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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-08-31
CLEVER BURGLAR
Is CHASED FROM
WEST END STORE
Dog Awakened Frightening
Burglar by Bark
ing.
THIEF BELIEVED TO
BE FROM LARGE CITY
B0res Hole in Plate Glass Win.
dow of West End Store
Fails to Enter.

A burglar who attempted to break
into the West End Grocery, owned by
G. w. Setback, was frightened away
late Monday evening before the thief
could enter the store. A bull dog kept
in the store during the night was
aroused by the noise of the burglars
work. Persons living over the store
were awakened by the barking of the
dog and saw well-dressed man run
ming down the street and disappear
in the shade of the trees along Will
liam street.
From all indications the burglar was
a professional one. He had already
bored a hole in the plate-glass window
on the east side of the building. The
timely awakening of the watch dog
prevented the burglar from complet-
ing his work, for he had not been
able to drill the hole through the plate
glass window.
Indications are that the thief work
| ed with a brace mounted with a dia-
mond or some other hard stone used
to cut glass. The surface of the place
where the thief had started to cut the
hole was as smooth as the surface of
the plate-glass. 1t has the shape of
an egg and was small enough to be
covered with the tip of the thumb.
The attempted burglary was dis
covered yesterday morning when the
store was opened. By inquiring of the
|neighbors, Mr.. Setback learned that the
man had been frightened away late
Monday night. 1t is believed that the
burglar is skilled at his profession
and has come to this city to use his
methods to rob some Of the stores.
The West End Grocery is located
on the southwest corner of William
and Hanover streets, in the midst Of
a residence district. 1t is without any
police protection, and had it not been
for the dog the thief could have ac-
complished his purpose.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-08-31

show that Wilson Taylor was under
the influence of liquor to such IAN ex-
tent that he was hardly able to offer
any resistance
]. w. Taylor, father of Wilson Tay-
lor, announced after the jury had re-
turned the verdict that he would file
an appeal. He caused the arrest of
Policeman Freeman several days ago
after Judge Willer had issued the
warrant charging the officer with as
sault and battery. Wilson is still in
the City Jail serving a fine of IS i'm
posed upon him for being intoxicated
on the street. He was tried last week.
The charge of resisting an officer was
dropped after City Attorney Limbaugh
and Attorney Spradling had announc-
ed that they would not press the
charge against the prisoner.
The trial of Policeman Freeman was
originally set for 10 o'clock in the
morning, but when the policeman ask
ed that the case be decided by a jury,
the hour was changed to / o'clock.
The following were selected to serve
on the jury: w. Palmer Oliver, fore
man; Earl G. Granting, Harry P.
Gaines, Cooper Randol, L. l.. Dalton
and G. w. Vaughn.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-08-31
Fire Chief Prevents Escape
of Shrewd Pri.
SOner.
FIREMEN WATCH HIM
PREPARING ESCAPE
Is Led Back into Police Station
and Placed in Separate
Cell.

An attempt 10 Tree nlmSelI from Tie
City Jail made by J. w. Parson yester-
day afternoon was frustrated by Fire
Chief Barney Kraft when he "nab-
bed" the prisoner as he started to
leave after having one of the pris-
oners throw his coat and other be-
longings from a second-story window
of the City Jail. Fire Chief Kraft
witnessed the attempted escape OF
Parson and seized him just as he
turned to leave the police station.
Fire Chief Kraft and Assistant
Chief George French were seated in
the front room of the police station
when they saw Parson approach the
Jail and call to one of the prisoners
upstairs. He asked Virgil Farrar, a
oolored prisoner, to throw his coat to
the ground, and the prisoner complied
with his urgent request. So preoccu-
pied was the mind of the escaping
prisoner that he failed to see the two
firemen, who were only few feet
away. Just as Parson picked up the
coat and started to leave, Kraft emerg-
ed from the building and seized him
by the arm. The prisoner was per-
picked as he had seen the chief of
police leave and believed nobody was
around the building. Chief Kraft took
the prisoner back into the building
and placed him in separate cell.
Parson was arrested Saturday even
ing by Policeman Hutson for miscon-
duct on the street and was fined S.
and costs by Police Judge Fristoe. Yes
terday afternoon Parson and Wilson
Taylor, who is also serving a fine
imposed upon him last week, were
put on the street to work. They as
sisted Street Commissioner Brunke in
repairing Sprigg street, near the cor
ner Of Broadway.
While Brunke was busy with the
repair work, Parson disappeared and
went back to the City Jail. He saw
Chief Whitener leave the police sta
ton and waited until the chief was
several blocks from the building be-
fore he asked the other prisoner to
throw his belongings down.
There's nobody around, the chief
just went down the street." Parson
urged the other prisoner. Throw my
coat down and will brink back some
thing NICE" Parson told the colored
prisoner. The latter finally consented
and pushed the coat through an open
ing in one Of the windows. The screen
had been removed several weeks ago
for the purpose of running a garden
hose into the Jail to scrub the floor.
Farrar, who has been in Jail for
several weeks on a charge Of failing
to register, admitted to Fire Chief
Kraft that he had thrown the coat to
the prisoner waiting outside. He said
he believed Parson had paid his fine
and was at liberty to leave. He was
cautioned not to aid another prisoner
to escape.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-08-31
ment for outdoor sports.

