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The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-09

II you miss seeing .Bunty Pulls the
Strings" the delightful character COM
edy, when It win be given at the opera
house. on February 12, It is said you
VIII miss the best all round perform
aEsce ever seen on the stage. "Bunty''
is said to be one of those popular sue
cesses which pleases everybody. young
and old, rich and poor. The actors have
been specially imported for this pro-
duction and that fact accounts for
their names being totally unfamiliar to
theatre goers on this side Of the water.
The story Of 'Bunty'' Is that Of a
young girl who has boundless good
sense and practical ability to manage,
taking nasterfuI hold OF q very mud
died domestic situation and straight
ening out while everybody wonders
what she IL about There Is q pig
headed. stingy, narrow minded father
in the case, not q william OF . fathsr,
but q very natural human one. who
Is, with all his harsiness and violence
Of temper quite dependent upon Bunty.
Then there Is a vixenish, scheming old
maid who has been trying for thirty
years to hook a man. and almost
succeeds in getting Bunty's father IN
her net. There is also Bunty's flancee,
the youngest elder Of the kirk, terribly
ridden by the Importance Of his posi-
tion. and so stupid. and serious. and
stubborn, and-oh, dear-you will just
laugh yourself sick over him and love
him to death, and that's Just the way
Bunty feels about him, too. .Bunty"
Is costumed in the mid Victorian period,
back in the SOS. The women dressed
IN hoop skirts and the men In baggy
pants and long frock coats contrast
strongly with the present day dress.
Great American MinstreIs.
This city will have its first glimpse
Of the new Nell o'Brien minstrels at
the opera house on February Is, on
which occasion this popular minstrel
comedian will make his initial bow be-
fore a local audience as q star. Mr..
O'Brien has been so well-known to the
majority Of Syracuse theatre-goers for
a score Of years that his advent In
our midst at the head OF his own or
ganization conveys a deal Of pleasure
able anticipation for all lovers Of min
strelsy. who for many years have re-
garded Mr.. O'Brien as the best expon-
ent Of negro humor. His character
istic sketches which he has conceived
ana staged on numerous occasions, are
in a way regarded as real classics and
many OF them will long remain popu-
lar with that element OF theatre goers
who can appreciate and laugh at gen.
uine darkey wit.
For his inaugural tour as a star. Mr..
OsBrien has conceived and staged an
entertainment OF minstrelsy which Is
said to be clean, wholesome and classy.
most deliberately presented with spec
tacular scenic surprises and costumed
as elegantly as the most costly musi-
cal production which has left New
York for many seasons. He has sur
rounded himself with q chorus Of vo-
calists. comedians. and special features
which give promise of q very high
class and splendid performance. In
addition to the deliberately mounted
first part there Is q big song and dance
The Pensacola journal., 1913-02-09

why so glum?"
my wife threatened yesterday to go
to her mother"
"Oh. well, probably she won't CO."
"She didn't."-Houston Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-03

that the occasion gave the alderman
from the Seventh ward an opportunity
to do a little 'four-fushing."
Most of the other aldermen who
voted against the ordinance did so
because they opposed the location OF
a garbage dump in their section Of
the city and wanted the mayor TO re-
open negotiations with the Chicago
Reduction company.
During the discussion II was explain
ed that two attorneys for the garbage
company appeared at a meeting OIL
the finance committee in the mayor 8
Office in the afternoon and offered to
accept the city's garbage for 10 days
until another method Of disposal could
be found. The mayor requested the
attorneys to make their proposition in
writing, but they asserted they did
not have the authority to do SO.
In view of experience with the COM
pany several of the aldermen declared
the proposition was not made in good
faith and that the best way to bring
the company to time was TO pass the
ordinance and show that the city could
handle its garbage independent of pri.
vate interests.
In spite of the councils action. the
belief of many of the aldermen is that
the Chicago Reduction company will
change its attitude in a short time and
offer to sell its plant on reasona bic
terms
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-03
CITY WILL HANDLE
ITSOWN GARBAGE
Chicago Council Ignores Offer
of Reduction Company for
To-Day Respite.

