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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-11-16
NORWAY OBJECTS TO
DUTIES ON PAPER
THAT COUNTRY AND SWEDEN
WANT SAME CONCESSION AS
THAT GIVEN. CANADA,

Washington, D.. C.-The govern
ments Of Norway and Sweden for
mally asked the United States today
to extend to shippers from those
countries the right to free importa-
ton of pulp and print paper. This
concession is now granted to Canada
under Section 2 of the act Of July &c,
1911, the reciprocity law. The re-
guest today was made under the "fa-
vored nation" clause in the tariff trea-
ties made by the United States. :Nu-
merous suits to recover the duties
paid since the enactment of the law,
involving millions of dollars, are ex.
pected to be filed by tho various In
terests in this traffic.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-11-16
KILLED
FOR RETALIATION
THIS is EXCUSE GIVEN BY 1TAL.
IAN GOVERNMENT FOR BAR.
BARITIES AT TRlPOLI.

Washington, D. admitting that
the Italian soldiers killed, i%nnocents at
Tripoli. but claiming that it was done
in retaliation because the Arabs and
Turks disregarded the rules Of civil
iized warfare, the Italian legation
here today gave out a statement from
d government at Rome. giving In
stances where he Arabs have kill
ed the wounded, mutilated the dead
and disregarded iaEs Of truce. The
statement says thet even the Arab
women kill treacherously.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-11-16
WAGNER ON TICKET
FOR COUNTY SEAT
EXPECTED TO LEAD LokE ANDES
IN PETITION BY 400 OR 500
VOTES.

Wagner, s. D.-The county COM
missioners Of Charles Mix county
have been busy for the past three or
four weeks canvassins the different
petitions filed by Lake Andes and
Wagner for the location OF the coun-
ty seat, and will complete the can
vass IN n short time. 1t has been
very difficult to make tibet nvas
owing to the fact that SO many people
signed both petitions. However,
they have got the matter pretty Well
Strengthened out now and it is gen.
orally conceded that Wagner will be
about 40 Cor 500 votes ahead and
Will be placed upon the ticket to be
voted upon at the next general cleo
ton for removal Of the county seat
from Wheeler.
h indications are that Wagner
will get the county seat and thus
Will end the long drawn out fight
which has been waged FOR the past
.l2 years.
Wh1lc Wagner is situated east of
the center OF the county, yet within
a few years it will not be far from
the center OF population, and the
people realize that in q great many
countries in this state the county seat
Is not located in the center. In adj
dition they are getting very tired, Of
the continual fight and there is q
general disposition to vote to locate
the county seat on the railroad.
This time there has been a good
natured. clean fight on behalf of both
of the towns and there has been in
jected into the fight none Of the bit
terness that has characterized former
county seat wars in this county. The
people of Wagner, if Lake Andes
had got on the ticket. and 1t is alto
gether probable that the people of
Lake Andes will do the same thing
for Wagner.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-11-16

Pierre. S. D.-J. w. Campbell of
Huron has resigned as a member OF
the state board of agriculture anu
NJ. j. Tobin OF that city has been APP
pointed to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation. -
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-11-16

Sioux Falls, s. D.-The a~ntisaloon
league Of South Dakota has won a
victory in what is known as the
Winner saloon license case, which
mas been pending several months,
and IN which several hearings have
been held before Judge William.
son, of the State circuit court.
Judge Williamson nov has decided
that . special election called at Win
ner TO vote upon the license question
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-11-16

All kinds Of printed and engraved
cards and writing stationery with
big line Of samples, at the Republi.
can Office.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-11-16

Atlanta, Ga.-Denouncing Sub
servient courts" as foes of labor,
President Gompers this afternoon de-
livered his annual address before. the
Slst annual convention OF the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor. Gompers
included in his denunciation I'm
junction judges" and tho "McNam-
arta persecution" in Los Angeles.
Secretary Frank Morrison report
ed that the federation now has l.
10000 members. the greatest mem
bership in Its history.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-11-16

