THE CAPE WEEKLY TRIIWXK AND CAPE COUNTY HERAT, I)
PUBLIC LIBRARY
JHEETING HELD
Many Intcreslintf Spcct lies Made
Commending the Work Now .so
Actively in Progress
CAMPFIRi: PEOPLE BUSY
Everybody Interested and Enthus
iastic and Success of Movement
is an Assured Fact
The Public l.ilr:iry meeting :it the
Court Ibmsc l:it ii iu lit was intcr
rsting and enthusiastic. There seemed
to lie iki tloul't in ii 1 1 body's mind
t tint Cape llir.irdeau could lifivf a
Library ami nil 'hat talked of at
the meeting was a plan for getting
it.
Mr. A. II. lliiirlu'.v, acting as
chairman, opened the meeting with
u good talk making as his main
point, that while we have lx-t 11 so
firogressivc along every other line,
we have fallen way behind in the
failure to provide a I'ulilie Library,
lie said that as secretary of the ('oni
mereial Club he has often lieen very
inueh embarrassed wlien, after hear
ing him recite the hum li.-t of things
of which we are so proud, our fine
schools and rhiirihis, our miles of
imvid treits, Mini our wonderful
luisiness progress, a visitor would j
hay, "and of course you have a
library " and the gnud Mcrctary niu-t
Heeds change the subject. Hilt from
t his I line hi said he felt Mire In'
Would In Vi I' have to experience the;
han.c i Il l-al l a.-mi lit attain. I of we
will have a I'ulilie Library.
In n a.-ki d by the chairman to
rpn .-s 1 1 , i i interest in the binary
movi mi ul and ulhninc.-.- to stand
liehiud it I'V li.-it)!, the meeting rose
to a man at once and the nest step,
was to organize. Those present and i
i
nil others interested in the movement i
were organized into an association
which it Was decided to call thej
Cape (iiraldeau I'ulilie Library As-j
Hoi nil em. It was then moved that a !
nominating eommittee he appointed
to select the names of 10 men and
women who should form a hoard
if control for the carrying on of the
Lilirary movement, this hoard to
have the power to elect the olliccrs
of the association, form its policies,
and direct its finances.
Mr. J. V. Crocker, Mist Kent, !
Mth. .1. S. . Korhtitzky, Mr. It. C.J
llardcsty anil Mrs. Jarcil Johnson, j
wore appointed on this . committee .
During the dclibcrat ions of this,
committee, tin? treasurer of the
temporary committee made a report,
stating that $S."i.50 had been collect
ed and 8-12 more had been promised,
making a total of 8127.50.
The chairman of the temporary
committee reported the work that
had been done, the girls having or
ganized to get mime Hurt of a Public
Library, their plan wan to make u
beginning, no matter how small,
keeping in mind always a Library
which should be an honor to the
town with reading rooms, club rooms,
mid assembly rooms for the young
jH'ople, which will make it of Home
real use in the community. They
Lave been very much encouraged to
believe in the speedy accomplish
ment of this large undertaking by
the offer of a very valuable site for
a Tublic Library should 810,000 be
raised for it in the coming year.
There followed a little discussion as
to whether it might not be wise to
try to get a Carnegie library but
there could be no decision reached
as all of the policies of the library
are to be in the hands of the Hoard
of Control. While many thought
that we could have a much finer
library should we ask help from
Carnegie others held just as firmly
thut a library which we build our
selves with effort and self sacrifice
on the part of every citizen will
mean far more to the town than a
magnificient building in the getting
of which we have had small part.
Mr. Davis gave a history of the
Campaign for a Carnegie library, 12
years ago when Mr. and Mrs. Houck
offered to play the part of Carnegie
in order that we might have our own
library given by our own people.
This offer was accepted and the nec
essary tax for its suppose voted, but
the Supreme Court of the state de
cided that the town was already
taxed to the legal limit and could not
collect the library tax. This tax
was, however, collected one year,
Judge Davis said he believed and
would no doubt be turned over to
the library board by the Council
at once. It amounted to about
91,300 he thought.
