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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05

FROM PILOT TO "SAMURAI."
Money is being raised in Japan to
restore the monument of Will Adams,
the first English resident of that
country and the founder of the Jap
anese fleet. No fiction of adventure
is more romantic and seemingly i'm
probable than is the story Of this
Kentish pilot Of the seventeenth CEN
tury. Mr.. Lafcadio Hearn, in one of
his books on Japan, tells the tale of
the young Englishman's rise to for
tune
In 1900 Will Adams arrived in
Japan in command of a Dutch ship.
Adams had partaken of many sea
adventure, and had probably been
brought in contact with Hawkins,
Drake, Sir Richard Grenville and the
other celebrated voyagers of that day.
He says himself, in his account of his
life, that he "served for Master and
Pilot in her Majesties ships"
On landing in Japan, Adams was
taken prisoner and sent to Osaka to
the great Emperor Iyesyasu.
"As soon as 1 came before him he
demanded of what countrey we were,"
says Adams. $50 I answered him on
all points. He asked whether our
country had wares. I answered him
yea. He asked as to the way we came
to the countrey. Having chart of
the whole world l showed him
through the Straight of Magellan. He
wi
wonderful favorable"
The Emperor attached Adams to
his personal service, and later we
read of the late pilot teaching his
royal master Geometry and under
standing of the art of mathematics. >
Adams was we'll provided for, and
commanded to build ships for deep
sea sailing. Before long he was ere
ated Samurai. and an estate was given
him.
Surely no romance of that romantic
age was stranger than the rise of this
plain English pilot, with only his
simple honesty and common sense
to help him. He was in such extra
ordinary favor with the greatest and
SuTSWuCSt VI JdUdueSG uiSi Iudt VIC
read in a contemporary account:
1.-THE Emperor esteemeth hym much,
and he may goe in and speake to hym
at all times when KyEges and Princes
are kept out"
Adams only cause for regret in his
elevation to fortune was the fact that
he was never allowed to visit his ma
tive land His services were regard
ed as too precious to be spared. The
Emperor never refused him anything
but this one privilege, and Adams
did not dare to urge the matter too
hard, for, as he writes, When l asked
one too many times the Ould En-
perour was silent"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05
, Punishment For LuXcmbu

PuhIshment For LuXemburg Tramps
The Luxembourg Government is
treating incorrigible vagabonds to
bread and water for the first four
lays of their Imprisonment, and to
the lowest scale of ordinary diet twice
4 week afterward. The prisons are
said to be emptying fast.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05

In a recent campaign OF the
French in Madagascar $4,000 men
were sent to the front, of whom
twenty-nine were killed in action and
over 1000 perished from preventable
diseases. In the Boer War the Eng
lish losses were ten times greater
from disease than from bullets.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05

Subject to the action of liquid air,
lead becomes elastic and can be made
to rebound or serve as spiral spring
during the continuance of this low
temperature.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05

A specially constructed derelict-
DESTROYER has recently been launched
from Virginia shipyard. The YES
sci is nominally revenue cutter, but
it's work will be the destruction OF
derelicts and ether accidental OBJ
structions to navigation. For this
purpose the vessel has been designed
with great coal-carrying capacity
and the ability to keep the open sea
in all weather.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05

A possible vision of the future
when tall towers near great cities
may indicate the location of wireless
telegraph stations, is suggested by
project now on foot to connect New
York and Philadelphia in that man
ner Plans have been filed for
tower 200 feet high, and thirty feet
broad at the base, to be erected on
Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, as a
sending and receiving g-station for the
aerial messages. A similar tower is
to be built in the environs of New
York. The plan is to distribute meg
sages from the stations by telephone.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-22

Good Roads Assn Urges Voters
to Support, y pE'E'''. S ato Aid for
Public h ;ghways
BENEFIT TO RURAL DISTRICTS

