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Dean ' THE m Th WEEKLY IRIB - . , . mm - JSh - THE NEWSPAPER THAT COVERS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI LIKE THE DEW. ALL THE HEWS WHILE IT IS - NEWS VOL.XVI THE CAPE COUNTY HERALD, CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI, AUGUST 31 1917, NUMBER 37 UNE in r L2 iJ SHERIFF HUTSON SUED BY FARMER FOR MACHINES Say Official Took ments Unlaw fully. Imple- ASK JUDGEMENT AND DAMAGES OF SHERIFF Hutson Levied on Machines to Satisfy Execution Against Plaintiffs Two trover suits to recovery the value of Borne machinery now in pos session of Sheriff N. J. Hutson were filed yesterday afternoon in Common Pleas Court by Attorney C. N. Moz ley,' representing W. M. Sledge and W. M. Devore. In both petitions judg ment to the amount of $100 each is asked on the grounds that the official took the machinery without any au thority. Aside from the amount of judgment the petitions ask for the value of the machinery. Sledge alleges in his petition the sheriff took a steam engine and a sawmill rig valued at $500 from his place several months ago without hav ing an order of execution or attach ment. He asserts the machinery is necessary for the threshing of his crops and, therefore, has suffered con siderable damage by the action of the sheriff. Besides the $300, the value of the machinery, be wants $100 dam ages from the county official. Devore sets forth in his petition the sheriff removed a threshing separator from his farm without any authority and is still holding the machinery. He estimates the value of the machine at $300, and in addition to the value of the machinery, he asks that he be given judgment to the amount of $100. Owing to the fact that the coroner is the only official authorized to serve notice on the sheriff when a suit is di rected against tiiis officer, and owing to the fact that the coroner, Dr. Ar thur Poe, is at present in the training camp of the officers reserve corps in Fort Riley, the clerk of the Common Pleas Court will have to select some one to serve notice of the suit on the sheriff. Orren Wilson, an attorney of the Cape, who has acted as coroner in cases calling for a coroner's investiga tion, has not been duly recognized by the County Court as the official repre sentative of the coroner during his absence, and for that reason he may not serve the notice of these suits on the sheriff. Sheriff Hutson told The Tribune last night he had levied on the machinery to satisfy a judgment Fred Groves, an automobile dealer of the Cape, had been given against Devore, who had purchased an automobile from Groves. When the sheriff called at the home of Devore last Saturday morning, he said, he found Devore had sold the machinery to Sledge, but no payment had been made on the sale and, there fore, he attached the machinery. This is still on the farm of Devore who lives near Whitewater. K THIESSEN DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Succumbs to Dropsy at Heme of Niece Funeral Sunday. Mrs. Emilia Thiessen, one of the oldest residents of Jhe Cape, died yes terday evening at the home of her niece, Mrs. William Graden, who lives several miles northwest of the city, following an illness of several yean. Her death was caused by dropsy. She had moved to her niece's home three (weeks ago, believing the country life would have a beneficial affect upon her condition, and while there became bed fast. She died shortly after 7 o'clock yesterday evening. Mrs. Thiessen was 76 years old. She AGED WOMAN IS FOUND SLAIN ON FIELD NEAR HOME Mrs. Emma Wheaton, 62, Murdered on Farm Near Essex. BLOODHOUNDS ARE PUT ON TRAIL OF MURDERER HouseFoundTurnedUpsideDown Robbery Thought to be Mo tif e of Crime. Special to The Tribune. Bloomfield, Aug. 30. While work ing in a cornfield adjoining her home, four miles northwest of Essex (Stod dard County), Mrs. Emma Wheaton, 62 years old, was murdered this after noon by a man who evidently was looking for some money Mrs. Wheat on was said to have in her house, realized from a large sale of grain last week. The body was found by Sam Zanzil, a neighbor, shortly after 5 o'clock, lying face downward in the corn patch. She had been slugged with a club which was found near the place where the body lay. . The crime was committed some time between 1 and 5 o'clock in the afternoon! A son of the slain widow, and an orphan boy who was being raised by Mrs. Wheaton, were not at home when the murderer entered the place and committed the crime. The son was in the field working and the boy was at school. Upon returning from the field in the evening her Bon failed to find his mother. Entering the house, he found the whole interior turned upside down. Every drawer in the house had been searched and the contents thrown over the floor. Whether the villain got any money could not be learned, as an in ventory will be necessary to determine whether anything is missing. Fearing that something might have happened to his mother, the son called his neighbor and the two began to search for her. Half an hour later they found her lying in the corn patch. Nothing -was discovered to indicate that a struggle took place between the slayer, and the woman, and for that reason it is believed she was taken by surprise and struck on