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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-05
JUDGE DAVIS HAS
NERVOUS ATTACK
WeIl-known Lawyer Found Car.
rying Stones ut Night on
Empty Lot.

Judge B. F. Davis, one of the best
known lawyers and business men il
the city, is suffering from a nervous
breakdown, due to overwork, and il
is feared that lie will be compelled tc
take long rest. 1t is said that he
has not taken a vacation in more than
thirty years.
Residents of Merriwether street
just west OF Lcrimier, last night found
Judge Davis acting strangely on a
vacant lot, which he owns, west OF
the home of Capt. A. C. Jaynes.
Judge Davis was first noticed short.
ly after 8 o'clock. He was first no.
ticed carrying large stones from one
end Of the lot to another, and then
back again. Owing to the darkness
residents were unable to identify
Judge Davis, but he was watched fol
probably half an hour, and when it
became certain that he had no object
IA ihoNiiS Vic ioShoy Sdpt. dyueS tele-
phoned Patrolman Whitener to inves-
tigate. Q
The patrolman watched the lawyer
for several minutes without question
ing him. When he had made sure
that the man was not normal, the Do
liceman approached him. When he
discovered it was Judge Davis, Mr..
Whitener asked: "What are you doing.
Judge?"
The lawyer stopped a moment and
replied: 81 am identifying my lot"
The policeman departed without mo-
testing the lawyer. Later Judge Da-
Wis went to his home without assist
ance. Residents, who witnessed his
actions, say he carried stone to and
fro across his lot for probably an
hour before he finally left the scene.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-05
DRAINAGE QUARREL
FINALLY CLOSED
Little River Officials Grant Ev.
cry Demand, Says Judge
Edward D. Hays.

IL was Omclally announced last nlgnt
that the controversy between the Lit
tie River Drainage District and the
'Floesch Construction Company, which
threatened to tie up the reclamation
project indefinitely, had been adjusted,
the drainage company yielding to
every demand made by the construc-
ton concern. This statement was au-
thorized by Judge Edward D. Hays, at
torney for the construction company.
While he positively refused to reveal
the points at issue in the controversy,
he stated that approximately $780,
900 was involved.
The Floesch Construction Company
has contract with the drainage con-
Germ to dig the bitches and in fact do
all the excavation work in the huge
drainage scheme. About a month ago
it was discovered that the levee was
three feet under the government stipu-
lations. The slope On the levee had
been underestimate also, it was
stated, and when an effort was made
to extend the levee by piling additional
dirt upon the bank, slides invariably
followed.
Judge Hays declined to say whether
or not new levees would have to be
constructed, but a representative of
he construction company several days
ago informed The Tribune that the
present levees could not be made per-
manent and meet the government re-
quirements without being revamped.
But the controversy hinged upon the
question as to responsibility for the
levee blunder. The Little River Off
Gals contended that the construction
company would have to rectify the
mistake. Floesch Construction Com
panv representatives excused itself by
maintaining that the work had been
done under the direction of Mr..
OBrien, the chief engineer for the
drainage company, and that as the ex-
cavation was done under instructions,
the drainage district would have to
bear the burden of reconstructing the
levee.
The break between the two corpora
lions appeared unavoidable, when, &C.
cording to a representative of the
Floesch Construction Co., the Little
River Drainage District threatened to
abrogate the contract and hold I'D the
money due the construction company
until the levee was approved by the
government. The Floesch Construc-
ton Co., on the other hand, it was
said, began making arrangements for
suit against the Little River Drain
age District to force the concern to
comply with the provision of the con-
tract.
The matter was taken up in a con-
ference between the officials of both
corporations and their attorneys
Thursday and the matter was readiust-
| ed.
John H. Himmelberger, president of
the Little River Drainage District, up
on his return from st. Louis last night,
refused to comment on the matter, ex-
cept to confirm the report that the
disagreement had been settled.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-05
SEED CORN WORTH
So PER BUSHEL
C. M. McWilliams Finds A De.
mand for Expensive Grain in
Cape Girardeau County.
c. NJ. McWilliams, County Agent