Hleul lOT OutuOOT Sports.
The teachers Of the six public
schools, including the High School,
were assigned as follows for the COM
ing term of 1917-1s:
High School-W. T. Doherty, prir-
|cipal; A. R. Harness, o. F. Swindell,
Herman ]. Nagee, Misses Elizabeth
Davis, Gladys Tanner, Clara Kelly,
Cinda Swilley. Viola Luckey. Mary
Howard, Alma Umbeck, Margaret
Gatzweiler, Mildred VIM, Marian Kill
Tough, teachers.
Lorimier School-Miss May Greene,
principal; Edna Hannah, Erna LINK
weller, Celeste Hoch, Lucille Ringo,
Fay Champion, Virginia Miller, O~y
Randall and Ruth Town, teachers.
Jefferson School-MiSs Alma Schra-
der, principal; Misses Helen Mueller,
Frances Helmkampf, Auta Ozorio,
Bertha Wilson, Virginia Daffron,
Placide Weber and Martha Pratt,
teachers.
Washington School - Miss Nellie
Kruger, principal; Misses Floy Mil
leri Susie LETTERS, Linda Williams.
Grace Norvell and Georgia Westover,
teachers.
Broadway School-MiSs Jean Cald-
we'll, principal; Misses Charlotte Mar
tin, Irene Clopton, Helen Carroll, Jo-
sephine Francis, Lydia Irion, Nina
Wisecarver and Wathena Ranney,
teachers.
Lincoln School-O. o. Nance, prin-
cipal; ]. S. Cobb, Misses Fannie 3.
Nichols, Kitsy Townsend, Mary Hicks
and Leona Williams, teachers.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-08-31
Small Pox Cases, Cause OF
Quarantine, Have
Vanished.
MANY MEN ARE STILL
NEEDED FOB REGIMENT
Campaign to Enlist Volunteers
to be Launched During Fair
Week at Cape.

Inc QudTdntlHt Ou Tic SlAtl NILS
souri, now encamped at Nevada, was
lifted Sunday morning, according to
advices from the State training camp
The entire regiment was quarantined
Immediately upon arrival in the State
camp two weeks ago. Several cases
of smallpox were discovered in Com
pany L, and for that reason the en-
tire regiment was segregated in order
to prevent the disease from spreading
to other regiments.
A final campaign to increase the
number of the members of the Cape
company will be made during Fair
week. At present the company is
lacking 4S men of being recruited to
full war strength. If volunteers can
not be had, it is probable that the regi-
ment will be completed by assigning
conscripted men to the company. Other
companies of the same regiment are
short great number of men.
Company NJ. recruited in Poplar
Bluff, still needs IL men, and the Dex-
ter company, 10, to fill its ranks to
war strength. The Doniphan company
is lacking So, and the Sikeston COM
pany even 81 to reach the full num-
Der Of $50 men each.
When the regiment reached the
training camp near Nevada two weeks
ago, the men We're required to under
go another physical examination I'M
der the supervision Of a Government
physician. Many were rejected fol
various reasons, principally because
Of physical disability.
Eleven men who departed with the
company from Cape Girardeau We're
turned down after the Government ex-
animation. They have returned to
their homes. A great number of men
from the Caruthersvile unit were also
sent back home The majority of these
were rejected because they We're mar
ried and had families depending upon
their support. These men had seen
actual service, on the Mexican border
last summer.
Three regiments Of the Missouri Ma
tional Guard are now in the State
training camp, namely, the First, Fifth
and the Sixth. The Missouri Fifth
was recruited from st. Louis volun-
teers. They arrived in Nevada Sun
day noon.
In order to fill the local company
to the required strength of $50 men,
it is planned to launch big campaign
during Fair week. A. M. Tinsley
general manager of the Missouri Pub
lie Utilities Co., is making an effort
to have the band of the Sixth Mis-
souri, play during this week, and have
the presence of these men encourage
the enlistment Of volunteers. Men of
Statewide repute will be secured TO
aid in the recruiting Of volunteers.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-08-31
GET READY

