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M trmt ItkMl firV it CAPE OIKARDKAUA TRIBUNE ieb. 1914 June 1916 AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER-ABSOU TKI.Y t I.KAN AND FIT FOR ANY MEMHI K OK THE FAMILY TO READ Volume XVI 6?SS0 CAPE GIRARDEAU MISSOURI, FEBRUARY 6, 1914 Number 6 PflJMtl HOUCK SUES ON CONTRACT WITH FRISCO Wants Interest on Bonds Issued by C. G. & N. and Guaranteed by Frisco. ASKS PREFERENTIAL CLAIM Contends Contract Should be Complied With or Properly be Returned to Him. St. Louis. M. I'll. Action to i-ittnpi'l tin- receivers of the St. Louis llll'l S;ltl l'ri'hcisco Uaih'oad to take over ami operate the lilies of the Cape '.irardoail and Northern Railway Company was tiled in the I'liited States District Court Wednesday- The suit took the form of an intcrvriiinic petition by Louis Houck of Cape (iirardcau, Mo., in the receivership suit of the North American Company attainst the Frisco. The Cape Girardeau anil Northern Railway Company, the petition states, is a consolidation of the lines of the Cape Girardeau anil Thebes Terminal Railroad Company, Cape Girardeau and Chester Railroad Company, Ches ter, Perry ville and St. Genevieve Railroad Company and Saline Valley Railroad Company. j Houck declares he owned the ma jority slock in tin tinned, and that l'.ll:., he entire I it 1 1 .1. II. Bud I'ri-co. by which the l-'ris aure.-d inlo :i coiitr-iet !. repl esellt ins the Hrd. aetinc for In form the Cape t hern Railroad i i a pit a I st oi k ol it. i ol w huh wi i e ( lira ii I cm Company, "alii. Hi HI :i IK 1 v. II Ii I be b to be nu.-iraiiteed b the lli-co, t he Mi w i ompa liv I property of the four Mli;: over tlie .-mailer roads. The property taken over, the peti tion cites, was as follows: Cape Gil anleail and Thebes Termi nal Railroad, .-even miles of track: stock, 1 00.01 10 ; bonds. SI 00.1100. Cape (iiranleail and Chester Railroad. II miles ,,f Mack: stuck ."Oli.llllll; bond.-. S."(IO.IM)i. Choter. IViryville and tile. Genevieve. 'JO miles of track: I stock. '.00.1100; bonds. Saline Vallev Railroad. '.' i 10. Illlll; mile 'f , track: stock, .'!li(l.(l(lll; bonds. :itli. III III. The petition further a Vers that the Frisco receivers have refused to take over the property on the ground that the purchase was nor authorized by the stockholders or directors of the toad. It is asserted that the cost of operating the load as part of the t risen would be le-s than the cost of operation as a separate system. The court is asked to order the re ceivers to take up the management of the properties and carry out the contract by which the road was purchased. 2 RUNAWAY GIRLS END JOURNEY HERE Tire of Quiet Life in Chaffee,! Get This Far on Way to ' St. Louis. ! STOP AT LOCAL HOTEL Father of One of ifair Arrives in Time to Change Their Plans. Two girls just approaching woman hood registered Wednesday morning at the Terminal Hotel under the names of Mabel Cunningham and Marie Owens from Chalice. Manager George Harris suspected from their youthful appearance and general demeanor that they were runaways and when la quest ioncd them they divulged the fact that they had grown tired of home sur rounding and had mutually rcsocd to shake ChalTee gumbo from their feet forever and lo nu.ke tracks for St. Louis with all speed. Mr. Harris endeavored to dissuade them but they seemed to have reach ed a Ii 1 1 a I determination in the mat ter and it was not until the arrival of the father of one of the girl- later ill the alt i I liiion that they cmJd be prevailed upon to reconsider their plans and become reconciled to re sume for a little while longer the monotonous humdrum of cocn.ry life in Chaffee The pcrt.v rctuiiiid to their ."Scott county home Thurs day morning GOVERNOR'S LETTER NO GOOD Recommendation of Executive I Dis regarded by County Officials Who Make Arrect. iWNt" News