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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-19
OVERSTOLz BUYS
TERMINAL site:
BUILDING
To Construct TwO-story Edi-
fee on Water Street Pro-
perty at Once.
BEN VINEYARD SOLD
LOT FOR OWNERS
Workmen Begin Removing De-
bris Tuesday to Make Room
For New Structure,

Ben Vineyard, the real estate mar,
yesterday consummated a deal for the
transfer Of the site of the Terminal
hotel, which was destroyed by liIe
nearly two months ago, 10 Charles f.
Overstolz. The property was sold by
the Notwithstanding Company of
Thebes, ILL., The lot was sold for ap-
proximately $4,000.
Mr.. Vineyard announced last night
that q twO-story fre-proOf building
would be constructed on the site by
Mr.. Overstolz within q short time.
The work of removing the bricks and
other debris from the premises viii
be begun next Tuesday.
Mr.. Vineyard stated that the build
ing would be constructed of brick and
stone with a white tile front. 1t will
be thoroughly fre-proof, and will be
occupied by a business concern, the
identity Of which he declined 10
divulge, but he denied absolutely that
the occupant would be 4 liquor dealer.
81 am authorized to say that no
saloon will go into the building" said
Mr.. Vineyard. "The building will be rs
modern as it can be made. and will be
credit 10 that block. | don't know
.ust exactly when the work of con-
struction. will begin, but the bricks
and ruins of the old hotel viii be
removed next week, beginning Tues
day.
Il acted for Mr.. Marchildon in the
transaction, which was closed Thurs
day morning. The lot runs 45l2 feet
on Water street and is slightly over
81 feet in depth. The property takes
the shape Of an Il, and one-half Of It
has depth of about fifty feet.
"The new building will be two
stories and a basement l don't know
who will occupy it, but Mr.. 0verstoiz
stated positively that it would not be
4 liquor dealer"
The new building will adi0in the
new home of the Buckner-Ragsdale
store, although the property acquired
by Mr.. Overstolz does not run through
to Main street. 1t occupies the space
between the Buckner-Ragsdale corner
and the Dempsey Grocer Company.
As Mr.. Overstolz left the city yes
terday afternoon, it could not he
learned whether a contract for the
building haG been let; but Mr.. Vim
yard stated that it probably had been
awarded.
The Terminal hotel, which burned
during the confagration that destroy
ed more than half a block, was built
in 1904. 1t was 4 five-stOry building.
The new structure will be ready for
occupancy this autumn, it was stated
yesterday. A basement, running I'M
der the whole building, IS to be NJ
ranged for.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-19
LEAPS In RUNAWAY,
SPRAINS AN ANKLE
NJ. G. Goodwin Thrown to Pave
lnent When He Tried
to Jump.

NJ. c. Goodwin, u driver for the
Mcbride Cooperage Company, late
yesterday afternoon had his right
ankle sprained when he was thrown
to the pavement at Sprigg and Nor
gan Oak streets as he attempted to
leap from the seat of his wagon after
his team ran away.
The team was stopped block south
or Sprigg street. Goodwin was aided
to his feet ard taken to his home in
South Cape.
He had driven up from the cooper
age plant to a blacksmith shop on
South Sprigg street, where he obtain
ed some machinery that mad been re-
paired for his employers.
After he had loaded his wagon and
mounted to the seat, his team became
frightened at something and started
to run. They continued south on
Sprigg and as the wagon careened
from side to side in the roadway and
the horses being beyond Goodwin's
control, he became frightened.
At Morgan Oak street crossing he
endeavored to leap clear of the wagon
and escape. He lost his balance as he
left the vehicle and fell heavily in the
street, the wheels of the wagon barely
missing him.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-19
ROAD DISTRICT GETS MONEY.
City Pays $647.50 to Special District
for Road Making Near Cape.

Officials of the Cape Special Road
District, of which D. A. Glenn recently
was made a board member, yesterday
were handed a city warrant for
s647.50, covering the proportion Of
the city's revenue that under the law
shall be turned over TO the road dis
trict for use in making roads near the
Cape.
The warrant covers the period from
January l, 1916 to April II last, the
time that the old Council served this
year. A certain portion of each Of
the city saloon licenses is supposed to
be turned over to the road district
each quarter of the year.
The warrant was authorized by the
Mayor and City Council at the meet
ing Monday night.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-19
80 Pound Fish
Is Captured By
Angler Her BIS t
'Hoppy" Spears Monster Cat
While Looking for Frogs in
Whitewater -Four Men
Needed to Pull Fish From
the River.