A poster is, being distributed about
the county that is unique in a politi-
cal way. The headline in bold type
is "Read This Before You Vote. "
1t presents no man S picture and points
the promises and good points Of no
candidate. Butt it does point out in
very forcible way the Importance
of the good roads amendment to our
state constitution.
The Good Roads Association is an
organization chiefly of farmers formed
for the sole purpose of pushing the
cause of better roads in Wisconsin.
Realizing that ours is the last state
to have a constitutional provision for
bidding the state to aid the farmers
in road building they are doing every
thing possible to present the import
ance of this amendment to the voters.
The poster states that this amend
ment is not confined to any one party
but that progressive men Of all parties
favor it. 1t states, that resolutions
favoring the amendment have been
passed by the state organization of
the Equity Society, the State Grange,
the Agricultural Experiment Associa-
ton, and every other important state
farmers society. In addition the
State Press Association and the State
Rural Carriers Association have passed
resolutions favoring it.
q
The difficulty with getting this
amendment passed is that, like all
amendments it attracts little attention.
1t is at the bottom Of long BALLOT
and after the voter has put crosses
after the names of all the men he
wants to see elected he is almost sure
to fold up his ballot and hand it in.
The voters who vote a straight ticket
also fail to vote for the amendment.
The poster ends with the pointed re-
quest-'EDon t Fail to Vote-Mark
a Cross After Eyes the First Thing
You Do in the Voting Booth. - Every
thoughtful voter should make resolve
to do this. Wisconsin should not be
behind it's neighbors and behind every
other progressive state in the building
of good roads. The history Of road
building shows that no country has
ever attained good roads until some
large unit of government has taken
the matter up and helped the local
people pay for hem.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-22
CUBS IN KENOSHA
World Champion Base Ball Players
Given a Great Reception Here

Frank Chance and his World s Cham
pion Cubs came to Kenosha this morn
ing to play the Kenosha team at
Breen's Park this afternoon and the
game is on with great crowd of peo-
pie in attendance. The famous ball
players were the recipients of many
honors in Kenosha. They were taken
for ride about the city in automobiles
with a band heading the procession
and the more famous Of the players
were holding reception at the two
hotels during the morning. It was a
great day for the Kenosha base ball
bugs and hundreds of them came down
town from the factories in order to
get look at the champions at close
range. This afternoon a special car
brought down a large number of fans
from Racine and scores came from
other cities for the game.
Manager Breen had Pulse and Man
ske on the slab for the Kenosha team
and Brown, Overall and Reulbach were
ready to pitch for Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-22
HORACE CHAFFEE WEEDS
Well known Deputy Sheriff of County
Married to Mrs. Lydia Chaffee

A wedding of interest in official cir
cles in Kenosha county was celebrated
at the parsonage of the First Metho-
dist church in Racine late this after
noon when Horace Chaffee Of this city,
deputy sheriff and the acting bailiff
of the Circuit Court room, was united
in n.arriage to Mrs. Lydia Chaffee of
Racine. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Mr.. Leek, pastor of the
church, in the presence of a very few
relatives of the bride and groom. AS
both the bride and groom are on the
shady side Of life, both being over fifty
there was no display made in connec-
ton with the wedding. Immediately
after the ceremony they went to the
home of the bride where wedding
luncheon was served. They will make
their home at 1419 Villa street, Racine.
They will be at home to their families
after the 18th Of November Mrs.
Chaffee was the widow of a brother
of the groom, who died several years
aO0
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-22
SEE "A LOor CHILD
West Side People Spend Many Hours
Searching for Hazel Mikelsen