Service.) Waco, Tex., Ti b. 5. Uov. Colquitt of Texas lias many rights, but none over the law, asserted officials here when they recaptured Dootsie Robin son, who recently escaped from the Oatesville reformatory. Robinson had none to Austin and obtained a letter from the governor, In which he requested any authorities ar rcstins tit tn not to molest him, as he protnlsud to urren4tr after first vis It I ii k his mother in Waco. Uoliinsou came here, thowed tli" U tter and was arrested. He expected to istt here a week. The superintendent of the Oatesville Institution telephoned that the gov ernor had no riuht to provide such a letter, and. besides, there wa.-; $1T re ward for hU capture, he polnti d out. PHYSICIAN IS SHOT FOR ABUSING WIFE Dr. (Juircy I,. Williams of Roon ville, Ind., is Slain by Brother-in-law. HORSEWHIPS SPOUSE Recently Fined $250 for Cruelly Beating Woman at Their Home. Uooiievillc. Ind., l ib. .Y Dr. ijuin- fniir roads men- cy Williams, :i well-known and pnuni oii .lanuaiy III. incut phy-iciau here v. as i'm tally -hoi ye-ti rday by his hroihc I j in -t I )enimet t . .1. hi The -.hiioiiim ri'-ulii ,i 0 because ol Dr. William- mi -! real iug his wile. I he v. 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 . following an altci'-.i' imi willi the physician, had II. 'i I ti I )eminit I "s In tin for protection." The hii-b.onl later appiaicd mi the seine and the shonlin billowed.. Dr. W.lliams pained much notoriety lure a -In ill time au when alter bein' arrested on a charge of lmr-e-w hipping his wife lie was found guilty ami was ;:--e ed a line if S'.Viil. The shoot in t of ye-tenlay was no surprise, ii is -aid. to tho-e who are .iciplainti'd with the maiilial Iroiibl. s t I In Williain-. However, the whole alVair is ciiiuinaliililig tin at t --tit ion of evi rvbodv heie lodav. GREAT RENDEZVOUS FOR THE NIMRODS Activities of Little River Drainage District Will Benefit in Various Ways. j WILLKRING FiXE (SAMe i Fishing and Hunting To Have! No Equal in any Section of South-east Missouri. ('ape Girardeau i- destined not only to become one of the most prominent business centers in the Mississippi Valley through the devel opment brought aboul by the activi ties ol tlie Kittle River Drainage District, but as a future r"iulezvous for sportsmen with both rod and gun. the outlook is most promising. The big diversion channel which will empty into the Mississippi River a few miles below the city will carry the concentrated overflow and spreads f i iii Hubble Cnek, Little River and Castor River, three of the Inst fish ing streams in Southeast Missouri. Where the ditch intersects the govern ment levee a short di-tuncc from town, a chain of laig'- harrow pits three miles ill length will be stocked with all varieties of game li-h common to this .section of the country, ami it is natural to infer that with such a large body of water there will be a great inlliiN of watir b.wl duriiu; the hunting hvimiii. COMMKKCIAI. (1.115 MKKTING. The Commercial club will hold an important inert inu lii.!.i night. Kvcry member is requested to be present. Some interesting committee reports will be Made and new unifiers will come up for iliscu-sioti. I're-i-dent Glenn a-l.- that every membi r attend to take part ill the iliscussion for the cpatisi.iti ol the city and county. Retort Professional. A-hor "I would have you know, sir, that I bav written for betti r mag azlnes than jour!" Kditor "And did you get them?" Judgn. AMERICAN CONSULATE THAT NEEDED II k,v4- km i f ; The American consulate at Ava-psflco, Mexico, has been convert' d the vicinity, who turned over to Consul C. S. Kdwjrd about I'iaO rauders. the consul cabled to the state department for protection ami SIMEON D. FESS f'J-V f& -i" M . if ' KH WtMm- lift 6 Simeon 1J. Fess, who Is serving his first term In congress as the represen tative of Ohio's