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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-12
GUARDS SHOOT MAN
AT THEBES BRIDGE
Refused to Halt, When Ordered
by GuardsIs Taken into
Custody.

Thebes, ILL.,, April "A man who
was found providing around the rail-
road yards of the Southern Illinois and
the Missouri bridge this morning, was
shot in the shoulder by national
guardsmen when he refused to COM
ply with the repeated order of the
guards to halt. When captured by the
guards he gave his name as Reece and
said he was from Murphysboro, Ill.
The wounded man was taken to a
physician in Thebes and dressed He
was then taken into custody for an
investigation. In a suit case which
was found in his possession, an insur-
ance policy for $1,000 was found.
The stranger was seen providing
around the piers of.the bridge on the
Illinois side. The guards watched him
for some time, as the strangers ac-
tons appeared suspicious When they
called on him to halt he refused to
obey. Repeated calls failed to bring
him to a stop, and one of the guards
fired upon him. The bullet struck him
in the back near the right shoulder
blade, but did not penetrate his body.
The wound is not said to be serious.
An investigation is being conducted
TO ascertain whether the man was a
casual visitor or whether any signifi-
,ance can be attached to his presence
near the bridge.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-12
Our GIRL SCOUTS
Hundreds Joined When Break
With Germany Came.
RECRUIT TO FULL STRENGTH.

Mrs. Low Works Theoretically to Get
Organizations TO Take Up Training
Instituted For Women by Navy
Lsasue-Enslish Girls Render Assist
ancs In War.
New York.-Hundreds Of girls and
young women have Joined the National
Girl Scouts since the outbreak with
Germany, and Mrs. Juliette Low, the
national president, announced from the
headquarters, SGT Fifth avenue, this
city, that to meet any emergency the
organization will be recruited up to the
strength Of the Boy Scouts Of America
Mrs. Low telegraphed to Elliott Wads-
worth, vice chairman Of the American
Red Cross at Washington. offering the
services Of the girl scouts. They are
to cooperate with the nearest Red
Cross branch.
1t is Mrs. Lows ambition to make
the girl scouts, already 100000 strong.
the greatest girls organization in the
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-12
WEST END SEWER TO
BE STARTED SOON
Survey of District Completed
Council May Approve Plans
Tuesday Night.

Work on the West End sewer will
be begun within the next two weeks, it
was said yesterday afternoon by City
Engineer Silver, who has completed
his survey of the districts in which
the sewer will be constructed The
special committee appointed by Mayor
Rage several weeks ago to aid the
City Engineer in his work will meet
within few days and approve the
plans and fix the limits of the districts
in which the sewer is to be laid.
City Counselor Knehans is drawing
up contract to be signed by property
owners living near the Normal, who
do not reside in the district which will
be affected by the sewer, but who wish
to be connected with the main pipe of
the sewer. Col Houck and Z. J. Deal
and several others called on the City
Counselor several days ago asking him
to draft the contract.
The plan is to run the main line of
the sewer from Henderson avenue to
Normal avenue in front of the Nor
NAL School and have the property own
ers make the connections with the
main line at their own expense.
AS soon as this contract has been
signed it will be submitted to the
Special Sewer Committee, and togeth-
er, with the other plans, be laid be-
fore the City Council for approval.
Whether special engineer will be
employed to assist City Engineer Sti-
yer in the work will also be decided.
Efforts will be made to complete the
work for the sewer before
Tuesday evening in order to bring it
before the City Council which adjourns
that night sine die. The new members
will then be sworn in and take the
places of the outgoing councilmen.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-12
MAN WHO DETAINED
WlELPUETz SOUGHT
Baker Offers 500 for Person
Who Says He is Anti
American.

