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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-25
LA TOILETTE COMING
Junior Senator 10 Speak in Ne
nosha on the Evening of
Tuesday, October 80
FRIENDS PLAN A RECEPTION

4
/ Robert NJ. La Toilette. The Junior
Senator from Wisconsin, will be in
Kenosha on next Tuesday and will
speak at the Rhode opera house on
the evening Of that day. The State
Central Committee has notified Sec
rotary Gems of the County Committee
that the Junior Senator will come to
Kenosha at that time. Efforts are
now being made to have the Senator
speak for the ticket at different points
in the county, but it is stated that his
time will be SO taken Up that it will
be impossible for him to give more
than one speech to Kenosha county.
He is expected to make three speeches
in Racine county on the day follow
ing the Kenosha speech, and if the
plans are carried out he will speak at
Burlington, Waterford and Racine
The friends of the Senator are
planning to give him a great recep-
will speak for the whole Republican
ticket, both state and county, and it
is expected that he will make strong
plea for the election of Congressman
Cooper for another term.
It now appears that it will be i'm
possible for Governor Davidson 20
mark out his itinerary so that he can
speak in Kenosha, but he has prom
ised to come to the city after the cam
| paign is over.
| Congressman Cooper has not as yet
been heard from, but it is expected
| that he will make three speeches in
the county, closing here on the Satur-
! day before election. The speech by
Senator La Toilette will be the one
great event Of the campaign, and the
Republicans will put forth all their
energies to make this meeting rec
ord breaker.
Reports from the candidates who
have been out in the county are most
encouraging, and it seems evident
that the entire Republican ticket will
be elected with the usual majorities.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-25
FIFTY MILES COMPLETED
Long Distance Telephone Wires are
Now Fully Protected

Over fifty miles Of the ninety mile
Chicago to Milwaukee telephone toll
line, the longest and probably the best
in the world, are now conduited and
pulling through of the cables will be-
gin probably this winter, IN order to
complete the line and put it into oper.
alton by the middle of June next year.
For years the toll lines have been
conduited between Chicago and Evan
ston and the gap between Evanston,
Waukegan and Kenosha has just been
completed. Gangs of workmen are
now employed between Racine and
Kenosha and at stretch near High
land Park.
The installation of the line will be a
great feat and insure absolute pro-
lection against storms and 1lweathrr
to the long distance talker along the
north shore. Influences of foreign
wires will also be cut out.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-25
OLD SUIT ON TRIAL
Joseph Anderson's Suit Against The
Brass Co. First Called in Court

Joseph Anderson's Suit Against The
Brass Co. First Called ia Court
The circuit court opened at the
court house this morning with Judge
Belden on the bench, and an effort
will be made to get rid of some of the
cases now pending before the court,
The first case called for trial was
that of Joseph Anderson against the
Chicago Brass Co. Anderson was in
jured in July, 1908. In the complaint
he alleges that his hand was caught
in rolling machine and so mangled
that amputation was necessary. The
case has been tried twice in the cir
cult court and twice in the supreme
court of the state. The work of get
ting jury was started this morning
and it is thought tina swe1ve men who
are not acquainted w h the facts in
the case will be secured this after
noon. The other cases on the calen.
dar will be called as soon as the An
derson case is concluded.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-25
WAS DARING CRIME
Unknown Men Break Into Show
Window Of the Dale JeweIry
Store Sunday Evening
THIEF GETS LARGE BOOTY
Robbery is Conn united Between Six
and Seven O'Clock When the Street
was Crowded with People But no
Trace of Thieves is Found

