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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-16
CHECK TELEPHONE ABUSE.

The telephone in a downtown Of
flee where there are many visitors
daily, some of whom never have any
real business to transact there, has
become an expensive luxury. Hints
thrown out by the office manager
seemed to have no effect on the
telephone snipes," as they are
termed, and in order to stop the
abuse this notice was posted over the
instrument: Getty calls free to Gus
toners and others who can't afford
to pay five cents. "-New York Trib-
une.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-16
Stockholders Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that
the regular annual meeting OF
the stockholders Of Wentworth
Military Scientific and Literary
Educational Company will be hel
at the office of the company in
Wentworth Military Academy
building in Lexington, in Lafay-
cite County, Missouri, on Tues
day, the second day of January,
1912, at the hour of nine O'Clock
in the forenoon of that day for
the election of directors and the
transaction of such other bust
ness as may come before said
meeting.
w. NJ. Hoge, President.
Sanford Sellers, Secretary, Lex
ington, Missouri, November
29th, 1911.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-16

Many a child is called dull and stupid
when the whole trouble is due 10 a lazy
liver. We firmly believe your own doc
tor will tell you that an occasional dose
of Ayers Pills, s~ugar-coated, will do such
children a great deal Of good. Ask him.
wade bv the ! c AvEE 60 Lowell. Mass.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-16
CRENSHAW & U
F. 7. Bates went to Cole Camp

F. 7. Bates went to Cole Camp
Tuesday morning on business.
Misses Katherine and Emory
TOdhunter returned Tuesday
from a visit in Kansas City.
Buy your holiday perfumes at
Crenshaw & Young's, the largest
and finest assortment in town.
FLOWERS of quality: Roses,
Carnations and Chrysanthemums
at Leonard Coen's. Phone 675.
Orders delivered promptly.
Try some of our L~imberger
Cheese, Brick Cheese and full
Cream Cheese, Fat Mackeral,
Smoked Golden Bloaters at
Long & Shinn.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-16
JOHN l. ASHURST.
Office Phone 437. Res. Phone 1926.
Stockholders Meeting.

The annual meeting of the
stockholders Of Traders Bank Of
Lexington, Mo-, for the election
of directors for the ensuing year
and the transaction of such bust
ness as may come before the
meeting, will be held in the
banking room Of Traders Bank in
Lexington, Mo, on Monday, Jam
uary the eighth, 1912, between tn
hours of ten o'clock in the fore
noon and two o'clock in the af-
ternoon.
W. G. McCausland, Pres.
j. G. Crenshaw, Sec.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-16
Yes, We Do Love Work.

Don't forget us, we are in
town and we want to make YOU
side walks. We make the best
and treat you white. Others
come and make big talk then go.
We stay, WORK, and deliver the
goods.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-16

Capt. Ryland Todhunter was i'm
Higginsville Wednesday.
DR.. j. L., L. e., and Miss Alice
Peak went to Kansas City Wed
nesday to spend the day.
Frank Hoefer went to Kansas
City Wednesday to spend the
day on business.
Venable has an elegant as
sortment of jewelry. Come and
look his stock over, get his
prices, he will convince you,
and the goods and prices will
speak for themselves.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-16

Capt. j. Q, Plattenburg left
Wednesday ON a business trip to
st. Louis.
Mrs. Richard johnson returned
Tuesday from a visit in Kansas
City.
Miss Nancy Lee Goodman left
Tuesday for her home in Cor
louisville, Va, after a visit here
with friends.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-16

Miss Della Yates WENT to
nsa. City Wednesday to
spend the day.
Mrs. j. Reid Ryland went to
Kansas City Wednesday for a
few days visit.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-16
Christmas Chocolate.

The Ladies Aid Society of the
Presbyterian Church will hold a
Christmas market at the home OF
Mrs. Mamie Steele on Main
street Saturday afternoon from
2 to 6. Chocolate and sand
witches will be. served. Come
and bring your friends.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-12-16
VERY LOW.

