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VOL: XVII
THE CAPE COUNTY HERALD, CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, JUNE 14, 1918
NUMBER 30
BRYAN TO SPEAK
IN CAPE DURING
CHAUTAUQUA
Lectures To Begin About Ju
ly 19 And Continue Six
Days
MANY FEATURES ARE
ADDED FOR THIS YEAR
SoIdierFrom Trenches To Tell Of
War Other Patriotic Num
bers On Program
William Jennings Bryan, former
Secretary of State, and recognized as
the Cicero of present days, will be
the leading speaker during Chautau
qua week in this city beginning about
July 19. This information was re
ceived yesterday by Rush H. Lim
baugh, who is in charge of the ad
vertising for the Chautauqua in this
city.
In addition to Bryan a French sol
dier, who has been in the trencnes'
for several years, has seen every
phase of the martial game, was
wounded and disabled, and who is
now making speeches in this country
in order to arouse the patriotism of
the Americans and the enthusiasm
of the citizens for the cause of the
United States entering the war, has
also been secured for the Chautauqua
week.
The Chautauqua will be carried on
six days. No day for the beginning
has as yet been fixed by the commit
tee in charge of arranging the sched
ule, but from information thus far
received from the Chautauqua com
mittee in Kansas City, the week of
July 19 will mark the beginning.
About fifty men will be chosen In
this city to guarantee the expenses
of the chautauqua week. Last year
the guarantors lost money, but-they
are confident this year taht there
will be no loss in view of the fact
that many patriotic features have
been added to the usual program, fea
tures that will draw crowds. The
season tickets and single admission
prices remain the same as last year
notwithstanding the fact that many
more attractions have been added to
the program for this year.
Arrangements are now under way
to organize the guarantors for the
chautauqua. DNean Stafford, pres
ident of the First National Bank, who
headed the local committee of guar
antors last year, will again be in
charge this year. Other leading men
of the city will again become mem
bers of the local chautauqua com
mittee to bring the chautauqua here.
The following program has been
announced for the six days:
FIRST DAY. ""v
Afternoon.
Black's European Orchestra, fea
turing Joseph Black, violin virtuoso.
Night
Blacks European Orchestra, Mu
sical masterpieces.
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This Is The Commoner Who
Will Be Here At Chautauqua
JIM WISEMAN IS
REPORTED FOUND
INMOUNT VERNON
Veteran Fisherman Was Be
lieved to Have Lost Life
Year Ago.
LETTER SAYS HE WAS
FOUND LAST NOVEMBER
Mrs. Wiseman Puzzled by Mys
terious Message Penned on
Btck of Daughter's Letter.
That Jim Wiseman, the veteran
fisherman of this city who disappear
ed May 30, 1917, while returning with
two other men from a fishing trip, is
now living in Mount Vernon, 111., is
intimated in a letter received last
Tuesday by Mrs. Anna Wiseman, 40
South Middle street, wife of the man
who was supposed to have lost his
life a year ago. The message came
from Clyde Rasch, 521 South 24th
street, Mount Vernon, 111., telling
Mrs. Wiseman that her husband had
been living at his home more than
six months, and asking her whether
he should send Wiseman home.
The message was on the back of
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Wiseman, a daughter of the fisher
man. The informant said Wiseman
had been picked up on a sandbar at
Louisiana last Thanksgiving and had
been living in Mount Vernon since
that time. The letter did not state
whether Louisiana was the state or
the city in Missouri, which is located
on the Mississippi banks in Pike
County.
Mrs. Wiseman said last night she
did not know whether some joker had
written the letter or whether her hus
band was really still living. She
stated her daughter returned an an
ser to the address given in the mys
terious message Tuesday evening, but
she had not received any word from
her informant, Clyde Rasch.
The fact that the mysterious mes
sage was written on a letter ad
dressed to her daughter, Mrs. Wise
man said, had led her to believe that
the man who wrote the message knew
something of the fate of her husband.