The report of the nominating com
mittee was heard nt this point and
unanimously accepted. The board as
elected is: Mr. Louis Houck, Fred
Natter, II. A. Nussbuum, W. II.
Huters, Emil Drusch, Mrs. Geo.
A. Bell, W. 11. Harrison, Misses
Anna Osterloh, Martha Shea, and
Elizabeth Davis.
The chairman then called for the
report of the book committee. 185
books were reported on hand, classi
fied as follows:
FAKE FIRE ALARM
STARTS A PANIC
Hoy Scouts Couldn't Agree on
Proper Method to Keach Mex
ico and Started Fight
DOYLE CALMS AUDIENCE
Roys Escape Through Back Door
When They Realize Extent of
Trouble They Created
At the performance given at the
Broadway Thursday night, commo
tion became so great that for n time
it looked as though there might be
a repetition of the Iriquois disaster.
Some boy scouts in the rear seats
got into a discussion over the Mexi
can situation, and in the heat oft he
argument, angry passions were per
mitted to arise and conditions became
so suddenly turbulent that a rough
house was starled before anybody
knew what it was about. Some dis
satisfied patron of the show orally
expressed a desire that the beligerents
be put out, which expression was mis
interpreted by a lady who was hand
of hearing, and became stiddenlv
impressed with the erroneous idea
that a lire had started and that some
one had said that it should be put out.
She acted instantly and endeavored to
warn the other members of the au
dience, nnd for a few moments it
looked as though a serous panic
would result. People crowded to the
front, and in the congestion one little
girl was thrown to the floor and
stood upon by a fleshy lady. Nami-gi-r
Doyle, placed himself in front
of the door and in his conviening
maiini r was soon able to restore a
state of quiet. lie assured his ex
cited patrons that there was no lire
at nil, and no danger, and that all
it amounted to was a little scrap be
tween two youngsters. The boys
evidently were brought to realize
the proportions into which the trouble
had developed, and feeling that things
would get warm for them, they left
the premises through the fire escape
exit, and have never been heard
from.
Children's Stories 30
Fiction f8
History 5
Education 4
School Texts 19
Classics 20
Latin, French, German 9
English Literature 11
Miscellaneous 7
Besides there were a good many
old magazines and two current maga
zines, The Literary Digest and the
Hoys Magazine.
The chairman called on Mr. llar
dcsty for a speech which was very
interesting. He said that in ull the
12 years he has lived in Cape Girar
deau, there has been continually
more or less talk about a Public
Library but it has never come as near
to amounting to something as now.
And if the Camp Fire Girls keep
their reading room open for 1 month
only they Will be doing more in that
one month than has been done in
the whole 12 years before. lie said
that he felt sure, however, that it
will last more than one month and
will before long grow into a library
of which the town will be proud.
Mrs. Martin gave a splendid talk
in which she showed how we can
see the way the public taste has been
educated along line of amusements
until a Public Library has become
necessary. She praised the Camp
Fire Guardians for their faith and
energy in starting this campaign
und urged the older people to stand
back of them. She thought the plan
of starting with a small reading room,
a good one for something tangible
brings results much more rapidly than
any amount of agitation ou paper.
Mr. Crocker spoke from the view
point of the school, repeating the
need of some place which would help
keep the boys and girls off the streets.
He said that if the Library Hoard
so desired he was sure the School
Board would give the use of the
school library during the summer
as it was their plan to keep the
library and play grounds open dur
ing vacation.
Dr. Grissom said that he felt that
the movement which the Camp Fire
Guardians arc starting now is the
fruit of the agitation begun by their
mothers, 12 years ago, when the
Camp Fire Guardians were probably
and then Dr. Grissom got into deep
water for he started to estimate how
old the Camp Fire Guardians were
12 years ago.
The meeting closed with a speech
from the chairman of the temporary
Committee urging them not to think
things were to be dropped until the
new board could organize but that
the temporary treasurer would con
tinue to receive subscriptions and
Mr. Huters would continue to re
ceive books.
Want Ads will give you results
in the Tribune.