Now is the time that your hens will
moult or shed their feathers. This
should be assisted. B. A. Thomas
process is rather slow and nature
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, 1917-08-31

=. j. Farrar left for st. Louis yes
terday morning to take up his duties
as manual training instructor in the
Overland Park school in St. Louis
County.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-09-14
Urban and Rural Communities.

Urban and Rural Communities.
One OF the most noteworthy charac-
teristics of the social and industrial
life of the nation is the growth of
urban at the expense of rural commu.
mites. according to a report Of the cen.
sus bureau. The extent to which this
has occurred since the first census Of
the United States was taken in 1880 is
brought out in striking manner by
comparing the population of New York
then the only city Of over 3O,OOO-in
that year with the aggregate popula-
ton Of the 213 cities which are esti-
mated to have had more than 10000
inhabitants each in the fiscal year
1916. New York in the earlier year,
not long after the close Of the Revolu-
ton, reported population Of 33, 13l, or
only four-6fths Of / per cent of the to-
tai for the country; whereas In the
fiscal year 1916 the 213 cities covered
by the bureaus report were estimated
to have combined population Of more
than 100000, or nearly 50 per cent
Of the total for the country. During
this period Of about a century and a
quarter the population in cities Of over
10000 increased nearly thousandfold.
whereas that Of the entire country in
creased only about twenty-five fold
The population Of New York city alone
in the later year was 165 times as
great as in the earlier.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-09-14
BECIDA

Capt. J. w. Day and wife of Or
tonville, Mimi, who have been visit
ing their daughters, Mrs. M. Lawson
and Mrs. Will Preston, returned
home Monday.
Rev. and Mrs. G. Eastman of Moose
held services at the school house in
Dist. No. AZ Sunday.
Chet Lawson spent Sunday at
home, autoed to Anderson Siding in
the evening, where he is cooking for
the Bemidji Boxwood Co.
Mrs. NJ. Lawson entertained at
dinner Sunday. The guests were
Capt. J. w. Day and Mrs. Day, C.
Lawson, Mrs. Will Preston and chill
dren and Adam Mike of Bemidji.
E. A. Tolles has purchased another
cow and more young stock lately.
= We are very much pleased to hear
Mrs. F. Sankey has recovered and is
able to be out again.
Miss Bekken spent the weekend
in Bemidji.
Everybody is busy haying.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-09-14
NARROWED ON ISLE.

Commander Reports Rescue Of Mexi.
can Women and Children.
The navy department made public
the report of the American warship
commander who rescued from Clipper
ton island, in the Pacific, some time
ago, three women and eight children
who were the last remnants of party
with Captain Ramon de Arnaud of the
Mexican army to develop its guano de-
posits.
For military reasons the names of
the American vessel and its command
er were not made public. The COM
mander's report shows that the women
and children who were rescued had
barely escaped starvation, while Cap
tain de Arnaud lost his life at sea in
the small boat in which he started out
for help and that other members Of the
party died Of starvation and scurvy.
1t was not until after the number of
women and children left alive on the
island had been reduced to the limits
Of the small supply Of cocoanuts that
the ravages of scurvy ceased. For
more than two years these survivors
were forced to subsist on the flesh and
eggs Of gannets and gulls and occa.
sionally fish.
iaised a funi of 5000 for the relief Of
the refugees, who have been landed at
a Mexican port.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-09-14
CRIPPLE WINS EDUCATION.
Struggle For Learning Of Girl Unable
to Go to School,

