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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-01-18

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GUARDIANS NOTICE OF LETTER
Ncticc is hereby given that the
Hadcr. &ned was. on the 3rd day Of
December, t917. appointed guardian
cf the personal and real estate of {.
i Zapf. 4 person Of ursound mind,
nd ;ha. Il certificate of appointment
ga, granted her By the Cape Girar-
Icuu Court Of Common Pleas, Cape
C,ir:.rdoau County, Missouri. bearing
date, @rd da, of December, 1911 All
persons having claims against the es-
tic ot SAID Christine a. Zapf are re-
paired % exhibit them to the under
signed guardian for allowance within
one year after the date of granting
-a.u certificate. OF they may be pre-
.,aacd Ion any benefit Of said estate,
ID that if such claims be not exhib-
ted within one year from the date Of
,ran..ng SAID certificate, theyshall be
.orcFer barred.
Rose +. Mcystedt, Guardian.
Attest. Ben INWARD Clerk of the
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-01-18

,OST-W;ll party who by mistake
took srcen $ < umbrella with lozg
silver handle from the Missouri
P-bljc Ut.'ites office kindly tele-
phone HOS. Initials M. E. Y. O."
err a.ed on handle. Umbrella was
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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-01-18
MARIA KELLER

Admin StrlatriX
Witness my hand and seal his 4th
la, OF January, 1918.
(SeaD ". &. HAYS
Clerk of the Probate Court
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-01-18
FINAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to al crcdi
Us and others interested in the estate
FRITZ KELLER
deceased, that |, the undersigned in
.cnd to make final settlement of tn
state Of said deceased at the next
.crm Of the Probate Court of. Cape
Girardeau County, Missouri, to be
held at jackson, Missouri, beginning
ii the II day of February, 1913.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-18
CUTS FLYERS
PARACHUTE ROPE
Wounded American Tells of
Cruelty 1000 Feet Above
Battlefield.
HUN BRUTE GRINS AT HIM
Yank Swings HeIplessIy in Air Watch
ing the Rope the Parting of Which
Would Plunge Him
to Death.

Paris.-An act of refined German
cruelty 1000 feet above a certain bat
tlefield was related to me at the great
hospital at Neuilly, neal Paris, by an
American balloonist, whose name can
not be mentioned because he is not yet
listed as a casualty. This American
was descending in a parachute when a
German aviator deliberately cut the
parachute ropes. Here is his story:
Another lieutenant observer and
myself were up in a sausage We
were not worried, because the German
aviators had been very quiet lately.
Suddenly a German pursuit plane
dropped out of the clouds overhead
In a straight nose dive toward our bal
loon, firing explosive bullets. We i'm
mediately took to our parachutes. The
blazing balloon collapsed and plunged
20 feet away from us. the fire scorch-
Ing us as it fell.
Cuts Parachute Ropes.
ST did not see the German aviator
until about a minute after my para
chute had opened. Then he drove
past me, firing not at me but at the
parachute ropes. / saw tracer bullets
overhead had cut two ropes. The
parachute began to wobble and threat
ened to collapse.
"The enemy flyer drew q circle, then
came back, despite the arches (high
angle guns) whose shells were menac-
ing me as we'll as him.
II tried to use my revolver, hoping
[ could land one bullet before plung-
Ing, but L was hampered by the har-
ness. The coward deliberately grinned
at my first shot. Then he fired again
at the ropes. / fell with a sudden jar.
I saw q third rope swiftly unraveling (;
1t had been cut. Just then a she'll
burst near and drove the plane away.
SCOT Foes Number"
Imagine my sensation, swinging
helplessly in the air, watching the rope
the parting of which would plunge
me-! Well, the parachute collapsed
about thirty feet above a forest. Here
I am, and my only hope is to get back
and get a chance at that German avi-
ator. / remember his plane number
yes, I got his number"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-18
Official
Food NeUs
Issued by
Federal Food Administra-
ton for South Dakota,
c. NJ. HERREID, Administrator.
A HOOVER TEXT o o

