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oFrIcrsls NOTICE
NotIce to Contrnctors.


sealed proposals viii be received by the TN
dersigned officers performing the duties OF
board OF public works in and Tor the Clty OF
Wauwatosa. at the Office OF the city clerk III
the city hall Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. until four
ca O'Clock in the afternoon Of SATURDAY sep
TENDER T. 1912, for furnishing the necessary
material and labor and constructing the I'M
provement on the following portions OF streets
towit:
Fifty ninth street from State street TO south
line of Smith avenue
Maple Terrace from flftymnth street 70
i smith avenue from FIftyninth street to
Third avenue from East Milwaukee avenue
to angle in street north Of " ashngton street.
Third avenue from angle IN street norln OF
washington street 10 East North avenue.
In the First. Third ard Fourth wards. city OF
Wauw atosa, Wisconsin, and IN accordance
with plane and speciica tions therefor now on
file in the ONCE of the city clerk of said city.
bidders are required to state in their propOs-
al price for each separate portion OF con
templated work, the contract VIII be awarded
TO the lowest responsible bidder III the aggre-
gate of all the items included in specitca tons
on each separate portion OF street.
No bid or proposal VIII be considered
unless the same is accompanied by q
contract with good and sufficient sure
ties thereto, completed executed and
in all respects complete, excepting the
signatures of the officers of the City Of
Wauwatosa, blank forms of which said
contract may be obtained from the city
clerk, and it is hereby provided That
the officers performing the duties OF
board of public works reserve the right
to reject any and all bids which may be
received as a result of this notice.
Dated at Wauwa tosa, Wisconsin, this
18th day of August. 1912.
G. p. CHANDLER
" w. PRICE
il VOELKEL
j. TENNESSEN
JOHN ANDERSON
Officers performing the duties of the board
of public woriss. Wauw atosa. Wis, 26wi
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OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
An Ordinance


The Common Council of the city OF Wauwa-
tosa do ortain as follows:
AN ORDINANCE to permanently establish
the grade on lffty-seventh street. from the
center line of w ellis street to the center line
of Cedar street, in the Fourth Ward OF the
city OF Wauwatosa. Wisconsin.
Section l.. The grade or elevation OF the
center line of Fifiy-seventh street, from the
center line of Wells street to the center line of
Cedar street. in the Fourth Ward of the city OF
Wauwatosa Wisconsin. is hereby fixed and
permanently established as follows: assuming
as a base the level OF the Milwaukee river as
1t was in the month of March. A. d., 1886:
AT the intersection of the center line Of
Fifty.seventh street with center line Of Wells
At point in the center line of Fifty,seventh
street twenty-five feet north of the center
At the intersection Of the center line OF
Fifty-seyenth street with the north curb me
OF Cedar street 9S5u rect,
At the intersection of the center line of
Fffty-seventh street with the center line OF
Cedar street 93.5 so feet
