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The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-11-08

In the first real engagement of the
war between American troops and
German troops, three Americans were
killed, four wounded and twelve TAX
en- captive. They were attacked in
their front line trenches where they
had been cut off from the remainder
of their detachment by heavy bar
rage fire, by detachment of 21O Ger
man shock troops. They fought hand.
to-hand with their opponents until the
last man had been forced to cease his
struggles and upheld the tradition of
the American soldier as to real fight
ing ability. The Germans lost heavily
but the dead and wounded were car
ried away by their comrades, some
thing they rarely do.
Americans Fight Great Battle.
From the beginning of the engage
ment until the end, the Americans
lived up to all the traditions Of the
American army, the records showing
the bravery of the detachment and of
individual members. ..
The German raid on the American
trench was carried out against MEM
bers of the second contingent enter
ing the trenches for training. These
men had only been in a few days. Be
fore dawn Saturday the Germans be-
gan shelling vigorously the barbed
wire in front of the trenches dropping
many high explosives Of large calibre,
A heavy artillery fire was then direct
ed SO as to cover all the adjacent ter
ritory, including the passage leading
up to the trenches, thereby forming q
most effective barrage in the rear as
well as in the front. =. =.
Young Lieutenant Shell Shockeid !.
The young lieutenant in charge Of
the detachment .ef Americans started
backsto the -esmmuaication &senches
to his immediate superior for orders
The 1bartase Knocked him da;o,a~n, but
he picked himself up aid started of
again. He was Knocked down seconc
time, but determined to reach his oh.
jective got up again. A third time he
was knocked down and badly shell.
shocked, and was put out of action.
Soon after that, Germans to the
number according to the report of 21(
rushed thru the breaches and wire en-.
tanglements on each side of the sal.
lent, their general objective barrage
in the fore field having lifted for 8
moment. The Germans went into the
trenches at several points. They met
with stout resistance Pistols, gre.
nades, knives and bayonets were freely
used.
U. 8. Private Dies Bravely.
For many minutes there was con
siderable confusion in the trenches
the Germans stalking the Americans
and the Americans stalking the Ger
mans. In one section of the trench al
American private engaged two Ger
mans with bayonet. That was the
last seen of him until after the raid
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-17
NORMAL STUDENT Is
ENLlSTS In ARMY
Paul Halliwell to Join Meeicrl-
4 Others Enlisted
Yesterday.

Paul Halliwell, &c years old, stu
dent of the Normal, is one of the five
recruits who were enlisted yesterday
by Sergeant O'Rourke for services in
the United States army. The young
recruit comes from Bethlehem, Pa,
and has been attending the Normal for
two years. He wants to join the
medical corps of the army.
Four other young men applied yes
terday for enlistment in the army at
the local recruiting station, bringing
the total of enlistments during the
week to 16. They are William S.
Howard, % years old, of Shawnee
town; Homer L. Badgett, 10, of Chat
fee; Marvin Burton, 21, of Cape Cir
ardeau, and Ralph Brown, "a, of The
hes, I'll. Burton has been a school
teacher in the rural schools Of Cape
Girardeau County. He asked to be as
signed to the hospital corps of the
army.
HalIiwell is the youngest recruit ac-
cepted at the local recruiting station.
He Just completed his sixteenth year
several days ago, and is ready to Join
the army as soon as the school term
expires.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-17
BOY SCOUTS WILL
CULTIVATE LOTS
Plans for New Move to be Franz
ed Tonight-Lots to be Con-
verted into Gardens.