C. NJ. McWilliams, County Agent.
Well Bred Seed Corn in Demand
Selected seed of pure breeding has
found ready sale the past few weeks at
prices ranging from 81 to So per BUSH
ell. At the prices mentioned such seed
is much better investment than mix
ed or inferior corn at market price.
A bushel of corn will ordinarily plant
about eight acres. At $3.50 per bushel
the seed would cost only 80 cents per
acre, which is very small part Of the
increase to be gained from using good
seed.
Dairy Cattle Sold.-During the past
week two herds Of dairy cattle have
changed hands. Probably both herds
will remain in the county. Five we'll
bred bulls were also recently purchased
to head local herds. These bulls were
of the Jersey breed and come from a
heavy producing strain of cattle. They
will no doubt do much to improve pro-
duction in the herds where they have
gone.
Colt Sells for S45O.-Wm. Phillips
of near Jackson sold and delivered a
pair of three and four-year old horses
to man near Allenville for $3.50. The
team weighed 5000 pounds and was
not in extra high flesh. They were
sired by good draft horse and out of
a medium-sized farm mare. Buyers are
demanding both size and quality and
when they find the two together they
are willing to pay fair price. An
other local man recently refused $3.50
for good pair Of geldings because he
did not know where he could replace
them with horses Of the size and type
his work demands.
Statewide Hog Cholera Control
Notice has been received from the
State veterinarian and from the State
Agricultural College that all outbreaks
Of hog cholera will be attended to by
local State deputies without any
charge made except for serum used.
Serum may be had at one per cent
c1bic centimeter are Is cents per dose.
Local deputy veterinarians Of this
county are DR.. Critics of Jackson. and
DR.. Whitaker of Oak Ridge.
At present there is no trouble from |
cholera and is hoped that this fortu-
nate condition will continue, however,
i any cases develop or any are sus-
pected they should be reported imme-
lately. There is no doubt but that |
hog cholera can be controlled by
prompt action and thorough work and
his measure should receive the hearty
support Of everyone interested in
swine production. !
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-05
ALEXANDER ASKS
SUPREME COURT
TOSEAT BRADLEY
avs H e Defeated Judge Cox
for Springfield Judge by
A4 Votes.
CASE HINGED UPON
MARES COUNTY VOTE
Democrats There Voted for the
Wrong Man Through Mistake
of Officials.

Harry E. Alexander of this city, who
heard the election contest of John H.
Bradley of Kenneth, against Argus
Cox of Bolivar, who was declared elect
ed to the Springfield Court of Appeals,
recommends that Bradley be given
the office, in his report to the Supreme
Court
Alexander acted as the referee in
the case for the Supreme Court, and
his report will no doubt cause the re-
moval Of Judge Cox, who is holding
the office on his certificate of election
from the Secretary of State. The Of
flee pays $4,000 year.
The contest filed by Bradley, who
was the Democratic nominee for the
office, was based on the vote cast in
Maries County, where the name of
Bradley was left off the Democratic
ballot, through an error, and the name
of Arch Johnson, who was a candi-
date for the nomination, was printed
as the Democratic nominee. The re-
suit was that 1911 who voted the
straight Democratic ticket, cast their
votes for johnson as the party candi-
date for Judge of the Court of APP
peals. Cox received 721 votes in that
county, or approximately 600 less than
the candidate whom the Democrats
voted for.
Through the error, which eliminated
the name of Bradley from the ballots
in Maries County, the 1911 Democratic
votes cast in that county were not
counted for Bradley, which gave Cox
a majority in the whole district.
Bradley filed his contest, basing his
claim to the office on the 1911 votes
he should have received in Maries
County, but which were cast for John
son, because the election officials had
printed Johnson's name instead of
Bradley's as the Democratic nominee.
Alexander subpoenaed every voter in
the county and had each testify how
they voted. The Democrats testified
that they voted the Democratic ticket
and wanted to vote for the party NOM
inee for Judge of the Court of APP
peals. They testified they would have
voted for Bradley had his name been
printed on the ballots, but were mis-
lead through the blunder of the cleo
tion officials.
The testimony covered 100 type
written pages. Alexander, who based
his conclusion upon the fact that the
Democrats wanted to vote for the
nominee for Judge and were only pre-
vented from doing so because the cleo
tion officials erred in not printing the
name of Bradley. Alexander says
Bradley is entitled to the votes cast
for Johnson, and recommends to the
Supreme Court that this be done. By
adding the Democrats votes cast in
Maries County to the total polled in
the other counties by Bradley and he
defeats Judge Cox, the Republican in
cumbent, by 244 votes.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-05
LUMBER men NAME
CAPE FORT NEXT MEET
Lu nber Dealers of s. E. Miss.
ouri Had Enthusiastic Meeting
Banquet at st. Charles Hotel.