About a year ago Federal Food Ad-
ministrator Herreid urged upon Mr..
Hoover the Importance of preparing
for the common schools a small text
book devoted to the consideration of
the war: the causes of the war, the
horrors of the war, emphasizing pat
riotism, the right and privileges of
good citizenship, loyalty to our gov
ernment,-all as a foundation and
preparation for instruction regarding
food conservation.
Work on such a text book was be-
gun, but abandoned when assured that
this work would be taken up in Wash
ington. This South Dakota idea and
venture has been urged persistently
upon the United States Food Admin
istration. Mr.. Herreid urged that the
time had come for teaching American
ism in the public schools; that the
melting pot" processes were too slow
dangerously slow; that it was pa
thetic to observe conditions wherein
children were allowed to grow up like
foreigners" in their native land. The
Food Administration is now ready to
announce that such a text book will
very soon be ready for distribution
among the teachers of South Dakota.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-18
THE NEW

Jacob Refs, a native of Denmark
became one of the foremost and most
influential American citizens in New
York. His alteration for America and
loyalty to his adopted country is
shown in every page of his interesting
book-"The Making of an American
AS the making Of Americans from
the millions who fed from the ole
world will be n of the live post
war subjects, as bearing ON this gen
eral topic the following is of specia,
interest:
In a speech in New York, in 1896
Theodore Roosevelt said:
THE prime virtue of the Hollandel
here in America and the way in which
he has most credit to his stock as
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-18
We 100000 BUSHELS
IF WHEAT THAT FORMERLY
WAS LOST IN THRESHING
lrmers, Urged by Food Adminlstra.
hon, Provide Seven Extra Loaves
of Bread for Every American.

By adopting cleaner threshing meth
8 and by literally combing harvest
Ids to gather grain formerly vast
threshermen and farmers of the
lifted States this year saved fully
100000 bushels Of wheat, estimated
equivalent to about seven one-pound
ayes Of bread for every person in
e country. This result, accompanied
corresponding savings of barley,
Is, rye and other grains, is shown by
ports from 33 grain states to the U.
Food Administration. Other states,
though not prepared to furnish def
te figures of conservation In the
ain fields, report greatly reduced
lrvest losses.
This rural food saving achievement,
.complished In scarcely six months
me, was In direct response to re-
tests by the Food Administration,
hich asked farmers and th~reshermen
reduce harvest losses from about
z per cent.-the estimated average
normal times-to the lowest posi-
Q minimum. Country grain thresh-
Il committees carried into every
rain growing community the official
recommendations for accomplishing
lie results desired.
In umerou instances drivers Of
acks with leaky bottoms were sent
rom the fields to repair their equip
tent and frequently bad order thresh-
ig machines were stopped until the
ause Of waste was removed. But in
roportion to the number of persons
ngaged In gathering the nations grain
rop. cases Of compulsion RI COM
aratively rare. The Food Admins
ration freely attributes the success of
he grain threshing campaign to pa
riotic service by farmers, thresher-
nen and their crews. Incidentally
rain growers of the United States are
nany millions Of dollars "in pocket"
. q result Of the grain saved
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-18
USED MELTING POTS
TO BOIL HUN Bones
Atlanta Soldier Tells of Find in
One of Last Charges
of War.

1.-THE most unique find we made,
after our charge into the German
lines, just before the armistice was
signed, was a melting pot used for
boiling down the German corpses, and
also a bone-crushing machine. Conse-
quently, there were not many bones
around, but a few skulls were here and
there"
That is a remarkable statement
made by Arthur Mcknight of the
Forty-first battalion, Canadian High
landers, in a letter to his father at At
lanta. Young MacKnight is twenty
three years of age. He was reared
and educated in Atlanta and has been
in France for several months.
Describing his first real 'over the
top" charge the young soldier writes !:
'The first thing / knew / was facing
Hun machine gunfire, but just about
from then on a dense fog came over
the whole front, and then we could
get right up on them before they
would get a bead on us. Every Hun
we came across had his hands up
crying 'kameradv They were so thick
In numbers that we could not shoot
on account of our men being on the
other side of them.
"As we came onto our first objec-
tive we could see the cavalry going
ahead, and also our tanks. One time
We had a laugh when one of our tanks
got after a German general and chased
him quite a ways. until finally he
stopped and the tank crew took him
a prisoner"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-18