She believes that he had the letter
in his pocket at the time he disap
peared. At the time of Wiseman's disap
pearance the family resided at C14
South Middle street. This was the
address the envelope addressed to
Mrs. Wiseman last Tuesday was sent
to. Since then the family has re
moved to 40 South Middle Street.
The former address Mrs. Wiseman
believes was used for the reason that
sit was the one under which the orig
inal letter had been sent to her
daughter.
Mrs. Wiseman stated that she did
not know anyone by the name of
Rasch in Mount Vernon. If her hus
band was really still living, she said
she believed he suffered a lapse of
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CAPE MAY HAVE NEW
DEPOT IN 2 MONTHS
Frisco Officials Tell Mayor Haas
Building Will Be Speedily
Built
The construction of the Frisco pas
senger station in this" city will be
started in about a month or six
weeks, in the opinion of Mayor H. H.
Haas, who returned yesterday morn
ing from St. Louis, where he was in
conference with President Biddle of
the Frisco, General Manager Kern,
Architect Stephens and several other
officials of the railroad. The plans
for the new station were thoroughly
discussed and the Frisco officials as
sured the Mayor that these would be
drawn in less than two weeks.
These plans, Mayor Haas said,
would be identical with the set ap
proved by ex-Mayor Will Hirsch and
the Commerc'al Club committee some
months ago in a conference with rep
resentatives of the railroad. In view
of the fact, however, that the prices
for building material have increased
materially, the dimensions of the
building on the new set of plans will
be diminished to some extent.
President Biddle assured Mayor
Haas that he would do everything in
his power to speed up the building
of the station. The Frisco ,he assur
ed the Mayor, would commence the
construction of the building as soon
as the .contract had been let, which
would require probably a month after
the plans had been completed and
approved by the city officials of Cape
Girardeau.
While the building, which was pre
sented on the old plans, was 184 feet
long and 44 feet wide, the structure
the Frisco expects to build now will
be reduced in its dimensions. It was
agreed in the conference Friday that
the station would have a front of
about 175 or 178 feet, while the
width would remain the same as the
j one shown on the plans approved by
ex-Mayor Hirsch.
President Biddle assured the Mayor
that the Frisco could spend the full
$35,000 which are required by the or
dinance under which the Frisco re
ceived its franchise from the city in
1909. This expenditure was autno
ized by the Director General of Rail
roads recently, and will be invested
in the passenger station.
According to the Frisco ai'chitect
ft will require about two weeks to
draw the plans for the building.
These will then be immediately, for
warded to the city officials for ap
proval. The contract for the build
ing of the . depot will be advertised
probably a month, the officials said.
AH local contractors will be given a
chance to bid on the work.
The station, according to the fran
chise granted the railroad by this city
nine years ago, should have been com
pleted last year. It will be erected at
the foot of Independence street with
the tracks on the east side of the
building
Noxious Weeds
SISTER BAPTISTE
MAY LEAVE CAPE
Popular Head Of St. Francis Ex
pected To Go To Waterloo,
Iowa
Under a new ruling of the Catholic
Church, limiting the time that a Sis
ter Superior may remain at one hos
pital, Sister Baptiste, in charge of St.
Francis Hospital in this city, may
soon be transferred, to Waterloo, la.
This report was current in the Cape
yesterday, but no official announce
ment had been made yesterday.
Sister Baptiste is known to most
everybody in the Cape, and is excep
tionally popular. It was through her
own individual efforts that the mod
ern new hospital became a reality.
She was in charge of the old St.
Francis hospital for a number of
years before the new structure was
planned. She supervised its con
struction, after playing an important j ?
role in providing the money neces
sary to build it.
She recently spent a few weeks at
the Waterloo institution which is one
of the largest institutions of its kind
in the Northwest. It is located in a
private park of about fifty acres of
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tal than the Cape institution.
It could not be learned yesterday
when her successor would be named,
but announcement probably will be
made when she receives her final in
structions. Sister Baptiste enjoys
the distinction of having made St.