Carl Wielpuetz, the well-known
baker, yesterday began a campaign
to locate the mysterious person who
has been circulating report that he
is disloyal to the United States. His
customers have telephoned him from
nearby towns to inquire if he has been
arrested for preaching anti-American
sentiment.
He became indignant yesterday when
he learned that the rumor had been
circulated in Hayti. One of his GUS
toners in that city wrote a letter,
saying that he did not care for any
more Cape Girardeau bread because he
had been told that Mr.. Wielpuetz had
denounced the United States.
Mr.. Wielpuetz then announced that
he would pay reward of 800 if he
could locate the party who is respon-
sible for the report. 81 am beyond
the age limit for military service" said
the baker, ''but / have three sons who
are ready to fight for the United
States, if their country needs them,
and l will contribute my part in
money. l am for the United States
first, last and all the time"
Mr.. Wielpuetz condemned the per-
son who circulated the report, and de-
clared that it was done for the purpose
of injuring his business. 81 did not
give the matter much consideration at
first" he said, because I believed
was just trying to play joke
on me. Now, it seems, that some of
my customers have taken the matter
seriously. / will prosecute the guilty
party, if 1 can learn who is respon-
sible for the report"
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-12
MARCIA PATTON IS
CAPITAL MAN'SBRIDE
Pretty Cape Girl Surprises Par.
ents and Friends By
Wedding.

News of the wedding of Miss Mar
cia Patton of the Cape and G. A.
Smith in st. Louis Sunday afternoon
reached the friends of the couple in the
Cape yesterday afternoon. The we'd
ding was performed at the home of
the groom's brother, Charles Smith,
by Rev. J. l.. Mauze of the Presby-
terrain Church.
The bride is d daughter of DR.. and
Mrs. W. c. Patton. She is>considered
one of Cape Girardeau's prettiest girls
and is an accomplished musician. The
bridegroom was formerly employed by
the Little River Drainage District, but
accepted position in Washington, D..
c., a year ago. That an engagement
existed was no secret, but the wedding
was a-surprise not only to the parents
of Miss Patton, but to her friends as
well.
The bride confided in her father dur
ing the latter part of the week that
she and her fance were to be married
Easter Sunday, and the parents &C
companied the daughter to the metrop-
oils. Mrs. Smith, the mother of the
groom, was also present.
The couple will make their home in
Washington where Mr.. Smith is en-
ployed in the Bureau of Standards.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-12
MISS GLENN TO WE'D
EARLY next WEEK
Shower Given in Honor of Spring
Bride by Friends Yesterday
Afternoon.

The wedding of Miss Sarah Glenn
and Norman Hely will be celebrated
next week Miss Glenn informed her
friends yesterday afternoon at a show
er given in her honor by several of
her friends. The day selected was not
revealed. The couple secured the IL
cense yesterday morning. Yesterday,
being the birthday of Mr.. Hey, he
was also remembered with surprise
party by the friends of his bride-to- be.
The shower was given yesterday aft
ernoon at the home Of Misses Helen
and Pollye Vogelsanger, on Independ-
ence street. The entire home and es-
pecially the dining room of the Vogel-
sanger home had been most beautiful
ly decorated for the occasion.
Little baskets containing bonbons
and chocolates were found on the table.
Each basket bore a card with the pho
tograph of a miniature bride. The
dome over the table was draped with
strands of colored crepe paper, reflect
ing the seven colors of the rainbow.
When the door leading to the din
ing room was thrown open, Miss Glenn
was given the end Of long ribbon
which she had to wind until she
reached the end. The ribbon was at
tached to a basket hidden in a corner
with the presents.
1t was the second shower given Miss
Glenn by her friends. Several weeks
ago Mesdames Ed Massengill and Hen
ry Taylor gave miscellaneous shower
in honor. of Miss Glenn.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-12

world. Mrs. Low is prominent socially
in England and Scotland as we'll as in
this country.
The Girl Scouts of America is the
same as the Girl Guides of England
and the continent and is adapted to fill
the same need in girl life that the boy
scout movement fills for lads. Mrs.
Low became interested in this work
for girls through her observation Of
the boy scout movement in England
by Sir Robert Baden-PoweIl and the
almost simultaneously similar move
ment for girls started by his sister,
Miss Agnes Baden-Powell. Sir Robert
and his sister visited Mrs. Low upon
her estates in Scotland and assisted
her in starting the work among the
Scottish lassies. They have recently
come into the advisory board of the
American organization.
Mrs. Low is now working energeti-
cally to get the organizations in the va
rious cities to take up the training in
stituted for women by the Navy league
She has arranged for classes of girl
scouts to take these courses and has
offered prizes in that connection.
Mrs. Low saw the necessity for this
work after watching the assistance
rendered their country by the girls of
England during the progress of the
European war. She says there are in
Vulnerable things that girls can do in
wartime to help their country if they
are properly trained.
Mrs. Low will hold meetings in the
cities she visits under the auspices of
the women's clubs. All women who
are interested in the movement looking
to the uplift of American girlhood are
invited to attend these meetings Girls
from educational institutions are espe-
cially invited. as are also college soro-
rites and associations of college wo-
men. Mrs. Low. brilliant speaker, is
in demand both in the west and the
east to explain the work.
Mrs. Low has great hopes that her
visit to America at this time will be
the means of arousing considerable in
terest in the movement among the wo-
men of the land. 1t is the purpose of
Mrs. Low to explain the great good to
be accomplished among the girls of the
land through an organization of this
kind and to tell something of the
things that have already been accom-
plished in England and other European
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-12
BRIDGES ASKS FOR
NORMAL REGENT JOB
Lawmaker Tells Governor He
Would Like One Of two
Vacancies.

