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Rock Island Argus., 1911-03-24
STRIKES FOLLOW
new LABOR PLAN
Vice President Of Machinists'
Union Here to Help Fight
Taylor System.
DEERE & CO EMPLOYEES QUIT
Said to Be Purpose to Introduce the
Change in All of Tri-City
Factories.

Following the lead taken at Rock
Island arsenal, it is said that all OF
the factories affiliated with the Tri-
City Manufacturers association are TO
introduce the Taylor system of shop
management. Already the workmen
at the arsenal have designated a COM
mittee to go to Washington to enter
protest with the secretary of war
against the innovation at the local
government post.
1t is claimed that the Taylor sys-
tenn is nothing short of slavery; that
many Of the veteran employees in the
arsenal shops will be forced to give
up their places because of the grind
ing process. Id fact, it is stated
already numbers of employees have
left their jobs there, and that the
purpose is not alone to force high
pressure upon the workers but to in-
troduce cheap labor.
MASS MEETING IN MOLINE.
Thirty machinists il the Deere &
CO., shops Moline, went on strike yes
terday when advised of the intention
of the concern to introduce the Tay-
lor system. J. E. Buckalew of Kan
sas City. vice presidest of the Interna-
tional Association of Machinists, ar
rived here today, and this evening is
to address mass meeting of machin-
lists and workers generally at the In
dustrial home hall, in Moline. Mr..
Buckalew will discuss the Taylor sys-
tenn and call upon all union men TO
stand together In resisting its enforce
ment in the factories of the tri-cities.
1t is stated that Deere & Co, propose
Rock Island Argus., 1911-03-24
Farm Accounting

How am l TO keep account of the
costs and gains of each division OF
farming?" is a question the present
day farmer is asking himself. He
realizes that though his farm as a
whole may be yielding a profit, yet
at the same time the planter must
have some method of finding these
weak spots" the losses from which
are covered up by gains from other
sources. In a word the farmer is
appreciating the fact that the busi-
ness side of farming is quite as inn
portant as the technical aspects of
production. he feels the need of
training in farm accounting.
The department for business train
ing at the University of Illinois wish
es so TO enlarge its work so as to pro-
vide for courses in farm accounting
for the students in agriculture. If
the necessary funds can be secured
from the state legislature, it is plan
ned to inaugurate courses to be given
by specialists in the science of ac-
counting who have given attention to
the business problems peculiar to
farming.
=
is profits. and men being taught the
principles of agriculture should be
trained in the use of their ability as
business managers and with the
same efficiency as they are being
taught the best methods of testing
their soils and dairy products Many
business men can testify that sys-
tens OF accounting have saved them
hundreds and thousands of dollars
If this is true of business houses, it
must be even more true of farms
where up-to-date< accounting meth
DDS have not been installed.
A good system Of farm accounts
must be simple yet complete enough
to give all necessary information
and gaurd against error. 1t involves
the keeping of cash, property, and
personal accounts, labor records of
teams and men, records OF materials
used and goods on hand, feeding
records and accounts with the dairy,
poultry. live stock, orchards and
other departments Of the farm; de-
probation must be accurately deter
mined and treated in the accounts,
and the farm must be credited with
the farm produce consumed in the
home of the planter. Numerous
other problems arise and finally an
income statement and balance sheet
must summarize all transactions.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-03-24
Rheumatism Cured in Three Days.

n. B. Langley. Madison, Wis,
says: Il was almost helpless with
rheumatism for about five months.
Had it in my neck so l could not
turn my head and all through my
body. l tried three doctors and
NJ any remedies without any RELIEF
whatever until 1 procured DR.. Detch
on's Relief for Rheumatism. In a
few hours the pain was relieved and
in three days the rheumatism was
completely cured and 1 was at work. -
Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901 Second
avenue, Rock Island and Gust
Schlegel, 20 West Second street,
Davenport.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-03-24
FARMERS ARE SOWING OATS
Ground in Good Shape to Work but
Wells Are Going Dry.

Farmers in this vicinity are hard at
work sowing oats, the ground being in
fine shape to work. Conditions are al
most exactly the same as they were
last March. when the oat crop had all
been seeded well before the first of
April.
Considerable complaint is heard be-
cause OF the scarcity of water in wells
and streams, most unusual state of
affairs for this time of year. Many
wells are going dry.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-03-24
BODY STILL UNCLAIMED
No One Has as Yet Identified the
Remains of John Peterson.

