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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-10-13
GROCER, PUT OFF
.TR AIN, PLANS
SUIT ON |. M. S.
Is Forced to Walk 2 1-2Miles
to Station Because Con-
duct0r Lacked Change.
HIKES TIES WITH ONE
ARTIFICIAL LEG, SAYS
M. B. Welty, Cape Customer,
Puts Treatment in Hands
of an Attorney.

VI. &. Weity, formerly fireman on
the Frisco who had his left leg cut off
below the knee and now is in the gro
GER business, last night was in the
Cape and told the story of how he was
put off an Iron Mountain passenger
train half mile out of AllenvilIe We'd
nesday morning and was forced TO
walk two and half miles into Delta,
when The conductor of the train re-
fused TO accept his money in payment
for a fare.
Welty hast night declared that he
had placed the matter of his ejectment
from the train into the hands of an
attorney and will seek to learn if he
cannot make the railroad make amends
TO him.
Welty boarded the train at Allen
vile and offered 81 bill with which
to pay his fare. Welty said ne offered
4 dime for the three miles and it like
wise was turned down when the con-
ductor demanded Is cents fare or the
train would be stopped For Welty's
election.
When Welty offered no change for
the fare, the conductor had the train
stopped and Welty dismounted to walk
the ties.
He said that he met the conductor
in the yards after he arrived iR Ill
mo, when the man endeavored to
square with Welty. Welty then in
stituted an investigation by an attor-
ney.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-10-13
CAPE BOY Wins
PROMOTION in
PERSHINC FORCE
Robert Stevens, shoe worker,
Rises From Corporal to
Sergeant.
WRITES TO HIS FATHER
FROM MEXICAN PLAINS
Expects Withdrawal ScribbIes
on Wrapping Paper-Was
in Honolulu.

Robert c. Stevens, formerly shoe
factory worker in the Cape. has won
promotion as a nOn-commissioned of
ticer in General Pershing's column in
Mexico, according to letter which his
father, William c. Stevens. has re-
ceiveI from him.
Stevens until recently was cor
poral in Persbing's command. He was
a member of Company NJ, Sixth United
States Infantry. Since the expedition
into Mexico left the States, however.
ne has been promoted to the rank of
Sergeant.
Stevens lived with his parents at
100 Pearl street in the North End. and
he worked at the shoe factory. He
left to join the army only short time
ago, but before the Mexican crisis
came, he saw service with his regi-
ment in the Hawaiian Islands. He
was stationed in Honolulu.
Stevens father formerly was a pa
trOlman in the Cape Stevens, while
he was in the Cape, was interested in
military affairs and at the time that
Company X of the old Sixth Missouri
National Guard regiment was here, he
was a member of that organization
and was made corporal.
In his letter to his father, Stevens
said he was allowed to say but little.
The life of the soldiers in General
Pershing's command is comparatively
uneventful, he said, and all the men
are expecting to be recalled to the
United States at any, moment, ne de
clared.
In the camp where he is stationed,
writing materials have become short
ened and he was forced to use a pen
Gil upon piece of wrapping paper and
a scrap torn from paper bag.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-10-13
DRIVER TRAMPED
AS HE TRIES TO.
STOP ARUNAWAY.
Hughes Hoover Misses Hold
on Brides and Falls Under
Feet of Mule Team.
JUMPED TO SAVE HIS
THREE-YEAR OLD SON
Is Recovering After Operation at
Hospital-12 Stitches
Taken in Head.

