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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-05
STATE FAIR FINANCES BE.
ING INVESTIGATED.

jefferson City. October A. State
Auditor George Hackmann is making
an audit of state fair finances and
when the work ha sheen finished it is
expected some valid reasons will be
found for the exhibition always has-
ing been a financial failure. It has
been said too many passes have been
issued. During the recent fair week
the state auditor had men in Sedalia
to see how many paid admittances
were registered and how many had
free passes. It is said one resident Of
Sedalia asked for 100 passes. Through
by the auditors men, the
request either was withdrawn or much
modified.
The law contemplates that passes
shall be issued only to those actually
with the fair and to ex-
hibitors and their helpers.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-05
Cordonvine News

Rev. w. C. Kruger left. for ST.
Louis Wednesday evening to attend
the Lutheran Conference. There will
be no services in GordpnKille next
Sunday.
Mrs. Ben Adams and daughter of
Benton are spending the week with
relatives here.
The Ladies Aid ST iety met with
Mrs. Mathilde Niemahr this week
Wednesday.
DR.. W. w. Ford, returned from st.
Louis Wednesday evening, where he
had been on business.
There will be a basket ball game
at the Liberty school house and box
supper Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Hanschen spent
a few days at Fornfelt the first of tie
week visiting their son George and
daughter, Mrs. Henry Voges.
The F. E. B. Club gave Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. F. Sander a towel shower
Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo J. Schwab are
spending the week in st. Louis and ST.
Charles. They expect to return about
the 18th of October.
Mrs. F. w. Rasche had business in
Jackson Thursday.
Mr.. Louis F. Gerecke, oldest son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Gerecke, left
Thursday morning for Fort Riley,
Kansas, where he will enter the train
ing camp. Il
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-05

D. c., and was expected to report
soon, began to fear he would loose out,
as it was impossible for him to sell
that part Of his household goods and
his horse, COW and feed on short no.
tice, but he received notice today that
the position was still open to him, but
he must come next week so he and his
family leave next Wednesday.
Prof. Dan Haldaman of near Fruit
land today took his wife to st. Fran
els hospital at Cape Girardeau for
treatment. Mrs. Haldaman is suffer-
ing with q stomach trouble.
w. C. LaPirere went to Delta yester-
day to make preparations to open a
store at that place.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-05

Five persons from Cape Glrardeau
were among chose who lwere hur'
when a Frisco passenger train colld-
Led with a freight train near Ste
Geneyieye at 1920 o'clock yesterday
morning. About Is persons were IL
jured, among theme several yer!
seriously. They were treated by the
four physicians of Ste. Genevieve, and
sent to the Meyer Hotel.
According to the information TIE
Tribune obtained from Ste. GenevleVe,
Joseph Mcdaniel, the fireman on the
passenger train was the most seriously
injured. He and the engineer OF the
passenger train, George Weston were
taken back to St. Louis during the
afternoon and taken to the Frisco Hos
pital. Mcdaniel suffered fracture
of the collar bone and the right arm
and internal injuries. Weston suffer
ed severe cuts about the face and
head. Both men saved their lives by
jumping, when they saw the accident
was unavoidable
p The collision occurred at the north
end Of the trestle about 300 yards
north of the Ste Genevieve station.
The passenger train was going at the
rate of 25 miles an hour when the
engine crashed into the rear part of
the freight train which was backing
up on the main track. Owing to the
fact that the tracks make sharp
curve just before reaching the trestle
the engineer Of the passenger train
did not see the freight until he was
within short distance. Seeing the
collision was unavoidable both jumped.
They were hurled for some distance.
The crash was heard over the entire
city, and in a short time the scene
of the accident was thronged with a
great mass of people who assisted in
carrying the injured to the station
from where they were taken to the
physicians The engine, Of the pass
enger train plunged into the creek be-
low the trestle, and was almost COM
pletely buried in the mud. A large
switch engine from Springfield, No.
has been dispatched to the scene to
pull the wrecked engine from the
creek. Efforts were made to drag it
from the creek with the two local
switch engines, but the combined
strength Of the two was not sufficient
to do the work.
The back car of the freight train
was reduced to splinters, The
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-05
News From The County Seat