the head from the rear while bending over to pick up some ears of corn that were found under the body. The sheriff was immediately notified and hurried to the farm to begin an investigation. Bloodhounds owned by by Mr. McCutcheon of Campbell were dispatched to the scene in an auto mobile. They arrived late this even ing at Essex and were immediately taken to the farm to take up the trail of the murderer. No clue has as yet been found that would lead to the discovery of the identity of the murderer. No stranger was seen about the house during the day and nothing was found in the house that would lead to the discovery of the slayer. Sheriff Bray said he believed the motive was primarily robbery. He said he had learned that Mrs. Wheat on, a wealthy widow, had sold a large amount of wheat recently and it was believed that she had a considerable sum of money in her house. Her son, however, said he believed the money had been deposited in the bank. The coroner was also summoned to the house. He set the inquest at 8 o'clock Friday morning. The jury was impaneled, but no testimony was heard owing to the late hour. was born in Salem, Mo., but came to Cape Girardeau shortly after her mar riage. Since the death of her hus band, Henry Thiessen, 25 years ago, she made her home with her daugh ter, Miss Tillie Thiessen, of 710 Broad way. The funeral will be held Sunday aft ernoon. Services will be at the Trin ity Lutheran Church, whereupon the body will be taken to the Lorimier Cemetery for burial. The funeral will be under the direction of the Brinkopf Undertaking Co. Miss Thiessen is the only child left to mourn the death of Mrs. Thiessen. When notified of her death yesterday evening she hurried to the home of her cousin, returning early this morning to make arrangements for the funeral. SMELTERVILLE GIRL OUTRAGED BY YOUNG NEGRO Gussie Brady Attacked Returning From Store. on ASSAILANT CHOKES HER INTO INSENSIBILITY Sentiment Against Colored Ele ment in Smelterville Aroused by Attack. Gussie Brady, 14 years old, a daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. William Brady, who live in Smelterville, was outraged by a negro yesterday afternoon in the woods near Hely's rock crusher as she was returning to her home from the commissary of the rock plant. The assailant escaped after committing his crime and is now being sought by the police. The little girl ran to her home after the attack and told her parents. She said she was walking along a path leading from the rock crusher through the woods across the Frisco bridge, which spans the Cape La Croix Creek, when the negro stopped her. Threatening to kill her if she made an outcry, the black placed his hand over he mouth to prevent her from screaming. The little girl showed the marks of her assailant's fingers on her throat where he had choked her. She told her parents she struggled and made every effort to liberate her self from the clutching grip of the negro, but that he finally choked her into insensibility. When she came to the man had disappeared. The father of the girl is employed in one of the mills in South Cape. The parents live on the river bank near the old smelter plant. The girl said she knew the negro by sight, but did not know his name. She was hyster ical when she returned to her parents home, and it required sometime before she could recover to tell a coherent story. The attack occurred in broad day light. The girl had been sent to the Hely's commissary to buy some gro ceries for supper, and, as usual, re turned to her parents home, taking the path that leads through the woods. Shortly before she reached the bridge, she was attacked by the negro. News of the attack on the little girl spread lapidly through Smelterville and the south part of the city. Fol lowing the church services yesterday evening on the Rock Levee road, a strong sentiment against the negro in habitants was voiced by the white per sons. Some suggested to form a posse and search for the villain. It was said that an old colored man living in a small house near the place iwhere the attack took place knew the negro who committed the crime. It is believed that this will aid in finding the man. 8 CAPE COUNTY MEN LEAVE WEDNESDAY Three Men of First Quota Volun teer for National Army. The first eight young men of Cape Girardeau County's draft quota will leave for the training camp at Fort Funston, Kan., next Wednesday morn ing. They represent five per cent of the 152 men Cape Girardeau County is expected to furnish for the great national army. The first section of this army has been called out Septem ber 5. Other calls will follow in short intervals. These eight are: Hathorne H. Ran ney, of Cape Girardeau, Paul A. Muel ler, of Jackson; Erma A. Fullbright, of Millerville; Lyman Steele, of near Jackson; William Hobbs, of Cape Gir ardeau; Linus Clark Morton, of near BROTHERS DIVIDED BY THE WAR These axe two aona ot Mmc. Schmminn-Uelak. tb prima 'donna, who ore ffenting against each other In the war. August, on the right. Is serving In the German navy, and Henry, on the feft. has enlisted In the naval tarcca of the United States. TRIBUNE CALLED BEST NEWSPAPER Burfordville Resident! Scramble for this Newspaper Each . Morning. The Tribune is the most popular newspaper that is delivered in Bur fordville, according to Frank Burford, the well-known fanner who lives just a mile from that city. "No paper is as much in demand in Burfordville as" The' -Tribune," says Mr. Burford. "Many people living there who do not take the paper, as semble in the store at Burfordville each morning and take turns in read ing The Tribune. 