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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20

none will be placed by the subway con-
! tractor. Paving will be done by the bor
ough authorities.
Ashland Place Is TO be permanently wi
dened to seventy-five feet by taking 6
strip along the west side.
In the vicinity of the Academy of Music
there Is still much work to be done be-
fore the street can be restored but the
| contractor is being urged to complete his
work there as soon as possible.
AZ Flatbush avenue the new structure
was built by tunnel!ing under the west
end OF the Atlantic avenue station of the
present subway.
The tunnelling methods were unusually
ingenious and attracted the attention Of
engineers generally.
The present subway was again encoun-
tered at the turn from Flatbush avenue
extension into Fulton street. AT this
point the new subway runs alongside the
old ono and is considerably below it, so
that 1t was necessary to underpin It,
AS the old subway also carries the
weight Of the Fulton Street Elevated
Railway it Will be seen that great care is
necessary.
During underpinning operations all
Manhattan bound subway trains will con-
tinue to use the second track, and this
is the reason why trains are now stop
ping at the inside westbound platform at
Neyins street.
IN Fulton street there is stretch OF
about 100 feet Of the largest deepest and
most difficult subway work yet attempted
There are six and eight trains, occupying
two levels
Ground water wa encountered before
the subgrade was reached, and as the
material is sand all adjacent buildings
had to be unaerpinned in advance; some
of the underpinning piers extending as
much as Is feet below the sidewalk
The subway roof IN these three blocks
is being built strong enough to carry
future building founda tons
The massive girders for this purpose,
and for the support Of the two elevated
railways crossing In Fulton street and
Hudson avenue, must be placed between
the bracing t!mbers and under cover of
the roadway supporting the surface car
tracks
The two levels of elevated railway are
maintained on heavy frame towers rest
ing on double lines Of steel girders. The
front parts of the Crescent and Majestic
theatres were shored UP over the excava-
ton without interfering with perform
ances.
In Fulton street, IN order to insure that
the lives Of those daily passing on the
surface cars and elevated trains shall not
be endangered. it is necessary to prosecute
the work in short sections at time. This
of course, makes for slower progress.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
FURNISHED APARTMENTS TOILET
WEST SIDE.

SETH ST, 70 wESr-Handsomeiy furnished
apartment or suite with all modern con-
yeniences; also furnished rooms; table ao-
commodation optional; very desirable loca-
ton; third floor west. Phone Schuyler 949T,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20

ADVERTISEMENTS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
for The Tribune received at their Uptown
Once, No 1864 Broadway. between 36tn and
37th SITS, until o'clock .. m. Advertise
ments received at the following branch offices
264 sth ave, 8. e. cor. 23d St.; lbs 9th ave
cor. 18th St: l04 East i4th St; PSI West 42d
i25th St; 1925 80 ave-; l70S LIST ave-. near
seth ST. 1871 East l25th 81.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
FINE HOMES AT BAYvIEW.

Bayview is a delightful town at Free
port, Long Island. II is within quick
reach OF Manhattan. II has fine streets
and curbs and is a beautiful suburban
place.
There are many handsome homes at
Bayview, among them Colonial villas
Queen Anne cottages and semi-bungalows.
The onslow- Moore Company, with Offices
at Freeport and in Court street. Brook
Ign, is showing these kinds OF structures.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20

THE HOTEL SEVILLE OFFERS VERY
DESIRABLE SUITES OF ANY NUMBER OF
ROOMS, ALL MODERN IMPROVE
THE ROOMS ARE OF VARIOUS
SIZES, EQUIPPED WITH LARGE CLOS
ETS ARE WELL FURNISHED AND WELL
ARRANGED. THE TABLE "a LA CARTEL
AND ITS APPOINTMENTS ARE STRICTLY
FIRST CLASS WELL-TRAINED WHITE
SERVANTS RENDER STRICTLY UP-TO-
DATE SERVICE THE PRICES RANGE
FROM TWO DOLLARS FOR SINGLE ROOMS
UP TO SIX DOLLARS PER DAY FOR Elk
CEPTIoNALLY LARGE ROOMS WITH TWO
BEDS AND BATH SUITES CONSISTING
OF PARLOR BEDROOM AND BATH
RANGE FROM FORTY DOLLARS PER
WEEK OR FIFTEEN HUNDRED PER YEAR
UP TO. TwENTY-FOUR HUNDRED PER
WEAR ROOMS AND SUITES ARE RENTED
BY THE DAY, BY THE SEASON AND
RY THE YEAR. VERY QUIET YET CEN
TRIAL LOCATION, APPEALING PARTIC-
ULARLY TO PEOPLE OF REFINEMENT
MADISON AVENUE
TWENTY MANAGER
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20
VAN cORTLANDT LOT SALE.