Miss Marie Meier, daughter Of Mr.,
and Mrs. F. A. Meier, several miles
west of Jackson, and Martin Amos Of
near Gordonville, vii lbe married
Sunday. The young couple will make
their home with the parents Of thc
groom for the present.
Mrs. Withelmina Friedrichs yeste,-
day morning went to Pennington for a
visit with relatives.
Anday Stacker, who is employed
with Goodwin & Jean at Delta, is visit
ing his family.
Mrs. Bern Looney yesterday aftee-
noon entertained a number of ladies at
a party.
Mrs. ]. Phelps of Cairo, ILL.,, arrived
Thursday to nurse her sister, Mrs. e.
Ford, who has been critically i'll since
last Saturday.
Mrs. Herman Soehlig Thursday fell
down flight Of stairs in her home
and hurt her right arm badly. The
heel Of her shoe caught the upper step
as she started to descend and caused
her to fall.
Mrs. Anna Pulls is in st. Louis with
her daughter, Mrs. John Halliburton,
who was very sick the first of the
week, but is some better now.
Alvin KLEIN will 60 to Cape Girar
deau to work for the Bell Telephone
Company.
Gus. Sander Of Gordonville will move
to thi.; city the first of next week
and will occupy one Of Mrs. Eugene
Obermillers cottages on west LIST South
street. Mr.. Sander has secured work
in Mill B.
Miss Gertrude Horn who is teaching
at Whitewater, came home this even
ing to spent the week end.
Alban Caldwell who was notified
about ten days ago that he had secured
a government position in Washington
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-05
Mabel Craig of Jackson Ad.
mits Murder Plot to
Sheriff.
ACCUSED COLORED MAN
BEING HER ACCOMPLICE
Wilson White Taken Under Ar
rest, Denies That He Aided
Girl in Murder Plot.

That she murdered her little child
by administering carbolic acid with the
milk, was the confession obtained yes
[terday by Sheriff Hutson from Mabel
Craig, colored girl, who has been
held in the county Jail on suspicion OF
disposing of her child. She also i'm
plicated Wilson White, a colored man,
in the murder plot. He was arrested
yesterday afternoon by Marshal Rob-
ert Masters of Jackson, but denied the
charge made by the girl.
The girl was arrested several days
ago on charges of grand larceny and
burglary, and while she was in the
custody the authorities made every eff
fort to obtain a confession and con-
tinued to investigate the rumor that
the girl had killed her little baby.
Mrs. Grace Hooper, a colored wo-
man, living in st. Louis, who raised
the Craig girl, arrived in Jackson yes
terday and with her persuasion Sher-
IF Hutson was able to get the girl TO
make the confession. According to the
statement of Sheriff Hutson to The
Tribune last night, the girl said she
had killed her baby on the night OF
September 81.
The sheriff said the girl confessed
she mixed some carbolic acid with the
baby's milk azsss gave her the poison
that night. This, the girl confessed,
she did at the suggestion Of Wilson
White, a porter at the Burford Hotel,
in Jackson.
After the baby had died, She told
Sheriff Hutson, she took the body 10
White who buried it somewhere. She
did not know what he did with the
corpse, but he told her later, she said.
he had buried it in the field near the
Loss sawmill. A search will be made
today to find the body.
Upon the statement of the girl
White was also arrested, but he denied
every charge the girl made incriminat-
ing him. He is now in Jail. The pre-
liminary hearing of the Craig girl on
the charge of larceny and burglary
will be held today before Justice of the
Peace Putt in Jackson.
When the child of the girl disap-
peared two weeks ago, the police be-
gan to make an investigation as to the
circumstances Of the disappearance.
The colored girl was subjected to the
"third degree" by Marshal Masters,
but she denied steadfastly the charge
that she had killed her baby. She told
the marshal at that time she had sent
the girl away to Chicago to some rela-
tives. She showed letter bearing a
Chicago date line, but she could not
produce the envelope in which she said
she had received the communication.
The girl, who is about 16 years old,
has been living in Jackson for about
a year and has been employed in vari-
Gus families as housemaid. She is said
to be mentally deranged.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-05
RECORD EXPECTED IN SWEET
POTATO YIELD.