Sections The grade OF said street between
the points mentioned in the first section OF
this ordinance is 80 be on a straight line drawn
from point to point,
Section 8. The grade or elevation OF the
sidewalk on said street. between the points
mentioned in the first section of this ord nance
is hereby liked and permanently established as
follows:
The g.,1e of the sidewalk at the curb line
shall be the same as the established grade
OF the center of the street opposite. and the
grade of Tire side walk Mt the lot line shall be
BIO of foot above the curb line.
Section (. All ordinances or parts of ord
nances contravening the provisions of this on
dinance are hereby repealed.
Section 5. This ordinance shall take efec
and be ia force from and after its passage an,
publication.
Passed and dated this Goth day of August. 1911
EDWARD coULTHARD. City Clerk
Approved This Goth day of August 1912
CHAS. II, PERRY
Mayor. Wauwatosa. Wis
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Perry. Morton \ 1roesinr Attys aev
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STATE OF WISCONSIN MILWA1 lIf.Is
county.-CountY Court-In Probate
In the matter Of the estate of joseph d.
Warren, deceased.
Letters of administration on the estate OF
Joseph D. Warren, late Of the city OF WAm
watosa in said County OF Milwau kee. deceased
having been duly granted to Paul O.
Warren by this Court;
It'll ORDERED. That the time from the date
hereof until and including the first Tuesday OF
March A. .. 1918 be and the same is hereby.
fixed as he time within which all creditors OF
the said Joseph d. Warren deceased, shall
present their Claims for examination and ut
lowance.
IT Is FURTHER ORpERED. That all claims for
necessary funeral expenses. for the expenses
OF the last sickness of the deeedent ana for
debts having preference under the lasss of
/ the United States which are presented within
sixty days Hereafter be examined and adj asst
ed BY said Court at its Court Rooms In the
Court House. in the City OF Milwaukee. In said
County at the regular term thereof appointed
to be held on the first Tuesday of November
1912 and oil such creditors are hereby notlGed
thereof.
Tn rs FURTHER ORDERED. That all ether
claims and demands Of all persons against the
said Joseph ID. Warren deceased be examined
and adjusted before this Court, at its Court
Rooms IL the Court House. in the City OF Mil
wanlSee, la said County, ct the regular term
thereof appointed to be held on the Institutes
day OF May 1918, and I'D creditors are
hereby notified thereof.
IT Is Further ORDERED. That notice Of the
times and place at which said claims and de-
nnan5s win be exapiined and adjusted as @fore-
said. and of the time above limited f0t said
creditors to present their claims aud demands,
be given BY publishing copy OF this order and
notice for four consecutive weeks. once in
each week, in the Wauw atosa News aews-
paper published in the County of Milwaukee.
| the first publication 70 be within iifteen DAYS
from he date hereof
Dated this laih day OF August, 1912.
by the Court,
III. S. SHERIDAN
County Judge
Perry. Morton & T1roesing Attys. 26w4
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city improvement Notice