On Wednesday. at the Exchange Sales
room. Bryan L. Kennedy will sell five
choice Van Cortlandt Park lots, four OF
which are on the east side OF Wales
avenue, $50 feet north OF 26ith street. three
blocks west of Broadway and Van Cort-
landt Park The other lot is on the west
side Of Newton avenue. ono block from
Broadway.
Monday, November II, Mr.. Kennedy will
sell at executors and trustees sale for
the estate OF James Bowen. No. 2l3 East
l02d street, near Third avenue, a five
story brick tenement house with two
stores.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20

p. Nauheim and Leopold Bittrolr were
the brokers In the recently reported sale
of the hve-stOry building, No. 81 West
i25th street for the Cascade Realty and
Construction Company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-20

Nicholson & CO. negotiated the recent
sale for II. c. Smith TO the American
Express Company Of Nos. 2lS TO y East
Forty fourth street, 7JxlO0.5 feet. on which
n twelve-stOry, iiTeprOof structure VIII be
erected This plot adjoins the eight-story
freproof structure. lo0N2oo feet, now occu-
pied by the express company. and was
sold TO them several years ago through
the same brokers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-29
GARDNER IN SPIEL
ON CRACKER BOX

Possibly 200 followers Of the recall
movement gathered about a cracker
box on Market square Saturday night
and listened patiently while Edward
H. Gardner told them all about it.
Summing the meeting up, there seemed
to have been three reasons for calling
the meeting; first. to prepare the signers
of the recall petition for the knocking
out of the petition in the courts in an
ticipation of the probable course of
events; second. to SO abuse the daily
press of Rock Island as to secure sub
scribers for new daily of socialistic
persuasions to be inaugurated by Mr..
Gardner, and, third, TO feed the discon-
tented with more causes for wrath.
Repeatedly Mr.. Gardner reiterated
his statement that he expected the pc
tition would be knocked out in the
courts, although he refused to concede
that there were any names on the petit
tion which should not be counted. This
was shown by his assertion that there
were $3.50 odd in Rock Island who
wanted the officials recalled, while
there were but 1872 who did not, the
152 those who signed the withdrawal
petitions. Mr.. Gardner probably for
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-29
ARE INSPECTING
SEWER TROUBLES

Sanitary and sewage conditions in
the half block ON the north side of
Second avenue between Nineteenth
and Twentieth streets are under in
vestigation by municipal officers, fol
lowing information by property own.
ers, and this afternoon the municipal
commission was asked to take RENE
dial steps in the matter. Due to some
fallacy in the sewer system, most OF
the buildings in the half block in
question are generally flooded with
water which seeps through the
ground from whence no one knows
Oftentimes, business men have been
Obliged to close up their shops be
cause of the conditions. Montgomery
& Campbell are the chief losers on
account of the water.
Sanitary conditions IN the west
quarter of the block are under inves
tigation by Health Officer Pratt, who
this afternoon, investigated conditions
in the Spencer & Trefz express barn
and the effects upon the building ad
Joining, the Family theatre. The man
sgement of the picture show house
complained that odors from the barn
either waited through to his building
or came through in some other man
ner. He asks that the owners of the
barn remedy conditions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-29
Obituary
MRS. NICK FERKEL.

Mrs. Nick Ferkel died at her home,
SAL Hendricks street, South Rock Is
land. this morning of quick consump-
ton, after a lingering illness of six
years. She was born in st. Louis,
Aug. 16, 1870, and would have been AZ
years of age next month. When a girl
Of seven she came here with her par
ents. and had been a resident Of South
Rock Island ever since. She was mar
ried to Nick Ferkel Sept. 16. 1890, her
maiden name being Katie Pfaff. Dur
ing life she was a devout and faithful
member of the German Lutheran
church. and by her many acts of kind
ness and her unselfish nature, endear
ed herself in the hearts of all who
knew her. Besides- her husband, she
is survived by a son, Edward, broth
er, Peter Pfaff of Rock Island, and a
sister, Mrs. Anna Winkler of Council
Bluffs. Iowa. The funeral will be held
from the late home Wednesday after
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-29
CALLIOPE FIEND
GETSLOOSE AGAIN
No Day of Rest in Tri- Cities
Seemingly-Citizens Are
Discouraged.
MUSIC IS FEARFUL STUFF
Many Are Driven to Drink by Weird
Shrleks-others Flee to the
Hills.

