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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-07-13
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
EXPERIMENT IN HONESTY
FOUND QUITE COSTLY

Chicago, July 12.-Time was when
A. W. kaney was a trusting, cOnfiding
person who believed that in every hui
man heart there is a paystreak of hon
esty. Mr.. Keney lost his wallet. In
it were papers and some No. 125.
SO he inserted an advertisement in
the newspapers, as follows:
A Test Of Human Nature-The wri-
Ter of this believes in the basic hon
esty of humanity. Sometime Tuesday
night he lost a bill-fold containing
about 1925. He does not need the
money, does not want it, but desires
above all things TO have it returned to
stop the ieers of scoffing friends who
do not hold his opinion. If the finder
will return the purse to room 328 Ho-
tel Sherman, he will not only save my
peace of mind but will be rewarded be-
yOnd every expectation.
A few nights later, Mr.. Keney was
dressing in his room at the Sherman
preparatory to going out. There came
a rap tap on the door. Opening it,
Mr.. Keny found there blonde youth
of cherubic countenance and confding
mien.
"He asked me-" said Mr.. Kaney, of
would give him a description of the
bill-fold and its contents, which l did
infinitely. He said I've found your
wallet. It's at home. At first l was
going to keep it, but after seeing your
ad. in the paper l just couldn't. And,
God knows, l need it, too. But l am
going to give it back to you"
"'Fine!! Ffnev l shouted, patting
him on the back "That's fine. Not
only have you proven yourself an hon
est youth, but you have restored me
something more than the mere money
my belief in the basic honesty of
mankind. And you have also enabled
me to give the laugh to a lot of my
Thomas friends. For that,
am going to give you $50"
The youth with lump in his throat
thanked his benefactor and departed,
saying he would go home, get the
purse and return with it.
Overjoyed at the proof Of his con-
Mr.. Kaney went over to his
dresser to finish his dressing.
"And l couldn't find my scarf pin,
4 diamond ring, and a watch" ruefully
,onfided Mr.. Kaney later.
The youth with the cherubic coun-
.enance and the confiding mien has not
showed up. Neither has the purse.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-07-13
CLARA KOEPPEL
and WIN. WAGNER
Wed In SECRET
Couple Planned to Keep
News From Families For
2Or 3 Days.
KAGE GOT LICENSE
AND SWORE SECRECY
Rev. A. Wilder Performs The
Ceremony And Couple
Motor About City.

Miss Clara Koeppel and William
Wagner, both we'll known in the Cape,
last night eloped, each from his own
family circle, and were married secret
" shortly after s o'clock at the home
of Rev. A. Wilder, pastor of the Trim
ity German Lutheran Church.
The bridal couple then spent the re-
mainder of the evening motoring about
the city with a select group Of friends
who were taken into the elopement Sc
cret after the plans had been laid and
were about ready to be carried into
execution.
They intended to keep their mar
riage a secret for two or three days
when they wanted to arrange dinner
party and make the announcement.
Tie bride is a daughter of Henry
Koeppel of West William street and is
a niece of Emil Koeppel, well known
automobile driver. Her mother has
been dead for some time, and Miss
Koeppel was keeping house for her
father at the William street home. She
is "a years old.
Mr.. Wagner is % years old and is
employed at the shoe factory. He is
member of the well known Wagner
family living at Jackson. He is a son
of Ernest Wagner of South Spanish
street.
When the couple made their plans
to be married secretly, Mr.. Wagner
went to Mayor Rage and obtained a
license through him. They sealed the
mayors lips and received their license
to we'd late yesterday afternoon.
The bride had made arrangements
to tell her relatives at home that she
would remain with a friend all night
and that when she departed they
should not expect to see her back till
Sunday.
She then went to meet her bride
groom and they carried out their
elOpement plans. The couple expect
to reside temporarily at the home of
Mr.. Wagner's parents.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-07-13
News From The County Seat