Remains of John Peterson.
as yet no relatives or friends nave
appeared to lay claim to the body OF
John Peterson, which is at the Knox
undertaking rooms. Peterson died
Tuesday morning at st. Anthony's
hospital. where he had gone after he
had suffered for days with typhoid
fever. He was seriously i'll at that
time, and before he died he failed TO
enIighten the hospital authorities as
to who his relatives we're or where
his home was. A number of people
who, it was thought, might have
known him, have been communicated
with, but none so far has been able
10 identify the man. He will probably
be buried in few days at county ex-
pense
Rock Island Argus., 1911-03-24

as the time lock" divorce law, de-
fining six months continuous physi-
cal presence OF the plaintiff in. the
state as the sole requisite upon whiJn
to base jurisdiction in divorce pro
ceedings. Formerly divergent views
on residence, based on intent, made
confusion among judges Of the var
ious districts.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-03-24
WINS PRIZE AS AN ORATOR
Wellington Holmes of UnionviIIe,
Mo-, Is Victor in Lombard Contest.

Galesburg, ILL.,, March 24.-In the
Lombard college oratorical contest
last night for the prizes offered by
L. c. Lawton of Chicago the first
prize went to Wellington C. Holmes
of Unionville, Mo, who spoke on
Leo Tolstoi," and the second prize
to Sewall G. Wright of Galesburg,
whose theme was Socialism and
Individualism."
"Time Lock" DIvoce Bill Law.
Carson. Nevada. March 24.-Gover-
nor Oddie today signed what is known
Rock Island Argus., 1911-03-24
His Coma R.nL

Mrs Jawback-I suppose vor go,
slider your judgment far sunerior 20
Alllie- MI JaWbaek-No. my dear. We
proved The contrary when we chose 10
marry each other.-TeIeds Blade.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-03-24
PORT BYRON POST
SHORT ON FUNDS
Charged That County Has Not
Turned Over AL Money
Appropriated
$500 DUE, IT is CLAIMED
Former Chairman of Board States
He Holds Receipts for Whole
Amount.

Members OF the Rock Island county
board have been asked 70 account for
$500 which the records Of that body
show to have been appropriated to
Mcdaniel post, Grand Army of the Re
public, of Port Byron. and which the
officers of that organization claim new
er TO have received.
The Official records of the county
board, II is claimed by the post Off
GERS, show that since 1886 a total of
$1,000. in annual installments, has
been allowed the post Tor the care of
INDECENT members. Quartermaster
Crawford Of the post, in letters written
TO memberssof the board. states that
the amount received by the post was
81 1,30O.
CLAIMS TO HOLD RECEIPTS.
". r Carey of Hampton was chair
man of the county board in 1896 and
for a number of years thereafter. Mr..
Carey has come forward with a state
ment that he has in possession receipts
10 prove that every dollar appropriated
TO the Port Byron post by the board
was turned over 10 the proper officers
Of that organization. Mr.. Carey han
died the funds allowed the Port Byron
post during the pears that he was the
presiding officer of the county board.
INVESTIGATION PROPOSED.
Supervisor Andrew O'Brien Of Hamp-
ton township is to conduct a prelimin-
ary investigation before the affair
reaches the county board at its April
meeting. Supervisor O'Brien will call
a conference of the officers of the post,
Rock Island Argus., 1911-03-24
ARRESTED AS EMBEzzLER
Bookkeeper of Evansville Trust Ac-
cused of S43. 600 Shortage.

Evansville, Ind. March 24.-John
W. Blouth. bookkeeper Of the Evans
vile Trust and Savings company,
was arrested yesterday, on affidavit
of Treasurer Joseph Brentons OF the
bank charging the embezzIement of
s43. goo. Blouth is seeking bonds
men
Rock Island Argus., 1911-03-24
HOLDS HUSBAND DESERTER
Mrs. AIaude Fitzpatrick Begins Cir
cuit Court Action for Divorce.

Mrs. Maude Fitzpatrick of Moline has
fled suit in the circuit court in which
she asks a divorce from her husband
James Fitzpatrick. She charges in her
petition that he deserted her and has
remained apart from her for a period
of over two years. The FitZpatricks
were married Nov IS. 1899, and they
lived together until March Is. 1908
Frank J. Landee is solicitor for the
complainant
Rock Island Argus., 1911-03-24
MAKES APAYMEhT
County Treasurer Retires Part
of the Debt Incurred by
Borrowing Money.
ENDS CHARGE ON $4,000
Turns Over That Amount TO Three
Rock Island Banks Which Loan
ed Funds to Board.