Plans for the cultivation Of the va
want lots in the city by the Boy
Scouts will be worked out at meet
ing which will be held tonight at the
Commercial Club. The movement was
suggested by several business men of
the city and City Attorney Balm,
Scoutmaster Of the two troops
of Boy Scouts which were recently or
ganized, has been called upon to carry
out the plans.
Those who are behind the movement
believe that the work will not only be
instructive for the boys but also help
to increase the production of vege-
tables. A list of the vacant lots in
the city will be furnished Mr.. Balm
who will divide the schouts into divi-
sions to cultivate the lots in The ysri-
sections of the city.
More definite plans will be arranged
tonight. Several experienced men of
the city will meet with the Boy Scouts
tonight and give them Instructions in
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-17
MISS SCHULTZ and
FRIENDS In ACCIDENT

Miss Celeste Schultz and two friends
wee badly shaken up in an accident
Friday evening at the intersection of
Pacific street and Broadway, when the
machine in which the three were rid
ing was struck by an east bound street
car. None of the occupants of the
machine was hurt, and the automobile
was only slightly damaged.
Miss Schultz was driving her car
north an Pacific street, accompanied
by Mrs. Norman Hely and Mrs. Hesry
Taylor. When the machine approach
ed Broadway, Miss Cchultz slowed
up to let an automobile going in the
same direction as the street ear pass.
The motorman, Misc Schultz said,
failed to ring his bell. Her view had
been INSTRUCTED by the other automo-
bile and she did not see the street
car until it was too late to avoid the
accident.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-17
CHARLESTON man
DIES SUDDENLY
James LOOMS Stricken With
Heart Failure-Funeral
Today.

News of the death of James LOOMS,
a we'll known travelling salesman of
Charleston, was sent to his friends in
the Cape Yesterday morning. Mr..
Loomis died suddenly yesterday morn
ing shortly after he had arisen at
the usual hour. A physician who was
summoned found that his death was
caused by heart stroke.
Mr.. Loomis represented a Chicago
firm for several years. He was well
known among the merchants of the
Cape, where he made his regular trip
twice month. A number of business
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-17
WOMAN PATIENT OF
DR. YOUNG IS DEAD
Mrs. India Trovillion Expired
Yesterday Morning-To be
Bnried This Afternoon.

Mrs. India Trdvillion, who was re-
Gently treated by j. H. Young, now
awaiting trial in the county Jail on
a charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses, died yesterday morn
ing at her home in the Red Star Add
ton after an illness of several years.
The funeral will be held this after
noon at the Paramount Cemetery. Pre-
ceding the burial funeral services will
be held at the Baptist Church by Rev.
Scruggs.
Mrs. Trovillion, who had been ailing
for nearly two years, was treated by
Young for almost two weeks, after
Young had guaranteed to cure her Of
a chronic disease. The youngest son
of Mrs. Trovillion caused the arrest
of Young and his secretary, Fred
Sherman, on a charge of swindling
him of S10O for which he guaranteed
10 cure his mother.
Mrs. TrovilIion was almost SO years
old. She was the wife of William Tro-
wilton, an employe of the shoe fac
tory. Besides her husband she leaves
four SONS, Clarence, Henson, Oval and
Rue. and three daughters, all of whom
are married. The latter are: Mrs. Ell
sic Allison u 8ostrop. La, Mrs Net
tie Hoist Of Poplar Bluff and Mrs.
Cara Atkinson Of Mosehouse.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-17
WORK In CAMP AT
FORT RILEY, KAN.
TUESDAY
s4s&S
Officers Reserve Corps Must
Train Thirty-eight Hours
Every Week.
CAMP HAS NEARLY 1900
MEN OF REQUIRED $500
Others May be Called in Short
Time-Several Boys in
Training Camp.

