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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-17
ARTHUR VOCEL'S HAT
BURNS ON HIS HEAD
Friends COnfiscate His Bonnet
While He Rushes In and
Out of Fire.

Arthur A. Vogel, secretary of the
Cape Brewery & Ice company lost u
new hat in the fire. He reached the
scene of the disaster while the fire was
raging in the Terminal hotel. Rush
ing into the building, he seized the
first movable object that was in sight
and FASTENED out of the building.
Then he would dash tack for more.
He kept this rescue wOr;> up FOR fiji
teen minutes, and Win he emerged
from the building on his last trip, Il
party of frieatS yelled: you're on
fire, Arthur; jump in the river
Mr.. Vogcl bowlcd about on the
pavement looking for the flames and
one Of his ten pin friends grabbed his
new hat and hurled it to the sidewalk.
A blaze covered the crown and as it
struck the pavement, the top col
lapsed His coat and trousers were
scared
Joe Sandman, who rendered nj, AID
in fighting the fire, was badly singcd,
but not injured. While nc was busy
aiding the iircmcn, someone standing
near him noticed that his hair was
burning. Volunteer fircmcn then OK
tinguishcd his burning locks.
NJ. A. (Angelo) Dempsey, the law
yer, reached the scene Of the fire
shortly after the arrival of the fire de
partment. The Dempsey estate owns
the building occupied by the Dempsey
Grocer company, and fearing that this
structure would be Tavaged by the
flames, Mr.. Dempsey stationed himself
at the front door Of the Office and
stood watch. Whenever the wind
chased a Whit Of smoke in that dircc-
ton, the lawyer would step out in tn"
street and give the building the "Oncc
over" to ascertain if all were well.
Although he was one of the last TO
leave the scene, the only inconvenience
he suffered was when gust of water
missed one Of the burning buildings
and splashed him. Il wish | had worn
u celuloid collar" was the only COM
ment he made.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-17

the beginning of the morning routine
at the hotel He returned to sleep and
& half hour later was awakened by
smoke. He went to the door and
found the corridor afire. When he got
back in his room the rugs were afre.
He dressed hastily, threw his suitcase
out the window to the roof of ware
house of the Dempsey Grocer COM
pany., as we'll as his oyercoat, and
leaped % feet to safety himself.
He was marooned on top of the
warehouse till a man brought a ladder
for him. When he left the hotel he
left his purse containing his cards and
SIS in money.
The guests registered at the Term
inal hotel were C. B. Maxwell, of St.
Louis; NJ. c. S. Walker, limo; C. j.
Meek, St. Louis; T. r. Smith, Cana
lou; Charles Starks, Allenville; j. I.
Johnston, Vienna; Glen kingen, ELS
more; Jos. Lane, Brazeau; Carl Queen,
John Smith, E. J. Renolds, of st. Joe;
B. j. Brownies, Grant; and W. Stead
/ ing.
At the Riverview the guests made
their preparations to leave and got out
with all their belongings before tn
/ fire got into the building. Several
/ persons aided the guests IN CARVING.
out their property.
Mrs. Hattie Allen, mother of F. c.
Allen, manager of the hotel, suffered
hysteria when the fire alarm was
sounded and she was taken to the ST.
Charles in the care Of doctor.
r. H. Ruehmann, Jack Hobbs and
w. r. Cooley were permanent guests
1T the RiveEview who got out with
their property. The other guests 1T
the Riverview were: Dorothy Mickey
If Chicago. an actress; ". A Wells,
Chicago; ". S. Finley of the Cape;
j. H. Smith, Ii. Il. Carrie, +. F. MAJ
Fir ~ C@iro; WcCaHu. OF johnson
ny Ill; L. /. NCS>iHI!eE. II. L1u -
Nick TutJIe, Z. +. Wilson, II. Martin
of Cfatfee. and Z. i. Carroll Of Park
ersburg, W. Va.
The heat between the Houck build
ing and the Riverview hotel became SO
great that fremen could not stand be-
tween them to play water upon the
hotel and save it from destruction,
when flames leaped across the street
and caught the woodwork of the Win
dows.
Over the Houscr & Caruthcrs store
the following were driven out: Mr.
and Mrs. George Hulvcy, Mrs. Bar
bara Watkins, Mrs. Maud Holt, Mr..
and Mrs. Dennis Simmons. Mrs Han
ma Whitener, NJ. and Mrs. Everett
Dunn, j. II. Clore and family.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-17

