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The herald., 1911-12-14
A SIGNAL VICTORY.

pr' OF Capt w. J. City Engineer to Mayor Behrman
| petition of the Improvement Association regarding the
" the franchise Improvement Ferry Co.. will be
70 tb muse VINO have taken Interest district especially
x the Asiers Improvement have the interests
~ ana who are making efforts help
'' We now have, preparing way for gaining new ones
uee report to the published another see
MS ISSUE he Association in almost every particular
foot ana w point ony-that being the changing
anu passenger approaches City of the river Capt ar
49, e mayor that the Southern Ferry Company
s It's franchise instances and makes the FOLLOWING
That the ponoon The ferry house
0" the Ags side too steep and that the, should he
" agreed with the Aat,on the ponoo should he covered M
also being one of the requisites of the franchise
~ SAFE OF all classes of tickets o recon-
s THESE recommendations the Mayor placed
~ IN position where quite certain of his recommendations for
" i'' na he met Ags citizens ON the Ags side of
~ river and went different violations as were pointed
the remedies.
There is no question Mayor Bchran position will be
regarding these that the citizens Of ,p will got tho
" ref as prayed for by Association goes without SAYING The recon
mendatons Capt Iardee letter to the Nayr i i
victory Tor our Association, derived from the improve
menus made Will rebound not only the Ferry
" We'll 1t not the Improvement Association
' parry OF parties to aagonize
fa' is the aim the good citizens to assist
O ah when the Southern Improvement
piled with their made the improvements as regards
the handling OF Passengers City, they will have
themselves IN the minds of river and we can
assure the Company that they will that properly
them. ''O'F
" US 'ak Tor instance the the
" Ne'S Al the present time impossible
'ne RIVER any KIND of
sea three for dime
ny Ager children purchased Agiers side of the river
tickets that " purchased almost entirely people,
rot De purchased side the
tickets why should be Disseminated in certainly
WI" not cost the Company money by allowing
the who sells
school, and tickets The repeatedly attention to this
violation OF the franchise but
violating their franchise n this
In their complaints before Capt Hard
on made mention regarding the
the large while being
not state that the Ferry good order the
franchise does and large
should
large boat between FIVE and
u by citizens especially
he large boat
The Age
report stated
Inc by our Mayor a
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SITS. John Chapter No. IS, o. e. S.

Last Monday evening SITS. John
Chapter No. 80, o. E. s., elected the
following officers for the year 1912:
Mrs. A. Smith, worthy matron: A. A..
Sperier, worthy patron: Mrs. n. Rey-
nolds. associate matron; Mrs. F.
Amuedo, conductress; Mrs. L. Good
let, associate conductress; Mrs. A.
Burgis, secretary; Mrs. S. Sutherland,
treasurer; Mrs. VI. Arnold, Ada; Mrs.
NJ. Tufts, Esther; Mrs. V. Huckins,
Martha; Mrs. A. Babin. Electa; Mrs.
j. Frisch, warden; VIM. Lucas, SEN
tinel; Mrs. A. Vanderlinden, marshal;
Mrs. L. Borden, chaplain; Miss Olga
Nelson, organist. The newly-elected
officers will be installed on Deem
Der Both.
The herald., 1911-12-14
DANCING SCHOOL TO OPEN.

The Jolly Six Pleasure Club has
'rganized in Algiers, who purposes
ire to make things lively on this side
1.-the river, in the line of social en-
ornaments, and are going to start
laeir good work off by the opening
a Dancing School, and they ask the
patronage of all the people of Algiers,
sno are lovers of this sport.
This dancing school is to be oper-
Aed every Saturday night, from s
N. TO II m. starting Saturday night
December 18th, 1911.
Last Tuesday night the committee
charge Of this move, presented
aemselVes at the meeting of the AL
gers Athletic Club, and permission
vas granted them to use the large
'lo spacious hall of this club to give
~ dances in.
mas not as yet been decided whose
aenestra will furnish the music for
ne school, but the committee expects
|" 0raw up a three month contract,
'sue ume during the next week, with
''s Ol the best orchestras, which will
'aOer only the latest selections, both
Nlumental and rag.
.ae school will be operated in
snctly first-class, and up-to-date man.
s1 and POSITIVELY no immodest
aaelns will be tolerated.
Aadles will be admitted into the
40Oi Tree of charge, while the gen.
s1en viii be taxed 25 cents hat box
70 intoxicating liquors whatever
% allowed at any of the dances.
.vnoWing are the names of the COM
@se men in charge of this move
~. Peter t. Mckinney, Sovereign
cement, John T. Morrison, Roy A. |
seey, Harry Hanley and Walter
Durand.
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DIED..