Charleston, No., Oct. S. The sweet
potato crop in Southeast Missouri will
soon be ready to gather, and while
the acreage is less than last year
owing to the high cost of seed the
yield will establish record, accord
ing to growers. The price remains
good and several are expecting to clear
$500 an acre on this years crop.
The average will probably be great
ly increased enxt year owing to pre-
vailiing high prices.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-05
ENGINE OF PASSENGER
TRAIN FALLS IN CREEK
Injured Cared for on Seene-St.
Louis Woman Critically
Hurt.
SOME OF THOSE HURT
IN the FRISCO WRECK

The Passengers from Cape
Girardeau who were injured are:
Mrs. Florence Boone; braise
on top of the head.
Mrs. r. B. Dobson, ia ..
Pacific St., bruised and shaken
up.
Dorothy Dobson, 9 months
old, daughter of Mrs. Dobson,
cut on the left cheek
Mrs. Phil R. Williams, wife OF
the physician, 10 S. Ellis Street,
cuts about the face and bruises
about the body.
Roy Williams, son of DR.. and
Mrs. Phil R. Williams, cuts
about the face and body.
Others injured were:
Joseph Mcdaniel, fireman on
passenger engink, fractured col
lar bone and right arm and IN
ternal injuries
George Weston, engineer
cuts about the head and face and
probably internal injuries.
Mrs. T. B. Edwards, wife of
DR.. T. B. Edwards. 1927 South
Broadway, st. Louis. Internal
injuries and fractured ribs.
h. W. Lowe, Of St Louis,
bruises about the body and frac-
ture of rib on right side.
B. Mussulman, East st. Louis
cuts about the face and head.
George Weber of Perryville,
bruised left side, ,and Commissions
on the arms.
George Lois, colored, Clinton
KY, fracture Of rib and inter-
nal injuries.
DR.. Herold, dentist of Skies
ton, and three children. All cut
and bruised.
Mr.. Day insurance agent OF
81. Louis, bruises and cuts about
the body and face.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-05

Statement Of Ownership. Management
Circulation, Etc, Required BY tj,'
Act Of Congress Of August IA, 1912
OF The Daily Tribune, published daily
except Monday, at Cape Girardeau
Mo-, for October 1, 1917:
State Of Missouri, County of caDe
Girardeau-ss:
Before me, a U. s. Commissioner in
and for the State and county afore-
said, personally appeared James P,
Whiteside, who, having been duty
sworn according to law, deposes and
says that he is one Of the editors IF
The Daily Tribune, and that the fol-
lowing is, to the best of his knowl-
edge and belief, true statement of
the ownership, management land if a
daily paper, the circulation), etc., Of
the aforesaid publication for the date
shown in the above caption, required
by the Act Of August "a, 1912, en-
bodied in section 443, Postal Laws and
Regulations, printed on the reverse
side of this form, to-wit:
/. That the names and addresses of
the publisher, editor, managing editor,
and business manager are: Editor,
James P. Whiteside; Business Man
ager, vacant; Publisher, Cape Girar-
deau Publishing Co.
2. That the owners are: (Give the
names and addresses of individual
owners, or, If corporation, give It's
name and the names and addresses of
stockholders owning or holding 1 per
cent or more Of the total amount Of
ock.)-James P. Whiteside, Cape
Girardeau; A. r. Zoelsmann, Caoe
Girardeau; Charles Blattner, Cape
Girardeau; A. D. Blomeyer, Cape
Girardeau; Meyer & Suedekum, Cape
Girardeau; NJ. o. Whiteside, Cape
Girardeau.
8. That the known bondholders,
mortgages, and other security hold
ers owning or holding l per cent Or
more Of total amount Of bonds, mort
cages, or other securities are: Of
there are none, so state. )-None.
4. That the two paragraphs next
above, giving the names of the own
ers, stockholders, and security holders,
if any, contain not only the list of
stockholders and security holders as
they appear upon the books Of the
stakeholder or security holder appears
upon the books of the company as
trustee, or in any other judiciary
relation, the name Of the person or
corporation for whom such trustee is
acting, is given; also that the said two
paragraphs contain statements en-
bracing atlantis full knowledge and
belief as to the circumstances and con-
ditions under which stockholders and
security holders who do not appear
upon the books of the company as
trustees hold stock and securities in a
capacity other than that Of bona
fide owner; and this affiant has no
reason to believe that any other per-
son, association, or corporation has
any interest direct or indirect in the
said stock, bonds, or other securities
than as so stated by him.
5. That the average number Of
each issue of this publication sold or
wise, to paid subscribers during the
six months preceding the date shown
above is daily 1912. (This informa-
ton is required from daily publications
through the mails or other-
only.)
(Signed) James P. Whiteside.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this third day of October, 1917.
(Signed) F. A. Rage,
U. S. Commissioner.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-05

