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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04
SEWER TO Be OF CONCRETE
Council After Short Fight Decides on
Material and Lets the Contract After
Reichert Had Been Allowed to With
draw His Bid.

The contract for the trunk sewer
the largest piece of construction work
ever done by the city Of Kenosha, was
let to the Cleary, White, Newman com
pany of Chicago at the meeting Of the
common council on Monday evening
and work on the sewer will be started
before the end of the week. The sew
er is to be Of concrete. 5000 feet of
the sewer will be ninety nine
inches in diameter, 1900 feet, seventy
two inches in diameter and the other
1900 feet covering the remainder of
the route will be sixty-six inches in
diameter. The sewer will have a
brick invert. The walls of the sewer
will be II inches in thickness and the
specifications for the entire job will
provide that the sewer be the last
word of the experts in connection with
the construction Of this sort of work.
The cost Of the sewer will be $97 200,
ILLS InCIudluS GuC COSt VI put GIHS LII
the concrete outlet and the pile pro-
lection where the. sewer will enter the
lake.
The fight over the selection of the
material to be used in the sewer
which came as the ending of the ten
years contest for the big Improvement
was short and to the point and the
entire matter was disposed of in less
than an hour.
Alderman Tully Of the Third ward,
who from the first had been strong
supporter of the brick sewer plan led
the assault Tor brick and Alderman
Marlatt ably seconded by Alderman
Rhode, both from the Second ward
ward, spoke in favor of the concrete
sewer. The two aldermen had spent
some time in Chicago Investigating the
merits of the two sewers and had a
great mass of material to present to
the aldermen to show that the concrete
sewer was just as good as the brick
and that considering the fact that the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04
ARREST RACINE PRINTER.
Joseph Flynn of Racine Charged With
Stealing Violin From Electric Car.

Joseph Flynn, Racine printer, is
alleged to have had loving for music
and as result he is in the county
Jail awaiting trial on charges of steal
ing a violin valued at $50. Flynn was
arrested by Chief of Police 0 Hare on
Monday evening and he had the violin
in his possession at the time. Accord
ing to the complaint the violin is the
property of William Cooley, also Of
Racine. Cooley alleged to the Racine
police that he took an electric car to
Kenosha on Monday morning and that
he had the violin with him. He sat in
a seat with the printer and when he
woke up when the car reached Keno
sha the printer and the violin were
both missing. Cooley is being held as
a witness and the entire transaction
is being Investigated by the police of
the two cities.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04
TAKEN TO CHICAGO
Mr.. dMrs. Geo. Davis, Alleg.
ed Kidnapers, Turned Over
to Chicago Detectives
GO WITHOUT ExTRAD|TIoN

George Fl. Davis and wife, alleged
settlement workers arrested here Sat
urday evening on charges of kidnap-
ing Letha and Hazel Getchell, the
daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Katherine
Getchell of Chicago, were taken to
Chicago late Monday afternoon and
they will have a hearing on the
charges against them at the Des-
PLANES street branch of the munich
pal court Of Chicago this afternoon.
With Davis and his wife went the two
Getchell children and the two little
boys that Mrs. Davis claimed as her
own. Detectives Turns and O'Brien
came up from She Central station in
Chicago armed with warrants charging
Davis and his wife with kidnapping.
There was nothing said in regard to
requisition papers and Davis and his
wife raised no question in regard to
returning to Chicago with the officers.
In fact they seemed pleased to be able
to get away from Kenosha and Mrs.
Davis declared that once in Chicago
they would have no trouble in proving
their innocence of any charges brought
against them. "We have been inno-
cent of any violation of the law and
have no fear in going back to Chi
cago. There we will be among friends
and we are certain that we will get
fair treatment. I have felt convinced
that Mrs. Getchell would not come to
Kenosha and had she come here and
told her story to the police I feel GER
tain that we would have been released
and allowed to proceed with the child.
rem
The officials from Chicago declared
that Mrs. Getchell was highly re-
spected woman and that she was at
work in factory when the children
were taken away from Chicago. They
declared that the mother had been
seeking them several days before thew
were located in Kenosha. The officers
have been making an investigation of
the Christian Volunteer church of
which the two claimed to be members
and solicitors and it is possible that
the arrest of Davis and his wife NAV
lead to an investigation of other mem
bers of the church.
It is declared that the two Getcbell
children had been selling pencils on
the street under the orders of Mr.. and
Mrs. Davis. Mrs. Getchell according
to the stories told by the Chicago
detectives was SO hysterical that she
was confined to her home and for this
reason it was impossible for her To
come to Kenosha in person and get the
children.
While the officers were waiting for
a train to take them to Chicago the
Getchell children Were kept in the
private Office of the chief of police and
they had no chance to talk with Davis
and his wife.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04
SETTLE GoERGEN SUIT.
Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light
Co. Pays Widow $1,000 Damages.