The west side of the city had lit
tie excitement of it's own on Sunday
when Hazel Mikelsen, the little two
year old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Mikelsen Of the Garfield
house was lost for more than five
hours and nearly the entire west side
turned out for search for the child.
She was found at the home Of A. FL.
Gleason on Brocllet street late in the
afternoon by Chief of Police Hare
and later returned to her parents by
Police Officer LeGlise.
The little girl had slipped out of the
house just before eleven o'clock in
the morning and as soon as she was
missed scores of people were sent out
to search for her. In the meantime
the little child had gone nearly a mile
from home and Mr.. and Mrs. Gleason
finding her crying on the street had
taken her into the house. The police
had been notified, but the message
not understood, the police thinking
GIdG a. CullQ Icu UCCn 1OOO cIG t1AC O1Ccb
son home. Mrs. Mikelsen, comforted
by some Of her lady friends, spent the
hours at her home crying and towards
the latter part of thes afternoon her
condition became hysterical.
When the big policeman placed the
little girl in her arms again there was
a scene which made the big tears drop
on the cheeks of even the police Of
fcer. There was great rejoicing among
the guests Of the hotel over the find
ing of the little girl.
The child is just beginning to talk
and she was unable to tell the members
of the Gleason family who she was or
where she lived. Mr. Gleason had
hung a little red coat worn by the lit
tie girl up on. the porch, but none of
the members Of the searching party
happened to see it. ,.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-22
MUST co TO PRISON
Chas. GiIIotti, Emanuel cappeIIO
and Joe Cstuso Sentenced
by Judge BeIden
ALL SENTENCES REDUCED
(From Tuesdays Daily

1
Charles Gillotti, Emanuel Cappello
and Joseph Catuso, the three Italians
convicted two weeks ago last Saturday
on a charge Of robbing Nicholas Sachi,
a section foreman at Berryville nearly
a year ago, were sentenced to prison
by Judge Belden in the Circuit Court
this morning after their attorneys had
made a desperate effort to secure an
arrest in judgment and new trial for
the three men. Gillotti and Cappello
were each sentenced to the state prison
at Waupun for term of two years
while Catuso was sent to the refOrma
tory at Green Bay for like period.
At the time of the former conviction
of the men GiIlotti was sent to prison
for five years, Cappelo for four and
Catuso TO the state reformatory for
four years. In reducing the sentence
the court took into consideration the
fact that Cappello had been in Jail for
almost a year and that the other
men had suffered greatly from the men
tai strain incident to the two trials of
the case. Catuso had already served
half a year at ~reen Bay, but this time
will not be taken into consideration
in the new sentence ry
Before the men were sentencd their
attorney made a desperate effort to
secure new trial on the grounds that
the men had been convicted on evi-
dence which showed greater offense
than that shown in the information.
He argued on this question during the
entire morning session of the court and
at the close Of the argument District
Attorney Baker presented the argu-
ment against the motions for the state.
All of the motions were overruled and
the court proceeded to pass sentence
The men took their sentences without
a word and no effort was made on the
part of their attorney to have any
further arrest in judgment. It is ex-
pected that they will be taken to pri-
son tomorrow
The case has been a famous one in
the Kenosha courts as it has been twice
er trial the defendant s attorney
sought a new trial and the Supreme
Court decided in favor Of the men.
The small terms in prison given the
men came as a surprise as it was
thought that after the bitter fight that
had been made in court they would
be given the limit by the judge,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-22

The nonresident hunters who have
been eyading the payment of the fees
for non-residents licenses and trusting
to the cheaper resident license to pro-
tect them from the wrath of the game
Wardens need not take the action Of
the chief game warden in the case of
the men recently arrested in this
county on the charge Of evading the
proper payments as precedent. Pre-
sumably the chief game warden was
entirely justified in the course he took
in this particular case, but it is. GER
tainly unfortunate that it was impos-
sible to make an example Of the first
offenders caught. It is only too GER
tain that there are good many hunt
ers working the same game to evade
the payment of nonresident licenses
and they have needed a lesson for some
time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-22

Examine the registry lists of the
voters which have been posted in all
of the wards and see that your name
and the names of all of your friends
are on them. The old lists have been
copied and if you voted at the last
city election your name should be on
the registry list of your ward, but
there is always . chance that it may
have been left off by mistake. Make
sure that you are on the list for I'M
less you are registered you can not
vote at the general election in Novem-
Der. y case you find that your name
has been omitted you have another
chance to have it put on the lists on
Tuesday, Oct. q. I'D
Manual training promises to be as
much a success in Kenosha as it has
been in all of the other cities where
it has been tried Already the demand
for this kind Of instruction has neces
STATED the opening of another room.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-22
Record. Herald Poll OF Wisconsin
Shows That kenosha County
is Largely Republican
WISCONSIN TO GIVE BIG VOTE
Sealed Ballot Shows That the State is
Overwhelmingly Republican and
the Usual Majority Will Be
Rolled up in the Election