When he made a flying grab fol
the brides of his runaway mule team
missed his hold and fell beneath the
feet of the animals, Hughes Hoover
driver for Hirsch Bros store, was
injured seriously yesterday afternoon
at Hanover and Independence streets
He made the leap for the heads of
the animals as they started to run in
order to save his 3-year old son from
injury. The boy was in the wagon
as the team started, and although the
father was trampled and run down, the
boy was unhurt after the team had
been stopped by a negro a short dis
tance further along the street.
Hoover last night was in a serious
condition at st. Francis Hospital
where he was taken for an operation
short time after the accident.
He had stopped with his son at the
home of Darb Cato, negro living on
Hanover street near independence. He
left the wagon to deliver a consign-
ment of groceries at the Cato place
and was returning to the wagon when
the team of mules became frightened
in some manner.
Hoover last night was able to tell
but little about the accident. He said
that he had reached a place about six
feet from the heads of the animals
when they reared and started to run
He grabbed at the brides and after
his fall. he said he did not remember
anything more about the accident
There were no other witnesses to the
accident, besides the boy who could
not tell how his father was hurt.
Hoover was picked up by the negro
who stopped the team, loaded back into
the wagon and taken to the Hirsch
store in Haarig. BY the time that he
reached the store, he was regaining
consciousness and was taken at once
to the Office Of DR.. Paul R. Williams.
He subsequently was taken to the
hospital where an emergency opera
ton was performed. 1t was necessary
to take II stitches in order to close
long cut that extended down over the
left side of his face.
Hoover is about 40 years old. He
lives with his family on South Benton
street and had been in the employ of
the Hirsch store but short time. He
came to the Cape a short time ago
from SikestOn.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-10-13
BUILDERS BIDDING
ON SWIMMIN' HOLE
Women Wish to Get Price and
Work This Winter to
Raise Funds.

Following the preparation of COM
pIete plans and specifications for the
municipal swimming pool which the
women of the Civic Improvement As
sociation propose to build, bids now
are being received from contractors in
the Cape to learn what will be the ex-
act cost of installing the pool. Tho
pool is to be located at Lorim;er and
William streets.
When the bids are closed and ex-
amined, the women will be able to
know definitely the amount OF money
they will have to obtain in order to
realize the establishment of the pool.
They expect to continue working for
the fund this winter so that they may
start operations in the spring and
have the pool in shape for use next
summer.
When the plans for the municipal
pool first were projected by the won-
en-, some opposition to the scheme de-
veloped among property owners in the
vicinity, but when they were shown the
sketches and plans for the work which
illustrated a veritable park instead of
hallow as it is now, their objections
were converted into a boost for the
pool.
A small alteration will have to be
made in the plans for the pool on &C
count of mistake in taking the meas
ure of the city's land. 1t was believed
that the city owns a strip of land 200
feet wide at the park, but it was learn
ed that the city park is but 112 feet
in width. This will necessitate cut
in the size of the bathhouse and gar
dens. but the pool will be maintained
the same size.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-10-13
Cotton Blossom
irne In Haarig
Snacks Of Dixie
John Frenzels Crop of South
ern Plants Now Are Max
ing Filling for the Comforts
Stalks Laden with
Blooms.

John Frenzel, the welEknOwn timer
on Good Hope street, has a cotton crop
right in his front yrad. In spite of
the cold weather, the cotton is bloom
ing like it does way down in Dixie.
NJ. Frenzel planted some cotton in
his front yard last spring Just as an
experiment. When the plants broke
through the ground few weeks later,
he thought some one had played joke
on him and presented him with some
weed seed.
The plants resembled a cross be-
tween dog fennel and mullen, but he
was not dismayed. After he had gone
that far he was determined to see the
experiment through, whether the seed
he had planted turned out to be dan
deliOns or paw-paws,
But a few spring rains put little
pep" in the plants, and they soon con-
WINGED Mr.. Frenzel that they were at
least trying to look like cotton. The
warm summer came and helped the
plants to develop. In the early part Of
August big, white blossoms burst
forth. Then the cold weather came
and Mr.. Frenzel thought his expert
ment had failed.
He covered the stalks with paper to
keep out the frost and when dawn
came, he would uncover them and let
them enjoy the sunlight. And in spite
of the unreasonable winds, this cotton
patch has really produced crop.
Every stalk now is laden with cot
ton, Just in the making. The blossom
is first white and then it become slight
~ pink From this stage it becomes
cotton. Mr.. Frenzel said yesterday
that if winter will only hold off two
more weeks he will have cotton enough
to stuff pair of comforts.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-10-13
INDICTED ON MANN
ACT; BROUGHT HERE
Officials Says Mans Brother is
Chief Witness Against
Him.