Cape Girardeau was again chosen by
the Southeast Missouri Retail Lum-
Der Dealers Association for the semi
annual meeting of the organization to
be held Sept. 81. The lumbermen, who
We're in session at the Commercial
Club all day yesterday, adjourned last
night following a banquet at the St.
Charles Hotel.
The old officers of the association
were unanimously reelected. The off,
GERS are: l.. T. Metz, of Poplar Bluff,
president; w. w. Watkins, Cape Cir
ardeau, secretary, and R. L. Ladd, Dex-
ter, treasurer.
The morning session was devoted
principally to receiving the reports of
officers for the past six months. Sec
rotary Watkins informed the members
that the organization, which was es-
tablished year ago in Poplar Bluff
with so members, had grown rapidly
in the one year of its existence and
now counted As retail dealers in South
east Missouri as its members.
Following the reports, general topics
pertaining to the sale of lumber and
the lumber business in general were
discussed. 4Are prices out of line
with the advancing of the cost of
other building material ?" was the sub
ject of the discussion suggested by
F. NJ. Robinson, a representative of a
St. Louis lumber firm. Charles E.
Kiefner of Perryville talked on the
subject of old and modern methods of
doing business.
At the conclusion of the business
meetings late in the afternoon, seven
new members were initiated into the
fraternal order of Hoo-Hoos.
The members of the association who
attended the meeting were: w. w.
Watkins, Theodore Ochs and Charles
A. Himmelberger, of Cape Girardeau;
C. w. Henderson, of Jockson; r. l..
Ladd, of Dexter; l.. T. Metz, of Pop
lar Bluff; c. A. Walker, of Lutesville;
H. F. st. MARTIN, of Clarkton; o. T..
Pfefferkorn, of Chaffee; j. f. Tiller.
of Bloomfield; George w. Riddle, of
Dexter; James L. Byrd, of Charleston;
Oscar Fuller, of Portageville; R. E.
Dees, of Bernie; Leon Herrick, of
Crystal City; Charles E. Kiefner, of
Perryville; z. A. Heiserer, of Oran;
Jacob Lowe, of Kennett, and Will
Pfefferkorn, of Chaffee. The follow
ing guests and Representatives of the
wholesale firms attended the meeting:
George Tidwell, of Fredericktown; H.
B. Houck, of Warren, Ark; L. E.
Clark, r. S. Price, C. L. Hunt, H. G.
Schlegel, F. B. Rafferty,, G. E. Kott-
meier, ]. S. Farquhar, R. G. Bridges,
W. Doelling, E. J. Lancaster and Frank
Johnson, of st. Louis; E. H. Marelton,
of Marion, ILL.,; A. G. Landgraf, of
Pocahontas; ]. A. Young, of Sikeston;
]. B. Allen, of Centralia, ILL.,, and ]. R.
Moorehead, of Kansas City, Mo.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-05
mrs. SCHULTZ LOSES
HER BULL TERRIER
Reward Offered for Return of
Valuable Pet-Fled After
Taking Bath.

A valuable Boston bull terrier, be-
longing to Mrs. r. H. Schultz strayed
from the home of its mistress yester-
day evening. When Mrs. Schultz dis
covered her pet was missing she made
a search of the neighborhood, but
found no trace of the terrier.
Worried over the animals safety,
Mrs. Schultz motored over the city,
thinking she might find the dog visit
ing on the street. After several hours
search, she returned home, confident
that the animal had been found and
locked up.
The dog had been washed during
the afternoon and its collar had been
taken off. The fear that he might
be picked up by the police and taken
to the city pound caused Mrs. Schultz
much worry.
"The dog has become so attached to
to the home and the family" Mrs.
Schultz said last night, "that would
rather lose large sum of money than
ny pet"
The terrier is very fine specimen
If Boston bull type. H. has a very
distinct brown color with white feet
md white face. Mrs. Schultz win nav
! reward for the canings return.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-05
two men ARRESTED
FOR TAKING nets
H. Pendegrass and R. Housen
Charged With Stealing Nets
in North Cape.

Harrison Pendergrass and Robert
Housen were arrested last night at
their home in Marble City Heights on
warrant charging them with stealing
several nets from Harry Leach and
Harry Buckner, two fishermen Of the
Cape. They were lodged in Jail by
Constable Scivally after they had ad-
mitted taking the nets.
When approached by the constable
last night Pendergrass denied the
charge, but when told that he would
have to accompany the constable to
Jail, he admitted that he had taken the
nets. He said he had been forced
by Housen to do so, and told where
the outfit could be found.
Housen refused to make a state
ment regarding the charge placed
against him by the two fishermen.
Both are being held in Jail and will
be given a hearing before Justice of
the Peace Orren Wilson this morn
ing.
According to the police who investi-
gated the theft after it had been re-
ported by Buckner and Leach, Housen
and Pendergrass attempted to dispose
of the nets to a secondhand dealer,
and it was through him that the miss
ing nets were traced. Pendergrass
told Constable Scivally they had put
the fishing outfit under the water op-
posite Cape Rock on the Illinois bank.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-05
DIR. ROSENTHAL IS
CALLED DISTURBER
Woman Says PLY sician Annoy ed
Her With His Con.
versations.

