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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-06
The Weather

Forecast TIL 7 p. M. Tomorrow, for
Rock Island. Davenport, Moline,
and Vicinity.
Cloudy and cooler tonight; Tuesday
generally fair. The lowest tempera-
ture tonight will be about 35 degrees.
Temperature al a. N. AZ. Highest
yesterday, 81, lowest last night. -.
Velocity OF wind at a m. . miles
per hour.
Precipitation IS inch.
Relative humidity at p. IN. 50, at I
z. m, -.
Stage of water 81, a fan Of g IN
last 4S hours.
in. SHERIER, Local Forecaster-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-06

Los Angeles. Cal. Nov 6.-TaIes-
man Nanniug was excused on ac-
.run- Of i'll health and Judge BoTd-
-.r'' .u he Nc\amarG case. excused
N- II. Andrews. because OF conflict
ja- statements regarding his own
fairness
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-06

Newark. y. J Nov. 6.-AIlison
NacFarIand was arraigned today be-
fore Chief Justice Gummere and
plead not guilty 10 an indictment
charging him with the murder Of his
wife
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-06
San Francisco Chinese
Celebrate Fall of the
Native City.
HIGH OFFICIALS FLEE
Total Dead in Siege of HankoW
Reported at 5O,OOO-In-
SuFgentS Gain.

Chinese dispatches received in San
Francisco probably confuse the sit
uation at Peking with rebel successes
elsewhere. Direct dispatches receiv-
ed by the Associated Press from Pc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-06
}Yorer csn5le-s Arrested.

chicago. Nov. 5.-Police today ar
rested seven women on gambling
charges One was - years old.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-06
SUGAR Still pronrfnn-

New York, Nov. 6.-AlI grades of
refined sugar were reduced 10 cents a
hundred pounds today.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-06

Mexico City, Nov. Francisco /.
today was inausurated pres
ideDr of Mexico.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-06
SLAUGHTER Al sHIAN-FU.

The rsb~is ~ Shian-Fu asserted that
81 the officials. from treasurer 20
taotai haze been killed, a. well as The
Nsnchus. me-. women and children.
According q Chinese reports. $1,000
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-06

Ccontit ued on Page Five)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-06

Argus Want Ads
Always Bring Results
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-23

| DIR. David NJ. Munroe, arrested on
| Wednesday afternoon on charges Of
sending improper matter through the
United States. mails. is not going to
langtish in the jail in Milwaukee, fol-
he returned to Kenosha within three
hours after he had been placed under
arrest by the Deputy United States
Marshal. DIR. Munroe went with Mar
hal Reinardy to MilW ankee and was
q ven an immediate hearing in the
Tn tied States court a7hd was released
on his own recognizaree. The United
States District Attorney declared that
the case would be postponed indef-
nitely and that the only reason for the
arrest of the doctor was to stop the
sending OF improper letters through
the mail. The Kenosha man agreed
that there would be no more cause fo1
complaint and he was released after
the formaIity of signing a bond. He
returned at once to Kenosha and re-
stunned his practice of medicine ''The
whole thin & is decidedly unfortunate =
said Dr. lnunroe this morning "and
the only psTt of it that is particularly
objectional to me is the insinuation
in regard Ito my sanity. There was
nothing of serious nature in the
charges made against me and feel GER
tain that the matter will be dropped
without any further publicity. I am
perfectly sane and recognize the CON
ditions under which the government
acted l assured the officials that
There would be no more reason for
J. admitted that I was
ready to go to, Jail if they demanded
it but they consented to have me sign
my own bonds and [ returned to Ke-
nosha.
Government officials declared that
there was no desire on the part of the
government to cause DIR. Munroe fur
Their trouble if the letters complained
about were stopped. The doctor seems
to consider the matter one of deeply
private nature and when seen today
he declined to discuss further the trou-
bles in court which are alleged to have
led up to the writing of the letters.
He was busy with his practice when
seen and he asserted that it was his
desire that the whole matter be drop
ped,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-23
CHIEF WANTS COMPLAINTS.
Wants "Tax Payer to Come Into the
Open at Once.

