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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-02-03

BEANNEXED, SAYS
CITY COUNSELOR
Outlet for West End Sewer
Makes it Necessary to Ex-
tend City Limits.
WILL INCREASE CAPE
POPULATION 1000
Sewer to Follow Route Of Cane
Lacr0ix Greek, Knehans
Announces.

An ordinance is being drawn by City
Counselor Knehans to annex Smelter
lille TO Cape Girardeau. as an initia
movement in the city's plans to con
struct the West End Sewer.
The outline of the proposed route Of
The sewer takes it outside of the pres
ent city limits, Mr.. Knehans said yec
terday, and the plan to annex Smelte?.
vile IS made necessary in order to give
the city an outlet for the big subter
ranean passageway.
The sewer will run south from III,
vicinity Of the Fairgrounds. taking {;
sOutheasterly course to Cape La Crois
Greek, which it will follow until il
passes south OF the city limits and into
the county. AS the creek does not
empty into the Mississippi River unit
after it reaches Scott County, it viii
be necessary to leave the creek If
Smelterville and run the sewer due
east to the Mississippi River.
It has not been decided whether the
sewer viii be laid under Cape La Croix
or at distance 10 one side. But as
the route of the stream is through 2
valley, the city would be able to avoi6
tunneling through several hills by fol-
lowing the route of the stream.
N. knehans said yesterday that the
City Council has the right to extend
the "ity limits without vote OF the
people, and the passage of an ordi-
NANCE will be all that is necessary for
Cape Girardeau to annex Smelterville
The annexation Of the southern ex-
tremity of the city proves decidedly
advantageous to the residents of that
section. They will be provided witt
all Of the conveniences that Cape Cir
ardeau proper enjoys, such as city
water, light and fire protection.
There is q good solid street from
the fire station to the heart Of Shelter
VILE" sad Mr.. Kn6hans, land the fire
engine will experience no difficulty in
!aking care of fires that break out in
that part Of the city
It is estimated that the population
II Cape Girardeau will be increased by
approximately 1000 by taking in TIL
southern extremity. 1t will also give
Cape Girardeau about another mile
square Of territory.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-02-03
MRS. NUCkLES DIES;
HUSBAND IS ILL
she is Su.ied In limo, Her For
mtF Ii, me-T,aS
u.

Mrs. Ech,cea Nuckies. who died
.,aturaag @.Jc:noon ~ her home in
Egypt Mis-, as buried Sunday aft
3 D,on It F9rcfl.t, her former home.
-,er h 0a., 9. u. Nuc,.es. no is
-gi-icaily IL with Brinh.'s disease, Ill .
81 scn-in-l2rv, John ". Ross, who
-i.es n the Cape, were not able TO al
,cnd the funeral.
Mrs. Nuclucs was 70 years Old. Her
!2a-h vas caused by pneumonia. She
as sici, only week having contract
ed Q cold which, week ago, developed
into pneumonia. A week before be
coming bedridden the aged woman had
visited ner daughter, Mrs. John Ross,
of the Cape, whose husband has been
confined to his bed for nearly three
weeks.
The funeral services were held a
the nome of the deceased BY Rev.
Perry, and the body was taken to
Fornfelt for burial. She was inferred
by the side Of her sons, Morgan and
/. H. Nuckles, who were shot and
killed by the marshal Of Fo,nfelt sew
eral years ago.
Mrs. NucI,lcs WAS 72 years old. She
IS survived BY her husband, two daugh-
ters, Mrs. John Ross, Of the Cape, and
Mrs. William Thompson, who lives in
Ie.apnis. The latter was called to
er mothers bedside q few days before
her death and nursed her until she
died. She is Eow attending to he
-ather whose condition is grave.
Only one son, Ben Nuclles, is left to
mourn his mothers death. He was
called from s.. Louis when It became
that Mrs. Nuckles could not
live much longer. He has been work
ing in st. Louis. His wife lives in
South Cape.
MIs. Nuckles was a native Of the
State Of Kansas. She came to Cape
Girardeau a few years after her mar
-iage and lived in the Cape for nearly
zen years. The family moved to Form |
felt, but left that town after the sud-
len death Of the two sons. Mr.. and |
Mrs. Nuck!es nave lived in Egypt !
Mills ever since.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-02-03
OIL MAN BUNCOED
CAPE men, THEY SAY
MIG. Temple Asks Warrant For
Arrest Of W. c. UphOGI
of ct. Louis.