Hollander, is that he has ceased to be
a Hollander and has become an Amer
lean, absolutely. We are not Dutch
Americans. We are not Americans
with a hyphen before it. We are
Americans pure and simple, and we
people whose stock go to compose our
great nation, like ourselves, shall
cease to be aught else, and shall be.
come Americans
A few days ago., Sinclair Lewis, the
noted author, speaking on this sub
ject, said:
II chose Carl Erikson' as the hero,
protagonist, whatever you call him,
of The Trail of the Hawk because he
is a typical young American. Your
second or third generation Scandi.
navian is the best type Of American,
They are the New Yankees,
these Scandinavians of Minnesota,
Wisconsin and the Dakotas. They
have mastered politics and vote for
honesty rather than handshakes. = = .
They send their children through
school. They accumulate land. one
section, two sections, or move into
town and become Methodists and
Congregationalists, and are neighbor
ly. = . And in a generation, thanks
to our fiag-decked public schools, they
are Overwhelmingly American in ira
dition."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-18

"In spite of all the rumors of Ger
many's discontents, l have not heard
anything which seems to justify this
hope. The German people love their
chains. We might as well make up
our minds to that. They have the
government they desire; they are the
willing slaves Of their monstrous
William. So, for the present, we had
better not count on Germany to recog.
nize the ~wickedness or the Stiffness
OF what she has done. 1t seems pretty
evident that the stir and yeast of demo
cratic idealism will not be felt in Ger.
many, at any rate for a long time
Margaret Deland.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-18
FAITH IN THE RED CROSS.

A young American soldier recently
arrived In France tried to locate his
brother, who was also IN the army
and who had preceded him "over
there" It was like hunting for a
needle In a haystack. After many diff
ficulties and long waiting, however, he
AZ last located the company to which
his brother belonged.
Then he learned that his brother
had been wounded aud was In some
hospital. That was all he could ind
out. With the faith OF a little child
In his eyes he told this to a hospital
searcher belonging to the American
Red Cross and then with he faith OF
! little child he added: But the Red
Cross will find him" And the Red
Gross did.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-18
NO ONE SUFFERED HERE.

The marvel Of our voluntary food
aving. now that we are getting re-
rults," Is that no one ever actually
suffered any hardship from 1t; that
We all are better in health and spirit
md better satisfied with ourselves be-
.ause Of our friendly self-denial
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-18

In defense of the kaiser it should
be remarked that he should not be
held personally responsible for rape,
and frightful assassination Of women
and children practiced by the soldiers
like a pass-time. For this the preach.
ers and teachers of Germany must be
held more or less responsible.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-18

Bismarck CONTEMPORARY used to
refer to the reichstag as "the speak.
ing tube because 1t has no influence
except to make a mild noise and that
ven sometimes meant Imprisonment.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-18
Pays a wenty.Nine-Year.oId Bih.

Given SIS with which to pay a gro-
Gerry bill 20 years ago, at Parkersburg,
W. Va, a woman who failed to pay
and later moved to a Western town,
has just made restitution on her death
bed, sending double the sum to the
grocer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-18
This Kaiser Ahdicated.

Kaiser Bill may PIT off abdicating
for a time, but Kaiser, Arthur H., Of
Chicago. took a chance at it the other
day and abdicated in favor of KIM
ball, Arthur H., via a petition to
Change name in the circuit court.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-18

Food control In America held the
price of breadstuffs steady, prevented
Vicious speculation and extortion and
preserved tranquility at home.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-18

In no other nation Is there SO willing
! sense Of voluntary s~elf-sacrifce as
II America-that was shown In the
abstinence from wheat
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-18

Find more wheat, II came; more
pork, 1t came; save sugar, 1t was done.
90 Americans answered the challenge
,f German starvation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-12-18

Good will rules the new world as
tear governed the old world. Through
sharing food America helps make the
whole world kin.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-06-26
EVERYBODY HELPING
SAVE FOOD NOW
Not Only the Housewife, But the Men,
the Hotels and Restaurants and the
Farmers, Have Got the Habit.