The training of young men who were
admitted to the camp of the Officers
Reserve Corps in Fort Riley, was be-
gun yesterday morning after Capt. T.
r. Rivers, the commandant of the
camp, had issued h .l,e for the
instruction of the aea There
will be 50 hours OF for i've days
of each week, leav saturday open
and allowing time 7e !. .ue OF The
equipment.
During the three months training
the schedule calls for eight hours a
day in the open and from one to two
hours in the classroom. The first week
the men will be given a general
training in order to prepare them for
long marches and more strenuous nr-
ercises.
Beginning next week three practice
marches will be held, each o. 0uc
hours duration. Later these ma -chys
will be extended to two an d M. =
hours. Setting up exercises an ....s.
physical drill will take up at least
an hour and half each day, another
hour will be spent in the school of SOL
der in which the men will be taught
how to salute, to present arms and car
ry out other military orders.
Later the preliminary training will
be replaced by instructions in the
school of squad which will necessitate
the dividing of the men into groups of
eight, with a corporal in charge. He
will be man of military experience,
perhaps graduate of a military
school, or man who has seen service
in the National Guard or the regular
army. In addition to these instruc-
lions the men will practice rifle shoot
ing.
In addition to these instructions and
outdoor exercises the men will be re-
quired to attend the evening school for
at least two hours every night. Books
on drill regulations will be the text
look for those instructions. The men
will be taught the care of rifle, the
various military units and interior
guard duty.
A number of young men from the
Cape have joined the training camp
forces. Several others are awaiting a
call to report to the camp in a few
days. The required number of $500
had not been reached yet yesterday,
hut a constant stream of young men
was pouring into the camp with the
arrival of every train. Nearly 1900
men had reported yesterday morning
for the first days training. Further
orders will be issued in a few days
the men to report to the
camp Immediately.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-17
Capt. Goetz and His Corporal
Fired Upon When Patrol
ing Border Near Ell Paso
CAPE MAN IN CHARGE
OF PA. TRAINING CAMP
Will Depart Today to Begin
Training Guardsmen of
Pennsylvania.

The story of his first experience II
actual warfare was told yesterday by
Capt r. C. Goetz, who is spending 9
short visit with his parents on South
Sprigg street, preparatory to his de-
parture for Wilkesbarre, Pa, to take
charge Of the training of national
guardsmen. While patrolling the
Mexican border, near Ell Paso, Tex, in
company with corporal of his regi-
ment, a volley of bullets were fired at
the Captain and his corporal by Mex
lean snipers from a very close dis
lance.
Capt. Goetz has been transferred to
the field artillery several weeks ago
and has been given charge of the
training of the Third Pennsylvania
Field Artillery which is a permanent
charge. He arrived here yesterday
afternoon on his way from FL Paso
where he has been on duty since early
last winter, TO the camp near Wilkes
barre. He departs this afternoon.
Capt. Goetz said yesterday that or
ders had been issued to recruit the
field artillery to war strength as soon
as possible and that for this reason
many infantry regiments had been
converted into artillery regiments. In
his opinion the field artillery will be
called upon as the main contingency of
the army to be sent to the European
battlefelds, and for that reason that
branch of the army besides the engl-
neering corps is given more attention
than either the infantry or the caval-
ry.
The officer spent a four weeks fur
Tough with his parents last winter aft
er returning from Panama and at the
expiration of the furlough was sent
back to his original regiment which
has been stationed in FL Paso for
some time. The regiment has been
sent to the field artillery service.
In relating the story of the attack
made by several Mexicans on him and
his corporal, Capt. Goetz said that the
Mexicans were poor marksmen and
were lacking the proper equipment.
at was one Sunday morning" the Cap
tain said, "when my corporal and my
self were patrolling the Rio Grande,
near FL Paso. AS we reached some
trees along the bank of the river, we
heard several bullets whistle past our
heads.
1--WE Immediately dismounted and
sought shelter behind some irrigation
and returned the fire. We saw
three or four Mexicans stretched out
on the ground covered by several trees
pointing their rifles at us and the
camp near the place where we had left
our horses. When We returned the
fire they fed like deer"
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-17
FINAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to all credit
ors and others interested in the estate
of Nicholas S. Weller, deceased, that /,
the undersigned, intend to make final
settlement of the estate of said de-
ceased at the next term of the Cape
Girardeau Court of Common Pleas.
to be held at Cape Girardeau, Mis-
souri,, beginning on the 18th day of
May, 1917. Nancy o. Weller,
Administrative.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-17
GROWING HOGS

and travelling statesmen of the city will
attend the funeral which will be held
Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. Loomis leaves his wife and sew
eral children who were at home when
his death came. He had been in the
best of health, and did not complain
till yesterday morning after he arose.
He was seized with fainting spell
and soon became unconscious. When
the physician reached his side, Mr..
LOOMS had expired.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-17
RICH ARKANSAS
MAN Shot BY SON
dies OF WOUNDS
B. F. Biggers, Owner of 16,-
600 Acres, MORALLY Shot
by Son George.
SON KILLED SELF AFTER
WOUNDING HIS FATHER
Quarrel Over Sons Discharge
Cause of Double
Killing.