An information for obtaining money
under false pretenses will be issued
against William c. Uphoff, formerly
connected with the International Oil
Co, of st. Louis, 1T the instance Of
NJ. &. Temple, local plumber. Temple
applied fob the information before
Prosecuting Attorney Caruthers yes
terday, stating that Uphoif had given
him two checks drawn on the German
Savings Institution at St. Louis. The
checks were returned to Temple mark
ed insufficient funds. The total amount
was S35.
Uphoff, who is also wanted in St.
Louis on several charges, came 20 the
Cape last year in an effort to sell some
stock in an oil company, which had
been organized shortly before he ar
rived. During his stay in the Cape
he had Temple indorse the checks
which were casled by hotel owner of
the Cape. They were rejected by the
bank and Temple had to refund the
Charles Blattner is said to have
cashed q check for 500 for Upholf
while he was in the Cape. This check
was also returned by the bank on ac-
count Of insufficient funds. Both TEN
PIE and Blattner had previously cashed
checks for Uphoff, but these were hon
ored by the bank, and for that reason
they had not reason to distrust the
man.
Bryan G. Pratt, who Was recantI--
pardoned by Ex-Governor Major afte~
he had been sentenced to two years in
the State Penitentiary for bigamy,
VAS the president Of the oil concern
for only short time. He vas ousted
after the charge of bigan1y had b2ar
preferred against him.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-02-03
JOE PRICE TO RUN
FOR POLICE CHIEF
Mayor Rage and ) 4 Kinder Ex-
pecIed to oppose Each
Other for Mayer.

Joseph H. Price, Woman lodge Off
,.al, and one of the well-known men
n this city, announced yesterday that
ne would make the race for Chief of
Police at the spring election. He is
he first candidate to announce for a.
office.
1t has been reported that Charles
Armgardt, a present member Of the
City Council, would be a candidate for
Chief of Police, but his friends say he
has not definitely decided whether TO
enter the contest or not.
Price and Armgardt live in the same
ward, and two years ago Price, who
had planned to run for City Council.
gave way to his neighbor, Armgardt.
While they are close friends. il is not
known whether either would get out OF
The race for chief to aid the other.
While no candidates have announced
for Mayor as yet, it is generally be-
lieved that the contenders will be May
or Rage and James A. Kinder. the
Good Hope druggist. Friends of both
men have been urging them to make
the race and it is understood they have
although neither has Off
cially confirmed this report.
Capt. John L. Stout is being urged
10 make the race for council from the
Fourth ward. If he enter the field,
t is not believed that he win have an
Jay Fowler, the present
representative in the council from the
Fourth ward, will not seek reelection,
lis friends say.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-02-03
Weather Prophet
Finds His Bride
Splitting w God
Col. Matt Morrison, Watching
For Billiards, Overlooks
His Wood Pile, and Wife
Takes AK and Goes To
Work.

While Col. Matt Morrison was in the
observatory yesterday morning look
ing at his goosebone, a little cloud
fitted over his honeymoon.
The Colonel has always opposed
woman suffrage, because he believes
that woman's place is in the kitchen
and not on the woodpile. While his
bride is not a crank on the subject of
woman's rights, she can chop wood
with as much grace as she can sew a
patch or knit a sock.
When she entered the Morrison
home on South Spanish street three
weeks ago as his bride, the weather
1ronhet had large pile of wood stack
d 2 the yard in the rear OF his home.
8ut shortly after she arrived he or
dered 4 blizzard. The blizzard came
and the wood went, to use the
Coloners own expression. AS q mat
ter Of fact, he has not predicted any
pleasant weather since he took unto
himself a bride, and consequently his
wood pile has been steadily going
down.
When the goosebone prophet became
a blushing bridegroom. he quit build
ing fires and hasn't cooked a meal
since. It is only natural that he has
neglected to keep in touch with the
family woodpile.
When Mrs. Morrison discovered that
all Of tho wood Of "stove length" had
E1-n ,C-aumcd, size took the ax and
waded into a pile Of slabs. The Colonel
heard the report Of the AK and hasten
ed to a window to ascertain who was
tampering with his wood pile. Raising
the window, he shouted: "Cut that out.
I've got hired hands to do that. This
amt no sweat shop"
Mrs. Mrrison returned to the house
and the Colonel told her he had never
asked any Of his wives to chop wood
Whenever that pile get low, III have
some of my renters chop some more.
l cant get any money out Of EN-, any
way" said the Colonel.
"Well, you see that the weather &c
mains nice until we get another sup
ply Of wood" retortcd Mrs. Morrison
The Colonel fastened TO The Tribure
Office to predict clear weather for to
day.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-02-03
WOMAN IS FINEDFOR
BOSSlNC NEICHBORS
Mrs. Jane Patrick Threatened To
Pummel Lady Over Correct
Way of Sweeping.