Co. Pays Widow $1,000 Damages.
The suit of G. F. Stemm as admins
traitor of the estate Of the late John
Goergen, killed on the tracks of the
Milwaukee, Racine & Kenosha Electric
Railway company on October 5th of
last year, against the company, was
settled out of court this morning, the
company agreeing to pay Mrs. Goer-
gen, the widow $1,000. In the suit dam
ages to the amount of $4,000 had
been demanded. but it was stated that
the attorneys for the company had set
up the claim Of contributory negli-
gence and the widow was advised by
her attorneys to settle. A jury had
been selected to try the case and had
visited the scene Of the accident on
Monday afternoon when the PROPOSE
tion for settlement was made.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04

concrete sewer would cost $4,000 less
than the bris- that the council could
not afford to overlook this big expendi-
ture of the public funds. Alderman
Tully in his opening statement cited
the fact that a communication had
been sent to the council by some of
the br1cklayers of the city in which it
was shown that the leading engineer
in connection with the sewer depart
ment of the city of Chicago had CON
demned the concrete sewer.
This statement was shown to be
falaclous by the aldermen from the
Second ward who had spent hours with
George G. D. Lenth, the man supposed
to have given the interview and he
had declared to them that he had
never given the interview and gave
the highest possible recommendations
for the concrete sewer. Benjamin
Leutrltz, one of the members of the
committee appeared before the coun-
ell and stated that he had not per-
sonally seen the Chicago representative
and that the statements attributed to
him had been written following a tele-
phone conversation.
The brlcklayers brought a 'resolution
to the city council citing the fact that
concrete sewers had failed in several
cities. but the friends of the concrete
showed that these same cities now had
large contracts for the building of this
sort of sewers. The city of Milwau-
kee 1t was shown from statements of
the engineers OF that city had now 200
miles OF concrete sewer out of total
sewer system of 800 miles. Statements
were presented to the council from
more than 200 cities in the United
States in which the concrete was be-
ing used for sewers and in some of
these cities the value of the projects
ran up as high as ten million dollars.
photographs and blue prints were
shown of these great sewers, the most
interesting of the number being the
| 9lst street sewer in Chicago. This is
one of the greatest concrete sewers in
the world. It is thirteen miles in
length and varies in size from four
teen feet at the outlet to twenty inches
at its terminal and it was the state
ment of the engineers of the city of
Chicago that although this great
stretch was built of unreinforced CON
crete there had not been a single col
lapse in it. The same thing was shown
of the great West Thirty-Ninth street
conduit in Chicago which was built en-
tirely of concrete and which failed to
show single unfavorable feature.
The photographs and facts in regard
to these great public works were taken
directly from the files of the engineer
of the city Of Chicago. Reports from
other cities told of concrtte sewers
which had been built for years. Mil
waukee had concrete pipe in service for
more than thirty years and it was
found to be in perfect condition when
dug up.
These examples were only part of
the material presented by the two
Second ward aldermen. The street
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04

Pirsch, O'Brien, Marlatt, Rhode, Starr,
Stemm, George R. Wade, Werner, vii
lens, John w. Wade and Saftig.
Nays, Aldermen Tully, Thomey, Filben,
Conforti and Burt. The mayor and
the city clerk were then formally
ordered to enter into contract with
the Chicago company and the work on
the sewer is to be started just as soon
as tn company can get its machinery
to Kenosha. It is possible that the
entire sewer viii be completed before
the end of the present year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04
1878, $50 II 1878, $50 IL