Chicago, Oct. 3-Ignoring overtures
made by the Chicago Reduction COM
pany to continue handling the city gar
bage for 10 days more, the city coun-
ell has passed an ordinance
authorizing the purchase of q site on
the north branch of the river for the
treatment of garbage chemically as a
temporary expedieDt
An appropriation of s150,000 for the
land and one OF $4,000 for the opera
ton of the plant until Jan. l, were
provided in the ordinance which was
passed by a vote of 81 to IA.
The site is located near North
Western avenue and Irving Park
boulevard, and is the same on which
the city some time ago obtained an
option for the building of an incinera.
ton plant. The site is now largely
a clay hole, and when the temporary
method of disposing of the garbage is
abandoned, the mayor pointed out, the
land can be used for a small park
II is now being used as dump fol-
miscellaneous waste.
Alderman Merriam led the opposi
tion TO the ordinance and advocated
the seizure by the city of the plan
Of the Chicago Reduction company
| In explaining his vote he charged tn
/ mayor with lack of backDone and o!
fered 70 make the motion to seize tn
plant and have the mayor leave III
city while the police took forcibIe pos
session
The mayor replied that 1t was cas-
to talk about backbone when the aide
man assumed no responsibility, bI
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-03
28.4S
.$197.SS
CITY CHAT
(Advertisements.)

Oysters at Schroeder's.
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
For express, call William Trefz.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
Independent Express Co. West 9S1.
Plenty of fresh dressed chicken at
Schroeder Bros
Special prices on all kinds of meat
cuts at Schroeders.
The great meat sale has now start.
ed at Schroeder Bros
Six per cent farm mortgages. Litten
& Roberts. Peoples Nations bank
building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-03
INSPECTOR
is GIVEN HIGH HONOR

John Joers, city plumbing inspector,
yesterday received notification that
he had been honored with a place on
the research committee of the Amer
lean Society of Plumbing and Sanitary
Engineers. The letter came from L. j.
Lawler Of Pittsburgh. Pa. secretary OF
the organization.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-03

Denver-Fees to the government es-
timated al 100000 to $1,000. 900 in
the next ten years are involved in the
case of the United States against the
Utah Power and Light company. a
s4o.oae.o00 merger. srgumen of which
was begun before the United States
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-03
Removal Notice.

Professor S. T. Bowlby's music
studio is now located at the Gable
Music House, second floor. and he can
be found there on Fridays and Sat
urdays each week. Phone Rock Is
land 1665.-CAdv.)
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-03
CALENDAR FIXED
FOR CASES next
WEEK IN COURT
Judge R. w. olmsted and Mem
bers of Bar Arrange Docket
for Civil Actions.
GRAND JURY ON MONDAY
Secret Body Will Reconvene at
that Time-Second Petit
Panel Will Also Report,
GRAND JURY ON MONDAY

The members OF the Rock Island
county bar met this morning with
Judge r. w. Olmsted in circuit court.
az which time trial calendar for next
week was arranged. Only civil cases
are to be heard, as States Attorr--=
+. 4. Thompson will be busy with the
grand jury which will reconvene next
Monday and probably be in session for
most OF the week
ARRANGE DOCKET.
Not only will the grand jury meet on
Monday. but the second petit jury
panel for this term will also convene
on the same day. The docket arrang.
ed for the week follows:
MONDAY.
Murray Machinery company vs. Rock
Island Daily News. appeal by plain
tin: Louis H. Nigard VS.. John D. Cady.
case; First National Bank Of Iowa
city VS.. J. r. LACE. assumpsit; J. j.
johnson VS.. J. G. White Construction
company. et al. case: Frieda Verbiest
vs. Harper House company, appeal by
defendant.
TUESDAY
F. A. Leither ~. Frank Bleuer. ap.
peal by defendant. Olcf Pasko vs.. Az.
gust F. Schmid. appeal by defendant:
Myron Jordan VS.. James Donahue. ap-
peal by defendant; Charles NJ. Smith
VS.. V. n. Dumbeck. appeal by defend.
dant; Myron Jordan vs James Don
ahue. appeal by defendant Charles
NJ. Smith, ct al VS.. v H. Dumbeck
appeal by defendant: Wood Brothers
W.. A. +. Morton, appeal by defendant;
George NJ. Gould ex VS.. st. Paul lodge
X. p. appeal by defendant
WEDNESDAY.
Ella Frayman VS.. Clara NJ Graves,
appeal by defendant; CAMEL De Gle
rug vs.. Albert Asquith. appeal by de
fendant; J. A. Boman vs.. Cora Reed
appeal by defendant; 7. w. & c. b
Sheridan e. Company VS.. T. l. Stanley
appeal by defendant; 4. y. Freyer VS.
II. Alter. appeal by defendant: Bridget
WEIGH vs.. New Harper Hotel company
case.
THURSDAY.
Charles fumes VS.. Charles Brun
strom, case; w. A. Smith VS.. German
National Insurance company, appea
by defendant; George Lemon VS. W. c
Maucker, appeal by defendant; Mary
Gellman VS.. NJ A. Gellman. appeal by
defendant; John c. Metz VS. John B
Gordon, appeal by defendant; Village
OF Coal Valley VS. John Baraks, appea
b. defendant.
FRIDAY.
Oscar Bauwvens and Theophie
Claeys VS.. Marice GOethals. assumpsit
Charles l.. Johnson VS.. Henry p. Pear
son, ct all case Elinor Andersen VS.
Deere a. Company. case; Sadie Ben
der, Administrative OF estate of Johr
Josiah A. Bender. deceased, VS.. c. r
/. !. 4 y. Railway company. case: Kati,
Peterson vs.. Mary Osbar. covenant
It Is in time OF sudden mishap o
accident that Chamberlain's L,nimen
can be relied upon TO take the plac
OF the family doctor, who cannot al
! ways be found at the moment. Thel
! II is that Chamberlains Liniment 4
: never found wanting. In cases o
Sprains. cuts. wounds and hruise
Chamberlain's Liniment takes out I'll,
soreness and drives away the pain
Z Sold by all druggists (Adt.I
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-03