Kenosha county is for Taft. Re
Gently a straw vote was taken in the
city and county for the Chicago
Record Herald and the counting Of this
sealed ballot shows that Taft will get
nearly the Roosevelt vote of four years
ago in this county. EIn taking the
vote of Kenosha' county hundreds of
sealed ballots were secured and Of this
number 143 taken at random, were
considered by the makers Of the statis-
ties. The other ballots were destroyed
without being opened. The straw
vote showed Is votes for Bryan, l04
for Taft, 2 for Debs, 3 for Hisgen and
9 for Chain, the Prohibition candi-
date, The first surprise of the ballot
was the large number of votes cast for
the Prohibition candidate. i raa
One man voted for Parker in 1904
will vote for Taft this year, g. who
voted for Roosevelt will vote for
Bryan, 2 for Debs, for Hisgen and
8 for Chain. The vote on the state
ticket in this county is shown to be
the same as the vote on the national
ticket, but it is shown that Davidson
may get a. little larger vote for COVER
nor than Taft gets for president. The
votes from Kenosha included the votes
of forty-two employees of factories in
the city, 81 farmers living on rural
routes out of the city, and the remand
er were merchants, business and pro-
fessional men from all denominations
The vote in this county shows q
slight sentiment of change from Roose-
welt to Bryan, but at the. same time
it shows that Taft will have the coun-
ty by very large majority.
The straw vote in the state shows
that it is probable that the record ma
jority of 10000 for Roosevelt in the
state in 1904 may be cut to $1,000.
There is no evidence in the vote
that there will be any great tendency
on the part of the so-called F'progres-
siyes" to vote for Bryan, but in some
of the counties where there has been
a strong fight made by the progress
sives. there are many votes changing
from Roosevelt to Bryan.
Bryan was shown to be making
strong gains in the Lake Superior dis
tricts and this is accounted for by the
great fight that is being made there
by Lenroot, who is fighting Cannon.
The defeat of Jenkins for the nomina-
ton is alleged to have been on account
Of the fact that he was considered a
friend of Speaker Cannon and it is
thought that many of the bitter op-
ponents to Cannon are supporting
Bryan as against Taft.
The result of the vote is entirely
satisfactory and while it shows that
Wisconsin is safely in the Republican
column it shows that if the majority
Of two years ago is to be duplicated
the Republicans will be forced to do a
lot of work between now and election
day.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-22

Modern campaigning is more and
more coming to require the physique
of Titan ana the voice Of a Stentor
To speak night and day, indoors and
out, in tents and from automobiles and
car platforms, in wind and rain and
smoke and fumes-and this with
scarcely time to rest or sleeps an
ordeal which lays low all but the stout
est, Governor Hughes is a man of
sinewy endurance, but his voice gave
out recently. Judge Taft is man Of
great strength, and glutton for work,
yet his touring has almost broken him
down. Even the athletic Roosevelt
could not hold the pace in 1900. All
the greater wonder is it, by comparison
that Bryan goes on his resounding way
without sign of fatigue or hoarseness.
Long practice counts for much in his
case, no doubt, but the natural endow-
ment is extraordinary. If Carlyle
could have witnessed his feats of
stump oratory, he would have with
drawn his backing of Webster against
the universe-New York Post.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-22

1t will be news to good many Of
the people of the city that the men
on the street gang have not been re
ceiving their money directly from the
city clerk, but the knowledge that they
have not been so receiving it will
doubtless help to explain the rumors
that were flying around a little while
ago in regard to the formalities al
legged to be necessary to get job on
the gang. Now if the Council has the
power to make and enforce rule that
city orders can only be cashed at one
of the banks and will make such a
rule it is probable that the families
of the men who get the orders will
have much better chance to see
more Of the money than they do now.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-22
GETS VALUATION
Officials of Gas and Electric Co. Re
ceive Figures From State Commission