Capt. H. ". Bridges, representative
in the Legislature from this county,
is an applicant for one of the two va
cancies on the Board of Regents of the
Normal School, it became known yes
terday.
The terms of c. ID. Matthews of
Sikeston, and f. A. Rozier of Farm
ington, expired Jan. 1, 1917, and their
successors have not been named.
In d letter to Col. l.. B. Houck few
days ago, Gov. Gardner stated that
Bridges had asked that he be appoint
ed to fill one of the places The two
retiring regents are Republicans, and
it is quite likely that their successors
will be of that political faith, because
it has been the policy of past Gov
errors to keep these boards nonpar-
tisan.
Capt. Bridges informed friends nj
the Cape that the Governor had asked
him to accept place on the Board Of
Regents. but the letter written by the
Governor seems to take issue with the
Cape man.
1t was not generally known that the
two terms had expired and row that
this fact has become known. it is be-
ileved that deluge of applications
will be filed. 1t is quite probable that
Bridges will land one of the two vacan-
cies because of his acquaintance with
Cow Corrlpar
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-12
z0MAR CONCERT HAS.
LARGE ATTENDANCE.
Local Talent Assists st. Louis
Quartet in Vocal Concert at
Central High.

The concert given last night by the
Zomar Quartet of the Concordia Sem
mary, st. Louis, attracted large
crowd and proved splendid success.
The auditorium Of the. General High
School was filled to its capacity. Miss
Esther Reisenbichfer, an accomplished
violinist, accompanied the songs of
the four young men. The quartet is
composed of >Messrs. Robert Daeum-,
Ter, Louis Deffner, Henry Mohr and
Albert WessEng. They are the guests
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-12
Bond Issue Interest Would
Cost Cape $4,000 Each Year

city will about double our taxes. Some
Of our old citizens can tell US what
railroad township bonds once did for
our city and town. The grass grew in
our streets then and everybody that
could moved away. No doubt some
of the heavy taxpayers that urged the
County Court to submit this MILLION
DOLLAR proposition are anxious to
put this city back into BOND
SLAVERY again. Maybe, also. bond
dealers are anxious to exploit this city
and county now. Wish some of our old
citizens would tell us what the Rail
road Bond issue did for this town. 1t
ought to be known now.
CITIZEN.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-12
RIMORs AND GERMAN-AMERICANS.

Reports intended injury Gadeauans of Ger
circulated during the past SIX weeks
MANY of doubt jest but they
havere in circulation long enough to do HARM
confronts nation
hedup bomb thrower and ASSASSIN simply
the United States from Germany
German immigrants history They
the revolution and their blood flowed
They respond
today and the American troops engage IN
active apologies needed for the Americans of Ger
man lineage.
Cape Girareau community where predomina'e
than nationality
committed county, you VIII ma
the man-Am a minimum percentage
negbo of Teutonc aneedents Look at
Stripes from point OF ad
evidence of patriotism indebted
Government
who session If do not
along defamatoy the
to be watched
should condemn ouages and no one can non
melting mighty nation
distinction honest endavor to follow the
commandment, which begins: Love Thy Neighbour
aliens the United States is
That
well foreigners who here because here
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-12
SONS OF VETERANS
TO Be ORGANIZED
U. d. C. Chapter Discussed Plan
at Meeting Yesterday-Decora.
ton Day to be observed.

