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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-08-17
BOY SCOUTS Will
HAVE MEET TODAY
Council and Scoutmaster to be
Chosen to Perfect Organiza.
ton in Cape.

A meeting of the parents of the Boy
Scouts of the city will be held at the
Commercial Club this afternoon by
Rush H. Limbaugh who has taken
charge of the local troops since Wilson
C. Balm has been placed in command of
the local company of the Missouri
Sixth. The meeting, which will begin
at 8 o'clock, is for the purpose of elect
ing the Boy Scouts Council from the
parents Of the members of the local
organization and of nominating the
candidates for Boy Scout commission
err and Boy Scoutmasters. A Scout
master for each one of the troops must
be chosen.
Other plans for the benefit of the
boys belonging to the three troops of
the Cape organization will be discuss
ed at the meeting. Since the boys have
received their uniforms last week, they
are more enthusiastic than ever, and
are anxious to begin actual training
as required by the rules of the or
ganization.
1t has been suggested by some of
the men interested in the Boy Scout
movement to send the three Cape
troops on an encampment trip for at
least week. This suggestion will be
brought before the parents this after
noon to determine whether it meets
with their approval.
Three troops were formed several
months ago, after the organization
had been revived in the city by Capt
Balm and Rush Limbaugh. The old
members were assigned to the first
troop, while the two other troops were
formed from the new members, &C.
cording to their ages.
Since Capt. Balm has been placed in
charge of Company L, the Boy Scouts
have been more or less neglected be-
cause of the lack of leadership. After
Iperfecting the organization and elect.
ing the Boy Scouts Council today, the
movement will be revived and the boys
be given a thorough training. The
usual Saturday afternoon hikes will be
arranged for the boys.
After electing the Boy Scouts Coun.
Gil and the scoutmaster for each troop
the list Of the members together with
those elected as heads of the loca
troops will be forwarded to the ma
tional headquarters Of the organiza
ton. A registration fee of IS cent.
for each member must be RENTED t.
the headquarters. At the present time
the local organization has about 81
members. Several months ago thu
Commercial Club passed a resolution
supporting the organization ant
agreeing to appropriate sufficient
funds to finance the initial expense Of
organizing the three Cape troops.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-08-17
GET READY

Now is the time that your hens will
moult or shed their feathers. This
process is rather slow and nature
should be assisted. B. A. Thomas
Poultry Remedy will help your hens
to moult causing them to shed earlier
and be ready to lay when eggs are
highest in the winter. If this remedy
does not make good, we will.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-08-17
DIN STAFFORD IS.
ELECTED CAPTAIN
OF HOME GUARD
Allen Oliver, First Lieuten.
ant, 3. B. Andrews, Sec.
Ond Lieutenant.
COMPANY COMPOSED
OF 80 BUSINESS MEN
Will Have Weekly Drills ut the
Courthouse Park. Every
Monday Evening.

D'Nean Stafford, president Of the
First National Bank, was elected cap
tain of the Home Guards in the meet
ing held yesterday evening at the
Commercial Club for the purpose Of
naming the officers Of the new or
ganization, which has recruited it's
strength to 80 men from the ranks
of the merchants and business men of
city. The election was unanimous. Al
len Oliver was made first lieutenant,
while r. B. Andrews was chosen sec
ond lieutenant.
Immediately after the election of the
commissioned officers of the organiza-
ton the company was put through its
first drill by Lieutenant Oliver, who
led the men through the business
streets Of the city, returning to the
Commercial Club rooms. Some of the
most prominent men of the city were
seen in the ranks Of the newly-organ-
lied company.
The non-commissioned officers Of
the company will be selected later by
the captain. Men who have had pre-
vious military training and experience
were asked to give their names. These
officers will be chosen from them
Today the names Of those who join
ed the company and the names of the
officers elected yesterday evening will
be forwarded to the Adjutant General
of the State for his approval He will
give the officers further instruction
how to proceed to perfect the organ
ization.
The company will have regular drills
at least once a week. 1t was decided
to have these exercises every Monday
evening at the Courthouse Park, pro-
vided the weather permits an outdoor
training. In the event the weather is
too inclement the men will be given
their weekly drills at some hall, to be
selected by the company. The first
public drill will be at The Courthouse
Park Monday evening.
The duty Of the Home Guard will
be principally to take the place of the
National Guard during its absence
from the State and during the time of
war. The company will be required in
the case Of necessity to answer the call
of the Governor Of the State for any
service.
With the men who signed up during
the week and the additional members
who volunteered after last nights
meeting the company's strength has
been brought up to total of 30 men.
Anyone desiring to join the company
may do so by applying to the officers.
The following volunteered for the
Home Guard last night in addition to
those who pledged their membership
at the last meeting: Senator R. B.
Oliver, r. E. L. Lamkin, A. B. Gockel,
Eugene Lawson, Rev. j. ]. Clopton,
w. H. Campbell, c. A. Norvell, s. A.
Nurse, H. 8. Moore, w. +. Field. Prof.
Seth. Babcock, 8. B Adams, E. ].
Deal, r. B. Henson, H. S. Taylor, d.
C. Corbin, C. H. Sonntag, J p. Meyers,
A. D. Parker, s. B. Williams, Lee L.
Bowman, Julien Miller, Barrett Cot
ner, Prosecuting Attorney Caruthers,
Louis Ische, 8. Ed Blumer and Assist
ant Postmaster Marvin Stout.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-08-17

