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Volume XVI
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, MARCH 29, 1914
Number 13
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HEACTLESSACTOF
SUPPOSED MOTHER
Cast Infant into Toilet Seat and
Then Made Hurried Rush
From Train
BABY SAVED BY MIRACLE
Inhuman Woman Had Seated Her
self in Waiting Carriage When
Cruelty Was Discovered
A most heartless and inhuman action
is reported to have occurred on a
passenger train, nt a station near
Thebes, last Sunday. A young lady
who boarded the train at Union
Station in St. Louis, carrying with
her a young baby. When they reach
ed the point of Ler destination it is
said that the woman hurriedly rushed
into the toilet and there thruBt the
helpless little baby, supposed to be
about a month old, into the toilet
seat, and hastily made her exit from
the train. Fortunately, however,
her cruel act was detected before
the train pulled out, and the rhild
was recovered from its perioiii posi
tion and given to the woman who
had gotten into a rig that apparent
ly was waiting for her.
that if the train had
little one would surely
onto the rail beneath
It was said
and been
ground to pieces by the wheels,
ENGLISH GOV
ERNMENT HAS
BACKED DOWN
Ulster Men Jubilant Over
Army Tangle and Thank
King George
RESS SHARP IN CRITICISM
Quiet Prevails in Northern Ireland
-Army Squabble Takes first
Place in Public Interest
iVM' News Service. )
London. March 25. With the Vlster
men and Unionist press jubilant over
what they term the government's
forced backdown in the rrniy tangle
growing out of the home rule dispute,
and the Liberal press Chagrined and
dlsspirited, the belief that it was King
George who forced the hand of the
ministers in placating the recalcitrant
officers grew.
Squabble Absorb! Interest.
Absolute quiet having prevailed
throughout Ulster, the threatened dis
ruption of the army overshadowed the
tense situation resulting from the
movemtut of the troops in Ireland
The Unionists take the view that the
uttenipts of the government to explain
the ' 'understanding of orders,"
which thought on the resignation of
Gen. Go V. and other officers, failed
, . .eteU ' Many papers hint that
King Geo , e caused the reinstatement
of the ofi rs, which action, they de
clare, had blocked the cabinet com
pletely.
The Manchester Guardian, an Influ-
en i mineral paper, aeciares:
"'iVj officers should have been
court-martialed. Their reinstatement
show 8 there is one law for the rich
and another for the poor; one stand
ard f'jr the loyalty of Tory officers
and another for privates with labor
BympathleB. Acquiescence to this in
terpretation of military duty is not
only a serious blow to the army, but
false to the whole conception of dem
ocratic pjgrcss."
Bullies Are Cowed.
"The bullies are cowed now," is the
statemo.. of tho Dally Mail. "The
government, after panic conferences
held ever since the cavalry officers at
the Curragh resigned, shuffled with
the facts In the debate in the house of
commons. As Mr. Balfour said, Gen.
Gough, who resigned because he
would not fight agnlnst Ulster, has
been reinstated, though ho still says
he will not fight against Ulster."
SPEEDER VICTIM
Remains Taken by Undertaker
Lorberg to McClurc and Ship
ped by Train to Anna
RELATIVES GO ALONG
Taken to His Boyhood Home for
Interment-Friends and Rela
tives Attending
Curtis Lee, the unfortunate victim
of the rollision of the speeder with
an empty box car at Dutchtown a
few nights ago, died from his injuries
Tuesday.
On Wednesday morning he was tak
en from the hospital and conveyed
by hearse to McClurc, III., where his
remains were shipped over the Illi
nois Central to Anne, his old home,
for burial.
Mr. Lee has been conducting a
restaurant business in Lutesville for
sometime, and was making that place
his home nt the time of the fatal
accident.
His wife was present when he died,
as was also his father, John II. Lee,
who resided in Paragould, Arkansas.
Tho remains were taken from the
hospital and prepared for burial
at the undertaking parlors of Martin
Lorberg, and were taken by his con
veyance to McClure.
Tho friends and relatives of the
deceased who accompanied the re
mains to the final destination were
as follows: H. Hahn, Mrs. C. O.
Mrs. C. O. Lee and Miss Fnye Cobb
of. Lutesville, John Lee of Paragould
and Miss Mary Lee of Anna.
"Don't Swear" Campaign.
Cleveland, O., March 25. The po
lice have been enlisted In the "don't
I Bwear" movement started by Cleve-
startcd the! land club women. Chief Itowe In
have fallen I structed the members of the force to
f . . . .
detain anyone neara swearing
and
give the offender a scolding.
CITY OF TORRE
ON IS ABOUT
READYTOFALL
Principal Suburbs of the City
Now in Hands of the
Rebel Leader
GOMEZ PALACIO AND LERDO I
Villa Concentrating Army for Final
Attack and Victory is Unly a
Matter of a Few Hours
(WNt New SirvlcfO
Verjel, Durango, Mexleo, March 25.