An argument over the question Of
how to sweep a hallway brought Mrs.
Jane Patrick, who lives in the Rey-
nolds Building, OH Lower Broadway,
before Justice Orren Wilson on 6
charge Of disturbing the peace of Mrs
Birdie Bell, who lives in the same
house. The result Of the trial was
that Mrs. Patrick was fined one dollar
and costs, amounting to a total Of
nearly $14.
The trouble arose last Monday whe.
Mrs. Bell was sweeping the hallway j.
the house. She told the Judge thai =
defendant wanted to dictate to h
how to do the worl, and an argument
followed during which Mrs. PatricF
shook her fist at her. She said she did
not want any trouble and walked into
her apartment, closing the door to end
the controversy.
A number Of witnesses were heard
for the plaintiff, and they corroborated
her statement. Mrs. Patrick, however
denied that she had made any such
motions as charged by the plaintiff.
Her granddaughter, who was heard as
one Of the witnesses, told the Judge
that some words had passed between
the two women, but her grandmother
did not seem angered while talking to
Mrs. Bell.
The warrant against Mrs. Patrick
was issued Wednesday night and Mrs.
Patrick was notified to appear before
the Justice Thursday afternoon. Afte-
finding the defendant guilty, the Judge
stayed the execution of the fine for
ten days. The son of Mrs. Patrick
promised to remit the fine and costs
within that time.
According to the witnesses heard
for the plaintiff, Mrs. Patrick moved
into the house z short time ago and
showed tendency to boss the place.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-02-03
ZALMA SCHOOLS ARE
CLOSED BY EPIDEMIC
smallpox Sweeping Large Sec
lion South of Advance,
Mo.

The schools in the Zalma School
District, southwest Of Advance, have
been closed owing to an epidemic Of
smallpox among the children. The
school in Zalma was the first to close.
The children were dismissed shortly
before Christmas, but the school was
reopened after Christmas only to be
again closed after a short session.
The Zalma district has four schools
and only one OF these has been spared
from the epidemic. This is the Cox
school near Zalma. The town school
in Zalma, the Hall school and the
James school, both near Zalma, have
al been closed for some time. The
Fomes school dismissed its children
.o- ~ indefinite period last Thursday
ans the teachers were permitted to
TIN home. Miss Mabel Poe of Jack
son, one of the teachers at the James
school, returned to her home in the
county seat yesterday.
Two other schools not belonging TO
the Zalma district have been closed or
account of smallpox. They are the
Ladd and Eaker schools, southwest of
Zalma.
The James school was dismissed
when it became known that a family
with three children living near the
schoolhouse had contracted smallpox,
and in order to prevent the disease
from spreading, the children were sent
nome.
Smallpox made its first appearance
N Poplar Bluff. One case in the Cape
fatally when Mrs. Lester
Henson, who lived on Broadway, died
Turing the latter part of December.
She is thought to have been infected
With the disease while visiting her par
.nts in Poplar Bluff.
Logan Kinder, the Iron Mountain
agent at Jackson, who was taken to
st. Louis several weeks ago, is also
aid to have contracted smallpox. H /
vas permitted to return home this !
week.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-02-03
Janitor Loses
False I eeth AS
Torch Blows Up
losses Oil Can Into Furnace,
Causing An Explosi on
Which Rocks Building
Drops Molars In Dash For
Liberty.

1t requires considerable speed for :
man to run right out from under his
teeth, but it happened Yesterday when
the colored ianitor in the Houck build
ing left the basement Of the American
store after an explosion in the fur
mace.
The janitor was cleaning up the
basement, and in q pile Of rubbish wa
a torch. which had been used in the
Democratic parade following the Dem
ocratic victory in November. The
torch can was filled with coal oil. but
its contents were not discovered until
after it had been tossed into the fur
mace.
The negro had Just closed the far
mace door when an explosion followed
4 gust Of fame burst cut Of the OK
haust doors Of the furnace and the
sound of the decoration was dcafea-
ing. Believing thac lie had accidental
ly dropped a stick OF dynamite IN The
stove, the janitor made dash ror
safety.
Occupants Of the building did no
see the janitor start, but when h"
reached the street. Ben Ein-ard stated
he vas running s.dawise to keep from
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-02-03
MILK IN WINTER

Why do your cows give less mill
in winter than they do in summer
Just because nature does not supply
them with grasses and green food
But we have come to the assistanc6
of Dame Nature with B. A. Thomas
Stock Remedy which contains the very
Ingredients that the green feed sup
plies in season, only of course, in 2
more highly concentrated form. w
guarantee that this remedy will max,
your cows give more milk. and bette
milk, with the same feed.
F. F. BRAUN & BROS.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-02-03
LEVLNS0N GIVEN
A FEE OF $4,000
hrehans, &s;Cy Hearing Evidence
Finds legal service Worth
That sum.