Arrangements are being made by
the United Daughters of the Confed
eracy to organize an order of Sons of
Veterans in the near future. This was
decided at meeting held yesterday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. T.
Wilson, which was largely attended
by the Daughters of Confederates
Decoration Day will be observed in
the usual manner this year. The men,
bers of the organization will gather at
the home of Mrs. L. B. Houck and
then proceed to the cemeteries to deco
rate the graves.
The ladies are still making bandages
for soldiers wounded in the war. A
sample bandage was shown the men,
bers at yesterdays meeting. The
bandages will be forwarded to the
State headquarters in Kansas City.
After completing the regular bust
ness program, the Daughters of the
Confederacy held their usual discus
sion on the battles of the Civil War.
The engagements at Bunker Hill and
Lexington were the subjects discussed.
At the conclusion of the meeting, Mrs.
Wilson served light luncheon.
Those present were: MeSdameS
Louis Houck, W. T. Wilson. Robert
H. Whitelaw, Iska Carmack, L. B.
Houck, E. W. Ealy, J. VI. Craig. r. j.
Wright, William Mullholland, Wilson
c. Balm, W. H. Harvey.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-12
WAIST LINES TIGHTER.
Men to Wear Longer Coats and Not
Padded

Columbus. o. - Coats will be much
longer, shoulders will be wider. With
no padding. and coats will be high at
the waist line in mems suits this COM
ing season, according to styles set here
by the fashions committee of the Inter-
national Custom Cutters association.
The cutters say trousers will be wild
er, waistcoats will be cut low and will
De tight at the waist line, and browns
will be the proper shade for spring
clothes. They also indicated that the
Norfolk jacket will again be popular.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-12
Editor of The Tribune:

Editor of The Tribune:
notice in your paper that our
County Court has submitted to the
taxpayers of this county the PROPOSE
ton to issue ONE MILLION DOL
LARS of bonds to be spent on roads
in this county. These bonds of course
will bear interest and at the rate of
5 per cent this interest will amount to
$4,000 year. Cape Girardeau City
and Township represent about one
fourth of the assessed value of the
county, so if the people should vote to
issue these bonds our city and town.
ship would EVERY YEAR PAY
ABOUT $13, 900 of this interest. This
enormous sum for this township and
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-12
DO YOU FAVOR THE BOND ISSUE?

questions submitted judgment the
pie country than the proposition 81
in bonds road building purposes.
everybody whether they live the cities
on the immediate be limited
be within but to
times that to
&c a unreasonable demand
The voters of Cape County this proposition
discover mistake would
The must realize exactly what
proposition they their
bond but reality 100000
project million dollars worth bonds and mil
which makes the project aggregate Ooooo and this
sum be produced by the people.
this township will be called SO00 OF
would have itself
to redeem balance with would $15OOOOO 1t
would township about $4,000 each
An annual sinking other words the total amount which
township increased taxation would be $4,000 each
year for twenty years. 100
townships the county would have to tax themselves 9Oo
be addition
property
The Tribune publish letters from the people regard
ing the their
published when the writers make this request
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-12

of Rev. A. Wilder.
The reading of Mark Twain's Jump
ing Frog, by Miss Cleo Morgan, and
several piano numbers carried out by
Miss Ottilie Koch were appropriately
woven into the program of the vocal
numbers by the members of the quar-
.tet
The porgram comprised the follow
ing numbers: Sacred, "From the Deep
Of Despair" Der Herr Ist Mein Hirt, :"
and "Rock of Ages" sung by the 10
mar quartet; Intermezzo Russo by
Miss Esther Reisenbichler; The Land
of Eldorado and Until Dawn, by the
quartet; reading of the Jumping Frog,
by Miss Cleo Morgan; Wanderers
Night Song, and 1t was a Dream, and
Garry Me Back to Old Virginny, by
the. quartet; Valse Caprice, piano Sc
lection by Miss Ottilie Koch; Heute,
Scheid Ich, Dutch Hymn of Praise
and the Last Rose of Summer, by the
Zonrar quartet.
The Star Spangled Banner, sung by
the members. of. the quartet at the be-
ginning of the concert brought the
crowd to its feet.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-12