Chicago.-Suspicion was lifted
from Undertaken G.. G. Boyson and
DR.. L. L. Hertel by Coroner Hoffman
when he examined them as TO their
knowledge of tho death OF the ten
persons who have died beneath the
roof of Mrs. Louise Vermilyea, who
now lies Ill under arrest, charged
with the murder Of Policeman Bis
sonettc.
The names of the undertaken and
doctor were brought in to the investi-
cation Of their apparent intimacy
with the woman and their stories to
the coroner convinced him they had
no part in the death mysteries that
would not bear the light.
Boyson in particular denied that
he had other than business relations
with Mrs., Vermilya or that she had
purchased for him a ticket to Europe.
DR.. Hertel, who signed the death
certificates of both Conductor Rich
ard T. Smith and Frank Brinkamp
(the latter Mrs. Vermilya's SOM said
he was not surprised that Smith
had died from arsenical poisoning
instead Of the acute gastritus named
In the physicians diagnosis, but he
could not account for poison in the
body of Brinkamp, since the boy
showed plainly all the symptoms Of
pneumonia as he stated in the death
certificate he signed.
Boyson incidentally added his
name to the list Of persons who,
after dining with Mrs. vermilyea
and after seasoning their food with
pepper from a tin pepper box be-
came i'll with sever pains in the
stomach. accompanied with acute
nausea.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-11-16
TALE
TO Be TOLD COURT
LENNON MAN CLAIMS HE HAS
BEEN SUED EIGHT TIMES
FOR PERSECUTION.

Aberdeen, S. Dl-The November
term OF federal court will I've at
the federal building in Aberdeen OH
November IA, with Judge james D.
Elliott presiding. 1t will be a
grand jury term. and the grand jury
will be empaneled as soon
as court convenes on Tuesday
morning, at which time the court
calendar will be called, but the
petit jury case will not start until
Thursday morning. With the en-
ception Of the trial OF Robert Gllland,
who is charged with murder, all the
eases on the calendar are civil. there
being twenty-five civil cases coming
up for trial.
A. l.. Smallcy OF Lennon is
charged with fraud in one case.
Friends OF Mr.. Smalley claim it is a
case Of too much mother-in-law,"
and started when Mr.. Smalley vas
sued for q divorce from bis wife at
tho time his mother-in-law vas also
suing for a divorce from her hus-
band. Smailey's fatherin-law. Small
ley's attorney claim the cases against
smalley have been on the docket
eight different times, but in each in
stance tho prosecuting witness fail
ed TO appear. The charges have been
varied, and have served to cause
Smalley much trouble, but he claims
he is entirely innocent OF wrong-do-
ing, and a victim of the vindictive-
ness of his mother-in-law. He is on
hand for trial this time, accompanied
by numerous witnesses in his de-
tense. and two attorneys, and is
hopeful OF having the charges dis
posed of. .u
In the murder case, Robert Gil.
land, a half breed is charged with
killing another man in a quarrel.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-11-16
OF PY[H|AS
TO HAVE CONVENTION
a. HALF EoZEN TOWNS WILL
UNITE IN A DISTRICT CON.
vENTION 10 be HELD HERE
NOV. 20.

Tho date selected for the district
convention of the Knights Of Py-
thias is Nov. 27, since it was post
poned from the 18th. Representa-
tives of the lodges from the towns
of Chamberlain, White Lake, Woon-
socket. Armour, Parker and Alexan-
dria will be here to join with the
Mitchell members in the convention.
G. w. FELTON,, Of Yankton, the
grand chancellor. together with sew
eral other grand lodge officials, will
be present and, participate in the
work OF the day and evening. The
program for the convention has not
been prepared as yet, but will be
out in the course of a few days.
1t is the first time in a good many
years that tho Knights of Pythias
have been called to meet in Mitchell
for any purpose, and the members
will be welcomed accordingly.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-02-23
TO MAKE RULES FOR BUILDING.
Committee to Arrange for Duties of
Janltor of New City Hall at Once