/ Ice Of $1,000 Vas allowed &--cr-
nay Morris c. Lcyiuson Of s.. LOU.
who represented the creditors Of the
.IaHn estate Of New Madrid, MGR
camille company, which was declared
bankrupt b. he United States Bank
@ptcy Court two years ago. Oscar
knchans, United States Referee in
Bankruptcy. made this announcener.
yesterday afternoon 2itcr he had T.
viewed the testimony Of the ten Wit
nesses that We're examined by him in
order 70 determine The sum 20 be al
lowed the attorney.
Several weeks ago when Lcv:n5on
was 5sl.cd 20 file an account Of MS ey-
penzcs and fee in the bankruptcy
co., he submitted 4 petition tor :
.5tlc more than $4CO0. This fee ap-
pcaring to be czorbitaHt to the cred
tors, Levinso1 was requested BY Knc-
hens TO file an amended account. Lc-
v:nson than added $1,000 to the oriG,na
foc, amounting to q total Of SGG35.
In order C determine whether this
fee was justified, Knehans called o.
several attorneys in St. Louis and in
the Cape to have them give adv.safr
testimony as to the fee for Levinson.
The sum suggested ranged from $4,000
to $500.
Taking into consideration. Nr. Kne-
hans said, the fact that Lcvinson had
made numerous trips 10 Arkansas
and Colorado and other
States, and considering II worl, at
.achcd to The sott'ement Of tae estate
the services Of the attorney were
worth $1,000. and for that reason the
fec was set at this sum.
It vas due to the efficient work and
advice Of Mr.. Lerinscn. III" Referee
said. tina. the creditors received a
much of the bankrupt estate - WI
be paid OFT. The efforts Of the at
,orney brought the creditors about 50
per cent more than they expected to
receive. The settlement CT a clair,
# more than S2OG 900 held by the NJ
.oral Bank of Commerce against the
bankrupt estate for $1,000 netted the /
reditors a considerable saving out Of /
ne estate. Approximately - per cent /
f the accounts will be paid to the !
reditors.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-02-03
MRS. BURFORD CRITICALLY ILL

Mrs. Mary f. Burford, mother Of
Mrs. EHvard .. HAYS, is reported T.
be in a critical condition. She has been
in i'll health for several months, but
her condition. became critical in the
fost few days.
Mrs. Burfo~d Ives with her daugh-
ter. wso IS the wife OF Proha5o Jud~,
HAYS. Owing to her advanced age i
IS feared that she VIII not recover.
Mrs. HAYS was confred 70 her bcd
for several weeks. suffering from ar
ottack oC rheumatism and tonsilitis,
but mas regained her health.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-02-03
GRANDMA" JACOBS
DIES AT POOR FARM
Well-kpOwn Charity Ward Was
A Familiar Figure
in Cape.

Two aged inmates of the County
Farm died Friday afternoon at nearly
the same hour. By coincidence both
died of old age and Ia grippe. They
were buried yesterday afternoon at
the cemetery of the County Farm.
The aged people We're Mrs. May ia
cobs and William MunseIl. Mrs. ia
cobs was we'll known in the Cape, hay-
ing lived here for nearly 20 years.
She came here after the death Of her
husband, with whom she lived in Ad-
vance. she made her home at first
With Dr.. Grisham and his wife, who
is now Mrs. Elligood. She has no. iiv-
ing relatives, according TO several
Cape Girardoauans who knew her FOL
a long time.
Mrs. Jacobs reached an age Of IS
years. Two years ago when she be-
came too feeble to make he rown live
lihood she was sent to a Baptist Home
in Arcadia. Her friends of the Bap-
list Church, Of which she was a MEM
Der, collected sufficient funds to take
care of the aged woman during her
stay at the home in Arcadia.
She remained at the institution only
Z few months and returned to the
Cape. Her friends then decided 10
commit her TO the County Farm. She
was an inmate for nearly a year. She
vas we'll provided for by her friends
Turing the time she remained at the
County Farm. Every week she would
receive a basket OF provisions fro.I
~ friends in the Cape.
Mrs. Jacobs was widely known II
he city. After leaving the home O.
NJ. Grisham she obtained the 2gency
:or Chicago toilet article concern
Several years ago she vas forced to
i've Up work on account Of her phys
cal condition and had to rely upon the
charity Of her friends for support. She
lived in q small house on SprigG street
and for a long time was cared for by
the neighbors.
A weei, ago Grandma" Jacobs, a
she was called, contracted a cold. o.
account Of her age, she sank gradually
md died Friday afternoon. The fGrer-
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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-02-03