AMERICAN CITI
ZENS HELD AS
HOSTAGES
Impossible to Enter or Leave
Any of the Interior Mex
ican Cities.
FOUR YANKEES ARE SLAIN
Americans Begged for Passage on
O'Shaughnessy's Train, but
Request is Refused.
VNt' News Service.)
City of Mexico, April 27. Most of
the interior cities of Mexico are hold
ing American prisoners as hostages.
With the exception of Charge Nelson
O'Shaughnessy, every member of the
diplomatic party who are safe at Vera
Cruz privately expressed the opinion
that only the early arrival of troops
and the overthrow of the dictator
lluerta would save the marooned
Amerlcan3.
At almost every town between Vera
Cruz and Mexico City Americans are
being held prisoners.
The passage of O'Shaughnessy's
train from the capital was most dra
matic. Americans besieged the train,
pleading that they be permitted to ac
company the fleeing party. Col. Ha
nion Sarona, assigned by lluerta to
escort O'Shaughnessy, flatly refused.
lluerta sent 2i) soldiers to the em
bassy to Belzo the 273 rifles and two
machine tuns which were stored there
for the defense of the American citi
zens. The American volunteer guards
were prepared to defend their arms,
lut on the advice of O'Shaughnessy
they surrendered the weapons without
resistance.
Americans Beg to Be Taken Away.
Then began the trip for Vera Cruz,
during which the hearts of everyone in
the diplomatic party were to tie
touched by the appeals of countrymen
for aid. At the towns of Orizaba,
Cordova and Jalapa, Americans were
crowded about the statlona. They
pleaded with the American charge to
be taken aboard his train. O'Shaugh
nessy was helpless. These stranded
Americans had been taken from trains
bound for Vera Cruz.
At Cordova an American wearing a
British flag stole to the side of the
train and handed a note to one of the
consulate employes. This note read:
"BlisBer, Erford, W.hltcomb and a good
many other Americans are being held
In Jail here. They were taken off a
train and are being held as hostages
In case Americans attack the town.
They want to know if you can't help."
Americans Barred From Capital.
When O'Shaughnessy left the capi
tal Huerta ordered that no more Amer
icans should be permitted to depart or
enter the city. This order prevents
unprotected Americans In the 8m all
towns seeking what little refuge there
may be in the capital. It also makes
it possible for every small town to
bold the American civilians as host
ages. Huerta ordered that the homes ot
ell Americans be searched for arms
and American residents of all hotels
were stripped of arms. The protec
torate established by Sir Lionel Car
den, tho British ambassador, was un
availing in this matter, as the vindic
tive dictator was determined Ameri
cans should have no means of defense
In case of an uprising against them,
which he will accept as a demonstra
tlon of sympathy and support for
him."
The newspapers have issued the
wildest extras. One advises "chop
ping up of the dogs."
OPINION NOT FIT TO PRINT
Former Secretary of War Newberry
Says His Idea of Mexican Situ
ation Can't Be Translated.
(WNU News Service.)
New York. April 27. Truman H.
Newberry, secretary f war under
President Roosevelt, who arrived from
Europe on the Mauretanla, when
asked for an opinion on the Mexican
situation, said:
"My opinion wouldn't be fit to
print."
Asked to explain this. Mr. Newber
ry added: "It can't be translated. But
remember I have no criticism to make
of the administration. President Wil
son had facts and Information In his
possession that have never reached
the press. Time alone will tell wheth
er the Mexican policy has been right
or wrong."
A reporter asked Newberry If ha
thought Col. Roosevelt would hava act
ed with armed force sooner. He an
swered: "I don't know. But the navy
couldn't have shown a more splendid
condition of preparedness or evidence
Ot a finer personnel under any condi
tions. Could nr
Will Move Fort BUM Prisoners.
Port Sam Houston, Tex., April 27.
Complaints having reached Brigadier
General Trasker H. Bliss that the
6,000 Mexican soldiers who are held as
prisoners In El Paso are a menace to
the people ot that city, he has recom
mended to the war department that
they be transferred far inland. They
will probably be sent to some point In
Kansas or Oklahoma.