Gomes Palaclo, the principal sub
urb of Torreon, fell Into the hands of
Gen. Francisco Villa's constitutional
ist troops. With this suburb and Iver
do controlled by the rebels, the fall of
Torreon Itself now seems only a mat
ter of hours.
Fighting Is Desperate.
After having been driven out of Go
mez Palaclo at 9 o'clock and suffering
tremendous losses, tho federals re
turned to the attack at midnight At
last reports they were still engaged in
a desperate conflict, but steadily re
treating. The town Is afire in a dozen
places and Is threatened with destruc
tion. The downfall of Gomez Talaclo wit
nessed the most tremendous fighting
since the Torreon campaign began.
Ortega had shelled Gomez Palaclo,
but did not open a serious attack until
Villa's men arrived. Villa's cavalry
re-enforcements wvre sent to the fir
ing line at once, while his foot sol
diers were held In reserve behind Or
tega's column.
Defenders Driven Out.
For hours the fiercest fighting pro
ceeded. The rebel horsemen charged
repeatedly, but apparently could not
disorganize the defenders. As night
came on the superior constitutionalist
artillery began to have Its effect and
the federal outposts were gradually
withdrawn. Seizing his opportunity.
Ortega ordered a final nssnult on the
suburb. The cavalrymen, serenming
and cursing at the top of their voices
In an effort to terrify the defenders,
were sent forward at a gallop and Or
tega's main body followed. At 9 p. m.
the nssnult was successful end the
victorious rebels swarmed into Gomez
ralaeio, driving tho garrison out.
CHICKEN TEMPTS
COLORED WOMAN
Hailed Into Judge Willer's Court
on a Chargeof Stealing Neigh
bors Chicken
DISCARDS SENTIMENT
Fined Dollar and Costs for Obey
ing Nature's I.awsandli rabbing
Tempting Dinner
Anybody who knows colon-. I folks,
can't help but know that it is just
as natural for them to eat chicken
as it is for a duck to swim, ami the
cruel and unrelenting judge w ho would
impose a penalty on a poor black
person who yields to the tempting
eight of a big fat yellow legged hen
and nvails herself of the juicy moiscl
without investigating the ownership
thereof must surely have steeled him
self against the intrusion of senti
mentality, sympathy and humane
feeling, in order that the strict letter
of the law might be complied with.
Mary Dougherty and Lou Hush
were brought into Judge Willer's
court Wednesday morning on the
complaint of Laura Brannon who
claimed that the defendants, who
are both colored ladies, had without
any authority appropriated unto their
possession u fat chicken of the market
value of SO cents, belonging to the
complainant. The defendants en
tered n plea of guilty to tho charge
and were each given a fine of one
dollar and costs as punishment.
Croc. Daughter for Burglar.
l alucah, Ky March 25. Mistaking
h'-r 13-year-old daughter for a bur
glar, Mrs. Joseph Wilson fired at the
girl In the kitchen of their home at
Coaz and killed her. Mrs. Wilson
heard noises at the rear door. She
took her husband's shotgun to tho
door and asked who was there. As
she waited the daughter, who bad
come through another dcor, passed In
front of her in the dark and Mrs. Wil
son, panic-stricken, pulled the trigger.
MAN'S BODY
IS FILLED
WITHPEARLS
27 Dainty, Valuable Gems Ex
tracted From Patients Hack
on Operating Table
BODYGUARD IS EMPLOYED
Risen From Poverty to Riches by
Youthful Folly When Back Was
Filled With Bird Shot
Albert Mollusk, a young man who
lived in the Cape for several months
and who it, is said was employed as
a barber in the shop of Charley Hill,
passed through the Cape Tuesday on
bis way South from St. Louis, where
he has been confined in a hospital
for several months. His experiences
as he related them exceed far the
famed fable of the goose that laid
the golden egg.
Before leaving this city, Mr. Mol
lusk suffered considerably from a peu
1 i : i r nlllietion which puzzled the local
physicians. The nails on his fingers
ami toes became affected and from
some unknown cause seemed to
raise lrom their moorings in ine
llcsli, causing him much suffering and
reducing him to such n state of help
lessness that he was unable to work.
Upon the advice of friends be went
to the city where he entered u hospi
tal. The doctors proceeded to re
move the nails, and found on the
underside of each, a peculiar heavy
growth much resembling mother of
pearl, and in fact so perfect and so
char and of such size as to give
t hem a high market value. .After the
injured members had healed, the
surgeons proceeded to remove a bump
ike substance, with which the patient s
back was covered, and which at first
was thought to be malignant growths,
caused by the young man having re
ceived a charge of birdshot in that
particular region while raiding a lieu
roost in Lis Youthful days. Winn
the flesh was laid open for the re
moval of the first one, there was
revealed to the startled surgeon's
view what developed to be a perfect.
black pearl of the raii.-t and most
delicate tint, nlmost tl.o sue of a
( 'uncord gra e, and of value incst imable.