Columbia In the first months OF
the country were often heard to com.
plain and 10 ask: what is the use
OF trying 20 ave food in our kitchens
when waste on so much larger scale
is going on everywherc?" The men,
IN public catiaS places, were particu-
larly pointed out as wastcrs; and it
was complained that in the manufac-
ture OF food there was another big
waste.
II THIS was true several months ago,
however. it is no longer Il fair com
plant. The mon Of the country, both
in business and in private, are doing
their part, in patriotic way, to con-
serve the worlds food.
Since the increasing need OF saving
wheat has been made plain by the
food administration, many hotels and
restaurants all over the country have
voluntarily pledged themselves to do
without wheat until the next harvest.
And now an effort IS to be made to
increase the coming wheat harvest by
cleaner ,hreShing. II has been csti-
mated that three bushels OF grain in
every 100 bushels threshcd can be
saved by better methods. Where
grain has been exceptionally poorly
threshold as much as 10 per cent has
gone into the straw stack. To correct
this waste has become very imp0r-
tant in view OF the nations war needs,
and the food administration has this
year established a special grain
threShng division to carry on cam
Daign Of education and to actually
help the farmers OF the country to
properly and to thoroughly thrcsh
their grain.
Still another effort to increase tho
flour output during this crisis is be-
ing made by urging farmers not to
hold over any OF their crop for seed
Even IL we have only normal crop
there is little fear that any risk would
be run in not holding over seed for
next years sowing. During the next
two to three months every bushel OF
grain that can be recovered may play
an important part in the drama OF
war.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-06-26
WHEAT GROWERS TO
GET FAIR TREATMENT
Farmers in This State Will Be Per
mtted to Grind Wheat to
Liberal Extent.

Columbia. William Elliott, food ad-
ministratOr for South Carolina, re-
Gently attended a meeting of the food
administrators OF the several states
in Washington. at which time the
question OF grinding wheat in South
Carolina was carefully considered and
upon the authority OF Iicrbcr; Hoover.
federal food administrators the state
mcNt has bccn made that the most
liberal treatment, with respect to
grinding, will be accorded the growers
OF wheat il this state. The exact
terms OF the instructions to miilcrS
have not yet been determined upon.
but will be announced in the near
fucure. In the meantime. however
the growers OF wheat can rest assured
that the present rules concerning the
amount that Il farmer can have ground
will be greatly altered, and that 4
farmer w!i be permitted to have hia
wheat grOunl TO Il liberal cxtcnt.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-06-26
NOTICE OF SALE.

| will offer for sale to the highest
bidder for cash at Jaurcns Court
House, Laurcns, South Carolina. on
3AlcSday in July next, being The End
day OF the month, during the legal
hours OF sale. all that piece, parcel
or tract Of land lying, being and sit
uatc within the corporate limits of the
City Of Laurcns. County of Laurcns
State Of South Carolina, contaiSing
ci&htccn and II-100 GSAi-100) acres
OF land more or less. bounded on the
north and west by line Of c. & w. c.
railroad. cast by Watts Avenue. lots
of G. n. Franks. G.. G.. Jones, II. S.
Tcmpictcn. and Poscy street. south by
MOCK street. the same being composed
OF flfty-csht (5S) acres Of land hav-
ing such dimensions, shapes and
boundaries as will more fully appear
by reference to Il plat Of same made
by II. b. lIumbcrt Surveyor. dated
December 5th, 1906. being the tract Of
land conveyed to B. I'. POScy and J
{. Owings by the National Bank Of
Laircns. South Carolina, by decd dat
cd The goth day OF March. 1911. record
cd in Book 81. page $50. Sid lands
will be sold to the highest bidder. pur-
chaser to pay for papers and stamps; !;
the same will be sold in lots or as a
"hc!c as may be announced at the
time Of commencement of said sale
H. T.. BABB,
''~"t Agent for owners.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-06-26
POLITICAL BARBECUES
PUT UNDER THE BAN