B. F. Biggers of Biggers, Ark, one
Of the wealthiest landowners of Ar
Kansas, died yesterday morning at his
home, of the wound inflicted last Fri
day morning by his son, George, who
in turn killed himself by shooting a
bullet through the right temple. The
funeral of Mr.. Biggers, who was well
known in Southeast Missouri, will be
held this afternoon near Pocohontas,
Ark, where the son was buried yes
ierday afternoon.
Mr.. Biggers, after whom the town
was named, in which he and his family
reside, was past 60 years of age. He
laaves his widow and several grown
children. He was considered one of
The largest real estate owners and
farmers of Arkansas.
The double killing, The Tribune was
Informed last night, was the result of
q quarrel the father had with his son
Tuesday evening. His son, George, the
Youngest of his children, had been
Managing his fathers farm. Tuesday
evening the father discharged his son
from the management of the place.
Young Biggers left the farm threat
ching his father at that time. Early
Thursday morning he met his father
in one of his store on the main bust
ness street and demanded to be taken
back. The son renewed the quarrel
when the father asked him about a
missing harrow, and during the alter
cation drew revolver and fired two
shots at his father, both of which took
fleet in the back, penetrating the alb
domen. The witnesses say the son fired
1T his father while he was running
away.
The elder son, Thomas, started to-
yrard his brother when he saw him
draw the weapon, but fed when George
5egan to fire. The latter realizing
What ne did, ran into the wareroom
adjoining the store and turned the
weapon against his head firing one bull
let into his right temple. He fell to
% ground and expired Immediately.
The father was taken to his home.
Owing to the delay in getting phys
clan the wounded man suffered con-
siderably from the profuse loss of
blood. Sunday evening he elapsed into
Inconsistencies and died yesterday
morning about $50 o'clock.
An operation performed Friday
morning failed to enhance the chances
Of recovery for the aged man. The
X-ray examination revealed that Mr..
Biggers had been shot through the
liver and stomach.
Mr.. Biggers owned the entire town
FAMED after him with population of
bout 1900 He was Ehe moving spirit
If many large enterprises in Northern
Arkansas and was looked upon as the
most progressive farmer of the State.
BESIDES his farm of 10000 acres, he
C%ned numerous residences and every
tore building in Biggers. His wealth
s variably estimated at several mil
lions of dollars.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-17
Meeting Held Yesterday A.
ternoon to Arrange Con-
test for Children.
CONSTITUTION AND
BYLAWS ADOPTED
Board of Directors Named-Men
to be Urged to Join New
Society.

A Junior branch of the Humane Sc
ciety was established yesterday after
noon at a meeting held by the mem
bers at the Commercial Club. The
new branch will be composed of chill
dren of all ages, and will be conducted
under the supervision Of an older mem
Der of the society. 1t will have its
own officers, who will be elected by
the members of the junior branch of
the society which will be known as
"Band of Mercy"
A committee composed of Mesdames
A. R. Zoelsmann, as chairman, E. G.
Granting and Frank Doeden, was
named by the president of the HUI
name Society, Mrs. Ed Johnston, to
make the arrangements for q contest
to be held in the near future among
the school children to arouse interest
among the little ones in caring for
dumb animals and protecting them
from mistreatment.
The children participating m this
contest will be required to write es-
says on domestic animals and their
ways Of living and their usefulness to
the owners. The committee will pass
on the essays and award the prizes ar
cordingly. One lady who requested to
withhold her name had donated $40
for the contest with which to purchase
the prizes for the winners.
The meeting was called principally
for the permanent organization of the
Humane Society which was organized
several months ago by a number of
society ladies. Mrs. Ed Johnston was
elected president and Mrs. NJ. ]. Koeck,
secretary Of the society. The follow
ing members were chosen directors of
TIE society: Mesdames E. G. Gram
ling, w. S. Dearmont, George w. Pat
ton, Julien H. Friant and James A.
Banks.
The officers and the board Of direc-
tors were given the power to elect the
treasurer before the next meeting.
Following the election of the officers
and the board of directors, the con-
stitution and the bylaws were read
and approved by the members. The
main object of the society is to afford
the dumb animals protection against
in any way and to prose
cute the owners who violate the city
ordinance enacted against mistreat-
ment of animals.
Efforts will be made to obtain the
memberships of prominent men of the
city for the new society. A number of
men have already joined the Humane
Society.
Those who attended the meeting
were: Mesdames E. Johnston, NJ. j.
Koeck, w. S. Dearmont, James A.
Banks, E. C. Granting, Julien H.
Friant, George W. Patton, A. r. Zoels-
mann, Frank Doeden. John Meyers.
R. H. Schultz, and Miss Winifred
Johnson.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-17
STREET SWEEPER
CAUSES MANY
COMPLAINTS
Two Members of Council
Street Committee Favor
Abandoning Sweeper.
MERCHANTS WANT THE
STREETS SPRINKLED
Street Cleaners Probably to be
acknowledgements too
Expensive.