Dolan-I see tn doctor at Raffer-
TVS. Anybody sick?
Kelly-Rafferty is. His wife's
had twins again Puck.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-30
END CAME SUDDENLY
Mrs. Julia Lattish Dies From
Organic Heart Disease at
Home of DR.. Thompson
WIDELY KNOWN IN WISCONSIN,

Mrs. Julia Lattish, 4S years of age,
wife of Fred Lattish, 1923 Lincoln
street, Racine and the District Deputy
Organizer for the Lady Maccabees of
the World died very suddenly at the
home of DR.. George E. Thompson on
Milwaukee avenue just before eight
CLOCK Thursday evening. Death is
supposed to have been caused by an
attack Of organic heart disease from
which Mrs. Lattish had been sufferer
for some time.
While a resident of Racine Mrs. Lat
fish was widely known in Kenosha and
especially among the members of the
order with which she had been connect
Cd in an official position for many
years. Mrs. Lattish had come to Ken
osha early Thursday morning and dur
ing the day had been soliciting mem
bers for the Kenosha Tent Of the order.
She had spent the afternoon working
with Mrs. Mathew Cragin of Exchange
street as her aid and companion and
after supper she had planned to go out
with Mrs. Henry Biennemann and Mrs.
Howard Davis. Mrs. Lattish had been
in seemingly the best of health during
the day and she had laughed and ioked
with the Kenosha ladies only a few
minutes before her DEATH The ladies
had planned to make number Of calls
on the north side of the city and just
before half past seven O'Clock they
boarded q car at the Park street cross
ing. Shortly after the three women
boarded the car Mrs. Lattish complain
ed of being faint and Mrs. Davis left
the car with a view of getting her a
glass of water from one of the restau-
rants about Market Square but the car
started up before she could get the wat
er and it was decided to wait until
some more convenient place was reach
ed. When the car had crossed the
bridge Mrs. Lattish showed signs of
collapse and her two companions with
the aid Of other people on the car took
her to the rear platform where she re-
manned in their car until the home of
Dr.. Thompson was reached. Mrs. Lat
tish was assisted into the house and Dr.
Thompson attended her but she lived
but about ten minutes. She was con
scious up to the time of her death.
While not the organizer of the Ken
osha Tent of the Lady Maccabees Mrs.
Lattish has had much to do with the
success of the organization in Ken
osha and she had on many occasions
been a speaker before the meetings of
the lodge and had secured several large
classes Of members for the Kenosha
Tent. Her visits to the city were al
ways regarded as red letter days for
the organization.
The coroner's jury returned verdict
of death from natural cause.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-30

Unless there is an unexpected hitch
in the proceedings, by the time this is
sue of the paper reaches it's subscrib-
ers, the new city hall will have been
inspected by the council and passed as
Ready to be formally turned over to
the city. The opinions as to the beau
ty and utility Of the new building are
about as various as the number of PEG
pie who have inspected it but on the
whole the verdict is favorable and the
indications are that the people of the
city are going to be satisfied with their
new city hall. The officials of the city
are delighted with the building and
they have every right to be for it GER
tainly will be a great convenience and
pleasure to them to be housed all I'M
der one roof and in beautiful and com
modious quarters. Contractors and
builders who should be competent to
Judge declare that the city got good
Job and that the building has been
erected in strict accordance with the
specifications laid down in the contract
and it is understood that the inspection
OF the building when in course of cree
ton has been very thorough all the way
through. Of course the building cost
more than the bond issue, about half
again as much all furnished complete,
and possibly more than some of the
taxpayers who voted for the bond issue
thought it was going to, but there viii
be no very strenuous complaints on
that score if the building proves to be
all that is claimed for it. There never
was public building erected yet which
came within the limit of cost fixed
when it was decided to build. The new
city hall will compare favorably with
that of any city in the state and with
its completion one of the problems
which has been facing the city for
years is solved.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-30
DEATH OF WILLIAM HESS.
Old Resident of the City Died on Sat
urday After Long Illness.