Ihe steamer Dixie, towing the float
ing theatre, American. tied up at the
Davenport shore yesterday for the
purpose of giving a performance. The
inevitable calliope was in evidence
and after the wild and undomesticated
shrieks Of agony had profaned the
Silly Sabbath air for several hours.
two bartenders rushed terrorized into
sanctuary to avoid the discords
and one man who has not spent a
nickel for luxuries in the past decade.
became so agitated that he thought
lessly invited two friends to have a
drink on him.
1T WAS FIERCE.
When a calliope is handled by a
docile, trustworthy young man of good
habits and some little talent, 1t is not
altogether displeasing to the ear, but
when a boob, who has never been
through the first weeks term in night
school and who couldn't differentiate
between the treble cleft and a jinny.
mule, Is given free sway at one of
those contraptions, II is time for
peace-abiding citizens to arise on their
hind ear and gently sink hard wood
bed Stat into the pit of the offenders
stomach.
GOODBYE, PLEASE.
The barbarian who attempted to
paw the brass keys yesterday gave
one of the most life-like reproductions
Of an Apache Indian massacre that
has ever been seen or heard beyond
the confines OF wild west show tent,
We do not wish to appear harsh but
We would suggest that he betake him
self and his boat to the Niagara river,
a short distance above the falls, there
permitting the craft to float placidly
down stream with its unsavory cargo
of tribulation and woe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-29
FRANKS COMPANY IS
NOW INCORPORATED

The Franks Manufacturing company
of this city was today granted a Il,
cense to incorporate with capital
stock OF $4,000 for the purpose OF
manufacturing and dealing in cleo.
trical fixtures and novelties. The in.
corporators are w. l.. Franks, Edward
Peters and Mrs. Eugenia Franks. Mr.
Franks holds patents on two adjust
able fixtures and the manufacture OF
these is the principal work of the
company which is housed in a build
ing on Fourth avenue between Eff
teenth and Sixteenth streets. occupied
at one time by the Rock Island Too
works.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-29
Personal Points

Miss Gotta Bartholomew has return
ed from Chicago where she spent the
past month.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. W. Ellinwood and
daughter of Indianapolis arrived in the
city yesterday.
Miss Catherine FennelI has returned
to her duties at L. s. McCabe & Co.
after a weeks vacation.
DIR. A. d. Zimmerman, 41s Eleventh
street, left today for Chicago, wnere
be will take up his duties as inferno
at one OF the hospitals there.
George Schrader, who has for the
past two weeks been sojourning at
wn-On-the-Hudson, has re
turned TO his home, and today resum
ed his duties in the circuit clerks of
fee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles McHugh OF
Chicago motored into Rock Island from
Peoria Saturday evening, spent the
night with Mrs. McHughs mother
Mrs. Sarah Crubaugh. Third avenue
and Ninth street. and left for Chicago
yesterday morning. They sailed out Of
Chicago Thursday for a little trip in
their touring car. During their stay
Mr. McHugh met a number of his old
friends at the Rock Island club and al
the New Harper
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-29
OFFICIALS ARE
READY TO FIGHT
RECALL PAPERS
Petitions Together With OBJ
jections Thereto Will Be
Filed Tomorrow.
MUST GO BEFORE A JUDGE
City Clerk Has Option Of Taking II
to Circuit or County Courts
Plan Forgery Charges.