Miss Essie Sawyer Of Cairo, H.. is
the guest of her aunt, Mrs. J. J. Nc
Nicely.
Mrs. John Burford will take her
Sunday school class for an outing in
the woods tomorrow.
The Misses Lena HarenDerg, Emily
Paar and little Elizabeth Hopper and
Rev. August Kittcrer and Adolf Paar
motOred to the Cape Yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gas. Williams and
Mrs. j. ?. Mabrey and son, John, Will
motor to Arcadia tomorrow to attend
the Methodist assembly.
Mrs. H. II. Mueller Jr., will enter
tain the Rock Club tomorrow after
noon.
There will be union prayer meeting
tonight on the lawn at the Methodist
Church.
Ed Russell is now the owner Of a
new Ford runabout.
Mesdames Wilson LaPierre and H.
H. Mueller and their children are
spending the day with the Misses
Medley, four miles south of town.
Mrs. C. L. Grant is entertaining her
mother, Mrs. ]. w. Taylor, her sister.
Mrs. DR.. Wichterich, and Miss Pauline
NOwski ~ the Cape today.
Miss Edna Sachse, who is studying
at the Jewish Hospital in st. Louis
TO become 4 nurse, arrived home today
for vacation, and brought with her
her friend Miss White. of St. Louis.
The Westminster Circle will meet
with Mrs. Wilson LaPicrre tomorrow
afternoon on Judge John 4. Snider's
beautiful lawn.
The Evangelical Young People clear
ed about $500 at their ice cream So
ciaj last night.
c. ". Henderson and family have
returned from an auto trip to Kennett
where they visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Wayne Ely.
NJ. and Mrs. Fred Kies, Miss Mary
kies, Miss Annie Mayer and Oscar
Paar have returned from an auto trip
to Evansville, Ind, where they visited
the family of Mr.. Theodore Roth.
Jake Fredcricks will leave tomorrow
for Hannibal, Mo-, to attend the con-
vention of the Rural Mail Carriers.
His son will accompany him as far as
st. Louis where he will visit with rela-
tives.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-07-13
TROUBLE BY TREES
AT LEMING PLANT
Foreman Casey Starts With
Broken Leg-One Gets
Thumb Broken.

Trouble came by threes yesterda!
at the Leming Mill after W. J. Casey
foreman at the plant in South Cape
broke his leg in a fall in a car that
was being loaded with lumber.
Casey was standing on the side of
car when he fell into it, distance of
about four feet. His leg became dou-
bled under him in such a manner that
the break resulted and both bones
were snapped.
He was assisted out of the car by
companion workmen and taken in the
ambulance to st. Francis Hospital. 1t
required several moments to set the
broken bones at the hospital.
A short time after Casey had been
removed from the car at the mill, an
other workman narrowly escaped be-
ing struck by a large log that got
away from the men who were handling
it. The man was hurled to the ground
and his body was scratched and bruis-
ed all over.
Yesterday afternoon Walter Hell
ridge, workman was struck by log
and had the thumb of his right hand
broken.
Casey, who had his right leg broken,
had recovered from another accident
in which he had leg broken, but a
few months ago and had not been
working long. He lives at the South
ern Hotel in South Cape.
At the Indiana Lumber Company's
,lant yesterday morning man named
McLain had one of his legs severely
bruised and cut when log got beyond
he control of workmen and struck
lin, knocking him down and pinning
i'm to the ground.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-07-13
JAILBREAK ALTERS
BUTLER co. RACE
Poplar Bluff Democrats Believe
They Will Elect Their
Candidate.

How a jail-break at Poplar Bluff two
weeks ago, when Joe L. Hammonds
who awaited trial for safe cracking
end who was wanted by the Federal
authorities for post-Office robbery,
made his escape, has put a different
political complexion on the race for
sheriff in Butler County. was told in
the Cape yesterday by George Orch
ard, deputy L. S. marshal.
HammOnds, who was believed to be
a mmoer of a gang of yeggmen Oper-
ating i'll Southeast Missouri and
Northern Arkansas, made his escape
by the use of a duplicate key, the
county officers declared. The escape
occurred on the night of June % and
the following Saturday night, the Iron
Mountain Railroad station was robbed
at Mill Springs, 80 miles away.
Hammonds had been arrested stimuli
taneOus with the arrest of a yeggman
at ParagOuld, Ark. and both men con-
fessed to robberies at limo and Form
felt. R2BTTI1
Hammonds was bound over to Cir
cult Court and awaited his trial which
was to have been on July 3, last. He
had been bound over on a charge of
robbing the Frisco station in Poplar
Bluff and obtaining about $500 cash.
Last June 3rd, Deputy L. S. Mar
shall Orchard demanded the prisoner
from Sheriff Charles Robinson for the
Federal authorities. He was turned
down until the state got through with
the man.
The escape occurred and Orchard de-
clares that the escape is having its pO-
litical influence in the county because
of the fact that Robinson is a candi-
date on the Republican side for re-
election as sheriff. He can serve an
other term at once, if elected, because
of the fact that he now is filing
an unexpired term of the late Sheriff
Phil Kearby. who was killed a year
ago.
The Democratic candidate for the
position is T. D. MCGOWAN, who also
has served in the office.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-07-13