4 large delegation of the Elks went
to Milwaukee on Saturday evening to
attend a banquet given by the Milwau-
llee lodge in honor of Grand Exalted
Ruler Garry Hermann. The banquet
was one of the biggest events for Elks
ever held in Wisconsin. The feature
of the evening was the announcement
that Judge John Donavan of Milwau-
l1ee, had been named as a member of
the Grand Forum of the order for a
term of three years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04

The Normals defeated the Crescents
on Sunday afternoon by the score of
16 to 8. The feature of the game was
the hard hitting of the Normals. The
Normals are now ready to play any
team in the state averaging II years
of age.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04

President Of the Council Peter
Pirsch.
City Attorney-Calvin Stewart.
Health Oficer-Dr. John B. Spald-
ing.
Street Commissioners
+ North Division -. Bernhard Hermann
South Division. ....,.. Joseph Everett
West Division. 80. Michael Kolowski
Sidewalk Inspector-Edward Fan
Ning.
observation-disclosures Enright.
Poormaster-Alderman N. j. Wern-
er.
The administration steam roller was
all creased and in first class running
order, without any sand in the car
buretter, Monday night and as re-
suit the full administration slate of
candidates for appointive officers as
given above was sanctioned by the
council. Two weeks ago when the
council organized there were signs of
open revolt among the Democratic
members of the council and while a
few of the insurgents remained true
to their insurgency the big majority
of the aldermen fell into line and the
contests of the evening were decided
by a vote of ten to seven. This vote
was given in the contest between John
G. Slater and Calvin Stewart for city
attorney and reiterated in the contest
for the election of the health officer,
DR.. j. B. Spalding receiving ten votes
to seven cast for DR.. George E. Thomp-
son. There was nothing to the re-
mainder of the slate and it went
through practically without opposition.
The only change in salaries was an
increase of 800 in the salary of DR..
Spalding as health officer.
There was little business of import
ance before the council with the ex-
ception of the trunk sewer fight which
is fully covered in aother column. The
BLGE6b dSStCGulCnb COuu1Lbb6C WcS NlIGCb-
ed to advertise at once for bids for a
sewer on South Ashland Ave. which is
TO be the first sewer to connect with the
new trunk sewer. The street railway
company was directed to proceed at
once with the sprinkling of all streets
on which its tracks are laid, the street
assessment committee was ordered to
advertise for bids for the sprinkGng
of Prairie avenue, Chicago and Dem
ing streets during the summer season.
A remOnstrance against the paving of
Middle street signed by more than
twenty property owners was presented
and referred TO the committee on
street assessment.
The contract for the rebuilding of
the sewer on Lake avenue was let to
Michael Steinbach and a petition ask
ing that the pauper committee of the
common council furnish no more aid
to Mrs. Frank DeFazio, one of : the
most unusual petitions ever presented
to the council was referred to the
pauper committee with orders to act
The annual reports of the city treasur-
err, city clerk and poormaster were pre-
scented and referred to the finance com
mittee for audit.
The report of the city clerk was of
interest in that it showed the balances
IN the various funds at this time
This portion of the report follows:
Or. Cr
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04

Miss Dorothy Slater was home from
Milwaukee Downer College to spend
Sunday with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
John G. Slater.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04

Tie Riversides defeated the Royals
of Racine, at the North Side diamond
Sunday afternoon by a score of 10
to 5.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04

Miss Lucy Stemle of Downer Col
lege, Milwaukee, visited with Miss
Dorothy Slater over Sunday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04

Mr.. and Mrs. w. Lane of Holland
Mich, spent Sunday afternoon in Ke.
nosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04

Mr. and Mrs. Walter White are vis-
iting with friends and relatives in De-
troit.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04
STEWART WINS OUT
City Attorney Reelected for
Second Term at Council
Meeting Monday Night
STEAM ROLLER WORKS NICELY

Administration Slate for Appointive
Officers of the City Goes Through
Without Break-Spalding is Re-
Ascted Health Officer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04

Try the want ads for results
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04