The recall petitions together with
the objections Of Mayor II. NJ. Schriv-
CT and Commissioner Archie Hart,
will be filed either in the circuit or
county courts tomorrow by City
Clerk NJ. T. Rudgren in whose Gus
tody the papers now are This will
be in accordance with the law which
says five days are to elapse before
the petitions are placed before a
judge. The same law says that the
day of filing with the city clerk and
also any intervening Sunday, shall
not be included in the five days.
Therefore today ends the fifth day
and the petitions can be legally placed
before a Judge tomorrow.
PETITIONS ARE FAULTY.
The attroneys and others engaged
in going over the petitions in the in
terest OF the city officials against
whom the recall is being directed,
state that there is so much that Is
faulty with the documents that there
is scarcely any reason 10 believe that
they will be held valid. They state
that there are $50 bona fide withdraw
ais, that there are 1O1 whose names
have been repeated in the petitions,
that five OF the signers are dead, that
% have ceased to be voters here, that
56 have given impossible addresses
and that 20 more are forgeries. There
will be some question as to legality
Df the names OF the new deceased
ri Nd uyh
from the city since signing. II may
be that they will be held valid, but
regarding the others, no doubt has
been expressed. Those who have Civ.
en- an address which would locate
them in the Mississippi river. in the
lumber yards, or beyond the confines
Of the city. can hardly expect their
signatures TO be counted as bona fde.
PLAN FORGERY CHARGES.
Attorneys for the defendant officials
are planning TO bring forgery charges
against many Of the men who circu
lated recall petitions. Such action is
authorized by Section L in Article AZ
OF the commission form law. II reads,
whoever in making the sworn state
ment above prescribed THAT or the
man who swears 10 the validity OF the
names on the Sheet shall knowingly,
willfully and corruptly swear falsely.
shall be deemed guilty OF perjury and
On conviction thereof shall be punish.
"a accordingly. Whoever FORCES the
signature OF any person upon any pc
.tion or statement, or residence
street or number or the date OF sign
.ng. shall be deemed guilty OF forgery
and on conviction thereof punished &C
cordingly."
In view OF the fact that there are
whole sheets In which the addresses
and dates have been filled in by one
person. the officials mean TO see II the
rirculators of them cannot be made
20 explain.
OBJECTIONS FILED.
Following is the formal objection
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-29

got those who did not sign the petit
ton, in keeping, however. with much
of the logis which he exuded. That
men had signed the petition more than
once, he admitted, saying that they
were threatened and had to sign the
Withdrawals and then later signed a
petition again to nullify their with
drawal
His principal source Of grievance was,
the list of Withdrawals had not been
printed with the list of petitioners, for
getting, probably, that only the names
of those who remained on the petition
were of interest, while those who with
drew returned to the majority who re-
fused to sign the recall The names
of all those who did not sign should
have been printed to make Mr.. Gard
ner's position just. But by yapping at
the press with such weapons as above,
he hoped to enlist those whom he could
as subscribers to his new paper.
The dissertation was interspersed at
intervals with alleged hot stuff" to
gruntled.
The mayor, the city officials and
things in general we're touched, with
no certain aim or effect to be sure
but they were all touched upon that
none might feel sighted
And if this petition gets knocked
out of court" Gardner said, "the next
all five of them"
Gardner incidentally expressed his
own preference for a socialistic mayor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-29
IDLE GOSSIP is CAUSE
OF ARREST; is NO PROOF

Neighborhood quarrels arising over
some idle gossip. led to the arrest OF
Jerome Allen and his hearing before
Justice c. ]. Schroeder in police court
this morning on complaint of Charles
Tom. After the gossip had been
sounded into the Justices ears. he
dismissed the case by allowing Allen
the privilege of paying the costs. II
was said by some that Allen had been
carrying chisel about and that there
were threats made that some one was
going TO be gotten" When it came
down to brass tacks, the allegations
could not be proven.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-29
SHERIFF STOPS
FUNERAL PARTY

Breaking into funeral party. Sher-
if o. l.. Bruner this morning boarded
a Burlington train at Moline, after an
all-night vigil, and served papers on
Max Koehler, who was accompanying
the remains of a dead brother from
St Louis to Davenport, where burial
is TO take place.
The sheriff did not know what train
the mourner had taken, and from mid
night on boarded every train from the
west in the hopes of landing his party.
At o'clock he was successful
Koehler is being sued for $4,000 by
the Andrews Chemical works of Daven.
port. Some time ago he bought out
the concern and subsequently the In
vestment failed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-29