William Hess, aged 76 years and long
a resident of Kenosha died on Saturday
evening at his home on Crate street
after a long illness from bowel trouble.
The deceased was native of Germany
but he came to this city many years
ago and for many years was an en-
ployee Of the Balm Wagon company
Ten years ago he left Kenosha and
went to Alabama. There he met with
financial reverses and some time ago
he returned to Kenosha. Since his re-
turn he had been in bad health. He is
survived by a widow and one son.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-30
GET NO COMPLAINTS HERE
Pouch Containing Packages for Ken
osha and Racine Broken When Taken
From Crane and Mail Disappears
Mysteriously

| Inspectors of the post Office depart
ment in charge of the Milwaukee dis
trict are making a quiet search to get
some trace of a large number of let
| tiers addressed to people in Racine and
Kenosha which are supposed to have
been stolen at Waukegan, H., on Jan
nary 10. The loss of the letters has
been kept as quiet as possible in order
| to facilitate the work of the officials in
making the hunt for them but as they
have not been found the postmasters
in the two cities have been asked to
give notice of any complaints in regard
to loss of the mail. The letters in
question were in a pouch which was
picked up by mail train at Wauke-
gan. The pouch had been hung on
crane to be picked up as the train pass
ed through Waukegan and in some
manner the pouch was torn open and
later it was discovered that the two
packages were missing. Agents of the
department. were at once sent to Wau-
kegan and they expected to find the
letters scattered out on the ground
near the crane but not a single letter
was found. The letters had been tied
up in a package before they were sent
out of the Waukegan Office and it is
said that about forty letters were adj
dressed to Kenosha while even a great
er number were in the package adj
dressed to Racine. 1t seems certain
that the letters were found and car
ried away by some one almost immed-
lately after they were thrown from the
broken pouch.
Postmaster Maloney was slow to dis
cuss the question Of the stolen letters
this morning but he admitted that a
notice had been received from the in
spectors stating that the letters had
disappeared from the broken pouch at
Waukegan and that efforts had been
made to get trace of them. ffWe do
not know great deal about the mat
ter in this office" said Postmaster Ma
loney, " for although it has been nearly
three months since the disappearance
of the letters we have not had single
complaint at this office of lost mail
which could have been in the package.
It is unusual that there should not
have been complaints if so many let
tiers are missing but this is the fact.,'
From the fact that there have been no
complaints it is thought that there was
little or nothing Of value in the letters
but people in the two cities who had
interrupted correspondence with Wau-
kegan friends may now attribute the
fact to the theft of the two packages
of letters.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-30
Jury Which Heard Evidence
in jacobson Case Returns
Verdict for Defendant
SAY EVIDENCE IS INSUFFICIENT

Joel jacobson, charged with having
been an accessory before the fact to
the CRIME of adultery in connection
with the sensational Koch case was
found "not guilty" by the jury which
heard the evidence in the case. The
jury returned verdict to the court at
ten O'Clock this morning but the de-
cision was reached two hours after the
court had instructed the jury on Fri
day afternoon. The jurors held that
the evidence presented at the trial was
not sufficient to remove the reasonable
doubt that jacobson was connected
with the case. The first ballot of the
jury of which Hugh E. Barden was
the foreman resulted in a vote Of nine
for the acquittal of jacobson and the
jurors reached a verdict on the sixth
ballot.
jacobson and many of his friends
were in court when the verdict was re-
turned and he was kept busy receiving
congratulations. After the verdict had
been rendered Calvin Stewart who had
defended jacobson asked the jury to
meet him in the jury room. This morn
ing one of the members of the jury had
sent telephone message to the attor-
ney protesting strongly against lang
uage which he had used n his final ar
gument CT the case on Friday after
noon. At the little session with the
jurors Mr.. Stewart assured the, men,
bers of the panel that he was willing
to apologize for anything he. had said
which did not please the jurors and
the incident was closed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-30
TO REFLECT KERW|N
Silver Lake Man Has No OPP
position for Office of Co.
Supt. of Schools
HAS MADE GOOD IN OFFICE