President Of the Council - Peter
Pirsch.
City Attorney-Calvin Stewart.
Health Of1cer-Dr. John B. Spald-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28

in government circles here. 1t was
significantly added, however, that the
British government soon would have
an opportunity to demonstrate the sin
cerity of the disclaimer of its ministers
of a theory that one of the aims of the
British policy is to stand in the way
of German expansion and to block its
every project. This, perhaps, will be
found in the Bagdad railway project
FAVORABLE VIEW IN LONDON.
London, Nov. 2s.-Over night consid-
Grafton Of Sir Edward Greys speech
in the commons yesterday on the inter
national situation has served to en-
phasize the favorable view taken here
Of the effect of his utterances There
is some disappointment at the acrid
comment of German newspapers, but
it is the hope that further study of
Grey's remarks will lead to a more
cordial reception of Great Britain's S
pIoffer of friendship.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
NEW YORKER ROBBED
0E--G0LLEGEG0ODS
Suit Case Containing JeweIry and
Pennants Taken From Under
Nose of Its Owner.

A suit case containing $500 worth
Of college pennants, pillows, fobs
pins and other jewelry was stolen
yesterday afternoon from the walk
near Seventeenth street on Second
avenue and within a short time
Charles r. Turner of New York city
lodged complaint at the police sta.
ton, giving a full description of the
stolen goods. This morning Officers
Kinsley and Furlong located the suit
case in an empty box car on First
avenue between Fifteenth and Six
teenthf streets.
WhenJ he examined the contents
of the suit case, Turner found that
two small pennants, two pillow case
tops and one watch fob were miss
ing. The remainder of the assort-
ment was intact.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
SEVEN STATES HAVE
SNOW; TRAFFIC HIT

Chicago, Nov. 2S.-A genuine winter
storm Is sweeping the middle west
today, reaching blizzard proportions In
some places. interfering with traffic,
and demoralizing tefegraphic wire
service. Snow fell In Missouri, Kan
sas, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Okla
homa and Texas. In Wisconsin bliz-
zard conditions are reported. The
temperature ranged from 10 to 20 de-
grees In Nebraska, 10 to IS in Iowa,
ID to 90 in Kansas, 16 to 26 in Mis-
souri,, "a to SO in Michigan, 2S to sc
in Illinois, and about 20 in Wisconsin.
Moorhead, MINI, showed 4 below zero,
and Devils Lake below. The storm
today oentered over the lower Michi-
gan peninsula. Predictions are for
snow furries and colder weather to-
night, with rising temperature tomor-
row.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
CANNED POLITICS Is
LATEST BY EDISON

Washington, D. c., Nov. 2s.-Thomas
A. Edison, the veteran inventor, has
unfolded before President Taft a plan
for campaigning without travelling by
which Taft might be seen and heard
not BY 100000 but by 60,000,0O0 of
the nation without absenting himself
for day from business at the White
house. II is the newest invention of
Edison-the talking motion picture
machine. All that would be neces-
sary, Edison explained to the presi-
dent, would be for a man to go before
an audience, made a speech on any
subject he chose, and the talking mo-
tiOn picture machine would reproduce
to audiences all over the country
every gesture of the speaker, every
word Of his speech. and every shout
OF the crowd about him. In his recent
trip Taft appeared in 215 cities and
towns by arrangement and spoke from
the platform of his car in perhaps a
hundred small places. His secretary
estimated that he lad hddIessed s.
100000 people. This took up 5S days
Of the presidents precious time and,
besides, put a strain on him that
brought him down with a cold which
kept him out Of the executive offices
for four days more. Edison proposes
TO eliminate all this, or at least to
multiply more than a bundredfold the
results of every speech. He claims
that mis- invention will place the scene
before the audience with lifelike vivid
ness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
LOWE FOR FEDERAL
TRUST COMMISSION

Washington, Nov. 2S.-Seth Lowe,
president of the National Civic Fed.
GRAFTON, gave the senate Interstate
commerce commission committee his
personal views as to the best meth.
DDS of controlling trusts. He urged
a federal license to interstate cor
porations giving them permission to
incorporate with a settled charter if
they so desired. He suggested the
appointment of a federal trade COM
mission to look after companies op-
Grating in more than one state. He
polled over a thousand business men
and found q great majority in favor
OF federal Incorporation and only
about a third in favor of a repeal of
the Sherman law.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
MRS. GODFRiED HAS
MANY OFFERS OF AID