The committee on Building and Wa
ter Works of the city council has been
instructed to draw up set of rules
to govern the employment and duties
OF a janitor for the new city hall.
Already the council has received
seven applications for the appoint
ment and it is expected that some APP
pointment will be made at the next
meeting of the common council. 1t
is planned to allow the janitor to have
full charge of the care of the build
ing and in addition to taking care of
the. offices and assembly rooms he will
also be in charge of the feeding of
the prisoners in the city lookup. The
arrangements of the kitchen are such
that it will be an easy matter for one
man to have entire charge
The committee will have the regu-
lations for the janitor ready for the
next meeting of the council.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-02-23
Promoter of Electric Road to
West Drops Waukegan-
Seeks Rights in Kenosha
WApEEeAM COUNCIL TOO SLOW

kenosha is to have chance to con-
slider plans for the building of an Elec-
trio Railway to the lake regions and to
western points in the near future as
attorney Justin X. Orvis, formerly of
the town Of Salem but now of Wauke-
gan who is promoting the building of
line to be known as the Waukegan,
Rockford and Elgin Traction company
has severed all negotiations with the
city of Waukegan and has announced
that the men backing the line will be
asked to make change in their plans
SO as to cut Waukegan off the line and
make some other lake shore city ter
minal for a western division of the
road. Orvis has had several talks with
members of the Common Council in
Kenosha and he believes that the coun-
Gil here will be willing to meet his
company half way if assured of line
with the proper connections to the
west. The company presented an ord
nance to the Waukegan Common Coun-
ell many months ago but the council
there has taken no action on it and it
appears that the aldermen are afraid
to 60 on record. Orvis On Monday de-
clared all negotiations off and it is
probable that the ordinance will be
withdrawn. The company is now con-
Nsidering two western lines. One of
them will run west of Rockford and
the other proposed route is west from
Kenosha and touching tie various lake
regions in Kenosha county. Orvis has
been over the proposed route and has
been given an assurance that the farm
ers in this county would receive the
company with open arms and aid ma
terially in the building of the line. 1t
is probable that Mr.. Orvis will come
to kenosha on next Friday night and
take up the matter of line west with
the directors of the Kenosha Industrial
Association. One thing is certain and
that is that Kenosha will have to show
willingness to aid in the building OF
western line if one is ever secured
for the city and it is, possible that the
proposition Of Orvis will be worthy of
consideration. orvis has not outlined
his full plans but his Waukegan ord
nance did not place any heavy bur
dens on that city Notwithstanding the
fact that it did not demand any great
amount of public improvements from
the railway company in return for the
use of the streets.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-02-23
COMING TO KENosEIA.
Milwaukee Business Men tc Confer
with Local Men About Road.


A committee of the. members of the
Milwaukee Business Mems league will
come to Kenosha the latter part of
this week to confer with Kenosha peo-
sB in regard to the building of the
proposed drag road between Milwaukee
and Chicago. It is expected that the
committee will be in Racine on Fri
day and Mayor Horlick of that city
has named a committee to take up the
matter and complete arrangements for
the supervision of the building of the
road through Racine county. It is ex-
peeted that Mayor Scholey will take
hold of the matter in Kenosha and a
committee of the members of the com
mon council may be named to 90 into
the question Of building the road
through Kenosha county. The Milwau-
kee men promise to push the plan
with vigor and public meetings are to
be held in all the counties along the
route in order to stir up enthusiasm
over the plans.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-02-23
/ ASK AN EXAMINATION.
Friends of Frank Brudy of Salem
Would Send Him to Hospital.

Frank Brudy wealthy and well
known farmer Of the town of Salem
was brought before Judge Slosson in
the county court this morning for an
examination into his mental condition
and it is expected that physicians will
be named and an examination held this
afternoon. Brudy was formerly a we'll
known business man of Chicago but
he has been living in the town of Sal
EN- for the past seventeen years. Last
Friday he began to show signs of a
mental break down and since that time
his condition has been getting more
serious. His friends and relatives now
declare that it is necessary to have
him committed to one Of the state in
stitutions fgr treatment. Brudy seems
to be entirely aware of his condition
and made no objections to the proceed
ings in court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-02-23
MRS. HENRY BLUM DEAD.
Well Known Woman of the Town of
Salem Died Tuesday.