County Treasurer W. H. Whiteside
decreased the Indebtedness of Rock Is
land county this morning by taking up
SIS, 900 worth of the outstanding coun-
" warrants held by three of this city's
banks There now remains in county
warrants SOS, 900, which will be taken
up at a later date The warrants were
issued in anticipation of the taxes of
the past year, and as they are. being
turned in now by the township collect
ors, the treasurer thought it advisable
10 retire the warrants as rapidly as
possible in order TO save the 5 per cent
interest which the banks charge the
county for the use of the borrowed
money. The $4,000 does not represent
all the tax money turned in up TO date,
as considerable of it has gone towards
payment of bills which have been al
lowed by the supervisors.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-03-24
Quinine BY the ION

A ton of qufnine. divided into twenty
grain doses. recently formed a part of
the cargo OF Il steamship from Phila-
deIrhia to Brazil.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-03-24
COLLECTOR IN.

Samuel H. Love, collector for the
township of Bowling, made final ac-
counting with County Treasurer w. H.
Whiteside, and has turned over his
collections. The state tax collected in
Bowling amounted to s1,2S6.12, there
being n delinquency of S30.0S. The
county tax collected was S2.699.03, with
a delinquent list amounting to S63.14.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-03-24

and Mr.. Carey. Supervisor O'Brien
will make his report at the April meet
ing of the board.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-03-24
Nobody But a Paaan

Takes iron for illness. Your stomach
is not a rolling mill. nor a blast fur
mace. Take Red Circle Pills and your
liver will furnish the iron, the right
kind. the kind that nature makes.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-03-24

applying the system in all depart
ments, and that other factories in the
tri-cities contemplate doing likewise.
Rock Island Argus., 1911-03-24
McCabe' Specials
For Saturday

Special purchase of mems ournland ties, all the
new spring coors, all day ......... ~. I0c
Ladies Csc trimmed Jersey vests all day
Tub silks, very for wash waists all silk; cOlored
stripes on white grounds yard .4efe
Chaline striped mohairs in black and navy only very
special yard .............. ......... .4oc
imported English shng and wasting madras in cooTs;
= 25c value at just half-a yard ..........1 IL 1sf'
House wrappers OF good pecales made full sizes, usual
y ly $l25,sat .................. SAC
Tailored waists in nice coored percae madras and lin
enc -upsto $50 values, at Observation-Disclosures .6Sc
: Won1en's drawers, style hemstitched
Tule 25c to 39c values, one lot at .Z2c
Nowyright before Easter. when flowers
higher priced able to offer beautiful carna-
tious,, somewhat split by the weather the
weeI-otherwse in fine condion-for today, doz .25c
Dainty &sweet peas all perfect; dozen for per
dozen =. .........-...-. AVc
Ocean pearl buttons. 2hoe; values up 1sc-dozen
: SPe0iai' .:.......-0c
Koraa shrwaist. shields lace trimmed. special 24c
Fancyssprng beings in black and white nse1 and Per
slams and swell effects; Tor day at half price
belt'ength tor soc
In the book experimentation boxes fancy stationery,
woEth CSC box, at 15c each or boxes for 2oc
oneqmore day Saturday Brassieres up $1oo value
all 5cieach with Regis all day Saturday and
MiIsengths ! 10 yards fine beached musins and cam
brics,vworh to 12c per yard .............6 6 12c
Mill lengths yard-wide peraies, regular 1oc quality per
yard ..........-.. &C
Wou1en's black hose, per pair &c
Womens full fashioned hose. double soes toes
choice shades. regular 25c quality, per pair 17c
Three-coat white lined granieware kettles pans, drinking
saucepots. ETC. etc. worth to 20c all in one big
lot. choice Saturday 1Oc
tumbers, with band decoration
of ............... ......... Zoe
The Kleenza cleans dusts ahd poishe
Tor Saturday I - ioc
Haviland & Company china ice pilates
decorations, flat coupe shape; regularity 60c, for
Saturday .......-............ ..-....'1 ."0F
Rock Island Argus., 1911-03-24

All the news all the time-rhe Argus.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-18

MAY SETTLE OLD CASE.
Attorney for Telephone Co. Suggests
Settlement Of Case With City.

