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The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-06-21
Will ENDORSE WAR
ESSAY ON MISSOURI
Prizes To Be Fixed At Meeting
OF Defense Council Here
Next Month

Jefferson City, Mo-, June 20-When
the State Council of Defense meets
at Cape Girardeau, July u, it will
indorse the proposition of the Mis-
souri, Historical Society for an essay
contest in which it is proposed to give
prizes as follows:
Five 500 war savings certificates
for the best five articles on missouri
and the War"
Three S1OO war savings certificates
for the best three ARTICLES on st.
Louis and the War"
Three s1OO war savings certificates
for the best three articles on "My
Country and the War"
Three s1OO war savings certificates
for the best three articles on "Kansas
City and the war"
One 500 war savings certificate
for the best article on the "Univer-
sity of Missouri and the War;"
The Missouri Historical Society
asks that the Missouri Council of
Defense offer the three certificates
for the best article on "My Country
and the War"
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-06-21
WAR STAMPCONTEST
Will BEGIN TODAY
COnncil OF Defense To Award
Thrift Stamps For Best
Rhymes

A thrift rhyme contest will be held
in connection with the national Thrift
Stamp Day, June %, under the aus
pices of tie Council of Defense
Rhymes with contents touching on
the Thrift Stamps will be accepted
by the Council of Defense and Judged
as to their poetical value.
The contestants have been divided
into four classes as follows:
First class-Children up to the
fourth grade.
Second class-Children from the
fourth to the eighth grade.
Third class-Students of the high
school.
Fourth class-Graduates of the
high school under 1S years of age,
and all those over IS years not at
tending High school.
Three prizes, consisting of Thrift
Stamps, will be awarded to those who
are named the winners in the contest.
Any number of rhymes may be con-
tributed by any contestant. but no
rhymes must be longer than four
lines.
The contest begins today and will
be continued till June %. All rhymes
must be in before four o'clock On the
closing day. The name, address and
age of the contestant must accom-
pany the rhymes entered in the con-
test. The grade of the contestant
must also eeb given. Those who are
attending a school must state wheth.-
er they are under or over IS years of
age.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-06-21
DR.. DearmOnt Heads New
Organization For Food
Conservation
WILL MEET EACH WEEK
TO ANNOUNCE PRICES
Cane And Jackson GrOcers Made
Members OF The New
Board

A Fair Price Board has been or
ganized for Cape Girardeau Count!
to fix the prices for all staple gro
ceries used in every household. DR.
w. S. Dearmont, president of thu
Normal, and food administrator OF
the county, temporarily heads th'
board, which will be permanently Or
ganized for the duration of the wal
at meeting next Monday afternoon
when the first price list will be issued
by the new board.
The board is composed of the lead
ing wholesale and retail merchants of
this city and in Jackson. They are:
George L. Meyer, president of the
Meyer-Albert Grocer Co., G. w. Stehr
owner of the Stehr Mercantile Co., H.
R. Willer, q retail grocer on West
Broadway, Henry Nussbaum, who in
itiated the cash and carry system in
this city, Emil Teichman, owner of
the Boston Grocery, Guy Miltenber-
ger, of Jackson, and H. S. Moore.
The board will meet every Monday
to fix the fair prices for all grocer
les. These lists will be published by
the board in order that the consumers
know the weekly variance of prices
for groceries.
TIL fair price board was formed at
the suggestion of DR.. Dearmont, who
has been county food administrator
since the creation of the national food
administration last year. Every coun-
ty and every large city in the United
States will have such a board to con-
troll the prices of food stuffs for the
purposes of preventing profteering
from the sale of food.
The large cities of the county have
1een regulated by the fair price board
for some time. The merchants in
smaller cities may regulate their
prices in accordance with the stand
ard fixed by these boards, but condi-
ions have arisen that warranted the
appointment of price boards for each
county.
Both the wholesale and the retail
.rade will be represented on the board
IN order to determine what might be
a fair price for all food
stuff brought on the market.
The following food articles will be
affected by the regulations of the
Fair Price Board: Flour, corn, Corn
neal, corn grit, dried fruit, sugar.
'utter, lard, meats, in fact every kind
If food that is used in the kitchen.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-06-21
GRACE LUSk TAKEN TO
PRISON IN AUTOMOBILE

Waupun, Wis, June 20.-The gray
walls of the Wisconsin State Prison
today closed behind Grace Lusk, slay-
er of Mrs. Mary Newman Roberts,
wife of DR.. David Roberts, former
state veterinarian.
"This is the end of all things for
me-" said the former school mistress,
who more than year ago killed the
wife of the man sne loved and then
sought to take her own life. Miss
Lusk was sentenced to nineteen years
Imprisonment for murder in the sec
ond degree.
The convicted woman was brought
to the prison from Waukesha in an
automobile.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-06-21
MARBLE HILL KAISER
ADMIRER KILLS SELF
Commits Suicide In Jail, While
Awaiting Trial On
Disloyalty.