Pluck and determination are making
an education possible for Margaret Col
Inns Of the Plum Creek district Of Kan
sas under conditions that would have
discouraged most children.
More than year ago Margaret fell
on the ice and has not been able to at
tend school since the accident
The teacher in this district, Fred
Brayer. boarded at her home. Marga-
ret studied during the days and recited
at night. She passed all of the exam
nations. received a county diploma
and is planning to go on with her edu-
cation
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-09-14

he Ia former suitor)-So you are mar
ried after all. You told me once that
you never intended to belong to any
man. She-Well, that remark still holds
good. He-But your husband? She
Oh, he belongs to me.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-09-14
Russian Treachery Involved?

VIC POy Va NOA AA0AJ. AL CAC ASuoSA0Ao
in sight were wildly excited, shouting
at each other to kill the anarchists OF
to kill the 'bourgeois," as the case hap.
pened to be. 1t looked as If there
would be fight between the Russian
passengers on our train, among whom
were several officers, and the soldiers
Of the garrison of Viatka, REINFORCED
by SociaHstic workmen.
In the meantime two or three train
loads Of soldiers, coming from the riv.
er, passed US. They had been ferried
across in boats from other trains on the
far side.
The coolest man for miles around ap-
parently was Senator Root, who was
fast asleep in his car, with some Of his
staff on guard. The senator had had
his excitement the day before and was
thoroughly tired out. The purple silk
curtains in his car were all drawn.
The whole train of eight cars was most
luxurious, having been in former days
, the private train of Nicholas II.
Charles Edward Russell, who is So
eialist, and James Duncan, who is con-
nected with the American Federation
Of Labor, had both gone to Russia as
members of the commission in the hope
Of assisting their Russian ''comrades."
But both were thoroughly Disguised
now, although they had probably reach
ed that state of feeling some days be-
fore they had left Petrograd. They had
long since found how perfectly useless
It is to try to talk reason to the liberty
mad Russian anarchists, and they
shrugged their shoulders and bit their
lips in chagrin as their Interpreter ex-
planned to them the nature Of the re-
marks of the anarchist on the pile OF
ties His favorite phrase was to the
effect that the war is war for Eng
Hsh, Japanese. French and American
capitalists and that the Russians
should fight. not the Germans. but cap.
italists all over the world.
"The Town of Fire.
Several Russian officers from our
train became so indignant at the third
or fourth repetition of this remark that
they shouldered into the anarchistic
audience. crying Shame! Shame
The soldiers turned on them angrily,
and it looked as if the officers were in
for bad heating when there was a
diversion.
Fire! Fire. some one cried. THE
holsheviki (anarchists) have set ths
town on fire.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-09-14
Engineer Projected Live. Of
Americans De,pite Blazing
&idgta and Burning Cars.
Editors Wife Tells How Par.
" Was Saved.
/ FRS. GREGORY MASON Of New
wi York, who recently reached j.

