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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-11
MUNICIPAL JUDGE
EXHAUSTS ENGLISH IN NOVEL
CHARGE AGAINST NOTABLE MEN

'iuries by defrauded judge. who
We're taught 20 assume anticipates
am Intentions characteristic Of q
biasphem0us Democracy"
The defendants are. Eugene ".
Foss Secretary of State Lantry At
.orney General Swift, District Attor-
ncy PeIlefier. Mayor Fitzgerald. cor
9oralion Counsel Taomas NJ Babson,
Clerk Naming, Of the Suffolk crim-
nal court Clerk Frederick, OF the
supreme eourg. Joseph Walker. Allan
T Tready. Sheriff Seavey, Halls Il.
Bailey chairman Of the board OF bar
examiners. Gardner p. Pearson,
William G.. Rogers, Clarence II.
Cooper. Fred p Fish. superintendent
of public buildings. Ezra R. Thayer,
David A. Ellis, Norman H. White and
Elmer Stevens
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-11
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to mean that where "a county is
sought To be created there must he q
go per cent majority favorable IN
leach section sought to be detached
The Swanson advocates Claimed the
entire vote alone governed Appeal
was made on the proposition that
the Comanche strip, having voted
only 81 per cent favorable 10 the
change, could not be Incorporated
THAT Wow was sustained tn the SUI
preme court
Fain In The Forefront
County Attorney Fain has been IN
the forefront all along lie stumpod
the western half of Comancae county
against the scheme and fought it
through All the courts. lie has not
been loose from Swanson county af-
fairs minute IN -four years. In the
last two years the Kiowa county at
torney das been busy too
II Is said that the chances for a
county Of anything like the outline
of Swanson is forever impos3lble IT.
is said Tie C0mancbe strip viii vote
even more strongly against i than
before ana that the lower end OF
Kiowa will meet the proposition VITA
Il battalion of axes any time il shows
it's head
Fu1hcrmore Hunter township,
the great seccder is against swan
son II will vote next month on the
proposition 10 sccede from kowa to
Tilman II ii goes TO Tiliman, which
now appears likely, II viii probably
nnt ot,ut tn unnVp again next year
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-11
MOTHER AND BABE
GIVEN JACKPOT"
BY KINDLY JUDGE
(BBy Leased Wire


y Indianapolis, Oct. 1.-THE
. only apparent winners OF pok-
g er game run in East Washing
9 ton street are Mrs john Foust
g and John, Jr, few months old,
g neither of whom held a card
g Mrs. Foust was the star wit
g ness at the trial of John Lou
g den, her husband and eight otn-
g ers, who had been arrested in
9 raid on Louden's room.
g At the close of the hearing
g Judge Collins loked across the
= bench at the tearstained face
9 of Mrs. Foust and the smiling
- face Of her baby, who was in
g her arms, and said the vast {
g Jackpot about $25, was theirs. {
g you may question my right :
= to do this remarked the Judge, {
6 looking at Louden and the 9TH :
g ers, but if you do, so ahead s.
g and replevln tae money NO 6
= one objected.
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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-11
MINISTER HOLDS
b|GAMY NO CRIME
IN EYES Of COD


q Joliet ILL., Oct TT am not G
@ Il criminal IN the Dyes OF God 6
o It's only your American laws c
& that make me one declared the G
9 Rev John Horton, Congrega- g
q tional minister of Bcccher, III g
9 from cell In the county jail. nj g
g Joliet, where he was placed last &
q evening charged with higamy. -
. Mr. Horton has wife and g
g lhree children in England sat. (,
. urday hr was married ia Chi. .
g cugo ta Miss Amanda Brenker. {,
G O member ul the choir OF the 9
= Beocher congregational church g
@ He came to the United states g
q from England only Eve months 9
g ago. He was assigned 20 the q
= Beecher pulpit through the 9
. Moody institute. of Chicago. in G.
8 May. aud occupied the pulpit {,
g until Sept. 25, whom he resigned g
g to accept call to a Congrcga. q
g tional church In Wisconsin. g
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-11
THE WEATHER
tRy Associated Pressl