Marble Hill, Mo-, June 20.-Charles
Oswald, aged "a, who lived alone five
miles from Marble Hill, and who was
being held in jail awaiting hearing
before the federal authorities, COM
mitted suicide last night.
He had made seditious remarks
against the government, President
Wilson, Congress and the American
soldiers.
When arrested he had in his home
pictures of the kaiser. Under COM
mand he had saluted the flag when
brought to Marble Hill by Sheriff
Enoch Underwood one week ago.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-06-21

and Germany.
During the past year he was en-
ployed by the United States govern
ment to prepare a brief history of
German plots and intrigue in the
United States and was accordingly
given access to all the material on
this subject in the archives of the
various government departments.
His investigation of German plots
to undermine national sentiment in
the United States caused him to be
summoned by the Judiciary Commit
tee of the United States Senate to
give information concerning the Ger
man organization here engaged in
that work. He has written a PAM
phlet on this subject which was pub
lished by the National Security
League.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-06-21
ENGINEER DEAD, FIREMAN
HURT IN FRISCO WRECK

Springfield, Mo-, June 20.-A south
bound Frisco freight train was
wrecked late yesterday between Ok
mulgee and Schulter, Okla, killing
Engineer Edward ]. Doity and seri-
ously injuring Fireman NJ. C. Skaggs,
both of Sapulpa. Fourteen cars, in
cluding six cars of oil, left the rails
and piled up. The oil set the wreck
age afire. The wreck was caused by
a "sunk kink" in the rails.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-06-21
DEMAND FOR EARLY PEACE
IN GERMANY IS GROWING
Riots Reported From Austria And
Germany American Troops
Make Advance Of Mile On Ger
man Positions.

Rome 2OThe Austrans been
the
Italian nearly
the continuing
Around
taking than 100 prisoners.
20Al eorts fhe Italians
pushed back south the railroad
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Continued on page five.)
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1918-06-21

With the italian Armies in the
Field, June 20-The elements are aid
ing the Italians. Heavy rains in the
mountain regions have changed the
Piave from a sluggish stream to u
rushing flood.
British airmen report that twelve
of the fourteen bridges flung across
the Piave by the enemy have been
carried away. Trapped on the west
bank. Austrian detachments are sub
jected to almost constant mauling by
the Italian artillery and bombs drop
ped by allied airmen, with no avenue
of escape.
London, June 20.-Italian forces
are now counter attacking at various
points along tire whole Piave River
line, it was authoritatively learned
today.
On the middle Piave, the Italians
have driven forward to the west bank
of the river, splitting the Austrian
forces in that region and rolling them
back to the north and south.
The enemy detachments on the low
er Piave have been pushed back un-
til now they hold only a third of their
original advance toward Venice.
The Italians also made further
slight gains at Uervesa, in the Mon
tello region.
With TIE American Army on the
Marine, June 20.-The Americvan,
the Germans out of a salient
a kilometer, two-thirds of mile,
deep and the same distance in widtn
west of Torcy, six miles northwest OF
Chateau Thierry, early this morning.
The Germans did not remain to
fight after they Were struck by a
barrage beginning at l o'clock anc
when the infantry went forward
there was no one to oppose them.
Total German casualties in the
fighting in this sector since the Amer
leans arrived are now estimated at
800 killed and 5000 wounded.
London, June 20-Philip Morrell
declared in the house of commons this |
afternoon that Great Britain's losses |
since January were 72,14O killed and |
100000 wounded ard missing.
Morrell proposed resolution stat
ing tlat the government should not |
lose diplomatic opportunity to set |
tie the war by agree ment.
Lndon, June 2O-Heavily censored |
private messages indicate there have
been great peace demonstrations in
Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg recent
y, according to Stockholm dispatch +,
published in the Post. Military police |
dispersed the crowds, killing several !
Horkmen and arresting others.
Amsterdam, June 20-CavaIry reg
iments have been rushed to Vienna
where extremely serious bread riots
nave broken out, according to advices
rom German sources today. The
nobs are reported to have stoned
Premier Won Seydler's residence and
to have plundered bakeries. Estab-
Iishment Of martial law is declared
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likely.
London, June 2O.-An unusual
phase of. the Austrian offensive is
the capture of 5000 prisoners, an
nounced by tie Italian war office.
This is regarded as novel in defensive
fighting.
''There is nothing new to report
the German wa roffice announced late
Wednesday evening.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-08
GEORGE INCLE
SIGNS THREE
FUTURE BOUTS