man who was accompanied by two
young ladies. They jumped from the
machine and rendered the boy what
assistance was possible. Witnesses
exonerated the driver from any re-
sponsibility of the accident.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-08-17

Harry e. Alexander went to Char
lesion yesterday to try a law suit in
the Mississippi County Circuit Court.
Arthur c. Bowman, the real estate
dealer, and Mrs. Matte Martin went
to Advance yesterday on real estate
matters.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
KEEP MOB UNDER CONTROL
Militiamen Quickly Dispense Groups
of Men Who Attacked Negroes
in East ST. Louis

East St Louis, Ill, May 31.-One
negro was shot and wounded slightly
and two were beaten tonight by a
group of about fifty men, who, Off
Gals say, gathered in the outskirts Of
the city after the saloons closed at s
o'clock. The mob was dispersed by
militiamen and local police.
A heavy rain and the presence of
ESQ soldiers of the Illinois national
guard, who patrolled the city, kept
down the spirits of the persons in
clined to riot The outbreak early ia
the evening was quickly QueIled and
was said to have been an isolated oc-
currence inspired by the fact that ths
men had been drinking during the af-
ternoon-
As darkness fell the soldiers got in
automobiles that were loaned by East
st. Louis citizens and were driven
about in the sections where it was be-
lieved trouble was most likely to oc-
cur
All Of the men injured thus far are
said to be recovering. The negroes,
who were taken to hospitals after hav-
ing been beaten, have been sent to
their homes as out OF danger.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
FIND A PLOT NEST IN OHIO
Propaganda Uncovered by Secret
Service Men in Columbus.

Columbus, o., June IA propagan-
da plot, with national headquarters in
this city, organized to induce young
men of military age all over the Unit
ed States to refrain from registering
next Tuesday for army service has
been uncovered by state and govern
ment secret service agents, according
to announcement made this afternoon
by Governor James NJ. Cox.
Details of the plot, which was said
to have extended into many states be-
came known when United States mar
shals raided a print shop and offices
at 1111a South High street, where
practically all of the propaganda
literature was prinsed and distributed.
It was stated that the plot appeared
to be well financed and well or
ganized.
Three men already ara under arrest
in this city in connection with the plot
and it was said that further arrests
would be made both here and in other
cities of Ohio and the Middle West
within the next few hours. 1t was
said mat the men already under ar
rest here would be arfaigned late this
afternoon on charges of treason.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
FARMING NOW
A BUSINESS
The Modern Day Farmer Applies
Business Methods and Seeks
More Than a Living on
the Farm.