Clyde and Stanley Jenkins, sons Of
Rev. and Mrs. L. r. jenkins, are in
st. Louis visiting their grandparents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Clyde.
Mrs. Sam Peterman will entertain
a few ladies at 900" tomorrow after
noon.
Everett House, who is doing grad
ing and leveling on the streets at III
mo, was up and spent Sunday with his
family.
The Jolly Twelve Club meets with
Mrs. H. H. Mueller ST., tomorrow aft
ernOon.
Theo. Ralved of Hillsboro, H.,
brought his family to Jackson on a
visit to his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
J. Ralved. Mr.. Ralved returned to
Hi!lsboro today.
julius Vasterling and family of
Fornfelt visited relatives in jackson
yesterday.
Miss Bessie Taylor is at Sikeston
visiting the family of her brother Al
vim.
The funeral of Mrs. Rol and Estes
who died Saturday afternoon at her
home in Burfordville was held this aft
ernoOn. Services in the Burfordville
Baptist Church by Rev. DeVault of
Marble Hill; interment in the Jackson
Cemetery.
The coIored people of Cape and Jack
son Lad a Joint Sunday school rally
in this city yesterday.
The Evangelical Ladies Aid at a
meeting yesterday decided to donate
500 toward the painting and decorat-
ing Of the interior of the church and
schOOlhOuse.
Mrs. Gerry SibIey has returned
from Bismarck where she went to at
tend the funeral OF the infant child of
her brother, Oscar Templeton.
The Lutheran band had their brass
instruments nickle-plated, ard now the
music will be more silvery than ever.
Miss Mary Buerkle who is employ
ed at the A. Ray Smith store at the
Cape spent Sunday with home folks.
Miss Myrtle Poe has closed her
school at Gideon and expects to come
home tomorrow with her sister, Miss
Mabie, who has been visiting at Gideon
the past few weeks.
Miss Helena Kies entertained the
Misses Celeste and Berradette Hoch
of the Cape and the Misses ImOgene
and Grace Vineyard at dinner yester-
day. The Misses Hoch who have been
the guests of Miss Kies for several
days returned to their home yester-
day.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-07-13
ROMPS
ALL over A COW
Fred Stemmer Encountered Be.
vine In Road And Didn't
Go Around.

Tie story of how an automobile ran
completely over a COW that was max
ing her bed in the middle of the road
between Jackson and Burfordville, was
told in the Cape yesterday by Fred
Stemmer, after he returned from Bur-
fordville where he had gone to the bed
side of his mother, who was seriously
sick.
Stemmer was driving the car, and it
was Ford. Having her back cor
verified into a race track did no more
than cause the COW to rise to her feet,
bawl Justify at the inconvenience
changing a resting place and rubbing
the hair the wrong way on her hide.
Stemmer was shaken up so that he
had difficulty guiding his car for some
distance until he had regained his
equilibrium.
The accident occurred late Thurs
day night. Mr.. Stemmer was going
from Jackson to Burfordville. He had
just mounted to the top of high hill
in the road and his machine was
abreast the top of a steep downgrade
on the other side of the ridge.
The headlights threw a shaft of
light out into the darkness ahead of
of him, but owing to the fact that he
was right on the crest of the hill, the
light was not thrown on the roadway
itself Immediately in front of the ma
chine.
AS a consequence, Mr.. Stemmer
could not see that his way. was Oh
structed by COW of large proportions
comfortably lying in the middle of the
road, chewing her cud and nOdding
peacefully, waiting for daybreak.
The first that he knew Of the cows
presence was when his machine wa.
on ton of the animal. He looked down
at the COW beneath the wheels of his
car and preceived that the animal was
getting ready to get up.
81 didn't want that internal COW to
ge5 to her feet while l had my car
on .op of her." he said, because l W.
afraid it might throw me over and l
would be crushed beneath an overturn-
ed car. So l threw her into high and
it was no time until l had rolled on
off.
81 didn't have time to learn what
damage l did to the COW after | had
crossed over her, but from the
strength of her voice in protesting
against that treatment, I felt reason
ably safe, so proceeded"
Mr.. Stemmer returned to the Cape
when his mother showed marked i'm
provement. She lives about three
miles this side of Burfordville.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-07-13
DR.. WILLIS TO HAVE
OPERATION ON LEG
Will Adjust Clamp to Make Bone
Knit Together
Properly.