Kenosha had a robbery of the real
when unknown men broke into the
show window of the I. J. Dale
Jewelry store and managed to get
away with ten watches and quantity
of other jewelry valued at 5000. The
robbery was the most daring criminal
proposition heard of in Kenosha in
the history of the city. While great
crowds of people were parading
the street the robber deftlY cut the
glass from the window and reaching
his hand through the hole he had
made he swept the windows of the
valuable watches and jewelry.
The robbery was committed between
six and seven O'Clock and it was dis
covered by Mr.. Dale in person when
he came to the store to pull down the
awning and light the lamps for the
night AS he approached the store
he noticed the hole in the window
and looking Ia he saw that large
number of articles had been taken.
AS soon as possible he notified the
police and in a few minutes after the
robbery had been discovered a crowd
Of two or three hundred people stood
about the front of the store. There
was absolutely no clue to the identity
of the robbers but all of the police
officers were sent out to pick up any
suspicious characters that might be
found about the streets. No arrests
were made during the evening in con-
nection with the case.
It is evident that the robbery was
the work of professional and his
daring knew no bounds. The Dale
store adioins the Eichelman hotel, aud
during the entire day and evening the
lobby of the hotel had been filled with
people, while many stood in front of
the hotel and must have been within
a few feet Of the man when he removed
the glass and got the jewelry.
Chief O'Hare spent the entire night
on the case, but failed to get any clue
to the guilty parties. The chief is in
doubt as to the method of the robbery.
While it is generally believed that
the glass was cut with diamond, the
chief seems to think it possible that
the glass was broken by some one
leaning against it.
Many people we're standing in the
entrance to the Dale store on Sunday
evening and it is possible that some
of these 1oiterers broke the glass and
ran away and that one of the Kenosha
sneak thieves came along and noting
the fact that the glass had been
broken could not resist the tempta-
tion to reach in and secure the goods
that the gods had provided him.
kilograms have been sent to
other cities in an effort to prevent
the watches and jewelry being sold
by the thieves.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-25
ENDLESS CHAIN PRAYER
Letters From Unknown Dnpes Still
Being Sent to Kenosha Women

Letters From Unknown Dupes Still
Being Sent to Kenosha Women
The so-called ssendless chain pray
err OF which so much has been heard
the last several months, and which
the postal authorities have prohibited
being sent. through the mails, has
again made its appearance in Keno
sha and many letters are being re-
ceived, mostly by women, many of
whom are alarmed at the yelled threat
in the epistles and comply with the
direction contained rather than bear
the strain which is naturally caused
to temperament the least bit ner-
vons.
The letters received by Kenosha
people recently are exactly the same
asAAooded the country several months
ago and purport to have been insti-
tuted by Bishop Lawrence of Penn
sylvania. The instructions contained
in them are that the recipient must
send a copy Of the prayer and the di-
rections to nine persons, one being
sent each day for a period of nine
days. A failure to comply with the
directions will, says the letter, bring
great calamity to the person not obey
ing, while ompliance will result in
great blessing.
For several months the postal de-
partment has been trying to locate
the source Of these letters, but has
been unable to do so. That they are
nothing but frauds is evidenced by the
statement of Bishop Lawrence, who
has repeatedly stated that he knows
nothing of their origin and character
ICES them as the result of distorted
brain.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-25
SALOON STILL RUNNING
Pleasant Prairie Town Board Has
Hard Question to Face

The village of Pleasant Prairie has
saloon running, and what IS more
to the point it is running in direct de-
fiance to the orders of the town board.
The proprietor of the grog shop has a
government license, but when he. ap-
piled to the town for town license
there was such protest on the part
of the people of the village that the
board refused to grant the license.
The proprietor of the saloon opened
up anyway, and it is stated that his
business is such a rushing one that it
will be possible for him to pay an oc-
casional fine and the rent, and sill
keep the wolf from the door.
1t is probable that the church peo-
pie of the Prairie will keep the man
busy paying fines.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-25
TRUST DEED is FILED
Visible Typewriter Company Gives
Trust Deed to Secure Loan
Of 5000, 900 on Bonds
PROPERTY COVERED BY DEED