Chicago, Nov. 28.-Mrs. Anna God
fried, WHO was found exhausted after
she donned mans attire and tramped
the streets for work in order to sup
port sick husband and four children,
today was offered employment as a
brick maker at a brick factory in
Straitsville, Ohio. Mrs. Godfried told
a story in court yesterday of days
when she worked side by side with
her husband in a German brick fac
tory. Other offers of aid made 1t un-
necessary for Mrs. Godfried to resume
mans work.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28

abscess on the spine. Announcement
of the verdict did not disturb her in
the least. When Jailer VIII T. Davies
told her she calmly replied:
IT'S just what l expected. l have
proclaimed my innocence and it's
foolish to repeat my story until am
placed on trial"
The eVidedce produced against her
was of a purely circumstantial nature.
There was considerable speculation
over what the finding would be until
Coroner Hoffman revealed how a sim.
pie little lie enmeshed the woman in
nine death mysteries.
CORONER PRESENTS HIS CASE.
Il called at the Vermilya house Oh
Oct. &c the day Bisonette died." said
the coroner. Mrs. Vermilya volun.
teered the information that Richard
T. Smith also died there under similar
circumstances on March 10, after an
illness of two days. l asked her if
there had been an inquest on Smiths
death. She replied in the affirmative.
THE next day / searched my files,
but found no record Of Smiths death,
Then 1 examined the records in the
health department, with the result
that founI nine suspicious deaths
A chemical analysis of the organs OF
Bisonette, Smith and DR.. Frank Brin.
kamp, the prisoners son, showed ar.
senic in abundant quantities"
Charles c. Boysen, an undertaken at
1888 Cottage Grove avenue, was the
most interesting witness of the ses.
sion. Mrs. Vermilya still insists Boy.
sen was her fiance, that she held a
mortgage on lis business, that he owes
her money, and that she purchased
tickets for helself and Boysen for a
trip TO Europe. Boysen denied all
these assertions.
UNDERTAKER GIVES HIS SIDE
81 was called to take charge OF Bt
sonette's body about five minutes after
his DEATH" testified Boysen. 81 also
buried her son. DR.. Brinkamp, and
looked after the local end of Smith g
funeral. She was solicitor for the
Home Guards ! was secretary, but
resigned when she tried to pass
through a policy naming me. the bene-
ficiary, as her afianced husband
wrote Crazy woman across the ap
plication ana severed official connec.
ton with the organization"
did you ever eat any meals at her
house?" the coroner asked.
"Yes, and she sent meals to my
place of business; but quit eating
her food at the time Of Smiths death
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
WOMAN HELD FOR
OFFICERS DEATH
Cook County Coroner's Jury
Decides Mrs. Vermilya
Killed Bisonnette.
ACCUSED is SICK IN JAIL
Remarks After Verdict That It Is
Just What She Expected
Is Not Worried.

Chicago, Nov. 2s.-Mrs. vermilya,
charged by coroner's jury with hav-
ing poisoned Policeman Bisonette, and
suspected of other deaths, is reported
80 Ill that it is unlikely she ever will
be tried. The jail physician intimat.
ed today her Illness might prove fatal.
Chicago, Nov. 2s.-A coroner's jury
yesterday decided that Policeman Ar
thur Bisonette died from arsenical poi.
son administered by Mrs. Louise Yer.
milya, and held the woman for the
grand jury.
The accused woman did not attend
the inquest. She is confined to heI
bed in the county jail hospital with an
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-28
69rfRMo oR3 fake IN
CHICAGO LAND SHOW

Chicago, Nov. 2S.-Chicago today
housed governors and other repre-
sentatives of Oregon. Washington,
Idaho, Wyoming. Colorado. North
Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota
and Illinois. The party arrived on a
governors special" on the first leg
Of it's 1000 mile trip undertahe en- to
exploit in eastern cities the agricul-
tural, commercial and mining advan-
tages of the northwest. On arrival
here the governors and party were
escorted by the Chicago Association
of Commerce to the land show. To-
night the governors will attend
banquet and later leave for KaIa-
mazoo, Mich. Going via Detroit, the
party will visit several leading east
ern cities arriving in New York city
Dec. IL. The trains arrival in Chi
cago was delayed by a snow storm
west of Aurora, Ill.