Sixth district, stsfrted out In life as a farmer boy. AYter graduating from college he was re tained by his alma mater, Ohio North ern university, as Its professor of American history. After this h , held several college positions and finally became president of Antloch college. Later be was the editor of a magazine. LATE .MEXICO CITY, MKX., FEB. 5. THE REBELS LOST TIIEIK FIRST BATTLE, A SKIRMISH AT TORREON, TODAY, BI T WERE Sl CJESSFl'L IN THEIR MOVE MENT ON TAMIMCO A( (ORDINC TO EARLY DISPATCHES OF THE DAY'S FICHTINd. BALTIMORE, MI)., FEB. 5. CON(iRESS.MA ROBERT BREMNER WHO FOR WEEKS FAST HAS BEEN UNDERGOING RADIUM TREATMENT F()R;CAN ( ER OF THE SHOULDER AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL DIED AT 10:.J.'J THIS MORN 1N(J. OYER $100,000 WORTH OF THE FRECIOl S METAL WAS INJECTED INTO HIS BODY IN AN EFFORT TO SAVE HIS LIFE. ST. LOUS, MO., FEB. 5. THIEVES IN A WACON DROVE UP TO THE DOOR OF THE WOLTJEN EXPRESS COMPANY'S OFFICE HERE TODAY, LOADED I P $5,000 WORTH OF MERCHANDISE AND DROVE AWAY UNMOLESTED. CHICAGO, ILL., FEB. 5. A FASHIONABLY DRESSED WOMAN IS AT WORK HERE WITH A POISON NEEDLE AND IS USING IT ON SMALL BOYS. SHE IS DESCRIBED AS BEING ABOUT 23 YEARS OLD AND HANDSOME. ST. LOUIS, MO., FEB. 5. LOR ETTA, THE NINE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER OF POLICEMAN JOHN STEPIIENRAEIR, WAS DRAGGED INTO AN ALLEY HERE, BEATEN, ROBBED AND OTHERWISE ABUSED BY A STRANGER WHO HAD OFFERED TO ASSIST THE CHILD IN CATCHING A STREET CAR. into a As Hear o o ooocooooooooo o o ; o O "SI VKN nns TO o C ItU.lVATK" Wll.l. 0 o m:t;i SATIRDAV o C i' inning ui the Saiuid.n O D.lii Tllb'.m-, Seven les O 0 to I'.. I ip.ile. ,. of I I,. I O C -n'efi-i serial sturics ever pub- Q 0 ii-la-l. proiiu-e- In demand O C 'he ..' Cllt'ol .,( the laU'c O O iiend i i ol . ader- i f I hi- O O papel (J . O I -afl I re liiggcrs, ant hm O p of I he i ei 1 1 , 1 1 1 illustrated O O '"i . ii' ! ha- pr.. ,1 o jO soiuethin- that appeiils to all O iO ila-si- men, won, en and - T i I - O O drill :.i:il that tli.-entire lami- O 1 t l will I i claiiioi i)( ,,i The O IO Tlibuni inry eVi'l-ing i- CM- O O lam. o i O I In- iiiii-vcclleil fialurc will O O be coiitinued dail in The Q O 'I 1 1 i i 1 1 1 . and iii nut icipi t ion O : . . i" I i.l. . i ;v ' l.'iiiiiii iiiiii iiie ei O I"-' cliapler. Illose wlio-e O' O names air nut already mi Ihe O O -llbsi l ipt inn ll-t s'louhl lo-i o O ii" time iii eii'olliiu;. o O I he lu-t eh ipter of Seven O ! O Key.- lo Kahlpale" w ill be O O piinl'il Sal unlay. Nun .an- o1 ' O 'n't all. .1 .1 l.i liuss if . Q o o ooooooooooooooooo REBELLION IS ON IN PERU Palace and Pres'i4ept Are Captured and Minister of War Is Slain. . W',HVens S.-'vl.-c. l.im:', TiSU, Kelt. &. The president ot file Republic ot 1'iiru, Gulllermo HU lliigliurst, was taken prisoner by mili tary revolutiosisls. The rebels suddenly r.ttarked the presidential palace under the leader ship of Col. lienavides. (len. Knrinue Varela, premier and minister of war, was killed In the sliain fight which ensued. NEWS BULLETINS PROTECTION i safe dcpiltlri", for the A meiieans III the region Is Infested' by bands of n Admiral Cowles sent 'a 'warship there COBBLER FOR PRESIDENTS JifSri. i Mr I ' 4' 'J t5 wiuui it nn P0 i " i s " ' )jMAu.v.l'M'l'.''gr This is r. Siininer, tlie W ashington tobtihf' who nieiiils tke shoe of tbo preJFlents. Mis little shop Is not fur from the White House, and sme of his best customers have been the chief ecullves ami their families. Me McKlnley was his first presidential patron, and Roosevelt, he snys, was the best. The colonel had a liking for tan shoes, find Mr. Wilson wears light er footgear than any of his predecessors. ASM w. I CONGRESSMAN A SMUGGLER N. Litt.iuer and Brother Are Fined When They Both Plead Guilty. IVM' N" S i vice.) New York, K b. ;. Lucius N. lat tatter, a former