Charges of disturbing the peace
have been brought against DR.. M
Rosenthal at the instigation of Mrs
Elmira Bryant, 80 North Spanish
street. The warrant was served on
DR.. Rosenthal Thursday afternoon
shortly after he returned from St.
Louis.
When Mrs. Bryant applied for the
warrant before Justice of the Peace
Willer Thursday morning, she told the
Judge that DIR. Rosenthal came to her
home Wednesday afternoon and be-
came very offensive, because of ru-
mors, the physician said, had emanated
from her home. Mrs. Bryant said she
asked the doctor to leave the house
but ne was so persistent in his ac-
cusatlons that she had to close the
door before the physician would de-
part.
Dr. Rosenthal visited Judge Willer
Thursday evening and told the Judge
that the woman's charges were un-
founded. The case will be set for trial
some time next week.
When served with the warrant, DIR.
Rosenthal told Constable Scivally that
ne had gone to Mrs. Bryant's home to
ask her regarding some rumors which.
according to his information, had Or
iginated with Mrs. Bryant. He de-
MED that he had disturbed Mrs. Bry-
ants peace, declaring that he had talk
ed to her in respectable manner.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-05
ROAD
BOND issue IS
ASKED OF COUNTY
Jackson Commercial Club
Presents Petition to Coun.
ty Court.
DATE FOR HEARING
is FIXED FOR APRIL
Dennis Seivally Says Money is
Needed to Improve
Highways.

Whether Cape Girardeau County
will vote on the proposition to issue
81 100000 good roads bonds, will be
determined by the County Court, April
II. The court yesterday agreed to a
hearing on petition presented by the
Jackson Commercial Club, urging
good roads bond issue election.
The committee consisting of Messrs.
c. C. Oliver, c. L. Grant, NJ. G. la
Pierre, c. w. Henderson and r. r.
Wilson was appointed week ago by
the Jackson Commercial Club. The
members appeared before the County
Court yesterday morning and asked
that date be set to consider the petit
ton.
The purpose of the bond issue is to
raise sufficient money to reconstruct
all of the county highways and to
operate new roads.
Dennis Scivally, County Highway
Engineer, who is an ardent supporter
of the S1,OOO,O00 bond issue, called at
The Tribune office yesterday to urge
The Tribune to support the PROPOSE
ton. Mr. Scivally said the county is
now spending $4,000 a year to i'm
prove the highways.
He would favor a bond issue run
ming for twenty years, he said. He
refuted the theory that it was being
suggested as a means of building the
bridges over the drainage bitches. Mr..
Scivally said that by issuing road
bonds the county would be enabled to
get portion of the good roads money
| appropriated by Congress.
Under the law, passed by Congress,
said Mr.. Scivally, the Government will
give county one half as much as it
spends upon its roads. For instance.
if Cape Girardeau were to pass the
81 100000 bond issue, Mr.. Scivally said,
the Government would donate s5OO.OOO
to the county to be expended upon the
county highways.
The chief obstacle in the way of the
bond issue is the amount proposed. A
bond issue of S1,OO9,OOO at five per
cent, would cost the property owners
$4,000 year, or fifty per cent more
than is now being spent on the county
roads. To redeem the bonds in twenty
years which would be as long as they
would likely be permitted to run,
would call for an additional outlay of
$4,000 each year, and this together
with the interest on the sum, would
call for 100000 each twelve months,
or three times as much as the county is
now spending.
In twenty years the interest on the
bond issue would aggregate $1,000
600, making the proposition cost the
county 100000. The total valua-
ton of the county's wealth is only
$10,00O,000, Mr.. Scivally said, which
would mean that the proposed bond
issue would equal one-ffth of the total
valuation OF the county.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-04-05