Chief of Police Owen O'Hare de-
clares that the department. is unjust
ly criticised by "Tax Payer who
sent an open letter to the Evening
News on Thursday night and he has
asked that the writer of the letter
come out into the open and appear be-
fore him and give the names of men
who are violating the speed ordinance.
eff this man wants the laws enforced
we will be only too pleased to see to
it that every man he has complaint
against is arrested and prosecuted, !"
said the chief. eve will go further
for If the writer of the letter will just
give us the names of offenders we will
see to it that the evidence against them
is secured by the department With
a limited force and plenty Of business
it has been q little hard to keep the
cycle squad at work, but an especial
effort will be made to arrest the speed
ers if ESTax Payer will just help out
by suggesting the names of these peo-
ple.''
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-23
DECLINED RECONCILIATION.
Husband Who Left His Wife for IS
Months Demands a Divorce.

Gus Sakala has fled suit in the
circuit court demanding an absolute d.
vorce from his wife Marie Sakala, who
is now q resident Of Dayton, Ohio. The
man alleges that the couple were mar
ried III Nationia, Pa, in March Of 1907
and that after a married life of ten
weeks he left his wife and went out
of the country. After being away
from her for eighteen months he re-
turned and sought reconciliation Of
fering to provide a home for her. He
alleges that the wife refused to have
anything to do with him after his re
turn and declared that she would never
live with him again. The woman in
the case has never been a resident of
Kenosha but the husband has resided
here for two years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-23
Man Arrested for Passing
False Checks Says Girl
Influenced Him.
GIRL NOT FOUND IN kENOSHA

Meyer Scherzwen was arrested by
the police Of Chicago on Wednesday
charged with passing worthless checks
and when he was examined by the po-
lice department, the young man claim
ed that he was induced to pass the
checks by Madeline Gregory, a Keno
sha girl. He claimed that he had met
the Gregory girl ON a boat between
Chicago and Milwaukee some time ago
and that since that time they had been
close friends. The Gregory girl could
not be located in Kenosha when in
formation was sought in regard to her
connections with the Chicago man and
it was stated by her relatives that she
had not been at home for several DAYS
and that they did not know where she
was spending her time The young
woman is still in her teens. She gain
ed undesirable notoriety at the time
Of the arrest of G.. W. Glazier as she
was found with Marie Metten, the
young woman who was the principal
witness against Glazier. No warrant
has been issued by the Chicago offic-
ials for the arrest of the Gregory girl
but she is being sought in order to Sc
cure her story of her relations with
Scherzwen.
Members Of the Gregory family
when seen declared that they never
heard Of the man arrested and that so
far as they knew Miss Gregory did
not know him. 1t is thought that the
man pleaded his acquaintance with the
Kenosha girl for the sole purpose of
securing an excuse for his actions.
Scherzwen is supposed to be resident
of Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-23
GIRLS IN PRIZE FIGHT.
Two Fair Amazons Alleged to Have
Fought Troubles Out in Ring.

There was some real excitement in
the neighborhood of the Badger Brass
Company's plant on Thursday night
when two young women employed at
the plant settled their differences in
keeping with the ancient provisions Of
the ring as laid down by the Marquis
Of QueensbGry. The two women n,et
Immediately after they left the factory
and proceadeG to 20 at it with bare
fists and the manner in which they
fought IS declared to have been such
as TO make The prize fights recently
given in Kenosha appear as a cross
between c pink tea and Sunday
school picnic. 1t was q four round az
fair and after it was over and the vic.
Tor had been proclaimed both girls
seemed to be satisfied. There were no
arrests as result Of the unique en-
counter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-23
SIMPSON 4 BENEDICT
Western Open Golf Cham
pion WEEDS Miss Stein
kopf on Wednesday.
Spend HONEYMOON IN SOUTH