A nationwide cry Is being made for
more economy and greater production,
and probably never was the need OF
fOOdstuffs equal TO that Of the present
Grain prices are the highest in the na-
TONS history and today the agricul-
tural fields Of America offer induce
ments that are unequaled In any other
line OF commerce or business. The
ideal life is that close TO nature, en-
jOying the freedom OF Gods great out
doors and fulfilling a duty TO human
ity by producing from a fertile soil
that which is essential TO the very ex-
istence OF a less fortunate people who
are actually starving to death for food
stuffs that can be produced so eco
nomicaIly In the United States and
Canada
High prices for all grains, undoubt-
eddy, will be maintained for number
Of years, and it appears a certainty
that the agriculturist will reap a
bounteous return for his labor and at
the same time carry out the demands
OF patriotic citizenship. A wrong con-
ception has been generally noticed as
to Life on the Farm 1t has been,
to a large extent, considered as only
a place TO live peacefully and afford a
living for those who are satisfied with
merely a comfortable existence. Such
a wrong impression has been created.
in a measure, by the lack Of systema-
tie business principles to farming in
general But today farming and agri-
culture have been given a supremacy
in the business world and require the
same advanced methods as any other
line Of commerce. In no other bust
ness does a system adoption pay bet
ter than on the farm, and 1t is certain
that there Is no other line OF work,
that, generally speaking, needs 1t as
much. The old idea Of getting q living
of the farm and not knowing how it
was made and following up the details
Of each branch Of farming to get the
maximum OF profit, at the least ex-
pense, is fast being done away with.
Farming is now being considered as
business and living is not sufficient
for the modern agriculturist; a small
per cent on the investment is not
enough, the present-day farmer must
have a percentage return equal to that
OF other lines of business. The prices
for produce are high enough, but the
cost Of producing has been the factor.
In many places, that has reduced the
profit. It is the application of a sys-
tenn to the cost Of various work on the
farm that it is possible to give figures
on profits made in graiR-growing in
Western Canada.
Mr.. c. a. Wright of Milo, Iowa,
bought a hundred and sixty acres Of
land in Western Canada for $500 in
December. 1915, and took his first crop
from it in 1915 After paying for the
land in full and the cost Of cultivating
it and marketing the grain, he sold his
grain at S1-55 a bushel "a low price
compared with the present market),
had a surplus Of $2,472.67. His figures
are as follows:
4,4S7 bushels worth
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09

Chicago, May 29.-TOTnadOeS in the
last three days in seven states of the
Middle West and the South have killed
nearly $50 persons, injured more than
1900, wrecked thousands of houses,
killed hundreds of head of live stock
and devastated many thousands of
acres of growing crops, according to
summaries today.
The latest in the series of tornadoes
started late Sunday, apparently in the
vicinity Of Willisville, in Southwestern
Illinois, swept southwark across the
Ohio river into Kentucky, down the
Mississippi into Arkansas and Tennes-
see and finally Teered eastward to-
ward Alabama, where the storm ap-
parently spent itself
The tornadoes took their heaviest
toll in the South, apparently in the
country around Hickman, KY, where
forty persons were reported killed and
more than fifty injured. BardeweIl,
Bondurant, Clinton and Ledford were
among the towns reporting losses.
In Mississippi county, Northeast Ar
kansas, ten dead and Twenty-Five in
jured were reported. Six were killed
at Manila while Burdette and Clear
lake reported two each.
Heavy losses also were suffered in
Jefferson and Blount counties, Ala
bama, where thirty-one killed and
more than one hundred injured were
reported. At Sayre eight were killed
and forty injured. Village Springs
and Bradford, twenty miles north Of
Birmingham, reported seventeen dead
and forty injured; Carbon Hill had
four dead and twenty-one injured,
while Sycalauga and BibbvilIe each
reported one dead.
In Tennessee the storms struck in
Upton, Dyer and Carroll counties, TAX
ing more than a score of lives. At
Dyersburg eight dead and forty in
jured were reported; at Gates Lake
six dead and twenty-eight injured;
Trezivant, four dead and ten injured;
Antioch, two dead and twenty injured,
and at Sharin, two dead and thirty
two injured
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
ARREST The anti
DRAFT PLOTTERS
Twelve Persons are Taken Into
Custody by Federal Author
tiles for Conspiracy.
TWO WOMEN CAUGHT IN Tolls
Or. Eva Harding of Topeka and Leo
nora Warneson Of Kansas City
Land in Jail.