These wonderful Suits are made from
strictly all wool and pure worsted fabrics in
the new half-round Bedfords, m annis
serges and self Diagonals lined with guar
anteed lining shielded and pocketed. Goats
are plain tailored, some with overlapping
seams, the very latest regulation length
The skirts are handsomely draped, some
with the individual cluster drape, colors
navy, black and taupe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-03
Coal Bids Wanted.

Bids for furnishing lump coal for the
Rock Island public library from Oct
Is. 1913. to Oct. 15.1914, will be re-
ceived on or before Oct 6. 1919, al
p. m. Address bids to the board of
directors-( ADV
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-03
Hawthorne stilILeads.

The Hawthorne school still holds
first place in the school savings col
lection, while Eugene Field takes sec
ond honors. The deposits as collected
by the State Bank Of Rock Island to-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-03

Pastor Daniel Toole of New York
City will give, the last lecture of the
l. B. S. A. series Sunday morning at
1880 O'Clock at the Empire theatre
Considerable interest has been mani
tested in this series of unsectarian BIZ
bic lectures. The subjects have been
attractive and the speakers able men.
The subject OF the closing lecture is:
Two Salvations, but No Second
Chance" Many are commenting on
the Second Chance" theory, some
claiming that those who live wickedly
here will get another chance hereafter
while others think that only one
chance VIII be afforded to anyone. This
is said to he the most interesting lee
ture CT the series.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-03
AT AUGUSTANA

With a view of placing tennis at
Augustana on better footing, an as
ISOLATION was organized at a mass
meeting of tennis enthusiasts in the
college gym Wednesday The organi-
:;ation will be known as 6the Angus
tana Tennis association. and is com
posed of the players OF, nearly a dozen
clubs. The officers elected are:
President-Carl Larson.
Vice President-E. L. Ryden.
Secretary Larson.
Treasurer-C. Z. Engdahl.
The object of the association is to
take over the courts of the various
clubs, put them in first class con-
dition, and place them at the dispos-
al of all tennis players of the institu-
ton. Tennis is fast growing in ropu-
larity at the local college, and some
excellent players are being developed.
! The association decided to stage a
tournament for singles and doubles
during the fall season.
Much interest will be manifested
! in all branches of athletics at Angus
/ tana college this fall as the result of
mass meeting OF all athletes of the
| institution Wednesday. Under the. SUI
| pervision of Physical Director Conrad,
the athletes of the college will be
divided into two teams-gold and blue
/ which will contest for superiority
in all sports until Christmas. Harold
Enstan was elected captain of the gold
team, while julius Johnson. will lead
the blues Both are experienced track
men. Points will be awarded TO all
players who win honors in gymnasium
work, tennis. soccer football, basket.
ball, baseball, cross coutry running or
track. The highest number of points
a player can win in a single event is
16. The points won by individual
players will be credited to the team
of which he IS a member, and the
team having the largest number OF
points at Christmas will be declared
the winner.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-03