Francis hospital what it is today. It
is the most modern and up-to-date
hospital between St. Louis and Mem
phis. Sister Baptiste is equally well
liked by Catholics and Protestants.
SALOON MEN ARE
FOR BOND ISSUE
Claude D. Speak Predicts Plan To
Build The Bridges Will Suc
ceed At Polls
All of Cape Girardeau's saloon men
are working for the success of the
$200,000 bond issue, it was learned
last night. Every proprietor is ac
tively campaigning for the project.
Edward Frenzel, Claude D. Speak,
William Seehausen and Clay Lutz
were present at the mass meeting
held at the court house last Wednes
day evening. Mr. Speak reported to
The Tribune last night that every
saloon man in the city was working
for the bond issue.
"I am unable to see how anyone liv
ing in Cape Girardeau can oppose the
bond issue to build these bridges. I
have heard very little opposition to
the project. Every one seems to be
under the impression that we must
either support tire propositon or go
out of business. If the information
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CIRCUIT COURT HAS
A SPECIAL TERM
Three Negroes Want To Plead
Guilty To Charges Monday
Morning
A special term of the Circuit Court
will be held in Jackson Monday by
Circuit Judge Kelly for the purpose
of disposing of three criminal cases
that have been filed in court by the
prosecuting attorney since the close
of the regular term in April.
The three defendants who are to be
brought before Judge Kelly Monday
aro Jesse Millett, Nathaniel Barr and
Curtis Adams, all three negroes who
have been held in the county jail since
thjir arrests three weeks ago.
Millett and Barr are charged with
carrying concealed weapons, while
Adams is charged with burglary and
arceny. The informations against
j the trio were drawn up yesterday by
Prosecuting Attorney Caruthers.
Adams was a ''hold out." When
aixcsted and given his preliminary
hearing before Justice of the Peace
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against him. He is charged with
breaking into the Martens building
on Good Hope street and stealing a
wagonload of household goods stored
in the building. The articles were re
covered in his home, but he insists
that he bought them from a man
whom he knew only by sight.
Several days ago Adams informed
the Prosecuting Attorney that he
wculd plead guilty to the charges of
burglary and larceny and it was de
cided to hold the speciaf term in or
der to dispose of the three cases in
as much as the other two prisoners
were willing to plead guilty.
GEN.
LIGGETT TO COMMAND
.AMERICAN FIELD FORCES
Washington, June 15. Members of
.the House Military Committee at
their weekly War Department con
ference today were told that the
stream of Americans steadily moving
to the front had resulted in a notice
able stiffening of tlie ;whole allied
line. The Germans, it was said, ap
parently had encountered greater nu
merical strength than they expected
to oppose in their third great drive
and had suffered heavier losses than
they probably had anticipated.
On the whole, the legislators were
informed there were many encour
aging features in the present situa
tion on the west front.
Among other things disclosed was
the fact that Maj. Gen. Hunter L. Lig
gett has been selected to become
corps commander when the American
force reaches, that strength, and to
command the first American Fielt
Army when it is organized.
that I get is a criterion of the gen
eral sentiment, the bond issue is go
ing to pass by a big vote.
GERMANS CUT OFF
10,000 BOLSHEVIK
NEARLY ALL SLAIN
Red Guards Advancing From Sea
Of Azov To The North Driven
Back Into Water Others Are
Mowed Down
FRENCH MAKE GAINS
ON MARNE
German Lines Are Heavily Shell
ed With Gas Bombs By U. S.
Troops Patrols Along Marne
Clash Under Fire
AMSTERDAM, June 16. Forces of about 10,000 Bolshevik Red
Guards, under the command of Cze ch officers, have been almost wiped
out by a German division under Gen. Knoerzer. This is the report re
ceived by Gen. Eichhon, in supreme command of the German troops in
the Ukraine, says a message received here early this morning.
The Bolshevik troops, it was sta ted in the report, landed on the Uk
raine coast along the Azov Sea, com ing from Leisk and marching toward
Taganrog, where the clash occurred. About 3,000 were said to be lying
dead on the battlefield while more t ban that number (Jrowned in the lake
in an attempt to escape.