Kansas City, June 1.-The trap pre-
pared by federal authorities of West
ern Missouri and Kansas for persons
suspected Of being participants in anti
draft plots was sprung yesterday af-
ternoon.
Five men and one woman were az
rested in Kansas City by government
agents Of the Missouri jurisdiction
Three men and one woman were taken
into custody in Topeka by federal Of
ficers OF the Kansas Jurisdiction An
other man was arrested in Lawrence,
Kan, and still another in Olsthe, Kan
Warrants are out for three or more
suspected persons in Kansas City
whose arrest is expected at any time.
In various other parts Of the country
yesterday there were many such ar
rests of anti-draft propagandists.
Only the Beginning.
The arrests here were. only the first
Of what Francis N. Wilson, United
States attorney for the Western Dis
trict Of Missouri, said would reach a
large number before the converting
June of the special grand jury called
by Judge Abra S. Van Valkenburgh
OIL the United States District Court for
Western Missouri to consider only
cases growing out of alleged violations
of the registration act Those arrest
ed here were charged with having con-
spired to aid and abet persons subject
to registration to evade the require
ments Of the Selective ConscTiptioa
Act The maximum penalty was said
to be Imprisonment two years and q
fine Of $4,000.
A list of those placed under arrest
in Missouri and Kansas follows
In Missouri
Raymond L Moore, secretary of the
Federation for Democratic Control"
arrested in Kansas City.
Thomas R. Sullivan, leader Of the
Federation for Democratic Control
arrested in Kansas City.
Miss Leonora WaTneson," wife Of
Raymond I. Moore and former school
teacher, arrested in Kansas City.
Flea Luboshez, photographer, ar
rested in Kansas City.
H D. Kleinschmidt Of Corder, Mo,
arrested in Kansas City.
Browder Of Olathe, arrested in hide
pendence, No.
In Kansas.
DR.. Eva Harding, recently indepen-
dent candidate for Congress, arrested
in Topeka.
Ike GiIberg, Russian Socialist, ar
rested in Topeka
Prof. George W. Kleihege, Socialist
candidate for governor in 1914, arrest
ed in Lawrence.
Ernest Newman, carpenter, chair
man of the anti-draft meeting in To
peka Sunday, arrested in Topeka.
Fred Felten, garage owner, secre-
tary Of the anti-draft meeting in To-
peka Sunday, arrested in Topeka.
Earl R Browder, arrested at Olathe;
will be brought to Kansas City.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09

in lessthan ten years LIQUID sEn q
section OF land and have it wen
equlppedsss
Western Canada's soil and climate
is suitable TO granting large and prof
liable yields Of wheat, many so large
that those not acquainted with the
facts hesitate 10 belieYe the reports
sent out by the farmers in that coun-
try. As an evidence OF their sincerity
in reporting correct yields afidavits
OF couple OF grain growers are repro
duced.
Il Newell ]. Noble, Of the town OF
Nobleford. Province OF Alberta, do
Solemnly declare that from LOCO acres
OF wheat on the said farm there was,
in the season OF 1915, threshed 81 Se5
bushels OF wheat. being at the average
OF d bushels and q pounds per acre.
And that from 2a46o acres OF oats on
the said farm. there was threShed In
the said season OF 1916. 1896 bushels
OF oats, being at the average Of ID
bushels and 30 pounds per acre
"And I make this solemn declara-
ton cOnscientiOusly believing il to be
true and knowing that IT Is OF the
same force and effect as IL made IN
der oath and by virtue OF The Canada
Evidence Act" NEWELL J. NOBLE.
\ Woman Takes Affidavit As TO
TieIds.-On January 4, 1917, Mrs. Nan
cy Coe OF NObleford made oath as fol-
lows:
In the matter of yield Of wheat, cats
and fax on my farm for harvest OF
1916, I, Nancy Coe, OF the town OF
Nobleford, Province OF Alberta, do sol
EMMY declare that I threshed from
lis acres on my farm CLIO bushels OF
wheat (machine measure, which IL Is
believed Will hold out in weights fully
about thPee-fourthS Of the crop al
ready having been weighed), being at
the average OF s. bushels and 8
pounds per acre, and that from -
acres OF fax on stUbble ground, I
threshed 993 bushels OF fax, being at
an average OF 20 bushels and 80
pounds per acre, and that from sos
acres OF oats I threshed 5S6 bushels,
machine measure, being at an average
Of 115 bushels and q pounds per acre.
advertisement
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS

Lord Davenport, the British food
controller, has issued an elaborate Or
der regulating the sale and prices of
meat, including live animals. The or
der prohibits speculative re-sales, elm
mates jobbing transactions, and states
what profits shall be permitted to
Maxim Gerky, the noted Russian
author, publishes a sensational account
Of an attempt by D. Rizow, the Bull
garian minister at Berlin, to inveigle
him into clandestine negotiations for
a separate peace.
Francisco Villa holds border port
opposite an American town and again
United States troops are paroIling the
border while Villa cavalryme1 are sill
hOuetted against the night sky on the
southern bank Of the Rio Grande.
The Cossaeks in the UraI district
held a convention recently and adopt
ed resolution to give their unquali-
fled support to the temporary govern
ment- They also issued an appeal to
all citizens to free Russia to follow
their example.
Three young Germans, heavily
armed, were captured in the brush
near La Jarita, thirty miles from Nue.
.yo Laredo, by Carranza soldiers, and
brought to Nuevo Laredo, where they
we're placed in jail
IA mob estimated at 5000 persons
determined to rid the city OF negroes
imported to work in factories and mu-
milton plants, swept through the
streets OF East St Louis attacking and
beating negroes wherever found Sew
eral negroes have been injured so So
yerely they probably viii dia-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
LEAVES THE SOCIALIST PARTY
Noted Writer and Member of Execu-
tive Committee Declares 1t Un-
American and Pro-German.

New York, June 2.-Asserting that
the Socialist party ''is probably the
greatest single obstacle to the prog
ress of Socialism in America and has
been committed to a program essen
TALLY unneutraI, un-American and pro-
German John Spargo, Socialist
writer and member of the national
executive committee of the Socialist
party, announced today that he had
resigned from the party.
Now, as always, I am a Socialist
and internationalist and an anti-mili-
tarist," Mr.. Spargo's letter of resig-
nation said. ''I leave the party with
which I have been identified from its
formation and in which I have been
privileged to hold the highest posi-
lions in the gift Of the members, be-
cause I am personally convinced that
it has ceased to be an efficient instru-
ment for the advancement of Social
ISM
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
S2,472.67

S. Joseph and Sons OF Des Moines,
Ia, are looked upon as being shrewd,
careful business men. Having some
spare money on hand, and looking for
a suitable investment, they decided to
purchase Canadian lands, and farm
them.
With the assistance of the Canadian
Government Agent, at Des Moines, Ia,
they made selection near Champion,
Alberta. They put 24O acres OF land
in wheat, and in writing to Mr.. Hew-
lit, The Canadian Government Agent
at Des Moines, one OF the members Of
the firm says: ct have much pleasure
in advising you that on our farm five
miles east OF Champion, in the Prov
ince Of Alberta, Canada. this year
(1916l we harvested and threShed TO-
600 bushels OF wheat from 240 acres,
this being an average Of A bushels
and 10 pounds TO the acre. A con-
siderable portion Of the wheat was
No. 1 Northern, worth ct Champion,
approximately $1.S5 per bushel, max
ing a total return of $1,000, or an av-
erage Of Ss1.T0 per acre gross yields
And by aid Of a thorough system were
able to keep the cost OF growing wheat
at about . cents a busheI-"
Messrs. Smith 4 Sons OF Vulcan,
Alberta, are growers Of wheat on a
large scale and have demonstrated
that there is greater profit in Western
Canada wheat-raising than probably In
any other business anywhere. Speak
ing Of their experience Mr.. Smith
says:
'1 have three sections OF land at the
present time and am farming yearly
100 TO LOO acres OF land Ny re-
turns from the farm for the past two
years have been around 2009o, that is
for every dollar have spent have
received three, now I do not know
where you can do that well.
This is surely the country for the
man with the small capital as the land
Is stfn reasonable In price, payments
in long term and work OF ali kinds for
every man TO DO. feel that IL I was
turned out here without q dollar that
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09
TO ARREST THE AGITATORS
Government Sends Out Special Orders
to Keep Close Watch on Anti
Draft Meetings.

Washington, May 31.-Specfal or
ders were given government officials
throughout the country today to keep
close watch upon meetings at which
there is likely to be agitation against
registration under the war army act,
and prepare to arrest speakers who
encourage violations Of the law.
Although the department of justice
is satisfied that German influence and
money is behind efforts in various Sec
lions to interfere with registration, it
is officially stated that the influences
are regarded as local and sporadic and
not inspired by any serious organized
effort.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-06-09

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