Rev. Alfred Kraemer and his bride,
formerly Miss Edna Niermann, of the
the Cape, have arrived safely at Bue-
nos Aires, the parents of Mrs. Krae-
mer were informed yesterday morning
by cablegram. The couple will remain
in South America for several years
where Rev. Kraemer has accepted a
missionary field.
W. A. Goodpasture of Sikeston was
a visitor in the Cape yesterday.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-02-03
PRESIDENT WILSON VETOES
THE IMMIGRATION MEASURE
Special Dispatch to The Tribune.

Special Dispatch to The Tribune.
Washington, Jan. %. Presidcn.
Wilson for the second time today. We
toed the Burnett immigration bill.
which recently went through both
houses of Congress.
It IS believed thu. ~ effort viii be
made by advocates OF the measure to
pass it over his veto. There is doubt.
however, that two-thirds of CONGRESS-
can be induced to vote for the bill.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-02-03

Miss Inez Osterloh, who has been
critically i'll with pneumonia, is said
to be improving. The attending phys
ician believes that she has passed
the crisis of her sickness and will re-
cover rapidly.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-20

Proof Of labor blanks FOR sale at
Gateway.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-20
BILLY" SUNDAY
TO PLAY BALL

LOS ANGELES. Sent 20 - The
Pow William A cRmvY Sunday
o,,oroeIist and ono time ,rofessionaI
b,soh,u ,,,var has accented , cboI.
Ienge to lead a team ON the diamond
here Monday. September "a. to meet
q team of motion picture actors, head
ga Inv Douplas Fairbanks The pro-
ceeds of the game will be devoted to
the purchase of baseball supplies for
the men oi the National Army from
Los Angeles.
Douglas Fairbanks. who Is now in
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-20
LOCUST TREES
USED FOR NAILS

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept 13.-Rep-
resentatives of the wooden ship yards
on the Pacific coast have been buy
ing up the locust trees in the irrigat-
ed country east of the Cascade noun
tains, to use the wood for nails and
pins in the wooden ships. Workmen
in the employ of the buyers cut down
the locust trees, chop them up, take
away the stuff they wish and leave
the remainder on the ground. The
shipbuilders use the locust wood be-
cause it is strong and does not decay.
The farmers in the irrigated country
grow the locust because it is the most
beautiful of all the fast-growing
trees.
The locust is a native of Eastern
North America, and was formerly a
favorite shade-tree in Eastern cities,
but it is no longer permitted to be
planted there because Of a boring in
sect which makes the tree trunk a
mass of running sores and at last
causes it to fall. The locust is threat
ened with extinction in its native
home because of the borer, but on
the Pacific coast the tree is perfect
Iy sound and grows even more rap
idlv than in the East. A locust tree
chopped to the ground is soon restored
by sprouts from the stump.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post. [volume] (Seward, Alaska) 1917-1918, 1917-09-20
Centralizes Supplies

at is now desirable and necessary
to centralize in the hands Of the Amer
lean Red Cross all contributions of
supplies which have heretofore been
handled by the war relief clearing
house for France and her allies. The
American Red Cross will hereafter re-
ceive and forward to France all such
contributions of supplies, which will
there be received and distributed by
the American Red Cross for France
and Belgium.
"You are therefore advised that on
and after September 1, 1917, the ware
house Of the war relief clearing house
at 1873 Charleston Street, New York
City, will be discontinued Thereafter
all contributions of supplies for France
and her allies should be delivered
either to the American Red Cross
supply service, export department,
Fifty-sixth street, and North river,
New York, or to the nearest Red
Cross chapter, which will receive and
forward your contributions without
expense to you.
"The war relief clearing house for
France and her allies, after full con-
sideratiOn of the difficulties in trans
portatiOn, distribution, etc, due to the
existing military situation, is per
suaded that the arrangements made
are most desirable and will result in
greatly increased efficiency Of Oper-
alton.