A 90-pound blue catfish was caught
in the Whitewater river Sunday after
noon, four miles north of Alenville,
by John (Hoppy) Herbst. 1t required
four men to land it.
Herbst left camp during the after
noon to spear some frogs. He had
gone hardly one hundred yards when
his attention was attracted by heavy
splash in the river near large root
at the edge of the bank.
He crept up to the spot in the hope
of getting a look. He could not see
the fish, but he noticed the water
churning and he thrust his spear into
the water where he believed the fish
would be. -.
He was almost upset by the COM
motion that followed. The monster
fish splashed out of the river anc
tugged furiously in its efforts to e.
cape. "Hoppy" wrapped his lower
extremities around a tree, in order to
prevent the fish pulling him into the
river, and then shouted for help.
Paul Robert, Arthur Wielpuetz and
Arthur Brissenden dashed to his res
cue. While Robert and Brissenden
gave Herbst a lift, Wielpuetz thrust
another spear into the cat, and the
big fish was lowed to shore.
1t required twenty minutes to get
the catfish out OF the water, and in
the struggle Herbst was pulled into
the river.
The four men carried the fish to the
tent, where a chain was run through
its gill and the monster was placed
back in the river and tied to a tree.
When the anglers broke came yester-
day the fish was still alive, but sue
cun:bed on the way hons.
It was cleaned and taken to the cold
storage house of the Cape Brewery &
Ice Company last night. In the party
were: John Herbst, Max Wielpuetz,
Arthur Wielpuetz, Paul Robert, Harry
Rana, Arthur Brissenden and Robert
Hyett.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-19
WOMAN, u, CHOKES
TO DEATH In HOTEL
Mrs. Ben F. Sturgis, of Kennett,
Dies After Doctors Fight
to Save Her Life.

A half hour after she had been
seized with an attack of choking while
asleep in her bed, Mrs. Ben F. Stur-
gis, an aunt of Mrs. Pearl Burns and
Miss Ruby Dunmire of this city, died
at 4 o'clock this morning at the
Aquamsi hotel, where she was stay
ing while visiting Mrs. Burns, whose
husband is the night clerk at the hotel.
DR.. John St. Avit, who was hastily
summoned when Mrs. Sturgis was
stricken, worked for several minutes
vainly trying to save the woman's
life.
She was y years Old and had been
a widow for several years. She came
to the Cape Wednesday to visit with
her relatives. Her home is in Ken
nett, Mo.
Upon her arrival here she seemed to
be in excellent health and when she
retired last night she did not COM
plain CT being i'll. She and a sister,
Mrs. NJ. H. Towson, slept together,
and about $3.50 o'clock this morning
Mrs. Towson was aroused by her sis
ter, who was gasping for breath and
was in the midst of the first attack.
Mrs. Towson notified Mr.. Burns and
he summoned a doctor. A short time
aftei the latter's arrival Mrs. Sturgis
died.
Miss Ruby Dunmire, the other niece
living in this city, is a student at the
Normal School and resides at the
home of Gus Sander on Themis street.
Mrs. Sturgis is survived by son,
DR.. Walter Sturgis, who lives in Tex
as. A brother and two sisters-W. G.
Bragg, Mrs. Lille Taturl and Mrs.
kitchins-live in Kennett; another
sister lives in Arkansas, and two
brothers in Washington.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-19

George A. Smith, U. S. Government
civil engineer employed on the drain
age ditch south of the Cape, has re-
turned to this city after a thirty-day
vacation which he spent at his par
ents' home in Sedalia.
Members Of Cape Council No. 20 of
the Royal Arch Masons today expect
to go to Charleston where they will
attend special meeting of the lodge
to be held there.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Tesreau of Dex-
ter were visitors here last night.
o. o. Rule was visitor from Cairo
in the Cape yesterday afternoon.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-19

K. c. Sullivan of Columbia was a
business visitor here yesterday after
noon and last night.
Mrs. Julius Fisher is entertaining
Mrs. Burchardt and daughter of Chi
cago. Mrs. Burchardt is the wife of
a weli-known educator.
Omar Throgmorton of Little Rock,
Ark, was business visitor here yes
terday.
R. E. Barclay came up from Skies
ton on business yesterday.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-19

Dolph Seabaugh offered to be his
bondsman. The bond arrangement
was not completed, however, and Stew
ems was placed in Jail, the fine being
changed to a Jail sentence of 10 days.
Scivally later had Stevens turned
out of Jail when he told the Judge
that ne had received telephone call
from some individual wanting a man
named Daniels liberated on his per
sonal recognizance.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-19
Constitution Revision Makes
Cape Meeting One of
Most Important.
UNQUALIFIED LOYALTY
IS PLEDGED TO U. s.
Delegates Depart to st. Louis on
Special Train This
Morning.