Attorney for Telephone Co. Suggests
Settlement Of Case With City.
The old fight between the city of
Kenosha and the Kenosha Home Tele-
phone company, may be settled out OF
court as City Attorney Calvin Stewart
has received letter from ATTORNEY
Mack of Milwaukee, who is represent
ing the company in the litigation, sug-
costing compromise. This will not
result in free phones being given to
the city, but will result in the city
receiving service at a lower rate than
at the present time. Under the rule
of the railroad commission it is said
that the company can find a loop hole
by which it can make a little reduc-
tion to the municipality and the com
pany has insisted at all times that it
was willing to make any possible con
cession to the city. The concession
being asked by the attorney for the
city would amount to many thousands
of dollars in the fifty years period
over which the franchise of the com
pany is to be in force.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-18
NEW Law IN EFFECT.
City Council May Order Sprinkling of
Streets Without Petition.

Copies of the new state law relating
to tle sprinkling Of the streets of
cities of the first and second class
were received in Kenosha this morning
and under this law the city council
of fhe city may order the sprinkling
Of The streets without petition from
property owners. The law provides
that the council by majority vote Of
the aldermen may order any improved
street sprinkled and charge the cost
Of such work up to the abutting prop
erty. The law provides that strict
accounting must be kept of all monies
paid out in connection with the work
and that such an account must be
furnished to any property owner on
demand. The law was passed to make
possible the use of the discretion of
officials in ordering this class of pubic
work. It is possible that the Kenosha
council will act under the new law
and ask for bids for the sprinkling of
a number of the streets of the city
at once.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-18
MAY COLLECT TAX IN COURT
Law Provides That Cemetery Associa-
ton May Levy Tax Up to One
Cent Fer Square Foot on the Land
in the Cemeteries

Members and officials in charge of
the various cemetery associations in
Kenosha county, have been advised of
the passage of a new state law which
will make the maintenance of the
cemeteries of the county a compare
lively. easy matter in the future as
the law gives the proper boards in
charge of these cemeteries the right
to collect an annual tax for the main
tenance of the cemeteries The law
which has just been published provides:
'EThere is added to the statutes
new statute to read: Section 1443 B.
The governing board of any cemetery
association and every town, city, vii
lage, having a cemetery under it's con
troll is hereby authorized and empow-
cred to make a reasonable annual as
sess1nent upon the lots in said GENE
terry, not exceeding one cent per
square foot of lot, excluding streets
and alleys, for the cleaning and care
of said lots and the general care and
Improvement of the cemetery; and
cause notice thereof, and copy
of this act to be forthwith mailed to
each lot owner or person having
charge Of said lot, at his last known
postofice address, and therein direct
that such lot owner or person having
the care of said lot shall pay the as
sessment to the treasurer of such as
ISOLATION, town, city, village within
thirty days from the date of such no.
tice, and such assessment shall be, and
is hereby declared a personal liability
against such lot owner or person
chargeable with the care Of such lot,
and the payment thereof may be en-
forced against such person or his
estate.'
The law is one that has long been
urged by the leading cemetery asso-
Citations in the state and it has been
made so broad that it takes in the
care Of every cemetery in. the state.
The enforcement of the law will make
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-18

the care of cemeteries much easier.
The Kenosla City Cemetery association
will probably be the first to test the
provisions of the law in this county.
Within a short time the city of Keno
sha will not make further payments
Tor the care of the cemetery and at
that time the officials of the associa-
ton will be forced to enforce the law
IN order to secure a sufficient fund to
do the work. IF the limit tax would
be assessed by the association in
charge Of any of the cemeteries in the
county it would give fund amounting
to about dollar year for lot ten
feet square. This would be an ahhnd-
ance for the care of the lot.
There is one point that is not COW
cred in the new law and that is the
steps that must be taken to secure
payment for the care of lots whose
owners are dead or of. those who can
not be located by the officials of the
association. This is the condition that
surrounds many lots in the kenosha
cemetery and in st. James cemetery.
There is no one who may be considered
care takers of these lots and it is
probable that the care of them will
have to go on other lots on which
taxes may be levied and collected I'M
der the new law. A little figuring vii!
show to any one interested Just about
how much may be raised by the as
sessment of a tax of even one-half of
the amount set by the law The tax
ing of a half cent or square foot will
give the association in charge of any
of the cemeteries in the county much
larger fund than they have ever had
before. Of course there are some peo-
pie who have provided an endowment
for the care of their lots and with
these people the associations will have
no trouble in settling as the interest
on the endowments will meet all of
the taxes assessed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-18
SHOWS BIG ADVANCE.
Business of Postofice Has More Than
Tripled in the Ten Year Period.