Columbia with the opening OF the
political campaigns in South Carolina,
the food administration again urges
that political barbccuos. such as have
been the custom in many parts of the
state in past years, be eliminated this
war year. William Elliott food admin.
istrator for South Carolin, recently
stated that political barbccues would
be frowned upon by the food admin.
fstration. The great waste incident
to barbecucs is, OF course, the reason
urged, and In the present world crisis
with reference to the food supply and
the absolute necessity OF saving ev.
erything that can be saved to help
feed a hungry world the food admin.
istration not only feels justified in
asking that no barbecues be held but
it Is felt that patriotic people will vol.
unfairly abstain from such indul.
gences.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-06-26
FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Take notice that on the 2ld day Of
July, 1918, | will render final ac-
count of my acts and doingS as Admin
iStratOr Of the estate Of G.. \. Moore,
deceased, in the Office Of the judge of
Probate Of LaurcnS county, at II
o'clock, a. M, and on the same day
will apply for Il final discharge from
my trust as Administrators.
Any person indebted to said estate
is notified and required ID make pay
mont on that date; and all persons
having claims against said estate will
present them on or Before said date,
duly proven or he forever barred
JAMES Y. MEDIOCk.
Administrator with will annexed.
May %. i9lS.--l mo.--A.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-06-26
SUGAR FOR CANNING
SHOULD BE SECURED

Columbia The food administration
Is urging that all persons who can
fruits and vegetables for market OBJ.
tain their entire sugar requirements
for the 1918 season as early as pos
sible. Federal food administrations
in all the states arc also being in
structed to see that manufacturers OF
essential food products requiring
sugar take the first opportunity Of
building up their supplies. The food
administration takes the position that
preserves and jams are essential food
stuffs, and that Gamers perform a
valuable conservation function. In
the event that it is necessary to re.
duce still further the shipping ton
mage that brings sugar to the United
States, the food administration IS en-.
deayoring to guard against any pos
slble less OF the fruits and vegetables
thai. e0.hi rn sar"3 w paH,iny M
= IN e -,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-06-26

with her daughter, Mrs. Guy Elledge.
Mr.. E. E. Pitts and family went up
20 CraGmont. Black Mountain ycstcr-
'ay tC SOC Miss Katie G. Pitts, who H..
,hcie for her health.
Born to Mir. and Mrs. Carol tllcdgc
4 daughter on the 10Th inst.
Mr.. Jno. W. Dceks, who has been
at Ashcvillc, y. c., since last Thanks
giving for his health, has returned
home greatly improved. We were glad
20 see him back again and trust he
may continue to improve
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1918-06-26
-mANGERCUS RUMOR
SHOWN TO BE FALSE

! ia.-Reports In circulation
go 'thc effect that Food Administration
<S%R'c,als had stated no further con.
Starvation OF wheat was necessary have
isSFsSu nailed as unfouded in a telegram
A"n9lved by William Elliott, State food
eaiaaministrator. from Herbert Hoover.
40 statement OF this character has
'aA'War been issued" says Mr.. Hoover,
eGna The federal food administrator
Ssa'sn states frankly the exact situation
TSlJch emphasizes the absolute ncces.
fgSty OF even greater conservation OF
He&Aoet than the American people have
K'S'i practiced. For that reason the an.
33aesa was recently made TO the Ameri.
ASssn people, through The churches by
~3Er Hoover, asking that every one
"f7fstn possibly can do so discontinue
3tai5ng wheat or wheat products in any
.&Syr7r until the next harvest
III is stated In Mr.. Hoover's tcle
's9s'an that American supplies Of wheat
11sSsntN the next harvest allow a homo
OF not more than one
!. ,e,tr0 Of normal II America is to nam.
sSSS.stD allied supplies shat Is, the send.
@31H Of wheat to Europe, as this ccun-
%%&R is pledged to do.
AT the beginning OF May, thero were
'asH farmers hands and in storage in
y&Isnerca about 75,000.000 bushels OF
'%Thcat, which will have to carry the
AssAnerican people for approximately
aauae months. until the new crop
S&6mes in. Americas normal consump.
atSsg Tor three months would be 120,.
ht1pI ,n1o, nnt pl n,,V,,
/ 81 can therefore be readily seen that
quoting Food Administration
foea3Gjals as saying there is no further
SS<aaph of -theat saving are simply en-
assfsaay g propaganda Of very dangeroul |
sssSs n