New Orleans, Oct ll- oklahoma
"Wednesday n ght generally fam,
cooler in west Thursday, gencrauy
fair
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-11
NOTICE

All lawn sprinbllng Is hereby pro-
hibitod nnif further notice Viola
tlon OF this order will mean that tho
person offending will have witer
shut off order Of the Guthrie Water
Department
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George w Partridge. the Chefo-
kee polit clan and preacher is IN tho
ely
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-11

T. II Patterson, OF Ell Dorado, =
IA The city
The daily Alaskan. [volume] (Skagway, Alaska) 1904-1924, 1911-02-11
aRAhO REDUCTION Or STOCK
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The daily Alaskan. [volume] (Skagway, Alaska) 1904-1924, 1911-02-11

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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-04

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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04

In deciding what action is to be TAX
en- with the bids on the trunk sewer,
whether to go ahead with the bids now
in and award the contract to the next
lowest responsible bidder after the bid
Of N. f. Reichert is eliminated from the
competition or to have new deal all
around and advertise for new bids, the
members of the council will doubtless
act as their best Judgment dictates and
do what they think is best for the city
but every man who has any stake in
the prosperity Of the city is hoping that
the aldermen will not allow the coun-
Gil to get into any mixup over the
awarding of this contract that can in
any way endanger the starting of the
sewer before the first of June, the time
set in the agreements with the prop
erty owners who have given the city
releases for the right of way for the
sewer for the beginning of the work.
Any long delay on any pretext what
ever would give the city a setback that
it would take time to recover from.
The suggestion of the city engineer that
the contract be let for the outlet and
work commenced on that seems to offer
a way out Of the present difficulty and
leave the city free to advertise for new
bids on the main contract if it is de-
cided that this is the best course to
take but the aldermen should be al
mighty sure that the letting of this
minor contract is sufficient to hold the
releases and prevent any tieup Of the
work, before they go ahead with it.
Some first class legal advice is needed
on that point and while they are safe
guarding the interests of the city the
aldermen may as well get some assur-
ance from the big contracting firms
that there will be lot of competitive
bidding for the rest of the contract if
new bids are advertised for. Our
q Mary Ann or second choice system
in letting some Of the recent contracts
for public improvements when the low
est bidders were either turned down
outright or euchered out of jobs they
had right to expect would be award
ed to them, on some technicality, has
not given the city any too good
standing with the contractors and they
may decide that it is useless for them
to try and do any business with Ken
osha. 1t is not necessary to point out
that without competition in bids for
municipal work of every kind the city
would be in bad way
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04
MANY PLANS ARE SUGGESTED
General Sentiment is That the Amend
ment of the State Constitution
Should be Made Easier for the
. Legislature

Should the process by which amend
ments to the constitution of the state
of Wisconsin can be secured be made
easy? Should the basic law of the
state, under which Wisconsin has made
such wonderful progress in political,
civic and material development, be
made subject to rapid fire amendment,
or conforming to the well considered
expressions of the people, should the
process be reasonably safe-guarded?
Even in a legislature which is over
whelmingly progressive in its acts and
tendencies, which is undoubtedly devot-
ed to every measure Of even ephemeral
standing in the calendar Of so-called po-
litical reforms, upon the questions sug-
gested above, there is wide difference
of opinion. The question is here how
ever, and in it is to be found the basis
Of one of the big contests Of the ses-
sion. On one side are those who advo-
cate the direct initiative without legis-
lative intervention, covering in the
same process amendments to the con-
stitution and the enactment of laws un-
der the referendum.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04