John J. Kerwin of Silver Lake is to
succeed himself in the Office of County
superintendent for another year as to-
day was the last day for the fling of
petitions of candidates for the Office and
Mr.. Kerwin was the only man to file
petitions. Mr.. Kerwin s name will go on
the ballot as non-partisan candidate
for the Office. This is the first time in
many years that a county superinten
dent has secured the office without OPP
position and the fact that there were
no candidates against Mr.. Kerwin is
decidedly good testimonial to the
manner in which he has handled the Of
fee. Mr.. Kerwin was elected to the
Office in the spring Of 1905 to succeed
Ralph Karnes and although he has had
opposition for the Office on two former
occasions he has been returned to Of
fee by large majorities. Little interest
was taken in the matter this year and
few Of the people of the county knew
that there was to be an election of
superintendent. Under the law no Pc
titions may be filed later than ten days
before the election and as today is the
last day for. fling petitions it is evil
dent that Mr.. Kerwin will be the only
candidate and that his election will be
without opposition. The Superinten-
dent has been very popular with the
teachers Of the schools of the county
and they were almost unanimous in
favor Of his reelection. Long strides
have been made in the management of
the rural schools during the past six
years and Mr.. Kerwin has recently
started the movement to have train
ing school for teachers established in
the county. The fact that he is as
sured reelection gives promise that his
plans will be carried out during the
next two years. Mr.. Kerwin has per-
sona1ly worked out all of the plans fer
the proposed training school and he
will be ready to lay these plans before
the county board at the November SEES
sion.
The judicial election will not have
great interest for Kenosha county
voters this year as there will be only
two names On the ballot. The judicial
election is for the election of a Su-
preme court Justice to succeed A. J.
Vinje the sitting justice and he has no
opposition for the Office.
Town caucuses are to be held in the
various towns of the county and
with the usual town fights it may be
possible for the voters in the outlying
districts to work up some interest in
the spring election. The announcement
of the spring election has been sent
out by County Clerk Jones.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-30
ANNUAL is ISSUED.
Copies of Wisconsin Arbor
and Bird Day Annual
Have Been Received
FRIDAY, MAY 9Th, ARBOR DAY

Copies Of the Wisconsin arbor and
bird day annual, compiled by O. S.
Rice, state library clerk, and issued
by G. P. Cary, state superintendent,
have been received. The volume is
by far the most pretentious and beau
tiful ever published. The size has
been materially increased, containing
140 pages, a great number of which
are halftone photographs of Wiscon-
sin scenic spots. The governors ar
Dor and bird day proclamation, to be
issued April to designate Friday,
May 5, as arbor and bird day, appears
in front of the book.
President Charles r. Van Hise of
the university of Wisconsin has the
leading article, entitled "The Land, "
in which he dwells upon the value Of
phosphorus in the soil, terming the
problem of the conservation of the
phosphates as the "most far-reaching
with reference to the future of this
nation of all the problems of conser-
walton. - William i. Hall, assistant
forester Of the United States forest
service, writes on the work of the new
federal forest products laboratory at
Madison under the title, How Wiscon-
sin is Helping to Save the Forest
Waste" "Its work will be we'll worth
WHILE" he says, elf ways can be
found to utilize ten per cent of the ma
terial which is now wasted. Even that
would mean an annual saving Of many
million dollars" E. NJ. Griffith, state
forester, contributes plentifully illus
trated article on 'FThe Lesson of the
Forest Fires of $780," and tells how
everyone, even the boys and girls can
help to prevent such fires.
Conservation occupies a large space
in the book. The resolutions of the
conservation congress of 1910 are pub
lished. Extracts are made of the sec
ond report of Waterways Commissioner
Ray S. Reid on "The Mississippi Riv-
er as an Aid in Conservation. Eben
E. Rexford, the Shiocton florist, poet
and writer, contributes an article on
" Flowers for School Grounds. +" Fred
eric Cranesfeld of Madison, secretary
of the Wisconsin State Horticultural
society, writes on ''The Beautifying of
School Grounds" John Nolen, city
planner, of Cambridge, Mass, land
scape architect for the Wisconsin state
park board has an article on Glove
of Ones Own City,"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-30

Candidates will kindly refrain from
decorating the telegraph and telephone
poles with their Autographs and print
ed matter. There is no reason that
any one can see why they should be al
lowed privileges which are denied 9th
ers and there is nothing so contagious
as bad example. Unless the candi-
dates are denied the privilege of using
the poles for their advertising matter
it will be a difficult matter to enforce
the ordinance against anybody. The
property owners who are working for
clean and beautiful city should form
voters protective association and an
nounce that they will be against any
candidates who violate the law in this
manner.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-30
COULON MAY ACCEPT.
Father of Bantam Weight Champion
Declares He is Ready for Conley.