Try a Tribune Want Ad. It will
bring result.
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PAVED HIGHWAYS
REUNION TRAVELS
Jacksonville Has Many High
Class Roads to Points
of Interest
Trips to Be Taken Over Them In Au
tomobiles During the Reunion of
Confederates May 6, 7, 8.
Jacksonville, Fla., April. It Is safe
to say that hundreds, and possibly
thousauds, of visitors to Jacksonville
during the week of the great Reunion
of Confederate Veterans and Sons of
Veterans, will make the trip from
their homes in automobiles. Numer
ous Inquiries have been received from
all parts of the country concerning
road conditions, and especially in re
gard to the practicability of reaching
other points in Florida by automobile
trips from Jacksonville.
For the information of auto owners,
desirous of bringing their cars to
Jacksonville nt the time of the Re
union, attention is called to the fact
that the city license books show that
there are over 2,000 licensed automo
biles In the city of Jacksonville alone,
and during the past winter season
more than 2,500 motor-driven vehicles
have passed through Jacksonville en
route to various places on the Florida
peninsula. Unless there were fairly
gcod roads, lending from Jacksonville
to other seciious of the State, there
would not lr.tve been one-tenth as
many cars in Florida this season, and
the home people of Jacksonville would
not have Invested so heavily In motor
Vehicle.
Duval county, of which Jacksonville
Is the county seat, was among the first
of tho Floiida counties to Issue road
improvement bond.- and to begin the
pavln-j; of its highways with vitrified
paving brick and concrete. With a
population of only 73.000 In 1000, this
county issued road Improvement bonds
that year to the amount of $1,000,000,
and it was provided that not more
than $250,000 was to be expended in
road construction each year for four
years. The bonds were sold at a
handsome premium and the money
has all been expended on the roads of
the county, with a result that this
county now has some of the very best
In the South, and these roads are a
joy to the Joyrider and to all persons
who use them.
But this Is not all; for the Board of
County Commissioners Is at the pres
ent time working up Interest In a
proposition to issue from $2,000,000 to
$5,000,000 additional road Improve
ment bonds and construct a system of
paved roads and highways throughout
the county of Duval that will be a
model for all sections of the country.
Jacksonville Is only seventeen miles
In a direct line from the Atlantic
Ocean, where there Is one of the finest
beaches In the world, affording a speed
way four hundred feet in width and
twenty miles in length. Here Is the
Ideal automobile course and It Is vis
ited by thousands of cars every year.
From the city to the seashore the
county has constructed a magnificent
boulevard, paved with vitrified brick
and with concrete for the entire dis
tance. Hundreds of cars traverse this
Atlantic Boulevard, as It Is known,
dally, and during the Reunion many
thousands of visitors will make the
trip by auto to the beach. Once on
the seashore they will find much to
Interest them. Surf bathing will be
at Its best during the Reunion week
and many visitors from Interior points,
who have never before had the oppor
tunity to plunge into the big breakers
of Old Ocean, will find the xperlenre
a novel and delightful one.
From Jacksonville to St Augustine
the distance by auto Is 38 miles and
the trip Is easily made In two hours.
In fact, the record for the trip la one
hour and nine minutes, but that Is al
most too fast for a trip to the oldest
city In the United States.
The road from South Jacksonville,
on the opposite side of the majestic
St. Johns river from the Reunion city,
Is paved with shell for nine miles and
the going Is good. Then comes sis
miles of brick paving over which the
cart fairly skim along. Toe next four
miles, to the Duval county line, have
not yet been paved, but a temporary
surface of shavings has been provid
ed. From the county line to St. Au
gustine, a distance of 18 miles, the
road Is not yet paved but shell hat
been placed In the wheel ruts and good
time can be made by the average car.
Still another attractive trip, on the
south side ot the St Johns river. Is
that to Mandarin, a pretty little vil
lage on the banks of the river, about
fifteen miles from the city. This road
Is well paved with shell for the entire
distance and passes through some
very pretty orange groves, which In
themselves are an attraction ee all.