Notice is hereby given. that a contract has
been let for improving Fifth avenue from East
Center street toEast North avenue in the First
Ward Of the said city. By grading. macadar1-
izirg add curbing said portion of street. and
that the expense of said Improvement charge,
able 10 the real estate has been determined as
to each parcel of said real estate. and state
ment OF the same Is on Tile with the City Clerk
II is proposed to issue bonds chargeable only
to the real estate to pay the special assess
ments, and such bonds viii be issued covering
all the said assessments except in cases where
the owners OF the property file with the City
Clerk within thirty days after the date hereof
written notice that they elect to pay the
special assessments, or a part thereof. on thei
property, describing the same. on presentation
OF the certificates.
Dated this 10th day of August. 1919.
BY orde- oil the Common Council.
EDWARD COURTYARD.
sGw2 City Clerk
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Officers performing the duties of the boar
of public WORKS Wauwatosa. Wis 2hw
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STATE or WISCONSIN, AUKEE
COUNTY In Circuit Court.

STATE OF WlSCONSIN-MII WAUKEE
COUNTY I'm Circuit Court.
Christopher 6. Owens. Piaintin-vs
Nathaniel Finch. grantee in patent recorded
April 80. 1917, in Vol. II of Deeds page 56S in
the office of the Register of Deeds for Milw ail-
kee county, State of Wisconsin; Mrs. Nathaniel
Finch laliasl wife of said co-defcndant Nath-
aniel Finch: Mrs. Benoni w Finch alias Eliza
beth Finch taliasl. wife of Benoni w. Finch
grantor in deed to George Reed recorded
April 20, 1896. in Vol. of Deeds. page 30l, in
the same onice: likewise grantor in deed to
Seth Reed. recorded January 81, 1910 in Vol Il
OF Deeds, page dte, in the same ONCE; likewise
grantor in deed to Curtis Reed, recorded April
30. 1896 in Vol A Deeds page 311. in same Office
Mrs. Curtis Reed (alias1, wife of said Curtis
Reed: George Reed, grantee in deed from Be
noni w Finch and vile. recorded April 49, 1895
10 Vol A. of Deeds page SOL in the same office
Mrs. George Reed {alias), wife of the said CO.
defendant George Reed Davis S. HOLSTER as
signee In assignment recorded April 8, 1910 In
Vol - OF Mortgages. page 352, in the same
Office OF mortgage given by Harrison Reed to
George Reed ana recorded Ia Vol b Of Mort
cages. page S.. in the same ONCE; James II.
Rogers, assignee in assignee mt recorded June
S, 1857 In Vol. Al Mortgages. page 100. of mort
gage given by Asahel Finch. Jr and wife to
William Scharfenherg and recorded July 80
1881 10 Vol o OF Mortgages, page $50 IN same
office: and to the unknown heirs. grantees. per-
sOnal representatives and assigns of each and
every Of the said defendants; and each and
every unknown owner and person who claims
to have an interest in any portion of the prem
ises described as lots number ThrtyfOur (34,
Tbirty-tive t35j and Thirty -SiX 1857 IN Block
number Two Hundred Forty-seyen (24T) in
Asahel Finch's subdivision in the Fifteenth
(i5tb) Ward of the City of Milwaukee, County
of Milwaukee. State Of Wisconsin, and all
other persons whom this action may concern
DEFENDANTS
SUMMONS
THE STATE or WIscOEsIN To the said Defen-
dants and Each of Them:
You Are Hereby Summoned. to appear with
in twenty DAYS after service of this summons.
exclusive of the day of service. and defend the
above entitled action in the Court aforesaid;
and in case of your failure so to do. judgment
will be rendered against YOU according TO the
demand of the complaint.
The premises affected by this action are
known and described as Lots number Thirty
four (34) Thiri y-fve {}5) and Thirty-sx f35,, in
Block number Two Hundred Forty seven (2471,
in Asahel Ffnehs Subdivision in the Fifteenth
d5thl Ward of the City Of Milwaukee,. County
of Milwaukee, State OF Wisconsin.
LYNN S. PEASE,
Plaintiffs Attorney
p. o. Address: 1901 Majestic Building. 22i
Grand Avenue, Milwaukee,. milwaukee, County
Wisconsin,
Note: The complaint has been filed ID the
office OF tie Clerk of the Circuit Court for the
County OF Milwaukee. State of wisconsin
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OFFICIAL NOTICE
Assessment for Laying water Pipe

Assessment TOT Lay ing NaNSh tpo
ONCE of city clerk. Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
August TO- 1912.
Notice is hereby given 10 property owners
and to all persons interested that the officers
of the city of Wauwatosa, duly qualified to
perform the duties of Board of Public Works
in and for said city. have dled in this Office. as
provided by law, reports OF special benefits
made by said officers for laying water pipe IN
the hereinafter named streets OF the city Of
Wanw atosa against the lots, parts OF lots and
parcels OF land fronting or abutting on said
streets. or which MAY be contiguous to and
used in connection with any lots parts Of lois
or parcel of land so fronting or abutting
The said assessment having been made by
officers performing the duty of Board OF Pubic
Works in accordance with the provisions Of
the laws of Wisconsin.
The streets referred to and herein embraced
in this notice are:
johnson avenue from Fifty ninth TO sixty
third street.
Wells street from Fifty fourth to Fifty-third
street.
EDWARD CoULTBARD.
sews City Clerk
The evening world., 1912-06-11
COP wins SPRINT
AND F|ST|C BOUT
WITH HOLDUP MEN
Their Little Ruse Doesn't Fool
Him a Second, and Doctor
,jtz Says He's Right.