Every town as large as Cape Girar-
deau and Jackson needs the services
OF some man who is equipped for
spraying. Every year there are many
inquiries from citizens who have only
a few yard trees for some one who
can spray and who has all the neces-
sary equipment for such work. A
town as large as the Cape now is could
keep several men busy with spraying,
pruning and various kinds of lawn
work. Good wages are paid for such
work, and it would be easy to make
enough to far more than pay for all
appliances in one season. Why should
not large towns meet this demand by
employing such man who should act
as forester and look after all the
trees bordering the streets and do
work for private parties as well? Ger
tainly there is work enough of this
kind to keep such man busily en-
ployed during spring and perhaps all
the season.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-17
800 FARMERS SEE
EXPERT ON FARMS
T. j. Talbert Visits Cape County
To Show How To Kill
Insects.
&C. NJ. McWilliams, County AGENT

". NJ Mc"llllams, county AGENT
Mr.. T. J. Talbert of the Missouri
College of Agriculture was in the
county last week and assisted in hold
ing six pruning and spraying demon.
STATIONS IN as many localities. AL
though the weather was decidedly un-
favorable, more than 800 farmers who
were interested in caring for their or
chards were present and a large per
cent CT them said they wer going to
prune and spray their trees.
The facts are that there is hardly
an orchard in the county that is not
infected with San Jose scale, and it
IS either necessary to fight it effective
ly or to give up the trees. There is
10 half way ground. The majority of
orchard owners fully realize this and
a great many are acting accordingly.
Blister Canker, sometimes called
illinois Canher," was also found to be
doing considerable damage in some
places, particularly in the older or
chards. This disease is largely con-
trolled by removing all diseased
branches and keeping the trees in a
thrifty condition by proper care and
spraying.
To control San Jose scale it is neces-
sary to spray before the leaves start
in the spring, because any substance
strong enough to kill scale will kill the
leaves. Right now is a good time to
do the work. Mr.. Talbert strongly
recommended commercial line-sUlphur
used at d strength Of one gallon of
lime-sulphur to seven gallons Of wa
ter. This, when applied thoroughly,
will not only kill scale but will help
control other fungus diseases.
"Scalecide" is also effective as a
scale destroyer. In regard to other
preparations, Mr.. Talbart was not pre-
pared to speak with certainty, because
they had not, as far as he was aware,
yet been thoroughly tried out. At one
Of the demonstrations man said that
he had sprayed his orchard twice with
and the scale was getting
worse. On inquiry it developed that
he had only been using ia gallons of
the spray material to so gallons of
water, so of course could not expect
results. The main points brought out
were to use the material strong
enough and 10 do the work thoroughly.
Mr.. Talbert will be in the county
again to hold more meetings at the
next spraying time, which will be
about April 1915. At this time the
blossoms will be about ready to open.
This is the first spraying for fruit and
is an important spray. Notice will be
given in all the county papers in re-
gard to dates and particulars.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-17
JURY GIVES DEVORE
$lO5 JUDGEMENT
Saw-mill Damage Suit Is Tried
For Third Time In Common
Pleas Court.

The third trial Of the Dcvore- Zim-
mermann damage suit was, finished
late yesterday afternoon before Judge
John A. Snidar, when jury returned
a Judgment for sos in favor of Almus
Devore, sawnill proprietor, who orig
inaily sued Lcandcr Zimmerman for
that amount
The costs in the case already have
mounted TO more than four times the
amount Of the Judgment, outside of
the attorneys fees on either side. In
one Of the trial; CT The suit, about 81
witnesses were subpoenaed. 4 similar
number were subpoenacd for the trial
this week, bit testimony was taken
from but part Of them
The case has been known by attOr-
ney6 as one Of the most technical on
the Common Pleas docket. c. n. MOI
ley VAS attorney for Mr.. Devore and
Senator T. +. Lane and 7. D. Hines
represented the defendant, Mr.. Zim-
mermann.
The jurors who tried the case in the
last two days were as follows: Irwin
Schreiner, Robert Damback and Peter
H. Greable, Apple Greek; Henry Il.
Meyer, Charles Behrens and Stewart
Henderson, of Byrd; Henry Schlegel
and Herman Rjngwald, Cape Girar-
deau; Charles T Lewis, City of Cape
Girardcau; H. 4. Riamann, Kinder;
Ben II. Hcuar, Rando!; and Herman
Fielder, Shawnee township.
About tour years ago Mr.. thinner
mann purchased quantity Of standing
timber on land near Rum Branch in
the southwest part Of Cape county.
He MAS to have the timber cleared
from the land and had a certain length
OF time in which TO do the clearing.
lie employed Mr.. Devorc and his saw
mill equipment 10 do the clearing and
arrangements were made for the pay
mcnt for the work at so much per
thousand feet Of timber cut.
according to the testimony and petit
tons brought out in the Court, the
work lapScd before its completion and
Mr. Zimmerman was sued by Mr.. De
wore for the work that he had done in
clearing the land.
After the suit was filed Mr. Zim-
mcrmann filed 4 counter claim, assert
ing to the Court that the work Of
clearing the land had not been per
formed properly, with resulting DAM
ages 70 himself
The trial of tho counter claim Ques-
tons necessitated much expert teSti-
mony on the proposition as to whether
or not ar. Devore had performed his
share of the work in the correct
manner.
The jury decided that Mr.. thinner
mann'S counter claim should be set
aside and the Judgment for the work
given TO Mr.. Devore.
The trial was conducted in Common
Pleas Court after it had been tried
thctc before Judge Ranney once be-
fore and a motion for new trial had
been sustained.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-17
CAPE'S FIRST COURT
FREE With A LASH
Don Louis Lorimier Gave Thief
80 Stripes and Punishment
Or 500 More.