Henry Oberman, a farmer of the
Dutchtown neighborhood, sold Fl hogs
yesterday for which he received $14
each. The hogs will be shipped to
st. Louis today by John johnson who
bought the porkers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Fowler of North
Spanish street received numerous con-
gratulations yesterday from friends on
the birth Of a baby boy yesterday
morning. .sN
The Madison journal., 1917-02-24

man, the exact double of himself,
whose duty is to represent him at
social functions as hittredge st.
John. Roxane works her way into
the graces Of Major Holbrook and
Mr.. Bonwit, of the Milviile Bank.
Society is entertained at Mrs. Shack
Ieton's ball. The double in love with
Dorothy Paget, leaves after the ball
in company with Major Hoibrook,
for the club for game OF cards.
Roxane, who sees what is going on
between the double and Dorothy
Paget, becomes jealous, imagining
that the man is Kattredge.
During the night of the bal.
the Milville Bank is robbed, and
detectives decide Kittredge st. Johr
is the burglar. The double is ar
rested, but proves an alibi by Major
Holbrock.
Mr.. Bonwit loves Roxane anc
The Madison journal., 1917-02-24

lavishes gifts and money upon her.
In honor OF the engagement. mrs.
Shackleton gives dinner party. and
while the guest are dining the house
is robbed and the maid finds nit
tredge at the safe, bat kittredge
escapes and the guests discredit the
maids story.
Jealous, Roxane writes klttredge
to do his next job at the Paget home,
at the same. time informing the
police. Kittredge does, is caught,
and Dorothy Paget thinks him the
man whom she is in love, as he Is
arrested and held on bail.
( In the trial ,Kittredge testlties
against the double, whom ne accuses
of being Kittredge St. John. The
real Kittredge is released and the
double seized. When he has proved
his identity, Kittredge and Roxant
are speeding away.
The Madison journal., 1917-02-24
The Catspaw will be presented:at
the Lyric Theatre Monday night.
ks9Ees WITH THE JOURNAL

Tallulah. La, February II, 1917.
Madison Journal.
Tallulah, La,
Dear Sirs:-
Notice your editorial in your Jour-.
nal of the 18th, inst, regarding the
only argument advanced against pro-
hi5ition, which was read over and
over again by the writer, and to say
the least, you have quoted more
truth than poetry. To advertise a
good brand of liquor is, in a sense,
money we'll spent-better spent than
spending the same money to send a
narrow-minded statesman to Con-
gress. Of the two, the latter is more
If a crime a SOCIAL DRINKER.
The Madison journal., 1917-02-24
THecATSPaW

In Milville, Kittredge St. John
meets Roxane Bellairs, and they de-
eide to clean up" the town. Kit
tredge has a scheme, he tells Roxane,
which he is going to keep secret even
from her. He employs a cultured
The Madison journal., 1917-02-24

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The Madison journal., 1917-02-24

lAT \. T In
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04

by our own petrad. We are going
to war for humanity, ITO make the
world safe for democracy" and today
the entire world-unless our allies are
too polite to mention the matter
will taunt and mock US with our fine
words and high pretensions. The con-
trast between our pretension and per-
formance is too marked not to hit the
vivid irony of neighbor nations.
II preaching to certain elements OF
our people made much difference, this
evil would have been cured long ago.
How about that stern hand OF firm
repression" which the President prom
ised the snake of disloyalty whenever
it reared its head among US? II the
East st. Louis episode is not a species
of disloyalty to the spirit of American
institutions, then We do not know
what is.
In dealing with this race question.
American civilization has scored a
conspicuous failure. Europe knows it,
and we might as we'll be frank enough
TO acknowledge where the shoe
pinChes.
The Washington herald., 1917-07-04
The East St. Louis Disgrace.

Picture in your mind the reports
that American correspondents of
Dutch. Danish, Scandinavian and
other European newspapers cabled
across the Atlantic yesterday about
the orsy of murder and rapine at
East St Louis.
Then picture the German corre-
spondents in these countries snap
ping up these reports and flashing
them over the wires to Berlin.
Visualize then the bitter. sneering.
cynical comment of the German rep
tile press, the word-lashing they will
give u.s.
One (for instancc) will editorialize in
this fashion:
These murderous hyprocrites Of
Americans, who are coming to Europe
to avenge Belgium and reform Ger
many! Does modern history record
such hallow, characterless pretense as
that of this dollar-crazed people, who
rule with fire and sword over a sub.
ject race in their own land? They
dare to utter their pious cant to Eu-
rope, to protest over Louvain, over
the Zeppelin raids, over Capt. Fryatt
and Edith Cavell? Are they insane,
or merely barbarians?'
We will vince under this savage
indictment, because we will know
that for once, at least, the Germans
are on solid footing. We cannot deny
the facts. We may evade them, say
they are sporadic and unrepresenta-
tive: but that is exactly what the
Prussian apologists say about the
atrocities committed by their people.
1t is no defense at all.
On this question clearly We are hoist