'G. W. Bast, who is one of the sub scribers of The Tribune in Burford ville, finds it difficult to read his own paper, because of the great demand for it. Everybody wants to know what The Tribune has to say. They like its independence, and they know they can get news out of it that they cannot see in any other paper. "We look upon The Tribune as our best newspaper, but many people there complain because the management of the paper has not asked them to sub scribe. If The Tribune would canvass that section of the county for sub scribes, there would not be a home where The Tribune did not enter every day." Jackson; Norman B. Proffer, of White water, and Joseph C. Roussell, of Jackson. Ranney, Fullbright and Mueller vol unteered to be among the first number of men to be sent to the training camp. Following the instructions of the War Department, the Registration Board of Cape Girardeau County selected such men for the first call who had already had military training and such men who had no dependency. Ranney recently returned from the officers training camp at Fort Riley, and was among the first to be sum moned for physical examination. Mueller, who had received his military training while attending college, was also readily accepted because of his experience. The remaining six were chosen because they were single men who had not claimed exemption. The War Department has issued an order to call men who are skilled in seme trade. The first division of men sent to the training camp will be trained for the supply department of the army. The first eight men selected from Cape Girardeau County for the draft army have been ordered to appear at the Courthouse in Jackson Wednesday morning, at 8 o'clock. They will be given their military papers and trans portation to the training camp. They may chose the road on which to travel to the training camp. COUNCILMAN KNOCKS OUT COLORED MAN Floors Man Who Annojed Wife Sprains Thumb bj Blow. A little excitement was created Wed nesday evening in Haarig, when Coun cilman Ben Vinyard floored Will At kins, a negro, with a powerful blow from his fist after he had seen the negro annoy Mrs. Vinyard, who, with her little child, was seated in the au tomobile in front of the Vorbeck-Do-hogne Drug store on Good Hope itreet. The intruder was knocked "cold" for a few seconds, but arose to his feet aft er many effoits nd staggered down the street without saying anything to his assailant. Mr. Vinyard had stepped into the drug store to see Dr. J. C. Vorbeck. While waiting for the physician. At kins and a friend approached the auto mobile which Mr. Vinyard had left in front of the store, and began to use profane language. One finally depart ed, while Atkins approached the auto mobile. Mrs. Vinyard ordered the man to leave the place, and the latter seem ingly complied, but returned again and bent over the side of the machine as though he would make an attempt to strike Mrs. Vinyard. Her husband seeing the negro near the machine was attracted by his wife and ran out. Before Atkins knew what had hap pened the councilman landed his fist on the right sid? of his head, striking him near the left temple. The man dropped to the sidewalk. He came to in a few seconds, arose to his feet, and left. A number of business men were at tracted by the short bout in which the councilman proved himself welter weight champion of the city. He made an effort to find a policeman, but the police were not around, and the negro escaped. Mr. Vinyard said yesterday he was still feeling the effect of the hard blow, and was hardly able to use his right hand. He said he hit the negro so hard he sprained his right index finger. FORMER CAPE YOUTH WANTS TO JOIN COMPANY L IN NEVADA Maurice Huttman to Return Monday With Lieutenant Fiissell. Maurice Huttman, who formerly lived in the Cape, has volunteered to join Company L of the Sixth Missouri Regiment and will leave Monday aft ernoon with Lieut. Howard Frissell who has been in the Cape for several days owing to the serious illness of his brother, Boas Frissell. Huttman, better known as "Little Hutty," has been in St. Louis during the past seven months following his release from the Reform School in Boonville. He told his friends the sentence in the school had made a man of him, and he would take the advan tage now" to offer his service to the Government. ASSURES SENATE JAPAN WILL AID : TO FINISH FIGHT Japanese Envoy Tells U. S. Senate Two Countries Were Forced in to War for Same Reasons Mili tarism Must go Down. DEBATE ON WAR PROFIT TAX BEGUN IN SENATE YESTERDAY U. S. Schooner Sunk by Submarine Without Loss of Lives Russians Still in Wild Retreat British on Standstill. Washington, August 30. That Japan had entered the war for a finish fight and would battle shoulder to shoulder with the United States in an effort to down German imperialism was the assurance given the Senate this after noon by Viscount Ishii, head of the Japanese mission, in an address