A wedding Of interest to many Ke-
nosha people took place at the parson-
age of the Lutheran church of the As
cension in Milwaukee at five O'Clock
Wednesday afternoon when Miss Fan
ME E. Steinkopf, of Milwaukee, was
united in marriage to Robert Simp.
son of Kenosha, widely known as the
Western Open Golf Champion.
The Rev. Gustav Stearns performed
the ceremony in the presence Of q
small party of friends and relatives.
The bride was attended by Miss Mar
garet Simpson Of Kenosha, a sister of
the groom and Otto j. Koch was best
man. Following the ceremony Mr.. and
Mrs. Simpson were the guests of honor
at a reception and wedding dinner at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. o. J. Koch,
Mrs Koch being a sister of the bride.
At the dinner covers were laid for
twenty guests, among the number be-
ing several well known Kenosha peo-
pie.
VI. and Mrs. Simpson will leave
this afternoon for the south where they
will spend their honeymoon. Champion
Simpson will have busy winter of it.
He expects to play in a number of the
open tournaments scheduled for south
ern links and after these are over he
will go TO Dallas, Texas, where he will
have charge of one of the leading clubs
of the south during the winter months.
The permanent home of the champion
and his bride will be in Kenosha and
they plan to return to Kenosha carly
in the spring. They will make their
home on Exchange street.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-23

The letter Of the industrial asSocla-
ton to the members of the county
board of supervisors representing Che
city is timely one and it serves to
call attention to some facts that are
generally overlooked when any discus
sion of highway Improvement in the
county is under way. In the first place
the feeling that the city and county
are mutually interested in the improve
ment of public highways all through
the county cannot be too strongly
brought forward and that the old Inc
of cleavage between the interests OF
the city and the county towns which
is largely imaginary but which never
theless exists in the minds Of too many
people of this county and which crops
I'D every once in q while in the pro
ceedings of the board does not exist
in this movement for road improve
ment. There is no divided interest
here. Improved highways will be
mutually beneficial, The city now pays
sixty per cent of the taxes levied on
the county as a whole and there IS
every reason to believe that this
proportion will increase instead of d.
minish in the future. In any plan Tor
q highway system the city has @ right
to every consideration not alone from
the members representing the city, but
from every member of the board and
the Industrial association is asking no
more than is right and proper when it
requests that the principal roads lead
ing into the city be Included in any
system Of highway improvement adopt
ed by the supervisors.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-23
GIVES VALUE OF PROPERTIES
Street Railway, Light, Heat and Power
Companies Valued at $48,S25,o00.

Street Railway, Light, Heat and Power
Companies Valued at $48,s25,o0o.
Showing an increase in the assessed
valuation of street railway, Tight, heat
and power properties Of Wisconsin il
1911 as compared with 1910, the state
tax commission has made public its
preliminary assessment of those prop
critics for the tax of 1912. This assess
ment is subject TO review and may be
corrected upon evidence that correc-
ton is necessary. The final assess
ment will be made ON or before Dee. Is
and the tax based thereon is payable
on Dec. l, 1912. The tax resulting
from the assessment goes IS per cent
to the state and rs per cent to the mu-
inequalities in which the properties arc
located. The total amount resulting
from the assessment of 1910 and to
be- paid in December of this year is
$471, 369.07.
! The assessed valuation of the Mil.
waullee Electric Railway and Light
company is $2S,ooo,ooo while the as
sessed valuation of the Milwaukee
Light, Heat and Traction company is
81, $4,000 and of the Chicago and
Milwaukee Electric Railway company,
1926, 900.
The total assessed valuation of all
street railway, light, heat and power
companies in the state is $4S, 1925, 900.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-23
SEEKING INSANE MAN.
Patient Escapes From Racine Asylum
and Wanders About Somers

A score of people from the neighbor-
hood of the Racine asylum for the in
sane were searching through the town
of Somers today with view of get
ting some trace of patient who es-
capped from the asylum on Wednesday
evening. At an early hour this morn
ing the man appeared at the home of
State Senator Isaac T. Bishop and he
made an effort to hold him until the
officials could be notified but the man
broke away and took to the woods. 1t
is feared that the man will suffer
terribly from exposure and for this
reason every possible effort is being
made to get some trace of him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-23
MUST GET NEW PETITION
South Exchange Street Paving Gets a
Set Back for Lack OF Frontage

The paving Of Exchange street be-
tween Eagle ard Park Row is threat
ened with delay as the City Engineer
to-day reported thai al examination of
TIC petition asking for the paving
shows that The required majority of
the frontage has not been secured and
the petition will be sent back to the
property owners for revision. It is de-
eiared that ninety per cent of the
property owners on the street are IN
aver Of paving and for this reason ii
5 thought that tie error win be easily
iectlfed. AS yet the property owners
have not decided on what materia4 is
% be used IN the paving Of the street
md the council may be asked to seek
IDS for beth brick and asphalt. Their,
viii be plenty Of time to get the new
EDITION and have tie work started
with the opening Of the paving season
in 1912.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-23
LUKoSHOWICz rs RELEASED
Man Charged With Cutting Joe Gazas
Released at Preliminary HEARING.