vailiing high prices.
baggage car of the passenger train
and the tender were also badly dam
aged. The baggage was completely
destroyed.
The collision occurred with such force
that every passenger on the train was
either hurled from his seat into the
isle or thrown against the front seat
In the chair car passengers fought a
desperate struggle to get to the exits
and during the confusion several
women were bruised and thrown on
the floor
The inside of the dining car was
totally wrecked, every dish was brok.
en-. The walters and other attend
ants in the car were all cut and
bruised. The windows were shattered
by the flying dishes, and hardly g
window remained unbroken.
The injured persons were taken to
| Mrs. Williams, who was in the chair
car was thrown forward against a
seat. She was treated by her hus-
band upon her return to the city. Her
son, who was in the smoker was also
hurled against the seat.
It required about four hours to
clear the track. The engine which
had been pushing the freight cars
was pressed into service and brought
the passenger train south. The train
arrived in the Cape shortly after
five o'clock, four hours behind
schedule. The baggage car was left
at Ste. Genevieve with its contents.
The accident it was said wais due
to the fact that the engineer of the
freight train had made a mistake in
the time. 1t was said his watch was
slow and he did not anticipate the ar
rival of the passenger train.
Most of the injured persons were
able to continue on their way.
Several travelling men who were bound
for Ste. Genevieve were slightly in
jured. They were able to walk to the
hotel after their injuries were dressed.
Mrs Boone told a reporter of The
Tribune it was the worst accident she
had ever seen. With the crash, she
said, there were all precipated from
the seats in the club car into the isle.
Mrs. Dobson, she said, was hurled on
top of her little child. The bottom
of the chair on which they were seated
was torn from it's fastening and
struck the baby in the face, inflicting
a deep cut.
Mrs. Boone was thrown into the
isle striking her head against some
thing, she could not say what it was.
She suffered bad bruise on top of
the head.
the four physicians of the city Drs.
A. C. Meyer, F. E. Hinch, Robert
Lanning, and George Ruthledge were
kept busy for more than two hours
dressing the injured persons. The in
jured crew were taken back to st.
Louis on the afternoon train ascom-
panied by DR.. Hinch, the railroad ply
stefan Of Ste Genevieve.
Mrs Edwards was taken to the
Meyer Hotel, where she was attended
by DR.. Rutledge The physician
found her to be critically injured.
Her husband arrived on the evening
train. She was in such a serious
condition that she could not be re-
moved from the hotel.
Mrs. Edwards was on her way to
Sikeston to attend the funeral Of the
wife of DR.. Herold, whose body wis
in the baggage car. The casket was
badly damaged but the body was not
disfigured. DR.. Herold and his three
children were also on the train. They
were all hy1,iead oy,d oh ol,ev, ,,,
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-05
RIPLEY CO. AGAINST
$2O0,OOOROAD BOND

Doniphan, Mo-, Oct. 4-The election
held in this county on Tuesday on
the authorization of 100000 kor>h
of road improvement bonds resulted
in defeat of the proposition. The
vote was 867 to 794. A two-thirls
majority was necessary to carry the
proposal. Another election likely will
be called.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-10-05

Mrs. Harry Morrison of Dexter is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. d. Ma
lions.
The Press., 1917-11-08
UNION.