Whoever presented that bill in the
legislature lengthening the open season
for the killing of deer must have con-
suited with the guides and trappers in
the northern woods for it is very fair
reflection Of their views Almost with
out exception, they believe that length
ening the season will decrease the
number of casualties on account of cut
ting down the number of hunters in the
woods at one time. 1t may be remark
ed also that the lengtbening Of the sea-
SON is not likely to result in the ex-
termination of the deer either at least
in the more remote districts where al
most the entire population is dependent
in one way or another on the annual
visits Of the sportsmen for a livelihood.
No greenhorn is going to get deer UNI
less the guide "puts one up" for him
and if the truth was known it would
be found that more than half the deer
shipped out are shot by the guides
themselves for the parties they are talk
ing into the woods and these men are
not going to "kill the goose that lays
the golden eggs" Not for a good
many years yet or until the country is
cleared and begins to be settled up with
men farming for living and who shoot
the deer which get into the crops, game
wardens or no game wardens, law or no
law will the deer begin to get scarce.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Office of the Street Assessment Com
mittee, Kenosha, Wis, April 27, 1911
Sealed proposals will be received at
this Office until the 18th day of May
1911, at 200 p. m, for furnishing all
material and doing all the work neces-
sary and required to build the follow
ing sewers in the city Of Kenosha
Wisconsin, according to the respective
specifications, plans and details thereof
on file in the office of the city engineer
in the city of Kenosha, for the inspec-
ton of bidders to-wit:
Wisconsin street from point about
$50 feet east of Maiden Lane to Lake
Michigan. About $50 feet of II inch
sewer, II feet Of cast iron or wrought
iron pipe for outlet, two manholes.
The price per foot must include the
putting in of the outlet as shown on
the plans, on file in the office of the
city engineer of Kenosha.
M. J. seholey,
r. Ell. Moth,
Geo. r. Wade,
W. Street Assessment Com.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04
THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1911.

The coroner's, jury in the Louis Mel
son case rendered an open verdict
which means that the members Of the
jury are not satisfied as to the man
ner in which the deceased came to his
death and which leaves the case so that
it can be re-opened at any time new
evidence is discovered. The relatives
and friends of Nielsen refuse absolute
ly to accept the theory that he commit
ted suicide Jut they are as much at a
loss as the police who have made the
most thorough investigation of the case
to account for his death in any other
way. There does not seem to be any
thing further that can be done in the
case at this time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04

The declaration of N. f. Reichert Of
Racine who had the low bids on the
contract for the trunk line sewer, that
he made mistake in his figures and
that the fulfllment of the agreement
would mean his financial ruin, coupled
with a request for a release from all
obligations under his bid, while not
entirely unexpected, will nevertheless
complicate the letting of the contract
very considerably for the members of
the council who are anxious to make
the best bargain possible for the city
taking everything into consideration.
The withdrawal Of Reichert is not be-
GeVed to necessitate advertising for
new bids. The city reserves the right
to reject any and all bids submitted
under every advertisement and in this
case Reichert can simply be considered
an irresponsible bidder and the council
may take. up the consideration of the
other bids submitted precisely as if he
had never put in any bid at all. The
difficulties of the council will begin
when the aldermen are confronted with
the necessity of deciding which mater
lal shall be used in the building Of the
big sewer, that is between brick and
cement. 1t may be noted here that
many of the members of the council
favor brick and that there appears to
be quite q general feeling around the
city that brick is the best material for
the sewer. But the question is: elbow
much better is brick?" Is it $4,000
worth better for that is about the diff
ference between the cost of brick and
Of cement in the next two bids below
Reichert. IF the Reichert bid had stood
this question would never have come mn
for in his bid the difference in the cost
of the two materials was so small that
it would hardly have had to be taken
into consideration at all by the mem
bers of the council With difference
in cost of approximately $4,000. how
ever, the aldermen are up against an
entirely different proposition and one
that will have to be given very careful
consideration. We presume that few
of them consider themselves we'll en-
ough up in sewer work and on the val
ues of the two materials for the lob
on hand to be able to rely absolutely
on their own judgment in a matter of
such Importance to the city and in
making up their minds which material
to vote for they will have to relv
largely on what they can learn from
outside engineers who have no interest
in the matter whatever. Most of tho
aldermen realize that they will be held
responsible for the results and thew are
only anxious to act in such wav that
the future will justify their choice but
they also realize that there must natnr
ally be some dissatisfaction whichever
way they decide. The officials who are
conscientiously trying to do their best
for the city are earning their salaries
these days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04
COMPANY FAILS TO OPPOSE IT
D. NJ. Maxcy of Washburn Appears for
the Dupont Company but Declares
that Regulation is Seen to be
Necessary.