Johne Luk0showicz arrested & week
ago on charges Of assaulting Joe Gazas
with intent to do great bodily harm
gained his liberty ON Thursday after
noon when a preliminary hearing of
the case was held in the municipal
court and the evidence clearly shown
that the accused man had struck in
self defense. Lukoshowicz was ar.
rested following q cutting ARRAY at the
European Hotel on Main street and
it was alleged that he had severed the
main artery in the arm Of Gazas. Gaz-
as was in the hospital for several days
but he is now. cut of danger. Several
witnesses called in the case testified
that the accused man had been as
saulted by Gazas and that he drew the
knife when it seemed certain that he
would be badly injured.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-23

The agreement made between the
Frost Manufacturing Company and the
railway to submit their differences
over the laying of q switch to the new
plant of the company to the state rail
way commission for adjustment estab-
fishes a. new precedent and the outcome
will be watched with interest by every
manufacturing concern in the state
which ever has been or is likely to
be an applicant for switch tracks from
any railway company in Wisconsin.
The ruling made by the commission in
this case will be considered every time
a switch track is put down anywhere
in the state in the future. The issue
between the Frost company and the
railway is over the easement to be Civ
en- the railway for the land occupied
by the switch tracks. The railway com
pany wants perpetual easement for
the land taken for the switch track
and the Frost company contends that
the railway company should have pos
session of the land only so long as the
switch track is used by the Frost com
pany. The stand taken by both sides
is easily accounted for. The railway
company desires by securing a perpet-
ual easement for the lands to be occu-
pied by the track leading to the Frost
plant to safeguard any extensions of
trackage which may be needed in the
Future for plants locating south of the
Frost concern. 1t will then have that
much OF. a right of way which viii en-
able it to reach any business which
may develop further south secured
Also, the land is valuable and some of
the most valuable holdings of the
railway company have been acquired
in just this way. On the other hand
the Frost company naturally objects to
giving away its property which is val
liable now and which is certain to in
crease in value rapidly. 1t should be
understood that the cost of building
the switch is paid by the Frost com
pany and to hand over a perpetual,
easement for the land occupied by the
switch in addition is considered toe
high price to pay for the privilege
of doing business with the railway
company. Up to this time the railway.
have generally had their own way il
such matters and have secured perpet
ual easements in many cases as a mat
ter OF course, but it should be noted
in this connection that until recently
the railways charged little or nothing
Of the expense of installing tn,
switches to the manufacturers. If /
charge was made at all it was nomi
nal one and the applicant for switch
ing accommodations was seldom ex
pected to pay for the tracks and civ,
his land in addition.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-23
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WIFE SEEKS DIVORCE.
Grace L. Bateman Asks Divorce From
Husband Wilbur E. Bateman.

Through her attorney, Robert Verne
Baker, Mrs. Grace L. Bateman has filed
an action in the circuit court demand
ing divorce from her husband Wilbur
&. Bateman. The couple were married
in Kenosha three years ago and the
wife charges cruel and inhuman treat
ment and intoxication The husband
is supposed to be living in Chicago, but
efforts to serve the summons of the d.
vorce on him have not been successful
and summons is being secured by pub
LEGATION.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-23

Some Of the stay at homes s7hose
friends and relatives are up in the
north woods have some faint con cep-
lion now Of what it meant to those -teft
behind in war times to read down 1'he
list of the killed and wounded after a
battle as they search for the headins
"Hunting Accidents of Day" in the
daily paper the first thing+in the morn
ing and look for tie names OF those
they know.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-23
Kenosha School Children
Asked to Aid Schools at
Black River Falls.
PENNIES TO KEEP UP SCHOOLS
superintendent of Schools Joins With
Other Cities in Effort TO Get Big
Fund for Schools of Stricken Wis
consin City.