Before the operation was completed
twenty-seven of these highly pri.cd
t ins had been extracted trom the
back of the cmlormcc, all of iinifiini
sie ami (iiality, enough to I'l.riii a
in cklaco for u princess and decorate
I er in a display of jewels too rare
to le duplicated trom a cointiincil
collection of all the rarest speci
mens possessed by the loyal families
of the world. This pin nominal con
dition was explained by sciuiti-ts
whose interests were attracted to
the case, by the fact that the fluids
in the young man's body were pos
sessed of certain qualities that formed
around the bird shot and hardened,
on the same principle that a pearl
is formed when some irritating sub
stance comes in contact with the
sensitive flesh of the oyster. After
performing the operation and before
sterilizing the instruments used, a
thin pearly substance formed and
hardened over the blades, much re
sembling the mother of pearl used
in tho manufacture of knife handles.
Due of the; dotors, for experiment,
allowed the handle of one of his in
struments to rest in a vessel contain
ing some of the blood discharged
from the patient's body, with the
result that a beautiful and dainty
covering of pearly substance formed
and hardened during the night.
In his nlllietion the young man
developed nn impaired and stiffened
condition of all the joints in his body,
and when subjected to the X-rays,
it was found that the articulation
at every joint was hampered by
objects resembling in shape the pearls
that had been taken from his flesh,
and it is believed that morbid ts
animation will prove that he is a
veritable "pearl bed."
Mr. Mollusk states that he has
arranged the sale of his body to
Tiffany's for a consideration of a
vast amount of money, ami that lie
is constantly under surveillance of a
trusty bodyguard to see that" he is
protected against the designs of gem
collectors.
He continued his journey to Hot
springs Wednesday, where he will
take the bath treatment for a few
weeks, wheu he expects to return
to the Cape and make this his home
in the future.
GENERAL VILLA
OPENS ATTACK
0NJ0RRE0N
Hrings l'p Artillery I'ndcT
Cover of Darkness and
Hombards City
RAILROADS ALL TORN UP
Reinforcements Expected From
South and Chieftain Looks and
Hopes for Short Battle
I WNT News Service
Hermejlllo, Mexico, March 24. The
long-expected battle of Torreon Is on.
Cen. Villa's Ills' guns began the bom
bardment of tho Mexican federals'
stronghold at dawn, hurling shells Into
C.otne?. l'ulaclo and the suburbs of
Torreon.
All the northern outposts of Tor
reon, wt.h the exception of domes l'a
laelos and l.erdo, were captured by
Cen. Villa In a daring nttarek that
brought the constitutionalist army
within nine miles of the beleaguered
city.
Moving his troops forward under
cover of darkness, the rebel comman
der took up a strategic position and
when the first light of early morning
showed he gave tho signal for a bom
bardment of Comez Palaclo. The reb
els' b!g guns immediately opened fire
mid the greutcst artillery duel In the
revolution against tho dictatorship of
President 1 Inert a began.
Matter of Few Hours.
"It Is only a matter of a few hours."
was the confident prediction sent by
Cien. Villa to the constitutionalist
headquarters here. "The artillery will
clear the way for tho Infautry and
cavalry. Torreon is ours."
Gen. Villa has made extraordinary
plans to prevent the escapo of Cen
Velasco's troops when Torreon falls
All railroads lending out of thd city
were torn up.
Gen. Calixto Contreras and his On-
rango brigade Is expected to attack
Torreon from the south, l'anolll Na-
tera, commander -lu-chlef of the Zaea
teens brigade of the constitutionalist
army, and the Arrleta hi others are co
operating with Contreras in an attack
from the south and east.
BIG INDUSTRY
HELPS THE CAPE
C. Wielpuetz Doing Much Work for
Cape's Advancement in Man
ufacture of Pure Food
A VERY Hl'SY WORKSHOP
A Model of Sanitation and ( lean
1 in ess Institution is a Itig
Achievement for City
To one w lio
nil llp-to-dati
lias never none 1 1 . i ' i u 1 1
bakery and observed
the many int crest ing featuris to be
seen in all institution of that char
acter, little idea can be formed of the
busy scenes enacted, I he intricate
and mechanically perfect automatic
devices which are constantly at work
in the performance of their separate
tasks, finishing each with greater
accuracy than could ever be hoped to
attain by skilled and careful hand
labor. Just such an institution is
doing its daily grind in the city of
Cape (lirardeau . It is the modern
little bakery of ('. WielpuU, located
at the corner of flood Hope and Fred
erick streets. The very latest ma
chinery is installed and from the
time the raw material reaches the
great automatic mixers, there is
scarcely a noticeable halt as it passes
through the different stabes of dev
elopment until at last it reaches the
immense gas heat ovens in loaf form,
there to remain for a few minutes,
after which it passes on to the bread
racks, so arranged that by the time
the first one filled is revolved to
the place of transferring it is ready
to go into the hands of the wrap
peri'. Cleanliness and sanitation seems
to be the supreme thought with the
enterprising owner, and a visitor can
pass through all the working rooms
of this hustling little institution
with scarcely any danger of becoming
soiled with flour dust. The racks are
constructed in such manner that no
grease or oily substance from the
bread can be absorbed, and in fact
every possibility for filth or unclean
liness is removed.
