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. HE CAPE COUNTY HERALD, CA PEG IRABDEAU. MISSOURI SEPTEMBER 12 1918
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FATHER LEVAN
EXPECTS TO BE
TRANSFERRED
New Catholic Ruling Forbidi
Him Remain At One Place
Over 7 Years
FATHER O'BRIAN IS
SENT FROM TEXAS
Sifter Baptiste First To Be Re
moved From Cape Under
Catholic Law
Rev. Father T. J. Levan, for a num
ber of years President of the St
Vincent's Collegt in this city, will be
transferred to aotnher institution, he
has informed intimate friends.
Under the Canon law, which was
adopted by the heads of the Catholics
in the United States and Europe, at
a conference in Paris in 1914, officials
in charge of Catholic institutions
must be changed every seven years.
Father Levan has been President of
St. Vincent's more than that number
of years, and he anticipates an ordei
to go elsewhere most any time.
Father OTrien, Treasurer of St
Vincent's College has been transferr
ed to the University of Dallas, a
noted Catholic school at Dallas, Tex.
Father Levan spent several months
as the Acting President of the Dallas
College last fall. When he departed
for Texas at that time it was gener
ally believed that he would not re
turn to the Cape because of the new
ru, prohibiting a president of a
Catholic institution to remain longer
than seven years.
. ister Baptiste, who was in charge
of St. Francis Hospital here for four
teen years, was recently transferred
to Milwaukee, Wis..
Her successor in the Cape has not
been named, but it beMeved she will
be sent to the Cape within the next
fe weweks. Sister Baptiste is own in
the Milwaukee institution. She was
located in tat chity for several years
before she was set tno this city to
take charge of St. Francis Hospital.
FOLK TO WIN SURE
SAYS DRJORSTER
St. Lonis Democrat Predicts For
mer Governor Will Lead
Spencer By 50,000
Dr. Otto E. Forster of St. Louis,
formerly vice-president of the First
National Bank, who has been in the
city for several days looking after his
business interests, predicts a sweep
ing victory for Joseph W. Folk over.
Judge Spencer this fa!.
Dr. Forster, who was president of
the St. Louis Police Board under
Stone and Stephens, has been active
in Democratic politics for many
years.
There is no doubt in my mind as
to the outcome in the Senatorial con
test," said Dr. Forster. "Gov. Folk
will sweep the State. He will run
well in St. Louis and he will vir
tually carry the country districts.
I was for Mr. Folk in the pri
mary, not because I had anything ag
ainst Senator Wi'ifley. He is an es
timable gentlemen, but I supported
Gov. Folk because I thought he was
the man for the lace.
"Missouri has always distinguished
herself by electing her biggest men
, TTnifpd States Senate. That is
a good policy to follow, and the elec
tion of Mr. Folk will be in keeping
with this record.
"I do not be'ieve the Wilfley men
will onnose Gov. Folk. I have talked
r
to auite a few of them and they are
nv a tirket. 'Usually when the
nartv sneaks, the minority follows.
'
Gov. Folk was nominated by a major
ity of Missouri Democrats, and it is
the duty of all Democrats to support
hm. T am sure thev wilL And if
Gov. Folk does not lead Judge Spen
cer by at least 50,000, 1 will be great
ly disappointed."
Dr. Forster and Senator Stone were
close personal friends for more than
a quarter of a century.
AVIATION SITE
IS SOUGHT NEAR
CAPE GIRARDEAU
Commercial Club Executive
Committee Takes Up Move
ment To Locate Army
Camp Here
COMMITTEE SELECTED
TO LOCATE GROUNDS
Sam Sherman Asks For Sugges
tions For Proposed Sites
Near This City
The Executive Committee of the
Commercial Club yesterday took up
the proposed aviation camp, which
the War Department is willing to lo
cate in this vicinity.
Major Giboney Houck, father of
the movement, and who conferred
with Secretary Baker concerning
the project, appeared before the Com
mittee and made his recommenda
tions. He told the Commercial Club mem
bers that he was confident that the
War Department would favor Cape
Girardeau, provided a suitab'e site
couM be obtained- He suggested two
or three tracts of land within a few
miles of Cape, which he said were
suitable for aviation grounds.
Sam Sherman, D'Nean Stafford and
Julien Friant were appointed a com
mittee to work with Major Houck in
selecting a site for the camp, after
which a proposition will be made to
the War Department.
Mr. Sherman stated last night
that the committee would inspect a
number of tracts in the vicinity at
once. "I conferred with William A.
O'Brien, the engineer, today, rela
tive to a desirable location,"- Mr.