Roger n. KimbaIl, superintendent of
the Kenosha Gas and Electric Com
pany, has received from the State Rail
road Commission the valuation placed
by the state engineers on the com
pany's plant in Kenosha. It will not
be given to the public at this time as
there are many features of the report
which will have to be amended and
the agents of the commission and the
officials of the company are to get to-
gether and look over the report before
it is finally submitted to the commits
sion. 1t is thought that an amicable
decision can be reached. A stipulation
was signed on Tuesday by the attorney
of the company and the city attorney
to have the hearings at Madison slated
for next Tuesday continued for thirty
days, or to such date as the commits
sion may set. This will delay any de
cision in the case until late in the
winter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-22
END CAME SUDDENLY
Ransom M. Shotliff Dies Suddenly at
His Home in the Village Of Wilmot

Ransom M. onotliff,, one of the pio-
neer residents Of the county and one
Of the best known Of the residents of
the village of Wi1hot died at his home
in that village just after one O'Clock
this morning. Death resulted from
heart disease. Mr. Shotliff had been
in the best Of health on Tuesday and
had worked all day at his trade of
plastering He returned home just af.
ter five o clock and complained Of be
ing Ill and DR.. Becker was called. A
little later he became unconscious and
remained in that condition until his
death.
The deceased was sixty years of age
and had resided at Wilmot for more
than fifty years. He is survived by a
widow and two. sons The arrange
ments for the funeral have not as yet
been made
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-22
CARE FOR OLD MEN
EpiscopaIians are Urged to Make
Provision for Superannuated
Preachers
CLERGY ARE TOO POORLY PAID

"'Idolized at 80, criticised at 40,
ostracized at so, oslerized at 60,
and canonized at 20, is the fate of the
Episcopal clergy of today" declared
the Rev. J. J. Wilkins, D. D., ST..
Louis, general secretary fund commits
sion, before the diocesan council in
Milwaukee in All Saints cathedral a
few days ago. The great fund which
he represents is being raised for care
of superannuated priests ms
"The royal priesthood Of the church
is branded with unreliable shame, -
said the Rev. Mr.. Wilkins. E'Your
clergyman attends you with devotion,
ministering to you until the end when
he is called upon to speak at your
bier. And what does he get9 Your
love? Yes, your love-and 5000 per
year. Never was there greater martyr
dom or sacrifice than on this 5000
scale, which even is on the down
grade. The church is tragically neg
lectful. The average salary Of the
clergy is less than that Of the day
laborer. He suffers, his family suf-
fers and his work as well. He must
exc out an existence on mere pittance.
He is deluded into thinking that he
is a part of great army marching
through this world on a great work
Nay, he finds it squad instead.
Awake the intelligence Of the church
in this great need and don It withhold
the square deal from the priesthood. y
The Rev. Mr.. Wilkins told Of the
plans of the committee and said that
the commission expected to raise the
$5,000,000 before the general confer
ence in 1910. Clergymen, he said, re-
ceived such meager salaries that they
often were in actual want and were
not in a position to fortify themselves
for old age. Upon reaching the age
of "a years clergymen will be retired
on pension, or before if incapacitated
by accident.
The annual report Of the Rt. Rev.
William Walter Webb, bishop of Mil
waukee, was given to the council.
Bishop Webb reviewed the work of
, the church in all parishes of the do
cese and paid tributes to deceased
members of the clergy and laity. The
financial condition of the diocese he
, showed to be in good condition.
The supply and training of the
, clergy is the problem of the church
today" he said, and it is evident
that the work can not be carried on
without a sufficient body of men, The
number of men studying for the min
istry, is. each year decreasing. I be-
heve it the duty Of each priest to pro-
| vide at least one brother clergyman.
| 1t is. true that the small salaries paid
are in "a measure responsible for this
lcondition, but the church is awaken
ling to the problem and facing it. -
Bishop Webb touched upon failure
fof the church to do its part in minis
ftering to the sick and afflicted and
said that in no city Of it's size IN the
country was so little done as in Mil
waukee. Nashotah house, Kemper
hall and Racine college, as well as
various diocesan funds, he recommend
led for endowment, together with the
cathedral, which he said should be
1.-The center of the church, charities.