midnight last night marked the close
of the twenty-fourth annual conven-
ton of the Catholic Union of Mis-
souri,. A large majority of the dele
gates from St. Louis as well as the
central and northern parts of the
State, departed Immediately after
ward on a special train of four
coaches for St. Louis.
The delegates to the convention
point to the constitutional revision Us
Z feature that will make the Cape
Girardeau convention historic in char
acter and importance Several resO-
lutions likewise were passed by the
convention which virtually outline a
complete platform for the organiza-
ton and which touch upon many i'm
portant public questions as well as
upon questions of a religious nature.
AT the last business meeting yes
terday, St. Francis de Sale parish in
St. Louis was selected as the meeting
place next year. That parish will
celebrate its golden anniversary and
the union will celebrate the twenty
fifth year of its organization, so that
plans are being formed for joint
Jubilee on that occasion.
The officers for the ensuing year
were elected, the chief executives
being reelected. The officers named
are as follows:
Most Rev. J. J. Glennon, archbishop
Protector.
Right Rev. J. S. HQog, V.G.-Com-
missarius.
Michael Deck, St. Louis-President
Charles Eschbach, Kansas City
First vice-president.
William A. Schmidt, st. Louis -
Second president.
Joseph B. Schrermann, st. Louis
Corresponding and financial secretary.
Herman A. Kruger, Jefferson Bar
racks-Recordirg secretary.
A. Droege, Observation-Disclosures.
Charles Johannsmeyer, St. Louis
Marshal.
The young mems branch elected the
following officers for the year:
Len Albers, Observation-Disclosures
Carl Knecht, St. Louis-First vice
president.
A. J. Umhoefcr, st. Louis-Second
vice president.
Edward Knopp, St. Louis - Score
tary.
Charles Selle, Cape Girardeau :
Marshall.
The convention named the following
executive committee: Rudolph Por-
schen, st. Louis; John P. Rheme, St.
Louis; Henry Scheffer, st. Louis;
Conrad Hug, Kansas City, and Leon
ard Albers, Florrisant.
Joseph Schuermann and Rudolph
Kruger, both of st. Louis, were cho-
sen delegates to the nationa! conven-
ton to be held in the fall at New
York.
In the resolutions that were passed
by the convention the delegates made
a fat declaration of patriotism and
loyalty to the United States. The
resolution declares that in as much as
the loyalty of German speaking reo-
pie, who make up largely the men,
bership of the convention organiza-
ton, has been questioned, the resolu-
ton is made to clear any mis-impres-
sions.
Other resolutions also were passed
on the divorce situation, asking more
stringent laws in the divorce courts,
and resolution likewise outlined the
position Of the church with reference
to social service work
Immediately before the dance last
night the delegates were entertained
with a dinner a t st. Mary's school
hall.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-19

The pledges made toward the fund
will be redeemed by the women seek
ing to acquire the library when site
has been determined upon and finan-
cial proposition has been outlined.
Ii is estimated that a site for the
proposed Carnegie library will cost
approximately $4,000. The money that
has been pledged last night will form
the nucleus around which the entire
amount will be built.
A mark of $4,000 had been set last
night as the goal of the subscription
campaign at the mass meeting, and
after Judge Frank Kelly had announc-
ed his contribution, 500 remained to
make the required sum. Mr.. Stafford,
president of the First National Bank,
closed the gap to the $4,000 mark.
Mrs. Ella Dempsey announced that
she and her sons will donate toward
a fund for the purchase of a site, but
NlIlIcIu Liz lctiIiS VI llIS uOLdtLOiI I'LL ,
til later.
Miss Coda Lawler announced Il
donation of $40, a fund which was
earned by members of the eighth
grade civics classes at the High School
and represents the work of several
students.
The subscription campaign was
preceded by a program of several
library talks. Judge Davis opened the
program by telling the history of an
offer Mr. Louis Houck made to build
a library costing $4,000 on condition
the city would vote tax for its
support.
That was fourteen years ago. A
tax of 20 cents on the 500 valuation |
was voted by the people of the city, |
but it was found to be unconstitutional |
and the library was lost at that time.
Judge Davis declared that he be-
lieved if the Cape was progressive |
fourteen years ago to vote a
20-cent tax for a library, they would /
be willing to vote 10-cent tax now.
"a library means education and the
Cape is rapidly becoming the educa-
tional center of Southeast Missouri"
Judge Davis said.
He said that Don Louis Lorimier's
donation of the present site of the !
High School for school building pur
poses indicated the early Cape atti-
tude toward educational features. 1t
was made at a time when no school
law or public school existed south of
Mason and Dixon's line.
Mrs. John S. Kochtitzky set forth
some facts concerning Carnegie libra
ries in Missouri. There are twenty
eight in the State and the Cape is the
largest city except Kansas City and
Columbia which still is without Car
1egie library. Both Kansas City and
Columbia have large libraries.
"a public library is not a luxury,
put rather a necessity in an intelli- e
gent community" Prof. C. E. Benson
If the Normal School, declared. owe :
lave a Normal School library, but it
S technical and does not give the
what they want to read. ;
81 don't know of any better way Of
Freak the cake of custom than by the
lid of good literature. 1t is fact
hat cur boys don't read enough after
hey leave their high school. The {
nen, after they have left high school, :
lon't read one book in year. We {
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-19
other counties.