MT. and Mrs. Howard G. Barber and daughters, Mabel and Ruth, re- turned to their home in Windsor last Tuesday after spending a few days with Mrs. B. H. Barber.
 Cutting of timber on the lot owned by Webster Bros is we'll under way. The Clemence Associates of South bridge bought the timber on the farm and the saving is to be done by Hall & Harmon, who now have their mill in Plainfield finishing out job there. The Sunday school will meet immediately after the morning ser vice. All interested in Sunday school Thanksgiving concert, to be held on the Sunday preceding, or the Sunday following Thanksgiving day are especially requested to be present next Sunday that arrangements for it may be duly made. The church bell will ring on Sunday mornings, until further notice, as follows: At 9 o'clock and ] 0. 45 and tolled at 10. 55.
 The committee who distributed the pledge cards for the. United States food administration met with hearty cooperation from nearly everyone. Every stay at. home, and most of us are stay at. homes, should be glad and proud to help win the war by personal care and self-denial.. If anyone. still entertains a doubt that food is the weapon that must win the war, we wish he might read those convincing articles by Herbert Q. Hoover in the last National Geographic Magazine. Your individual saving may seem so small as to be scarcely worth while,
The Press., 1917-11-08

ohurch has an interesting history, having formerly stood on 8 small plot of land in Somers center It was given to the Spiritualist society in 1861 by Calvin Hall, a wealthy spiritualist, who died in the early sos. He also gave the society a considerable sum through his will which, though contested by relatives, was allowed to stand. For several years the church, which took in no new members, continued to hold ser. vices until about twelve years ago when there was but one member living. He died recently and the old church has stood unoooupied since his funeral, which was the last service held there The property of the society reverted to the general fund of the Connecticut state association of Spiritualists.
The Press., 1917-11-08
SOMERS.

Mrs. John Hunt is acting as assistant to Postmaster Pease
 Mrs. Louisa w. Burden has had as recent visitor her sister, Mrs. George Frisbie, of Unionville.
 Walter Fields, son of MT. and Mrs. Fred Fields, has enlisted in the aviation corps at Springfield.
 Mrs. George E. Teed of Springfield has been recent guest in the home of MT. and Mrs. Walter B. Whitlock.
 Edward Courtney killed a large buck deer which was eating in his turnip field last week Thursday morn- ing.
 Oliver J. Lyman has gone to New Britain where he will spend some time in the home of his uncle, Henry Lyman.
 The Ladies Aid society spent all day yesterday sewing for the annual Christmas sale. They met in Pied mont hall and enjoyed dinner at noon to which each woman contributed.
 Mrs. Anna l.. Pomeroy has gone to Boston where she is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Clarence Moore. From there she will go to the home of Rev. and Mrs Earl H. Thayer in Wellfeet, where she will spend several days.
 Miss Alice Fields has returned to the home of her parents after spend ing four months at Battle Greek, Mich, where she took up an advanced course in nursing. She was graduated from the Springfield hospital as a trained nurse in 1916.
 Work has begun of appraising the bankrupt stock of Ernest Evans. Martin J. German of Thompsonville is the trustee and the appraisers are William German of Thompson ville, Amos White of Somersville and Raymond s. Bugbee of Somers
 Mrs. Edward Lyman is attending the state Sunday school convention at New Haven which is in session to. day and tomorrow. Mrs. Lyman is a delegate from the Congregational Sunday school. Mrs. David Kibbe went as a delegate from Somersville.
 The town of Somers has bought the old Spiritualist church which stands on about four acres of land near the Catholic parish house. It will be renovated and used as a school. The
The Press., 1917-11-08
ELLINGTON. Nruatal Lake

Miss Jennie Carlson of Hartford spent Sunday with her parents, MT and Mrs. John Carlson.
 Mrs. Mabel Parker and daughter, Leona, are spending a few days at the Prescott farm in Rockville.
 MT. Barrows and family of Rock vile have recently moved to the Bowers place. MT. Barrows is em- ployed on the trolley line.
 A merry husking party was held last Thursday evening at the home oi MT. and Mrs. Julius c. West in Snip sic. Those who attended from Crystal Lake were Miss Lizzie Chapman, Miss Ora Charter, Mrs. A. U. Charter and Dorothy Charter. Old time dances were indulged in and music by Stein s orchestra and a most enjoyable time was had ny all Refreshments were served.