On a charge of a violation of the
Mann white slave law, Russell R. Fos-
ter, of Crowder, yesterday afternoon
was brought to the Cape by Deputy U.
S. Marshal George c. Orchard. His
trial will be taken up in the term
of the United States District Court
which convenes tomorrow.
Foster was indicted by the Federal
Grand Jury last April and the indict-
ment remained secret until Orchard
made the arrest yesterday.
Details of the circumstances sur
rounding the charge against him, have
not been learned in the Cape, but they
will be brought out at the trial. Or
chard said that when the indictment
was returned, Fosters brother was
the leading witness against him, and
Orchard said that he had been inform
ed in the United States attorneys Of
flee in st. Louis, that Foster ran off
with his brothers wife, which forms
the basis of the charge.
Foster himself is married and has
several children. When he was brought
to the Cape yesterday, he was taken
before Mayor Rage as l. S. Commits
sioner. His bond was fixed at $4,000
and he was released on bond when
Sam D. Bowett signed the document.
Bowett swore before Rage that he is
worth about $4,000 above all his in
debtedness.
Foster was accompanied to the Cape
by Bowett and another, both from
Crowder, who desired to go on his
bond. He was able to satisfy Rage,
however, that lie is worth but $500,
so the Mayor refused to take him on
the bond.
After he had succeeded in making
bond, Foster departed and left the
Cape to return this week for his trial.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-10-13
HUGHES DEFENDS
TARIFF VIEW OF
REPUB'N PARTY
Asserts That Law of PrOtec-
ton Is the Only Road
Leading TO Prosperity.
WANTS AMERICA TO
STAND FOR ITSELF
Says Nation Must Not Have ANY
Entangling Alliances, if
1t Wants Peace.

Clarksburg, w. Va, Oct. IL
Charles E. Hughes told an audience
which gathered at the station here to-
day that in his stand for the rrotec-
ton of American lives, property and
commerce he had mo agreements
with anybody"
81 stand for American rights
throughout the world without fear or
favor" Hughes said. 81 have no un-
derstanding, no agreements, no in
trigues with anybody, but l stand for
the interests of the United States and
the protection of American lives,
American property and American
commerce throughout the world"
Our friends on the other side talk
about their policy, particularly in Mex
leo, as though it were a policy of
peace" Hughes continued. 1T has not
been policy OF peace. 1t has been
a policy of destruction Of the lives
and property Of American citizens, be-
cause of the withdrawal Of protection
that should have been accorded.
There is only one way for this
country to have permanent peace and
that is to stand firmly for your honor
and your just rights. l stand here to
say that nothing at this time is more
important than to maintain the dignity
of American citizenship and to show
to all that we propose to maintain
our peace and security by firmly de-
handing recognition of all our known
rights.
eve propose to protect American
rights. We propose to safeguard Amer
lean peace. We propose to maintain
the national honor"
Hughes spoke for the protective tar
if, declaring that in its application he
would not "aid any particular sort of
American citizens at the expense of
the others"
"If you want a protective tariff" he
said, "you have got to put in power a
Congress whose majority believes in
the principle of the protective tariff.
| want to see the success of the Re
publican ticket in the House and Sen
ate in order that we may place Amer
lean prosperity on a sound founda-
ton"
The nominee assaulted the administra-
ton again for the enactment of the
Adamson law and for extravaganza,
asserting that the Democratic party
four years ago had arraigned the Re
publicans for extravaganza and then
proceeded to break the record for
extravaganza"
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-10-13
CROCKETT AUTO
IS FIRED BURNS
ON DIRT ROAD
Flames Break Out When
Owner Prepares to Change
aPunctured Wheel.
STANDS BY HELPLESS
AND WATCHES BLAZE
Walks 2 1-2 Miles Back to the
Cape-Carried $500
Insurance.

Fire that started in a mysterious
way under the hood of the big car
which J. H. Crockett of 705 South
Boulevard drives as a service machine,
last night resulted in the complete de-
struction of the machine on the Glib
oney lane or dirt road leading from thu
Bloomfield to the Rock Levee road.
The fire occurred at about 9:30
o'clock at a place about two and a
half miles south of the Cape. Mr..
Crockett was preparing to change
wheels on his machine, when the fire
broke out and before he could save 4
thing from the machine, It was en-
veloped in flames.
He was on his way from his homo
to limo where he expected to get some
passengers for the Cape. One of the
tires on the machine was punctured
as he was rounding a bend in the road.
He drove around the curve in the road
and drew up at the roadside to make
the alteration in the wheels.
He dismounted from the machine
and as he stepped away from the side
of the car, he saw light that seemed
to be coming from under the engine.
He had Just started to make an ex-
animation when the flames. which APP
parently gained Roadway after the car
stopped, burst out from the hood. 1t
was but a few minutes until the en-
tire body of the machine was mass
of flames.
Mr.. Crockett was not accompanied
by any passengers and was forced to
stand at the roadside and watch the
machine burn. He remained at the
scene of the fire for half hour and
then walked back home.
Last night he said that the machine
cost $1,000 when he acquired it and he
has insurance upon it amounting to
$500.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-10-13
MAUSOLEUM IS
STRONG AS U.S..
FORTIFICATIONS
Floor Will Hold Giant Loco
motive Without Strain
Walls 2 or 3 Fl. Thick.
FOUNDATAIN TO BE
COMPLETE THIS WEEK
Plans Provide for 2O6 Crypts and
All But Few Are
Reserved.