onuressman, onil hie t. rot her William wro fined fl.Oi") eacli atid sentenced to six months lit jail for sniUKi.litiK. The court, howi er, suspended sen ti uce tn the matter of the jail pcmvlty. The lirothers were indicted on Jan. 7 on three counts. They were charged with attempting o eMide the duty on a . n t . ; u ibameud Kil l pearl tinrtl ami stral other articles rf JeweJry xa'.ueil at tlii.niMi inn! intemled. it waft said, for W illiam l.itt.im r's wife. 1. in in- 'v. i- accused of hrtagiiig the jewel;, itiui t.ic country concealed In a trui. i. iiiul William of reichiUK tin m CLEVER ROBBERS ATTENDEDj'CHURCH Two Bad New Vorl. Thit ves De clare Sunday is Day of Best and Worship. MAKK SOMK HAULS Sell About $10,000 Worth Jewelry Obtained from XuaierouN Fashionable HotneN. New .mK. . . , lib. Challes his voiingir luot hi r, two (ill t I dre-sial null i 1 1 I da as I In ei Reeke am ( lllstav e, I I allcsf,, I ., boldly llig ilmig Hinailuay .atrl, t,,ih -u'. in d I In piuiri .ini. I ,I,H ed I" I I bad"..!.. - .ind I ! aml.l. Iii ' i n .in I ti. .,. I i , . e: lie. ill. l tlj Sill 1 -( i i ; l..ii l.'i i I. . Iiie! relormed. Ii.. . I ir:" .1. Mill loloweil hi III. , ; tin- l.n t Iii i - i uler : cm '-.it I,. I. . ;n anal tun 1 ami altvr one lioil-. w Ml t '.1'ie In . .. alter ringing hdlM "in r into th" halluav .r lli" I . r-ne work on a 'l.xir . v s As tlie ilt'tcctitcH entered to sclxo Hie litolliwr; I'liarles HeiKe aimed a revolv. r ui Hi" leiectives. hut be fore Ii.- oi.'ul liie '.'iirroll struck liliu on tlie head w Hi his blackjack ami lie fell to tlie lioor. He was disarmed ami he and Ins In it In r were shackled. Al the statu. n house, according tn the polii e, the hlolhiTs said that II. cy minified one robbers d.iiVy lr si month.'. ei i .t on 5nuilar. "Whv not on Sundays?" the oUor brother was asked. "Hoc, .use Sunday is a. day of rent ami we attend church." he "iplaincd "We alwaxs c.o Hi the KTangelical Lutheran i lunch ill llairiton mil ami M ilillefou sir. .1 We never ml iliurili." The I l.il h"t i lohl the police tin y hail sold about fln.i'i'U worth of Jew dry iind that sales were mail" In. meiliiitely alt' r the robberies. CADETS RESCUE 1 GIRLS MILITARV COLLEGE BOVS ACT AS Lift SAVERG Young Women Carried From Dormi tory at Ai.idclphm, Aik., in Nicjht Clothes. i wxr . s ui. . . l.ltlle ItiM-k, Ark., I'eb. -Cadets of Oiiaclilia and I lemlersoii niililary college were tin- heroes of a flrn which esiroeil (he IFeiuli imih Itrown Meioillst Colie(;e for Hirls at Arka delpliia The main col'"je biiildiiiK, a four siory structure, and the younw wom en's dormitory, a four story structure, were di si roved. Kveryoni' in I In buililiiif; waa res ciid. More Hi an Jmi pirlfl were taken out by the cadets. Some of the youim women wore only their ninht clothliit.', bo fast did the funics spread. Their screams iind cries could bo heard for blocks. The fire originated in the storeroom of the college and Is suppo. ed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion. The firo de partment saved Hie Key Mu.-de hall, the only building 1 -1 1 .':taiulin,j on the canituis. To Clean Plaster. To clean plasti r, pn pa rami y to vhltewai-liitiK or to paint iiik. lirnt re ar you. th In IjIv a coal of starcli. by the time have rcachi d the la I bit of space first will be marly ilr ami if yl gin at once to wash it oft' with wa to which noine soil. i or l:i rosi lie f. 1 iia 1 will ; on ric llio bei'ti lidded, all siuok" and vrim Come off with the i larch This I. the same princiule of start Ind lal washing easier than unstarched dirt comes out with the starch Sunday School Scholars. ' Tho number of Sunday school schol ars of all countries is about DV.nmi.i'Ou, Of whom 14,000,oi'it, or more than hair, are in tho I'rdted States. Cu-laud and Wules come next with T.omyoo no other country having as many aa u million. I