circuit court of appeals. The power
corporation is charged with trespass
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-10-03

in constructing a fume and reservoir
in the Cache national forest.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1913-04-03

big difference in the legal mean
ing of the words. The payment
of such expenses was neither
FEES or REWARD because
Gossom profited not a penny
from the receipt of same.
Don't you see, on the face of it,
that there was never a more ma.
licious persecution ever brought
upon faithful official in civil.
lied country? Gossom filed his
expense account with the county
court, and the presiding Judge,
following the precedent, allow
ed the same and in doing 80 be
did no more than he had beer Gn
Continued on page threc,)
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1913-04-03

ed only for a misdemeanor, while
the prosecuting attorney would
be guilty of a felony" The sec
ton applying to the presiding
Judge will be quoted further on.
AS we say, Gossom did not VIC.
late the above law. Notice, peo-
pie, how the Argus would deceive
you by changing the wording of
the law. The law says illegal
FEES and REWARD" Gossom's :
account was for EXPENSES, rig
hire, for money he had paid out
of his own pocket in rendering
scrvirr tn The county IN attend
ing 4 preliminary trial. EHPEN
SES are not FEES and there is a
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1913-04-03
MORE OF HIS WHITEWASH

Over and over, backward and
forward, transpoSed, in and out,
up and down, the Argus uses it's
muck rake in a labored effort to
whitcwash the official acts of a
county Judge and at the same
time besmear with his pitch
black scum the official record of
Prosecuting Attorney j. 5. Cos.
som. Although disgusting.
it's efforts, its antics and its
capcrS to accomplish its double
dealing purpose, is also amusing.
1t would look no more comical
were it astridc a horse trying to
ride it in opposite directions, and
the feat would be as easily ac,
complished.
The illegal selecting OF the petit
jury for the last term of circuit
court which disqualified Same
and necessitatcd the summoning
another in its place, the Argus
palliates and attempts to justify
by saying that the Judge of the
county court merely followed
the precedent" Get that ?
Merely followed theprecedent.'
Because the law had thusly been
set at naught in the past, the
great, righteous, "holier than
thou" Argus would mitigate the
official acts of its friend, the
Judge, but this benevolence only
extends to its chosen and elect.
Here are some extracts from its
chatter and Splutter:
Some of the Gossomites are anxious
to have the Presiding Judge prosecut-
ed because he PERM ITTED the name
ing of an illegal jury. Who would
pleaded "an honest mistake to pre-
vent n CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS?
Is the Presiding Judge, who received
no pay at all for the selection of the
jury any less liable to make an ''hon-
est mistake" than the prosecuting at
torney who drew the money for his?
1t should be remembered, too, that
the presiding Judge, if guilty, could
be punished only for a MISDE-
MEANOR while the Prosecuting At
torney would have been guilty of IA
FELONY.-Argus, March 18th.
We realize it is hard to combat
a falSitier, but the falSehoOdS con
tanned in the above paragraph are
so malicious and notorious that
no one should be deceived there
by, Sauve, beguiling though
its phrases are. But the point
is, if ii paper can cOolly, deliber-
ately publish such glaring false
hoods in its zeal and desire to
fool the public, can its statements
upon any other subject or matter
be believed? Hardly. Still worse,
the paper which pretends to be
a refol'mer, to be for right and
betterment, and will stoop to
such methods as this, is ten
times worse than those it would
belle; it is an enemy to society, Il
parasite eating at the very core
of truth and justice.
Tbnt il 6alibarotolv intends tn
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1913-04-03
deceive, it's phraseologv confirms.

