noon.
SiIas Beal, of Oak Ridge, was a
business visitor in the Cape yesterday
afternoon.
B. l.. Modesto, Of Ste Genevieve,
was a business visitor in the Cape yes
terday.
]. F. Groce, the Good Hope street
barber, and Mrs Groce departed yes
terday for Eddyville, KY, where Mrs.
Margaret Kelly, mother of Mrs. Groce
is seriously II. They left for Ken
lucky Immediately after the receipt of
a telegram, stating that her condition
was critical.
E. NJ. Carter, secretary of the State
Teachers Association, has returned to
Columbia, Mo-, after spending a few
days here with his family.
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ing and widening Themis, Hanover,
Harmony, Benton and Painter streets.
Rage urged the Councilmen to work
tremendously.
1t was at this juncture that Fowler
declared because he had not been re-
cognized on the committee that hired
Lane, he did not propose to be snubbed
and made his motion to have the Prop
ositions and Grievances Committee
dismissed from that service.
Charles Kaess seconded the motion
and Rage advised the withdrawal of
the motion. Chairman Bowman of
that committee called across the room
to Fowler: Lets stay in the game"
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-02-11
8 DIE IN POWDER EXPLOSION.

Tacoma, Wash, Feb. "a powder
house at DUPONT, Washington, was
burned last night following an explo-
sion there yesterday in which three
men were killed.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-02-11

H. A UtIey, of Allenville, visited
friends and transacted business in the
Cape yesterday afternoon and last
night.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-10

Third year graded, Mrs. C. D. Aver
son.
Fourth year graded, Miss Eugenia
Thornton.
Teen-age.
Training course. 1920, Special Prob
lens in Girl Life" Mrs. S. P. Moore.
First intermediate graded lesson, II
o'clock. Miss Lena Easley
Second intermediate graded, Mrs. A
D. Peck
Third year intermediate graded, Mrs
N. L. Bagley
Fourth year intermediate graded
Mrs. Charles Ledbetter
First year senior graded, Miss Zoe
Black
Second year senior graded, Mrs. Car
son Helms.
Third year senior graded. Mrs. J. T
Ehrhart
Fourth year senior graded, Mrs
Charles Stewart.
Uniform lesson. Miss Myra Batch
elder
Adult.
Training course, 1920 a. M, "Out.
line Study of the Hebrew History UI
to the Division of the Kingdom Rev
Bennett I. Waites.
Lesson, 10 o'clock, Mrs. G. M. Truss
Home.
Training course, 1920. Week,
Finding Needs and Supplying He'll
from School to Those Who Cannot
Come" Mrs Jesse Wright.
Lesson, II o'clock, Mrs. H. G. Arm.
strong.
A cordial welcome is extended all
teachers.
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Ruthless Warfare Planned
and Gerard Bringing Report
Now Rumored in New York
tcont,nued from Page one,


to ruthless U-boat campaign, and
the deliberate preparations being made
to resume the practices objected to by
America in the case of the Lusitania,
Arabic and Sussex, TO mention only
three of the most prominent instances.
These few German statesmen who
helped the ambassador in his effort
to have the Presidents restrictions on
submarine warfare accepted by Ger
many are now casting about for some
means of permitting the resumption
of the interdicted methods but at the
same time changing it in some way
to stay in the limits laid down by the
United States. They confess themselves
unable to discover such plan and they
have been given to understand no sub
terfuge will be permitted by Washing
ton. In the ambassadors opinion, it
will be doing Germany great injus-
tice to say she is ready to sue for
peace, as such thoughts are far from
the German mind.
"Darahalten" is her motto and in
Guided in the word is her intention OF
employing the most ruthless forms of
warfare, which she justifies on the
ground that her very existence as q
nation is threatened in the face of the
opinion and sentiment that no pos
sible weapon should be left unused,
the government is preparing to recede
from the position assumed in reply
to the Sussex. 1t is no violation of con-
fidence to say that when the report
of this speech reached the ambassador
he prepared to leave the ship and re-
turn to Germany, fearing that Herr
Won Bethmann-H ollwegg indicated an
even quicker resumption of submarine
war than had been the belief upon
his departure from Berlin. 1t was only
the nature of the reports he has for
President Wilson and Secretary Lans-
ing that prompted him to take this
voyage.
He plans to make his visit as brier
as possible, as he feels it is neces-
sary for him to be back in the Ger
man capital in the shortest time. It's
recession is clearly foreshadowed-
apart from what I was told in private
conversations with Herr Zimmerman,
Herr Won Jagow, Count Brockdorff
Rattan, minister to Denmark, and a
possible successor to Herr Won Jagow,
and other big men of Germany--by five
things: First the direct intimations
given the American ambassador; sec
ond. letters, speeches and protocols OF
Admiral Won Tirpitz, of Herr Bass
Hermann, the leader of the powerful
national liberals, and of the leaders of
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WHOLE ATLANTIC
COAST SHIPPING
PANIC STRICKEN
CONTINUED From Page Onep