At Milwaukee during the State
Teachers meeting Superintendent Gary
made an appeal for the schools OF
Black River Falls recently so terribly
visited by food. What he said is sub
stantially expressed in this extract
from a letter recently written to Mrs.
Bradford by friend who lives in
Black River Falls The letter sa-'s:
"We are a good deal exercise, here
at present as to what will become of
our school. We are able to carry it
all right until the first Of January.
Then--?
We need nearly $5,000.00 to carry it
to the end of the school year or be-
tween 500 and 600 children will be
schoolless.
We have always been generous to
those in trouble as the sufferers of
Peshtigo, Hinkley, New Richmond and
other places can testify but we are
hard hit lust now and do need aid to
tide us over for another year when we
are in hopes to be able to stand again
Two thirds of our taxable property
is wiped out and these taxes must OF
necessity be returned delinquent y
and will never be collected. Men who
were wealthy or at least on Easy
Street" are left penniless. These are
the ones that are the real sufferers and
not the real needy poor for the relief
station will care for the poor, but what
about those who have "fared sumptu-
ously every day" and are now really
in need?
But / did not mean to trouble you
with this when [ started, but [ have
written columns for our papers, scores
of letters of inquiry from friends until
my whole mind is given over to the in
tensity Of the situation.
It was urged by Superintendent Cary
that collection be taken in the schools
throughout Wisconsin for the benefit of
the Black River Falls school fund. BY
each child's contributing little, the
$4,000 needed to furnish the children
there with necessary schooling until
June could be raised. The matter will
be taken up here next week. Any con-
tributions which any one feels like
making to this cause will be gladly re-
ceived. 1t may be handed or sent to
Mr.. Purncll at the First National Bank
or to Mrs. Bradford. When collected,
Kenosha s contribution viii be for
warded at once to the State Treasurer
at Madison, who is custodian of the
money and who will see that it is put
to the use intended.
Miss Ruth Marshall, teacher of
science in Rockford College, will lee
ture on the evening of November 24t1
in the auditorium of the High School,
her subject being GA Human Interest
in Trees" Miss Marshall has an
equipment of as fine slides as can be
procured.
The admission is five cents for grade
pupils and ten cents for others. AS
this is distinctly an educational lee
ture upon subject of local, state and
national concern, the admission is
placed at a price that, it is hoped, will
not be ,prohibitive to any
If any surplus remains after paying
expenses, it will be put into the fund
being raised for the Black River Falls
school fund.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-23
GRADE TaoTTER.

formerly owned by Ed. G. Shepard
of Kengsha, row the property Of A.
L. McNeil Of South Bristol, Kenosha
Co., Wis. Carver win make tie sea
son at the stables on the Barker Pic
kens farm IN South Bristol. Registered
No. 1917 Terms: $40 to insure live
foal. wit
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-23
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF CoRPOR
ATE NAME,

Notice is hereby given that at q
special meeting of the stockholders OF
1.-THE Balm Wagon Company (limited) ,
of Kenosha, Wisconsin, held at the of
fee of said company on the 9th day
of November, A. D. 1911, the name OF
said company was duly changed from
"The Balm Wagon Company (lim
ited)" to The Balm Wagon Company
Dated, November 9th A. D. 1911.
George A. Yule.
w31 Secretary.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-23

Collections on The November bills
have not been AS good as they should
be with the Wafer Company and sew
aral hundred property owners az still
delinquent. The commissioners threat
en- to start the man with the monkey
wrench on his rounds any tima5 now
and the delinquents viii be as sessed
the usual fee for having the water
turned on again.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-23

The difference from buying new
clothes and having your old ones clean
ed, might be from $50 to $50 and they
will surely look the same as new when
you send them to the Union Dye Works.
Phone Csc, wagon will call. dwtf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-23
BUILDING MATERIALS.

The Dunnebacke company, corner
Of Market and West Main streets han.
die building materials such as brick.
lime, cement, hair, plaster and all sizes
Of farm drain tile, sewer pipe and con-
nections, also sand and gravel. WITT