HcHstetter-On Friday evening, at
|ll o'clock, William HOffstetter died at
IN home, corner Belleville and Alix
|sreets. after a lingering illness.
Deceased, who was born in our town
| hirty-seven years ago, enjoyed the
respect of all who knew him. He left
cbool when a lad and entered the
Southern Pacific, leaving the shops ten
vears ago to go into the shoe business
|rith the reputation of being one of the
best machinists on the Southern Pa
life system. Ever since that time he
las been conducting his shoe business,
and by his honest and upright dealings
lad made a large circle of friends, to
many of whom his death was a great
shock
He is survived by his wife, who was
Mss Margaret Waldo, and by three
children. He was a member of Or
nge Camp No. s, w. o. W., and of
Ae Young Mems Social and Benevo-
lent Association, delegations from
which organizations attended the fu-
neral in body.
The funeral took place Sunday after
noon at o'clock from the residence of
lis brother-in-law, Louis Rogers, 249
Rlleville street. Rev. A. Schliesser
VI the Trinity Lutheran Church offici-
ited at the house, the church and the
gave. Interment was in McDonogh-
nile cemetery.
The herald., 1911-12-14
OFFICE OF CITY ENGINEER


New Orleans, La, Dec. 18th, 1911
Hon. Martin Behrman.
Mayor City of New Orleans.
Dear Sir
hand YOU herewith copy of self
explanatory communication addressed
! TO me by the Algiers Improvement As
ISOLATION, with reference to the opera
| ton OF the Canal street-Algiers ferry
! Responding to this communication on
Friday morning last | met the signers
OF the same on the Algiers side of the
| river and discussed with them the va.
rious matters referred TO in their com
munication which, summarized, are as
follows.
/. Objection TO grade of vehicle and
passenger gangways on the Algiers
side of the river.
,. Unsatisfactory arrangement of
the interior of the ferry houses and
the movement of fOot-passengers
through the same, over the gangways.
and on the pontoOns on bith sides of
the river, resulting in much inconveni-
ence and discomfort during periods of
heavy traffic.
). Lack of covering of pontoons to
protect passengers against inclement
weather.
4. Failure to sell all kinds of tickets
on the Algiers side of the river.
The franchise of the Southern I'M
provement & Ferry Company provides
under the caption of Shore Connec.
tons" the following:
The connections between the pom
toons against which the bats land and
the shore, for the passage of vehicles
and passengers, shall be of such con-
struction as the City Engineer will
designate, and as will admit of the
--LATEST slope practicable at extreme
low water, the requirement being that
these connections shall be of as easy
grade, at all points, as existing condi-
tons will permit"
Both the vehicle gangway and the
two passenger gangways at the Canal
stree: ferry landing are constructed
and operated on as easy grades as ex-
listing conditions will permit, but on
the Algiers side of the river both the
vehicle gangway and the two passen-
ger gangways are constructed in two
sections, the section nearest the shore
being stationary and the outer sections
to raise and lower to meet
changes in the height of the river; as
the result of such arrangement, at ex-
IRENE low water, the outer or movable
sections of the vehicle gangway and
the two passenger gangways are of
much sleeper grade than would be the |
case if the inner sections were arrang-
ed 10 raise and lower similar to the |
outer sections, so that the grade would |
be one uniform plane from the pom
toon to the top of the levee and the |
ferry house. Under the circumstances
am of the opinion that the Southern |
& Ferry Company is not
fully complying with the provisions of |
its franchise in respect TO the vehicle |
and passenger gangways on the AL |
giers side of the river, and l suggest |
and recommend that you direct the
said company to, as early as practical
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bic, make the corrections as above ont.
! lined.
/ wrote the ordinance embracing the
specifications under which the fran.
chlse of the Southern Improvement a
Ferry Company was adjudicated, and
am therefore familiar with the in.
tent and purposes of the same. | re-
call distinctly that a number of provi-
slonS in the said specifications were
suggestions made at the time bv yari.
Gus citizens of Algiers who are fire.
quent users of the ferries. Under the
old franchise there was but one pass.
enger gangway on each side of the
river, which, during periods of heavy
fOot-travel, resulted in congestion and
much discomfort and inconvenience.
particularly in the matter of lost time.
In order to correct this defect the new
franchise, now held by the Southern
Improvement & Ferry Company, was
made to provide for two passenger
gangWays, one to be used solely for
the embarking passengers and the
Other TO be used solely for the debark-
ing passengers, all of which is plainly
set forth in the specifications under
which the adjudication was made. This
provision necessarily carries with il
such arrangement of the interior of
the ferry houses and the pontoons as
may be necessary TO the full purpose
OF the two gangways on each side of
the river, but as presently operated
the embarking and debarking passen-
gers, instead of entering and leaving
the ferry houses in separate order are
forced to cross each other both inside
the houses and on the pontoons, re-
sulting in much discomfort and loss of
time. In my opinion the interior of
both the Algiers ferry house and the
Canal street ferry house, as well as
the pontoons, should be rearranged so
that the embarking and debarking pas
sengers would move along separate
and distinct lines not only in the ferry
houses but on the pontoons as well,
and particularly in getting on and off
the ferry boats from the pontoons.
Such Encouragement would not be ex.
pensive TO provide and to operate, but
| believe is absolutely necessary in the
interest of the public convenience and
more particularly safety, and | respect
fully suggest and recommend that you
require the Southern Improvement &
Ferry Company to make such rear.
which | will be pleased to
indicate on the ground TO the officers |
of the company and be so much better
done in that manner than by letter.
While it may not be practicable to |
entirely cover the pontoon on each |
side of the river, as the franchise pre- |
scri6es, | can see no reason why at |
least enough of the pontoons should |
not be covered to protect foot-passen-
gers against inclement weather. and |
suggest and recommend |
that you require the Southern Improve
ment & Ferry Company to provide
such covering of the pontoons.
Under the caption Ferry Houses"
the franchise provides as follows:
From a. m. to p. m. there shall
be stationed at both the Canal street |
ferry house and the Morgan street |
The herald., 1911-12-14
ADAMS HATS.
ouR LETTER CARRIERS.