DR.. 3. w. Willis today will undergo
an operation at St. Francis Hospital
to have an instrument adjusted upon
the bone of his left leg which WAS
broken a week and a half ago in 4
motorcycle collision, that will insure
having the bone knit together in the
proper manner.
The determination to place the in
strument, called an extension, upon
DR.. Willis leg was made yesterday
afternoon following a consultation
among several physicians who viewed
new photograph illustration of the
broken bone.
DR.. Willis sustained Il compound
fracture of the leg just Il short dis
lance above the ankle, when his motor
cycle colided with an automobile Il
few miles this side of Sikeston. The
accident occurred as he was returning
from a baseball game at Sikeston.
He was brought to the Cape the fol-
lowing day where the leg was set at
st. Francis Hospital. Both the bones
of the leg had been broken and pushed
out through the flesh of the leg.
Great care was taken in setting the
bones and the process Of knitting has
been watched daily by the physicians
in charge of the case.
Yesterday when the Illustration of
the bones was examined, it was found
that the smaller of the two bones WAS
slipping from its position and that the
muscles of the leg were drawing the
ends together in such manner that
they were tapping over each other at
the ends.
Had the bone been allowed to COM
plete its knitting in this manner, the
result would have been that DR.. Will
lis leg would have been a trihe short
err when he is allowed to use it again.
The doctors today will place a
weight or clamp on the bone at the
union of the two parts, in such man.
ner that they will be held in the prop
er shape for healing.
Since he has been in the hospital DR..
Willis has been in good condition. He
las completely recovered from all
,ther body injuries sustained in the
ollision and has been receiving calls
rom many of his friends in the Cape.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-07-13
No. 666

This 10 prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CH!LLS E. FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
If taken then as tonic the Fever will moi
return. Il acta on the liver better than
Cslomel and docs not gripc or sicken. 2Ss
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-07-13
ENGINE EXPLODES
in JACKSON Mill
Engineer Has Narrow Escape
Machinery Is Demolished
$500 Loss.

When the cylinder head of an en-
CINE at Mill B of the Cape Millin!
Company in Jackson blew out yester-
day afternoon, the steam explosion
caused damage estimated at $500 t.
$1,000, caused a shutdown in the mill,
completely demolished the engine and
narrowly missed killing the engineer.
The explosion occurred at about l
o'clock at a time when virtually all the
men in the mill still were out at din
ner and the engineer had just left III
engine room to go upstairs for a drink
of water.
A few seconds after he had left the
engine room the explosion occurred
and he rushed to the room which cor
tanned his engine to ascertain the
cause of the trouble.
The place was filled with scalding-
hot steam, and although he attempted
to force his way to the side of his en-
CINE, he was repeatedly driven back.
AS he made the attempts to reach
the side of the engine, the steam still
escaped from the broken steam pipes
and continued to make the engine
room so scalding hot that it would
mean certain death to enter.
The engineer finally seized a piece
Of flannel, saturated it in water and
after wrapping that about his face and
neck, he crawled back into the engine
room and that time succeeded in
reaching a cutoff in the steampipe
where he shut off the escaping steam.
The steam then left the room, and
an examination of the engine showed
that a clamp on the piston rod had
broken while the engine was in actor
and the blowout of the cylinder head
was the result. The engine w;
completely demolished by the explo-
sion that new one will have to be
installed and it was said last night
night that it will require at least two of
three weeks before that work may be
completed.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-07-13
.PARSONHAMPTO
AN EX-CONVICT,
CAPE MEN HEAR
F0rsythe's Assistant, Who
Fled From Cape, Was Pen
ned For Immoral Act.
CAPE DOCTOR TELLS
OF PREACHERS DIDOS
Spent Two Hours in His Office
With Bride, Then Asked
That 1t Be Kept Quiet.