The German losses, says the bull etin received here, were very small.
The Bolshevik troops were headed o ff from the north and driven back to
iheir place of landing.
London, June 15. A successful lo- (
cal operation was carried out last
nisrht.bv British and Scottish bat-
talions north cf Bethune on the Flan
ders front and over sixty prisoners
were taken, according to the state
ment issued by the War Department.
With the French Army in France,
June 15. French troops today car
ried out a successful local operation
for the improvement of their line
around the northeastern corner of th
forest of Villers Cotterets, on the
westerly side of the Marne salient.
Aside from this infantry on neither
side has given much sign of life on
any part of the front in the last
thirty-six hours.
Wiih the American Aimy in
France, June 15. American batteries
last night hurled thousands of gas
shells into the German lines along
the Marnet front, northyest of Cha
teau Thierry. The bombardment was
in retaliation for a heavy gas attack
by the Germans.
There was patrol activity along the
American fronts in the Marne region
and in Picardy and some artillery
fire occurred in addition to the gas
bombardment. There was no infan
try action.
OLIVER NOW EXPERT
PLANE MECHANIC
Completes First Course of Train
ing for Commission in
Aviation Corps.
W. Palmer Oliver, who has been
training for a commission in the avi
ation corps of the army at Cham
paign, 111., since last spring, arrived
home this morning for a short fur
lough. He will return this afternoon
to enter the second course of his
training at the completion of which
he will receive his commission as
flight officer.
The young aviator has made a re
markable success, having completed
his first course, called the ground
course, in about two months. This
training consisted of a scientific study
of an aeroplane. In order to pass the
examination at the end of this ground
course, the Cape aviator was requir
ed to take an aeroplane apart, blind
folded, and put every part back in
place.
The second course of his training
will be actual flying. Upon completing
this part of his training, Mr. Oliver
will receive his commission and will
IN LOCAL RAIDS
t A TLI L' U I II I V Kh VI:
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FIRST MASS TODAY
Many To Attend Solemn Event
At St. Vincenfs-Flrst In
Many Years
The celebration of his first mass by .
Rev. Father Joseph Lilly of this city,
who was ordained to the priesthood
at St. Louis Thursday morning, will
be one of the most impressive churca
events held in this city. Rev. Lilly
will say his first mass, assisted by
Right Rev. Thos. Levan, at 10 o'clock
this morning at St. Vincent's church.
Rev. Lilly, a son of Mrs. E. S.
Lilly of this city, is the third priest
born in this city to celebrtae his first
mass here. It will be the first church
festivity 'of its kind in this city in
more than 10 years.
Rev. Monaghan of Ken rick Semi
nary St. Louis County, will be the
deacon, and Rev. Vidal of St. Vin
cent's College faculty, will act as sub
deacon. Rev. O'Brien, vice president
of the college, will be the master of
ceremonies. Rev. Father Le Sage,
pastor of St. Vincent's Catholic
Church, will preach the sermon.
Because of the solemn event mass
es at St Mary's Catholic church will
I be said at an earlier hour than usual
in order that the members of this
parish may have an opportunity to
be present at the celebration of Fa
ther Lilly's first mass. Priests from
neighboring towns are also expected
to attend the solemn mass.
JACKSON COUPLE MARRIED
YESTERDAY EVENING
Sykes Rodgexs, of Jackson, and Bride
Leave for South on . Honey
moon Trip.
Sykes Rodgers and Miss Esther
BrenneckC, of Jackson, were married
yesterday evening in the county seat
the ceremony being witnessed by
many friends of the young couple.
Following the ceremony a reception
was given, which was attended by a
host of friends.
Mr. Rodgers is one of the leading
young business men of the county
seat. He has been engaged in ab
stract work in Jackson. The couple
departed early ihis morning for the
South on an extended honeymoon
trip.
be sent to France for aviation duty
on the battle lines. He is the first
Cape boy to try for a commission in
the aviation section cf the army.