/ Under the caption of Justice in the
Olden Time" Mayor Rage yesterday
exhibited an order for a man to be
whipped with thirty lashes for i small
theft and banisned from the commun-
ity on penalty CT 500 more.
The order is believed to be the first
official and judicial order and decree
in the English language promulgated
west of the Mississippi river in the
Louisiana territory. 1t was signed by
Don Louis Lorimicr.
The document is framed along With
an explanatory note giving a part Of
the history of the court order.
Mayor Rage commented on the diff
ference in the brand of Justice mcted
out for such crime at that time and
now. The LOrimier order was made in
1893 and Kage remarked that "stays
CT execution" are more or less con-
monplace under the present scheme.
The text Of the order is written in
long hand and is plainly legible. 1t
follows:
Whereas it evidently appears by the
written declaration of William Lori
mier and Henry Sheridan, that Robert
Pulliam, an inhabitant of Horse Prai-
RE Settlement in the District of kaS-
kaskias, Territory of the United
States hath committed a theft in this
place the nineteenth day Of this
month.
eve, Don Louis Lorim'er, command
or, civil and military of the Post Of
Cape Girardeau, by virtue invested il
US to maintain good order and admin
lister justice in the said Post, have
condemned and do hereby condemn the
said Robert Pulliam to receive thirty
Iashes on his bare back, and tG defray
the expenses incurred by his prosccu-
ton and restore the articles stolen,
after which, the said Robert Fuilism X
hereby ordered to depart without fur
Their delay from this post anu 70 APP
pear no more therein; else he shall be
liable to receive 500 lashns at every
time he shall be apprsIlrnded withir.
the limits of our juristi;
eve therefore 40 hereb.- give crdtrs
to all the inhabitants Of this Post, net
to harbor said Robert Pulliam in or
near their plantations, ard whenever
he shall be found within Tic extent Of
this Post, to app,ehend hin and bring
him before us, and every inhabitant
who shall not comply with the present
order, shall be c1lpl15!t and fined ac-
cordingly.
Given at Cape GirayleaI tic twcn-
ty-fourth day OF July in the year one
thousand seven hundred aud ninte-
nine. L. l. }RIMIER."
The order is supposed to nave teen
written by Lorimier's secretary, i
Frenchman named Cousins, who Was
',onyeTsant WITH English, German and
several Indian dialects. Lorimier
himself could only write his name.
Mayor Rage obtained the document
shortly after the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition at st. Louis in 1904. The
exhibit was returned to the Office Of
the late r. L. Wilson, from whom May
or Rage obtained it.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-17
TOO Much PRUNING
INJURIOUS TO TREES
Prof. Johnson Also Tells Fruit
Growers How to Save
PIums and Grapes.
(By Prof. L. r. Johnson.)