George Ingi~. coast lightweight,
champion. haa signed up for three
more bouts In the neAx future. first
% which ~ acncsiui~d 10 be an en-
counter with Lee Morrtscy. Of Salt
Lake CITY. at Portland. "Wednesday.
Willie Robinson and fnEic will
clash again at North Bend JAiy ..
They boxed draw at the Inst
smoker staged In Seattle. on the
Fourth Of July. a day after. InTie
IL scheduled 10 meet the winner OF
the Ncff nronson fracas.
Tho next boxing card here viii bc
staged under the auspices of the
Eiks. Mt their Seattle club rooms.
Tuesday night The main bout IL
between Willie Robinson. Californian.
and Frankie Tucker. who L. also
from California.
Patsy Ciacco and KID Peterson
constitute the curtain raiser.
In tn. main event. Frankie Tucker
stands a good chance to BE- defeated.
when he runs up against Robinson
At least. this u the opinion Of fans.
Announcements that tho smoker
would be held at the Arena wcrv
erroneous. Roller skating there. az
usual. Tuesday night.
Cnff Reid the strong organism. L.
going after the scalp OF opponent
Oscar Benson. and rugged Chester
Neff and Billy Williams viii supply
a good fight Bob Harper's oppon.
ent has not yet been announced by
Matchmaker Druxirnan.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-08
String Beans Often
Make Good Pitchers;
So the Dope Showeth
BY Condo

twcak the hattrr's nose.
Love IN due 90 become one of the
greats In the box game this season
II early indications do not nlscnrry
~ brother string beans on the
same club Love has Ray Caldwell
who measures about four inches
over six feet. and Monroe. an inch
taller than Ray.
The Giants brag a couple Of super
pitchers In Tesreau. six feet three
Inches. and Sailec. who admits the
same height.
Across the bridge. In BROOKLYN.
Rube Marquard towers sir feet four
inches above his toes.
The 81. Louis Browns have n near
monopoly OF tall silna In the wca-.
with Dave Davenport. who's. swell,
form sticks six feet seven inches In
20 the air and Grover Lowderrnilk.
two inches shorter. when Carl
weilman was with the club he fitted
in Just between the two.
The navy got two baseball string
beans. Eppa Jeptha Rixey. whose
necdle-like figure took up six
feet five inches OF horizontnl
space. and Ernie Shore. who meas
ured six feet four and one half
inches.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-08

0ome managers. past and present.
1nyo insisted that their boxmsn H.
0Dovo tbs average In height
,John NcGraw has belonged TO this
onD--to his sorrow In isi4--when he
1nw one Of his cast-offs. Dick Ru.
Gn1ph. who had been dropped from
~ Giants on account OF his small
STATURE. lead the drive which result
- IN the Braves beating the Giants
- the wire by a substantial mar.
IN
But as a general rule the great
potrhers have been men OF the six.
1oot class. Mathewson. Alexander.
1oAnson. Bender. COMBS. Plank.
Reufbach. Ruth and Vaughn are all
right round six feet. All were great
p1tchers.
The great little pitchers in recent
yonrn have been rather scarce. Ed.
- C3cotfe OF 1917 world series fame.
uock Rudolph. Carl Mays. the sub
Dnfine artist; Earl Hamilton. the
1913 National league sensation. and
0eOfgc Foster. are the most note
worthy. These men have been cali
"a diminutive. but none OF them L.
under five feet nine. which in any
other line would be considered fair
helght-
This brings up the question OF the
super. pitchers-those ranging far
ever six feet and their effectiveness.
This story was suggested by the
fact that Slim Love Of the Yanks
- the most dependable Of Higgins
boxmen this season.
Love stands half n foot over six
feet and when he stretches out his
long left pitching arm he can almost
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-08
FIVE CHAMPION
BOUTS STAGED
AT CAMP LEWIS