No opposition developed to the bill
for the regulation of powder manufact-
ure when it was up for a hearing before
the committee on state affairs of the
state senate at Madison late Thursday
afternoon and this morning it was re-
ported back to the senate with unani-
nous recommendation of the commit
tee that it be. passed and on this
recommendation was ordered engross-
ed. 1t will be ready for action by the
assembly the first part of next week
and it will be passed by that body, it
is thought, without opposition.
1t was expected that the hearing on
the bill would show considerable oppo-
sition to its passage from the officials
of the DUPONT Powder company, but
when the hearing was called the only
representative of the company present
was d. M. Maxcy of Washburn. Mr..
Maxcy is one of the best known of the
officials of the company in the west
and one of the men who came to Keno
sha to aid in settling up the damage
done by the recent explosion at the
Pleasant Prairie plant. Mr.. Maxcy
stated that he appeared for the com
pany and that he wanted the commit
tee to understand that his company was
deeply interested in the legislation pro-
posed. He stated that the officials of
the company realized the necessity of
regulation of powder plants and their
proper inspection and that while the
bill did not meet with the sanction of
the company in all its provisions the
company would make no objection to
it. Assemblyman M. j. Scholey, Sena-
tor I. 7. Bishop and Attorney A. f.
Buckmaster, who drew up the bill, ap-
peared in behalf of the measure, but
the argument was decidedly short one
and when there was no opposition the
committee at once voted unanimously
W ICCoHlnSuu JIG duNduCem6uC OF the
bill by the senate.
Officials of the company now in Ke-
nosha declare that the passage of the
bill will greatly handicap the operation
of any plant as large as the Pleasant
Prairie plant as with the small amount
of powder that can be stored it will be
impossible to operate even a small plant
more than a few days in the week.
The passage of the bill will make
great cut in the amount of powder
made at Pleasant Prairie and it may be
instrumental in causing the officials of
the company to consider propositions to
remove the plant to some other city
ard state. It is said that there is only
one other plant in Wisconsin that will
be affected by the law and this plant is
located in Ashland county. Under the
usual procedure of the legislature the
law will be passed within the next ten
days and as it carries an emergency
clause it viii go into effect just as soon
as it is signed by the governor and
given an official publication.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04
Street Assessment Com.

Representative Morse has introduced
in the house bill to pay the Wiscon-
sin band of PottaWaton1ie Indians, who
formerly owned the land in this terri
tory, or heirs, who still reside in the
states Of Wisconsin and Michigan as
shown by enrolment $447, $3.50, being a
proper tionate share for this tribe
From the sum appropriated there shall
be paid to the attorneys representing
the Pottawatomies $4,000, and the bal
ance be expended under the direction
of the secretary of the interior for in
dustrial and educational advancement
of said Indians
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04

The arrests recently ordered by the
agents OF the Wisconsin Pure Food
Commission in this city show how close
ly the products sold to consumers are
being watched and how much of an eff
fort is being made to insure that pur-
chasers of food products of every kind
and description anywhere within the
jurisdiction of the commission get ex-
actly what they pay for. 1t is not
charged that the sausage ON the compo-
sition of which the complaint on which
the warrants for the dealers are based
contained anything injurious to health
but simply that it was not so marked
that the consumer could tell what he
was buying. The fraud on the consum-
er in the contention of the commission
consisted in implying by improper
markings or by the absence of any
markings that he was getting something
which in fact he did not buy, not in
selling perfectly healthy meat and GER
Gals in combination. The cases now
occupying the attention Of the agents
of the commission show very clearly
what great progress has been made
under the pure food laws of the state
and nation in Kidding the markets of
impure and adulterated foodstuffs. For
a long time after the passage of these
laws and while the manufacturers of
adulterated goods Of all kinds were
fighting their nforeement, the pure
food inspectors were too busy driving
products containing chemicals and
other substances positively injurious to
the public health out of the markets
to pay much attention to what might
be called minor oftenses such as the
ones in this city on which action is
now being taken.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04
TO WEIGH RURAL MAILS,
Carriers Will Weigh and Record All
Mail in the Next 27 Days.