At Mandarin there are a number ot
attractive homes, surrounded by pret
ty gardens, groves and farms. This
village Is the site of the former home
of the late Mrs. Harriett Beecher
Btowe, the author of "Uncle Tom's
Cabin,"
The city of Jacksonville has sixty
miles of paved streets and contracts
are now outstanding for several addi
tional miles, work on which will start
Immediately after the reunion, as It is
the deBlre of the city authorities not
to have the streets torn up whtle the
Visitors are here.
Sight-seeing automobiles are numer
ous in Jacksonville every winter and
this year several of the large cars will
remain over until after he reunion.
MOB SPIRIT -GROWS,
GRAVE
FEARS FELT
Vera Cruz Newspaper Says
Four Americans Slain
in Capital.
INFORMATION IS DOUBTFUL
Military Authorities, However,
Unite in Declaring all Ameri
cans in Grave Danger.
iWNr Now Service.)
Vera Cruz, April 27. El Dlctamen,
a Veja Cruz newspaper, says four
Americans have been killed by mobs
in Mexico City. It declares it has re
ceived this information from the fed
eral capital.
Three of the Americans were taken
out of street cars and killed on the
streets, while the fourth was killed in
the Young Men's Christian Associa
tion building by members of the base
ball team, to which he belonged, ac
cording to HI Dlctamen, which made
Its reappearance.
The information as to the massacre
of Americans Is not contirmed from
any other source and U considered
doubtful In many quarters.
Vera Cruz is Isolated from direct
communication with the Interior, but
the sparse news brought here by refu
gees Indicates that the state of affairs
Is bad und rapidly growing worse so
far as Americans are concerned.
Tho refugees arriving here bring
word of intense antl-Amerlcan feeling
in ull directions.
Tho American military authorities
in Vera Cruz consider the situation ol
Americans in the capital and all ovet
the republic grave.
Five branches of the city govern
ment have been organized by the
American occupants. Efforts to per
suade Mexicans to return to at least
two of the departments falling, Amor
lean officers were put In charge ol
them.
Lieutenant-Commander McNeil ol
the Louisiana was appointed chief ol
police and will continue the patrol ol
marines and bluejackets. Brigade Pay
master Christian J. Peoples of th
Utah was appointed collector of cue
toms, and, since the Mexicans hold
that the port has been closed, the cue
toms receipts may be placed to the
credit of the United States.
Unless forced by some aggressive
military movement on the part of the
Mexicans, no advance of any descrip
tion will be made by the American
forces in Vera Cruz for the present
The possibility of such a development
Is so remote as to be almost negli
gible. MEN ANQOFFICIALS TALK
MINERS AND MILITIAMEN HOLD
CONFERENCE.
"Hired Gunmen Must Disarm" Is Ulti
matum of Colorado Union
Leaders.
i WNt.' Nt-WH Servlce.l
Trinidad, Colo., April 27. With the
state troops and striking coal miners
of Colorado resting on their arms In
the Ludlow district Interest centered
in the outcome of an Informal confer
ence between strike leaders and Gen.
John Chase. The union miners will
be represented by John Lawson, In
ternational board member; John Mc
Lennan, president of district No. 15,
United Mine Workers of America, and
Robert O. Bolton, International organ
izer. "There can be no truce with law
lessness," said Gen. Chase.
"The hired gtnmen must disarm,"
was the ultimatum or Organizer Rob
ert Bolton.
Leaders are engaged In an effort to
enforce the temporary truce agreed
upon, but notwithstanding occasional
hots are exchanged between the mili
tary outpoeta and strikers.
The center ot expected trouble In
the Walaenburg district shifted from
the Victor-American and Colorado
Fuel and Iron company's properties on
the south to the nonunion mines. The
report reached here Uxat the Sunny
aid mine, IS mllec northwest, had
been visited by union forces and that
the Jackson and Turner mine were
surrounded.
Every train Is loaded with people
leaving the district
The visit to the Sunnyslde mine
was, according to its superintendent,
tor the purpose of securing high-power
rifles, supposed to be there for the
use against the strikers.
Federal Troops Have Been Denied.