witness Of the two attempts to wreck
<the special train carrying the Root
commission. Mrs. Mason's account,
written for the Tokyo Advertiser, Of
which her husband, Gregory Mason, is
managing editor, is probably the only
one which has appeared in any pub
LEGATION, says the New York Evening
Post.
Angered by the efforts Of the Root
mission to get Russia to fight, German
agents and Russian anarchists burned
the bridge across the river at Viatka
! (named Tcheptsa, think) ahead of the
train carrying Mr.. Root and his party.
Only because their act was badly timed
did the train carrying the American
mission escape being dashed into the
river. A vigilant trainman discovered
the fire in the bridge in time to warn
the engineer Of the Root train. BAT.
fed in this attempt. the anarchists and
German spies then set fire to several
trains and rolled them down toward
the train carrying the Root party,
which was forced to back five miles
away from the town to find position
Of safety. l was surprised to find on
arriving in Japan that all news Of this
terrible attempt to murder the official
American party had been kept from
the press.
The Root special train left Petrograd
Monday evening, July 9. The regular
Siberian express, on which travelled.
left Petrograd the evening of the fol-
lowing day. On Wednesday from
trains coming toward Petrograd we
heard rumors that an attempt had
been made to destroy the Root train,
but we gave these reports scant cred
ence, as Russia now is full Of all
: sorts Of horrible rumors. But, awak-
ening In my compartment Thursday
morning at Viatka. heard the well
known voices Of Commissioner Charles
Edward Russell and Major Stanley
Washburn under my window. They
were talking to some one on our train.
Eyes, the bridge is down." Washburn
was saying. They tried to burn it un
der us, but they didn't time it right.
Still, they've already forced us to stay
twenty-four hours in this dirty place."
dressed as quickly as possible and
hurried out to see Basil Miles exercis-
ing his two Russian wolfhounds, which
created such a sensation when he
housed them in the cars Winter pal
ace. General Scott and Colonel Mott
were walking up and down the track
looking for defective rails. entirely
oblivious of the mob of Russian SOL
diers, who. only few feet away, were
applauding a denunciation Of Ameri-
cans by an anarchist perched on pile
of ties.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-11-27

received the Anchorage Times press dispatch; "Dens of vice flourish in Anchorage-gov- ernment at Washington will be asked to stop orgies" "
 Isn't Anchorage the sweet smelling little burg-just the place for a man with a family to live init is such a lovely place!
 And if the Gateway had said the above things-which it has known for two months-the Anchorage Times and the weakly Democrat would have yelled their little heads hollow. But the great and only daily in Anchorage sends out the real information to the world flares it's Wickedness to the four winds and then gloats over it's debauchery.
 What a nice story this is for government officials, who are supposed to be making Anch- orage, to see published in AL aska newspapers and in the newspapers in the United States, the newspapers down below. What an honor it is to live in such town and to have to be forced to ask the govern ment to step in and command the little burg to clean up, wipe its nose and be good.
 Disgusting, filthy, rotten publicity.
 But it must be the truth, for the Anchorage Times says so paid to put it on the cable to enlighten the world.
 Beautiful-that town of An chorage. Seward Gateway.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-11-27
LET THE HUN WORRY.

News from Russia and from Italy is disquieting. But Haig plugs right along.
 Mixed in with the dark tales of disaster to some of our al lies, and making up the color ful and dreadful warp and wool of war, are the bright re citals of the success of the British armies in northern France.
 Allied strategists have in- sisted from the beginning that this war will be dicided on the western front. They will let the Germans have their inn ings in Russia, Rumania and Italy while they continue to hit the line of the invaders in France and Belgium. They have a line of action mapped out, and this they intend to follow. It reminds one of Grants message to Lincoln: "We will fight it out on this line if 1t takes all summer" Haig is biting" into the German line, a bit at a time. His progress is necessarily slow, but when the "bite" is deep enough the results will be colossal. He is aiming at noth- ing less than forcing the Ger man lines to withdraw from practically all of France. This will force German evacuation of 0stend and Zeebruge, their Belgian submarine bases.
 The German line was drawn in once. When 1t draws again, as is inevitable, the allies will be within striking distance of German territory. A little biting' then will transfer war to enemy soil and bring the horrors of warfare still
 
 more wildly 10 the German Ipopulace.
 Active warfare will soon end
The Cordova daily times., 1917-11-27

for the winter. The snows and winds of the Al ps and the mis- erable, rainy weather that af- flicts northern France will force active campaigning to cease. The kaiser, with a sue cessful Italian campaign to his credit and with Russia on the borders of civil war, will make his strongest bid for peace through his newly appointed Catholic chancellor.
 For Germany is whipped, and German leaders know that. The war is a problem of math- ematies, of addition and sub traction. There is only one re- suit in arithmetic.
 Germany is wanting to get out of the war in the easiest way. But the allies want noth- ing but just peace, and if Germany continues to fight, the cards are stacked for her to receive a drubbing from which she will be years in re covering.
 There is no ground for al lied Encouragement. Let the Germans do the worrying.