Concrete construction work that will
rival the defense works of Verdun is
feature of the Cape's mausoleum, the
foundation for which is approaching
completion at Lorimier Cemetery.
From the ground to the tip of the
| gable, when it is built, the mausoeum
will be made fit to stand till Gabriel
blows his horn, and view of the foun-
dation readily convinces one that the
structure will be we'll placed.
The foundation is bottomed upon
hard dirt. The walls of the founda-
ton are two feet six inches thick in
some places and more than three feet
thick in other places. The interior Of
the place will be crossed and re-crossed
with lines of the powerful floor sup
port.
When the foundation is complete,
the interior will be filled with bed of
cinders, and concrete mattress floor
six inches thick, built with $4,000
pounds of reinforcing steel, will be
placed over all.
This floor will be so powerful that
a giant locomotive that runs on the
Frisco could be sent across it without
harm to the building, Joseph NJ. ShOr-
tai, builder, said yesterday afternoon.
Upon this floor the building will be
constructed The walls will be of hOl-
low tile, concrete, and Bedford stone.
The walls will be nineteen and half
inches thick throughout, and on the in
terror the building will be finished in
marble.
The structure is on commanding
eminence in Lorimier Cemetery. A
driveway will be made leading to the
door of the mausoleum which will
make complete turn around the
building.
The building will be composed of 2O6
tombs, virtually all of which have been
sold. A few good locations in the cor
ridors remain unsold. There will be
four private rooms, four de luxe sec
tons and other special crypts which
will be decorated with special carved
marble.
A chapel and small pulpit will be
on the interior and in the center of
the building.
The building on the outside will
measure 90 feet long by az feet in
width and about % feet 8 inches in
height.
Five men are kept busy constantly
At the concrete mixing and a corps
IF carpenters manage to keep Just
ahead Of them in preparing the forms
for the concrete. Mr.. Shortal yester-
day declared that his progress on the
Cape building has been better than up-
on any other building in his expert
ence in making mausoleums. The
foundation will be completed this
week
Many Cape people have been out to
Lorimier Cemetery to visit the new
building since the construction work
commenced few days ago.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-10-13
HOW FARMERS CAN
TELL GOOD ALFALFA
FROM POOR VARIETY

Washington, D. c., Oct. 1G.-The in
creased interest in varieties of alfalfa
and the need for the farmer to know
whether a certain variety is suitable
for his neighborhood have led to the
publication of U. S. Department of
Agriculture Farmers Bulletin 757,
Commercial Varieties of Alfalfa. In
this bulletin of "a pages, the authors,
R. A. Oakley and H. L. Westover, of
the Bureau of Plant Industry, discuss
in detail the characteristics and habits
of the nine fairly distinctive CONNER
cial strains of alfalfa now recognized
in the United States, together with
their adaptation to climatic conditions.
Some give the best results in the
North and Northwest, while others
succeed only in the South and South
west where the winters are mild.
Wherever possible, the authors have
indicated methods of distinguishing
the seed of one variety from another.
Common alfalfa" is a term that is
used to include all of the alfalfas that
are not clearly of hybrid origin or that
sdo not have distinct and uniform vari-
etal characteristics, such as the Peru
Wan and Arabian varieties. Numer-
Gus strains are coming to be recOg-
nized in the common" group. They
are often designated by the geographic
name of the locality where grown, as
Kansas-grown alfalfa, Montana grown
alfalfa, and many others, or by some
term descriptive of the conditions I'M
der which the crop has developed,
such as dry-land alfalfa, irrigated al
falfa; and non-irrigated alfalfa.
Strains developed in the South usual
ly produce larger yields than those de.
veloped in the Northern States. but
they are less hardy. The "dry-land"
alfalfa seed offered on the market has
so far failed to show any noticeable
in ability to resist drought
over that grown with IN abundance
of moisture.
The commercial Turkestan alfalfa
has been tested quite thoroughly in all
parts of this country, and in nearly
every case has proved inferior to
American-grown strains.
The leading commercial strains of
variegated alfalfa are the Grimm. the
Baltic, the Canadian variegated. and
sand lucern. With the exception of
sand lucern, they have been found
more resistant to cold than other COM
mercial varieties or strains and are
therefore recommended for sections
where winter-killing occurs frequently.
Peruvian alfalfa is not resistant to
severe cold and can be grown success
fully only where the winter tempera-
ture is comparatively mild, as in the
Southern and Southwestern States. |
Under favorable conditions it outyields |
any other commercial strain.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-10-13