Sherman said last night. "We agreed
that N. C Frissell, who probably is the
best posted man in this part of the
state on the location of Southeast Mis
souri land, should be asked to make
some recommendations. He is famil
iar with aviation grounds, and his
intimate knowledge of the land adja
cent to Cape Girardeau makes hint
the logical man to locate the site.
"It is quite a problem to locate
640 acres in one tract that is suitable
for aviation purposes. The committee
would be glad to hear from anyone
who knows of such a tract near Cape
Girardeau. It doesn't natter if a por
tion of the land is in woods. The
government will remove this.
"The principal requirement is that
the land be level or nearly so, and it
should be located upon a plateau.
Such a location, I am sure, would
meet with the government's appro
val. If the land is subject to overflow
it would not be cosnidered favorable,
because of the danger of impairing the
hea'th of the aviators.
'The Committee would be glad to
hear from anyone who has a tract of
640 acres in a manner as I have
described." ,
CHARLESTON MAN IS
HELD AS BOOTLEGGER
Prisoner Asks Commissioner Dear-
mont if He Could Break
the Drouth.
Lawrence Meyer of Charleston,
Mo., was arreted yesterday by Uni
ted States Marshal Orchard on a
charge of bootlegging. He is said to
have been neddline' whiskev to var
ious parts of Mississippi County and
to dry persons living in near by
counties. .
Dearmont came to the Cape with
Marshal Orchard and Meyer. The
bootlegger whispered this message to
the United States Commissioner:
"I'm mighty dry; ain't you got
something in your suit case to break
the drouth?" The Commissioner
informed him that there was nothing
doing.
When they reached Cape Girardeau,
Mever was taken to iail-. He will
likely be given a preliminary hearing
today.
f The Right of Way
LILBOURNE MAN
SLUGGED, IS DEAD
Ed. Miller Succumbs At Hospi
tal From A Fractured
Skull
Ed Miller, a resident of Lilbourne,
who was brought to the hospital ear
ly Friday morning for treatment for
a fractured skull, died about 9 o'clock
last night.
Miller was brought to the hospital
by a relative and Dr. Davis of Lil
bourne. They said that Miller was
struck on the head at tha depot Fri
day night with a piece of timber
from a transfer wagon frame. The
name of his assailant was not learn
ed. It is reported that Miller had a
fist fight with th man who struck
him with the piece of timber.
Mitter has a sister in the city but
no one at the . hospital or any one
connected with the case in any way
knvw her name and she could not be
found last night. She visited Millei
yesterday morning and had a child
two or three years old with her. She
did not leave any address or tell any
one her name.
Funeral arrangements had not been
made early last night a snone of the
relatives had yet been h:ard from.
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I. W. W. DYNAMITE
GHICAGO U. S. BLDG
Four Men And One Woman Are
Killed And Many Huit
Arrests Made
Special Dispatch to The Tribune:
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4. Five
persons were killed and a score were
injured this afternoon when a bomb
was exploded under the Chicago Fed
eral building.'
The police are inclined to attribute
the explosion to a plot planned by
the L. W,. W. leaders as a result of
the sentencing of Bill Haywood and
other I. W. W. members who were
convicted last week for conspiracy.
They were to have completed their
application for an appeal in the Fed
eral building today.
The Federal building was badly
damaged bv the explosion. Several
arrests have been made by the polic.
' Late tonight it was definitely
learned that four men and one woman
were killed in the explosion. SoV
diers were rushed here tonight from
Camp Grant to guard the Federal
building. A large number of I. W.
W. agitators were arrested tonight by
the police and secret service men. A
general order to round-up all known
I. W. W. leaders was issued tonight
HARRY RABE WILL
REMAIN ON FORCE
City Fireman Agrees To With
draw Resignation For
The Present
Harry Rabe, a member of the fire
department, has agreed to stay on
the job 'until a new man is found to
take his place, the mayor told the
city commissioners at a short session
of the city council held yesterday af
ternoon. Rabe sent in his resigna
tion the day before and it was ex
pected that the council wou'd act on
it at the meeting yesterday.
It is not an easy job to find com
petent men for this work at a salary
of from $65 to ?70 a month, the
mayor said. City Commissioner Fris
sell suggested that advertisements for
help in the fire department be publish
ed and this was agreed so. Appli
cations will be received by ,the city
clerk and will be acted on at the reg
ular meeting on the first Monday in
October.
The City Engineer was given a leave
of absence without pay until January
1, subject to recall at any time. The
mayor said he thought he would be
needed in about three weeks.
The mayor stated that he had
granted the Barnes show the privi
lege of unloading on the river front
between Themis and Independence
streets. The paraphernalia of the
show can then be hauled up Themis
and Spanish to Broadway and from
there to the Fairgrounds..