delivered before the Senate. "Japan," the envoy said, "took up arms against Germany because a sol emn treaty was not merely a scrap of paper, and did not enter for any selfish reasons. The whole people of Japan have heartily welcomed the entrance of ti c United States into this great struggle because the latter was forced into it lor almost the same reasons as Japan. The Japanese have joined the Allies v ith the firm resolution that the world shall be freed from military despotism as President Wilson stated in the declaration of var on Germany." Washington, Aug. SO. In disapproving a proposal by Representative S;,ouse of Kansas that all men engaged in agricultural pursuits last March be exempted from military service, President Wilson today wrote the Oon i'essman that a class exemption would lead to "many difficulties and to many heart-burning." He added, however, that he "should like personally to see all the genuine farmers left at their indispensable labors." Washington, August 30. Hospital internes and medical students who Lave been more than a year at college may be exempted from military service Un.ler the selective draft bill by regulations issued today. The War Department is anxious education of these men whose services close of the war. Washington, August 30. An additional $915,000,000 for the Shipping Hoard's building program was asked today of Congress. It would be used f jr purchase and commandeering of material and plants and ship construc tion. Washington, August ."0. In an order which newspaper publishers con der an important precedent, President Wilson has fixed a price of 2!a cents on news print paper for use in publishing the Government's daily Official Ivjlletin. The order fixing the price Co., which had declined to furnish news cents a pound1. Washington, August "0. The long features of the war tax bill finally got Factions favoring even higher levies advances proposed by the Finance Committee are preparing to support a flat lvte of at least T0 per cent. Senator Simmons failed to secure Monday. Senator La Follette objected, declaring he would object to any effort and income tax section were disposed of. Taxation of wealth rather than the vocated by Senator Underwood, who favors Bankhead's substitute for a tax of 75 per cent. Senator Underwood said he supports the committee's plan to raise $2,500, COO.000 by taxation. Senator Underwood assailed the bill as a "very hazy propositon. The Stnate made changes in the bill which, including the almost double levy on war profits proposed by the committee, would bring its total to $2,522,470,000. London, August 30. Sinking of the American schooner Laura C. Ander son by bombs yesterday was announced by ths Admiralty today. The crew .as landed at Portsmouth. The Laura C. Anderson was a wooden, four-masted schooner of D61 tons, owned by A. D. Cummins & Co., and registered at Philadelphia. Washington, August SO. President Wilson does not consider the door has been closed to negotiations for peace. Those who have talked with him 'since he dispatched a reply to Pope Benedict have obtained the impression tl-at Mr. Wilson is ready and willing to begin negotiations looking toward ending the war provided the Government of Germany is so changed that its guarantees can be trusted. Territorial arrangements, indemnities and the multitude of questions in volved in making pe; ce have a secondary importance. London, August 30. Further British operations on the west front were hampered by a heavy rainstorm today. All Field Marshal Haig reported was enemy artillery fire in the Nieuport sector (Flanders). Petrograd, August 30. Two more Russian regiments ignominiously de serted the front lines east of Ireshti (Roumanian front) today's official state ment reported. The Teutonic armies gained there. "The enemy dislodged us Tuesday and in the course of the battle yester day, which continued, two of our regiments abandoned their positions," state ments said. "One afterwards dispersed." Amsterdam, August 30. The Telegraaf learns from the frontier that the Germans are reinforcing the northern frontier of Belgium, especially near the Bay of Scheldt. At the village of Saintlivet large guns are located on strong concrete floors, and at Ramps' farm, in particular, are thirteen guns, all mask ed. The whole of Saintlivet village has been strongly reinforced. Berlin, August 30. Further successes marked the attacks of German troops northwest of Focsani, in Roumania today, the War Office announced "We extended our success of yesterday," the statement said, "and pressed the enemy back from Iresti over the heights northward in the direction of Suscita valley We took 300 prisoners." ' Paris, August 30. German attacks on the Verdun front last night were repulsed completely, the War Office announced today. The French penetrated German positions in the Champagne, taking prisoners and a machine gun. not to interfere with the professional as doctors may be needed before the was directed to the International Paper print for the Bulletin at less than 3 - awaited Senate debate on war profits into full swing today. on war profits than the compromise unanimous consent for a final vote next assailing the cloture movement and to clo:;e debate until the war profits people by consumption taxes was ad