One of the Cape physicians, whose
Office Rev. &. Wade Hampton used to
examine a girl who was soon to be-
come bride, yesterday told The Trib-
une that he gave the preacher the
virgin speculum."
"When he first asked permission to
use my Office" said the physician, 81
thought he wanted it for some church
purpose. He merely asked if l would
grant him the privilege of it without
stating his purpose. Of course, could
only grant the request.
"The next day he called to invite me
to attend the Tabernacle luncheon. |
told him that I would be present IN
less l was called by a patient. Just
as he was preparing to depart, he ask
ed me to let him have my virgin spec
ulum.' While was startled at his re-
quest, l gave it to him.
81 did not get to the luncheon, and
while at the hospital that day l met
another Cape Girardeau physician.
During our conversation, l mentioned
the fact that Rev. Hampton had in
vited me to the luncheon. what do
you think about this man Hampton
I asked the doctor.
"T don't think much of him. was
the reply. l then related Rev. Hamp-
tons visit to my office and the request
he made for the instrument. The phys
ician told me Hampton had made
similar request Of him.
81 was away from my office for pos
sibly three hours. When | got back,
I asked the attendant whether Hamp-
ton had called. The young lady told
me he had been there with a young
woman. They were locked in my pri-
vate Office for two hours. When they
started away, he said to the attendant:
Now, don't say anything about this
"The young woman he brought to
the office for examination was married
a few days later. This was Hampton's
only visit to my office. Since then |
have talked to several local physicians
about his conduct, and I am of the
opinion that he is a degenerate
81 have been reliably informed that
he served a term in one Of the state
penitentiarieS for an act similar to
those he committed in Cape Girardeau
His hurried departure from the city
.convinces me that he feared he might
have been severely dealt with had his
conduct become generally known be
fore he could leave the city.
"While Hampton came to the Cape
well recommended by the church he
had charge of in Hacllman, KY, it had
been known for some time here that
he had criminal record elsewhere.
But he would have been prosecuted in
many towns for the offenses he COM
mitted here. l was surprised when ]
learned that he was permitted to leave
town. He should have at least been
kept in the Cape until the full details
of his acts were learned.
81 am confident that the public haC
not heard one half of the story. I
am of the opinion that Rev. Hampton
was a very dangerous man. He used
the reformer's cloak to help him to
earn an easy livelihood and at the
same time it afforded him protection. |
He was given liberties that an ordi-
nary man could not expect"
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-07-13

Mrs. NJ. ]. Hays returned yesterday
from a visit with her sister, Mrs. En-
ma Clippard, and Mrs. Maggie Rose
at Marble Hill.
The young people of the Evangel-
zeal Church will have an ice cream So
cial on the church lawn tomorrow
night.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-07-13
No. Six-Sixty-Six

This 10 prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or cHILLS & FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
If taken then 40 . tonic the Fever will not
,eturn. II acts on the liver better than
Calouel and does not eripe OF sisken. 2s0
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-07-13

Will cure Rheumatism,S Neu-,
ralgia, Headaches, Cramps, Collie
Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Burns, Old
Sores.- letter, Ring-Worm, Eel
zema. etc. Antiseptic Anodyne.
used internally or externally. 25c
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-13
bound Girdling the Nation With Military Roads

The projecttle-like shrapnel-has bursting
charge OF high explosive, which may be placed
in the rear end, or in the middle, or In both
ends. divided. The bursting charge Is so con.
rolled by time fuse as to explode short
distance in front of the enemy's entangle.
ments. The projectile flies to pieces. The
chain and weights are thrown out-the latter
In opposite directions. so that the chain Is
tautened
The chain, thus held stretched by the
weights. and retaining the original. impetus
given by the gun in firing the projectile, tears
its way through the entanglements and rends
them literally to pieces.
The drawings Of this novel projectile shown
here depict different ways of placing the burst.
ing charge, which in each instance Is repre-.
sented by the blank space insde-whether at
the rear. in the middle or at both ends when
the charge Is divided.
Another important device being considered
Is torpedo steered by wireless telephony, the
deadly impetus Of which is directed by sounds
emanating from tho vessel to be destroyed
itself 1t is designed to accomplish the inyol-
untary suicide not only Of battleships, but of
submarines. BY means of sound waves ema.
mating from approaching vessels the torpedo
will, says the inventor in his patent appica.
ton, without control automatically steer
itself toward the ship that is to be destroyed
and even change it's course with the movement
OF said ship" Even If brought to halt for
any reason 1t starts again as soon as ship
comes within It's radius Of action and steers
toward it to destroy 1t.
This torpedo may be used as a mine If de-
sired. being provided with g special mooring
device 80 arranged that the torpedo automat-
ically disengages itself as soon vessel
enters It's sphere Of action, whereupon it starts
oil and steers straight for the ship.
On the front end of the torpedo is a series
OF small telephone receivers-more properly
described as MISREPRESENTATION are sensitive