TACOMA. June Slight slashing
bouts. five OF which carried cham.
pionship titles in the professional di-
vision were fought at Camp Lewis
last night In the boxing tournament
1, was decided to postpone the finals
in the amateur class until next Mon.
day night
The new camp champions are:
George Thompson, san Isicgo.
is6th depot brigade. 1875 pounds.
Danny o'Bricn. salt Lake City. 3eist
infantry. las pounds. Joe 81.
monlch. Butte. 3sist infantry. 1855
pounds. Dick Wells. Seymour. Ind.
3eist infantry. ie5 pounds. Bob
summeryillc. Los Angeles. 9e4th In.
fantry. heavyweight.
The heavyweight event went an
extra round when Summerville won
from Roy Taylor OF the supply
trains
Danny o'Brien's experience stood
him In good stead when he succeeded
in defeating Billy Nelson OF the 5s3rd
Ambulance company. II was good
contest.
Thompson beat Battling Chico in
the closest match Of the evening.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-08
II. A. FLEACER
LEADS CITY
GOLF SHARKS

Tho finals ut the Seattle champion
ship golf tournament were being
played Saturday on the links Of the
Seattle Golf club.
The 10 players who qualified In
Fridays play started off with ~. a.
Fieascr. Seattle Golf club. champion
Of las, year. holding lead Of four
over Lee Stsli. young star OF the JEFF
ferson Park club. r. Housrrpdc
held third place. and following came
Clark spiers. Beacon iiiii caddy. and
stein. all Of the jefferson club
Claire GriHwold. who held second
place iaAt year. fell TO seventh place
Friday. with bad morning play
which he could but partially recover
In the afternoon.
Fieagrr played true 60 form In
both rounds Friday. making II In
the morning play. ~ on tho first
nine and - on tho second. tho bca;
records Of the day.
steil had an unlucky fifteenth IN
tho afternoon. losing two balls and
four strokes. yet turned In so and
ist for the day. and was highly com.
plimentsd.
The scores Of the Is who qualified
for the finals. in Fridays play. fol.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-08
New Navy Rule
Prevents Game

SAN FRANCISCO. June s.-Navy
and marine baseball teams must not
compete with civilian clubs or play
where regular admission IL charged.
Captain Harry George. com,nandant
at Mare Island. ruled today.
This put n stop to tho proposed
game this afternoon between the
navy and the quartermasters. They
were scheduled to have played i'm.
mcdiatoly after the regular Pacific
Coast league game at Recreation
park.
Earl Hamilton. the Pittsburg Pr.
ates' former star. was going to throw
'em to Rowdy Elliott. for the sailors
Del Crespl. who has won Il straight
games for the quartermas,ers, was
to have been on the mound for his
team.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-08
nY PAIL Putnam

As one gazes back over the last 2
months. BY far the most fatal 10 men
closely connected with sport. IL Is
impossible to refrain from trying TO
break the veil and contemplate the
ravaEcs OF the coming year. with
thousands Of our athletes at war.
Since last Memorial day some Of
the most prominent figures In sport
have gone west"
PugiiiKrn saw the passing OF a
number OF Its oldtime idols. The
first was Bob fitzsimmons. con.
qucror OF Jim Corbctt. who was
knocked on, In his final battle in DC.
tob~r.
In February. John l.. Sullivan,
creates, Of the great. heard the bell
toll 10 and few days later Terry
McGovern. the greatest little fighter
OF the age. took the count
Late in March. Mike Donovan.
civil war hero and former middle
weight champion. heard the call. and
the same month saw the passing OF
Dick Burgc. former lightweight
champion Of England.
April marked the death OF Charley
Mitchell. one OF the greatest of Eng.
lish heavyweights. and in May
George la Blanche. The Marine. I"
inventor OF the pivot punch. died.
Billy Madden. famous old.time
manager. and Charley White. the
great referee. died during tho year.
Baseball viii mourn Oliver C'Pat.
soy'1 Tebcau. who died recently:
Steve Brady. second haseman OF the
old Metropolitans. and Cliff Markle.
a former Yankee pitcher. the first
ball player killed in Uncle Sans
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-08
TO CONTINUE
ATHLETICS IN
P. G.. COLLEGES