Hon. Louis Houcls, who has been in
st. Louis on business, will return home
this afternoon.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-04-17

other than those which are set forth
bv the resolutions and orders of the
board of county commissioners OF
Twin Falls county, state of Idaho, the
laws of the state of Idaho, and the
conditions set forth in this notice
The said board shall have the right
to reject any or all bids offered and
NAV re-advertise for bids. Said bids
will be opened and considered by the
said board at the office of the board
of county commissioners at a recess
ed meeting of said board to be held
on the 10th day of May, 1917, at Twin
Falls. Twin Falls county, Idaho, at
2 O'Clock p. M. of said day and issue
of the bonds as herein specified is
upon resolution of said board duly
and regularly passed and by vote OF
two-thirds of the qualified electors OF
Twin Falls county voting at an cleo
ton regularly held for that purpose
on the 18th day of November, 1916
Any information concerning the is
sue and sale of said proposed bonds
may be obtained from the clerk OF
the board of county commissioners OF
Twin Falls county, Twin Falls, Twin
Falls county, Idaho.
o. E. CARLSON,
Attest: Chairman
E. ]. FINCH, Clerk.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-04-17
NOTICE OF SALE OF BRIDGE
BONDS OF TWIN FALLS C0UN-
TY, STATE OF IDAHO

Notice is hereby given by the board
of county commissioners of Twin
Falls County, State of Idaho, that said
board intends to issue, negotiate and
sell, negotiable, interest bearing cou-
pom bonds of said Twin Falls County,
state of Idaho, to the amount of Thir-
ty Thousand Dollars ($30,00000) for
the purpose of aiding in the joint con-
struction of a bridge across Snake
River at a point approximately 1860
feet west of the Range line between
ranges IS and 10 east of the Boise Me-
ridian, at a point where said first
mentioned line intersects Snake River
in section IL, township 10 south
range is east, said point being known
as the Hansen Bridge Site, pursuant
to Section 936 of the Revised Codes
of the state of Idaho, Session Laws
of 1911, Chapter Sc, page $50, Session
Laws of 1915, Chapter "a, page POP,
and Section 1860 of the Revised Codes
of the State of Idaho, Session Laws of
1913, Chapter 33, page 1872, and Sec
ton 1862 of the Revised Codes of the
State of Idaho, said bonds to be is
sued as near as practicable in denom-
nations of One Thousand Dollars
each, but bonds of denominations
of Five Hundred Dollars and
sued if deemed necessary by the said
board; said bonds to bear interest at
at rate not to exceed six per cent per
annum; said interest to be paid on the
first day of January and the first day
of July in each year at the office OF
the county treasurer of Twin Falls
County, or at such bank in the city
of New York as may be designated by
the board of county commissioners
The said bonds to be redeemed and
the principal paid by the county in
the following manner: Ten per cent
of the total amount issued to be paid
in ten years from the date of issue
and ten per cent annually thereafter
until all of the said bonds are paid
said bonds shall be redeemed in the
order they are numbered and bidders
for the purchase of said bonds or any
part thereof are invited to presen
sealed bids to the clerk of this board
at Twin Falls, Twin Falls County
state of Idaho, up to o'clock in the
afternoon of Thursday, May 10, 1917
specifying the lowest rate of inter
est at which the bidder will purchase
said bonds, and the denomination o.
denominations of bonds desired b,
said bidder, which may be either il
amounts of One Thousand Dollars
(S10O000); Five Hundred Dollars
($50000); or One Hundred Dollar
($10000); each as above specified
The said bonds will not be sold TO
less than their face or par value an,
no bid will be considered which spec
flies a rate of interest exceeding 81,
per cent per annum. That all bid
for said bonds must be accompanie'
by a certified check in the amount o
five per cent of the amount of bond
bid for, such check to be drawn il
favor of Twin Falls county and t
have no conditions endorsed Thereon
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-04-17
MISCELLANEOUS
LEGAL PUBLICATION
WRIT OF ATTACHMENT.

In the District Court of the Fourth
Judicial District of the State of Idaho,
in and for Twin Falls County
w. M. Hines, Blair Langford, J. w.
Langford, and George r. Green, &C.
partners, doing business under the
firm name and style of ROgerson
Mercantile company, plaintiffs, VS..
c. H. Payson defendant.
Notice is hereby given that on Mar.
2S, 1917, writ of attachment was is
sued out of the above entitled court in
the above entitled action, attaching the
property of the above named defednant
for the sum of $179.S0 and costs and
interest.
In witness whereof, 1 have hereun-
to set my hand and the seal of my Of
flee this 30th day of March, 1917.
e. J. FINCH,
Clerk of the District Court.
Longley & Walters, attorneys for
plaintiff, residing at Twin Falls, Ida
no.
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