BANKERS ARE EXEMPT
FROM MILITARY SERVICE
Crowder to Issue List of Essential
Industries Next Monday.
WASHINGTON, Sept 4-Much
broader grounds for the establish
ment of claims for exemption from
military service are provided in new
regulations now being worked ' out
by Provost Marshal-General Crowder
to govern the classification of men
who will register on Sept 12. Im
portant modifications are based upon
the change of a few words in the
original draft law made in passing
the new man-power act The term
"industrial occupation" is eliminated,:
and the law now provides persons
may be given deferred classification
when engaged "in occupation or em
ployment including agriculture,
which can be established as neces
sary to the military establishment
or the maintenance of the national in
terest" -
This section will allow district ex
emption bodrds to exempt bankers
and essential bank -empVyes, men
engaged in necessary commercial en
terprises and necessary, workers for
Red Cross and -kindred ; organiza
MAJ. CARMACK IS
BACK IN THE U.S.
Officer Wounded In "No Man's
Land," Married Cape
Girardeau Cirl
ST." LOUIS, MO., Sept 4 Maj.
John Frank Carmack who married
Miss Marie Weber of Cape Girardeau,
who, in the casualty list of May 29
was named as severely wounded in
action, was brought back to New
York on a ship that reached there
last Monday. This fact became
known this afternoon, upon the ar
rival here of army officers who re
turned on the same ship. v
Maj. Carmack, it was said, had to
be carried from the ship. He was
taken to a hospital in the East.
Maj. Carmack, when war was de
c'ared, was Captain of I Company of
the First Missouri Infantry. After
his promotion he was transferred
from the 138th Infantry to the 137th
Infantry. He was -shot in both legs
when 'on an expedition in "No Man's
Land."
EXCHANGE SEATS OWNED BY
ALIENS ARE ORDERED SOLD
President Wilson Orders Them Dis
posed of at Private Sale Without
Advertising.
Washington, D. C, Aug. 81. Pres
ident Wilson has issued an executive
order authorizing the alien property
custodians to sell at private sale,
without public or other advertisement
any seats or membership in stock,
cotton, grain, produce or other ex
change. By means of a private sale
the order points out thatseats or mem
berships may be sold to better advan
tage, at the place and time of most
favorable demand and without un
necessary expense and delay.
INDICATIONS GOVERNMENT
WILL COMMANDEER
SUPPLY OF STEEL
40,000 Manufacturers Called on to
Make Reports of Stock to War
Industries Board.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. More
than 40,000 manufacturers using
steel in their products have been
ca'led upon by the War Industries
Board to make complete reports of
their steel stocks, down to the small
est holdings.
It was intimated today that this
Btep is preparatory to commandeer
ing for war use all surplus supplies
of steel. -
tions.
Gen. Crowder will issue a list of the
industries 'that he considers essential
next Monday. The list contains sixty-nine
classifications, including news
papers and their appurtenances.
CARBURETOR 111
SUMMER SEAS0I1
Ordinarily There Is Not as Much
Gasoline Required Then as
During Winter.
USE OF COLD AIR EI1HREL1
Always Good Judgment to Inspect
Radiator Frequently, Making Sure
Water Is Not Running Low
Grease Collects Dust
One of the things demanding th
attention of the auto owner in sum
mer weather is the care of the car
buretor. , Ordinarily there Is not at
much gasoline required in hot weathei
as in cold and therefore, the dash ad
justment may be carried a little nearei
lean, or air, side. This not only save
gasoline but increases the power of tht
motor. In the majority of instances it
has been found that the hot air stove
of the carburetor may be dispensed
with or adjusted.
Prevent Hot Air.
As a rule provision Is made on the
hot air stoves for allowing some cold
air to enter, or to take cold air entire
ly. Where the carburetor Is water
jacketed. It is usually supplied with a
valve that may be closed to prevent
the flow of hot water. Individual ex?
periuient will determine whether It is
advisable to cut out the heat entirely
on the carburetor, since all are not
benefited by the change. If the fan
has been disconnected this of course
will be corrected. The engine natural
ly runs hotter In the summer time, the
water vaporizes faster and often boils
away, so It Is always good judgment
to inspect the radiator frequently, mak
ing sure that the water Is not running
low. jTWater in the storage battery
will evaporate twice as quickly in sum
mer. Heavy Grease for Summer.