Other counties.
AS the bond issue must get two
thirds of all the votes cast, it is not
believed it would carry, in which event
the farmers living in the southern sec
ton of this county would not be able
to get to Cape Girardeau, except on
trains or by coming up the Mississippi
river on boats.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-19
OFFICER FREES WRONG MAN.
Willer VIII Hold Constable Scivally
Responsible for $1,000 Fine.

After Otto Stevens, who had been
fined 81 and costs, amounting to
$10.8O, and sentenced to 10 days in
jail on failure to pay the fine, had
been liberated yesterday by Constable
without having either paid the fine
the fine or served out his sentence,
Judge w. H. Willer announced that
he proposes to hold Scivally respon-
sible for the amount of the fine and
costs.
Steven had been arraigned on a
peace disturbance charge brought by
Eli Seabaugh. When he was fined,
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-19

John Mitchell came over from Fred
ericktown yesterday.
L. H. Butler of Bismarck was in
the Cape yesterday afternoon and last
night.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-19

owe it to them to give them what they
want to read.
"The only way to use money is to
build better men and women and make
a better citizenry. That can be done
through the library"
Others who spoke were: Mrs. Ella
Dempsey, Mrs. John S. Kochtitzky,
Prof. W. w. Martin, Mrs. B. S. Har-
desty, DIR. R. F. Wichterich and Rev.
J. c. Handy. President S. NJ. Garter
Of the Commercial Club presided.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-19
Snow in Black Hills.

DeadwOod, S. D., May 15.-Three
feet of snow has fallen in the Black
Hills in the last As hours and railroad
traffic is seriously interfered with.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-05-19
$2,O5O PLEDGED
TO FUND FOR A
LIBRARY site
Mrs. ]. HI. Himmelberger
and B. F. Davis Head List
With $500 Each.
PLAN CONCENTRATES
CARNEGIE BUILDING
Library Is Necessity, Not a Lux
ury, Says Benson of Normal
School.

At the close of the library mass
meeting last night in the Courthouse.
$1,000 had been subscribed to a fund
with which to purchase a suitable site
for proposed $25, 900 or $4,000 Car
negie library building.
the subscriptions were made after
several addresses had been delivered
to q crowd of more than 100 men and
women who gathered to listen to the
library discussion. The following is
the order in which the subscriptions to
the fund We're made:
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-19

The Pythagoriaus OF Ancient
Greece ate simple food, practeed
Temperance and purity. As badge
they used the five pointed star which
they regarded as a Symbol OF health.
a red fise-pointed star appears on
each package Of chamberlain's Tab
Eless. and stlll fulfils It's ancient mis-
Non - : symbol Of health. II you
- troubled with Indigestion. bill
iouzness or constipation, get pack
age OF these tablets from your drug
elst. Yon will be surprised at the
uuick relief which they afford. For
sale By Curlin's Two Drug stores.
fadv.l cod
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lnterurbac Time Table.
North Round.