Lets sprint. See how fast you can
rum" one man said to another as they
passed Policeman Charles ID. Potters OF
Uhlon Market station, on special duty
at Broadway and sixtieth street early
to-day.
Potters Is quick witted and decided to
do little sprlnting himself. He started
after them about the time some one ran
to the street and shouted stop thief"
The men went like a couple of candi-
dates for the Olympic. but Potters Is a
good sprinter and kept not far behind
They ran to sixty-frst street and turned
toward Columbus avenue. When they
reached the avenue they darted into a
Placement on the corner. with Potters at
their heels.
Both bounced on him a. he jumped
Into the dark cellar. but the policeman
was hard from constant training and
handed them wallop for wallop. Fortu-
nately they had no weapons and had to
do their fighting with fists and feet. He
soon hoored them one at . time. and
they promised to be good II he would
let them UP. In the cellar was found ~
In money and a $3.50 diamond ring. 't
At the West Slxty-eighth street sta
ton DR.. William J. Ivory OF No. ~
West Forty-seventh street picked out
the prisoners from a bunch Of six men
as two who robbed him In front Of a
cafe near Sixtieth street and Broad way.
He said he had been drinking with them
and as they went out the door one man
seized him while the other took his roll
OF 81 and snatched the ring from his
finger
The prisoners described themselves as
william Shields. twenty-seven, painter
OF No. Isl West Slxty-thlrd street. and
Thomas Kane. eighteen. an operator. OF
No. 1B West S!xty-fourth street. They
were booked on a charge of robbery.
The evening world., 1912-06-11
nreAx Going 70 Eurepe.

William A. Brady will sail this az
ternoon on the Mauritania to spend
several weeks in London and on the
continent. In London he will see tho
rehearsal OF play in which Grace
George will appear here In September.
He Will receive the last two acts of
"Charlemagne, the Conqueror." In
which Robert Mantell will be seen,
will make arrangements for the pre-
sentation at the Manhattan Opera
House Of the Drury Lane spectacles,
and for the production in London of
Fought and Paid For" Little
Women" and "Over Night"
The evening world., 1912-06-11
DIES UNDER N. Y. C. ENGINE,
Man Is Run Down and Killed in
West End Avenue.

Patrick Fecley OF No. LOG West End
avenue, was struck and killed to-day By
q New York Central engine at Yves
End avenue and Slxtieth street. Th
engine, In charge of John McGloin o.
Howard. n. j., ran out of the railroad
yards at moderate speed There was
much, noise In the street and Feeley
who had his back to the engine, did not
hear the bell.
{ The engine ran over the street clean.
er. after knocking him donwu, and was
stopped directly above his crushed body
"A wrecking crew was called before
,Fee'ev's, body could be taken out.
The evening world., 1912-06-11
new Town Hail for Montc,a,r.

The taxpayers of Montciair. N. j.. were
greeted to-day with the news that the
Council last night voted bond issue Of
100000 for the building Of a new town
hall. The new building will be built on
the present site of the fire and police
department. buildings AZ Valley road and
Bloomfield avenue and will include quar-
The evening world., 1912-06-11

tiers for these departments. The struc-
ture will be OF brick. trimmed with
granite.
Evening star., 1912-11-05
Pennsylvania SLOW
Result of Voting in State Is
Still in Doubt.
LEADERS MAKE CLAIMS

PHILADELPHIA. November 5.-The
returns from the state Of Pennsylvania
are coming in slowly. The leaders of
all parties, however. are making
claims.
A telegram from Pittsburgh is to the
effect that Democratic State Chairman
Guthrie is claiming the state for VIII
son. but he is not mentioning any
figures.
Those at the head of the progressive
party asserting that Col. Roosevelt
has carried the Keystone state by about
5000.
William Finn says the results in New
York and Massachusetts are disappoint-
ing to the friends of Col. Roosevelt.
Vote in Philadelphia.
Eleven election district in the city of
Philadelphia out of 1.216 give Taft 1,011
Wilson, 10; Roosevelt, $50. These dis
trcts are in republican strongholds.
The first election district heard from
in the city gave Taft 116; Wilson, 81;
Roosevelt, 40.
The same district in 1905 gave Taft
1856; Bryan, 80.
Evening star., 1912-11-05
FIRE CAUSES LOSS OF $1,700.
Ringing Of Bells Alarms Patients al
Hospital for Insane.