Where peaches and plums have
rotted on the tree during the summer
from the disease known as Brown Rot,
specimens of this rotted fruit will
often be found the next spring still
hanging to the branches but dried up,
hard ard black This is known as
"mummied" fruit and its Importance
lies in the fact that it carries through
the winter the spores or seeds of the
Brown Rot. When the weather be-
comes warm these spores become &C
tive and are carried about in the
wind. In this and other ways they
find their way to the young fruit and
to the leaves and infect them.
For this reason every one of these
mummied specimens should be care
fully gathered up and buried or burn
ed. These remarks also hold good as
regards the blacl, rot of grapes, for
where grapes have rotted the previous
summer, mummied specimens will be
found still hanging to the canes the
next spring. A good time to collect
them is when We are going over all
the trees and vines with the primer.
Take a basket along to hold the
mummics."
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-17

Harry f. Alexander went to Marble
Hill yesterday morning to try a law
case there. He returned at noon of the
same day.
Oscar A. Knehans expects to go to
Marble Hill tomorrow to try a law
case in the court there.
Florence Lynn of Carbondale was u
visitor here yesterday afternoon.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-17
$2l3,OOO Loss SUSTAINED BY
CONFEDERATION that RAVISHED
CAPES FAMOUS LANDMARKS
Continued from page L.

yesterday pepang go Harry E. Alexander
W. warned
The hotel
moke He Terminal bar where proprietor
Muebach standing standing the
Speak reading The Tribune.
Glass
BucEn Ragsdae Hopp
shooting out the windows.
He the the Terminal
clerk Mccoy porter guests
he fire Hopp then Of the sounding the When
he endeaored
vas unable any of his personal belongings.
Burgess hotel bells in all the
hem pounding yelling
fire to the guests.
Simultaneously this action, Wise the Rvw
ming through corridors the
into slight panic that they had plenty of time which
escape from the hotel
TIE third fire alarm result Of the efforts Of August
Cre the Houk building, who sweeping
yards Offices building,
and saw it roll toward Main in the corridor
Broadway and Main the third tcIophord
building completely
aped the windows Rivcrviev
he HOdck building addition the BuckrRa2sdae
Mrs Florence BOoa millinery the floor the Talna
Miss Mahar, dressnnale V. Baham VINEYARD,
Sample, Wilson C. NJ. F. Alexander
Vheaw, realty Bailey of
atty William r. Cooley
Miss Mahar establishment contained valuable
being made society All swallowed
Dr. Braham and Dr. Rosenha lost their Office equipment,
Cooley Bailey.
Sample fixtures hooks, valuable papers
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-17

| Harry Z. Alexander lost one Of the
finest law libraries in this section Of
Missouri. He had in his collection ali
! the Missouri State statutes from 1925,
as we'll as reports, encyclopedias and
other records. He had abstracts Of
every suit he had handled in his four
ten years Of law practice, and one
Of the papers he lost was note for
$500. The books, such as may be
obtained, Mr.. Alexander valued at 3d.
0G0 and he carried insurance amount
ing to $500.
In the Office of the Southwestern
Realty company there were several
nles Of valuable papers and lists. w.
r. Cooley, manager Of the company,
who lived in the room on the top floor
of the Rivervjew. hotel and on the
southwest corner, saw the blaze as he
was dressing for breakfast.
He had just completed his dressing
when he looked out of the window
and down into the Buckner-Ragsdale
store. H csaw the flames in the rear
part and they had not gained much
Roadway at that time.
He grabbed a hat and ran down
! through the hotel office and made for
lis Office on the second floor over
where the fire was burning, intending
to get to his desk where he had many
papers that we're priceless to his
company.
When he arrived in the corridor
leading to his doorway, the place was
filled with smoke. He threw his arm
about his face and dove into the wall
of thick smoke and staggered toward
the door of his Office.
He reached the door and as he 4
tempted to open it he found he had
the wrong key and could not gain adj
mittance to his own office He was
forced to abandon his attempt for the
time and CROPPED his way back to the
head of the stairway on Main street,
where Cardell had departed but few
moments before to sound an alarm of
fire.
After regaining his breath, Mr.
Cooley found his right key and made
second attempt to get to his office
When he started down the corridor,
the flames were leaping toward him.
He was forced back and returned to
his room at the hotel, where he began
packing his belongings in preparation
for a hasty move in case the flames
should attack his place.
The run that Mr. Cooley made for
his Office illustrates the swift manner
in which the flames went through the
Houck building. AS John +. Nogel-
sanger approached his storc seTeral
doors down the street, he saw Henry
Schcppelmann leave the front door and
run toward the corner.
Mr.. Schcppelmann is d member of
the volunteer fire department and had
been called by the phone. Mr. Vogel
sanger followed him and on his arrival
at the corner the flames still were
confined to comparatively small
space inside the store and in the back
end.
Within few moments, however,
the glass at the front end Of the store
had been smashed by the flames and
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-17