Many manufacturers recommend 8
heavier grease for summer than for
winter In order to obtain the greatest
efficiency. Hot weather softens up
grease and trouble often manifests
itself by grease seeping out of trans
mission or differential cases, as well
as from grease cups. When the
grease softens in this manner It in
variably makes a little ring of grease
around each cup which collects dust
and . gives the car an unkempt ap
pearance; there is also the possibil
ity of some of the dust working into
the bearings. Be sure to keep the
grease cups turned down and In that
way the dust Is forced out. They
should be wiped off carefully. It
should be remembered that every bear
ing needs additional care In the hot
weather to keep the dust out and the
lubricant In, but the motorist who at
tends to these little "extras" will be
doubly repaid In expense saved and in
comfort and freedom from those an
noying stops on the road which so
often result in an unnecessary visit to
the nearest garage. The motor-wise
driver realizes from past experiences
tha' hot weather calls for added fore
thought and precaution.
To Prevent Jumping Lever.
Unless you keep your hand on the
gear shift lever until you are sure
the gears are in mesh, it may jump
back into neutral, bothering yon
greatly. It is a good plan to keep your
hand on the speed lever until you have
finished with it. Then, too, you must
watch the road white you are changing
from one speed to another, and you
cannot do this if you have to look
down and find the speed lever several
times.
REVENUE BILL TO
GO TO HOUSE TODAY
Committee On Ways And Means
ft ;?art s Measure To Be
passed Friday
Special Dispatch to The Tribune:
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. The $8,-
200,000,000 revenue bill, to raise the
necessary money for carrying on the
war, was approved by the Ways and
Means Committee today and the bill
goes to the House tomorrow. Chair
man Kitchen will ask to have the bill
taken up Friday, and his present
plans is to have the final vote taken
Saturday. It is believed his program
will be carried out. -.
MANUFACTURE OF
BEER WILL STOP
ON DECEMBER 1
Food Administrator Issues
Proclamation After Senate
Approves Dry Amendment
NATION WILL BE DRY
BEFORE JUNE 30, 1919
Supply Of Liquor On Hand Will
Not Last Until Law Goes
In Effect
Special Dispatch to The" Tribune:
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6. The Na
tional Food Administration announc
ed tonight that the manufacture of
beer would be prohibited on and after
December 1, 1918. Beer supplies on
hand on that date may be sold with
out interference, but all breweries in
the United States will either close on
that cay or be used in the manufac
ture of some other product.
The Food Adminitsartion order
came a short time after the Stnate
had passed the Emergency Agricul
tural Stimulation bill with the bone
dry rider. The prohibition amend
ment was approved by a vote of 46
to 6. Under the provisions of the
measure, the nation becomes dry
June SO, 1019, until the Fre3ident de
clares by proclamation that the de
mobilization of the trocps has been
completed.
When June SO, arrives, according to
the general belief, the United States
will be accustomed to a bone dry diet.
The manufacture of whiskey was ois
continued almost a year ago and the
supply since that time has been on a
rapid decline. With the manufacture
of bter stopped on the beginning of
December, the nation will be virtually
dry by the first of the year.
SOMEBODY IS GOING
TO BE STUNG TODAY
Experts Are Going To Tinker
With Cape County Honey-
bees For Two Days
Professor Akins of the College of
Agriculture, Columbia, Mo., will be in
the county September 4th and 5tb7
Four meetings have been scheduled
and those interested should attend
some of these meetings. "'.
In Cape Girardeau County- there i?
much bee pasture that is now going
to waste. We are in the midst of 4
sugar shortage and the demand for
sweets is unlimited. Honey in any
form, chuck, comb or extracted com
mands a ready sale at very attractive
prices..
Here is one kind of farming that
does not involve ownership of land to
operate. A back yard, an unused lot,
a read side or a wood lot wi'l make
an ideal apiary- There are no state
laws or city ordinances against the
bee. This form of live stock can roam
at will over both city and " country.
Nor does a river b'ke the Mississippi
offer a barier to the bec Dees from
Cape Girardeau wi'l gather honey in
Illinois in the a'falfa fields across the
river.
A very sma'l amount of capital
is necessary to get a start in the bee
business. A few hives, a few tools
like a veil and a smoker , make
up the necessary equipment. Neither
docs the bee require constant care
like other form3 of live stock. They
can be left alone for weeks at a time.
If one will make bee culture a busi
ness, he can be assured of an income
that wi'J. be eoual to any other line
cf farming. Come out and hear what
the State expert has to say and learn
from him how to handle bees. The
Wednesday meetings will b3 at . 9
o'clock at the home of Seth Babcock,
741 North Henderson avenue; Cape
Girardeau, and in the 1 afternoon ' in
Millerville at the school house. Thurs
day morning, 9 a. m., Pocahontas;
1' a. m., Fruitland; and Jackson 2 p.
m., at the home of John Ade. ' --