A trust deed for $500, 900 covering
all of the property of the Visible
Typewriter Company IN this city has
been fled with the register of deeds
for record. The deed is made to the
Metropolitan Trust and Savings bank
Of Chicago, for the purpose of secur-
ing the payment of 400 bonds of $500
each, bearing the date of Oct. 8, 1906
and being payable in ten years. The
bonds will bear interest at the rate of
six per cent per annum, payable semi
annually and the Chicago Trust COM
pany will have entire charge of the
sale and management of the bonds.
The order for the issue of the bonds
and the trust deed is sig ned for the
company by Sigmund Wollhein, its
president and Charles E. Hughson,
its secretary.
It is thought that about half of the
bonds of the company will be placed
on the market at this time, as it is
believed that the sum of 100000 will
place the company on sound fnan-
cia1 basis and give it all the money
needed to start the manufacture of
typewriters on a large scale. 1t is
thought that the details of the bond
issue will be completed within week
and that by that time the money will
be in the hands of the officials of the
company. It is understood that pur-
chasers have already been found for
all of the bonds that the company de-
cides to place on the market at this
time.
Plans for the opening of the factory
are all completed and the doors will
be opened for the workmen just as
|soon as the bonds have been properly
! executed and delivered to the pur-
chasers. The men interested in the
plant believe that now that the de-
tails of the bond issue are perfected
the company is on the sure road to
prosperity.
Adolph Kitzrow, well-known man
Of the city died at the Kenosha hos
pital Monday evening after short i'll
ness from typhoid fever. The de-
ceased was about thirty-five years of
age. He was native of Germany,
but had lived nearly his entire life in
KenosEfa. Several Of MS brothers
and sisters reside in the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-25
MAY STOP FIGHTS
Kenosha Fiasco Being Used as Example
Against Pugilism in Wisconsin


Kenosha is playing part in war
that has been started against prize
fighting in Wisconsin, and the recent
fasco in this city when Cooley and
Bennett met is being used as an ex-
ample of the way the game works in
Wisconsin.
The Law and Order Leagues in all
parts Of the state are urging the gov
ernor to issue an order forbidding the
game in the state under the old con-
ditions, and it is probable that the
Civic Federation in Kenosha will bear
its part of the burden of the fight.
The fight fans in Kenosha were so
Disguised with the last exhibition
that it is not thought that the boxing
game would prove paying PROPOSE
ton here
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-25
SOME NEW BOOKS AT LIBRARY

Some new books of Fiction at Gil
bert NJ. Simmons Library:
Bachelor ilas Strong.
Chambers-Fighting chance.
Couch-Sir John Constantine.
Ewald-My little BOY.
Fogazzaro-(T he) Saint.
Fowler Subsection Of Isabel Car.
naby.
Greene-Power lot.
Michelson-Anthony Overman.
Warner-Susan C1egg.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-25
BONDS FIXED AT $1,000
Italians Who Shot Tony Jensen Arr
raigned in Court

Wales Ba1etoto and Carl Gamoena,
the two Italians arrested on Sunday
evening on charge of attempted
murder of Tony Jensen, Pleasant
Prairie farmer, were taken before
Justice Sturges late Monday afternoon
and the hearing of the charges
against them continued to Nov. l.,
Bonds for the men were placed at
81, 600, with the understanding that if
the condition of Jensen becomes Sc
rious the amount may be raised to
$4,000. Jensen is resting easily and it
is thought that he will recover if
tetanus does not set in.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-25

Homer E. Royce has gone to North
ern Wisconsin on hunting trip.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-25
DIED FROM TYPHOID FEVER
Joseph Mercanti, well known in italian
Colony Died at the Hospital Sunday