il happened. it was fortunate that we
had so many ships out and I am very
glad that we were able to render the
aid we did,
He concluded with the declaration tina
nothing had passed between him and
Captain Rose during their formal calls
which gave any indication as to what the
plans of the U-boat commander were.
Admiral Gleaves received today va :
rsous concentrations for his work with
the vessels under his command He also
received a number of offers of aid and
supplies for survivors.
testimonial of appreciation for the
assistance rendered by the flotilla, par
ticularly the aid given by Lieutenant
Commander d. c. Hanrahan and the men
of the destroyer Blach, who picked up
the passengers of the Red Cross line
steamer Stephano, was signed by the
passengers and crew of the liner
In many quarters the opinion was ex-
pressed today that another outbreak of
the U-boat and her consorts if she had
any, would not be surprising. 1t was
reported by members of the crew of the
steamer Strathdene that the submarine
which sank her had filled her fuel tanks
with oil from the Norwegian tank
steamer Christian Knudsen before the
latter was sent to the bottom. Other
refugees have declared that they saw a
German supply ship lowering in the
vicinity of the raid Sunday.
Although fuel tanks may have been
from the Norwegian vessel,
naval officers expressed the opinion that
after day of such rema rkable activity
as YESTERDAYS the submarine must be
short Of ammunition. Reports of many
of the refugees agree that the submarine
oh THAR shin nrn6ipa1 in
the use of Shells and most of them We're
of the opinion that after their steamer
had been shelled it was given her finish
ing blow by a torpedo.
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the "junkerthun;" third, the immense
public sentiment favoring 1t; fourth.
significant incident in the middle
OF September. when Count Zeppelin
wrote an open letter to the chancellor
by arrangement. giving Herr Won
Bethmann a clean bill of health on
the part of having opposed the Zep-
pelin raids over London-in other
words, acquitting the chancellor or
standing against the programme OF
ruthlessness,' big point in which is
the resumption of U-boats; and, fifth.
ana most important, the declaration
ana prophecy of the chancellor's speech
opening the Reichstag on September
rs. When he said "the German states
man who would hesitate to EMPLOY ev-
cry available instrument of battle that
would really shorten the war should
be hanged"
The outline of subjects for Mr.. Gerard
TO report shows how far removed Ger
many Is from the idea of seeking for
peace She is today more warlike, al
tncugh perhaps less hopeful, than before
Ii would be doing the ambassador a
great injury in his future work in Berlin
If the false story that he makes his
Journey to supplicate for Germany. were
given credence. Mr.. Gerard's visit s
neither for nor against Germany, but
o.
tect her against grave and immediate
probabilities. AS he says, he is the
ambassador, and not the representative
of Germany or the allies
Our future relation with Germany
swings largely upon election day, for the
IDEA that peace may come before then.
o. even soon after, is credited by mono
IN Germany and certainly not by the
ambassador, who has seen the prepare
tons made by Germany to stand against
war that may last another five years.
FIVE months ago peace was much nearer
than now. | can say this on the highest
American authority, who found at that
time not England, but France, standing
IN the way. Every effort looking toward
ending the war then was bitterly opposed
by France, with England lukewarm. 1t
Goes not hold true today. for Washington
as we'll as Berlin has learned that
Britain is prepared and determined to
fight to the end.
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