almost in every city in the United
- the letter carriers are remem-
Ihs. On Christmas Day. This GER
y beautiful custom and we
VI no one who is more deserv-
M, little remembrance than the
u l carrier who brings both the
aha the bad news in his daily
with the United States mail.
are compelled b. virtue of their
h = TO go in rain or shine. and
'aem the Importance of deliver
'et'er is as sacred as would be
ipt or the transmission of a
u . ythe ordinary person. If
I've been well served during the
uo you feel that you can afford
'oken, We know of no one
deserving that the faithful letter
The herald., 1911-12-14
-, ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
]. c. Root Camp. w. o. w.

}. {. Root Camp No. $40, Woodmen
of the World, held an annual election
of officers on Monday night with the
following result: y. E. Humphrey, past
consul commander; Albert Tufts. con-
sui commander; Edwin Folse. advisor
lieutenant; George w. Pollock. clerk:
Joseph f. Renecky, banker; VI. f.
Grimes, escort; Joseph b. Veazey,
Waterman; sgd. A. Tufts, sentinel:
DIR. James +. Pollock, physician; VIM.
H. Murphy. manager for three years:
Charles p. Johnson, chairman board of
managers; Robert Peterson manager.
The herald., 1911-12-14

Double Cottage rooms OIL each
side; slate roof. Lot measures 45xl34.
Located at 323 and 325 Vallette street.
Rents for $24 a month.
Double Cottage rooms on each
side; rents for $50 a month. Located
at 614-G16 AliX street, between Olivier
and Vallette streets.
Apply to JOSEPH w. LENNON, 3O1
Elmira avenue.
The herald., 1911-12-14
Virginia Lodge No. 1856. x. of p.

At the election of officers of Virginia
Lodge No. 1856, Knights of Pythias,
held on Monday night, the following
were chosen: b. Noegtlin, chancellor
commander; Andrew Stecklin, vice
chancellor; \. J. BessOn, prelate: w.
Cuny, master of work: l.. F. Gisch.
keeper of records and seal: \. f.
Kaufman, master of eXchequer: G..
krogh, master of finance; II. Munster
man, master at arms; w. Goodwin, in
ner guard; J. +. ThOrning. outer
guard; Shade G. Smith. grand lodge
representatives; \. J. Besson, alter
nate; S. G. Smith and l.. F. Gisch.
general relief committee; S. &. Smith
and II. Myers, trustees; John Barrett,
undertaken; DR.. J. +. Pollock, physi-
clan; 5. G. Smith and w. b. Owens.
joint entertainment committee.
The herald., 1911-12-14
FOR SALE.