o the recall petition filed in the may
,r's case. the same form being ais
employed in Commissioner Hart
,ase:
State OF Illinois, Rock Island
county, SIS.
In the matter Of the petition for
the recall OF Harry NJ. Schriver,
mayor of the city of Rock Island,
county of Rock Island, state of
Illinois, filed with the city clerk
of said city on the 23rd day OF
July. A. d., 1912:
Now comes Harry NJ. Schriver,
mayor OF said city OF Rock Island,
in his own proper person, and
files with the city clerk of said
city OF Rock Island, his objections
to said petition. as provided for by
law, and for objections, says:
First, that the entire vote for
all candidates for the Office OF
mayor, at the last preceding gen.
eral municipal election held in
the said city of Rock Island, was
5,937.
Second, the said petition FLED
with the said city clerk as afore-
said, does not comply with the
statute of the state OF Illinois re-
lating 20 recall.
(a) Said petition does not state
any act of omission, or commits
sion in duty as mayor of said city
of Rock Island.
OBJ Said petition does not state
any act from which the conclu-
sion can be drawn that he is I'M
fit, incompetent, or guilty of NAL
feasance In office, or that ne Is
unfit for the said Office of mayor,
as aforesaid.
(cl That said petition and each
sheet thereof is not sworn to by
a resident of the said city of
Rock Island.
(d) That said petition and each
sheet thereof is not affirmed by
a resident of the said city of
Rock Island.
Third, that said petition is not
signed by So per cent of the en-
tire vote OF all candidates for the
office of mayor at the last preced-
ing general municipal election,
held in said city OF Rock Island.
Fourth, that each and every one
OF the signers to said petition are
not entitled to vote for success
or to the Office of mayor of said
city Of Rock Island now held by
this objector.
Fifth, that said petition is not
signed by electors of said city
who are entitled TO vote for sue
cessor TO said Harry NJ. Schriver,
mayor OF said city, whose sigma
lures are valid and to be counted,
equal TO 55 per cent of the entire
vote Of all candidates for the Of
fee OF mayor at the last general
municipal election, over and above
the signatures lawfully with
drawn In writing before the filing
OF said petition.
HARRY NJ. SCHR1VER,
Mayor of Rock Island,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-29
NO FORMALITIES
WITNESS LAYING
OF CORNER STONE
Manual Arts Building History Is
Set in Box and Placed by
Contractors.
FEW WITNESS THE SETTING
Copies Of Daily Papers, watch Tow
er" and Names of Board Mem
bers Placed In Receptacle.

Without formal exercises, the corner
stone of the new manual arts building
at the corner of Twenty-flrst street
and Sixth avenue was laid this after
noon by one Of the members of the
contracting firm of Collins Bros. Aside
from the fact that the stone was set
by one Of the employers, rather than
an employee, and that it contained a
box with the usual history of the build
ing. the laying of the corner stone was
similar to that employed in the laying
Of any other stone There was no
dedicatory address nor any other dem
onstration. A few who are interested
in the building. including the contrac-
tors, o. z. Cervin, the architect, and
A. G. Hill of the Rock Island high
school faculty, witnessed the laying of
the stone.
CONTENTS OF BOX.
Within the box were put copies Of
| The Argus and Union, in which were
published plans of the building, con-
tracts and other things incidental to
the building. Further, the box con-
tanned the business cards Of the mem
bers of the board Of education and a
copy of the Watch Tower, the annual
number Of the high school paper, in
which was published list of the high
school faculty members, together with
short squib concerning their charac-
teristics and connection with the
school. The stone is inscribed with
the date and the name of the school.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-29
Police News

John Brown and Henry Romer
were each fined 81 and costs in police
court this morning by Justice c. j.
Schroeder after they had plead guilty
on drunkenness charges.
Charles Mossbarger was fined 5000
and costs this morning for disorderly
conduct. The county Jail will shelter
him from the suns rays for 40 days
as result of the fine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-29
SWEPT FROM CAR RUNNING
BOARD; SUSTAINS INJURIES

Joseph Exner, ~ Fourteenth-and-
a-half street, was swept from the run
ming board of special Tri-City Rail-
way company open car Saturday af-
ternoon when he stopped to reach for
a package which had been misplaced.
Consequently, he was somewhat bruis-
ed and one of his fingers was broken.
He was removed to his home in the
ambulance. The accident occurred at
4 o'clock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-29
GERMAN SINGERS RETURN
FROM Minneapolis MEET

The German singers, Turner's and
friends, who attended the bienniai
saengerfest which closed Saturday at
Minneapolis, returned to their homes
in Rock Island yesterday morning
after an all night ride from st. Paul
where they made their headquarters
during the convention. They report
having thoroughly enjoyed the trip.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-29
COMMITTEE TO MEET AND
MAKE PLANS FOR PICNIC

Members OF the arrangement COM
mittee for the annual outing of the
retail grocers and butchers are to
meet this evening at Turner hall for
the purpose of competing the pro-
gram for the event. The affair will
be held at Linwood next Thursday
and on that day all the grocers and
butchers will close their stores.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-07-29
GERNAEY FUNERAL.

The funeral of Gustaf Gernaey who
died Saturday morning, was held from
st. Paul's Catholic church this morn
ing at $3.50, Rev. ]. w. Smiers off1ci-
ating. The bearers were John Lip
pens, Ben Ransom, Remey De Smet,
Charles Vandesompele. Frank De
Vriend and John Goosens. Burial took
place at st. Mary's cemetery.