PORTLAND. Ore. June s.-Inter-
collegiate athletics will continue on
the Pacific coast as the result OF a
vote cast Mt the Pacific Coast inter.
collegiate athletic conference here.
Friday.
The number OF men taken on trips
next season will be limited. as war
economy. and costly trophies viii be
taboo.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-08
CHAMP BALL
GAME TODAY

Patterson Nc Donald was schedul.
ed to play the Duthie champions
Saturday afternoon. at 4;3O. in an ef.
fort TO wrest the shipyard champion
ship from them. The steel shipyard
champs are looking forward 20 the
game with n good deal of anxiety.
The Patterson. Nc Donalds have add
ed several iron men 10 their team
lately. among them John wnlly. who
used TO play with Ames: St Clair.
former American association pitcher.
and Joo Levine.
johnson will lead off on the mound
for the Patterson.M cDonalds.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-08
PAT EASTLEY
HERO TODAY;
WINS 6 TO 3

ABERDEEN. June s.--Pat East.
iey's arm proved too much for the
Seattle Giants Friday. and they went
down 20 TO defeat. Aberdeen
fans turned on, in black swar-ns 20
see the victory. and went home sat.
isficd that tho kittens are romc ball
team. and Blll Lcard may 10 all
right. but has no monopoly on the
luck.
Alexander and Downing formed
the Seattle battery. Eastlcy and Ro.
Land worked for Aberdeen
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-08
CHARGE SEOITIONIST
WITH BREAKING SAFE

Harvey Blake. alias Harvey Wy
att. arrested by Special Agent l.. n.
Hainmeit as a sediuonist Tuesday
night at Second ave. and Washing
ton st. has been returned to Topper
ish to face a charge OF safe breaking.
The officer says Blake is an l..
w. w.
Blake Is said TO have broken into
a Toppenish restaurant October ?.
1917: removed the safe, carried IL to
the railroad tracks nearby to open
IL with tools stolen from a section
house. About $500 was stolen.
The prisoner admitted he was -
Toppenish in October. officers say.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-08
Sport Deaths Total
High Since Last Year
BY ALTMAN.

service in France.
Robert McRoy. vice president o.
the Cleveland club. and Billy Weart.
secretary and treasurer Of the Base
ball Writer'S association. both died
during the year.
Frank Gotch. indicated wrestling
champion. died during the winter.
and athletics lost remarkable fig
ure In the death OF Martin sheridan.
The list Is a long onc-but with
our thousands OF athletes in France.
what Will Memorial day OF 1919 re-
call to lovers OF sport7
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-08
KID HUSKIES
in BIG MEET

Distance races. relay races. shot.
put and everything. will he featured
Mt the annual Grammar School Ath.
letic league carnival. Saturday after.
noon. on the University OF Washing.
ton campus. -Four classes have been
set for competitors. classification
having been made on the basis OF
weight.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-08
TODAY'S MARKET REPORT

The Seattle egg market has taken
an upward swing and fancy ranch
eggs arc bringing Is cents per
dozen.
a substantial shipment Of canta-
loupes has arrived. and Is on the
market. $3.50 and $500 per crate.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-08
COAST LEAGUE
NATIONAL LEAGUE
All games postponed.
FISHING GOOD

Fishing has been wonderful sport
during the past few days. followers
OF the rod and reel report Streams
are coming into their own and fur.
uishing as good catches as the lakes.
The best reports have been coming
from the olympic peninsula.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-08
HILLS LOSES

Robert Wabraushak will represent
Seattle as the junior tennis cham.
pion at the Northwest championship
tournament at Tacoma this month.
Wabraushak won tho right TO com.
pete for Northwestern laurels when
he defeated Chester Hills In the Sc.
attic Tennis club finals. Friday. In n
two-set match, 90. 6-3.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-08

The dry bed ~ former lake In
the Nevada desert is considered by
motorists the finest speedway in the
world. II is ~ miles long and its
surface Is as smooth and hard ms
rubber.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-08

LINCOLN. Neb.. June s.--An or
ganizer for the Nonpartisan league
is not engaged in n useful occupa-
ton. This is the opinion OF Attor-
ney Green, given to the Nebraska
state council OF defense.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-08
vEGETABLEa

Prices Paid Wholesale Dealers fer
Vegetables end Fruit
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-06-08

Fred Fulton and
Jack Dempsey are TO
Dor 90 rounds. That
being settled the icorid
can 90 on turning
around as usual.