The ringing of the bells on the appa-
ratus of No truck company and No.
chemical engine company in the grounds
of the Government Hospital for the In
sane about $50 o'clock this afternoon
caused excitement among the patients
and attendants.
Fire of unknown origin started In a
shed in which a locomotive was stored.
The building was near the water front,
but it was possible to see the fire and
smoke from the elevation near the main
building.
The two fire companies mentioned were
on hand a few minutes after the blaze
was discovered, but the shed was de-
stroyed and the engine badly damaged
before the fire could be overcome.
1t is estimated that the damage to the
engine amounted to about $1,000 and that
s7oo will rebuild the shed.
Evening star., 1912-11-05
OFFICIALS GET RETURNS
Election Bulletins Received by
Wire at the War De-
partment. SC

Most of the principal federal officials
were absent from the seat of the gov
ernment tonight having gone to their
homes to cast their votes. One OF the
few official places where the returns were
received. outside of the White House.
was the War Department The chief ON
cials of the State and Navy Depart
ments were out OF town. Secretary Knox
voted in Pittsburgh. and his first as
sistant. Huntington Wilson. voted in Chi
cago. Secretary Meyer cast his ballot at
his home in Hamilton. Mass. and As
sistant Secretary Winthrop cas-. his 1t
Westbury. l.. l. Consequently no ar
rangements had been made to receive
the returns at either the State or the
Navy Department.
1t was different. however. at the War
Department. There the entire force OF
the telegraph office. in charge Of Capt.
Pearson, was on duty until late in the
night receiving bulletins from the press
associations. the Western Union and the
Postal Telegraph. and kilograms from in
dividuals in New York and elsewhere All
these We're promptly communicated to
small party of officials and army officers.
with their families. gathered in the pri-
vate office of Secretary Stimson. Those
present included Secretary Sumson, who
arrived here late in the afternoon from
New York. where he had voted for the
Taft ticket in the morning: Assistant
Secretary Oliver who lost his vote in
Albany. n. Y, through failure to regis
ter; Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood chief OF
staff; Gen. Wotherspoon. assistant chief
of staff: Judge Advocate General Crow
der. Gen. Crozier, president Of the War
College. and most of the chiefs Of
bureaus.
Evening star., 1912-11-05
NAVAL SUPPL|ESSTOLE
FROM MARE ISLAND YARD
Carload Valued at $4,000
Seized by Federal Authori-
ties in Illinois.

CHICAGO. November 5.-A carload Of
naval supplies said by the police to have
| been sto en- from the Mare Island navy
yard at San Francisco. valued at about
$1,000, was seized by federal authori-
ties in the Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy railroad yards near Hawthorne,
H.. today.
The supplies were seized on a writ is
sued by United States Judge Kenesaw M.
Lands. The car was billed to a smelling
and refining company. with a plant here.
Governm ent investigators asserted that a
band of thieves has been robbing United
States naval yards of supplies aggre-
eating several hundred thousand dollars.
The government agents have been work.
ing several months to discover shipments
of sto en- materials from several OF the
naval yards and 1t is believed further
similar cases will be disclosed.
The carload seized here consisted OF
more than $1,000 pounds of copper and
brass used in the construction Of battle
ships. The car was consigned to the
smelling and refining company by a San
Francisco agent. The car left San Fran
cisco October 10. and arrived In the Haw-
thorne yards last Sunday, when federal
officers ordered the railroad company to
hold the car until court action could be
taken.
Evening star., 1912-11-05