Denver, Colo., April 27. Oov. Am
nions, en route to Denver, called upon
the federal government for troops to
aid In composing the strike situation
In Colorado, and received answer that
the war department could spare no
soldiers for this purpose. This an
swer was conveyed In a telegram
signed by Congressman Edward Tay
lor. Denies Receipt of Request
Washington, April 27. Secretary
Garrison denied that any application
had been made to the war department
tor federal troops to aid In handling
the Colorado strike situation.
BIG CARNIVAL
TRAIN HAS
ARRIVED
Week of Anticipated Fun
Starts Tonight at the
Show Grounds.
CLEM BELMONT IS STAR
Many Special Features Insure the
Public Royal Entertainment
for the Whole Week.
With the arrival in the city
.Sunday of the Great Clifton-Kelly
Show train the first real sign of spring
and summer with their outdoor pleas
ures and nniUHcments, deur to the
hearts of people who dislike to be
kept in doors by inclement weather
arrived.
All day long attaches of the show
have been busy as bees transforming
the grounds where the company in
to show this week under the auspices
of the Elks into a tented city.
By seven o'clock tonight tho time
set for the formal opening, the shows
advertising matter which rends "A
Tented City of Sights and Lights-'
will be a reality.
Among the attractions arc to be
found some of the latest and most
novel attractions known to the car
nival world, some of which have never
been seen here. The new features
with the Clifton-Kelly Company this
year are the I lea Circus, the Motor
drome, Kilcr's trained goat and mon
key .-how and the finest Jumping
horse Mcrry-Go-Uound ever carried
by any carnival company. An idea
iof the magnitude of the merry-go-
round may be had from the fact
that it takes ten wagons to transport
it.
Of course the big motordrome is the
(big sensational feature. The follow
ing regarding the motordrome is
clipped from the Helena, Ark., Daily
World.
The big motordrome was the most
talked of and strongest drawing at
traction at the fair, The motorcycle
riders who ride the perpendicular
wall at death-defying speed presented
the most sensational performance ever
witnessed here. Amid the roaring
of the motors, these speed fiends
rush around the inclined track at a
speed that looks like suicide and
which keeps the audience in a state
of excitement that at times border
on the hysterical. The motordrome
racing game is a man-killer, and while
no accidents huvc occurred to the
riders who rode here, it Beems a mira
cle, as the riders with the Clifton
Kelly shows ore certainly dare-devils.
Clem Belmont, the star rider of
the aggregation, when questioned
as to how long he expected to keep
it up, replied, "I have always been
a speed fiend, and when bicycles
first came out, nothing but the
fastest would do for me. When au
tomobiles became popular I took up
racing at once and the speed at
tained, I believe was the first real
pleasure' I ever experienced. When
the motordrome arrived, shortly after
motorcycles became popular, I was
one of the first to take up riding,
and for real thrills everything else
I have ever done fades into signi
ficance. "You might think that the excite
ment of riding an aeroplane would
beat riding a motordome," Belmont
replied, "but I've ridden them both,
and I want to tell you the aeroplane
isn't in it. Things run too smooth
on an aeroplane when they run at
all for there to be much excitement,
except when starting and landing.
Riding in a motordome the excite
ment is always with you, as you not
only have to look out for yourself
every minute of the time, but it's
absolutely necessary for your own
and the safety of the other riders,
to know exactly what you are going
to do next and be able to guess
what the other riders are going to do
next every minuted of the time
the races are onl One little mistake
made by one rider may result in
injury to all riders."
The fair management is to be con
gratulated on securing this big, up-to-date
attraction for the fair. The
Clifton-Kelly shows are the largest
cleanest and best shows of the kind
ever seen here. Their three big
riding devices, their motordome and
all their shows and concessions are
doing a big business here and de
serve all they are doing, as they cer
tainly give value in full for all money
spent on their shows, riding devices
and concessions.
The shows leave here on tljcir
special train Sunday for Little Rock,
whre they furnish the attractions
for the Pulaski county fair next week. ,
Advertise in the Tribune if you
want results.
It pays to put your Want Ad in
the Tribune.