Cemetery lot; ski feet, located at
corner Of Woodmen Monument in
Main avenue, in McDonoghville GENE
terry. Apply to West Side Realty Com
pany, 157 Delaronde street.
The herald., 1911-12-14

Nice five-room house, 211 Pelican
avenue, $1,000 a month. Also five.
room house and full bath, gas lighted,
395 Bermuda street. Apply 324 Der.
muda street. K-26 If
The herald., 1911-12-14

Double cottage and two lots. 332-3i
Webster avenue. Rents for SIG per
month. Apply 426 Pacific avenue.
The herald., 1911-12-14

Following the iul report OF the City Engineer to Mayor Rc
man, and is OF special interest to our citizens:
The herald., 1911-12-14

1870 feet good picket fence. Apply
10 Dr.. \. c. King. 2u5 Valete street
If
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Hair Dressing

Latest styles in Hair Dressing
for Weddings and Parties, Puffs,
Switches and Wigs made to or
der, Grey Hair restored to its
natural shade, Children's Hair
Bodied.
MISS ANTONIO M0R0Y, 237 VaIIette ST.
The herald., 1911-12-14

uFRALD nay be found at the fol-
s. raS HERALD tAis'ers ofice)' 500 Yer
Z, street pAID LC-ty Ofieel, s23 Perdido
The herald., 1911-12-14

"''1' ~ Y H@IE q
D VIOLATING RANCHISE-AGREES WITH A
CITATION AND SAYS ITS COMPLAINTS
ARE WELL FOUNDED
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-07
ARRESTED FOR FORGERY.
James Dickson. Insurance Man, Says
It's All a Mistake.

James Dickson, an insurance man
of limited stay in Kansas City, Salina,
wichita, Beloit and other Kansas
towns, was arrested today on a charge
OF forgery at the National hotel where
ne and Miss Mabel Morris, said to be
MS secretary, registered Monday.
The forgery charge comes from Be
lott, where he lived for some six
months prior to coming to Topeka. No
particulars We're given in the telegram
asking for his detention. Sergeant
Dan Garden and Detective Carl Golf
located him just before noon.
In the ward at the police station,
Dickson was unable to understand why
anyone brought a charge of forgery
against him.
There may possibly have been "a
check come back on me- he said, but
never used another name and did not
even know I was overdraWn. / know
nothing except as shown me by the Of
ficers here in that telegram. I do not
know who makes the charge or any
thing about it. I have been here in
Kansas for a number of years working
IN the insurance business for other
parties and had come here to organize
one OF my own and make this my
home.''
Dickson declared he has filed ap-
plication with the state charter board
for a charter for a company to be
called the Conservative Mutual Life In
surance company. His baggage is held
at the National hotel pending further
developments. The sheriff of Mitchell
county is expected to arrive to take
custody of the prisoner tonight
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-07
OPPOSE SANITARIUM.
DR.. Lindsay Asking for a Permit Meets
Opposition.

The old DR.. Lindsay sanitarium case
was reopened today when the Topeka
physician attempted to gain from the
state board of control a permit 10 OPP
crate the sanitarium in connection with
Christ's hospital
And with all their former vim the
property owners in the vicinity of the
hospital objected to the reopening of
the sanitarium and were represented
by Attorney T. F. Doran.
The outcome is doubtful. Both sides
are showing a wonderful line OF ar
gumenk-
This case will be remembered in To-
peka- A few years ago the property
owners near Christ's hospital got all
injunction out against the operation of
the sanitarium on the hospital grounds
saying it was dangerous to public safe
ty. It seems that at times inmates OF
the sanitarium had escaped and ter
rorized the neighborhood.
The injunction was appealed to- the
supreme court. The supreme court
decided that the sanitarium would be
permissible if the doctor in charge
would obtain a permit from the state
board of control. This is what DR..
Lindsay is trying to do today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-07

the office Of Eugene Stotts, city park
commissioner. and he being out, left d
definite request with the gentleman IN
charge, that Mr.. StOtts furnish US with
the names of those who objected to
such use of the park The reasons
given for stopping US was that certain
persons had objected. Mr.. Stotts later
called one of the committee over the
telephone and refused to give the
names of the DIRECTORS, but stated that
he would strongly oppose the use of the
park for religious services. Later I
called again and he objected.
I understand that in last evenings
paper Mr. Stotts offered to furnish me
personally the names of those OBJ
jectors; but since I have no personal
interest in the park situation. 1 most
respectfully ask Mr.. StOtts to give to
the many hundreds of people who are
interested, the names Of those DIRECTORS
in your columns.
Personally I invite all beauty loving
people to visit the Union Pacific park.
and then take a look at Mr.. Stotts'
only beauty spot in North Topeka on
Central avenue. w. l. COLE"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-07
over HALF MILLION.
Increase In Shawnee County Public
Service Corporations.