Mail in the Next 27 Days.
Beginning May the rural mail car
riers of Kenosha will weigh and keep a
classified record of all kinds of mai
that goes through their hands for that
month. For twenty-seven days they
viii weigh and register in its particular
place every piece of mail that they col
lect and deliver.
This is an entirely new departure in
the mail department., and has never
been practiced before. When the
month s work is done, the people will
know just how much work the carriers
are doing. Not only will the -four
classes be separately recorded, but the
several different kinds of mail in each
class will be entered into their own
particular place. The different classes
are as follows:
First class mail - Letters, postal
cards, sealed matter.
Second class-Newspapers at pound
rates, magazines at pound rates and
magazines free to the county, transient
mail.
Third class-Books, circulars, etc.
Fourth class-Foreign mail, letters
etc.
There are many others besides these
The rule provides that each particular
piece shall be weighed, whether collect
ed or delivered and will be entered in
it's place in the records. BY this
method the local postmaster will know
at the end Of each month just how
much work a man ought to do.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04
HAD QUIET WEDDING.
Miss Catherine Murphy and Anthony
Mendes Married This Morning.

The marriage of Miss Catherine
Murphy and Anthony Mendes, both
well known young people of Kenosha,
was quietly celebrated at st. James
church at half past six O'Clock this
morning. The ceremony was perform
ed by the Rev. R. S. Smith, pastor of
the church in the presence of a few
close friends and relatives of the con-
tracing parties. The bride was at
tended by her sister Miss Mae Murphy
while James L. Piery was best man.
Following the ceremony a wedding
breakfast took place at the home of
the bride. Mr.. and Mrs. Mendes will
make their home in Kenosha and they
will have the best wishes of many
friends.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04
ODD FELLOWS TO CELEBRATE,

Members of the various Odd Fellows
lodges are celebrating the ninety second
anniversary of the order with appro-
pirate ceremonies during the latter part
Of this month.
1t is interesting to relate that the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows was
organized on April &c, 1919, by five
men who met at Baltimore and inau-
gurated the movement of this organi-
zation, and now it is one of the most
fourishing in the country.
History OF The Organization.
The Independent Order of Odd Fell
ows is the largest fraternal beneficial
order in the world, having a member
ship at the present time of consider
ably more than 100000 members. At
the session Of the sovereign grand
lodge in Atlanta, Ga, in September,
1910, Grand Secretary John B. Good
win reported a total membership on
December 81, 1909, of 1859, 421, includ-
ing members of the Rebekah branch,
an increase of II ,292 members over the
same date in 1905 The total revenue
in 1909 was $l6,827.728. The money
spent for relief in 1909 totaled 1885,
925.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-04

The local camp of the Modern Wood
men is to entertain the state conven-
ION of the order next week and it is
he duty of all of the people Of the city
whether or not they have any direct in
terest in the order to do everything
thay can to make the meeting sue
cess. 1t is expected that delegates will
HE ~ attendance from every camp in
&a state and that means from every
coeEtv and almost every city and town
] y Wisconsin FOR the Woodmen are num-
e,@aiy the strongest of the great fra
,-fr}i organizations and are very pow
e.aI in wisconsin. This will be the
first visit to Kenosha for many of the
Gf;eEates and it is in every way de-
ag&9}e that they carry away a most
3szorable Impression Of the city and It's
feenlo Every preparation possible for
tilo coming Of the delegates will doubt
less he made by the Kenosha camp Of
tht order but it is often the spirit
sssora by the people of a city in gen
esal which makes these gatherings q
s;.accss. 1t has been years since Ken
esla had an opportunity to receive a
ste meeting of any of the great so
yiss'sa, but it is to be hoped that there
1si.i ba more Of these meetings held
lss.e III the future, They bring to the
city the very best class Of people in
the state and from beyond the state
and a pleased and well satisfied lot Of