Frankie Conley, former bantam
weight champion, and Johnny Coulon,
his conqueror, may meet again in the
near future in another twenty round
battle if reports that are being circul-
ated are true. Conley declared to
friends that Tom McCarey has offered
him match over the marathon route
in his Los Angeles arena.
II am going to accept the offer. -
said the former bantam champion
and Pop Coulon is also anxious to re-
match us again, to demonstrate clearly
Johnny's superiority over me. Now I
am certain that he can't beat me in
any fight from within the twenty to
forty round limit, and am willing to
back myself with $4,000.
1.-The fight may take place at any
time and at any place, and I will fight
Coulon at any weight that he may
name.''
Conley leaves the first of this week
for the coast, where he will live until
the close of his strenuous campaign
there. He has several matches in sight
and hopes through winning them all to
earn the right to meet Coulon again.
Pop Coulon manager Of johnny.
when questioned regarding re-matcb
with Conley, would not deny that ne
gotiations were on.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-30
MAY DROP P0MER0Y CASE.
One Count, in the Information Against
Druggist is Quashed and Others Must
Follow Preliminary Examination
Under Court Ruling

Judge e. B. Belden handed down an
important decision in the Circuit court
this morning in the case of the state
against w. E. Pomeroy, a west side
druggist who was arrested some time
ago on charges of selling liquor to a
\ minor. The minor in question was a
student of the Kenosha high school
and the charge against Pomeroy was
brought by school officials. Calvin
Stewart who defended the druggist held
that the state law in regard to the sale
of liquor to minors did not apply to a
druggist and this view of the case was
taken by the court. In his decision
Judge Belden quashed the original
charge against Pomeroy and held 9TH
er charges which had been fled follow
ing the preliminary hearing in abate-
ment. The decision of the court which
will be of considerable interest in
Kenosha and in other cities follows:
Information is fled against the
said defendent charging him in three
several counts:
]. With selling liquor to a minor.
2. With selling liquor without a
permit provided for by law.
s. With not keeping record of the
sale in question.
To which the defendant files his plea
in abatement that he has had no pre-
liminary examination upon the charges
alleged in the second and third counts
of the information, and moves to quash
the first count of the information for
the reason that It fails to state any
offense known to the laws of the State
of Wisconsin.
An examination of the record and
return to this Court by the examining
magistrate discloses that complaint was
made only charging the defendant with
selling liquor to a minor. No other
charge is made against him. The testi-
mony taken before the examining mag
istrate relates solely to the selling of
liquor to minor.
The Court is of the opinion that the
defendant has had no preliminary ex-
animation as required by law upon
which the second and third counts of
the information can be based, and that
the plea in abatement is good and must
be sustained.
AS to the first count of the informa-
tion, the Court is of the opinion that
it states no offense known to the laws
of the State of Wisconsin, for the rea-
son that the Statute under which this
information is drawn refers only to the
sale of liquors to be drank on the prem
Uses, and does not apply to this charge
or the examination had thereon. There
fore, the motion to quash the first
count of the information should be
granted.
An order may be entered according
ly."
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-30
DOCTOR SEEKS DECREE.
DR.. David M. Munroe Asks Divorce
From Wife on Charges of Desertion.

An echo of the Munroe divorce case
which resulted in the wife being grant
ed a decree of separate maintenance
some months ago was heard this after
noon when DR.. David M. Munroe
through his attorney Robert Verne
Baker filed suit demanding an abso-
lutte divorce from his wife on charges
of desertion. The complaint of the
doctor for the most part is repetition
of the answer to the suit brought by
the wife. Mrs. Munroe is now living
at the home Of her brother in Superior.
It is expected that the case will come
up for trial before the end of the pres
emit term of the court.