deceive, its phraseologv confirms.
Read it's say again. Get line
on it's it's fallacious style. 1t says
it was AN illegal jury" The
fact is the jury was Illegally sc.
lected. " The jury. itself, was
all right. Notice it says "thc
presiding Judge permitted the
raining uf an illegal jury Did
he do it, or did ne " "pprinit' it !?
He did it, That's the word. Not
all. he SWOre in court that he
knew il was Il violation of the law
and miSdcmcanor when he did
it, In the face of this fact the
| Argus asks: is the presiding
Judge who received no pay at all
for the selection of the jury any
less liable to make AN honest
mistake than the prosecuting
attorney who drew the money for
his?' How in the name of rea-
son could the presiding Judge
make "an honest miStake," or
any other mistake, when he
swpars that he knew to so select
a jury was in violation of the law
and the act a misdemeanor? Still
the Argus attempts to draw
greater distinction between the
acts of the presiding Judge and
the prosecuting attorney.
The presiding Judge, it says,
received no pay for permitting
the selecting of the jury, while
the prosecuting attorney drew
money for his" How does this
manner of reasoning strike
you, reader? Don't you know
that the presiding Judge drew
his salary for the time he devoted
to permitting" thejury to be Sc
lected? Don't you know that the
pitiful sum of $3.50 allowed the
prosecuting attorney was for
EXPENSES, for rig hire. for
money he had paid out of his own
pocket in attending his official
duty in a preliminary trial for
which he received not IA penny
that the amount was but reim-
bursement of the money he had
paid out in serving the county:
Don't you know that the illegal
act of the presiding Judge in his
method of "permitting jury Sc
Letting" cost the taxpayers Of
the county more than hundred
dollars? How does the acts of
these two county officials com
pare? Which has cost the tax
payers most and served them
least? The Argus tells you all in
favor of the presiding Judge.
What do YOU think of that: Does
the Argus think the. public a
herd of boneheads? Surely so.
Referring to the presiding
Judge, the Argus asks: who
would serve as prosecutor: The
man who PLEADED IAN honest
mistake to prevent Il criminal
prosecutions Why not engage
Lawyer Bradley, the prosecuting
attorney OF DunIllin county whom
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1913-04-03

Seesaw g. Fiddlesticks? Any old
thing would do in so plain a case
"a case acknowledged and not
denied. But, by the way, who
paid the incidental expenses of
Lawyer Bradley for his three or
four weeks study o., and assault
upon, the case of Gossom? His
railroad fare of numerous trips,
his hotel exp snses, etc, must
have cost considerable. Who re-
! imburSrd him? n" has made no
complaint. He must he satisfied.
And if hr received any pay for
! his EXPENSES from private
sources or otherwise. lip was
guilty of the same charge for
which ne was engaged to prose-
cute GuSSom. Here is another
fact, reader. that should sink into
your think tank. The wiley ways
of these self-stylcd reformers is
, strange and mysterious.
We now come to the climax of
the Argus falschoods. Hear
this:
| The prosecuting attorney iGossom)
was excused from FELONY on the
ground of ian honest mistake and
why should not the presiding Judge
| tGreeni he excused from a MTSDE
MEANOR on the same plea, if he
chose to make it? n 1t should
be remembered, too, that the presiding
judge, if guilty, could he punished
only for u MISDEMEANOR while the
prosecuting attorney would have been
guilty of IA FELONY.-Argus, March
| 18th.
The whole fabric of the above
extracts from different para
graphs, is false, warp and filling.
1t can not be claSSed mildly as a
llllSl ct'l lcSeilCdulOll. - NOo
bold, brazen and malicious and
upon this falSehoOd it bases it's
whole string of fabricatiOns.
1 Trace it back. 1t began by pub
fishing that " the jury con-
victed the defendant (Gossom) of
gross ignorance. Growing bold
er and adding more coloring as
time passed, it has said, He
! (Gossom) plead guilty to an hon.
est mistake to prevent a crimi-
nal prosecution.
The Argus has now worked
its much sufficient black pig
ments to declare the charge
against GOSsom was FELONY
and that he only escaped from
being convicted of felony be-
caused he pleaded "an honest
mistake" Both assertions are
false and the Argus knows they
are false. The Argus knows that
GosSom never pleaded IAN hon
est mistake" or any other kind
of a mistake, but that he pleaded
not guilty" Prosecuting At
tOrney GOSSOm was vigorously
prosecuted in open court, Chas.
B. FariS, Judge. before jury Sc
lected by the county Judge, and
in selecting the jury he followed
the precedent" The jury SO
selected by the sadcounty judge
according to the "precedent' af.
ter hearing the evidence pro,
duced upon the trial of the case
and upon the instructions of the
court, found the defendant, Cos
som, not guilty. When charged
with crime, mortal man could
do no more than stand trial in
open court before judge and
a jury. The verdict was unan
imouS and the quickest ever re
turned by Il pcmiscot county
jury Every man of the twelve
! were of the same mind. They
, acquitted GossoMi because he
! pleaded not guilty" and because
they found him mot guilty and
because they believed him justly
entitled To the expense account
allowed him.
Here is the law and the only
law under which GosSom was
prosecuted. and it is evident h'
had not violated this or any othcl