The numerous complaints made by
the business men and other residents
Of the city against the use of the street
sweeper will probably cause the City
Council to take up the matter at the
next meeting Monday night and have
the apparatus removed from the
streets. The mechanical sweeper was
put in operation at the suggestion of
Street Commissioner Brunke, and up,
on the recommendation of the Street
and Wharf Committee of the City
Council, after the old street cleaners
had been dismissed from the employ
of the city.
When the Street Commissioner ap-
peared before the City Council month
ago, asking for the authority to use
the sweeper and dismiss the men en-
played to clean the streets, it was
pointed out by those who advocated
the new system that it would save the
city about 500 a month. Four Of
the street cleaners were discharged,
while two were retained on the streets
because it was found to be impossible
to cover the entire city with the sweep
ing apparatus.
The many complaints about the dust
and filth whirled up by the sweeper
has caused two of the members of the
Street and Wharf Committee of the
City Council to change their view in
this proposition and both said last
night that they were in favor of going
back to the old system and re-employ
the street cleaners. These two are
Henry Brunke and Ben Vineyard, while
the third member Of the committee,
DR.. c. f. Schuchert, stands pat on the
new system of cleaning the streets.
Both Vineyard and Brunke said last
night that they had been approached
by many citizens who were bitterly OPP
posed to the sweeper because the
streets were swept while dry. House
wives and business men especially
have suffered more under the conse-
quences of the dry sweeping system
than the other citizens. Some of the
merchants along Broadway complain
ed that their stock sometimes was
covered with dust that they could write
plainly on their wares and would have
to dust them every morning before
they could display them for sale.
Street Commissioner Brunke, who
fathered the new system said last
night that the city had saved about
81 since the street sweeper has been
used, and said that the amount of the
saving for the city would increase the
longer the sweeper was used. He hires
a team and driver, he said at 81
day and an additional man to help
operate the apparatus and sweep the
dust aside into the gutter. This ex-
pense amounts to $3.50 every days ex-
elusive of the salary paid the two
street cleaners who were retained.
Councilman Vineyard said he would
be in favor of continuing to operate
the apparatus if the streets were
sprinkled before the sweeper is used.
Many citizens have expressed the
same opinion. Mayor Hirsch, when
asked about the matter yesterday by
reporter for The Tribune, said it would
be too expensive for the city to buy
sprinkling wagon intimating that the
wish of the people could not be carried
out.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-17

the cultivation of land. 1t is planned
to have an experienced man to take
charge of each division of Boy Scouts
and have these work under his super
vision.
The Boy Scouts were organized
three weeks ago. The old troop which
was disbanded several years ago was
re-established, and a second, composed
ofyounger boys was re-organized with
about so members. New applicants
will be received tonight.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-05-17

WANTED to hear from owner of good
farm for sale; state cash price, full
particulars. D. F. Bush, Mime
apolis, Mimi.