Wayne Copeland of Steele, Mo,
transacted business in the Cape yes
terday afternoon and last night
L. K. Harms came up to the Cape
yesterday from Jonesborc. Ark. on a
business visit.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-20

SOONER LATER
BUY AN IMPROVED Laval.
WHY
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-20
H.A.Lawson for the Senate

In advertising to the millions of
readers in the United States the re
sources, advantages and excellent
climatic conditions OF the Boise val
ley and the Boise irrigation project.
as well as the existance OF the great
Arrowrock dam; Fl. A. Lawson, Re-
publican candidate for state senator
nominated at the September primary
election, played a conspicuous part
demonstrating that he has the best
interests Of Ada county at heart and
has faith in its future as one of the
coming sections of the west. Prior
to the dedication of the Arrowroek
dam, Mr.. Lawson wrote a series OF
articles describing the Boise project,
its resources and advantages as well
as descriptive OF the masterpiece of
engineering, the Arrowrock dam.
Every leading newspaper of the
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-20
WHY D. W. DAVIS SHOULD BE ELECTED
GOVERNOR OF IDAHO

wherever and whenever
possible.
Mr.. Davis does not believe that
the services of a public servant
of valuable formative character
should be dispensed with for the
sole reason that he does not owe
allegiance to the same political
party as himself. Unlike the pre-
sent governor his acts as chief ex-
ecutive and his appointments will
not be made to secure personal or
partisan advantage, but will be
in the light of accepting the great
responsibility reposed in him by
the votes of the people.
6.-He is big enough in the interest
of clean government to demand that
the fish and game department shall
be placed under tn econtrol of an in
dependent and non-partisan commits
sion.
This department which under
other governors has been premit-
ted to assume political SAVIOR, has
under Alexander been the chief
political asset of the administra-
tion, with a notable reduction in
efficiency of the work of the game
warden. With Mr.. Davis as COVER
nor the game department will be
conducted. in the interest of the
state and its people. The game
will be preserved. those who de-
sire to enjoy the sport of the field
and the stream will he protected
and encouraged in their desire.
Last, but by no means least, in
importance both game and people
will be. given square deal.
He demands and will secure a
better system of accounting in the
state and the various counties and the
adequate safeguarding of the finances
of the state and the counties.
There is perhaps no branch oi
the public service so greatly need,
ing reforming and change as that
of public aeceuntancy. Mr.. Davis
education and business experience
have given him special advantage
not only in appreciation of the
need of radical change in the in.
terest of the public service, hui
also in knowledge of the steps ne
cessaFy TO a healthy change IN
this regard. His business for q
number or years as banker has
made him thoroughly acquainted
with the errors and disabilities oil
the present system both in tbs
state and in the counties.
s.-In the language of prominent
Idaho democrat, Mr.. Davis will dem
onsrate that ''he is all that a COVER
nor should eiwhereas we know from
sad experience that Alexander is al
that a governor Should not be-"
II is in this reason more thar
any other that the hopes of tn,
state lie. The Republican candi
date represents in marked degre,
in his person and personality tn,
| qualities the people are entitled t;
find in the head of the state. H,
| is constructive and not destruct
tivei he has wide knowledge of ar
fairs as affecting the people of tn,
state and their government; hi
career as business man and legis
| lator have been both honorabl,
and developing; he has a prope
conception of the purposes of gov
ernment and It's powers and limi
tations. He is truthful his op
| ponent is the opposite. He treat
| all men alike and he is intereste,
In the welfare of the men and wo
men of his state. He believes II