Assistant Postmaster Michael f.
Zens has prepared some interesting
facts In regard to the growth of the
business of the Kenosha postoffice
which show that in the ten years from
1901 to the end of the fiscal year on
March 81 of this year, the business of
the office has been tripled. In 1901
the receipts of the office were
$40, 1861. In 1906 they reached
$37, 615.74 and the last report shows
"a total business for the year of
$69,871.l3. The number of employees
Of the office in 1901 was three clerks
and five carriers, in 1906 there were
six clerks and ten carriers and at the
present time the force of the office is
made up of ten clerks and fourteen
carriers.
1t is not thought that any other city
in Wisconsin can show as large pro-
portionaEe increase in receipts in the
ten year period.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-18
TO OPEN NEW DEPOT
G. & NV. to Throw Open
Great Station in Chicago
on First Day of June
SETS RECORD FOR RAILWAYS

Everything is ready for the opening
of the Chicago & Northwestern new
$15,000,000 railway station, June /. It
is said by officials of the Northwestern
that all trains, both suburban and
limited, will begin using this hand
some marble structure on Thursday,
June l. With the possible exception of
the New York Central and the Penn
sylvania Station in New York, the
Northwestern s will be the handsome
est and most expensive station in the
United States.
In the work Of decorating the interi-
or expense has not been spared. The
entire station throughout will have
marble floors and walls. The stair
cases leading to and from the trains
arc wrought in marble; the chande-
liers swung from the ceilings and the
sides of the walls will be of dark
bronze. There are two sets of tracks
one for limited passenged trains, the
other for suburban. The station is of
sufficient length to accommodate the
longest train.
The ventilation o. the building will
make it impossible for smoke to ac-
cumulate and become nuisance. The
waiting room for women and children
will have several special white atten-
dants to render any assistance possible
to lady passengers, there will also be
! special nurses to take care of the
babies and young children while the
mothers purchase tickets and check
their baggage; also there will be on
the main floor large spacious waiting
room, which is reached by the use, of
either the gently sloping marble stairs
or the elevators. The Northwestern
will also put into operation a special
cab and carriage service which will
facilitate the handling of all passeng-
ers and baggage.
The building of the new Northwest
ern station has been the "pet' scheme
of President Gardner. The North
western general offices will still main
tain their headquarters in their Office
building, franklin and Jackson boule-
ward.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-18

needs. The state tax for this grant,
says the report, should like all other
state taxes, be, collected from the
counties upon the property valuation.
Finally it is suggested that education
al incentive be held out to the country
districts by means Of differential per-
cottages like the so per cent of teach
ers' wages granted to township high
schools rather than by fat grants of
definite amounts such as the grants to
graded schools.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-18
SAYS HUSBAND WAS CRUEL.
Mrs. Hattie Rice Asks Divorce from
Husband i'll the Municipal Court.

In the municipal court this morning
Mrs. Hattie Rice, through her attor-
ney, Calvin Stewart, filed an action for
divorce against her husband, George
Rice, said to be a resident of Battle
Creek, Mich. In her complaint Mrs
Rice charges cruel and inhuman 5reat-
ment and alleges that her husband had
such playful habits as threatening to
turn on the gas that he might die with
the plaintiff and taking a bottle of
chloroform to bed with him. The mar
ried life of the couple extended over
only a few months at the end of which
the wife claims she left Rice and came
to Wisconsin to live. Summons in the
case is being secured by publication.
Mrs. Rice has been a resident of Keno
sha for the past three years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-18

The members of the athletic .associa-
ton of the Kenosha high school wish
to express their appreciation of the
help given toward the success of their
play by persons outside Of the school;
to the young men who assisted in the
orchestra; to Mr.. Gottlieb who provid-
ed the furniture, and to the manage
ment Of the Rhode Opera House, Ger
mania hall, st. George school and the
Congregational church, who lent
scenery and stage settings, without
which it would have been very diff,
tficult to give the play.