Mrs. Mary McNulty Blum, aged AZ
years, wife of Justice Henry Blum, of
the town Of Salem died at the family
residence in that town on Tuesday af-
ter a four weeks illness from pneu-
monia. Mrs. Blum was a daughter of
the late Lawrence McNulty one of the
best known of the pioneer residents Of
the town of Salem and she was born
and raised in the town. She had a
large circle of friends in Salem to
whom the announcement Of her death
will come as sad shock. The de-
ceased is survived by her husband and
five children, Mrs. John Mcdonald of
Chicago, Roy, Henry, Arthur, and Mil
ton Blum.
The funeral will be held from the
Wilmot Catholic church at nine clock
Friday morning and interment will be
at the cemetery there
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-02-23
NO APPEAL FROM HIS DECISION
Judge Grosscup Of Chicago Will De-
eide on Manner for Settlement of
Troubles of the Company Within the
Next Thirty Days.

Plans for a speedy reorganization OF
the financial affairs of the Chicago and
Milwaukee Electric Railway were dis
cussed in the chambers of Judge Peter
S. Grosscup in the United States Cir
cult court in Chicago Tuesday evening
by the various security holders inter
ested A stipulation was drawn up
that all questions causing litigation
shall be decided by Judge Grosscup
and there shall be no appeal from his
decision.
Attorney Levy Mayer, representing
the holders of 100000 worth of Wis
consin bonds, urged immediate fore
closure proceedings and an end of the
litigation which is keeping the road in
bankruptcy.
Mr.. Mayer insisted that the route
by which the road might enter the city
was not before the court.
"What we want the court to do, =
i1o ca1o LII tn6 CouAclcHCc, ID 10 Gnu
the litigation and let us know who
owns the property. When we have de-
termined that, the owners will settle
upon the route to enter the city
All the other security holders agreed
with Mr.. Mayer that foreclosure pro-
ceedings and reorganization was the
first necessary step, and no plan of en-
tering the city will be decided upon
until the reorganization plan is form
ulated
When the conference adjourned it
was agreed that another will be called
by the court as soon as the security
,shalaers absent yeasssdsy San be heard
from regarding the stipulation not to
appeal from the decision of Judge
Grosscup.
Two plans for entering the city are
under consideration, one over the
Northwestern Elevated and the other
over the Metropolitan from it's Logan
Square terminus.
The latter plan involves the build
ing of a line from Logan Square to
Wilmette, and it was said it could not
be completed in two years under the
most favorable circumstances. while
the other route is open at any time the
conflicting interests come together.
A majority of both the Wisconsin
and the Illinois bondholders are agreed
on the route over the Northwestern
Elevated, and it is said that as soon as
reorganization plans are completed the
cars from Milwaukee will be run to
the downtown district.
Two weeks ago Judge Grosscup gave
the security holders notice that unless
they got together by March IS he
would not delay foreclosure proceed
ings any longer. He announced that
meanwhile he would appoint an oper-
ating receiver, but no announcement
vi 'h"o Poln1 was Ilade yesterday.
1t was said that as long as the road
is prevented from running its cars into
the heart of the city it will be a losing
proposition, and most of the bondhold-
ers are anxious to see reorganization
effected and the company taken from
the hands of the receivers.
The road is bonded for about s15.-
100000, about s5,oOo,oOo of which is
outstanding against the Illinois divis-
ion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-02-23
DEATH OF JOHN S. MURRAY.
Well Known Carpenter of the City
Died Tuesday Evening.


John Sherman Murray, aged AZ years
a well known carpenter Of the city died
at the home of his mother, Mrs. Rob-
ert Murray on Elizabeth street at sew
Ell O'Clock Tuesday evening after a
long illness from tuberculosis Mr.. Muir
ray had been an invalid for long time
and had sought health in other states.
He had returned to Kenosha less than
three weeks ago and since that time
his decline had been very rapid. Mr..
Murray was never married
The funeral will be held from ST.
James church at half past nine clock
Thursday morning with interment at
the family plat at St. James cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-02-23
TAXES COME SLOWLY
Only Four Days Left to Set
tie With the City-Large
Amount to Collect
COUNTY PAYS STATE LEVY