In the last year the assessed valu-
alton of the property of public service
corporations in Shawnee county IN
creased $575,97s, according to the re-
turns made by the state tax commits
sion and on file in the Office of the
county clerk. This heavy increase Of
more than a half million dollars was
due almost entirely to extensive I'M
provements made by public service
Corporations operating in Topeka.
Almost every township in the coun-
ty shows an increase in the value OF
the property owned by these corpor-
atoms and shows that the spirit of i'm
provement has extended far beyond
the bounds of the city. Two outly-
ing townships show a valuation OF
more than a million dollars in prop
erty owned by public service corpor-
atoms. Next to the showing made by
Topeka city is that of Soldier town
ship, which reports a valuation OF
$1,449,491. Topeka township follows
Soldier with valuation CT $l,O7S,662.
Topeka city made a surprising rec
ord. This years valuations placed on
the property of common carriers ag-
gregates $5,083, $40, as against $4,557,-
$50 in 1910. This heavy increase is
due largely to the extensive railway
improvements in Topeka. On the re-
turns this year is the new 10-story
Santa Fe office building, listed on
March / as not completed. This build
ing is assessed by the tag commission
at S2O1,O75, while the old building
goes on the list at $4,000 in addition
to a valuation of $4,000 placed on
the lots. improvements made the last
year by the Kansas Natural Gas COM
pany in. Topeka brings their valuation
in Topeka to $110,S23.
In the schedules on file are included
the property of all common carriers
operating in the county, including rail-
way, street railway, telephone, tele-
graph and pipe line properties.
The detailed valuations by town
ships as compiled ~ the tax commits
sion shows the valuations reported in
1910 and those listed March I, this
year. The report is as follows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-07
NO WORK, NO PAY.
Why Governor stubbs Turned Down
Crusaders Vouchers.

In the cases of the prohibition en-
thusiasts who hurried on to Crawford
and Cherokee counties on law en-
forcement crusade and then had tnel:
hills on the treasury turned down by
the state officials, it appears that they
were not able to show where they
had accomplished anything. Governor
Stubs applied his maxim of "a dol
lars worth of work for dollar pay
to the case and the vouchers were re-
fused the official o. K. Some of these
bills were for II days work in the pro-
hibition vineyard. One man turned in
a bill and it was shown that he did not
90 down to Crawford county at all.
The governor will not pay the bills
out of his contingent fund until he IS
satisfied that the claimants did the
work that entities them to pay The
governor did not authorize the journey
of these workers to Crawford county
and it seems to be hard to find out who
did hire them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-07-07
DIDN'T LOVE HER KING.
So He Asks the Court to Give Him a
Divorce.

William G. King today filed suit for
divorce against Elsie Pearl King. who
deserted him ten months ago and
went to live in Toledo, 0. The Kings
were married in Windsor, Canada, in
June, 1908.
After coming to Topeka, the petition
says, Mrs. King refused to make the
home as happy and bright as i should
be. She declined to cook the meals
and somehow didn't show the same low
ing disposition that King had known
in the palmy days of their courtship.
When the baby was born a year ago,
it is claimed that Mrs. King declined
to keep house at all She took the
persistent pleading and his lawyer s
persuasion have failed to bring Mrs.
King and the baby to Topeka
SO King asks the court for a divorce
He says he has never been at fault in
the domestic difficulties and he asks as
a matter of justice that the baby be
taken from the mother and given to his
custody.
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REV. W. |. COLE REPLIES
Requests Publication of Names of
Directors TO Use of Park.

In the State Journal last evening
Eugene Stotts, city park commissioner,
said that Rev. w. l. Cole had either
nisrepresented facts or had been mis-
quoted when he said that there were
no plants or grass in Central avenue
park, where it had been proposed to
hold the union church services. He
also said that he objected to such SER
vices for fear Of destroying the only
beauty spot Of North Topeka, and
could furnish Rev. Mr.. Cole the names
of the DIRECTORS. Mr.. Cole today said
that while he was not personally inter
ested in the park he requested Mr..
Stotts to publish the names Of the OBJ
dectors for the benefit of hundreds that
were. His statement in fun follows:
Personally I am not interested in
the park. When the ministers decided
upon the location. I voted against the
Central avenue park. Ny actions and
interest in this whole matter is Il
committee representing the five min
listers and their churches.
After being stopped in our prepara-
tions to use the park and having Sc
cured the right to use 1t from the
agent Of the woman who owns it, we as
a committee. including myself, went to