Joseph Mercanti, aged ~ years, an
Italian we'll known among the Italians
of the city, died Sunday at the Ke-
nosha hospital after a long illness
from typhoid fever. Mercanti is the
second person to die from the disease
within the past few weeks. He was
taken i'll five weeks ago and taken to
the hospital. The remains were re-
moved to the Krichbauu1 morgue.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-10-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Vale are here
from Beloit for few days visit.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-12
WORK STARTS
ON SALT0N SINK
Southern Pacific Expects to Close
Break In the Colorado River
in Seventy-five
Days
Bv Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
IMPERIAL, Cal, Dec. 11.-An an
nouncement has just been received
that the Southern Pacific will begin
Immediately work ON closing the break
in the Colorado river. Since the close
of the break month ago there has
been no doubt about the ability of the
engineers to shut out the water. The
weaKness shown heretofore has beer
in the system of dykes
A new system will be planned on 9
much more extensive scale, to cost in
the neighborhood of $2,000000 and ex-
tending thirty miles parallel to the
river. The probabilities are that there
will be double dikes. 1t is expected that
the enclosure will be effected within
seventy-five days.
1t is not apprehended that there will
be any interruption in the irrigation Of
the valley.
Work will be begun at Imperial
heading tomorrow morning. A large
equipment has been ordered and a
larger force than ever before will be
thrown into the work.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-12
HITCH In
PROSPECT
Charter Limits May
Interfere
Franchises Can Only Be
Fl Years
Attorneys Are EndeavorIng to Find a
Way to Expedite Plans for Five
Mile Tunnel for Los
Angeles
CHARTER LIMITS
CAR FRANCHISE

Section 2 (25)-No fran
chise, right or privilege on,
through, across, UNDER or
over any street, avenue, alley,
bridge, viaduct or other public
place, and no other franchises
whatever granted by the city
to any corporation, association
or individual shall be granted
except by an ordinance passed
by vote of two-thirds of the
whole council, NOT FOR A
LONGER PERIOD THAN
TWENTY-ONE YEARS.
Such grant and any contract
in pursuance thereof shall pro-
vide that at the option of the
city, declared not more than
three years, nor less than
six months before the terrnina-
ton of such grant, the plant
and property, if any, belonging
to or used by the grantee or its
successors or assigns in inter-
est, in the streets, avenues and
other public places shall, at the
termination of said grant, upon
the payment of a fair valuation
thereof, be and become the
property of the city, but the
grantee shall be entitled to no
payment because of any valua-
ton derived from the franchise.
Provided. however, that such.
option shall not be exercised
unless at the time of exercising
the same the city shall be au-
thorized and empowered to ac-
quire and operate such plant
and property.
Every grant shall specify the
mode of determining any valu-
alton therein provided for and
the time and mode of payment,
and shall make adequate pro-
vision by way of forfeiture of
the grant or otherwise to Sc
cure efficiency of public service
at reasonable rates and the
maintenance of the property in
good order throughout the
term of the grant.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-12
GROSsCUP PICKS
FLAW IN MESSAGE
Prominent Federal Jurist Says Jap
anese Exclusion from Schools
Is Entirely Consti-
tutional
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 11.-Judge Peter
S. Grosscup of the United States court
of appeals for northern Illinois, who is
now in Baltimore on visit, said today
of President Roosevelt's message:
ITS like crazy quilt. 1t covers all
most every possible subject and many
of them are hardly important ebougt
for presidents message"
"It seems to me,' went on the judge,
with laugh, that the question of pro-
viding shooting galleries for children
might safely have been left to the
school directors.
"The trouble with the message is that
it is out of proportion. Little things
are placed side by side with big ones
and all are treated from a preaching
attitude. The president himself has no
sense of proportion. He thinks every
thing under the sun that interests him
is important enough to be put in mes
sage to congress"
After reading what President Roose-
welt had to say on the Japanese ques-
ton, Judge Grosscup said:
A Constitutional Question
THAT is a question of the constitu
tion. The national government has no
right to make a treaty that will inter-
fere with the regulation of schools by
a state. California or any other state
has the right guaranteed to it under
the constitution of the United States to
exclude any one from its schools it
chooses. The schools are established,
supported and regulated by the state.
The state has absolute power over
them.
Hence it can be plainly. seen that
that part. of any treaty made by the
national government which conflicts
with a states rights to regulate its
own schools is void. If the government
wants to include provisions in it's
treaties, it should establish national
public schools in each state, support
them and regulate them.
Old Trouble with Roosevelt
1T is the old trouble with Roosevelt.
He recommends thing in a general
way, but does not make clear the de-
tails. He does not go into questions
far enough. OF course the government
is being more centralized; this is neces-
sary, but 1t does not do away with
the clearly drawn lines between the
executive, judicial and legislative
forms.
HAS he used his simple spelling in
the message? 1t is a monstrosity.
Those of us who were educated in old
and pure English do not care for the
new way of arranging letters. 1 see
the supreme court has refused briefs
spelled in that way. Their action
speaks for the bench"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-12
FLINT SAYS MEXICO is AT FAULT
Calls on State Department to Make
Protest


WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.-Senator
Flint of California today called at the
state department to make representa-
tions concerning the Salon sea in the
Colorado river desert, and to request
the department to make a demand on
the Mexican government Immediately
to repair the damage that has been
done at the outlet of the Imperial
canal.
While watering lands in California
that canal is taken out of the Colorado
river on the Mexican side of the in
ternational boundary line and the sem
ator takes the position that the break
in the river bank is due to the failure
of the Mexican government to exercise
proper supervision over the construc-
tion of the canal.
He was accompanied by Director
Wacott of the geological survey, who
also took the position that the Mexican
government should be held RESPONSE
BILE for the damage done. Their inter
view was with Assistant Secretary
Bacon, who promised to communicate
with the American ambassador to
Mexico.
Senator Flint called especial attsri--
tion to the fact that there has recently
been new break in the canal and
that apparently the damage has gone
beyond the possibility of repair by the
people interested.
1t is reported that from 80 to 90 per
cent of the water of the river is again
leaving the channel and that unless
this could be turned back there would
be losses to property amounting to
millions of dollars.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-12
SOCIETY LEADER
PREFERS AMERICAN
MADE DRESSES

By Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. H.
Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, who ar
rived home from Europe yes
terday, when asked if she had
brought many Paris clothes,
said:
mo, i brought back but few
for the reason that / think
American made gowns are far
better than those one gets in
Paris. The materials are more
durable, they are better made
and the American dress maker,
to my mind, is more original in
her ideas than are the dress
makers of Paris.
"The American woman is the
best dressed in the world, be-
cause she As not bound by style.
Her individuality is expressed
in her garments. In Paris wo-
men are slaves to mode. They
are all of a pattern.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-12
FOOD FORCED
THROUGH PIPES
TO MINERS
BY Associated Press

BY Associated Press
BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Dec.
Ill. B. Hicks, one of the six
workmen who was buried un-
der tons. of earth at Edison on
Friday last, is still alive and
we'll, and through a two-inch
pipe forced through seventy
feet of debris he is in commune
cation with the big force of res
cuers that is working frantic
ally for his release. There
may be some others alive,
though there is faint hope of
this. Hicks informed the res
cue party through the pipe this
afternoon that he had talked
with his companions for two
hours after the cave-in on Fri
day, but that he had heard no
signals from them since. He
supposes they are dead. Food
and water were passed to
Hicks.
The imprisoned man,
through the pipe, told those on
the surface that he is beneath a
car in the debris. He is in the
blacklist darkness. He is in the
who answered the signals yes
terday, and he has heard moth
ing from his comrades since
Friday morning.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-12-12
WOMEN CLING TO RIGGING
Hang All Night to shrouds of Ship.
Picked Up at Sea With
Crew
Ry Associated Presa.

SEATTLE Wash, Dec. 11.-A special
dispatch from Port Townsend says that
Captain Willis of the British bark Mel
anhope, his wife and two young daush-
ters and eighteen of the crew, were
picked up at sea on Friday last by the
American schooner William H. Smith
bound in for Tacoma.
The Melanhope suffered severely IN
Tuesdays gale. Her ballast shifted and
she started to sink. The crew and the
women spent the night in the rigging
and next morning managed to get one
of the boats out after four hours hard
work. After suffering for several hours
in the boat the schooner was sighted
,and they were taken ON board in an al
most exhausted condition.
Captain Willis believes his ship to be
at the bottom, as she had 700 tons OF
sand ballast in her hold.