Local Cars leave Waxahachie fol
Dallas and all intermediate points
I6:55 and CAT a. m. Local cars from
Waco running through to Dallas
making all stops, pass Waxahachie
Is:47, 10.47 a. m, and 12.47. IA!
I4:47, CAT. 9:30 aud 1890 p. m
Gears passing at 1885, and 1880 will
run on limited tilne.1
Limited Cars from Waco. running
through to Dallas, stopping only IL
cities and towns. pass Waxahachie al
1880, $50 and 1880 a. M, and
1890, $3.50. $50 and 1880 y. N.
South Bound.
Local Cars from Dallas, running
through TO Waco. making all stops,
liz necessary, pass Waxahachie $40.
7:4y, 9:49 and 11:49 a. m, 1:4ys
80, 5:49, $40 and 1O.40 n. In
Gears passing o: 4o a. III. and $50
and 10:40 D. IN. run on limited timei
Cars arriving from Dallas and inter
mediate points 7:45 p. n. and 1874
a. m stop at Waxahachie
Limited Cars from Dallas. running
through to Waco. stopping culy IL
cities and towns. pass Waxahachis
$40 ano 1890 a. rn.. I2.40, -:A0
s:40 and Gao D. m.
: North bound baggage ana express
cars pass WaxahacnIe 1915. 6:Va
aud 1858 D. m.
South bound baggage aaG express
ears pass Waxahaenle l.04 and s.Vt
p ~
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-19
PREPAREDNESS
IS THE ISSUE
ROOSEVELT DECLARES IT - As
ut-cH AN ISSUE N 1916 Is
1T WAS IN 1864 OR 1870.
At DETROIT.
The Colonel Delivers Piepafeohess
Address in the Home Town Of
Heary FoTd--Is Against
Peace AZ Amy Price.

DETROIT, Mich. May l9.-Coi'
Roosevelt today carried message Oh
dire waning into Henry Ford's bail
iwick. Speaking to an audience CT
representative Detroiters he IAN
basted Fcrd's pacifist policy. lie
dubbed the present government rep
resentatives as 90 per cent feeble
minded. referred to the recent note
writing with sarcasm, while .scofh-
fully inveighing against the policy
of weakness aud timidity pursued
by the administration.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-05-19
ARMY AND NAVY SHOULD BE
DIVORCED FROM POLITICS

DETROIT, Mich, May 1s.-De-
claring that pork barrel methods III
the army, as regards army posts,
navy yards and everything else,
must be abolished, and that the first
and all essential is to divorce the
army and navy organizations abso-
luteIy from politics, Col Roosevelt
brought a preparedness message to
| the home town Of Henry Ford, the
auto magnate, today.
The colonel declared that aftei
preparedness has been accepted by
the country and the necessary funds
| voted for its maintenance, the real
work will have only begun.
What / have to say to you viii
not be in the interest of any man,
he declared, "and least of all my
self"
| He declared that the pacifists OF
today, the peace at any price men,
however we'll meaning, are the spir-
itual and moral heirs of the men
who denounced and opposed Wash
| ington Of the men who denounced
land voted against Abraham Lincoln.
I'VE can only be loyal to the souls
of Washington and Lincoln, and to
the soul of the great people that
caught the flame from their teach
! ings," he said, IF We set our face
like flint against the unworthy
spirit which today should teach US
| that peace stands above righteous
ness, and that this unrighteous peace
| can be secured by refusal to prepare
| to defend our just rights. Either
we must surrender our rights. and
at the same time our self-respect,
or else we must be ready to defend
our rights with hand trained to
exercise the weapons of free men,
and with a heart steeled to that
stern courage for the lack of which
! the possession of the softer virtues
can never atone.''
| He declared that this is the issue,
| and that it is as clear cut in 1916
as ii was in 1861 or 1876. He said
that in the history of the world this
| is the third great crisis and it CO.
| ineides with tremendous world
crisis. He declared that the issue
| is: Are we prepared with a sane
and lofty idealism TO fit ourselves
to render great service to mankind
by rendering ourself fit for our own
service, or are we content to avoid
effort and labor in the present by
preparing to tread the path that
China has trodden?
In concluding his address the coll
onel said
We all stand together for our
common flag and our common ccun-
try. We must so prepare that this
country will be a good place in
which the ehildren's children of all
OF US shall live; and to DO this we
must SO prepare that We can repel
all foreign foes and preserve the IN
estimable right of settling for our
selves the tate of this mighty dem
ceratic republic
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WAXLHE1111.11Ok FIRST
CAi RI MARLIN
CHANNELS HoMf RtN ~
sfvr' IT, srS
stblcfcs Tied Up With
Enn@@n for Third
pr. Percentage
.oIu.rn.

MARLIN. Texas. May is,-~On a
field soaked with three inches Of
rain. Marlin lost the first game OF
the series to waxahachie yesterday
AFTERNOON by a score of Z 20 2.
waxahachie made her runs In the
seventh inning when Chambers. hit
ting for Jordan. knocked a home
run With the bases full. scoring Hen
dirk, Smith and Gobcr and himself.
Score.