an institution of which others were the
elected directors.
Between Woodrow Wilson and his
enemies there lay, at this point, an inn
rassabe gulf.
Opposed College Idleness.
There was another: Wilson was op-
posed, with all the energy Of his nature,
to the idea of a group Of sumptuous
buildings where Il selected group of
young gentlemen of peculiar refinement
were to live. in clostered seclusion, the
life of culture Wilson had his own
plan for graduate SCHOOL, but it was a
plan fer a corrs of competent instructors.
laboratories. libraries ard the PRACTICAL
essentials of study, right III the heart
of the university's life-rather than the
embroidery of fine buildings and seclu-
sion. "A university does not consist of
buildings he said. "A university con-
sists of teachers ana students. The
other. idea violated Wilson's idea of de-
mocracy, set about to create a scholarly
aristocracy.
Will America tolerate the idea of hav-
Ing graduate students set apart?' he de-
manded. America Will tolerate nothing
except unpatronized endeayoF. Seclude n
man. separate him from the rough and
tumble Of college life, from all the con-
facts with all sorts and conditions of
men, and you have done a thing which
America will brand with its contemptu-
Gus disapnroyai' -
Evening star., 1912-11-05
DISTRICT FOR SUFFRAGE
People of National Capital De.
clare for the Elective
Franchise.

The District of Columbia-that part of
the population which took part in the
balloting for and against suffrage in
the National Capital-has gone for suf-
frage, according to reports from the head
quarters of the District Stuff: age League
at SO G street northwest \ large vote
was cast, running well into the thou
sands, it was said, and tellers are en-
gagged in making the count.
Adult residents of the District, ire
spective of sex, race or color, voted In
addition to the suffrage vote, they gave
their prefe- ence for President. Indica-
tions are that Wilson is the choice of
the voters, with Roosevelt good second.
Evening star., 1912-11-05
SAY GIRL SET FIRE TO HOTEL.
Nurse Is Taken Into Custody in St.
Louis.

ST. LOUIS, November 5.-Miss Bar
bara Gladys, an eighteen-year-o old
nurse girl, was arrested today and
charged with having set fire last Fri
day night to the Berlin Hotel. in which
three persons lost their lives. Accord
ing to the police, she confessed that
she started the fire for the love of ex-
element
Her arrest followed the discovery of
a fire in the Windemere Hotel early
today. Her employer. Rev. w. j. Will
hanson, had moved his family and the
girl to the Windemere after the Berlin
Hotel was destroyed. The girl said.
according to the police, that she fired
the Berlin by scattering paper through
the halls of the second and third floors
and igniting them.
Evening star., 1912-11-05
Never Ordered to Fight.
ALLEGED YEGGMEN ESCAPE.
Five Men Charged With Swallowing
Break Jail in Chicago.

CHICAGO, November 5.-Five alleged
safeblowers escaped today from cells
under the detective bureau at police
headquarters.
The noise Of their Jail breaking was un.
heard, owing to the hiss of steam from a
defective radiator. The men used a chai.
rung to break the lock on the cells. Exit
from the building was found through a
coal Eolo.
Evening star., 1912-11-05
WILSON SWEEPS THE EAST.
New York Sun Says Pluralities in
States Are Large.

NEW YORK, November 5.-The New
York Sun says Wilson has made a COM
Massachusetts>and New York overwhelm-
inSly.
The Evening Mail, one of the Roose-
Welt organs in this city. at $50 pm,
coneeded the state to Wilson and claim
ed second place for Roosevelt
Evening star., 1912-11-05
FAMILY OF FIVE DEAD.
Fumes From Two Gas Stoves As
phyxiate Sleepikg Members.

TOLEDO. Ohio. November ga fam
lily of five was found dead from gas
asphyxiation in cheir home here at noon
today. The dead are George w. Has
sen, twenty-four, an automobile tester:
his wife. twenty-five, and their three
children. William. three and one-half3
Dorothy. two, and Mary, six months.
The bodies were all In their night
clothes. the man In a kneeiing attitude
beside the bed. The youngest child was
c.asped In the mothers arms. The dis
covery was made when a sister of Has
sen called at the house and could not
obtain admittance. She called the police.
who forced an entrance.
The fatal fun.sa came from two stoveo
found still burning by the police.