Mrs. L. B. Houck, Mrs. w. H. Har-
vey. Mrs. Iska Carnlack and Mrs. AL
ma Ealy are working on plans for q
combination of FIVE card parties for
the Monday after Easter, to be held
by the United Daughters of the Con-
federacy.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-17

Charles Lorimier is visiting at the
home of Mrs. Arthur Uhl, his cousin,
on his way from Hot Springs, Ark. to
Benton.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-17

Mrs. &. F. Henson and daughter re-
turned Yesterday from visit with rel
ativcS at Clarkton.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-17

Ii is curious how many people seem
to think that their shade trees need
pruning every year and that the way
to do it is to cut off the whole top
back to large stubs. This is all
wrong. 1t is very seldom that a good
shade tree needs any pruning more
than to thin out few limbs. Prune
it to a good shape when young and
let it alone. 1t Injuries tree badly to
cut the top down to large limbs, and
it is quite unnecessary. If a large tree
is not wanted, then naturally small
one should be planted, such as the dog
wood or red bud. Nearly always
shade trees are set too closely together
and the resultant croWding makes
them grow slender and spindling.
There IS no harm in close planting,
provided every other tree is cut out
just as soon as the branches begin to
touch.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-17

J 'b>S tCt'i'tI Cttt Cii al s14N,9 III HS'I'i.
Til fire took il the store almost as il
at 4 gu!p and the flames shot forty
feet out Of the windows. The wind
bore down upon The corner from the
! northwest and blew tn fire upon thc
! Terminal and forced it to attack the
building on the south.
! The manner in which the confagra-
! ton ragged convinced virtually every
! business man that the entire squar
would go.
When Ben Vineyard arrived at the
scene q half hour after the fire started,
it was out of the question to make his
way to his office.
! A short time after Mr. Vineyard had
arrived at the fire and went around
! to the Water street side of the blaze,
Pot" the yellow dog that adopted
| Ben two years ago, traced his mas
ter's footsteps to the stairway lead
! ing to his office. The floors above had
fallen in by that time, and the stone
staircase, singing not from the fire
around it, was all that stood Of the
entry to Mr.. Vineyards office.
The dog looked the knot Of men over
who were standing on Main street,
failed to see Ben, and darted for the
staircase. He started up and got to
the top, where he appeared to be about
to leap in the direction of the office
door, when he was hauled down by &
nan who followed the dog up the
stairs and brought him down.
In the Terminal hotel where Mr..
Hopp had sounded the alarm, all the
guests with but one exception got out
of their rooms and out of the building
without mishap. Mrs. Jones, propcio-
tresS Of the hotel, was forced to leave
al but few articles Of Clothing in
her room and some OF the women
guests at the hotel fed with but little
more than 4 mighty and Il coat.
Mrs. Jones and her daughter were
on the second floor next to the Buck
er-Ragsdale store. The daughter
was awakened by the smell of smoke
and aroused her mother. They looked
out the window and saw the flames
from the building next door, where
upon they dressed hastily, gathered
some clothing in sheet and fled.
As they reached the first floor, Irwin
Albert came from his room on one of
the upper floors and asked what the
rumpus was about. He did not know
there was a fire.
Gus Anderson ran from the fifth
floor, where he was the only guest,
and got all his belongings out safe.
Mrs. Jones attempted to go back to
her room for more personal property
but was pulled back by men in the
Office Burgess, the clerk who rang
the alarm bells in all the rooms, is a
survivor Of the Chicago Eroquois
thCater fire.
W. J. Matthews Of st. Louis, trav-
cling salesman, who was sleeping on
the third floor on the south side, near
ly lost his life when he slept a half
hour after the first alarm was sounded
in the hotel and was forced to escape
throurh a window
He heard the scurrying Of feet out
side his room door but believed it was
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-17

1t appears that there is a spring
stocked with water cress not far from
the Cape. Recently a small basket of
it was cut and brought to town. 1t
was taken to a leading hotel and the
moment the proprietor learned what
It was. he bought it for fifty cents. 1t
is good news to know that some one
is growing cress and We hope that each
wear will see number Of the fine
springs that are to be found in this
county stocked with this delicious
plant. Hundreds of dollars worth Of
cress could find market in Cape Cir
ardeau alone, and it costs nothing
more than the cutting Of it.