Next Monday at six clock in the
the payment of city taxes. This is the
time set by law and the city council
and the city officials have no power to
extend the time even if they had
desire to take such action. Up to the
present time less than Eelf of the tax
es assessed by the council have been
paid into the city treasury and with
more than hundred thousand dollars
to collect between now and next Mon
day night the treasurer and his assist
ants will be decidedly busy The mon
ey has been coming in decidedly slow
this year and it is expected that there
will be grand rush to pay taxes on
the last day set for the collection, and
this will make it q physical impossible
ity for the treasurer to get out the re-
celpts Of course many Of the larger
taxpayers will send their checks to the
treasurer with the understanding that
the receipts will be issued later in the
month and this will give the treasurer
chance to take care Of some of the
smaller taxpayers on the last days of
collection.
The taxes have come in fast enough
to permit the treasurer to settle for
the state taxes and County Treasurer
Wallig has made his full settlement
with the state treasurer All Of the
towns in the county have completed
the collection of taxes and have set
tied with the county treasurer. The
big inroads that have been made on
the collections of City Treasurer Stein
metz by the payment Of the state and
county taxes has made it a hard mat
ter for him to turn over any large
amount to the general funds of the city
but an advance has been made of the
funds Of the school board and small
amount has been set aside to meet the
NL1lCIb VA pthSCo VI inc Clby LII ILLS
way the city has managed to escape
from the red ledger at the banks but
the balance is small and it will be some
time before it will be very much larg-
er The collection of the taxes will pro-
vide funds enough to meet the press
ing demands of the board of education
and pay up the old bills of the city but
it will not be possible for the treasur-
or to show any big balance until after
the collection of the saloon license fees
in the latter part of June.
The appropriations made by the
council this year were cut to the limit
and members of the council are already
beginning to expect deficit at the
end of the year 1t is probable that the
deficit will be larger than it was in the
wear Just closed as the council will be
called upon to meet lot of big items
for which appropriations have not been
made and the only way to meet these
items is to draw on the general funds
Of the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-02-23
BOOST FOR CITY BEAUTIFUL
Eansmann Holds That He Owns Air
Above His Property and Charges
Men With Trespassing When They
Would Work on a Scatfold.

Louis Hansmann the Park street
printer, rendered the community SER
vice this morning when he established
the aerial rights of a property owner
and in these days of air ships, hot air
and other ramifcations of the atmos-
phere it is probable that the prece-
dent set by Mr. Hansmann may be of
more than passing value Mr. Hansmann
is not only printer but he is also
believer in the "City Beautiful" and
when advertising corporations sent
agents into Kenosha to paint great
sign to cover the whole side of build
ing adjoining the property owned by
Hansmann on Park street he objected
and objected strenuously He held that
such pictures would not improve the
view from his side windows and that
he would do all in his power to stop
the picture being painted The COM
pany stated that it had leased the side
of the building and that if Hansmann
insisted on preventing the men from
standing on his property to paint the
picture that they would drop scat
fold from the roof of the building.
They dropped the scaffold but they did
not paint the picture. Hansmann call
ed on City Attorney Stewart and de-
manded that his rights be protected.
He held that he owned every inch of
the land up to the wall Of the build
ing and that his ownership went to
half the distance of the unexplored
universe. He directed the attorney to
secure an injunction protecting his aer-
ia1 rights. This matter was taken up
with the boss painter and he advised
the attorney that the painters had no
intention of invading the Hansmann
property but that they would work
with a scaffold above the ground. Hans
mann was promptly advised that if the
men projected their material bodies in
to his aerial possessions that he would
have perfect right to use any mater
ial force he saw fit even to the extent
of revolver to prevent tresspassing
on his aerial property. The men fin
ally were brought to see the impossi-
bility of their painting the sign on
the side of the building under the cir
cumstances and they withdrew but it
is probable that the theory of the aer-
ial rights will be tested in court be-
fore the sign company gives up the
contract to use the building for adj
vertising purposes. At any rate
truce has been declared for Wash
ington's birthday and the reopening of
hostilities may be started after the
workmen of the company get advice
from the head legal lights of the com
pany this afternoon.
The proposition is new one in Ken
osha but it opens way for the stop
ping of lot of signs which can not
be considered as of great value in ad-
vancing the general beauty of the city.