The tapacity of the bakery is 12,000
loaves a day, and in addition to
the
CREWLESSSHIP
IS FOUND SAIL
ING AT SEA
Schooner Pioneer of Hoston
Found Sailing Without a
Soul Aboard
WHEREABOUTS A MYSTERY
No Report of Accident to Vessel
Had Kver Keen Received and
Names of Men luknown
HVN'I' News Servient
Huston, March 24. With her cabin
table all set for dinner, as If her
crrw had left n hearty meal to aban
don her, the schooner l'lonoer of Hos
ton was found crulsng, with no one
on beard, off Wood's Mole.
Hiding high in the seas, with noth
ing to Indicate why she should have
been deserted except a shattered fore
mast and some water In the hold,
which might huve washed down the
batches, the vessel presented a mys
tery of the sea.
What became of the schooner's
crew was u question that men well
versiit In water front ntnlrs were uu
iible to answer. No report of the
wreck or abandonment of the l'oneer
had ever been received In Hoston, as
lar as could be learned The only rec
ord of this missing crew was tho
name of on anil the Initial of others
inrvid on the stump of tho foremast.
The full name was "John Anderson."
The Initials were "S. K. 11.," "II. M.
J'.." "M. A. 1'." and "J. O. V."
Though still lit to ride the waves,
tho Pioneer, to Judge by her condi
tion, must have sailed uuguided by
man, a plaything of the wind and a
memce to shipping, for weeks, or
even months.
Her sides clear to the "bulwarks
were bearded with sea moss, yet ev
erytUna In her tiny cabin looked as it
the rtevv bud Jus! stepped ashore
umI trluhl return any minute.
There were four stools In the cabin
nn. I 'Imse were smashed, though the
crocki ry on the table and the shelves
vv us ' lie i lie!.- l Indicating that th
broU' ii stool i went not the work of
hart- i iai; so:w.
'I n luirb .; I-:. Harris of Hoston, who
; 1 1 1 - -I ami boarded the i-chooner
,-. - ali ii-- In lits dory out of
V.'i.".' s Hole, the picture prisi-ntiil
. :,..-! i.t a ft 1 US' llvillK place do-
. , a1 'i r a I" ! - " Unlit, In w hich
tl,.. ; :l scr.ed as weapons.
510-Pound Man lb Dead.
Arenzvllle, III., March 25. Peter
H.iuj.iri. the larne; .-; man In Illinois, Is
dead here. lie ueicled 510 pounds
i find for m any yi in s traveled with the
' lute 1. 'I'. Harmiin. lie was a Russian
I ami .van born In l".l, but had lived In
America most of bis life.
Protects Mule, Wife Murdered.
Palermo, Sicily. March 25. Fearing
robbers would steal a mule, Michael
lib clo hid himself in a room next to
the stabl". The robbers broke Into his
bedroom, niurdei.d his wife and fled
with all his money.
HONF.FK SFTTI.KIt
OF DF.XTFK DIKS.
('apt. Jones Norman, one of the
earliest set this of Stoddard county
passed away at !t o'clock ye-ti-rday
morning at the home of bis son,
F. M. Norman, at Dexter.
"t'nele Jones" as he was known
by all, moved to Stoddard county
with his parents at the line of three
years and grew up in the swamps;
served in the Confederate army during
the civil war.
He was a large land owner in
Southeast Missouri and was one of
the first to start the draining crusade
in Stoddard county, ami almost up
to the time of his death he took
part in all enterprises which came up.
He has just passed his 87th birth
day when called away.
bread department, there are separate
rooms for the cake bakers of whom
none better in the world are to be
found than those working for Mr.
Wiclputz.
His payroll amounts to $175 per
week, and ho always employs home
labor so far as it is obtainable, and
all his furniture and equipment that
can be secured at home, he either
buys or has constructed here.
In the basement he has installed
for the benefit, of his emtiloves ample
dressing rooms and baths.
I Space will not permit a full descrip
tion of this wonderful little work
shop which serves a very material
and important part in keeping tho
jCupe
abreast of the times.